Chapter 17: The Old Man

Early the next morning, Cai Ling knocked on the door outside the pottery house: "Second son Song, if you don't get up again, sister, I'm going to rush in!" ”

"Song Lingling......" Tao Tao was lying on the quilt, sleepy, and his voice was slightly hoarse, "It's just dawning, are you a rooster?" “

Syllable! The door of the house was slapped open by her palm, a little cramped, hesitating, in the end, men and women do not kiss, think about it, is that Yu Moyan?

A smile bloomed on Cai Ling's face, and he hurriedly ran to Tao Tao's bed, and asked through the quilt, "Don't you remember what you said last night?" Even if you forget, I can't forget for a moment, and I can't sleep all night. Finally, it was dawn, and you didn't get up quickly and go to the Peach Blossom Valley with me. “

"Isn't it Yu Moyan? Need to be so excited? Isn't he still there when you go an hour or two late? "Tao Tao has gas.

"In the past, I thought that Yu Moyan was not the other, and Yu Moyan was certainly not in a hurry. Last night, you told me that the divine doctor is the painting immortal, and the painting of the immortal is the divine doctor, how can I still be calm? Don't you know how much Mr. Yu's paintings are worth in your heart? Cai Ling was so anxious that she wanted to lift his quilt.

But he came out of the thick quilt himself, "What is this Yu Mo Yan and Yu Mo Yan." An old man with a sixtieth birthday, is it worth your excitement so much? “

"I'll wait for you in the courtyard for a pillar of incense, and if you don't come out, I'll find it myself." Cai Ling turned around and left.

"Don't." As soon as the words fell, the person had already bounced up from the bed, and when the door opened, a cold wind poured in, and he had to wrap himself in the quilt again, "Rong Benshao struggled for a while, and he will take you there." “

He went out in thick clothes on the inside and three layers outside, and saw that Cai Ling, who was running in circles in the yard to keep warm, was only wearing an ordinary winter jacket, and was thinking about whether to take off her fur and put it on her body, Cai Ling ran to him with joy, pulled his wrist and said, "Go quickly!" Come on! “

"Isn't it cold?" The carriage drove towards the mountains, and Tao Tao asked, looking at the valley villages in the early winter covered in silver.

"It's too late to be happy, how can it be cold? What should you say if you meet? "The vortex of picking Ling pears is shallow, and I can't help but be happy.

"Say something?" Tao Tao was unhappy, "Naturally, it is straight to the point, the Taiyi Bureau is the time to employ people, as a citizen of the southern country, what do you do in the northern country all the year round?" He did not return to China as soon as possible to pledge his allegiance to His Majesty. ”

"Mr. Yu is high, this method will not work." Cai Ling hurriedly overthrew it.

"Why can't it? It is the dream of many people to be loyal to the country and become an official. Tao Tao was very proud.

"That's right. But it is estimated that Mr. Yu prefers a life like idle clouds and wild cranes. ”

"So what do you do? I don't know that you are infatuated with Yu Moyan......" Here Cai Ling glared at him fiercely, and hurriedly added, "The painting, but I waited for thousands of miles to come here not to be vassal, the ancestor is still waiting in the deep palace." “

"I know." Cai Ling advised, "But this time you can only use tactics, don't force it." Seeing that Tao Tao was unwilling, he added, "Your Majesty treats Mr. Yu, you don't know, right?" ”

"Ben Shao will promise you for the time being. But you have to hurry up in time, don't miss this young return to the dynasty to be ......"

"General Dingyuan." The two spoke in unison, looked at each other, and suddenly laughed, Cai Ling patted Tao Tao on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry." Shogun. “

The carriage traveled for about an hour, over the steep mountains, and through a dense forest, and what caught the eye was Tian Lianqianmo, with smoke curling and scattered thatched huts scattered on the mountainside.

The two got out of the carriage and walked to the entrance of the village, only to see the mirror-like lake rippling blue waves, rows of peach trees on the lakeside, some jackdaws standing on the branches, and the shepherd boy holding a bamboo flute and riding on the ox came slowly. Cai Ling immediately stepped forward to ask a few words, but was pulled by Tao Tao, "Don't worry, Ben Shao knows the location." So saying, he took out a copy of the brocade book from his waist, and unfolded it to reveal a map, on which the house was depicted on the opposite side of the lake.

