The genius pyrographer of the reborn daughter

Chapter 27
Yan Changsheng watched with cold eyes. He saw with his own eyes that his aunt ordered Ning Wanzhu to stay at the Zhuangzi to serve the well-behaved Aunt Shao who had nothing wrong with her.

He also saw Aunt Shao and Ning Luozi secretly winking, and they seemed to breathe a sigh of relief; while Ning Wanzhu half-closed his eyes, with a calm expression, as if he was neither worried nor happy.

Yan Changsheng suddenly remembered what Ning Wanzhu said to him that day, every family has a hard-to-recite scripture-the aunt who has always been shrewd and capable, saw the things in that box, and was almost killed by that aunt. He was so determined that he had to change his course, and he didn't even dare to bring Miss Shu home—this matter of the Ning family was getting more and more strange.

Therefore, Yan Changsheng paid attention to the sisters of the Yan family. For a period of time after that, Yan Changsheng often visited Du's village under the pretext of visiting Cao Shijun.He doesn't live in Ning's Zhuangzi, but he often lives in Cao's house, coming and going, and becoming close friends with Cao Shijun and Cao Yue'e brothers and sisters.However, every time Yan Changsheng passed by Ning's Zhuangzi, he would stop and invite someone to report to Zhuangzi to see if Ning Wanzhu was there.

Ning Wanzhu was not always there.

She is also very busy on Zhuangzi, and every once in a while, she has to take the paintings to ask Old Man Du for advice.In addition to learning painting on weekdays, she also needs to learn some needlework from Madam Ye, and from time to time she has to throw out a copy of "The Commandments of Women" to perfuse Aunt Shao.In addition, she also learned the lesson of being almost caught and beaten by Ning Luozi last time, and began to learn some simple kung fu from Mo Mei, not to become a martial arts master, but to strengthen her body.

——Since she has the opportunity to live again, she strives to benefit her future life in everything she does now.

So when Yan Changsheng came, Ning Wanzhu didn't come out to see each other every time.Sometimes she was really absent, and sometimes she was busy, so she found an excuse to dismiss the cousin.Another time, when Yan Changsheng had been waiting outside for a long time, Ning Wanzhu simply asked Mo Lan to send a message, saying, "I have never been the same person as I appear!"

Yan Changsheng was choked back immediately.

But in the next three years, he still visited the Zhuangzi of the Cao family and the Ning family from time to time.However, in the past three years, he has passed the county examination and the government examination one after another. The Yan family plans to send him to the capital to live with his uncle Ning Yu and other members of the Yan family, so that he can study well and prepare to pass the imperial examination in one fell swoop and become a blockbuster. .

Three years later, in the 17th year of Taiping, Ning Wanzhu was about to turn ten years old.During these three years, she spent most of her time at Zhuangzi. Only occasionally during the New Year's Eve, Mrs. Yan would arrange for someone to take her back to Nanyang, and she would be sent back to Zhuangzi after the New Year's Eve. Give Aunt Shao "servant illness".

Ning Wanzhu didn't care too much, she had already regarded this Du's Village as her home.

However, in the past three years, something happened that shocked her unceasingly——Cao Shijun's eyes were still broken after all.Fortunately, it was discovered early, and the situation can't be considered too bad. Cao Shijun's daily life is not a serious problem, but he can't study hard, so his career in the imperial examination is even more difficult.

When this happened, Ning Wanzhu was shocked.She remembered that in the previous life, Cao Shijun's eyes were bad when he was in his teens.In this life, she had reminded Cao Shijun, but Cao Shijun was very strong. Although he got Ning Wanzhu's advice, he still burned the lamp and read at night. It was so hard that his eyes were broken.All in all, this turning point of Cao Shijun's fate, although it was postponed for two or three years due to Ning Wanzhu's interference, still happened.

Cao Shijun was so depressed that he didn't want to study anymore, and he didn't want to move back to Nanyang City to live.

However, Cao Yue'e seemed to be a different person, she matured all of a sudden, and took on the burden of taking care of and releasing her brother.

Ning Wanzhu accompanied Cao Yuee to explain Cao Shijun, "Young Master Cao, the way of the imperial examination may not be so good. You are sitting on these [-] hectares of land, and no matter how familiar you are with farming and economic affairs, in my opinion, the years of living in the mountains may not be so good. It is better than those who have read books all their lives."

Cao Shijun gnawed at the book at the beginning, partly because of the pressure from his family, and partly because he wanted to show his face in front of Ning Wanzhu. Start to learn about the fields and acres.Cao Yue'e was both surprised and delighted, and felt that Ning Wanzhu was amazing.

However, Ning Wanzhu locked herself in the room in a daze. Judging from Cao Shijun's example, although she had her own suggestions, what should have happened still happened.Therefore, even though the things in this life have gone through a lot of tossing between himself and Ning Luozi, will it still inevitably lead to the original ending?
She thought of Chang Shining's ruthless methods for a moment, and couldn't help shivering.

At this time, Aunt Shao happened to pass by outside her room, and Ning Wanzhu could feel the gloomy look in her eyes even in the room.At this time, Ning Wanzhu dispelled her doubts. In the previous life, Aunt Shao committed suicide when she was very young, but in this life, Aunt Shao is living well, thinking about it all the time. hurt yourself!

In the Nanyang area, the 17th year of Taiping was a difficult year.In the 16th year of Taiping, there was a drought, and there were no crops in some places.When the rainy season returned and the villagers wanted to replant something, there was too much rain, which soaked the roots of the replanted crops, and the farmers simply lost money for the seeds.

