Chapter 354 The land where rice grows
It turns out that the old lady actually knew the news about Wang Ting!
Yun Chen quickly used the excuse that the old lady was old, limped off the cart, and gave the seat on the ox cart to the old lady.
The old lady was indeed very tired. She sat on the ox cart panting, holding her chest, and it took her a long time to recover.
But when she heard that Yun Chen was curious about the royal court, the old lady's expression changed. She unexpectedly did not answer, but just kept shaking her head:
"The Nan Kingdom cannot know about the royal court. It cannot."
Mengke laughed heartily and said to the old lady in Luojiang dialect:
"That's to guard against other Nan people, not Brother Yun! And we were just talking about interesting things about the royal court, without saying where it happened. What's the big deal? Old grandma, the massacre of the royal court happened decades ago. It won't happen again, don't worry!"
The old lady kept shaking her head, muttering something in Luojiang language that Yun Chen couldn't understand. Her expression suddenly became gloomy and frightened, as if she was caught up in some extremely terrible memories.
Yun Chen quietly pulled Doji over and asked him to translate what the old lady was saying.
Doggie listened for a long time and only said a few words: "a lot of blood", "horn" and "war".
Yun Chen was confused by what he heard. He guessed that it was all related to the old grudge of the previous dynasty of Nan Kingdom slaughtering the Luojiang royal court.
Seeing that the old lady was not feeling well, she had to give up for the time being and asked her to rest first.
Anyway, she still had to help the tribe build a new tent at the new address, so she felt there was no rush and there were plenty of opportunities to test the old grandmother.
The journey was dull and tedious for the next twenty days. It snowed several times in a row and people used wooden sticks as walking sticks and struggled to move forward in the snow.
Yun Chen had completely given up his ox cart to his grandmother, and she took over the front seat.
After the fire and avalanche, the old grandmother was so frightened that she was about to fall ill.
Doji no longer stayed around Yunchen, but stayed by the old grandmother's side.
Yun Chen gave the front seat of the car to Doji so that he could take care of the old grandmother. She endured the leg injury she suffered in the avalanche and started walking like everyone else.
This action made the people of Luojiang around her feel grateful to her, and they looked at her with kindness.
Huo Gannian also looked at her, his face still gloomy, but he threw the wooden stick in his hand to Ye Yan.
Ye Yan threw it to Bu Yan immediately as if he had received a hot potato.
Soon, the stick passed through Bu Yan and into Yun Chen's hands.
In fact, Yun Chen was also angry, but he felt more confused.
She had been in and out of the gate of Yama's Palace so many times over the years, and she didn't understand why Huo Gannian was so angry this time.
But holding the sturdy wooden stick in her hand, knowing that he loved her too much and was too afraid of losing her, the anger in her heart slowly subsided.
She struggled to move to Huo Gannian's side, taking one step deep and one step shallow. She tilted her head to look at his face, which was as dark as the bottom of a pot at the Monk family's house, and said with a flattering smile:
"Um...I...that..."
She was not good at coaxing people, and she didn't know what to do. She couldn't say a single decent word for a long time, and finally said:
"When we get to the new pasture, why don't you go find the main beam for Grandma's tent, An Nian?"
As expected, Huo Gannian said nothing, but just closed his eyes and moved his cheeks as if he was gnashing his back teeth.
She knew that coaxing was not working, so she touched her nose and started racking her brains again.
Ye Yan and Buyan, who were watching from the side, were almost going crazy, and tried to signal her with their eyes:
"Snow" "Fall! Fall quickly!"
Receiving the signals from the two people, Yun Chen suddenly understood something and fell to the ground with a cry of "Ouch".
As a result, before her butt touched the snow, she was picked up by Huo Gannian.
I don't know where he got so much strength from, he lifted her up in the air and swung her around, then changed from "hugging" to "carrying" and said unhappily:
"Why are you trying so hard? Just stay still!"
She lay obediently on his broad shoulders, buried her head in the crook of his neck, and couldn't help laughing:
"I know! Brother Anian!"
Someone's back visibly stiffened.
Ye Yan and Buyan laughed as if a burden had been lifted off a burden, then pretended to vomit and walked away several feet away in disgust.
The other Luojiang people around were not surprised. After all, they were Yun Chen’s former slaves, so it was normal for them to carry Yun Chen on their backs!
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When we finally arrived at the new pasture, everyone cheered.
