An old lady's life

In this season, the coldness of spring is still a bit cool, but the weather is very good for wormwood. In spring, everything is revived, and the trees, flowers and plants in the mountains, forests and fields are already glowing green. It will only wait for a few days to enter February, and the breath of spring will become stronger. .

A group of three carriages staggered to the village, it was not until noon.

The carriage stepped into the boundary of Zhuangzi, and from a distance, Guanshi Xu, the head of the village, was waiting with a few servants, but Ai Cao stopped the carriage and planned to get down and walk in.

There are paddy fields on both sides of the road in and out of Zhuangzi. The fields have been filled with water at this time, and many big men are working in the fields.

Mugwort took a look. After a winter of rest and irrigation, although the field was not as fertile, it was not as barren as before.There are many people working in the fields, and many wormwoods have never been seen before.

The four maids, two big maids and the guards had already entered the Zhuangzi first, Qing Yao and Qing Zhi went to tidy up the old lady's things first, Qing Qian and Qing Luo followed the old lady to serve.

Manager Xu saw the old lady stop from a distance, and immediately trotted over.

"Old lady." Being old and not exercising, Guanshi Xu is puffy. After running such a short distance, he is already out of breath.

Ai Cao waved her hand: "Don't worry, I don't know how to run."

Now the children are in class, so the wormwood is not in such a hurry. I looked at the field and the forest behind Zhuangzi. There is a small hillside that should be full of flowers, and some yellow and red ones can be seen from a distance. The little flowers are fluttering in the wind.

Manager Xu introduced the affairs of the Zhuangzi, because it was not the time for transplanting rice seedlings, and it was not the busiest time. There were not enough farmers in the Zhuangzi, so some farmers were hired to help, two meals were provided, and wages were settled on the day.

There are a lot of pigs and sheep raised in the village. After no class in the afternoon, the children will mow grass on the nearby hillside together. In short, the children will help the adults to do what they can.

Ai Cao just nodded when she heard this. Although compared with other children, such a young child knows how to work, but who told them that they have no right to be willful, and they have no close relatives to think about the future for them. , and other means of earning a living.

After walking around the village for a while, I returned to the village, and the children were about to leave school.

The children welcomed the old lady's arrival very much. Ai Cao had already ordered the maids to prepare the cakes for their own arrival, and each child would share two pieces.

Ai Cao took a closer look at Xiaohui and Xiaoan, seeing how the two siblings looked, the life in the village was still very adaptable.She knew that Xiaohui came from a farmer's family and was no stranger to life in the village, and she could still go to school, which was a great temptation for Xiaohui.

"Old lady, how are you doing recently?" Xiaohui narrowed her eyes with a smile, and patted her younger brother's head, "Xiao An, please greet the old lady."

Xiao An listened to her sister very much, and he still remembered the old lady's voice, her baby-like voice, and her decent movements. Ai Cao was immediately fascinated, and immediately picked up the little guy.

With Xiaohui taking the lead, the children quickly lost the sense of strangeness and told the old lady one by one what they had learned recently.

However, Ai Cao did not forget to take care of the five new children. They stood behind the crowd, a little timid, and did not dare to go forward with their friends. Ai Cao called everyone up and asked their names. Don’t worry about eating. If you don't have enough clothes or warm clothes, listen to your uncles, uncles and mothers, study hard, and you will become a useful person in Dafeng in the future.

Originally, it was lunch time after school in the morning, and Ai Cao and the children rushed into the dining hall together.

Naturally, the meals in the village will not be big fish and big meat, just like the school cafeterias of later generations, the rice is a big pot of rice, and the dishes are also big pot dishes. Enough, and she will provide cow's milk or goat's milk for breakfast according to her request, but this is not available every day.

After suffering from starvation, the children would eat up all the food in the bowl. At first, the brother and sister Liu Ling didn’t adapt very well. At first, Liu Ling’s leftovers would be stared at by his friends, and they would be stared at by his friends. They are isolated, but after such a long time, Liu Ling has learned to stop eating as much as he can, and will not waste food anymore.

After lunch, the children obediently returned to their beds for a lunch break, and woke up at two o'clock to start the afternoon classes.In the afternoon, the children have only one class, and then they are free to arrange.

In the past, the children would be divided into several small groups to mow grass on the hillside. Today, the old lady is here, and everyone will stay and accompany the old lady.

