At noon in early winter, it was still cold despite the sun. Wei Zijun, who was wearing a straw hat and a scarf, was already sweating on his forehead. One hand wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, and the other hand pulled the hair on his chest.
The backpack straps relieve the strength of the backpack suffix.
Along the way from the town back to the valley, Wei Zijun's face was always filled with a joyful smile.
This month's menstrual period was delayed, and she, who was good at medicine, had already confirmed that she was pregnant. However, she still went out of the valley and went to the town to find a doctor to confirm again.
There was really a little life in her belly, and she was really going to be a mother.
Along the way, she thought a lot about whether the child in her belly would be a boy or a girl. It wasn't that she favored boys over girls, but she was thinking about whether to prepare girls' clothes or boys' clothes.
She was wondering whether the child would look like her or him after she was born.
If a girl is like herself, it’s better if a boy is like him!
She was still thinking about how to tell him the good news when she got home from the valley. Should she tell him as soon as she entered the house? Or, cook a few good dishes and wait until he had a few drinks before telling him?
And how happy will he be after hearing the news that he is about to be a father?
After getting married for half a year, the family is finally getting a new member.
Let him, the father, decide on such a happy matter as choosing a name. After all, his literary talent is better.
No one in the village in the valley knew that her husband was picked up by her.
Even Wei Zijun himself did not expect that his kind act nine months ago would actually lead to his marriage.
She remembered the scene clearly. After escaping from her family, she chose to go to Anyu, a neighboring country where wars and epidemics were common, just to be on the safe side.
A place that others avoid may be the safest place for her.
Because no one believed that the smart and intelligent daughter of the famous Wei family in the Yangli Kingdom would actually run away from home and choose to go to the most chaotic and unstable place.
As soon as we crossed the border of Anyu Kingdom and entered Lucheng, we saw all kinds of desolation and misery.
The cities and villages destroyed by the war, the graves visible along the way, and the corpses that were hastily buried with loess but not covered tightly with straw mats. An Yuguo didn't know if he had done something against the laws of heaven, natural disasters, man-made disasters, wars, snow disasters, plagues
Frequent.
Their king decreed that the victims and refugees were not allowed to go towards the capital.
However, because the Queen gave birth to another prince, she wanted to celebrate and offer amnesty to the whole world. She not only issued an order to resettle and accommodate the refugees from the war and snow disaster, but also included the surviving people in the affected areas.
They are all homeless and pitiful people, but because survivors in plague areas may carry the plague with them and infect others, the surviving people in plague areas have become inferior to the victims and refugees.
Green strips of cloth should be tied on their arms as a warning so that other victims can keep a distance from them to ensure that something unexpected happens.
Wei Zijun took the initiative to sneak into the ranks of the victims of the epidemic area and tied a green cloth strip herself. The only benefit to her was that she would not be harmed by unscrupulous people on the long road ahead.
Even among the victims of the disaster, there are villains, but the villains also cherish their lives.
After several days of traveling together, Wei Zijun learned that the plague occurred in a wide area, involving many villages and towns, and even in some villages, entire villagers were killed, and no one was spared.
No one was spared. It was not that they all contracted the plague and died, but that too many people died from the plague. In order to prevent the epidemic from spreading, the government surrounded the entire village and burned it.
Those who were dead, those who were sick but still gasping for air, and those who looked healthy were all set on fire.
When he heard this, Wei Zijun's heart twitched. The government's method of treatment was too cruel, and the villagers who were burned to death were so pitiful and innocent, so miserable.
Even if her blood has the effect of detoxifying and purifying, if the epidemic had spread not at the beginning, but after it had spread, even if her blood was drained and given to the people to drink, there would probably be no way to save the day.
It was precisely because of this that she dared to sneak into the ranks of the victims of the plague area. Her blood was special, and even if the other party still had the plague bacteria, she would not be infected.
The emperor of Anyu State decreed that the place where these disaster victims and refugees should be accommodated was the desolate and sparsely populated Broken Soul Valley, a place far away from the capital city.
There are two ways into the valley, one is by land and the other is by water.
However, the waterway in Broken Soul Valley is a turbid river, with an unknown number of crocodiles in it. They are brutal and ferocious, and any living thing that falls into the water is their food.
Therefore, this river is also called the Duanhun River.
The refugees who were said to be escorted by the soldiers were actually being escorted. Even after they knew their destination was here, they wanted to escape but did not dare because someone did so at first, but was caught and executed by the soldiers as a warning to others.
Furthermore, they had no other better choice for the time being. At least the food they were escorted along the way was controlled by the government. Although it was all grain pancakes and clear water porridge, it was still better than begging and starving to death along the way.
Wei Zijun's husband picked it up on the way to the Soul-Desolating Valley.
At that time, he was in rags, with wounds all over his body, and because he was blind, the food he received was repeatedly snatched away. In the end, he was exhausted and sat under a locust tree on the roadside, waiting to die.
The food that each person received every day was pitiful. Even if someone saw him, no one would give him the food to sustain his life.
When Wei Zijun saw him, he walked over and gave him half of the pancake and half a bowl of rice soup.
When he saw a suspicious-looking man next to him, staring at the food in his hand, Wei Zijun did not leave immediately, but kept standing by the side to ensure that all the food he gave him went into his stomach.
