flstandardbreds Chapter 171 Making a Fire
Chapter 171 Making a Fire
After Jiang An left, Jiang Jichen also packed his clothes and returned to the military camp with Hu Yan.
Even Butler Sun was taken away by him...
General Xie, who was about to see off another wave of guests at the palace gate, was a little confused. He pointed at himself and then at the huge palace behind him.
"My Lord, are you just going to leave this palace to me?"
Jiang Jichen took the reins and climbed onto the horse.
"I have asked Steward Sun to write down all the matters that need to be done in the mansion in the book. You just need to do it."
Look how lightly he said that!
Xie Yunshan pulled Butler Sun's sleeve and laughed, "The old man is not in good health, why are you bothering Butler Sun, Your Majesty~"
He doesn't want to manage the palace himself!
Jiang Jichen raised his eyebrows and pointed at him with the whip in his hand, "This is a military order!"
"In three days, the maids and servants sent by the Concubine will enter the city. You will make your own arrangements then."
Looking into the prince's dark eyes, Xie Yunshan's smile became increasingly unpredictable.
He readily let go of Steward Sun's sleeves, waved his hand, and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely treat you well!"
He said that Jiang An had just left and the prince was about to leave too. It seemed like he was going out to hide from people!
It's just to make people unhappy. He has been doing this job for three years. I guarantee that those maids won't be able to stay in the Zhenguo Palace for five days and will clamor to go back to Beijing!
Seeing that Xie Yunshan understood what he meant, Jiang Jichen squeezed the horse's belly and only said "work hard".
Crossing the crossbar of the vermilion gate, Xie Yunshan put his hands on his hips and raised his chin to look at the servants who were cleaning.
The smile on General Xie's face became more and more perverted. He coughed twice to clear his throat and imitated Jiang Jichen's tone, "Work hard!"
The servants looked at each other, but still responded obediently. After all, Steward Sun had instructed that everyone in the mansion should listen to General Xie these days.
Xie Yunshan grinned after showing off his power, and felt that the air was much fresher.
Although the little girl is not at home, someone will come to accompany him in a few days, which is not a bad idea.
The little girl that Xie Yunshan was thinking about had already left the city through the south gate.
Many people on the outskirts of the city were harvesting wheat, and when they heard the sound of the convoy, they all stood up.
They looked at the convoy, talked to each other, and took a break.
"It's Master..."
They were looking at the convoy, and the young boys in school uniforms who were leaning against the small windows of the carriage to enjoy the fresh air were also looking at them.
The middle-aged man wiped the sweat off his face with the towel hanging around his neck and asked loudly, "Master, aren't you going to study today?"
The old teacher in the car closed the book and replied with a smile: "I won't study today. I will take the students on a study tour."
Farmers may not understand what traveling to study is or why they travel to study, but they know that what these scholars do must have a reason, just like crops must be planted in spring and harvested in autumn...
"Uncle Ba~"
The little girl held the window with her hand and greeted the man who was talking.
She knew him. An An had cultivated the fields in his family before!
"Miss!"
Uncle Ba's shout made the surrounding farmers put down their work...
They stood in the well field and saluted Jiang An with unskilled movements, with genuine smiles on their faces.
Jiang An's eyes curved into crescents, with a pair of small canine teeth sticking out to let out a breath, "No need to salute~"
"Uncle Ba, how is the wheat this year?"
The man smiled innocently, raised the golden wheat in his hand, and replied loudly: "Okay!"
"I'll wait until I've collected all the wheat and made some maltose and send it to you!"
Maltose!
The little girl giggled, as if there was already sweet candy in front of her...
If you go from Chongzhou to Maozhou along the official road, you can reach it in the dark if you ride a horse at full speed, but it will take two days if you take a horse carriage.
So the teacher needed to take this group of young students and camp outside for one night.
As the sun was setting, they found a ruined temple...
The convoy stopped in front of the temple, and the Master was the first to get off the carriage.