Mugwort doesn't like anything else, but being a 'kindergarten parent' I like it very much. I take a group of children to wander around the village, which is called admiring the scenery.It's a pity that this Zhuangzi is a little far away from the Qingyang River, otherwise it would be nice to be able to fish by the river.

At night, wormwood stayed in the children's room, telling stories to the children until around the time of Hai, when all the children fell asleep with smiles, she returned to the yard.

The night wind was blowing, and a chill came over, and the maids shivered.

There are lanterns hanging on the corridor, so I'm not afraid that I won't be able to see the road.

In this quiet night, wormwood also felt that her mind was extraordinarily peaceful.

Go back to the yard, wash up and go to bed under the service of the maid, and enter the space to fuse with the bud as usual. She can stay in the bud for two quarters of an hour now, and she has a feeling that she will break through tonight.

Everything is silent, only the sound of insects and birdsong from the mountains and forests.

After two quarters of an hour, Ai Cao realized that if she held on for a while longer, she might not be able to break through the time limit, so she gritted her teeth and persisted. Suddenly, it was as if a clear stream entered the depths of her mind. Under the nourishment of that clear stream, she felt ecstatic.

It wasn't until another quarter of an hour passed, feeling a little tired, that Ai Cao ended today's task.

Breaking through, Ai Cao was a little elated, and went back outside to sleep, listening to the sounds outside as before, but this time she found that she seemed to see the entire yard.

Hey, no, why is there that big tree at the gate in the yard?When did she become night vision?That's not right, she was obviously lying on the bed, how could she see the big tree outside the yard?

Ai Cao immediately sat up from the bed, and the maidservant who was watching the night outside was soundly asleep, so she didn't notice any movement in the inner room.

Ai Cao calmed down, and suddenly thought that she has become a flower, and a special ability, such as the consciousness and spiritual power mentioned in the novel, is just a very common thing.

Immediately, Ai Cao recalled the memory passed down to her by her mother, and searched carefully. Although she was in a special situation, she also understood that her current situation was similar to that of Yaozhi who had been cultivating spiritual wisdom for decades. , It's just that those Yaozhi can use their body to fight, but she can only use her consciousness now.

After thinking it over, Ai Cao was ecstatic in her heart, and immediately lay back on the bed, and began to test the magical effect of this 'universal radar'.

The next day, Ai Cao was still enjoying the experiment, and while the children were in class, she took little Liu Jing around Zhuangzi, throwing her mind playfully wherever she wanted.

I don't know if the consciousness gathered into a thin needle can be used as a hidden weapon?

Ai Cao is an experimenter, she does what she says, and she does it with one mind. She hugs little Liu Jing and pokes the tree trunk and flower petals.

Although it is not very ideal, it is still effective. For example, she can leave marks on the trunk, or leave a small hole in the petals. When she is skilled, she may even become a knife.

From now on, she won't be afraid that her old arms and legs won't be able to handle the middle-aged gangsters!

Of course, wormwood didn't expect to try it on people so soon, but people are bullying to the door, and she won't pretend to be bullying the weak.

Ai Cao intends to stay in the village for two days, so naturally she won't leave today.

At night, when everyone was sleeping, she lay on the bed and began to test various accuracy, such as relaxing her mental strength and hugging the big tree at the entrance of the hospital, imagining that she was shaking the big tree, and after many experiments like this, it was finally Finally, I felt a little shaking of the big tree. The evidence is the leaves floating in the night sky. Of course, it is also possible that the leaves fell because of the wind just now.

Mugwort's consciousness is so wide that it can cover the entire manor, so she could clearly see a person climbing in from the courtyard wall and landing in the corner, with a faint groaning sound.

Damn it, there are thieves in the village!

But Manager Xu and the others didn't notice it, and when Ai Cao was debating whether to take a look, they saw a few fires flashing in the dark forest.

The battle was so big that it alarmed Xu Guanshi and the others.All the big men in the village took action, each holding a bow and arrow, and they gathered within a short time.

After seeing the movement of Xu Guanshi and others, Ai Cao turned over and sat up immediately, got dressed, and then went outside to wake up Qingzhi and Qingqian.

The two little maids rubbed their eyes and said in confusion: "Old lady, do you want some water?"

In the darkness, Ai Cao couldn't help laughing, "What water do you want to drink? There are thieves in the village again."

