After eating at Mrs. Luo's house, Qiao Wei and Bi Er went up the mountain with the little buns. The carriage couldn't drive up, so they stopped in the courtyard of Luo's house. The driver followed Qiao Wei up the mountain, and temporarily rested in the small courtyard .
When we went up the mountain, it was getting colder and damper, and the north wind was blowing.
Qiniang was overjoyed, and helped Qiao Wei carry things into the villa: "I guessed that you would be back soon, but it's so cold today, I didn't expect you to come here today."
Qiao Wei smiled and said, "Today is my godmother's birthday."
"Ah." Qiniang was surprised, "Why didn't Aunt Luo say anything?"
Qiao Wei pushed open the door: "She doesn't like to talk about it, so just pretend that you don't know."
"Hey, okay." Qiniang put the luggage on the table.
The room was clean and tidy, maintaining the appearance she had before leaving the pavilion. Qiao Wei looked at it and said, "Thank you, Qiniang."
"What's the trouble? You sit down first, and I'll go and light a stove."
As Qiniang said, she went to the kitchen to get red charcoal and a large round stove, lit it and brought it over.
Red Luo charcoal is a rare item. It burns for a long time, has strong firepower, is tasteless and smokeless, and is naturally much more expensive than black charcoal. Qiniang herself is reluctant to use it, thinking that Qiao Wei may come back in the winter, so she went to town I bought dozens of catties online.
Qiniang put a shelf on the stove, lifted the kettle up, turned her head, saw the child in Bi'er's arms, and said with a smile, "Which family is this girl from?"
Brother Liu stared, his cheeks puffed up like a little hamster: "I'm a boy!"
Qiniang is embarrassed, although you are wearing boy's clothes, but you are too beautiful, too weak, too like a little girl...
Brother Liu buried himself in Bi'er's arms without love.
Today the private school is on holiday, Er Gouzi is at home, and Brother Zhong is also there, Jing Yun looks happily to find Brother Zhong, Bier hugs Brother Liu, and then stitches and wraps his feet The gauze brother Liu put him on Qiao Zheng's wheelchair and left.
Brother Liu looked at Bi'er's back as she turned away, and angrily called out to her, "You stay!"
Bi'er turned her head: "Do you have anything else to do?"
"You have to look at me!" Brother Liu said.
Bi'er chuckled: "What's so interesting about you?"
Brother Liu said anxiously: "Mother Sun and Mother Sun will watch me!"
Bi'er walked over, smiled and pinched his face: "You kid, you usually look like a little sheep in the mansion, but you actually have a pretty big temper."
Brother Liu's cheeks were bulging, and the little hamster was angry again.
Bi'er followed Qiao Wei, and had already practiced half of the indestructible heart of King Kong. This little trick, trying to scare her away, can't it be avoided
Billy left without looking back.
Brother Liu looked at her, then at the little friend on the ground who was scrambling for a few marbles, and frowned deeply.
Everything in the workshop is operating normally, but there are many more orders. Fortunately, everyone's work efficiency has been improved, and there is no need to worry about the shortage of manpower for the time being. The village chief came to Qiniang several times in private, saying that the folks in the village were going to raise ducks, and asked Qiniang if he could order duck eggs from the village.
Qiniang didn't agree immediately, she said she needed to think about it for a few days.
"What do you think?" Qiniang asked.
Qiao Wei had nothing to disagree with, and said: "My elder brother also wants to set up a farm. Since everyone has this intention, where do we buy the goods from? It is enough to ensure that the supply of goods is clean and sufficient. You can tell the village chief later. Set this up."
"good!"
Qiniang brought over the account books for the past two months and asked Qiao Wei to look over them one by one.
Qiniang didn't know much at first, and she was taught by Agui. The front handwriting was a bit messy, but the back handwriting became very clear.
"Want an abacus?" Qiniang asked.
"No need." Mental calculation is enough for this number.
Qiao Wei flipped through the account book on the table very quickly, and returned the account book to Qiniang without any mistakes.
"Shall we leave after dinner?" Qiniang asked with a smile.
Qiao Wei looked at the gray sky and said, "I won't eat dinner, I'll go to the mountain to pick something and leave."
"Do you want Agui to be with you?" Qiniang asked.
Qiao Wei said: "No need, I'll take those little ones there."
