Chapter 137 Leopard Grandpa
Su Zhizhi stayed in Baiyun County with Wu Yingniang for two days.
When she returned to the village from the county, she found that she seemed to have missed something.
There was a new old man in the village, the same old man who almost knocked her red bean cake off on the street.
The old man lives in Grandpa Wei's house.
Su Zhizhi asked the old man what his name was.
Wei Dashuan said, "Just call him Grandpa Leopard."
Su Zhizhi looked at Qin Xiao with admiration: "Is Grandpa Leopard as fast as a tiger and leopard when he was young?"
Qin Xiao smiled, a hint of pride hidden in his modesty: "I once hunted a snow leopard alone, so I got the nickname Leopard. But that happened in the past, so I won't talk about it anymore."
Wei Dashuan said from the side, "You were so proud back then, wearing that leopard-skin coat every day, and you wouldn't even lend it to me for two days."
Su Zhizhi: "It's amazing to be able to hunt a leopard by yourself. Grandpa Leopard, you are as amazing as the people in our village."
Su Zhizhi's words are a high evaluation.
She was happy that Grandpa Leopard had joined the village, but then she heard that her brother and Grandpa Qin were going back to Chang'an.
Murong Di and Old Man Qin left in a hurry and had to leave early the next morning.
Hao Ren and his wife took Su Zhizhi and Xue Che to see them off.
Hao Ren looked at his nephew and said, "Di'er, be careful when you return to Beijing this time."
Murong Di: "Uncle, don't worry. Master and I will definitely reach the capital safely. The imperial guards and palace servants detained at the county government office will also be released to escort us back to the capital."
The imperial guards and palace maids who came with Murong Di were kept under strict guard in the backyard of the county government office these days, and had no access to any news from the outside world.
Murong Di would occasionally go there and act crazy and stupid, and then combine it with the words of County Magistrate Song, pretending that he had been hiding in the county government office and had not gone out.
Wu Yingniang said to Old Man Qin, "Uncle Qin, please protect Di'er."
"My little brother is my disciple. As a master, I have to protect my disciple. It's not a big deal."
Old Man Qin now has two ears.
In order to avoid attracting too much attention when going out, Old Man Qin asked Qiu Jinyu to make him a fake ear so that he would look more normal.
He disguised himself as an old servant in County Magistrate Song's family and went back to Chang'an to visit County Magistrate Song's home on his behalf.
Su Zhizhi asked: "Brother, when can we see you again?"
The hair tie on Su Zhizhi's head was a little loose, so Murong Di tied it up for her:
"If it's quick, it will be back in a few months."
Murong Di lowered his head: "Zhizhi, is there anything you want me to say?"
Su Zhizhi took out a bracelet and treated it as a treasure.
A thin rope made of beef tendon wrapped with thread, with many small things strung on it, including small wooden balls, small stones and dried fruits.
The cow tendon rope was tied by Xue Che.
The things on the string were picked up by Su Zhizhi, who then pierced holes, polished the edges and waxed them with the help of skilled villagers.
Very round and smooth.
"I've never met my aunt, so I don't know what to say to her. This is the bracelet that Che and I made for her."
"Okay, then I'll thank Zhizhi and Ache on behalf of my mother." Murong Di carefully put the bracelet into his arms.
It was getting brighter in the east, and the sun was about to rise from the top of the mountain.
The figures of Old Man Qin and Master Murong Di gradually became smaller in sight until they disappeared.
Xue Che said to Hao Ren:
"Uncle Hao, my cousin is sending military uniforms to the northwest this time, and I want to go with him."
Xue Che's tone was firm.
His health has recovered and he wants to go to the northwest to see Xue's army with his own eyes.
Hao Ren did not refuse:
"It's time to go. Your father has been worried about you for a long time. He won't feel at ease until he sees you."
Su Zhizhi raised her hand: "Dad, I want to go too!"
Murong Di and Old Man Qin went to Chang'an, and now Xue Che is leaving too. How can Su Zhizhi sit still?
Xue Che: "Zhizhi, going to the northwest might be dangerous."
Su Zhizhi asked back: "Is it more dangerous than Lingnan?"
Xue Che: ...I don’t know.
Wu Yingniang held Hao Ren's hand, as if she saw through his thoughts:
"Aren, you want to go?"
Hao Ren agreed.
But he was thinking, if he left, who would take care of the village?
There are many capable people in the village, and we need someone who can keep them under control.
Wu Yingniang: "Aren, if you want to go, go ahead. I'm in the village, so you can rest assured."
