Part One: Intertwined Time and Space Chapter Two: The Spiritual Stone of Fate
Chapter 219 Farmland
After wandering around for a long time, Yue Qing was satisfied with it. Looking at the hard work of San Yuxiao and the others, the scenery on the shore cannot change again. Just suggest that we go ashore.
Chang Yuxiao and the others docked the boat on the shore, and Qing'er helped Yue Qing walk to the shore.
"The courtyard master's shoes are all dirty, what should I do?" Qing'er said sadly.
Yue Qing lifted up her skirt and glanced at her muddy shoes, "It's okay, just let them be dirty. We'll change them when we get back."
"We can't let the seventh elder see this. If the elder sees the dean like this, he will definitely reprimand us severely for how we take care of the dean."
"Why are you being scolded? If you go out to play or play by the river, there is no one who doesn't dirty your shoes. If she scolds you, I will definitely argue with her."
Cai'er tidied up a resting place on the shore. Yue Qing didn't pass by, so she stood on the shore and watched Chang Shen and the others catch fish.
Without a fishing rod or a harpoon, Chang Shen just waited on the water for a while, then slapped the water hard, and a fish jumped out, and he caught it easily. Yue Qing looked surprised.
Cai'er had no choice but to say, "House Master, it's true, I'm curious about it. It's just that the Master said you want to eat fresh food, or just fork it directly. The fish caught by Deacon Shen in this way will be kept alive."
Yue Qing covered her mouth and laughed: "I think it's a bit like a bear, but when a bear catches a fish, it slaps the fish to the shore." After saying this, Yue Qing laughed.
Chang Shen's figure visibly calmed down.
Yue Ke smiled and said, "Have you ever seen a bear before, Master?"
"In the zoo, many of our large animals will be kept in fixed places for people to visit."
Qi Jiao smiled and said: "How does the master of the courtyard know how bears fish?"
"Well, this is a bit complicated. We have a TV there. Scenes like that will be captured on video and then played on the TV. Even if I tell you, you don't understand. Just think that there is some kind of magical thing that can capture Deacon Shen. The process of fish is recorded and then reproduced somewhere in Li country.”
"This can also be done. According to the owner of the hospital, there are many people among you who can use this kind of TV?"
"Many, every household has them. We can also do your kind of sound transmission through the air. The distance is super long. You are in Li country and I am in the villa. One phone call and the two of us can do it. I can talk on the phone now. There are so many magical things, I can’t even finish them." Yue Qing picked up a stone and threw it into the river, causing a splash of water.
"That hospital master really comes from a magical continent." Yue Ke sighed.
"Humph, you guys here are also very powerful. We all use tools and so on. You can do many things that we can't. Let's talk about Qinggong. Flying around, our people can do it. No. Aren’t the Qi family members very powerful in martial arts? Qi Yilin is also from the Qi family, but if he were in front of you, he would be extremely weak. He would definitely be said to be a member of the Qi family who knows nothing." Yue Qing smiled. said.
Yue Ke smiled.
Yue Qing threw another stone: "Chang Shen, how many have you caught? Just enough to eat."
"Here we come." Chang Shen led people to carry buckets ashore.
Yue Qing walked over. The shoes she wore today were quite suitable for walking, but the color was too dull. The pink shoes were already covered with black mud, and the bottom of her skirt and cloak were also dirty.
Cai'er frowned from behind and followed behind, "Master, look at what you've done. Don't go over there now. Deacon Shen will be here soon."
Chang Yuxiao grabbed her: "Come up quickly. You see your clothes are dirty too."
Yue Qing lowered her head and looked at it: "Oh, that's right. It's just dirty if it's dirty. I'll change it when I get back."
Chang Shen had already walked up to him, "Master, it's a bit slippery here, so be careful if you fall into the water. Let's go up and have a look." Then he walked to the top of the embankment with the bucket.
Yue Qing followed behind, Cai'er supported her for fear that she might slip and lose her footing.
The bucket is not small, and there are several big fish flipping inside.
Yue Qing squatted by the bucket and looked at them: "It must be delicious, but it's a pity that we don't have the time. Forget it today, let's come here with the fishing rod to fish another day."
Cai'er said from the side: "Isn't the hospital master going to Li country in a few days? There is no time to come."
"Oh yes, it's a pity. It's okay. Let's go fishing somewhere else."
The carriage in which they had come was brought over, along with some fine horses. Yue Qing looked at the Qingwei who were helping them drive their horses, and thought to herself: These people are not going to follow them wherever they go.
"Come on, let's go somewhere. Yue Ke, didn't you say there is farmland around Xibao City? Let's go take a look too."
"Would you like to rest for a while?" Yue Ke asked.
"Rest? Why rest?"
"You've been on the boat for so long, won't you be too tired if you continue to take the car?"
"I'm not tired, there's nothing to be tired about. Let's go."
