The courtyard was silent for a moment, and everyone turned their heads in unison, looking at Ling'er in a daze. Ling'er saw that everyone didn't seem to react, and repeated with a smile: "Dad, mother, I'm back!" ”

"Oh, Ling'er, it's finally waiting for you!" A voice was inserted in the air behind her, and someone grabbed her arm and jumped and jumped. Ling'er turned around and saw that it was Yue'er, and she also threw her burden and took her hand and jumped together.

The two played for a while, and when they entered the yard, the father had stopped his work, stood up and looked at her with relief, the old lady was pinching her sleeves and wiping the corners of her eyes, and several aunts who came to visit also stood up with a smile to greet her.

The aunts pulled Ling'er to ask for warmth, but no one asked where she had been in the past few months? Why did he suddenly come back now, etc., everyone seems to know this question.

When the neighbors dispersed, only Daddy, Auntie and Yue'er were left in the courtyard. Yue'er took Ling'er's hand and said happily: "Ling'er, my grandmother said that you deliberately ran out and didn't come back to hide from the Yan family, right?" Well, now I heard that the Yan family was ransacked by bandits, and they are dead and injured, and they can't take care of it themselves now, so they definitely don't have time to trouble you! You won't have to hide in Tibet from now on! ”

Ling'er nodded: "Well, I know, I dare to come back only when I hear the news!" Sister Yue'er, didn't you say that you had already gone home? ”

"Originally, yes, but as soon as I heard that something happened to the Yan family, I pestered my eldest sister to bring me here, and as soon as I entered the village yesterday evening, I didn't even go to my grandmother's house, so I came to see you first, but unfortunately you weren't there! Now, you're back! Ling'er, where have you been in the past few months? Aren't you afraid to be alone outside? ”

"Hehe, in fact, I didn't go far, just went around the nearby town, thank you Sister Yue'er, Sister Yue'er is so good to Ling'er!"

"Of course, who called me a sister!" Yue'er said with a smug face.

The old lady came out with a brazier, put it at the door of the hall, and greeted: "Ling'er, come quickly, cross the brazier, go to bad luck, may the mountain god bless our family Ling'er without illness and disaster, and live a safe life!" ”

A few people had breakfast, and a lot of neighbors who learned the news came one after another, saying that they were looking at Ling'er, but in fact, they also wanted to see what Ling'er, the little girl, would become after running out and coming back for a few months? By the way, ask some gossip and so on.

Although there are some troubles in the coming and going, the father and mother are still very happy, and they are happy to welcome and send them off, and Ling'er is not afraid of everyone's eyes, and happily frolicks with familiar partners in the hospital.

Xiaohuzi and Wang Shengwan naturally came, but unexpectedly, Wang Fugui also came, as well as his two companions. But looking at Wang Fugui's arrogant appearance, it doesn't look like he's here to celebrate, but like he's here to smash the field!

Also, Wang Shengwan, who originally got along well with Ling'er Yue'er, was flushed when she saw Wang Fugui, and unconsciously hid behind them, Wang Fugui peeked at Wan'er from time to time, and when Ling'er and the others looked at him, he snorted lightly and put on a high-minded and annoying posture!

What's going on? Looking at Wan'er's flushed face, it doesn't seem quite right? Calculating, Wan'er is nine years old this year, the same year as Wang Fugui, and it seems that it is earlier to say that the love has just begun, but what are these two people doing?

Also, Wan'er and Wang Fugui are both surnamed Wang, or from the same village, I don't know if there are five suits, and the same surname cannot be married, this is a convention; Also, the relationship between Wan'er and Wang Fugui is not ordinary, Wan'er and her younger brother ......

"Ling'er, Ling'er, I asked you, what do you think?" Yue'er slapped her hard, and Ling'er came to her senses: "Huh? What the? ”

"Look, you're wandering again, I ask you what you've been eating for the past few months? Why is it that he is not thin at all, but has grown many miles? Well, it seems to have grown a lot taller! ”

"Eat? I didn't eat anything, just wild vegetables, wild fruits, wild rabbits or something, it's very simple! ”

"Huh? Hare! Where to get hares? As long as you buy one, it's a few dozen yuan, my father and mother would rather buy pork than buy that thing, you are really willing! ”

"No, no, it's just ......" Ling'er dealt with it, and when there were fewer visitors, she pulled Yue'er aside and asked in a low voice: "Sister Yue'er, have you found that... Wan'er with... Wang Fugui is a little ......"

"Wan'er and Wang Fugui?" Yue'er said it out loud unabashedly, Ling'er was startled and quickly covered her mouth, while Wang Shengwan, who heard this not far away, was flushed!

