peasant girl

Chapter 567, General, don't mess around
"Ma'am..." Nangong Ling whispered.

In fact, he took this trip, so he was gambling.

Betting that Zhu Xiao's background is extraordinary, and they will protect him wholeheartedly, and they will have the opportunity to leave here and return to the capital.

Take a step back, even if you can't return to the capital, at least leave Wucheng with your wife, children, and children to have a look outside.

"Doctor, how many months am I pregnant?" Zhu Xiao asked.

"Seven months!"

"That is to say, it will be born in March?"

"Yes!"

Zhu Xiao nodded slightly, "Thank you doctor for coming!"

"Actually, it's selfish for me to go there myself!" Nangong Ling said.

"Unfortunately, I let the doctor down!"

Nangong Ling laughed out loud.

At a young age, I never expected to meet such an interesting woman today.

"I can't say I'm disappointed. It's not that there is a poem that says that there is no way out when the mountains are poor and the river is full of doubts. There is another village where the willows are dark and the flowers are bright. Madam, if you really don't matter, who will poison you again and again? You have survived every time, you must know that any poison you have been poisoned is fatal, but you are still alive, the child in your stomach..." Nan Gongling paused, "Do you want to show it to Madam?"

"..."

Zhu Xiaoben wanted to say no.

But he couldn't bear it anymore and asked Nangong Ling to feel his pulse.

Nan Gongling took Zhu Xiao's pulse, and this time she was very serious, before saying after a while, "Based on my experience, the child in Madam's womb has healthy limbs, and the only one..."

"That's enough!" Zhu Xiao interrupted Nan Gongling's words.

Fang Mu and Fang Zhi also breathed a sigh of relief.

With healthy limbs and intelligence, as long as you have a heart, not to mention extremely smart, an ordinary person will be fine.

Zhu Xiao didn't leave Nan Gongling behind either, and after seeing him off, he let out a sigh of relief.

"Fang Zhi..."

"lady!"

"I'm a little tired, I'll sleep for a while!" Zhu finished the novel and slowly entered the room.

Fang Zhi immediately went to fetch water to wash Zhu Xiao's face and feet, and loosened her hair.

He helped Zhu Xiao to sleep, and then stood guard, took the basket, and slowly sewed the clothes.

Zhu Xiao didn't sleep well this time, and she kept dreaming. In the dream, she seemed to be hugged to the garden, but it didn't look real. Among the clusters of flowers, a child ran towards her.

"Mother concubine!"

"Mother..."

Zhu Xiao woke up immediately, tears had already soaked the pillow.

mother concubine...

To be called mother and concubine, she must be the main wife, no matter how bad it is, she must be the side concubine.

But she felt that with her temperament, it was impossible for someone to be a concubine.

"Ma'am!" Fang Zhi called softly.

Zhu Xiao said "hmm", and raised her hand to wipe the corners of her eyes, "Is Grandpa back?"

"I'm back, but the old man is in a bad mood. His old friend has been gone for many years!"

"..."

Zhu took a small meal.

I felt very uncomfortable immediately.

Going out after untold hardships, and returning after untold hardships, in the end it was nothing but nothing.

The family is gone when I go out, and the girl I like is gone when I come back.

"Grandpa must be very uncomfortable!"

"After I came back, I never came out of the house. Lan Kai is guarding over there!"

Zhu Xiao hesitated for a moment, "I'll go see Grandpa!"

Putting on his clothes and tidying himself up, Zhu Xiaocai went to the yard where old man Meng lived, saying that it was their own yards, that is to say, there was an extra wall to separate the two sides for more privacy.

When Zhu Xiao came over, old man Meng was really lying on the kang, staring at the roof in a daze.

It looked a little disheartened and lifeless.

Even when he was a beggar and was in poverty, old man Meng still has some bones. After all, he came from a big clan, so he has a lot of background.

"Grandpa!" Zhu Xiao called softly, and sat on the edge of the kang.

Tuck the quilt for old man Meng.

Hearing this, old man Meng looked back at Zhu Xiao, his eyes turned red.

