Is she going to rob her?
Zheng Quchi was slightly stunned.
Her eyes passed over Xiao Meng's pretty young face. Xiao Meng has a cheerful temperament, a well-proportioned and tall figure. He should be active outdoors frequently and exposed to the wind and sun. His skin is a healthy wheat color. It is not as delicate and fair as a lady, but there is a kind of Vibrant and blooming beauty.
"I only met Gongchenya once."
It was undeniable that Gongchenya looked harmless and pleasant, and his appearance alone could give him a sense of superiority in choosing a mate. But it was a pity...she had already seen someone with a more evil appearance.
So love at first sight won't happen to her.
As for Gongchenya's treatment of her, she is not belittling. When she was alive and kicking in Fu County, she was not popular with men. What's more, she looks sick and scarred now. If he was not blind, he would probably choose Xiao Meng. Bar.
I think back then, it was because of Yu Wensheng's "unique and wonderful" vision that he chose a dog-tailed flower like her among the flowers...
But she finally understood that the occasional blessing of fate, rather than a gift of luck, was clearly the beginning of life's tribulations.
She must divorce this man who cheated on her with this bullshit!
However, in view of the cruelty of the other party, she decided not to mention the divorce in person. When she stabilized in the future, she would send him a letter of divorce and completely sever ties with him and eliminate all contact with him.
"But sister... forget it, Sister Chizi, you are married, what about your husband?"
The "lang" in Xiao Meng's mouth should be what the locals call their husband.
She was about to say dead, but when the words came to her lips, she changed them to: "lost."
Xiao Meng opened his innocent eyes wide: "Then will you go find him?"
"Not yet."
Probably not in the future.
"Sister Chizi, don't you like your husband?" Xiao Meng tilted his head and looked at Zheng Quchi.
I found that Sister Chizi did not have any worries or sadness when she mentioned the man she had lost with. Instead, she looked calm and indifferent.
Zheng Quchi didn't want to talk about her privacy with a person she had known for less than a few hours. She took off her cloak, took off her clothes, and lifted her hair to reveal her complete back.
"Xiao Meng, please help me rub the wound on my back."
When Xiao Meng saw the shocking red scars on her smooth back, he suddenly fell silent.
She carefully cleaned Zheng Quchi's wound, then reapplied the wound medicine and bandaged it.
When Zheng Quchi was about to get dressed, Xiao Meng suddenly said: "Sister Chizi, let me wipe your body again."
"Is there a strange smell?" Zheng Quchi is a woman after all. Her expression was a little unnatural, and she wanted to reach out and take the wet handkerchief: "I can do it myself."
"You're injured, it's inconvenient, please leave it to me." Xiao Meng said, soaking in water and slowly wiping her neck, shoulders and arms...
The sky was getting dark, Zheng Quchi saw that it was getting late, so she turned around, only to see that the water in the basin aside was all black, and the corner of her mouth twitched.
Is she that dirty?
Only then did she remember that she had used charcoal powder to apply charcoal powder on her neck and arms. In the past few days, she had been struggling with life and death and had forgotten to reapply it. Seeing Xiao Meng trying to wipe her face, she quickly put it aside.
"Xiao Meng, forget about the shame."
Xiao Meng paused for a moment, and then said softly: "Sister Chizi, I know that you must have encountered a lot of difficulties when you are alone. You must be doing this to protect yourself. If you still need it, I can also find some black ones. I'll repaint it black for you."
Zheng Quchi saw her confused expression, as if she had discovered a secret but didn't want more people to know about it. She said, "No, it's no longer needed."
Her identity has been exposed, and there is indeed no need to paint herself into a piece of black coal.
Seeing Zheng Quchi pulling up her clothes slowly, Xiao Meng stepped forward to help her and said, "Sister Quzi, are you really only sixteen years old? But why do I feel that you look so much better than me?" "
"How can you tell that I'm better than you?"
"Just now, Brother Ya told me that Sister Chizi is about the same age as me, but she knows everything. She managed to escape by herself with all her injuries. Although she lives in a foreign land as a woman, she is neither humble nor arrogant. It is really admirable... …He never praises others easily, but he is full of praise for you.”
At the end of the story, the little girl was a little jealous again.
After Zheng Quchi put on his clothes, he only said: "Xiao Meng, would you like this [admiration] in me?"
When Xiao Meng heard this, he was stunned for a moment and then whispered: "I, I don't want it."
Zheng Quchi smiled calmly: "Right, just hearing such a thing makes me feel uncomfortable. Who would want it to actually happen to me? If possible, I would rather not have others praise me, and just change my clothes to be clean like you." , and have a lifetime of peace."
