Chapter 45: The Night Storm (Part II)
Squeak squeak!
Su Li was looking around, looking for the whereabouts of Qing'er and the little girl, and under the tarpaulin, the snake in the jar became active again, making bursts of screams.
Aggressive!
The snake became more and more manic or, as Qing'er said, happy, constantly hitting the fence that was buckled upside down on the mouth of the altar, it seemed that it was really like a wanderer returning home, seeing his homeland on a small boat, he had no time to dock, and fell into the water one after another, and wanted to quickly touch the other side.
"Disobedient again."
Qing'er walked out of the inn alone, with a rare bit of anger on her pretty face.
She pulled out a small blue vial from her bosom and sprinkled a little yellowish powder into each of the hedges, and the snake soon fell silent.
"Qing'er, is your powder so fragrant?"
Su Li sniffled and said thoughtfully.
"No, my powder doesn't taste."
Su Li leaned his nose to Qing'er, "Well, that's your body is fragrant." ”
A strange light flashed in Qing'er's eyes, and then, she smiled innocently, "No, I'm just a stinky girl, how can I be fragrant." ”
Tilting his head and thinking about it, he raised his sleeves and smelled it, and his face once again flashed with a slightly disgusted look, "It's uncle's carpenter work." ”
"You just saw an uncle doing carpenter's work? Smelly of wood? ”
"Uh-huh, just now!"
The anger on Qing'er's face was even stronger, she bit her lip, stomped her foot, and snorted angrily: "I took the little girl to her father, but her father ignored it, only caring about cutting wood there, I asked him where the little girl's clothes were, and he didn't speak."
If it weren't for the fact that the little girl looked like him, and really thought it wasn't his daughter, I found the clothes in a wooden box and changed them for her, and she was already so cold that her whole body was frozen, and she was sneezing, afraid that she would suffer from the cold
I wrapped her in the quilt, and she had to come out to play, and after coaxing for a long time, and giving her a lot of candy, she closed her eyes and fell asleep, and she slept so sweetly, and I don't know how long I hadn't slept either, such a poor fellow, such a cruel father. ”
"Childe." Qing'er suddenly said thoughtfully: "Doesn't my sister's father love her either?" ”
Su Li shook his head, indicating that he didn't know, "No wonder it took you so long to come out, which made me worry for a while." ”
"Hey!"
Qing'er stuck out her tongue, a little embarrassed, "The uncle used the sawdust to cook chicken porridge in the stove, and the little girl pointed to it, she wanted to invite me to eat, although she didn't speak, so I ...... Hey, in the past, the old uncle of the big red gourd used to take me to catch the chicken and cook porridge......"
Looking at Qing'er's innocent appearance, Su Li smiled, "Qing'er, don't you want to play a little girl's game?" I'll play with you. ”
"I'm not a child, how can I like it, hey, Childe wants to play?"
"Well, that'......"
Su Li stood on one foot, and the other foot was propped up, like a hen in an independent position.
"Easy!"
Qing'er immediately came to a golden rooster to be independent, and she could jump around, which was very joyful.
"One more complicated one!"
Su Li breathed a sigh of relief and drew a straight line on the ground with his toes, "You walk along the straight line from one end to the other." ”
"It's not complicated!"
Qing'er walked back and forth a few times along the straight line, spreading her hands, and didn't think it was interesting, so she jumped up and down in the grid drawn by the little girl.
Su Li smiled slightly, ignored it anymore, whispered a few words to Ye Hong, and then yawned.
Qing'er immediately jumped over and took Su Li's hand, "Childe is sleepy, let's go back to sleep." ”
……
The matchmaker slept very soundly in the room, her body was facing the wall, the quilt was wrapped very tightly, but her hair was tied back on.
Qing'er obediently climbed into bed, did not alarm the matchmaker, lay down sideways, winked at Su Li, stuck out her tongue, then closed her eyes, a sweet smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, and then turned over, towards the inner wall, and then turned over towards the door, the small oil lamp reflected her little face, and her eyes were gurgling under her eyelids.
