Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

Chapter 286: Unforgivable

After four days, I listened to stories and rested for half the night at the inn. The next morning, I checked out and rushed to the earth building outside Jinyang.

The carriage was moving slowly along the broad and flat official road. On the roadside stood rows of mulberry trees, each as tall as a man. The red and black fruits were ripe. Women were humming country tunes while picking mulberries and mulberry leaves.

They had seen a lot of such scenery along the way. Starting from Shangdang County, almost all the roadsides, villages, and foothills were planted with either mulberry trees or grapes. The farmers in Bingzhou seemed to have a lot of free time, with not much farm work to do. Most of the women stayed at home raising silkworms and reeling silk.

Later, they asked a farmer and found out that because all the farmlands were connected by canals and large water wheels automatically pumped water for irrigation, the farm work became much less after the seeds were planted. The envoy's wife then encouraged everyone to plant mulberry trees and raise silkworms.

Farmers don't have to worry about not being able to sell silk. As long as you can raise it, the government will buy as much as you produce. However, this is only limited to land that cannot be used to grow crops. If someone uses fertile land to plant mulberry trees, not only will the trees be dug up, but the owner will also be fined.

Mulberries can be made into fruit wine, and grapes can be made into wine. Grape wine originating from the Western Regions is not a rare commodity in Bingzhou.

Zhuge Liang was particularly interested in water wheels and curved plows. However, although he could see the curved plow, he could only watch the water wheels from afar. Every village had someone to watch the water wheels because the government had regulations that outsiders could only watch from afar and not up close. If anyone in charge of the water wheels allowed outsiders to watch, he would be reported and not only fined, but also sentenced to one year of forced labor.

Therefore, after four days of traveling around Bingzhou, I didn't have the chance to see the waterwheel up close.

The carriage slowly arrived outside Jinyang City. Xu Shu asked people about the location of the earth building, and the four of them walked west.

"Look, is that the earthen building that my mother mentioned in the letter?" Shi Tao said excitedly, pointing to the front.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw several tall cylindrical earthen mounds standing at the foot of the mountain. They looked quite distinctive and must be the so-called earthen buildings.

Xu Shu couldn't help but grin, his eyes full of excitement. He shook the whip, wanting to cheer loudly and gallop forward, but several years of student life still suppressed the knight-errant nature in his heart.

Zhuge Liang stood on the shaft of the carriage, craning his neck to look around, and said curiously, "So this is a Tulou!"

Pang Tong straightened his clothes nervously, "Am I wearing neat clothes?"

Zhuge Liang took a look at him and said, "There is nothing disrespectful about it."

Arriving at the destination, several people unconsciously sped up the car and horse speed, and arrived in front of the earth building a quarter of an hour later.

After passing a mulberry forest, several people's attention was attracted by a huge pond not far to the left. The pond, which was more than ten hectares in size, was full of lotus flowers, and it was almost endless. It was the season when lotus flowers were in full bloom. The pink flowers were gorgeous in the green of the pond. The summer breeze brought bursts of light fragrance, which made people feel relaxed and happy.

The four of them walked along the path beside the lotus pond towards the earth building. Pang Tong looked at the pond full of lotus flowers and couldn't help but frown. "It's obvious that this was dug by hand. Such a large lotus pond, I wonder how much manpower and time it would have taken to dig it. And how much money would it cost to fill this pond with lotus flowers?"

He paused and sighed slightly, "Perhaps my uncle is right. The less privileged a person's background, the more he will indulge in pleasure after gaining power. This Bingzhou governor is so extravagant even before gaining power. Perhaps he is not a wise ruler."

The excitement on Xu Shu and Shi Tao's faces gradually faded. As they walked along, they saw the prosperous side of Bingzhou. Today, the lotus pond is still thriving, but who knows how many farmers have worked hard for it.

"Who said my father isn't a wise leader?"

Just as Pang Tong finished speaking, a child's voice came from the lotus pond. Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw the lotus leaves in the pond parted on both sides. A small boat came from the middle. At the bow of the boat stood a child of five or six years old, with his hands on his hips, pouting, and glaring angrily at the four people on the shore.