A quarter of an hour later, one person and three beasts appeared in the silent deep mountain forest. Qiao Wei was carrying a big basket. Zhu Er, Xiao Bai and Da Bai each carried their own small baskets. One part of the medicinal materials that Zheng needs is the wild mountain fungus she needs. Wild mountain fungi are mostly in summer and autumn, and less in winter, so they are not sold in the market. Qiao Wei wants to go to the forest to try her luck.
The medicinal materials on the list were all picked by Zhu Er, and she understood as soon as Qiao Wei made gestures with her, and went happily with a small backpack on her back.
Dabai and Xiaobai are responsible for picking mushrooms.
Qiao Wei picked a snow mushroom and signaled to Dabai Xiaobai that something like this can be picked.
The two whites also went happily.
About two quarters of an hour later, Pearl returned with a full load.
Zhu Er picked a basket, and Qiao Wei counted them all, all of which were on Qiao Zheng's list, not too much, not too little, and the accuracy rate was 100%. Nobody left!
Pearl sat on the ground out of breath, picked up the handkerchief that she didn't know where to come and wiped the sweat that didn't exist on her forehead, she really worked so hard!
Not long after, Xiaobai also came back.
It also picked a basket full of big and plump mushrooms!
Qiao Wei picked out the poisonous mushrooms, one, two, three, four...
After picking, there are not many left.
Xiaobai covered his eyes with his little paws.
Finally, Dabai, this guy wants to run away every day, and Qiao Wei was quite surprised to come back obediently this time.
Qiao Wei looked at its small pannier: "Where's the snow mushroom?"
Dabai took out a field mouse.
"Where's the green mushroom?"
Dabai took out a field mouse.
"Where's the black fungus?"
Dabai took out a field mouse.
Vole tastes great!
Tastes better than mushrooms!
Qiao Wei was about to vomit blood.
In the end, it was Zhu'er who found fresh mushrooms, and Qiao Wei unceremoniously picked hundreds of them, stuffing herself and two white baskets to the brim.
When returning home, Dabai intentionally walked last, taking advantage of Qiao Wei's unpreparedness, he stretched out his paws to the back basket.
Qiao Wei didn't even look at it, but it seemed that there were eyes on the back of her head: "If you dare to take out mushrooms to pretend to be voles, I'll roast you on the fire!"
Dabai lowered his paw resentfully, and with lightning speed, pulled away Xiaobai's basket, and put the vole in it!
The planting is over!
In Xiaobai's basket, there is a baby poisonous snake that is clearly hibernating but was forcibly awakened by Xiaobai.
The baby snake slept for days, was so hungry that it ate the field mouse in one bite!
Dabai's rations are gone again...
Qiao Wei walked halfway, when suddenly heavy snow fell in the sky. This was the first snow this year. It came late, without warning, but also fiercely. It was only a few steps from Linzikou to the villa. Qiao Wei When Wei entered the door, her hair was dyed white by the heavy snow.
Bi'er came over with a cotton cloth, wiped it and said, "It's all right, why is it snowing? It's snowing so hard! When I went out in the morning, it was still full of sun!"
It was indeed sunny in the morning, but just before entering the forest, the sky was already overcast. Qiao Wei thought that it didn't look like it was going to rain, so she didn't take it to heart, but she didn't know that it wasn't raining, but it was snowing.
The children were excited and ran out wow wow wow.
Sitting in a wheelchair, brother Liu looked at the three little friends chasing in the snow, curled his lips and said, "I'm going to get sick."
Qiao Wei poked his little face, which turned red at a visible speed: "Do you want to go?"
don't want!
But if you insist on hugging me, then come on.
Qiao Wei went to pack her things.
Brother Liu: "..."
…
Qiao Wei packed half of her things, the whole sky seemed to be cracked, and the heavy snow like goose feathers fell in multiples. It was impossible to return to Beijing in this kind of weather, so Qiao Wei put the burden back in the cabinet.
In the evening, Qiniang made a hot pot, and Xiao Wei was not there. It is said that his "sister" was ill again. In the winter, he sat outside to sew clothes for brothers ten and twenty. He was overworked and caught the cold. Huffing and rushing back.
Of course, don't forget to bring the pork jerky that Qiao Wei brought from Ji's house.
