The story of the struggle of the poor girl who crossed

Chapter 89
Eunuch Li was overjoyed. There was nothing wrong with this trip.Originally, no one was willing to come this trip, so he volunteered on his own initiative.In this northwestern borderland, some well-connected people in the palace pushed this errand away.

Unexpectedly, when he came here, he actually got a silver ticket of 300 taels from Liang Qianhu.Moreover, you can also eat the rumored dumplings, which are warmly welcomed by everyone.Now, maybe there is still a chance to witness the launch of the new armor, go back to the capital and report to the emperor, maybe you can get a big reward or a promotion.

Alas, his family is now waiting for his money to save them.The 300 taels of silver helped him a lot.One must know that for an eunuch of his status, no one would give gifts in the palace.Even if it is a gift, it is nothing more than three or five taels.

On the way back to the capital from the northwest, he could take a detour back to his hometown and give the banknote to his younger brother for emergency treatment.My younger brother is seriously ill and urgently needs ginseng for medicine. With these 300 taels of silver, I can buy a very good ginseng!

When he was happy, Eunuch Li said to Mai Xiang: "Liang Qianhu, work hard. When we go back to the capital, we must speak nicely in front of the emperor! You, maybe one day, you can become the great general of our Rongguo !"

Great general refers to a general who is above the third rank, and also refers to a general who commands a party.

Mai Xiang nodded happily: "Thank you father-in-law, let's have dinner at my house today, I will buy chickens and ducks, and cook some special dishes for my father-in-law! It is a pity that there is no fish in this place now, otherwise, the You can also make pickled fish for your father-in-law. However, at this time next year, if you want to eat fish, it is still easy to buy!"

Eunuch Li asked curiously, "Why?"

Mai Xiang laughed and said, "Because I'm already building a reservoir and plan to raise fish in the reservoir! If my father-in-law comes next year, I can eat as many fish as I want!"

Hearing this, Eunuch Li couldn't help but yearn for it: "Northwest where you can eat fish casually? Wow, I'm so yearning for it!"

Other people are also full of infinitely beautiful longings.

In the northwest of Rongguo, it is not easy to eat fresh fish, because there are not many rivers.If you want to eat fish, most of them eat dried salted fish.

That night, Mai Xiang cooked several delicious dishes, including spicy chicken, rice wine stuffed duck, vinegared cabbage, garlic wild vegetables, mushroom chicken soup, and celery fried bean curd.

The dried tofu was brought from her home in Luhuawan.

Eunuch Li had a great time eating, and quickly praised: "It's delicious, it's very delicious, it's really delicious! Well, it's even better than the royal chef in the palace! Liang Qianhu really deserves his reputation, he can go to the kitchen and go out of the hall , women don’t give in to their eyebrows!”

It is said that Prince Rong's son has taken a fancy to her.Well, the vision of Prince Rong's son is indeed good.Those who make irresponsible remarks in the capital are going to be disappointed now!Who said that a woman from the countryside is a woman without knowledge and tolerance?

Look at Liang Qianhu, who has an elegant temperament, calm and calm, and seems to be more elegant and generous than the princess in the palace.It is not impossible for such a good girl to be promoted from a fourth-rank general to a third-rank general in time.

The prestigious female general and the commander of Jinyiwei are really a match made in heaven!Much better than those famous ladies!

When the news reached Luhuawan, Liang Gaoshan and Chang's immediately burst into tears.

Ban Xia was extremely excited, but couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

How difficult it is to raise people, he knows better than anyone else.Back then when he was a scholar, he forgot to sleep and eat. Otherwise, let alone the top of the list, he might not have passed even the bottom of the list.After the exam, he was sick for several days, which was due to exhaustion.

The body is tired, and the heart is also tired!

Kao Juren, with so many immigrants, his family is not the only one who wants to get rid of military households.The people who immigrated to the northwest were not only from Qinghe County, but also from two other counties.

Now, the eldest sister is so promising, helping the family get rid of the status of military households, and his heart is finally at ease.In the days to come, you don't have to live in fear anymore!
Zaozigou, it takes about three hours to walk from Luhuawan.

On the second day after arriving here, the old patriarch of Liangjia'ao heard that Liang Moju from Qinghe County had joined the army instead of his father.Moreover, as soon as he came, he became a captain of the sixth rank.Whoops, this is really amazing!
If he hadn't had to hurry up to build the house, he would have gone to Luhuawan to celebrate Mai Xiang.At the same time, it is also to ask for help.The people in Liangjia'ao were all arranged in Zaozigou.This place is a wilderness, and there is no one inhabited in a radius of ten miles.

Houses and everything have to be built temporarily.

Fortunately, there is a big mountain nearby, and I can still cut down some trees and build some shacks as a temporary residence.There are a total of 160 families with more than [-] people who immigrated from Liangjiaao.Most of these people are people who have a good relationship with the old patriarch and Mai Xiang's family, and they are also hardworking and kind people.

Families who did not immigrate all put their fields in Liang Gaogao's family, some became tenants of Liang Gaogao's family, and some became long-term laborers of Liang Gaogao's family.In a word, he lived with Liang Gaokao's family.These families do not need immigrants to be military households.

The old patriarch led the villagers and arrived at Zaozigou at noon. The soldiers who escorted everyone distributed half a bag of sorghum rice to each family, and distributed a hoe and a machete to each family. left.

The old patriarch led the villagers in a hurry, and it took two full days to drive out the thirty shacks.The whole family huddled in the hut, and a bonfire was lit outside the hut, otherwise, people would freeze to death in the middle of the night.

