The peasant girl who escaped the desert: she cried when she found the cruel prince

Chapter 10 Do you want to climb high?

Xiao Yifeng handed over a wooden box: "Just a little thought, girl, please don't refuse!"

When Jingli opened the pear, she saw that it was a ginseng of good vintage. Su was not in good health, so she had originally thought of going to Qinglong Mountain to find some tonics for her. Xiao Yifeng was so considerate that she could not refuse.

"Thank you very much!" Jing Li stopped being polite, said goodbye to Xiao Yifeng and left directly.

Xiao Yifeng stood at the door of the inn, watching Jing Li's leaving figure, and then turned back after a long time.

In the inn opposite, a young man stared closely at the two of them. The people next to him were puzzled: "Brother Yuzhang, do you recognize that young master?"

Chen Yuzhang turned around: "I don't recognize him!"

The classmate was a little disappointed: "I thought you knew the eldest son of the Xiao family!"

Chen Yuzhang was shocked: "Who do you think he is?"

The classmate looked surprised: "Don't you know? This person is Xiao Yifeng, the eldest son of the Xiao family in Qingzhou!"

Chen Yuzhang didn't know Xiao Yifeng, but everyone in the Xiao family in Qingzhou didn't know him!

The old man of the Xiao family, Xiao Daoyuan, was the imperial master of the Three Dynasties. After he retired and returned to his hometown, the court became increasingly chaotic. Before his death, the emperor ordered his family to stay in his hometown in Qingzhou to recuperate after his death, and his descendants were not allowed to set foot in the court again.

The eldest brother of the Xiao family followed his father's instructions and lived in seclusion in Qingzhou with his family. However, the second brother of the Xiao family was unwilling to decline and resolutely returned to Kyoto, intending to return to Xiao Daoyuan's glorious period.

Chen Yuzhang looked ugly. She actually climbed into the Xiao family?No wonder he is so determined towards himself.

Jing Li didn't know what Chen Yuzhang had misunderstood at all, and even if she knew, she wouldn't take it seriously. She entered Qinglong Mountain again at this moment, planning to collect some wealth for her family before the war disaster came.

In Blind Bear's cave, the masked man disappeared and the bear disappeared. Jingli breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't want to be associated with such a person.

This time no one disturbed me, and the harvest was good. I shot eight pheasants, five rabbits, and actually got a medium-sized wild boar.

As usual, she got some wild vegetables and put them in her backpack. Jingli packed them up and started to go home. Su Shi and Jing Ye might be worried if they were out for too long.

Just when they reached the entrance of the village, Jingli unexpectedly met Chen Yuzhang. Jingli pretended not to see him, but was stopped by Chen Yuzhang.

"Ah Li, I know you feel uncomfortable with me, but you can't turn around and try to get hold of those wealthy families just because of this. You have to know that there are no wealthy families like us that we can arbitrarily cling to."

Jing Li was stunned: "What? I'm going to be a wealthy person?"

Chen Yuzhang looked around and lowered his voice and said, "I've seen it all. You and the eldest son of the Xiao family were messing around in the city. He was born into a wealthy family, so he just fell in love with you on a whim. It was just a fling of the young master. So, You are different, do you still want your reputation in the future?"

Jing Li probably understood: "What does that have to do with you?"

"Reputation? Do you think I still have that thing? Haven't you and the Chen family been completely defeated? Now, you still care about my reputation. Chen Yuzhang, don't you think it's ridiculous?"

Chen Yuzhang was a little angry: "It was you who insisted on ruining everything back then, and our house has not been built yet. Now I don't care that you did evil and harmed my family. You are kind enough to remind you, but you don't appreciate it."

"Stop it! No matter what happened in the past, I don't want to have any entanglements with your Chen family now. Whether my life is good or not in the future is none of your business, Mr. Chen. You should go ahead and deceive your wife into giving you that death." Brother Pig!"

After Jing Li finished speaking, she turned around and left, leaving Chen Yuzhang, whose face was red, shaking his hands but speechless.

After the two left, Jing Ru appeared from behind the old locust tree with a face full of disdain, Huh!So decisively abandoning the Chen family, it turns out that it was because of climbing a high branch.

