Chapter 326： Honey Locust Tree Fence

“I don’t know about this as a teacher.” Zhou Wuchang told the truth.

“However, the Chen family seems to be restless recently.”

Not only did he not stop, he seemed to be pretending to be a ghost.

The woman named Han Yueniang kept preaching that her daughter was a lucky star. When she was pregnant with her daughter, she dreamed of lotus flowers in her arms and unicorns walking on clouds and circling around her.

She also said that when her daughter was born, swarms of magpies were flying on the roof of her house and refused to leave for a long time.

Yingbao had long expected that Chen Tiantian and her daughter would not stop, so she was not too surprised. However, she was worried that Chen Guanglu would be harmful to her family in the dark, and even wanted to alienate her and her master.

After all, the identity of the master is here, and Pei Shixian, Han Yueniang and his daughter have both suffered from the master.

They are afraid of their master, so they will definitely set their minds elsewhere.

“Master, my family has enmity with the Chen Guanglu family. The Chen family will definitely speak ill of my family in secret and sow discord. Master, please don’t believe it.”

“Hmm.” Zhou Wuchang smiled and nodded: “Are you a teacher who easily trusts others?”

Ying Bao immediately smiled when he heard this, turned around and ran to pack his things.

Early the next morning, Jiang Quan took Li Dao, Li He and his junior sister back to his hometown. There were two carriages following behind. On the carriages were Master and Disciple Zhou Wuchang, as well as a lot of luggage.

After traveling for more than two hours, the three carriages arrived at Dongchen Village at noon.

Yingbao saw many fallen trees along the way, probably blown by the strong wind that day.

Fortunately, my orchard is fine, the grapes and peppers are also fine, but a lot of fruits were blown down.

"Bao'er!" When Chun Niang saw her daughter coming back, she rushed over, hugged her and started to cry.

Jiang Wu also ran over, followed by Da Huang who was wagging his tail desperately.

Yingbao wiped A Niang's tears, comforted her a few words, and hugged her brother.

Dahuang saw that his little master ignored him, so he kept circling around Yingbao in a hurry, bumping his head against her from time to time, which was very obvious.

On the other side, Jiang Sanlang had no time to ask about his daughter's current situation, because her master and senior brother also came, and he had to lead master and apprentice Zhou Wuchang into the house to sit down.

Dani helped make tea to entertain the guests, and Old Man Jiang and Jiang Dalang Jiang Erlang also came to accompany them.

As soon as Jiang Quan came back, his father arranged for him to go to the market outside the village to buy some pork, mutton and tofu. When he came back, there were guests at home, so he had to prepare a banquet and invite the patriarch and several respected people in the village. Come over for a meal and drinks.

So the three sisters-in-law of the Jiang family got together, plus Dani, and quickly prepared a banquet.

Ying Baoqing Mimi took out the wine and peach wine she brewed from the cave, as well as a large jar of peach juice and sugared apricots. She pretended to have brought them back from the county and gave them to her mother-in-law.

Chunniang did not doubt that he was there, and handed all the fruit wine and juice to her husband who was sitting at the table, asking him to pour wine for the guests.

Patriarch Chen took a sip of wine and couldn't help but sigh: "This wine is mellow. It has been brewed for a long time, right?"

Jiang Sanlang responded with a smile: "Yes, Uncle Chen, just drink a few more glasses. This fruit wine is not overpowering at all."

He raised his glass to everyone again: "Everyone, please! This fruit wine is made at home and is not intoxicating."

After saying that, he drank it all in one gulp.

Everything the daughter took out was good. It was actually cold in such a hot weather. There was a layer of water vapor on the outside of the wine jar. It was very refreshing to drink it.

Zhou Wuchang also took a sip from the wine cup and nodded: "This wine is sweet and long-lasting in the mouth. It is better than the wine brewed by the first-class restaurants in the capital."

