Chapter 1536: A Thousand Cuts
Everyone had nothing to do, so Lin Wan proposed to clean up a few utility rooms in the west wing, and vacate three rooms, which could set up a study, a pharmacy and a tool room.
Seeing that Lin Wan was full of interest, Lan Ziyu hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.
Originally, the flower hall and dining room were on both sides of the main house, and the kitchen was next to Xuecao's room.
This is not a small amount of work, Lan Ziyu, Lin Wan and Xuecao were busy for three whole days before all the sundries were placed, the tools were also placed, and the study and pharmacy were emptied.
On the fourth day, Lan Ziyu got up early again to practice swords, and Lin Wan and Xuecao were busy with breakfast in the kitchen. However, after waiting for a long time, Lan Ziyu did not come back. had to leave one for Lan Ziyu, and Lin Wan and Xuecao had breakfast first, and then cleaned the yard, washed the laundry and watered the vegetables.
Lin Wan and Xuecao finished their work and sat at the gate of the courtyard, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the mountains under the winter sun, while talking, waiting for Lan Ziyu to return.
It was almost noon when I saw Lan Ziyu coming back with an old horse dragging a flatbed cart. The flatbed was piled up like furniture, covered with thick cloth and tied with ropes, and carefully pulled up the hillside.
Lan Ziyu led the horse in front, but the horse was too tired to crawl, moved very slowly, and was very dissatisfied.
Lin Wan and Xuecao were very happy when they saw Lan Ziyu dragging things back, and hurriedly lifted their skirts and quickly ran over to help.
As soon as Lan Ziyu raised her head, she saw Lin Wan and Xuecao running towards this side, she couldn't help but smile on her face, stopped, wiped her sweat, and said with a smile: "Senior sister, Xuecao, come and see, what did I bring back?"
Lin Wan and Xuecao ran to the front with a smile, and couldn't wait to lift the corner of the thick cloth, and sure enough, they saw things like tables, chairs, and piano cases neatly tied on the cart, as well as a big square burden, which looked like it should be pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.
However, what surprised Lin Wan even more was that she turned to the back of the board car and found the red sail that had not been seen for several months.
Lin Wan was so shocked that she couldn't speak, covered her mouth, and looked at the dirty red sail in front of her in disbelief, her heart was about to jump out, so she could only hold back her tears and not rush over to give her an affectionate hug.
Hongfan also saw Lin Wan, with tears in his eyes, and hissed in a low voice, but saw Lin Wan standing in place and didn't run towards him, so he only took a few steps in place and couldn't help but not rush over.
Lan Ziyu saw Lin Wan facing the little red horse behind the carriage, standing dumbfounded, looking at her back and feeling her surprise, couldn't help but smile, and said, "Senior sister, I knew you would definitely like it." This is a little red horse I found in the valley, and when I saw it, it was stuck in the swamp and pulled it up. It's quite spiritual, and I don't need to say it, but I know that helping out in the back of the cart is just as likable as you are. ”
Lin Wan looked at the red sail with surprise and joy, slowly walked in front of it, looked at its wounds, his eyes couldn't help but redden, he gently raised his hand and touched its horse's head, and said in a trembling voice: "Senior sister, it is full of injuries, it is so pitiful......"
Lan Ziyu couldn't help frowning when she saw that Lin Wan was so easy to shed tears because of a poor horse, and said patiently: "Okay, senior sister, don't be sad." I've checked it, except for the old wounds, the ones that are still bleeding are small abrasions, you give it some medicine, and it will be fine in a few days. If you like it so much, I'll give it to you, and you'll take care of it in the future, okay?"
Lin Wan nodded again and again, and said gratefully: "Thank you, senior sister, I like this gift so much, thank you for saving it, how can I thank you?"
Lan Ziyu smiled, touched Lin Wan's head dotingly, and said softly: "Thank you, you just like it, you saved my life." Life in the mountains is lonely, and it's good to let it be your companion. ”
Lin Wan nodded heavily, wiped a handful of tears, and said with a smile: "Let's drag the things back first, Senior Sister must have been hungry for a long time, lunch has been ready, just waiting for you to come back to eat." ”
Lan Ziyu nodded happily and said, "Great, I haven't eaten breakfast, I'm so hungry that I don't have the strength to catch the car, let's go quickly." ”
So, Lan Ziyu was pulling in front, Lin Wan and Xuecao were pushing on both sides, and Hongfan was still behind with his head. Everyone worked together and quickly transported the things back to their small yard.
Lan Ziyu went to take a bath and change clothes, Xuecao went to set up the dishes and chopsticks, and Lin Wan led Hongfan to the well to clean, and then applied medicine.
Lin Wan didn't have any ready-made wound medicine around him, so he had to pick some herbs that could reduce inflammation and stop bleeding, squeeze out the juice, and carefully apply it to Hongfan's wound with tears.
Holding back the excitement in his heart, Lin Wan finished all this, and then carefully hugged Hongfan's neck, crying silently, and muttered in his mouth: "My Hongfan is good, how did you find me? You must have suffered a lot, right? Look at the injuries all over your body, there are knife wounds, sword wounds, whip wounds, some have scabbed, some have scabbed, some have scabbed, and some are still bleeding, do you hurt? It must be very painful, my poor Hongfan obedient ......?"
"Red Sail, is this the name you gave it?" Lan Ziyu's somewhat curious voice came from behind her.
Lin Wan wiped her tears, nodded, and said, "Yes, senior sister, Hongfan is the name I gave it, and it seems to like this name too." ”
Red Sail raised his head in cooperation and let out a cheerful hiss. The washed red mane shines like gold in the sun.
Lan Ziyu looked at such a beautiful and well-behaved little red horse, and couldn't help laughing, nodded and said: "It's really a good horse, I looked at it at first as small and dirty, and I thought it was an ordinary little wild horse, but now it seems that it should be a short horse with noble blood in the Northern Chen Kingdom." I just don't know how I got separated from its owner. Seeing that it was full of wounds, it must have been taken by someone on the road and wanted to subdue it, so it went through a lot of hardships and torture before it escaped the pursuit and ended up here. ”
Lin Wan stroked the wound of the red sail distressedly, frowned, and said indignantly: "Those horse thieves are too hateful, they would be so cruel to such a cute little red horse." What is the difference between them and those thieves who burn, kill, loot, kill and steal goods, and take by force? They should really be dragged out and beheaded, and it is not too much to cut them with a thousand knives. ”
Lan Ziyu covered her lips and smiled, "You say that, as if you are the owner of this little red horse." Shouldn't we be horse thieves?"