In the following carriages, elementary school students leaned out their heads to look around the place.
There were withered yellow weeds growing on both sides of the dilapidated temple. The weeds were as tall as a person and swayed gently in the wind, making the temple look a bit desolate and shadowy...
There should be a bamboo forest behind the temple, but it has been unattended for a long time and the bamboos are dense.
The young boys got out of the car and stretched their stiff arms and legs. Someone asked, "Can people really live here?"
The temple didn’t even have a complete door. Looking inside, one could see a statue covered with spider webs and thatched grass in front of the statue…
Old Master: "Why can't you live here?"
He was the first to approach the dilapidated temple. "This dilapidated temple is a very good place for students going to Beijing to take the exam!"
"You don't have to spend money to stay in a hotel, and you don't have to use the sky as a blanket or the ground as a bed!"
The teacher was wearing a robe that had been washed so much that it turned white, and his back looked quite free and easy.
Li Xingsang looked at his classmates and said, "If we don't live in this dilapidated temple, we will have to sleep outdoors..."
Jiang An was the first to raise his little paw, "An An lives in the temple!"
Huo Changming took his luggage down and said, "I'll go find a good seat first~"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone started to move, going in groups of three or four with their luggage rolls to find their desired seats.
Jiang An looked at Jiang Si and gestured with his hands, "You don't have any luggage?"
"An An's quilt is not enough for you to sleep on!"
He is too tall!
Jiang Si lowered his eyes, "I sleep on the beam in the room."
The little girl nodded, "Okay~"
Although the temple is a bit dilapidated, it has many primary school students.
After their efforts, the spider webs on the statue were swept away, and even the incense burner was refilled with incense. The thatched grass on the ground was also neatly gathered and placed under the bedding.
Because torches were needed for lighting and warmth at night, the teacher took Huo Changming and others to collect firewood, leaving Jiang An and Jiang Si with other students in the temple.
The little girl buried her head in the quilt, rolled over, and squinted her eyes comfortably.
Jiang Si took action and used a few wooden sticks to prop up a small iron pot, successfully earning a round of "wow" from the group of young boys.
He pursed his lips and almost walked back to the corner with his hands and feet together, pretending to be an invisible man.
When the old man came back, he saw Huo Changming holding a pile of firewood taller than himself, with several full water bags hanging on his body.
He threw the firewood aside, his eyes glowing green, "Can we eat?"
The Master looked at the achievements of these young men and stroked his beard with satisfaction, "Light the firewood, and we can eat!"
Hearing this, Jiang Andada ran over and recommended himself, "An An, come here!"
When she followed her father to war, she didn't eat those rabbits for nothing!
She first used a tinder to light the easily flammable leaves and branches, and when the fire was a little bigger, she placed firewood on top, and then puffed up her cheeks and blew...
After about a quarter of an hour, the little girl stood up and said, "Okay~"
Her face was covered in black ash at some point, and a strand of hair on her forehead seemed to be burnt.
Qi Shanyuan quickly wiped her hair clean with a towel, feeling funny but also distressed for that strand of hair...
They strung Hu cakes on branches and baked them in the fire, while the hot soup in the iron pot was steaming.
The elementary school students had never done such things before. They stuffed the Hu pancakes into their mouths even though they were baked in a mess and as black as charcoal.
Maybe it was embarrassing for them to live in the dilapidated temple, but it was this experience that allowed the little ones who usually immersed themselves in the sea of books to learn how to survive.
At night, Qi Shanyuan still stared at the fire...
He always felt that his experience of drifting from the south to Chongzhou was miserable, but now he realized that during those days of wandering he didn't even need to learn how to light a torch, because he had Qi Sheng by his side.
Young Master Qi covered the little girl with the quilt that she had discarded, and his brows relaxed.
He dared not forget the hatred, but he would no longer feel sorry for himself.
Qi Shanyuan shouldn't grow up in a dark corner. He should stay with An An and live together in the sunshine.