"How?" The two hid outside the fence of the hut, found a big tree to hide, and secretly observed the situation inside the house.

"A few days ago, the flying pigeon of the Imperial Lieutenant Bureau passed the book. Do you think Your Majesty is willing to let us search for months? It's just for show, and I'll go back and get a reward. Tao Tao returned to his usual pride.

Cai Ling was a little distracted, it turned out that there was no him on this road, but there seemed to be him, whether he cared about the result of the trip or really cared about her, a warm current in his heart warmed the early winter of the northern country.

"It's out. It's out. Tao Tao hurriedly touched her with his elbow, and when he came back to his senses, he saw a little girl with pigtails coming out of the hut, looking vacantly at the puppy gnawing bones in the courtyard.

"Look. My granddaughter will make soy sauce. Tao Tao was excited, and his tone only raised slightly.

The young girl raised her eyes and looked at Cai Ling, her cold eyes made it impossible to believe that she was from such a young child, her heart seemed to have been struck, and Cai Ling hurriedly dodged behind the big tree.

"Are you alright?" Tao Tao hurriedly asked.

Cai Ling didn't have time to answer, and heard the old man's gentle voice from the courtyard: "Xiaochuan is good, grandpa is working in the field." Xiaochuan wants to talk more with Huahua today. Cai Ling looked sideways, and the old man, who was about seventy years old, pointed to the puppy who was focused on gnawing bones.

"You see, Ben Shao is right. Do you think, if it weren't for this age, how could he be passed on by word of mouth and regarded as a miracle doctor, and besides......" Tao Tao's voice suddenly broke off, just when a woman in white with a refined temperament about seventeen years old walked out of the house, "Xiaochuan, it's windy outside, let's go in." The woman smiled and took Xiaochuan's hand and walked into the house.

Xiao Chuan had already buried his head and followed her, walked to the eaves, and suddenly turned his head and looked coldly at the two people behind the big tree.

"Ogawa ......," the woman crouched down and asked, "Did you see anything?" “

The girl, about five years old, shook her head, shook off her hand and walked slowly into the house by herself.

"Tao Tao ......" Cai Ling wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and was breathing a sigh of relief, seeing Tao Tao staring at the thatched hut tightly like a demon, his mouth was slightly open, as if he was going to leave saliva, so he touched him with his elbow, "Coming, coming."

As soon as the words fell, I saw the old man carrying a bamboo basket and a hoe on his back and staggering towards the hill behind the house.

"You say that this painting fairy is different, it is really a love of labor, and it is the posture of an immortal at a glance." When the two of them struggled to climb the mountain, Tao Tao's attitude suddenly changed, and he praised the old man not far away.

After saying this, her stomach gurgled, and Cai Ling asked, "Hungry?" Didn't have breakfast? “

"It doesn't matter if you eat or not, finding Mr. Yu is a top priority." The person who was focused on eating and drinking suddenly said this, and Cai Ling finally determined that he had a problem, "You wait here, I'll go and go back." Quickly shake the fool away.

Cai Ling stood on the ridge of the field and suddenly recited: "The bamboo branches are complaining, and the mountains and rivers are rising." “

The old man didn't raise his head, continued to dig sweet potatoes, and said again: "Playing the flute in the middle of the month, thousands of miles are desolate, and the mountains and rivers are like yesterday." ”

There was still no response, Cai Ling was not discouraged, and raised her voice a little, "Penglai is spring, and the mountains are not overlapping?" deliberately said "multiple numbers" as "overlapping", but the other party still didn't react. She sighed to herself, her mind racing quickly, and continued to search for the inscription next to Mr. Yu's painting in her memory.

"Little girl." The old man finally stood up, holding the hoe and calling her, "Women can't go to Beijing to take the exam, what are you doing by reciting those poems?" “

Cai Ling almost vomited blood, and hurriedly calmed down, "Is my uncle familiar with these sentences?" Is it good to show a real body on the sake of the little woman's familiar memory? “

"You little girl, you look energetic, but you didn't expect it to be stupid." The old man beckoned, "It's okay, come and dig sweet potatoes with Lao Yu, and when you dig enough, Lao Yu will send you a basket to take home, and you won't be hungry." ”

"Uncle, are you really just a local farmer?" Cai Ling will be skeptical.

