Chapter 9: The First Scents of Continuous Herbs [2]
The village where they live is called "Liumeng Village", which is said to be a good omen for the germination of all things, but where do ordinary people understand this, they always think that this name is awkward, and most of the people in the village are surnamed Wang, so they simply call it Wangjia Village, and they understand it smoothly.
After listening to Xu Suzhen's introduction, Zhu Yan knew that there was Xujiaji in the neighboring village, and then to the east, it was a rather prosperous ancient town, called Bailang Town, facing the estuary of the river, there were many wharves.
"Let's go see the youkai!" A group of boys rushed out of the village, barely knocking Zhu Yan and Xu Suzhen down.
"This group of boys is lawless every day." Xu Suzhen chuckled, as if she was very familiar with the children.
The first boy stood still, looked up at Zhu Yan curiously, and was speechless by her appearance.
"Little ...... Ahem, little brother? Zhu Yan originally wanted to call him a "little friend", but he always felt that something was wrong, so he changed his words.
The children behind also stopped, and they all stared at Zhu Yan for a moment, "Aunt Silk Zhen, who is such a beautiful fairy sister?" ”
"This is your sister swallow." Xu Suzhen smiled faintly, the children were still young, and they didn't know how to pay attention to Zhu Yan's father's fate, and they thought she was beautiful, so they were willing to get close.
"Sister Swallow's illness is cured?" The children smiled, "The fans that my sister gave us in the past are all broken, can you help us redraw a few more?" ”
Zhu Yan was stunned, she used to be able to draw? Can...... But she doesn't know if she'll be now!
Xu Suzhen smiled and patted the boy's head, "Naturally, let's go back first now, where are you going crazy?" ”
The boy pretended to smile mysteriously, "We heard from my father and mother that in the town to the east, there is a rich family that has a little monster!" ”
The town in the east refers to Bailang Town, which is not far from Liumeng Village.
"yes, yes, Aunt Silk Zhen, don't you know, they say that little monster has no skin all over his body!" The other boy shuddered as he spoke, as if he had seen the terrible sight of it.
When the child next to him heard him, he was even more impatient, and he was very curious about the "little monster".
Zhu Yan listened to the movement in his heart and whispered to himself, "This is ...... Dermatosis? ”
"Sister Swallow, what are you talking about?" The child's ears are pointed, and he hears it.
"Ahem, my sister used to read Zhiwei notes, and I have seen such stories." Zhu Yan was a little embarrassed, in her previous life, she liked to watch Zhiwei's "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and "Huainanzi" or something, which is true, but this illness is not from there.
According to her theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the lungs are in the body and the skin is not long, because the lung gold has not been raised by her mother, and the native gold, according to the medical case she has seen before, only needs to put the newborn child on the mud floor to sleep for a night.
But at the time, I just looked at it with a smile, how could anyone take such a strange illness seriously? Now, is it really working?
"Swallow, have you ever seen such a disease?" Xu Silk Zhen is also strange, but thinking that her daughter did love to read ancient books in the past, she may not know where she saw it, but it is reasonable.
Zhu Yan became more and more embarrassed, and his voice lowered, "Legend has it that you only need to put that child on the mud floor and sleep for a night, and you will ...... It's going to be fine, but ...... That's just a legend. ”
A group of children below smiled and smiled, their eyes dripping and rolling, "Or, let's go talk to them, anyway, this little monster won't live long, a dead horse should be a live horse doctor, let's see if Sister Yanzi is right?" ”
Before the mother and daughter could come to their senses, they ran away faster than the rabbits.
Zhu Yan smiled helplessly, he didn't plan to meddle with any nosy, but he had an itchy mouth and wanted to show his stuffing.
Xu Suzhen didn't blame, but just said, "It's good to save someone's life, accumulate some virtue for your father, and bless him to be reincarnated and live happily." ”
As soon as he stepped into the yard, he heard a cheerful barking of dogs, and then, as soon as he saw a flower, four or five dogs, large and small, rushed over with their tails wagging.
Zhu Yan used to be afraid of dogs, so he hurriedly hid behind Xu Suzhen, but saw Xu Suzhen stepped forward unhurriedly and patted the heads of those dogs affectionately.
