By the time we arrived at the village below, the sun had completely set. The whole village was pitch black, and there was no movement.

Zhang Qing knew that the poor people in this era paid attention to the sunrise and daily income, in fact, they were reluctant to spend oil to light the lamp at night. It's just getting dark now, and the villagers are probably still doing some housework in the dark, and after a while, they will go to bed to rest.

Ah Longyin said that Aunt Zhou lives at the very edge of the village, which is also very good, Zhang Qing doesn't plan to let too many people know that she is here, this is also for the sake of safety.

Miss Sheng Miao came to the door of this family with a small courtyard and gently buttoned the door knocker a few times. Then I heard a dog barking inside, and after a while someone came out of the back room, and muttered as they walked out, "Who doesn't sleep at night, and comes everywhere." ”

The courtyard door opened with a "squeak", and a middle-aged man with a full beard stood inside the door holding an oil lamp. He was startled when he saw the masked girl standing outside the door, and then he saw the little boy behind her, and he didn't understand why this strange combination appeared outside his door.

However, seeing that although the two of them were a little embarrassed, they were dressed extraordinarily and had outstanding temperament, so they didn't dare to ask carelessly: "What are you two knocking on my door for?"

"Huh, isn't this Mrs. Zhou's house, who are you?" Before Zhang Qing could speak, Ah Longyin asked directly.

"Looking for my mother-in-law, how do you know my mother-in-law?" The man was a little vigilant, how could his mother-in-law not know, except for a few times to the town on the other side of the river, basically never went out of the village for ten miles, how could he know the two people in front of him who were not from a small place at first glance.

"Aunt Zhou made me delicious bean buns, of course I know you, are you her man?"

"Yes, of course I'm my mother-in-law's man. "The man thinks it's very strange, when did my mother-in-law make bean bags for such a girl with a covered face? Although she doesn't look very old and has a good voice, she doesn't look like a good person dressed in black and covering her head and face.

Zhang Qing couldn't let this girl who didn't understand the world speak in a daze, so she hurriedly said: "This uncle, we came from outside, because it was dark, so we had to find this village, hoping to find a place to spend the night." Rest assured, we will pay. ”

Seeing that the man was still a little puzzled, he hurriedly said: "My sister passed by here a few days ago and exchanged some food with Aunt Zhou.

Xu is a child of Zhang Qing, and he speaks decently, the man did not stop in front of the door again, but hesitated to let it out, and shouted inside: "Family, come out quickly." ”

"What's the matter, don't let people live in peace at night?" came back from the room, and after a while a tall and sturdy woman came out, who looked even bigger than the man in front of her.

She saw Ah Longyin who had entered the courtyard at a glance, and clapped her hands and said in surprise: "Ah, it turned out to be you, a girl! You can be regarded as coming out of the mountains, I heard the village head Lao Li say yesterday that he met a wolf in the mountains, you don't know how worried I am." ”

She took two steps to Ah Longyin, and at a glance saw her arm hanging on her chest, and couldn't help but feel distressed: "You girl, if you don't let you go, you want to go, and what master told you to go to collect medicine, how can there be a bastard master who let a little girl go into this kind of deep mountain and old forest to collect medicine." Isn't this hurting, let the eldest lady see if it's okay, right?"

A Longyin wanted to refute her and say that her master was a bastard, but she was a little overwhelmed by her enthusiasm, in fact, the last time she came here, Aunt Zhou enthusiastically persuaded her not to enter the mountain, but at that time, the girl who had just gone out didn't know how to treat this overzealous lady, and the Chinese language was not good, so she had to leave in a hurry after changing the food.

It was still Zhang Qing who was next to him to relieve the siege: "Alas, it was also my sister who accidentally broke her arm in the woods, fortunately we know some medical skills ourselves, otherwise it would not be easy to do." ”

He couldn't say that it was an injury from a fight, and when he saw that the two in front of him were honest peasants, if he said such a thing, he wouldn't be shocked.

At this time, Aunt Zhou saw Zhang Qing standing on the side, to be honest, she was an ordinary rural woman, and she usually came into contact with either rude village men or leather children rolling on the ground, but she had never seen such a polite and beautiful young man, and she couldn't help but have a good impression in her heart, and hurriedly asked, "Who is this young master?"

