Reclaiming Wasteland: Carefree Mountain Farmer

Chapter 156 Outsiders
At that moment, a bizarre and absurd thought, yet seemingly the natural order of things, surfaced in the minds of the women.

Is the Arctic Warrior an emperor?

If Beijiwu is the emperor, then we are the empresses?
Ma Tuchai felt terrible and quickly looked at Beijiwu's clothes to confirm her thoughts.

It had been winter for quite some time now, and Beiji Wu was wearing an ordinary white wool shirt and gray trousers. The materials didn't look too bad, but he didn't seem to have anything to do with being an emperor.

"Master, are you the emperor now?"

Xianglan asked the question that everyone most wanted to ask.

Beijiwu casually pointed to the tall building in the distance.

“I usually work there and handle all sorts of things. This city and the surrounding area of ​​a thousand miles all belong to me.”

"It's not wrong to call me emperor, but most people still call me King Wu or His Majesty."

Before the women could process the news that Beiji Wu was the emperor and they were empresses and concubines, Beiji Wu gave them another big surprise.

"From now on, you can live in the city just like you live in the village. You can buy vegetables and meat as you please, but don't mention my name casually, so that others don't know how to talk to you."

"If you don't like living here, you can go back to Beitian Village. It's the same as before, nothing has changed, it's just renamed Shancun Village."

"Let's go inside and eat. You all look hungry."

Beijiwu smiled and led a group of people into the house for a meal, while the convoy's guards ate and rested in a nearby camp, waiting to be assigned work and housing.

The women all felt there was something wrong; shouldn't the emperor's women live in the palace?
Beijiwu led the adults and children into this courtyard, which was much better than their previous residence. The children had not yet realized that this was their new home and were looking curiously at this place that they thought belonged to someone else.

Having stayed at many rest stops along the way, the children, including Arctic Hydrogen, felt that this place was similar.

After entering the middle courtyard from the narrow, rectangular courtyard across the front gate, the doors of several rooms with mosquito-proof curtains are all half-open.

Beijiwu said to a large group of children, "People can live on either side. You can decide on the specific room allocation yourself."

"Mulin and Niu'er Zhu'er, stay here for a few days until your father returns. If your stepmother treats you badly, find a place to stay nearby. I'll help you find a house, and you can separate when you're adults."

Eight-year-old Mu Lin is already much more sensible. He once went to the horse market with Beiji Wu to do business. He has heard rumors about Beiji Wu's battles in the north and south, and his invincibility.

"Thank you, Master!" Mu Lin knelt down and kowtowed to Beijiwu in a childish voice to express his gratitude.

Beijiwu laughed and said, "Get up. I still remember you as an obedient and sensible child since you were little, and Niu'er and Zhu'er. I even gave you chicks when you were little, do you remember?"

Niu'er and Zhu'er knelt down and replied, both excited and nervous, "I remember, we didn't keep them alive when we moved."

The two children were about the same age as Mu Lin, and they also remembered some things that left a deep impression on them when they were young.

Seeing this, the nearby children also knelt down.

Besides the children from Beijiwu, there were also more than a dozen boys and girls from Jinju.

Arctic Martial Arts: "Get up, eat first. Can you smell the aroma in the house? I still have some things to take care of. After you finish eating, rest and settle in at home. You can go out and explore tomorrow morning, but remember not to get lost."

"Mu Lin and Tie Zhu, you three stay here. The rest of the children from Jinzhou, come with me."

The thirteen boys and girls from Jinzhou kowtowed and said, "Yes, Master."

These boys and girls are all around ten years old, with the older ones being eleven or twelve.

There were nine boys and four girls, all from poor families, all with tragic childhoods, and all children who were rescued from the common people after Beijiwu took control of the Prince of Jin's mansion.

The boys were all disabled children who survived after the Prince of Jin cut off their genitals, while the girls were orphans whose mothers were killed by the Prince of Jin.

After Beiji Wu took control of Pingyuan Province and Jinzhou, he originally planned to arrange for these people to live and help in the Prince of Jin's mansion. However, things did not go as planned. The most humane person in the Wan family did something that most people could not do: he gave the well-preserved Luoyang to Beiji Wu, who should have been his enemy.

Beijiwu walked straight away. Some children tried to follow, but Mulin quickly stopped them. Beijiqing smelled the aroma of food coming from the house and looked up at his mother.

"Mom, I'm hungry."

Ma Tuchai laughed and said, "From now on, you should call her Your Majesty the Empress!"

Li Hong blushed immediately. "Don't talk nonsense. Come inside and eat. Close all the doors and don't let the children out."

In theory, Li Hong was only one step away from becoming empress.

In theory, any woman here with a child is only one step away from becoming queen.

The position of Empress of the Northern Wu is not for a group of Han officials to dictate, and no ignorant mountain peasant slave would dare to offer any suggestions on such a matter.

There are no obstacles for any woman to become empress, as long as Beijiwu is willing, there is no problem.

Everyone busied themselves happily, and when they entered the house, they saw a sumptuous feast laid out on the table that made their mouths water.

Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is made from stewed meat and vegetables, while vegetarian dishes and steamed noodles are used to create a group of singing and dancing girls who resemble fairies from Penglai.

Grilled shrimp, crispy pastry, Jade Emperor and Queen Mother rice, gold and silver flower sandwich, Han Palace chess, longevity porridge...

Adults and children alike could neither imagine nor name these palace dishes.

Adults and children alike drooled at the sight; it was a level of luxury they could never have dreamed of in their entire lives.

The kids who usually need to be coaxed to eat will definitely not be picky eaters today.

"What are these things?! One bite and I'd gladly lose a few years of my life!"

The gluttonous Ma Tuchai couldn't help but swallow hard. She usually couldn't even afford white flour buns, but suddenly she was served a palace banquet. For a moment, she felt that happiness had come so suddenly.

"Mom, I'm hungry!" Arctic Hydrogen threw a tantrum. A group of women were dawdling and wouldn't let him eat.

Li Hong's eyes were filled with a dazzling array of delicious food. "Come on, sit down and eat. You'll have the energy to feed the baby if you're full."

Everyone nodded in agreement; they had been eagerly anticipating it for a long time.

Gao Conglian said to her two sons and Mu Lin, "There's some food in the car, take it down and eat it."

“Okay…” the three children reluctantly agreed.

She experienced the coldness and warmth of human relationships at a young age, and had a clear understanding from childhood that her mother was not her own mother.

The host family of more than 20 people ate their meal inside the house with the door closed, while Mu Lin and his two companions took out some dry food and water from the car and ate it.

The three friends, who were neither loved by their father nor their mother, were all a little disappointed. Anyone in their situation would be unhappy.

Mu Lin, while eating a flatbread, said to Ai Niu and Ai Zhu, who were also eating flatbread, "Let's live together from now on. My parents both have children now. I'll ask my master if I can live alone from now on."

Ai Niu took a bite of the pancake and nodded, "Okay! The three of us will live together!"

The women and children inside the house wolfed down their food at the banquet, licking the plates and bowls clean.

There's not enough food for our own children, so why would we share with outsiders?

The three little boys slept in the gatehouse in the front yard. Both Jiang Rong and Gao Conglian were consciously keeping their distance from the three children.

Their father was distant, their mother didn't love them, and the only one who treated them relatively well was Beijiwu, who had been kind to them since they were little.

(End of this chapter)