The wealth of rebirth is deep in the mountains

Chapter 136 Dumplings and Guests

Hearing what Xiaomi said, the old men looked at each other, wanted to say something, and finally opened the deer fence.

As if guessing the fact that it was free, the stag climbed up with support, quickly got out of the deer pen, and ran happily to the distant mountains and forests.

Seeing its shadow completely disappear, Xiaomi exhaled slowly, and said with a smile, "Today's Lidong, I'm going home to make dumplings, and I'll send them over on the first day of the lunar new year. Grandpas, please eat more."

"Okay, we have a lucky day today."

The old men smiled and waved their hands, and when Xiaomi returned to the yard, he sighed, "The stag wobbles when walking, even if we don't eat it, if we put it back in the forest, it might also enter the mouth of the big beast."

"That's true, but Xiaomi doesn't seem to be smiling these days. It's rare for her to talk, so let's coax her to smile."

"No, this girl must be very tired after taking everyone to earn money."

Xiaomi didn't know that she had done something bad with good intentions, so when she went back to the house and changed her clothes, she happily went into the kitchen to knead noodles and make stuffing.Aunt Han had brought a few "disciples" to do needlework, but when she heard Qinghua'er's report, she said, "Your family also seldom makes dumplings, today is a good time, why don't you help the girl with her hands, and learn how to do it."

The girls all nodded happily. Millet tastes good when cooked, and everyone in the village doesn't know it.If you learn three points, there will always be benefits in the future.

After listening to Aunt Han's coming to ask for instructions, Xiaomi was also happy that someone would do "labor" for free, so he made an extra pot of noodles and filled two pots of fillings, making up his mind to let the girls learn it all at once.

Three women in one drama, even though the little girls are not married, they are born with gossip skills. Although they like to envy Xiaomi on weekdays, they seldom get in touch with each other. This time they got together and sat around on the big Kang, Seeing that Xiaomi was very friendly with a smile on his face, he slowly let go of his shyness and started talking.

"Sister Xiaomi, I heard that the restaurants in the city are doing very well?"

"That's right, my brother said that the nobles don't give copper coins as rewards, but silver dimes."

"How did I hear it was a golden bean?"

"Sister Xiaomi, did you buy your bead flower from a silver shop in the city? It's so beautiful!"

"When I got married, I asked my mother to buy one for me."

"I'm not ashamed, I want to get married before I'm engaged."

Aunt Han and Aunt Jiang helped to arrange the dumplings, not teaching the little girls to make lace dumplings, and occasionally looking up to see Xiaomi smiling, all of which were heartwarming.

She is obviously a teenage girl, but she is very mature on weekdays, and she is more troublesome than the mistresses of those rich families.How good it is to smile like this, it is the appearance of youth.

It's easy to work when there are too many people, and the girls have already made more than a dozen curtain dumplings.

The curtain for placing dumplings in Lu’s house is made by Uncle Liu using the thinnest section of sorghum stalks. It is two feet in diameter and it is easy to place more than 100 dumplings.

Xiaomi calculated that it would be enough for everyone to eat, so he asked Qinghua Qingyu to boil water, and prepared to leave the girls to eat dumplings before going home.

The naughty boys in the front yard smelled the fragrance, and they lingered after school and refused to leave, but the sisters at home held their ears, "I saw you take snacks home and greedy me, today it's time for you to drool! "

"Hmph, I'll go home and tell my mother to go!"

The naughty boy rubbed his ears, and Pidianer ran home, making everyone laugh.

The cauldron was boiling water, and when the dumplings were poured, they played in the water like little white geese.Put it into a white porcelain plate after it's fully ripe, even if you don't eat it, just looking at it like this makes the girl smile.

Fearing that the little girls would lose face, Xiaomi specially set up a table in his room, and greeted them with a smile, "Eat it while it's hot, the taste will be much worse when it's cold. After a while, I'll treat you to hot pot again." , that winter is the best time to eat, let brother Xiaodao bring back a jar of fruit wine, and let's have a drink secretly."

"Yeah, really?"

"We'll have to wait, Miss Xiaomi, what you say means what you say."

"Of course it counts," Xiaomi was picking up a dumpling, and before it was brought to his mouth, someone in the front yard yelled, "Mr. Lu! Xiaomi!"

Xiaomi's hands trembled, the dumpling fell into the plate, and the splashed old vinegar stained the skirt of his clothes, smudged and blurred.She felt nervous for no reason, but when she saw that the girls had stopped their chopsticks, she smiled and said, "I guess the city is urging vegetables again, you guys eat, I'll go and have a look."

The little girls are all innocent, and they have listened to Xiaomi's words too many times on weekdays, so they are relieved, eating, drinking, talking and laughing as usual.

Xiaomi put on a big coat, opened the door and went to the front yard, but saw that the two juniors looked a little panicked, Father Lu and Lao Er Lu also frowned.

She asked, "What happened?"

Seeing Xiaomi coming, the two young men seemed to have caught the backbone, and hurriedly said, "Xiaomi, we are guarding the mountain pass, but there seems to be a group of people on the official road, coming straight to us. We are afraid... so hurry up and report!"

