Portable Space: Small Peasant Girls Farm to Get Rich

Chapter 356 One link after another

The white snow fluttered and fell on the roof of the Gu family mansion. Countless stretches of white snow stretched out, and it was so cold that no one knew how long it would last.

A mile outside the mansion, a crowd of thousands of people walked steadily forward on the snow.

The leader was a man, wrapped in armor, holding a long spear tightly in his hand. He had a stern face and an unsmiling expression, with an untidy beard on his chin, but his narrow eyes were unusually sharp and bright.

When Yucheng heard a knock on the door, he opened the hole on the door and looked outside. The thousands of soldiers in black armor and holding swords made him hesitate.

There is no one in charge in the house, so it would not be wise for him to open the door now. Even if these people are soldiers protecting the north, he cannot be careless.

Yu Cheng and the person outside the door were in a stalemate for a few breaths, and finally decided to speak first, "What's this, General?"

The soldier outside the door didn't see the person inside open the door, and his face showed impatience, "We are here to inspect under the order of the general. Open the door quickly, don't delay our visit to the next household."

Yu Cheng frowned. He had been in the North for ten years and had never heard of any Northern military officer coming to the village to inspect. Could it be because of the snow?
No, that's not it, Yu Cheng quickly denied this reason, for the simple reason that General Yang had just left here a few days ago.

Yu Cheng raised his eyelids, a look of difficulty appeared on his face, then he smiled and looked at the soldiers outside, complimenting them, "General, you have worked hard along the way."

As he said this, Yu Cheng calmly took off a purse from his waist and handed it over, but his heart was aching badly.

"It's just a small token of my appreciation, please don't despise it, sir."

The soldier's face darkened. He didn't even look at the money bag that Yu Cheng handed over, and shouted sternly, "Open the door. If you keep dawdling, don't blame me for being rude.

Yu Cheng's face changed slightly, but he quickly calmed down. He quickly glanced not far away, but did not see the small figure. There was a look of loss in his eyes.

Seeing the face of the man in front of him getting darker and darker, he pursed his lips, opened the door and stepped back, "Please come in, General."

The soldier ignored Yu Cheng and turned and ran down the stairs.

Yu Cheng didn't move a step and waited quietly.

After a while, the soldier followed the man holding the halberd to the door. He paused in front of the door and said to Yu Cheng at the door in a cold and distant voice, "Lead the way."

Yu Cheng was a little scared of this man. He was stunned for a moment before he nervously led the two people towards the house.

He took the two men around the house for a while. They looked serious, but he didn't see what they were doing. He was puzzled and puzzled, thinking that the general had really ordered them to come for an inspection! ?

After sending the two to the door, the man with the long spear stopped and said in a deep voice, "The general has ordered that the owner of the house should go to the government office in Beiwu Prefecture in the early spring of next year."

Yu Cheng nodded quickly, "I will definitely pass on the message, General, please rest assured."

The man with the halberd said "hmm" lightly and returned to the team with his soldiers.

Yucheng watched the crowd slowly leave, then turned his gaze to the distance and saw two small black dots looming in the wind and snow.

He rubbed his eyes uncertainly, and after making sure that he was not seeing things, he rubbed his hands excitedly and stood in front of the door to greet them, completely forgetting what had happened before.

Liu Qingcao sat on the sled, her eyes fixed on the distant snow. She had just heard a few faint sounds of iron colliding. She glanced towards the direction of the sound but saw nothing. The sound no longer sounded, and everything seemed like an illusion.

He retracted his gaze and looked towards the Gu family mansion. He could vaguely see the shadow of the gate of the mansion in the wind and snow.

After walking for a quarter of an hour, the mansion became increasingly visible in the wind and snow, and Liu Qingcao saw Yu Cheng standing in front of the door.

She was surprised for a moment, then swung the whip in her hand, increasing Junfeng's speed a bit.

"Yucheng, why are you standing outside the door?" Liu Qingcao asked anxiously before getting off the sled.

