Chapter 12: The Hermit in the Mountains (6)
The young woman took the rabbit, handed it to Tang Yun, and said softly: "Let's rest today, let's go back first, tomorrow there will be a stretcher over, you can just follow them." β
"Thank you, big sister. It's just that I dare to ask the eldest sister for her name, and the younger sister has a title. Tang Yun said.
"Hehe, my surname is Zhao, my name is Zhao Min, you can just call Aunt Zhao. Ming Zhao's father's surname is Zhang. Miss Tang doesn't need to be polite, I'm not used to so many rules, but this Mayan girl is straightforward and innocent, and she is very cute. The young woman said with a smile.
"Aunt Zhao?" Maya looked at the young woman strangely, seeing that the young woman was only in her early thirties, and asked them to call her aunt.
What kind of character Zhao Min is, he understood what she meant just by looking at Maya's expression, and said with a smile: "Hehe, Maya girl, it's not that I take advantage of you, it's still appropriate for you to call Aunt Zhao." β
"Thank you Aunt Zhao for that. Tang Yun will be waiting for tomorrow. Tang Yun saluted again.
"I said I don't have to be so polite, hehe. Okay, it's time for us to go back. Mingzhao, let's go. After that, he pulled Ming Zhao and walked out of the cave, but Ming Zhao seemed to be a little reluctant to look back at Tang Yun and the others.
"Sister, Aunt Zhao, ...... Who are they? Can you really save Brother Zhu? The first-class young woman and Na Mingzhao walked away, and Maya asked Tang Yun anxiously.
"I don't know, it's probably a master who lives in the mountains. I only hope that your brother Zhu will be healed. Tang Yun couldn't help but muttered with her hands together. Maya saw the appearance of Tang Yun, so she hurriedly learned to close her eyes and pray together.
At that moment, Maya roasted the two rabbits carefully, ate some by herself, and Tang Yun fed some more to Zhu Wenyu, everything was busy, but Maya still took care of the fire, Tang Yun hugged Zhu Wenyu, and the three of them fell asleep around the fire.
Sure enough, when he woke up early the next morning, Tang Yun had heard the sound of snow stepping outside the cave. After a while, I only heard Zhang Mingzhao's voice coming from outside the cave: "Sister Tang Yun, Sister Maya, I'm Mingzhao, I'm coming out, my mother said to invite Sister Tang and the three of you to go home as guests." β
Tang Yun poked his head out and saw Zhang Mingzhao leading two boys in blue-gray clothes carrying a stretcher and standing at the foot of the mountain outside the cave.
"Thank you, Sister Mingzhao, we'll come." Tang Yun shouted. Hurriedly cleaned up with Maya, and Tang Yun carried Zhu Wenyu on his back, and Maya walked out of the cave with the swords of Zhu Tang and the others.
"Come, let me introduce to you, these two are my elder brother, eldest brother Zhang Mingwu, second brother Zhang Mingxun, this is Sister Tang Yun, this is Sister Maya." Zhang Mingzhao is a serious person, living like a little adult.
"Sister Tang Yun is good, Sister Maya is good." The two boys said in unison. I saw that the two boys were thirteen or fourteen years old, handsome, six or seven points similar to Ming Zhao, they were exactly the same, obviously twin brothers of the same child, although they were minors, they were as calm as adults, and there was a faint heroic spirit.
Tang Yun looked at the stretcher and said worriedly: "Two younger brothers, there are five or six miles away, can you carry it?" She had asked Maya carefully last night, and estimated that the place where the young woman surnamed Zhao lived was not far from where Maya caught rabbits.
"Sister, don't worry, just put it up." The two boys said in unison, barely able to distinguish their voices.
Tang Yun put Zhu Wenyu down on the stretcher suspiciously, and before he could find a way to find a strip of cloth to fix it, the two boys had already carried it, Tang Yun hurriedly followed, and Ming Zhao and Maya followed last.
Tang Yun was always afraid that the stretcher would be uneven, and Zhu Wenyu would roll down, but who knew that the two boys were not only extremely stable carrying the stretcher, without a trace of shaking, but also walking like flying, Tang Yun almost had to carry light skills to keep up. That Ming Zhao actually followed behind the stretcher without lagging behind, and walked on a level with Maya.
"It seems that these three people are really famous, and they have such cultivation at a young age, especially these two boys, looking at the posture of carrying the stretcher, so steady, not red and breathless, martial arts are almost not under me, internal strength is probably higher than me, only thirteen or fourteen years old, and the achievements in the future are limitless. I don't know what kind of person this Aunt Zhao is, which martial arts master her husband is, and how does he live in seclusion in this deep mountain? Tang Yun thought secretly as she walked, and her confidence in Zhao Min was a little more sufficient.
Five or six miles of mountain road has been reached in a blink of an eye, Maya saw that she had arrived at the place where she hunted rabbits yesterday, only to see that Zhang Mingwu and Zhang Mingxun continued to walk forward with a stretcher, and then turned to the foot of the mountain, and the eyes were suddenly bright. It turned out that there was a small valley flat land in the deep mountains, a small stream flowed through the valley, there was a big orchard by the stream, there was a small courtyard next to the orchard, there were several wooden houses in the courtyard, and the young woman in front of the house was holding a bamboo tray and was feeding the chickens and ducks in the courtyard, just like a farmer's family. It's just that in the deep mountains, the surroundings are very tidy, and it makes people feel that it is not an ordinary villager, but a secluded place like a paradise.
