The general kneels on the washboard again

Yue Niang did it right away. She dragged her small body to start cleaning the yard, starting with weeding.

Old Madam Fu saw Yue Niang weeding in the yard and chewing a small grass seedling. She thought she was hungry and hurriedly called over: "Yue'er, don't play there. It's cold. Come inside. Grandma has pickled some vegetables."

Yue Niang, however, looked serious, with a maturity that did not match her age: "Grandma, I'm not cold or hungry. I'll tidy up the yard."

Old Mrs. Fu sat in the chair, speechless.

She and Fengxia were old and could endure hardships. With the help of Erya's mother, they grew some vegetables and would not starve to death. But when she saw Yue Niang's small body, tears welled up in her eyes again.

After all, it was a child's body, and she had suffered several serious illnesses. After only half an hour, Yue Niang could not hold on.

The most urgent thing is to replenish my body. There is a big river at the foot of the village with good ecology. There are many chili grasses growing on the river bank, so I had to try my luck.

Then he looked at his thin arms and legs, and discussed with Old Lady Fu: "Grandma, I want to go play with Sister Erya and thank her for showing me the way."

Old Madam Fu agreed and instructed, "Yue'er, ask Erya to come and move this waist loom in a few days."

Yue Niang responded, "Okay."

Yue Niang looked around and found that there were only two houses close to each other nearby. Next to them were a few thatched houses made of loess, which were Erya's home.

Old Mrs. Fu's legs and feet are basically paralyzed, and she can't walk out of the room at all.

Fengxia took good care of him, but she also had rheumatism, and it was difficult for her to walk when the weather was cold.

This is not what Fu Shiqing and Tian said about enjoying a peaceful retirement. This is clearly abandonment without regard for life or death.

They always thought that the old lady had hidden a lot of property, but all her life savings were stolen by Tian.

It only took a few steps to reach Erya's house. Erya was watching some three or four-year-old children playing outside the house.

Seeing Yue Niang coming over, she dismissed the little ones: "Sister Fu, why are you here? But what does Grandma Fu need?"

Yue Niang bowed to Er Ya as she had learned from memory. "Thank you for your concern, sister. You can just call me Yue'er. Everything is fine with Grandmother. I just wanted to thank you for leading me on this journey today."

Then he talked about the waist loom: "Grandma also said that my sister should move the waist loom."

Erya blushed and said, "I just said it casually that day, and Grandma Fu took note of it. But I don't know how to weave yet."

Yes, everyone in this village wears simple clothes, and I guess they don’t have many looms.

Nanshan Village is too remote, too poor and too miserable. If it were a village near Yunzhou, the women there would have already started exchanging the woven cloth for silver.

Yue Niang had no choice but to say, "It's okay, sister, when we have time, let's learn from Mother Ji together."

Erya was overjoyed: "Is it really possible?"

In her early years, she had the good fortune to go to Yunzhou with her brother. Although some bad things happened there, she also envied the women who sold cloth on the streets.

Yue Niang affirmed, "Of course."

Seeing that it was getting late, Yue Niang quickly changed the subject back to the main business.

"Sister, are there any fish in our river?"

Arya seemed to understand what she meant: "Of course there is, but the water is very deep, you and I can't catch it."

Yue Niang naturally didn't intend to go to a deep place: "Then is there any shallow place upstream or downstream?"

Erya thought for a while, then pointed in a direction and said, "There's a shallow area down there."

"Sister, let's go fishing."

Yue Niang's adult-like behavior made Erya laugh: "Sister Yue'er, how can this fish be so easy to catch?"

It's obvious that he doesn't trust Yue Niang, and in fact Yue Niang herself is also worried.

But in order to avoid malnutrition, after all, he was only about 1.5 meters tall in his previous life, with a baby face, and looked like a primary school student wherever he went, so he dragged Erya to the river.

Erya was somewhat helpless: "Forget it, forget it. Anyway, it's not the busy season for sowing yet, so I'll just go with you."

The shallow area was under a big rock.

Yue Niang took off her shoes, rolled up her trouser legs, and tested the water. It was not as icy as she had imagined, and it was even warm. The water did not even reach Yue Niang's knees.

Yue Niang shook the stone, and a fish actually came out.

It seems that the water is really fertile. There are such fat fish in this weather.

Erya was also happy to go fishing.

Yue Niang was not in a hurry. She looked around and fixed her eyes on the chili grass.

As he went to gather grass, he said, "Sister, let's block this place off first to prevent the fish from escaping."

Erya did as she was told obediently this time.

Yue Niang picked a lot of chili grass and crushed it with stones.

After Erya blocked the way, Yue Niang hurriedly called her up: "Sister, come up."

Erya was a little puzzled: "Sister, we haven't even started fishing yet."

Yue Niang smiled brightly and said, "The fish will bump into us soon."

Yue Niang sprinkled all the freshly crushed chili grass into the water.

Soon, several fish turned over and floated up.

This was the game I used to play with my friends when I was in the orphanage, climbing over the wall.

Erya cheered: "Sister, you are so awesome."

The two picked up the fish, and it was really getting dark.

A total of five fish were released. The ecology is really good.

Yue Niang took two small ones and gave the three big ones to Erya as a thank you gift.

Erya insisted on only one, so Yue Niang could only think long-term: "Sister, please accept it, otherwise I will be embarrassed to trouble you again in the future."

Erya asked, "Sister Yue'er, how old are you this year?"

Yue Niang didn't hesitate: "Nine years old."

He added, "Because I'm only nine years old, if I want to continue living here, I'll have to trouble my sister a lot in the future."

Erya didn't refuse again, but only sighed in her heart that young ladies from wealthy families are different and know everything.

Looking at Yue Niang carrying the fish, he felt a little worried: "How about this, you give it all to me, and I will send it to you after I'm done."

Yue Niang, however, did not want to trouble anyone further and politely declined the offer: "If I don't have enough firewood, I will have to trouble you again."

Today's weeds and dead wood are more than enough to roast two fish.

The two of them walked along the country road, carrying their loads of spoils and humming songs. This was the kind of life Yue Niang longed for most.

Erya returned home, and Yue Niang also walked home.

Suddenly, I kicked something in the weeds outside the door.

Yue Niang fell to the ground with the fish.

A figure jumped out from the side, protecting the "thing" that Yue Niang kicked. It was a woman, and she cried to Yue Niang for help: "Help~"

Hearing the noise, Mother Ji came over with a lamp.

"Miss, what's wrong?"

Yue Niang pointed at the two people in the distance.

Looking closer, there was a man lying on the ground, who seemed to be seriously injured. As for the woman, her face was as dirty as a cat and her tattered clothes could not hide her elegant and graceful temperament.

Looking at the man on the ground, he was holding a sword with the word "Jiang" engraved on it.

Thinking about the encounter with Jiang Yunxiao during the day, could it be that these two were also looking for Jiang Yunxiao's sister?