Chapter Seventy-Three: Demons and Humans
"I don't have your patience, I want me to say that this red plum is beautiful to fold two branches and go back to insert the bottle, why bother with these things, it is dried and boiled and soaked in water, and the tea poured out is not even a trace of red, and it is blind to this good color. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
Danzhu didn't care about being rude at all, but asked the woman in green clothes for two plum blossoms with a smile, saying that he would take them back to Wufu Mountain.
"I can't be the master of this, you have to ask the meaning of this red plum." The woman in Tsing Yi glanced at Danzhu, touched the branch of the red plum with her white hand, and asked with a smile, "Today's distinguished guest wants to ask for two branches for you to go home and insert bottles, are you willing?" ”
It is strange to say that when there is no wind in the courtyard and no one to push it, the red plum actually seems to have a spirit, and it shook dozens of times, and even the flourishing flowers on it shook down three or four.
"Poof." Qin Jiu felt that this scene was really funny, the red plum was like a frightened little daughter-in-law, if it weren't for the roots, maybe she could run into the house to avoid Danzhu, the bully who forcibly occupied Liangmei.
The more she thought about it, the happier she became, and she couldn't hold back her laughter.
Danzhu was already a little embarrassed when he was swept away, but when he heard this laughter, he couldn't help but turn his head and glare at Qin Jiu. Turning his head, he saw Qin Jiu's face blushing and his shoulders trembling, but he couldn't help it, and covered his mouth and smiled.
The woman in Tsing Yi seemed to have noticed Qin Jiu at this time, and by picking up the teacup, she hid her eyes behind the sleeves of the green yarn and looked at Qin Jiu.
"This one looks like a face, hasn't he been here before? But you seldom bring people to me, but what does that have to do with that? The woman in Tsing Yi put down the tea bowl and tentatively asked Danzhu what Qin Jiu's identity was.
Qin Jiu didn't know what the woman in Tsing Yi was talking about, and she was a little puzzled. However, Dan Zhu's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he pulled Qin Jiu into his arms and hugged it for a while, "It has nothing to do with the two of us, this is Qin Jiu on Wuyu Mountain, I watched her grow up, and her temperament is the most pure, I just brought her to have a meal." ”
The woman in Tsing Yi nodded, there are not many people who can get such an evaluation from Danzhu, at least it shows that the girl in front of her has no bad intentions, and there is no need to deliberately guard against it.
Thinking of this, the smile on her face was a little less polite and more sincere.
The woman in Tsing Yi filled up most of the tea that Qin Jiu had drunk, and said with a pleasant face: "The sweet and sour fish made by Ah Xiang is the most delicious, and you can be regarded as a coincidence, if it weren't for this person's temperament, I might not be able to taste it in a few decades when I come back." ”
Qin Jiu felt that her attitude seemed to have changed, but she couldn't say what had changed, but just sitting with her like this inexplicably made people feel happy.
She whispered a thank you and lowered her head to drink her tea. Danzhu patted her head, "Xiao Jiu, you go and see if Ah Xiang has anything to help, she is old after all, I'm afraid she won't be able to cope with it." ”
Qin Jiu didn't doubt that he was waiting for an old woman to get her food, she was already a little embarrassed, but Danzhu proposed, and she immediately agreed. Following Danzhu's direction, I went to the kitchen to help.
Danzhu looked at her back, the red cloak was very conspicuous in the courtyard where the sun was not visible, and he did not withdraw his gaze until the corner of the red clothes disappeared around the corner.
"Look, I'll tell you, it's a heartless one." Dan Zhu winked at the woman in Tsing Yi and said.
When Qin Jiu went to the kitchen, her mother-in-law was trembling and carrying a bucket of water from the well, and she hurriedly ran two steps to take the bucket, but was stopped by her mother-in-law.
The mother-in-law lifted the bucket up with difficulty, pointed to the reins on the bucket, and then pointed to Qin Jiu's hand, "Miss has thin hands, so she can't do these rough jobs, so as not to wear out the skin." ”
"It's okay, mother-in-law, I'm not that delicate." Qin Jiu wanted to step forward to pick up the bucket, but her wrist was grabbed by her mother-in-law.
The mother-in-law grabbed her hand and put it in the palm of her hand and looked back and forth several times. It stands to reason that this behavior appeared on the two people who met for the first time, and it should be a particularly rude act.
Perhaps because her mother-in-law seemed innocent, or because her hands were dry and warm, Qin Jiuyi didn't pull her hand out for a while.
"When I was a child, I always heard my grandmother say that a girl with a meat nest in her hands can keep money, and a young lady's hands are good, and she is born to be pampered." The mother-in-law pointed to the back of Qin Jiu's hand and let go of it with a smile.
Qin Jiu smiled embarrassedly when she was praised, and the two small pear vortices showed their heads shyly on their cheeks, after all, they were embarrassed to say that she was fat.
The mother-in-law looked at her little pear vortex with great joy, and pointed to her wrinkled cheeks, "When I was young, there was one here. But no one watched it at the time, and no one looks at it now, so I guess I can only go and show it to Lord Yama. ”
Qin Jiu felt that something was wrong with this, and his smile froze on his face. She subconsciously thought that the woman in Tsing Yi was Danzhu's friend, and that must be a demon. Mother-in-law Ah Xiang lives with her, so it should also be a demon, and if the demon dies, will she go to the palace of Hades?
"Dare to ask my mother-in-law how old is the demon?" Qin Jiu asked tentatively.
"I'm a mortal, not a demon, can't Miss see it?" Granny Xiang was obviously a little confused by what she asked.
"I am not good at witchcraft, and I have never learned this art of arguing." Qin Jiu scratched his head a little embarrassed, and asked again, "That talented sister in Tsing Yi is also a...?" ”
"My young lady is a demon." Granny Xiang smiled and replied calmly. "At first, the young lady was afraid of me, and she hid witchcraft for fear that I would see it, but in fact, I knew about it not long after I came to this courtyard."
"Aren't you scared, then?"
Qin Jiu remembered what was said in the book, mortals are afraid of demons, and the image of demons in the book is mostly ugly and greedy. Occasionally, there is a glamorous one, and most of them are also wearing painted skins and going to dig into the hearts of scholars.
"What's so terrible?" Granny Xiang carried the bucket of water and walked indoors, because she insisted on not helping, Qin Jiu had to follow behind and support her.
She put the water on the stove, held her knees and slowed down, "I can't accept the old man, and when Miss Danzhu comes, I don't know if I can see me." ”
Qin Jiu patted her back gently, she straightened up and looked at Qin Jiu, looking very serious, and answered the question that she hadn't finished answering.
"People are much worse than demons. These people always read the gods and slander the monsters. It was not the blessing of the gods that saved me back then, it was my young lady and Miss Danzhu who saved me. This life is given by others, so what's so terrible. ”
Granny Xiang patted Qin Jiu's hand, "Miss has also heard those bad rumors, don't take it to heart, the old woman understands in her heart, the heart of monsters is much softer than some people." ”