Chapter 65 Ning'er is so brave

Xiao Yu: "..."

[Do I need steamed bread? Huh?]

Jiang Youning continued to comfort him, "Look, when you return to Jinling, you can show off to Prince Jing and Princess Jing."

Xiao Yu thought of his mother, she should be very happy!

His face looked a little better, "I'm going to take a bath, I'm tired and hungry."

Xiao Yu walked out with his legs that were softened by overuse.

Xie Jing also took a bath.

At dinner time, Jiang Youning looked at Xiao Yu across from him, wolfing down his food as if he hadn't eaten for days.

[The young master probably hasn't had such a delicious meal in his life.]

Xie Jing raised his head and glanced at Xiao Yu, not only wolfing down his food, but also pouring a bowl of rice directly into his stomach.

After eating a bowl of rice, Xiao Yu was not so hungry anymore, and she ate slower. She said with emotion: "Reincarnation is really a skill. I am grateful to my mother for giving birth to me in the palace."

After that, she took another bite of the meatball. It was so delicious.

Jiang Youning agreed with Xiao Yu's words. Reincarnation is indeed a skill.

After dinner, they went back to their rooms to sleep.

It was particularly cold tonight. Jiang Youning instinctively leaned towards the big stove. It was warm by the stove, which made people want to get closer.

Xie Jing was not asleep, so he knew how Jiang Youning came closer little by little.

He looked over and saw that half of her head was exposed, and her nose and below were all in the quilt. Her body was petite, and she could not be seen even if she slept next to her.

Suddenly, it started to rain heavily outside the window, and the sound was loud enough to wake people up.

But the person next to him was still sleeping soundly, with no sign of waking up.

He didn't sleep because he was waiting to see if it would rain tonight.

Now it has been proved that Jiang Youning's dreams are predictive, and he can know what happened in advance.

Fortunately, she reminded him, otherwise he would have led his soldiers to attack the bandits' lair at night.

With such heavy rain, you can imagine how serious the consequences will be.

The sound of rain didn't stop. It was a good thing that it finally rained after being dry for so long.

The next day, when Jiang Youning came out of the inner room, he heard someone outside.

"General Cavalry is really amazing. Fortunately, we didn't raid the bandit's lair last night. Otherwise, we would have suffered heavy casualties with the rain last night."

"Yes, General Cavalry had foresight and reduced the losses. We have to admire him."

"It rained all night and the ponds and lakes are half full. If General Cavalry hadn't proposed it yesterday, it would have been too late."

Xie Jing lowered his eyes and glanced at Jiang Youning. She just raised her head and their eyes met.

The former's eyes were dark and you couldn't see the bottom at a glance.

The latter's almond eyes were curved, like stars, clear and bright.

"Let's go have breakfast."

Xie Jing retracted his gaze and walked in.

Jiang Youning followed happily behind.

Perhaps the drought lasted too long, and it rained for the whole morning.

It cleared up the next day.

Xie Jing discussed the bandit suppression with the generals.

Jiang Youning and Xiao Yu took a walk outside the city and learned from the victims that many people died in this drought.

This was the first time Xiao Yu knew that the drought could kill so many people. The shock on his handsome face could no longer express his mood at the moment.

"Didn't the court allocate food funds for disaster relief before?"

"Where can there be any food funds for disaster relief? Alas!" The woman's face was full of sorrow, and her eyes were cloudy and she had lost her former spirit.

Xiao Yu was speechless for a while.

On the way back, Jiang Youning and Xiao Yu looked a little heavy.

After entering the city, the streets were not as lively as before.

Jiang Youning lifted a corner of the curtain and looked outside. There was a man in his forties, holding a little girl. The girl was wearing coarse clothes and her face was washed very clean.

Although she was not a beauty, she looked well-behaved and pretty, and was considered a standout girl among ordinary people.

At first, she understood why the man was holding the girl, until she saw an old man looking the girl up and down, and his hands were touching her body without scruples, as if he was checking.

The girl was so scared that she even cried.

Jiang Youning suddenly realized what was going on.

"Stop the carriage quickly."

Xiao Yu didn't understand, so he asked Leng Xiao to stop the carriage.

After the carriage stopped steadily, Jiang Youning jumped off the carriage and walked towards the girl.

Xiao Yu also followed and said, "Ning'er, what are you doing?"

Jiang Youning did not answer. She came to the girl and said to Xiao Yu, "I want to buy her."

Xiao Yu was confused.

The man looked at Jiang Youning from top to bottom. She was wearing silk and satin, and a fox fur coat. He knew at a glance that she was a lady from a wealthy family.

"Miss, five liters of rice."

Jiang Youning secretly calculated that five liters of rice was equal to ten catties. She agreed very readily, "I want it."

Xiao Yu understood that Jiang Youning wanted to buy a maid, and he also said readily, "Buy it."

Xiao Yu used silver to buy the rice. He had never bought rice before, so he didn't notice that the price of rice was five times the usual price.

When the man got the rice, the mixed-race eyes immediately lit up, and he turned around and left in a hurry.

On the way back, Xiao Yu looked at the little girl, who was about the same age as Jiang Youning, and was skinny and hungry, sitting there shivering.

"Ning'er, she is so timid."

Jiang Youning took out a piece of peach cake from his pocket and handed it to the girl, "Are you hungry? Here's to you."

The girl looked at the peach cake in front of her, swallowed hard, and carefully reached out her hand. After picking up the peach cake, she couldn't wait to put it into her mouth and took a big bite, and then wolfed it down. The peach

cake was so fragrant, it was a fatal temptation for someone who had been hungry for a long time.

Jiang Youning saw her eat it and asked, "What's your name?"

The girl stuffed her mouth with peach cakes, chewed quickly and wrote down, "Xinghua."

Jiang Youning nodded, "I'll give you two choices, one is to let you go home, the other is to follow me, I will ensure that you have no worries about food and clothing."

Xinghua slowed down her chewing, hesitated for a moment and then raised her head to look at Jiang Youning, "I am willing to follow the young lady, I don't want to go back, even if you let me go back, my father will still sell me."

Xiao Yu was very angry when he heard it, "How can you exchange your daughter for food?"

In ancient times, buying and selling daughters was not a new thing, selling money for food, let alone in the face of natural disasters and man-made disasters?

Jiang Youning still had some understanding of these.

"Then follow me back to the capital."

Xinghua said excitedly, "Wherever the young lady goes, I will go."

When Xie Jing led people to suppress the bandits, Jiang Youning and Xiao Yu walked around the street for a few rounds and bought ten girls, all of whom were pale and thin, and looked to be in their teens.

Xiao Yu became a sucker, and he had to pay for each girl he bought.

He looked at the ten malnourished girls in front of him and couldn't help asking, "Ning'er, what do you buy so many girls for?"

"Of course it's useful." Jiang Youning looked at the ten people in front of him and thought it was almost enough.

Xiao Yu looked puzzled. What's the use of so many young and beautiful girls?

He suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but widen his eyes, leaning close to her ear and asking, "Ning'er, you don't want to open a brothel, do you?"

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