Chapter 16: Buying a House
"Everyone says that Jiangnan is good, tourists are only old in Jiangnan, the spring water is blue in the sky, and the boat is painted to listen to the rain."
Jiangnan has always been a land of rich fish and rice, and the people live better than people in other parts of the calendar.
After resting in the forest for a night, the trees and grass were dewed in the early morning, the three of them were hungry, and they didn't bring anything to eat, who knew that they heard Lu Zhong say in surprise: "Boss, there is someone in front!" Lu Zhong, who was standing on the tree, looked at the village not far away, "I didn't see anyone in front of me when it was dark last night, so I knew that I would go to the village for the night, which is better than sleeping outside!" ”
Ignoring Lu Zhong's words, Erya felt that it was more peaceful to live in a place where there was no one, not to mention that with a large amount of money on his body, it was not safe in the village.
"Let's go, let's go to the village first and find something to eat to pad our stomachs." Er Ya and San Niu led Ling'er, and Lu Zhong walked in front to explore the way. It was the same when I came out of Lingyuan Village, the three sisters walked together, and the black tiger followed beside them, and I missed the black tiger very much at this time, where is it? Will you starve, be bullied...... Erya is anxious, but now she can only look for it while walking.
Walking out of the woods not far away, the two girls suddenly became happy, "Sister, you see a lot of peaches!" ”
In front of a large peach forest, the peaches with a pink and white face like a girl with blush hung on the branches, and she noticed that her sleeves were being torn off, and the second girl looked down and saw Ling'er's big watery eyes looking at her, "Sister, sister, sister......"
The second girl smiled and saw that there was a thatched hut in front of her, which should be in charge of the peach forest. Lu Zhong was just about to pick peaches, when he heard Erya scolding: "It's stealing without the master's permission!"
Lu Zhong saw Erya's stern appearance, and the two little girls didn't start picking peaches, so they withdrew their hands in a daze, "I'm just thinking that the boss is hungry." After speaking, he followed Erya to the thatched house.
Outside the three thatched houses, there was a low fence, and the fence was covered with many grass leaves and roots that Er Ya didn't know, and the yard was filled with a faint smell of Chinese medicine.
Erya stood outside the courtyard and looked, the gate was closed as if no one was there, but she still spoke: "Is anyone there?"
Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps in the house, and it turned out to be someone. The door opened, and I saw a gray-haired old man walking out quickly, yes, it was a quick step. Er Ya guessed that this old man was afraid that he was not old enough to be in the age of the Stick Dynasty, and this body looked very tough.
"What's the matter with the young ladies of Childe?" The old man opened his mouth loudly, and Lu Zhong saw that the old man had a kind face, and said with a smile: "A few of us are passing by, and we are hungry and want to ask you for two peaches to eat."
The old man looked at Lu Zhong with a subtle look in his eyes, but he turned his head to Erya and said, "I have been taking care of this peach for many years to grow so well, I don't want to give it to ordinary people, but now this young lady looks like a good person, so I will pick it and eat it."
After the old man finished speaking, he was about to enter the house again, but Lu Zhong said loudly: "You have so many peaches, don't give them to others, can you eat them alone?"
The old man smiled: "Young man, the brain is a good thing to carry from time to time, peaches are dried peach flesh, and wine is fruit wine, and there is more than one way out of anything." After saying that, he entered the house with his hands behind his back and closed the door.
Erya suddenly felt strange, this person was very healthy when he first came out, but he was trembling when he went back, but it was strange, and the old man's "sharp" words reminded her of the old man, and the old man who ran away without a trace after fooling her to worship him as a teacher. But these two don't look like each other at all.
"Old man, I want to ask, how far is it to Lin'an?"
"It's not far, it's not more than ten miles to the west." The old man's dull voice came to his ears, and Erya always felt that something was wrong, at this time Lu Zhong came over with a few clean peaches, "Boss, eat peaches, it's clean." ”
Er Ya took the peach and walked to the west with a few people, Lu Zhong walked at the end, and the two girls walked in the middle, but it didn't take long for Lu Zhong and Er Ya to be surprised to find that there was a village in front of them almost at the same time, but on the tree Lu Zhong saw with his own eyes that there was a village in front of him!
"Not good!" Erya screamed, turned her head and ran towards the old man's thatched house, Lu Zhong also followed, Sanniu led Ling'er, and several people hurriedly walked back, all of them returned to the place where they spent the night last night, and they didn't see the peach forest and the thatched hut.
