"It's really a nightmare."
Mo Lingfeng stretched out his arm and touched his damp temples: "Wait for me."
Wu Jin nodded: "Don't worry, I'm taking leave today."
Mo Lingfeng changed her clothes, put the gold collar inside her clothes, took Yin Nan with her, and walked out with Wu Jin.
After going out, Wu Jin bought two curtain hats and put them on them. They walked all the way to the river and walked along the river first.
It was the first time Mo Lingfeng saw such a big river. He raised the curtain and couldn't help but look around. He saw that the river could not be seen to the bottom at a glance. It was illuminated by the sunlight that had just come out. When the cold wind blew, it immediately flashed with dazzling golden lines. , several boats rippled with the waves, ups and downs.
On both sides of the river are mountains, shrouded in mist.
As she walked, she saw that the sun was falling on the lake, on people, and on the houses on both sides. There were many people carrying hoes out of the city, old, young, and even students.
"What are you doing here?"
"Digging up insect eggs," Wu Jin said, "The locust plague in Shuozhou is far more serious than that in Ningzhou. Even officials go to the locust temple to worship. The eggs are passing by more and more every year. Even the beans are eaten up. Now the eggs can be exchanged for food. , we’ve just dug it out.”
Mo Lingfeng asked: "Is there enough food?"
"That's enough now." Wu Jin told her about building a warehouse.
Mo Lingfeng whispered: "Do you want to hire some nursing homes for you?"
Wu Jin shook his head: "It would be good for them to set up a social warehouse, but it would be bad if they really push me."
After that, he pointed to a wine bottle on the pier with the word "wine" written on it: "This shop also sells noodles in the morning, and the fish is fresh and clean. I have eaten here once."
He led the two of them over. There was a large pot at the door, with snow-white fish soup simmering in it.
Wu Jin said to the shopkeeper: "I want three bowls——"
Before he finished speaking, Yin Nan interrupted him: "Four bowls, I'll eat two bowls."
Wu Jin smiled and said: "Four bowls."
He went in and picked up a pair of tables and chairs, pulled out the chair for Mo Lefeng to sit down, and Mo Lefeng took off his curtain hat, looked around, and asked curiously: "How did you find this place?"
Wu Jin touched his nose in embarrassment: "At that time, I was chased to the pier by some old men, and I came in to take refuge."
Mo Lingfeng heard that this was not an easy pursuit, so he smiled and said, "Is he a matchmaker for you?"
Wu Jin quickly waved his hand: "It's not a matchmaker, it's hard to explain in one sentence."
The store brought a bowl of noodles. He quickly pushed it in front of Mo Lingfeng, wiped the chopsticks with a handkerchief and handed them to her: "Eat first, I will tell you slowly after you finish eating."
Although it was just a bowl of noodles, the taste was really sweet. The three of them ate four bowls of noodles. Wu Jin paid and turned to Mo Lingfeng, who was wearing a curtain hat, and said, "I'll take you on a boat ride."
Mo Lingfeng nodded and walked out. Within ten steps of the three of them, three or four old women came over, all carrying baskets, waiting for the fresh fruits to come off the boat and buy them before selling them.
Seeing this, Wu Jin hurriedly lowered his head, stepped aside with Mo Lingfeng, and whispered: "That's it..."
Before he finished speaking, one of the old women had already seen Wu Jin, glanced at him, and suddenly approached him: "Wu Tongpan?"
Before Wu Jin could say anything, she slapped her thigh: "Are you going to demolish our Locust Temple again?"
Wu Jin quickly shook his head and waved his hands: "No, just digging up insect eggs——"
"You're not done yet! Digging up locust eggs will lead to retribution! Those are the descendants of the Locust God!"
Wu Jin can talk eloquently and resourcefully to his colleagues, but to these country women, he can't say a word of truth - and if he does, it will be in vain.
"You are going to be punished by God! Only if you believe in the Locust God, the disaster will go away!"
