In Yegou Village, Xingxing paced back and forth in the courtyard with her hands behind her back, her delicate brows furrowed tightly, her little face looking very serious. Zhao Guihua initially found it amusing, but now she felt sorry for her.
"Honey, what's bothering you? You've been wandering around all morning, why do you still look so troubled?"
Xingxing stopped and looked at her mother, sighed, and shook her little head, saying, "I don't know what's wrong, my eyelids are twitching so badly, I feel really uneasy, like something big is going to happen, I don't feel right."
When Xingxing first arrived in Yegou Village, her accent wasn't that strong. But after spending more time with Zhou Laoda's family, she got used to saying words like "sha," "za," and "zan." Actually, when Xingxing first arrived, she spoke Mandarin. Zhou Laoda's hometown dialect is very similar to Mandarin, so Xingxing had no trouble communicating with them.
However, her accent gradually became distorted, and Xingxing now speaks in a very down-to-earth way. A few days ago at the Song residence, Song Jiao even made fun of her.
Song Jiao is a native of the South, speaking with a soft and gentle accent. Xingxing, on the other hand, has been raised by her five older brothers to be outgoing and is gradually developing into a little tomboy. Fortunately, she is cute and soft-looking, and her voice is also childlike. Apart from her tendency to shout when she speaks, she has no other flaws.
Upon realizing Xingxing's precognitive abilities, Zhao Guihua's expression immediately changed. She quickly carried Xingxing into the room, closed the door, and whispered, "What's wrong? Is there any danger?"
"It's nothing, it's just that I've been having nightmares these past few days, and it's making me feel uneasy." Xingxing nestled in her arms, looking aggrieved.
"Tell your mother what you dreamed about?" Zhao Guihua wanted to ask for specific details.
Xingxing scratched her little head and said with a troubled expression, "It's such a strange and long dream. I remember some parts and some parts, but I don't like this dream. I'm unhappy when I dream, but I've been having the same dream for the past two days. What should I do?"
Something's strange about this. Stars have precognitive abilities, so Zhao Guihua firmly believes that the dreams Stars have are not simple dreams, but must have another meaning, such as hints about what is about to happen.
However, in my dream, a little girl who looked a lot like Xingxing was rescued and then strictly taught her many things. What kind of hint is this?
What does that mean?
Zhao Guihua felt that her brain capacity was insufficient, so she asked Zhao Guizhi to think about it together. Although Zhao Guizhi had more experience than her, she also couldn't figure out what Xingxing's dream meant.
"Could she be overthinking it? Those might be things Xingxing experienced with her biological parents before she lost her memory. She just can't remember them, but she still has impressions in her mind, so she dreams about them from time to time," Zhao Guizhi guessed.
Zhao Guihua opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't tell Zhao Guizhi about Xingxing's precognitive abilities. Perhaps she was overthinking it. She guessed that Xingxing had been frightened before coming to her house, or perhaps she had been adopted by another family before coming to Yegoudi.
If Xingxing dreams about things from the past, does that mean her memories are slowly returning?
Zhao Guihua's mind was in turmoil, and she thought of all sorts of possibilities.
"Mom, we're going to the Song residence for class," Xingxing informed them just before leaving.
Zhao Guihua suddenly snapped out of her daze, cleared her throat, and replied, "Okay, I know. Be good when you get to the Song residence, and don't argue with Miss Song again."
Every day when Xingxing and Ruru came back, they would tell Zhao Guihua and Zhao Guizhi that they had argued with Song Jiao several times, and what they argued about. At first, Zhao Guihua was very worried and angry that Song Jiao was too spoiled and always bullied Xingxing and Ruru.
However, after hearing it several times, Zhao Guihua gradually got used to it and became a little numb. The three little girls would quarrel over trivial matters every day, but nothing would really happen after the quarrel.
Let the three of them make a scene.
In a few days it will be the summer harvest. Boss Zhou and the others have returned from the mountains. The task of collecting herbs is about to end. The amount of herbs required by the imperial court has been met this time, and the harvest will begin soon.
After the summer harvest, we need to plant the next season's rice. The seedlings have already grown quite tall. After transplanting the rice seedlings, we need to start clearing the land and then plant the sweet potatoes.
They brought back all the fruit they promised Xingxing. This time, not only did Zhou Laoda bring back a lot of fruit, but the others also brought back quite a bit. So they had to carry herbs and bring back fruit, so their pace was much slower than the previous times.
Perhaps it was the last time they went into the mountains, because the officials were much more lenient and didn't urge the villagers to hurry on their way. The villagers brought back everything they wanted to take.
This time, Boss Zhou brought back the most things because he brought two helpers, Ah Hui and Ah Hei. These two dogs have become brave, and this time he brought them into the mountains to be their porters.
Zhou Laoda carried the fruit himself, but the two dogs carried the herbs back; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to carry a whole basket of fruit.
"Pears, oranges, persimmons, what are these? They smell good, but we've never eaten them before." Zhao Guihua took out all the fruits from her basket and identified them one by one.
"Oh my, isn't this a grape? It's a bit sour, but it tastes pretty good." Zhao Guihua recognized the grapes from the bamboo slips. Besides the recipe for making bayberry wine, the bamboo slips also contained a recipe for making grape wine. However, neither Zhou Laoda nor Zhao Guihua had ever eaten grapes before.
This stuff is something only wealthy families can afford. They grow it on their estates. They used to live in the north and had never seen grapes growing in the mountains. They never expected that wild grapes would grow in the mountains of the south.
"It's a pity they grow deep in the mountains, so we can't go back and pick more. Otherwise, we could try making wine. We have some free time at home now," Zhao Guizhi said wistfully, looking at the few bunches of purple grapes.
Mulberries aren't available in Yegou Village, but other villages do. We can buy them from people in other villages later. Mulberries are already past their prime this year, so we'll have to wait until next year. But grapes are in their prime, yet they're hard to pick. It would be great if we could pick more grapes.
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