When he returned to the capital, his home and relatives were gone. He didn't cry because he couldn't cry, and no one cared whether he cried or not.

Now that I have fallen to this frontier and went to see my old friend, there is only a pile of loess left. She has already married and had a child, but died many years early. She took a cold look, and then entered the room. It was her son who asked him to sit next door, took out the belongings she had left for him, and told him something about her.

With his leaving, she had no choice but to marry.

Even though she doesn't like this person at all, she can only marry instead of having children.

It's just that all I think about, all I think about is him.

At her grave, she didn't cry. She felt that the crying was fake. Only at this time, in front of Zhu Xiao, the granddaughter whom she met halfway, did Old Man Meng feel uncomfortable.

"Little..."

"Grandpa!" Zhu Xiao called softly, holding the old man's old hand, "Grandpa, you still have me, and the child in my belly. You are going to be a great grandfather, so you have to do well. dont you agree?"

Old man Meng was moved by Zhu Xiao's warmth.

I felt uncomfortable, but gradually calmed down.

Slightly nodded, "Well, Grandpa will be fine, and Grandpa will help you look after the children in the future so that you can earn money!"

"It's not just these things, I plan to buy some fields in the mountains, and I'll have to go with Grandpa to see what the best location is!"

Zhu Xiaorou talked about his plan with old man Meng, and he was also a person who discussed it.

Old man Meng has a lot of experience. He has been outside for so many years, and he always has more advantages than disadvantages when it comes to buying fields.

"Okay!" Old Man Meng replied.

Although he felt uncomfortable, because of Zhu Xiao's thoughtfulness, he felt much better, and talked with Zhu Xiaoxiao about the things that need to be paid attention to when buying a field.

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to sell the jade and gold bracelets in my hand, so I can do some business with more money!" Zhu Xiaoxiao paused, "Our family needs to eat and drink, and when the child is born, we need There are more places to spend money!"

"It's Grandpa who dragged you down!" Old Man Meng sighed with emotion.

"Grandpa said that, it's too far-fetched, the two of us can't tell who is dragging the other, I was able to come to this Wucheng safely because of Grandpa's care along the way, although it is easy to go out recently, but I believe there will be a day , I will leave here!"

Old Man Meng smiled, "Okay, Grandpa is waiting!"

The relationship between the two has become a lot closer because of getting along, and also because of their heart-to-heart.

It's just that old man Meng is old, sad, or ill.

Zhu Xiao invited Nan Gongling over to see Grandpa.

"There are a lot of chronic illnesses in the past, and I am too sad and hurt my mind. I have to keep taking the medicine, and then I have a good life. After a few days, I will get better!" Nan Gongling said softly.

Interested in hearing some news from Zhu Xiao.

He actually wanted to give Zhu Xiao an injection, to stimulate her, to see if he could make her remember some useful news.

He, Mr. Hu, and the county magistrate are really pinning all their hopes on Zhu Xiao now, thinking that Zhu Xiao is the wife of a high-ranking official and a powerful family, but he must not be a certain prince or concubine.

When I went back yesterday, I couldn't help looking for Mr. Hu, and Mr. Hu invited the county magistrate. The three discussed for a long time, but nothing came out.

I have been in this frontier for a long time, and I know very little about it. In the end, I decided to ask someone to go to the capital to find out if there is any prince or concubine with the surname Zhu?

Old man Meng wanted not to take medicine, after all, medicine is expensive, but Zhu Xiao insisted, and asked Nan Gongling to prescribe the medicine. Lan Kai went to Baojitang to get the medicine back, decocted it and gave it to old man Meng. Old man Meng couldn't hold on anymore, fell asleep.

"Lan Kai, take good care of Grandpa, call me if you have anything to do!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

Zhu Xiao has to feed those little beggars a meal every day. In the morning, there is extra soy milk. Lan Kai can do such things as grinding soy milk. Fang Zhi and her mother are busy in the kitchen, and Lan Kai carries them to the back door. One bowl for each child, even though it is light milk, it feels much more comfortable to eat a bowl. Compared with being hungry, having a bowl of warm soy milk to drink is already a great blessing.

