Chapter 26: Peasant Girl vs. Princess of the Previous Dynasty (1)
In the second year of Yuanhe, the eldest princess of the previous dynasty, under the banner of reviving Dagui, gathered 100,000 people and revolted at Changshan Pass. The Great Yuan Emperor sent the ever-victorious general Chen Mu to lead 40,000 elite troops to ambush them halfway. More than half of the 100,000 rebels were killed or wounded, and the princess of the previous dynasty disappeared.
It was already the tenth day when Lin Zhi woke up from her coma. Chu Mu stayed by her side day and night, and his body had long reached its limit. Seeing her wake up, he was overjoyed and fell asleep on the bed with his eyes closed.
Lin Zhi used all her strength to sit up, and gently stroked the scar on his face with her white and tender fingers. Chu Mu was the most outstanding son of Dagui and her childhood sweetheart. The two had been engaged since childhood, and they were only waiting for him to make achievements before getting married. Unfortunately, fate played tricks on them. The Yuan clan stationed at Chensha Pass suddenly raised the banner of rebellion, and many important officials and generals in the court were instigated to rebel. Her father was forced to die at Changshan Pass. She escaped under the protection of the Chu clan, and the majestic Dagui was destroyed.
In this battle of Changshan Pass, her army suffered heavy losses. Reviving Dagui is her lifelong ideal, and she must not give up.
"You're awake." The middle-aged woman in coarse linen and brown clothes tried to squeeze out the kindest smile and handed over the water with a clumsy movement.
The mountain people are simple and honest. She was carrying a wooden basin to wash clothes by the river. When she saw the two young people covered with scars on the exposed riverbed, she dropped the wooden basin and hurried back to find her old man to take them home.
She thought she was doing good deeds, but she didn't expect to invite wolves into the house.
Lin Zhi glanced at the tattered porcelain bowl in the farmer's hand, and a trace of disgust flashed across her eyes, but her throat was hoarse, as if it had been burned by a raging fire, and it was really hard to refuse. The
farmer seemed to see her inner struggle, and pushed the little girl behind her, "Yi Yi, you bring the water to the girl."
Lin Zhi then noticed that there were other people in the simple room.
The little girl in front of her had dark skin, two pigtails tied with red ropes, and wore a shabby patched jacket, but her eyes were very clear and bright, and she was also staring at her.
"Mother, this sister doesn't want to drink water." The little girl shook her head, looked at her mother seriously and pretended to be deep, and said: "Sister has been lying in bed for ten days and has been hungry for a long time. I want to eat."
The farmer who was about to scold her heard the second half of her words and quickly reacted, "I think the girl should be hungry after sleeping for a few days. I'll go cook."
She stuffed the broken porcelain bowl in her hand into her daughter's hand and hurried out.
"Little sister," Lin Zhi's throat was dry, and it took her several attempts to utter a sound, "water.
" "Sister, do you want some water?" The little girl blinked her bright black eyes and stared at her closely.
Lin Zhi licked her dry and flaky lips and nodded hesitantly.
"Then I'll bring it to you, sister." The little girl smiled sweetly, trotting to her with a porcelain bowl of water, spilling a lot along the way.
"Slow~ Slow down~" Lin Zhi looked at the wet spot on the mud, and felt her throat getting even drier, as if it was about to spit out fire.
"Here, sister, I'll give you some water." The little girl handed the water to her.
Lin Zhi was about to reach out to lift it, but the little girl immediately turned around and said seriously, "Sister, you can tell you were born in a wealthy family. You should have used a spoon to drink water before. You probably aren't used to people from small families like us drinking directly from our mouths."
"No... no..." Lin Zhi was limp all over, without any strength.
"I'm going out to find a spoon for my sister." The little girl pretended not to hear her, put the porcelain bowl on a low table with a broken leg not far from the door, and ran out.
This little girl seemed to be a little hostile to her, but she and she were just meeting for the first time and had never had any conflicts. It seemed that she was overthinking. This little girl and I were just meeting for the first time, and she went out just to find a spoon for herself. While thinking in her heart, Gui Linzhi tried to move her body to get out of bed and get water.
"Yi Yi, why are you running away." The peasant woman who was about to go into the house with washed sweet potatoes shouted loudly when she saw her figure leaving the yard.
"I'm going to Wang Ergou's house next door to find a spoon for my sister to drink water." The tender voice of a child came from outside the fence, and the peasant woman could only shake her head helplessly and mutter a few words.
Everyone in Wangjia Village knew that Wang Ergou was the most useless child who stole chickens and dogs, cheated people and boasted. But his own child seemed to be possessed and hung out with him every day.
"Auntie, do you have any water?" After struggling several times in vain, Lin Zhi simply collapsed on the bed, and his eyes lit up slightly when he saw the peasant woman coming in.
"Yes, of course." The peasant woman put down the raw sweet potato in her hand, turned around to pick up the porcelain bowl on the low table, walked quickly to her and handed it to her, saying softly: "Drink it quickly. Your child is ignorant, don't be surprised."
Lin Zhi took it and drank it in one gulp. Her throat was moistened a little, and then she thanked her: "Thank you, auntie."
"In this troubled time, there is no need to thank or not. We are all miserable people." The peasant woman took the empty bowl from her hand, put it back on the low table, picked up a few sweet potatoes that were slightly bigger than a thumb, and handed them to her, "The harvest is not good this year, and we only planted these few small sweet potatoes. Although you can't fill your stomach, it's okay to satisfy your craving."
These raw sweet potatoes may not be precious things for rich people, but for poor families like theirs, they are the best food to fill their stomachs.
Lin Zhi grew up in the palace and was used to seeing treasures and eating delicacies, but she had never seen such an ugly and long thing, nor had she eaten it before. Out of caution, she did not take it for a while.
The peasant woman was still thinking about the fire burning in her stove, so she put it directly beside the bed for her and hurried out again.
Lin Zhi's throat had just moistened a little, and she touched her shriveled belly, her eyes lingering on the sweet potato, as if she had made a big decision, then she picked it up, wiped it on her sleeve, put it to her mouth and took a bite.
"Bitter." She bit the sweet potato skin and spit it out with a "Puh", and the sweet potato with white flesh was thrown far away on the mud.
The little girl who came in with a spoon looked at the sweet potatoes that were ruined on the ground with a cold look in her eyes for a moment, and then she immediately smiled and said to Lin Zhi: "Sister, you can drink water now, I found a spoon for you."
Lin Zhi saw that she was hit by someone else's things when she threw them, and she felt a little guilty, so she praised: "Little sister is so good."
"Is there no water? I'll go out and pour it for you." The little girl threw down the spoon, picked up the empty bowl, and ran out again.
"Hey..." Lin Zhi had no time to stop her, so he could only watch her disappear from his sight again.
(End of this chapter)
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