After lunch, Ning Yao told Qi Niang a lot of things that had happened in Anle Village in the past two years, and Qi Niang never thought that she would hear the news of her grandmother's death when she came back, and she couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"The plague in the village is particularly bad this year, although my sister-in-law also wants to talk to you more, but you look at this special period, I think you should go back to the capital, so as not to suffer with us here. I wanted to leave the village, but your eldest brother didn't agree. He said that this is his root, and even if he dies, he will die here. Marry a chicken and a dog and marry a dog, and I can only follow him. Ning Yao was helpless with a little satisfaction, perhaps it was the couple's years of sharing weal and woe that made her feel extremely happy.

Qi Niang smiled and said: "Sister-in-law Ning, I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me, you have worked hard for most of your life, so what's the matter if I work hard for a few days." By the way, why didn't you see my eldest brother come back? ”

"He's going out to chop wood, and he's not going to come back so soon. These days, people die every day, and he, the village chief, and the sturdy young men have to burn the corpses of those people every now and then, but they dare not carry them away, for fear that they themselves will also be infected with the plague, so when you go into the village, you see that the black ones on the ground are all burned. What a sin, and if you die, you can't be buried properly. Fortunately, we live far away, and we are the only family nearby, otherwise I really can't stay. Every day, I had to burn wormwood in my room and bathe with herbs for fear of getting sick. But fortunately, in the past two days, two doctors have come to the village, and I heard that one of them is a miracle doctor, and I saw that the patients who passed through his hands before the high fever did not go away, all of them were cured overnight, and it seems that Anle Village has been saved. Ning Yao gushed endlessly, with a hint of joy on her face.

"Didn't the village invite a doctor to come before?" Qi Niang wondered. If a doctor had come, there wouldn't have been so many people dying.

"Yes, but when the doctor came, he also contracted the plague and died, and no one dared to come again. It is said that this village is an evil village, and there are unclean things, so the people who live here do not end well. ”

Qi Niang listened to Ning Yao's words, her face was suddenly a little depressed, she remembered that nine years ago, when her father and Erniang died, the people in the village talked about Zi'an being a disaster and killed her parents. Because there was a traveling Taoist priest who calculated a hexagram for this village, saying that the village lived a lonely star, and he had a bad fate and a deep obsession, and sooner or later he would bring misfortune to the people around him. Later, the Taoist priest met Zi'an who was playing with Qi Niang, and his expression was as if he had really encountered a bad star, and he then gave Zi'an a talisman engraved with strange words, saying that it was used to ward off evil spirits and save his life, but later Qi Niang saw Zi'an secretly break it.

Ning Yao knew that she had said the wrong thing, so she hurriedly patted Qi Niang's arm and said, "Don't get me wrong, I've always been fast-talking, I don't mean anything." Actually, I don't believe in this kind of evil thing, you see that after you left, the village is not the same birth, old age, sickness and death, and there is a plague this year. These are natural disasters, and they are looking for whom to blame. Don't think about it. ”

Qi Niang shook her head, "I know, sister-in-law, you don't have to comfort me." ”

Ning Yao put her mind at ease, took her hand again and said, "By the way, Meng Meng, have you married?" ”

Qi Niang was slightly stunned, her face turned red, "Uh, not yet." ”

Ning Yao covered her mouth and laughed, "You are also twenty-three this year, you should have become a biological child a long time ago, I am ...... at your age" Halfway through the words, Ning Yao suddenly fell silent, and a trace of sadness appeared between her eyebrows.

Qi Niang remembered that not long after Ning Yao and her previous husband got married, the child died just after giving birth, and later remarried Luo Pingchuan, who was a few years younger than herself, and the child died of illness at a few years old, and never gave birth again. Qi Niang knew the grief in her heart, and hurriedly comforted her: "Sister-in-law Ning, don't think about the past, isn't the eldest brother very good to you now?" The two of you will be able to live a long time. ”

Ning Yao suddenly said with a smile: "Yes, I have nothing to regret." Although I remember that Luo Pingchuan pursued you in the past and gave you flowers, but the bridge of his nose was crooked by your son'an, hehe, after that, Luo Pingchuan no longer dared to have thoughts about you. At that, she laughed.

Qi Niang was stunned, and her past memories resurfaced, if Ning Yao didn't mention this matter, she would almost forget about it. When he was a child, in order to prevent Luo Pingchuan from approaching Qi Niang, his younger brother warned him viciously, and later because he saw Qi Niang take Luo Pingchuan's flowers, he beat Luo Pingchuan. That was the first time Qi Niang saw her gentle and kind brother take the initiative to beat someone. It turned out that from that time on, Miao Zi'an ...... to himself Qi Niang's heart suddenly seemed to be tightly wrapped around a big hand, and she couldn't breathe.

Ning Yao didn't notice that Qi Niang was wrong, she continued to smile and said, "It's a pity that there is no man in the village who looks worthy of you, otherwise I would have introduced you a long time ago." And in times like this, it's even more impossible. If your brother hears me, he will probably be unhappy. I think he's been clinging to you since he was a kid, and if you talk a few more words to other people, his face will collapse. However, that kid is really good-looking, just like you, and I don't know if he has become a handsome man now. ”

Qi Niang's mind was in a daze, and Ning Yao's voice kept echoing in her ears, but it was far away.

"Mingming, are you feeling unwell?" Ning Yao's worry made Qi Niang raise her head suddenly.

Qi Niang smiled slightly, "No, I just suddenly wandered and remembered the past, and I don't remember some of what you said."

"It's good that you're not uncomfortable, the way you lost your soul just now really scared me to death."

The two of them had a hometime for a while, and Qi Niang helped Ning Yao wash the pots and dishes, and then went to the village to find Jiang Qihan. Listening to Ning Yao, Jiang Qihan and the others have been living in the village chief's house for the past few days.

