After looking through all the bean sprouts in each household and confirming that there were no problems, Han Ying returned to her room to deal with her herbs.

The earthen house she occupies has long been filled with all kinds of bark, roots, grass and leaves.

In the Han Dynasty, the medical industry had just emerged and a complete industrial chain had not yet been formed. If folk doctors wanted to treat diseases and save people, they had to first learn how to collect and process medicinal materials so that they could be preserved for a longer period of time.

"The root of thorns can cure roundworms, um... let me see how to prepare it——"

Turning over the pages of the book, Han Ying compared the contents on the pictures and processed them bit by bit.

Han Ying in Hedong Village is still conserving her strength. On the other side, the big fish she has been longing for has finally taken the bait.

county seat

Xu Tiancao, who was supposed to take a rest, did not rest at home. He put on a rabbit fur, mounted a strong horse, and hurried out of the city.

When Xu Tiancao returned home yesterday, he saw a strange thing.

This thing is a bean sprout, which was born by the moon girl from the outer city of Donghe Village. She used the "rejuvenation technique" to make the beans sprout in winter. Eating them can make the human body healthy.

Xu Tiancao did not believe in ghosts and gods, and believed that this was a trick of witches and deceptions. He also got into a verbal dispute with his wife who bought the bean sprouts.

But when Xu Tiancao saw that his mother's health improved after eating bean sprouts, he immediately wavered in his past persistence.

He is going to look for the Moon Girl and ask for a way to extend the life of his mother who is getting weaker and weaker!

When pedestrians on the street saw the horses galloping, they turned sideways to avoid them. It was not until they reached the city gate that Xu Tiancao slowed down and passed them to the city gate chief for inspection.

"Zhuan" was the identity certificate of the Han Dynasty. If you don't take it when you go out, you will not be able to prove who you are. You will be tied up and punished as a robber by the people in charge of public security.

Xu Tiancao was the superior. When the city gate chief saw him, he quickly stepped forward and waved his hand to indicate that there was no need for inspection, and drove the merchants away to make way for Xu Tiancao.

The two walked side by side and passed the Great Wall Gate. On the way, the gate chief asked:

"My lord, you have a rest today, why do you still want to go out of the city?"

"Some things are not done yet and need to be done again."

With that said, Xu Tiancao was about to mount his horse and rush forward, but he caught a glimpse of two doormen pushing an old man. The old man's basket had been overturned and the corn was scattered on the ground. The doormen turned a blind eye to this and still ordered the old man to leave.

Xu Tiancao pulled the reins gently, his expression unbearable.

"You also know."

The city gate chief who also saw this scene shook his head helplessly:

"The new county magistrate is coming, and now the county captain is strictly prohibiting Wu Chuan from entering the city, but this old man insists on entering without Chuan..."

"I know it's not easy for you."

Xu Tiancao, as a Tiancao, has better information than the city gate chief. How could he not know about the recent strict investigation?

He took out more than twenty copper coins from his sleeve, stepped forward and said to the old man who was holding corn and crying:

"Old man, I bought this corn."

The old man was grateful, took the copper coins, and walked away tremblingly.

As for the corn, they should be temporarily stored at the city gate until Xu Tiancao returns.

After dealing with the accident, Xu Tian and Cao Fei got on their horses and rushed straight to the outside of Donghe Village.

The city gate chief looked at Xu Tiancao's figure riding away, his flattering attitude disappeared, and his eyes became more contemptuous.

"What's so good about Tiancao? It's such a cold winter, so it's so hard to take a bath and still have to go out."

"At least we still have hot soup!"

This voice was filled with sourness and jealousy.

However, riding horses in the winter is indeed quite painful.

While the horse was galloping, there was a constant strong wind, and the face was like a knife, and the limbs gradually became stiff and numb. If you were not careful, you would fall off the horse. Fortunately, Xu Tiancao persuaded the farmers to be diligent and healthy, and he was able to survive this roaring road.

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Stopping his horse, Xu Tiancao looked at the nineteen neat mud houses in front of him, the playful urchins, and the busy men. For the first time in his life, he began to suspect that there was something wrong with his eyes.

I remember correctly, the outer town of Donghe Village was separated from Donghe Village half a year ago. I came there at that time, and originally there were only three or four lonely thatched houses. How could it be possible to build nineteen mud houses in just half a year?

Xu Tiancao, who has been encouraging farmers and mulberry trees all year round, knows very well how much spare manpower there is in the capital of Guizhou. Under normal circumstances, these people can build five more thatched houses, which are enough to support the roof. An earth house takes four to five times more time than a thatched house.

Not only that, how did these people do it?!

Where do food and manpower come from?

Even if corvees were issued in the county, such a huge project would require hundreds of people to work for four to five months.

