The place Yue Wen was looking for was a mountain village not far from the capital. The road was not fast. Even with the care of An Ning and An Yi, it could be seen that Shen Jin was getting thinner, especially now that she was pregnant. Feel worried.
When the six of them arrived at the place that Yue Wen had arranged in advance, it was already the end of autumn, and Shen Jin was nearly five months pregnant. The mountain village Yue Wen was looking for was not rich, and even the nearest town had to be approached for a day. I chose such a place because the vicinity of the capital is the safest place. The Prince of England is no longer able to lead troops into the capital. The only one who has the strength to do such a thing is Chu Xiuming. The Chu family’s army has never would do such an outrageous thing.
And Emperor Cheng would not care about such a remote place, where even tax officials would not like to come.
It was Shen Jin who proposed to find this place. Chu Xiuming handed her a lot of such things at the beginning, and the map near the capital is the most important thing. Shen Jin only mentioned an approximate location, not sure about it. Whether the village still exists or not, who knows if Yue Wen and the others searched for it for a few days, and finally found it.
Horse-drawn carriages are impossible to pass. The mountain roads here are very rugged. When the carriage was in the town, it was sold along with the horse. Yue Wen bought a donkey and bought a lot of daily necessities. It was the first time for Shen Jin to ride a donkey. Because there were a lot of things on the donkey cart, An Ning and An Yi walked there by themselves.
The two guards brought by Yue Wen, one is code-named Jiayi and the other is Jiasi. Jiasi is a little fat, looks very festive, and is very kind, so Yue Wen asked Jiasi and Anyi to clean up and transport After buying a batch of things, Shen Jin and the others rested in the town for a day before walking slowly to the mountain village.
Because Shen Jin was pregnant, they walked very slowly. They set off before dawn, and when they arrived at the place, it was dark. Shen Jin didn't see the whole picture of the village clearly, but the yard had been cleaned up. The inside is a kang, at least bedding and other things are complete, but because there are only two rooms that can sleep people, so Shen Jin, An Ning and Anyi share one room, and Yue Wen and the others share one room, because the kang is quite big , Even if two more people sleep, it will not be crowded, and each person is a separate futon.
Shen Jin wasn't picky about anything, An Yi had already boiled hot water, and after serving Shen Jin to wash up, she used another bowl of chicken noodle soup and anti-fetal medicine, and Shen Jin went to bed first, while An Yi and An Ning still To tidy things up a bit, they moved very lightly, and Shen Jin was very tired, Shen Jin didn't even know when the two of them would go to sleep.
When she woke up the next day, Shen Jin found that the two quilts next to her had been made up, and there was a voice from outside, which didn't sound like An Yi's. Shen Jin rubbed her head and weighed herself. When she got up, the clothes were already placed beside her. Shen Jin changed her clothes and stepped on the blue-gray cloth shoes. Then she walked out slowly with one hand on her stomach and the other on her waist. For some reason, after she became pregnant this time, she I always felt sore in my waist, and An Ning rubbed it twice but it didn't help.
Pushing open the door is the yard, and I saw a middle-aged woman in blue cloth talking to An Yi. The voice Shen Jin heard just now was from her. Seeing Shen Jin coming out, An Yi hurried over to support her and said, "Second sister , you go to rest first, and I will ask An Ning to fetch water for you."
It was agreed upon by them that Anyi would call them this way, so it was too eye-catching, so they pretended to be three sisters. An Yi was the oldest, so she was naturally the eldest sister, while Shen Jin was the second child, and the youngest was An Ning.
"Oh, this is the second sister of the An family." The middle-aged woman said with a smile when she saw Shen Jin, her eyes swept over Shen Jin's stomach.
Shen Jin said with a smile, "I don't know how to call it?"
The middle-aged woman said, "Just call me Mr. Zhang."
Shen Jin nodded, "Sister Zhang."
The middle-aged woman chuckled, "I just came to say hello and ask if you need someone to do laundry and cooking here? Look at the ones that are more tender than the other. Our water is cold..."
An Yi felt a little irritated. This person didn't understand the rejection at all. He came here at dawn. At the beginning, An Yi and the others also wanted to establish a good relationship in the village. After all, they are outsiders. People don't know how to help them, but it doesn't make any sense at all. An Ning was annoyed and hid directly in the kitchen. Jia Yi and Jia Er went to the town to buy things according to the list written by An Yi and the others, while Yue Wen went to the mountains to get some food. The firewood is ready, "Sister Zhang, we really don't need it, we can do these ourselves."
"That's not right..." Mrs. Zhang spoke loudly, not caring about Anyi's straightforward refusal, and said, "Besides, if you want to wash clothes, you can only go to the river over there, and you don't know which piece is yours. …”
An Yi actually understood it a long time ago. After all, this person just wanted to take advantage. Shen Jin was not feeling well and only felt a headache from being disturbed by this person's voice. When she saw An Ning approaching, she said directly, "An Ning, go and call Yue Wen back. By the way, invite the village chief."
"Yes." An Ning wiped her hands, put the basin in her hand first, and said, "Husband...Second Sister, go in first."
