Chapter 34: Sprouts
The orchids in the hands of the Wang family must be in a hurry to make a move, if these things are not finalized earlier, and when the price is too low to be seen by the medicinal herb merchants, I am afraid that they will be empty.
After saying this, it was not good to discuss anything else, so I hurriedly ate and washed, and went to bed early.
Fang Tian tossed and turned on his bed, and he couldn't fall asleep for a long time. The moon outside was half-hidden by the clouds, sprinkling white moonlight, Fang Tian frowned and thought, if he was still in his previous life, at this time, he would never have fallen asleep early.
However, it is no longer the previous life, Zhong Li, a name that was once familiar but now seems unfamiliar, is far away, and now she is Fang Tian, a small farmer in this rural mountain village, is her home.
The familiar and unfamiliar scenes of his previous life slowly emerged, gradually disappearing like a marquee, Fang Tian finally became sleepy, and fell asleep holding the quilt.
Because she slept a little late, she couldn't wake up on time when the rooster crowed, Zhao Xiuqin went out early to rent a house with her aunt, who was not close, and Fang's father and Fang Gang also went out to work early, leaving only the sleeping Fang Tian and Lin Xiao at a loss.
When he first came to Fang's house, Lin Xiao was very unaccustomed to it, and when he first came, he thought of the little servant of Lizheng's family, who was the only slave in their village, and it was said that Lizheng bought it from outside.
Lin Xiao secretly observed him, every day before dawn he took his changed clothes to the river to wash, he was very thin, as if he often couldn't eat, and the people in the village did not allow children to approach him at will.
But Lin Xiao is different, grandpa said that person is very pitiful, there are always many poor people in the world. So Lin Xiao often approached him and talked to him, he said that he was sold by his family, his family was poor, there were six or seven children, and he couldn't afford to raise them, so he sold them to Li Zheng, saying that it was a slave, and there was always a mouthful of food to eat, so that he would not starve to death.
When Lin Xiao wanted to follow Fang Tian home, he guessed that his fate was like that little guy, whether he was a slave or not, he had a bite to eat and a place to live in the cold.
Lin Xiao never thought that the Fang family would be so good to him, not only did he not let himself work, but he always had to stuff something delicious into his bowl. Especially Fang Tian, he even bought him new clothes.
Those clothes looked even better than those worn by the children of the Li Zheng family, and Lin Xiao wore them the next day.
It fits very well, it's like it's tailor-made, Lin Xiao was so happy that he turned around twice in front of the bronze mirror in Zhao Xiuqin's room.
After all, it is not a thing to be at ease to accept other people's kindness to you for no reason, Lin Xiao remembered what she said in front of Fang Tian yesterday to help her take care of the flower garden, so she jumped up and hurriedly ran out of the door.
First, he carried a wooden bucket to a nearby creek to fetch water, found a small wooden scoop to water the flowers one by one, and then half-squatted down, searching carefully for flowers and plants without blinking, trying to catch insects.
The flowers and plants in the flower garden have always been carefully cared for by Fang Tian, a doctor of agriculture, even if Lin Xiao widened his eyes and searched carefully, he didn't catch a few insects, he sighed, picked up the barrel net and walked back.
Suddenly, his eyes rolled as if he had seen something terrible, and he exclaimed.
At this moment, Fang Tian in the house had already woken up, and because he was going out today, Fang Tian was choosing clothes.
The original owner was a beautiful girl, who loved beauty, and her family loved her, so her cabinet was full of dresses, like flowers blooming, Fang Tian couldn't pick out any colors that looked good for a while.
Suddenly hearing Lin Xiao's voice outside, Fang Tian was startled, thinking that something had happened, he hurriedly picked out a light purple dress, and ran outside.
"What's going on?"
Seeing Lin Xiao'an squatting steadily in the flower garden, his face raised in response to the sound was full of joy, Fang Tian breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing where Lin Xiao's finger was pointing, Fang Tian couldn't help but show a surprised expression.
As far as the eye could see, there were delicate sprouts, which were strange seeds that Fang Tian had bought from the store by chance, and it was said that they had been stored for many years, and after buying those seeds at a low price, the store also gave them an old notebook.
Originally, Fang Tian didn't have hope for those seeds, after all, it had been stored for more than twenty years, and it must have died, so he planted him in a corner of the flower garden at will, and casually said a few words to Lin Xiao when he was tending to the flowers and plants, but he didn't expect him to take it to heart like this.
Fang Tian half-squatted down to inspect the newly broken seedlings, his face full of smiles, even though he couldn't tell its variety from the shape of the new shoots, Fang Tian was still very happy.
Suddenly remembering the old notes he bought that day, Fang Tian ran back to the house and took out the notes to examine them carefully.
However, the scroll was old and yellowed, and some of the handwriting notes on it were blurred and unclear, and it was obvious that it was impossible to obtain information about the sprouts by relying on the notes.
Lin Xiao's eyes were shining, staring at Fang Tian, at this time she was wearing a light purple thin shirt, her hair was not tied up, hanging down on her shoulders and cheeks, and her skin was more and more white than snow, very good-looking.
Although the young child was quite precocious because of his life experience, he was straightforward and fast-talking, he saw Fang Tian and thought she was good-looking, so he said frankly and honestly that Fang Tian was good-looking.