"You seem to be back a little late." A hoarse voice came from the hall, and a man with a gloomy face walked out, his steps were quite vigorous.
The color of his clothes is also reasonable, but it is shining with a sticky oily shine, which makes people look uncomfortable, and he holds a cigarette holder in his rough hand, and takes a puff from time to time, coughing a few times with hatred.
Zhu Yan knew that this was Xu Xizhen's maternal uncle Wang Ximing, who had mentioned it countless times, and looked at the doctor first, this person's face was blue and red, and his liver was quite hot, and then listening to his coughing voice, his lungs must be not good.
Xu Suzhen sent those dogs away and laughed with her, "Yanzi and I met Sister Chen on the grave and talked for a while, so it was late, the dishes and rice were cooked on the stove, if my brother was hungry, he didn't have to wait for us." ”
Wang Ximing didn't answer, and looked at Zhu Yan's complexion, "The swallow looks very good." ”
"Yes, thank you uncle for your concern." Zhu Yan lowered her head and smiled lightly, which made her even more charming.
"Let's go into the house and eat." Xu Suzhen put down the empty basket in her hand, rolled up her sleeves and prepared to go in to serve the meal.
Wang Ximing took a puff of cigarette and spit out a few oval smoke rings, "I see that the weather is good outside, so it's better to move to the porch and eat." ”
Zhu Yan frowned, how bad is this dilapidated house, the dust on the corridor, I don't know how many years it has accumulated, if she eats and is blown off by the wind, how can she swallow it?
However, no matter how much she dislikes it, it is useless, she is really hungry after a long time just now.
Xu Suzhen put the meal on the table according to her words, because it was the Qingming Festival to worship the ancestors, there was even a chicken leg, and the yellow Cancan's skin was oily, which made people have a great appetite.
However, such a good thing, Zhu Yan naturally can't eat it.
Xu Suzhen glanced at her apologetically, pushed the chicken leg to Wang Ximing, and said with a smile: "My brother has always worked hard outside, so it's better to eat more." ”
Wang Ximing didn't give up, grabbed it with his hands and gnawed it, and after a while, he ate it cleanly, leaving only white bones.
"Brother, I have something to discuss with you." Xu Silk Zhen glanced at Zhu Yan, and Zhu Yan knew that what she was going to say was about renting out the property, so she hurriedly listened with bated breath.
"How?" Wang Ximing pulled up his sleeves and wiped his mouth, and saw that the corners of Zhu Yan's mouth twitched, "Sister, don't worry, I met the porter of a big family last night, and he said that those rich sons and masters now like to go out hunting the most, and they want to buy good hunting dogs in different ways." ”
And then......? Zhu Yan raised his eyebrows, and suddenly remembered the dogs raised in the yard, could it be that this uncle was planning to sell dogs?
"Is my uncle a hound?"
"My niece's daughter is really smart, and these raised by your uncle are all good purebred hunting dogs!" Wang Ximing said happily and took another puff of cigarette.
Zhu Yan frowned, the best purebred hound...... What about when she's a three-year-old?
Although she didn't like dogs in the past, she also knew that not everyone could afford to raise this thing, and she could still raise so many of them, this uncle thought he was a prince? Could it be that when you cross over, the way of this world will change?
Xu Suzhen was also a little displeased, coughed, and interrupted her brother's unrealistic dream words, "I just talked to Yanzi, although we have a lot of land, but it is all barren, Yanzi, this girl is clever, and said that since we don't have the energy to plant it, why don't we rent it out and plant it for others?" I see that in this village, there are many people who have no manpower and no land to plant. ”
"Well, that's interesting." Wang Ximing smoked slowly, ignoring it.
Zhu Yan wrung the handkerchief in his hand unhappily, the family was about to open the pot, but as the head of the family, he was not in a hurry at all, and he was still dreaming of selling dogs and getting rich, it seems that Xu Suzhen has really had a hard time these years.
"Uncle, I think this is very good, can you help me find someone?" But Zhu Yan knew that he couldn't come forward to negotiate the land lease in person, so he had to endure his temperament and beg for it.
Wang Ximing raised his eyes, looked full of pride, and patted the oily shirt, "This little thing is wrapped in your uncle!" I thought it was the land left by your father, and I was embarrassed to speak, but it was great that you could have such a heart. ”