Cai'er said: "The master is not tired at all when he starts playing. He is not like the young lady who stays in the pavilion all the time."
"It's not good for your health to stay in the house all the time. You need to get out more and move around. I think the master of Wutong courtyard feels lazy all the time and stays in the courtyard all the time. Elders, if you really treat their health well, , if you want the spirit girls to be more energetic, you should set a rule. Each home owner should have no less than 2 hours of outdoor activities every day, oh, 1 hour. Our timing is different from yours. Go outside for a run. Yeah, play ball or something."
"Don't talk about running outside for an hour. It's already a long time for you courtyard masters to walk in the courtyard for a quarter of an hour every day. How can it be like you who can't sit still even in the courtyard and wander around every day."
"That's what's right." After saying that, she climbed into the car, and Cai'er quickly supported her beside her.
Yue Qing glanced at her, helpless, they were all used to it.
Yue Ke rode with them in the car. Cai'er was on duty today and Qing'er was riding a horse in Chu. Qi Jiao was used to driving. Whenever he went out, he would always be the one driving, and Qiao'er sat next to him. Everyone else was riding nearby, even San Yuxiao was riding outside today.
Yue Qing glanced at him. She found that the relationship between her and Chang Yuxiao was getting more and more strange. She didn't know how to define the relationship between them. She was sure that it was the relationship between the spiritual guard and the spiritual master.
I sighed in my heart, he was also the person I had sex with in this world.
Yue Ke glanced at her and raised the corners of his mouth in a funny way.
Yue Qing's eyes happened to catch a glimpse, "What are you happy about?"
"It's nothing, I just saw that you have been looking at Xiao Lingwei. I wonder what you are thinking about?"
"I didn't think anything of it. He usually sits in the car with me, but today he ran outside. I'm a little surprised."
"Oh." Yue Ke smiled.
"Hey, do you have a lot of farmland here?"
"Not many. There are farms outside every city in the villa. They are basically for your own use."
"Is there a city that specializes in farming? Didn't you say that the Yue family's biggest business is food?"
"You are right, there are special grain growing areas."
"Oh." Yue Qing looked outside happily. There were not so many small buildings here anymore, but there were so many low houses nearby, and they were also small courtyards with basically similar structures. From time to time, you can see children playing outside the courtyard. They are all small children. I saw them coming and watched them curiously from a short distance away, but did not come closer. It seems to be a relatively remote place. After walking around the city in the moat for a long time, Yue Qing could no longer tell the direction. After walking along the main road for a long time, I finally saw farmland.
"Hey, isn't that farmland?" Yue Qing pointed happily not far away.
Yue Ke looked over and nodded, "Yes, we are here."
Someone was working in the field, and Yue Qing watched from a distance. There are old people and young adults. There were not many people in each field. There were some carrying water into the field, some holding hoes in the fields, and some bending over. I don’t know what they were doing. The fields were full of green. The distribution of fields was not as neat and even as it is in modern times. After walking around for a long time, Yue Qing didn't see a few women or children, basically all of them were adult men. The group of them was a bit conspicuous, and every time they passed a place, someone stood up to look at them.
Walking to a small forest, Yue Qing saw a water source and someone was fetching water here.
Yue Qing was curious and wanted to go down and have a look.
The carriage stopped at the water's edge, and Yue Qing got out of the car and ran to the water's edge. Seeing them coming, the man by the water stood up, looked at them for a while, and then saluted quickly.
"My lords, is there something wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong, I came here out of curiosity to take a look."
The man smiled, wearing coarse clothes and his face was covered with sweat.
"Are you carrying water?"
"Yes."
"Is your field far from here?"
"It's not far away. There are water sources near the farmland."
"Are they all carrying water?"
"The water source is close here, so there is no need for water trucks."
"Oh, is there a waterwheel somewhere far away from the water?"
"Yes sir."
Just as he was talking, someone else came over, including a child. I stood nearby and looked curiously. At such a young age, if I look at it now, I would probably have just entered kindergarten.
An old man came up and said, "Look at how you are dressed as nobles in the city. How did you end up here?"
"Oh, let's take a look around. I haven't seen the farmland yet, so I want to see it. What kind of crops does your family grow? Oh, what do you grow?"
“It’s all rice around here.”
"What were you doing bending over just now?"
"At this time when weeds are growing, the work in the field is basically weeding and fetching water, and there is not much other work."
Yue Qing nodded, found a stone next to her, and sat down. From the corner of her eye, she saw Cai'er's eyebrows twitching a few times.
Yueqing saw that the child kept looking at them curiously, and waved him over.
The old man smiled and said: "This is my little grandson. I guess he has never seen so many people."
The child didn't even recognize his birth, so he came over generously. Although the clothes he was wearing were not of very good quality, they were very neat.
Yue Qing touched him: "Kid, how old are you? Don't you go to school?"
