The queen must start from the head

Chapter 2 New arrival
"... This is strange to say. At that time, our 30 troops from the Northern Qi State were confronting the State of Song. Suddenly there was a big thunderbolt in the sunny sky. A thunderbolt the size of a bowl fell from the sky and hit the camp of the Song people. People from the Song State I thought there were immortals secretly helping me in Northern Qi, so I was so busy that I withdrew my troops...".

Near the well at the entrance of Heshui Village, several shirtless men were hiding under a big tree to enjoy the shade. They were chatting about recent major events in the country and their family affairs.Just because it is noon now, the weather is very hot, people can't get out of the ground, and there is nothing to do at home, so they simply come to enjoy the coolness in the shade of a tree.

The adults were chatting, but a few eight or nine-year-old children were eagerly surrounding the well that exuded the slightest bit of coolness.

I saw a thick hemp rope extending from the outside of the well to the inside of the well. The stretched rope clearly told others that there was something under the rope, and the weight was not light.

A boy with a thick head and a thick head bumped a little girl with a double bun on his right side with his arm, "Xiao Shuang, I heard that your mother picked up a beggar and brought it home. Is it true or not?"

The girl named Xiao Shuang rolled her eyes at him when she heard this, pouted her lips and said, "What does this matter have to do with you?"

"Why is it none of my business? Who knows if the beggar is a man or a woman? If it's a man, your mother has been a widow all these years, and it just so happens... Oh, how dare you bite!"

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Shuang opened her mouth and bit his arm hard. The bite was not light, and there were faintly visible blood stains under the skin.

"You deserve it! Who told you Li Xiaoniu to talk nonsense! To tell you the truth, the person my mother picked up is a woman! It's not a man. If you continue to talk nonsense, I will go home and tell my mother!"

"Don't, don't, don't! I said the wrong thing. Is it okay if I said the wrong thing?" Li Xiaoniu hurriedly grabbed the corner of the other party's clothes. Zhou Jingshuang's mother and the widow of the Zhou family knew the vicious name from all over the world. Someone dared to chew her tongue behind her back, even if Lizheng was at home, she would also dare to knock on the door to tease her.Such a fierce woman, even if his brother Li Daniu is the strongest man in the village, he would not dare to provoke her.

After all, it was a child, Zhou Jingshuang saw that he admitted his mistake and subdued, and her anger disappeared, but she didn't want to let it go easily, her big black eyes turned a few times and then lit up, "How about this, when you divide the melons later, you How about that slice of watermelon?"

It turned out that these children were guarding here and not leaving because of the watermelons in the hanging baskets in the well.

"A slice of watermelon?" Li Xiaoniu's face drooped, "This, this is too much, half a slice?"

"Half slice is half slice, my aunt and grandma have a lot, so I won't bother with you this time." Zhou Jingshuang said and waved her hands like the master in the school, but she was secretly happy that she would get half a slice of watermelon .

Not long after, the parched adults who had been chatting came to fetch water, and brought out the cool watermelon in the well water by the way.After someone cut open the watermelon, which was as red as jade and as green as feathers, the children around rushed over eagerly.

The person sharing the melon didn't take it seriously, waved his hand and said, "Each person has a piece of watermelon, and whoever dares to take more will be spanked!"

When they heard that they were going to be spanked, the children let out a burst of laughter, but one of them went up to take a slice, and the sweet watermelon juice entered his mouth, as if even the summer heat was dispelled.

All of a sudden, "Thank you, Grandpa Xia!" voices of thanks came and went.

Zhou Jingshuang also thanked her. She hurried home after getting her piece of watermelon and half of Li Xiaoniu's melon. She wanted to share this melon with her mother.

But Li Xiaoniu was still where he was, half a piece of watermelon was no bigger than a palm, he ate it in two or three bites.Now unwilling to leave, both eyes fell on the half round watermelon left in front of Mr. Xia.

Sensing his fiery gaze, Mr. Xia raised his head and glanced at him, then he recognized him and thought of something, stroked his beard and laughed, and said to him, "Xiao Niu, is your brother getting married? "

"Yeah." Li Xiaoniu nodded in response, never leaving the watermelon.

Seeing this, Old Man Xia shook his head. This kid is as thick-headed as his brother, but not as clever as his brother.

He casually cut off a slice of watermelon and handed it to Li Xiaoniu.

"Take it, don't swallow jujubes like Zhu Bajie eats ginseng fruit, eat slowly this time."

"Ah, I, I still have a piece?" Li Xiaoniu was hit by the sudden happiness, and quickly took the piece of watermelon from the old man, with a simple and honest smile on his face, "Thank you, Grandpa Xia!"

"Let's go and play!" Mr. Xia waved his hand at him.

After the children had dispersed, the men sitting on the bench under the tree chatted again.