Therefore, in the spring and summer of the 17th year of Taiping, when the harvest was in short supply, on a large piece of land under the jurisdiction of the north of Nanyang Mansion, the food rations of many peasant households became a problem.Many self-cultivating farmers therefore mortgaged their land to landlords, just in exchange for some rations.However, the landlords in many places had no food left, and the people fleeing famine gradually became refugees, and some became bandits.

The situation in Dujia Village is not bad, because in the depression of Funiu Mountain, the water and soil in the mountain are well preserved. Therefore, despite the severe drought, the village has built a deep well, and there is still enough water for people and animals to drink and crops to irrigate. This year, it was only three or five buckets of grain less than in previous years.

However, the most worrying thing is the bandits coming along the branch of Funiu Mountain.For this reason, Dujia Village gathered all the middle-aged men and formed a "guard" to protect the village. There were people patrolling at night, and there were also people checking at the crossings during the day. If it is, it will be turned over to Nanyang Mansion.

The children in the village are also strictly forbidden to leave the village alone. If they must go out, they must go in groups and be escorted by adults.So Ning Wanzhu could only take the opportunity of going to Zuojin Cao's house to drop by Old Man Du's house, bring something to that "master" and say a few words.

For more than ten days in a row, Dujia Village was safe and sound, and the strings that were already tense were relaxed a little, and the adults who guarded the village during the day were no longer so fierce.Seeing this, Ning Wanzhu pulled Mo Mei, and the two went out together, taking her latest painting with them, intending to ask old man Du Haosheng for advice.

The two little girls went out together and bumped into Ning Dayong.

Ning Dayong is growing up right now. Although he has grown taller, he doesn't look strong enough, he is tall and thin.Seeing Ning Wanzhu and Mo Mei going out, he asked sullenly, "Miss, go to Mr. Du's place!"

Ning Wanzhu nodded.

Ning Dayong didn't say anything, turned around and followed behind the two women.Ning Wanzhu sighed, thinking that it would be good to have such a boy with her, so she acquiesced.

The three of them bypassed the villagers guarding the entrance of the village, and walked along a path to Old Man Du's house.

Old man Du is currently in the house, making a large wooden screen.In recent years, many villagers in the Du family village felt sorry for the loneliness of the old man Du, so they let out rumors that someone in the Du family village knew the craft of pyrography.Hand over all the work that was received to Old Man Du.The old man Du followed these opportunities and made a lot of money, and the pyrography of Du's Village gradually gained some reputation in Nanyang City.

When the old man Du taught Ning Wanzhu, he did not hide his secrets and taught him everything. Although the old man was extremely strict, if Ning Wanzhu made a slight mistake, the old man Du would reprimand him, but Ning Wanzhu could always teach Ning Wanzhu in Du Between the old man's serious words and expression, he felt a kind of tenderness that only a loving father can have.

Ning Wanzhu was very grateful.

More than half of the screen has been completed, and a picture of a tiger descending a mountain is painted on the screen with pyrography.The whole picture is wide open and wide, and the tiger descending the mountain is drawn vividly.Right now, old man Du is repainting scenes like the strange rocks and giant trees around the tiger.

"Wanzhu, go get a brush, here...here, here, draw a squirrel. Grandpa will test you to see how good your skills are now!" Old man Du held a branding pen in his hand and listened. When the three of them came in, they turned their heads to listen to Ning Wanzhu.

Ning Wanzhu went to get a paintbrush with a smile, and said, "Grandpa, you trust Wanzhu so much, aren't you afraid that I will ruin your painting?"

Old Man Du glared at him and said, "Poor mouth, if you haven't been lazy recently, I guess you won't mess up your drawing easily."

Ning Wanzhu giggled, then observed the composition and layout of the whole screen with a serious face, and she knew it in a short while.At this time, she no longer used charcoal pencils to draft, and directly took out the red sandalwood branding pen that she carried with her, which she used the most on weekdays, heated the tip of the pen on a small stove next to her, and started to draw.

Not long after, a yellow finch appeared vividly on the screen.

Old man Du looked at Ning Wanzhu who was concentrating on painting, and was extremely satisfied. Gradually, a little mist appeared in his eyes.

However, at this moment, Mo Mei and Ning Dayong rushed in from the door in a hurry, and Mo Mei said loudly: "Mr. Du, it seems that three or four riders are coming outside, and they are coming very quickly..."

Just now when she said this, the sound of horseshoes could be heard outside the door, and a very rough voice sounded: "Boss, look here is a family—"

A few riders outside the door reined in their horses at this time.Another rough and somewhat old voice said: "Well, let's rest here for a while. There should be a village in front of us. Let's stay here and rest until evening before entering the village."

Ning Wanzhu was thinking about how to enter the village at night, and turned to look at Old Man Du, only to see his solemn face, red eyes, and clenched fists, quietly listening to the movement outside .

A few people got off their horses outside, Ning Wanzhu couldn't hear the movement clearly, only knew that there were about four or five big men.

Old man Du turned around at this time, pushed the children into the small room where the fire was built and cooked on weekdays, closed the door, and said in a low voice: "It's the bandits, grandpa will deal with it alone, no matter what happens, you Don't come out. If there is something wrong, you all escape from the back door to the back mountain!"

　Thanks Uncle Wu~~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)