The two servant girls were so frightened that they came to their senses immediately, and hurriedly put on their coats. Ai Cao led the two of them towards the gate of the village, but stopped halfway.

But Ai Cao just stopped for a while, she didn't know whether the people who came in from the courtyard wall were good or bad, she couldn't let the maid take risks, or wait until the thieves outside were sent away, and let Manager Xu take someone to have a look.

Xu Guanshi and others are confronting those who intend to break into Zhuangzi. There are only three people on the other side, but they are tall and powerful, holding a big knife, and their faces are full of flesh and blood. They are not good people at first sight.

The other party clamored that they were looking for a house slave who had escaped. The house slave injured his master and wanted to hand it over to the government for punishment.

Perhaps for ordinary people, no matter what crime they commit, it is natural to hand it over to the government, and in this way, they can also gain the trust of the people.

But didn't this person say he was a house slave?For slaves, it doesn't need to be so troublesome, even if they are beaten to death by their masters, as long as they can find a reasonable reason, they don't need to be handed over to the government at all.

Manager Xu didn't care about looking for domestic slaves, so Zhuangzi could be entered by these people if they wanted to?Since the kidnapper incident last time, some big men have been added to the village, and Manager Xu has also prepared a lot of things, such as bows and arrows, lime and so on.

The other party didn't expect that Zhuangzi was a stubborn stubble, but they clearly saw that person entered Zhuangzi, and if they let him escape, they couldn't afford to walk around.

The three tall men gathered together and murmured together. Under the consciousness, Ai Cao heard their words clearly and knew that they planned to turn into the yard later, so they could not be allowed to leave tonight.

"Manager Xu, take them down!" Ai Cao came out from a dark corner and ordered in a cold voice.

Seeing this, the tall men immediately turned around and fled, but when they heard the order from the old lady, they all fired arrows together, and a rain of arrows fell, and each of the three tall men had two arrows on their bodies, but one of them hit the arrow. He lost his chest and arms, but his legs were uninjured and he was still able to run.

Seeing this, Ai Cao's consciousness surged up and turned into thin needles, all of which pierced the man's leg.

In the dark night, only one scream after another was heard, but perhaps it was due to excessive force, Ai Cao's face was a little pale.

Manager Xu ordered the big men in the village to tie up the thieves with ropes, and the three of them were dragged back soon. A big man said strangely: "Old lady, Manager Xu, the wound on this man is a bit strange, his right chest and arm He was shot by an arrow, not a fatal wound, but there were a lot of blood holes in his leg, and the bleeding was serious, I wrapped it with a cloth strip, otherwise he would bleed to death."

Ai Cao was silent for a moment, she only remembered to stick needles in the man's leg, but she didn't remember how many needles were inserted.She glanced at the man, it was just a bandage, the tall man had already been wrapped into a mummy.

The big man in the village was called Niu Er, and he said with a bit of embarrassment, "This way they won't be able to escape!"

Ai Cao gave an appreciative look, "Niu Er did a good job." She looked at Guanshi Xu again, her complexion had recovered, she stood up and said, "Guanshi Xu, you come with me, since these people said that someone entered Our Zhuangzi, I'm afraid it's not a lie, let's look for it, so that someone really enters Zhuangzi and doesn't know it."

Under the deliberate pointing of Ai Cao, Xu Guanshi and others quickly found the dying thief in a corner.

Guanshi Xu and Niu Er and the others approached the man fearfully. Guanshi even poked the man's arm and thigh with a branch, but the man didn't respond at all.

If he didn't respond well, it proves that he passed out, so don't worry about him hurting others.

After Xu Guanshi and Niu Er and the others finished their busy work and washed off the stains on the man's face, Ai Cao found that this man was quite handsome, a sunny handsome guy. Suddenly, Ai Cao thought of Lou Gao, Yu Yang and others.

This man was seriously injured. His chest, back, arms, and thighs were full of sword wounds. Niu Er and the others cleaned the wounds. Because they were not doctors, they didn't know whether his inner abdomen was injured, so they only applied wound medicine to the wounds all over his body. , and then just to be on the safe side, Niu Er still tied him into a mummy, but he didn't touch anything on him.

The corner of Ai Cao's mouth twitched, but this was a good way.

After working for almost an hour, Niu Er was left to watch over the man, and everyone went to rest.

In the second half of the night, there was no more disturbance, and when Ai Cao woke up, the maid had already told him that the people who entered the village last night had already woken up, but when Manager Xu and others asked him, he didn't say anything, his mouth was very stiff.

