Chapter 1 Girl, don't go out

Since the end of the first month, no drop of rain has fallen from the sky in Qingzhou.

The spring seedlings are thirsty in the fields and people have to carry the load to water them. Even the military and civilians of the coastal defense station have to remove some of their hands and go home to farm. If this continues, it will be difficult for autumn and winter this year.

The court did not provide any relief, and the people asked Shenyangyu, the prefect of Qingzhou, and the commander of the Qingzhou Guard, who had military power, went to the Dragon King Temple, which was in charge of the land of the sea. The two adults fasted for three days and asked for rain. I wonder if it was because they were sincerely moved the sky, so they really asked for a rain.

The rain started to fall since the first white light in the morning, and it was all the next day.

The fine and dense rain fell for a whole day and a half, and the mountains stretched to the suburbs of the city, and the shadows appeared.

Although the flags on the high city wall were wet, they were still blown by the strong sea breeze from the sea to the east, which was blown away.

There were also green shadows in the city, and moss seemed to grow on the eaves of every household overnight. The drizzle condensed into a trickle of water and fell from the eaves, and strings fell from the eaves to the bluestone slabs in the courtyard and in the grass.

The little maid with double rings raised her head in the corridor and looked up at the sky until the rain slowed down and the sky brightened. The little maid immediately turned around and called out to the window behind the door.

"Miss, the rain has stopped!"

As he finished speaking, the window that was hidden was pushed open.

The girl lying on the couch under the window looked like she was fourteen or fifteen years old. She was wearing a goose yellow embroidered peach blossom jacket that was half-new. She did not look up, and let the moist rainy wind blew on her hair scattered on her forehead.

The girl breathed comfortably in this wet spring breeze, then put down the book in her hand, stood up, stretched, pulled her shoes off the couch, and responded to the little maid.

Her voice is lazy and fresh, like the tender buds of grass stretching out after the rain.

"The rain has stopped, so go up the mountain."

Qin Tian is not a person who likes heavy etiquette. He is going to the hill less than two miles away from the city. He doesn't mention washing and dressing up. He just changed into dirty clothes and shoes, tied up his long hair neatly, and called two neat maids to go out.

However, as soon as Qin Tian and his maid walked to the back door, someone came from the front yard panting.

The old manager Qin Zhou was like an old winter melon, and ran over with his heavy body and stepped on the stone slabs that had accumulated water.

"Don't go out, girl!"

Qin Tian glanced at the old manager with a dry mouth and asked the servant in the doorman to bring him a glass of water.

"What's wrong with Uncle Zhou? I just went up the mountain to pick some shepherd's purse. The rain had just stopped, and the shepherd's purse on the mountain was fresh and tender, waiting for me."

She explained with a smile.

The old manager Qin Zhou glanced at his girl helplessly and had to tell her.

"Two days ago, the master sent a message saying that the girl would only stay at home recently and not go out."

These words made Qin Tian raise his eyebrows.

She was surprised, "Dad means, can't even go up the mountain?"

Qin Zhou sighed, "Stop talking about going up the mountain. I look at the master's meaning and tell you not to go to the teahouse on Qianjie to obey the book."

A drop of rain fell on Qin Tian's shoulder, and Qin Tian was stunned.

Her father never allowed her to go out. The farthest place she had been to in the past fifteen years was to pick some wild vegetables and herbs on the hills outside the city.

There are no relatives or friends in their family, and they have never even had any contact with each other. Qin Tian naturally has no outsiders he knows. Qin Tian doesn't know if the girls in other families are like this, but she is like this, and she has been like this for fifteen years.

But she got used to this all the time, but what happened now?

"Uncle Zhou, why is this? Recently, there have been Japanese pirates and pirates in chaos. Not to mention that they were the prefect and commander, have they just visited the Dragon King Temple? It should have been cleared from the sea, right?"

Several counties in the sea-lined areas under Qingzhou Prefecture are often disturbed by Japanese pirates, but most of them are from late spring to midsummer.

Now that the cold spring is still cold, the two adults have gone to the coast again, so the pirates are not so arrogant.

Qin Tian asked, Uncle Zhou shook his head and said he didn't know, but just advised her in a gentle voice.

"Girl, go back to the house. It just rained and the mountains were full of mud, right? It's dirtying your dress."

But Qin Tian smiled and pulled the dusty clothes on his body, "Are you still afraid of getting dirty with my clothes?"

She said, taking the small bamboo basket from the maid's hand.

"Since there is no trouble for bandits, don't be nervous. Look, I'll pick such a small basket of shepherd's purse, and go back quickly after the rain, and it takes less than an hour to gather."

