Chapter 10 The years are still good here

Zhao Yi woke up and found himself lying in a strange room.

The kang under the body, although simple and sloppy, is really warm, and Zhao Yi, who was seriously injured and woke up, wanted to lie down like this, not moving, as if he was lying in his mother's arms when he was a child.

This is a wooden house, on the walls of the house, hanging bun grain, dried spicy seeds and a few bunches of garlic, on one wall, Zhao Yi saw a few dried furs, the color value is a little old.

On the edges of the four corners of the house, there is an old yellow paper note that has turned a little gray.

This is an ordinary farmer's family, and Zhao Yi also lived in such a family when he wandered and merged with the state four years ago.

As soon as he moved slightly, Zhao Yi felt that his five organs were rolling, and his five spirits were chaotic, and he only grinned in pain.

The coarse cloth curtain on the left was lifted, and a figure walked in, and when he saw Zhao Yi on the kang struggling, he immediately said happily: "Zhao Yi, you finally woke up." ”

The person who came in was Cui Shusheng, who was dressed in coarse linen clothes, and had the image of a fallen son.

He held a dark earthen bowl in his hand, emitting a strong pungent smell of medicine.

Cui Shusheng put the earthen bowl in his hand on the side of the kang, reached out to take a quilt placed at the other end of the kang, and then helped Zhao Yi up, the quilt was placed behind his back, and after doing all this, he went to pick up the earthen bowl full of medicine on the side and fed the medicine in the bowl to Zhao Yi.

"Zhao Yi, you finally woke up, how do you feel?"

Zhao Yi frowned, I don't know what kind of herbal decoction it is, it is too bitter and pungent, but after drinking it, a warm current suddenly appeared in the abdomen, slowly soaking into the viscera, making people extremely comfortable.

"What kind of place is this?" Zhao Yi asked.

The light coming in through the window illuminated the room, and the weather outside was good.

"This place is called Tianfutang, it is a small village under the South Mountain, the scenery here is beautiful, not much worse than our Jiangnan, the people in the village are simple and warm, treat us very well, I feel that I have come to a paradise. ”

Zhao Yi listened to Cui Shusheng babbling about the scenery and people of the village, his head was a little dizzy, he simply closed his eyes, and tried to breathe.

Maybe it was because he drank that bowl of medicinal soup full of spiritual energy, when Zhao Yi went to explore the sea of qi again, the feeling of the qi machine surging before did not appear again, but he found that there was a gray cloud of smoke in his sea of qi, the smoke cloud rotated slowly, mysterious, and there was a taste of life at the beginning of some yuan.

Zhao Yi has followed the white-bearded old man to practice boxing and swords since he was a child, tempering his physique, and taking the road of martial arts.

It is based on the Taoist "cultivation of truth" and the practice of qi "practicing qi", which is based on the "internal cultivation of the five spirits", which he has never come into contact with.

Zhao Yi was shocked, but fell into deep thought, anyway, his eyes were closed, and Cui Shusheng, who was sitting next to him and had been introducing the local customs, was unaware.

At this time, the curtain moved, and another figure walked in, with light steps, a slender figure, and a delicate face, a girl dressed as a farmer.

When she saw Zhao Yi open her eyes and look at her, she showed a sweet smile, the two small dimples were kind and cute, and she was a little innocent.

Cui Shusheng closed his mouth and hurriedly got up and stood aside.

The girl sat down on the edge of the kang and put a delicate jade hand on Zhao Yi's wrist, listening intently.

Zhao Yi looked at the strange girl who was close at hand, a pale yellow silk scarf wrapped her hair, only a few strands of green silk hung on the side of her ears, her nose was slightly higher than that of the Central Plains woman, and there was a little blue in her clear eyes.

I don't know why, Zhao Yi had an urge to reach out to help the girl's few strands of hanging cyan to the root of her ear, this thought, Zhao Yi was startled, busy looking at his nose, nose and heart, and forcibly restraining his evil thoughts.

