I wish for a long time

There are two mountains between Dongming County and Linjiang County.

After two days of driving, the group finally found an abandoned mountain temple on the evening of the second day.

Further north is the plain, Ye Jiu leaned against the lush forest, he let out a sigh of relief.

There is no need to squeeze in the carriage.

Although there are two carriages, such a group of people is really not enough.

So she looked at the disgraced little temple even more pleasing to the eye.

Lu Lin and Nan Yuan took the lead and entered the mountain temple first.

Because it has been abandoned all year round, it is full of dust, but it is still a place to stay.

Lu Lin and the others did a rough cleaning before calling Ye Jiu and the old man in.

"In about half a day, we will be able to reach Linjiang County."

The old gentleman glanced over the dusty incense table and sighed softly.

Ye Jiu was busy arranging the futon, he responded casually, and quickly spread the cloth on it, helping Qi Shaoan to sit on it.

Qi Shaoan shook her wrist, signaling her to leave him alone.

Ye Jiu nodded, straightened up, and turned to look at the old man.

The old gentleman sat opposite the door, chuckling lightly, "Jin'er has followed the general."

Ye Jiu subconsciously said "Ah", "Follow the general?"

Then she realized that the old man should be referring to her cheap father, Marquis Zhenyuan.

She was a little dumbfounded, why, DNA doesn't want to lose face.

The old gentleman had kind eyes, and his voice was as soft as autumn water, "After the madam passed the door, the general will be just like you, caring for every detail."

Ye Jiu sat on the threshold, quietly listening to the old man.

"Especially after having you, the general has even restrained his killing spirit, as if he has changed himself."

There was a gleam of light in the old man's eyes, and he smiled slightly, "In fact, the general is also a gentle person in his bones."

"It's just that after a long time on the battlefield, that love has already been covered by blood."

Ye Jiu hugged his knees, turned his back to the light, and couldn't see clearly on his face.

"Young master, sir, the porridge is ready."

Nan Yuan walked up to the steps with two bowls of porridge, and stepped in lightly.

He handed the porridge to Ye Jiu and the old man, and ran out in a hurry.

Ye Jiu got up and walked towards Qi Shao'an, scooped up a spoonful while walking, put it in his mouth and blew.

When she squatted down, the porridge in the spoon was ready to dry.

"Come on, open your mouth."

Qi Shaoan's eyes wandered for a moment, a little embarrassed to be so intimate in front of others, and whispered: "I will do it myself."

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand to take the bowl.

Ye Jiu moved back with the bowl, shook his head, "The bowl is hot."

Qi Shaoan was taken aback.

She only felt a warm feeling slowly flow out from the bottom of her heart, sending it to every part of her body.

She took a deep look at Ye Jiu, her eyes were like a deep pool, with secrets constantly flowing.

Qi Shao'an opened his mouth slightly, and grabbed the porcelain spoon in his mouth.

The cold weather was nothing at this time, and with a mouthful of slightly hot porridge, it melted into my heart.

Ye Jiu scooped up another spoonful, looked at the clear grains of porridge water, turned his head and said, "When the old man buys rice, can you notice anything unusual?"

The old gentleman was obviously taken aback for a moment, and then asked, "What did Jin'er find?"

Ye Jiu watched Qi Shaoan drink it, and said in a calm voice, "I heard that the rice noodles have been doubled nearly five times. I wonder if it's true at this time?"

The old gentleman gently stirred the porridge in his hand, nodded, "It is true, the Dongming rice noodle shops have already transferred the purchase from other counties, and I am afraid it will rise again."

Ye Jiu frowned slightly, pursed his thin lips lightly, a little absent-minded.

Qi Shaoan took the porcelain spoon from her hand, Ye Jiu didn't stop her, and simply held the porcelain bowl with both hands, and put his sleeves in place.

She stared at the porridge in the bowl, and said softly: "The cold spring this time will undoubtedly make things worse."

The old man was almost done, and he picked it up and took a big sip, "Linjiang and the surrounding cities and villages were all waiting for this crop to turn around, but they ended up with something like this."

Ye Jiu doesn't know much about farming, he only knows that it's difficult to deal with, but he doesn't have any feasible solution.

She was worrying, and suddenly her lips felt hot.

She quickly regained her senses, only to see Qi Shaoan holding the spoon and passing it to her mouth.

Qi Shaoan bent her lips and raised her chin, signaling her to open her mouth.

Seeing her gentle smile, Ye Jiu's melancholy also faded, she opened her mouth and drank it clean.

With this beginning, it soon changed from feeding Qi Shao'an to two people feeding each other one bite at a time.

Even though Nanyuan Maliu sent the second bowl, the modes of the two of them still did not switch.

The old man lowered his head and drank on his own, which didn't affect him at all.

After dinner, Ye Jiu hugged Qi Shaoan and lay under a brocade quilt, huddled in a corner.

Wei Yu was beside him, wrapped in a quilt and rolled into a ball.

Nan Yuan and Lu Lin sat cross-legged in the hall, wearing thick cloaks.

Ye Jiu touched Qi Shaoan's lower back with his hands, and slowly kneaded it.

The strength is not too big or small, and the massage technique is quite reliable.

Qi Shaoan nestled in her arms, breathing deeply and shallowly.

Ye Jiu pressed the button for a while, then asked softly, "Is it still sour?"

Qi Shaoan felt quite comfortable at first, but when he heard this, his little face turned red all of a sudden.

Some strange images flashed in her mind, she stretched out her hand, touched the soft flesh of Ye Jiu's waist, and pinched it with two fingers.

Ye Jiu took a deep breath, and at the same time, a soft hum sounded in his arms.She suddenly understood what was coming, and she bent her eyebrows and smiled lightly.

"Good night."

