Youzhou Wei Mansion, two people with knives rushed to Wei Xun's room from the running steps, and when they entered the house to say goodbye, Chu Rong'er took Jing Xian to play with bamboo dragonflies on the side. Seeing this, she left with the imp and went outside to play with him.

Hu Cong frowned and replied: "The matter of the snake hub is indeed related to Ye Luo, and the robbery of the prisoners in Yunjian Valley was done by Ye Luo and the group of snake hubs!"

Wei Xun bit his lip, his eyelids wrinkled, "It's reasonable for this snake cardinal person to make a move, but why did Ye Luo want to make this trip to troubled waters?"

The servant replied lightly: "According to the investigation, Ye Luo and Zhao Yingang are brothers, it seems that Ye Luo's kid has a high reputation in the snake hub, and I guess it is the chivalrous feelings of those swordsmen!"

"Any more news on the Serpent's Hub?"

Hu Cong lowered his head and licked his lips, "No, the snake pivot is not an ordinary bandit, and it is difficult to listen to the news, just such a little news, and it took a lot of trouble to inquire from the daughter-in-law of a snake cardinal soldier, and she has to lose that she is a money addict, and she spent a full three silver ingots." ”

Wei Xun pinched his chin with one hand, closed his eyes, and rubbed his stubble. went out, found Chu Rong'er, and made a detailed statement.

Chu Rong'er squeezed a handful of Chengshuang and touched the tip of her nose with her elbow with one hand.

"Brother Xun, as long as it is related to the snake hub, that's good, the snake hub must have news of him. ”

Wei Xun glanced at her in astonishment, "The snake pivot has entered Qi Mountain, and even the soldiers sent by Xu Chonghuan have not been found, how can you be? Even if you enter Qi Mountain, the water stream mountain is dangerous, and you can't get out without half a month's effort!"

Chu Rong'er nodded and took a deep breath.

"I'm going back to Chu Mansion, you are busy first, and besides, I have nothing to teach Jing Xian, he is a piece of material for martial arts, don't waste his talent." ”

Chu Rong'er thanked Wei Xun and rode back to Qingzhou again and again.

During the critical period of the pharmacy in Chufu, she always met some villagers who claimed to be grateful for her father's healing grace and brought some herbs to the pharmacy, saying that they were dug up in the mud alleys and mountains. At that time, Rong'er was concerned about the Chu Mansion, and she didn't think about it deeply, but now that she thinks about it, it's a little weird. Each of the villagers who donated medicinal herbs had a roster, and she had to go back and check it out, hoping to find out something related to the snake hub.

Chu Rong'er hurried to the pharmacy and asked Uncle Wang of the pharmacy for the list recorded in those days.

Looking at it, they are all people from various counties in Qingzhou, and there is nothing strange about it.

Chu Rong'er put the roster in her pocket and rode towards the recorded address.

Guyao Village, Weichuan Town, a loess paved laneway, in and out are some carrying hoes and shovels, two little babies on the side are full of ashes, grab a handful of soil and throw it to another, another child saw the loess thrown head-on, let go of the step, hid in the corner of the soil wall, a glance revealed, secretly looked at the child's movements.

Chu Rong'er rode slowly across the alley on horseback, jumped off the horse in the corner of the wall on the side, and called the two children over.

The two children stared at her with bony eyes, and they had never seen their sister dressed so beautifully.

The two rubbed their hands together, staring at Chu Rong'er's face, waiting for her to ask.

"Do you two know how to get to Carpenter Zhang's house in this village?"

A child stretched out his dirty hand and pointed to a big elm tree in front of him, "Turn back from the front of that big elm tree, and you will see a wooden door, and you will find Uncle Zhang's house when you enter it." ”

The other child laughed and said, "Let's take you straight over!"

Chu Rong'er looked at their immature and innocent appearance, smiled and nodded.

She followed behind the two children with only the reins of the horse, thinking to herself, the life of this farmer's child and Jingxian is very different, but they are both interesting.

After half a pillar of incense, the two children had already led her to Carpenter Zhang's house, although the two children were a little afraid of life, but they were still hospitable, directly pushed open the wooden door of Carpenter Zhang's house, ran into the house and shouted Uncle Zhang.

The courtyard is minimalist, the thatch on the side houses is swept up by the wind, and the main house is an old adobe house with low eaves covered with green tiles, and some pig food is still in the barrel at the cornice. In Guyao Village, Layue can kill a pig for the New Year, even if it is a large family, some poor families, it is a luxury to be able to eat some meat at the end of the year.

Carpenter Zhang heard the shouting of the little winter melon and came out of a small tiled house with a carpenter's special planer.

The little winter melon threw herself directly into his arms, ignoring the dust on his hands.

"Uncle Zhang, she is looking for your house, so I brought it here!"