Su Zhizhi grabbed Wu Yingniang's clothes and said, "Mom, aren't you going with us?"
Wu Yingniang pinched Su Zhizhi's nose:
"We just went to the county two days ago and agreed with several shop owners to open a shop in Bufang Mountain. How could Mom just leave?"
"Your father has his own things to do, and mother has her own things to do. We are a family, but mother can't just focus on the family. Zhizhi, do you understand?"
Su Zhizhi seemed to understand a little bit: "Just like I like to play, but I won't play all the time. I also need to practice martial arts and write."
Hao Ren looked at Wu Yingniang and held his wife's hand tightly.
Wu Yingniang smiled at him, and the mole on her lip was filled with the soft morning light.
For the next few days, everyone continued to be busy.
There is no such thing as idle people in the mountains. Even Qin Xiao, who had just joined, was arranged to go to the breeding area with Wei Dashuan to take care of the livestock.
Qin Xiao, who had lived a life of luxury in Beijing for many years, stepped on horse manure and felt that he had returned to his youth.
The overall progress of the cloth workshop was smooth, and some minor problems encountered along the way were actively solved by everyone.
By the end of July, all the garments were ready.
At the same time, cotton bolls are opening and cotton picking season is gradually entering in various places.
In August, ox carts and donkey carts brought bulging bags of cotton to Liangmin Village every day.
In the cloth workshop, farmhands stuffed cotton into ready-made clothes and then put them on.
Everyone said that this cotton coat was really thick. In the Lingnan weather, after wearing it for just a short while, my forehead started sweating.
Qin Yuan came several more times later.
First look at the military uniform, then look at grandfather.
When looking at military uniforms, I have to admit that they are well made.
When I looked at my grandfather, I felt that he was enjoying himself so much that he didn't want to leave.
Qin Yuan asked, "What is there to be happy about in this wild mountainous area?"
Qin Xiao is building a new nest for the rabbit:
"In Chang'an, you all say I'm not old, but everyone thinks I'm dying of old age; here, they call me old man, but no one really thinks I'm old."
In September, under the supervision of Qin Yuan and Gu Zhishi, Lu Chunniang led all the farmhands in Bufangshan to load the cart with the general's clothes.
On the day of completion, everyone celebrated like it was a festival.
The farmhands were beaming with joy after receiving their wages.
The heavier their wallets, the happier they laugh.
Some people went home to rest, while others continued to work in the cloth workshop.
Since cotton was planted on a large scale in Lingnan this year, some farmers kept some for their own use in addition to selling the cotton.
They also learned to weave cotton.
If you encounter something you don't understand during your own exploration, you can ask the people in Liangmin Village or the farmhands who have worked in the cloth workshop.
Liangmin Village does not hide anything and will tell everyone the process of weaving cotton cloth.
But later everyone found that they could not weave cotton cloth as well and quickly as Bu Fangshan did at home.
I can’t sell it, so my family can only wear it.
But this is not bad, saving is earning.
A few days before the team transporting military uniforms was about to go to the northwest, Liangmin Village held a meeting.
Hao Ren asked if there was anyone else in the village who wanted to go to the northwest and could go with him.
Qin Xiao and Wei Dashuan naturally stood up and said they wanted to go.
Wei Qi was about to go with them, but was persuaded by Wei Dashuan:
"With so many people going together, Grandpa will just treat it as a trip to the northwest. Nothing will happen. If you leave now, what will happen if Miss Xiaodou is cheated on by Wang Erlang?"
Wei Qi is seventeen years old this year. He is at the age where he wants to get married. He has fallen in love with a girl named Xiaodou from the village, but they haven't said it out loud yet.
Miss Xiaodou also came here to escape the war. When she first came here, she was as thin as a bean sprout, but she has grown into a pretty girl in the past two years.
So Wei Qi repeatedly told his grandfather to take care of his health and not to eat anything indiscriminately, and then he happily continued to help Xiaodou girl grind tofu.
In addition to Qin Xiao and Wei Dashuan, two unexpected people stood up and said they wanted to go.
Doctor Yu in white and Hua Erniang in red said at the same time:
"I'll go."
"I'll go."
The villagers looked at Doctor Yu and then at Hua Er Niang.
Hundreds of gossipy eyes lit up.
Something happened.
There is definitely something going on.
Anyone with eyes in the village could see that Hua Erniang had special feelings for Doctor Yu.
Could it be that they have already...
Hua Erniang interrupted everyone's imagination:
"It's not what you think. I haven't succeeded yet."
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