……

The next morning, Ye Jiu was woken up.

There was a burst of shouting and shouting, which seemed to be arguing.

Ye Jiu woke up all of a sudden, and Qi Shaoan in her arms also opened his eyes.

"Stay inside and don't move, I'll go out and have a look."

Ye Jiu saw that the old gentleman Lu Lin Nanyuan was not even in the light rain, so he quickly got up and prepared to go out to have a look.

Just two steps away, Ye Jiu came back and pulled Qi Shaoan up, "You should follow me, I don't worry about you being alone."

Qi Shao'an nodded and stood up with strength.

There was actually nothing serious going on outside. A group of people outside the Mountain God Temple wanted to come in. Lu Lin Nanyuan and the others felt threatened, so they stopped outside.

"Are you from Linhe County?"

The old man's voice caught Ye Jiu's attention.

The man standing outside nodded repeatedly, "Yes, we are from Nangezhuang in the south of Linhe County. We fled all the way here, and finally found a shelter from the wind. Sir, let us go in."

Ye Jiu and Qi Shao'an exchanged glances, alarm bells rang in their hearts.

And the old gentleman has already asked for them, "Why did you flee to this place?"

The man sighed and said: "Isn't it because of last year's frost disaster that all the houses were destroyed and there was not much food and clothing left. I wanted to go to Linhe County to seek a living, but it turned out that Linhe County was the same, so we had to go all the way to Linhe County." Nan, go to Dongming to find a way out."

Ye Jiu frowned when he heard this, "How many people are like you?"

The man shook his head, "There are too many, there are already many people like us in the city, but if there is another way out, we won't come here."

"The county magistrate of Linhe doesn't care?"

The man snorted, "He cares? He just drives the affected people out of the city, and let those grain merchants and cloth merchants suck human blood, bah."

Ye Jiu's heart sank when she heard the words, she looked left and right, and quickly moved away: "Everyone, come in first, there is still some food left, why don't you have a full meal first."

There were more than ten men in his party, and the small temple seemed a little crowded all of a sudden.

Lu Lin and Wei Yu set up a pot to cook porridge again, but these people saw the brocade quilts scattered on the ground, and their eyes lit up.

Qi Shaoan shook Ye Jiu's hand, and his eyes signaled her to look at those people.

Only then did Ye Jiu realize that their clothes were a little thin.

Especially in this increasingly cold weather, the wind can pierce through their clothes.

She turned to look at the old man, who nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Ye Jiu pointed to the quilt on the ground, "If you need it, take it, we don't need the left and right."

The leading man thanked them again and again, and each of the family hugged one, but they didn't fight or snatch it.

At this time, Ye Jiu and his party felt a little depressed.

They didn't delay any longer, and after the man and the others finished eating and left another bag of rice, they set off on the road.

Speeding up all the way, they finally arrived at Linhe City in the evening.

Before entering the city gate, he was dazzled by the scene in front of him.

Under the city, where there was obviously a small market, now there are many people gathered.

These people were sitting or lying down, extending tens of meters along the base of the city wall.

Ye Jiu opened the curtain and jumped down, pointed to Lu Lin, "Come and see with me."

It wasn't until they got closer that Ye Jiu realized that something was wrong with these people.

All of them are listless, with sallow complexions and light purple lips, similar to those people met in the mountain temple, all of them are thinly clad.

But the people here seem to be more serious.

"Mother, why are you staying here?"

Ye Jiu saw an old woman sitting on a straw mat with a child in her arms, so he stepped forward and asked.

The old woman blinked her eyes when she saw the person coming, and then she came to her senses, and said weakly: "The family suffered a disaster, so I came here to beg for food."

Ye Jiu asked again: "Then why don't you go to the city?"

The old woman sighed, "We want to go in too, but the county master won't let us in, so we can't help it."

"why?"

"Why else? People say that there is no food or clothing left in the city, and they don't care about us at all. What are they talking about? I'm afraid that the illness will pass."

Ye Jiu heard the words and looked around carefully, only to realize that these people were actually coughing from time to time with runny noses.

She pursed her lips, fearing that the temperature would rise and fall suddenly. These people lacked food and clothing and were infected with the cold.

Ye Jiu's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, before she could ask any more questions, he heard the person next to him suddenly get up and run behind him.

Even the old woman in front of her threw her grandson away and ran after her.

Ye Jiu and Lu Lin turned around in a daze, only to find that the target of this group of people was their carriage.

The two were immediately anxious, but when they came back, they found that the old gentleman and Qi Shao'an were standing in front of the carriage, directing them to distribute the clothes.

Ye Jiu walked in from the side and stood behind Qi Shaoan, thinking that if the situation got out of control, he could always protect her.

But even though they brought a lot of things this time, there were too many people who couldn't stand it, and the things were robbed in a short while.

Seeing the disappointed expression in the eyes of the person who didn't receive anything, Qi Shao'an felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

She looked back at Ye Jiu, pursed her lips and didn't say much, but whispered something to Wei Yu.

Ye Jiu didn't know why, so he tilted his head and looked at her suspiciously.

Qi Shaoan explained a few words, then reached out to hold Ye Jiu's hand, and pulled her aside, "What did you find out?"

Ye Jiu told the general situation, Qi Shaoan nodded when he heard the words, frowned and remained silent.

Ye Jiuben was also thinking about something, but from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Wei Yu walking back with a bundle.

Her heart trembled, and she wanted to turn her head to take a closer look, but unexpectedly someone grabbed her sleeve.

"Ajiu..."

Ye Jiu looked at Qi Shao'an, Mo Che's eyes were a bit panicked at this moment, she narrowed her eyes, and raised her sleeves that she was clutching herself:

"Shao'er, you just pulled me over just to distract me?"