Lichun said in the note that when the earthquake occurred, they were following the imperial concubine's carriage back to the city, and they felt the tremor when they were still dozens of miles away from the city.
They were still in the suburbs at the time and the area around them was quite empty. So apart from a little bit of fear, there were no casualties.
But it’s different in the palace.
Several palaces collapsed and many people were killed or injured. A wall of the emperor's bedroom also collapsed, but fortunately, he was not inside at the time.
Now all the nobles and masters have moved out of the city to seek refuge.
Those who were not injured and some senior palace maids returned to the palace to clean up the situation.
Lichun said that she couldn't stay in the palace for too long. Because the houses were severely damaged and there are occasional aftershocks in the city, this place is no longer suitable for living.
Now the nobles want the heads of the various palaces to come back, help their masters pack up their belongings, and then leave the city and wait to be diverted.
Some people will move to the temporary palace in Lincheng with the masters of various palaces, while others may be left behind and released from the palace early.
Lichun said that she was over the age limit and her masters would not take her away. And she didn't want to leave the imperial city. After all, her business is based here.
Although she spoke vaguely, Yin Xiaoman also knew that the reason why her disciple did not leave the palace in these years was because he could contact her in the palace. If even this wish cannot be fulfilled in the palace, then there is really no point in staying.
The handwriting on Lichun's note was very sloppy, and it was obvious that she was very flustered when she wrote it. He must have taken advantage of the moment when no one was paying attention, secretly left these few words and left in a hurry.
At the end, she said that she had left some things for Yin Xiaoman in the small warehouse of the imperial kitchen, and asked her to find a way to take them away.
Lichun did not say what was left behind, but just said that this might be the last time the master and disciple had contact, and after today she would never have the chance to return to the palace.
She told Yin Xiaoman not to refuse, saying that those were her thoughts and the only thing she could do to show her filial piety to her master now.
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The note was not long, and it was obvious that Lichun was trying hard to suppress his emotions and keep his tone as calm as possible.
She only narrated what happened, except for the last paragraph where she repeatedly urged Yin Xiaoman to go to the small warehouse, and there was no farewell word between the lines.
But at the end, she couldn't help but add: "Disciple bids farewell to Master on the beginning of spring."
Those words were written in a messy and sloppy manner, and one could tell how hard Lichun tried to suppress his mood when he wrote them.
Looking at it, Yin Xiaoman couldn't help but her eyes turned red.
After traveling to this world, he was able to continue his relationship as master and disciple with Lichun, and it lasted for more than ten years. In fact, Yin Xiaoman was already content.
She knew that all good things must come to an end.
I also know that the choice made by my apprentice is the most correct one that can be made at the moment.
Especially after seeing the situation in the palace with her own eyes, she was frightened from the bottom of her heart.
Afraid of any further danger.
It was a good thing that Lichun chose to leave. Yin Xiaoman knew that only when she left here would she have a wider world.
Acceptable doesn’t mean not sad.
When Yin Xiaoman thought that the two of them would never see each other again, he felt indescribably sad.
She went to the small warehouse.
She wanted to see what her apprentice had told her over and over again.
As soon as I walked to the door of the warehouse, I immediately understood why Lichun chose to put everything here.
The row of houses outside the warehouse all collapsed, blocking the area in front of it completely.
Unless one is particularly familiar with the imperial kitchen, most people would not notice that small door at all.
So, this is a relatively safe place at this time.
The warehouse is a mess.
Obviously the damage was severe before.
The wooden shelves that used to be there were lying all over the ground. Those that were too in the way had been dragged to the corners. Some that were too big to be dragged were left scattered everywhere by Lichun.
The warehouse is filled with various supplies.
There were grains, dried vegetables, meat, and various seasonings. Most of these should have been already in the warehouse, and then they were reorganized by Lichun. All the edible and storeable things were put together and piled up.
In addition, there are some more valuable dry goods - ginseng, bird's nest, nourishing ingredients,
There are even sets of valuable tableware, cups, gold and silver utensils that are not broken...
Looking at these, Yin Xiaoman didn’t know what to say.
Although she also knew that after the disaster, the nobles would not remember these items which were completely worthless in their eyes, and they could not take them away.
