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Xu Xiaobai looked at Xiaoqing who was sobbing very blankly, not knowing what to say. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He never knew how to comfort girls, Lin Xing is a very strong woman, once she has any emotions, she will try to regulate them by herself, and she never needs Xu Xiaobai to persuade her. As for that Su Musha, Xu Xiaobai couldn't imagine that she would cry too. The first time he met a psychologically fragile girl like Xiaoqing, Xu Xiaobai was at a loss for a while.

At first, Xiaoqing just sobbed softly, but then she simply cried and cried happily. Xu Xiaobai was stunned for a while, and could only say: "Don't cry, you are stronger, tell me if you are unhappy......"

Xiaoqing cried even more, Xu Xiaobai was helpless, walked to her side, sat down and gently took her into his arms, patted her on the back, he remembered crying when he was a child, his mother comforted him like this, and simply coaxed Xiaoqing like a child.

Xiaoqing cried for a while, and finally shed all her tears, and then broke free from Xu Xiaobai's arms, sad and funny, and said with rain: "Do you treat me as a three-year-old child?" ”

Xu Xiaobai was like a piece of wood, and said embarrassedly: "I really can't comfort people, you better stop crying, I can't do anything if you cry." ”

Xiaoqing gently pushed him, but leaned into Xu Xiaobai's arms again, wrapped her hands around his waist, and whispered: "Xiaobai, you are really a good person, if you are not married, and I haven't met Brother Dali, I will definitely ......"

Xu Xiaobai's heart tightened, knowing that what he had been worried about had really happened. He was about to push Xiaoqing away, when suddenly there was a few soft bangs, and someone was knocking on the door.

In the middle of the night, in such a place where there is no village and no store, who will knock on the door?

After a soft sound, the door was pushed open.

Xiaoqing hurriedly sat up straight, Xu Xiaobai also stood up from the side of the kang, looked at the direction of the door with a vigilant face, and the strength of his whole body was mobilized, ready to burst out and hurt people at any time.

In the door came a tall man, dressed in a thick cotton jacket and trousers, and a dogskin hat on his head, which hung down from both sides and covered his entire face. The candlelight was dim, Xu Xiaobai couldn't see the person's appearance clearly, the man saw Xu Xiaobai and Xiaoqing, and hurriedly greeted him, his voice was a little hoarse: "I'm sorry, I walked here at night, and when I saw the fire here, I came over to take a look, and sure enough, someone lives here." ”

The man said, took off his hat, Xu Xiaobai looked through the firelight, half of the person's face was wrapped in gauze, and it looked a little scary. He suddenly remembered the story that Xiaoqing told him just now, and asked, "Are you a grimace Lao Zhang?" ”

The man was stunned for a moment, his hand holding the hat tightened slightly, and he said strangely: "You know me?" ”

Xu Xiaobai gave up his position, revealed Xiaoqing's figure, and said, "I don't know you, but she should know you." ”

Lao Zhang looked at the girl sitting on the kang in confusion, thinking to himself that such a beautiful big girl, at first glance, was from the city, how could she know such a bad old man.

Xiaoqing also looked at Lao Zhang suspiciously, and asked softly after a while, "Is it Uncle Zhang?" I'm Xiaoqing, the eldest son of a rich family in the east of Xiawazi Village. ”

Lao Zhang's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward in three steps and two steps, and looked at Xiaoqing carefully for a while, and then said in disbelief: "Are you Xiaoqing girl?" I haven't seen you all these years, and you have grown so big? ”

Xu Xiaobai saw that this person was really the grimace Lao Zhang that Xiaoqing said in his mouth, and hurriedly invited him to sit on the kang, Lao Zhang approached the firewood and warmed it up for a while, Xu Xiaobai gave him a cup of boiling hot water, Lao Zhang Niu drank a cup, sighed with satisfaction, and said, "But it's cold to me." This year's cold weather came very early, and if I hadn't found your room, I might have frozen to death in the old woods tonight. ”

Xiaoqing asked him about his situation, only to know that Lao Zhang was going to TH County to do errands, there was no bus this season, and if he wanted to go to TH County, he could only take a dog to pull a climbing plow, Lao Zhang's family was poor, and he didn't climb the plow, so he could only walk by himself, from Xiawazi Village where he was located to TH County, how could there be a hundred kilometers, and this way down, at least one day and one night. Lao Zhang remembered that there was a hut built by hunters to rest in this location, so he walked all the way to stay, but he didn't expect that he hadn't been in the mountain for many years, and he had forgotten the specific location of the hut, and he almost got lost in the middle of the road. Anyone who walks through the old forest knows that the forest can't tell the direction, and the trees are very blocked, and the place to find is often a few meters away, but because the trees are blocked, they just can't find it.

Fortunately, Xu Xiaobai and they lit the firewood, and Lao Zhang saw the light of the firewood, so he found this place. He saw that Xu Xiaobai was older than Xiaoqing, and the young man's spirit was long, and he looked like the children of a rich family in a big city, so he had a guess in his heart, and said to Xiaoqing: "Qing girl, you haven't been back for many years, what's the matter, this time you are going home to make a good decision?" ”

Xiaoqing's face turned red when she said it, before Lao Zhang came just now, she was at a juncture of her heart, and she accidentally told half of her feelings for Xu Xiaobai, and now she is really embarrassed to think about it, and she can't be embarrassed anymore, but fortunately, Lao Zhang appeared at the right time, so she gave herself a cover. Now that Lao Zhang said this, she only felt that the full embarrassment was back, and hurriedly explained: "No, Xiaobai is my friend, and he has important things to do here." ”

Lao Zhang saw that Xiaoqing denied the relationship between the two, and he was a little suspicious in his heart, when he came in just now, he saw it really, and the two of them hugged it on the kang, and now Xiaoqing's eyes are still red, obviously crying, it must be a little awkward couple who don't know what to do, this girl is crying, this young man must come to persuade, if it is not like this, there is really no second explanation that makes sense.

