Chapter 26 Eagle

The banquet ended in a strange atmosphere, and Qin Tian came to his senses.

She was just thinking that it was so late and she wondered if Uncle Zhou or Chang Zi were waiting for her, when she suddenly heard someone asking in a low voice from the side.

"When will you go back?"

He blinked his eyes blankly.

What does brother mean?

She couldn't help but glance at her brother-in-law.

The young man has a tall figure, much taller than her even when sitting. He has an air of majesty, and the aura around him is like the jade bracelet around his waist, giving him a cool temperament.

As soon as Qin Tian saw this jade jue, he couldn't help but think of the first time he met him on the mountain in Zhucheng.

She didn't know what her brother-in-law meant when he asked, but she was indeed ready to go back now.

She quickly stood up and saluted, "Brother, thank you for your trouble. I will go back right now."

After saying that, he followed Fu Wen's example and swept all the little things on the table into the bag, and then left quickly.

She was very fast on her feet, and she was wearing very inconspicuous clothes. She disappeared like a rabbit in a haystack.

Qin Shen: "."

Fu Wen had just arrived behind Qin Shen, and now he glanced at the direction the girl was leaving, and at the young master's slightly paused figure.

Just now, did the young master intend to send the girl back?

But that girl ran too fast!

But Fu Wen was still a little unsure. He had never seen the young master have any patience with young girls before. In the past, there were always some girls who wanted to get close to the young master, but the young master just brushed them off without stopping.

Fu Wen now looked at his young master.

The man still turned his head slightly and looked in the direction where the crowd was leaving, and that direction was exactly where the girl quickly disappeared.

Fu Wen wanted to take a closer look at the young master's expression, but Qin Shen stood up in the next breath.

"Go back."

Fu Wen quickly collected his thoughts.

He probably thought too much. There was nothing special about the girl from Chaoyunxuan. Instead, she was as timid as sesame and mung bean. She didn't even dare to approach the young master like the other girls. What else could the young master do to her?

Most of the people at the banquet in Lindi had dispersed, and Fu Wen followed Qin Shen's footsteps and strode away.

But Wei Miao on the other side kept paying attention to the situation of the Qin brothers and sisters from time to time throughout the banquet. She also heard Qin Shen's words just now. She pursed her lips and thought about it secretly for a while.

*

The night after the banquet ended, it started to rain heavily under the low clouds.

After Qin Tian got up the next day, Uncle Zhou came over and asked her, "It's raining today and the mountain road is slippery. Please don't go to the academy, girl."

Qin Tian looked at the old steward amused.

In the eyes of the old steward, she didn't have to work hard. She could read this book for two days at her leisure. If it was inconvenient, she wouldn't read it.

But Qin Tian really wanted to read more and gain more knowledge, so he shook his head at the old steward.

"Wouldn't it be rude if I didn't go even though my husband is going? Besides, we live at the foot of the mountain, how could we not go?"

Qin Tian was afraid that she would be embarrassed if she didn't go alone, but she didn't expect that when she arrived at the academy on time, none of the other female students came.

Shen Xiao came, however, and was still sleeping on the table. Qin Tian didn't know why she was so sleepy every day.

Of course the Zhou sisters from the mountain chief's family also came, but after a while, the rain became more intense, and Qin Tian saw another person coming.

The person who came turned out to be Wei Miao. The hem of her dress was wet. She frowned and asked the maid to find a place to change. She quickly changed into a clean dress and returned to school. She walked over to her and sat back down.

When he got to the seat in front of Qin Tian, ​​he turned around and exchanged a few words with Qin Tian as before, as if she hadn't moved away a few days ago.

Qin Tian: "."

She vaguely knew the reason, but Wei Miao didn't do anything out of the ordinary, and she couldn't say much, but she just didn't pay much attention to it.

Wei Miao noticed her slight coldness, said a few words casually, and turned away angrily.

On the contrary, Shen Xiao on the side did not change much from beginning to end, and Qin Tian became closer to her inexplicably.

*

The rain kept falling for three days and showed no sign of letting up. Later, most of the girls in the school stopped coming, and Wei Miao naturally didn't show up either.

Qin Tian naturally insisted on coming to school every day, but there were too few people, so the gentlemen simply gave the female students a holiday and asked them to come back when the rain stopped.

But during these two days in the academy, Qin Tian heard a lot of things.

The rain in Qingzhou this time came a little later, unlike Yanzhou Prefecture in the west and places further upstream, where it rained continuously for five or six days.

It rains in the upper reaches and suffers in the lower reaches. This year's flood season seems to have arrived early. Students are talking about which local governments should strengthen the Yellow River embankment in advance. Once the embankment breaks, there will be no good life for hundreds or even thousands of miles.

