Xiaoqing's heart tightened and she didn't dare to answer. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The old man chattered for a while, it turned out that after Xiaoqing left, her two brothers also went out to work, and they have been mixing very well in the past few years, and they send money to the family every year, and the old man and the old lady pondered that the two broken thatched houses in the family were about to collapse, so they took the money and invited a mason to build two large tiled houses. The old man talked for a long time, and then asked Xu Xiaobai where he was from and what he came here to do.

Xu Xiaobai briefly introduced himself and said, "I heard that you have a brother who is a famous Chinese medicine practitioner here, and I want to come to find snow ginseng, so I came all the way to ask him if he has ever seen snow ginseng." ”

The old man sighed and said, "You said the old medicine? My brother, don't exalt him, what kind of Chinese medicine, he is a barefoot doctor, and now he doesn't do that kind of business. However, if you ask us about local medicinal materials, you really have to look for him, even if there are Chinese medicine doctors in the provincial hospitals, he may not know as much. ”

"Where is he now?" Xu Xiaobai finally asked the question he was most concerned about.

The old man was embarrassed: "I went out to work a few years ago, and now I don't know where it is." I remember one year during the Chinese New Year, he called me to pay New Year's greetings, saying that he was in Harbin, and now I don't know if he is still there. By the way, I still remember the phone number. As he spoke, he got up and looked for it.

Xu Xiaobai hurriedly followed. The old man rummaged through the cabinet and found a small notebook, which was very shabby, and turned over it for a long time, and finally turned to a mobile phone number, Xu Xiaobai wrote down the mobile phone number, and immediately dialed it, and there was a prompt sound over there, saying that the number had been deactivated. Xu Xiaobai couldn't help but be very frustrated, he came all the way, and the clue was finally broken here.

At this time, the old lady had already prepared the meal and invited Xu Xiaobai to the table to eat. In the countryside, there are guests from other places, it is to be entertained, the old lady has a very rich meal, Xu Xiaobai is very embarrassed, although there is something hanging in his heart, he still accompanies the two old men and Xiaoqing to have a good meal. The old man poured liquor and comforted Xu Xiaobai: "When you get here, you can always find my brother, you don't have to worry, just find a way to ask." Come, take a sip. Saying that, he poured it for Xu Xiaobai.

Xu Xiaobai said in his heart that he couldn't hold it, so he had to accompany the old man to drink. He didn't drink much, but fortunately, his internal strength was profound, and the old man drank a lot with him, and neither of them drank much. The old man wanted to let him drink again, but Xiaoqing dissuaded him on the side: "Dad, don't use the same set in our village to deal with Xiaobai, he can't drink enough, and now he doesn't let him drink alcohol in big cities, how much can he drink." ”

The old man was happy, looked at Xiaoqing narrowly, and said, "Before you pass the door, you will start to excuse your object, and the female university will not stay!" ”

Well, the old man also misunderstood.

Xiaoqing hurriedly explained her relationship with Xu Xiaobai, and the old man knew that he had misunderstood, so he hurriedly apologized to Xu Xiaobai, and Xu Xiaobai shook his head to indicate that it was okay. The old man casually asked Xiaoqing if she had found a partner, Xiaoqing blushed and shook her head and said no, it seems that she didn't dare to say anything powerful, anyone who knew that her daughter had found a seriously ill man, it would be difficult to accept it.

Xu Xiaobai asked if there was a place in the village where he could send express delivery, the old man thought for a long time, and said that the east of the village had a Yuantong Express site two years ago, but there was usually no one, it was a branch point in the county that the circle came to get up, and only sent people to receive the goods every Monday, and tomorrow is exactly Monday, and there will be someone over there tomorrow morning.

Xu Xiaobai nodded, and said in his heart, it was okay, he would send the Qilinjie away tomorrow morning, and he estimated that he would be able to reach the imperial capital in a week.

After the meal, the old lady arranged accommodation and arranged Xu Xiaobai in the tiled house in the east to warm the kang head in advance. Xu Xiaobai saw that although the old couple had no culture, they were sincere and ancient, and they were very happy in their hearts.

There was nothing to do after the meal, Xiaoqing pulled Xu Xiaobai out for a walk, and occasionally saw the old folks on the road, Xiaoqing recognized them, but they couldn't recognize Xiaoqing, it seems that she was too young when she left, and she didn't come back for a few years, and her appearance has changed a lot. She greeted these people one by one, and had to say hello, but after the greetings, Xiaoqing would definitely ask them: "Do you know where Uncle Lao Yaozi is now?" It seems that her heart is also hanging on this matter at any time.

