Don't panic, my mother and I are dressed as Houfu mother-in-law and daughter-in-law!

Chapter 56

Xue Lin'er didn't sleep well all night, and was called up by Song Chengye with panda eyes on her face. She heard the news as soon as she walked out of the room, and she immediately got up and said through the low wall half a person's height: "If you can't shovel, just shovel hard. Do you usually have white hair on your salary? If you really can’t do anything, what’s the use of the Duke’s mansion keeping you?”

Zhang Yong looked at her in embarrassment. If he could shovel, he would have shoveled it long ago. Aunt Xue really did not feel back pain when she was standing and talking.

But these words can only be slandered, so I tried my best to say euphemistically: "It's all because the villain is stupid. I didn't expect to encounter this kind of situation before I left, so I didn't bring many tools. There are a lot of us right now, but it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. We can’t let them dig with bare hands, can we?”

Xue Lin'er snorted, went back to the room with a sigh, closed the door with a bang, and went to catch up on sleep.

Not long after, the door opened, and Song Chengye came out. After briefly understanding the situation with Zhang Yong, he looked towards Gu Qingyou: "Is mother awake?"

Gu Qingyou took a deep breath, unable to speak, and blinked as a response.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Song Chengye suddenly rolled his eyes at him, and suddenly became angry again.

He was not afraid of breaking his hands, and he was about to jump over while leaning on the low wall, but the hem of his robe caught half of the stone, and he almost fell to the ground.

In front of the yard full of wives and concubines, he felt that he couldn't hold back his face. He got up in a panic and forgot to find fault. He threw up his sleeves and went straight into the house to look for Xue Lan.

Xue Lan had heard Zhang Yong's words a long time ago, and when she saw Song Chengye entering, she raised her eyebrows: "Why didn't you go with Hengye?"

What Song Chengye said was justified: "There are not many trails on this mountain, it is enough for him to take people there."

Before Xue Lan could answer, he said calmly: "According to my son, it's useless for him to go, not to mention that the nearby mountains are steep, and the paths are like sheep's intestines. It's okay to walk, but it's impossible to pass by a carriage. It's better to slowly shovel the road ahead."

The journey is long and they are bringing their female relatives with them, so it is impossible for them to go back on foot, right?
Xue Lan didn't bother to explain to him, and heard Yan hummed: "Understood, you can go to work."

Song Chengye stretched out his hand to roast back and forth by the fire, shook his head and said, "I'm not busy, I'm here to talk to you."

Xue Lan snorted and asked him, "Have you had breakfast?"

When mentioning breakfast, Song Chengye was no longer calm, and sighed: "The snacks we brought were all distributed last night, and I don't know how many days I will be hungry!"

The two bowls of sweet potato porridge yesterday were much thinner and less thick, and he woke up hungry before dawn.

Xue Lan didn't see that he was worried, and asked back after hearing the words: "If you know you are hungry, why don't you find a way to find some rations? Do you have to wait for Heng Ye to find the way back and then throw the problem to him?"

Song Chengye yelled that he was wronged: "Mother, you have misunderstood my son. It's really that this place doesn't shit. Even if Hengye comes, he can't change anything to eat!"

Xue Lan knew that it was useless to get angry with him, so she had to remind him: "Although it is winter, there will be birds and beasts in the mountains, and maybe you can catch some wild game. You can bring a few more skilled soldiers around the area. , is better than hundreds of people sitting here waiting to die."

Song Chengye's eyes lit up, it really had to be his mother, why didn't he think of such a good way?

Seeing that he lifted his robe and was about to leave, Xue Lan said: "If you can't hit him, forget it, and don't go too far, if you lose it, it will be troublesome."

"Hey, son, let's go!"

Hearing about hunting, Song Chengye was eager to try and ran out impatiently.

Gu Qingyou just finished exercising, saw him leave the door open in a gust of wind, leaned on the door frame and asked Xue Lan: "Where is he going? Why is he running like a dog?"

Xue Lan took down the copper basin placed on the fire, and slowly washed his face with the warm water in it: "Let him go and take people to go hunting. I don't know if he will be trapped for a few days. Everyone can't be hungry all the time."

It's not that Gu Qingyou looks down on Song Chengye, it's that this guy is too unreliable. After thinking about it, he said, "It's okay anyway, I want to go out for a walk."

Xue Lan was worried, this place is in the wilderness and the roads are not familiar, in case of accident, it would be hard to find someone.

Gu Qingyou said: "Don't worry, I won't go far, I'll just stroll around the village and I'll be back soon."

Seeing this, Shuang Jiang also wanted to follow, so the two of them put on cloaks and took the stove, and Xue Lan sent a few servants to follow, just in case.

Gu Qingyou didn't refuse, and before leaving, she begged Xue Lan's purse, put it in her arms and went out.

It was too dark last night and I didn't notice, only to realize that they were located at the highest point of the village, basically standing at the gate, overlooking the whole village.

Gu Qingyou didn't go down in a hurry, but stood on a big rock and watched for a while, Shuang Jiang was curious: "Why didn't Young Madam leave?"

"I'm looking at which houses are occupied, and I can go straight to the target later, so as not to run away."

I didn't eat breakfast at all, so I can save a little energy.

Shuang Jiang was puzzled, he couldn't see clearly from such a distance, and wanted to know if there was anyone, so he had to knock on the door to know?

Following Gu Qingyou's gaze, she noticed that some people's chimneys were emitting green smoke, while others were not, and finally understood what she was looking at.

"Young Madam is so smart! It's time to eat, as long as there is smoke from the kitchen, it means someone is cooking, and there must be someone living there!"

"Not bad!"

Gu Qingyou silently memorized the location of the cooking smoke, pointed his right hand to the courtyard that was the farthest from here and also looked the most complete, and said: "Go, let's go there first!"

But Shuang Jiang pointed to the nearest few families and said, "There are some here, why is Young Madam looking far away?"

"It's too heavy to carry things back and forth. It can save some effort to go directly to the farthest place and go back."

The early morning mountain wind was still a bit strong, so Gu Qingyou covered her mouth with the corner of her hood and spoke concisely to prevent her from drinking the northwest wind.

When they arrived at the door, they were afraid that the crowd would scare the villagers, so they asked a few servants to wait in a distant place, and then they went up to knock on the door.

This family should be the only wealthy household in the village, and the courtyard walls are all made of blue bricks, but perhaps because of the age, the color of the gate has become very dim.

She picked up the starched door knocker and gently buckled it. Soon, there was a sound of kicking footsteps inside, and a child's cheerful shout: "Yuanbao, you came too early, I'm still here!" Didn't have breakfast!"

Then the door opened to the inside, and out came a little boy wearing a tiger head cap, about six or seven years old. Although the thick cotton clothes were half-worn, they were well washed, and his little face was white and tender, really cute .

He didn't see the "Yuanbao" in his mouth, but saw two strange and beautiful sisters standing at the door. He was taken aback for a moment, and then he was overjoyed: "Sister Fairy?!"

"Um~ hello, kid, is your adult here?"

Almost blinded by his claim, Gu Qingyou took off his hood, wrapped the cloak tightly, and covered the plain white clothes inside.

The smell of food was already wafting from the yard, she sniffed her nose indiscriminately, um~, it looks like there are fried eggs, I really think about it~
(End of this chapter)