Ying Bao didn't want to take Wei Zhan home, so she advised him: "You can go to Chen Changrong's house in Xicun, or to Chen Changhai's house. You have a connection with the Chen family, they will not ignore you, and will definitely send you back to the city."
Wei Zhan didn't want to go. "No, I'm not familiar with them."
"I don't know you well, and you are not allowed to stay in my haystack." Yingbao said with a sullen face.
If something happens to this kid here, wouldn't our family be in trouble for no reason
Wei Zhan had a sad face. He turned around stubbornly and went back to the haystack. He huddled under the haystack with his knees hugged, not saying a word.
Yingbao took her brother, who was still looking around, back home and told Jiang Sanlang what happened to Wei Zhan outside, "Dad, send him to Xicun. If that doesn't work, hand him over to the village head."
Anyway, we can't get involved in this trouble.
But Jiang Sanlang went out and came back, "That kid refused to leave, saying he would sleep in the haystack tonight."
Wei Zhan was very strong and neither Jiang Sanlang nor Jiang Cheng could deal with him.
Of course, Jiang Sanlang didn't want to hurt him, so he didn't use any heavy hands.
Chunniang sighed, "Then let him stay in Chuchu's little house first, and send him some food and water. Then tomorrow we'll ask Muramasa to come over and see what to do."
"This is the only way for now." Jiang Sanlang shook his head helplessly.
It's getting dark now, and it's not easy to go to and from the town. Besides, that kid refuses to cooperate, so using force would be a bad idea.
So Jiang Sanlang sent a bowl of food and a can of water over and asked Wei Zhan to stay in Chuchu's little house temporarily.
Wei Zhan was very happy and ran to the cottage happily. He walked around the vegetable garden for a few times, picked two vegetables, and cooked a pot of vegetable soup in a delicate pottery pot.
At night, Yingbao entered the cave.
A while ago, she planted some seeds sent by Madam Wen in the cave, and now they have sprouted and grown.
One of the melon seedlings has already sprouted vines, and it is estimated that it will bloom and bear fruit in a few days.
There is also a kind of cucumber, a foreign variety, which has also started to grow vines. Yingbao built a bamboo frame for the vines to climb up.
Various flower seeds have also sprouted, such as roses, peonies, peonies, and wood hibiscus. Although they have not bloomed, they are growing well and can be transplanted out in the spring.
There are many fruit seedlings growing in the black soil, including 20 grapevines and a dozen loquats, the seeds of which were sent by Mrs. Wen.
The pepper I bought at the herbal medicine store last time has sprouted a few seedlings, and the onions and garlic have grown a lot. Yingbao has already transplanted them to the vegetable garden.
The golden ear and snow ear are also growing well and will be harvested in a few days.
There are several large baskets of dried golden fungus and snow fungus piled up in the corner of the cave. They were harvested and dried the last two times but have never been sold, so they are all kept in the cave.
Now that Mrs. Wen is back, Yingbao plans to sell the golden ears to her after they are harvested.
After standing by the pool and watching the golden glowing object for a while, Yingbao boarded the gourd boat and paddled to its approach.
After walking around the huge ball of light, I saw the small door again.
After thinking about it, Yingbao reached out.
In the blink of an eye she appeared in the thick fog again.
The book gradually appeared in front of her, and Yingbao opened a chapter without hesitation.
[… A large number of bandits emerged, attacked the post station, killed the postmen, and robbed the people's property along the way. The people fled one after another, and Chen Tiantian and her mother escaped by hiding in the bushes under the grave mound.
The magistrate of Zhouhe County received the news and ordered the county lieutenant to lead troops to suppress the bandits, but the bandits were fierce and swarmed over and beheaded the county lieutenant. More than a hundred guards were killed or wounded, and the rest fled back to the city...]
[…When the news reached the county government, the magistrate of Zhouhe County panicked and immediately ordered the city gates to be closed and sent people to the prefectural capital for help…]
[… Chen Tiantian and her mother Han Yueniang traveled the whole way and finally met the Wei family servants and Chen Changping's family, but Chen Tiantian's eldest sister and third sister were missing, as were Chen Wan and Wei Zhan, the seventh son of the Wei family…”
[… The eldest son of Wei was extremely grief-stricken and sent people to search everywhere, but to no avail.
Seeing that it was not suitable to stay here for long, the eldest son of Wei ordered his servants to take the few survivors away and return to the city...]
At this point, the book turned into a paper butterfly and dissipated.
As the book disappeared, Yingbao returned to the gourd boat, and the small door disappeared.
Yingbao rowed back to shore.
It is not known whether Zhouhe County encountered bandits in the previous life, but the sisters Chen Wan and Chen Tiantian definitely never went missing.
This time they disappeared in the bandit riot, and the outcome is predictable.
But then again, maybe they could also escape like Wei Zhan.
But many things have changed, making Yingbao start to be alert.
Things that didn’t happen in the previous life happened in this life. I don’t know whether it is good or bad for me.
The next day, Yingbao got up early, washed, picked up a dozen eggs from the chicken coop and put them in the straw basket, then took Youyou out to stretch their legs.
The autumn mornings were cold, and the withered grass was covered with dew, but the birds were reluctant to eat.
Yingbao took out some green bean sprouts from the cave and threw them to the deer, letting the deer eat them slowly.
"Yingbao!" Wei Zhan, who had transformed into a little beggar, ran over and grinned with messy hair, "You're releasing the deer."
Yingbao glanced at him unhappily and hummed, "Since you don't want to go to Chen's house, I'll take you to see the village head today and ask him to take you to the county town. Your family has a shop in the county town, right? Then someone will take you home."
Wei Zhan's face darkened when he heard this, "I'm not going anywhere! Humph! Don't try to chase me away!"
I have finally gotten here and suffered a lot along the way. Now I can finally do whatever I want. How can I go back so early
Yingbao ignored him and waited for Youyou to finish eating the bean stalks, then took it to the pond to drink water.
Wei Zhan stood for a while, then ran to the pond to scoop water to wash his face and rinse his mouth.
After Yingbao brought the deer back, Wei Zhan followed silently and went back to the cabin to cook for himself.
There was ready-made rice salt, some pickled vegetables, and a fire starter in Chuchu's house.
Wei Zhan worked for a long time before cooking a pot of vegetable porridge, and his face, which had just been washed, turned black again.
But he was very happy. He scooped the porridge he cooked with a spoon and ate it with relish.
While he was eating, he looked up and saw a pair of twin boys staring at him.
"Is it delicious?" Jiang Jie swallowed his saliva.
Wei Zhan smiled proudly: "It's delicious."
Jiang Wu frowned and looked at him: "That's Sister Chuchu's rice, and you stole my vegetables!"
Wei Zhan was almost choked and defended himself: "It was your father who allowed me to live here, how can it be called stealing?"
Jiang Wu: "But my sister said that only people who work can eat our food. You didn't work, but you ate my food, that's stealing."
Wei Zhan's face flushed, but he didn't delay eating his porridge. He muttered, "Then can't I work for your family?"
Jiang Jie's eyes lit up when he heard this. "Well, go dig the ground quickly. My sister said she wants to plant a lot of grapes. The orchard over there is not big enough, so we need to dig a lot of land."
The grapes are delicious, but it’s a pity that I just finished eating them. My sister said that we should plant more grapes in the future so that we can make wine if we can’t finish them.
"Just dig!" Wei Zhan quickly finished his porridge, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and asked, "Where should we dig?"
As long as you don't drive him away, digging the ground is nothing.