Qingchuan History

Chapter 549 Wen Qi: The Old Testament
This place in Jingyuan County is a bit barren.

The entire Yindong is rich and prosperous, and Jingyuan County, which was not bad at first, is not so good for the surrounding cities and counties.Fortunately, at that time, there was a technique of brocade weaving, which occupied half of the county's Jing surname city to make a living.

Do you know the origin of the name Jingyuan County?Because nearly half of the residents are surnamed Jing, and because the terrain is flat and wide, it is called Yuan.

At dawn I arrived in Jingyuan County. I didn't sleep all night, and I was also nervous, shaking with hunger.Most of the houses were still closed, and the doors and windows were closed tightly. I finally passed a door with a small gap. I walked closer, looked in, and immediately fell to the ground.

One eye is shining brightly in the gap, and it is about the same size as me.I fell, she was happy, opened the door a little and asked who I was looking for.

It was so early, and the adults hadn't woken up yet, but she was full of energy.Later I found out that Yan Yi never stays in bed, sleeps at the hour of the day, and is unshakable from daybreak.

Their family also weaves brocade and farms the land at the same time, so that they can live comfortably for a year.She has no parents, and lived with her aunt. Naturally, it is not easy for a woman to take care of a girl.So when Yan Yi begged my aunt to take me in, I was very uneasy, and felt that I would definitely be kicked out.

but not.The aunt thought about half a cup of tea, and agreed with a smile, the only condition:
I have to live in seclusion, so that the neighbors don't know that there is another person in the family.If it is not a relative, it is very likely that it will be reported to the officials and then taken away if it is spread.

I was already homeless, and although I still wanted to go to Yinxi to find my mother, after all, I couldn't do it right away by myself.Let's stay for a year or two first, and when we are older, there are more ways to do it, and it will not be too late to leave.

After staying for a while, he never left again.

It turns out that Yan Yi seldom goes out, except for eating and sleeping, she spends all her time on one thing:
learn medicine.

I'm about the same age as her, and I've been together day and night, and I've been immersing myself in it for half a month, and I'm also interested in it.My aunt asked us to study together, reading during the day and asking questions at night, and she answered them one by one and arranged the homework for the next day.

My aunt is actually a very good doctor.Gradually, I found that she can change her appearance.That's when I started to learn the art of disguise.

If you really want to do something well, ten years is not enough.I have honed this skill repeatedly for almost my whole life, and it has been nearly 40 years today.

Why doesn't she open a clinic to practice medicine because she is so powerful, isn't it better than weaving and farming?I am no longer a child, of course I wanted it, of course I asked.My aunt said that our family's medical skills and pharmacology are not used in this way.

This also became the reason why I never left in the second, third and fourth years.For generations in Qingchuan, women cannot go to school, and there are few medical practitioners. I have this opportunity to acquire these incomparable skills. What do I want to do in the future?Isn't it better than going to Yinxi to find your mother and live under the fence?
In this way, the fourth year of winter came.

Although Jingyuan County has a tradition of brocade weaving, it has never been able to become prosperous. One of the reasons is that the skills are not as good as others, and the brocades produced are not smooth enough or delicate.You can live well, you can live mediocrity, there are many things in the world to muddle through, and mediocre brocades have their own uses.

But in this winter, something happened.

In Ziyang City, there is a nobleman who is old and has a son. It is said that the noble son will inherit the title and family business. The full moon is approaching, and a banquet is planned to celebrate.The noble son has a rich body, the name must be counted, the Feng Shui of the home must be checked, and the husband is invited to guide everything about food and clothing.The husband said that on the day of the full moon, the precious son must be wrapped in a swaddling cloth woven from bird gold fur, with specific patterns embroidered on the swaddling cloth, which can ensure a healthy life for the rest of his life.

It's only been less than a month, and it's a severe winter, so I can't find the most famous brocade workshops all the way, and the embroidery pattern needs to be supervised by my husband, and this job finally falls in Jingyuan County, which is the closest to Ziyang.

