When Sister-in-law Niu saw Lan Yi like this, she thought that she remembered the man she had died, and couldn't help but sigh.

Lan Yi suddenly sobered up when she heard the voice, quickly wiped away her tears, got up and smiled at the unbearable sister-in-law.

"Sister, I've got you some water to wash and rest early." Sister-in-law's voice was a little softer than before, put the wooden basin on the ground, picked up Erniu and put it on the kang, and sat next to the baby, "Erniu, come and play with my brother." ”

Lan Yi hadn't suppressed her sadness yet, so she had to nod gratefully at Sister-in-law Niu, and used the warm water in the basin to wet the handkerchief to scrub the baby's hands and face, and simply washed it herself.

The water in the basin after Lan Yi washed was a little yellow, which was due to the fact that the rehmannia juice she had smeared was washed off by the water, and it was also due to the dim lights in the house that the sister-in-law could not find out.

"It seems that this method is still a little weaker and cannot be used for a long time." Lan Yiqing shook the water in her hands and gently wiped the basin at the back end with a handkerchief.

"Follow me, watch your step." Sister-in-law Niu picked up the child, let Erniu carry the oil lamp, took Lan Yi out of the house, let her sprinkle water in the yard, and took her to the toilet to go back to the house to rest.

Sister-in-law Niu returned to the house and put down the oil lamp, and then went out and brought in half a basin of water: "Sister, the child uses this water to wash him after urinating at night." ”

"I'm causing trouble for my sister-in-law." Lan Yi heard her call her sister-in-law one after another, so she no longer called her "sister-in-law" but changed to sister-in-law to appear close.

Sister-in-law Niu really smiled when she heard her such titles, she moved the kang table and began to prepare the cover, and asked casually: "Sister, sister-in-law, I shouldn't talk too much." But you can't take your children to Dengzhou like this, you have to bring good food and clothing. ”

As the saying goes, the poor family is rich, and everything is difficult to go out, and Sister-in-law Niu saw that she was carrying a freshly weaned child but only carrying a small burden, and it didn't look like she was going to go a long way at all, so she couldn't help but be a little worried.

"Don't hide it from my sister-in-law, I brought a lot of things when I came out of Meixian's house, but the coachman had bad intentions when I got here, and I was lucky to be able to escape with my child." This is the rhetoric she has already thought of, and it is easy to explain her simple salute equipment, "Sister-in-law, I don't know if there is a town around here, I plan to take the child to the town first and then find a way." ”

"Yes, an hour to the east is Qingshan Town, that is a big town, and it is a coincidence, tomorrow is the seventh day of the first month of March, and there must be a lot of people selling things. If you can't do this, you can't rent a carriage by yourself, let's go to Qingshan Town to take a boat, although there are many people on the boat and it's dirty, but it's safer, isn't it? Although our Da Zhou is peaceful, there are a lot of black-hearted people. ”

The seventh day of March? Then today is the sixth day of the first month of March, the ancients used the lunar calendar, that is, it should be April of the solar calendar, if it is really a different month, Lan Yi confirmed his speculation.

It's just that this Great Zhou, Zhou Dynasty, what's going on? Lan Yi is sure that he is not in the Zhou Dynasty during the Xia, Shang and Zhou periods, the costumes of the people here are too different from that dynasty, is it now Wu Zetian as the dynasty?

"Yes, we orphans and widows are helpless, and we only know this difficulty when we go out. When I get to the town, I must find a safe way, but I am not afraid to work hard. Lan Yi said.

"My sister is right, it's better to eat and dress when you go out, so as not to worry about thieves." Sister-in-law Niu finished cleaning up the futon, took off her coat for Erniu, who was dozing off next to her, and stuffed him in the quilt, "You take the child to sleep here." ”

"Sister-in-law, why do you say this world is so difficult. I died a man, I was kicked out by my cousin at home, I rented a carriage to go back to my hometown, but I encountered this kind of incident, and my belongings and money were cheated. Lan Yi sat on the side of the kang with the child in her arms, patted the yawning baby in her arms, and continued worriedly, "If it weren't for the child, I really wish I would have gone like this and ended up clean." ”

The heart of guarding against others is indispensable, Lan Yi's remarks show that she is now poor and white, and she has eliminated the worries of others.

"Sister, don't have the idea of suicide, how can we be mothers and ignore children." Sister-in-law Niu hurriedly persuaded her, "No, you can stay at home for a few days, let's think about it." ”

Lan Yi felt a little guilty in her heart, and hurriedly said: "Don't dare to trouble my sister-in-law anymore, I'll think about it when I get to the town tomorrow." ”

"It's done, if you can't, you can come back." Sister-in-law Niu yawned, "Sleep, you're tired of walking so far with the child in your arms." We'll talk about it tomorrow. ”

Put the sleeping baby beside her, lay down on the linen mattress, covered the heavy straw quilt, Lan Yi lay quietly, and after a while, she heard the snoring sound from the cow's sister-in-law.

Lan Yi touched the documents and jewelry and silver tickets that she had collected closely, pillowed the bag with clothes under her head, and fell asleep with the child half in her arms.

On the second day, the baby woke up at dawn, and Lan Yi got up with him, feeling that his arms and legs were sore and unbearable, which was also the result of sudden excessive exercise.

Sister-in-law Niu was busy cooking after getting up, Lan Yi helped her add firewood to boil water and gave the baby some to drink, and then chatted with Sister-in-law Niu without a word.

Because she knew that the baby had been weaned, Sister-in-law Niu deliberately took out the only millet in the house and boiled half a casserole viscous millet porridge for the baby, and Lan Yi gratefully fed the baby.

Before leaving, Lan Yi planned to use a dime of silver in the spring peach purse to exchange her set of outer shirts and skirts with Sister-in-law Niu, but Sister-in-law Niu said that she couldn't use it and refused to accept it, and after several concessions, she was only willing to accept ten copper coins with the words "Zhou Yuan Tongbao", and gave Lan Yi a double-layer linen dress that Erniu wore when she was a child, so that she could shelter the child from the wind.

After saying goodbye to Sister-in-law's family, she took the child out of the village and ran east to Qingshan Town, and found a deserted forest to put Sister-in-law's clothes on her body.

Although Sister-in-law Niu is taller and fatter than her, the clothes here are not slim cuts, the skirt is folded twice at the waist, and then the belt around the waist is tightened. Lan Yi broke up her hair again, combed it into a bun like a sister-in-law, and fixed it with a cloth, so that with her yellow face, she would look like a peasant woman.

She looked down at her dirty shoes and clothes, and then looked at the baby with Erniu Mai in her arms, and suddenly laughed.

"Baby, this is our military engineering team behind enemy lines. If it can still be recognized, it is a matter of character. Lan Yi walked along the road with the baby in her arms, "But your mother and my character don't seem to be very good." ”

In the cold air of the morning light, Lan Yi took a few deep breaths, feeling that her body was a little more relaxed, she looked at the tender green with wild flowers spreading around her, and cheered up.

The baby was babbling and talking, and Lan Yi was talking to him while thinking about what else he was not ready for.

Since he is a new widow returning to his hometown, should he take Wang Xiucai's ashes with him? Do you have to hide the clothes on your baby's body and the things in the baggage you carry? Should you prepare more rehmannia root that can be dyed? Unlike yesterday's hesitation and helplessness, now thinking that she was being pursued, Lan Yi was actually scared and excited, she had already entered the situational role and started this ancient journey.