Chapter 132: Bandits
Chen Yuqing wore the most simple clothes, sat on the haystack of the ox cart, held the package, and talked with the coachman uncle with great interest. Her mood at the moment seemed to be flying in the vast sky, extremely relaxed and comfortable, and the pressure that existed in her body since she was ten years old disappeared in an instant.
She has reverted to being an independent person, an independent individual, no longer having to belong to anyone, no longer having to look at people's faces and acting all the time, in fact there is a very upright part of her bones, so that she often has to suppress her own nature in order to survive.
Perhaps others will covet the comfortable living conditions in the palace, and will be reluctant to enjoy the atmosphere of wealth and luxury, but for her, freedom is more precious than anything else.
Laughing, the ox cart had already driven out of the boundary of Huaizhou City, turned a corner, and moved forward along the ridge by the river. This is the only road leading to Xiangfang Village, in addition to the post road, this special road can only barely accommodate two carriages, and Xiangfang Village is still stained with the light of Nanhuai Academy.
On one side is the sparkling river, the spring water of Lishan collects down from the mountain, and flows along the river to Huaizhou City, the domestic water in Huaizhou City, the water of the moat of defense facilities are all collected by this river, so in essence, the villagers of Nanhuai Academy and Xiangfang Village are in the upstream, and the officials and nobles of Huaizhou City are in the downstream, which is the only way for the poor to and pee on the heads of the rich and noble.
On the other side are rice paddies that have just been planted in spring. Last year, the emperor died, and this year Prince Yu was exempted from the spring tax. Ordinary people, regardless of whether they are surnamed Zhu or surnamed Li, are emperors, but they are very sensitive to the taxes that are closely related. Once the tax exemption policy was announced, the praise and applause for King Yu were endless. The work in the fields is also becoming more and more promising: you must know that after a year of hard work, at least half of the harvest in the autumn will have to pay taxes at various levels. And this year, the prince was exempted from the spring tax, and at least 20% of the grain was saved. After the first spring rains, almost all the families planted the rice early, so in April, before the weather heated, the fields were already green.
Sitting on the ox cart, Chen Yuqing looked at the scenery on both sides, relaxed and happy. Before she knew it, she had turned to the Renhetang Medical Center, although the woman she had helped to treat that day had not come back to life. But with such a serious injury, there is no hope, and I am afraid that there is nothing I can do about it in any medical center. The calm handling of the little miracle doctor Yang Zixi impressed her, the medical hall was just starting out, and there should be a shortage of manpower, right? She is willing to endure hardships and is capable, and she will definitely find an errand to stay in the hospital.
She thought about it, and then prepared to ask the coachman about the situation first, although this coachman was not from Xiangfang Village, but I heard him say that he was an old man who often traveled between Nanhuai Academy and Huaizhou City. The news must be well-informed.
"Uncle, do you know the newly opened Renhetang Medical Center outside Xiangfang Village?"
"Know! How did you not know? The uncle who drove the car didn't reply, "I heard that it just came a few months ago, and a little girl under the age of ten brought a dozen helpers. It is estimated that they are people from a family of doctors, and some of them have a family background, and the medical hall alone has been renovated for a month and a half. It's all a rarity! ”
"And how is their family's medical skills?" Chen Yuqing knocked on the side of the road.
"It's okay, when I sent someone to Nanhuai Academy a while ago. I once heard the scholars of the academy mention that the medicine prescribed by the medical hall was delicious and convenient. A small pill can be swallowed with water, and it works quickly, curing many people! ”
"So, that little girl's medical skills are really good!"
"Maybe!" The hearsay coachman foamed at the mouth, "There are always two brushes, otherwise how dare you say that a ten-year-old girl would dare to open the door and operate?" As the saying goes, illness comes like a mountain, and illness goes like a thread, and it doesn't necessarily mean that the disease heals too quickly is a good thing. It is only right that the body should be slowly cultivated. If I am sick and can afford to spend money, I will still go to the time-honored medical center in Huaizhou City to see, is it more reassuring? ”
"Not necessarily, since there is a faster and better way to cure the disease, why do you still drink the bitter medicine that is decoctioned?" Chen Yuqing said deliberately.
"You young people just want to be fresh!" The coachman's uncle seemed to be deeply touched and persuaded him, "But fresh may not be good!" The old brand is the last word, you will understand it at my age! ”
Chen Yuqing smiled and did not respond.
The coachman said, "Girl, what did you suddenly ask the hospital for?" But you're not doing well, and you're going to see a doctor? ”
"Uncle, you think about it, didn't I just quit my errand and go back to my hometown? Thinking that the family is not rich, I can't sit and eat my father's mother's, if the medical hall recruits people, I can also find something to do by the way to supplement the family. ”
The uncle who drove the car was stunned: "The girl is not planning to return to her hometown to get married, but is planning to go to the hospital to do things?" ”
"Uncle, you look at me like I'm going back to get married?" Chen Yuqing smiled.
