Lucky not to forget

Chapter 68 Sleeping in the rough
After crossing Jiangning Town, it was already dark when we reached the foot of Wuwei Mountain. It was the cold winter, and the mountain was even more cold. Zhezi lit a fire, took clay pots and water bladders from the knapsacks on both sides of the horse's belly, and set up a tripod to boil hot water.
Wuwang was so cold that he wrapped his cloak tightly, he poked his face out of the car window and asked tremblingly, "Sixth Uncle knows these things?"
Lu Zhiyao grinned and said, "When I was five years old, I went to the mountains with my teacher to hone my skills, and I waited for seven or eight years before I came out to take the exam. I can do all these things like lighting a fire and cooking. When it snows, I will give it to you again." You catch rabbits and eat them." Looking up, she saw that her little face was red from the cold, and hurriedly fetched three more charcoals, put them on the fire and lit them, and stretched out her hand, "Give me that hand stove, and you come down to warm up too. .”
Wuwang handed him the ceramic hand stove on the short table, thinking that it was time to go down and stretch his bones, so he lifted his skirt and jumped out of the car, took two deep breaths, and stretched his hands to the starry sky. Lazy, Lu Zhiyao was taken aback, why did this dignified and quiet girl become like this when she left the house!Seeing that his face twitched, Wuwang smiled dryly and said, "I'm like this, I made Uncle Liu laugh at me."
Lu Zhiyao saw that she was innocent and innocent, and she was much cuter than before when she put on airs, so he smiled and said, "It's okay, you can be more casual when you come out, there is no girl to wait on the road, everything depends on you."
Wuwang laid out a piece of hay and sat down, took the hand stove Lu Zhiyao gave her to warm her arms, looked around, there seemed to be mist between the sky and the earth, the woods were bare, there was not even the sound of birds and animals, only the cold wind came from The sound of whimpering passing by the mountain top was very desolate at first hearing.
Lu Zhiyao skewered the steamed buns on the fire and roasted them. After a while, there was a warm scent wafting out. It seemed that he was a little hungry. After sniffing a few times, he felt satisfied, and then stared straight at the steamed buns. It was so hot that it exploded and rolled up, a little yellow and burnt. She had only baked sweet potatoes and corn in the Northland before, never baked steamed buns, and never spent the night in the wild. Although it is colder now, it is still fresh tight.
Lu Zhiyao raised his eyes to look at her, the hazy yellow light covered her beautiful cheeks with a layer of golden yellow, usually because she was too beautiful to make people feel alienated, but now this kind of indifference has disappeared, Wan Wan His dark eyebrows, clear eyes, straight nose bridge, small red lips, and the slender neck exposed under the ermine scarf are all breathtaking.I still remember the first time I saw her outside the city, she was wearing plain clothes, and she was as clean as a white chrysanthemum, I was really shocked at that time, I went back and mentioned it to my mother, but in the end, in order to stop his thoughts, my mother went there the next day He proposed marriage to Brother Lu, and if he persisted, maybe the current situation would not be the case.
Seeing that he was in a daze, he didn't know why, and saw that the water in the clay pot was boiling, so he got up and went to the car to bring the teapot and cups, and then he wanted to fetch water. Lu Zhiyao quickly took them, and said in a low voice, " Burn it carefully, I'll do it."
Wu Wang returned to the same place and sat down, and moved to the front of the fire due to cold feet, Lu Zhiyao stored a glass of water for her, pulled the steamed bun from the branch, carefully blew on the ash before handing it to her, she took the bite After taking a bite, although the outside is burnt, the inside is soft, accompanied by the unique smell of smoke and fire, the taste is not bad.

Seeing that she was eating slowly, Lu Zhiyao secretly worried that she would dislike her, so he could only comfort him, "Let's make do with it first, and think about it later."
Wu Wang laughed and said, "I have never eaten baked steamed buns in Duoyi before. They are delicious, but there is one thing. Next time when I buy steamed buns, I will buy sweet ones. I love sweets."
Lu Zhiyao nodded knowingly. It was his first time traveling with a girl, and he didn't know what to pack. He also thought about the long journey, so why didn't he think of putting some snacks for her in the car, and said, "Will you Be patient for a few days, and when we arrive at the Caishi Station, let's go to the city to buy some snacks, so as not to make your journey boring."
Wu Wang mumbled, lifted the teapots, filled their cups with water, leaned against a rock and said, "What are you doing to join the King of Yan? You see, you just took office as a new official, and you must have a bright future in the future." , why bother to take risks and plot some great cause, so what if you help King Yan ascend the throne, you are still human ministers, in case those heroic officials in the Hongwu period can't escape the crimes that the emperor snares, wouldn't it be sad in the end?"
Lu Zhiyao looked over the fire and looked into the distance, sighed, "You are a girl, I don't know the ambition of a man, you only want to be vigorous in this life, even if you die, it is worth it." He laughed at himself, "I This person is naturally rebellious, like a few days ago, he asked me to sort out the files in the yamen of Dali Temple. It's still stuck there."
Wu Wang's face was hot from the fire, she tucked her hands behind her back, and then saw that the women's clothing was too expensive and it was inconvenient to move on the road, she thought about it, "I'll buy two sets of men's clothing when there is a market ahead. Come on, this will save some trouble, if you are tired from driving, I will take care of you."
Lu Zhiyao asked in surprise, "Can you drive a carriage?"
Horse-drawn carts and ox carts should...seem to be about the same!Wu Wang twitched the corner of his mouth in embarrassment and said, "I can drive an ox cart."
Lu Zhiyao laughed unceremoniously after hearing this, and said while laughing, "The girl is really a god, my horse is not a cow, but seriously, driving a horse-drawn cart should be similar to driving an ox cart. Passing an ox cart, so I don’t know very well, but do you know the way to Beiping?”
Wu Wang was stunned again, she really didn't know the way, but judging by Lu Zhiyao's sophisticated appearance, he probably has been to Peiping, since he has been there, then Lu Qingding has also been there.Pointing to the horse path where the head is lowered to eat hay, "Isn't there still a light road! An old horse knows the way, it just knows how to go."
Lu Zhiyao squinted his eyes, seeing something more in her eyes, and said after a long silence, "Have you suffered a lot in Beidi?"
Wang Wang recalled the years in Duoyi, with sad and joyful faces on his face, and murmured, "If you have been assigned, you will know that there is no unbearable hardship in this world. When you arrive in Beidi, you will almost go to We were burnt on our faces, but luckily my uncle’s old friend redeemed us in time, so we left the slave camp and settled in a place called Mantou Village, where sometimes we were so poor that we could not eat our last meal, but When I was young, my uncle’s brother and I spent the whole day digging sweet potatoes in the wild, and learned to catch sparrows in the snow..." Thinking of Zhang Zhang and Wen Junlai, I don’t know how they are doing now Well, it would be great if I could meet Brother Pei on this trip to Beiping. I'm afraid Pei Zhen has already sent him to apprentice, so I may not be able to meet him again.