The child's immature voice said: "I am 3 years old. I will be able to enter elementary school in two years."
"Wow, are you going to school at such a young age?"
"My brothers are already in school, and Xiaoyi also wants to go early. My husband says I'm too young, but I already know several words."
This little idea is probably his name.
"You're so awesome, why would you go to the fields and help with the work?"
"Xiao Yi is already good at pulling weeds and can separate grains from weeds."
"oh."
"Is the lady a noble person from the city?"
"We do come from the city."
The child was happy, "Then the lady must have met the spirit girl? I heard that the spirit girl came to Xibao City, but it's a pity that Xiaoyi didn't see it."
"Why do you want to see the spirit girl?"
"Thanks to the spiritual girl, grandpa can always be with Xiaoyi."
"This kid." The old man said reproachfully.
"Grandpa is indeed physically strong."
"Even grandpa is getting old. I want the spirit girl to bless my grandpa to live a long life." The child said seriously.
"Adults, don't mind. Children don't understand."
Yue Qing smiled and said: "It's nothing, but, little brother, birth, old age, illness and death are human nature, and everyone has to go through it. Just stay with grandpa while he is still here."
"Xiaoyi also understands that when Xiaoyi grows up, he will accompany the spirit girl in the villa and protect the spirit girl to live a long life."
Yue Qing smiled, such a young child could easily live a long life.
He turned around and asked Chang Shen to bring him a fish and said with a smile: "Drinking more fish soup is good for the brain. Study hard and come to the villa to protect the spiritual girl in the future."
The child nodded seriously.
With nothing to do, Yue Qing followed the man carrying water around their fields and watched people weeding in the fields. The child followed Yue Qing and did not return to his family's fields. Grandpa was relieved and ignored him. He only told him to go back early and left. After staying for a while, Yue Qing saw someone coming to the field carrying a pole and shouting for the people in the field to eat. Not embarrassed to disturb others anymore, the group left here.
As soon as she got on the carriage, Cai'er patted Yue Qing's clothes and scolded her. She would never go out to play like this again. She would be covered in dirt from looking at her.
Yueqing looked at the mud marks on the carriage that she had stepped on, and let her deal with the mud. Sitting by the window and looking outside, most of the people in the fields had people coming to deliver food. Some were at the edge of the field, and some were sitting in the field. Yueqing saw the woman.
"Everyone has eaten, let's find a place to cook and eat. Watching others eat makes me a little hungry."
Yue Qing turned around and said to Yue Ke.
"Okay. There is an open space in the forest in front, suitable for resting."
Yue Qing nodded, "It seems to me that no one here knows you. When we were in Xibao City, people would recognize you wherever you went. Have you never been here?"
Yue Ke was silent for a while and said, "It's true that I haven't been here before."
"There are still places in Xibao City that you haven't gone to."
"Ashamed. Yue Ke is worse than the master of the hospital."
"Nothing is worse than me."
"It's nothing, I just suddenly felt that I am indeed not as good as the clan leader. I am a bit idle."
Yue Qing smiled: "Have you ever seen a waterwheel?"
"I've seen it before."
"Isn't it particularly big?"
"It's quite big."
"Is it operated by human power or is it directly powered by water?"
"neither."
"It's pulled by oxen." As soon as Yue Ke finished speaking, Yue Qing immediately followed.
"Yes, most of them are pulled by cows."
Yue Qing sighed: "I just said that the technology here is developing very fast, and the agricultural irrigation technology is also very advanced. Isn't this also a technology unique to your villa?"
"The hospital owner is right, there are no waterwheels like these outside the villa."
"When you are trading grain, won't people from outside the villa come to your grain production site to see it?"
"No, the food will be shipped out from the villa."
Yue Qing nodded. "I see."
Yue Qing thought: Although it has not been confirmed, there must be conflicts between various countries and the Villa. They are much better than others, especially in technological production. If longevity is true, then other countries want to live longer. There was also a reason why she was a woman of the surname. She suddenly felt that if she had been living here, she might encounter more troublesome things, such as her status as the princess of Li country.
Yue Qing looked at Yue Ke and asked: "Is the manufacturing technology of waterwheels like this also in the hands of specific people?"
Yue Ke nodded.
Yue Qing stopped asking. She suddenly felt that she had done something wrong and shouldn't know so many things. In addition, she had told them many modern things in the past two days, and she felt that she shouldn't.
If you are not a spirit girl, or the villa's attitude towards you should change. I'll have to pay a little more attention in the future.
Seeing Yue Qing suddenly become quiet, San Yuxiao glanced inside the car and saw that she had a serious look on her face and didn't know what she was thinking.
Yueqing felt his gaze and looked over. She almost forgot that this person could sense her own emotions. Yue Qing frowned slightly, suddenly feeling that the setting of Ling Wei was a bit unpleasant.
San Yuxiao turned his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