Yu Cheng bowed and said, "Miss, two quarters of an hour ago, soldiers from the north came to inspect."

Yu Cheng paused, then bowed again, and said with a look of shame, "I was unable to stop him, and brought him into the house. Please punish me, young lady."

Liu Qingcao's eyebrows were slightly furrowed, but there was no anger on her face.

She raised her eyes to look at Yu Cheng and ordered, "We'll talk about this later. Hurry up and help Liu Wu drive the sled to the back door."

Only then did Yu Cheng notice the situation on the sled behind him. He did not dare to hesitate and immediately ran onto the sled.

Liu Qingcao didn't wait for them. He went straight through the front door and headed straight for his room.

The situation is urgent now, and it’s a bit rushed to prepare the hemostatic pills.

Liu Qingcao thought for a moment, walked to the Lingquan well, bent down to scoop up a bucket of water and returned to the warehouse. He randomly picked up a few warming and tonic herbs from the warehouse, crushed them, added the Lingquan water, kneaded them into black pills, and put them into a porcelain bottle.

Time passed slowly in this space, and when her son came out, only a moment had passed.

She put the porcelain bottle into the medicine box, carried it on her back and walked quickly.

When she arrived at Liu Xiao and their room, Liu Wu was already waiting for her at the door.

"Where is Yucheng?" Liu Qingcao looked around the room and didn't see anyone, so he asked without turning his head.

"Boil water in the kitchen."

Liu Qingcao understood, put the medicine box away, took out three porcelain bottles from it and gave them to Liu Wu, "Liu Wu, go and feed them one of the pills in the porcelain bottle."

Liu Wu hurriedly took it and fed one pill to Liu Er, who was the most seriously injured, and then gave medicine to the rest of the people.

Liu Qingcao took out a roll of clean cotton cloth from the medicine box. At this time, Yu Cheng came in with a basin of hot water.

Liu Qingcao didn't even raise her head. She took a pair of scissors and cut open the bloody cotton cloth that was bandaging Liu Xiao's wound. "Yucheng, bring the water over."

Hearing the sound, Yu Cheng carried the water steadily and placed it on a low stool. Seeing this, Liu Qingcao took out a small porcelain bottle from the medicine box, unplugged it and poured the medicine into the water.

"You clean Liu Xiao." After saying that, he looked at Liu Wu and said, "Liu Wu, go to the next room and bring a screen over. It will be used by Liu Liu later."

Liu Wu nodded and walked quickly to the next room.

Liu Wu came very quickly. She put the screen in place and went to the kitchen to get hot water for Liu Liu to wash without waiting for Liu Qingcao's instructions.

Liu Xiao's wound burst open and could only be stitched again with needle and thread. The second stitch was much more painful than the first. Liu Qingcao tried to be as gentle and careful as possible, but Liu Xiao still turned pale with pain and broke out in cold sweat. Even so, he didn't make a sound.

"Liu Xiao, you are all seriously injured. You can't be shaken again. For the next half month, you should rest well in the house."

Liu Xiao knew that everyone was seriously injured this time. If they forced themselves to move, it would probably take even longer. Thinking that the time to return would take even longer, he frowned, but finally nodded and agreed.

Liu Qingcao sutured and applied medicine to the remaining four people one by one. It was already dark when he finished.

Liu Qingcao thought of the four people on the sled and immediately said to Liu Wu, "Liu Wu, go and take the four people on the sled to the ear room, and send two more people to guard there."

"Miss, I went to interrogate those people earlier, and some of them are not in good condition." Liu Wu hesitated, "These people are cruel and ruthless. If they are of no other use, do you want me to deal with them?"

Liu Qingcao shook his head.

She had other ideas for these people, but now was not the right time. After thinking for a while, she slowly took out three more porcelain bottles from the medicine box, "Liu Wu, bring a bucket of hot water when you go over, and feed them a bowl of medicine in the porcelain bottles."

Liu Wu knew that the girl had other plans, so he said nothing more and walked out with the porcelain bottle.

