Chapter Thirty-Eight: If You Want to Do It, You Can't Do It, You Can't Do It Again
When entering the city, the old man led the child with a medicine basket on his back, and a waist-high yellow dog followed with his tongue hanging behind, and a little fox that no one found was hiding in the dog's fur and sleeping soundly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In this way, Zhu Ding came to this city that will become a legend in the future because of his existence, and he usually visits relatives like a visit.
In fact, today's Mingzhou City is very lively, on the porches of the shops on both sides of the main street, a lantern painted with a beautiful pattern, hanging on the edge of the child gently swaying in the wind, the door is in and out of the men are busy arranging the door face.
From time to time, a few passers-by passed by, talking about which girl in which building would win the Oiran this year, or whether it was the son of the Yang family or the young master of the Tu family who wanted poetry and beauty.
There are often children of the same age as Zhu Ding, dressed like a lucky doll, under the traction of their parents, walking on the road and hiding in the house.
A high platform in the middle of the road has been basically built, is dyed with red cloth color feathers, the shops on the platform hurry up to sprinkle and sweep to welcome distinguished guests, tonight will come, are some of the nobles who can not be invited on weekdays.
Old man Fang is more like coming to this city for the first time than Zhu Ding, since he entered the city, he has been constantly looking left and right, he really sees everything new, and everything is strange.
Zhu Ding sighed secretly, feeling a little bottomless.
Originally, he abused his eyes and took great pains to act in such a play, just to have an identity in the city in order to act, but seeing the old man's performance, Zhu Ding began to deeply doubt his choice.
"Bao'er, you are really here today, today is the annual Qixi Festival, of course, it doesn't matter what festival, the important thing is to choose the Oiran today, you have a blessing for your eyes!
The Fengxiang girl of Wanhualou has long been famous, and today I can finally see a real person!
There is also the mercy of the treasure cuiju, the Qianping of the elegant pavilion, tsk, the blessing of the world......"
The seventh day of the seventh month of July, today turned out to be the seventh day of the seventh month of July.
Zhu Ding looked up, it was already close to the middle of the sky, and in more than an hour, he would have been in this world for thirteen years.
Thirteen years old is already considered a long life for him.
Seeing that Zhu Ding lowered his head and became silent because of the complicated thoughts in his heart, thinking that it was because his topic made the child feel shy, Old Man Fang blushed again, and then his face turned straight, and finally took out the appearance of an elder, cleared his throat slightly, and said:
"Bao'er, you're almost eight or nine years old this year, aren't you?"
Hearing this title again, Zhu Ding was itching again, and yesterday he thought that since Old Man Fang wanted to adopt him, he would definitely change his name, so that he would have a successor to this fake one.
But who knows, this old man with a deviated temperament actually has a gentleman's side, saying that he is just raising on behalf of Zhu Ding's family, and there is still the possibility of returning to his hometown in the future, so he let Zhu Ding enter the family under his original name.
But the problem is, Zhu Ding's name is, Zhao Dabao!
Well, who let Dabao see him every day? Who hath allowed himself to do iniquity? He endures!
"Grandpa, I just turned thirteen today."
Old man Fang looked at Zhu Ding unexpectedly, and then said: "Eh, my grandson is tender-faced, we are not afraid of the young shape of our long, you are still young, I don't know, the current little lady, but I like you like this kind of young Langjun, when my grandson grows up, he may not have to pay silver to enter and exit the alley of fireworks, it is really a blessing for all people!" ”
"Hey......" Zhu Ding sighed in his heart, how could he be such a master, even if he couldn't leave the lower half of his body in three sentences.
Between the talks, an old man and a young man have crossed most of Mingzhou City and come to a small courtyard in the west of the city.
Old man Fang put down the medicine basket on his back, told Zhu Ding to wait, walked to the wall, jumped around, climbed with both hands, and turned over into the courtyard with a vertical leap, followed by the sound of sliding door latches, and the old man opened his door from the inside.
Zhu Ding looked at his grandfather, who had just been recognized, and entered the yard much more vigorously than the average young thief, knowing that he had probably met the legendary best!
Greedy, lustful, lonely old man, but with a tough body like a young man, seeing him see the city gate guards and the patrol foot guards and everywhere with humility and withering, you know that the old guy may have committed a lawsuit, so he is afraid of sending people.
Such an old man is either a senior master in the legendary hermit alley, or an old gangster who has withdrawn from the rivers and lakes; But no matter what kind of category, it can be called the best that is hard to see.
Zhu Ding looked at the old man in a daze and looked at the long street, watched him push open the dusty door, took out a few blank bedding to dry, and soaked a few long shirts that had turned into ink in the water, and became more and more sure that this old guy must belong to the latter.
Zhu Ding found a relatively clean corner in the courtyard full of curly fallen leaves, and sat down against the rhubarb, he was really a little tired, the soles of his feet full of wounds were hot and painful, and even a few drops of pus dried up between the cracks of the grass clippings.
His current body was weaker than ever, and the wise man sent him out of the valley in a hurry, and now that he had finally settled down temporarily, he unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, who knew that the pent-up tiredness and hidden wounds would burst out in an instant.
Zhu Ding bit the tip of his tongue fiercely, and forced himself to lift his spirit, this old man who doesn't know the root is still a little unreliable, don't sell him to people's teeth.
I don't know how long it took, Old Man Fang finally came to the drowsy Zhu Ding, holding a bowl of noodles in his hand, a poached egg in the noodles, and this red-skinned boiled egg in the other hand.
"Bao'er, come and eat it while it's hot, don't dare to bite it off, longevity noodles, hehe."
