The Han family lived in the easternmost part of the village, near the mountain roots. There are only forty or fifty households in the village, and each of them is far away. If someone came from the forest in the east, the first thing they saw was really the Han family.

Northerners are originally hospitable, even if they don't know each other, they will help when they come to their door. Now that the snow is covering the mountain, it will not let people freeze outside. The people in the village are very simple, and few people think about whether the people outside are bad people. And Yun Xue also relied on her own kung fu, and there was also rhubarb, so she hesitated for a moment, and opened the door at the urging of Yun Zhen.

Outside the door were three men, each with a horse behind him. One person in front saw Yun Xue open the door, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Trouble, we are from the capital." Just because someone in the family is seriously ill, they need to use ginseng for more than 200 years. We came here and wanted to buy ginseng, but we didn't get it. I wondered if I could try my luck in the mountains, but I lost my way. The man saluted to Yun Xue and said the reason.

"Under this heavy snow, the sky and the earth are white, and I can't tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest, but I just watched from a distance that there was a bright light here, so I came over. I don't know if it's inconvenient for you, can you let us stay for one night? The man looked at Yun Xue with a pleading expression on his face.

Yun Xue looked at the three people in front of her, the one who spoke just now seemed to be a servant. And the person behind him had a cold expression, without any expression on his face, and looked like the master. The other one is supposed to be a servant as well. The three of them were dressed well, and the style was slightly different from the local one, and it seemed that they had come from afar.

"Come in, you can't be frozen in the snow." Yun Xue turned around and let them into the courtyard. "Second brother, take them to tie up the horses, and get some bean and corn stalks to feed the horses."

Yun Zhen nodded and did what the eldest sister told him.

"Childe, let's rest here tonight, when we go out, Childe can only settle down." The one who spoke first hurriedly spoke to his master.

The cold-faced man nodded, didn't say anything, just followed Yun Xue into the house. The other man, naturally, followed Yun Zhen to settle the horses.

Yun Lin went out with Yun Xue just now, and when he saw that the eldest sister agreed to let these people in, he hurriedly went back to the house first, and let the big yellow mother and son go to the east room to stay first. Regarding the rhubarb mother and son, it is best not to let outsiders know.

Yun Xue led these people into the house, "A few people, our family is a little small, let's live in the Westinghouse tonight." A few guests are afraid that they are also hungry, and it happens that they have made meatball soup at home tonight, and there are some in the pot, if a few don't mind, you can eat some to warm your body. ”

Yun Xue hurriedly put another table in the kitchen, and then came out of the pot with three bowls of soup. He took out the freshly steamed cakes and pickles for the evening, and put them on the table. "We don't have anything to eat in our farmhouse, and a few guests will eat it right away, it's better than going hungry."

At this time, Yun Zhen and another person also came in from outside. So Yun Xue left the three of them to eat in the kitchen, while their sister and brother went into the house to eat.

"Yunlin, a few of you will move to this house to sleep later, and let's squeeze together tonight. The big yellow lady and the two of them can just sleep on the edge of the fire wall. Yun Xue arranged the accommodation for the night. There were only two kang shops in the house that were burned, and the guests and their younger brothers could not be crowded together, so they had to squeeze their sisters and brothers.

So, after eating, Yun Xue led Yun Lin and Yun Zhen to take the bedding that their parents originally used to the West House, and carried all the covers of their younger brothers to the East House.

"Three guests, this futon is clean, please rest assured. There is hot water in the pot, so if you want to burn your feet or something at night, you can use it casually. If there's anything else, just call us at any time. Yun Xue walked into the kitchen, finished the arrangements for the evening, and was about to turn around and go back to the house.

"This girl, please wait, there is something I want to ask next." The one who spoke first shouted.

Yun Xue stopped and looked back at them. "I wonder if the three guests have anything else to ask?"

"That's right, we are from the Shen family in the capital, and we are in Shen Fu. We wanted to ask the girl who has 200 years of ginseng in the nearby village. We're really in a hurry. This Shen Quan asked.

Yun Xue shook her head, "I really haven't heard of it, the price of ginseng that is more than two hundred years old is not low." If any of them got it, they would have been sold long ago, and they wouldn't have been kept at home. As you can see, this is a poor little village, who gets a good thing, and doesn't sell it for money quickly? ”

Shen Fu listened to Yun Xue's words and was a little disappointed. "Young Master, what can I do about this? Otherwise, let's try our luck in the mountains? ”

When Yun Xue heard this, she laughed. "The best season for picking ginseng is mid-July, when the ginseng seeds are ripe, red, and easy to distinguish. At this time, don't say that you are a foreigner, and you have never seen ginseng. Even if you are a native of the area, you can't find ginseng when you go into the mountains. Don't waste your efforts. If you get lost in the mountains, it's dangerous. ”

Outsiders think that ginseng is produced in this Changbai Mountain area, but in fact, how do they know that this ginseng is not so easy to dig. In this, it is also about chance. If you don't have that life, even if you step on the soles of your feet, you may not be able to tell the difference. What's more, at this moment, the grass and trees have withered and yellowed, and the leaves of ginseng have long withered and fallen down, so where can I look for them?

