Chapter 77

After thinking about it, she went to find Old Man Li and stuffed him with a 100-tael silver note and some broken silver.This time her family was relocating, which was different from the last time she went to sell horses. She had to be fully prepared.

Old Man Li looked at her packing her things with some surprise. After all, he didn't say anything. He was also busy in a wheelchair, packing up a few of his clothes, and his eyes were actually a little excited.

Qin Liu secretly felt funny.The old man who broke his leg has probably not been out of the house very much in these years. It seems that he is looking forward to traveling far away?
Dalang asked curiously: "Mom, are we going on a long trip?"

Qin Liu touched his head, then hugged Erlang, who had squeezed between Dalang and Qin Liu, and kissed him: "Yes, you have never traveled far since you were so old. Do you want to go?"

"Want to go!"

"Want to go!"

The two children were so innocent. They didn't even know where they were going, so they were so excited that they almost jumped.

"Then don't cry when you are suffering and tired along the way!"

Dalang patted his chest: "I definitely won't cry! I'm a man now!"

Erlang said in a sweet voice, "I'm not crying either, I'm a man too!"

Qin Liu couldn't help laughing: "Okay, you are all men, so good!"

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

Qin Liu wrote a letter to Yang Shen and placed it on the dining table in the Yanzi Building. Ma Yue would probably get the letter when he came over, and he would hand it over to Yang Shen.

Rationally speaking, Yang Shen is a scholar. In terms of journey safety, she feels that Zhu Yue and Little Mute, who have martial arts and running experience, can provide better protection.

Besides, although Yang Shen was an elected official, his father had joined the cabinet. If he or his family were implicated because of himself, why bother?
At dusk, before the little mute came back, Ma Ang came.

His face was solemn: "Sister-in-law Li, there is news from Master Zhu. I will take you to the grassland tonight!"

Qin Liu was shocked: "How did you know we were going to the grassland?"

Ma Ang was stunned: "Us? Who else?"

Qin Liu pursed his lips toward the east room and said, "Let's all go."

"No! The elderly and children are not allowed to go. It's too dangerous. There is a lack of medical treatment and medicine along the way. Erlang is so young, what should he do if he gets sick? Absolutely not! You can only take the little mute with you!"

"Then what do they do?"

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

"Why are you so anxious and suddenly want me to go to the grassland?"

"Master Zhu didn't say it clearly, but he said he had to leave tonight, and I have made arrangements."

Qin Liu looked tangledly at the pile of clothes and bedding that he had packed out, and then at the two children playing around Old Man Li in the east room, feeling anxious and reluctant to give up.

Ma Ang was right. He was carrying the elderly and children along with such a large bag of clothes and bedding. It was too conspicuous and he couldn't walk fast enough. He was afraid that he would be arrested by patrolling soldiers before he even left the Great Wall.

The group of people looking for people mainly want to arrest themselves, and it should have nothing to do with them.

Qin Liu took a few more glances at Erlang, who was fighting Dalang with a small wooden sword, and felt a little hesitant.Ma Ang was right. Erlang was too young. If he marched all the way to the grassland with him, he would probably get sick.

At this time, the little mute came back. After listening to Ma Ang's words, he agreed to the arrangement for him and Qin Liu to leave for the grassland immediately.

Before leaving, the children had fallen asleep. Old Man Li had a complicated expression on his face and calmly said a few words: "It's okay. Just pay attention to your own safety. The children are with me!"

Ma Ang comforted him: "I will send them out of the Great Wall and come back. Don't worry, Uncle Li. I will take care of the family affairs."

Ma Ang's arrangements were in place, with two horses for each person, and they traveled day and night. In a few days, they were sent out of the burned area outside the Great Wall.

Now that it is approaching the end of May, a lot of fresh green grass has grown in the burned areas, so there is no need to worry that the horses will have no grass to eat.

Ma Ang turned back with a few escorting soldiers, while Qin Liu and Xiao Mute headed north with four horses.

Whether it was because the grassland was so uninhabited or because he was frightened by Yang Shen in Shabaozi Town, Qin Liu was very tired but felt very relaxed.

She had walked through the grassland, and it was in her name that the Khan Court established a horse trade with the Ming Dynasty. The transaction was still in progress at this moment, and the people on the grassland had no reason to harm her.

However, the weather was unpredictable. Just when the little mute and she were planning to find a place to take a rest, the sunny grassland suddenly changed, and black clouds swept in. The sky suddenly turned gloomy, and it looked like a heavy rain was about to fall.

The little mute reacted quickly, immediately dismounted, took off the felt and started to set up the tent.

The tent was set up on a leeward hillside, and Qin Liu hurriedly helped. When the cold wind blew over with raindrops, the tent was almost ready.

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

The little mute put the last piece of dry felt on Qin Liu's body.

I have to say that when the storm came, the temperature dropped suddenly, and it was very cold even hiding in the tent.

Qin Liu looked at the little mute's short brown clothes, which were thin and slightly wet from raindrops. He pulled away a corner of the felt and put it on his shoulders.The two sat side by side in the small tent, looking at the rainy grassland outside through the cracks in the tent.

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

Qin Liu yawned: "What's good about rain? It's wet and cold."

"When it rains, you can hide in a small tent like now and have your own little world, no one will disturb you, and you can be free."

"You can hide in a small tent even if it doesn't rain?"

"When it doesn't rain, we have to work. There are many things to do. Herding sheep, cattle, and horses."

"Isn't it difficult to herd sheep just to let the sheep eat grass by themselves?" You don't have to feed the sheep, so what's so difficult?
The little mute nodded: "It's very hard for one person to herd thousands of sheep. You have to walk around all the time to be careful of wolves attacking the sheep. It's even more troublesome at night. Especially when the wolf damage is serious, all night long Don’t even think about sleeping, you have to walk around the sheep with a lamp and bark at the top of your lungs with the dogs all night long.”

Qin Liu looked at the little mute seriously: "You want to watch the sheep all night?"

"When I was a child, I often stayed up late. Late-night work is the work of our grassland women and children, and men generally don't do it. Our grassland women have to stay up late at night. During the day, they have heavy housework, such as milking cows, picking up lambs, shearing, cooking leather, and sewing. Making clothes, lack of sleep all year round, most people are sick and short-lived, it will be better if there are children to help."

Qin Liu pulled up the felt that had slipped on the other shoulder of the little mute and encouraged him to continue talking.

(End of this chapter)

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