Wormwood washed up unhurriedly and had breakfast before coming to see the 'thief'.

For Hao Ding, this is really the rest of his life.It's just that he lost too much blood, and he didn't feel dizzy after sleeping, but when he saw his own image, Hao Ding was rarely calm.

Fuck, whose idea is this?

Hao Ding and Niu Er stared at each other, ignoring what Guan Shi said, if he remembered correctly, this place should be Mrs. Lin's Zhuang Zi.

When Ai Cao walked into the room, Hao Ding stared wide-eyed. He was in a daze yesterday, and only vaguely remembered the terrain. He wasn't 100% sure that this was Mrs. Lin's Zhuangzi.

"Old lady." The old lady didn't know him, but he, Hao Ding, knew old lady Lin, and more specifically, the people who trained with Deputy Commander Lou, Yu Huwei and others knew the old lady.

Ai Cao was quite surprised and said: "Little handsome guy knows me?" Thinking that this person appeared in front of her covered in blood, "What's the relationship between you and Lou Gaoyuyang?" Could it be the emperor's guard again?

Hao Ding glanced at Niu Er and Xu Guanshi, nodded, "Lou Gao is our elder brother."

The corners of Ai Cao's mouth twitched immediately. She really had a fate with the emperor's imperial guard. She looked at Guanshi Xu and ordered: "Guanshi Xu, send someone to invite a doctor to see the handsome young man." The handsome guy wants an easy breakfast."

"Niu Er, go down and rest, you're really tired after working all night."

The old lady gave a series of instructions, and Manager Xu and others went to follow them immediately.

Hao Ding lost all color, his face was a little pale, and when there was no one else in the room, he said: "May I trouble the old lady to inform my elder brother for him to come here?"

Ai Cao just asked about Hao Ding, and nodded: "Okay, I will send someone back to Beijing to report the letter later." But I can only send the people from the village to report to Lin Hai, and let Lin Hai go to Lou Weiwei, otherwise these people from the village Who can inform Lou Guard.

Hao Ding showed a relaxed smile: "Thank you, old lady, my name is Hao Ding, and I am the eleventh brother among us."

Ai Cao raised her eyebrows: "It's a little effort, handsome Hao Xiao, you're welcome."

Hao Ding suddenly felt a little embarrassed, the elder brother said that the old lady was very enthusiastic, and it was true.

Qing Zhi soon came back with two bowls of porridge, but Hao Ding was bound into a mummy, he couldn't eat breakfast by himself, so he had to be fed.

But when Hao Ding saw the maid approaching, he stammered suddenly: "No, no need, old lady, I'm not hungry yet."

Ai Cao couldn't help laughing, Qing Zhi put the tray on the table, and retreated behind the old lady, seeing Hao Ding like that, couldn't help feeling amused.

"Do you want me, an old lady, to feed you?" Ai Cao laughed.

Hao Ding quickly shook his head, how could he let the old lady serve him?He was actually hungry, but if he let the woman approach him, he would feel uncomfortable, and Hao Ding was a little embarrassed.

Seeing his changing expression, Ai Cao ordered a big man from the village to feed him, and Hao Ding had breakfast.

After Hao Ding had finished his breakfast, Ai Cao joked, "Hao Ding, you won't be able to marry a wife like this. Could it be that when you get married in the future, you will be three feet away from your wife?"

"That, that's different." Hao Ding stammered out such a sentence, and Ai Cao laughed unkindly.

Ai Cao thinks the emperor's guards are very funny, and while joking, the doctor brought by Manager Xu arrives, leaving the doctor to look after Hao Ding's wounds, and Ai Cao asks Qing Zhi to write a letter on behalf of him, and asks Manager Xu to send someone to the Lin family.

Manager Xu immediately ordered him to go down and send him to the Lin family through the channel he usually communicates with the Lin family. At that time, Jia Min was the only one in the Lin family.

Jia Min was still thinking about how to improve the housekeeping method. It was quite strange to receive the handwritten letter from her mother-in-law. When she opened it, she was immediately intimidated. She immediately ordered the coachman to harness the carriage and went to the Imperial Academy in person.

Jia Min stayed in the carriage, and the coachman asked someone to deliver the news at the gate of the Imperial Academy. About a quarter of an hour later, Lin Hai ran out of the Imperial Academy sweating profusely.