How did he know the past stories that happened to Xiaoqing and Xu Xiaobai. Xiaoqing saw that he didn't seem to believe it, but she couldn't explain more, and the more she talked, the more embarrassed she became.

Xu Xiaobai saw that the scene was a little weird, and hurriedly interjected: "Hello Uncle Zhang, I'm Xu Xiaobai." ”

Lao Zhang saw Xu Xiaobai take the initiative to greet him, and hurriedly shook hands with him. Hearing Xu Xiaobai say that he was indeed in a hurry, he believed Xiaoqing's words a little. The three chatted for a while, talking about Xiaoqing's family, and Lao Zhang sighed: "You kid, your heart is too wild." At that time, you said that you would go to Shenyang to work, but your mother was unwilling, crying and wiping tears to leave you, you were going for five or six years, and now you finally know that you are back, your mother thinks about it, and she is almost thin. ”

Hearing this, Xiaoqing's originally stopped tears couldn't help it, she wiped her eyes vigorously, and asked with concern, "Are my parents okay?" ”

Lao Zhang couldn't help nodding: "It's all good." Our village is now stronger than before, those who have the ability have gone out to work, the old people who can't walk stay in the village, the young people send money home for the New Year's holidays, and the old people don't have to worry about food and clothing. Your two older brothers come back to see your parents every year, and their lives are okay and their bodies are still strong. ”

Hearing him say this, Xiaoqing was a lot more relieved, and asked Lao Zhang what he was doing in TH County. Lao Zhang sighed: "The people left in the village are all old people, I am old, I have no children, no daughters, and I don't have any livelihood, so I want to go to the county to see if there is any work that can be done, and earn some coffin books for myself." ”

It turned out that Lao Zhang had that incident when he was young and was disfigured, and he has never been able to please his daughter-in-law. He has lived alone all these years, in fact, he has a bad reputation in the village, just imagine an old bachelor, and he has no proper livelihood, what good things can he do. When Xiaoqing was young, she met Lao Zhang a few times, and the reason was that her parents warned her to stay away from this old bastard and not to be spoiled by him. But Xiaoqing hasn't come back for many years, and this time she came back and suddenly met her old blind date, and she had long forgotten her parents' explanation.

The three chatted for a while, Lao Zhang asked about the purpose of Xu Xiaobai's coming, Xu Xiaobai was about to make an excuse to perfunctory past, but Xiaoqing said truthfully: "Brother Xiaobai came here to look for snow ginseng, I haven't seen that thing, and I don't know what kind of ginseng it is, I just thought that my old Yaozi uncle didn't know these things very well, so I thought about accompanying him to find Uncle Lao Yaozi, and I just happened to go home to see." She didn't say anything about Xu Xiaobai giving her wages, after all, it is inconvenient to tell outsiders about money.

Xu Xiaobai frowned slightly, he met Lao Zhang for the first time, and he didn't want to tell this person his purpose. But Xiao Qing was quick to speak, he had already said it, he thought about it, this is okay, after all, Lao Zhang is a local who has been in the village for many years, maybe he will know the news of snow ginseng, or he can tell some of the current situation of Uncle Lao Yaozi, that will also be of great help to him. His favorite thing is snow ginseng, so he immediately paid attention to it, expecting Lao Zhang to say something.

Lao Zhang was obviously stunned, this expression made Xu Xiaobai's heart tighten, and he said in his heart, would he have to experience another blow. Sure enough, Lao Zhang said: "You want to find an old medicine?" It's difficult, it's difficult, the old medicine has long stopped doing the business of curing diseases, he went out to work two years ago, and now I heard that it is in Harbin? I don't know, I haven't seen him in a long time. ”

Xu Xiaobai was slightly disappointed, this expression did not escape Xiaoqing's eyes, she knew the importance of snow ginseng to Xu Xiaobai, and hurriedly comforted: "It doesn't matter, as the saying goes, it doesn't mean that a monk can't run the temple if he can run, let's go to the village and ask Uncle Lao Yaozi's friends, they may know where he is, everyone has a mobile phone these days, and we may be able to ask Uncle Lao Yaozi's mobile phone number." ”

Xu Xiaobai nodded, and his heart was the only way. He asked Lao Zhang again: "I heard that you used to be a hunter and often went in and out of the old forest, do you know such things as snow ginseng?" ”

Lao Zhang frowned and thought about it, the half of his face that was not wrapped in gauze was wrinkled, and it looked even more infiltrating, no wonder he couldn't find his daughter-in-law, which woman was willing to marry him in this way. He thought for a long time before he said, "The snow ginseng you mentioned, we haven't heard of such a thing here." Maybe everyone calls it differently? We have Korean ginseng and wild ginseng on our side. ”

Xu Xiaobai has been disappointed many times, and he doesn't feel anything when he is hit this time. But he still had the hope of what happened, and called up the pictures on his phone to show Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang glanced at it, and still shook his head: "I used to be a hunter, I only paid attention to animals, and I didn't study plants much. You have to ask Lao Yaozi, he is an expert, it turns out that in the earliest days, Lao Yaozi was to pick ginseng, and he made a lot of money, and then the ginseng was artificially cultivated, and wild ginseng became more and more difficult to find, so he changed his business to become a doctor. ”

It seems that I still have to find the old medicine, in that case, let's go find him, I must find him. Xu Xiaobai thought silently.