"Ha, I'm not a young master, just call me Zhang Qing. My sister and I met in the mountains, so we didn't come here at that time. Now that the medicine has been collected, I am ready to cross the river and go home tomorrow, hoping to spend the night at my eldest mother's house. ”

Saying that, he took out five taels of silver from his bosom - this is still inherited from the property of the dead ghost Li Yue, handed it to the man next to him and said: "This is the money for the accommodation, and we are a little hungry, can you trouble the eldest lady to prepare some food for us?"

He also didn't expect that he would stay in the mountains for so long, and he would have to prepare food for the two of them, and the food he got from the Qian family's carriage was not too much, and the last bit of food was eaten at noon, and he was hungry at this time.

"This 。。。。。 This!" the man stared at the silver in his hand with wide eyes, trembling slightly, and couldn't even speak clearly. He is an old farmer who farms the land for a living, and he usually barters, even if he exchanges grain for money, it is just some copper plates, where has he ever touched silver.

However, Aunt Zhou was better than her man, although she was also attracted by the piece of silver, but she quickly reacted and hurriedly said: "This is not suitable, but you can't use so much money to eat some food for one night." Lao Zhou, return it to others quickly. ”

Lao Zhou on the side was still a little reluctant, but when he saw his mother-in-law glaring vigorously, the honest man still handed the silver in his hand to Zhang Qing.

Zhang Qing probably understood Aunt Zhou's thoughts, probably because she was young, thinking that she didn't understand the value of money and gave it to people casually, in case the elders came to find the account in the future, their family of farmers could not afford it.

So he smiled and pushed Lao Zhou's hand back, and then said: "Uncle Zhou, Aunt Zhou, don't worry, this silver is my own, I will take it for you, and this is what you deserve." Can you prepare some food for us now and then boil some hot water, I really haven't had a chance to wash up in the mountains these days. ”

Although Zhang Qing is small, his aura completely suppressed the Zhou family and his wife, and the relaxed but unquestionable voice made them completely follow his words.

Aunt Zhou reacted quickly, knowing that she had this foreign wealth today, so she hurriedly led the two of them into the house: "Okay, Auntie will thank you." Come, sit down in the house and drink some water, and the eldest lady will go and cook food for you. ”

After speaking, he turned his head and glared at Uncle Zhou, who was still in a daze, and said angrily: "Old Zhou, what are you still stunned about, why don't you hurry up and kill a chicken, and touch two more eggs to come out, so I can cook for the two children!"

Uncle Zhou woke up like a dream, put away the money, and went to kill chickens according to the command of his mother-in-law, while Aunt Zhou poured water for the two people who entered the house, and went to the room to start cooking.

Zhang Qing looked at the furnishings in the house with interest, he had not seen what the rural people in this era were like, and he turned around and found that although the bigwigs in Yunzhong City lived much richer and more comfortable than modern people, but this civilian home still could not get rid of the shackles of feudal society, the narrow earthen room, a few pieces of old furniture that had been used for a long time, like the ancient Chinese peasants.

Ah Longyin whispered to Brother A Qing next to her: "You are so powerful, you can calm Aunt Zhou in a few words." You don't know, the last time I came, she kept talking to me, and I didn't even know how to answer. ”

Zhang Qing had no choice but to smile, he found that the young lady was very lacking in the ability to communicate with people, it should be her master who was full of house attributes, and after escaping, it was necessary for her to learn how to interact with people, otherwise she would help count the money if she was sold.

After a while, Aunt Zhou sent the food at a low price, and there were no good things, just roast chicken, stewed potatoes, scrambled eggs, and two large bowls of rice. However, the two of them were already very hungry, and they ate in a hurry, and even Ah Longyin lifted her veil slightly, revealing a small chin to facilitate her eating.

Aunt Zhou next to her was still saying: "Girl, why did you say that you still wear a veil when you eat, is it inconvenient for your hands, Auntie help you." As he spoke, he wanted to help her get rid of it.

"No, this is Master's rule. Ah Longyin pushed her hand away at once, stood up and looked at Aunt Zhou seriously, and said, there was such a terrifying momentum.

"Ugh. The eldest lady didn't know why one sentence made the girl angry, and she looked at the two of them at a loss.

Zhang Qing had no choice but to relieve the siege again: "It's okay, sister, hurry up and sit down to eat, don't stand." Ah Longyin heard Zhang Qing call her sister, and immediately sat down, anyway, she wasn't angry, she just didn't understand the euphemism.

"Auntie, don't worry about it, this is the rule of their master, not for you. Zhang Qing comforted Aunt Zhou next to her again.