Chapter
The place Yue Wen was looking for was a mountain village not far from the capital. He didn't walk fast on the road. Even with An Ning and An Yi's care, it could be seen that Chen Jin was getting thinner, especially now that he was pregnant, which made people feel worried.
By the time the six of them arrived at the place that Yue Wen had arranged in advance, it was already late in autumn. Chen Jin was nearly five months pregnant. The mountain village that Yue Wen found was not rich, and even the nearest town needed to approach one day. He would choose such a place because it was the safest near the capital. The Prince of England is now unable to lead troops to attack the capital. The only one who has the ability to do such things is Chu Xiuming. The Chu army will never do such a thing that is harmful to the world.
Emperor Cheng would not care about such a remote place, where even tax officials don’t like to come.
It was Chen Jin who asked her to find this place. Chu Xiuming handed her a lot of such things at the beginning, and the map near the capital was the most important. Chen Jin only mentioned the approximate location, not sure whether this village still exists or not. Who knew that Yue Wen and the others had searched for a few days and found it.
The carriage cannot pass. The mountain road here is very rugged. When the carriage was in the town, it was sold together with horses. Yue Wen bought a donkey and bought a lot of daily necessities. This was the first time Chen Jin took a donkey cart. Because there were a lot of things on the donkey cart, An Ning and An Yi walked by themselves.
The two guards Yue Wen led, one was code-named Jiayi and the other was Jia4. Jia4 was a little fat, and looked very festive and kind, so Yue Wen asked Jia4 and An Yi to go up to clean up and transport a batch of things. Chen Jin and his team were resting in the town for a day before they slowly walked towards the mountain village.
Because Chen Jin was pregnant, he walked very slowly. They set off before dawn. When they arrived, the sky became dark. Chen Jin didn't see the whole picture of the village clearly. However, the yard was already cleaned up. The yard was made of kangs, at least bedding, and the like. However, because there were only two rooms that could sleep, Chen Jin, An Ning and An Yi, Yue Wen and the others had three. Because the kangs were quite big, even if they slept, they would not be crowded. Each of them had a separate bedding.
Chen Jin was not picky about anything. An Yi had already burned hot water and served Chen Jin to wash it. After using another bowl of chicken noodle soup and fetal medicine, Chen Jin went to bed first. An Yi and An Ning had to clean up their things a little. They were very light and Chen Jin was very tired. Even when the two of them came to sleep, Chen Jin didn't know.
When she woke up the next day, Chen Jin found that the two bedding next to her had been tidied up, and there was also a sound of talking outside. It didn't sound like An Yi and the others. Chen Jin rubbed her head and raised her body, and had already put on clothes next to her. Chen Jin changed her clothes and stepped on her blue-gray cloth shoes. Then she held her stomach with one hand and the other hand slowly walked out. I don't know why, after she was pregnant this time, she felt her waist sore, and An Ning helped her rub it twice but it didn't work.
When he opened the door, he saw a middle-aged woman in blue cloth talking to An Yi. The sound Chen Jin heard was made by her. When An Yi saw Chen Jin coming out, she hurried over and helped her and said, "Second sister, go in and rest first, I will let An Ning fetch you water."
An Yi would call him like this, and it was too much of annoying, so he pretended to be three sisters. An Yi was the oldest, so he was naturally the eldest sister, while Chen Jin was the second, and An Ning was the youngest.
"Oh, this is the second sister of the An family." When the middle-aged woman saw Chen Jin, she smiled and swept Shen Jin's belly.
Chen Jin smiled and said, "I don't know what to call him?"
The middle-aged woman said, "Just call me Zhang everyone."
Chen Jin nodded, "Sister Zhang."
The middle-aged woman smiled, "I'm just here to say hello to ask if you need someone to wash and cook here? Look at each one that is tenderer, the water here is colder..."
An Yi was a little irritated. This person couldn't understand and refused at all. He came since dawn. At the beginning, An Yi and the others also wanted to establish a good relationship in the village. After all, they were outsiders. If something happened, the people here would not help them, but it was impossible to explain. An Ning was so annoyed that she hid directly into the kitchen. Jia Yi and Jia Er went to the town to buy things according to the orders written by An Yi and the others, and Yue Wen went to the mountains to get firewood. "We really don't need Mrs. Zhang, we can do all of these ourselves."
"This is not right..." Mrs. Zhang's voice was very loud, and she didn't care about An Yi's blunt rejection at all. She said, "Besides, if you want to wash clothes, you can only go to the riverside over there. You don't know which piece is yours..."
An Yi had actually understood it a long time ago. After all, this person just wanted to take advantage of it. Chen Jin felt uncomfortable and felt a headache by the man's voice. When he saw An Ning coming, he said directly, "An Ning went and call Yue Wen back and invited the village chief by the way."
"Yes." An Ning wiped his hands, took the basin in his hand first, and said, "Husband...Second sister, go in first."
