"Why didn't you wait for me to come back and enter the mountain alone?”，Although Uncle Cheng couldn't bear to reprimand him, he couldn't help but worry."Don't let this happen again!"
" I know…" Yang Ping pretended to be obedient and continued,""I'm well prepared. I won't touch any big beasts. I'll go back after finding something valuable.”
"Why are you entering the mountain? Are you short of silver?"
"No! I heard from the elders in the village that there might be a cold weather in the summer this year, and it has been dry for three years in a row. There might be a snowstorm…"Yang Ping deliberated and continued,"I thought that Uncle Cheng might not be back for a while, so I wanted to get some valuable things. It's good that I can sell them in a big way later and exchange them for silver so that I can store some things. It's also a reason for people to notice. The main reason is that some medicinal herbs can't be found after the season. Actually, the most important thing is that after practicing with Uncle Cheng for so long, I wanted to come out and test my skills…"
Uncle Cheng nodded slowly.”
Xu Changqing was also busy praising her." My Pingping is meticulous in her work. No wonder your grandmother always said that you are the most like her among the children in the family!"”
Yang Ping blushed slightly and asked anxiously,""How are Grandfather and Grandmother? Uncle, how did you get out?”Actually, what she wanted to say was, Uncle, did you sneak out again?
"I'm fine, I'm fine!" Xu Changqing raised his eyebrows. Your uncle came out openly under your grandmother's orders!”
Uncle Cheng pursed his lips. Yang Ping stared at him and forgot about the venison in her mouth.
"Why? You don't believe me?"
It wasn't that he didn't believe it, it was that he couldn't believe it. It was just that his uncle's great achievements were too shocking.
Xu Changqing used a dagger to cut off a thin piece of venison meat and carefully read the texture on it under the setting sun." The person in the capital is sick, and the Imperial Academy of Medicine is helpless. Someone has come to invite your maternal grandfather out of seclusion…"
Yang Ping was shocked and put down the venison.”
"How can I?" Xu Changqing's slanted eyes revealed a hint of disdain and mockery." The people from the internal guards have to go. The old man is old and has lost his beloved daughter. He can't treat his illness anymore. Your eldest uncle has gone…"
Yang Ping knew that her maternal grandfather must have used some tricks. She knew her maternal grandfather's body and personality.
"Eldest Young Master has done a good job." Uncle Cheng poked the fire with a tree branch and blew at it with his eyes narrowed.
" As a condition, that person removed a lot of the guards outside Fragrant Valley…" Xu Changqing took the branch from Uncle Cheng's hand and knocked it on the ground."Retreating or not, it won't stop me anyway. I came out disguised as your uncle's Chang Sui and turned here halfway!”
"Oh-"
"In the past two years, it has been chaotic outside, and the number of people staring at us has decreased by a lot. Your grandmother asked me to think of a way to buy some open businesses for you and your sister. Now that we have the ginseng that you picked up, things will be easier!
"I didn't pick it up!"
"Oh, right, I didn't pick it up! Tomorrow, Master and I will help you pick up a few more. After that, we will exchange them for silver in a high-profile manner and buy some property. Our family will also take the opportunity to arrange a few people for you…"
"..." Yang Ping pouted.
"Repair the house as well. I'll move in!”，Uncle Cheng interrupted." You don't have to care about these things. I'll go and find Li Zheng when I get back. This person is trustworthy."”，The latter half of the sentence was directed at Xu Changqing.
"Alright, I'll listen to Uncle Cheng."
"Yes, repair the house and make it bigger. Your second uncle has invited a gentleman for you and Xiao Fei.”
"Ah?"
"What? You're still okay, but where's Xiao Fei? Who can teach him? You or me?"
" Second Uncle…" Yang Ping whispered.
"Stinky girl, who are you looking down on?!" Xu Changqing gritted his teeth and flicked Yang Ping's forehead with his finger.""Your second uncle has other things to do. Besides, there are some things that family members can't teach. Xiao Fei is different from you. He has to learn to look at problems from the perspective of an outsider. "This old gentleman's surname is Meng. Old Master Meng was born in a branch of the Meng family. He lost his father when he was young and was bullied by many people in the clan. Later, his mother remarried. When he was twenty years old, he went to high school to visit the flower. He could definitely be said to be knowledgeable and intelligent. He used to be the master of the higher-ups and his brothers. He also has some connections with your uncle. Five years ago, he resigned and was saved by your aunt's people on his way home. He lived in Fragrant Valley and wrote books. Now, he has become friends with your second uncle." He volunteered to teach Xiao Fei."
"I'll teach my younger brother to respect Jon!”，Yang Ping nodded sincerely.
" Yes, and ask the children in the village who are close to Little Fei if they are willing to come to our house to learn from Mister Meng. We need to find some companions for Little Fei. Your eldest aunt wants Yuan Luo to come over, but…let's talk about it again. Yuan Luo is learning medicine from the old man. I think Xiao Er is suitable. He's cut out to study, just like his second uncle.”
"What about Third Cousin?" Yang Ping laughed.”
"Little San? Humph…Mo 'er looked like his third uncle!”Xu Changqing was very proud.
