Chapter 22: The Bitter Man
Not long after Chen Fan woke up, the girl entered the room with the decoction as usual.
When she saw Chen Fan standing on the ground, the girl was startled at first, looked at him incredulously for a while, and then said with a happy face: "Do you feel better?"
Chen Fan nodded unquestioningly.
got Chen Fan's affirmative answer, the girl's heart was also beautiful, her efforts these days were not in vain, but Chen Fan's recovery speed was a little beyond her expectations.
"If you think about it faster, then try your best to cooperate with me in the future!" said the girl with a grin.
Feeling the girl's intimacy and meticulousness, Chen Fan felt a warm current in his heart, tears also swirled in his eyes, paused, Chen Fan said softly: "Thank you!"
"Smack!"
The medicine jar in the girl's hand fell to the ground again with a crisp sound.
"Aren't you dumb?" the girl looked at Chen Fan in surprise, her small mouth almost opening into an O-shape.
After listening to the girl's words, Chen Fan snorted and laughed, he raised his head, looked at the girl's surprised little face, and said with a smile: "When did I say that I was dumb?"
"But... But yesterday ......" The girl wanted to ask him why he didn't explain it clearly yesterday, but after thinking about it, her brother was so fierce at that time, maybe he was scared of him, so she was relieved.
"How long have I been unconscious?"
"Ten days. ”
"So long?" Chen Fan touched the layers of bandages wrapped around his body, and thanked him from the bottom of his heart: "Thank you for taking care of me for so many days." ”
"Hehe, it's nothing!" The girl smiled even more after hearing this, paused, and introduced herself: "My name is Chen Lan'er, you can call me Lan'er." ”
"My name is Chen Fan, Lan'er, is that man yesterday your brother?" Chen Fan asked with a smile.
"Yes, it's my eldest brother, his name is Chen Shifeng. Thinking of her brother's attitude towards Chen Fan yesterday, Chen Lan'er suddenly showed embarrassment, and said a little embarrassedly: "My eldest brother is a typical knife-mouthed tofu heart, don't go to your heart!"
Chen Fan's face turned straight and said, "Brother Shi Feng saved my life, it's too late for me to thank him, how can I blame him? By the way, Lan'er, what kind of place is this?"
"This is Bluestone Town!"
Qingshi Town is located at the foot of a large mountain near Luoge Town, surrounded by mountains and rivers, compared to other small towns, it is a little closed here, and the people who live in it are also not in contact with the outside world all year round, and mostly make a living from farming and hunting.
Chen Fan didn't expect that he would come here, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.
"What's wrong with you" Seeing Chen Fan's ugly face, Chen Lan'er looked at him puzzled, and then, as if she had thought of something, her jade face turned red, and she whispered: "Your clothes... It's all scratched!"
"Oh!" Chen Fan responded, and at the same time subconsciously looked under him, it was okay not to look at it, this look, Chen Fan couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, it turned out that his whole body, except for the white bandage outside, was naked inside.
When she saw that a big man like him had a blushing face, Chen Lan'er couldn't help laughing and said, "Your clothes are too dirty, I have to help you take them off and wash them." With that, she ran out of the house, and soon returned with a few new clean clothes in her arms.
Chen Lan'er stacked the clothes at the head of the bed and said with a smile: "This is my brother's, you wear it first, you have a good rest in the morning, and I will take you out for a walk in the afternoon." ”
"Okay!"
The two chatted for a long time, and through chatting with Chen Lan'er, Chen Fan also had a certain understanding of her and her brother's life experience.
It turned out that Chen Lan'er and Chen Shifeng used to be young ladies from a large family, and his father's name was Chen Ke, who was a well-known local rich man. When Chen Ke was in his forties, he married a maid named Zhang Hua in the family and became a concubine, and Zhang Hua was Chen Lan'er's mother. When Chen Lan'er was ten years old, Chen Ke fell ill and died, because he died suddenly, so he didn't have time to settle Chen Lan'er's brothers and sisters, and later, his eldest wife used the power in her hands to drive Chen Lan'er's family out. After that, Zhang Hua took Chen Lan'er brothers and sisters to settle here, but within a few years, Chen Hua couldn't afford to fall ill, and soon died, leaving the Chen family brothers and sisters who were lonely.