It took many years for such a big deal to be won by Jing surname, so the whole county was mobilized to do it with all its might.My aunt also went, staying away from home day and night, and finally delivered it before the full moon banquet.On the day of the big celebration in Ziyang City, the people in Banjun breathed a sigh of relief and were also happy because they had collected enough money.

Tired for days, my aunt went to bed early that night.Before the arrival of Hai, Yan Yi and I were still studying, and the streets suddenly became noisy.

Then the courtyard door was broken open, and men like officers and soldiers rushed in and escorted my aunt out.

Yan Yiyuan and I were not timid girls, we were already ten years old at the time, and we were even more fearless. We immediately went out with us, only to find that people with the surname Jing were detained all over the street, crying for injustice.

The noble son who was full moon today died.

Said to be poisoned, his whole body was purple and black, and the poison was in the swaddling clothes of Birdie Fur.

I want to arrest all people with the surname of Jing in Banjun County for trial.Everyone grieves, and my aunt grieves too, but I have lived with her for nearly four years, and I know too well that it's not real grief, it's just a faux pas.

She was kneeling on the ground with her hands tied behind her back, her eyes were brighter than the stars in a winter night.The two of us took advantage of the chaos and sneaked past, she asked Yan Yi in a low voice:
- Remember what I told you.

Yan Yi nodded.

- People, time, place, all clear.

Yan Yi nodded.

- Are you done with today's homework?

Yan Yi nodded.

My aunt laughed and said to me again:

- Good boy, you will always be with Yan Yi.

I naturally nodded.My aunt and Yan Yi are my benefactors, and even relatives, closer than my parents.

- Then you have to protect her, whoever bullies her and hurts her, you must not spare him.

I nodded vigorously.

Aunt was taken away.I don't know if she finished speaking; but Yan Yi took me back home to put on a mask, and left Jingyuan County that night.

We didn't go together all the time.She made an appointment to meet me next spring under the pear tree. I asked her where the pear tree was, and she said that when the time came, someone would tell me and tell me to live well, and then we could meet again.

I don't know if I'll survive until spring alone without running to anyone.In those few months, I was like a beggar. It was too difficult for a woman to stand in the world.Like a man, I can suffer from hunger and cold, endure hardship and work, but not enough; I have to be extra protective of myself.

Thanks to my parents, I was born with a good skin, and when I was ten years old, I was quite eye-catching.I understand the maximum degree of good and bad that appearance can bring to a girl, so I have been wearing the boyish face my aunt left us, twisted my hair, and wandered around the whole Yindong.

Several times I felt that I was going to starve to death, freeze to death, or be murdered by the wicked.

Actually not.

So I became more and more convinced of Yan Yi's expression that he would definitely see you again when he met me.

This conviction sustained me through that winter and into March of the following year.

I was skinny and dirty, and my dough was no longer useful, so I threw it away.When I was resting in the woods and looking at the sky, I wanted to hold on for another month. When there was no movement when the pear blossoms were gone, I went to Yinxi to find my mother.

That person appeared at this moment.

It was a man, whose identity could not be discerned by his appearance, but I was sure it was him at a glance.I was not afraid at all, so I followed, boarded the car, and entered the city. It turned out to be the capital of the country, Suoning City.

It rains continuously in Suoning in March, and the purple bougainvillea all over the city look particularly bright under the cloudy sky.I was taken into a house, there were many officers and soldiers, different from the officers and soldiers I saw in Jingyuan County, their clothes were more beautiful.

Then he entered the hall, where a middle-aged man with long beard sat upright.The long black beard, I still wonder why I had a long beard when I was young.

Like a deceitful quack alchemist.

He asked me my first and last name, where my family was, and whether I had any relatives at home, and I answered them truthfully.

The answer is my original home.My mother remarried, my father passed away, I escaped from the fire, and wandered for four years until today.

He was silent for a while when he heard that I had a biological mother who was still alive.

A few more days passed, it was a sunny day, I was led out, and finally saw Yan Yi under the pear tree in full bloom.

(End of this chapter)