When Jingli returned home, Su Shi, who was worried, pulled her in for questioning again. She was relieved after seeing that she was indeed fine: "You are a girl. There is nothing you can do about having to run around outside for the sake of the family. It's just that you still have to spend more time." Be careful, so as not to cause others to gossip." "Auntie, you don't care what other people do. God is paying less attention to people now. Maybe I won't be able to survive next year. You still don't care what people say or do. !" Jingli poured out the wild vegetables and started picking them.

Jing Ye came over with a gray rabbit and asked, "Sister, did we really eat this rabbit?"

"Otherwise, if you keep it waiting for it to give birth to cubs, no one will be able to eat it. How will you feed it?"

"But me." Jing Ye hesitated. Jing Li looked up and saw the troubled look on the child's face, and knew that this was a child who had never even killed a chicken.

"Come here! I'll teach you how to kill a rabbit!"

Su said: "Ah Li, your brother is going to school!"

Jingli said patiently: "I went to the school today to ask. There are only two students in this school. There is no way I can support my wife and my family. I can't even open the pot at home. I have gone home to serve my mother. As for when the school will start, I don't know." Not sure anymore.”

"Besides, Mom, look at this day. There were heavy floods in the summer, which seriously reduced the autumn harvest. After the autumn harvest, not a drop of rain fell. Although there was little rain in winter, it is so little. I am afraid next year will not be a drought year. ”

"Not to mention studying, I am thankful to God that my family can live together without being hungry, so now it is time to learn how to make a living!"

What Jingli didn't dare to say was that the rebels were about to attack in more than a year. At that time, it would be too late to escape, and there would be no time to study.

According to Jingli's idea, he now wants to take his family to escape the disaster early, but the land of Qingzhou is the land of Xiaoyao Prince Tantai Yuhai. This prince lives a luxurious life and does not care about worldly affairs. He is not like Hejian Prince Tantai Yulie. With such violence, the people in the fiefdom could still survive.

Under such circumstances, if Su had to leave her hometown and flee, she might think her daughter was crazy, so Jingli had no choice but to think of ways to stock up on food to prevent disaster.

With Jing Li's half guidance and half help, Jing Ye finally skinned the rabbit, his face already a little pale.

Jing Li handed him the knife: "The skin has been peeled off. Cut it open yourself and clean the internal organs!"

Jing Ye's face turned even paler and tears were about to come out. It was because the original owner cared so much for his younger brother that he never even did these things.

Jing Li sighed and took the knife: "Ah Ye! You have seen the current world situation, and I have probably heard many people in the school say that there may be another war one day. You are the only man in our family. Don't tell me. To protect the women at home, at least you must be able to protect yourself!"

Jing Ye looked ashamed and took the knife from his sister's hand again, and slowly went to chop the rabbit.

Jingli stewed some rice, and braised half of the rabbit in braise and half in plain stew. At this time of the year, there were really no side dishes, so she could only blanch the wild vegetables and serve them cold.

A bowl of crystal white rice, glistening rabbit meat, white rabbit soup, and a small plate of wild vegetables were put on the table. Just the smell of it makes people salivate.

Mrs. Su couldn't help complaining: "You are so shameless, why are you so arrogant? The whole village is filled with polished rice, even the head of the village can't afford it. It's better for you to buy a bucket of rice. If this continues, this How can we survive?"

Jingli served a large bowl each to Su and Jing Ye: "Do you know, mother-in-law, what the price of a liter of rice is now?"

Su took the meal and said, "What's the price?"

"If this kind of polished rice costs 70 francs per liter, even aged brown rice and corn cost more than 40 francs. But last month, the polished rice cost [-] francs and the corn [-] liters. In just over a month, it has increased by more than [-] francs. , Have you ever thought about this?"

Su Shi was confused: "What's going on?"

No wonder Su was at a loss, let alone polished rice. In the past, she had almost never been to a rice store. After the little harvest at home, she relied on wild vegetables to satisfy her hunger. Otherwise, how could she have raised Jing Ye with a small body like a weak chicken.

(End of this chapter)