After hearing Han Mingxiang's story, everyone secretly felt fortunate.
I am glad that I did not encounter these wicked bandits. I also feel sorry for Han Mingxiang and his companions. I am happy that they were able to come back.
When Tiehua and the other eleven women arrived, not one of them asked about their past.
Because the people of Peach Blossom Spring had been fleeing famine all the way and had seen too much, especially the plight of the women.
She was either sold by her family, by her husband's family, or trafficked...
There are probably only a few possibilities.
In either case, asking them is like reopening their bleeding wounds. What else can it do but cause them pain and distress?
Not asking about it or mentioning it is for their own good and to protect them.
In the days to come, we should help them as much as we can, and let them live peacefully and well here.
Tiehua and her 11 friends were actually most afraid of the excessive attention and questioning from people after they arrived.
Questions like: Where are your parents? Are you married? Where are your husbands? How did you end up here?
That's it!
But nothing they feared happened!
All they offered were warm smiles and concerned inquiries about whether we were cold, hungry, thirsty, or tired.
When they sat at the table eating with everyone, their bowls were filled with the same amount of rice as everyone else's, or even more rice and meat, all their worries vanished into thin air above Peach Blossom Spring.
So they ate the meal silently with tears in their eyes.
After listening to Han Mingxiang's story, they all looked at Han Shulan with envy.
I envy her for having such a loyal and devoted husband who disregarded his own life and jumped into the raging flood to drift and escape with her.
Huang Shanhua and Liu Laidi kept wiping away their tears as they spoke to Han Mingxiang.
"Thank you, thank you Mingxiang! If it weren't for you, my Shulan would have..."
"Our Shulan has really found a good husband."
They kept praising Li Lanzhen.
Han Mingxiang shook her head.
"No, no, Shulan has been a great help to me along the way. We encountered a rainstorm and had nowhere to take shelter. We walked for more than an hour in the rain before we came across a dilapidated earth temple."
As a result, I developed a fever that night, and it was Shulan who spent the whole night applying cold water to my forehead and wiping my hands and feet to bring my temperature down.
Li Lanzhen continued.
"It is my son's good fortune to be able to marry such a good girl as Shulan!"
"Once the house is repaired, I'll hold a wedding banquet for you, take your wives, and have a feast!"
Han Yibo quickly said, "Grandma, I want more candy."
Everyone burst into laughter.
Li Lanzhen said, "Yes, yes, we also want to eat candy and set off fireworks."
...
The bottom of the iron pot is still warm, so the food inside stays warm.
Anyone who hasn't eaten enough can go to the pot and get whatever they want to eat.
And so, the moon rose, the campfire was lit, and everyone continued to chat and laugh.
Even the children don't seem sleepy today; they're laughing and playing around.
With more people around, food tastes better and work is easier.
After the meal, the women carried the pots, bowls, and chopsticks to the reed marshes to wash up.
I burned a bunch of reeds to make ash. I use this ash to wash pots and dishes and remove grease. It works very well.
The adults wiped the child's greasy mouth clean and washed his greasy hands.
Then I took them to bed.
Sure enough, Zhihua kept pursuing Li Lanzhen relentlessly.
When it was time to sleep, she climbed up into the treehouse. Originally, Li Lanzhen always slept on the outer side, but tonight, Zhihua took over her side all to herself.
Han Mingxiang went to sleep in the boys' dormitory, and Han Shulan also went to sleep in the girls' dormitory.
Her mother stopped her, and Liu Zhaodi chased Han Shunde away. Huang Shanhua came over with Ruyi in her arms, and the four of them slept in a treehouse.
Han Shunde and his son Han Zhaoxiong went to sleep in a treehouse.
Lingjiao didn't go to the girls' dormitory either; instead, Shanxing and Lihua dragged her to their treehouse.
After they had eaten their fill, and with warm mattresses and thick blankets, those who didn't have pillows went to the woodworking shop and received a straw pillow.
It's soft and elastic.
If you think the pillow is too low, stuff it with straw.
Flatten the thatch with a stone, roll it into a ball, tear it into the shape of a pillow, and stuff it into a straw-woven pillow.
When Li Lanzhen first saw this straw-woven pillow, she was amazed!
They were so skillful that they could weave bright pillows from unassuming thatch and reeds.
That night, everyone was too excited to sleep.
The children, in particular, went to bed much later than usual.
With the addition of new companions and hearing so many thrilling stories, they were excited and satisfied.
I can come to this paradise where I can eat well, sleep well, and play with friends. I don't have to be afraid of being bullied, killed, or bought and sold by others!
Master Xu lay on the bed, pretending to be asleep with his eyes closed.
My heart was in turmoil!
Having arrived at Peach Blossom Spring, everything I saw and heard was something I had never seen or heard before!
He really liked the atmosphere here, even though they all came from the countryside, the kind of peasants that wealthy families looked down on.
But that warmth, kindness, and affection towards people was something he had never experienced.
He was extremely grateful and thanked God for letting him meet Li Lanzhen and Silver Fox.
We are also grateful for the kindness of Li Lanzhen and Yinhu, who brought them, an elderly couple and their young child, to live here.
He saw it; there were so many children here, most of whom had never learned to read or attended school.
He found his purpose in coming here!
I need to have a proper discussion with Li Lanzhen tomorrow.
Could he build a private school in Peach Blossom Spring so that he could teach the children there all that he had learned in his life?
After finishing their meal, Silver Fox and his three bodyguards went to wash up by the river in the reeds and then disappeared without a trace.
No one paid them any attention, knowing they were highly skilled in martial arts, so they weren't afraid of them being in any danger.
The four of them raced all the way to the West Mountain and found an open space to stop.
An Er quickly checked the surroundings, then returned and nodded to Silver Fox.
"It's so easy for Xiao Wu to say," he said.
"Master, have you noticed? Young Master, there's also..."
"Shut up! Don't say anything!"
Silver Fox stopped him from saying anything more.
Xiao Wu said to Silver Fox with a wronged expression.
"But Master, the eldest young master knows me, don't you remember? One year you secretly brought me into the open and made me your attendant."
We've been playing with our eldest son all along.
He kept looking at me while we were eating, but he didn't say anything.
I think he's already recognized me, but I don't know if he's recognized you either, Master.
Silver Fox was filled with mixed emotions!
He searched the world for his relatives, never expecting to find them here.
A tiny little person, with her younger sister, somehow escaped and ended up here!
That day, we parted ways at the alley entrance. I don't know what happened to him, but he chose to run away alone with his sister, without waiting for me!
No one knows how he managed to wander from the capital to Youzhou!
But now, looking at the two of them, they've grown taller, and their faces are both round.
It seems Aunt Lanzhen treats them very well!
He did not rashly ask Li Lanzhen about the identities of the two children.
He thought he should see him tomorrow!
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