"As an official of the imperial court, when General Yuan sees the suffering of the common people, shouldn't he find the root of it, and then prescribe the right medicine to help them solve their difficulties?"

Xue Rou took Yuan Junfeng's hand and smiled mysteriously. Yuan Junfeng didn't know what she was thinking, but he originally thought so, thinking that this woman who had spent her life with her was pure and kind, and she would consider problems as him, Yuan Junfeng was very happy.

Looking up, Huaxi Village is not big, at a glance, there are only more than 20 households, but there are a lot of fields, if everyone is diligent, how can they not live so poorly. Yuan Junfeng dragged Xue Rou around the village, at this hour, many people came back from the fields, most of them holding some vegetables in their hands, smiling, and moving easily, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like you're having a bad time.

"Brother Yuan, have you noticed that each of them is holding some flowers from the field in their hands. It's the one that Sister-in-law Wei gave us to drink just now. Xue Rou didn't say that he hadn't found it yet, but after Xue Rou's reminder, Yuan Junfeng also found out, "What kind of flower is this, can it really be cooked?" ”

"It's the first time I've seen these flowers. Let's go find someone and ask. Xue Rou pulled Yuan Junfeng to stop an old woman who was about to pass by,

"Oh, where did this little lady come out, she looks really good, more beautiful than the lotus flowers in our village."

The sudden compliment made Xue Rou a little embarrassed, "Grandma, you are also beautiful." "When others are praising you, praise you back when you are polite. Sure enough, as soon as Xue Rou's voice fell, the old woman covered her mouth happily and laughed for a long time, "Look at this little lady, her mouth is really sweet." He glanced at Xue Rou up and down, and then looked at Yuan Junfeng.

The two of them are already outstanding in appearance and have excellent temperament, even if they walk on the street, they will be looked at twice, but now when they come to this remote mountain village, they stand out from the crowd no matter how they look at it, and it is difficult not to attract attention. The sun was slanting in the west, and the sunset was half the sky red, and from their direction, it was extremely beautiful. It was the first time Xue Rou had seen such a beautiful scenery in ancient times.

"The little lady and the son are from out of town. I don't know if I told my wife to stop, but what is there to inquire about? "The old woman also stayed in the town when she was young, and she had seen the world in Huaxi Village, and she was worried that they felt that the people in Huaxi Village had no rules, so she tried to recall the tone of speech she had seen back then, and she stumbled and finally didn't make jokes.

"Grandma, we are from the capital, we passed through Huaxi Village, it was getting late, and we wanted to stay here for the night before it was dark and we couldn't get to the town."

"I see." The old woman understood, and invited warmly, "I don't know if the two of you have found a place to live, if not, there is still a vacant room in the old woman's house, which can be vacated for the two of you to stay for one night." "The old woman is very enthusiastic, and Xue Rou is very happy." Thanks to Grandma's kindness, we have settled down at Brother Wei's house. When I came out for a walk with nothing to do, I saw many villagers coming back from the fields, all with a handful of wild flowers in the field, I don't know what the name of this wild flower is, everyone seems to like this flower very much. ”

"I was curious about this." The old woman suddenly sighed, walked to the big stone next to her with a stick and sat down, "You should have seen it when you entered the village, our Huaxi Village is full of this flower at a glance, and in summer, it is very beautiful, but there is no one who comes to Huaxi Village who does not want to stay for two more days and enjoy the beautiful scenery." You are also people of vision. ”

"Grandma is the one who has the vision, she has lived here for so many years, unlike us, if she didn't pass by accident, she didn't know there was such a place."

The old woman laughed even more happily, "These flowers are actually wild flowers, they didn't have a name at first, but they saved many people's lives during the Great Wilderness, and someone named him Fansheng, which means that I hope Huaxi Village can prosper." It's just that since that famine, most of the people in Huaxi Village have not lived to be fifty years old. ”

Fifty years old? This age is still very young in modern times, although the age of death in ancient times was low, but it has also reached sixty, why can't the people of Huaxi Village live to fifty? Xue Rou was puzzled, and then the old woman spoke again, "Wife, I will be fifty this year, I originally thought that I would be an exception, but my health has been getting worse and worse recently, and it seems that I can't hold on." ”

"Grandma looks at her body and spirits, don't talk nonsense." Xue Rou said and took the old woman's hand, and under the pulse, she was secretly surprised, the old woman looked strong on the outside, but she was extremely weak on the inside, not to mention the end of the year, I was afraid that she would not be able to survive for a month. The old woman was the first person she met to chat happily after entering the village, but she didn't expect it to be this result, Xue Rou was a little difficult to accept for a while.

