Chapter 16: The Villagers Show the Way
Xie Jinlan bowed slightly, and then raised his feet and left.
Mo Yan followed closely behind him.
Ruan Yezhen also walked silently beside Mo Yan.
After dinner, Xie Jinlan went back to the master bedroom.
Ruan Yezhen stopped outside and looked inside through the curtain, but she could only see a faint figure.
Biting her lip slightly, a hint of determination flashed in Ruan Yezhen's eyes, and then she entered the room through the curtain.
Glancing around curiously, Ruan Yezhen said in her heart: It is very different from the woman's boudoir.
Immediately, she secretly warned herself: Don't look at indecent people, don't look at indecent things! How can you look at the man's bedroom so casually!
After settling down, Ruan Yezhen quickly came to Xie Jinlan's side. When I looked up, I saw that he was sitting in front of the dresser at the moment, looking at the face reflected in the bronze mirror, and his eyebrows were slightly twisted.
Ruan Yezhen was puzzled at first, but thinking of the clothes he had asked Mo Yan to prepare earlier, she quickly guessed his thoughts. couldn't help but open his mouth with some excitement:
"Do you want to change your face so that people who don't know you well won't recognize you? I can help you with this! You ask your little guy to prepare a piece of graphite. ”
After a pause, Ruan Yezhen continued: "The ink strips used in the study can also be used. ”
In this regard, Xie Jinlan accepted Ruan Yezhen's proposal very calmly.
Soon, Mo Yan retrieved an unused ink strip from the study.
Xie Jinlan took the ink strip, and under the guidance of Ruan Yezhen, he smeared it on his face for a long time before he finally finished trimming.
When Xie Jinlan turned around and looked at his face at this moment, Mo Yan was almost stunned.
This...... This...... Is this person with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a dark face really an adult in his family?
"Mo Yan, you also need to change."
Before Mo Yan came back to his senses, Xie Jinlan came to say this. Then he got up and pressed him directly in front of the dresser.
Until his face was also transformed into a similar appearance, Mo Yan was very curious: "My lord, what are you doing?" ”
Xie Jinlan didn't answer and asked: "Have you learned?" ”
Thinking back to the steps of Xie Jinlan smearing on his face, Mo Yan nodded hesitantly: "It should be." ”
Meeting Mo Yan's eyes full of incomprehension, Xie Jinlan just smiled mysteriously: "You will know by then." ”
……
Sitting on the ox cart, looking at the strange but somewhat familiar scenery in front of him, Mo Yan looked sideways at Xie Jinlan in surprise, and asked in a low voice, "Childe is going to Lijia Village?" ”
Xie Jinlan reminded with a smile: "Mo Yan, which family's son will be what I am like now?" ”
Mo Yan was stunned for a moment, moved slightly to Xie Jinlan's side, and looked at him with a smile: "Then how should I call you?" Gold blue? ”
Xie Jinlan glanced at Mo Yan appreciatively, and then said, "The son can be taught." ”
Mo Yan raised his hand and scratched his head, glanced at the man sitting in the front of the car, and whispered: "Jin Lan, did you go to Lijia Village for Li Bao'er's case?" ”
Xie Jinlan couldn't deny a smile, and it was still the same sentence: "You will know by then." ”
Mo Yan bowed slightly, so he didn't ask any more.
At the entrance of Lijia Village, Xie Jinlan and Mo Yan got off the ox cart, and then raised their feet and walked towards Lijia Village.
Before the two of them had taken a few steps, a strong man who was about to leave the village came to meet him, and Xie Jinlan stopped his way with a smile: "This little brother, do you know where Li Daniu's family lives?" ”
The strong man looked Xie Jinlan up and down, and then moved his gaze to Mo Yan standing beside him.
Then he looked at Xie Jinlan again, with suspicion in his eyes: "Who are you?" What are you looking for Li Da Niu? ”
Xie Jinlan smiled a little embarrassed: "That's the case, I'm Li Daniu's distant cousin." The one next to me is my brother. When the family heard that Brother Da Niu was out of work now, they wanted me to follow him to find a job. ”
The strong man looked at Xie Jinlan again with some disgust: "With your thin little body, what can you do?" ”
To say that Xie Jinlan's body shape can be called slender and tall in the eyes of ordinary people.
But if you compare it with these strong peasant men, it is indeed like a white chicken.
Xie Jinlan was not angry, and scratched his head a little embarrassed:
"This little brother has really good eyesight. Since I was a child, my family didn't let me do menial work and let me just study. When the time comes, if you take the test to show off and raise people or something, it can be regarded as a glorious ancestor.
It's just a pity that I'm not the material for reading, and after so many years, I only know a few more words than others. The family gave up. ”
The strong man's eyes when he looked at Xie Jinlan suddenly became kind:
"You're still young, it's not too late to give up. What do you think those people think, smashing pots and selling iron to provide education for the men in the family? How can this show be so good?
Like our Lin'an County, for so many years, there has never been a man who lifts people. There are a few Xiucai masters. Like the current county office, Master Chen's book is a talent in the middle of last year.
Tell me, how many of our poor and remote people can come out of a hundred scholars? You might as well be like me! ”
The strong man said, sighing as if he were in shape.
Xie Jinlan suddenly blushed with some shame: "It's me who dragged down the family." ”
Seeing this, the strong man waved his hand again and again: "Little brother, I didn't mean anything bad about you." Anyway, it's not too late for you to start. ”
Xie Jinlan smiled shyly: "My name is Jin Lan, what do you call this little brother?" ”
The strong man waved his hand: "Hey, my name is Li Dazhui, if you don't dislike me as a rough person, just call me Brother Dazhui." ”
Xie Jinlan nodded in response: "Brother Sledgehammer." ”
"Hey!"
Li Dazhui happily responded, then turned sideways slightly, and pointed to the road ahead:
"Brother Jinlan, you follow this road all the way forward, and after you see a pine tree, turn left, and the third one is Li Daniu's house."
Xie Jinlan hurriedly clenched his fists and arched his hand towards Li Dazhui: "Thank you, Brother Dazhui." ”
Li Dazhui immediately put on a straight face: "It's all from the villagers, it's just a sentence of effort, what to say thank you." Brother Jinlan, if you want to be so polite again, don't call me brother. ”
Xie Jinlan blushed slightly: "Brother Sledgehammer, it's mine, don't be angry." ”
Li Dazhui smiled innocently: "Don't be angry, don't be angry." I'm going to work in the town, so I'm not going with you brothers. ”
Xie Jinlan waved his hand again and again: "Brother Sledgehammer, you don't have to worry about us, we can go by ourselves." ”
Li Dazhui turned around and left.
Looking at the back of Li Dazhui being fooled and leaving happily, Ruan Yezhen on the side was simply dumbfounded: This is okay?
turned his head to look at Mo Yan on the side, and saw him looking at Xie Jinlan with a hippie smile:
"Jin Lan, the way you do it reminds me of my old days in Beijing. More than half a year has passed, but your ability to fool people has not regressed in the slightest. ”