There was floating dust on the official road, and the leaves of the big trees on both sides were a little twilight, and the cold sunlight cast dappled light and shadow through the gaps in the leaves.

On the road in the distance, a man carried a long knife more than a meter long wrapped in a cloth rope in one hand and nibbled on dry food wrapped in oiled paper in the other. His frizzy half-length black hair was tied high behind his head with a belt, and he was dressed in a tattered short suit that could not even be called plain, his cuffs and trouser legs were tightly wrapped in coarse cloth, and the black cloth belt around his waist was somewhat loose, so that the placket of his upper body was slightly loose, revealing his bronzed strong chest.

The autumn sun was not scorching, but it was also a little dazzling in the cloudless weather, and the man walked in the shade of the tree beside the road, and after walking a few steps, he suddenly heard a weak female voice above his head: "This brother is ...... Please stay. ”

The female voice was soft and soft, as if it were floating from the clouds. The man raised his head and saw that in the green leaves and branches, there was a light yellow shadow that appeared and disappeared from time to time, the woman seemed to notice his stop, only to see that in a piece of emerald green branches and leaves, suddenly poked out a few slender and white fingertips, the round and pink nails trembled slightly, 'bang', the branches and leaves were removed, a beautiful woman looked at the man with pale cheeks, her eyes were deep brown, when the branches and leaves were opened, the pupils shrank suddenly due to the sun, showing a beautiful crystal transparency.

The man was stunned for a moment, then his eyes narrowed, the two mustaches at the corners of his lips curled, and the little baby fat on his cheeks became a little more obvious because of his smile, he lowered his head and folded the oiled paper bag and stuffed it into his arms, and then looked up unhurriedly and said, "The girl is calling me?" ”

Ruan Mo'an suppressed his urge to scold, maintained a weak and quiet smile, lowered his eyes gently, and said softly: "That's right, can Brother Tai do the little girl a favor?" ”

The man's eyebrows were raised, and his deep dark eyes revealed a bit of evil meaning, and Ruan Mo'an's heart jumped a little uneasily! Her landing place this time can be described as extremely bad, she actually fell directly to the tree from a high altitude before she could react, her back didn't know if it hurt the bone or where, the pain was terrible, originally Ruan Mo'an wanted to put on her wings and fly down, but later found that as soon as she flapped her wings, her back was a heart-rending pain, and finally she had no choice but to give up, shrinking on this tree and waiting for passers-by to rescue.

But now it seems...... This passer-by doesn't seem to be an ordinary passerby......

Ruan Mo'an glanced at the long knife wrapped in cloth on the man's shoulder, looking at this length, it seemed to be a Miao knife, and then glanced at his outfit, and finally moved his gaze to the man's face...... This kind of uninhibited dress like a ronin in the rivers and lakes, with a cute and handsome face, really makes people feel inexplicably familiar......

"It's okay to help, but ......" The man plucked his ears, squinted and smiled and lengthened his tone: "I'm not a good person who helps for free~"

This means that you can help, but you have to be paid.

This kind of interest-oriented personality made Ruan Mo'an's familiarity with him stronger, and thinking of the task list she saw when she was waiting for someone in the tree before, Ruan Mo'an faintly had a name in her heart.

Her eyes sparkled slightly, and her smile carried a bit of sincere warmth: "Money is not a problem. If you save me from this tree, I am willing to pay me thirty taels of silver. ”

As soon as the words fell, Ruan Mo'an only felt a flower in front of her, and the wind whistled and blew the broken hair on her cheeks, her eyes widened in amazement, and when she came back to her senses, she found that she had been carried to the ground by the man, her cheeks instantly became whiter and more transparent, and she exhaled in pain uncontrollably: "Hiss-I haven't finished yet!" My back! Shhh It hurts to death! ”

Yes! Ding Xiu, you bastard, you deserve to lose your little junior brother and be lonely for the rest of your life!