But this disciple...
Is this a plan to arrange everything for her next few decades?
Lichun, is this the one who moved here all the edible and usable things in the imperial kitchen that she can carry but cannot take away? !
No wonder she kept asking me to get it.
She must have suffered a lot because of all the worries she had to carry.
Looking at the things in this room, Yin Xiaoman couldn't describe the feeling in his heart.
Everything in front of me became blurry again.
She turned her head, reached out and wiped her face, then her eyes were drawn to something else.
Only then did she realize that in addition to these, there was an area near the corner of the house that was obviously much cleaner than other places.
There was a small wooden box there.
She recognized the wooden box; she had seen it in her apprentice's room many years ago.
Yin Xiaoman walked over and opened the box, and found that it was also full.
She didn't have time to look at something carefully, and the first thing that caught her eye was two booklets.
She picked up a book at random, and after opening it, her hand holding the book tightened a little.
That's a prescription.
The handwriting is in Lichun's style, so it should be copied by her.
The first page contained the prescription that Doctor Wang had prescribed for her to preserve her pregnancy.
Later on, the information is categorized into categories including those for maintaining the body, treating heart disease, treating fever, vomiting, and heatstroke, and even those for relieving morning sickness.
The types of those prescriptions are very diverse, and it is obvious that they are not obtained from one person.
Looking at the neat handwriting, Yin Xiaoman seemed to see the care and seriousness of his apprentice as he copied page by page.
She didn't know how much effort Lichun put into finding these recipes, but it was obvious that she had been preparing them for a long time.
Just by looking at the state of the book, you can tell that it is not something that can be collected in just one or two years.
Putting down the booklet, Yin Xiaoman picked up another slightly thinner one.
Even though she was mentally prepared this time, her heart still skipped a beat after she opened it.
That booklet should have recorded all the secret recipes of the cosmetics shop opened in Lichun.
The first few ones were indeed the ones that Yin Xiaoman first tinkered with himself. But it was obviously impossible for Lichun to turn her store into a famous one relying solely on those few recipes.
The following twenty-plus methods of making creams, rouge and powder should be the foundation of her career.
But at this moment, she recorded all of this without reservation and left it here.
Yin Xiaoman felt that she should have had this plan a long time ago.
Or maybe she was just like me, always worried that the day of separation would come at any time, so she could only prepare in advance.
Lichun was worried that she would not be able to supply the facial creams and hand creams, and she would not know what to do in the future.
So I can only leave these behind.
Yin Xiaoman didn't take a close look at the other things in the box as she had been here for too long.
But she knew without looking closely that those were probably things in her residence that her apprentice hastily put together and brought to her that he thought could be used.
Compared to his apprentice, Yin Xiaoman felt that there was very little he could do for her.
But at this moment, she was completely helpless.
Trying hard to suppress the bitterness in his eyes, Yin Xiaoman used his mind to send all these things back to his small room.
After delivering the gift, I felt dizzy.
Throwing things into space used to be very easy for her and it didn't take any effort at all.
But this time, she even felt a little weak.
This is enough to prove that Lichun has left behind so many things!
Even though Yin Xiaoman didn't have time to go back to her own little room at the moment, she could feel that the things were almost piled up to the ceiling, and the room was so full that there was probably no place to step.
Without time to think about anything else, she quickly returned to the bedroom.
Fortunately, the children were still packing their things and saying goodbye to their friends at this moment, so no one paid attention to her.
She hurried to the kitchen and ate a bowl of rice in two or three mouthfuls. Only then did she finally calm down.
Then I started to pack up.
Looking at the bottles and jars in the kitchen, Yin Xiaoman made new plans.
She had originally planned to put all the food and utensils that she had collected, dried and sorted on a daily basis into the space.
She even wanted to take the pots and pans away.
A poor home brings a rich road. These things may seem troublesome, but once you move into your new place, you will have to prepare them all if you don’t have them.
Pots and bowls are easy to deal with, but there is nowhere to buy those dried salted fish and snail meat.
But these are what the family is used to eating. If they move to a new environment and have some old things, both adults and children should be able to adapt faster and won’t be too panicked at the beginning.