Fortunately, the girl was listening attentively and didn't pay attention to Zhao Yi's expression, so that he would not be too embarrassed.

The girl listened attentively, withdrew her slender and white hand, and said with a happy face: "It's no big deal." ”

"Thank you, Miss Cyrin. ”

Cui Shusheng on the side thanked him, and then hurriedly explained to Zhao Yi: "Zhao Yi, thanks to Miss Xilin this time, she is not only skilled in medicine, but also very good. ”

"Thank you!" Zhao Yi said softly.

In my heart, I was still ashamed of my rude impulse just now.

The girl showed a shallow smile, tilted her head and said, "The weather outside is good, if you can go to the ground, you can go outside for a walk, it is good for recovery." ”

Zhao Yi nodded and said thank you sincerely.

Although the girl is dressed in coarse linen clothes, she is dressed as an authentic peasant girl, but she gives people a sense of beauty and holiness.

met for the first time, but it was like a reunion after a long time, Zhao Yi looked at the back of the girl leaving, and even forgot about the mysterious cloud of smoke in the sea of qi.

After the girl left, Cui Shusheng kept looking at the window in a daze, his eyes were hot, and the smile from the previous moment had been frozen on his face, Zhao Yi reached out and poked him, and chuckled: "What, do you like someone?"

Cui Shusheng was like a cat in a daze, suddenly stepped on his tail, helpless, and said with a flustered expression: "No...... Can you go down to the ground, Zhao Yi, or can I help you go outside?"

Zhao Yi nodded, shook his head with a smile.

Cui Shusheng helped Zhao Yi out of the door of the hall, standing on the steps of the door, Zhao Yi took a deep breath, only felt particularly refreshing, he blocked the sunlight with his hands, looked up at the courtyard, a tall green mountain was in front of him, and then looked up, it was a blue sky.

The courtyard of this family is very simple, there is a stone mill on the east side, and there is a well under the loess wall on the west side, and the reels on the well are very old.

Cui Shusheng helped Zhao Yi to sit down by the stone mill, and said with a smile: "Zhao Yi, the owner of this family, Brother Ma, is a very good person, I said this morning that I went into the mountain to help you find something to replenish your body." ”

Zhao Yi nodded, and then asked, "How many days have we been here?"

"It's been three days. ”

Zhao Yi turned his head and looked around, and asked casually, "Where is Wei Xiaoyong?" Why didn't you see him. ”

Seeing that Cui Shusheng didn't say anything for a long time, Zhao Yi turned his head to look at him, and saw Cui Shusheng's originally smiling face shrugged down, looking like he didn't know what to say.

"What's wrong?"

Cui Shusheng sighed lightly, and said with sadness on his face: "The old man in Tsing Yi injured you that day, and Brother Wei asked me to take you away first, and he stayed alone to stop the old man in Tsing Yi and his party, and then ...... I don't know what happened to me. ”

The meaning is self-evident, Wei Xiaoyong is only afraid that he will be more auspicious.

After Zhao Yi heard this, he was silent, only clenched his fists tightly, and the pain caused by the exertion made his brows furrow deeply.

The upright man who used to gallop side by side on the battlefield, after the two broke up, he could still die for him, and a sour taste surged into Zhao Yi's heart.

Later, the owner of the house, surnamed Ma, really caught a few pheasants and came back, and personally cooked a pot of soup for Zhao Yi.

During dinner, the three of them chatted while eating, and learned that this dark-faced and sturdy man surnamed Ma had also fled here four years ago.

"Four years ago, that Zhao Wang Ye stirred up a good Qingping world into chaos, the war continued, and the people were struggling to make a living, so in desperation, I hid here. The man surnamed Ma said with some emotion.

Zhao Yi's heart was heavy after hearing this, his face was gloomy, and he asked softly, "Brother Ma, do you have any other relatives?"

The man surnamed Ma shook his head, sighed, lowered his head and ate silently.