Shen Jin nodded, and took another look at Mrs. Zhang, "Sister-in-law, you should go back first, and wait for the village chief to come. If there is such a rule in the village, then the village chief will give us only one piece."
"I have a good heart..." the sister-in-law Zhang said unwillingly.
Shen Jin narrowed her eyes. Her thoughts were different from An Yi's. No matter how kind they were, to the people in this village, they were all outsiders. Besides, they didn't want to live here all the time, so they said directly, " An Ning, please get out."
"Yes." An Ning stopped hesitating and said directly, "This one please."
Aunt Zhang snorted coldly when she saw this, and said, "Don't regret it."
The expression on An Ning's face didn't change, that sister-in-law Zhang turned around and went out, and when she got to the door, she spat at the door, An Ning closed the door in front of her, then looked at Shen Jin and asked, "Ma'am, are you still calling the village?" Is it long?"
"Call." Shen Jin said, "Call Yue Wen first."
An Ning quickly responded, and said, "The slave has gone, madam, please close the door."
Listening to An Ning's address, Shen Jin smiled helplessly and nodded. After An Ning went out, An Yi locked the door from the inside, and then helped Shen Jin in. After Shen Jin finished washing, she used another half a bowl Yue Wen and An Ning also came back, Yue Wen changed into brown clothes, his whole body looked gray, after Anyi opened the door to let the two of them in, An Ning went to fetch water for Yue Wen to clean his hands, Yue Wen said, "Ma'am, I'm going to invite the village chief right away."
"No rush." Shen Jin said, "Eat something first."
Yue Wen complied, and An Ning went to the kitchen to bring him porridge and pancakes, which she made in the morning. When Jia Yi and the others left, they also ate this kind of pancakes on the road. Because they didn’t have everything at home, they only rolled fried pancakes. Good cabbage and pickles.
After Yue Wen finished eating, Shen Jin was also used up, An Yi and An Ning used it up in the morning, Yue Wen went to invite the village chief, An Yi asked, "When Madam is rested..."
"In the future, we will call according to what we have decided, and it will be the same in private." Shen Jin said.
An Yi heard the words and said, "Yes."
Shen Jin looked at An Ning and said, "An Ning?"
"Yes." An Ning also responded, blushing and shouted, "Second Sister."
Shen Jinxiao's eyes were crooked, a little less charming and a little more charming, "Remember it."
An Yi asked, "Second Sister, can you do this well? After all, we are outsiders..."
"It's because we are outsiders." Shen Jin moved his waist slightly and said, "I don't have so much time to deal with them, so it's better to let them be afraid that we won't dare to provoke them."
An Yi was taken aback for a moment and said, "I was wrong."
Shen Jin shook her head. Actually, it's not that An Yi wanted to go wrong, but that the two of them grew up in different environments. Even if Shen Jin is a concubine, she is also a concubine of the palace, but what about An Yi? Although she is an official lady, she grew up in a place like a teaching workshop because her home was ransacked, and she dealt with people of higher status than her, so she couldn't offend anyone, and she still learned how to serve others. Even though she ran all the way to the border town because she wanted to keep the child in her belly, the first thing she thought of when encountering troubles was to be kind to others.
This is not bad, but it is not suitable for use in a place like this.
Now that An Yi figured it out, Shen Jin stopped talking, but An Ning looked at the room and said, "Second Sister, I'll make some cushions for you in the past few days, so it will be more comfortable for you to lean on."
"Okay." Shen Jin responded, "No hurry."
An Ning responded with a smile. Just as she was about to say something, she saw that Yue Wen had invited the village head. In fact, the village head was only in his forties, but he looked like he was in his fifties, and his clothes were still worn. Wearing patches, the shoes on the feet can't see the original color.
Yue Wen asked someone to sit down, and An Ning went to pour water, using a large bowl, pouring some tea into it with boiling water, and then pouring some sugar into it, this was specifically explained by Yue Wen, and everyone here likes it After drinking tea, I saw that the old village chief was not afraid of being hot, so he took a sip while carrying it. An Yi helped Shen Jin out, and An Yi recounted what happened today, and then said, "What do we sisters mean? If there is such a rule, we will naturally abide by it."
The old village head scolded everyone in his heart, and he came to do such a thing before he found out who he was.
Shen Jin said, "Village chief, I won't hide it from you. After I give birth, someone will come to pick me up. We will live here for a year at most. If we live in the village, we must bother the village chief. After we leave , This yard is my gift to the village chief."
As soon as these words came out, the village chief's eyes lit up and he looked at Shen Jin. Yue Wen bought the yard at first, and then repaired it later. Shen Jin glanced at An Ning, and An Ning took out a piece of broken silver with a smile. Then in front of the village chief, he pinched the broken silver with two fingers, and it seemed that the broken silver was crushed without much effort, and then he put it on the table next to the village chief. Shen Jin said as if he didn't see it, "The rest I will trouble the village chief."
The village chief swallowed, without taking his eyes off the silver, he quickly put it away and said, "No trouble, no trouble, just tell me if you have anything to do."
Shen Jin looked at An Yi, and An Yi said, "Then please ask the village chief to buy us a few hens...all at the market price, and the excess will be given to the village chief."