Chapter 20020 Inseparable [Chapter 20]
When Mu Yun asked this, Qi Jingyan was speechless for a moment. The name sounded very strange, and he really didn't know what the three characters were.
After thinking for a while, he said, "I don't know. It's just that person who calls Miss Meng "sister" and seems to be quite close to her."
Mu Yun thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Your Highness, I have never heard of such a person in the Meng Mansion. Meng Huaifu's original wife only gave birth to Miss Meng, while his second wife gave birth to three children, but her relationship with Miss Meng has always been uneasy."
Thinking of Meng Yuning holding his hand and rubbing it affectionately on her face, Qi Jingyan asked again: "Do you know if she has any cousins or brothers or sisters?"
Mu Yun: "Then I don't know. How about calling Mu Feng over? Maybe he knows."
Qi Jingyan nodded, and Mu Yun went out to call Mu Feng in.
After listening to this, Mu Feng scratched his head and tried to recall: "As far as I know, during the years that Miss Meng stayed at her maternal grandparents' house, she had a cousin who was quite close to her. Other than that, I haven't heard that Miss Meng has any close brothers or sisters. How about I ask someone to find out later?"
Qi Jingyan waved his hand and said, "No need. Go and get busy." Then the few of them retreated.
Upon learning that His Highness had woken up, the guards came back in twos and threes and began to busily build houses and make rabbit cages.
Doctor Tang also sat up and continued to fiddle with his herbs.
Seeing that everyone was working hard, Meng Yuning turned around to take a look and planned to lend a hand.
But she found that the guards were very agile and she couldn't help at all. She had to stay aside. The guards were afraid of accidentally touching her, so they were a little hesitant.
Meng Yuning no longer wanted to get in the way, so she took a thin bamboo pole and walked to the foot of the mountain behind the wooden house. While swinging the stick to scare away the snakes, she slowly climbed up, intending to see if she could find some wild vegetables.
When Doctor Tang saw her going up the mountain, he called out, "Meng girl, don't go too far."
Meng Yuning turned around and replied, "Okay, I'll just look around here and not go in."
Seeing this, Mu Yun glanced at Mu Feng and said, "You follow me."
Compared to splitting bamboo to build a house, Mu Feng preferred to look for mountain products. Hearing this, he responded with a "good" and threw the bamboo he hadn't yet split onto the ground. He happily ran towards Meng Yuning: "Miss Meng, what are you looking for? I'll go with you."
It would be best if someone were to accompany us. Meng Yuning smiled and said, "Before, when we were traveling, we only ate two meals a day. But now that we've settled down, I thought it would be better to eat three meals a day. So I thought about finding more food to eat."
The day is too long, and I only eat two meals without any snacks or anything to fill my stomach, so I get hungry too easily.
This hit the nail on the head for Mu Feng, and he immediately smiled happily: "That's great, these days, my brothers have been hungry every night."
Meng Yuning loved interacting with people who loved food. After hearing what he said, she waved the stick in her hand and pointed it forward, saying with high spirits: "Then let's go. I don't believe that such a big mountain can still let us starve."
When Mu Feng thought about having a big meal tonight, his blood started boiling: "Let's go, let's go!"
Seeing the two slowly walking into the woods, Doctor Tang shook his head: "They are still two children."
With Mu Feng leading the way with a knife, Meng Yuning felt relieved and focused all her attention on finding things.
As she walked, she saw a large patch of golden things on the ground in front of her. She walked over quickly and exclaimed in surprise: "Mu Feng, look, there are mushrooms here."
Mu Feng turned around and saw Meng Yuning squatting on the ground carefully picking the mushroom. He was so frightened that his face immediately changed: "Miss Meng, you can't eat this. It's poisonous."
Meng Yuning continued working: "This is called chanterelles. It's not poisonous. I picked them many times when I was a kid. They're delicious."
Mu Feng was skeptical: "Really? But that time when we cooked mushroom soup, everyone went crazy and saw a lot of strange things."
Meng Yuning explained with a smile, "Some mushrooms are poisonous. The strongest ones can even kill people. So if you're not absolutely sure, it's best not to eat them."
Mu Feng agreed, and then asked curiously, "Then Miss Meng, how do you know which are poisonous mushrooms and which are edible mushrooms?"
Meng Yuning made up a story: "I lived with my grandparents for a few years. Back then, I often went to the farm to play and followed the children there to pick fruits in the mountains. After picking so many fruits, I naturally got to know them."
Mu Feng exclaimed: "That's really amazing."
Seeing that Meng Yuning would pat the mushrooms twice before picking them, I couldn't help but follow suit and patted them. Unexpectedly, I didn't control the strength well and smashed a chanterelle into the soil.
This child, he doesn't know how to control his hands. Meng Yuning felt distressed: "You find something to help me collect, I'll pick it."
Mu Feng readily agreed and looked around but couldn't find anything, so he pulled up the hem of his clothes and picked up the chanterelles that Meng Yuning had piled up.
Meng Yuning felt like she had disturbed the nest of chanterelles. After picking one pile, there was another pile in front. After picking that pile, she looked up and saw another one. She enjoyed it and kept picking them.
In this way, one picked and the other collected. Soon, Mu Feng's clothes could no longer hold the clothes, so he said, "Miss Meng, how about we send them back first?"
Meng Yuning looked back and saw that she had picked up so much. If she picked up more, she would have no place to put them. She did not dare to stay here alone, so she followed Mu Feng back reluctantly: "It would be great if there was a bamboo basket or something."
Mu Feng: "That's not difficult. Mu Jiu and the others can make these things. I can just ask them to make a few when they have time."