"Lao Yu moved here from Youzhou during the war and has not left Peach Blossom Valley for decades. Listening to your accent, it looks like a foreigner. The old man smiled gently, "Don't think about the rest for the time being, digging sweet potatoes and going back to fill your stomach is the most important thing after this winter." “

Cai Ling felt that there was something in his words, but she couldn't tell where the mystery was. Digging sweet potatoes was a new thing, so she rolled up her sleeves and jumped into the field, holding a hoe and digging slowly. The winter sun rises in the sky, small snow flakes fly, smoke rises from the houses not far away, and the melodious flute of the shepherd boy is like a wisp of ethereal and endless.

"Little girl, you've dug enough today. It's time to go back. You go to the old man's house together and share a basket of sweet potatoes and go home. The old man had a kind gaze and was very gracious.

Cai Ling held the hoe in her hand, took the initiative to help him carry the bamboo basket, and hurriedly walked on Qianmo like a peasant girl. It seems that the Tingwei Bureau will also make mistakes, and if Mr. Yu is so easy to find, then the person who asked him to go out of the mountain should be able to line up from the entrance of the village to the outside of the woods. I had to go back and make plans again, she sighed slightly.

"The beautiful little girl's house, the good youth, don't enjoy the bustling world outside, sigh here, it's a pity." The old man raised his eyes to look down the mountain, and two luxuriously decorated carriages slowly drove towards the entrance of the village.

"What's so good about the red dust outside, I envy my father-in-law's life." Cai Ling hid her worries and raised her hand to wipe the thin sweat on her face, but she forgot that her hands were covered with red soil, and she accidentally painted the dirt on her face. When the old man saw it, he laughed.

"What are you doing up the hill again?" The voice was as far as heaven, and when he turned his head, the young man who returned from the mountains and forests was wearing a moon-white coarse cloth cardigan, and the cloth belt of the same color tied around his waist was not decorated in the slightest, and the crown was not tied, and the green silk was tied with a few ribbons of the same color, and a few strands of messy hair were still scattered on the side of the chin with the wind, but it was shocking, long and clear, heroic, and it was a real immortal.

"Uncle. Did I see the gods? Cai Ling hurriedly asked the old man.

The old man laughed again, "This is an old ......"

"Go home. The muscles and bones are still recovering, and it is not advisable to stand for too long. He said.

"Then the old man went first. Take care, little girl. The old man said that he was going to pick up the back basket on Cai Ling's body, and Cai Ling hurriedly said: "Boss, go back first, and the little woman will put the sweet potatoes in your yard later." “

"Don't forget to pack yourself a basket." The old man advised.

"Hmm." Cai Ling nodded.

"Let's go." The indifferent tone made the cold winter air almost freeze, and Cai Ling raised her eyes to look at him, "Don't worry, I have to carry this basket of sweet potatoes back." ”

On the way back, the old man staggered to the front, Cai Ling carried a basket of heavy sweet potatoes in the middle, and he carried a small bamboo basket with three or five spiritual grasses in it at the end.

At the fork in the road, Cai Ling suddenly inserted the hoe into the soil, held the stick to support his figure, turned his head and asked, "Your Excellency is Yu Moyan?" “

He glanced at her coldly, and saw that there was enough tea time, and she was not afraid, she raised her head and glared back at him, the stream was gurgling from the skirt, and a red plum was blooming on the Qianmo.

He closed his gaze and walked straight up.

Cai Ling didn't have time to avoid it, but he knocked her over with a slight bump, but luckily it was only on the muddy ground, a few feet away from the stream.

Cai Ling hurriedly covered her chest, her heart fluttering as if she was about to jump out, "If you admit a mistake, you won't be going to kill someone." ”

She struggled twice to get up because of the heavy basket on her back, and in her anger came to him, he pulled the hoe out of the dirt, took the end with the dirt, and handed the other end to her, and she glanced at him fiercely, and took the stick and stood up.

"The girl recognized the wrong person." He took the hoe, turned around and left, and when he saw that she was still following, he didn't have a good breath and said, "Don't go quickly." “

"They all said that they would transport the sweet potatoes back to the yard and then leave, what to urge." Cai Ling patted the wet mud behind her ass and pouted in disgust.