"Isn't it?" The uncle said, "Although the girl is plainly dressed, her temperament is not ordinary, and a discerning person will know that she came out of the mansion at a glance." Miss a girl like you, who doesn't rush to the door to say goodbye? I thought you quit your errand and went back to get married! ”
"I'm going to be an old girl." Chen Yuqing smiled bitterly, "As long as my father and mother don't dislike it, I'm not in a hurry to get married." ”
"If you want me to say, it matters whether the girl's family or the marriage is the best, what kind of errand are you looking for? The infirmary is not a long-term solution......" the coachman babbled.
Chen Yuqing smiled and did not refute. Perhaps in the eyes of many people, her choice is extremely incredible, but for the first time in her life, she knows what she wants.
After another bend along the river, the ox cart followed the road into a small forest, which was already close to Lishan, and dense pine and cypress trees stretched down the slopes and covered both sides of the path.
Suddenly, the car jolted and stopped. The coachman's uncle got off the back of the cow, checked back and forth, and scolded his mother angrily: "Who's a bastard who lacks a heart!" What about digging a pit in the middle of the road and trapping people? ”
Chen Yuqing also jumped off the haystack, stepped forward and said, "Where are you trapped?" What's going on? ”
But I saw the coachman pointing to the big hole in the middle of the road: "Look! The back wheels are all in! Damn, who dug this pit? The door was also specially paved with a layer of floating soil, and I didn't pay attention to it! Isn't this a pit person? ”
"First of all, no matter who dug it, how can you push the car out, uncle, you still go up to the front to drive the cattle, and I'll push you in the back to see if you can pull the car out." Chen Yuqing rolled up her sleeves and said.
"Girl! How can you push a female doll's house? Let me push, come, take my whip, and you will drive the oxen for me. Where would the uncle of the coachman let her do it, he hurriedly handed over the food stuff in his hand and rushed to say.
Chen Yuqing stopped prevaricating with him, took the whip and went to the front, walking to the position of the bull's head. The ox pulling the cart was also good-natured, and at this moment the wheel of the cart was jammed in the middle of the road, so it stopped and nibbled on the weeds on the side of the road, and occasionally nibbled a few mouthfuls of rice.
Chen Yuqing swung a few whips in the air, trying to drive it back to the right path. The cow didn't eat it at all, just snorted and continued to chew and swallow. Chen Yuqing couldn't, the cow was not hers, where did she drop the whip on the cow's back seriously, so she shouted back without looking back: "You have to come to drive the cow!" ”
But I heard an unfamiliar voice from behind me: "I can't drive cattle, but I can be reluctant to do women." ”
Chen Yuqing was startled, turned around, but saw a short and fat man with half of his arms exposed, looking in her direction with a smile, and the uncle who was driving the car was lying at his feet, and he was afraid that he had fainted.
Chen Yuqing's heart tightened, but her face did not show a single cent. She knew that she was afraid that she had bumped into a robber, so she hurriedly clenched her horsewhip and said: "This cart is pulled hay, it is not worth two dollars, and I still have eight taels of silver in my package. ”
"Hurt? How can I be willing to hurt someone? The man's face was full of flesh and laughter, "The eldest girl looks like a flower, come to accompany Ye Le, ready to let you fly to the sky comfortably!" As he spoke, he walked slowly towards her.
Chen Yuqing bit her lip, took two steps back and said, "In broad daylight, you're not afraid of bumping into others if you delay time?" I advise you to take the money early. ”
"Bumping into someone else? Bumped into whom? In this wilderness, you can't get a few cars a day, so don't shirk it. So saying, the man rushed forward and forcibly pulled her.
There was nothing but the sound of the pine waves blowing through the trees, and there was no one else. Chen Yuqing was anxious, grabbed the gap between the man and rushed forward, and threw it over, slapping it on the man's face. The man was lustful and angry, and he didn't care about the horsewhip in her hand, he was pumped squarely, and his nose was sore and his hands were full of blood. He was furious, shook off the mentality of cat and mouse, and rushed up with a loud shout!
Chen Yuqing raised her hand and was just about to draw the second whip, but the man grabbed her wrist and slammed it on the wheel. Chen Yuqing was in pain, the horsewhip was taken off, and the man put her against the wheel, slapped her twice on the left and right, and said with a cruel smile: "What is the eldest girl still struggling with?" I also suffered less if I got out early. ”
Chen Yuqing's cheeks were hot and painful, and she was pressed against the wheel by the man, and the turbid stench was so hot that she was about to faint. She clenched her teeth and jerked her knees up, trying to attack the man's lower body. The man suffered a loss at her hands, and let it go, and turned away from her knees with one side, and pressed her legs tightly. Raising his hand, he went deep into the hem of her shirt and touched it for a while.
Chen Yuqing was anxious, struggling desperately, and was covered by the man as soon as he shouted twice. She twisted her body desperately, but she couldn't escape the big rough hand, and she was so anxious that the whole person was about to explode!
Li Xiaofeng, who was standing on the hillside and watching, frowned, he hadn't sent someone to kill the girl's mouth, where did this lustful Humpty Dumpty come from? (To be continued......)