The temperature brought by the thick palm of the man on her back was far less than the burning sensation caused by the touch of the wound, Ruan Mo'an's legs were put down by the man, she lowered her head, trembled, her hands tightly grasped the placket of the other party's clothes, and the black bun was a little messy, relying on the rabbit hairpin to barely maintain its shape.

After a while, the pain finally subsided slightly, Ruan Mo'an raised her head angrily, she had been saved, she no longer maintained any weak and gentle expression, but her eyes widened, her almond-shaped dark brown eyes burned with raging anger, and her voice was high: "I haven't finished my words yet, you hugged me down so rudely!" I've got a back injury! ”

"Oh," Ding Xiu lazily replied in understanding, letting go of his left hand that had been holding Ruan Mo'an's back, and then stretched out his palm in front of her.

Ruan Mo'an lost her support all of a sudden, stumbled a little hard, and then she couldn't help but roll her eyes when she looked at the other party's movements, and then took it out of her arms...... Ten taels of silver.

Ruan Mo'an pouted and handed the silver to the man's rough calloused palm, and then faced the other party's unkind face, and said righteously: "Bad service reviews, deduct twenty taels of silver!" ”

After that, the tearing pain in his back came up again, Ruan Mo'an gasped, reached out and grabbed Ding Xiu's left arm that was holding the money and was about to take it back, without waiting for the other party to speak, and continued: "But if you take me to the capital, I will make up the twenty taels, plus forty taels of silver for you!" ”

Ding Xiu looked at the imminent appearance of this girl with a changeable personality when she looked at her, pulled her arm out of the other party's hand, touched her nose, and seemed to be smiling.

Does he look like someone who compromises for money?

"One hundred taels, otherwise don't talk about it."

[Main Gold Coin Quest: Obtain 1000 taels of gold from Wei Zhongxian, quest completion 0/1000]

[Main Diamond Mission 1: Get the Flying Fish Suit Set, Quest Completion 0/1]

[Main Diamond Quest 2: Obtain the Embroidered Spring Knife, Quest Completion 0/1]

Ruan Mo'an lay on the bed, opened the system panel and looked at the task requirements in a daze, suddenly there was a tingling pain in her back, she gritted her teeth and hissed softly, her thoughts short-circuited for a moment, and the panel disappeared.

The old woman in the hospital looked at the large purple-blue bruises on her smooth bare back with some distress, and inserted a few silver needles one after another, and then sighed with emotion: "Fortunately, it's just a flesh injury, not a spine injury, girl, looking at your quiet and virtuous appearance, how can you do such a thing as climbing a tree?" How dangerous it is to fall from a tree! ”

It's not something she can decide, the devil knows why the location of her teleportation is so strange every time, but it's a pity that she was a little slower at the time, and she didn't bring the cat to vent her anger!

Ruan Mo'an gritted his teeth and thought secretly, at this time, Ding Xiu's lazy shout came from outside: "That's right." Since you're my employer now, I don't know your name yet? My name is Ding Xiu. ”

Shen Lin, who had already guessed the identity of the other party, responded weakly: "My name is Ruan Mo'an, Qianmo's Mo, An'an's An." ”

"Oh, Miss Ruan, during my employment, it stands to reason that you should cover all the accommodation and food expenses along the way, right?"

Ruan Mo'an's forehead jumped, if she hadn't watched the movie "Embroidered Spring Knife" and knew that Ding Xiu was essentially a good person, and she was also a major plot character, she would have patted her ass and left as soon as she got down from the tree.

The mother-in-law of the medical hall pierced the last silver needle, and there was a trace of worry hidden in her generous and kind words: "Girl, how can you hire a rogue? You know, most of these rogues are barbarians who don't speak of faith. ”

The sound outside the window fell silent all of a sudden.

Ruan Mo'an raised his eyes and looked at the faint black shadow outside the window, imagining in his mind the scene of the other party leaning against the doorpost with a Miao knife on his shoulder, his expression impatient, but his ears were erected, and he couldn't help but chuckle.