Zhao Yi was silent in his heart, Cui Shusheng saw that Zhao Yi's face had become abnormal, and he also understood in his heart that about Zhao Yi's identity, when he was drinking, Zhao Yi casually mentioned it to Cui Shusheng and Jiang Wenyu, Cui Shusheng knew that Zhao Yi had been carrying a burden in his heart, he grinned, led the topic elsewhere, and chatted with the man surnamed Ma in three or five or three.

The man surnamed Ma has walked through the rivers and lakes before, and he has seen a wide range of things, and casually told some anecdotes about the rivers and lakes, and the secrets of the mountains and forests, which made the curious Cui Shusheng fascinated.

Early in the morning, Zhao Yi got up and drank the decoction boiled by the girl named Xilin every day, Zhao Yi's external injuries were basically healed, and his internal injuries were also healed.

It was a little cold in the mountains in the morning, he didn't alarm Cui Shusheng, he went out of the house alone, and saw a man surnamed Ma who was busy fetching water in the yard, said hello with a smile, and said go out for a walk.

The man surnamed Ma nodded, and was busy carrying water to the kitchen.

This mountain village is home to dozens of homes with adobe walls and wooden houses, built irregularly on a hillside. There are trees planted in front of and behind each house, and it is late autumn, but it is still lush and green.

Out of the courtyard gate, Zhao Yi walked down a path, and there were trees planted on both sides of the path.

Birds chirp in the mountains, and occasionally a rooster crows.

The small mountain village feels particularly peaceful.

Zhao Yi walked down the path, met many villagers along the way, and when he saw Zhao Yi, he nodded a little shyly and said hello, after all, Zhao Yi was born in a wealthy family, and he has a lot of experience over the years.

Walking to the lower end of the path, Zhao Yi saw a small river about fifty steps away, and on the riverside, there were many peasant women washing clothes, among which there was a slender figure with gray and red, Zhao Yi was particularly familiar.

Like the woman next to her, she raised the clothes pounding stick in her hand, and was rhythmically beating the clothes on the stone slab, making a "bang bang" sound, the sound of pounding clothes was chaotic, but it was very pleasant to the ears of the young man who was in a good mood.

After beating the girl a few times, she took the clothes from the stone slab and kneaded them in the river water, then stood up, lifted them up and wrung them out vigorously.

Zhao Yi sat on the stone on the side of the road, looking at the river in a daze, and a poem that he had read before suddenly appeared in his mind:

Sleeves to see plain hands, Hao wrist about gold ring.

The girl in the raccoon clothes by the river, with no hands and a clear complexion.

"Zhao Yi, is Miss Xilin particularly beautiful?"

Cui Shusheng's voice suddenly sounded beside Zhao Yi, and he sat down next to Zhao Yi with his ass open, looking at the river with wide eyes.

"When did you come?"

Cui Shusheng glanced at it and said, "It's been a long time, and I'm really anxious to see you salivating and staring at Miss Xilin." ”

"What are you anxious about?" Zhao Yi said puzzled.

Then he glanced at Cui Shusheng again, and said angrily: "What are you salivating about, you can't talk well?"

Cui Shusheng put his hand on Zhao Yi's shoulder, and said with a serious face: "Zhao Yi, I have already taken a step back, even if you have Miss Lu, I will still introduce my sister to you, but if you add another Miss Xilin, it won't work." ”

Zhao Yi took away Cui Shusheng's hand, glared at him and said, "What are you talking about, I just happened to see Miss Xilin doing laundry, so I just glanced at it a few times, and besides, Miss Lu is not mine." ”

Cui Shusheng asked with some disbelief: "Is it really just a chance to take a few looks?"

"Of course, why do you think you are? I said, scholar, what are you nervous about?"

Zhao Yi looked at Cui Shusheng with a curious expression, and there was a hint of cunning in his eyes: "Scholar, you won't really fall in love with Miss Xilin, right?"

"Of course...... Nope!"

