Red apricots make spring

Chapter 61
Wenrou traveled to an unknown ancient world. She didn't have any historical materials for reference in her mind. She could only piece together the general appearance of the world by relying on the gossip news she usually pays attention to and the information deliberately obtained from her family. Knowing that this place has not been completely unified, but has been dispersed into several small countries, she is now in the most powerful country with the most extensive territory, Jozhao.

It is said that Dazhao is located in the center of this world, and there are five other small kingdoms scattered around it, Xuanguo, Jingguo, Dingguo, Hengguo and Qiguo.Although the strength of these countries is not as strong as that of Dazhao, they know the reason why their lips are dead and their teeth are cold. Therefore, they form alliances and marry each other. Often when a country is in trouble, other countries will send troops to help. Therefore, the emperor of Dazhao has passed down the national policy of foreign aggression and expansion for several generations. It has been implemented for nearly a hundred years, but the desire to unify the world has not been realized.

However, Ruan really has no interest in this kind of political issue. She just needs to know that the country she lives in is the most powerful and stable, and she can live a stable and comfortable life, and that she will not be displaced by the war. That is enough.

The capital of Dazhao is called Taihe, and it is not too far from Yuanchang, the city where Rourou currently lives. Hiring a big car, bumping on the road for three or four days, he will arrive. Well, Mother Wen kept nagging in her ear, trying to dispel her daughter's idea of ​​moving so far away, which came out of nowhere.

Mother Wen lived in Yuanchang City all her life, and even in the years when she was so poor that she could hardly survive, she never thought of leaving.The outside world is very far away for her. When people face unknown things, they always have a special kind of fear. What's more, she lives well now, and she doesn't want to take risks.It takes a lot of courage to go to a strange city and start afresh with almost nothing.

Facing Mama Wen's thoughts, Wen Rou often smiled and said nothing. In fact, she knew very well that her thoughts were very different from Mama Wen's. In other words, there was a serious generation gap, so she never thought of persuading Mother Wen, as long as you unswervingly implement your own ideas, it will be fine. Although it is a bit domineering, it is very effective.

On the contrary, Wen Gang and Xiaohuan, probably because they are young, are still full of longing for the future life. They are very excited when they hear that they can live in the capital city. Xiaohuan, who is always gloomy, occasionally smiles .After several months of contact, these two children have become very familiar with each other. When the work is done, Xiaohuan is free and will go to see Wen Gang to practice calligraphy, and occasionally sharpen for him, or point to The characters in the book asked about the pronunciation and meaning, but there were not many characters that Wen Gang could recognize at all. When Huan asked about words he didn't know, he was embarrassed to admit that he didn't understand, and often made vague remarks, but the desire for knowledge in his heart was redoubled.

Three days later, when they packed up their belongings and were about to hire a car to leave Yuanchang City, Ruan Wen went to the old widow to settle the rental rent. In order to thank her for covering up for Xiaohuan last time, she paid an extra One month's rent.

The old widow was very surprised when she heard the news. After all, during the days when Ruan Wenrou rented a house, she made some delicious food and never forgot to leave a portion for her. Xiaohuan is an obedient and sensible child, and she also cooked a lot for her in private. Living alone made her feel a little bit of the warmth of being cared and cared for in her heart that had been lonely for many years. At this moment, when she suddenly heard that they were leaving, she looked into her gentle eyes with a hint of reluctance.

There is always a banquet in the world, and if you want to leave, you have to leave after all. Saying goodbye to the old widow, she looked back at the city where she had stayed for nearly half a year and left her an indelible memory. The carts headed for Taihe City.

What awaits her is an unknown life.

The mule cart traveled on the road for a day, and when it arrived at the scheduled town for a rest that night, Rourou found that her whole body was shaken to pieces.This ancient road is really rough and uneven. You must know that they are still taking the official road, and they have been bumped into this way. If they take the dirt road, they may not even be able to get off the car.

There is only one inn in the town, which is full of passing travelers. Fortunately, Ruan Wen was not bad, and she got the last two rooms. Although it is not very comfortable for three people to squeeze into one bed, it is better than having no place to sleep.She just took a hot bath, cleaned herself up, and when she went out of the room to eat in the lobby downstairs, she seemed to hear many guests talking about the floods in Yixian County and Yunxian County.

"I heard that the fields were flooded, many houses were destroyed, and many people died!"

"Those places are miserable! After the flood, there was a plague, and nine out of ten households were empty!"

"Yeah, I came this way and met a lot of disaster victims! The urban filling along the way didn't let them in, for fear of some riots to grab food. Poor! Many people died of starvation!"

"There is a good official in Yunzhou City. He heard that a granary was opened for food relief. He set up a few big pots outside the city and gave out porridge and medicine day and night. Take the cotton clothes outside the city to give to the victims.”

"A kind heart is a kind heart, but in my opinion, he won't be an official in Yunzhou City any longer! The official rations of the court, without the will of the Holy One, are they easy to move?"

"In this world, a good official will not have a good life, but a corrupt official will rise every step of the way!"

"Don't talk about state affairs! Don't talk about state affairs! We ordinary people, how can we control the affairs of being an official? An Sheng, live your own life!"

When the discussants heard this, they all sighed together, and went to eat their meals in silence, but after a short silence, they began to whisper to each other again, talking about the gossip news they had heard and seen.

"Sister, why don't you eat?" Wen Gang looked up in a daze when he saw Wen Rou stopped chopsticks, and said, "But the food in this inn is really bad, I'd rather eat the dry food you made."

You can't say that you are fascinated by the gossip, right?Gentle smiled slightly, bowed his head and took two mouthfuls of rice, then picked up a chopsticks dish for him and Xiaohuan each and said: "You can eat some when you are away from home. I will prepare delicious food for you when you settle down in the capital."

They spent the night in the inn that night, and early the next morning, the coachman urged them to go on the road. They didn't even have time to eat breakfast, so Wen Rou had to buy some steamed buns and cooked vegetables on the street to prepare for the journey.

While sitting in the car, Mama Wen and Xiaohuan both had needlework to pass the time, while Wen Gang was memorizing the nine-nine-nine-nine multiplication formulas that Wen Rou taught him yesterday, although Mama Wen found it a bit strange , I don’t know how my daughter has such strange knowledge, but fortunately, Ruan has been away from home for several years, and she can’t read a single word, thinking that Ruan probably learned it in Zhao’s residence, so she didn’t ask much.It’s just bitter and gentle, and it’s really hard to pass the time sitting in the car, so I had to open the car curtain, look at the loess road and the newly sprouted green plants on the side of the road, and chat to pass the long and bumpy time.

(End of this chapter)