Beautiful step by step

Chapter 35

In the field of vision, there is a piece of pasture grass, and looking into the distance, the grass is dotted with patches of white, and occasionally yellow, and the two-color cattle and sheep and yurts extend to the horizon.

Standing outside the yurt, Wei Wei took a deep breath and stroked her buttocks, which were more painful than before leaving Beijing.

Although she was mentally prepared, Yan Heng also got the most stable carriage, and cared for her the most along the way.Not long after leaving Beijing, he even got a sheepskin cushion without anyone knowing it. The sheepskin is soft inside, and it is no different from a sofa when he sits on it.Out of curiosity, she opened a gap, and when she saw the yellow sponge inside, she looked at him like she was looking at a Doraemon with a treasure chest.

Although she knows that there are natural sponges, they grow in the sea and are not only small but also irregular in shape. They are usually used by wealthy people when they bathe and wash their faces.As for the piece in the mat, although it is not a whole piece, it is all cut into small squares of equal width and height, and they are densely packed and neatly arranged together, at least there are more than 20 pieces.

How much does it cost!

"It won't cost too much money. Ah Mao will feel more comfortable using it?"

The ultimate shock absorption of spring and sponge is the same as the principle of previous high-end cars.After using the sponge, her travel comfort level has skyrocketed.

"kindness."

Put a poke on Yan Heng's face, and after being hugged and kissed by him for a while, she finally asked the price while his eyes were blurred.

"Ah Heng's salary for two months, isn't that expensive? In the future when Ah Heng becomes an official, we still have a lot of work to do, so don't be so extravagant, okay?"

It's no wonder Wei Wei is stingy, although Wei's mother is rich and has the ultimate doting parental look of "what's mine is yours, and what's yours is yours", but she never thought of spending Wei's mother's money recklessly.Before he left, he received his salary after being promoted for the first time. Yan Heng also handed over his salary and the thank you bank note from Tongyuan Commercial Bank without leaving a penny. After the kiss, I consciously changed from once a month to once every ten days.

Now she has a lot of money in her hand, but she has not earned a penny by herself.Although she doesn't mind how much she spends with the two of them, she minds herself.Now that a sheepskin sponge cushion costs so much, she really felt a little awkward after being moved.

"What's more, now that the family depends entirely on Ah Heng, I hope that more of my salary can be spent on Ah Heng."

Yan Heng has watched her mother give birth to children and take care of the housework since she was a child, because of too much hard work, she gave birth to Huafa early, while his father only needs to eat, play, play and hug the concubine.Although he is also a man, he is very clear that this is unfair to his mother.He was powerless to change all this that day, so he could only help his mother wash and cook as much as possible.After suffering what his mother suffered, the idea that a daughter-in-law is too hard has long been deeply ingrained in his heart.

Ah Mao is so good, she is willing to marry him because her mother is protecting him, and he can't let Ah Mao suffer that much.Why is he an official?It's not about letting the family live a good life.Now Ayun is being taken care of by Wei's mother in the capital, and when it comes to Ah Mao, he even wants to make up for Wei's mother's share.

His salary was originally used to support Ah Mao!It's all because he earns too little, so Ah Mao dare not spend as much as he wants.

Being blamed and moved by Wei Wei's words, it took Yan Heng a long time to resume his words: "I...that I am not very good at choosing things, every time I buy clothes for Ah Yun, he is laughed at by other children. Or, From now on, everything in the house will be decided by Ah Mao. This way Ah Mao will be too tired, but..."

Which woman would resist the temptation to buy, buy, buy? Hearing the growing guilt in his voice, Wei Wei quickly put his middle finger between her lips.

Then there was a numb itching in the joints, and the hot and humid feeling went up and down. Looking at his reddened ears and the joy in his eyes, Wei Wei felt more and more that he had raised a large dog.