After he finished eating, Wei Zijun lifted his feet and left. However, after taking a few steps, his feet felt as if something heavy had fallen on them and he could not lift them up.
His condition was so bad that if he were left there, he would still be dead.
I gave him pancakes and porridge before, didn't I just hope that he could live?
After much hesitation, Wei Zijun turned around and walked back to the locust tree, asking him if he would follow him.
At that time, he didn't seem to expect that someone would say such things to him, so he was stunned and nodded.
Just like that, Wei Zijun took him with him.
I originally thought that we would separate after we arrived at the destination and his physical condition was better.
However, when we arrived at the entrance of Broken Soul Valley, the government posted a large notice on the rock nearby, and the government officials registering at the entrance also sounded gongs from time to time to remind them that there were only a limited number of houses in the valley, so people with families and families should go first.
Those who are single should stay together in a simple large tent.
It's not that Wei Zijun can't endure such hardship, but she knows that living in such a mixed environment is really inconvenient for a young woman like her.
Looking at him who was also single next to him, Wei Zijun thought about it and made his proposal. It would be nice for the two of them to lie about being a family so that they could have a fixed and separate place to live.
He thought for a moment and then nodded in agreement.
When Wei Zijun came forward to register, before Wei Zijun spoke, the yamen officer took a look and wrote husband and wife. She wanted to explain and correct it, but the yamen officer looked at the messy waiting people behind and was already very impatient.
Wei Zijun gave up. Fortunately, precisely because the scene was in a mess, the government officials were impatient and did not register the names of the victims and where they came from. They just filled them in as they were reported.
So, Wei Zijun bit the bullet and told a place name that she heard from her peers. She reported Wei Sanniang's name, but because she didn't expect to form a temporary family, she didn't ask him about his name.
name.
When I turned around to ask him, the extremely busy government servant had already driven them away impatiently and urged the next family to come forward to register.
Whether it was decided by the emperor to bring good fortune to the new prince or for the sake of a good reputation, in a remote place like this where the emperor is far away, it is not unusual for the people below to do things half-heartedly and carelessly.
Those who enter the Soul-Desolating Valley will have to resign themselves to their fate in the future. The court will only give them a place to stay and not care about anything else. Who knows how many people will survive in the future.
This registration process is nothing more than a formality and a formality.
Thinking of this, Wei Zijun looked at the valley entrance in front and smiled.
At that time, everyone had already lied to him about being married, but no one even knew his last name.
Usually when she went out to buy things, she always went with him. He said he was worried about her going out alone in the valley because he couldn't see her, but he said he had the strength and he carried all the baskets on her back.
This time, just to confirm whether I was really pregnant, I made an excuse to come out alone.
Wei Zijun was very tired and hungry, and wanted to stop and put down his backpack for a rest. Because the two of them had a small population at that time, the residence they were assigned was further away from the mouth of the valley.
However, she wanted to get home earlier, see him earlier, and tell him the good news earlier.
Therefore, Wei Zijun paused for a moment, then raised his legs and continued walking forward.
"Sanniang is back?" As soon as she entered the valley, people walking towards her greeted her.
"Well, Aunt Qian, are you going to pick mushrooms?" Wei Zijun responded with a smile.
In the whole valley, Wei Zijun was only slightly familiar with Aunt Qian.
"Well, didn't it rain yesterday? I was thinking that there are a lot of mushrooms on the mountain today. I can pick more and sell them if I can. If I can't sell them, I will dry them in the sun if the weather is good. If the weather is not good, I will pickle them. It's winter.
It’s a vegetable after all.” Before Aunt Qian could finish her words, she had already walked some distance away, as if she was afraid that the mushrooms on the mountain would be picked by others if she slowed down.
Wei Zijun also quickened his pace and walked home. After branching off from a fork in the road, it was a rugged winding mountain path.
Although the medicinal materials and embroidery that I brought out of the valley today still didn't sell for a good price, they were enough to buy a basket full of things.
Rice, noodles, fabric for the child's clothes and bedding, a carp, and two kilograms of wine.
He loved to eat the sweet and sour fish she made and drink some wine. When he heard the good news that he was about to become a father, Wei Zijun could imagine his expression and reaction when he heard the good news that he was about to become a father.
Then there's the surprise.
After turning a few more turns, we finally saw their home.
When we first got it, it was a very simple wooden house that would leak even if it rained heavily. However, after nine months of hard work in repairing it, the house still looks shabby, at least it doesn't leak or have air leaks.
Moreover, the two of them also built a fence and a courtyard gate.
Around the fence, wild chrysanthemums dug by Wei Zijun are planted, and on one side of the door is a wisteria. Although the plant is not big now, it will grow.
There were many large trees on the mountain, and he had the strength to dig them out. The key was that she was afraid that the plants would be too big and difficult to survive if they were relocated.
Huh? Why is the door still closed? Shouldn't he be sitting in the yard drinking tea at this time?
The tea was made from wild tea she picked in the mountains, and he liked it very much.
Wei Zijun, who pushed open the courtyard door, looked at the closed door and was very confused.
After entering the yard, she didn't bother to check whether the chickens were laying eggs, and went straight to the door. She was only two steps away when the door suddenly opened, and she saw him sitting there.
Just when he breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to say hello to him, Wei Zijun suddenly thought that he was sitting there properly, so who opened the door...