Qiao Wei, three little buns, A Gui and his wife, and Brother Zhong formed a table. Qiniang made two hot pots, one with spicy beef pot bottom, the other with corn keel pot bottom, and the side dishes were from Aunt Luo’s vegetable garden The children picked carrots, white radishes, Chinese cabbage, sweet potatoes, winter melons, and the meat was bought from Xu Dazhuang's family. Almost sold out.
There are also lotus root balls, mung bean balls and meatballs that Qiniang fried herself.
Brother Zhong said as if playing a treasure: "The meatballs made by my mother are delicious!"
Wang Shu said: "My aunt's cooking is also delicious!"
Brother Liu thought of the salty and fragrant meatball meal at noon, and his stomach growled in disappointment.
Qiao Wei gave him a bowl and a spoon.
Looking at the bowls and spoons on the table, Brother Liu frowned slightly: "Is your family so poor?"
Qiao Wei smiled faintly: "Yeah, I'm very poor, do you want to eat? If you don't eat, you will fall down."
Brother Liu looked at Wang Shu and Jing Yun, they had already started using their chopsticks, they didn't know how such small hands could hold the chopsticks so firmly, Jing Yun caught a piece of meat, my God! He caught the meat! Wang Shu sandwiched the meatballs, every day... oh my god!
Qiao Wei scooped up a ball for him.
"I... I want to use chopsticks," he said.
Qiao Wei got up to get it, Bi'er said, "I'll do it!"
Bi Er went to the kitchen to fetch clean chopsticks for Brother Liu.
Brother Liu imitated the crowd and grabbed the chopsticks with one hand. The meatballs were too slippery, and he couldn't pick them up after a few pinches. As soon as he exerted force, the meatballs were squeezed out with a bu sound! It just fell into Jingyun's bowl.
Jing Yun froze for a moment, poked the ball with his chopsticks, and stuffed it into his mouth.
After a meal, everyone was full, and Brother Liu leaned back in his chair and burped for the first time in his life.
Bier went to the kitchen to boil hot water.
Although Jing Yun and Wang Shu's things were taken to Ji's house at the beginning, they also kept a few sets of laundry. Brother Liu is about the same size as Jing Yun, so Qiao Wei gave him a set of Jing Yun's pajamas.
A few small ones are soaked in a big hot basin.
Brother Liu hurt his foot and couldn't soak it, so Bier wiped his body.
After taking a bath, the little ones were lying on the soft Babu bed. The only thing Liu was satisfied with in this room was this bed, which was big and comfortable.
Wang Shu rolled around on the bed, and accidentally rolled onto the floor...
Wang Shu got up and continued to roll.
Jing Yun got used to reading the book for a while.
Brother Liu looked at Wang Shu who was rolling around on the bed like a snow dumpling, then at Jing Yun who was sitting on the bedside reading a book like a little adult, and then at the two little ferrets silently picking up toys on the floor, Finally, he looked at the little monkey sitting in front of the dressing table, who seemed to be wiping his face, looking as elegant as a noble lady, and suddenly felt a little envious.
It would be great if he had a younger sister, or an older brother, preferably two little whites, and a little monkey.
Qiao Wei entered the room and covered the three little buns with quilts. The three of them closed their eyes, and after a while, they fell into a deep sleep.
Qiao Wei looked at her sleeping siblings, thinking about the heavy snowfall, the Ji family probably knew they couldn't go back, it's just that someone came back from the morning, and there was no one there when they entered the house, wondering if it would be lonely.
Thinking about it, she smiled, how old is she, didn't she come here by herself for twenty-eight years? What was she worrying about for him.
Qiao Wei blew out the candles, put out the charcoal fire in the stove, and was about to go to bed, but suddenly, Da Bai, who was lying on the floor and sleeping soundly, suddenly raised his head!
Dabai pricked up his ears, listened quietly for a while, then slipped out of the door!
Qiao Weiquan thought it was in a hurry to urinate, and didn't take it to heart, so she got under the covers and fell asleep.
In a daze, something was pulling his quilt.
Qiao Wei opened her eyes, and saw Dabai, who was biting her quilt with sharp teeth, as if she was about to drag the quilt down, Qiao Wei rubbed her eyes, and said hoarsely, "What's wrong?"
Dabai jumped up and down on the bed, looking anxious.