Yuan Junfeng saw that something was wrong with her, patted her on the back, and then said, "There are few people in Huaxi Village and many fields, why are you still so thin, is the harvest not good?" ”

"You little boy, what nonsense, the wind and rain have been smooth in the past two years, where will the harvest be bad, as for the emaciation you said, take a closer look at the whole Huaxi Village, there is a fat man?" They hadn't found out before, but after being reminded by the old woman, and looking around, the villagers who passed by, whether they were men, women, or children, were all skinny, and there was not even a single slightly chubby one, so they became more and more curious.

On the way back, Yuan Junfeng couldn't help but speak, "I didn't understand that this village was strange before, but after I learned about it, I felt that this village was even stranger." Rou'er, since you like this village so much, why don't we stay for a few more days? ”

Xue Rou also thought so, she wanted to try it to see if there was a way to treat the old grandmother, but it would take time, and she was originally thinking about how to mention this matter with Yuan Junfeng, but now she nodded happily when she saw him take the initiative to mention it, "Okay." Let's stay a few more days, I want to see what is the reason why everyone can lose weight like this without worrying about food. ”

Back to Wei's house, Brother Wei is weaving bamboo baskets in the yard, Sister-in-law Wei is feeding the chickens, busy with their own things, the yard is very quiet, occasionally there are chickens crowing, smoke curling around, it should be the villagers who went home just now to start cooking, the two of them held hands and went in, Brother Wei saw them first, "You are back, the dinner lady has been ready, you can eat later." ”

Xue Rou went to help Sister-in-law Wei, Yuan Junfeng sat next to Brother Wei and helped him weave a bamboo basket, Yuan Junfeng was originally from a farming family, he was used to doing these things since he was a child, although he hadn't done it for many years, and he was a little rusty, but it didn't take long to get started, and it was done quickly and beautifully, Brother Wei was fascinated for a while.

"Sister-in-law, there are so many chickens and a pig at home, you must be very weekdays." Xue Rou walked over and wanted to help, but Sister-in-law Wei hurriedly stopped her, "This kind of dirty work, how can you let you do it, just stand on the side, I'll come." I'm used to it, and there's nothing hard or not hard. But you, you must have worked hard after a day's journey, so wait for dinner and rest early. ”

"Okay." Xue Rou and the others had just eaten not long ago, they were really not hungry, they stood aside, their eyes flashed slightly, and then said, "Sister-in-law, I heard that these wild flowers in our village are called prosperous, which means auspicious, because he saved this village back then, so over the years, the people in the village have taken care of them as benefactors, right?" ’

"Yes, although this flower is not very delicious, it can save people's lives, so the people in the village will pick some every day and come back to make soup and vegetables."

"Is the whole village doing that?" Xue Rou had seen Zhi'en Tu Bao, but it was only one or two, and it was a bit rare for a whole village to be so affectionate and righteous like them. Sister-in-law Wei thought about it and shook her head, "No, the village chief's family doesn't seem to have eaten it." ”

The village chief's house? Xue Rou was thinking about whether to meet the village chief tomorrow, at this time, a middle-aged man walked outside the fence, the man had his hands behind his back, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, full of spirit, and the most important thing was that he was very round, although he was not fatter than those people outside, but it was very prominent in the entire Huaxi Village.

"He's the village chief." After Sister-in-law Wei finished speaking, she took the barrel back to the yard, she didn't seem to like this village chief very much, Xue Rou didn't pay attention to these, now all her attention is on the village chief, she remembers that just now Sister-in-law Wei said that the whole village, except for the village chief, will eat all the wild flowers on the ridges, but the village chief doesn't eat them. Does that mean...... Something wrong with this flower?

As soon as this idea came out, Xue Rou immediately denied it, and the people in Huaxi Village said that this flower was a life-saving flower, and it was their life-saving benefactor, how could it be a murderer? No, there must be something wrong, she has to think about it. After dinner, it was completely dark, and in order to save money, the people of the village went to bed as soon as it was dark, so that they could not light oil lamps.

Xue Rou and they didn't want to make an exception, they lay on the bed early, the room next to Xue Rou was Yuan Junfeng's, she couldn't sleep, thought about it, got up and knocked on Yuan Junfeng's door. Yuan Junfeng didn't sleep either, opened the door, and the two went to the yard together. "I just saw the village chief of Huaxi Village, his figure is really outstanding in Huaxi Village, I heard Sister-in-law Wei say that their family never eats these wild flowers."

"So you want to say that the reason why these villagers in Huaxi Village are skinny is because of these wild flowers?" Yuan Junfeng felt that this speculation was a bit bold, but he didn't immediately deny it, "Don't make a decision in a hurry, let's go to the village chief's house tomorrow." The night was getting darker, and after going back this time, Xue Rou fell asleep not long after lying down, and when she woke up the next day, she didn't see Yuan Junfeng's shadow after washing, and came to the door in curiosity, "Brother Yuan, are you up?" ”

Yuan Junfeng is a very self-disciplined person, no matter how tired he is the day before, he will get up to practice on weekdays, is he already out?