Xu Xiaobai looked at Xiaoqing gratefully, knowing that her legs and feet were not yet good, so she hurriedly came out to inquire about him. After walking for a while, Xiaoqing's feet began to hurt, grinning in pain, Xu Xiaobai was busy carrying her home, but Xiaoqing shook her head and said, "I'm fine, let's go to another place." ”

She jumped on Xu Xiaobai's back and instructed him to follow the direction she was pointing. All the way to a remote place in the west of the village, there are two dilapidated thatched houses, apparently uninhabited for many years. Xiaoqing slipped down from Xu Xiaobai's back, pointed to the two broken houses and said, "This is where Uncle Yaozi lives." ”

The two of them stepped in, and the cobwebs were thickly layered. Xu Xiaobai urged the palm wind and threw away all the cobwebs, and then carefully observed the surroundings. The house is very simple, dilapidated, and may collapse at any time, and it seems that the old medicine has not returned for many years.

He was watching attentively when he heard Xiaoqing's voice from the back room: "Xiaobai, come here." There's something here. ”

Xu Xiaobai walked into the back room and saw Xiaoqing open a box and was rummaging through the contents inside. The box was an old wooden box, with a seal on it, which seemed to have been sealed by the old medicine himself before he left. Xiaoqing picked up a bunch of messy things from the wooden box, there are needles and threads, everything, all of which are used by the old Yaozi, it seems that this old Yaozi is also an old bachelor who has never been married in his life, and he usually sews clothes by himself.

Finally, Xiaoqing found a thick booklet at the bottom of the box, which was a thread-bound book, which should have been sewn up by Lao Yaozi himself with thread. Xu Xiaobai took the booklet, turned the first page, his hands couldn't help trembling slightly, this booklet is all hand-drawn pictures of medicinal materials by the old Yaozi, hundreds of pages thick, it seems that he has recorded all the medicinal materials he has found in the decades he has lived in this village.

Is there a record of snow ginseng in this booklet?

According to Xu Xiaobai's meaning, he wanted to read the booklet in this house, but Xiaoqing persuaded him to take it back and read it, go back to warm it, and there are electric lights, there is no electricity here for a long time, and he can't see anything as soon as it gets dark.

Xu Xiaobai was reasonable, so he put Xiaoqing on his back again and trotted all the way back to Xiaoqing's house. Xiaoqing's parents were very curious when they saw that the two of them were still walking side by side when they went out, and when they came back, they became one carrying the other. Seeing her mother's inquiring gaze, Xiaoqing hurriedly slipped off Xu Xiaobai's back, and explained without three hundred taels of silver: "My foot was twisted, and Xiaobai came back with me." ”

Mother agreed, and told her to go to the hall and go through the boxes and cabinets for her to find safflower oil.

Xu Xiaobai entered the house by himself, turned on the light, sat under the lamp, began to read the booklet, took out his mobile phone, compared the pictures of snow ginseng on the mobile phone, and looked for it page by page.

When Xiaoqing arrived at the hall, her mother asked her to sit down, took off her shoes and socks, and saw that her ankles were indeed swollen and high, so she couldn't help but reproach: "Why are you so careless!" As he spoke, he smeared safflower oil on his hands and rubbed her ankles vigorously. Xiaoqing grinned in pain and almost fell off the chair, but her mother held her down and explained, "Don't move, just rub the blood away." ”

After rubbing hard for a while, Xiaoqing felt that her ankles were hot, and her mother began to knead them with gentle force, chatting with Xiaoqing while rubbing: "You haven't come back all these years, I haven't moved those things when you were a child, they are all placed in the room next to you, and that room is also reserved for you." Are you out there and homesick? ”

Xiaoqing bit her lip tightly, is she homesick? That, of course, is thinking. How many days and nights, I got up from someone else's bed, got dressed and returned to my own place, crying silently in the bed, for fear of noisy roommates in the same room, I thought countless times in my heart: I want to go home, I don't want to live here anymore, I don't want to care about my brother, I'm too tired, really tired.

But she still stayed, and in order to be able to pay for her brother's medical bills every day, she abandoned the girl's self-esteem and survived.

Seeing that she didn't speak, her mother knew that it must not be easy for her to live outside in the past few years, so she continued: "Don't leave when you come back this time, although our village is backward, we can still live, you are by my side, I look at you and feel at ease, it's too chaotic outside." ”

Xiaoqing still didn't speak, and her mother continued to persuade her: "You are not young anymore, everyone in our village of your age has married and had babies early." There are a lot of good guys in our village, I'll find someone to tell you to get married, you will get married and have a baby in the village, and when you have a child, you two want to go out to work, or you want to stay in the village, you can take care of each other, and I can rest assured. ”

Hearing this, Xiaoqing finally spoke: "I don't want to stay in the village, life here is very comfortable, but the men here are too unambitious, I want to find one I like." "I saw the ups and downs outside, and despite the pain, I also knew how big the world was, how wonderful life was, and this small mountain village couldn't keep her.

The mother stopped the movements of her hand, raised her head to look at her, and said earnestly: "Tell me honestly, are you and that Xu Xiaobai the same person?" ”

Xiaoqing hurriedly shook her head, but her mother interrupted her and said: "Your mother and I have lived for such a long time, you can hide this little bit of caution from me, whether that young man is interesting to you, I don't know, you are very thoughtful about him, but I have already seen it." ”