After Liu Wu left, Liu Qingcao carried the medicine box back to the house. As soon as she put the medicine box down, she hurried to the warehouse.

Liu Xiao and the others had lost too much blood today and were probably hungry. Liu Si was injured, and none of the grown men in Yucheng could cook a good meal.

She opened the door of the storeroom and took some rice, potatoes, chicken, fish and eggs from the sled.

The eggs have already been frozen hard, so it is impossible to eat egg custard immediately. However, it is still possible to make egg custard and fried eggs if you spend more time thawing the frozen eggs.

After taking the necessary things, Liu Qingcao went to the kitchen. In the kitchen, Yu Cheng was busy around the pot.

As soon as Liu Qingcao came in, she saw Yu Cheng's funny look, curled the corners of her mouth, and walked over to take the spatula from his hand.

Yu Cheng was stunned for a moment, and when he saw that the person coming was Liu Qingcao, his face suddenly became embarrassed.

Liu Qingcao smiled, pretending not to see it, and ordered, "Don't stand there, I want to cook, go sit down and add some firewood."

Yucheng calmed himself down and walked towards the stove.

Liu Qingcao gently used a spatula to stir some of the rice in Yucheng's pot, picked up a grain with her hand, twisted it with a little force, and the grains at her fingertips were slowly twisted apart.

The white rice has become half-cooked rice and can be removed from the heat and drained.

Liu Qingcao quickly picked up the ladle and scooped out most of the rice and rice soup in the pot.

Liu Qingcao planned to save the remaining rice and soup in the pot to make porridge for Liu Xiao and the others.

It takes time to stew porridge, so Liu Qingcao takes this time to start preparing the dishes.

The patient needed a light diet, so she prepared to make a pot of fish soup with the fish, and then beat the eggs melted in hot water to make an egg custard.

She, Liu Wu and Yu Cheng didn't cook anything fancy for the meal, just a big pot of braised chicken and stewed potatoes.

After Liu Qingcao finished his work, Yu Cheng took the initiative to bring the food for Liu Xiao and the other four to the side room.

When I came back, Liu Qingcao had already placed the food by the stove.

Liu Wu was worried about the people in the ear room, so he stayed there to guard it. Liu Qingcao prepared the food and was about to find someone to call the people in the house to have dinner when he saw Yu Cheng coming back.

"Yucheng, go and call Wang Chawuhui and Li Shi to have dinner."

After Liu Qingcao finished speaking, he walked out with the lunch box. As soon as he walked out of the door, he stopped and turned back to add, "You guys eat first, no need to wait for me. I'll go to the side room to deliver food to Luo Zhu and Yan Yong, and then I'll eat with Liu Wu later."

Yu Cheng nodded, and as soon as Liu Qingcao moved, he immediately went to various places in the house to find people to eat. Liu Qingcao padded the food box with a thin layer of cotton, and the insulation effect was much better than usual. When they arrived at the ear room, the food was still hot.

"Yan Yong, Luo Zhu, come and have dinner. After dinner, I have something for you to do."

The two men responded, quickly put down the daggers in their hands, walked to the table and started eating.

Liu Qingcao took Liu Wu to a table nearby and took out the last piece of food from the lunch box and placed it on the table.

"Eat it. Don't pay attention to those people. They took the muscle softening powder and they won't be able to move for a while."

When the food in the lunch box is taken out, the temperature will drop quickly. If you don’t eat it quickly, it will get cold in a short time.

Liu Qingcao picked up the bowl and told Liu Wu to eat quickly. Liu Wu understood this and picked up the bowl and started eating.

I went out early this morning, and when I came back I didn't even have time to drink a sip of water before I hurried out of the house again. When I came back and finished my work, it was dark. I was so anxious and worried at first that I didn't notice my stomach was empty. When I relaxed, I found that I was already starving.

She was so hungry that even the plain rice tasted delicious to her, not to mention the braised chicken and potatoes.

The food at both tables was eaten up completely, without even a grain of rice left. Liu Qingcao knew that everyone was really hungry today.