Qiao Wei turned her back and didn't want to pay attention to it.
It jumped out of bed, grabbed something, jumped to the other side of Qiao Wei, and threw the thing on Qiao Wei's pillow.
"If it's a field mouse, you're dead." Qiao Wei touched the thing. It was hard and cold, as thin as a cicada's wing. It was a metal plate. Qiao Wei picked it up, lit the lamp, and saw that it was a slap-sized cloak The purple gold plate has patterns and words engraved on it, but who can see it clearly
Qiao Wei yawned and threw the sign aside: "Go play by yourself."
Dabai was so anxious that he got into Jingyun's book bag and got a small night pearl in it.
Suddenly there was light in Qiao Wei's eyes, she uncomfortably closed her eyes, and pulled the quilt over her head.
Dabai bit off her quilt!
Qiao Wei picked up the token helplessly: "I've convinced you, let me see, let me see!"
With the light of Ye Mingzhu, Qiao Wei could see the words on the token clearly: "God...General...Mansion?"
Dabai jumped excitedly!
Amidst this excitement, there was a trace of anxiety that could not be ignored.
Qiao Wei woke up a lot from her drowsiness: "Why is the token of the Divine General's Mansion with you? Where did you get it?"
Dabai bit Qiao Wei's sleeve and pulled it under the bed.
Qiao Wei looked at Dabai, then at the token Dabai held back, her eyes flickered: "You want to take me to find someone?"
Dabai jumps wildly in place!
Qiao Wei was very sure that she didn't bring this token from somewhere by accident, nor did Zhu Er get it by chance, so it could only be brought back by Dabai, who asked her to find it, and presumably it was also the owner of this token.
Qiao Wei frowned, pondered for a while, and finally decided to take a look. Qiao Wei put on her clothes, woke up Bi'er, and asked her to come and watch over the child, while she and Dabai sank into the snowstorm.
Qiao Wei followed Dabai into the forest, and after walking for a while, Qiao Wei heard the sound of weapons clashing. Looking at the cold light reflected from the snow, she saw a group of people who came from nowhere in the depths of the forest, pulling out the gun. The sword slashed and killed the purple-clothed boy in the center.
If she is not mistaken, this purple-clothed boy is Little General Mu of Nanchu.
It's really strange, how did Little General Mu come to such a place, and was hunted down
The opponent had a large number of people, and General Mu was injured. Although he fought tenaciously, it was only a matter of time before he retreated.
This little general is the elder brother of the second senior sister, and he shoots her with arrows indiscriminately when he comes. If he hadn't practiced meditation in time, she might have been injured by him.
Now that he is in trouble, he really has no reason not to stand by and watch.
only…
If he was really killed, would Nanchu think it was her and Mingxiu who did it? After all, in the whole Daliang, the only ones who had trouble with General Mu were their husband and wife.
Coincidentally, the place where he had an accident was near her villa. What's more, she came back here today.
Boy, it's your fate!
Qiao Wei's eyes turned cold, she pulled out her dagger, and rushed forward!
Dabai also joined the battle circle.
A gray-robed assassin stabbed Little General Mu in the back with his sword, and Dabai bit his neck!
The assassin screamed and fell into a pool of blood.
Next, Qiao Wei witnessed Dabai's astonishing fighting power. He was like a martial arts master in Diaozhong. Every move hit the point. Xiaobai was foolish to scratch people, but Dabai knew how to make the opponent lose his fighting power as quickly as possible.
Qiao Wei raised her eyebrows, and a long sword stabbed from behind her. On one side of her body, she raised her hand and grabbed the man's arm, then threw it casually, and the man flew out of the forest...
More than a dozen assassins lost half of them in an instant, and the rest changed colors. The companion who was seriously injured on his back performed lightness kung fu and fled from the spot.
Little General Mu couldn't hold on any longer, his legs went limp, and he collapsed in the snow.
Qiao Wei first picked up the purses on the ground into her arms one by one, then walked in front of him, knelt down and checked his breath, he was still breathing.
It's just that the injury was too serious, he was stabbed twice on the body and cut twice on the leg, his life was hanging by a thread, and within an hour, he would lose too much blood, and even the gods could not save him.
"Alas, why are you so lucky? You met such a compassionate doctor like me!" Qiao Wei put her hand into his shirt.
