Carambola hid in the house and read the "Book of Medicine", and after reading it for half a morning, the book did not turn a page.

Yang Cui, who was holding the sole of the embroidered Lanna shoe on the side, looked at her several times, and finally couldn't help but remind: "You took the book down." ”

"Huh?"

Carambola was so embarrassed that her little face turned red, and she didn't read anymore, so she rushed over to help Yang Cui sort out the thread. Yang Cui looked at her and sighed: "Why don't you go to Aunt Wang?" I didn't want to delay for a while. ”

Carambola handed her the thread and smiled evilly: "I don't want to go, it's the same for reading at home." ”

"Same?"

Yang Cui glanced at the book on the table upside down, took out a long thread and put the needle on the scalp to grind: "Is it because of Qiao An?" ”

At the mention of Qiao An, Carambola was stunned again, but she pouted: "What's the matter with him?" He is him, and Aunt Wang is Aunt Wang. ”

It seems that Aunt Wang is not Qiao An's mother, and she didn't go to Qiao's pharmacy before.

Yang Cui sharpened the needle, lowered her head and accepted the soles of her shoes, and was very skilled in needle and threading. Star fruit was afraid that she would talk about it again, so she didn't pay attention to the line, so she got up and wanted to go out for a walk.

She was upset, if she didn't go to Aunt Wang, she couldn't learn the real thing, and if she couldn't learn something, she would be useless.

But go ahead, Qiao An clearly has a mind for her, she didn't say anything when she was far away from his Qiao family before. Now that her family's reputation is so bad, she still goes to Qiao's house, and she is still dangling in front of Qiao An, and Aunt Wang still can't take a broom to beat her?

She's not afraid of being picked up, she's thick-skinned anyway. As long as she can learn skills, she can shave her ears all day long in front of the whole village. But Qiao Anzhou, knowing that Aunt Wang was picking her up, would definitely have an awkward relationship with Aunt Wang.

Because of her, the mother and son of the people are not in harmony, and she can't get over it on her conscience. Especially Aunt Wang is a good person, and she is willing to teach her everything.

was annoying, Er Ya shouted at the door: "Is the star fruit at home?" ”

Carambola snorted and hurriedly went out: "What's the matter?" ”

"Aunt Wang asked you if you are done with your family affairs? There's no Du Zhong on the shop, so she has to concoct some today. If you're free, go over and help. ”

"Free, free."

Carambola immediately smiled, so excited that she didn't go back to the house to get her coat, she grabbed Erya's hand and left.

The two little girls chattered and laughed and left, and Yang Cui looked at it, and the corners of her lips also smiled.

When she entered the gate of Qiao's house, Carambola couldn't help but be embarrassed, she didn't know what to say when she saw Aunt Wang, and she was afraid that Qiao's family would ask about the eldest sister.

But Aunt Wang was in full swing, and seeing the star fruit was like seeing a savior: "You girl is here, and my aunt can't be busy without your help in taking medicine and distributing medicine." ”

Carambola knew that Aunt Wang said this on purpose, Erya and Qiao Xiu were here to help, where was it impossible to do without her star fruit?

She smiled gratefully at Aunt Wang, and hurried over to help: "Auntie, I know you are good to me. I appreciate it. ”

"You are a good boy, smart and hard-working, and after a while you have completed your studies, your aunt introduced you to the town pharmacy as an apprentice."

Aunt Wang handed over a large basket of fresh eucommia to star fruit, taught her how to remove the coarse skin, and said with a smile: "In addition to cutting the coarse skin into strips, the chopsticks are as thick as that." After doing this, let's fry salt eucommia and carbon eucommia, and then teach you then. ”

Salt eucommia and carbon eucommia are two medicinal properties, and Aunt Wang is willing to teach them at one time, and she really earned it.

The star fruit has a crisp 'eh' sound, full of energy, and it is numb and slippery.

Aunt Wang also smiled when she saw it, and asked her not to be too tired: "Take your time, you can't finish the rough skin, and your aunt will teach you the same." ”

After finishing it, he added a sentence casually: "It's good that my family Qiao An has you working hard, that kid thinks at ease all day long, and I don't know when he will be able to take the test." Hey, our family is counting on him to get ahead. ”

It's beating star fruit.