An old woman ran up to her and spoke righteously, almost jabbing her finger on Wu Jin's face.
Yin Nan reached out to touch the sharp knife at his waist, but Mo Lingfeng held his hand down.
Wu Jin couldn't argue, so he could only say: "Let's wait until next spring to see--"
"We have to wait until next year. When Wu Tongpan walks away, we will suffer! The Locust God will take revenge!"
Mo Lingfeng stood behind Wu Jin and stretched out his head: "The locust god you believe in has not protected your crops for three years. Such an ineffective god should have been demolished long ago."
When several old women heard such rebellious words, they immediately kept saying "ouch" and praying to the Locust God for forgiveness, while carrying baskets and throwing them at Wu Jin.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Wu Jin pulled Mo Lingfeng and ran away. The dock, which had been in good order just now, suddenly became agitated. The old man had difficulty with his legs and feet. Seeing that he could not catch up with Wu Jin and the others, he picked up the basket in his hand and threw it at them.
Yin Nan kicked away the basket and protected Mo Lingfeng, while Wu Jin held Mo Lingfeng tightly and fled from the dock all the way to the sparsely populated streets.
The old woman was abandoned by them, and the shouting and cursing was also abandoned, leaving only the wind and light chasing behind them.
The two of them clasped their hands, their clothes were flying, they almost broke away from everything, and ran to the ends of the earth in one breath.
It wasn't until there were fewer houses on both sides of the street that Mo Lingfeng slowly stopped, let go of his hand, looked at Wu Jin breathlessly, and laughed "haha".
Wu Jin looked at her and couldn't help but laugh. The two of them laughed forward and backward, feeling a sense of absurd joy.
After laughing, Wu Jin wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes: "We can't go up to the pier, let's go home."
He said helplessly: "Because of the Locust Temple, I was blocked on the pier that day. There were many people eating noodles in the morning, so I sneaked in and ate a bowl of noodles."
Mo Lingfeng took a breath and followed him: "No wonder these state officials dare not control the locusts. They have nothing to say after being beaten."
"We ordered lunch from the restaurant," Wu Jin looked at her sideways, "It's quiet at home."
He stretched out his hand to straighten the soap yarn on her curtain hat.
"Okay, let's eat some Shuozhou food."
By this time, the sun had fully come out, and there were two rows of big trees planted on both sides of the road. Even the bark of the trees had been chewed clean by the locusts. Mo Lingfeng didn't look sideways and walked majestically.
Wu Jin looked at her and thought: "General Mo, you are so awesome!"
The three of them returned to the office of Tongpan Mansion. Mo Lingfeng and Wu Jin were joking, eating, and playing xun, which made the only two servants in the house restless and gathered together to whisper.
At dinner time, Mo Lingfeng took one sweet and sour meatball in one mouthful, and ate more than half of the sweet and sour fish, and half of the plate of sweet and sour meat strips. Finally, he picked up the teapot, poured a cup of sugar water, took a sip, and turned to face Wu Jin said: "I also want to eat the dried sugar oven I had yesterday. I want it freshly baked."
Wu Jin turned around and wanted to call the old servant, but the old servant didn't know where he was. He quickly stood up and said, "I'm going to buy it right now."
He got up and went out, went to the foot shop next to the government office and ordered five steaming dried sugar ovens. He turned around and stepped out of the threshold. Then he remembered Yin Nan's appetite, so he quickly went back and ordered five more.
Putting the bulging dried sugar stove in his lapel, he shivered from the heat and hurried home.
When he arrived outside the study, he walked up three stone steps and said with a smile: "The sugar drying stove is here!"
The room was quiet, no one answered, the food was placed on the table, but the person eating was missing: "Listen to the wind?"
The voice of an old servant came from outside the door: "Ms. Wu, the two girls just rode away and asked me to come and talk to you."
Wu Jin's blood all over his body went cold, and he walked out of the door suddenly: "Leaving?"
"Yes, I'm walking with you."
The feeling of Sanyang is unpleasant, everything looks like a double image
