Chapter Forty-Six: Hidden Worries in the Village
There is only one thought in their minds, and they cannot be allowed to see it.
Clenching her fists hard and swallowing the hot liquid that poured up her throat, Ruoxin stood up as if nothing had happened.
Pulling her sleeves to cover the wound on her wrist, Ruoxin raised her other hand and wiped the sweat from Xiao Si'er's forehead, "Xiao Si'er, why did you get up so early?" ”
"When I got up, I saw that Sister Ah Li was not there, and it happened that Brother Bai Rong was coming to find Sister Ah Li, so Si'er came with him."
Ruoxin looked at Bai Rong and asked, "Is there anything going on at home?" ”
"The second elder is looking for the girl."
Second Elder?
Since that day's sacrifice, the Great Elder was hit by her and was not lightly injured. Now the affairs in Baijia Village are handled by the village chief Shui Bo and him.
The major event in the village is the sacrifice several times a year, and just after the Xia Yuan sacrifice, what major event has to come to her?
After thinking about it, Ruoxin said, "Then let's go back first, it just so happens that my medicine has also been collected." ”
Bai Rong nodded, bent down to pick up the medicine basket on the ground and carried it on his back.
While she was talking to Bai Rong, Shang Si held Ruoxin's slightly cold hand, frowned, then put her hand together, put it to her mouth and gently hehe, then lifted her coat and stuffed it into her warm arms.
Ruoxin watched his movements, and her heart warmed, because both hands were tightly held by him, so she leaned closer and gently touched Xiao Si'er with her forehead.
Xiao Si'er's delicate face turned red again, revealing a shy smile like a little girl.
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Back home, Rouge was sorting out medicinal herbs in the courtyard. The village chief and the second elder were waiting for her in the hall, and the two of them kept pacing back and forth with their hands behind their backs, with a slightly anxious and worried look on their faces. Ru Xue also sat aside, talking to make the two old men happy, but although they listened, they were obviously absent-minded.
"Shui Bo, Second Elder, what's the matter with coming to Ruoxin so early?"
Seeing Ruoxin coming back, the second elder and the village chief hurriedly stepped forward.
"Sir, how can this be a good ......?"
"Priest, Yesterday ......"
The two old men spoke in unison, glanced at each other, and paused again.
Asking Rouge to go to the kitchen to make a pot of tea, Ruoxin pointed to the chair in the outhouse and said with a smile: "Don't worry, sit down and talk about it." ”
Wen Wen's calm words calmed the anxiety in the hearts of the two old men a little, and after sitting down, the second elder took a sip of hot tea and settled down, and then explained the matter in detail.
It turns out that these days, there are more and more dignitaries and nobles coming from the capital. It is very common for wealthy families to stay in one place and buy a house as a place to rest, and now, almost all the vacant houses in Wanchun County have been settled, so many people have begun to buy land and houses in the suburbs of Wanchun County.
Ruoxin groaned slightly, and said: "I know, let the villagers be careful these days, even if you meet someone from the capital, don't panic." In the eyes of outsiders, Baijia Village is just an ordinary small village, which will not arouse any suspicion. ”
"But." The second elder frowned, "Yesterday, Ah Ya told the old man that someone had already found the vicinity of Baijia Village, and seeing that the environment here was quite good, he had plans to buy this mountain. The old man is afraid that soon, they will find Baijia Village, if they find the altar behind the mountain, what should they do? ”
Ruoxin pondered. After a while, he said: "Tomorrow, I will set up an obstacle outside the village, and within a radius of five miles, others will not be able to find the location of Baijia Village." ”
The two old men listened to Ruoxin's words, and their faces were slightly gloomy. Bai Rong looked at her with a deep expression, with a faint melancholy in his eyes.
Ruoxin smiled at Bai Rong comfortingly, she also knew that setting up a barrier would consume a lot of her physical strength, but now there was no better choice than this method.
"Wanchun County is just a small city, and most of those who come from the capital are just a whim. This place is far away from the capital, and the living habits of the people are not different from those in the capital, so if they want to live here for a long time, I am afraid they will not get used to it. When they have bought land and returned to the capital, there will be no major incident. As for this time, let the villagers pay attention. Ruoxin analyzed quietly, speaking softly, so that the two old men who were anxious gradually felt at ease, Ruoxin smiled, and then looked at Ru Xue, her expression was slightly serious, "Especially you, be more peaceful these days, don't make trouble outside." ”
Ru Xue touched the long braid hanging from her ear and stuck out her tongue, "Got it, sister." ”
As he was talking, a person walked outside the door, it was Yongshan, the son of the village chief.
"Sir, Second Miss, Father, Elder." After greeting them one by one, the honest Yongshan handed over a brocade box in his hand, "Sir, there is a person in gray outside the village who sent this, saying that he wanted to give it to Mr. ”
"What is it?" Ru Xue rushed forward, took the brocade box in Yongshan's hand, and opened it to see that it was a clear and flawless white jade bottle.
"What a beautiful bottle." Taking out the white jade bottle, Ru Xue couldn't put it down and looked left and right.
Ran Ruoxin felt that the bottle was very familiar, and when she was still thinking about it, Ru Xue turned over the brocade box in her hand and shouted, "Hey, there is still a note." ”
Handing over the white jade bottle to Yongshan, Ru Xue unfolded the note and looked at it, and her originally smiling expression immediately froze.
The note became tighter and tighter in her hand, Ru Xue's face was pale, she turned her head to look at Ruoxin, the expression on her face was a little complicated, with a slight incomprehension and a touch of complaint and anger, she pursed her lips, and stuffed the note that was unconsciously crumpled into Ruoxin's arms, and ran back to the house without saying a word.