Behind the little boy, a young man was concentrating on paddling, and a girl holding a sword was staring at the four people expressionlessly.

The boat approached the shore and the little boy jumped onto the shore with his short legs.

Xu Shu and his three companions had already dismounted and stopped their horses, approaching. The little boy approached them, tilting his head back and snorting, "You know nothing, so what right do you have to say my father isn't a wise leader?"

Xu Shu looked at the child with a little surprise and asked uncertainly, "Are you Little Baozi?"

According to the letter from his mother, Amo's son should be only three years old this year, but the child looks five or six years old. However, he calls Lu Bu "Dad". Could he be the eldest son of a concubine?

When the child heard the name, his face was filled with disgust, and he snorted in a baby voice, "I'm not a little dumpling, my name is Lu Qian."

Sure enough, he wasn't Amo's son! Xu Shu asked again, "Which one?"

Lu Qian looked proud and said, "My mother said it was the Qian in Sun, Moon and Universe. I also have a younger brother named Lu Zhen."

Speaking of his younger brother, Lu Qian wiped away his previous sullen expression and began to boast proudly, "You don't know, my younger brother is so handsome. When he was first born, my father thought it was a girl and was very happy. But when he turned out to be a boy, he became unhappy again. One time, I overheard my father telling my mother that he wanted to have another sister. I hope my sister can look like my mother, because my mother is the most beautiful mother in the world..."

Lu Qian kept talking about his mother, younger brother and sister who was nowhere to be found. Sima Yi, who was standing next to him, was so upset that his face turned red. It was unknown where this little guy inherited his talkative nature from. Ever since he learned to talk, there has been no silence in the earthen building.

However, despite being a chatterbox, it has to be said that the little guy is very good at inheriting his father's physique. He grows fast and is very strong. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have imagined that a child less than three years old could beat an eight-year-old child to tears.

He takes after his mother's brain and learns things surprisingly quickly. Since he could call "Mom" at the age of six months, his intelligence has been growing almost at the speed of a red rabbit horse. He could speak long sentences at the age of one year old, started to recognize words at the age of one and a half, and now he can read storybooks by himself when he is less than three years old.

Sima Yi considered himself a genius, but compared to the little bun, he was still a little inferior.

In addition to his physique and intelligence, the little boy's personality is exactly the same as his parents. He is always protective of his people!

Sima Yi jumped off the boat and walked to Lu Qian, reaching out to cover the little guy's mouth. Lu Qian's two chubby hands suddenly grabbed his hands and subconsciously tried to bite them.

Before he could bite, Sima Yi reminded him, "My sister said that only little girls can bite people. You are a man. You should convince others with reason and force, not with your teeth."

Lu Qian recalled the last time he bit someone and was scolded by his mother, and immediately became timid.

Seeing his adorable appearance of being unable to bite, Sima Yi smiled and turned to Xu Shu and the other three, saying, "Are you here to respond to the call for talents? Follow me."

After saying that, he picked up the little bun and walked towards the earth building with Juxiang.

Xu Shu looked at the little boy's back, his brows furrowing slightly. Qian is one of the eight trigrams, representing heaven and yang. How could a concubine's eldest son be named this? The little guy had just said that Lü Bu wasn't happy to see that Amo gave birth to a son? That guy favored his concubine over his wife, hoping to make this child his heir in the future?

Thinking of this, Xu Shu's anger suddenly rose up. It was thanks to A Mo that she tried so hard to help him, but that guy turned out to be an ungrateful, heartless and ruthless person?

If so, should I stay in Bingzhou?

Xu Shu hesitated for a long time, then turned to Shi Tao and the other two and said, "You guys go back to the inn first. I'll go to the earth building to see Amo."

These three were all smart people. They knew what was going on as soon as they heard the boy's name. They felt even more disgusted with Lu Bu, but felt extremely sympathetic and sorry for Amo, whom they had never met. It was really unforgivable that such a smart and virtuous woman should have married that reckless man, but she was treated so coldly.

Shi Tao said, "We will go with you. Now that we are here, let's go and pay our respects."

Xu Shu thought about it and agreed. Even if he didn't want to stay, he had to see her since he was already here.