He opened his eyes suddenly, clasped Qiao Wei's hand with a big palm full of blood, and asked weakly and fiercely, "What are you going to do?"
Qiao Wei's eyes paused on his hands, and she smiled wickedly: "You are already like this, what do you think I can do? Little General Mu is so tender, it is rare that when he is unable to resist, do you think my aunt should … Um?"
She raised her eyebrows.
Little General Mu obviously misunderstood what she meant, his face darkened, and he gritted out two words between his teeth: "...shameless!"
Damn, she just wants to get some consultation money, what did he think of it
Qiao Wei pinched his face, it was like tofu, really tender: "I don't even look at what kind of ghost you are now, my aunt can't even eat food for you, so she still takes advantage of you? Face It's really big!"
General Mu was so angry that his breath became stagnant, and his whole body ached violently: "You..."
Qiao Wei took out the purse, opened it, and curled her lips in disgust: "I said you are a little general after all, why do you have so much money?"
Little General Mu glared at her viciously, you've been cheated for a thousand taels!
"That's all, if you have less money, let's have less, who will make me feel like a Bodhisattva." Qiao Wei stuffed the money bag into her arms unceremoniously. not enough.
Qiao Wei took his arm.
He frowned: "What are you doing?"
"Bring you back!" Qiao Wei carried him on her back. She went out in a hurry, wearing only a padded jacket. The blood soon soaked through the padded jacket and wet her pajamas. On her skin, she gritted her teeth, "My clothes also cost money, remember to send me the money later!"
"Let go of me!" He whispered.
Qiao Wei said indifferently: "If you let go of you, you will die. How far do you think those people have gone?"
General Mu said, "Not your business."
Qiao Wei snorted: "If you don't want to do my business, don't come to my place to seek death!"
General Mu was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that he had already left the capital, and this is not the capital, so why is she here
She said her territory.
Qiao Wei knew what he was thinking, so she kindly answered his questions and said, "Did you see that mountain in front? I lived there before I left the pavilion."
General Mu frowned even tighter: "Aren't you the daughter of the Enbo Mansion?" Why do you live in the wilderness
Qiao Wei didn't answer his question, but smiled lightly: "Yo, finally found out my identity?"
"Why do you live here?" Little General Mu still wanted to understand the doubts in his heart, even though where this woman lived didn't seem to be his business.
Qiao Wei walked in the snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and said in a nonchalant manner: "It seems that our relationship is not so good that I have to confess everything to you. I didn't ask why you were chased. kill."
Little General Mu really didn't ask any more questions.
Qiao Wei carried him to the villa, Bi'er and the child slept soundly, Qiao Wei did not disturb them, and carried him to Qiao Zheng's room.
Qiao Zheng's room had a big medicine cabinet, and there were some medicines that Qiao Zheng didn't take away. Qiao Wei found a few medicines that could stop the bleeding, put them in medicine jars, went to the kitchen, soaked the medicines and put them on the stove. After serving, another large pot of boiling water was boiled.
Qiao Wei moved quickly, and after a while, she returned to the house with a basin of clean hot water.
General Mu was injured too badly, and he was determined to survive until now. When Qiao Wei came to treat his wound, his consciousness was already a little loose.
Qiao Wei opened Qiao Zheng's spare medicine box in the villa, took out the scissors, and cut off his jacket and pants: "Don't fall asleep, you won't wake up after you fall asleep. I don't care if you live or die, but You can't drag me down. I carried you back, you died in my house, I really jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't clean it up."
Little General Mu tried his best to wake himself up.
There were four serious injuries on his body, all of which were deep and long, and the amount of bleeding was extremely strong.
The amount of bleeding of this intensity would have required a blood transfusion in modern times, but in ancient times there was no such condition, so he had to resist it himself.
Qiao Wei disinfected his wound as quickly as possible, and sprinkled blood coagulation powder, but the wound was too deep, and the powder had little effect: "Your wound needs to be stitched up, and the soup is already boiling, but you You may not be able to wait until it is cooked, I will sew it up for you now, hold back."
Little General Mu's lips had faded. Looking at Qiao Wei, his eyes were full of doubts. He exhausted all his strength and asked, "Are you going to see a doctor?"
Qiao Wei took out the medical sewing kit, and said calmly: "Is there no second doctor here, you are bleeding so much, no matter who you are, you can see him within a stick of incense Buddha."
