Chapter 8: Such a coincidence

Spring thunder exploded in the sky, layer by layer of dark clouds gathered and collided, lightning struck a crack in the sky, and countless thunder rolled in.

From time to time, raindrops as big as beans poured down.

The thunder and spring rain washed the Qingzhou area just warmed up.

Zhucheng County.

The heavy rain continued to stop until it was over in the middle of the night.

The next day, before the day was completely clear, several farmers shouted to each other and headed up the mountain.

"Get up quickly, don't be lazy. Now you will dig a few baskets of bamboo shoots up the mountain, which will be sold at a good price!"

The person who called out was the village chief here, his surname was Feng. He was the most diligent and neat, and he was dragging the villagers and could live a good life with hard work.

He was also busy with farm work and lived in chaos, but he left Qingzhou two years ago and went to beg for food outside, but he almost went back to the place without going back.

I still dream about that time. When someone asked, he would first say two words, "hell".

"There is hell outside! You don't know what chaos is like. The bandits and bandits kill and set fire, commit crimes everywhere. The government not only cares about it, but also communicates with the bandits. Small officials cannot control it, and high officials do not care about it. The court will only clear the desperate rebels. As long as they are caught, they will kill them all, and they will not even keep the babies in their arms. It's better for our Qingzhou!"

His eyes were filled with fear of the outside, and everyone believed his words.

As long as there is no rebellion, the court will be laissez-faire towards all regions.

Of course, Qingzhou is good. Both civil and military parents and officials are doing their best. Because there have been constant influx of people from all over the country in the surrounding areas in recent years, but the chaos outside is so chaotic, how many years can Qingzhou be?

They are just ordinary people, guarding their ugly wives and thorny cotton jackets, and they are satisfied with the people who live their lives. However, they cannot eat up those things. Taking advantage of the good times, it is the most important thing to make more money in their hands.

Qingzhou was not good that day, they always had two more money they could use than others.

At that moment, Feng Lichang called out the doors of several neighbors around him and called everyone to go up the mountain.

Everyone digs bamboo shoots every year at this season, and they are very familiar with the mountain roads, but the rain last night was too heavy, with storms and thunders. The road they were originally going to take was blocked by two broken tall trees. They were about to pass the forest behind them, and they didn't know how many half-broken trees were left.

Feng Lichang is a cautious person. He would rather go ten steps away than take a risk. "Let's go around from the other side and be more stable."

Everyone did not disagree and went along a small path to the other side.

The rain has not stopped completely yet, and it is falling down very closely, so foggy that it is not easy to see clearly.

At this moment, someone pointed to a piece of mud on the hillside.

"What is that?"

Everyone looked along his hand and saw a large mud block that turned around suddenly popped up on a flat slope.

There seemed to be something saying under the mud block, not a broken tree or a stone wrapped in mud, but there seemed to be indigo blue fabric hidden in it—

cloth shoes.

The rain was a little tighter, and it hit people's eyelids and couldn't open them.

Some people subconsciously thought that they should not go see it, "Whatever he is, it's important for us to dig bamboo shoots as soon as possible."

But some people didn't move their feet, "If it's a matter of being like this, it might not be good, right?"

Everyone hesitated and looked at Lichang Feng.

Li Zhang Feng didn't want to delay the trip, but a stream of mud and water rushed down, rushing the "mud brick", and the indigo blue material exposed more, making the appearance more obvious.

Feng Li couldn't move his legs even though he grew up.

"Since I've seen it, let's figure it out first," he said, calling out a few strong villagers, "Climb up with me and take a look."

Everyone followed the slope.

In addition to mud, water and stones, there is also a thick broken branch wrapped around the leaves, covering the bottom.

Feng Lichang simply called out two people, "Raise the thick branch!"

The two turned around and walked over, one, two, three, and at the same time, exerted force to directly remove the thick branch.

Everyone looked down at the rough branch.

A flash of lightning suddenly lit up in the air.

The dazzling white light suddenly illuminated the hills.

They saw the object covered by scattered mud under the thick branches, and in an instant they changed their faces.

"Diet! It's a dead person!"

*

It rained for two days in a row, and the rain continued, so Qin Tian didn't even have to go to the West Garden.

It's better and more honest. Qin Tian doesn't want to have anything to do under the nose of his brother.

