Chapter 6 Left Azure Dragon, Right White Tiger
Chapter 6 Left Azure Dragon, Right White Tiger
Yunyi knew without asking what these people were imagining. In order to make things smoother in the future, she still spoke up and explained: "Mother, you did save me from human traffickers. I was unwilling before, but now I think we should live well in the present first. I will not beat or scold you anymore, and you don't need to be always on guard against me. Of course, believe it or not is up to you." After saying that, she started eating.
Everyone was still shocked.
"You all eat all of this. It's hot, and it'll spoil by tomorrow. I'm full and tired, so I'm going to sleep now." Yunyi finished eating first and put down her chopsticks, completely ignoring everyone's expressions. "You're responsible for washing the dishes." After saying that, she went back to her room and lay down on the bed.
On her first day after transmigrating, although she didn't do much work, the mess was exhausting and she felt very tired. Judging from the situation, she figured she couldn't go back, at least not for the time being. So she could only adapt to life here.
The biggest problem right now is solving the problem of food and clothing. There are eight people in this family, and eating every day is a considerable expense. The three taels of silver that the original owner had could only last for a month at most, even if he was very frugal.
Moreover, it's fine now that it's summer, but in four or five months at most the weather will turn cool. This thatched hut won't keep out the cold at all; a strong wind would blow it away. Is she supposed to lead a bunch of little ones to sleep under the open sky? If so, they'll probably be reincarnated in less than two days.
Therefore, a brick house should be built within six months, or even an adobe house will do.
We still need to make cotton-padded clothes and shoes.
But all of these require money.
Fortunately, she was very experienced in ancient times. In the three thousand small worlds, there were many that started out worse than this, but she still managed to turn things around in the end.
In ancient times, the most suitable way to live was to rely on the mountains and rivers for sustenance. Xiajiazhuang is located east of Qinglong Mountain and west of Baihu Mountain, which is a natural granary bestowed upon the villagers by nature.
As I was thinking about this, I unknowingly fell asleep.
The next morning, Yunyi was woken up by her own biological clock. Although there was no clock and it was only slightly bright outside, she knew that it should be around five o'clock, which is about the end of Yin time and the beginning of Mao time in ancient times.
I stretched and got up.
However, he forgot that he was sitting on a rather unstable wooden plank. Because he sat too close to the edge, he flipped the whole plank over and was thrown to the ground.
Then the wooden plank fell back down with a thud, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Yunyi coughed twice from the choking, then got up and rubbed her bottom. The most urgent thing was to get a bed first.
She opened the door and went out, first checking the kitchen. There was no food left from yesterday, so she took out some fresh rice and cooked porridge. While the porridge was cooking, she also made egg pancakes with the leftover dough.
"Yunyi, I'm here." At this moment, Xia Songshi got up. Because she had taken medicine and eaten a full meal yesterday, she had slept very well. Therefore, she was much more energetic in the morning. When she saw Yunyi making breakfast, she hurriedly came over.
"Go wash up first, I'll be ready soon." Yunyi didn't need her help. "I'm going to go into the mountains to take a look later."
"You..." Xia Songshi wanted to say something, but swallowed the words back. Although her daughter-in-law had suddenly become better yesterday, she didn't know if she was really better or just pretending. Now, hearing that she was going into the mountains, her first reaction was, "Does she have some kind of conspiracy? Is she going into the mountains to find those mountain families to buy children?"
Ignoring Xia Songshi's ever-changing expression, Yunyi quickly prepared breakfast. Da Bao also got up. As the eldest brother, he got up very early every day to help Xia Songshi with chores so that his younger siblings could sleep a little longer.
When he saw Yunyi, he was clearly stunned for a moment, then turned around to get the bucket.
"The water tank is still more than half full, so we don't need to fetch water for now," Yunyi said. "Breakfast is already in the pot. You and Grandma keep an eye on the house. Wait for them to get up, then you can eat your own breakfast. Also, don't forget Grandma and Liubao's medicine. I'm going into the mountains, so don't wait for me. If I find anything in the mountains, I'll take it directly to town to sell before I come back..."
Da Bao opened his mouth in surprise, but didn't know what to say.
"Mother." Yunyi put a pancake into her basket and took a clay pot of water. "If you have nothing else to do, you can make clothes for them. They're in the basket in my room. Qibao and Liubao's are already finished, and Wuya's is half done..."
Xia Songshi could only nod mechanically.
Yunyi picked up her basket, but found that she didn't have any tools to chop firewood. There was only one kitchen knife in the whole house. In the end, she had no choice but to pick up a stick and carry it out the door.
Da Bao glanced at Xia Songshi, then hurriedly chased after her, but all he saw was Yun Yi's back, already far away. He bit his lip and said, "Grandma, I'll go with her."
Xia Songshi grabbed Da Bao's arm, saying, "Da Bao, don't go. Let her do what she wants. You're too young. If you go with her, what if... what will we do?"
Da Bao had no choice but to give up.
Yunyi left the village and looked around. Qinglong Mountain and Baihu Mountain stood on the left and right, and the two mountains were connected to each other in the north, forming a three-sided mountain formation. There were springs on both mountains, which converged in the north to form a river that flowed around the village to the south, and also formed a large lake in the south of the village.
In her view, this place is nestled against the mountains and beside the water, facing south, gathering auspicious energy and sheltering from the wind, with the Azure Dragon on the left and the White Tiger on the right, making it a truly auspicious place.
However, for some reason, the grain yield in this place is very low. Even with water, rice cannot be grown. They can barely grow some wheat, and the yield is not high. Only corn is passable. Therefore, the staple food of the people here is corn, but they still cannot eat their fill.
I had heard the villagers say before that this place was a place of exile, a cursed place, a place abandoned by God, so how could crops possibly grow here?
Yunyi naturally didn't believe these claims. She reasonably suspected that there might be mineral deposits underground in this place, but what those deposits were would only be known after further exploration.
At this moment, guided by her intuition, she headed towards Qinglong Mountain.
Because Qinglong Mountain is too steep, many people from the surrounding villages who went into the mountain in the past never came out again. So, in recent years, even the old hunters in the village rarely go into Qinglong Mountain. Everyone prefers to go to Baihu Mountain, where the terrain is relatively gentle. Even if there is less prey, it is better than losing their lives.
Xia Tianyin disappeared after entering Qinglong Mountain.
The villagers usually get up early, so even though it was only just getting light, quite a few people saw Yunyi. When they saw her enter Qinglong Mountain, they were all horrified. Did Fang Shi have a death wish or something? How dare she enter Qinglong Mountain?
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