The weather is getting colder and cooler as it approaches the northwest. In this season, things are hot when covered, but cold when things are not covered.And Yan Heng has become the best bed warming partner, he likes to hold her in his arms to fall asleep, and curled up in his arms, feeling the continuous warmth from his body, most of the time she can have a good night's sleep.

Except for the past few days, when the carriage traveled to the mountainous area, although the road was detoured as much as possible, the mountain road was always bumpy.Sometimes after a day's journey, there is not even a place to rest, so I can only choose an open place and sprinkle some sulfur on the ground to sleep.

At this time, the benefits of the carriage are revealed. The seats are put away, the square table is withdrawn, and a few layers of quilts are spread, and the spacious carriage becomes an oversized bed.However, the road was bumpy during the day, and she was too tired to have nightmares at night.Sometimes she even dreamed that the front of the mountain road on which the fast horse was driving suddenly collapsed, and the horse couldn't stop in time, leading her to fall off the cliff.

During the daytime, Gu Yu, who was waiting by her side, said, "Ma'am, this is something I think about every day and dream about at night. Mountain rocks are not much stronger than dirt roads, so how could they collapse for no reason?"

Wei Wei frowned: "I always feel that this journey is too calm."

"Ma'am just thinks too much. My lord is an official promoted by the emperor himself. He will definitely be registered with the emperor. Not to mention ordinary people, even mountain gods and little ghosts dare not commit crimes against Tai Sui."

Wei Wei frowned, it's really not that she treats a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart.The whole Wu family is like a hero in a certain fantasy novel. Once they offend them, they will die endlessly, and in the end they will die without a burial.

But until they got out of the mountains and saw that they were still safe and sound in the vast grassland, Wei Wei gradually let go of this matter.

Today they lived in a herdsman's house. The herdsmen were warm and hospitable, and apart from anything else, they gave up the largest yurt for them to live in.

In the autumn, the grassland is lush with water and grass, and Yan Heng drove a Lele cart to fetch water himself, and Batu, the son of a herdsman, was also sitting in the cart, and he went with him as a guide.After the water was boiled and he took a comfortable hot bath, Wei Wei felt that most of the fatigue from the bumpy mountain roads had been relieved.She simply tied up her hair, and when she got out of the yurt, she saw Yan Heng got off his horse and wrestled back and forth with Batu on the open space not far away.

In the distance is the prairie that reaches to the sky, and nearby is the enthusiastic Mongolian guy. Taking a deep breath, the lungs are filled with the fresh smell of pasture, Wei Wei raised the corners of his lips.Who said that the northwest is bitter and cold, she likes the grandeur of the grassland and the fragrant milk skin.

"Practice first, I'll help Ulan's mother lift her milk."

In the yurt that was smoking next to it, there was a pot of milk tea on the stove, and Ulan’s mother was preparing cheese for winter by the side of the cauldron.In order to welcome their arrival, she made an exception and killed a sheep. After the sheep were tidied up, a bonfire would be lit next to the yurt at night, and the whole sheep would be roasted with singing and dancing.

"It smells so good, Mother Ulan, we hunted a lot of wild game in the mountains a few days ago. I will make it according to the method in the capital, and we will try it together later."

Mama Wulan is a middle-aged woman, wearing a Mongolian robe neatly on her upper body, her face is red from the sun from grazing all the year round, but when she smiles, the narrow and long eyes unique to Mongolians make people feel the vast grassland. Under the fiery enthusiasm.

Seeing that she was going to do something, she hurriedly stopped her: "How can you let the guests do this?"

Wei Wei smiled heartily: "Batu has never eaten the dishes of the capital since he is so old, right? I have been sitting in the carriage these days, and I am about to die of suffocation. I just take advantage of this activity."

Seeing her persistent insistence, Ulan's mother finally agreed.Wei Wei asked Gu Yu to take out a hare and a pheasant from the car. After hunting them yesterday, Yan Heng had already packed them up in the mountain stream. This meeting was quite new.Just when he was about to make a move, the curtain was lifted and a gust of wind blew in. Yan Heng, who was wrestling with Batu outside, appeared at the entrance of the yurt. Seeing her holding a kitchen knife, he frowned.