Na Mingzhao saw the young woman from a distance, sped up his pace and ran to the front, shouting as he ran: "Mother-motherββ, Sister Tang Yun is here." β
The young woman put down the bamboo plate with a smile and greeted her, only to see that she had changed into an ordinary peasant woman's dress, but the coarse clothes and coarse cloth could not hide the grace and luxury in her expression at all.
"Aunt Zhao!" Tang Yun bent forward slightly.
"Okay, okay, Miss Tang, you're welcome, help your brother into the house, our family has not had guests for many years, and today there are three more guests. Stay here for a few days and heal your brother's wounds. β
was talking here, and the two brothers of the Zhang family had carried Zhu Wenyu to the wooden house without saying a word.
"When I came back yesterday, the two brothers hurriedly built two rooms and made some tables, chairs and stools, Miss Tang, Miss Maya, don't dislike it, just shelter from the wind and rain." The young woman said with a smile.
Tang Yun took a closer look, and sure enough, the wooden house that he went in was still new, and it was indeed a newly built place, so he couldn't help but be moved: "Thank you Aunt Zhao for taking care of me, Tang Yun thanked Aunt Zhao for her kindness on behalf of her brothers and sisters." That Maya also hurriedly followed Tang Yun and curtsied.
"Don't be polite, two girls. In the past few days, Mingzhao's father has gone into the mountains to collect medicine, and it will be some days before he returns. Just when you came, the house was more lively. How about you stay here so that you can recuperate, and I'll treat your brother tomorrow?" β
"Don't thank you for your kindness, then Tang Yun can only remember Aunt Zhao's great kindness and virtue. I don't know what Uncle Zhang is called? Why do you live in seclusion in the mountains? Now that the snow is so heavy that the mountains are closed, why does Uncle Zhang still have to go into the mountains to collect medicine? β
"Hehe, Ming Zhao's father's name is Zhang Wuji. He has always loved quiet, and he doesn't like chores, so we live in the mountains. In the past two years, Mingzhao's father has devoted himself to the treatment of leprosy, and has thought of a lot of methods, some medicinal materials like cold and yin, so he took advantage of the heavy snow to go into the mountains to collect medicines to see if he could find some medicinal materials with good effect. β
"If Uncle Zhang can really research a cure for leprosy, it will really benefit the world." Tang Yun sighed.
Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang had ordered a strict ban on Ming religion after ascending to the Ming Dynasty, and the world was fighting to unify the territory for many years. Therefore, Tang Yun did not react very much as Zhao Min expected.
"Yes, Mingzhao's father also thinks this matter is very meaningful, so he has been busy with this matter for two or three years. Originally, we were free in this mountain, and we didn't have to think about anything, but we have been at ease for nearly 20 years, and since he hit this idea, he can't take care of our mothers and sons, hehe. β
Maya next to her looked at Zhao Min in surprise. "Twenty years?" he asked. β
Zhao Min immediately knew what he meant, and said with a smile: "Mayan girl, don't look at me like that, I told you a long time ago that Aunt Zhao will not yield to you, hehe, I am over forty years old, but maybe because of martial arts, I look a little younger." β
Maya was surprised: "Why are you a little younger? It really looks like she is in her twenties, if it weren't for Ming Zhao saying that those two were her brothers, I really thought that Aunt Zhao was only thirty at most. β
Zhao Min saw Maya's sincerity, his heart was happy, and he hurriedly said: "Maya girl is really awarded." How can it be so good? Twenty years of living in the mountains is no longer what it used to be. β
Maya quietly stuck out her tongue and grimaced, not speaking again. Zhao Min looked at Maya's naughty look and couldn't help but laugh happily.
At that moment, Tang Yun carefully settled Zhu Wenyu on the bed, boiled some hot water to wash Zhu Wenyu's face, wiped his body, made some hot porridge and fed him, seeing Zhu Wenyu's ruddy face and sleeping sweetly, Tang Yun finally breathed a sigh of relief from his heart. In the past few days, seeing Zhu Wenyu seriously injured but helpless, not only in this snowy deep mountain, not only has there be no medical treatment, but even eating is a big problem, Tang Yun really feels haggard under anxiety. At this time, Zhu Wenyu was able to settle down, and eating was solved, and more importantly, Sister Zhao Min said that Zhu Wenyu's injury was saved, and a stone fell to the ground in her heart, so she finally couldn't support it anymore, and the kimono fell next to Zhu Wenyu and fell into a deep sleep.
That Maya is still childlike, although she still remembers Zhu Wenyu's injury in her heart, but seeing Tang Yun settle Zhu Wenyu on the bed well, she is a little relieved, and her curiosity rises again.
I saw that Ming Zhao's small body was walking through the orchard, and between advancing and retreating, the light exercise method was almost not inferior to Maya. As for the Mingwu brothers, they were honestly practicing swords in the open space, and they saw that the two long swords were not fast or slow, advancing and retreating, and the two of them moved neatly and neatly, and there was no difference in the slightest. Maya doesn't know swordsmanship, just look at it for fun, in fact, if you are a master, although the swordsmanship practiced by the two brothers is mediocre, it is just the entry swordsmanship of the Wudang faction, but the gestures are calm, the steps are flat, every move is extremely serious, the angle of the moment of the sword is exactly the same, and the sword is also still as loose as a mile when the sword is not deviated, and there is no slightest shaking at the tip of the sword, it is a very solid basic skill, and the movements are stretched and retreated freely, even if it is the arrogant person in the second generation of disciples of the Wudang faction, he may not have such a solid martial arts foundation, There is already a faint kind of master's bearing.