Star fruit is transparent, how can you not understand? She was a little embarrassed in her heart, but she smiled at Aunt Wang: "Auntie is too modest!" Chunxiao said that the entire private school is as motivated as Second Brother Qiao, and second Brother Qiao's articles are good. In next year's children's exam, Second Brother Qiao will definitely be at the top of the list. ”

Aunt Wang smiled: "I'm looking forward to it, if I have fame, it's good to say that I am beautiful." An'er is also fifteen. ”

Only those who are raised in the deep boudoir are called boudoirs, and those who show up in the village are called wild girls. This, star fruit understands!

"Auntie, don't worry, Second Brother Qiao is handsome and talented, and I will definitely bring back a scholarly young lady as a daughter-in-law for you in the future. You can just wait and enjoy it. ”

Aunt Wang looked at the star fruit twice, and saw that she was indeed open-minded and had no side thoughts, laughed, and patted the star fruit on the shoulder heartily: "Auntie really likes you, you are a transparent and delicate heart, and after you learn to open a shop, you will definitely have a future." ”

Star fruit smiled shyly and seriously disposed of eucommia.

She didn't have the heart to think about love, men and women, her house was still dilapidated, and nothing improved the situation at home.

Not to mention anything else, the money owed to Joan is a big deal. Five taels is not a decimal number, and if you calculate the profits, it will be more stressful.

Carambola concentrates on handling eucommia, although she is eager, she is not sloppy at all, and handles it very meticulously.

When I learned to fry eucommia and carbon eucommia, I was even more engrossed, and my eyes were reluctant to blink. Aunt Wang memorized it once she did it, and she never tired of it.

By the time the busy day is over, it's almost dark.

Aunt Wang pinched her shoulders with her backhand, she was so tired that she couldn't straighten her waist, turned her head to see that the star fruit was still simulating fried eucommia, shook her head and chuckled: "It's almost dark, go back and rest." Think about the main points I said, and feel free to ask me if you don't understand. ”

Carambola hummed and said goodbye and left.

Along the way, she carefully recalled the various steps of concocting eucommia, for fear of forgetting. When passing by the grove at the edge of the village, she patted her head: "The bark of the old poplar tree is similar to the bark of Eucommia ulmoides, you can peel the bark of the poplar tree to practice, it is easy to find and not waste, it is really feasible." ”

The star fruit rushed home, took the firewood knife and the bamboo basket and went straight to the grove.

After cutting the bark in a hurry, and remembering that Yang Cui was being pulled, the ghost sent the god to the west of the grove.

Further on, there is the foot of the mountain, with woods on the left and wasteland on the right, and the path to Seilai Village is through the wasteland. The eldest sister sneaked out to give Li Xiaozhuang a sachet, and she must have taken a shortcut for fear of being bumped into.

And what did the person who bumped into the eldest sister do?

It is possible to descend at that time only if the hunter is delayed in the mountain.

Star fruit had a score in her heart, and she didn't dare to delay more, so she hurried home with a bamboo basket on her back while it was still dark.

As soon as she got home, she asked Yang Cui: "Sister, which Orions are familiar with Li Xiaozhuang's family, do you know?" ”

Ordinary farmers don't dare to go down the mountain after dark, so they can only be hunters. There was no rumor at all before, only the Li family knew about the eldest sister, and the Orion must be familiar with the Li family.

Yang Cui was embroidering a peony, and only replied after hearing that he received the needle and bit off the thread: "The Zhang family and the Zhao family in the east, the Qian family in the west and the Yuan family in the front village all have a good relationship with the Li family." What's wrong? ”

"It's nothing, I met a hunter coming down the mountain just now and said that he wanted to give the Li family some rabbit meat. I asked casually. ”

She was so angry that she thought for a moment and began to concoct poplar bark.

The old bark was hard, and it hurt her hands, but she didn't feel it, and shaved the skin one by one. While planing, pay attention to the lines, recall the medicinal properties and pharmacology of Eucommia, category identification skills, and the dosage of symptoms......