"Boss...... This, what's going on? Lu Zhong's voice trembled, looking at Erya who was also stunned. Sanniu also looked at Erya in fear, and Ling'er was still looking around, looking at the peach grove full of fruit just now.
"Xiao Zhongzi, you take out the uneaten peaches."
Hearing Erya's words, Lu Zhong screamed in horror, and there were bloody chicken liver and duck lungs on his hands, and there were a few chicken feathers on them.
The second girl and the third girl suddenly retched, and Ling'er looked at a few people laughing happily without knowing anything. Erya only sighed that she hadn't eaten much, and she was relieved when she saw that there was nothing abnormal about the two girls.
"This is too strange, is it an illusion?" Lu Zhong's calm voice suddenly raised his voice.
"Illusion?" Er Ya looked at Lu Zhong suspiciously.
Lu Zhong said slowly, "When this matter was still on the ship, the captain of the ship once went to pick up a few night guests, and I heard them say in the wing room that there is a kind of Qimen escape technique handed down from ancient times that can charm the eyes and cause illusions, which is called illusion." ”
Erya pondered, and suddenly said, "Do you think that old man is a human or a ghost?"
Lu Zhong recalled for a moment and said, "I'm not sure."
"Why would he do that?" Erya pondered for a moment and said, "That's it, let's go first." After speaking, he was about to leave, but he saw Ling'er standing there without moving, squatted down and asked, "What's wrong with Ling'er?"
"My sister doesn't want to leave, she said that she is in a hurry every day and wants to go home." Sanniu spoke.
Ling'er nodded in agreement, "Sister, let's go home, Ling'er doesn't want to walk......" Tears fell down one by one, and the second girl who smashed was distressed, Er Ya didn't expect that Sanniu and Ling'er were still young, and generally children of this age stayed with their parents to live a peaceful life, but these two girls followed her all the way from Lingyuan Village to Lingyuan Village.
"Ling'er is good, Ling'er doesn't cry, let's go to Lin'an and have a home, okay?" Erya patted Ling'er on the back and coaxed.
"Sister is not allowed to deceive people." Ling'er stopped crying and looked up at Erya with a serious face.
Erya couldn't help laughing when she looked at this five-year-old girl, Lu Zhong lowered her body and said, "Brother will take you away, okay?"
Who knew that Ling'er glanced at Lu Zhong and strode forward, so she didn't want to be hugged. Erya thought to herself, if you go along the river, you will definitely be able to get to Lin'an, and now Gong Jueyi's boat must have gone far, so you don't have to worry about that plague god.
The big boat left before dawn, and Er Ya couldn't see the boat when he returned there, and when he got there, Er Ya didn't worry about it, Lu Zhong knew the way. There are a few normal peach trees on the shore, Lu Zhong picked a few, but the two girls and three girls didn't dare to eat them, Lu Zhong carried two in the baggage, thinking that they would be able to eat them if they were taken out later.
After walking for more than an hour, there were already people in front of them, the wide river was turbulent, and the three girls took Ling'er and looked at the water people in front of them with a smile, with a look of novelty.
There are many waterways in Lin'an City, most people live near the water, even if the houses of large families are built exquisitely, they will choose a piece of land near the water to get a good feng shui.
Lu Zhong saw that there was a restaurant and wine shop in front of him, and said happily to Erya: "Boss, let's go eat something!" As soon as the words fell, I saw Ling'er suddenly squatting on the ground with her stomach covered, "Stomach hurts, it hurts......" Ling'er's voice with a crying voice was weak, Er Ya knew that it had happened, and she was afraid that it was because she ate the peach, so she hurriedly said: "Lu Zhong hugged Ling'er, I'll go and ask where there is a medical hall!"
Only Ling'er had a stomach upset in a few people, and Sanniu felt a little uncomfortable in her stomach at night, but it was not serious, Erya found some dry tea leaves in the inn, and let Sanniu chew and swallow it, and it was fine in the second half of the night.
The room was filled with a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine, this was the medicine that the doctor of the medical hall gave to Ling'er, Lu Zhong went to the inn stove room to borrow a stove and bought a casserole. The pot was "gurgling" and running, Ling'er had already drunk a dose of medicine and fell asleep, her little face was red, Er Ya knocked on the door next door, Lu Zhong opened the door, "Is there something wrong with the boss?" ”
"Ming'er, you go outside for me and take a look at the house." Erya explained what he meant, and Lu Zhong nodded, "Okay, it's just that the boss is doing what he does in the house?" ”
"I have thought about it, I am going to buy a house in Lin'an, settle down the life of the two girls, and live here forever in the future."
Lu Zhong looked surprised and nodded in agreement.