Chapter Forty-Six: Miss Distress
Weinan County, more than 100 miles away from Chang'an City.
There is a farm outside Weinan County, which is called "Ganjingzhuang".
In the name of "Ganjing", it is natural that there is Ganjing in Zhuangzi, just like the wife cake in later generations, if you break the wife cake and look for it carefully, there must be a wife in it.
People who haven't found a wife just lack a pair of eyes that are good at discovering.
There are more than 100 households in Ganjingzhuang, which is a relatively large village.
The autumn breeze is coming, everything is silent, but there is a busy scene in Zhuangzi.
When the autumn harvest season is approaching, farmers check their crops in the fields every day, and the hard work of the year depends on the harvest of the crops.
This year is the first year of Longshuo, and the name of the Son of Heaven has changed frequently, but the heavens have mercy, and there is no disaster or epidemic this year, which can be regarded as a good harvest, and the crops in the field will also have a good harvest.
The autumn breeze is coming, the ancient road is a farmhouse, and the golden cinnamon is fragrant.
In the fence of a slightly simple farmhouse in Ganjingzhuang, Cui Jie was wearing a coarse cloth dress and was doing embroidery.
It has been a month since she escaped from Cui's house and left home, and Cui Jie's life is not good.
The so-called wandering rivers and lakes are not as romantic as imagined, in fact, the rivers and lakes are sinister and easy to be knifed.
When Cui Jie left home, she only brought a personal maid.
The maid's name is "from the frost", which is a poem from the Northern and Southern Dynasties, "Yi Nian from the frost and dew".
Since Shuang was only fifteen years old, she has followed Cui Jie since she was a child, and the second daughter is called the master servant, in fact, Cui Jie has always regarded her as her own sister and loves her very much, so Cui Jie decisively took away from Shuang when she left home.
Cui Jie is a beautiful lady in a family, with almost no experience in living alone, from Shuang is a fifteen-year-old yellow-haired girl, and in her previous life, she was just a little girl in junior high school.
A master and a servant fled from home without regard and plunged into the vast rivers and lakes.
Wandering for freedom may sound romantic, but they underestimate the hardships of the world.
When she left home, Cui Jie still made sufficient preparations, she took away the monthly money she had accumulated over the years from home, about dozens of taels of silver cakes, and some valuable jewelry and clothes from her daughter's family.
Dozens of taels of silver cakes, in terms of the price of today's Datang, is a huge amount of money, if you save a little money, it is probably enough for the master and servant to spend more than ten years.
The preparation is indeed sufficient, but unfortunately when you are away from home, a small negligence is enough to put people in a desperate situation.
Cui Jie and Congshuang's original plan was to go to Luoyang, the eastern capital, after all, the land of Lingjie in the Central Plains is suitable for the master and servant to hide in the city.
The second daughter was worried about not being safe on the road, so she spent some money to mix in a caravan and followed the caravan from Qingzhou, but halfway through, the Cui family searched for the second daughter's home and chased the cavalry, and the second daughter was frightened, hurriedly abandoned the caravan, and got into the woods on the side of the road.
The pursuers escaped, but the money and property carried by the second daughter were left in the caravan, and they did not dare to go back to look for it.
The wealthy little rich woman instantly became a penniless lady in distress, the master and servant wanted to cry without tears, and when they came out of the woods, the second daughter only had one hundred and ten copper coins left.
Worried that the pursuers would lay an eyeliner in Luoyang City, the second daughter did not dare to go to Luoyang again, let alone Chang'an, so she changed her route and planned to leave Guanzhong.
Bumped and stumbled, when the second daughter walked to Ganjingzhuang in Weinan County, she finally couldn't take a step forward, the money was spent, and Congshuang also fell ill.
I had to stay in Ganjingzhuang, fortunately the people were simple in these years, and the moral quality of the people was generally relatively high.
Cui Jie and Congshuang stayed in Ganjingzhuang, under Cui Jie's clumsy care, Congshuang's illness was cured, suffering from no livelihood, and grateful to the old woman for taking her in, Cui Jie relied on the needlework of the primary school association to make a living.
Usually Cui Jie embroidered auspicious patterns such as magpies, Guanyin, and unicorns, and then made them into sachets, and the old woman and Congshuang took them to Weinan County to sell.
Relying on a meager income of a few cents and more than a dozen cents, a family of three can also have enough food and clothing.
Life is poor, but Cui Jie's heart is very calm and even feels fulfilled.
escaped from a wealthy family, escaped from the marriage like a fire pit, even when she was penniless and in a desperate situation, Cui Jie never thought of going home.
This Zhuangzi is not rich, but it is peaceful and serene, no one forces her to do anything, the villagers are rough but friendly, the sky is blue, and the air is free.
The old woman who took them in was as kind as her grandmother, always with a doting smile, and although there was some chatter, every word was full of kindness.
Cui Jie suddenly wanted to stay in this village for the rest of her life, a farmhouse, a few acres of thin fields, and it was a blessing for her to live to old age like this.
The more time passes, the stronger this idea becomes.
There was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the fence, and Cui Jie was still hanging her head and embroidering a pair of lifelike mandarin ducks, her red lips hooked slightly.
You don't have to look up to know that it's from the frost, the girl is only fifteen years old, and she has a fiery temperament, and she will never look like a girl's family.
"Girl, girl, it's a big deal!" shouted as he ran from the frost.
Cui Jie sighed and had to stop what she was doing.
This girl has always been babbling, and I don't know what's wrong today.
"Congshuang, did I tell you that my daughter's family should look like a daughter's family, running and jumping, shouting and screaming, aren't you afraid that others will laugh at you for being rude?" Cui Jie frowned.
Even if it was a harsh reprimand, it came out of Cui Jie's mouth with a bit of soft and glutinous like a coquettish taste, without any majesty.
There is no way, the family's upbringing is very strict, and she is not allowed to scold loudly like a shrew on any occasion.
Congshuang is a little girl, young and immature, with a round and cute face, and a double bun on her head, which shows a little delicate and simple.
"Uh-huh!" Congshuang nodded perfunctorily, indicating that he knew his mistake, but he didn't plan to change it.
Cui Jie sighed helplessly, forget it, she has already recognized the fact that she has no majesty.
"What's going on today? Why are you yelling and yelling? Cui Jie asked helplessly.
Congshuang was suddenly startled, as if he had just remembered, and hurriedly said loudly: "Girl, it's not good! The slave maid just inquired about a big thing! ”
"What's the big deal?"
Congshuang showed a look of fear, and deliberately lowered his voice and said, "The slave maid just inquired, this Ganjingzhuang ...... It is the Zhuangzi of the Li family in Chang'an. ”
Cui Jie was stunned: "Which Li family?" ”
Congshuang hurriedly said: "Which other Li family, of course, is the Li family where the girl escaped from marriage!" Most of the fields in this Zhuangzi belong to the Li family, and in the twenty-first year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong rewarded Li Laoguo Gong for his merits, and most of the Zhuang households in the Zhuangzi are the food of the Li family......"
From the frost's lips twitched, revealing a sad color, and said, "Girl, we just escaped from the wolf's den and fell into the tiger's mouth again!" And it's self-defeating......"