Luo Zhu and Yan Yong helped to put the dishes and chopsticks into the lunch boxes. Liu Qingcao went to the ear room and took a look around. Except for the few people who were poisoned by the Itching Powder and whose breathing was a little unstable, the rest of the people were fine.

After walking around inside for a while, Liu Qingcao came out. These people had eaten quite well in this snowy day, so it would not be a big deal if they went hungry for a day or two.

Coming out of the ear room, Liu Qingcao called Yan Yong and Luo Zhu.

The two men came in front of Liu Qingcao with a very respectful attitude, and did not show any neglect or look down on Liu Qingcao just because he was small.

Liu Qingcao looked at the two of them quietly for a while, and was very satisfied to see that they had a good attitude.

"You two will take turns keeping watch tonight. Tomorrow at dawn, you will mix this bottle of medicine with hot water and feed it to the people in the ear room." Liu Qingcao took out a porcelain bottle and put it on the table. Fearing that the two would not pay attention, he reminded them with a stern face, "Remember not to delay it for too long."

The two of them nodded heavily and promised to do their best and not delay anything.

Liu Qingcao said a few more words and took Liu Wu to Liu Xiao and the others' room.

Someone needs to look after the ear room, and Liu Xiao and the others cannot be left unattended. Most of the people in the yard are men, and the only women are her and Liu Wu. She cannot stay, so Liu Wu will have to stay.

But Liu Wu alone was not enough, so she called Li Shi to the side room and asked him and Liu Wu to look after the five people together.

After Liu Qingcao arranged all the big and small matters in the house, he returned to the house and entered the space.

She was busy picking the ripe crops and fruits in the fields in the space. When she was almost done, she boiled a pot of water in the space to wash up, and then fell asleep on the bed in the space.

The next day, Liu Qingcao opened her sleepy eyes, struggled in bed for a while, and then lazily got up.

The picking was really late last night. Even though the time in the space was very different from that in the outside world, she was still busy until the end of the morning hour.

When he opened the wooden carved door, the snow outside was flying everywhere and the cold air hit his face, instantly waking up Liu Qingcao's sleepy head.

Thinking of Liu Xiao and the other four people in the side room, Liu Qingcao pulled himself together with his thick cotton coat and went out.

In the wing room.

Liu Xiao took a sip of hot water to get rid of the bitter taste of medicine in his mouth. He looked at Li Shi who was taking good care of them by the bed. His lips, which looked a little better, twitched slightly.

"Sorry to trouble you, Brother Li." Liu Xiao said in a hoarse voice and handed over the bowl.

Li Shi smiled innocently and said nothing. He took the bowl and put it on the table. Then he picked up a clean bowl, picked up the teapot and poured another bowl for Liu Er.

On this side, Liu Wu and Li Shi did the same, pouring water for Liu Liu to drink.

After the five people drank the water, the two went to the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Liu Qingcao was holding a large spoon and pouring thick white rice porridge into a ceramic pot. The faint aroma of rice floated in the kitchen.

The last spoonful of rice porridge was poured into the pottery jar. Liu Qingcao put away the spoon and covered the pottery jar with a lid.

It was not enough to just drink rice porridge in the morning, so Liu Qingcao washed the pot, added firewood, and fried a dish of black fungus and yam.

As soon as the dishes were placed on the plates, Liu Wu and Li Shi arrived in the kitchen one after another.

Seeing the food box on the table, Liu Wu took the initiative to put the hot fungus, yam, bowls and chopsticks into the food box.

Li Shi wrapped the pottery jar with thick cloth and held it carefully in his arms.

"Feed Liu Xiao and the others first. I'll ask Yu Cheng to bring your food to you later."

Liu Qingcao's crisp voice rang out in the kitchen, and Liu Wu and Li Shi nodded slightly.

After the two left, Liu Qingcao quickly fried two dishes.

After the last dish of stir-fried shredded potatoes was served, Liu Qingcao poured the drained rice into the pot and simmered it.

She left the cooked dishes warm on the stove and went out to call Yu Cheng.