Carpenter Zhang held the planer in one hand, and his eyes looked at it, Chu Rong'er took three steps forward and greeted politely.

Carpenter Zhang also asked respectfully, "Miss Chu!"

"Little winter melon, little Zhuqing, you two must be polite, and call your sister when you see you!"

The two children looked at her with a disgraced face and shouted intermittently: "Sister... Sister!"

Chu Rong'er saw that there was some dust on the head of the little winter melon, so she stretched out her hand to pull it down, and said with a smile: "You were originally called the little winter melon!

"My boss, she's the second!"

Rong'er smiled, her eyes narrowing slightly. "Why doesn't your brother call you brother?

Little Donggua stretched out his little finger and pointed at Zhuqing and laughed: "She is a woman, my sister." ”

Chu Rong'er frowned, and when she looked closely, her eyebrows were very delicate, but she was wrapped in a layer of loess, and it was really difficult to find that she was a girl.

Carpenter Zhang took a deep breath and said: "When a female baby wears men's clothes, she hides her beauty, and she will inevitably be treated as a boy, don't be surprised!"

Chu Rong'er asked, "Why didn't Daddy dress her up in women's clothes and dress up beautifully?"

"Miss Chu doesn't understand, we poor people, it's already good to have something to wear, the one she wears is still worn by a little winter melon, the eldest wears the second one, and the third one can still be left for the third child to wear!"

Chu Rong'er was stunned for a moment.

Carpenter Zhang called the two children to play in the yard first, and Xiao Qingxin was about to leave school in the private school, so they could play together. The two children, smiling, ran up the stone steps that followed the eaves, picked up their whips familiarly, turned the top ox, and whipped it vigorously.

Carpenter Zhang stared intently, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Chu Rong'er immediately asked, "Uncle Zhang, tell me the truth, did you really dig up those medicinal materials yourself?"

After a pause, Carpenter Zhang slowly replied: "Miss Chu still remembers this, the medicinal materials are all accumulated over the years, and it is already an honor for ordinary people like us to be able to do some modest help for Master Chu's pharmacy this time." ”

Chu Rong'er looked puzzled and said, "But it's true?"

"Really... Tell me the truth, how could I lie to Miss?"

Chu Rong'er didn't know what to say for a while, did she want to run away in vain?

"Miss, there is nothing to entertain in the humble house, go into the house and drink tea, I still have a coffin lid that has not been planed. ”

Then, Carpenter Zhang turned around and was about to walk towards the side room, and greeted loudly: "Xin'er Niang, greet Miss Chu for a cup of hot tea!"

I heard the back room answer.

Chu Rong'er frowned, her eyes rolled, and she happily hooked the curvature of the corners of her mouth.

Chu Rong'er went up the stone steps and followed Xin'er Niang into the house, and the two children also rode on the threshold with a gyrosing top cow, listening to the adults.

Xin'er Niang wiped a celadon cup for Rong'er, poured hot tea, poured a bowl for the two children, handed it to the hand, and the two blew together, you take a sip, I take a sip, and soon drank a bowl, bite the bowl and turn it upside down, and drink not a drop left.

Chu Rong'er picked up the teacup and took a sip, compared to the taste of tea in Chu Mansion, this one was much more bitter.

Rong'er smiled and asked, "Auntie, does Uncle Zhang do any other work besides woodwork?"

He is just such a craft, in addition to building houses for large households, doing wooden work, and making a few coffins in his spare time, which he sells to supplement the family. ”

"Do you have a lot of medicine here?"

"There are not many medicinal herbs, and if there are, they are also some easy-to-grow pampas licorice. This ancient kiln village used to be dedicated to burning pottery, firing the embryo of the god statue to various temples in the city, the situation is very good, now in this world, this craft can not continue, the kiln mouth is closed and closed, and the masters are looking for another way. Burning pottery to dig the mountain soil also destroys the soil quality, and the medicinal materials are even more scarce. ”

"Oh...... Then where did Uncle Zhang get the medicinal herbs?"

"Someone else sent it!" Xin'er Niang felt that she had slipped out, her face instantly sank, and she was a little apprehensive in her heart.

"Sent it, Uncle Zhang is really a friend and neighbor!"

"Hehe, doing carpentry work helpers is a favor. ”

Chu Rong'er knew that she couldn't ask the result anymore, so she smiled reluctantly and didn't ask any more. After drinking the cup of tea, Uncle Zhang and Qingxin both returned to the house, and several children played on the side.

Chu Rong'er looked sad, the gap between the common people is exactly the same as this world, children with family backgrounds can eat, drink, play, and go to private schools, while children from poor families can only wear old clothes, eat nests, play with mud, and rub other people's spinning tops to play.

Chu Rong'er let out a long sigh and quit Uncle Zhang.