In the first two days, there were no shelters, and several old people fell ill from the cold.Fortunately, the old patriarch listened to Mai Xiang's words and prepared a lot of herbs that could treat wind-cold and diarrhea, and then brought the disease under control.

After the shack was built, the old patriarch, accompanied by his eldest son and several young men, went to Luhuawan early the next morning.

Today, Mai Xiang is famous.Therefore, as soon as everyone stepped into the northwest, they heard rumors, and only then did they learn that Mai Xiang was in the Lushan Guard.Mai Xiang's home is in Luhuawan, the old patriarch doesn't know yet.

On this day, Mai Xiang was cooking at home, preparing to entertain Eunuch Li and Zhao Yan, as well as several general banners accompanying the guests.

The soldier Chen Dong suddenly came to report: "General, there is an old man looking for you, saying that he is the patriarch of your hometown!"

"The patriarch's grandpa is here?" Mai Xiang couldn't help being surprised and delighted, she quickly put down the shovel, and said to Zhao Ying, "You stir fry for me, I'll come as soon as I go!"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Zhao Ying to agree, she ran out quickly.

When they came to the gate, the old patriarch was standing under the tree in front of Zhao Ying's house, smiling lovingly at her and saying, "Mai Xiang, it really is you!"

As he spoke, he walked over with big strides, his face full of pride and relief.

Sure enough, the granddaughter of his family is indeed the rumored military officer!Look at the clothes on her body, aren't they just worn by officials?
"Grandpa, uncle, brothers, please hurry up!" Mai Xiang hurriedly said enthusiastically, welcoming everyone into the house.

He personally led everyone, went to the study to sit down, and quickly served tea and snacks: "Grandpa, you have worked hard all the way, let's have a cup of tea and some snacks first. Dinner will be ready soon!"

The old patriarch and his entourage walked all the way, asked all the way, and spared a lot of wrongdoing, so they found the guard.At this moment, it is already sunset.

The old patriarch drank a cup of hot tea and ate a piece of snack, his face looked better, and he asked, "Mai Xiang, where are your parents now?"

Mai Xiang: "My house is in Luhuawan, not far from here, and it takes [-] minutes to walk there. After dinner, I will take you to Luhuawan. There are vacant houses at home, and you can live there too!"

Today, the houses of Tian Sheng and Mao Lin's family have been built long ago.The layout is similar to that of Mai Xiang's house, and it is also a large courtyard.

The old patriarch said: "Do you have guests today?"

Mai Xiang: "Yes, it's the father-in-law who came from the palace to read out the will, as well as the general of the Lushan Guard, and several general banners."

The old patriarch said: "Hey, people from the palace, then we can't eat here. How about it, you can find someone to send us to your parents! It's not far anyway, if you have eaten , it’s hard to walk in the dark!”

Mai Xiang tried to persuade her to stay a few times, but the old patriarch insisted on going to Luhuawan.

Mai Xiang asked, "Grandpa, where are you all?"

The old patriarch: "The people in Liangjia'ao are all divided into a place called Zaozigou, which is some distance away from here. It would take three hours to walk."

Mai Xiang: "Is there a house to live in? How about somewhere?"

The old patriarch: "There is no house, there is a wilderness, and there should be no people in a radius of ten miles. In the past two days, we have built [-] shacks for a while. The house has to be built quickly. We are here to ask for help. Yes, I want to borrow some tools for building a house from you. In addition, I came here to buy some rations, and each household only distributed more than ten catties of sorghum rice, and now there is no rice for cooking!"

When Mai Xiang heard this, she couldn't help sighing: "Okay, I'll take care of the food. I'll ask the military camp to buy some food for you when I go to the city to buy food. When the time comes, I will personally deliver it to you." In the past. Tomorrow, you can buy a few hundred catties in Luhuawan first, and the people in Luhuawan don’t have much food, but it should be okay for each family to sell you twenty or thirty catties.”

The old patriarch quickly took out his wallet and handed Mai Xiang two hundred taels of silver bills: "This is money for buying food. You can buy as much as you can. You don't need to buy fine grains, just buy coarse grains." !"

Mai Xiang was not pretentious, and took the bank note.At the beginning, she gave the old patriarch 2000 taels of silver notes, and the yamen subsidized the villagers with 1000 taels of silver, adding up to 3000 taels of silver.All the way to the northwest, it only cost 500 taels at most, and the remaining 500 taels is enough for [-] ordinary farmyards!
Helping people must not be without principles, otherwise there will be things like "promoting kindness against mihou".Now, the people in the village are doing well, so she no longer gives them money to buy food for them.When the day is really hard to go on, it will not be too late for her to lend a helping hand.

Mai Xiang called the soldiers Chen Dong, Guo Xiaohai, and Fang Ming over, and said to the three of them: "This is a fellow from my hometown, this is the old patriarch, you take them and go to Luhua Bay to find my parents. My father's name is Liang Gaoshan, and he lives in the third house in the east of the village. If you can't find it, you can go to the village chief first, go back quickly, and pay attention to safety on the way!"

"Yes, general, don't worry, we promise to complete the task!" The three of them responded loudly, and quickly left the barracks with the old patriarch and the others.

Mai Xiang watched them leave, and couldn't help sighing in her heart: Oh, it's good to be an official, and it's great to have soldiers at your disposal!If he was still a leading soldier, how could he have such an honor today?Inevitably, I have to be ordered around!
(End of this chapter)