Chapter 209 The Son is Back
Sang Ning was still not used to it in the first two days after Huo Changan left.
The big kang was suddenly empty, and she no longer had to worry about rolling into the middle and bumping into him. Now she could even do a somersault.
It just feels very quiet.
In the past, even if we didn’t talk, we could still hear each other’s breathing and subtle movements, and we didn’t feel lonely.
Sang Ning hadn't slept well for two days in a row. He woke up suddenly at night without knowing why, felt around the empty space, and then fell asleep again.
On the third day, she asked Xiao Feng'er to come over and sleep with her.
Xiao Feng'er was so considerate. She spoke to her in a soft and gentle voice, just like a lullaby. Sang Ning slept soundly that night.
It didn't work on the fourth day.
Jinxin and Jinxiu brought all their quilts and pillows over.
He insisted on sleeping with her and listening to her stories.
Sang Ning told a story about Sun Wukong.
Oh my god, she's done!
I kept talking until my mouth was dry and my throat was burning. I never wanted to tell stories again in my life, and then I finally couldn't hold on any longer and closed my eyes.
Jinxiu's eyelids were pried open again with her two little fingers.
"Fourth Aunt, please don't sleep. Was the fake Sun Wukong really beaten to death?"
"Dead, dead, all dead, the four masters and apprentices were eaten by the monster in one bite, the show is over!!!"
In the middle of the night, Sang Ning carried one in each hand and brought them back to the old lady's kang.
She likes the big kang, likes rolling around, and likes being alone! She never feels lonely again!
Two days later, Bai Yi came again and said to her solemnly, "The imperial court really didn't send anyone to help with the disaster.
Yangguan and Longzhou have already borrowed grain from everywhere. If they still can't get the grain, I'm afraid there will be chaos."
When he said this, his eyes were blank.
In his mind, Yangguan, Longzhou and Liangzhou are the iron triangle of Xise, and the geographical location of the three cities together forms a natural barrier.
By guarding these three cities, we can protect Dongyang State from foreign invasion.
No monarch would dare abandon these three cities, unless... they no longer wanted them! Like Night City, they ceded them.
Are you really not afraid that the Western Liao will take Long and want Shu, march straight into the capital?
Yesterday, the governor of Yangguan County came secretly, and the two of them discussed for a long time but could not come to a conclusion.
This time, the three cities reported the disaster together, but the emperor didn't even send a reply.
"Something happened, it must have happened! Madam Sang, can you calculate the situation of the emperor?"
Bai Yi also trusted Sang Ning more and more, and actually ran to tell her these secrets.
"If I can calculate this, how can the Marquis's Mansion still collapse?"
Sang Ning snorted and said, "Of course something happened. It happened on the day when we attacked the Marquis' Mansion!
Have you ever seen a wise emperor who would destroy the Great Wall and slaughter loyal people?
Now we should hurry up and get food to save ourselves. If Liangzhou is stable, we can also help Yangguan. Otherwise, if the lips and teeth are separated, we will be in trouble together. If the foreign enemy attacks, we will be destroyed together!"
Bai Yi heard the resentment in her words and was too lazy to teach her a lesson.
He was afraid that if he said one thing he would be criticized ten times, but no one could hear him anyway, so he let her talk nonsense!
He has already sent people to the capital to meet the emperor, and they will soon know what has happened.
"I will call together the merchants of Liangzhou and select a few reliable people to go out and exchange for grain. The coal yard can add a few more people to speed up production."
"good."
"By the way, I heard from the villagers that Master Huo vomited blood. What happened? I'll go in and take a look."
Sang Ning stopped him: "Sir, don't go in. He has internal injuries that haven't healed in prison yet. He needs to rest and recuperate."
"Well, if you need my help, just let me know. Also, um... does my cousin have any leads?"
Sonning blinked.
"It's a bit troublesome to find it this way. Now there is a simple way. You can ask your cousin's mother to come over. I will take a drop of her blood, and then the matter will be easier."
"My aunt?"
Bai Yi didn't know where his aunt was, but his uncle should have been keeping an eye on her.
He had no doubts.
"Then I'll send a message to my uncle."
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Afterwards, Sang Ning was busy selecting healthy people to enter the coal yard. During this period, Xu Wude came back again. According to her previous instructions, he really brought back some various seeds.
Some of them are particularly precious, they are cotton seeds!
Only now did she understand that cotton cultivation in Dongyang was very rare and the yield was very low.
Cotton in the north used to be supplied by small sand states outside the desert. It was expensive and ordinary people could hardly afford it.
Even if I buy it, I plan to use it for the rest of my life.
Last year, Shazhou was occupied by Western Liao, and the supply of cotton was cut off.
However, it is also grown in the southwest of Anyang State, where it is called: Wutongmuhua.
When Manager Cao sold Sang Ning quilts, two of them had a little cotton added, which were purchased from the southwest.
It is normal to sell it at such a high price.
She planned to cultivate cotton seeds and plant them widely in Liangzhou so that she would no longer be controlled by others.
Liangzhou is dry, with little rain, but has sufficient heat and a large temperature difference between day and night, which is perfect for growing cotton.
If a city wants to develop, it must have its own characteristics.
Cotton and coal can be the pillar industries of Liangzhou's economy, so there is no need to worry about the people's lives not being prosperous.
Sang Ning got busy and stopped thinking about Huo Changan.
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"Old sister Huo, old sister Huo—" a woman was shouting outside the gate.
Dagang just called out twice perfunctorily and then lay down.
The old lady knew who it was as soon as she heard it and hurried over to open the door.
It was Aunt Goose, who was the same age as her but looked a generation older than her.
But Aunt Goose now seemed to have taken some magic tonic, her eyes were bright and she was full of energy.
Moreover, she changed into a new set of clothes, combed her hair neatly and inserted a silver hairpin.
It's completely changed in appearance.
"Sister, these goose eggs are for you. Thank you for taking care of me these days!"
"This..." The old lady was surprised.
There are more than a dozen goose eggs here. He must have brought all the ones at home.
What, you don’t want to celebrate?
"Wait, I'll get you some rice."
"No, no, no, sister, I don't want rice. I have food. I... I..."
Tears welled up in Aunt Goose's sunken eye sockets and her mouth trembled with excitement.
"My son is back! He's not dead, he's not dead! Woohoo...
My son is not dead at all. He was saved by a kind-hearted person. He was in a coma for three years before he woke up. God is watching! Woo woo woo..."
The old lady was shocked.
I couldn't help but be lost in thought.
Aunt Goose's son was not dead and came back safely.
God has his eyes open, so are her sons also...
"That's good, you two are reunited."
The old lady was really happy for Aunt Goose and her eyes were red.
"Yes, I've already told his father at his grave. Now I'm going to Xiaolian's house to tell him again. Xiaolian has been taking care of me these past few years..."
Xiaolian was the girl that Aunt Goose's son almost got engaged to. She had wanted to wait for her son to earn some money from escorting goods and then come back to marry her, but he never came back.
The next year, Xiaolian was married off by her family, but now her husband died and she returned to her parents' home.
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