Chapter 335： The person they said they were relatives turned out to be

Ying Bao suddenly sat up from the bed, clutching her pounding heart for a while before she calmed down.

This dream had no warning, but it was very real. The strong smell of blood filled my nose.

After breakfast, Yingbao told her father and Mr. Wu about the strange dream she had.

Jiang Sanlang thought that his daughter was frightened by the crowd watching the list, but then he thought of his daughter's premonition ability, and suddenly felt a sense of urgency in his heart.

Did my daughter dream that foreigners would attack her in the future? How can this be?

But what if it’s true?

If there is a real turmoil, the family’s food will no longer be able to be sold.

Mr. Wu and Jiang Sanlang had different ideas.

He stroked his beard and thought of the possibility of Jurchen invasion.

The foreigners described by Yingbao all look like Jurchens, and they are indeed not very stable.

In recent years, the Jurchens have become more and more powerful. They used the money given by Daqian to raise horses for Daqian. As a result, Daqian did not see a single horse, but they fattened up the Jurchens.

But he has no official position, and his son is only a sixth- or seventh-grade official who moved from one poor county to another. He is too far away from the center of power, and even the papers cannot be handed over to the emperor.

Nowadays, the affairs of the government are basically dominated by Taishi Xiao. As long as the opinions of other officials disagree with him, no matter whether they are right or wrong, the official will either be demoted or have his home confiscated and exiled.

Others see the capital as prosperous, but in fact that is just an appearance.

Step out of the prefectural and county towns and take a look. There is famine and banditry everywhere. People in the countryside are in dire straits. There are people fleeing famine on every road.

The Jurchens are ready to move at the border, becoming more and more aggressive every time. He would not be surprised if they attack the capital of Daqian one day.

Yingbao saw that both of them had their own thoughts and couldn't give her an answer, so she ran to Mrs. Wen's house to chat with Sister Wen.

There were many people yesterday, so she didn't have time to ask about Wen Shu's marriage, but today they happened to ask together.

Wen Shu was a little embarrassed and reluctant to say anything.

But seeing Ying Bao staring at her without blinking, she had no choice but to say: "My grandmother has made an appointment for me to be the husband of the Xiao family."

“Wha, what?” Yingbao thought she heard wrongly: “Which Xiao family?”

Wen Shu: "He is the Erlangjun of the Xiao Yushi family."

Yingbao's face twitched, a little in disbelief: "Are you talking about Xiao Chengjun?"

Wen Shu nodded shyly.

Yingbao hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to say bad things about Xiao Chengjun, "Sister Wen, let me tell you, Xiao Chengjun is not a good person. He, he already has his heart, so don't marry him."

Wen Shu was surprised: "Why did Ying Bao say that? Who does he care about?"

"Chen Tiantian, you know, right? Xiao Chengjun loves her. Last time, he wanted to beat me because of her." Yingbao is bound to ruin Sister Wen's marriage.

That Xiao Chengjun is selfish, arbitrary, and very paranoid. Regardless of whether he will have an affair with Chen Tiantian in the future, Sister Wen's life will definitely be ruined if she marries someone like him.

"Also, last time he deliberately left my mother and daughter in the middle of the road, and gave away all my boxes. Sister Wen, guess who he gave the boxes to?"

"Who? It can't be Sister Wen Jiao, right?" When Wen Shu returned to Yuzhou, she seemed to have heard that the husband of the Xiao family sent five boxes of gifts to Wen Jiao and Wen Tian. As a result, they opened the boxes after they took them home. , they found that there were piles of rags inside, with nothing valuable, but the two sisters were very angry, and said that it must be Xiao Langjun who did it on purpose.

Ying Bao: "Just give it to Wen Tian and Wen Jiao." She found out about this later.

Wen Shu frowned. No wonder I felt strange when I returned to Yuzhou. It turns out that this is how the Xiao family's marriage came about.

It is estimated that it was not originally meant for me, but was temporarily changed later.

"I will talk to my mother about this." She was unwilling at first, but she couldn't bear that her grandmother and second aunt kept praising Xiao Chengjun for being so good, so she reluctantly nodded.

My mother didn’t know about it at first, but later she found out about it. Seeing that her grandmother was trying her best to promote the matter, she decided to wait and see.

At present, it is just an exchange of Geng Tie, and it has not been officially decided yet.

Yingbao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Sister Wen was not interested in Xiao Chengjun, chatted with her for a while, and then left.

When I returned to my yard, I saw that my father had already started packing his things and was preparing to take a boat back to Qinchuan County tomorrow.

The rest of the people have also packed up and are waiting to leave the city before dawn tomorrow.

It is already July, the hottest time of the year.

Yingbao secretly made a bowl of assorted ice drinks and gave them to Mr. Wu and Jiang Jie Yuanbao.

Assorted ice drinks are made with cooked peaches, apricots, lychees, and longans, with a little fermented rice in them.

Mr. Wu likes this ice drink very much and eats half a bowl in one go.

After eating, he was still unsatisfied. He stroked his beard and said, "It would be great if Shi'er could also try it."

Yingbao saw that he mentioned Wu Shi and asked, "Where did Uncle Wu go to take office?"

"Sichuan." Mr. Wu sighed: "I thought he could stay in the capital, but I didn't expect that he was arranged to go to Shu."

That place has many mountains and little land, and is extremely poor. The people are also barbaric and uncivilized. In some places, they even wear animal skins. The whole family lives in caves. They go in and out like savages and cannot understand human language at all.

Yingbao: "What about Granny Wu? Where did she go?"

"Your mother-in-law Wu went to Jianglin. I have an eldest daughter who was married in Jianglin. She went to my daughter's house." Not counting the daughter's house, they also have a house in Jianglin. My wife felt that she was alone at home, so she took the two of them with her. A servant girl went there, at least she could see her daughter and grandchildren every day.

Furthermore, my wife’s natal family is Jianglin, and she knows many people there, so she wants to find a good match for her son.

"Oh." Qinchuan County, where Yingbao is located, is far away from Jiang Lin. She probably knows the direction, but has never been there.

Yingbao took out some more pills and handed them to Mr. Wu: "These are longevity pills. One pill a day can extend your life. You can take them together with the ones last time."

She never ran out of pills for Mr. Wu. Even when she was traveling, she would prepare a year or two's worth of pills and give them to her younger brother and Mr. Wu.

Including my own grandparents, I also reserved pills for them.

Now they are in better health. Mr. Wu even climbed mountains and waded through rivers to take his young apprentice to meet his son. When he came back, he was still in good spirits and showed no signs of fatigue.

“Okay.” Mr. Wu smiled and took the pills and put them into his bag.

He also learned from Ying Bao. When he went out, he would have someone make a big satchel and put it on his body, and put a lot of odds and ends and silver coins in it.

Yingbao took out another package and said, "This is for Uncle Wu. I don't know the address, so I can only entrust Grandpa Wu to deliver it."

She was still worried about whether the tumor on Wu Daozi's neck would recur, so she continued to give him medicine.

Mr. Wu has always taught his younger brother without any regrets and trained him to become a scholar. This kindness will never end.

So it is necessary to prepare medicine for them using Wudingzhi.