Old man Fang handed the noodles in his hand to Zhu Ding, and said with a smile, his face was gone, and only the kindness of an old man when he faced his beloved grandson was left.
Zhu Ding faintly heard the call that seemed to be far and near, and reluctantly remembered Old Man Fang in his mind, and opened his heavy eyelids in a little confusion and looked in the direction of the sound.
His consciousness became more and more confused, and there seemed to be some kind of inspiration in the sky that he could not refuse, pulling him, making him let go of all his shackles and throw himself into the cold light.
Old man Fang found that Zhu Ding's condition was not right, so he put aside the noodles and eggs in his hand hastily, and reached out to touch Zhu Ding's forehead, which was as cold as a cold stone.
"Good grandson, what's wrong with you, don't scare grandpa, grandpa is still counting on you to retire and send you to the end, you can hold on, go, let's go find Langzhong, no, grandpa will go find Langzhong for you, you hold on......"
Zhu Ding looked at the old man in a hurry in confusion, a trace of confusion appeared in his heart, he didn't know where he was, and he didn't know where he should go, he only felt that the pain that tormented him was disappearing little by little, and a sense of comfort that could not be said to be refused was full of tolerance for him, he really wanted to give up all the struggle, follow the ray of light, and pounce on the cold sun, which was very comfortable.
Zhu Ding's eyes began to close slowly, even if Old Man Fang shook his body into waves, he didn't feel anything, and the panic dog barked in his ear, and he thought comfortingly, this is Rhubarb wishing him happiness.
His eyes were almost closed, and his soul seemed to be about to begin to fly, and the last ray of light skimmed over the bowl of noodles that had been knocked over by the hasty old man Fang, and the red-skinned egg, his eyes suddenly froze, and he remembered that he seemed to have ignored something.
Today is my birthday, and in less than an hour, it will be my thirteenth birthday!
And what he is experiencing now is the same as the taste of the other nine times he died on his birthday, which is a precursor to another crossing!
The mind seemed to be hit by the Dinghai Divine Needle from afar, and Zhu Ding, who was about to go, instantly came back to his senses, his eyes were angry, his lips trembled, he raised his right hand with difficulty, pointed to the package full of herbs at his feet, and said to the old man word by word: "Hot water, hot bath, quick!" ”
The sun had sunk, and the old man Fang, who was as strong as a strong man, was tired and sweaty, and the sweat soaked through his coarse cloth clothes that could not be seen in the original color, and a few drops of liquid of unknown color flowed out.
Before the four quarters had passed quietly, Zhu Ding was still alive and had not left.
His whole body was soaked in the bath bucket that Old Man Fang cheekily borrowed from the neighbor's house, it was warm, and a large diaphragm seemed to have been taken out of his mind, which was unprecedentedly clear, and even looked at the world becoming fresh.
From this day on, he will be free from the fate that has plagued him for the ninth life, and he will be able to live in peace in this world for at least thirty years.
"Grandpa, you don't need to add firewood, I'm fine."
Old man Fang was tired enough, and before three moments, a large amount of cold suddenly gushed out of Zhu Ding's body, and the water in the bathtub seemed to be unable to burn hot, and the old man was frightened at the same time, he could only helplessly add firewood to the bottom of the barrel, and finally even lay on the ground and blew it violently.
It wasn't until after a while that the water temperature rose instantly, and he hurriedly added cold water to the bucket, and was busy all afternoon, and finally saw the grandson he picked up.
The old man touched Zhu Ding's hair a few times in distress, looked at the scars on Zhu Ding's body that were either healed or healing, looked at the arrow wound next to his heart, and said sadly:
"Evil, at such a young age, how can you be injured so much, those bandits are really unconscionable, this is hunting with you, they are all raised by their mother's father, how can they be ruthless!"
I don't know what I thought, but the old man burst into tears:
"Poor baby, no wonder you are so small, how much of a sin you have suffered, how many times have you hidden in the corpse heap before you escaped, this corpse poison has attacked the heart!"
Zhu Ding looked at the old man crying and muttering at a loss, and he didn't know how to appease him, when he heard this, he was also stunned for a while, his biggest unexplainable place was explained by the old man himself.
The old man's mood stabilized, Zhu Ding naturally continued to make up nonsense, saying that the family is running a medical hall and medicinal materials business, since childhood and also famous doctors, naturally benefited from the art of the apricot forest, and just since childhood suffered from cold, so after escaping from the bandits, he carefully picked up the required medicinal materials, but did not expect the blind cat to meet the dead mouse, actually treated the disease of corpse poison, and picked up a life.
And the old man was also in a mess at that time, and he didn't notice the elixirs and poisonous weeds in the Zhu Ding package, which could be called heavenly treasures, and poured them all into the bathtub, believing his words to be true.
In the evening, I was grateful for the old man's tireless care in the afternoon, and finally settled on the red roof, lying on the hot couch that was still warm by the old man in summer, and fell asleep, ignoring the summer rain and winter snow outside.
Old Man Fang looked at Zhu Ding, who was sleeping peacefully, let out a long breath, and said a few words to Rhubarb timidly, and then shook his head self-deprecatingly, secretly saying that he was still old, and he actually discussed things with a dog; As soon as he finished speaking, Rhubarb said "Wang" at him, and even nodded, lying at Zhu Ding's feet and not moving.
Old man Fang praised the psychic of rhubarb twice, and once again confirmed that Zhu Ding's breathing was steady and powerful, and finally couldn't hold back the throbbing in his heart, turned over and walked out of the courtyard wall, and trotted towards the main street where there were bursts of silk bamboo and cheering sounds......