After staying in the bamboo forest for a while, the three sisters walked along the Qingshui River to a section of the river where villagers rarely visited, and caught two fish to grill.
In the afternoon, the three of them slipped away to Yanliu Mountain and found some purple-flowered wild vegetables while playing on the mountain.
I also met villagers who came to the mountains to look for cockroaches.
In the mountains, Shen Zhiyao was led by Shen Baiqiu to a cave with dripping mountain spring water.
Shen Zhiyao took the initiative to get water from the banana leaves they picked. When scooping the water, she secretly added some Lingquan water to the banana leaf container.
They stayed in Yanliu Mountain until it was almost time for the evening meal, and then the three sisters came down from the mountain to go home.
"You still know how to come back!"
As soon as they entered the courtyard, Mrs. Yang's energetic voice mixed with the summer heat hit her face.
Shen Zhiyao replied without changing her face: "If grandma builds a new house for us, we don't have to come back."
"Grandma, is the meal ready?"
Before Mrs. Yang could say anything else, Shen Zhiyao dove into the kitchen.
Mrs. Yang: "..."
When the dishes and rice were served, Mrs. Yang thought about not giving them portions, or giving them a smaller portion than before.
As a result, Shen Zhiyao directly carried the porridge basin over and said with a look of realization:
"I just said something is wrong. How can grandma be tired of serving food? We serve our food ourselves."
After saying this, she scooped out a large bowl full of food for Shen Baiqiu, Shen Yueya and herself.
"Damn it, you're going to starve your family to death. There's still so much porridge left, that's enough to eat!"
Mrs. Yang looked at the porridge in the bowls of the three of them and took a sharp breath.
Shen Zhiyao looked puzzled:
"How could it be? In the past, the porridge that grandma scooped for us was less than half of this bowl. According to this standard, the remaining porridge is enough to share with more than 20 people. Grandma should not favor one."
"If grandma still has any objections, I can just take Bai Qiu and Yue Ya away. In the worst case, I will take them back to Luzhou."
Shen Zhiyao stared at Mrs. Yang's face and said this seemingly unintentionally.
But she saw Old Mrs. Yang's eyes flickering, and she didn't know what she was thinking of. She took the basin of porridge, scooped out a bowl for Old Shen and herself, then threw the spoon into the basin and threw it at Shen Yuan Yuan, Liu and others. After the next sentence "Do it yourself", you immersed yourself in eating.
interesting.
Shen Zhiyao lowered his eyes and raised a smile at the corner of his mouth.
From yesterday to today, she had been guessing what Shen Xiao's coachman and Mrs. Yang were talking about. She just tested it and it seemed that they were almost inseparable.
Shen Xiao was afraid that she thought her return to Lihua Village was just an impulse, so she asked Mrs. Yang to prevent her from returning to Luzhou Shen Mansion.
This point was further revealed when Mrs. Yang asked Shen Zhiyao to clean the pigsty again the next day, but Shen Zhiyao "accidentally" scared the pigs. The pigs were frightened and ran out of the pigsty door that was "accidentally" left open. confirmed.
Because, Old Mrs. Yang summoned the people in the second and fourth rooms to search for the pigs in a panic. After finding the pigs, Old Mrs. Yang was just about to scold Shen Zhiyao when Shen Zhiyao sighed softly:
"It seems I'm not cut out for farm work. It's too difficult to survive here. I might as well go back to Luzhou."
The words that Mrs. Yang wanted to scold her were stuck in her throat, and she said angrily: "Why do you think Master Shen and Mrs. Shen will still want you?!"
After saying that, without saying another word, he ordered Mrs. Liu to clean the pig pen.
At night, Shen Yueya held Shen Zhiyao's arm tightly and asked uneasily: "Sister, do you want to leave?"
Shen Baiqiu also secretly pricked up his ears.
"Sister won't leave." Shen Zhiyao said firmly and gently touched Shen Yueya's head.
"I said that on purpose during the day. Don't worry Yueya, I will always be with you. Even if I have to leave, I will take you and Bai Qiu away. We will not separate."
"Well, Yue Ya believes in sister." Shen Yue Ya rubbed her little face on Shen Zhiyao's arm. Although the time they got together was still short, she liked her sister very much. She had been very happy these two days.
"Go to sleep." Shen Zhiyao patted her little head.
Shen Baiqiu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he would grow up quickly and join the army to become a general.
In this way, he can protect his sister and Yue Ya and take them out of this house, and he and Yue Ya will not be abandoned again.
In fact, he prefers to study, but studying costs a lot of money, so he might as well become a general.
The next day.
Early in the morning, Shen Zhiyao told Shen Baiqiu and Shen Yueya that she had something to do and had to go to the county.
After repeatedly promising Shen Yueya that she would come back, Shen Zhiyao slipped out of the Shen house while Mrs. Yang and others were not paying attention.
Lihua Village is about 16 to 17 kilometers away from Tongfang County, and it takes about an hour and a half to walk.
When Shen Zhiyao took a carriage from Tongfang County to Lihua Village, he roughly memorized the route.
She went to the county town today to see if there were any opportunities to make money, or to exchange some money for something novel in the space that would not be too out of place in this era.
She thought about it, and after the family was successfully separated, she brought Bai Qiu and Yue Ya to the county to do food business, as the county town had a larger flow of people.
Before starting a food business, they must have a place to live and money.
After leaving Lihua Village and walking for a while, Shen Zhiyao saw that there was no one around, so she took out her eyebrow pencil and thickened her eyebrows, added some freckles on her face, and smeared her face with dark eye shadow.
At first glance after finishing it, it is lost in the sea of people and is ordinary and inconspicuous.
Tongfang County.
Shen Zhiyao walked for an hour and a half and finally arrived in Tongfang County.
After entering the county town, Shen Zhiyao stopped a fat woman with a sweet smile: "Sister, which street is the most lively and prosperous in the county town?"
After the fat woman saw that the person calling her was just a teenage girl, she said cheerfully:
"Sister? This little girl, I am already over thirty years old, and my daughter is older than you. Please call me aunt."
"Ah? How could it be? Sister looks so young." Shen Zhiyao looked surprised.
The fat woman laughed heartily: "You are a sweet-tongued little girl. Is this your first time in the county?"
"Yeah." Shen Zhiyao nodded.
The fat woman pointed forward: "The busiest one is Huaqiao Street. Did you see it? Go straight from this street, go forward and turn left at the corner, then go through a few turns and you will reach Huaqiao Street." ”
"Thank you, sister." Shen Zhiyao said goodbye to the fat woman and went to Huaqiao Street.
The willows are swaying, and the river is swaying with blue waves.
Huaqiao Street faces a small river, and some willow trees are planted on the river bank.
There are rows of houses on both sides of the street. People are coming and going on the street, and various stalls and shops can be seen everywhere.
Walking on the road paved with bluestones, Shen Zhiyao began to pay attention to business opportunities after feeling the charm of the ancient county town.
Why is the door closed in broad daylight here?
Walking to a three-story building, Shen Zhiyao looked up at the plaque: Yihong Building.
understood.
boom!
The door of Yihong Building suddenly opened from the inside.
A man was carried and thrown out.
"Bah! What a rich boy, he turns out to be a bastard. He has no money to come to a brothel!"