Lu Zhiyao poked the fire with a branch, exile was all that, but it was extremely tragic for a jade carving like her, fortunately, she hadn't rushed to the slave market to sell, otherwise Her face alone is enough to make something bad happen.
But seeing that it was getting late, he began to worry about going to bed. He must have slept in the carriage, so what should he do?Will sleeping outside in such a cold day freeze to death?Although he is not a good person, but he must not let him see the sun of tomorrow!She rubbed her numb legs, jumped into the car and pulled out a quilt, hugged him in front of him and said, "This is for you, there are capes and cotton coats in the car, I'll just cover those."
Lu Zhiyao said in a daze, "It's okay for me to sleep in the open air as a man, you can take it back and cover it yourself."
Wu Wang pouted and thought to himself, aren't men human?Are you not afraid of the cold?This kind of cold winter is still in the mountains, and I don’t know how to survive the second half of the night!No matter what he said, he just threw the quilt to him, turned around and went to collect firewood nearby, and when he came back with enough bundles, Lu Zhiyao had already unloaded Lu Qing, let him graze freely, and pulled the carriage to the ground. Close to the Yabi, I used hay to spread a person-long mat, put the quilt neatly on top, took the firewood in her hand and said, "The field is no better than home, I can't take a bath these days, and there are still some in the clay pot. Hot water, you can just wash your face! And there is... that... don't go too far, I'm afraid it won't be safe."
Wuwang blushed to the base of his neck, and muttered, "Understood, tell me everything, mother-in-law."
Lu Zhiyao was also very embarrassed, and he cleared his throat and said, "This is a barren mountain, I'm just afraid that you will be in danger. It's getting late, girl, get in the car and settle down."
Wuwang staggered and climbed into the car, got into the car and said awkwardly, "Uncle Six, I haven't washed my face yet."
For a moment, Lu Zhiyao felt that she was acting like a spoiled child to him, and his heart couldn't help beating, and he didn't dare to look at her directly, so he said, "I'll tie the veil for you, don't get off it."
Wu Wang muffled a response, lamenting how this happened, she and Lu Zhiyao are not very familiar, and they will face each other day and night in the next month or two, how good it is!
Lu Zhiyao gave her the cotton handkerchief dipped in hot water, went back to the fire and changed the charcoal in the stove again, and said through the car door, "It's cold at night, put the stove in your arms and sleep." He said, and stretched out a hand--what a hand it was!The fingers were slender and delicate like jade, and the nails exuded a warm luster under the firelight, which reminded him of the hand holding the clean bottle of Guanyin in white in Songzhu Temple, and he was infatuated.

I don't hope that I won't be able to connect to the stove after waiting, so I swiped and pulled my hand twice, poked my head out and said, "Uncle Liu, what's the matter?"
This sixth uncle is called!Lu Zhiyao collected himself, handed the stove to her, lowered his eyes and said, "Call me if you have anything to do at night."
Gu Wang said yes, and smiled again, "Just call me Chun Jun, and I will have to rely on Sixth Uncle to protect me along the way. It's not good to be too out of touch."

Lu Zhiyao nodded, opened his lips and said, "Go to sleep." Turning around and walking towards the fire, he felt a little calmer when he heard the door closing.
Unloading the sword, he fell asleep indiscriminately, Lu Qing wandered around, coming to sniff his face from time to time, Lu Zhiyao separated it irritably, and came again after a while, he patted the horse's face helplessly and said, " Good boy, are you cold? Let’s warm up here when you’re cold, and you’ll be warm when you run tomorrow.” After a pause, he continued, “Be careful tomorrow, run steadily, and don’t bump her.”
Lu Qing didn't know if she understood, anyway, she went to graze elsewhere, Lu Zhiyao covered the quilt, and smelled a faint fragrance, only then remembered that the quilt was covered by her, and felt inexplicably flustered Get up, stare blankly at the night and smile wryly, Sixth Master Lu, aren't you a leaf-free man?Now that it has become like this, you also have today!

(End of this chapter)