Chapter 408: Old Ginseng
Shen Tong followed the woman back to the abandoned house at the end of the village, and as soon as he arrived there, he heard the sound of horses' hooves from far and near.
It's fire.
Shen Tong stopped, and when she came out in the morning, she left the fire in the shed, and this little guy actually came over.
The woman glanced at her, ignored her, pushed open the hidden courtyard door, and walked in.
A moment later, Shen Tong led Huo'er into the yard, and Huo'er walked to the stable, but Shen Tong saw the woman standing under a half-charred tree, as if waiting for her, but did not look at her.
Shen Tong patted Huo'er's face and whispered, "You go find something to eat, I'll go see the aunt." ”
Revisiting the old land, Huo'er was very happy, it happily went to the stable to eat grass, and did not forget to rub all the saliva and snot on Shen Tong when he left.
Shen Tong walked up to the woman and said, "You saved me again, I owe you two meals." ”
"I don't know what I can do, I'm sick like a kitten, and I have to provoke others." The woman said coldly.
When he left this courtyard yesterday, Shen Tong thought that this place was found by the woman temporarily, but now it seems that this woman originally lived here.
"I stabbed people, I won't make it difficult for you, if they don't forgive, I'll apologize to that person." Shen Tong said.
The woman snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "Poke it, what is there to apologize for, there is rice over there, there is firewood in the back, you go and cook." ”
The woman went away, and instead of going to the stable, she went to another room.
It was too dark last night, and Shen Tong couldn't see it clearly, but now she took a closer look, no wonder this house was abandoned, it turned out to have been burned by fire.
With the exception of the stables and the other two houses, the other houses show signs of being burned by the fire, and the three main houses are only in ruins.
This place used to be a big family, and it stands to reason that even if this place walks through the water, it will not be abandoned, and it will be repaired, unless the family is burned to death.
Because people have been burned here, the courtyard has been vacant for a long time, and no one in the village has lived in it.
There is a stove made of bricks in the yard, which is said to be a stove, but in fact, there are several bricks on the left and right, and there is burned firewood in the middle, and the porridge I thought I ate yesterday was cooked here.
Shen Tong remembered the raw porridge he drank yesterday, and shook his head with a smile: "You don't know how to cook, so let me cook it, but it's ......"
She can cook, at least cook.
The dead all have to master the skills of survival in the wild, and she is no exception.
After cooking, Shen Tong wanted to call the woman to eat, but when he looked up, he saw that the woman came out of the house at some point, standing at the door and looking at her.
Shen Tong's stomach was like thunder, she bent over, as soon as she stood up, it was dark in front of her, she hurriedly supported the tree to stand firm, and smiled at the woman: "Hero, let's eat." ”
The woman looked at her, turned and went into the house, and soon came out again, as if she had something in her hand.
She walked up to Shen Tong and handed the thing over: "Eat this, lest you die here with me." ”
Only then did Shen Tong see clearly what she handed over, it was a ginseng.
The ginseng root is scarce, the skin is old and dark, this is an old ginseng that is some years old.
"It's too precious for me to ask for it." Shen Tong hurriedly waved his hand.
The woman glared at her and said angrily: "Let you eat it, less verbose!" ”
Shen Tong had no choice but to thank him while taking the old ginseng, and the woman took the crockpot with the rice and left, saying, "Come in and eat." ”
Shen Tong blinked, this woman's temper seemed to be a little weird, but it was very good to her.
After eating and drinking, Shen Tong took out a short knife, cut a piece of ginseng and put it in his mouth to chew slowly, the woman glanced at her and asked, "Do you be a killer?" ”
Only a killer like a lonely ghost would eat ginseng like this. And looking at the appearance of this little girl, it is not the first time she has eaten like this.
"Not anymore." Shen Tong said happily.
"Can you be happy with such a serious injury?" The woman asked again, since the little girl woke up last night, until now, she seems to have been very happy.
"If you don't die in a great disaster, you will have a blessing in the future, of course you have to be happy." Shen Tong cut another slice of ginseng and threw it into his mouth.
The woman looked at her, thoughtful, and did not speak again.
After a long while, the woman suddenly asked, "You said your surname is Shen?" Where is your father? ”
"Dead, all dead." Shen Tong said lightly, as if he was talking about someone else's business.
"You don't have any relatives in the world?" The woman asked.
Shen Tong smiled, she said: "Yes, I have relatives, younger brothers and sisters, and friends who are like each other, they are all my relatives." ”
There was still no expression on the woman's face, but Shen Tong felt like she was smiling as well.
"That's good." When the woman had finished speaking, she got up, went to the burned tree in the courtyard, and looked up at the canopy, which was half charred, but the other half had survived.
Shen Tong suddenly wanted to know about this woman, she also followed her to the courtyard, stood beside the woman, and asked, "Daxia, do you have relatives and friends?" ”
"No, they're all dead, they're all dead." The woman said in the same flat tone as Shen Tong.
"It doesn't matter, although there are no relatives, maybe there will be friends in the future." Shen Tong said.
The woman turned her head to look at her and said, "Little girl, you are not a comforting person. ”
Shen Tong was a little embarrassed, she touched the snail on her head, and said abruptly: "I really won't comfort people......"
At this point, she looked up at the woman, who was tall, half a head taller than her, and said to her, "Actually, I think that man must learn to comfort himself. ”
The woman didn't seem to expect her to say this, and sneered: "When I was your age, you hadn't been reincarnated yet, and it wasn't your turn to teach me a lesson." ”
Shen Tong only felt that a group of inexplicable monsters floated overhead, and she finally enlightened others with kindness, but people still didn't appreciate it.
"When I didn't say it, you feel it yourself, I won't bother you, just say goodbye first, there will be a period later, thank you for your meal, thank you for your old ginseng."
After Shen Tong finished speaking, he whistled at the stable, and Huo'er ran out of it.
She clenched her fist to the woman again and said, "Hero, don't leave it here, next time I will invite you to dinner." ”
With that, she led the fire and walked out the door.
"You wait." A woman's voice came from behind him.
Shen Tong turned around, and the woman walked towards her from under the tree.
"You go out like this, and you don't find your friends, and you pass out on the side of the road."
Shen Tong didn't know what this woman meant, so he said, "It's not too far from the capital, so it should be okay to walk slowly." ”
It's only one hundred and eighty miles, and it's really not far.
"You stay here to recuperate for two days, and then go to Beijing with me in two days." The woman said coldly.