"That kid just now is Li Daniu's younger brother, right? The Li family is lucky and gave birth to two boys."

"It's not luck. I heard that when Li Daniu came to the city this time, he was spotted by some black armored cavalry and was drafted into the army. The Li family is about to make a fortune!"

'' Not only that, I heard that Zhang Lizheng's family wanted to betroth their little flower to someone else, tsk tsk, it's an abacus..."

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Besides, when Zhou Jingshuang sent the watermelon home, as soon as she entered the door, she saw her mother was still spinning profusely, and beside the latter was a girl in sackcloth, who was lowering her head and tracing something on the embroidery stand.

As soon as Zhou Wushi heard the door knock, she looked up, "Xiao Shuang is back? It's too hot today, mother, you stay at home and don't go out anymore."

"Okay, mother, I see." Zhou Jingshuang responded, and then as if conjuring, she took out a piece of watermelon from behind and handed it to Zhou Wushi, with crooked eyes and said, "Mother, eat watermelon! It's still cold It's cold."

Zhou Wu's eyesight was so great that she could already see clearly what her daughter was holding when she entered the door.At this moment, I had to pretend not to know and asked in surprise, "Where did you get the watermelon?"

"Grandpa Xia gave it to me. I've already eaten half a piece of it. This melon is very sweet. Try it quickly."

Facing her daughter's coquettish behavior, Zhou Wushi had no ability to resist, so she had to stop what she was doing, went to the side to wipe her hands, and prepared to eat melons.

"Mulian, come and eat melons too."

After Zhou Jingshuang heard what her mother said, she turned her head and looked at where Mu Lian was. She saw a white and delicate face lifted up from the black hair tied behind her head, especially those eyes, which were kind of like her. The indescribable clarity and beauty, by the way, how did the book say, "A jade bowl filled with amber light"?
Mu Lian nodded when she heard the words, and got up immediately.

Seeing that she left the embroidery frame and went to the kitchen to eat melons with her mother, Zhou Jing hurriedly tiptoed to the embroidery frame, wanting to see what the other party was painting just now.

I saw a lush and lush picture of mountains and mountains on the canvas, including waterfalls and passers-by walking in the mountains, everything is so lifelike.

Zhou Jingshuang couldn't help staring blankly.Although she still doesn't know what artistic conception is, she can tell that Mu Lian's painting is much better than the one hanging in the teacher's study.Before, she had heard Mu Lian and her mother say that she was born in a wealthy family, but something happened to her family and she got separated from other people on the road, so she turned into a beggar like before.It's just that she didn't expect Mu Lian to be so powerful.

"Does it look good?" Zhou Jingshuang was taken aback by the sudden voice behind her, and then she blushed again, and said in a low voice, "It looks good."

Mu Lian smiled lightly. This child had been lukewarm to her before, probably because she was a new stranger here. How could an unfamiliar stranger become intimate with her?

"If you like, I can teach you how to draw."

"Really?" Zhou Jing's eyes suddenly lit up.

It just so happened that Mrs. Zhou Wu also came out after tidying up the kitchen. When she heard this, she hurriedly took three steps and two steps, and walked up to her daughter, "You child, who is Sister Mulian? How can I have the time to teach you these things?"

"It's okay, I'm alone now, and I have more than enough time. It's not difficult to teach Xiaoshuang how to draw."

Mrs. Zhou Wu twisted the handkerchief in her sleeve, feeling a little sorry, "How can this be so embarrassing? Besides...the family needs to pay Jingshuang to go to school, and there is no money left...".

Mulian couldn't help but shook her head and said, "Sister Wu, don't worry, I just teach Xiaoshuang some painting skills, not accepting her as a student, so I don't need to train her. What's more, the kindness of a meal should be repaid with a fountain These days, it is all up to Sister Wu to take me in, so that I can have a safe place to live, and words like remuneration should never be mentioned again."

Zhou Wushi was very moved when he heard this, and he said a thousand words of gratitude.

And Zhou Jing, who was leaning on her side, stared intently at the woman in front of her who was much taller than herself, and for some reason, there was a touch in her heart as if she was looking up from a mountain.It's as if the person in front of him is the mountain on the canvas, which can only be looked up to but not climbed.

When Mu Lian walked back to the embroidery frame and sat down, ready to hurry up and finish the embroidery, a sudden wave came in her mind, "Drip, the host has unlocked the new function by itself, and the master-student subsystem has been activated." The loading is complete, please check it. The branch task is now released, please the host successfully accepts an apprentice, and the trading mall can be opened after completing the task. Our goal is to be unparalleled in the world. If you don’t leave the order, there will be no harm. Drip!”

Mu Lian's face darkened. She had just told Zhou Wu that she would not accept apprentices, and the system started the task of accepting apprentices. Are you sure this is really not a slap in her face?
(End of this chapter)