What Xiaomi guessed was that Du Youcai robbed the top of the mountain last time, which left a shadow in the hearts of the villagers, especially now that there are more and more profitable businesses in the villa, the villagers are even more wary.

"Have you seen how many people there are?"

"I didn't see it clearly. From a distance, there were quite a few people. There should be one or two hundred people."

A young man responded and said instead, "Xiaomi, what should I do, I'm afraid everyone has arrived at the mountain pass by now."

"Let's go and have a look first. If the soldiers come to block them, who will cover them with the earth."

This time it was Father Lu who spoke this time. He usually ignores everything and has his daughter taking care of it, but when there is something at home, he still acts like a father.

Lu Er also said, "That's right, don't worry Xiaomi, I'm here, if he dares to bully our family, I'll beat him to death."

Father Lu glared at his son, but left without saying anything.

The villagers also heard the news now, and they all left their jobs and rushed down the mountain just behind Father Lu.

Xiaomi was worried, and called Qinghua to pick up a hooded cloak, wrapped herself tightly, and threw herself on it.

At the Laoxiongling mountain pass, there were indeed many people surrounded at the moment. It was the patrol team formed by Wei Desheng, the son of Marquis of Weiyuan, and Tang Ershao with [-] elite soldiers.

Since I left Beijing, I stopped and walked, and took a rest for two days when I encountered a city.Seeing the face of Marquis Weiyuan, the local officials entertained the banquet and even prepared beauties to wait on them. The thoughtful care made Wei Desheng regret why he hadn't come out earlier.

If it wasn't for the repeated urging of the captain who led the team, he even wanted to stretch the journey of more than ten days to two months, not even going to the border military city, and it would be best to return to Kyoto directly.

But Marquis Weiyuan knew that his son was not good enough, so the captain he sent this time was very capable, with a cold and straightforward face, no matter how much Wei Desheng scolded him, he insisted on a journey of fifty miles a day, barely delaying too much.

The farther north he went, the fewer towns there were. Wei Desheng was complaining so much that he was dizzy when he walked near Laoxiong Ridge today, and he refused to take half a step forward.

The captain had no choice but to discuss with Tang Ershao before turning off the official road and rushing to Laoxiongling.

They didn't know where this mountain road led, but they saw that it was well repaired and there was thick snow piled up elsewhere, but this mountain road was cleaned. It must lead to a village of hard-working people.

I don't want to, but now standing at the mountain pass, everyone looked up and looked in, and there were surprises.

Unexpectedly, this is actually a mountain villa, surrounded by mountains on three and a half sides, and there are houses and courtyards faintly on the mountains to the south. At this moment, the chimneys of every house are emitting green smoke, and even the aroma of food can be smelled in the wind.

Under the mountains on both sides, a row of houses was built on the west side, and rows of wooden poles were erected in front of the door. I don't know what it is for.The east side is very open, but one can see stone wells lined up like double dragons playing with pearls, encircling dozens of acres of good farmland in the middle of the valley.

Two secondary courtyards were built on both sides of the mountain pass in the north, and the brand-new appearance is obvious that it has not been long since it was completed.In addition, there are three adobe houses guarding the fence. Two young men in jackets and trousers, holding longbows in their hands, looked nervous but not at all afraid.

This is still winter, if the mountains are full of flowers in summer, green like shade trees, and the crops grow vigorously in the fertile fields, it will be a quiet paradise.

Such a villa is very common in the southern state capital or near Kyoto, but it is a bit rare to put it in the barren and desolate Northland.

Before the lieutenant came forward to ask questions, Wei Desheng, who stood on the shaft and looked further away, became impatient, and scolded, "What are you waiting for, call the door open quickly, my young master wants to wash and change clothes, let these untouchables Prepare the best rooms, the best meals!"

Tang Er Shao didn't respond, his half-drowned eyes were full of disdain.

The school lieutenant also frowned, but he still approached politely and cupped his hands with the two younger students, "Two fellows, may I ask if this is a village or whose manor is it? Our general was ordered to patrol the border and passed by here. I want to stay for one night. I wonder if I can inform the old man or the master's family?"

Before the two young men could respond, Wei Desheng sneezed loudly and urged, "What are you talking about, open the fence and let General Ben in!"

The school lieutenant couldn't bear it any longer, and turned around to answer, "General, there is no violation of the military regulations. If it's a village, it's better to stay overnight. If it's a private manor, we can't enter without the owner's consent."

"Fart! It's their honor to live in the backcountry. Who dares to turn me away. You have beautiful swords and swords tied to them?"

When Wei Desheng said this, not to mention the captain, even the soldiers all had a bad face.Although they don't have official positions, they are the elite of the city defense battalion. If the Marquis of Weiyuan hadn't been brazen enough to transfer people with Bingma Si, they would not have followed this rich man.

Now their swords don't machete the enemy, but they want to practice with the people of Dayuan?

The two juniors from Old Xiongling were even more ashamed, not to mention opening the door, they wished they could add another bolt to the door.

At such a time, Father Lu finally arrived with the villagers.

The two young men were full of anger, they didn't hide anything, and they told everyone what happened just now in front of everyone.

Old Master Feng patted the shoulders of the two of them, motioning them to step back, and then looked at Father Lu and his daughter.

(End of this chapter)