Chapter 117: Yanniang and Qiaoer
Chapter 117 Yanniang and Qiaoer
Because Ruan Youqing set fire to the Nanting military camp, there will be no more Nanting people stationed here on the south bank of the Cangmang River in recent months.
A comeback always requires a certain material foundation.
And Ruan Youqing had already burned the other party's food before... If the people of Nanting now want to accumulate food and grass for half a year again, it will take about three or four months at the earliest.
It can be said that Ruan Youqing did not cost a single soldier a single blow to the people of Nanting.
After returning to her own barracks, Ruan Youqing didn't worry about other things, but brought the few people she rescued into her account. She needed to understand their situation in detail, and then make further arrangements for their whereabouts.
If you can't be rescued, you don't care about anything.
Afterwards, Ruan Youqing found out that the pregnant woman was called Yanniang, and the girl who gave Gongsun Sheng the fatal blow was called Qiaoer.
The two are sister-in-law. A family of three ran out to survive because of the famine in the village where they lived. They even sneaked across the river and went to the mountains of Nanting to cut firewood and hunt, but they were discovered and arrested by Nanting people.
Because he coveted Yanniang's plump charm and Qiaoer's sweetness and loveliness, Gongsun Sheng killed Yanniang's husband, who is also Qiaoer's elder brother, and then... locked up the sisters-in-law and took it as his own.
Every time in order to protect her own sister-in-law and unborn nephew, Qiaoer stood in front of Yanniang and suffered humiliation for her.
That's why, when Ruan Youqing and Gongsun Sheng were fighting hard, Qiao'er dragged her weak body and gave Gongsun Sheng a fatal blow.
This is to avenge her brother, and also to avenge herself and her sister-in-law.
The other girls are also from nearby villages.
However, it was not as miserable as Yanniang and Qiaoer.
But after all, because of Gongsun Sheng's insult, they are no longer innocent after all.
After Ruan Youqing learned about everyone's situation, he felt hatred for that Gongsun Sheng and wanted to destroy his bones and ashes.
His death...too easy!
"Miss Ruan, if we go back..." A round-faced girl twisted her clothes anxiously, waiting for Ruan Youqing's answer.
Ruan Youqing sighed softly, with an extremely gentle voice:
"Some things, I need to clarify with you. If you want to go back, I will send you back. I will never mention the suffering you suffer. But... some things can never be known if you don't want to mention them. And , you have been missing for so many days, there must be... there will be rumors. If you think that you will not care about such rumors, or that your family members can understand and don't care, then you can go back with confidence. If... If you are afraid ..." Ruan Youqing paused, and there was a gentle light in his eyes: "If you are afraid to go back, you can follow me for now."
There are no more than five or six people around, even if they all stay, she can afford to support them.
Just now she has tried not to speak too bluntly, after all, some things, said by her, are much better than other people's messages and gossips.
Sure enough, although what she said was euphemistic enough, these girls still couldn't help crying for their miserable future.
Only Yanniang was caressing her stomach, lowering her eyes, wondering what she was thinking.
"Miss Ruan, I... I'd better go back... My dad shouldn't mind..." The round-faced girl wiped her tears and opened her mouth first.
After hearing this, the others whispered and wanted to go back.
Some do not believe that their family members will dislike them, while others have to go back because only the elderly are left in the family.
In the end, only Yanniang and Qiaoer remained silent.
"You...how are you going?" Ruan Youqing looked at the two and asked softly.
Qiaoer looked embarrassed, lowered her head and did not respond.
Yanniang took a deep breath, and then said with a complicated expression: "Qiaoer and I... I'm afraid we won't be able to go back."
It turns out that Yanniang's in-laws, that is, Qiaoer's parents, died of starvation in order to keep them alive at the beginning of the famine.
Only she, her husband and sister-in-law Qiaoer were left struggling to survive.
However... her husband was later killed by Nanting people.
Now only Yanniang and her unborn child and Qiaoer are left.
Yanniang didn't want to go to her natal family, and her childhood education was the water thrown by her married daughter.
Not to mention...they are gone now...innocent...
Ruan Youqing saw the embarrassment of the two of them in his eyes, felt sore in his heart, and couldn't help but said:
"Since you can't go back, you can follow me. But..." Ruan Youqing's expression suddenly became a little serious: "I don't support idlers, you need to show me your value."
Actually, it's not that Ruan Youqing doesn't care for idlers, but that she doesn't want to see them, who are also women, live aimlessly.
Sure enough, Yanniang was afraid that Ruan Youqing would change her mind, so she hurriedly said: "Miss Ruan, Yanniang... Yanniang can stay in the camp to cook...or help her. Although Yanniang is pregnant...but this kind of work No delay."
Ruan Youqing heard this, frowned slightly and said: "You can rest assured to give birth to the child first, and then talk about it after the child is born. What I said about not raising idlers is not in this short period of time."
Yanniang is a smart person, she immediately understood what Ruan Youqing meant.
However, she has never read a book, and she doesn't know how to express her gratitude. She can only lower her eyes to hide the tears of gratitude, and keep saying thank you.
Seeing this, Ruan Youqing returned to a gentle manner and patted her hand lightly.
And that Qiaoer seemed to have made some decision, she raised her face resolutely and said:
"Miss Ruan, Qiaoer...Qiaoer wants to follow you...to learn martial arts!"
Ruan Youqing raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise, and then said meaningfully: "Why...you want to follow me...to learn martial arts?"
Her words actually have two meanings.
One is to ask Qiaoer why she chose to learn from her.
Er was asking Qiaoer again why she chose to learn martial arts.
Qiaoer is not stupid, she is even smarter than her sister-in-law Yanniang.
Because she had secretly studied outside the private school for a few years, she thought about it, and opened her mouth after deliberation:
"Qiaoer thinks that Miss Ruan is very human. In this world, there is no woman who can be as smart and mighty as you, Miss Ruan. And the reason why Qiaoer wants to learn martial arts... is because... because Qiaoer doesn't want to let herself go to school again. Be a weak person. I don’t want to encounter this kind of thing in the future, so I can only use my body to protect my sister-in-law.”
Yanniang was taken aback for a moment, and then the tears that were already in her eyes turned into big teardrops and rolled out from the corners of her eyes.
Everyone says that there is always a lot of friction between sisters-in-law.
And her sister-in-law, at such a young age, has always wanted to protect her.
Which makes her... so lucky!
Qiaoer didn't see Yanniang looking at her with gentle eyes, but continued: "Not only to protect sister-in-law, Qiaoer also wants to protect the weak like you, Miss Ruan, and never let those weak girls get hurt."
Ruan Youqing heard this, his eyes were full of admiration, and he was not stingy in his praise:
"Qiaoer, you are also the most courageous girl I have ever met. From now on, you can follow me, take good care of your body in these two days, and I will start teaching you when your body recovers completely."
Unexpectedly, in her life... she took on an apprentice.
Suddenly, Ruan Youqing seemed to see the shadow of another person from Qiaoer.
Zi Ya...
The same stubborn, strong, unyielding.
The little girl...can she also...
Thinking of this, Ruan Youqing's eyes were full of smiles.
Before Ruan Youqing could give orders, someone outside the curtain spoke softly:
「Is it convenient to go in?」
Actually, Gu Changan came to look for her.
(end of this chapter)