Chapter 25: Return to the Serpent's Den

Updated: 2013-03-16

I saw that the ground was full of water, and the air was filled with a cloud of hot water vapor. The water quickly seeped into the dirt, leaving only a pile of black broken pots scattered around. And the fire in the pot that had been lit with great difficulty had also been extinguished by water.

Lu Mengjian looked at this mess discouragedly, and slapped his brain 'door' angrily, "Lu Mengjian, Lu Mengjian, although your hands-on ability is a little worse, but it is good to make up for it in IQ, but you are so stupid that you use bark and cloth strips to tie and fix, this is good, the day is in vain!" ”

Fortunately, the water that flowed out did not harm the dried acacia 'flowers', otherwise Lu Mengjian would really slap himself twice.

Reinvigorated his 'spirits', washed these pots, put them aside to dry, and looked at the tools in front of him, Lu Mengjian was a little worried. I have to say that the conditions here are really poor.

Although he didn't expect to have the experimental conditions in the laboratory, Lu Mengjian had even prepared for the worst, but now he was extremely depressed when he looked at everything.

Yesterday, the three broken pots that were barely turned out of the corner of the kitchen, the best one was missing a small half, but it could still be used to hold water, but the other two were really broken and unsightly, Lu Mengjian took a lot of effort to piece together, and the remaining large gaps were pasted with bark as much as possible, and wrapped with strips of cloth, but who expected that after the bark and strips of cloth were vaporized, they slipped off the seams, and the broken pots that were finally put together were separated.

But what can be found around is only these, even the fabric is extremely scarce, how can there be superglue used for sealing, etc., and those craftsmen who specialize in mending pots and welding iron may go to the countryside to this remote mountain village for a year and a half, if they come, I am afraid that the yellow 'flower' vegetables are cold.

Lu Mengjian turned several pots upside down and looked at them several times, but he still didn't know where to start except for the previous method. In a blink of an eye, I saw a few 'flower' pots that were being soaked in water, and I looked at them in my hand for a long time, but there were too many 'capillary' tubes in this vegetarian 'flower' pot, and if it was used for distillation, I was afraid that the water vapor would not come out of the mouth of the pipe, and they would all be astigmatized.

After going around the yard several times, Lu Mengjian tried everything he could get his hands on, and threw them back helplessly, sitting alone by the pot and mouting and sulking.

"God, you let me travel to this backward era, I admit it, let me come to this small mountain village where birds don't, I also admit it, but you can't let me be so unlucky all the time, which of those protagonists is not a stunt, but I will only plant 'flowers' for experiments, and I won't wait for you to play like this!"

Lu Mengjian sat on the ground with his buttocks, shouting helplessly to the sky, and he was afraid that he would be arrested as a witch girl if he heard about it, so he had to complain silently in his heart.

"Sister, my father asked me to tell you, a few people came to pick up Brother Lin, saying that he might not come back for dinner in the past two days." Zhong'er jumped up and ran in front of Lu Mengjian, squatting on the ground and staring at the 'flower' seedlings under Lu Mengjian's hands.

"Oh, did Brother Lin say where he was going?" When Lu Mengjian heard the news, he was a little excited, he didn't have to distract his 'essence' to take care of Lin Daimo, he could just leave time to study the method of putting the pot together.

"Well, my father didn't say it, but he said that a person who came here kept calling Brother Lin 'big brother', maybe he wanted to take Mr. home," Zhong'er scratched his head, "But, sister, aren't you and Brother Lin a family, why didn't Brother Lin go home with you, my father said that the clothes that person was wearing were beautiful, like gold, and they would shine." ”

"You little ghost, my brother naturally has his own affairs, and there are some things that my sister is not suitable to follow, and my sister has to take care of these 'flowers' and 'flowers' at home," Lu Mengjian smiled and scratched Zhong'er's little nose and looked at him dotingly.

"Well, when my father went to the city, my mother also cooked for me at home, but my sister is so good-looking, if I were a family with my sister, I would definitely take you everywhere. Oh, my mother must be in a hurry, sister, I'll go home first," Without waiting for Lu Mengjian to answer, Zhong'er ran out as soon as she slipped away.

From afar, I heard Zhong'er shouting in her yard, "Mother, what's delicious today?" ”

Listening to the excitement of the neighbors, Lu Mengjian stood alone in the courtyard, and suddenly envied Aunt Li's life, knowing how to love her husband's lovely children, for Lu Mengjian, it became a luxury. Lin Daimo has always been like a passer-by in this family, eating and sleeping, the two have always maintained a large distance, as if the self-protection of a porcupine is stuck in his own 'private' land.

Now that Lin Daimo's family is looking for him, he left in a hurry with only one sentence, and he doesn't even know where he is going, when he will return, and I'm afraid he doesn't know if he will come back. How could a son like him be willing to stay in such a lifeless place, but Lu Mengjian forgot that she was once the pearl of the palm held in her heart by her parents, and she also had a princess-like life.

The more I thought about it, the more I lost my appetite, so I stuffed a few mouthfuls of dry food and squatted on the ground to study it. The stomach, which had always been tormented, finally couldn't help but protest and hurt violently.

