Chapter Twenty-Six: It's All the Trouble of the Water
When the village chief and they all rested, Tang Wanwan knocked on An Yichen's door.
The other party seemed to know that she would come, and quickly opened the door for her.
"You... Haven't slept yet?"
"How dare you rest knowing that a beautiful woman is coming?"
Looking at him with a hangy look, Tang Wanwan glanced at him angrily, and said, "There is no beauty, but there is an old man!"
The two looked at each other and smiled, and walked out of the courtyard gate one after the other.
It's dark outside, and a half-moon is also hidden in the clouds, An Yichen has practiced martial arts since he was a child and has strong internal strength, of course, his night vision is excellent, but this is bitter Tang Wanwan, and he feels that he can't see his five fingers!
Fortunately, when they encountered obstacles, they were all commanded by An Yichen and brought them over.
"Why don't you make a torch?" An Yichen said to wake up the person in his dream.
"yes, I didn't think of that! Tang Wanwan slammed the cane in his hand to the ground, and then said coyly: "But I won't." ”
"Say it early, I will, you wait. An Yichen turned around and wanted to leave after speaking, but was dragged by Tang Wanwan, and she could only hear her whisper: "I'm afraid of the dark." ”
An Yichen, who was facing away from her at this time, smiled stupidly, and his heart was full of a sense of accomplishment. It's just that he deliberately shook his hand and said, "It's too late to bring you." ”
"No, isn't there a pine forest up ahead, and we can cut down a branch and wrap it in pine resin, and we should be able to make a torch?"
"Then you only know one and don't know the other!" An Yichen turned around and pretended to be serious: "That pine resin doesn't just grow on a tree, it is to split an old pine into countless tiny wooden sticks, and then burn it to extract oil, and you can't see smoke in the middle." This is so complicated that it cannot be distilled without an hour or two. ”
Huh, it's so complicated!"
"Hmm!" An Yichen replied with a smile.
"Forget it. Tang bent and said deflated for a moment.
"What, now I can go back and get a torch, right?" someone deliberately smiled at her expression, and sure enough, Tang Wanwan frowned and almost jumped up, saying that he should not stay where he was alone.
The two of them struggled for a while, and by the time they got to the villagers' water collection site, it was already an hour later.
"Why did you bring me here?" An Yichen asked, holding the lantern. It was the only lantern they found at the village chief's house, and the other one seemed to have been struck by Lingzhi.
"I heard from the village chief that although this place is called Xiaohe Village, the river was cut off a few years ago, and the whole village has to come here to pick up water, and this is the only water source in the village, and I want to see if there is any problem with this water......
"Oh? ”
An Yichen crouched down and handed the lantern forward, so that it was closer to the water so that the person next to him could check it.
Tang Wanwan also squatted down and glanced at the well by the bright light of the lantern, and he couldn't help but gasp at this sight! I didn't pay attention and fell directly, and even the crutches fell to the side.
"What's wrong?" An Yichen hurriedly helped her up, picked up the crutches and handed them to her.
"See for yourself. ”
Seeing that she had been staring in the direction of the water, An Yichen took a few steps forward curiously.
This is a circular ancient well with a diameter of about one meter, and the mouth of the well is piled with stones to separate it from the ground. The water of this well is also strange, it is always full but does not overflow the stones, but it is a little damp and mossy around it.
An Yichen looked into the water with the light, and was also frightened and retreated. It wasn't until he retreated to Tang Wanwan's side that he couldn't stop, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said, "I'm scared to death, it's disgusting!"
"So you also have a phobia of intensity?" Tang Wanwan asked him.
"Ah, what's the problem?"
Seeing that he didn't understand, Tang Wanwan didn't bother to repeat, just shook his head with a smile and said, "Can you go and get me a bottle of water?"
"You... Why don't you go by yourself, I'm panicking. ”
"Don't you know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade?"
"Aren't you an old woman? ”
"Hey, that's how you treat the old man?"
"I... I'm afraid ......" Before An Yichen's words fell, Tang Wanwan immediately said: "Don't worry, that thing doesn't eat people!"
After Tang Wanwan finished speaking, he glanced at him, An Yichen finally reluctantly took the bottle in her hand and walked over, only to hear the well water being plucked by him "bang", and the guy immediately jumped back screaming. really amused Tang Wanwan so much, I really want to give him some more sound.
An Yichen threw the bottle at Tang Wanwan like a monster, but the other party didn't catch it. Fortunately, the ground was a little damp, and the turf was quite thick, so the bottle was not damaged, Tang Wanwan hurriedly bent down to pick it up, fortunately the bottle mouth was covered, otherwise it would have been spilled.
"If you break it, you'll have to get it again. ”
Tang Wanwan said angrily, An Yichen felt that his cold hair stood up when he heard this, shook his head violently, and hurriedly followed the "old lady in gray" who had already walked a few meters away
When I returned to the village chief's house, it was almost midnight. Tang Wanwan returned to his room, and Lingzhi immediately greeted him.
"Miss is back. ”
"Well, how's the medicine going?" Tang Wanwan yawned and put the bottle on the wooden table.
"I picked them all, but there were very few herbs, and I searched a few mountains to get such a little. ”
She handed the medicine basket to her young lady, and heard the young lady say, "You haven't looked carefully, aren't you afraid that there will be mountain monsters?"
Tang Wanwan's words poked her heart, Lingzhi lowered her head in shame, and said weakly: "I don't have it......"
"It should be enough, you go and rest, you have to be busy tomorrow. Tang Wanwan decided not to tease her anymore, this girl was about to jump up when she received the task, which shows how afraid she is of running into those demons and monsters.
"What about Miss?"