After hearing this, Chen Fan sighed for them at the same time, and at the same time thought of his own life experience, he was sad and sighed secretly.
After lunch, with Chen Lan'er's support, Chen Fan walked out of the house for the first time. The sunlight outside the house was very dazzling, which made Chen Fan, who had been in the house for many days, feel quite uncomfortable.
Chen Lan'er smiled: "Chen Fan, I'll take you around." ”
"Okay!"
As soon as the two walked out of the house, they met Chen Shifeng, who was about to go out hunting.
"Is Big Brother Shifeng going out hunting?" Seeing Chen Shifeng, Chen Fan greeted politely.
"Hmph, who is your eldest brother, don't get close to me! Boy, leave as soon as the injury is healed, I don't have spare money to support you." Chen Shifeng's words were cold when he spoke, obviously not having a good impression of him.
Without waiting for Chen Fan to speak, Chen Lan'er first said with a displeased face: "Brother, why are you like this, you have to drive people away at every turn, ignore you!"
Chen Shifeng was very rude to Chen Fan, but he was very pampered to his younger sister, and let her go everywhere, and now when he heard his sister's reproach, Chen Shifeng had no choice, snorted coldly at Chen Fan, and then walked away with a bow and arrow.
"Chen Fan, my eldest brother is like this......"
Without waiting for Chen Lan'er to finish explaining, Chen Fan said with a smile: "Hehe, I'm used to it, if Brother Shi Feng doesn't scold me, I'm still uncomfortable!"
"What's wrong!" Chen Lan'er glanced at him and said angrily.
On that day, the two walked around until the evening before returning home. At night, Chen Fan was lying on the bed, along the window, looking at the bright moon hanging high, he thought of Fang Han and the others, I don't know what happened to them, did they break through? What would happen if they couldn't find themselves after they went out? All of this was like a big stone pressing on Chen Fan's chest, making him breathless.
That night, when Chen Lan'er came to deliver the medicine again, Chen Fan asked casually, "Lan'er, where did your family live before?"
"Chenjia Village in the west of the city. ”
"What's that old woman's name?"
"Ah, what old woman" After half a salary, Chen Lan'er reacted, glanced at him angrily, and said, "The people call her Mrs. Wang!"
Chen Lan'er suddenly seemed to think of something, looked at him with a suspicious face, and asked, "Chen Fan, why are you asking this?"
"Oh, it's nothing, I'm just curious" Chen Fan dealt casually, but in fact, he didn't think so at all.
For several days, Chen Fan recuperated at the home of the Chen brothers and sisters. During this period, Chen Fan proposed several times that he wanted to leave here, but Chen Lan'er refused, on the grounds that his wounds had not fully recovered.
A few days later, late one night, Chen Fan took advantage of the fact that the Chen brothers and sisters were asleep, quietly slipped out of the room, and when he got outside, he did not stop for a moment, and went straight to Chenjia Village in the west of the city.
The two places are not far apart, from Qingshi Town to Chenjia Village, Chen Fan only took less than half an hour, at this time, the whole village has already been lit up.
According to Chen Lan'er's description, Chen Fan easily touched the Chen family.
The Chen family is the largest family in the entire Chenjia Village, and there are more than 20 people in the whole family, including some servants and maids.
After arriving at the destination, Chen Fan first held on to the wall outside the courtyard with his hand and gasped for breath several times.
A few days ago, the man in black shot an arrow in his right shoulder, and the arrow wound has not healed until now, and after a long run, the wound began to ache again. After resting for about half a pillar of incense, Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief, for fear of startling the snake, he did not enter through the back door, but estimated the height of the wall, and then took a few steps backwards, ran faster, jumped over, and easily jumped into the courtyard.
After entering the hospital, Chen Fan just glanced at it hastily, and it was enough to conclude that the Chen family was indeed very rich!
The whole courtyard covers an area of hundreds of acres, directly facing the gate of the yard, is a rockery several zhang high, under the rockery, there is an artificial lake.
Chen Fan walked lightly around the artificial lake, and then there was the lobby used by the Chen family for daily hospitality, and it was already late at night, and the entire hall was pitch black, making it difficult to see the furnishings in the house.
But these were not Chen Fan's concerns, he gathered his eyesight, and carefully observed the situation around him through the reflection of the moonlight.