Little General Mu's face turned dark again. If she didn't put him to death, he must have been mad at her.
Qiao Wei didn't care whether he was willing or not, and tied his hands and feet to the bed with cloth strips.
General Mu's eyes trembled: "What are you doing?"
Qiao Wei put on the needle and thread: "Although you probably don't have much strength to resist, but if you are too painful and don't cooperate, it will be difficult for me to give the needle."
He is a military commander, it hurts so much, how could he not cooperate? !
this woman!
this woman!
"You let go of me!"
Don't be tied to the bed like a brat!
This feeling, like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, is terrible!
Qiao Wei said solemnly: "For the sake of safety, I'm sorry, but I can't untie it."
"I'm not moving." He gritted his teeth.
"Without anesthesia, this is the safest." Qiao Wei refused to admit that she just wanted to take the opportunity to punish him. Who told him to avenge his sister indiscriminately? Now it's so easy to fall on her head, how can I not let him suffer
How could Little General Mu fail to see that she did it on purpose? But he was so hurt that he couldn't do anything to resist except shooting her into a sieve with his eyes.
However, what he didn't even know was that being so angry by Qiao Wei made him sober up a lot, and he didn't want to fall asleep for the time being.
Qiao Wei started to suture him, anesthesia soup and so on, of course it was a lie to him, how could she be so kind and make anesthesia soup for him? It's good to hurt him to death! Boiled in jars are medicinal herbs to prevent infection.
The first thing to sew up were the wounds on his chest and stomach. These two swords pierced into his stomach, only missing his body. offal.
Qiao Wei sewed very slowly.
Little General Mu was in so much pain that he broke out in cold sweat, and his eyes swished to Qiao Wei's face: "You... did it on purpose, didn't you?"
"Heal you on purpose? Yes, yes, I am so kind. I have told you twice!" Qiao Wei said, pulling the long line in her hand.
General Mu rolled his eyes in pain.
Qiao Wei pursed her lips and suppressed the corners of her lips that were raised secretly.
Of course, Qiao Wei's hands are heavy again, and there is no need to pick quality and speed.
Qiao Wei quickly sewed up the above wound. Seeing that he was about to bite his lip, Qiao Wei stuffed a wooden stick into his mouth.
He spat out the stick.
Qiao Wei glanced at him speechlessly: "Do you know that you want to scream but don't scream, that kind of suppressed moaning is very similar to..."
Qiao Wei didn't know how to describe it, she imitated twice, General Mu's temples twitched, she turned her head quickly, and bit the wooden stick into her mouth herself!
Qiao Wei sutured the two wounds on General Mu's leg with the fastest speed and the most painful technique.
But a large amount of blood still flowed from the edge of the cut trousers.
Could it be that there are still wounds
Qiao Wei reached into his pants.
Little General Mu was so frightened that he bit off the wooden stick and asked in horror, "What are you doing?!"
Qiao Wei took out a hand full of blood: "Sure enough, there is another one, it's on the inner thigh, I'm sorry, General Mu, I'm going to take off your pants."
Little General Mu's face turned pale: "You...you...do you dare?"
Qiao Wei compared with her fingers: "Do you know that if the sword is one inch higher, your little general will be gone, and the injury is at the base of the thigh. If I don't take off your pants, how can I sew them for you?"
Little General Mu choked until his face turned purple: "No... no more sewing!"
Qiao Wei's face turned cold: "If you say you won't sew it up, you won't sew it up? I took you back with so much effort, boiled medicine, and performed surgery. If you didn't sew up the incision, you would lose too much blood and die. , Didn’t I do so much useless work for nothing?!”
Little General Mu struggled, and Qiao Wei forced herself, looking very indescribable.
In the end, Little General Mu was pressed under him out of breath, his handsome little face was so red that it could bleed, he turned his face away, and stopped looking at this shameless and powerful woman!
Qiao Wei didn't clean it up, and left a piece of cloth to block it, but her hands were as soft as cotton willows, and her cold fingertips pressed against his skin, and the skin seemed to be on fire instantly, and she hardly lasted for three breaths. The piece of cloth was… lifted up.
Little General Mu wished he could die on the spot!
Qiao Wei glanced there calmly, raised her eyebrows, and continued to sew calmly.