Chapter 113 Out of sight, out of mind

"Ruan Jiao, Ruan Jiao, you were lying to me before. How could you possibly think of staying with me forever? Are you lying to me?!"

Ruan Jiao made a sound of "Pooh" and ran away a long distance.

"So what? Now that you've become like this, take care of yourself! Do you still want to live happily like before? You're just dreaming!"

Seeing the woman who used to be gentle and responsive to him, now with such a hideous face, Qi Nanfeng wanted to strangle her to death with his own hands.

But he was suffering from physical and mental torture, so how could he have the strength?

Ruan Jiao walked faster and faster, but she must not let that unlucky thing catch up with her!

From now on, out of sight, out of mind. Once she has established a good relationship with the Ruan family and they accept her, she will have someone to back her up and will never have anything to do with a disgusting person like Qi Nanfeng again.

On the other side, after raising the piglets and the big white geese, Ruan Mian used the clay he had discovered earlier to make a lot of utensils and pottery jars in the next two days.

I distributed it to some people I knew and even took them to the nearby mountains to pick mushrooms.

In addition, Ruan Mian and his family reclaimed the nearby flat land. As the snow gradually melted, the soft soil gradually appeared.

After clearing away the stones, weeds and branches, a large clearing was soon dug out.

They were just waiting for the mutiny to end, but they didn't know when it would end. No one knew whether Wu Heng would be able to come back. They could only follow Ruan Mian and the others and work hard with the idea of ​​settling down.

This way, life can be filled with hope.

Now that we have arable land, we still need canals to irrigate it.

If we only rely on carrying water, the workload will be too huge.

Moreover, if you want to grow peanuts, the temperature here is not very high even in summer, and the ultraviolet rays are very strong, so you must ensure enough water for better growth.

Including other corn grains, they all need constant access to water.

She worked with Ruan Qingsong to think of the best channels for irrigation.

By drawing water from upstream and then passing it through the channel designed by Ruan Qingsong, the water can flow continuously into the land.

However, this is also during the flood season, so we have to wait until the flowers officially bloom and the snow melts.

How to dig the specific channel will have to wait until the river water starts flowing completely.

Of course, everything we are doing now is to prepare for the later planting.

They can only farm when the right weather arrives.

Others followed suit, and one family at a time continued to reclaim wasteland in other directions. In a short period of time, the rudiments of a village appeared in the barren mountain land where there was nothing originally.

Mr. Xue was relieved to see this.

He became more and more enthusiastic in reading, and he also listened to his son's class with the group of children.

Ruan Qingsong was the only scholar in the Ruan family's three generations. Now he taught all the skills he had learned. The children learned seriously, and Mr. Xue also learned seriously.

Even Mr. Ruan didn't expect that he could still read at the age of sixty. Ruan Mian said, "Father is a lifelong learner. He has so much knowledge that he can learn at any age."

Ruan Qingsong was very pleased: "Although Mianmian has never been to school, she is the most intelligent woman I have ever met."

He didn't think so before, but now he admires his sister more and more.

The family was having a great time around the stove, but not long after, Chen came to the door in a hurry with a big belly.

"Husband, Mianmian, where is Ruige'er? Why haven't I seen him?"

Hearing this, Ruan Qingsong immediately stood up: "Rui'er? Wasn't he still studying here this morning? Where is he?"

"But did you go play with Brother Lin and the others?"

Chen quickly shook her head, her heart already anxious: "No, I asked, and they haven't seen Rui Ge'er. This...what should I do?"

Then Lin Ge'er came with other children, all looking for Rui Ge'er.

This child never runs around on weekdays. He never goes anywhere else except to play with Brother Lin.

But now there has been no sign of him for several hours.

The whole family couldn't help but get anxious, and Chen was even more frightened.

Ruan Mian quickly comforted her: "Sister-in-law, please don't worry. I will get people to look for her right now. Rui Ge'er is smart and will definitely not run away."

After saying that, he called Ruan Qing and Mei Xi, and took Yun Xiu to Xie Huaian's room first. Minister Dong and the others helped them find someone without saying a word.

The other servants, as well as the fugitives including Mr. Xue, all came out in full force.

Even the Jinsha people heard the news and immediately headed to the nearby mountains.

But no news came. Just when everyone was anxious, Ruan Mian suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from Zhang's room.

She hurried over and found Ruiger hugging Zhang and crying.

On the other side stood Ruan Jiao.

When she was confused, Ruan Mian stepped forward and stared at Ruan Jiao with a serious expression: "What did you do to Rui Ge'er?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Ruan Jiao knelt down in front of Ruan Mian.

"Sister, it wasn't me!! It was Zheng Zhao's wife, Zhu Qin'er, who almost killed Rui Ge'er!"

Zhang also spoke.

"Mianmian, she brought Rui Ge back. She said Zhu Qin'er went crazy and took Rui Ge out to play, causing him to fall into an ice cave. Luckily, she passed by and heard Rui Ge's cries."

After Zhang finished speaking, Ruan Jiao immediately stood up and pointed hatefully at Zhu Qin'er who was not far away.

"Zhu Qin'er is a crazy woman. She lost her son at a young age and became insane. She's not kind to children and often bullies them. This is well known!"

"Brother Rui must have been brought to the ice cave by her on purpose. You must seek justice for him!"

Following her gaze, Ruan Mian looked at Zhu Qin'er.

She was disheveled and trembling with fear at Ruan Jiao's accusations. She dared not move and lay barefoot on the ground, at a loss.

She kept shaking her head and saying, "I didn't hurt him, I didn't hurt him."

Ruan Jiao was so angry that she rushed forward and grabbed her collar: "Do you dare to say that you didn't throw Rui Ge into the ice cave?! I think you are having a mad attack! Where is your husband?! Call your husband over!"

When she heard that she was going to be called "husband", Zhu Qin'er was so frightened that her face turned pale. She knelt down sobbing and shook her head.

Seeing this scene, Ruan Mian looked at Ruan Jiao twice more, and finally set his gaze on Zhu Qin'er.

Just as she was about to speak, a burly man strode over, protected Zhu Qin'er behind him, and spoke coldly to Ruan Jiao.

"Why are you arguing with a crazy woman?"

"That crazy old woman? If it weren't for him, would our Rui Ge have fallen into the ice cave? If I hadn't been lucky enough to find him, wouldn't our Rui Ge have become that corpse?!"

Ruan Mian suddenly found it ridiculous to hear her calling "our Rui Ge'er" all the time.

She was about to say something, but suddenly took it back.

It was obvious that Ruan Jiao was singing, and she seemed to sing better than the southern opera troupe.

She folded her arms across her chest and remained silent.