"Ah Mao can't chop it, I'll do it."

Wei Wei thought about her current strength. Although she never stopped learning boxing from Yan Heng along the way, after all, time is limited, and her physical strength is really limited now.

Pass the knife over and watch him weigh it down, and then a piece of meat will come out after one knife.Although the bones were attached, the pieces of meat were almost uniform in size. As the knife flashed, two plates of meat soon appeared on the chopping board.

"Amazing."

Wei Wei finished sighing unknowingly, and then found that she was not the only one who sighed, and the other slightly broken Chinese came from Batu.The boy who was a head shorter than Yan Heng stood at the entrance of the tent, looking at the knife in Yan Heng's hand with bright eyes.

"It turns out that I just wrestled, and my lord deliberately let me go."

Yan Heng shook his head, and uttered a fluent Mongolian language: "I am good at using knives. As for wrestling, I just rely on instinct, and I am not as good as you."

After finishing speaking, he switched back to Mandarin: "I still have boxing skills. Compared with Ah Mao, I have many shortcomings."

Wei Wei didn't understand Mongolian, so he half-guessed and understood his last sentence before he understood what he meant.After understanding, she had no other thoughts in her first reaction, only surprised and said:

"Aheng actually understands Mongolian?"

Previously, the accompanying servants had been negotiating with the herdsmen, and this was the first time Yan Heng spoke Mongolian.

"Well, Liangzhou is very close to the place where the Oirats live, and there are many Oirats in the market, so I learned a little bit. The Oirats, Tatars and Mongolians have the same origin, and they speak similar words."

Batu on the side also nodded: "Wala people, no good. My lord speaks Mongolian, good."

It can also be seen from Batu's admiration that Yan Heng's knowledge of this small language is not so good.Wei Wei thinks about how he has learned English for countless years, not only to be able to speak, but to memorize those exam questions that can stump Europeans and Americans, if he can't memorize words and grammar, he will definitely not do well in the exam.However, all the efforts that have been put in are now useless.

Sensing her loss keenly, Yan Heng comforted: "Most of the Wala people in the exchange market in Xiliang can speak official Chinese, and those who can't are learning it."

Wei Wei is relieved, this is an era when the whole world is learning Chinese.It's nothing if she doesn't know a small language. Anyway, Chinese people can learn common Chinese.

However, "the oil in the pot is boiled, and the meat must be put down."

Yan Heng moved faster than her. Before her arm touched the plate, he had picked up the plate and poured the meat into the pot.With a stabbing sound, the smoke rose from the oil star flying sword, and one or two drops even splashed on her hand.

Seeing her blowing her hands, Yan Heng moved in distress, his tall body completely blocked the frying pan, isolating her from the outside.

"Ah Mao said, I will do it."

Wei Wei really hasn't cooked a few times, she only knows how to do it, but she can't guarantee that the real thing will be the same as imagined.And Yan Heng... Seeing his skillful knife skills and neatly flipping spoons, he also knows that his cooking skills are completely qualified.The two of them had an idea, the other had the ability to do it, and the other was willing to talk and the other was willing to do it. Soon, the cooperation was perfect, and the smell of meat in the yurt was very good.

Batu said happily: "It tastes as good as Grandma's cooking, but it smells different. I'll ask Papa to eat."

Batu's father was grazing in the nearby grasslands, and while he was calling for someone, Wei Wei took Gu Yu, Li Xia and Li Qiu's three maidservants, cleaned up the table, and put out dishes one by one. .

It didn't take long for a small dot to light up in the depths of the grassland, and the dot was getting closer and closer. It was strange that there was only one horse.Soon a group of horse thieves followed the horse, and as they approached, the horse thieves yelled loudly.