After breakfast, Liu Qingcao called everyone to the side room.

Everyone was so tired yesterday that after breakfast she began to ask about what happened yesterday one by one.

"Liu Wu, you speak first." Liu Qingcao's eyes fell on Liu Wu's face with a serious expression.

Liu Wu thought for a moment before saying, "Miss, we left the house early yesterday morning to look for firewood, and nothing happened on the way."

After Liu Wu finished speaking, he suddenly frowned and exclaimed, "Ah, that's not right!"

"What's going on? Did you discover something?" Liu Qingcao asked softly.

Liu Wu nodded heavily, a hint of annoyance on his face, "Girl, when we set out, there were a few refugees looking around outside the igloo furtively. When I walked away and looked back, they had already run away in the opposite direction of us. At that time, I thought they were just walking around to warm themselves up, so I didn't pay much attention to them."

"Now that I think about it, those refugees were tipping off that group of people."

Liu Qingcao nodded to show that he understood, then turned around and asked Yu Cheng.

"Yucheng, tell me about the situation of those soldiers and generals yesterday."

Liu Qingcao also didn't believe that the purpose of those soldiers was to patrol.

“Miss, when those people arrived, they said it was the general’s order and asked me to open the door and take them into the house for inspection. However, they did not enter the house. They just walked around the house and then left with their people.”

Yu Cheng raised his eyes and looked at Liu Qingcao, hesitated for a while and said, "Miss, I think those people seem to be perfunctory to the general's orders, and seem to be confirming something."

Liu Qingcao didn't say anything, but his mind was frantically analyzing and judging.

According to Liu Wu's words, the bandits must have bribed some of the refugees, and what Yu Cheng said...

Liu Qingcao thought of something and his face suddenly turned ugly.

Are these people probably suspecting that she still has some food hidden away?

This is a plan to target her!
The people in the room couldn't help but murmur when they saw that Liu Qingcao's face was becoming increasingly ugly.

It's not a coincidence that he is both a thief and a patrolman.

Liu Xiao raised his eyes and looked in the direction of Liu Qingcao. It was a long time before he looked away. A trace of sadness flashed across his eyes, and his pupil color instantly turned cold.

Liu Wu's eyes swept around the room, and his round eyes finally fell on Liu Xiao. Liu Xiao felt Liu Wu's gaze, and the two looked at each other, and then he nodded slightly at her.

Liu Qingcao sat on the stool. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. Soon, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his palms.

At this moment, she was both relieved and angry.

Thinking of the people hiding around the house, she didn't know whether they were still there. She wanted to find Yang Jingyong to verify the matter, but felt it was unnecessary.

Finally, Liu Qingcao decided not to get entangled with the northern soldiers anymore. There was a traitor in the military camp, so why should she take the risk of going there in person? A letter would be enough.

Having made the decision, Liu Qingcao didn't say much, but just instructed, "You guys take good care of your injuries, and we will set off for Feichifu City after you recover."

Naturally, Liu Xiao and the other four would not object. Traveling with injuries would only be disadvantageous to them. It would be better for them to wait for a few more days until their injuries were 60% to 70% healed. Then they would be able to deal with some dangers on the road.

The six people from Yucheng were assigned by Liu Qingcao to clear snow, patrol and other tasks.

The General’s Mansion in Beiwu Prefecture.

Yang Jingyong sat on a chair in the main room, his face as dark as ink and his eyes cold. He looked at the contents of the letter in his hand and did not speak for a long time.

The six people standing by looked at the general with an unhappy expression anxiously and nervously, and none of them dared to ask any questions.

After a long time, Yang Jingyong raised his head and slammed the letter in his hand on the tea table beside him.

"How can this be possible!" Yang Jingyong shouted in anger.

The six people below looked at each other, not understanding what had happened to make the general so angry.

The anger in Yang Jingyong's eyes had not subsided. He frowned and glanced at the six people below him. He said slowly in a low voice, "Go check who left the barracks yesterday."

"Yes, General." The six people tacitly did not ask any questions, but just responded and left quickly.