The dazed rabbit was originally willing to leave the cage to eat, but that day he was scared by the black eagle who came from there. He hid in the cage again the past two days, like a turtle.

Qin Tian couldn't. Before Chang Zi came back, he asked Tian Dong to find a way to pull out a few grasses that he liked to eat, planted them in the open space of Chaoyunxuan, and temporarily built a vegetable garden for it.

With this idea, she discussed with Chao Yunxuan’s manager, Mrs. Wang, whether she could pry up a few blue bricks and plant some herbs while spring was in the air.

Compared to walking to the back garden, you may also meet Mrs. Qin, and you should not ask too much about prying bricks and planting grass in your yard.

The Wang Madam was able to make decisions by herself, and even made some herbal seeds for Qin Tian.

Qin Tian used to plant many herbs in front of the back cover room of Zhucheng courtyard. Speaking of which, it cannot be considered as planting by herself, but by her mother. The medicinal skills that Qin Tian has learned now also come from her mother.

My mother passed away just three years ago.

Time is like the wind in the desert, smoothing out the edges of the rocks of memory, gradually leaving only the blurred appearance remains. Perhaps after years, even this blurred appearance has disappeared.

Qin Tian often can't remember the details of his past and his mother's life, but whenever he smells the refreshing fragrance of medicinal food, the warmth of those years will come back to his eyes.

But now, time has passed.

She stood in the corridor for a while and was stunned. Tian Dong said, "The rain stopped." Qin Tian walked out of the corridor, turned over the soil and planted herbal seeds.

However, when she was halfway through her life, there was a sudden chaotic voice in the direction of the outer courtyard. She didn't know what was going on and was wondering if she wanted the maid to ask.

Suddenly, a sharp scream came from the noisy voices.

The sound seemed to pierce the eardrum and ended abruptly in the next breath.

Qin Tian's hand holding the hoe stopped for a moment, his right eyelid was thrusting and jumping up uneasily.

*

at the same time.

Mrs. Qin covered her thick mattress and sat in the corridor to listen to the rain.

The eldest maid Xiao Yun brought a bowl of freshly cooked medicine, "Will Mrs. take it in a while?"

The medicine soup is black and dirty, and it makes you feel bitter and astringent in your mouth just by looking at it.

"Let's go in a while."

I didn't expect that as soon as I finished speaking, the direction of the outer courtyard was in chaos. The sharp screams pierced the eardrums in the chaos were remembered.

"ah--"

The scream stopped just after a moment.

The rain that had stopped started to fall again.

"Is something wrong?"

Xiao Yun didn't know either. After Mrs. Qin asked this, Xiao Yun quickly went to inquire.

The rain became anxious again, blocking the sight. The medicine was filled with bitter white air. Mrs. Qin had no intention of taking medicine and looked towards the outer courtyard.

Xiao Yun came back not long after, but walked to Mrs. Qin and said.

"It's nothing big. There is a tree in the outer courtyard that broke a branch and hit a maid. It's okay for the person to keep it for a few days."

After Xiao Yun finished speaking, she glanced at Mrs. Qin quickly. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Qin was also looking over. Xiao Yun was slightly shocked and quickly found a topic.

"The medicine is almost cold, my wife is almost using it while it's hot. I will serve you to sleep for a while after using it."

The medicine is so powerful that Mrs. Qin always needs to sleep for two hours after using it.

She doesn't want to use it because she doesn't want to be so confused and uncomfortable every day.

She was already confused enough. Even her younger brother came to tell her that her husband had a family and a house outside. Otherwise, she would have been in the coffin for the rest of her life and would not know about this matter, and she thought that she and her husband would be devoted to her wholeheartedly and live a long life.

She looked at the medicine soup that night, and then looked at Xiao Yun.

"It's really okay?"

"No." Xiao Yun didn't dare to look at Mrs. Qin anymore, and took the medicine closer, "You should use it while it's hot."

Just then, a little maid came and reported to her, saying that Sister Huang Ling from the study room of the outer courtyard was here.

Huang Ling entered the main courtyard with two large mahogany boxes. When she saw Mrs. Qin, she sat in the corridor and went forward to salute.

"Madam, this is the two boxes of good ginseng that the master ordered in Beijing to buy for the two boxes of good ginseng that his wife had. I have sent it to the wife."

Mrs. Qin looked at the ginseng that Qin Guanzhong had bought and was silent for a few seconds.
To be continued...