Mother Ulan was taken aback, ran into the tent, picked up the whip, and handed one to Wei Wei. After seeing the knife in Yan Heng's waist, she handed the other whip to Gu Yu who was beside Wei Wei.

Just after handing over the whip, Batu came running on his horse, and behind him sat a man soaked in blood.Seeing everyone, Batu got off his horse and threw himself into Wulan's mother's arms.

"Grandma, Abba met the Oirats."

Ulan's mother staggered and rushed forward, while Batu plopped and knelt down in front of Yan Heng: "My lord, please save Abba, he was shot by an arrow from the Wala people and bled a lot."

The horse thief approached step by step, trying to escape too late, Wei Wei nodded to Yan Heng, who pulled Batu up, and she told Gu Yu to find medicine in the luggage.Then, holding the whip tightly, she walked up to the wounded man.

A sharp arrow pierced through the man's back, and the blood flowed from his chest like a spring, obviously he was hopeless.Seeing her approaching, the man opened his eyes and looked at her expectantly: "Batu, Ulan."

What does losing a man mean to a nomadic family?The best result is that the orphans and widows are driven out of the grasslands with rich water and grass. From then on, they will be hungry and full, and will be frozen to death in some severe winter.And even worse, they couldn't even keep their cattle and sheep at home, and their whole family was forced to merge into other ministries and become slaves of those in power in the ministries.

"I'll take care of them."

After hearing her promise clearly, the man who was already too weak finally closed his eyes.What followed was the heart-piercing cries of Ulan's mother and Batu.

Wei Wei heard soreness, her eyes flushed, but the horse thief who was close at hand did not give them any time to mourn.Patting Batu on the back, she tried to make her voice as strong as possible.

"There are many horse thieves, so carry them in first, lest he be trampled by horseshoes later."

Li Xia and Li Qiu who followed were already scared to death, but Gu Yu was better, and Ulan's mother was so sad that she could hardly stand still.In the end, the four of them worked together to lift the man into the yurt.

After finishing all this, when he came out again, the horse thieves had already surrounded the yurt.They were not many in number, only a dozen or so people. However, these ten or so horse thieves riding on horses and holding crossbows were weak compared to the two young and strong civilians Yan Heng and Batu in front of them. Almost enough to sentence them to death.

The leader was a one-eyed dragon, and since she came out, his squinting eyes hadn't looked away.

"Both of you," he pointed at Yan Heng and Batu: "Put down your weapons and catch them without a fight, which can save their lives."

He spoke Mongolian, which Wei Wei couldn't understand, but Yan Heng and Batu understood.The former looked cold, while the latter looked anxiously at Yan Heng: "My lord, don't listen to them. The women captured by them will be fed to dogs when they grow old."

"Oh, you know what you're doing. Are you interested in joining us? I'll give her..." Cyclops pointed to Gu Yu beside him, "Give her to you."

Although Wei Wei couldn't understand what they said, she knew very well what the girl who was captured by the horse thief would go through.At the critical moment, she put down the whip in her hand and pulled out the golden chrysanthemum hairpin on her head.

"With such a strong adult, who wants them."

She gave Yan Heng a wink, and broke free from Lixia and Liqiu's obstructions beside her. She was in full bloom, like a Luoyang peony in full bloom, and her charming smile made Cyclops' mouth dry for a while.

"Damn Ge, it's the first time I've seen such a juicy girl in the northwest."

Wei Wei, who was approaching, heard the official words in his mouth, and she was blessed to the heart, and then she was even more determined.One step closer, she walked to the side of the horse, saw the one-eyed dragon bent down, and inserted the awl into the horse's back without hesitation.Taking advantage of the startled horse, she pulled out the awl and stuffed the other end with the medicine into the mouth of the one-eyed dragon.

Yan Heng strode forward and pulled Cyclops off the horse.The horse thieves had no leader, and there was chaos in an instant.

(End of this chapter)