Ye Youlan's daily life of traveling through time

The carriage stopped, and the outpost came back to report: "We are in front of Wutong Mountain. There are many forks in the road. Be sure to look carefully at the markings and don't lose them."

Li Zhi let the prince's carriage stay at the back, and the carriage he and Dingxiang were riding in led the way.

Wutong Mountain is high and lush with trees. As we walked, the weather suddenly changed and dark clouds covered the sky.

Ye Youlan lifted the curtain and did not forget to comfort the Seventh Prince: "The weather in this mountain is like a child's face, it changes at any time."

As soon as she finished speaking, it started to rain heavily outside. Ye Youlan slapped her mouth and said, "Good things don't work, but bad things do."

The Seventh Prince asked everyone to find a place to shelter from the rain.

Ye Youlan looked up and found that the roof of the carriage was not leaking, but the rain was seeping in from the sides, and soon the carriage could no longer be stayed.

"Your Majesty, shall we go out and hide for a while?"

The Seventh Prince took out a large yellow cloth umbrella from the secret compartment and helped Ye Youlan get off the carriage. Everyone else hid because the rain was too heavy and they couldn't see anything.

Ye Youlan wiped the rain off her face and shouted outside: "Everyone, please hide from the rain, don't hide under the trees." Her voice was drowned out by the rain and she could not hear anything.

The two of them walked along the path, one step deep and one step shallow.

"Go up, don't go down." Ye Youlan pulled the Seventh Prince's arm and gestured for him to go up.

The Seventh Prince held an umbrella in one hand and pulled Ye Youlan up with the other.

He fell once, and again.

Ye Youlan smiled bitterly: "Why do I always fall?"

The rain blew into her mouth, and she thought she should just shut up!

Finally, they climbed up a small hill and walked down the hillside to a place sheltered from the wind. A rock protruded from the hillside, forming a barrier. The two men hid there, watching the heavy rain pouring down in front of them.

The Seventh Prince saw Ye Youlan huddled in a ball, shivering all over: "Are you very cold?"

Ye Youlan was soaked all over. The rain in the mountains was icy cold. Her face was pale, her teeth were chattering, and she felt like she was going to have a fever.

The Seventh Prince took off his wet coat and put it on Ye Youlan, but it was of no use. While he was taking off his clothes, the umbrella flew away.

The Seventh Prince sat in the mud, held Ye Youlan in his arms, and warmed her with his body.

After about an hour, the rain finally stopped, the sky suddenly brightened, and the air became fresh.

The Seventh Prince touched Ye Youlan's forehead with his, which was very hot.

He picked up Ye Youlan, but there was no way to climb up the hillside. He asked Ye Youlan to stand up, he squatted down, let Ye Youlan lie on his back, hug his neck, he carefully climbed up by pulling the branches, then picked up Ye Youlan and walked down.

Hearing someone calling him from afar, he only said one sentence: "I'm here," and then lost consciousness.

When he woke up, he found himself in a farmhouse. He had a severe headache and asked Ye Youlan what was wrong.

Li Zhi said, "Madam Wang is fine. She just took the medicine and went back to sleep."

An old rural woman came in with some medicine. Li Zhi took it and asked the prince to drink it. The prince looked at the woman warily.

Li Zhi said, "It's okay."

The old woman took the bowl and went out.

"When we found you and your wife, you were both unconscious. We had no choice but to stay here. This place is far from the village, and there are only an elderly couple at home. This fever-reducing herb is also what they often use. My men tried it first to confirm that it had reduced the fever before giving it to your wife."

The Seventh Prince struggled to get up and wanted to see Ye Youlan. Li Zhi helped him to go to the house opposite, which was the house where the old couple's daughter lived before she got married.

Ye Youlan mumbled in her sleep, "I want to eat canned yellow peaches."

The Seventh Prince and Li Zhi looked at each other and asked, "What are canned yellow peaches?"

The old woman laughed and said, "We have yellow peaches in this mountain, but no canned ones."

When she heard that there were yellow peaches, Ye Youlan immediately became alert. She glanced at the Seventh Prince and asked him if he was okay.

The Seventh Prince touched Ye Youlan's forehead and said, "It's indeed alright."

Ye Youlan asked Li Zhi if the guards were all right.

"Everyone is fine now."

Ye Youlan smiled and looked at the old woman: "Grandma, can we buy some yellow peaches?"

The old woman pointed outside and said, "There are yellow peaches all around here. Many people don't like to eat them, and no one buys them. They just rot on the trees every year."

Ye Youlan smiled. She asked Li Zhi to take people to pick some yellow peaches so that she could make canned yellow peaches for everyone.

Li Zhi and others quickly brought back a basin of yellow peaches and asked Ye Youlan what to do next?

Ye Youlan instructed them to wash it first, cut it into pieces, put it in a pot with water and cook it. She asked the old woman if she had rock sugar at home.

"No, only a jar of honey."

"Honey is also fine."

Ye Youlan poured honey into the pot, waited until the yellow peaches were ripe, turned off the fire, let it cool, and let everyone scoop it up to eat.

"This is canned yellow peaches. Eating this when you have a fever or a cold is the most comforting."

One pot was not enough for more than twenty people, so I cooked another pot, and after they finished eating, I cooked another pot.

"Grandma, you can cook yellow peaches like this in the future and sell them at the market to earn some pocket money."

Ye Youlan felt refreshed after eating the yellow peaches, and the air in the mountains was good. She told the Seventh Prince that she wanted to stay here for a day before leaving.

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Ye Youlan gave the guard some money and asked him to go to the nearby market to buy some rice, flour, oil, meat, star anise, pepper, etc. The old woman was a little uneasy when she saw the guard carrying so many things back, and she didn't know whether she should accept them.

"Grandma, we'll bother you here for another day, please accept these."

"It's enough for you to stay as many days as you want."

The old man was very honest and kind. He pointed to a cage in the corner of his yard and said, "There are chickens and rabbits here. Just help yourself to whatever you want to eat."

Ye Youlan said, "Tonight we're having braised rabbit meat, clay pot chicken, flatbread on top of the clay pot chicken, and a pot of millet porridge."

Ye Youlan gave the orders, the guards cooked, and the old woman also came to help. Soon the food was served in the pot. Everyone was eating and drinking happily, and the old woman and the old man were not as restrained as before.

Ye Youlan and Dingxiang sat by the well to draw water to wash their faces, and the old woman came over to talk to them.

"My daughter is about the same age as my wife, but she doesn't have a good life." He said as he wiped away his tears.

Ye Youlan helped the old woman sit on a small stool and asked her to explain what happened in detail, perhaps she could help.

"My daughter married in the town ahead, called Yangcheng. Her son-in-law is a butcher with a bad temper. He beats my daughter at every turn. Last time, my daughter couldn't stand it anymore and ran back. But he wanted to kill us, so she had no choice but to go back."

"Do you want your son-in-law to mend his ways, or do you want your daughter to divorce?"

"My daughter used to be in love with the village bull. My old man broke his leg while climbing the mountain. My son-in-law, a pig butcher, took him to the clinic and paid for the treatment. He then forced him to marry my daughter to him. If he didn't, he would have to pay double the medical bills. We work hard all year and can't even earn a tael of silver. How can we pay him back? We can only let our daughter get married."

"Grandma, don't worry. I'll send someone to pick up your daughter and let her go home with the divorce papers."