In the afternoon, there can be corn buns or sweet potatoes.

The little beggars were actually very sensible, they came and ate and then left, basically no longer wandering around, but they got a lot of firewood for Zhu Xiao and piled it at the back door, and Lan Kai got it into the house and piled up a lot.

Standing under the eaves, Zhu Xiao looked at the firewood, big and small, and said to Lan Kai, "These firewood, they all broke it with their hands!"

"It should be, they don't have hatchets!"

Zhu Xiao pondered for a while, "Go and buy a few firewood knives, give them to them, and let them chop firewood. At this time, many people in the county will sell firewood. Even if it is cheaper, it will at least be enough for them to buy a steamed bun!"

Giving a man how to fish is worse than giving him a fish, Zhu Xiao figured it out.

"..." Lan Kai hesitated for a moment, then nodded in response, "The little one will go now!"

"Well, let's go!"

Lan Kai didn't dare to delay, and immediately went to the blacksmith shop to buy ten hatchets, and went to find those little beggars outside the city.

"Brother Lan Kai!"

Lan Kai looked at them, these little beggars huddled together, they were very excited when they saw Lan Kai, thinking that his wife brought them food again.

"You old ones, come out ten!" Lan Kai said.

After squeezing for a while, ten boys stood in front of Lan Kai, "Brother Lan Kai!"

Lan Kai handed them the hatchet, "This is the hatchet my wife gave you. You are asked to go to the mountains to collect firewood. After selling this firewood, you will have money to buy food. But my wife has a request, that is, you must work together. The older ones have to take care of the younger ones, the younger ones have to listen to the older ones, and there are girls, you have to take care of them even more!"

"..."

Looking at the hatchet in his hand.

The ten boys felt both excited and heavy, "But brother Lan Kai, would anyone want Wen Min's firewood?"

"You just go and chop it back, Madam will find a way to help you sell it!" Lan Kai patted a child on the shoulder, "Now Madam has found a way for you to survive, you must remember Madam's kindness, and work harder , when Madam starts the business, there will be a lot of places that need firewood!"

"Madam doesn't need money for firewood!" said a boy.

The others quickly echoed, "Well, no money!"

Lan Kai smiled, "It's fine if you can think like this. In the future, you will go to the mountains to chop firewood in the morning, and then I will bring you food and teach you some boxing skills. Even this ruined temple must be cleaned up." , don't be so messy and dirty, you have hands and feet, you can do all these things yourself!"

The kids do understand.

In the past, I had to go out to beg for food every day, and it was extremely difficult to get a bite to eat. Now I have been full for a few days, so I cherish it all the more.

After Lan Kai came back, he discussed with Zhu Xiao that these children should be adopted and raised, and he would teach them kung fu. There will be more places for them to use in the future. The girls learn embroidery from Fang Zhi, and the embroidered purses can also be sold outside. , it's just these things, Zhu Xiao has to go to the relationship.

"I'll write a post, and you send it to Hu's house to see when godfather and godmother are free to meet me!"

"Yes!"

For this kind of thing, Zhu Xiaoxian had to take the initiative, and the Hu family immediately replied, asking Zhu Xiao to go tomorrow morning.

Since she was going to Zhu Xiao, she also asked Fang's mother to make some snacks, took Fang Zhi and Lan Kai out of the house, and went to Hu's house.

Madam Hu was waiting at the door, and when she saw Zhu Xiao, she laughed, "Xiao Xiao!"

"Daughter!"

Mrs. Hu shook Zhu Xiao's hand with a smile, "It's so cold outside, let's warm up the living room and talk, the county magistrate is here!"

"Mother, I..." Zhu Xiao was surprised.

"We all know what you did, but you did it with a good intention and a good intention, but it was not suitable after all, so your godfather knew that you were coming, so he invited the county magistrate to join us. Discuss and discuss how to make this matter more perfect!"

"Thank you godfather and godmother for planning for me!"

"You just understand!"

