Chapter 34: Falling Overboard
Lin Miao followed Fan Er Ye out of the back door of Duke Chen's mansion, and after walking along a bluestone alley for a short time, he turned to the lively market. The bazaar is very lively, there are all kinds of shops and shops on both sides, there are wine shops, tea houses, money houses, silk villages, and all kinds of small stalls on both sides of the street, some sell sugar gourds, some fried rice cakes, and some sell large bowls of noodles. The cries of small traders and vendors, the sounds of purchasing and bargaining are mixed together, and it is very lively.
Lin Miao followed behind Fan Erye, looking left and right curiously, and when she saw strange things, she couldn't help but stop and take a second look. Every now and then, Second Master Fan always stopped patiently, doting on Lin Miao and curiously observing the appearance of those things, if he found that Lin Miao turned his head to look at him, he would deliberately calm his face, "Don't hurry up, time will delay you." Lin Miao embarrassedly put away her curiosity, trotted two steps, and kept up with Second Master Fan's pace.
Fan Erye turned left and right in front, and finally turned out of another alley. After turning out, there is a different world, what was once a lively bazaar, but now it has become a secluded suburb. Lin Miao followed behind Fan Erye and walked along the ridge to a small village not far away. Today's weather is good, autumn is crisp and cloudless. The reeds on the riverside are dense and verdant, the water is deep and gentle, and occasionally there are fat river fish swaying on the surface of the water.
Suddenly, Fan Erye stopped by the river, and he squatted on the riverbank to carefully observe what was under the river. Then, a branch was broken from the side and something was salvaged from the river. Lin Miao also stepped forward to help, "Grandpa Fan, what's wrong?" What did you find? ”
"Horseshoe, come and pick it up for me." Fan Erye said as he pulled up a cluster of green plants from the river, the stems and leaves of this plant were very long, like large chives. After pulling it up, there are round and flat purple things attached to the bottom. Lin Miao had seen such things as horseshoe in her previous life, but all she saw was that it had been made into a dish, and all she saw was white, and she had never seen it grow on its own.
"Grandpa Fan, this is the horse's hoof? How does it look like a small onion? Lin Miao leaned in curiously and looked carefully at the horses' hooves that had been pulled up.
"Break it off the stem, find something to put it on, and we'll take it back to make soup later." Fan Erye kept pulling up, and said to Lin Miao without looking back.
"Huh? What are you looking for? Lin Miao looked around, and there was no bag or anything like that that could hold these round hooves. Fan Erye looked back in surprise, "When you went out, didn't you take a pocket?" ”
"No, Grandpa Fan, you didn't sue me."
Fan Erye thought about it, as if he really didn't tell her about it, and sighed, "That's it, wrap it in my clothes." After speaking, he took off his green cloth shirt from his body and threw it at Lin Miao's feet, leaving only a white cloth shirt on his body.
"No, Grandpa Fan, now that the weather is getting colder, you only wear a bottom shirt, it's easy to catch a cold." Lin Miao looked at the village not far away, "That's it, I'll go to the village and find a family to borrow a bag." ”
Fan Erye patted his head, "That's right!" How I didn't think of that. But it's definitely not good for you to borrow, you're a little girl, and others don't know you. I know the people in this village, I will go back as soon as I go, you just watch these horses' hooves here, don't let others pick them up. ”
"Good!" Lin Miao nodded, picked up the green cloth shirt on the ground and handed it to Fan Erye, asking him to put it back on.
Fan Erye squatted down to wash his hands in the river water, put his clothes back on, and walked towards the village. Lin Miao quickly broke and washed the horse's hooves that Fan Er Ye had pulled up, and placed them neatly on the grass next to the riverbank.
After waiting for a while, he didn't see Fan Erye come back, and there was no one around, Lin Miao felt a little bored, so he followed Fan Erye's example and went to the river to pull horses' hooves. Her hands were too short, and some of the horseshoe stems she couldn't reach, so she stretched out her hand to reach it. Just enough to reach the green stem, Lin Miao made a great effort, but he did not expect that instead of pulling the horse's hooves up, he slipped and fell into the river because he was unstable on his feet.
In an instant, a stream of cold river water poured into Lin Miao's shoes, calves, and back. Lin Miao panicked in his heart, and just wanted to open his mouth to shout for help, but a mouthful of river water choked his throat. She struggled in the river, trying to grab at the aquatic plants next to her, trying to grab something from them that would pull her ashore, but she caught nothing.
Just when Lin Miao felt that he was about to be drowned, he felt that his body was suddenly fished out from behind by others, and his back hit a strong chest, and at the same time, his mouth and nose were also exposed to the river, breathing fresh air. Lin Miao choked and coughed constantly, and at the same time felt that his body was being dragged to the shore.
When she was dragged to the shore and sat on the shore, Lin Miao's coughing stopped. Only then did she see that the person who rescued her was a handsome young man, about fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in white, and at this time he was already wet and sticking to his body. There were several people who looked like domestic servants standing next to him, and one of them, an old man in an evergreen shirt, hurriedly stepped forward and asked the young man with concern, "Young Master, are you okay?" ”
The young man didn't look back, just kept staring at Lin Miao, and when he heard the care of his entourage, he only said lightly, "I'm fine, don't worry." The old man wanted to say something, but he understood his young master's temper, so he didn't say much, just worried about the young master's body, this autumn, his clothes were wet again, but it was easy to catch a cold.
"What's your name? How could a person be here, and why did he fall into the river? The young man asked Lin Miao several questions in one breath.
Lin Miao pinched the wet sleeves on her body, and some cool river water was squeezed out of the sleeves. When he heard that the young man was asking himself, he hurriedly wanted to get up from the ground and thank his life-saving benefactor, but he was stopped by the young man, "Sit still, steward Shao, bring my cloak." ”
The old man took a thick brocade cloak and respectfully handed it to the young man. The young man turned his cloak and gently draped it over Lin Miao's body.
"Thank you!" Lin Miao carefully looked at the young man in front of him. I saw that his eyebrows were slender, his eyes were pure, and under the bridge of his nose was a thin lip. Since crossing over, the best-looking man Lin Miao has ever seen is the one in front of him, who is even better looking than the second young master of Gong Chen's Mansion.
"My name is Lin Miao, and my master is here to pick horses' hooves, and my master went to the village in front to find someone to borrow a bag, and asked me to stay here to watch the horses' hooves, and I accidentally fell into the river." Lin Miao answered his question honestly.
The young man laughed, "Such a coincidence, my surname is also Lin, and my name is Lin Fanglong." When will your master come back? You're soaking wet now, why don't I send you home first, where do you live? ”
Lin Miao hurriedly waved his hand, "No need, my master will be back soon, I'll wait for him to go home together." ”
Lin Fanglong's face sank, "How can this be, you are easy to catch a cold when you are wearing wet clothes." Lin Miao peeked at him and found that his clothes were also soaked, so he hurriedly said, "You better go home first, your clothes are also soaked." ”
At this time, Steward Shao next to him suddenly said, "Young master, why don't we go home first, this girl has been rescued, presumably her master will come back soon." If you can't find her when you come back, you'll be in a hurry. ”
Lin Miao was silent, how could it be that what Steward Shao said clearly meant the same thing as himself, but he was lost in his heart. She couldn't help but raise her eyes to look at Lin Fanglong, and found that he was still looking at her intently, and her face turned red.
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