With a shrill sound, the wooden door opened, revealing a slender old man in the light and shadow of the snow.

Mrs. Lu put down the washed dishes and chopsticks, looked out through the small kitchen window, and saw a group of people standing at the door of her house, probably counting, there were six or seven, and the leader was the old man.

I couldn't hear what they were saying to my husband, so I left the wooden door open and invited the six or seven people in. When they walked into the courtyard, Mrs. Lu saw the old man's appearance clearly. As far as physiognomy is concerned, he is not very old, he should be about forty years old, but his body is very arched, and when he walks, he also needs someone to support him, as if he is about to die of some serious illness. His face, very white, like paper. The eyes, but very sharp, like an eagle in the mountains, are full of the breath of a yin owl. The lips are thin, thin, so thin that they are almost invisible.

Xu was aware of Mrs. Lu's scrutinizing gaze, and the old man raised his head and glanced at her. Mrs. Lu was so frightened that she quickly lowered her head, because the moment she met her gaze, she felt extremely uncomfortable.

"This sister-in-law, we are merchants who went into the mountains to purchase medicinal herbs, encountered heavy snow, and got lost in the mountains, so we came to your house by mistake. We've been in the mountains for a day, and the rice hasn't been eaten, so can you please make us something to eat, sister-in-law. If we have money, we should buy it from you, sister-in-law. ”

"What did this brother say, who can have no difficulties when he is away from home. Lady, quick, make them something to eat. Before Mrs. Lu could answer, her husband had already come over and rubbed his hands and ordered, "The game on the wall should also be dealt with by the guests." ”

Seeing Mrs. Lu nodding, her husband grinned, smiled, and said, "It's hard madam, I'll help Mrs. clean up later." ”

In front of outsiders, Mrs. Lu looked a little embarrassed. Seeing that it was snowing in the courtyard again, he urged his husband to lead the guests to the guest room to rest. It is said to be a guest room, but it is actually a simple room, but it is still somewhat warmer than the empty courtyard.

When Mrs. Lu took the game off the wall, she found that there was still a person standing at the window, the one who had just spoken to her. Looking at his age, he seems to be younger than his husband, and looking at his dress, he doesn't look like a medicinal herb merchant, but like a scholar.

Seeing Mrs. Lu's gaze fall on herself, the young man standing outside the window smiled embarrassedly, pointed to the game that had been placed on the board and asked, "Is this a hare?" ”

Mrs. Lu nodded.

The man said: "This is a good thing, this hare is cold and sweet, and has the effect of nourishing and nourishing qi, quenching thirst and strengthening the spleen, cooling the blood and detoxifying heat and toxin, and benefiting the large intestine." As the saying goes, birds are like pigeons, and animals are like rabbits, and the rabbits here refer to wild rabbits. ”

"You know a lot, we mountain savages know that this hare can be hungry." As she spoke, Mrs. Lu picked up a kitchen knife and chopped the hare open in the middle.

"I'm a doctor, and these are all from medical books. Sister-in-law, what are you going to do? The man said, and walked to the window again. This rabbit is not big or small, and it is excellent for making soup. I brought Huaishan, wolfberry, codonopsis, astragalus and jujube, and with my sister-in-law, you have salt, green onions, and ginger here to make a rabbit meat and spleen soup. ”

"Those you said are all medicinal herbs, right? I know that Codonopsis, it's quite expensive. ”

"It's not expensive, it's not expensive, what my sister-in-law said is the price in the prescription, and we people are the ones who pick medicines, and it's not expensive for ourselves. In this way, sister-in-law looks back, if there are commonly used medicinal materials, say a few flavors, as long as I bring them, I will leave them for you, sister-in-law. ”

Mrs. Lu pondered while washing the hare meat, and after a long time, she asked him, "Are you really a doctor?" ”

"I'm really a doctor, like a fake. Not only am I a doctor, but almost all of the people we travel with are doctors. The man stood at the window with his hands raised: "Sister-in-law, where is she uncomfortable, and you want me to help show her?" ”

"No, no, I'm fine, I just want to ask you, do you know how to make this gold sore medicine? What herbs are needed? My husband is a hunter, and he hunted all these things in the family from the mountains. Some of them are kept for themselves to eat, and the other part is sold in the market. After selling the money, I can buy other things that can be used at home. In this mountain, it is very dangerous, and my husband has gone out ten times, and seven times he has come back with injuries. Although they are all minor injuries, I feel distressed. When the hunters in our village go up the mountain, they will carry gold sore medicine with them, but my husband is reluctant to buy them, he would rather buy me those useless handkerchiefs, hairpins or something, and he is reluctant to buy medicine for himself. I persuaded him, but he didn't listen, I was a woman, and I couldn't walk the mountain road, so I couldn't go to the nearest town, and I happened to meet my husband, so I asked. ”

"You husband and wife have a really good relationship." The man said, with a slight envy in his eyes: "Can you take the liberty of asking, sister-in-law, how did you meet your eldest brother." I don't look like my sister-in-law is from the mountains, standing with my eldest brother, at first glance, she doesn't look like a couple, but like a brother and sister. ”

"Why don't you be from the mountains, I'm from the mountains." Mrs. Lu smiled embarrassedly, and this smile made her look better and better: "The people in the mountains all know each other by talking about relatives." I am blessed that my husband has been very kind to me. ”

As he was talking, he suddenly heard a movement in the guest room, and the man hurriedly ran over to check, followed by Mrs. Lu, she heard the man shouting: "Big brother, why are you ...... How do you kill someone? ”

Kill someone?

Hearing this, Mrs. Lu's hand holding the kitchen knife softened, and after she came back to her senses a little, she put down the kitchen knife and ran in the direction of the guest room. Before she could get to her, she saw several people dragging her husband out of the guest room. Blood fell from her husband's body to the ground, and soon stained the snow on the ground. As soon as her legs went limp, she sat down on the ground, and before she could come back to her senses, a cool knife was placed around her neck. She looked up blankly, and wanted to ask these strangers who she didn't know why she killed her husband, but her mouth opened slightly, and she didn't even spit out a word.

She thought she was going to die, but she ended up living until now, and the reason why she was alive was because the man, that is, Dr. Lu, interceded for her, and it was he who took her out of the wooden house at the foot of the mountain and placed her in the house where she now lives. It was also he who changed her from the original Han Niangzi to the current Mrs. Lu.

"Why did they kill your husband? Also, who are they? Bai Li was confused when she heard this, looked at Mrs. Lu's eyes, and couldn't help but ask the doubts in her heart.