Chapter 21: Dating
After Mu Qing finished speaking, Tong Chen smiled: "Really, I didn't even know that my medicine was so magical!"
"Is it your family's special medicine?" Mu Qing looked at Tong Chen.
Tong Chen shook his head and replied ambiguously: "Don't count." ”
Mu Qing didn't ask any more deeply, she didn't know what to think, she suddenly stopped and said, "By the way, there is still one bottle of medicinal powder you gave me that has not been used up, and I came out in a hurry today, and I forgot to take it out for you!"
"Ahem!" Tong Chen waved his hand: "It's all for you, what are you going to do for me?" If you don't use it up, you can keep it and use it later, you don't need to give it to me!"
After speaking, thinking of the conversation he heard Mu Qing and those people on the mountain that day, he said casually: "You are a pharmacist?"
"Pharmacist?" Mu Qing was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "That's really part of my dream, but it's a pity that I'm not, and I shouldn't have a chance to be in the future." ”
"En?" Tong Chen was a little confused when he heard this: "What do you mean? You should have gone to the mountain to collect medicine that day, right? If you are not a pharmacist, are you also a medicine boy in the family like me?"
While talking, the two unconsciously walked to a green grass in the wild, the breeze blew, blowing up a strand of hair on Mu Qing's forehead, Mu Qing raised his head slightly, and the flash of his eyes made Tong Chen lose his mind.
"I'm not a pharmacist, I'm not a medicine boy, but my dream since I was a child was to become a great alchemist. Mu Qing spoke slowly, with a hint of abruptness in her tone: "But my father thinks it's an unrealistic idea, instead of working hard for a goal that can never be reached, it's better not to choose to take this path in the first place, so I have already chosen to give up before my dream has begun to be put into practice." ”
"Then who were you that day?" Tong Chen looked at Mu Qing.
Mu Qing smiled: "Although I gave up my dream of becoming an alchemist, I also know a little about some medicinal materials, and I usually go out to collect medicines with the medicine boy at home when I am fine, and this is what you saw that day." ”
"I see!" Tong Chen nodded, and then he was a little puzzled: "But why is it said that becoming an alchemist is a goal that can never be reached?
Hearing Tong Chen's words, Mu Qing turned her head to look at Tong Chen: "What's the matter, do you think this is an achievable goal for me?"
Without waiting for Tong Chen to reply, Mu Qing said again: "This is not pessimism, but an objective fact, not to mention the harsh conditions required to become an alchemist, just talk about chance, and it is not something that ordinary people can encounter." ”
"Then you gave up your dream so willingly, and you don't feel any regrets in your heart?" Tong Chen looked at Mu Qing's white and smooth side face, wanting to explore the deepest thoughts in her heart.
"Of course, there are regrets. Mu Qing smiled at Tong Chen: "But you also have to face the reality!" After speaking, Mu Qing pretended to take a breath freely, and then said: "Don't talk about me, tell me about you, what is your dream?"
"Me?" Tong Chen was stunned for a moment, and then blurted out: "I don't have any dreams for the time being." ”
"No dreams?" Mu Qing's eyes widened slightly: "Do you want to be a medicine boy for the rest of your life?"
"Uh......" Tong Chen stretched out his hand and scratched his head embarrassedly: "I haven't thought about this problem...... "He really hasn't thought about it, after all, he has only been in this world for a few months, and he hasn't had time to think about anything like future dreams."
Tong Chen was worried that Mu Qing would feel that he had no ambition if he continued to talk about this topic, so he changed the topic and said, "By the way, I heard people call you Miss, you are the eldest daughter of the Mu family?"
Mu Qing nodded: "Well, my parents only have one child, so they have high expectations for me, what about you? What is your identity in the Tong family? Are you just a medicine boy?"
"Yes. Tong Chen originally looked at Mu Qing's eyes, but when he answered, he looked away, although he was also the son of the Tong family, but because Tong Ying had never recognized their mother and son at all, he felt that he didn't need to rush to say that he was the son of the Tong family, not to mention that he actually despised Tong Ying in his heart, and he didn't regard Tong Ying as his father at all, he would rather be a person without a father than have anything to do with Tong Ying.
Mu Qing didn't ask Tong Chen anything more, she raised her head and looked at the sky above her head, a shallow smile appeared on her face: "The weather is good today." ”
Tong Chen also looked up at the sky like Mu Qing: "It's good, it's very suitable for coming out to play." ”
The two stood side by side looking at the sky, they didn't speak for a long time, their eyes moved down slightly, Tong Chen suddenly saw a jade belt-like river shining in the sunlight not far ahead, he was interested, pointed ahead and said to Mu Qing: "Do you want to eat fish?"
"En?" Mu Qing turned her head, not understanding what Tong Chen meant for a while.
Tong Chen didn't say anything, grabbed Mu Qing's hand, and then walked briskly forward, and said, "Follow me." ”
Mu Qing was pulled forward passively by Tong Chen, the pace under her feet was carried by Tong Chen, but her eyes couldn't help but stop at Tong Chen's hand holding her, until the two came to the river, Mu Qing hadn't come back to her senses.
Tong Chen came back to his senses and looked at Mu Qing, who was stunned, and asked with a smile, "What do you want?"
"I didn't ...... It's nothing. Mu Qing's face was slightly red, in order to hide the fluctuations in her heart, she quickly looked around, and then looked at Tong Chen with some confusion and said, "What are you taking me to the river for?"
While speaking, Mu Qing saw that Tong Chen had taken off his shoes and socks and made a look like he was going to enter the water, she looked at Tong Chen even more puzzled, and the next moment, Tong Chen smiled at her: "Wait! I'll catch fish for you to eat!" After speaking, before Mu Qing could react, he was barefoot in the water.
Looking at Tong Chen's back bending over to touch the fish in the water, Mu Qing couldn't help but feel a little funny, at first she just stood by the river and watched Tong Chen, but then she didn't know when she squatted down, her hands were clasped around her knees, her chin was on the two little arms that were intertwined and wrapped together, and she looked at Tong Chen's figure walking around the river in a daze, as if she was thinking about things very devotedly, and as if she was just distracted by nothing.
Suddenly, Tong Chen's voice came from the front.
"Hah! I got it!
Mu Qing's eyes finally had focus again, she raised her head slightly, and saw Tong Chen carrying a fish in her hand, smiling happily like a child.
"How's it going, am I amazing?" Tong Chen shook the fish in his hand in the direction where Mu Qing was, as if he had done a great thing, and he looked like he was asking for merit and reward.