I don't know if the village chief still recognizes herself, Qi Niang thought all the way, and walked to the largest courtyard in the village, and saw Jiang Qihan and the village chief sitting at the stone table talking.

"Little Seven." Jiang Qihan saw her at a glance and greeted her.

Only then did the village chief turn around, an old face showed a slightly surprised expression, and then got up and said, "This girl looks a little familiar, is the girl a friend of Dr. Jiang?" ”

It seems that the village chief doesn't remember who she is. Qi Niang didn't care, it was okay if she didn't remember, she nodded. Jiang Qihan smiled, as if his admission to her was very useful.

"So, the girl is also a doctor from the capital?"

"I'm not a doctor, I'm just here to see if there's anything I can do to help." After speaking, Qi Niang glanced at Jiang Qihan.

The village chief hurriedly smiled and said: "So that's the case, since it's a friend of Dr. Jiang, it's naturally a distinguished guest of Anle Village, I don't know if the girl has a place to live now?" ”

"Well, I happen to have a friend who lives in the north of the village, and I'll be living there these days."

"Xiao Ming!" As soon as the village chief was about to speak, a bell-like voice came from outside, and he saw a tall man running in, and then stood still in front of the three of them, and looked at Qi Niang a little crampedly.

The man has a simple face, dark skin, and bright eyes, which has not changed much from him nine years ago, and Qi Niang recognized him at a moment. "Brother Luo." Qi Niang, who saw her childhood friend at first sight, couldn't help but smile for a long time.

Luo Pingchuan hurriedly stretched out his hand, but he took it back as if he remembered something, and grinned at the corner of his mouth: "It's really you." He scratched his head a little embarrassedly, and his swarthy face was a little red.

The village chief looked back and forth between Luo Pingchuan and Qi Niang a few times in confusion, and asked, "Does the girl know Pingchuan?" ”

Qi Niang turned around, "Well, Brother Luo is what I said about my friend." ”

Luo Pingchuan said to the village chief in a loud voice: "Oh, you don't remember the village chief, she is Meng Meng, she used to go to my grandmother's house a lot!" ”

It took the village chief a long time to think about it, and he patted his head and said, "No wonder I said that the girl is so familiar, it turns out to be Xiaomeng!" Then he suddenly remembered something, and said with some difficulty: "That...... Is it Xiao Meng who came back by herself this time? ”

Qi Niang's expression was a little dim, and her voice was a little lower: "Well, I'm the only one who comes back this time." ”

The village chief's expression was a little sneering, and Luo Pingchuan was also slightly embarrassed on his face, and hurriedly changed the topic and said: "Since you are back, then we will have a good meal at home tonight, I will go back first to be busy, Xiaomeng, you will come back early." ”

Jiang Qihan listened to the conversation between the three of them and fell into deep thought. The village chief also left with a few polite words.

There were only two people left in the courtyard, Qi Niang and Jiang Qihan. For a while, Qi Niang didn't know what to say to Jiang Qihan.

Maybe it was because there was silence between the two for a long time, Jiang Qihan smiled slightly and said to Qi Niang: "Is Xiao Qi coming back to visit relatives and friends this time?" How long do you want to stay? ”

"Well, I was going to come back this time to visit a grandmother who had taken care of me since childhood, but unfortunately she has passed away. I took a half-month vacation, and I'm afraid I'll have to stay here for three or four days, except for the round-trip journey. What about the Jiang Pavilion Lord? ”

Jiang Qihan raised his hand to support his chin, as if he was thinking about something, and then he said: "I've been here for three days, and I originally wanted to go back to the capital the day after tomorrow, but ...... Maybe I'll be staying a few more days too. After speaking, he smiled slightly at Qi Niang.

"Is there anything else going on with Pavilion Master Jiang? Or is it the epidemic ...... here"

"I have seen all the patients here, and the epidemic has basically been controlled, as long as the patients are asked to take medicine, burn some wormwood to cure the disease, and then burn the corpses in the village, there will be nothing for me. I stayed just because I wanted to stay with Xiao Qi for a few more days. Jiang Qihan was as gentle as the wind as always, the expression on his face was very serious, and there was no joke.

His words made Qi Niang stunned for a moment, and she let out an "ah".

Jiang Qihan let out a chuckle and said seriously: "Xiao Qi finally got rid of Bian Che, we can take this opportunity to have a good chat, since Xiao Qi has just admitted that it is my friend, don't friends have to understand each other?" ”

Qi Niang suddenly didn't know how to answer, Jiang Qihan seemed to see her embarrassment, raised his hand to hide his smile and said: "Xiao Qi doesn't have to care about Fang Cai, I just want to take advantage of my leisure time to travel around and increase some experience. ”

"The Jiang Pavilion Lord has great ambitions, and his medical skills are naturally incomparable, and this time the plague in his hometown is also thanks to the Jiang Pavilion Lord."

Jiang Qihan saw that she kept saying kind words, as if she was deliberately keeping a distance, he shook his head helplessly, "I've known each other for so long, Xiao Qi is still like this." In fact, I am not here to practice medicine and save people, but for other purposes. ”

Qi Niang opened her mouth and said in surprise: "What purpose?" ”

"Forgive my offense, because I was very curious about Xiao Qi's affairs, so I asked Xiao Qi a little about his hometown, and I knew that it was Anle Village in Karishu, and it happened that there was a plague here, so I came. But I didn't expect to meet you here. ”

Qi Niang looked at Jiang Qihan in a daze, his words implied deep meaning and temptation, but his face was calm, as if he didn't think there was anything wrong with these words. Before Qi Niang could answer, Fu Xin came over and relieved Qi Niang's predicament.