In the heating room, the county magistrate and Mr. Hu were talking, when they saw Zhu Xiao come in, they stopped talking.

"I've seen my godfather, I've seen my magistrate!"

"Mrs. Zhu, don't be too polite!" the county magistrate said.

Hu Sanye nodded, "You are pregnant now, don't stand, sit down!"

"Ok!"

After Zhu Xiao sat down, the county magistrate didn't bother, and directly told about the children of Zhu Xiaobang, and also expressed his feelings, "You did this with good intentions, but do you know that those were all assigned by the Holy One? Wucheng, the one who will never be forgiven!"

"I know, it's just that adults, if these children really have no food to eat, after this winter passes, many people will die in the coming year. I just try my best to give them food to eat, and they will Knowing how to be grateful, I bought a lot of firewood, even if it was a big mistake, they have already been punished, innocent children!"

The county magistrate doesn't know.

It's just that knowing it is one thing, not daring to do it is another.

Speaking of which, he is not as bold as a woman.

"But this kind of thing, I can't be the master alone. Although I am the county magistrate, the person who is in charge of Wucheng is the general!"

Zhu Xiao pursed her lips, "My lord, I wonder if you can lead me to meet that great general!"

"This..." The county magistrate hesitated.

This General Zheng is ruthless and ruthless. In the entire Wucheng city, no one is afraid of him as the county magistrate, but when it comes to General Zheng, everyone is terrified.

Because of his unselfishness and denial of relatives, no matter who you are, as long as you commit a crime, it is useless for anyone to intercede.

"I'm afraid I won't see this General Zheng!"

"..."

Zhu Xiao thought for a while, "Is there really no chance at all?"

"[-]% not!"

But Zhu Xiao insisted, "Since it is [-]% hopeless, there is still [-]% hope, sir, please work harder and let me meet this great general!"

As Zhu wrote the novel, he remembered something again, "Is this general married?"

"Not yet, the general is clean and self-respecting, and he doesn't even have a servant around him. Some people say that the general has a habit of that!"

Without women, that is like men.

A general with a broken sleeve habit?
"Since it hasn't happened yet, I'll trouble my lord to deal with it!"

"I'll try my best!" the county magistrate said.

General Zheng did have the right to let some people from Wucheng go out, but he never gave anyone this chance.

Zhu Xiao told Mr. Hu and the county magistrate what he was thinking of, and told them that if someone went to the capital, they should remember to find the genius doctor Yun Fuluo and ask him if he knew Zhu Xiao?
Zhu Xiao also said that he wanted to sell things, to buy things to grow in the mountains, a gold bracelet and a jade bracelet. Mr. Hu gave Zhu Xiao 100 taels of silver. As for how much he sold, Zhu Xiao didn't ask or care. Mr. Hu's business.

Mr. Hu also wanted to earn this sum of money, but Mrs. Hu gave Mr. Hu several looks.

I feel that we are all a family, and it is still so clear, but there is a lack of family affection, which is mostly utilitarian.

Zhu Xiao thinks it is very good, public is public, private is private, the calculation is clear, very good!

Do you want to buy land? Zhu Xiao plans to buy ten taels of silver. The county magistrate asked Zhu Xiao to open 35 acres. 35 acres is really big. You can open the top of the mountain or the foot of the mountain. This is the place that Zhu Xiao wants to choose. After choosing a place, go to the yamen and tell them, and the yamen will send people to measure the land, and it will be fine if it is reclaimed.

Because of Mr. Hu, this is five acres more. When the people in the yamen go to measure it, there will definitely be two more acres. Zhu Xiao only needs to take care of one meal here.

Zhu Xiao is still thinking about building a few houses there, and settling those children down so that they can become good citizens, marry wives and have children, plant crops for her, and live a life of food and clothing.

You don't have to be so up and down, your life will be gone at any time.

After leaving Hu's house, Zhu Xiao didn't stay idle, and asked Lan Kai to take her out of the city to see places.

Lan Kai grew up here, and knows a lot about Wucheng, "Madam, there are a few places outside the county, one of which is in the valley, Madam, would you like to visit?"

