Xiao Yi didn't understand what was going on. Seeing Zhuangzhuang throw away the grasshopper, he also threw away the grasshopper. He ran to Xiaoguo in fear, hugged her and hid his head.
At this moment, footsteps were heard. The three of them held their breath for a moment and looked forward nervously. Xiaoguo was also ready to run away while holding one of them.
Soon, Jiang Shanhe appeared in front of the three people with an anxious look on his face, "What happened to Xiaoguo?!"
Li Shouji followed closely behind, also with a worried look on his face.
The three people who were sitting there breathed a sigh of relief instantly, Xiao Guo was even more relieved. His heart finally calmed down because it turned out to be the two of them.
"What happened to Xiaoguo?"
When Jiang Danhe saw that Xiaoguo was fine, he felt relieved. He was really scared when he heard Zhuangzhuang's call just now.
"It's okay." Xiao Guo asked the two children to stand up, then he brushed off the grass debris on his body and stood up as well.
Seeing that Jiang Shanhe was still looking worried, Xiaoguo couldn't help but laugh. She wasn't laughing at him, but at herself. She laughed at herself for being so stupid that she was actually scared by the forest banshee.
When the two saw Xiaoguo's smile, they were confused. Why did she suddenly laugh?
"Sister-in-law, are you okay?"
Li Shouji asked uncertainly.
"Why do you two have to hope that something happens to me?"
No matter how many times Xiaoguo explained, he kept asking questions until he annoyed her. With two little kids watching, she couldn't admit that she was frightened by the forest banshee.
"No, no, it's okay, it's okay."
When Li Shouji heard this, he immediately started laughing.
In this way, the group continued walking towards the flower field.
Jiang Danhe kept looking at Xiaoguo strangely. The other party looked obviously frightened just now. What happened?
"What's wrong?" Xiao Guo turned around and saw Jiang Shanhe looking at him, so he asked curiously.
But Jiang Shanhe shook his head, put his thoughts aside, and went to the flower field to play with a few people.
"Mom, smell it, it smells so good~"
Zhuangzhuang and Xiaoyi were the first to walk in front. After smelling the fragrance of the flowers, they said something to Xiaoguo and ran towards the source of the fragrance.
"Slow down." Xiao Guo said hurriedly from behind. The two boys responded without even looking back and ran away.
"Don't worry, it's just around the corner."
Jiang Shanhe comforted her and told her not to worry, saying that the ground here was flat, there were no creatures like snakes, insects, rats or ants, and there were many people on the island, so no accidents would happen.
Although he said so, Xiaoguo was still a little worried and couldn't help but quicken his pace. Jiang Shanhe had no choice but to follow him and walk quickly.
Only Li Shouji was left behind, sighing pitifully.
The air was filled with the scent of flowers. At least seven or eight kinds of floral scents could be smelled. These were the floral scents that Xiaoguo could distinguish. There were at least three or four more that he could not distinguish.
The closer they got, the stronger the fragrance became. Xiaoguo arrived at the turning and was stunned by the scene in front of him.
Jiang Shanhe braked the car, looked at Xiaoguo who suddenly stopped moving and laughed, then looked in her direction and sure enough, colorful flowers were neatly blooming in the flower fields.
The flowers blooming in all colors are so dazzling that people don't care about looking at a specific variety, but only care about being shocked by the scenery before them.
The charming beauty of such a profusion of flowers makes people feel dizzy. They feel as if their soul has flown into the air, or is rolling in the flower fields, free and unrestrained.
"What a beautiful flower field, not a sea of flowers."
Xiaoguo couldn't help but be intoxicated by it. "Flower field" is not quite suitable to describe this scene, "sea of flowers" can summarize its full picture.
The butt looks so big when you look at it from the top, but the reality is incredible.
Zhuangzhuang and Xiaoyi also showed up at this moment. The two boys ran around mischievously inside. Although it was troublesome, they did not break any flowers and were careful to avoid and protect them.
Several people met in the flower field, admiring the beautiful scenery. Even Li Shouji couldn't help but be intoxicated. He said regretfully, "It would be great if I could jump in and roll around."
"If you're not afraid of the flower-growing police giving you trouble, just roll around as you like."
Jiang Shanhe said this in a depressing manner, and Xiaoguo and the others laughed out loud after hearing it.
Li Shouji shrugged his shoulders and smiled without saying anything.
Xiao Guo looked around at this time and found that there were no other buildings except a large bungalow. Apart from them, there was no other people.
"Why is there no one here? Why aren't any of the ministers' families here to appreciate it?"
Aren’t those ladies the ones who love to appreciate flowers? Why is there no one here?
Before Jiang Shanhe opened her mouth, Li Shouji explained to her, "They don't dare to come here. How dare those nobles come here?"
He did not even conceal the contempt in his tone, but Xiaoguo did not understand. Where was this place? Why didn't he dare to come? Could it be that this was a sea of flowers reserved for the emperor?
"There are no carriages or sedan chairs on the island. They certainly wouldn't walk so far to see the flowers. Besides, the families of the great criminals live here. They are a little wary of these things, so they definitely don't dare to come."
Jiang Shanhe explained to her, then pointed to the only house here and said, "That's where they rest."
"The family of the great criminal?"
Xiaoguo looked at him in confusion, not understanding why criminals were divided into big and small ones.
Jiang Shanhe nodded and said softly, "The families of criminals are also divided into different levels. Those with less serious crimes were assigned to clean the house where we live, which is easier. Those with medium-level crimes were assigned to maintain the trees and weeds on the island. Those with serious crimes were assigned to plant crops. They plant all the flowers, vegetables, and crops on the island."
“Oh~”
Xiao Guo understood now, that's why, those wives and daughters of officials had no guards following them so they were afraid that the families of the criminals would harm them. This made it convenient for them, as they could enjoy such a large sea of flowers.
Xiaoguo and Jiang Shanhe walked around the sea of flowers, and after they had played almost all of them, they asked curiously.
"Why haven't I seen the family of the criminal you mentioned for so long?"
Jiang Shanhe handed the flowers in his hand to Xiaoguo.
After Xiaoguo took it, he chuckled and explained, "Because the emperor is here, all guilty officials must stay away."
"So that's how it is~" Xiao Guo shook her head and smiled. That's what she said. Why didn't she see anyone? "Oh, that's not right. You said yesterday that the ones who came to welcome us were the criminals' families. Doesn't that mean we have already seen the emperor?"
Jiang Shanhe said it himself yesterday, I remember it correctly.
Seeing the other party's serious face in an instant, Jiang Shanhe couldn't be serious, he just thought she was cute, "Yesterday they were indeed the family of the criminal, but they are also the island's managers, they have a job to do, and a bunch of scattered sand always needs a leader."
He paused here, and his eyes changed for a moment, so quickly that no one noticed it, not even Xiaoguo, who was closest to her, saw this subtle and rapid change.
Xiaoguo nodded in confusion, motioning him to continue.
Jiang Shanhe quickly recovered, retracted his gaze and continued, "But the selection of managers is very strict. You must be capable and have committed very minor crimes, and you must be alone to have a chance to compete for the position of manager."
Jiang Shanhe grabbed Xiaoguo tightly and brought her towards him, then continued, "There are very few people like this, it's like finding a needle in a haystack, it's extremely difficult, but there are so many criminals, so after much selection, we have selected more than ten people."
Xiao Guo was suddenly pulled by him, a little confused, but then she was attracted by the number he mentioned. If the difficulty was high, more than ten people could be selected, then, "How many criminals are there?"
Jiang Shanhe sighed deeply and said seriously.
"...there is never a last one."