Chen Jin nodded and glanced at Mrs. Zhang again, "Sister-in-law, you go back first and wait for the village chief to come. If the village really has this rule, let the village chief give us only one piece at that time."
"I'm kind..." Sister Zhang said unwillingly.
Chen Jin narrowed her eyes. Her thoughts were different from An Yi. No matter how kind they were, they were all outsiders to the people in this village. Besides, they didn’t want to live here all the time. They said directly, “An Ning, please come out.”
"Yes." An Ning said directly, "Please, please."
Seeing this, Mrs. Zhang snorted coldly and said, "Don't regret it."
The expression on An Ning's face did not change. The sister-in-law Zhang turned around and went out. When she arrived at the door, she saliva. An Ning closed the door directly in front of her, then looked at Chen Jin and asked, "Madam, are you still called the village chief?"
"Call." Chen Jin said, "Call Yue Wen first."
An Ning quickly responded and said, "That servant is gone, the lady will close the door."
Chen Jin listened to An Ning's name and nodded helplessly. After An Ning went out, An Yi locked the door from the inside, and then helped Chen Jin in. After Chen Jin finished washing, he used half a bowl of chicken porridge. Yue Wen and An Ning also came back. Yue Wen changed into brown clothes, and they looked gray. After An Yi opened the door and let the two of them come in, An Ning went to bring water to Yue Wen to clean his hands. Yue Wen said, "Madam, I'll go and invite the village chief now."
"No hurry." Chen Jin said, "Eat something first."
Yue Wen responded, An Ning went to the kitchen to serve him porridge and cakes. This was what she made in the morning. When Jia Yi and the others left, they also ate this kind of cake on the way. Because the family was not complete, they only rolled up the fried cabbage and pickles.
After Yue Wen finished eating, Chen Jin was also used up. An Yi and An Ning used it when they woke up in the morning. Yue Wen went to invite the village chief, and An Yi asked, "I'll wait for the wife to rest..."
"Let's call us as we have decided in the future, and it's the same in private." Chen Jin said.
An Yi heard this and said, "Yes."
Chen Jin looked at An Ning and said, "An Ning?"
"Yes." An Ning also responded, blushed and shouted, "Second Sister."
Chen Jin smiled with a curved eye, less cute and a little more colorful, "I remember it."
An Yi asked, "Second Sister, are you doing this well? After all, we are outsiders..."
"It is precisely because we are outsiders." Chen Jin moved his waist slightly and said, "It's better to make them afraid that we will not dare to provoke them."
An Yi was stunned for a moment and said, "I think it's a bad thing."
Chen Jin shook her head. In fact, it was not that An Yi had thought it was wrong, but that they were growing up in different environments. Even Chen Jin was a concubine daughter, but what about An Yi? Although she was an official lady, she grew up in a place like a chasing house since she was searched. She had a higher status than her. No one could offend her. She learned to serve others. Even if she wanted to save her child, she went to the border town all the way to save her, but the first thing she thought about was to be kind to others when she encountered problems.
This is not bad, but it is not suitable for use in places like this.
Since An Yi figured it out, Chen Jin stopped talking. An Ning looked at the house and said, "Second Sister, I will make some cushions for you in the past two days. Then you can feel more comfortable leaning on it."
"Okay." Chen Jin responded and said, "No hurry."
An Ning responded with a smile. Just as she was about to say something, she saw that Yue Wen had invited the village chief. In fact, the village chief was only in his forties, but he looked like he was in his fifties. His clothes were still patched, and his shoes couldn't see the original color.
Yue Wen asked someone to sit down, An Ning poured water, used a large bowl, and rinsed the tea in it directly with boiling water, and then poured some sugar in it. This was specially explained by Yue Wen. Everyone here liked to drink tea like this. After serving it, they saw that the old village chief was not afraid of being hot. He took it and took a sip. An Yi helped Chen Jin out. An Yi said what happened today, and then said, "What do we sisters mean? If there is really such a rule, we will naturally abide by it."
The old village chief cursed Zhang in his heart. Before he could figure out who he was, he went to do such a thing directly.
Chen Jin said, "Village Chief, I don't hide it from you. After I give birth to a child, someone will naturally come to pick you up. We live here for a maximum of one year. Living in the village is inevitable to bother the village chief. After we leave, I will treat this yard as I gave it to the village chief."
As soon as these words came out, the village chief looked at Chen Jin. The yard was bought by Yue Wen for money, but later it was renovated. Chen Jin looked at An Ning, and An Ning smiled and took out a piece of silver, then pinched it in front of the village chief. It seemed that he had no effort to pinch the silver, and then put it on the table next to the village chief. Chen Jin said as if he had not seen these, "I will trouble the village chief for the rest."
The village chief swallowed, his eyes not even removed from the silver, and quickly closed it and said, "No trouble, don't bother, please give me instructions if you have any questions."
Chen Jin looked at An Yi, and An Yi then said, "Then please ask the village chief to buy a few hens for us... All of them are based on the price of the market. If you give them extras, please give them to the village chief."
Chapter completed!