Xiao Meng's heart skipped a beat and he was a little at a loss: "Yes, I'm sorry."
She lowered her head and tugged at the corner of her clothes, feeling that she was acting petty in front of Sister Chizi, just like a clown. She blushed with embarrassment and her eyes were red.
"This is the second time you've apologized to me." Zheng Quchi stepped forward and patted her gently: "But I hope there won't be a third time, okay?"
Xiao Meng nodded quickly: "Okay."
——
After the two exchanged dressings and talked, Xiao Meng seemed like a different person. He was no longer angry with Zheng Quchi, but was actually very attentive. She went to bring her dinner when the time came and he also brought it to her.
The two found a secluded place, drank vegetable root porridge, and looked at the moon in the sky.
"Sister Chizi, I like you, please join us. In this way, I can follow you all the time." Xiao Meng held the earthenware bowl and sipped the porridge water.
Zheng Quchi was puzzled: "Why do you follow me?"
"Grow up with you." Xiao Meng said cheerfully.
After hearing this, Zheng Quchi just smiled and took a few mouthfuls of the gruel that could only warm his stomach.
Seeing that the strap of Xiao Meng's backpack was rotten, she took it over, first removed the loose silk section, and then re-weaved it. Finally, the strap looked like brand new again.
Xiao Meng held up his chin and looked up at her: "Sister, you are so skillful with your hands."
"It's not difficult."
"But I don't know how. Compared with you, I feel stupid." Xiao Meng sighed.
At this time, Gongchenya wiped the sweat from his forehead and came over. His gleaming eyes slightly bent: "What are you talking about?"
"Brother Ya, are you finished? Look, Sister Chizi re-knitted this tape for me."
As soon as Xiao Meng jumped up, he picked up the backpack and showed it to Gongchen Ya as if to show off.
"Not yet, I'll come over and take a rest."
After talking to Xiao Meng, he looked at Zheng Quchi.
"Ah, Ruler, can you still make this up?" Gongchenya's smile deepened and he leaned over: "Then what else do you know?"
In view of their affection for him, Zheng Quchi was actually willing to do something for them within his ability in return.
She heard Xiao Meng say that Gongchenya and the others had been busy repairing the car since the afternoon, but based on his reply just now, it seemed that this was... not going well?
She raised her eyes and said warmly: "I know how to repair cars."
Gongchenya was stunned: "Huh? Zhizi, what did you say? Can you repair cars?"
Zheng Quchi leaned on one side and stood up: "Yes."
"Then what kind of car can you repair? A flatbed cart? A horse-drawn carriage or an ox cart?"
Zheng Quchi walked forward slowly: "I can repair the cars that you can't repair."
When Gongchenya heard this, he just thought she was bragging. Did she know that the car that he couldn't even repair was a model with complicated craftsmanship?
"Wait a minute, you are still injured, and this carriage is not simple. It is not an ordinary carriage from our Julu Kingdom. This is Beiyuan Kingdom's loser's Yanying. Ordinary craftsmen can't do it at all. I can do it no matter what. not good."
He followed her and explained to her while looking at her profile.
She was still wearing the slightly too large cloak, but she was not as guarded against the people around her as she was at first, for fear that some of her facial features would be exposed.
Although he couldn't see her whole face clearly, he could see her small and straight nose bridge, medium-thick lips, and plump lips...
"It's true that I can't help, but I can take a look at how to repair it."
She came to the car in the open space.
A rough estimate is that the body is about five feet long, the width of the carriage is about four feet, and the depth is less than four feet...
She circled around it, then squatted down to look at the bottom: "What's the problem?"
Seeing that she was interested, Gongchenya came close to her, with a curious mind, and said with bright eyes: "The wheel does not move smoothly, and it will make a clicking sound when pushed hard, but after checking, there is no foreign object stuck, and once it is in If the carriage is full of heavy objects, the car body will shake violently, even though the load capacity is quite strong at the beginning.”
"What kind of inspection and maintenance have you done?" she asked again.
Her terminology was quite fresh. Gongchenya understood it for a while and then said: "I checked the hub, it is not damaged, and there is no problem between the rim and the hub. I also re-strengthened the spokes of the vehicle, but it is still the same. It’s not getting better at all.”
"Then it shouldn't be a problem with the car itself."