Cui Shusheng's cheeks were slightly red, and his eyes dodged: "I'm worried about my sister." ”

Zhao Yi was speechless for a while, but he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Scholar, is your sister really as good as you say?"

"Of course, my sister is the most beautiful and talented woman I have ever seen. Cui Shusheng said with a firm look in his eyes.

"How about comparing with Miss Xilin?" Zhao Yi smiled and pointed to the girl who was squatting by the river and beating her clothes.

"This ...... How to say it. ”

Cui Shusheng, who was struggling, caught a glimpse of Zhao Yi smiling proudly, and immediately understood that he had fallen into Zhao Yi's trap, and glared at him and punched him, completely ignoring his etiquette as a scholar.

"Did you tease your brother like that?"

Zhao Yi smiled and coughed a few times, finally stopped laughing, and asked, "Scholar, do you really think I am suitable to be your brother-in-law?"

Cui Shusheng looked Zhao Yi up and down, and said with some hesitation: "I used to think it was very suitable, but now I am a little unsure." ”

"Why?" Zhao Yi wondered.

Cui Shusheng turned his body, faced Zhao Yi, and complained: "Zhao Yi, I didn't say you, I always thought you were quite honest and a person who could be relied on, but when I saw your eyes looking at Celine just now, I was very suspicious." ”

Zhao Yi smiled and stabbed Cui Shusheng, and then said with a straight face: "I said scholar, if you don't introduce your sister to me at that time, or if your sister is born with five big and three thick, and her face is like that charm, see how I clean you up." ”

Cui Shusheng immediately laughed and said, "Definitely not, no!"

The two teenagers sat on the side of the road early in the morning and talked about other girls, giggling and laughing, and they were very interested. The women in Huanyi in the distance had already seen the two teenagers sitting on the side of the road, and they were all looking at each other frequently, sneering and laughing.

Xilin, the girl in the raccoon clothes, also found the two of them early in the morning, and saw that the two were talking and laughing, although they couldn't hear what they were talking about, but they also felt interesting, and the smile on the corner of their mouth kept hanging.

"Scholar, you see that this village is really good, the scenery is beautiful, the villagers are simple, there are no disputes and disasters outside, and everyone lives in harmony. ”

Zhao Yi put a piece of dead grass in his mouth and chewed it, and looked at the river with his two eyes obsessively.

Cui Shusheng stretched his waist and said loudly: "But the king is in the world, and he is a fisherman in a boat." ”

Zhao Yi nodded and said, "This poem doesn't sound very good, but the idea is very good." ”

Cui Shusheng suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled Zhao Yi, and said in a low voice: "Let's go, Xilin has finished washing." ”

Zhao Yi was surprised: "I was about to thank Miss Xilin, why did you leave?"

Seeing that Zhao Yi had already greeted him, Cui Shusheng stomped his feet and had to follow, but he was a little apprehensive in his heart.

"Brother Zhao, you look good today. Celine held the wooden basin in her hand and smiled at the two.

The complexion is simple, kind and lovely.

Zhao Yi shook the girl to the end, then got up and said, "Thank you for the girl's life-saving grace." ”

The girl covered her mouth and smiled: "Brother Zhao, I can't learn the etiquette of the master and the crepe." ”

Zhao Yi sneered: "In short, thank you very much, girl." ”

The girl laughed again, she put the wooden basin in her hand into Zhao Yi's hand, and said generously: "Since you want to thank me, then help me take the basin home." ”

After saying that, he jumped and walked down the path.

Zhao Yi glanced at Cui Shusheng, pushed the wooden basin into his arms, and said, "You take it!"

Cui Shusheng pushed it away, squeezed his eyebrows and glared, shook his head and left.

Zhao Yi shrugged his shoulders helplessly, but when he looked up and saw the girl in front of him with a slender back and brisk steps, he felt indescribably happy in his heart.

The smoke curls, the chickens and dogs bark, the people are like peach blossoms, and the heart is like an autumn orchid.

Although the red dust is chaotic, the years here are still good.