Because the grassland not only has light snow and warm wind, but is also surrounded by continuous low slopes and a frozen lake.
The royal court was even more sympathetic to the tribe's disaster and sent hundreds of cattle and sheep early on, as well as tents, wool blankets, pots, firewood, tables and chairs...all kinds of daily necessities.
Surrounded by mountains and rivers, with lush grass and abundant supplies, this is a livable place that the tribe never dared to imagine before.
People attributed the credit to Yun Chen. After enthusiastically building the new tent, the first thing they did was to slaughter cattle and sheep and have a bonfire banquet to thank Yun Chen for saving their lives.
But Yun Chen didn't expect that the thank you would be so overwhelming that it almost cost her half her life.
Because the way for people in Luojiang to thank their benefactors is to toast.
Thousands of men, women, young and old from the entire tribe, all holding spicy, milky-white liquor, lined up and walked towards her.
Yun Chen couldn't hold on any longer after drinking the sixth bowl and fell asleep on the table.
In a daze, she heard Monk laughing at her, and the other Luojiang people were also surrounding her and talking and laughing. Everyone came forward and touched her head to show their gratitude and blessings.
She didn't know how long she was drunk, but when she woke up from her grandmother's tent, it was still dark and the bonfire dinner was still going on.
In the tent, the firewood was burning vigorously. The old grandmother was lying on the earthen couch on the other side, holding Doji and telling him stories.
Yun Chen touched the new sheepskin coat that her grandmother had sewn for her, and quietly got up from the bed.
She didn't want to disturb the grandparents, especially since the old grandmother's complexion had been getting worse and worse recently. She always held her chest and said it hurt.
Now was not the time to test the royal court; she just wanted to leave the joy of welcoming their new home to them.
She came out of the tent alone and sat down away from the campfire.
Looking at the starry sky and listening to the singing and laughter of the Luojiang people in the distance, she couldn't help but smile, and felt that her heart was as comfortable as the world of this grassland.
Thinking that Huo Gannian had not been coaxed by her yet and that he still had injuries on his ten fingers, she thought about sneaking out to find him. Just as she turned to leave, a voice called out from behind:
"Brother Yun!"
Yun Chen turned around, and Duoji threw himself into her arms, raised his freckled little face, smiled foolishly, and said as if to ask for credit:
"I put grandma to sleep."
"Haha..." Yun Chen touched his head, "How great! You've grown up, man!"
After receiving the praise, Duoji's two cheeks flushed with excitement, "Thank you, Brother Yun, it's you who saved us and saved grandma."
Yun Chen smiled but said nothing. Then, Duoji's next words instantly made her heart rise up -
"Brother Yun, I know where the royal court is! I'm telling you in secret, and you're not allowed to tell anyone else! You have to promise me that you'll take Grandma to the royal court to see the best witch doctor and have her healed!"
Yun Chen was stunned for a moment, then agreed without thinking.
At this moment, all her attention was focused on the two words "Wang Ting"!
Doji then leaned close to her ear and said word by word:
"The place where rice grows."
Seeing Yun Chen's puzzled expression, Doji got a little anxious. He hurried to the campfire party to get something, then came back happily.
He stuffed a bowl of cold rice into Yun Chen's hands and gestured again:
"Raw rice field! Grandma's dream talk! Raw rice field!"
Doji heard the address of the royal court from his grandmother's dream talk.
What is a rice field?
Looking at the rice in his hand, Yun Chen fell into deep thought.
Rice is the most common staple food in the Kingdom of Nan, but in the barren and cold north, the land is almost unable to grow rice, and rice is a precious thing that only the royal court can afford to eat.
This time, because the tribe was hit by a disaster, the royal court sent some rice as a token of comfort.
The people in the tribe were reluctant to eat a single bite and only made a bowl for Yun Chen.
It’s a pity that the people of Luojiang don’t know how to steam rice, so the rice they make is still undercooked.
Yun Chen picked up a handful of rice and put it into his mouth, chewing and tasting it carefully, his mind becoming clearer and clearer.
Doji didn't know what had happened. He only saw the kind and gentle Brother Yun suddenly become silent, then slowly stood up, his tall figure casting a ghostly shadow on the snow.
It was like he turned from a "white lamb" into a "bloodthirsty black wolf" in an instant.
Doji stared at Yun Chen blankly and couldn't help shivering.
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