"Haha…"
"Haha…"
The pine nuts in the bonfire made popping sounds from time to time. The smell of pine resin that went straight into people's lungs startled a group of tired birds that lingered above the forest for a long time and refused to return to their nests. Finally, they landed on a large linden tree not far away and stretched their necks to stare at the bonfire.
Yang Ping was immersed in this long-lost warmth. There was love and warmth in the fire. There were faces in the fire, gentle, resolute, dignified, kind, cute, awkward... These faces kept appearing in front of her eyes, alternating or overlapping, clear or blurred. Slowly, they all turned into light spots. The blazing white core and the orange halo were broken one by one, reassembled, and slowly floated and rose. Yang Ping did not know where she was until she felt warmth on her shoulder.
"Silly girl, you know how to bring food into the mountain, but you don't know how to bring clothes?”
Yang Ping touched the cloak that her uncle had taken out of nowhere. She forced herself to come to her senses and thanked him in a low voice.
"We're family, what's there to thank? This was personally made by your aunt and uncle. There are still a few carts of things on the way. I'll ask the bodyguard agency to transport them to the residence in the county town.”
Yang Ping thought of her aunt's image of a chivalrous woman in fresh clothes and riding a horse happily in the Jianghu. No matter what, she could not be associated with needlework. It seemed that she had only learned needlework after being locked up in Fragrant Valley for the past few years. She could not help but feel a little guilty in her heart and lowered her eyes.
Xu Changqing understood what his niece was thinking at a glance. He rubbed her hair and said mockingly," Your aunt first made socks for the four of them to practice. She made ten pairs for each of them and forced them to wear them…Haha…Don't think that your cloak is beautiful. It's just that the fabric is good. There's no embroidery on it. The fabric must have been cut by someone else…Oh right, she even made Yi 'er a…"
Yang Ping used a smile to force away the heat in her eyes. Eldest Aunt had always been on good terms with her mother and treated her like her own daughter. She still remembered that when she was young, she would often put all kinds of jewelry on her head and then hug her and sit on her lap and mutter,"Little Yang Ping, don't go back to the General's Estate. Just follow Aunt, okay? Aunt passed the Shadow Gang to you-"
Her aunt was from the famous Shadow Gang, Yu Heng, the only daughter of the old gang leader. The old gang leader treated his daughter like a sore thumb and felt that no name was worthy of his daughter. Therefore, he gave her a name for three years. It was only on her third birthday that an eminent monk gave her a name: Unnamed.
The young gang leader, Yu Weiming, met his eldest uncle who was traveling outside the valley when he was 16 years old. Xu Changgeng, the eldest uncle, was dressed in green clothes and had a picturesque appearance. At the age of 20, his medical skills had reached the peak. The young gang leader was secretly in love with him. The Jianghu women were free and easy. They chased him outside Fangfei Valley alone. After wandering for a few days, they met Xu Mingyue who was out of the valley to play. They were very close. Therefore, the two became sisters-in-law.
Eldest Aunt had always wanted a daughter, but in the end, all she gave birth to were boys. Back then, she had failed to get her hands on her, but now she wanted to get her little sister. Yang Ping couldn't help but laugh.
The three of them chatted intermittently for a long time. Seeing that the night was getting cold, Uncle Cheng moved the fire to the side and laid the cypress that Yang Ping had cut down on the place where it had been burned. He said in a deep voice,"Girl, lie here and sleep. Changqing has been rushing for the whole day and is also resting. I'll watch the fire!”，Without waiting for the two of them to agree, he raised his breath and climbed up a big tree at the side. He leaned against the tree branch and held his breath to listen to the movements around him.
The heat coming from under the cypress tree made Yang Ping sleepy very quickly. The fire warmed the surroundings so much that even the cries of the night owls in the distance sounded much better. She soon fell asleep.
Yi 'er went to sleep with Yu Lian again, resting in the woman's soft arms. There was a faint smile on her lips. Yu Lian gently pulled her arm out from under the little girl's neck, slowly got up, tucked the corner of the blanket, put down the curtain, and turned down the light of the oil lamp on the high table by the window. Then, she gently walked out of the West Chamber.
Outside, Aunt Wang happened to come out of the kitchen. She lowered her voice and said,"Sleeping?"
"She's asleep, mother. I came out after seeing her in a deep sleep.”
"The little girl is tired from playing in the field this afternoon and will sleep soundly at night.”，Aunt Wang washed her hands with the water that Amelia scooped over and continued,"I'm afraid you have to get up at night. It's dark outside. Take a basin and put it behind the door. I've already tidied up the kitchen. There's hot water in the pot.”
"Got it, Mother. Zhu Zi left with Little Fei?”
"Let's go. Your father sent them off. We'll have to wait for them to rest before returning.”
"Mother should also rest early!"
"Don't worry about me. Go wash up first and hurry back to the house.”
Just then, the people settled down.
Wang Fugui put on his clothes and walked around the courtyard. He stood quietly at the back wall for a while and took a few puffs of smoke before turning back.
In the room, on the top of the Kang, the moonlight cast a bright white light on the bed made of reeds. Aunt Wang turned over and pulled the blanket up twice."Nothing?"
"It's nothing. Let's rest!"
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