"Okay!" Zhu Xiaocai responded.

He saw a group of people riding horses, and the dozen or so people were all wearing armor. Zhu Xiao just looked at them and didn't get into the carriage.

The leader didn't care at all, but after seeing Zhu Xiao's appearance, he said, "Wow!"

He pulled the rein of the horse anxiously and eagerly.

The horse neighed and raised its hooves high.

When he fell to the ground again, he bumped a few times on the horseback.

Straightforward and presumptuous, but looking at Zhu Xiao cautiously.

"..."

At this moment, Zheng Huaiyuan felt that he was wrong, how could that person be Zhu Xiao.

Zhu Xiao married Yi Wang and became the concubine of Yi Wang. When Yi Wang ascended the throne as emperor, she was the queen. How could she be here in Wucheng.

Must have made a mistake.

Zheng Huaiyuan thought so, and galloped away on horseback.

His subordinates looked at Zhu Xiao one after another, and thought to themselves, this little daughter-in-law looks so good-looking, no wonder their generals couldn't help but stop and take a look, but unfortunately she is a pregnant woman, and there is a man.

He hurriedly chased after Zheng Huaiyuan again, "General, wait!"

Looking at those people going away, Zhu Xiao pursed her lips, "Lan Kai, is the man at the head General Zheng?"

"Back to Ma'am, yes!"

It turned out that he was General Zheng, and he looked good.

But that look just now...

Zhu Xiao smiled, she was somewhat sure of seducing such a man.

"Get in the carriage and go see the place you mentioned!"

"Yes!"

Fang Zhi helped Zhu Xiao into the carriage, and then said, "Then General Zheng looks so majestic!"

"It's quite majestic!"

But it's just prestige.

Zhu Xiao fell in love with what Lan Kai said at a glance.

Really, the location is good, the carriage is parked by the side of the road, Lan Kai walks in front, she walks behind, and in just a cup of tea, they arrive in the valley.

Entering the valley, the field of vision suddenly opened up, with small streams flowing, and mountains surrounding the valley. It is not a problem to open up more than 30 acres of land, even Tian Xing may be able to reclaim a few acres.

"This place is really nice. It's also close to the county seat. I really want to get it done. I want to live here too!" Zhu Xiao said softly.

There is no one here, and if you build a road from the outside, it will not hinder anyone. Then the fields will be reclaimed, and the children will grow up. It will be a small village, and they will live together in harmony. How wonderful!

"As long as Ma'am likes it here!"

"I like it here. After you go back, you can bring the people from the Yamen over to measure the land. I think this place is very big. You can see how much energy you have, and measure it out!"

"Does Madam want to buy a lot of land?"

"It's good to buy more, because there are hundreds of children calling to work!"

"But madam..." Lan Kai hesitated.

"Don't worry, if it's General Zheng who decides, I have a way to get him to agree. Even if these children can't leave Wucheng, I can still win them the status of a good citizen!"

"..."

Lan Kai didn't understand why Zhu Xiao was so sure at first, but when he went back and saw General Zheng waiting alone at the gate of the city, Lan Kai understood.

Zheng Huaiyuan returned to the courtyard in Wucheng, the more he thought about it, the more disturbed he became. Several subordinates said that the little woman was beautiful, but she was pregnant, and she was a manly woman. The woman reconciled and married him.

He has someone in his heart and never thought of marrying a wife.

But for a while, seeing that exactly the same face, his heart moved.

He won't get the real one in his whole life, after all, he knows how much Emperor Tianqi loves Zhu Xiao.

At the beginning, he took a few extra glances, but because of that bowl of sparrow meat, he was beaten terribly.

This fake can also comfort the emptiness and unwillingness in my heart.

So by accident, he came to the gate of the city, thinking about meeting her, talking to her, imagining that Zhu Xiao was right in front of him.

Although a little mean, a little shameless.

But at this moment, when he saw the carriage slowly approaching, his blood boiled and his heart beat faster, and he almost couldn't control himself...

(End of this chapter)