As for whether the man would notice that there were more things in the house, it was not within Yin Xiaoman's consideration at all.
Not to mention that the man doesn't care about these things at all. It is estimated that after arriving in the capital, he will be very busy for quite a while and it is not certain when he will be able to go home.
It might take a year or even a whole year before he remembers to go and see the things at home.
But now, she had to give up these thoughts.
She didn't know whether she would be able to enter the imperial kitchen and small warehouse again in the future when Lichun was away.
There was no room for it in her own little room.
Compared to these pots and pans, she was more reluctant to part with the kindness of her apprentice.
If you can't hold it, don't keep it.
So when Shen Qingyun and Dabao returned home on their tricycles, what was waiting for them was another pile of bags taller than people.
All of them are for giving away.
I was busy for two days in a row.
At the beginning, everyone, including Shen Qingyun, felt a little uncomfortable when they saw something they had been with day and night and had deep feelings for being given away.
But in the end, all that was left was numbness.
Later on, let alone adults, he was even indifferent to giving away his comic books and picture books as a child.
There was only one thought in everyone's mind - clean up quickly and get it over with.
So when they really got on the boat, their friends on the shore who were seeing them off cried, but the group of little ones who were leaving didn't shed a single tear.
They were really too sleepy.
As soon as they sat in the cabin, they all fell asleep in seconds without the adults saying anything.
Even Zhihua, who had once longed to take a boat ride, could not resist the overwhelming sleepiness.
On the contrary, Yin Xiaoman and Li Fang didn't feel sleepy at all.
After boarding the ship, the soldiers and their families were separated.
Shen Qingyun and Shi Lei took several other people who were leaving the island to the front cabin for a meeting, and listened to the regiment instructor who came to pick them up tell them about the next task arrangements.
Yin Xiaoman, Li Fang, and more than a dozen other family members and children were arranged in the rear cabin.
"Xiaoman, do you know which unit the battalion commander has been assigned to?" Li Fang saw that no one else was paying attention, so she leaned over to her ear and asked quietly.
"I don't know." Yin Xiaoman shook his head.
After thinking about it, she couldn't help but ask, "Didn't they say that our group would be assigned to the Beijing Military Region, and we would be assigned after we report there?"
"Yes. But..."
Li Fang bit her lower lip and said, "The Beijing Military Region is so large, and its subordinate units are scattered all over the country. What if this division completely separates us?"
At this point, she subconsciously tightened her grip on Yin Xiaoman's arm: "I don't want to be separated from you."
Hearing her say this, Yin Xiaoman couldn't help but remain silent.
In fact, Li Fang was not the only one who thought so. She also didn't want to be separated from these people.
Don’t worry about how close or distant the relationship is on a daily basis. After all, we have been together for more than ten years and we are all familiar with each other.
They are different from others, they really live together day and night.
These family members sitting together at this moment are all people who have been confined to Zhongshan Island for many years.
Many people have never left the island since the day they arrived.
It's not like living in isolation from the world, but it's pretty close.
This kind of life in captivity doesn’t seem like a big deal on a normal day, because everyone is the same anyway.
But when things change suddenly, no one is not panicked.
In the past ten years, no matter what changes have taken place in the outside world, it actually has little to do with them.
They don't know and they don't understand.
In this situation, without any preparation, they were suddenly put in a completely unfamiliar place, facing a group of people they did not know at all...
It would be a lie to say that you are not worried or afraid.
But what can you do if you are afraid? This is not something that anyone can solve.
"There will always be a way when you reach the mountain. Let's talk while we look around." Yin Xiaoman sighed softly and said soothingly.
My heart also felt a little heavier.
More than two hours later, the boat docked.
The family members woke up all their sleeping children.
Zhihua rubbed his eyes, yawned and looked out the window.
It was not a big deal at first, but the little guy burst into tears before he could even finish yawning.
"How did this ship come to the shore? I haven't even seen it yet! I haven't even seen what the sea is like, how did it come to the shore?"
His crying was not a big deal. The other kids, who were just as tired as he was and fell asleep as soon as they got on the boat, now realized what was happening and started crying with him.
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