There were originally more than a hundred mountain residents left by Fang Dongquan and others at the foot of Huangzhu Mountain. Now there are nearly two hundred people who came with Li Xuan and others, making the population here increase to more than three hundred people.
It's just that there are not many young people among them, only fifty or sixty people, because more young people are still leading the officers and soldiers in the mountains under the leadership of Fang Dongquan. Even if everything goes well, it will still take many days before they can come back.
Most of the villagers who have just arrived here are cleaning up their houses, because the houses are not enough for living, and some are still cutting down bamboo and wood to build wooden houses.
Because of time constraints, the wooden house they built was very simple. It didn't even have earthen walls. It only used trees and bamboo as the frame and branches as the roof.
If he is a scholar, he may see the wooden house like this: Behind the forest cabin is a patch of emerald green bamboo. The bamboo forest sways gently in the wind like waves undulating each other, and the rustling sound of the bamboo is mixed with the chirping of birds.
The buds of green grass beside the cobblestone path in front of the door are stained with morning dew, dazzling like pearls in the sun. Couplets are engraved on the wooden boards on both sides of the wooden door, which read: Wild bamboo shoots and mountain vegetables, you don’t have to worry about drinking friends when you lie high; Bamboo
The bed is made of rattan and pillows, so why should you admire the immortal family if you feel comfortable?
However, in the eyes of a layman like Li Xuan, this wooden house was too simple and could not protect it from wind and rain. At most, it could barely protect it from the sun.
After walking over and asking a few people who were building houses, Li Xuan learned that the wooden houses they were building now were only temporary residences. After they settled in, they would start making mud bricks and collect rocks, and then build something that would actually last longer.
Time lives in people's houses.
Fruits and vegetables are planted in front and behind some houses, and chickens and ducks are walking leisurely among them. Directly in front of the rows of houses is a small plain. A small part of the plain has been cultivated, and fields of rice and other crops are planted. At this time, it is the
In midsummer, the rice in the rice fields has grown very tall.
Judging from the season and the growth of the rice, Li Xuan knew that it would not take long for the rice to produce ears of rice, and that the early rice would be harvested in July and August.
However, Li Xuan didn't know much about crops in his previous life, and he couldn't tell the yield from a field of green rice. But judging from the growth, it should be good. This is due to the abundant water in several streams here and the flat terrain. Even if it is
There is no large-scale water conservancy project, but it is enough to divert water to irrigate the fields.
If you only look at it from the surface, this should be a paradise far away from the hustle and bustle of the world!
However, Li Xuan knew that behind this paradise was a serious bandit den.
Maybe these bandits were just ordinary villagers who didn't have enough to eat before, but now they are bandits.
However, Li Xuan was not ready to criticize them in his heart, because Li Xuan was in this bandit den now, and he was still regarded as the emperor by Fang Dongquan and the others. To a certain extent, he, Li Xuan, was the nominal leader of this bandit den.
The bandit leader.
The next day, after breakfast, Li Xuan went to the back room to see Dong Yunyun's condition.
Dong Yunyun did not fall asleep as she did yesterday, but half-reclined on the bed. Beside her, Zhu'er was feeding her porridge.
Li Xuan stepped forward and asked, "Do you feel better?"
Dong Yunyun saw Li Xuan, gently pushed Zhu'er's hand, indicating that she would eat later, and said at the same time: "Thank you for your trouble, sir. I feel much better than yesterday!"
"It seems that Mr. Qian's new recipe should be effective!" Li Xuan stepped forward and took a closer look at Dong Yunyun.
Although she still looked a little pale at this time, she was obviously more energetic than yesterday. This made Li Xuan feel relieved a lot.
Dong Yunyun has been seriously ill these past few days, and even fell asleep for a long time yesterday, which made Li Xuan quite worried.
Now that she is in better spirits, I feel relieved. Although Qian Mengjiu failed to prescribe the right medicine in the past two days, after changing the prescription yesterday, it was obviously effective.
Qian Mengjiu, a doctor, seems to have a lot of skills. He is not the kind of quack doctor who only collects money from people but kills them instead.
"You have to eat more. Even if you have a cold and have no appetite, you still have to eat more porridge, so that you can get better quickly!" Li Xuan looked at the half-empty bowl in Zhu'er's hand, and immediately turned around again.
He turned to Pearl and said, "Go and serve another bowl, so that your lady can eat more!"
Pearl nodded: "I know!"
When he turned to look at Zhu'er, he found that Zhu'er's face was not very good-looking either. Her face was a little haggard, and there were obvious dark circles under her eye sockets. It was probably because she had not been able to rest in the past few days to take care of Dong Yunyun.
good.
Immediately said: "You should also pay attention to your health, but don't let your lady get better and you fall ill yourself. I will have someone come to help you later!"
When Pearl heard this, she said: "I can do it, no one else is needed!"
Dong Yunyun, who was on the bed, said: "That's right, Mr. Li, you can go and have a good rest later. You didn't sleep at all last night!"
Li Xuan knew that Zhu'er was worried about others taking care of Dong Yunyun, and was even more afraid that the bandits would do harm to her young lady. He immediately said: "Don't worry, I won't let those people outside. I'll ask my mother to come over and take a look first."
look!"
Hearing Li Xuan's words, Zhu'er hesitated for a while, but she didn't insist and nodded slightly.
After leaving the back room, Li Xuan went to Mrs. Bai's room next door. Mrs. Bai had just finished breakfast. Li Xuan didn't say any more nonsense and just explained the purpose of his visit.
After hearing this, Mrs. Bai did not agree immediately, but stared at Li Xuan for a long time, and then said: "Xuan'er, don't really fall in love with her and treat her as your wife!"
After hearing this, Li Xuan smiled bitterly: "How could that be? I just think she is quite pitiful!"
"She is pitiful, but we are not pitiful!" However, after saying this smoothly, Mrs. Bai sighed: "Oh, forget it, I will go over and take a look later!"
Li Xuan knew very well that his mother, Mrs. Bai, only had eyes for him. No matter before or now, she wanted to take him away with all her heart, but the development of things in the past few days had exceeded the control of her, a small landowner's wife.
From the beginning to the end, she never regarded Dong Yunyun, a delicate lady of the family, as her daughter-in-law. Before escaping, she used Dong Yunyun to lower Fang Dongquan's and the others' defensiveness.
, they would never be taken with them when fleeing at that time.
When the officers and soldiers came to attack, they took Dong Yunyun with them again, preparing to use her as a hostage if necessary. On the way to Huangzhu Mountain, she never cared about Dong Yunyun's illness and did not even say a word of greeting.
Perhaps in this little woman's heart, no one else matters except her son.
And now, no matter what Mrs. Bai's mentality was when she agreed to take care of Dong Yunyun, Li Xuan felt relieved. With so many people in this bandit's nest, the only one who could really reassure him and trust him was his mother, Mrs. Bai. She
Now that he has agreed, it is much better than Li Xuan finding a few bandit women to take care of Dong Yunyun.
As soon as she came out of Mrs. Bai's room, she saw Qian Mengjiu walking towards her with small steps, a look of panic on his face.