Lin Hai thought it was the coachman who brought the news, but the coachman pointed at the carriage and whispered, "Master, the wife is in the carriage."

Surprised, Lin Hai stepped forward quickly and got into the carriage, while the driver stayed outside.

"Min'er, why did you come here?" Lin Hai asked with concern, and Jia Min took out a handwritten letter from his sleeve, "Ruhai, this is a handwritten letter from my mother."

Lin Hai was also intimidated, why is it so unsafe on the Zhuangzi?

"Min'er wait for me, I'll take half a day off first."

The carriage slowly headed to the palace. Lin Hai analyzed the information from his mother in the handwriting, and suddenly felt a little annoyed. Before, he should have asked Guardian Lou and the others, where else could they be found besides the palace?Every time I let the guards speak at the gate of the palace, it is too eye-catching.

According to the previous method, Lin Hai asked the guards at the gate of the palace to convey the news, and then waited beside the carriage.

But someone came out of the palace first.

Seeing Prince Qi, Lin Hai knew who the carriage waiting beside him was here to pick up.

"I'm going to see Lord Qi." Lin Hai had countless thoughts in his mind, maintaining a warm smile on his face.

Lord Qi walked over slowly, his coachman turned his horse and waited beside King Qi.

"Ruhai, what a coincidence."

King Qi was a little curious why Lin Hai was at the gate of the palace, and came to look for Guard Lou and others again?He couldn't help looking at Lin Hai a few more times, and he didn't fear that the emperor would be suspicious if he dared to use this method to find the emperor's guards.

Emperor Ping of the Royal Study Room is reviewing the memorial, Yu Yang is on duty today, Lou Gao has finished his routine patrol and is chatting with Wang Wei.

The biggest difference between Wang Wei's information and Lou Gao's and others is the love-hate entanglements in various men's backyards. He likes to use this information to frighten Lou Gao and others. What kind of woman's heart is the most poisonous woman's heart, so marrying a wife What's better than being single.

At this moment, a guard waved to Lou Gao from a distance, and Lou Gao ended the chat with Wang Wei expressionlessly, Wang Wei rolled his eyes, muttering that the miscellaneous family is looking at you young people who can marry a wife accurate.

When Lou Gao received the news from the guards, he was surprised again. What is Master Lin looking for him for?Do you want to give him fruit again?He won't refuse, that fruit is delicious!

When Lou Gao came out of the palace, he saw Prince Qi's carriage far away, and Lin Hai was standing in front of a carriage.

"Guard Lou." Lin Hai heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Lou Gao come out.

Seeing that there was nothing on Lin Hai, Lou Gao's eyes flickered, and he took a few steps closer, "Master Lin, are you looking for something?" Lou Gao was very disappointed that he couldn't eat the old lady's fruit.

Lin Hai walked a few steps closer, only three steps away from Lou Gao, stretched his neck, "Guard Lou, may I ask if there is a guard named Hao Ding in the imperial guard?"

Lou Gao's expression changed suddenly, Hao Ding should be still in the south of the Yangtze River with Yu Jiang, and Lin Hai and the old lady have never met Hao Ding, how do they know Hao Ding?

Lou Gao nodded, with a very serious expression, "He is my subordinate, how does Lord Lin know him?"

Lin Hai breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his voice, and said, "Lou Huwei, Hao Huwei will be at the Zhuangzi, the Zhuangzi where the emperor went last time. My mother is also at the Zhuangzi. Hao Huwei was hunted down and injured. This will be on Zhuangzi, mother asked me to inform you, and Hao Huwei asked you to go to Zhuangzi as soon as possible."

Lou Gao cupped his hands and saluted: "Master Lin, thank you for bringing me the news, I will go right away."

Lin Hai took a few steps back, bowed his hands in return, and said with a gentle smile, "Guard Lou, I won't bother you anymore. Don't forget the agreement with my mother when you rest and take a bath."

Lou Gao nodded, turned around and entered the palace gate, Lin Hai also returned to the carriage, the coachman turned the horse's head, and the carriage moved forward slowly.

At the corner of the street closest to the palace, Prince Qi waited for his subordinates to come back to him, and then ordered the driver to continue driving. He was thinking about Lin Hai's intention to find Guard Lou?And the relationship between Lin Hai and Lou Weiwei is really unusual.

The author has something to say: Today the two are combined into one, it’s a bit late, okay~~