The rest of the people were also full of praise. The wine is not only sweet and delicious, but also cold, which makes it really refreshing to drink on this hot day.

After Zhang Min drank a glass, the senior brother did not allow him to drink any more. "That juice is not bad, you can use that one."

Although Zhang Min was dissatisfied, he also knew not to drink too much in other people's homes.

Although this wine is not very good, if you get drunk, wouldn't it bring shame to the master?

As for Yingbao, after having dinner with her mother-in-law, eldest uncle, and second uncle's wife, she took her younger brother and Dahuang to Luyuan to visit Youyou.

Ever since the little master left, Youyou prefers to stay in the Deer Park. Every day she takes a large group of deer out of the Deer Park and walks around the village, very leisurely.

Before the siblings arrived at the deer park, they saw the tall and majestic deer from a distance, standing in the middle of a group of large and small deer, like a king.

“Yoyo!” Yingbao waved his hand at Dalu.

The big deer turned its head and stared at it for a while. Suddenly it galloped towards the little girl and stood in front of the little girl, nudging her with its head.

Yingbao hugged Youyou's neck, touched her antlers, and took out a piece of candy she made from her bag and stuffed it into her mouth.

When Jiang Wu and Dahuang saw her, they quickly stretched their necks and came over: "Sister, what did you give Youyou to eat? I want it too."

Yingbao had no choice but to take out another small bag of sweets with Wudingzhi added from her bag and handed it to her brother: "Eat slowly, and then get it from me when you're done."

The weather is hot and humid now, and the candies will melt quickly if left outside, making them soft and sticky and difficult to store.

Jiang Wu immediately pinched a piece and threw it into his mouth. Seeing the rhubarb howling in anxiety, he had to give it another piece.

The two siblings took a group of deer for a walk around the village and took a look at the honey locust trees that circled the village.

These honey locust trees grow densely, tall and dense, and the trees are covered with sharp thorns. It is estimated that even a dog cannot get through.

Unexpectedly, a few years later, Yingbao and these saponaria trees would actually form a wall. Now they have grown to a height of two feet, and the spikes on them are ferocious. When I get closer, I get goosebumps all over my body.

Jiang Wudao: "Sister, these trees you planted will ultimately benefit people outside."

Ying Bao turned to look at him: "What do you mean?"

Jiang Wu pointed to the sapodilla tree and then pointed outside: "The sapodilla tree produces a lot of saponins. People in our village only occasionally come to pick some saponins for washing clothes, and the rest are picked by outsiders."

“What are they doing picking so many saponins? Making soap?” Ying Bao was curious.

Jiang Wu: "Well, they picked them all at once, and no one in our village cared about them. But those outsiders chopped off the branches with knives, and some even tried to cut down the whole tree. My father found out and drove them out of the south. The **** has changed, and now there are dozens of households living in the old village.”

“Why do so many outsiders come to our village? Why do they cut down the saponaria trees?” Yingbao asked.

Jiang Wu: "They all fled from outside. It is said that they often encountered military disasters and robbers outside. They could not survive, so they had to flee to other places. Originally, my father thought they were pitiful and allowed them to pick some soap locusts and sell them for money. As a result, the outsiders were very angry. They are dishonest and want to cut them down so they can live in our village.”

Yingbao frowned.

She planted a circle of honey locust trees around the village to prevent foreign enemies. If they were cut down, wouldn't it be dangerous for the people in her village if bandits came like they did in previous years?

“It’s not a problem if they live in the old village, right? Doesn’t Li Zheng care about them?”

After all, the old village is also the territory of Dongchen Village. If it is occupied by others for a long time, there will be no fights over land in the future if it is not preserved.

Jiang Wu: "Dad went to Li Zheng and asked him to come forward to solve the problem. Grandpa Li Zheng came to see him once and said that he had already reported it to the county government and was only waiting for the county magistrate to say before he could resettle these foreigners. But it has been half a year. There is still no news from the county government.”