Lu Mengjian's diet was often irregular when he was studying, and he had already fallen into the old 'hair' problem of stomach pain, and after arriving here, he had never been bothered by stomach problems, so he never paid attention to these.

Reluctantly boiled some hot water, warmed up the stomach, and after eating some dry food with water, the pain felt much better, Lu Mengjian looked at the mess and felt irritable, so he just lay on the bed and gave himself a half-day vacation.

And the Lin family in Pulan City is surging undercurrents at this moment.

Lin Daimo got out of the carriage and saw the smiling face of Steward Zhang, who had been in the Lin family for decades, greeted him, an old face that had only been seen for a few months, but it was also much mellow, which showed that the life in the Lin family was very nourishing.

"Young Master, where have you been these days, you miss me to death! Alas, for so many days, you don't send a letter to your family, Mrs. worries about you every day, for fear that you have a good outside, I don't know where to hear about you a few days ago, but that person really shouldn't have said that you are young master...... As a result, when Madame heard this, she fell ill directly on the 'bed', but fortunately, the second young master has been asking someone to inquire about your news, and this time he learned of your whereabouts and took you back. Go and see Madame, she has been shouting your name in her dreams for the past few days," Steward Zhang's eyes turned red as he spoke, he raised his sleeves to wipe his eyes, and led Lin Daimo to the courtyard.

Lin Daiyue stepped on the back of the little maid, stepped out of the carriage, looked at Lin Daimo's back, there was a hint of chill in his eyes, and with a wave of his right hand, several black shadows walked along the corner of the wall.

A stick of sandalwood burned in the inner room, and white smoke rose and melted into the air. As soon as Lin Daimo's feet stepped into the room, he felt a calm coolness seeping into his skin, and the smell of sandalwood, and his originally somewhat impetuous mood gradually settled down.

"You're here," Mrs. Lin hung a curtain in front of her bed, and she could vaguely see a half-leaning and half-lying figure, as if she was extremely tired, and her voice was a little hoarse.

"Children are not filial," listening to the weak voice of the "mother", and thinking of his father's death, but he had not even kept a day of filial piety, Lin Daimo felt guilty in his heart, and knelt on the ground with a plop.

"That day, my mother was dizzy and spoke a little heavier, but after you left, my mother regretted it and asked around for your news, but you disappeared," Mrs. Lin's voice choked, and she raised her handkerchief and wiped it from the corner of her eyes, "Son, you have suffered these days." ”

Lin Daimo lowered his head and leaned on the ground, listening to Mrs. Lin's words, his heart was faintly moved, but he couldn't say a word at the moment.

"Son, my mother knows that you are wronged, and it is not good for your mother. After your father died, this family lost the backbone, but you ran away from home, these days, our Lin family is really ......"

Steward Zhang stood aside and took the words, "Young Master, don't you know, the master just left, and the masters of the family saw that the young master was not at home, so they took the opportunity to come over and divide the family property equally, and even took away the ancestral stone records of our family, which is really too deceitful!" The third master saw that the 'woman' was weak, and the second young master couldn't do anything more, and he couldn't be the master, so he forcibly broke into the Lin family, wanting to occupy the business of Shiji, and the lady swore to die, so they hired a bunch of ruffians and hooligans to smash our Shiji, and the poor old man devoted his whole life to these stones, and was so wantonly destroyed by them, really, alas! ”

"I can't imagine that the world is so cold," Lin Daimo raised his head and looked at Mrs. Lin, who was bedridden, the mean words of the day had long been forgotten, and now he was only full of emotion.

"I originally respected the third uncle as a person, but I didn't expect him to be such a mercenary villain, which is really unpredictable." Lin Daimo stood up and said categorically, "Mother, don't worry, with me Lin Daimo one day, I will definitely try my best to protect the Lin family's property, and I will definitely not let the property that the Lin family has worked so hard to manage fall into the hands of others." What's more, even if I am gone, there is still a second brother in the family, and the Lin family is not without a queen, so why should others 'worry' about our Lin family's property! ”

The third master of the Lin family received the report from the little maid, so he hurried to the Lin family, full of hope to announce the will of the old man Lin to him, who expected that as soon as he walked to the 'door', he heard Lin Daimo's bitter criticism, and instantly drooped his face, turned around and walked out.

"Heh, third uncle, why did you just come back and go into the house to sit and drink tea," Lin Daiyue stayed at the 'door' early in the morning, and watched the third uncle come out of the room with a smile, pretending to invite the third uncle into the house.

"Hmph, if you don't drink this tea, the province has been stained with your Lin family's things, and you have become so wolf-hearted and ignorant," the third master of the Lin family flicked his sleeves, his lips trembled with anger, and he strode out. The third master has always favored Lin Daimo, and after learning everything that happened that night from his subordinates, he had the heart to help Lin Daimo get back everything he deserved, and the province was defeated by Lin Daiyue's loser.

But the 'shrewd' Mrs. Lin is willing to give up the family's property, although she is not like an ordinary market 'woman' who cries and makes people a headache, but her scheming is even more difficult to resist.

As soon as Lin Sanye stepped out of the big 'door' with his front feet, several 'masked' black-clothed people suddenly rushed into Mrs. Lin's room, and slashed at Lin Daimo's neck.