Ruoxin suddenly thought of something and opened the note to take a look. Sure enough, the note was written by Huang Fuxian, who is still on his way back to Beijing, saying that although Zhidan could not cure the strange diseases in her body on this day, it was also a rare elixir in the world, and it was beneficial and harmless to eat, so let her keep it.
Although the note only said this, but the few sentences revealed concern for her, no wonder Ru Xue had such a reaction.
He rubbed the corners of his forehead with some headaches.
This harmful Huangfu Xian......
Because she had to go to Wanchun County, Ruoxin went back to the room first to change her clothes.
In front of the vanity mirror, her face was reflected in the mirror, which was a little paler than before. didn't want to worry about them in vain, Ruoxin pretended that she was a little tired from getting up too early in the morning, but only she knew the real reason.
I thought that she could last a few more years, but now it seems that she will not be able to live for a year at most, and her body will become weaker and weaker, and the priest's ability will slowly drain.
After thinking about it, Ruoxin took out a bottle of medicine from the dark compartment of the dresser, and the bottle was a little old. It was intended for the priests of all ages, and it was rarely used, if not by all.
The medicine in the bottle is a kind of medicine that allows the mother to conceive as soon as possible, after conception, the fetus grows in the body as soon as possible, and it is common sense that the fetus can only be born in October, and after taking this medicine, it will take no more than half a year at most, and the fetus will be born.
This medicine is not harmful to the fetus, but it can damage the mother. However, the purpose of making this medicine was to allow the priest, who was short of time, to give birth to a child as soon as possible, so naturally there were many things that could not be taken into account.
Poured out a piece of medicinal paper from the medicine bottle and wrapped it, Ruoxin put the paper bag into her arms and put it away, and then took out the makeup powder that she rarely used on weekdays from the makeup bottle.
I opened the makeup box, dipped it in some rouge, smeared it on my face, and blended it lightly.
In the mirror, the plain and clear face is a little more colorful, and it also hides a bit of gloomy desolation.
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After coming back to Qinghefang a few times, Bai Rong and Shang Si also came together, but Ruoxin helped Fenghua Shi needles really can't tolerate a little distraction, so they all stayed in Fenghua's Qingyi Courtyard, and Ruoxin and Fenghua were in the lake pavilion where the needles were applied for the first time.
When the day came, Tsing Yi told her that the pavilion in the lake had been occupied, so now she could only go to another abandoned courtyard in Qinghefang.
Along the way, Ruoxin found that there was a water pavilion flower platform in the back garden of Qinghe Fang.
Zhu column color sill, curtain light curtain. It is no less luxurious than the previous hall.
Just as Ruoxin was sighing, a breeze struck, gently lifting the corner of the curtain, and Ruoxin saw the woman dancing with her sleeves up. The light veil covers the face, revealing only a pair of starry eyes, dressed in colorful neon clothes, dancing, and the waist swaying softly, like a willow blowing in the spring breeze.
Although there was a veil, Ruoxin recognized that it was Jingnu. It's just that I don't know if it's the beginning of a serious illness, although the gods fly into the city, and the dancing posture also has all kinds of style, but it is a little dimmed and bright, not as good as when I first saw it, even if it was just a look, it also made her feel a sense of desolation.
When the curtain fell, she took a deep look at Ruoxin, with some resentment and sadness, which made Ruoxin's heart a little weird.
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Counting this time, Ruoxin has been detoxifying Fenghua for seven times, the first detoxification took a long time, and the next one was just over an hour before the needle could be collected, but today, Ruoxin actually spent nearly two hours.
Slowly putting on the clothes, Fenghua looked at Ruoxin who was collecting the needle and said, "Today's needle application time is longer than in the past." ”
"Hmm." Ruoxin nodded, her hands kept moving, and said, "At today's speed, it doesn't take three months, and seven more acupuncture sessions will drive away the poison in your body." ”
Fenghua was slightly stunned when she heard Ruoxin's words, and then asked softly, "Why...... In such a hurry? ”
"I can only speed it up, I don't have much time."
The wrist that was arranging the silver needle was suddenly held, and warmth came from the slender and smooth hand, Ruoxin raised her head and looked into Fenghua's slightly rippling eyes, "What does it mean that there is no time?" ”
There was no need to tell him the truth of the matter, so Ruoxin raised her eyebrows and chuckled, "I haven't won your heart yet, there are still a lot of things to do, and I don't want to waste time on healing every day." ”
Fenghua breathed a sigh of relief, and the unconsciously melancholy in his eyes slowly receded.
The hand holding her wrist gradually loosened, but before letting go, Fenghua suddenly noticed something strange in her hand. Lifting her cuffs, Fenghua saw two deep tooth marks on the top at a glance, and her quiet brows frowned slightly.
Ruoxin smiled casually: "I was bitten by a snake in the early morning, and it doesn't get in the way." ”
twitched her hand, and Fenghua even tried her best not to let her pull it back.
Seeing that Fenghua didn't react, she said again: "Don't take it to heart, it was my own negligence that allowed the snake to take advantage of the loophole, isn't it okay now." ”
Fenghua lowered her head and looked at her injured place, although the expression on her face fluctuated too much, the hand holding her tightened and loosened one by one.
The two got close, Fenghua's body was cold and faint pear blossom fragrance lingering in his nose, since the detoxification, he would have a faint pear blossom-like aroma on his body, thinking that it was the incense he used, but later he realized that it was emanating from his body.
Just as Ruoxin was slightly distracted when she smelled the fragrance, Fenghua Qingyuan's indifferent voice came from her ears, "White girl, don't risk your life for Fenghua anymore, it's not worth it." ”