Which girl doesn't like to be praised by others, Fang Tian is no exception, at this time she changed into a dress and wanted to see Zhao Qi, what she was thinking about in her heart was not the idea of having a beautiful love story with someone before and under the moon, she had long passed the age of love fantasy.
Fang Tian is very realistic, she saw that the identity of Zhao Qi, who can be expedited for eight hundred miles, is not simple, she is very realistic, she understands that it is impossible for a child of a family like him to fall in love with herself, a country girl, and she deliberately changed her clothes today, but she didn't want to look too shabby when she saw Zhao Qi, after all, she wanted to do business in the future and needed a partner.
She subconsciously felt that someone like Zhao Qi could be trusted, after all, she was short of money now, very short.
Lin Xiao's height was just Fang Tian's, and he couldn't even reach her shoulders, he tilted his head and asked Fang Tian, "Sister, where are you going today?" Will you take me with you? ”
Fang Tian shook his head: "Go to the town to buy some things, you stay at home and wait for me, and buy some candy for you when you come back?" ”
After all, he was still a child, and when he heard that there was candy, he cheered happily.
Fang Tian ate some things at will to fill her stomach, and then hired a carriage to go to Zhao Qi's residence, she was a little nervous along the way, afraid that Zhao Qi would not help her, after all, she had met a few times, and the last time they met was an unhappy part, she was worried that he felt that he was a person who climbed the dragon and attached the phoenix.
But Fang Tian really had no choice, in such a place, the only person she knew who had the capital to be her partner was Zhao Qi.
Fang Tian carefully calculated what kind of reason he would use to convince him if Zhao Qi refused.
Zhao Qi's place of residence is not far from the town, and it is a little remote, when Fang Tian inquired about him, he only inquired about his residence and the reason for coming here, it is said that he wanted his younger brother to study under Mr. Weiyun. As for the family and everything, I didn't find out clearly.
With apprehension, time flew by, and in a few moments the carriage was firmly parked in front of a rather elegant-looking garden.
Fang Tian jumped out of the carriage, the autumn breeze was slightly cool, and her heart was also slightly cool.
The front of the annex was unguarded, the gate was closed, and when the carriage was gone, the surroundings were quiet. Fang Tian stepped forward with broken steps, and his white and slender fingers knocked on the door gently.
No one answered, and when I knocked again, I heard a female voice and asked, "Who is outside?" ”
In a moment, footsteps approached, and the door was slowly opened.
Inside the door was a woman of about twenty-nine years old, tall and tall, with a delicate face, a pair of eyebrows flying obliquely into the sideburns, and her eyes were smart.
The woman's name is Zhang Huimin, she is the maid of the Zhao family, and she has been serving by Zhao Qi's side.
Seeing that there was a strange young woman outside, Zhang Huimin was vigilant, so she frowned lightly and asked, "The girl looks a little raw, dare to ask what is the matter with knocking on the door?" ”
Fang Tian was stunned, took two steps back, looked up and saw the Zhao character on the plaque on the door, and then calmed down, fortunately he didn't go to the wrong door!
Fang Tian pursed her lips and smiled, it was an extremely gentle and polite smile, which fell in Zhang Huimin's eyes, but it made her deeply locked brows wrinkle even more tightly.
"My surname is Fang, my name is Tian'er, I heard that Zhao Qi and Zhao Gongzi live here, so I came to visit."
Hearing this, Zhang Huimin carefully looked Fang Tian's clothes and demeanor up and down, left and right, and confirmed that this girl was not like those prominent ladies in the capital, and then swallowed back the heart that mentioned her throat: "Hello Miss Fang, I am the maid of this family, and my master went out with the little master in the morning, and he has not returned yet." ”
Fang Tian half-lowered his eyebrows, and said: "Since the son of the Zhao family is not here, then I won't bother I will come over later, I hope that Zhao Gongzi is back, and my sister will report it for me, saying that there is a Fang girl who has something to ask to see him." ”
This sister was quite useful to Zhang Huimin, her eyebrows were slightly raised, and she pulled Fang Tian, who turned around and wanted to leave: "Since the girl came to meet her son, she must have something important to discuss with my son-in-law, so it is better to drink tea in the mansion first, and talk to him directly when the son-in-law comes back." ”
Sure enough, it is a maid from a big family, talking and doing things, it is much more thoughtful than the Wang family, Fang Tian thought, but still shook his head: "Don't bother, I'll come over again later, it's not a big deal, it's just because I have asked the son of the Zhao family, and I want him to help me with some things." ”
In the past, when the old man was alive, there were often guests in the house to visit, although it was nominally to visit, but in fact it was a request, but since the old lady passed away, no one came to visit.
Zhang Minhui only thought that Fang Tian was a snob in the countryside and mountain village, and heard that Zhao Qi was capable, and the dragon and phoenix were coming, so when she looked at Fang Tian again, there was a lot of contempt between the corners of her eyes and eyebrows.
"Since it must be a big deal to let the girl come to the door in person, the girl will keep the food and tea and wait for my son-in-law to come back. Otherwise, it is a small matter to pour water for this tea, and it is a big deal to delay the affairs of the girl's family. I can't afford that. ”
Zhang Huimin said, then took Fang Tian's hand and pulled it into the door.
Fang Tian frowned, only feeling that this maid's seemingly enthusiastic attitude was a little too much.
She was a little unbearable, after all, her body bones that had not worked much since she was a child were weak and delicate, where could she withstand the pull of this maid.