Chapter 9: The World of Seeing Faces
Although it was a simple home-made carriage, the two horses pulling it were both athletic breeds......
The family in the same car was going to a small town closest to the border in Sealand, so I got a hitchhiker.
Seeing that my eyes were always on the two horses pulling the cart, the hostess sitting at the back of the cart smiled and asked, "Dr. Lin, you see that these two horses are from Sealand." ”
I made no secret of my interest in horses, and when I saw that she had taken the initiative to bring up the topic, I asked her, "It looks very good, is this unique in Sealand?" "No, the last time I went back to Sealand was a few years ago, and when I came back, I brought two foals, the same horses that are pulling the cart now." "In Sealand, this is the best breed of horse, and it is also used in battle." "No wonder." I exclaimed, "I'm afraid the price of the foal is not cheap, but if it is raised to such a size, it is worth a lot of silver." "We were reluctant to sell these two horses, and after several years of raising them, we have developed feelings." "Even if it's pulling a cart, I don't want them to be too tired and stop to rest after walking for a while." "Uncle," I called out to the man who was driving the car, "how many ways are there from here to the town I'm going to?" "It's very fast, two horses are running, this car is not slow." "Before sunset, you'll be in the town next to the border of Sealand, and you'll have to find an inn for one night, Dr. Lin."
Without waiting for the man who was catching the car to finish speaking, the little girl in the car was already very unhappy and shouted, stood up and jumped around and shouted: "Grandpa, there is nothing fun to sit in the car for so long." ”
As she spoke, she pursed her mouth angrily, and the wildflower she was holding in her hand was torn off and thrown away by her one by one.
I approached her, looked down at the flower she had torn into a stalk, and smiled at her, "It's not fun." You look at the scenery on both sides of the car, as well as the clouds in the sky. ”
"What's so nice about that, I've been watching it for a long time." The little guy said clearly, according to this age...... It's kind of sharp.
"Look at the clouds above you, the one that floats over, doesn't it look like a foal?"
She looked at the sky with a pair of big eyes, and she said happily: "You're right, this is like us pulling our horses in a car." “
After chatting with her for a while, I took out a handkerchief and changed a few small tricks that could only coax the child, which was nothing more than taking off a little trinkets she was carrying, and then hiding them and disappearing, and finally using a handkerchief to cover them, "magically" conjured up.
Poor technique. But it's okay to coax the child, if someone sees it, they will definitely make fun of my poor skills, and it would be much smarter to replace him.
The little girl's mood is much better. I put away my handkerchief and put it in my bosom, and pointed to the tree beside the road. "Look at the trees on the side of the road, I saw a squirrel jumping over it?" "Where?! Where," she exclaimed, excitedly. "You jumped so hard, and your voice was loud again, and the little squirrel saw you, and he didn't have to hide in fear?" "You have to sit down. Don't move, don't make a noise, the pine tree will dare to come out to play. “
The little guy finally quieted down and made a "shhh" gesture to the other adults in the car. She sat upright herself.
But as the wheels of the car swayed, she did not wait for the little squirrel to jump out, but fell asleep on her own.
The way a child sleeps with his eyes closed is so cute.
Her mother hugged her and gently stroked her back, and said with a grateful smile to me: "Doctor Lin, children are not used to sitting in a car for a long time. It's a lot of fun, but luckily you can play with her. "Are you going to a small town to join your family?" The hostess at the back of the car, the mother-in-law of the family, asked me.
She looks only in her forties, or younger than she looks, the ancients worked hard, and there was little concept of health preservation and maintenance.
Even if there is, it is only on the side of the dignitaries......
Ordinary women already look very old when they reach their forties. "I'm not going to join my family, I have a friend who went to Sealand, and I'm going to find him." "Oh, Dr. Lin, where is that friend of yours from?" "I don't know yet," I thought about it, but I couldn't answer Yun Chu's whereabouts now, so I had to say vaguely, "It's probably in the area of the national capital of Sealand." ”
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other, and even the man who was driving the car turned his head to look at me, and then continued to drive the carriage.
The mother-in-law sighed and said: "Doctor Lin, I see that you are young, and you can't help but be weak, if you want to say that Sealand is so big, you are looking for a needle in a haystack, and you don't even have a certain news, it's too difficult." “
The daughter-in-law agreed: "Mother is right, otherwise, Dr. Lin, the yard of our relatives' house is very large, you follow us to take a car across the border, and then to the small town of Sealand, you live for a while, inquire about the good news, and then go." “
I shook my head and said, "I appreciate your kindness, I am lucky to have met you for a ride, I am already very grateful, and when I go to Zealand, I will go directly to the capital to find my friend." "Although Sealand is very large, if you have the heart to inquire, you can still find it." "If I can't find it, I'll leave, and I won't stay in Sealand forever." "Thank you." I arched my hand.
