Chapter 18: Ask the Giant for a favor
After returning to the village, Li Qin inevitably had to tell his parents and villagers about what he encountered today, and he drove back 20 sheep, which shocked the villagers even more than the first time. The last time I got twenty sheep, it was a great ability of the Li family, but the second time I drove back a group of sheep, it was not a great ability, but a great ability!
When Li Tian and He heard this, they were surprised and happy, and they asked who the giant man was, but Li Qin only said that he had met him when he was fighting a leopard that night, and he met him again today, but he really didn't know who the giant man was.
After listening to his son's narration, He said: "Son, next time you see that giant man, you have to ask the name of the person." You said that you ran into people twice, the first time you got a leopard, you came back with a lot of things, and the second time you came back with a flock of sheep. This shows that the giant man is your nobleman, as long as you meet him, you will have a good thing! ”
Li Tian said: "How can that giant man be a nobleman, it is right to say that Patriarch Liu Sheng and Liu are nobles, these things are not all given by Patriarch Liu!" ”
He nodded, it was right to think about it, and discussed with Li Tian whether to go and see Liu Sheng, he was also a good friend of his son.
As for the villagers, Li Qin didn't bother to speak, and Xu Xiaoni said everything. Xu Xiaoni was extremely excited, and he couldn't stop talking, adding three to today's events, and adding fuel and vinegar. He even said that it was because of Li Qin's arrival that he scared the giant man away, otherwise the giant man would have to beat Liu Sheng and more than 20 family members to death together!
The villagers were amazed and admired Li Qin even more.
Li Qin asked the villagers to drive the sheep into the pen first, the sheepfold was newly built with the help of the villagers, next to Li Qin's house, and Zhao Bajin volunteered, saying that the sheep would be released by him in the future, and he only needed to give him a sheepskin at the end of the year.
Li Qin gathered the villagers together and said loudly: "I'm happy today, I also invite everyone to eat meat, not only let's eat, go to other villages, if there are people who haven't escaped, let them also come to eat meat and drink soup." Everyone should go and prepare now, the sheep should be cleaned up, and the fire should be burned. Mother, take another stone of rice out, there is meat and rice, everyone is happy today! ”
He Shi agreed, and said with a smile: "It's really like the New Year these days, there is delicious food every day!" ”
The villagers shouted: "What Aunt Li said is yes, it's really like the New Year, it's even happier than the New Year!" And they all started together, and they got busy.
Li Qin called Xu Xiaoni and said, "You work hard, ride my horse to the nearby village, and let the villagers come to our village for dinner." If they ask, you say that Li Lang reads the book of sages, and if he wants to be poor, he will be good to himself, and if he is good, he will help the world, if they ask who Li Lang is, you don't answer, when he rides away, he shouts that Li Lang is the most righteous! ”
Xu Xiaoni asked: "Brother Qin, but there are too many people here, what if there is not enough mutton?" In a few nearby villages, the total number of people may be seven or eight hundred! ”
Li Qin said: "It won't all come, not necessarily how many people will believe in this kind of thing, so there won't be too many people today, only after seeing others get benefits, next time, they will all come." Even if they all come this time, it doesn't matter, there are enough sheep. ”
Xu Xiaoni agreed, became excited again, and said: "Brother Qin, I don't know how to ride a horse, I've ridden it a few times, I don't know if your black horse is obedient, I'm afraid I won't be able to ride well!" ”
Li Qin said: "That horse has a good temper, but you also have to be careful, don't ride too fast." In the future, if you ride more in your spare time, you will naturally be familiar. ”
Xu Xiaoni was overjoyed and shouted, "Can you ride in the future?" Okay, I'll go around the villages! He took out the black horse, rode on it, and triumphantly walked around the village before going out to run errands.
The villagers were envious, Xu Laoni's old face smiled like a flower, and thought: "Look, I still have a vision, it's right to let my son follow Li's nephew, there will be no benefits left behind him, it's not too good, just ride the horse first!" ”
Li Qin went back to the house, he naturally knew how to treat bone injuries, but there were not as many medicinal materials in the Han Dynasty as there are modern ones, some medicines are missing, and there are differences in medicine surnames, so he didn't dare to prescribe medicine directly, but first found out the silk book, and found the prescription for treating bone injuries on it, and then began to dispense medicine.
The medicine on the silk book, mainly for military use, easy to carry, can not be used now, the main medicine for the treatment of bone injuries belongs to the plaster, the formula is peculiar, the oil used in the medicine is not vegetable oil, nor lard, not to mention the dog skin plaster that is popular in the world hundreds of years later, but the mutton fat.
Li Qin took the medicine and decocted it according to the recipe, as for the mutton fat, he happened to eat the mutton today, and he could boil out some clean mutton fat in the evening to make the plaster.
