Awang agreed to all of them.
Liu Ji and his five sons also told Qin Yao not to worry about them.
Qin Yao stared at Liu Ji, whose eyes were already full of joy: "I'm not worried about them, I'm mainly worried about you, don't do anything weird to me, or I'll kill you when you come back!"
This is not a joke. It is said that distance creates beauty. Now I can't get into the county town, the academy is closed, and Liu Ji is jumping around in front of me every day. Qin Yao's patience has decreased.
Liu Ji smiled awkwardly, "My lady, you are overthinking this. With my limited skills, how can I cause any trouble? I am just teaching."
It would be fine if this was not mentioned, but when Qin Yao mentioned the literacy class, she got a little angry.
The literacy class starts in the evening, and now even people from the neighboring village come. I don’t know if there is some misunderstanding, but all of them are teenagers. They come in groups to listen to the class, and then go home in groups with torches after the class.
Liu Ji wanted to continue to expand the team, so Qin Yao had to remind him:
"This was originally a literacy class in the factory, and later on children from the village joined. After all, we are from the same village, so it's easy to explain why we stopped running it."
"But now, just for that five cents, you have brought all the children from other villages here. People who don't know would think that your five cents tuition is for a year's tuition."
To put it simply, this matter is just a matter of five cents, but to put it more seriously, it involves suspected fraud.
Without Qin Yao's reminder, Liu Ji knew exactly what he was doing and hurriedly assured:
"Don't worry, my lady. This matter will have been resolved by the time you come back. Really, I swear I will never cause any trouble to your factory!"
Qin Yao stared at his 'sincere' eyes for a full half minute. Liu Ji didn't even blink, and she forced out tears before she looked away and let the matter go.
Awang was very experienced in what to prepare when going out, so he prepared a bag for Qin Yao, filled it with things she might need, and then, avoiding Liu Ji, handed it to Qin Yao mysteriously.
Qin Yao pointed at the bag in his hand, which was as small as a purse, in disbelief, "What can you do with it?"
Awang was a man of few words. He just handed the thing to her, saying it was useful, and turned around to feed the horse with night grass to fatten it up.
Old Huang in the family has completely lost all the scars and scabies on his body since Awang came. His mane is now shiny and smooth, and he looks like an old horse when he is led out.
This time Qin Yao is not driving the car as the carriage cannot hold the wood, so she plans to lead the team on horseback. In case she needs to send a message or buy something, it would be convenient to have a flexible horse.
Qin Yao returned to the room carrying the small bag given by Awang. Si Niang had already changed into the small bellyband and pants made by Second Aunt and was lying on the mat playing with her hairband, waiting for her to sleep together.
Seeing Qin Yao coming in with a small bag, he rolled over, crawled to the bed and asked curiously: "Mother, what is this?"
Qin Yao shook her head. She didn’t know either. She just heard the sound of porcelain bottles colliding when she brought it back.
Si Niang looked at him inquiringly: Shall we open it and take a look?
Qin Yao refused. The things that Awang deliberately avoided giving her should not be anything good, so the child should stop being curious.
Qin Yao waited until Si Niang beside her fell asleep before she opened the bundle in the moonlight and took a look.
Two small porcelain bottles, shake them, one contains water and the other contains powder.
There were instructions on the porcelain bottles. The bottle of water had "Half-step Dian" written on it, and the bottle of powder had "Seven Steps to Death" written on it.
Qin Yao frowned deeply, opened the bottle stopper at an arm's length, fanned it with her hand and smelled the odor. An anesthetic and a laxative, why give them such messed up names!
But where did Awang get these things?
As if anticipating her question, an explanation sheet fell out of the mini bag.
[Madam, I went up the mountain with the young masters and young ladies to play these past few days, and I came across a few medicinal herbs. Every night when I had time, I would grind them and make these two essential recipes for home and travel. I hope Madam will accept them.]
He really wanted to join this family.
Qin Yao folded up the instruction manual, took a deep breath, and felt a little complicated.
She was just transporting some wood, not robbing anyone! Why did Awang think she could use these two things?
Qin Yao rested her arms on her back, staring at the ceiling, lost in thought.
When she heard the sound of reciting from the next room, Qin Yao immediately got up from the bed.
I can’t sleep in today, I have to set off.
In the middle of the night, Si Niang, who had fallen asleep in the corner of the bed without knowing when, opened her eyes dazedly, turned over, and called softly, "A Niang~"
"Mother is about to leave. Fourth Mother, please sleep a little longer and wait for your brothers to call you." Qin Yao finished dressing and came to the bed and said in a soft voice.
Si Niang nodded obediently, crawled over and kissed her on the cheek, then fell back on the bed, closed her eyes, and fell into a sweet sleep again.
She hadn't really woken up at all. Qin Yao poked the red little face with amusement, stood up, took the slingshot and bow and arrow, and gently closed the door.
The knife is still too conspicuous. Based on my experience last time going out, the bow and arrow and slingshot are enough for self-defense.
Hot steam was already coming out of the kitchen. Awang got up earlier than Liu Ji, who had to recite his lessons.
Qin Yao came to the kitchen and Awang handed her the steamed buns. They looked at each other and no one spoke, but it seemed as if they had already had several rounds of conversation.
Finally, Awang's eyes fell on the mini bag hanging around Qin Yao's waist. A hint of joy appeared on his plain face, but it disappeared in a flash. He brought the cooked millet porridge and a white steamed bun and gently knocked on Liu Ji's door to bring him breakfast.
Liu Ji heard the noise in the yard and walked out of the house. While drinking porridge, he asked in a fake tone: "Madam, are you leaving so early? How about I wait until you finish eating and then send you off?"
Qin Yao sneered and quickly finished what she had in her hand, not bothering to pay attention to his pretense.
He came to the children's room, told the three boys inside that he was going out, took the straw raincoat and hat hanging on the wall, went to the livestock shed to lead out the horse, put away his luggage, and rode towards the village entrance.
Everyone was ready and waiting for her.
Seeing the horses running over, Liu Bo waved to He who had insisted on following early, and gave a wink to the deputy captain Liu Fei, and everyone set off immediately.
Ten carriages followed Qin Yao. When they arrived at Xiahe Village, three horse-drawn carriages joined. Then, seven more carriages joined along the way from Xiahe Village to Kaiyang County. There were a total of twenty carriages and twenty-one people, driving the empty carriages towards the provincial capital.
The empty trucks travel very fast, and with good weather and easy road conditions, they can travel eighty miles a day. The convoy arrived at the provincial capital on the fourth day.
Along the way, the refugees had received food from the court to support their return home, and most of them had already left. The hidden dangers they would face on their return journey were also reduced a lot.
The post station in the bamboo forest has now had a new postmaster, a tall middle-aged man named Gao Cheng.
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