Ling'er motioned for her to be silent again and again, Yue'er came to her senses, and covered her mouth in surprise, looked at the two suspiciously, leaned over and whispered, "Ling'er, they ...... What's wrong? ”

Ling'er was stunned for a moment, thinking that she knew something, it turned out that she was following the fun, she twitched the corners of her mouth, waved her hand and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing!" I said that the two of them seem to be the same year, Wang Fugui is so much taller than Wan'er, hehe, the boy will really grow! ”

Yue'er thought about it for a while, and said seriously: "Not necessarily, the iron egg next door to my house is two months older than me, and not as tall as me!" Wang Fugui's house eats well every day, sleeps well, and grows taller! ”

Ling'er dealt with it and didn't mention it for the time being. It wasn't until it was dark that Yue'er and the others left one after another, and there was finally only Ling'er's family of three left in the family!

The old lady is happily washing and brushing in the kitchen, the sound of chopping vegetables is as good as a pleasant note, and Ling'er wants to chop wood to watch the fire, and also boil medicine for her father, and she is also very busy! Daddy, who was tired all day, sat in the courtyard, smoking his old cigarette stick, comfortably!

Everything seems to be back to before, calm and happy. When the old lady was ready for dinner, the family sat around the table, and the old lady took out a small jar and said: "Let's be happy today, the family drinks some wine to celebrate, come, Ling'er also tastes something!" ”

After a small half bowl of wine, the old lady's wrinkled old face began to red slightly, and she said happily: "Alas, great, our family Ling'er is back, we don't have to move, we have to live a good life in the future, Ling'er, don't make trouble in the future, toss like this again, your mother and I will have to confess our lives, alas!" ”

"Bah, bad spirits, bad spirits, mother, didn't you say you're happy today? Let's not talk about the unhappy! Don't worry, Ling'er will be honest in the future and won't cause trouble to her parents! ”

Dad said: "You can't say that, damn it, people live a breath, Ling'er is better than the two of us, don't talk about it!" ”

"Hehe, okay, in fact, I don't blame Ling'er, I just hope she's safe!"

The family gossiped a little, talking about the family's silver deposits, the old lady was even more happy, she ran to the door to see, closed the doors and windows, and came back mysteriously: "His father, Ling'er, guess how many taels of silver have we saved?" ”

Ling'er smiled, how much money she gave the old lady, she has always remembered it, and I believe that the old lady's deposit is only a lot more! But she didn't say it thoroughly, and deliberately kept asking, and the old lady smiled and stretched out five fingers and said, "It's a full fifty taels!" ”

Ling'er was surprised, she only gave her mother a maximum of forty taels, where did the other ten taels come from? It's good that they can make a living by sitting on manual work, how can they save money?

The old lady smiled and said, "I didn't expect it, right? Originally, there were not so many, a few days ago, there was a collection of medicinal herbs in the village, I saw that Ling'er carried back so many large bags of herbs last time, and I thought that I couldn't use it up for a while, and it was a pity that I was damp for a long time, so I took out those two big burdens and let the person choose.

I saw that he was almost done with the grass roots, and he was afraid that the medicine package would not be complete, so he didn't want to sell it, but the man's export was five taels of silver, I didn't react for a while, and I didn't have a counteroffer, he gave another ten taels, and I sold the grass roots to him! ”

Grassroots? What grassroots? Ling'er frowned and thought about it, Xu Banxian didn't use any grassroots in the prescription, "Mother, is there anything left?" ”

"Also, I left a few of them!"

"Show me!"

The two of them turned out the packets of herbs, and the old lady picked and chose them for a long time, and finally found a white herb. The whole body of the herb was snow-white, section by section, and at first glance it looked like a worm! Ling'er was shocked, isn't this Cordyceps? I remember that I didn't take this thing when I loaded the baggage, why did I run from the medicine bag?

She immediately picked up the herb and looked at it carefully, sniffed it again, no, this is not Cordyceps, it just looks like Cordyceps! No wonder, how could those people in Liangjia Village be so careless when they have been collecting medicine for generations?

Seeing Ling'er's serious expression, the old lady said nervously: "Ling'er, could it be that I sold the wrong thing?" This... Does this grass work? ”

Ling'er smiled: "It's nothing, mother, sell it if you sell it!" It would be nice to get ten taels of silver! ”

"This ...... Your father's medicine is missing, can this thing be successful? ”

"No problem, don't worry! Look, isn't this cyan one the same as this white one? In fact, this is not a grass root, just the stem of the herb, which is generally cyan, and some will turn white when there is less light. ”

"Mistake?! That... Then what if he comes back to us and retreat? ”

"Don't do it, if he really wants to find it, let's just push him! Anyway, this deal was voluntary, and we didn't force him to buy it! By the way, Dad, how are you doing lately, is this medicine effective? Ling'er turned to ask Daddy.

After dinner, Ling'er helped the old lady clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and chatted with them for a while before going back to the house to sleep. The bed in his house had already been smashed and burned by the Yan family, this was Ling'er himself who removed the door and put it on two stools, and then spread a temporary bed made of futon, which was simple and simple, but it was very reassuring and had the taste of home.

I don't know if it's because I haven't been home for a long time and I'm too excited, Ling'er can't sleep for a while. She simply lay on her back on the door panel, opened her eyes and looked at the bright window above her head, remembering that the old lady just talked about the herb collector! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )