Chapter 96: Roots
Jin You asked Wei Wanyan and Xiao Zhao to help the woman, and she went to untie the kettle hanging around the neck of the brown copper, and poured the water directly on the woman's face, she gasped and woke up.
They were relieved, if something really happened, there was really no way to explain it to the villagers. Xiao Zhao has been comforting the woman, who was originally stunned, and the last spirit returned to its original appearance.
Wei Wanyan had never seen someone almost faint because of her identity, she felt very guilty, she had to give her some silver, the woman had never seen so much silver, so she didn't want to say anything, and then pushed, the woman resolutely did not accept it.
"That's right, you see it's noon, we haven't eaten yet, can we go to your house to make up?"
Jin You raised an unkind opinion and asked her answer, she just noticed that Wei Wanyan had been rubbing her stomach, looking at Jin You's pile of pastries, tears were about to flow out, she couldn't stand such a gaze.
The midwife agreed, and the wrinkles on her smiling face were layer by layer. Wei Wanyan seemed to come to life after hearing this, and followed her with big strides, how could there be a little shelf? Jin You held the brown copper, laughing and not speaking.
"Midwives, do you know these young people?"
A dark, shiny woman with a basket of vegetables in her hand, apparently having just bought vegetables.
In the whole village, she is the only midwife, and the whole family has been passed down from generation to generation. There have been many births through her hands, so almost everyone knows her.
The midwife looked proud, and her voice was heroic, and they all said that everyone was the kind of trickle and eloquent, and this woman was the rushing boulder of the river, and she spoke very fast. But it doesn't sound annoying, but the communication between people is not inhibited.
"Yes, grandma, look how handsome these are!"
"Yes, yes, yes! These two little daughters-in-law are the family of this son? ”
The grandmother-in-law looked at them several times from top to bottom, Jin You nodded with interest, and swept the micro-expressions of the two of them with the tail of her eyes, Xiao Zhao bowed her head obediently, but Wei Wanyan was a little embarrassed, the midwife realized that she was afraid of making her angry, her face immediately turned a little whiter, and quickly took them away.
If someone asks on the road, they only finish talking about each other, and they speed up their pace after saying hello.
The midwife pushed open a small wooden door, the wall was made of dry rice stalks and then plastered with mud from the river, and a small courtyard besieged the city.
"Mother!"
They looked at the three- or four-year-old little meat ball that rushed out, holding the midwife's leg, his gray linen clothes were a little too large, like an ordinary peasant family, this kind of clothes were sewn and mended, and in the end all the clothes were left with pudding.
Wei Wanyan couldn't help but touch his head, he didn't show his life, and played with Wei Wanyan.
"Genzi, don't stain other people's clothes!" She pulled the little lump back, and Jin You looked at it, and his hands really didn't know how to get so black.
"Mother! Beautiful sister! The little meat ball pointed at Wei Wanyan, and her short arms made people can't help but pinch it.
"Little pervert, how old are you?" Jin You crouched down, wrapped one arm around him, and let him sit on his lap.
"Girl, it's dirty."
The midwife rubbed her hands together and looked at them with a stiff smile. Wei Wanyan also came up and began to play with Genzi, Xiao Zhao pulled the midwife and went to cook together.
The peasant woman took out all her good things, as well as a small piece of bacon left over from the New Year, and a big scoop of rice that she was reluctant to eat, and she was not stingy at all.
"Our princess is good, how can she dislike children?"
Xiao Zhao cut the beans under his hand and chatted with her. During the conversation, the man who knew her was going to do farm work, and he met them just after delivering food.
"I've lived here for most of my life, but I've seen a nobleman, girl, don't you know, most of our people here have never entered the city, and none of the people in the palace have ever seen it!"
The woman sighed and continued to dig for rice.
"Xiao Zhao is also a peasant family in Jinzhou, but he was sold into the palace at the age of six because his family was poor, and Xiao Zhao doesn't hate them, because the princess treats me very well, and I don't have to go hungry if I have food and clothing."
She remembered that she had just entered the palace and didn't understand anything, and because she was too young and didn't do things quickly enough, she was scolded by the grandmothers in the palace, and sometimes she was beaten, and those who were older than her asked her to help with the work, she was afraid that others would come and bully her, and she would often curl up in a corner.
Once the grandmother couldn't find Xiao Zhao, and when she came out and beat her hard, the child was not beaten, crying to death, it happened that Wei Wanyan passed by the courtyard of their lowest palace maid, clamoring to see Xiao Zhao who was beaten, and the grandmothers who were taking care of her were unwilling, but she also cried.
Seeing that the little girl with open skin and dry body, who was about the same age as herself, she was about to take her back to her palace, and her mother felt that she was just a little maidservant, so she agreed. From then on, Xiao Zhao followed her in everything, and would accompany her no matter what.
"Girl, that being said, you really don't want your parents?"
Xiao Zhao was silent, glanced at the happy princess outside, and didn't speak.
The rice came up, just some simple meals, fried bacon with green peppers, fried greens, fried tofu and some leftovers from the morning, Wei Wanyan hunched over, pulled the little fart who ate pastries, and ran over.
The child cowered and squeezed towards the woman, and his hands kept in his pockets, looking at Jin You from time to time.
"Sister Jinyou, do you think it scares Xiaogenzi?" Wei Wanyan held her sleeve and pinched some meat for him.
"Genzi, am I that terrible?"
The child shook his head, and all the pastry crumbs on his face rubbed against the midwife's chest, and he took out a small mooncake from his pocket and handed it to the midwife. The hand is almost as big as a mooncake, and it is very cute.
"Mother, it's delicious."
"Good son!"
The midwife hugged and kissed, took it and put it in a small bowl, and carried him to her lap.
"Don't eat it yet." Jin You pushed Wei Wanyan, who was stunned, and she reacted and picked up the rice, praising her for doing a good job.
She had been eating the leftovers from the morning, and all the white rice was given to them, Wei Wanyan saw it all in her eyes, and only felt that the things in her mouth were getting more and more fragrant.
After the meal, the midwife went to wash things, Wei Wanyan called Genzi, stuffed something into his pocket, and whispered to Genzi, and didn't ask Jin Youtong if he agreed, gave him half a bag of pastries, and reluctantly left.
Jin You led the horse, and immediately sat two beautiful girls, and the little lump of meat at the wooden door kept looking at them, blinking their eyes, and their mouths were still biting on sweets.