"Mother-in-law, a shabby, good-looking person like this is generally not a bad person." She didn't know what came to mind in her mind, and her smile suddenly became as cunning as a fox, "This is based on my experience in watching movies for many years!" ”

"I don't know what you're talking about." The mother-in-law of the medical hall frowned and glanced at her, and sighed, "Don't move for half an hour, I'll go and boil medicine for you." Then recuperate for another three days, and it won't affect your travel. ”

The old woman walked to the hut at the back to cook medicine, Ruan Mo'an was lying on the bamboo bed naked like a little silver hedgehog, feeling bored, she simply took out a college entrance examination essay book from the system and read it with relish.

When half an hour was about to arrive, Ruan Mo'an heard the sound in the hut and hurriedly threw the book back into the system, and the mother-in-law of the medical hall came over without noticing and pulled out the silver needle for her.

"The medicine is too hot now, don't rush to drink it yet." The mother-in-law put on her clothes and pointed to the bowl full of brown medicinal soup in a celadon bowl she had placed on the table, the pungent bitter taste made Ruan Mo'an's face wrinkle like a blooming chrysanthemum.

The smell of medicine in the house was too strong, Ruan Mo'an opened the door and went to the small courtyard after getting dressed, and happened to see Ding Xiu sitting on the stone table in the courtyard with a chicken leg in his hand and gnawing on it, seeing Ruan Mo'an come out, he chirped, and then pointed to the remaining half of the roast chicken on the table and said: "I just thought that you would be hungry when you turned around, so I bought you a roast chicken." ”

Ruan Mo'an walked to the stone table and sat down with a suspicious look in his eyes: "Since you bought it for me, what is it in your mouth?" ”

"Since I am employed by you, it is only natural that I should maintain my physical strength to fulfill my duty." Ding Xiu chewed on the chicken legs, his mouth bulged out one after another, and his round eyes looked at her seriously.

Ruan Mo'an twitched the corners of her mouth, and her perception of Ding Xiu's lower limit was refreshed again, she reached out and tore off a piece of meat on the chicken rack, put it in her mouth, and as soon as she chewed it, her eyes lit up!

It's delicious! The taste is inexplicably a little like Zhou Hei Duck downstairs at her house, but compared to Zhou Hei Duck, the spicy taste is slightly lighter.

Ruan Mo'an tasted it, and then unceremoniously tore off the other leg of the roast chicken, she didn't care about the image of the greasy chicken leg with her bare hands and gnawed it clean, after eating, Ruan Mo'an looked up, but saw Ding Xiu looking at her with a strange expression.

"What's wrong?" Ruan Mo'an wondered.

"Look at the little jasper you are dressed up, and you have so many silver taels on your body, I thought you were a young lady who ran away from home......" Ding Xiu squinted at the oil flowers rubbed against the girl's mouth, his eyes narrowed slightly, with a hint of inquiry: "But your eating action is casual and vulgar, but it is on par with my rogue style." Who the hell are you? ”

Ruan Mo'an put the cleaned chicken bones back on the table, licked the corners of his mouth, met the other party's deeper and deeper eyes, and smiled: "I'm the one who can pay you." ”

Ding Xiu was silent for a moment when he heard this, the sunlight made Ruan Mo'an's smile extremely blurred, he was used to living a life of poverty and wandering, killing and loneliness, so when he saw such a carefree smile, he only felt dazzling to the point of trance.

Ding Xiu knocked on the stone table with some irritability, carried the Miao knife on the side to his shoulder, stood up, and spread his hands.

Ruan Mo'an's smile faded slightly, she suddenly realized something, and her eyes widened: "It's not you!" ”

"Twenty cents," Ding Xiu spread his hands, looking like a scoundrel collecting debts, "The owner of the roast chicken restaurant is still waiting." ”

Ahh......hhh Ding Xiu, you have successfully refreshed my understanding of your lower limit again.

Ruan Mo'an rolled his eyes angrily: "Wait a while, I'll wash my hands and pay you again." ”

"Hurry up." Ding Xiu lazily urged, watched the other party turn around and leave speechlessly, and couldn't help but whistle happily.

Well, that damn smile is gone.