"Master, I don't know about this." Zhou Wuchang told the truth.
"However, the Chen family seems to be restless recently."
Not only is it not peaceful, it seems to be playing tricks.
The woman named Han Yueniang kept spreading the word that her daughter was a lucky star, saying that when she was pregnant with this daughter, she dreamed that a lotus entered her arms and a unicorn walked on the clouds and circled around her.
She also said that when her daughter was born, flocks of magpies flew around the roof of her house and were reluctant to leave for a long time.
Yingbao had long expected that Chen Tiantian and her daughter would not give up, so she was not too surprised. However, she was worried that Chen Guanglu would do something bad to her family in secret, and even wanted to alienate her from her master.
After all, the master's identity is there, and Pei Shixian and Han Yueniang and her daughter have all suffered at the hands of the master.
They are afraid of their master and will definitely turn their attention to other places.
"Master, my family has a grudge against Chen Guanglu's family. The Chen family will definitely say bad things about my family in secret and sow discord between us. Master, please don't believe it."
"Yes." Zhou Wuchang smiled and nodded: "Is your teacher someone who easily trusts others?"
Yingbao smiled brightly upon hearing that and turned around to pack her things.
The next morning, Jiang Quan took Li Dao, Li He and his apprentice sister back to their hometown. Two horse-drawn carriages followed behind them, carrying Zhou Wuchang and his apprentice, as well as a lot of luggage.
After traveling for more than two hours, the three carriages arrived at Dongchen Village at noon.
Yingbao saw many fallen trees along the way, probably because of the strong wind that day.
Fortunately, my orchard is fine, the grapes and peppers are also fine, but many fruits were blown down.
"Baoer!" When Chunniang saw her daughter coming back, she ran over, hugged her and started crying.
Jiang Wu also ran over, followed by Da Huang who was wagging his tail vigorously.
Yingbao wiped A Niang's tears, comforted her with a few words, and then hugged her brother.
When Dahuang saw that his young master ignored him, he became anxious and kept circling around Yingbao, butting her with his head from time to time, and his meaning was obvious.
On the other side, Jiang Sanlang didn't have time to ask about his daughter's recent situation, because his daughter's master and senior brother had also come, so he had to lead Zhou Wuchang and his apprentice into the house to sit down.
Dani helped to make tea to entertain the guests, and Old Man Jiang and Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang also came to keep them company.
As soon as Jiang Quan came back, his father assigned him something to do. He asked him to go to the market outside the village to buy some pork, mutton and tofu. When guests came to the house, they had to prepare a banquet and invite the clan leader and several respected people in the village to come and have a drink.
So, the three sisters-in-law of the Jiang family, together with Dani, quickly prepared a banquet.
Yingbao quietly took out the wine and peach wine she had brewed herself, as well as a large jar of peach juice and candied apricots from the cave, and pretended that they were brought back from the county town and gave them to A Niang.
Chunniang did not suspect anything and gave all the wine and juice to her husband who was sitting at the table and asked him to pour drinks for the guests.
Patriarch Chen took a sip of the wine and couldn't help but sigh: "This wine is mellow. Has it been brewed for a long time?"
Jiang Sanlang responded with a smile: "Yes, Uncle Chen, just drink a few more glasses. This fruit wine won't make you drunk at all."
He raised his glass to everyone again: "Please, everyone! This fruit wine is made at home, it's not intoxicating."
After saying that, he drank it all in one gulp.
Everything my daughter brought out was good. It was icy cold in such hot weather. There was a layer of moisture on the outside of the wine jar, and it felt very refreshing after drinking it.
Zhou Wuchang also took a sip from the wine cup and nodded: "This wine is sweet and mellow, and it lasts long in your mouth. It is better than the wine brewed by the first-class wineries in the capital."
The others also praised it highly.
The wine is not only sweet and delicious, but also icy cold, which is really refreshing to drink in this summer.
After Zhang Min drank one cup, the senior brother stopped him from drinking any more. "That juice is also good. You can use that one."
Although Zhang Min was dissatisfied, he also knew that he should not drink too much in other people's homes.
Although this wine won't make you drunk, if you get drunk, it will bring shame to the master.
As for Yingbao, after having dinner in the kitchen with her mother, her aunt and her second aunt, she took her younger brother and Dahuang to the Deer Garden to visit Youyou.
Ever since the young master left, Youyou prefers to stay in the deer park. Every day, he brings a large group of deer out of the deer park and strolls around the village, looking very leisurely.
Before the brother and sister arrived at the deer park, they saw the tall and majestic deer from afar, standing among a group of deer of all sizes, like a king.
"Yo yo!" Yingbao waved at Dalu.
The big deer turned its head and looked for a while, then suddenly came running over, stopped in front of the little girl, and kept nudging her with its head.
Yingbao hugged Youyou's neck, touched its antlers, and took out a piece of candy she made from her bag and stuffed it into its mouth.
Jiang Wu and Da Huang quickly stretched their necks and came over: "Sister, what did you give Youyou to eat? I want some too."
Yingbao had no choice but to take out another small bag of candy with Wudingzhi added from her bag and give it to her brother: "Eat slowly, and come back to me when you're done."
It’s hot and humid now, so candies will melt quickly if left outside. They become soft and sticky and difficult to preserve.
Jiang Wu immediately pinched a piece and put it into his mouth. Seeing that Dahuang was crying anxiously, he had to give it another piece.
The two siblings took the group of deer for a stroll in the village and went to see the soapberry trees that circled the village.
These soapberry trees grow densely, tall and tight, and their trunks are covered with sharp thorns. I guess not even a dog can get in.
Unexpectedly, a few years later, Yingbao's soapberry trees really formed a wall. Now it has grown to two meters high, and the thorns on it are hideous. If you get closer, you will get goose bumps all over your body.
Jiang Wu said: "Sister, all these trees you planted ended up being taken advantage of by people outside."
Yingbao turned her head to look at him: "What do you mean?"
Jiang Wu pointed at the soapberry tree and then pointed outside: "The soapberry tree produces a lot of soapberries. People from our village only come to pick some for washing clothes occasionally, and the rest are picked by outsiders."
"What do they pick so many soapberries for? To make scented soap?" Yingbao was curious.
Jiang Wu: "Well, they would have picked the fruits anyway, and no one in our village cared about them. But those outsiders chopped off the branches with knives, and some even tried to cut down the entire tree. My father found out and drove them out of Nanpo. Now those outsiders live in the old village, and there are dozens of them."
"Why are there so many outsiders coming to our village? Why are they cutting down soapberry trees?" Yingbao asked.
Jiang Wu: "They all fled from outside. It is said that there are often wars and robbers outside. They can't survive, so they have to flee to other places. My father felt sorry for them and allowed them to pick some soap beans to sell for money, but the outsiders were very dishonest and wanted to chop them down so that they could live in our village."
Yingbao frowned.
She planted a circle of soapberry trees around the village to guard against foreign enemies. If they were cut down, and if bandits came like in previous years, wouldn't the villagers be in danger
"It's not a big deal for them to live in the old village, right? Doesn't the head of the village care about it?"
After all, the old village is also the territory of Dongchen Village. If it is occupied by someone for a long time, there is a possibility that fights over land will occur in the future.
Jiang Wu: "Dad went to find the village head and asked him to solve the problem. The village head grandfather came to see him once and said that he had reported it to the county government and only needed to wait for the county magistrate to give the order to resettle these outsiders. But it has been half a year and there is still no news from the county government."