Chapter 30: Departure
The mother of the child is worried.
In the past few days, Mrs. Mu has time to come to Mu Qingwan's house to sit down, or direct her subordinates to pack up and prepare all kinds of luggage for going out.
"Mianmian, bring this jacket, it's just spring, and it's going to be cold on the road."
"Mianmian, go out with more silver tickets. I've sewn five hundred taels of silver into the sandwich of your brown buckskin boots, and don't forget, you can use them for emergencies if necessary. β
"Let the go to Jiangnan with you, she had a dart in her early years, and she was well-informed in going south and north, and she could solve a lot of troubles on the way. Mianmian, when you go out, you remember to think more about everything, and ask more if you don't understand. β
"By the way, you can only bring auspicious Ruyi and Hu Zhao's kid, I'll ask Mu Qi to arrange some more people."
"I've said hello to your second uncle, so you can go with his caravan. It is safer to take the official road, and there are people to answer at all the post stations. β
"Also, if you are tired from riding, don't be reckless, change carriages at the nearest post station, you know?"
"Mianmian, when you go out, when you see something uneven, don't be reckless. You have to think about everything, you know? β
"Your eldest brother is with you, and I will also take care of him for my mother, no, I will talk to him again when I go back."
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Listening to Mrs. Mu's babbling and telling Mu Qingwan, Mu Qingwan's heart was warm and a little guilty. I suddenly regretted whether the decision to go to Jiangnan this time was correct, and whether it would be too hasty.
Mu Qingwan stepped forward, hugged Mrs. Mu with both hands, gently leaned into her arms, and said in a muffled voice: "Mother, I know everything." My mother is relaxed, and I promise to come back safely. Mother, you are the best for Mianmian. I'm sorry, it's all bad, and I'm worried. β
"I'm sorry for what you say! Mianmian is a good child, and she has always done very well. Mianmian has grown up, growing up too fast, and her mother can't let go, but ...... But my mother's heart hasn't adapted yet. Mrs. Mu patted Mu Qingwan on the back and was full of emotion.
Several of his children are very sensible, Mu Qingwan is the only daughter in the house, and the only eldest lady, who should be pampered in every way. But her daughter has been too well-behaved and sensible since she was a child, including learning martial arts, including learning to do business. I suffered a lot, but I never cried or complained at a young age. Moreover, in many things, my daughter has done a very good job, and sometimes I think about what I looked like when I was ten years old, maybe it really is not as good. Pingcheng is located in the border area, compared to the hustle and bustle of the capital, it really seems a lot simpler, but despite this, many other official ladies in Pingcheng are all upbringing, and how many of the young ladies in the family can endure so much hardship? Mrs. Mu often lamented how fortunate she was to have these wonderful children.
The day of departure is approaching.
Mu Erye gave Mu Qingwan a short dagger, the dagger is delicate and small, only the length of an adult's index finger, which Mu Erye got by chance from an exotic merchant, I don't know what material it is made of, but he blows his hair and breaks his hair, and sharpens iron like clay. The dagger was sheathed through a hidden clasp, and the shell was actually inlaid with ordinary jasper, and it was carved into the shape of a jade flute. Hanging around the waist or wearing it around the neck is just an ordinary ornament that doesn't attract much attention.
It may be jewelry, it may be clothes, or it may be rouge gouache. But sending a weapon for self-defense is really unbelievable in the eyes of ordinary people.
But the people of Mu Mansion have never been confined to these, this era has been comfortable for too long as a whole, the world values literature over military force, and the status of civil servants far exceeds that of military attachΓ©s, but Mu Erye has no such prejudice.
Although Mu Erye can't practice martial arts, he marries a wife with strong martial arts, and his children also cultivate both civil and military skills. Therefore, it can be seen from teaching children to practice martial arts, and even the only concubine to practice martial arts. Therefore, Second Master Mu gave Mu Qingwan a weapon for self-defense, which would not be strange in the eyes of everyone in Mu Mansion.
Mu Qingwan is out of the house, she always has to be prepared for any accidents, and it is very necessary to prepare some things for self-defense, and the dagger that Mu Er Ye gave to her daughter is self-evident.
Mu Yan also intimately sent Mu Qingwan a bunch of large and small medicine bottles. It's just these: gold sore medicine, anthelmintic medicine, sweat medicine, antidote pills, and even an inconspicuous vial actually contains charming medicine...... What do these varieds mean? A black line appeared on Mu Qingwan's forehead, Ah Yan, you are only seven years old, okay? I really doubt that the martial arts story told by the storyteller poisoned Xiao Zhengtai's innocent heart.
Mu Lan Xiaotuanzi was not to be left behind, and secretly stuffed a large bag of osmanthus cake into Mu Qingwan's baggage. also said to Mu Qingwan sweetly and milkily, "Sister, I secretly gave it to you." β
Mu Chen's side didn't have such a good treatment.
Mu Chen will inevitably take a career in the future, and he has already passed the township test at the age of fifteen, although Mu Chen now has the strength to go down, and Mu Erye does not want Mu Chen to participate in the examination too early. After all, Pingcheng is a remote area of the border fortress, and the field of vision is limited, so it is inevitable that there is a sense of sitting in a well and watching the sky here.
Therefore, the trip to Jiangnan is of great significance to Mu Chen, not only can he meet people of insight and broaden his horizons, but it would be great if he was fortunate enough to get the guidance of Mr. Qingyun.
In the study, Mu Erye carefully analyzed the current situation to his eldest son, informed the main forces in Jiangnan, bachelors, etc., how to do it at that time, and finally said earnestly, "Don't forget to take care of Qingwan." Mu Chen smiled, in his heart, hehe......
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Despite all the reluctance, it was finally time to part.
Dressed in a neat gray linen jacket riding suit, wearing a small sheepskin felt hat, stepping on black deerskin boots, and carrying a gray cloth burden behind her, Mu Qingwan's appearance in this outfit is really a bit blinding. A pretty girl has become a delicate boy in the blink of an eye, and she is not disobedient at all. Mu Qingwan was embarrassed to say that she wanted to quietly wipe out the eyebrow pencil and darken her face a little.
Mu Chen looked down at his white-clothed scholar's appearance, and then compared it with his sister's image, the smile on the corner of his mouth could no longer be maintained, and he twitched fiercely.
Ji Xiang Ruyi also dresses up in men's clothes, and the two of them are already strong and heroic, so it is easy to dress up.
"Daddy, my mother is back, I will take care of my sister on the way." At the door of Mu's mansion, Mu Chen assured Second Master Mu and Mrs. Mu.
"Take care of my sister."
"Mother, go back, my brother and I will definitely come back safely."
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Looking at the back of the group riding away, Mrs. Mu retracted her gaze with difficulty.
"Wow. I don't want pastries, I want my sister. Woo~" Mu Lan hugged Mu Erye's leg tightly and suddenly cried loudly.
"Ah Lan, don't cry, my sister will be back in a few days." Mu Lan's cry interrupted everyone's worries, and Mrs. Mu bent down and softly comforted.
"Go, son. Daddy takes you on horseback riding. Second Master Mu lifted Mu Lan and turned around and entered the Mu Mansion.
At the foot of a mountain ten miles away from Pingcheng, a caravan of thirty people was stopping to rest, and if you looked closely, you could see a few familiar faces, and Xu Niangzi and Hu Zhao were also among them.
Mu Chen, wearing Mu Qingwan and Ji Xiang Ruyi, quietly joined the caravan, and the caravan was integrated, and set off again to go to Jiangnan.