Meng Yuning nodded in agreement. Qi Jingyan's trusted guards, with the exception of Mu Yun and his companions, were originally from the Mu family. The rest were orphans recruited from various locations and trained by the Mu family. They were all given the surname Mu, but their given names were numbered from the first one forward.
As they talked, the two walked back to the camp.
Mu Feng carefully placed the pile of chanterelles on the ground, then called Mu Jiu over: "When you have time, make some baskets or something. We'll have something to carry when we go up the mountain to find food."
Meng Yuning recognized that this Mu Jiu was the man who had been waiting for them at the foot of the mountain, and was also one of the two people who helped her make the bed. Thinking of his dexterity when making the bed, she thought that this man must have specially learned carpentry.
Mu Jiu nodded: "Okay, let's build the house first, and I'll finish it after we're done."
Meng Yuning: "It's okay, there's no rush today, you go and get busy first." The house is a big deal, otherwise everyone will have to sleep in the open tonight.
Mu Jiu agreed. Before leaving, he glanced at the pile of mushrooms on the ground, seeming to be hesitant to speak. Mu Feng guessed what he wanted to say and quickly explained, "Don't worry, Miss Meng said these are not poisonous and can be eaten."
Mu Jiu was skeptical: "Are you serious? After eating it, you won't hug the horse and call me "wife" like you did last time, right?"
"Shut up." Mu Feng was so angry that he jumped up and kicked him. Mu Jiu ran away and Mu Feng chased after him to beat him. The two of them jumped up and down, making it very lively.
Meng Yuning was amused by them and laughed out loud. After she finished laughing, she turned around and saw Qi Jingyan coming out from the door of the wooden house. She didn't know when he came out, but he was sitting in a wheelchair and looking at her quietly.
Yi'er also woke up and was now nestled in Qi Jingyan's arms, looking at her with his little head tilted.
The big and small had the same expression, and Meng Yuning couldn't tell whether they were happy or unhappy. She picked up a beautiful mushroom, walked in front of the two brothers, and handed it to the little boy: "Yier, look, this is a chanterelle. We're going to have this dish tonight."
The little boy was very interested in the new thing. He stretched out his little hand to take it, looked at it carefully for a while, and then stretched out his two little hands to Meng Yuning.
Meng Yuning asked uncertainly, "Yier, do you want me to hold you?"
In the original book, after coming out of the capital, this little boy refused to let anyone hold him except Qi Jingyan, Mu Yun and Mu Feng.
Qi Jingyan was also a little surprised and looked down at Yi'er's little face.
The little boy nodded his head and said, "A Ning, hold me."
The pretty little baby, with a baby voice, asked her to hold him. Meng Yuning's heart softened. She quickly reached out and picked him up. Her voice couldn't help but become choked up: "Okay, An Ning, hold Yi'er."
Seeing that she was thin, Qi Jingyan was a little worried that she couldn't hold him steadily, so he reached out to support her. Unexpectedly, she just held Yi'er and walked away. He paused with his hand in the air, then raised the corner of his mouth.
Yes, she could carry such a big wooden barrel and walk such a long distance, let alone a child as small as Yier.
Meng Yuning carried Yi'er to the pile of mushrooms and said, "A Ning wants to pick all the mushrooms. Do you want to help, Yi'er?"
The little boy nodded: "Yier, help me."
Meng Yuning put the little boy down, found two wooden blocks from the firewood pile to use as benches, sat on one each, and started picking mushrooms.
Throughout the afternoon, Yi'er followed Meng Yuning like a little tail, picking mushrooms with her, cutting grass to feed the rabbits with her, and weaving cushions with half-dried straw with her. Later, when Meng Yuning was cooking, he also watched from the side...
The result of being inseparable for half a day was that after dinner, when Qi Jingyan asked Mu Yun to boil water to prepare Yi'er's bath, the little boy refused to let Mu Yun wash. Instead, he grabbed Meng Yuning's hand and looked at her eagerly: "I want An Ning to wash."
Meng Yuning readily agreed, helped the little boy take off his clothes, carried him into the wooden tub, and gave him a bath.
Meng Yuning's movements were gentle, and she hummed a little tune while washing. The little boy obediently let her wash him from head to toe.
After washing, Meng Yuning carried the little boy out, dried him, changed his clothes, and then put him on her bed and carefully wiped his hair with a towel.
The little boy turned around and looked at Meng Yuning, and asked solemnly: "A Ning, can you always help Yi'er bathe from now on?"
Yier likes Aning to bathe her, just like her mother.
Meng Yuning didn't know what Yi'er was thinking, but she enjoyed bathing the little baby, so she smiled and nodded, "Okay, from now on, Aning will always bathe our Yi'er."
The little boy smiled, sat back, and leaned against her affectionately.
Mu Yun took the wooden barrel out, cleaned it, and brought in another barrel of hot water. He looked at Qi Jingyan and said, "Your Highness, would you like to wipe yourself as well?"
Qi Jingyan's legs were injured and he couldn't get wet. These days, Mu Yun had been throwing wet wipes for him to wipe. Qi Jingyan wiped the parts he could reach himself, and Mu Yun wiped his back.
Qi Jingyan: “Yeah.” I was busy running around for the past two days and had no time to take care of these things. Now that I’ve settled down today, it’s time to clean up.
Seeing Mu Yun take the handkerchief and Qi Jingyan also started to unbutton his clothes, Meng Yuning felt a little embarrassed and whispered to Yier, "Yier, play by yourself for a while. I'll be back later."
After saying that, he stood up and was about to go out.
Unexpectedly, the little boy grabbed her hand and looked up at her: "A Ning, can you help your brother take a bath too?"
Qi Jingyan's hand froze as he was undoing his belt: "..."
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