Before it got dark, Xu Xiaoni rode back on horseback, cautiously when he went, but when he came back, he rode his horse and whipped up. When he arrived at the door of Li's house, Xu Xiaoni was reluctant to get off the horse, and shouted outside the courtyard: "Brother Qin, I'm back, I have all notified the five villages around, and I will do what you instructed." ”
Li Qin walked out of the courtyard and asked, "How is it, are there any villagers who are willing to come?" ”
The expression on Xu Xiaoni's face was not too happy, and he said: "There should be people coming, but not necessarily all of them." In the five villages I visited, some people even said that I was talking big and deceiving people, and they laughed at me, saying that they had never heard of Li Lang at all! I was so angry, so angry that I almost got into a fight with them. ”
Li Qin thought to himself: "As I expected. This is not unusual, even in modern times, if a big benefit suddenly comes out of nowhere, most people still have to wait and see, and only a very few people will seize the opportunity. ”
"Don't be angry," he said. If some time ago, someone came to our village and said that they invited people to eat sheep and rice, we would not believe it, and we would also say that others were fooling us, how can there be such a good thing in the world. So whoever comes tonight, let's be hospitable, not only to keep them fed, but also to let them take some back. ”
Xu Xiaoni said: "Then next time, there will be a lot of people coming." Brother Qin, when will you have a treat next time? ”
Li Qin said with a smile: "Let them wait and go, every day they muttered that they knew that Li Lang was so righteous, and they should have come last time." Let them regret going, and guess when Li Lang will have another treat. "Wave your hand and let Xu Xiaoni tie the horse and prepare to eat.
Fuping County is vast and sparsely populated, even if the nearest village is far from Fujiao Village, it will take half an hour just to walk, and even an hour to go far, and many people don't believe in it, since they don't believe it and refuse to walk at night, they naturally won't come.
Still, there were people who came, and all of them were destitute adult men, about thirty of them. These people all arrived after dark, and Li Qin gave them a lot of hospitality, not only letting them eat with a round belly, but also taking a piece of mutton with each of them when they left.
Li Qin personally delivered the mutton to his hands one by one, and asked their names, and remembered them one by one.
The poor people who came to Fujiao Village were all people with smart minds, and they belonged to people who refused to give up as long as they had a chance, whether it was true or not, and ran to Fujiao Village at the risk of walking at night.
When they saw that the matter turned out to be true, this Li Lang named Li Qin really invited the villagers to eat meat, they were all very happy, full of thanks, and shouted that Li Lang was the most righteous, full of food and drink, and after taking the mutton, he left.
Of course Li Qin will not answer this question, he just wants to hang other people's appetites, let everyone discuss, and spread Li Lang's most righteous words, if you say when to invite next time, then everyone just waits, no need to guess, naturally they will not talk about it every day.
Busy until the branches on the moon, Li Qin sent away the last poor man, the villagers packed up their things, thanked Li Qin, and then went back to their respective homes. Li Tian and He knew that their son was going to make a plaster and told him to go home early, so they also left.
Li Qin stayed on the threshing floor, brushed a pot, and began to boil clean mutton fat with the remaining firewood. He had never boiled meat oil before, and the first pot was so muddy that it couldn't be used to mix the plaster. He looked at the small black half pot of oil, and sighed, it seems that he has to boil another pot, and he has to brush the pot, he knew that it was so troublesome, it was better to let his mother boil it.
He was about to pour out the oil, and then brush the pot, when he suddenly heard heavy footsteps in the distance, and when he looked up, he saw that under the moonlight, on the other side of the threshing floor, a giant man like an iron tower slowly walked by, which was the one he saw during the day!
Li Qin sighed and said, "It's you?" ”
The giant man approached and said, "It's me!" The giant man showed a few shyness, and this expression appeared on his fierce face, and it was quite strange in the night.
The giant man paused, and then said: "Today, I saw a man on horseback, and he shouted around, saying that there is a Li Lang here who wants to have a treat, and anyone can come to eat, so I will ...... I'm ...... Well, the moonlight is nice tonight! He looked up at the sky.
Li Qin smiled, looked at the giant man, and said, "You are a foreigner, right?" If you get into trouble, you don't leave quickly, and you still want to come to me to eat meat, but you have a lot of guts, you are a man! Since you are a good man, I have something to ask for, and I hope you can agree! ”
The giant man lowered his head, no longer looking at the moon, and said, "Do you have something to ask me?" Why don't you ask me who I am first? ”
Li Qin thought to himself: "If I ask you, you don't say it, if I don't ask you, you can't hold it back, but you will say!" He shook his head and said, "The righteous make friends and treat each other with all sincerity, so why do you need to ask for names?" ”
The giant man opened his mouth wide, was quiet for a long time, and said, "It's the first time I've heard of this." Well, if you have anything to ask me, just ask. But there are enemies? Name me and I will slaughter his whole family for you!" ”
Li Qin snorted, shook his head and said, "What are you kidding!" What I ask of you is ......" He pointed to the large pieces of mutton on the side of the pot and said, "I can't finish eating all this meat, can you please do me a favor and help me eat the meat?" He knew that the giant man was embarrassed to open his mouth to beg for food, so he said this.
The giant man let out a loud sigh and looked at Li Qin with wide eyes, it was the first time in his life that he heard such a request, and stammered: "You are joking, these meats, you ...... I...... Ah! He didn't know what to say.
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