The people who were surrounding the car to check the problem all moved aside. Zheng Quchi looked at, touched, and measured every component of the car. Finally, she pondered for a moment: "There are 28 spokes...the wheel diameter is larger." , the carriage is wide, short in depth, and has four shafts, this shouldn’t be a ride for ordinary civilians, right?”
She had only seen this type of vehicle in literature, and it was used for military warfare. Generally speaking, in order to increase stability and protect the body from being approached by enemy vehicles, the hubs of chariots are generally much larger than those of civilian vehicles. The hub is long, which happens to be the case for some of its purposeful additions.
The width of the track gradually decreased, the shaft gradually shortened, and the number of spokes on the wheel gradually increased. The purpose was obviously to improve the flexibility and speed of the chariot.
Gongchenya's eyes widened: "Yes, it is indeed a siege chariot."
Zheng Quchi stood up and patted the dirt on his hands: "The load of this car should be about 1,600 to 7,000 kilograms, but its characteristic is not the load, but its agility and speed. It has been carrying more than 1,000 pounds for a long time. If it is negative, its components will wear out prematurely and cause irreversible damage.”
The people around were stunned for a moment, and some of the people who had just come over after hearing the noise were staring at this side in surprise.
"What should we do?" Gongchenya blurted out.
After saying that, he himself was stunned.
Did he... believe what she said?
Zheng Quchi was also thinking about countermeasures. While filtering in her mind, she said: "This is a rigid suspension. There are rabbits and rabbits between the carriage floor and the axle for shock absorption, but this is equivalent to heavy lifting." We are building a baggage truck, so the solution should be based on the characteristics of the vehicle. There are two. One is to reduce the weight and control the weight on the vehicle within the range I mentioned. The other is to put the weight on the wheels. Wrap it in soft cloth to soften the bumps on the road.”
The lag is naturally due to being overweight, and the bumps and shakes may be due to uneven road surfaces or uneven stress on the vehicle body.
Seeing that the problem that had troubled them for a long time was now solved by her after a casual inspection, Gongchenya couldn't believe it: "Is this really useful?"
Others also started talking. Some speculated about Zheng Quchi's identity, some questioned that she was just trying to make a fuss, and some suggested giving it a try to see if it works.
Zheng Quchi had long since developed a composure that was invulnerable to all poisons. She said to Gongchen Ya: "You can give it a try."
Gongchenya looked at her for a second, then nodded.
They dubiously followed the method she said. They first found soft quilted cloth to cover the four wheels, and then moved things into the car. However, it was no longer as full as before, but the weight was controlled to the level she gave. After a certain number is reached, the horse is pulled and tied up for field testing.
"drive!"
The person in the car whipped the horse's ass, and the carriage was pulled. Then the car started to run from slow to fast on the road. The people in the car frowned. At this time, they suddenly opened up and felt that the car body was far beyond the The lightness and flexibility they imagined.
"Run faster!" someone yelled.
The driver of the chariot flicked his whip and said excitedly: "Great!"
"It's really stable, but I don't feel like I was about to be thrown away by the car like before!"
After a test, the driver jumped out and reported his feelings to Gongchenya in surprise.
After hearing this, Gongchenya clenched his fists and looked at Zheng Quchi with excitement, but he saw that there was not much surprise on her face, as if this was nothing to her, it was just an easy task. Things.
He gradually forgot to smile and kept looking at her like this.
When the others saw this, they all laughed.
At this time, Xiao Meng ran over from the path. She gasped and said in a tight voice: "Brother Ya, there is something going on. Uncle Bai and Aunt Mei asked you to hurry over and take a look."
Gongchenya came to his senses immediately. He guessed what was going on. He turned his eyes and met Zheng Quchi's eyes: "Come with me."
Gongchenya pulled Zheng Quchi, who was confused, all the way to the hillside. In the valley below, he saw a team like sparks moving in the forest. At this moment, the disk-like moon hung high in the sky, which seemed to The movement below was illuminated very clearly.
"It seems that Sima's team is here. They will arrive in three days. Take a look... He seems to have a woman with him. Could it be Yu Wen Sheng's wife?"
"Strange, maybe my eyes are deceived, why do I feel that the lady looks familiar..."
Also wearing a black cloak, it feels so similar...
Gongchenya and Xiao Meng looked at Zheng Quchi, and she was also a little stunned.
"What are you looking at? You don't think I'm Yu Wensheng's wife, do you?"
Gongchenya immediately denied it: "Of course it's impossible."
Xiao Meng also nodded: "That's right, how could it be Sister Chizi?"
But Zheng Quchi couldn't laugh at all.
Sorry, she is.
(End of chapter)
