31. Cultivate the team
After going out for a long time, I can always see all kinds of people, encounter all kinds of strange stories, Ye Xiu and the two of them have been chivalrous along the way, and they have taken care of injustices, met a few colleagues who can talk to each other, and also made some small grievances, and also rescued a group of abducted children, most of whom were sent to the yamen for processing, but there were three who wanted to follow them, either as slaves or maids, but they refused to go home, and later bought a pair of sisters who were to be sold to the Qinglou.
As a result, the team of the two people became larger and larger, plus the rescue of a knight who was seriously injured and dying in a duel, this person had to repay the grace of saving his life, and followed the two of them with a dead face, and the two looked at the team that had expanded to eight people, and decided to go back to the capital first, and put these tails in place, they didn't want to be so eye-catching on the road.
Calculating the time, at their current speed, they will be able to catch up with Zhu Qiqi to give birth when they go home, and they can take a short rest and wait until she gives birth to the child before going out.
Back in the capital, first throw the five and a half children to Uncle Xing, Ye Xiu and Yun Qing went to Shen Lang to report what they had seen and heard on this trip, Shen Lang tested their martial arts, and nodded with satisfaction: "There has been great progress, and there is no slack when you go out, very good." ”
Zhu Qiqi has a big belly, her whole person is plump, it can be seen that the past few months have been very good, she pulled Yunqing to whisper, complaining about the inconvenience of some pregnant women, Yunqing looked around, did not see Wang Lianhua and Panda, and asked them where they went, Zhu Qiqi said: "Where can they be idle, not long after you went out, Bai Feifei sent a letter over, saying that she gave birth to a son, and they went to the Ethereal Palace to see the child, I heard that they only stayed in the Ethereal Palace for half a month, and then they didn't know where to go." ”
Shen Lang was inspecting the chivalrous warrior who came back with them, the self-reported name Ding Yingzhong, there was a mixed name called "Ding Yidao" on the rivers and lakes, saying that he only used one knife to kill, Shen Lang had heard his name, but he didn't know it, but as soon as we met today, after a few words, I knew that this was a real man, a spit and a nail, since he said that he would follow Ye Xiu and Yunqing and protect them to repay the grace of saving his life, then unless he died, he would not change his mind.
"This person is affectionate and promised, and the person who is identified will never betray, and he can rest assured to stay by his side." Shen Lang quietly told Ye Xiu, but he was not very satisfied with Ding Yingzhong's martial arts, and said: "His martial arts are a little worse, wait for me to train for a while, and then let him follow you out, and you can walk the rivers and lakes in the future, you can also have more protection." ”
Ye Xiu then told Shen Lang's opinion to Yun Qing, Yun Qing thought about it, nodded and said, "Okay, just save someone, you can get a loyal guard, this deal is really cost-effective." ”
Although they didn't think about reciprocating when they saved people, it was always a pleasant thing for the people they saved to repay their kindness.
As for the five and a half children, Uncle Xing said that this was the team of the two of them, arranged for someone to teach them to read and write, and also found some superficial fist and foot kung fu for them to learn, and later Shen Lang saw that three of the five children had good bones, and it was a waste to learn those third-rate martial arts, so he changed to an internal martial arts method, and taught them a set of first-class swordsmanship, so that they could learn it hard and protect the master's family in the future.
That's right, these five children all have a deed of sale in the hands of Ye Xiu and the others, because they were originally sold by their parents and relatives, and the reason why they would rather be slaves and maids than go home is that they know that they will only be sold again after returning home, and it is difficult to say where they will be sold at that time, it is better to follow Engong directly, since Engong is willing to contribute money and efforts to rescue them, they are not such vicious and mean people, and they will have a way to live if they follow them.
Shen Lang and Uncle Xing are willing to cultivate them as Ye Xiu's team, because they are malleable and have guaranteed loyalty, if they are the kind of people who are uneasy at first sight, they have already been sent away by these two, and they will never be allowed to stay at home.
The hot day in June was scary, Zhu Qiqi, a pregnant woman, had a hard time, she wanted to go into the ice cellar, but Shen Lang would never agree, only put some ice cubes in the room to cool down, every day Yunqing went to see her, Zhu Qiqi had to complain about the inconvenience, and patted his stomach and said: "Son, come out quickly, your mother and I are going crazy......
Yun Qing saw that she didn't speak, she didn't want to hit her, and when she was confined, she would know, only more uncomfortable, not the most uncomfortable, the future will only be more painful, now let her have good expectations for a few days.
On June 20, the two came back from outside, saying that they were going to personally guard Zhu Qiqi to give birth to a child, Shen Lang's face was a little green, Panda was Zhu Qiqi's brother, he was okay to say, what happened to Wang Lianhua? But he knows Wang Lianhua's bad nature, the more he doesn't let him do anything, the more he wants to do it, and he likes to kick his nose in the face, so he simply ignores him, fortunately, he has been much more stable in the past two years, and he knows how to play with it, so let him keep it if he is willing to keep it.
After Ye Xiu knew about this, he quietly asked Yun Qing, "Do you want the two of us to go to the door of the room to guard too?" ”
Yun Qing asked him: "When I gave birth to a child, how did you feel outside the delivery room?" ”
Ye Xiu recalled, with an unbearable expression on his face: "Don't mention it, I'm shocked and scared, you don't know if you have a baby inside, there is a pregnant woman next door who gave birth not very well, and the shouting is so terrible that it gives people goosebumps, and another one says that it is a difficult birth, and the normal birth is going to be operated on in the middle of the process, I listen to this messy sound, I really can't breathe well, for fear that you will have an accident......"
Yunqing said: "I used to have a younger sister, when she gave birth to her first child, I accompanied the delivery room, looking at her painful appearance, I was also nervous, but when I gave birth to a child as a stranger, I didn't feel too much, maybe I was concerned and messy." ”
The two discussed it for a while, and decided to guard it, otherwise it always felt a little uninteresting, but on the day of Zhu Qiqi's birth, no one notified them at all, or they only found out when they went to visit Shen Mansion as usual, as soon as they entered the main courtyard, they were discovered by Uncle Xing, and Uncle Xing waved them directly: "What are you doing here?" Children are not allowed to join in the fun! ”
With that, he coaxed the three of them out of the yard and let them find a place to play on their own. Ye Xiu, Yun Qing and Ling Yun looked at each other, they could only go to the front hall to sit and drink tea, they couldn't go to play at this time, since they weren't allowed to wait in the courtyard, it would be the same to wait here.
This sat for half a day, and they ate sloppy lunch, and waited until the end of the day, when cheers came from behind, and they knew that this was the birth of a child.