Su Li shook his head, thinking that the little girl didn't sleep well, but when she was in the study with her before, she was in the same position all night, sleeping very well, and drooling.
He looked at his sleeves, it seemed that there was still the smell of Qing'er's saliva on it, and showed a light smile, and then looked at the mourning hall blankly, Cai Dian seemed to be weird everywhere, but he couldn't tell where the weirdness was.
Click!
About half an hour later, Qing'er's breathing was even, she fell asleep, and there was a gentle sound of footsteps outside the mourning hall.
Lao Cai was holding a tray in his hand, with three bowls of porridge on it, and an oil lamp, he came to the side of the door, slapped his body slightly, and said in a low voice:
"Childe, according to the habits of the old decay in the countryside, but whoever keeps vigil, when he is approaching the son, he has to drink a bowl of porridge to go to bad luck, and the identity of the son is noble, naturally he is not keeping vigil for the old decay's nephew and daughter-in-law, but it is good to be close and go to bad luck."
"Since it's custom, then I'll wake up the two of them and eat a bowl too, by the way, the brothers outside don't know ......"
"The old man has ordered his family to send it."
Su Li held the porridge on the table, the porridge was full of aroma, there were a few green coriander floating on it, and there seemed to be a few red wolfberries below, the red, red, green and green were very good-looking, he scooped it with a spoon, the porridge was very thick and cottony, and there were a few bulging chicken legs in it, which were boiled with fragrant wood as firewood, and there was a faint woody fragrance inside, such as Qing'er's body.
Click!
After another half an hour, Lao Cai came over, Su Li handed the tray and bowl back to him, wiped the corners of his mouth, and was a little embarrassed, "Uncle, I can't eat well after a few days of traveling, I ate your porridge tonight, I have a big appetite, I don't know if I can ......."
"Childe." Lao Cai lowered his voice, and under the oil lamp, his face was a little dignified, "This porridge can't be eaten after an hour, I'm afraid...... I'm afraid of being upset......"
After Lao Cai finished speaking, he took out a small bag from his arms, walked to the front of the mourning hall, turned his back to Su Li, and slowly retreated, a layer of white smoke spilled out of the small bag, and the smoke fell to the ground, spreading a thin layer of white powder, and I don't know if it was flour or lime powder.
"Childe." Lao Cai appeared beside Su Li again, his face was a little weird, and his voice was even heavier, "No matter what movement you hear later, don't be surprised, don't make a noise, it's best to sleep with your eyes closed, as if you didn't see anything......"
After Lao Cai finished speaking, he lowered his head, rolled his two hands in his sleeves, carefully dodged the white ash on the ground, and walked out.
"Lao Cai!"
Su Li's hand was like the wind, grabbed Lao Cai's shoulder, Lao Cai's body pounced forward slightly, and then fell backwards, seeing that he was about to hit the floor on all fours, Su Li helped him up.
Lao Cai's face was like earth, he looked at Su Li in panic, panting, and bowed for a long time before bowing, "Childe, is there anything that the old man is not good at, yes, you still want to eat porridge, old man ......"
"No, I just wanted to ask the old man, what will happen tonight? What if I were alarmed by something? ”
"Is there something wrong? What can happen? ”
Lao Cai seemed to be a different person, and he vigorously denied it, as if it was not him who was talking to Su Li just now.
After speaking, he was in a hurry and walked out, not forgetting to turn around three times in one step, looking at Su Li, as if he was worried that he would come to pull his shoulders again.
Duh!
When Lao Cai was about to turn the inner hall, his heels pressed heavily on the floor, and he turned around in vain, returning straight to Su Li with no expression on his face.
"Childe, please rest assured, as long as Zishi is fine, nothing can happen, Childe can sleep in peace!"