Cao Cao of Xu Tian was in charge of farming the fields. It was very clear how many grains of rice and how many copper coins the farmers would have left in a year. Adding in the young, old and pregnant, there were only more than a hundred people living in the countryside. They could even build a mud house for free.

life!

Xu Tiancao had many thoughts in his mind, and his expression was no longer as steady as it was at the beginning, but became filled with uncertainty.

Xu Tiancao couldn't think of a better explanation for such earth-shaking changes, except that Yuenv really had the "skill of rejuvenation" to help him.

This moon girl is not simple.

Xu Tiancao dispersed his contempt and began to look forward to it again.

The Moon Girl is indeed somewhat miraculous. She is a strange person and should be treated with courtesy.

Xu Tiancao turned over and dismounted.

The earth-shaking changes dispelled Xu Tiancao's self-control hidden in his heart. He led the horse and walked towards the village.

The busy people soon discovered Xu Tiancao. In winter, people wearing furs were either rich or noble. No one dared to come up and talk to him until an old woman came out of the house.

The old woman's face looks like she is in her forties, her black hair is mixed with silver threads, and her clothes have long frayed edges. However, her figure is not stooped, and her waist is very straight.

In the Han Dynasty, the Baojia system was implemented. Five households were divided into one "wu" and ten households were divided into one "shi". Each family had a household head, and the household head elected the Wu Chief and Shi Chief, who were regarded as the most junior officials at the lowest level. Because the elders

After the woman's husband died, she succeeded her husband as the eldest son. Xu Tiancao had a slight impression of her and remembered that her surname was Zheng, so he asked:

"Zheng Shi?"

What is the position? The name of the old woman who was called Zheng Shi was Zheng Sang, who was Han Ying’s mother. She walked up to Xu Tiancao and asked:

"It's me, why did Tian Cao come here today?"

"I'm here to look for Moon Girl."

Not understanding the situation, Xu Tiancao did not ask for a meeting rashly. Instead, he asked Zheng Sang:

"Do you know the origin of Moon Girl?"

Zheng Sang was speechless about Han Ying's origins. She was silent for a moment, sighed, and said:

"Come with me and you will know me as soon as you see me."

After saying this, Zheng Sang led the way for Xu Tiancao.

The strong horse was led away to be placed, and Xu Tiancao felt a little doubtful in his heart. He only felt that Yue Nu was becoming more and more mysterious.

He followed Zheng Sang's pace, and after a while, he found that the ground was extremely clean, with very little mud and dirt, and it was extremely comfortable to walk on. He roughly calculated the labor required to clean the road, and Xu Tiancao was even more horrified.

How did a village of more than a hundred people do this?!

Shock and confusion made Xu Tiancao breathe a little faster, and the image of Yuenv became more and more mysterious. He couldn't help but ask in his heart:

Moon Girl, what kind of existence are you?

In doubt, Zheng Sang stopped in front of the best mud house in the village. She did not lift the thick straw curtain, but asked first:

"Yue Nu, someone wants to see you."

Xu Tiancao subconsciously held his breath,

A clear and sweet child's voice came from inside the house.

"Enter."

Xu Tiancao seemed to have returned to the moment when he went to see his father-in-law. His neck was stiff, his hands in his sleeves were clenched and unclenched, and he was sweating.

Seeing that Zheng Sang had no intention of going in, Xu Tiancao took a deep breath, stiffly raised his hand, opened the thick straw curtain, and stepped inside.

The inside of the house and the outside world are like two different worlds. It is as warm as spring inside, and a heat wave hits your face, instantly dispelling the biting chill caused by running on the road.

Xu Tiancao's eyes quickly scanned the furnishings in the entire house, and found that there were still some leaks in the earthen house. The facilities were too simple. They only used soil and stone slabs to build many earthen cabinets, and there were all kinds of inexplicable dry weeds, bark, and roots piled up. They didn't know what they were used for.

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Immediately afterwards, Xu Tiancao's eyes slid from the half-meter-sized heavy wooden box on the couch to the person on the couch. After confirming that she was the only one in the entire earthen house, Xu Tiancao's pupils suddenly expanded, and immediately, he felt the anger of being fooled.

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On this high couch, there was only a girl sitting cross-legged. She was only six or seven years old. She had her hair combed and her face was full of childishness.

Before coming, Xu Tiancao had thought about what the Moon Girl looked like. She could be an old woman with gray hair and a childlike face, or a woman in her twenties. No matter how young she was, she should be a girl in her prime, but who would have thought that the Moon Girl

Will it be a young child under seven years old?

What can such a young child do?

The anger of being fooled shocked his reason. Xu Tiancao did not believe that Yue Nu was a young child. Those deeds could not be faked. Maybe someone was playing a trick, deliberately pushing out the young child to serve as a platform, and hiding in the dark to control it.
To be continued...