But the money to repair the river is not a small amount. No matter how powerful the local government is, the money at hand is limited and it has to rely on the court's allocation.

But matters involving the imperial court were not something that students could discuss. Everyone could only secretly hope that the imperial court would allocate a sum of money to build water conservancy projects.

The heavy rain also affected Qin Tian.

Uncle Zhou originally found a decent farm for her near the college, and bought it with a generous sum of money, including the house and the land.

Qin Tian was shocked, but Uncle Zhou told her not to worry, saying that the money was given by the master and passed through the madam. The madam even asked if she wanted to change to a bigger one.

The change in Mrs. Qin's attitude really surprised Qin Tian. However, due to the rain, the renovation of the farm was suspended, and Qin Tian still lived here.

It rained for a few more days. Instead of waiting for the money allocated by the imperial court to repair the river, Yanzhou and other places heard that the palace was going to build a hot spring palace.

The river had risen to a high level and the dams were crumbling. The emperor in the Forbidden City not only did not understand the sufferings of the people, but instead tried to enjoy himself, and the people's resentment suddenly boiled.

Even the people in Qingzhou, who did not have much to worry about the dike breaching, kept complaining in private, not to mention what was happening in Yanzhou to the west.

The mess everywhere looked like bubbling hot water, as if there was only one piece of firewood left before boiling.

For another two days, the rain became much lighter intermittently, and Qin Tian's small and narrow courtyard actually had a few guests.

Qin Tian was stunned for a moment when he saw Nanny Liu next to his wife. He couldn't help but think of the time in Zhucheng when Nanny Liu led her men to "ransom" her home.

Qin Tian calmed down, but saw another person coming in behind Nanny Liu, it was Xiao Yun, the eldest maid beside Madam.

The two of them stepped forward to salute Qin Tian.

Qin Tian looked at the attitudes of the two people, especially Grandma Liu's, and almost turned around.

"How are you, miss?" Grandma Liu saluted with a smile on her old face.

Qin Tian: "."

It was Xiao Yun who spoke seriously, "Madam heard that the girl was off from school, so she asked the servants to invite the girl to go back to the house to live. After all, it is not convenient to live outside."

Qin Tian had already noticed Mrs. Qin's change of attitude, but it still surprised Qin Tian to send a capable person to take her back home.

Qin Tian didn't want to go back, but he didn't know if he could explain it to Mrs. Qin's people like he explained to his brother Qin Shen.

After all, she was just a concubine, so she couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

What she didn't expect was that when she was in trouble, Xiao Yun would thoughtfully step forward and ask her.

"What's the problem, girl?"

Qin Tian said that he was living a good life here and continued to study in the academy. If the weather cleared up and stopped raining, he would still go back to study.

She really doesn't want to go back, and there is another reason. Her mother's death anniversary is tomorrow. If she returns to the Qin Mansion today, it will be difficult to worship her late mother tomorrow.

When Xiao Yun saw this, she didn't force it. Instead, she said, "Madam has also considered the girl's inconvenience. Let's go back to the house for a short stay after the girl has taken a rest."

After saying that, he left a cart full of things, and told Qin Tian that if there was anything missing, just ask someone to come to the house to look for him, and then left with Aunt Liu.

Looking at the things in the hall, Qin Tian was stunned for a while.

Why did Mrs. Qin change her attitude towards herself like this?

She couldn't understand, but she didn't think about it any further. It would be great to be able to get along with her mother and brother as politely as they are now.

Qin Tian had people pack the things that Mrs. Qin had sent, and he folded the gold ingots for his mother for a long time. On the second day, he hoped that it would not rain again, even if it stopped raining for two or three hours.

At noon, the rain stopped as expected.

Qin Tian took the paper money and went in the direction of the lunar calendar.

However, the roads everywhere were muddy due to the rain, and only one road was covered with gravel along the way.

Qin Tian walked along the gravel road for a while and found an open hill.

Mother Zeng said that she spent most of her first half of her life trapped in a high wall. After death, she hopes to be able to float freely in the wind, find the person she wants to find, and live the life she wants.

Every year when Qin Tian worships his mother, he looks for an open area with wind, and this year is no exception.

However, this year, I also brought Hui Fei out to worship his mother, and gave the stupid rabbit a break. In order to prevent the rabbit from disappearing, I also put a light yellow rabbit suit on it and tied a bow around its waist.

Qin Tian followed local customs and made a circle with stones to burn paper.

On the hill, the wind rustled from the treetops in the forest, swirling and blowing the paper money into the air.
To be continued...