"Master, to be honest, I'm very happy to have bought these two mule carts."
"Wife, I'm happy too."
Zhang poked Yun the butcher on the back with her hand.
"I mean, after buying the mule cart, I can use the time I spend traveling during the day to make clothes. I was worried before. I had to travel during the day and had no time to make clothes."
"Even if I stay up late at night, I don't know when I can finish making thick clothes and quilts for the whole family."
"Now I don't have to worry. I have plenty of time to make clothes." Zhang's face was full of smiles.
Butcher Yun turned around and glanced at Zhang.
"Wife, you can't keep doing this. It will hurt your eyes. Do it for a while, then come out and look into the distance to rest your eyes."
"Okay, I'll take a break after I finish sewing Yiyi's clothes. But don't worry too much, I can sew clothes with my eyes closed."
"I make all the clothes for our family in my spare time. As I make more clothes, I can make them faster."
Hearing Zhang's boastful voice, Yun the Butcher laughed happily.
Zhang gave Yun the butcher a cold look and ignored him, concentrating on making clothes.
Butcher Yun looked at the team from Yunjia Village in front of him, and they were advancing much faster than before.
The main thing is that every family has a cart pulled by a mule or donkey. Generally, people choose to put their food on the cart, and then let the elderly and children in the family sit on the cart.
In this way, only strong laborers pushing carts or teenagers were walking, so the speed was much faster.
During this break, Yun the Butcher went to see Li Xiucai. Through Li Xiucai's map and the information they had learned from other refugees, they concluded that they could leave the state in ten days.
So the village chief decided to speed up and get out of this state as soon as possible. The next state was closer to the river, and the water shortage there was less severe.
While Xie Zirui was fast asleep in the carriage of the Yun family, in the eldest prince's mansion, the imperial concubine Su Min was copying Buddhist scriptures.
"Grand Empress, you have been copying for a long time. Please take a break, eat something and then continue copying." Chunhua, the Grand Empress's personal maid, carefully advised.
"I'm not hungry. Let's talk later."
Chunhua looked at the increasingly thin Grand Concubine and felt distressed. The Grand Concubine's four personal maids had all grown up with her and accompanied her until her wedding, so they naturally had a very good relationship.
"Xia He, persuade the Grand Concubine to drink some hot tea. I'll go and ask Wang, the Grand Concubine's wet nurse, to come over."
"Then you should go quickly. The eldest prince is not in the mansion, so only Nanny Wang can persuade the eldest princess." Xia He frowned helplessly.
"Yes, if Nanny Wang had not been ill some time ago and was not in the mansion, the Grand Empress would not have been so willful as to copy Buddhist scriptures." Qiu Shi, the Grand Empress's third personal maid, stomped her feet in anger.
"Okay, everyone, stop talking. The Grand Concubine is worried about Nanny Wang, and she kept it a secret so that she could recover from her illness." Dongxue, the fourth personal maid of the Grand Concubine, stopped everyone from arguing.
"Chunhua, harness the carriage, take a few more people with you, and go to the farm outside the city to ask Nanny Wang to come back. I think Nanny Wang's illness should be almost healed."
"If the Grand Concubine hadn't wanted Nanny Wang to recuperate for a few more days, Nanny Wang would have returned long ago."
"Okay, you guys help me cover up. If the Grand Concubine asks about me, just say I went out to buy paper for copying Buddhist scriptures."
"Okay, then go ahead."
"Remember to bring a few more people."
"Make sure to bring Nanny Wang back."
Chunhua waved her fist and quietly left the house. Then, she ordered four maids and four servants, drove two carriages, and headed straight for the Grand Concubine's dowry farm outside the city.
Speaking of Su Min's wet nurse, Wang Shi, she was truly a fascinating person. Originally the legitimate daughter of an official family, Wang Shi was disliked by the emperor because of her father's outspoken admonitions before him. Later, she was framed by a traitor, and the male members of her family were beheaded.
All the women in the mansion were sold. Wang's mother and sister, unwilling to endure the humiliation, planned to hang themselves. Wang also wanted to follow her mother and sister, but her mother stopped her.
Because Wang was only six years old at the time, her mother couldn't bear it. So she knelt and begged for help from the passing carriage of the Prime Minister's Mansion. That day, sitting in the carriage was Su Min's mother. She was newly married, beautiful, and kind.
On the spot, she ordered her maid to buy all three of them. However, the officers and soldiers only wanted to buy Wang Shi. Wang Shi's mother and sister were about to be taken to the Jiaofangsi.
There was no other way, so the Prime Minister's wife bought Wang first. She thought about returning to the palace and asking the Prime Minister if there was a way to bring Wang's mother and sister back.
As a result, as soon as the Prime Minister's wife returned home, people from below brought the news that Wang's mother and sister had died by hitting their heads against the wall.
The Prime Minister's wife saw that Wang Shi was very pretty, not only literate but also well-mannered. She was obviously a well-educated girl. So she kept Wang Shi by her side and made her a servant.
Later, Wang grew up. The prime minister's wife arranged a marriage for her. The man she chose was a good one, a clerk in the prime minister's service. Soon after the marriage, Wang gave birth to a boy.
Later, when the prime minister's wife was older and gave birth to Su Min, she wanted to place a reliable person by her daughter's side, and later chose Wang.
After Wang arrived at the Prime Minister's residence, the Prime Minister's wife had someone teach her how to read and sew. Wang was very beautiful and spoke very gently.
After she came to Su Min's side, she took care of Su Min's food, clothing, housing, and transportation. She was the one who coaxed Su Min to sleep at night. When Su Min was in a bad mood or had a temper, she was the one who gently comforted her. Wang Shi had changed the object of her gratitude from the Prime Minister's wife to Su Min.
The Prime Minister's wife once told her wet nurse that Wang Shi was even more attentive than her mother. Therefore, the Prime Minister's wife was very confident that Wang Shi would take care of Su Min.
Later, Su Min grew up and married the eldest prince. Wang Shi also became Wang Ma. The prime minister's wife originally planned to not let Wang Shi go with him and wanted to replace her with someone else as a dowry.
After Wang Shi found out, she went to see the Prime Minister's wife. Later, the Prime Minister's wife asked Wang Shi's entire family to accompany Su Min to her wedding.
Some time ago, Nanny Wang caught a cold and was not getting better for a long time. She was worried that Su Min would be infected, so she took a few maids and moved to Su Min's dowry farm.
Therefore, Nanny Wang still didn't know that her young master Xie Zirui had disappeared. She also didn't know that the eldest imperial concubine, whom she had taken care of since she was a child, had become much thinner.
Inside the Grand Concubine's dowry farm, Nanny Wang was having several maids pack their clothes, preparing to return to the Grand Prince's residence tomorrow. Her cold had completely healed.
The main reason was that she also missed the Crown Princess, and she calculated that the Young Master would be back soon.
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