When Shen Fu heard this, his expression was a little depressed. "Well, is there no way to do it? There are people at home waiting to use it. ”

"You can go to Linjiang Prefecture to have a look, after all, it is a state city, and there may be one in the pharmacy." Yun Xue is not sure, after all, ginseng that is more than two hundred years old is a treasure wherever it is placed, and it may not be available in the state city.

"We've already looked for it in the state city, but no." Shen Fu sighed, "It seems that this is fate." ”

"Forget it, Shen Fu, there's no way if you can't find it. After all, we did our best, let it be fate. The grim man spoke. It's getting late, so let's get some rest and ask somewhere else tomorrow. ”

The man's voice was very pleasant, and Yun Xue unconsciously looked at him a few more times. It's really a handsome guy, it's just too cold, and there is no expression on his face, but like an iceberg. Yun Xue suddenly felt as if this person had seen it somewhere, but where had she seen it? Yun Xue couldn't remember.

"By the way, you haven't asked the girl's last name yet? Thanks to the girl's help, you can't even know what the benefactor is doing. The grim man looked up and asked Yunxue.

The two people next to him were a little surprised, the master has always been the most cherished of words, and rarely speaks on weekdays, what is the matter today, he is actually interested in talking to a peasant girl?

"Don't dare, little peasant girl, you can't be expensive. The surname is Han. Yun Xue smiled, and then turned around and went back to the East House. The kang in the Westinghouse has already been hot, so the three guests should rest early. I don't have to clean up the table, I'll clean it up tomorrow morning. ”

The three men got up and came to the West House, and Shen Fu touched the kang with his hand, which was really hot and comfortable. "Master, let's rest early, I'm really tired these days. The little one went to get some hot water and scalded his feet. With that, Shen Fu went to fetch hot water.

The cold-faced man sat on the edge of the kang and looked at the east room, but he didn't know what he was thinking. When Shen Fu brought back hot water, the man took off his shoes and socks and soaked his feet in hot water.

In the east room, Yunxue and the others all lay down in the hot quilt, and Rhubarb and his son were lying on the ground. Yun Xue spread a roe deer skin mattress on the ground, and Xiao Huang lay on it, which was quite comfortable. In fact, tigers are not afraid of the cold, their thick fur is enough to withstand the cold. But Yun Xue felt sorry for Xiao Huang and was afraid that he would be wronged, so she spread something on the ground.

"Sister, who is here tonight?" Yunni had been inside the house all along, so she didn't know what was going on outside.

"They said they were from the capital, and they were looking for ginseng that was very old. At this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to find it. Who got the ginseng, and didn't sell it all? Yun Xue told her younger siblings about the three people in Westinghouse.

"Eldest sister, they don't seem to be ordinary people. I helped to set up their horses, and the saddle bridles and other things of the horses were not ordinary. Yun Zhen remembered what he had just seen, "That horse is also a good horse, and it is an excellent breed at first glance, I am afraid that if it is a horse, it will be worth a lot of silver." ”

At this point, Yun Xue is not surprised. She also looked at it just now, and the clothes on those people were all very good. Not to mention that son, even the clothes on Shen Fu's body are also excellent satin. If you think about it, these people are not ordinary people, ordinary people, even if someone in the family is sick, they can't afford to use ginseng for medicine for more than 200 years.

"Leave them alone, go to bed. Anyway, they're here to spend the night, and they'll leave tomorrow morning. As long as they're not bad people and don't have any bad ideas, we don't have to worry. In the mountains, it is normal for people to come and spend the night. Yun Xue was a little sleepy and said in a daze.

At this time of the day, they are already asleep. Someone came tonight and tossed for a while before he slept late. Everyone was quiet, and after a while, they all fell asleep.

When she woke up the next morning, Yun Xue hurriedly got up and went to cook on the fire. But on the kitchen table, he found a piece of paper, and two ingots of ten taels of silver.

"Thank you for taking in, Shen has something important to do, and he can't stay for a long time. Please forgive me for saying goodbye. "I wrote a few words on the paper, and the writing was vigorous and vigorous, but it was excellent.