She didn't even care about eating dinner, she studied it over and over again, pondered it over and over again, and couldn't wait to study the structure of Eucommia ulmoides thoroughly. As soon as I didn't understand, I hurriedly turned the book, and when I understood a little, I hurriedly took notes.

Ye Shi urged her to sleep several times, but she was just perfunctory and did not act. When you can't see it, you build a fire in the courtyard and make it.

She was busy until late at night before going to sleep, and the next day she got up again before dawn, still looking like a tiger.

"Sleep more, see you're all black and blue right now." Ye was distressed and pushed her to the bedroom.

"I'll read a book for a while. The "Book of Medicine" has been borrowed for five days, and I have to return it quickly. Otherwise, it will be difficult for my brother to borrow books from a private school. ”

Without waiting for Ye Shi to persuade again, she took the book and sat at the mouth of the stove, reflecting the firelight. Occasionally, add firewood to the stove, and Ye's cooking is also lighter.

After eating, I rushed to Qiao's house, it was Qiao Xiu who opened the door, and when I saw the star fruit, her face was full of apologies: "I forgot to tell you yesterday, my mother went to the town today to send medicinal herbs to Daddy, so that you can rest for a day." ”

The star fruit didn't enter the yard, and said with a sigh: "Then I'll go back first, and I'll come back tomorrow." ”

Qiao An heard the movement and asked Qiao Xiu in a loud voice: "Who is here?" Why don't you come in and talk? ”

His voice was magnetic and very good, but the star fruit seemed to hear a ghost scream, and he was so frightened that he ran away: "I'll go first, Xiu'er." ”

The appearance of this frightened little white rabbit made Qiao Xiu giggle. Seeing that his brother arrived at the door, he laughed and joked: "Second brother, you still have a long way to go." ”

Qiao Jin also came over to join in the fun, and winked at Qiao An slyly: "Sister star fruit is so beautiful, I like it so much." ”

Qiao An glared at her younger brother and shouted, "There are many beautiful girls, do you know what you like or dislike." ”

What he likes is not just the good-looking appearance of star fruit.

Looking at the star fruit that was far away into a small black spot, Qiao An's thin lips were pursed into a straight line, and her eyes dimmed by two points.

The star fruit ran home in a hurry, and it took a long time to catch the weather before quietly entering the house to read.

The medicine scriptures are obscure and difficult to understand, and she doesn't read books simply, so she has to chew them and eat them thoroughly before she can stop. So I saw myself dizzy all morning.

Yang Cui saw her rubbing her temples and persuaded her: "Go out for a walk, wake up and look again." ”

"It's fine."

She went to Orion's house to inquire about it, to see who had bumped into Yang Cui, and sold it to the Li family.

The beautiful girl was originally likable, and she had a sweet and pleasant mouth, her pocket was full of fried soybeans, and she scattered and ate with others when she saw them, and it didn't take long for her to get a letter: "The sister-in-law of the Wei family bumped into her, and she didn't dare to squeak for fear that she would also be ruined." Thinking that Yang Cui was Li Xiaozhuang's fiancée, he knocked on the door of the Li family and asked the Li family to hurry up and save him. ”

Sounds reasonable.

Carambola smiled, thanked everyone, and went to Sister-in-law Wei's house with his hands behind his back.

She called the door, but she didn't expect it to be Joan who opened the door: "Why are you here?" ”

Star fruit was so shocked that her apricot eyes widened, she wanted to run away but was unwilling, staring at him deadly, powdered by her rare pretty face.

Qiao An was also surprised to see star fruit, but he quickly recovered as before, and his face was not happy: "Come in, maybe our purpose is the same." ”

Star fruit twists its fingers, to enter or not to enter?

Joan didn't rush her, restrained her eyes, and waited quietly.

Alone with him, star fruit didn't feel good no matter how much she thought, and turned around to leave: "I'll come back next time." ”

Qiao An blocked her way, her thin lips pursed, and her thick eyebrows wrinkled slightly: "It's already startled, and if you don't ask for a result today, you won't have a chance." ”