Liu Qiaoer followed them all the way from the capital to here, and after hearing what the two said, she was half-believing and half-doubting.
So Liu Qiaoer said, "I don't believe a word you two say. Let's live here and I will take care of the child myself until I hear from the Marquis."
Liu Qiaoer asked Lou Wei to call the two people outside in.
There were four of them. Liu Qiaoer slept in a room with her child, Lou Wei slept in a room with the wet nurse, and the other two slept in a room with Dong Lun.
Liu Qiaoer asked Long Batian to help look after the child. She was really exhausted from chasing people these days. She pushed the child into the bed and slept soundly until dawn.
When she got up in the morning, she was awakened by the crowing of a rooster.
Liu Qiaoer had been living in a wealthy family since she traveled through time. This kind of pastoral life was her first time and felt a little strange.
The farmers all got up very early. After Liu Qiaoer woke up, Zhu Zhengzheng was not awake yet. She opened the door and walked out first. Lou Wei and the wet nurse Cui Niang had already gotten up.
Lou Wei was fetching water, Cui Niang had already lit a fire, prepared dinner, and was feeding the chickens.
"The girl is awake, breakfast is ready, you can eat."
Liu Qiaoer came to the well and washed her face casually. She saw a basket of oil cakes on the table, as well as two pickles, a plate of what looked like pickled cabbage lumps, and a plate of pickled vegetables, with a few washed green onions next to them.
Cui Niang served Liu Qiao'er a bowl of porridge from the pot and smiled awkwardly: "We don't have anything delicious at home, only these. I don't know if you can get used to it. I'll kill a chicken for you at noon to change your taste."
Liu Qiaoer had experienced a lot of hardships before, so she sat down and ate with big mouthfuls.
"No, I'm not a very particular person, as long as I'm full, that's fine. By the way, what do you want to eat, young master?"
Cui Niang brought out a bowl of egg custard and a piece of sweet potato from a small pot nearby.
"The young master likes to eat egg custard and sweet potatoes. He has a good appetite and is not picky about food."
Liu Qiaoer didn't expect that Zhu Zhengzheng was not a pampered person. As expected, the old man was not delicate in raising children. But it was also good this way. Simple food was the most nourishing.
"Okay, let him sleep first, and then eat after he wakes up. Children grow better when they sleep."
Cui Niang agreed, served herself a bowl and started eating. Lou Wei came in and served himself too.
"Miss, your things are ready. I will take them to the capital later. I will leave the young master in your care."
Liu Qiaoer nodded: "Okay, go ahead. If this is really the Marquis's plan, tell him that I will stay here for a few days, and I feel it's quite good here."
Cui Niang doesn't know kung fu, and she looks honest, not like someone who would lie. This family was actually chosen by the Marquis in advance, and the yard in the backyard is empty.
The Marquis rented the place for them to live in, and also prepared firewood, food and other things in advance.
Liu Qiaoer speculated that the Marquis had probably found a good place when he returned to the capital from Lancheng, but he just didn't tell anyone.
This village is right beside the official road and can be seen at a glance, but who would have thought that the village of the dignified Zhenbei Hou could be the home of a child from the village.
Today, Zhu Zhengzhen really dresses like a village boy.
He was wearing coarse cloth clothes, a worn-out tiger hat, tiger-head shoes, and a silly look. He had a silver collar around his neck, which reminded Liu Qiaoer of Brother Runtu.
But the lining inside still exposed his delicacy. The coarse cloth clothes would rub the child's skin red, but the lining inside was made of delicate fine cotton cloth, which was soft and absorbent.
However, unless you get close, you can't see it from a distance.
Liu Qiaoer was eating. When she looked up, she saw Zhu Zheng rubbing his eyes and standing at the door.
The threshold of the door blocked him, and he could only step over it by holding on to the door frame with his short legs.
Cui Niang was about to help him when Liu Qiao'er called her back, "It's okay, he can come here by himself."
Then Liu Qiaoer shouted, "Big Head, come here."
Big Head is the name Liu Qiaoer gave to Zhu Zhengzhen, because this kid has had a big head since he was a child, not because of malnutrition, but because of genetic inheritance.
The Marquis of Zhenbei had a big head, so when he saw the child, he was sure that he was a family member, because everyone in the family had a bigger head than others.
Big Head bared his teeth and smiled at Liu Qiaoer: "Sister Qiaoer, why are you here?"
Liu Qiaoer didn't let Zhu Zhengxing call her aunt, saying that calling her that made her old, so she asked him to call her sister.
So Zhu Zheng started to call Cui Boxiao uncle and Liu Qiaoer sister Qiaoer. What a confusing relationship.
"I came to play with you. Your grandfather asked me to play with you. Is that okay?"
Of course Zhu Zhengzheng was willing. In fact, as long as he was accompanied by someone familiar, he would be very wild. He didn't want to stay in the mansion and wanted to go everywhere.
Zhu Zhengzheng walked down the stairs step by step with his little butt sticking out, and walked into the kitchen with his short legs. When he saw the steamed eggs, his saliva flowed unconsciously.
"Damn..."
Cui Niang then wiped Zhu Zhengzheng's face and hands and put the egg in front of him.
This child is a real eater. He finished a big bowl of steamed eggs in a short while, and then ate some sweet potatoes with relish. Liu Qiaoer suspected that he hadn't eaten for several days.
In fact, he never went hungry and even ate four or five meals a day. This child was a strong man, taller than other children of the same age. His arms and legs did not look thick, but were actually full of flesh, solid flesh.
After Liu Qiaoer and the others had their meal, they did not keep anyone idle. Lou Wei took Liu Qiaoer's letter back to the capital to deliver it to Marquis Zhenbei.
The others were assigned tasks, and two of them went to the city to buy white flour, refined rice, some meat, eggs, etc.
Liu Qiaoer could see that although there were quite a few chickens, there were only three males and two hens among the five chickens. The eggs laid by the hens might not be enough for them to eat.
As for the rest of the people, Cui Niang stayed at home to wash and clean, while Liu Qiaoer planned to take Zhu Zhengzheng for a walk and some fun nearby. When they saw the river, they wanted to fish, and when they saw the mountain, they wanted to hunt.
But the map showed that there were no mountains nearby, only a river, surrounded by villages and endless farmland.
It seems that the only place to play is that river.
Liu Qiaoer took Zhu Zhengzheng to the river, made a fishing rod by herself, hung only a fish hook on it, and let Zhu Zhengzheng take it to the river to fish.
Liu Qiaoer took the opportunity to enter the space and pack up her things. She was going to grill fish, so she took out some salt and seasonings and turned out a shelf.
I found a few bamboo sticks and some firewood and built a simple rack by the river.
Who knew that just as we were setting up the trap, we heard Zhu Zhengzheng exclaim, "There's a fish, there's a fish..."
When Liu Qiaoer saw Zhu Zhengzheng stand up and pull the fishing rod hard, she hurried over and pulled up the fishing rod. A fish weighing four or five pounds was hanging on the hook, jumping around.
Liu Qiaoer gave Zhu Zheng a thumbs up and said, "Great, little guy. Keep it up."
Light a bonfire, clean the fish, and grill them.
Just as he finished this one, Zhu Zhengzheng caught another one.
Liu Qiaoer was even surprised: "Didn't they say there are no fish in this river? How did these fish come from?"