Chapter 62: Into the Hinterland of the Mountain Village
After listening to Xie Qingtang's words, Zhou Jinfan's body shook for a moment, and then he took a step back with fear and surprise on his face, and said with trembling lips: "Boss, why do you want to explain these things to me, you won't be explaining the aftermath for yourself, right?" ”
After the words fell, Xie Qingtang almost stumbled and fell on the steps, and then stretched out his hand in a bit of anger and hit the back of Zhou Jinfan's head with a snap.
"Are you a pig's head? Why should I explain what happened to me, I just had to go out for a few days, and I was afraid that there would be any danger in Cunshantang, so I left you some medicinal powder on my body. ”
"And can't you just hope that the boss will be better? Do you want to wait for me to die before taking over Cunshantang, don't worry, I won't come back in order to prevent the century-old signboard of Cunshantang from falling into your hands. ”
Listening to Xie Qingtang's angry words, Zhou Jinfan's heart calmed down a little, and then scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, and said: "Boss, you also have to understand me, you suddenly told me these words as if you were explaining the future, and everyone has to worry about it." ”
"Okay, don't talk so much nonsense, I'm going to go soon, don't say anything to grandpa and Aunt Lan, just say that I'm going out to buy medicinal herbs, and I may have to go for a few days, understand?" Xie Qingtang's face became a little more serious and said.
Zhou Jinfan also nodded, just told him to be careful all the way, Xie Qingtang packed a black backpack on his back, and left Cunshan Hall directly.
Although Cunshantang was still open as usual, everyone was surprised to find that the little girl who had been doing the church had disappeared, so Cunshantang was not treating people, but taking medicine.
Xie Qingtang, who left Cunshantang, got on the train non-stop, and after sitting for forty minutes, he arrived at a remote train station.
"Thank you, Doctor." Xie Qingtang looked in that direction and saw a middle-aged woman wearing a flower jacket waving her hands, and this woman was none other than Ben's mother.
Ben's mother got down from the ox cart, walked in front of Xie Qingtang with an excited face, grabbed her hand and said, "Doctor Xie, you are here, I asked my son to pull the ox cart to wait at the gate of the railway station early in the morning, you can be regarded as coming." ”
"Auntie, you don't have to go out of your way to pick me up." Xie Qingtang said politely, with a sincere smile on his face, he also pulled the ox cart and came over and said, "Doctor Xie, you came to us, how could we not come to pick you up, you are the great benefactor of our family." ”
The three of them sat on the ox cart with a smile, and when he was on the mountain with the master before, Xie Qingtang had not been on the ox cart, so he sat there calmly without any discomfort.
At the beginning, Ben's mother was worried that a little girl in the city might not be used to riding an ox cart if she was so beautiful, but she was slowly relieved to see that Xie Qingtang didn't look like she was used to sitting at all.
Along the way, they walked through asphalt roads, country roads, and finally a dirt road before finally reaching the small mountain village where they had lived for generations.
This small mountain village is located in a low-lying terrain, surrounded by mountains, only the middle basin is inhabited, and the mountains are also planted with terraced fields, which are full of fireworks and fireworks from a distance.
Because this mountain village is too small, few outsiders come, so when Aben pulled the ox cart and took Xie Qingtang into the village, many people opened the door and looked curiously at Xie Qingtang, who was sitting on the ox cart.
"Whose girl is this, she's so beautiful."
"Yes, Ben, is this your sister, is she married? I have a son who happens to be her age, otherwise we would have looked at each other. There were even some people who couldn't wait to come forward and directly tell Xie Qingtang about the matchmaker.
Such a lively mountain man made Xie Qingtang blush, and sat there without saying a word, while Ben said to them with a smile: "Fat aunt, don't talk nonsense, this is Dr. Xie from the city, my previous illness was cured by her, how could people fall in love with our mountain men!" ”
After the words fell, the faces of those mountain people all showed a touch of regret, although they knew that Xie Qingtang was a girl in the city and a doctor with superb medical skills, but they were still enthusiastic, and they all took the family's souvenirs to Ben's house.
So before he knew it, Ben's ox cart was followed by many women, some of them holding candy in their hands, some holding melon seeds and peanuts and so on.
While chatting with Ben's mother about homely gossip, he looked at Xie Qingtang carefully.
In fact, being surrounded by so many women Xie Qingtang also had a moment of nervousness, but the experience of staying in the mountains with the master for so many years had already made her practice into a state of calm and calm, even if she was panicked, her face was not leaking at all.
I finally arrived at Ben's house, and it looked good, the house made of stones, the corner of the courtyard wall was full of flowers, it looked violet, beautiful like a stone house in a fairy tale.
"Ben, you're back." Ah Ben's pregnant wife heard the sound and hurriedly opened the fence gate, Ah Ben hurriedly put down the ox cart and went up, supported her, and said with a little reproach in his tone: "Ah Xiang, you are still pregnant with my cub, why did you come out?" ”
"Oh, Ben is still a daughter-in-law, so we are a little embarrassed to look at it."
"Yes, yes, if you want to say that Ben loves his daughter-in-law in this village, he is the first one, and even that stinky boy in my family can't compare."
After finishing speaking, the old ladies around laughed, Ah Xiang didn't expect that there were so many aunts and aunts behind the ox cart, her face suddenly turned drunk and red, and then glared at Ben with disgust.
Ben didn't have any changes, just smiled honestly, and then quickly tied up the ox cart, and Xie Qingtang jumped off the ox cart with his black backpack on his back.
Everyone invited Xie Qingtang into the house as lively as the New Year, although the house looked very simple, but it was cleaned very cleanly, and it could be seen that they lived a peaceful and comfortable life.