After thinking about it, she still found Li Laohan and stuffed him with a silver ticket worth one hundred taels of silver and some broken silver. This time the family moved, and it was different from the last time she went to sell horses, and she had to be fully prepared.

Li Laohan was a little surprised to see her pack up her things, but after all, she didn't say anything, and she was busy in a wheelchair, pulling a few of her clothes into a burden, and her eyes were still a little excited.

Qin Liu secretly thought it was funny. The old man with a broken leg probably hasn't been out of the house much over the years, and it seems that he is also looking forward to going out?

Da Lang asked curiously: "Mother, are we going to go far away?" ”

Qin Liu touched his head, and then hugged Erlang, who was trying to squeeze between Da Lang and Qin Liu, and kissed him: "Yes, you have never been far away since you grew up, do you want to go?" ”

"I want to go!"

"I want to go!"

The two children were so innocent that they didn't even know where to go, so they danced so excitedly that they almost jumped.

"When you are tired of suffering along the way, you are not allowed to cry!"

Da Lang patted his chest: "I'm definitely not crying!" I'm a man! ”

Erlang said in a milky voice: "I don't cry either, I'm also a man!" ”

Qin Liu couldn't laugh: "Okay, you are all manly, so good!" ”

With children's gags, the originally difficult and worrying future journey has become a bit desirable.

Qin Liu wrote a letter to Yang Shen and put it on the dining table in the Swallow Building, Ma Yue should get the letter when he came over, and he would hand it over to Yang Shen when the time came.

Intellectually speaking, Yang Shen is a scholar, and in terms of journey safety, she feels that Zhu Yue and Xiao Mu, who have martial arts and running experience, will be more able to protect people.

Besides, although Yang Shen is a mover, his father has joined the cabinet, if he or his family is affected because of himself, why bother?

When it was dusk, the little mute had not returned, but Maang came.

His face was solemn: "Sister-in-law Li, there's news from Lord Zhu, I'll send you to the grassland in the evening!" ”

Qin Liu was taken aback: "How did you know that we were going to the grassland?" ”

Ma Ang was stunned: "We? Who else? ”

Qin Liu pouted towards the east house: "Let's go." ”

"No! Neither the elderly nor children can go, it is too dangerous. There is a shortage of doctors and medicines along the way, Erlang is so young, what can I do if I get sick? Absolutely not! Only the little mute can be brought with you! ”

"And what about them?"

"I'll figure it out, Master Zhu will also have arrangements, don't worry!"

"Why are you in such a hurry and suddenly ask me to go to the grassland?"

"Master Zhu didn't say it explicitly, but he said that he had to leave tonight, and I arranged it."

Qin Liu looked at the pile of clothes and bedding he had packed up, and then looked at the two children playing around Li Laohan in the east house, feeling anxious and reluctant.

Maang was right, he was carrying the old man and the child with such a large bag of clothes and bedding, which was too conspicuous, and he couldn't get up quickly, for fear that he would be caught by the patrolling soldiers before he left the Great Wall.

The main thing that those people are looking for is to catch themselves, and it should have nothing to do with them.

Qin Liu glanced at Erlang, who was fighting with Da Lang with a small wooden sword, and was a little hesitant in his heart.

Ma Ang has a point, Erlang is too young, if he marches all the way to the grassland with him, he is afraid that he will be sick.

The little mute came back, and after listening to Ma Ang's words, he still agreed to the arrangement that he and Qin Liu should immediately leave for the grassland.

Before leaving, the children were already asleep, Li Laohan's face was a little complicated, and he calmly instructed a few words: "It's okay, just pay attention to your own safety, the children have me!" ”

Ma Ang comforted: "I sent them out of the Great Wall and came back, Uncle Li, don't worry, I will take care of the family affairs." ”

Ma Ang arranged very well, each arranged two horses, day and night, and in a few days they were sent out of the burned area outside the Great Wall.

Now that it is close to the end of May, a lot of fresh green grass has grown in the burned area, and I am not afraid that the horses will run out of grass to eat.

Ma Ang turned back with a few escorted soldiers, and Qin Liu and the little mute headed north on four horses.

I don't know if it's because the sky is high and the ground on the grassland is vast and uninhabited, or because he was frightened by Yang Shen in Shabaozi Town, Qin Liu's body is very tired, but his mood is very relaxed.

She went through the grassland, and it was in her name that the Khan Court established a horse trading trade with the Ming court, and the transaction was still going on at this moment, and the people on the grassland had no reason to hurt her.

However, there were unforeseen storms in the sky, and just as the little mute and she were about to find a place to rest, the clear grassland suddenly changed and black clouds swept in, and the sky instantly became gloomy, and it looked like a heavy rainstorm.

The little mute reacted quickly, immediately dismounted, untied the felt, and began to set up the tent.

The tent was set up on a leeward hillside, and Qin Liu hurriedly helped, and when the cold wind swept over with raindrops, a tent would be set up.

Qin Liu and the little mute huddled in a small tent, occasionally opening the curtain to watch the pouring rain and mist outside. The horses were very well-behaved, standing on the edge of the tent grazing freely, as if the storm was not a big deal.

The little mute draped the last piece of dry felt over Qin Liu's body.

I have to say that as soon as the storm came, the temperature dropped suddenly, and it was cold to hide in a tent.

Qin Liu looked at the little mute's thin and somewhat raindrop-soaked short brown clothes, pulled the felt a corner, and put it on his shoulder. The two sat side by side in a small tent, looking through the crack in the tent at the rainy grassland outside.

The little mute was in a good mood and rarely talked more: "On the grassland, I like it to rain the most." ”

Qin Liu yawned: "What's so good about raining?" It was wet and cold. ”

"When it rains, you can hide in a small tent like you do now, and have a little world of your own, where no one disturbs you and you are free."

"Can you hide in a small tent when it's not raining?"

"There's a lot of work to do when it's not raining. Herding sheep, cattle, horses. ”

"Isn't it difficult to herd sheep just to let them graze themselves?" And you don't have to feed the sheep, what's so difficult?

The little mute nodded: "It is very hard for a person to herd thousands of sheep." You have to keep walking around to beware of wolves attacking the sheep. It's more troublesome at night. Especially when the wolf damage is serious, don't want to sleep all night, but carry the lamp around the flock, and shout with the dog all night. ”

Qin Liu looked at the little mute seriously: "Do you still want to watch the sheep at night?" ”

"When I was a kid, I used to get out at night. The night is the work of our prairie women and children, and men generally don't do it. We prairie women, we have to go down at night, during the day housework is heavy, milking, lambing, shearing, cooking, sewing clothes, lack sleep all year round, most of them are sick and short-lived, with children to help them, it will be better. ”

Qin Liu pulled the felt that slipped off the other shoulder of the little mute and encouraged him to continue.

(End of chapter)