The two of them glanced at each other, and the male owner who was driving the car said: "Doctor Lin, you have a convenient way, when you get to the capital of Zealand, you can go to the family doctor's house, and you can find it while sitting in it." "There are a lot of people in the hospital, and you can ask a patient to inquire about it for you." "Besides, if you are in the capital of Zealand, there are so many dignitaries and nobles, with your appearance, there will definitely be many people who come to you for medical treatment."
The corners of my mouth moved, and I heard that the man's words were interesting, and I couldn't help but say curiously: "You met me in Pingshui, and you haven't seen me treat patients, are you so confident in my medical skills?" The male host of "Doctor Lin" was suddenly a little embarrassed, but the hostess sitting next to him laughed heartily, "Don't listen to his nonsense."
There was silence in the car for a while, and only the sound of the wheels pressing against the road mixed with the rotation of the axles could be heard, and after a while, the hostess lowered her voice and said: "But my family's words are not rough, don't be surprised, Dr. Lin, have you never been to Sealand?"
"How do you know?" I thought about it again, and I didn't seem to mention this topic from the moment I got in the car, how did she see it?
Besides, it's not the first time I've heard such an evaluation.
The hostess said with a clear look in her eyes: "You will know as soon as you hear you." "You're so young, look at your appearance, if you go to Sealand, I'm afraid that the locals will break through the threshold of the medical hall you are in." "Is that an exaggeration?!" I was flattered and said, "As for it?!"
"Doctor Lin, where are you from?" The man who was driving the car suddenly asked me.
I was a little confused by his question, and my mind was still stuck in the message just now, so when I was asked, I had to say casually: "I'm from Haiguo." "I'll just say, the master, do you see it, it's really from the sea country?" "What's the point then?"
I was questioned by them repeatedly, and when I thought of my senior brother, I used a shield at random, saying that it was good to come from the same place as him, but I didn't expect their reaction to be unexpected again. "It's not surprising that he comes from Haiguo, who is handsome, and there are beautiful men there." The man who drove the car almost choked me with a word.
The senior brother who is in love is still from a special beautiful male origin, and when I think of his appearance when I first saw the sky, my brain is like an enlightenment.
"Do the people of Sealand have any special fetishes?"
As soon as these words came out, the daughter-in-law holding the child blushed and lowered her head, but the mother-in-law was not surprised, and responded generously to me: "Doctor Lin, you finally understand a little, we can't say it clearly." ”
"The dignitaries and nobles over there in Sealand prefer men who are handsome in appearance but a little weak in appearance."
Hearing her say this, the man who was driving the car also turned his head and smiled: "That's what it means to be a boy and a girl."
I lowered my head, and my mind was thinking quickly, according to what they said, it was a boy and a girl, and a girl was a man.
It seems that the last time I met the king of Sealand on the street, it was not by chance, and there must have been something that made her right appetite, so she gave me such a generous reward.
Hey, do you say that? It's like you're an object!
I frowned and shook my head, and my actions fell into the eyes of the hostess, and she smiled, "So the master has been telling you just now, Dr. Lin." "In fact, there are very few male doctors in the medical halls of Sealand, especially the good-looking ones." "Anyone who comes to Sealand from outside will do a lot better in that hospital."
This, how did this sound so weird, and it wasn't a happy scene, I had an embarrassed expression on my face.
"It's just that you will be invited to visit your home, but don't be afraid, Sealand women rarely use strong ones, they all have to be willing by you, they just look at the rarity of male doctors, and look at the meaning."
I opened my mouth wide in surprise, isn't this like a zoo animal?!
That's about what she said, scarcity is expensive.
Thinking of so many rumors I had heard before, I couldn't help but ask: "Then there are rumors outside, and the king of Sealand still robbed people to the palace?!" ”
"So you've heard it." Everyone in the car laughed, and the hostess said, "That's a rumor, the main Sealand is more special, so there are a lot of rumors outside, we have relatives who have been living in Sealand, and we know that those are just nonsense, we don't believe it." ”
"The monarch of Sealand is a strange woman, capable of literature and martial arts, and wise and accessible, how can she be like they spread it around."