The old manager was worried, "But girl, the master specially asked someone to pass the message and give instructions, why don't we listen?"

Qin Tian smiled. The wind blew leisurely as the broken hair on her forehead, the corners of her mouth and eyebrows were bent, but a playful smile flashed in her eyes.

She leaned over to the old manager's face.

"But I won't say it, if you don't say it, if you tell others, don't you know it, dad?"

She said, her lively smile even more.

"When I come back, I will cook for you to try it myself. You don't say that your eyes have been burning recently, but this fresh wild shepherd's purse is the most effective way to relieve the pain of red eyes."

"It's hard for the girl to think about the old slave and to cure the old slave's disease, but."

"Don't let it go, I'll be back in a blink of an eye!"

Before he finished speaking, as his dress flew, the man had already gotten onto the carriage neatly and called the servant to leave.

"Oh, girl."

The old manager sighed repeatedly.

My girl has always been a trouble-free person and only loves two things. One is that she loves to pass the time when she hears the storytellers’ speech books in the teahouse, and the other is that she loves to make some food. She is good at medicinal food, so she has to go around nearby hills from time to time.

Qin Zhou couldn't bear to let Qin Tian down, so he could only call the maid and servant to take good care of the girl.

Qin Tian lay on the carriage window and waved his handkerchief to him.

"Don't worry, Uncle Zhou, go back quickly!"

Qin Zhou sighed and nodded again, and he responded, looking at the direction of the carriage leaving from afar.

The girls in other families pick flowers in spring, raft in summer, polo in autumn, and snow in winter. The girls in their families only have these two things to go out, and there is nothing else around them.

She has never even left this county.

The mountain road that was full of rain was really muddy. Just now, someone seemed to run down from the mountain. His steps were in a hurry. Qin Tian's carriage slipped and the two hatchbacks almost collided.

Qin Tian simply asked someone to park the carriage at the foot of the mountain, and she and her maid and servant walked up the uninhabited mountain road.

Below the mountainside are farmlands cultivated by farmers, and there is no concentrated wild shepherd's purse there. However, Qin Tian knew that there was a forest and grassland with not dense trees on the west side of the mountain. She would come here to find some wild game every year. Last year, she picked up a gray and fluffy rabbit here and took it home.

This place was discovered by my mother when she brought her here before her death.

"Girl, we are here!" The maid pointed to the green grass in front and called Qin Tian.

Qin Tian paused slightly under his feet, looked up and looked forward.

The bare green vegetable field in winter is soaked in spring rain at this moment, and the green shadows are connected into pieces, filling the breath of another year of New Year.

It has been more than three years since my mother passed away.

When my mother was there, although the courtyard was lonely, there were always people to accompany me. Qin Tian stayed in the courtyard and felt that spring and autumn had passed suddenly, but since her mother passed away, she was the only one left.

Although Uncle Zhou and the others were still with her in the yard, her father rarely came back and left in a hurry every time she came back. She had no brothers and sisters, no brothers and feet connected by blood, and no one who could get close to each other and snuggle with each other.

Sometimes in a daze, she didn't know where she came from and where she was going.

I don't even know who I am

As soon as his thoughts flashed, Qin Tian shook his head and took it back.

In the forest and meadow nourished by rain and dew, tall little white flowers emerged, and tender buds waved under the flowers.

It's shepherd's purse.

Qin Tian laughed and called on the two maids to start picking.

"Cook more, everyone can eat it tonight."

"What the girl said!"

The three of them became busy, and Qin Tian picked all the way to the edge of the forest and grassland on the mountainside.

All around were quiet, and there was only the sound of the wind blowing down the raindrops that remained on the leaves in the forest, but Qin Tian paused for a moment when digging shepherd's purse.

She tilted her ears.

It seems that someone is crying.

Looking at the sound, my vision was blocked by the tall rocks in front of me.

Qin Tian didn't know if someone had an accident, so he greeted the servant who was not far away and walked with him to the back of the rock.

The crying sound became clear, and Qin Tian and the servant listened carefully.

A series of begging words, accompanied by a bang of kowtow, could not stop coming.

Qin Tian was surprised.

Is there any bandits on this mountain? Someone has met bandits here?!

But this small hill is very close to the county town, and there are thousands of households stationed not far away. No bandits dare to appear nearby.

She was not a person who was troubled by any trouble, so she immediately signaled the servant to stop and quietly stopped behind the bushes beside the rock.

Through the less lush branches, Qin Tian saw the begging person at a glance.
To be continued...