"I'm going to look at the water. After saying that, she took one of the clay teacups on the table, tore off the cap of the bottle, and poured out the water inside, pouring a full teacup.
"What is this?"
"The well water used by the villagers. ”
"Is there anything wrong?" thought Lingzhi tilting his head.
"Come and see. ”
Tang Wanwan shifted his body and let Lingzhi stand beside him. As soon as the girl bent down, she saw a few little red bugs beating in the cup, and asked, "What kind of bug is this?"
"Red nematode. ”
"Red worms? Did the villagers get sick after drinking water with these bugs?"
"Not exactly. Tang stood up and yawned and sat on the edge of the bed.
"Miss do you want to wash, I'll go boil the water." Lingzhi walked a few steps and thought of something, stopped, turned his head and said, "It's just this water... The villagers are sick because of this water, so ...... of us?"
"It's okay, just boil it. ”
"Oh. ”
Lingzhi answered the call and went to boil the water, trying to avoid scooping the insects into it as much as possible. I didn't think it before, but now that I look at it, there are a lot of these insects in this tank, and it looks a little crazy.
When she finally boiled a pot of water without insects and brought it to the room, she found that the young lady had fallen asleep.
Lingzhi stuck out his tongue, still dried the water and wrung a face towel to wipe his face, and when he saw that she was disturbed and turned over, Lingzhi smiled and took the kettle and retreated, washing himself......
When Tang Wanwan woke up, it was already the morning of the next day. The village chief was still lying on the bed due to his weak body, and he heard Lingzhi say that the one named Zhiyuan had also woken up, but he was not lightly injured, and he fell into a coma at the moment.
The village chief had already asked his wife to summon all the villagers who could still walk, and when Tang Wanwan opened the door, they were already standing in the small courtyard of the village chief's house.
"Wow, so many people!" Tang Wanwan was a little stunned, it seems that the medicine collected by Lingzhi is far from enough.
An Yichen squeezed in front of her and looked at her with a hippie smile. Seeing that Tang Wanwan ignored his love, he was instantly deflated.
"Mo Yi is back!"
Hearing that Tang Wanwan actually crossed him to greet his subordinates, completely ignoring his own existence, he felt the anger in his heart rushing up, and he was so frightened that Mo Yi hurriedly hid to the side, and he didn't dare to look at Tang Wanwan again.
"Ahem...!" Tang Wanwan coughed a few times and said, "That... Someone who borrowed you?" Finding someone who was burning herself, she finally looked at him squarely.
"Don't borrow!"
"You can't ......be stingy at this time," Tang Wanwan raised his chin meaningfully, An Yichen looked in the direction, only to find that everyone was looking at them expectantly.
"Okay, Mo Yi will be sent by you. Eh, but it's only in this Xiaohe Village, and it doesn't count if you go out!"
Tang Wanwan glanced at him, and he was in response.
After explaining to Mo Yi, he asked Lingzhi to follow him to collect medicine. Leave An Yichen to give her a hand.
Wen Qiu also walked out of the room where Ning Zhiyuan was resting, and his face looked much better than yesterday.
"Is there anything Granny Orchid needs help with?" she said to Tang Wanwan.
"There is Miss Lao Wenqiu, you go and help the old woman decoction the medicine, Ah Ling has already put the medicinal herbs in the pot, it is estimated that your mother is guarding it, if it is fried, please ask Miss Wenqiu to use a bowl and distribute it to the villagers." ”
"Okay, mother-in-law. ”
Listening to her glutinously calling herself "mother-in-law" Tang Wanwan was a little proud, it seems that her disguise cream is quite easy to use, but she needs to apply it once a day, which is too troublesome. She thought that when she was free one day, she must make a new medicine that could extend the time, or the kind that could not be washed off......
An Yichen set up the table for her, and put a thick cushion on the chair she was going to sit on, which was quite attentive.
Seeing Tang Wanwan smiling at himself, he felt very comfortable in his heart.
After some consultation, Tang Wanwan completely confirmed that they were all in the same situation.
At first, I felt nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and finally, I felt a stomachache and some anorexia, and gradually I felt no energy and always felt uncomfortable. Tang Wanwan thought to himself, this is a parasite in his stomach, yes.
Fortunately, when she was a child, her family was poor, and Tang Lian once dug herbs to fight insects for the people in the village, and she personally picked them, so she still remembers. Coupled with the medicine she carefully developed in the Hidden Moon Valley, it is guaranteed that they will all be cured!
Not long after, Wen Qiu and her mother came out with several bowls of soup and medicine on trays. An Yichen asked the villagers to line up and pick them up one by one, and those with milder symptoms waited on the side first.
Seeing that he arranged it in an orderly manner, Tang Wanwan rarely gave him a big smile, but there were a lot of folds, and An Yichen couldn't help but shudder when he saw it!
She didn't need to check her pulse, she just sat there and basked in the sun. Now that autumn is crisp, the morning sun is still very comfortable.
An Yichen also went to the kitchen to help, thinking that Tang Wanwan didn't seem to have breakfast, so he personally made a bowl of noodles for her, Wen Qiu on the side thought that Tang Wanwan was his mother, and praised him for being so filial, and said that An Yichen's head was full of black lines.
Speaking of Lingzhi and Mo Yi, they walked into a big mountain. Lingzhi didn't dare to come in last night, and he didn't expect that this place was overgrown with the medicinal materials that the young lady needed.
"You're so ugly!"
Looking at the big scar on her face, Mo Yi said with some disgust.
"I'd love to!"
"When you just came out of the village, you scared the little girl in the woman's arms and cried, so let's talk to your young lady another day, change it for you, save me from watching and not being able to eat......"