It was nearly evening when the two of them left the village, and when it was already dark, and the houses in the village began to light a faint fire, and the woman put the child to sleep and came to the entrance of the village alone, and stretched her neck anxiously.

There were lively voices not far away, "Hehe, this time we have made a lot of money, but we finally caught this brute, Brother Hu, you are okay, you are about to go to the village, you insist on it!"

"Don't worry, Brother Zhang, I have a skin injury, we caught it, you peel it and send it to the town, exchange it for silver to treat your baby, and your baby will be saved!"

"Alas, brother, thank you, but it's still difficult to buy tiger whisker grass with just this bit of silver. ”

The men around him comforted him one after another.

"Look, isn't that my sister-in-law? Why is she standing at the entrance of the village? ”

When Brother Zhang saw his wife, he ran a few steps fast and shouted at her, "Why are you here?

The woman hurriedly shook her head, "No, no, have you seen two girls in the mountains? ”

"Yes, I met them in the middle of the afternoon, and I let them come to the village, what's wrong with them?"

The woman told them everything about what she had met in the afternoon, and Brother Zhang patted his head and said, "How can you tell them where they are? Brother Zhang paused, took back his hoe, and said to the people behind him, "It's getting late, those two girls are afraid that they are going to be in danger, you send Brother Hu back to rest, and the rest of the people will go back to the mountains with me." ”

The villagers are simple, and everyone heard that there were two girls in distress in the mountains, and they couldn't bear it, so they followed Brother Zhang to the mountains.

A group of people lit torches and walked cautiously in the forest, the shadows of the trees were swaying, although a pair of men with strong blood and strength, but everyone was quite nervous.

At this moment, the shadows of the trees in front of them shook, startling everyone, and everyone held the torches in one place, and Nian Nian suddenly appeared in front of their sight. "Eh, isn't this the group of people you met this afternoon? You're finally here. ”

Nian Nian's vision was wider, and he reacted the fastest, the strong men were startled, Brother Zhang looked left and right, exhaled, and then said to Nian Nian in surprise: "Big sister, it turns out that you are here!

"I didn't, but my sister was caught in the trap you used to hunt, and the two of us got lost, and we've been going around the hill in circles. ”

Brother Zhang patted his chest, "It's good that nothing happened here, you two girls, what are you doing in the mountains, go down the mountain quickly." As he spoke, he was about to go up to help Zhu Mei, but Zhu Mei took a step back very quickly, and her face immediately sank.

Nian Nian hurriedly stopped in front and said to Brother Zhang with a smile: "My sister doesn't want to contact strangers, so I'd better come." ”

Brother Zhang smiled innocently, sandwiched them in the middle with the others, and went down the mountain.

When a large crowd returned to the village, the woman hurried forward and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that both of them were safe.

Nian Nian stuck out his tongue at the woman, and suddenly took out a handful of plants from behind his back, held it in front of her and shook it: "Eldest sister, is this the tiger beard grass you are talking about?"

Immediately the woman's eyes were rounded, and she was so frightened that she stayed where she was. Brother Zhang's face was full of excitement, "Tiger Whisker Grass! That's really Tiger Whisker Grass!"

Nian Nian raised his head proudly: "Of course, I went out in person, how could I not find a single herb, if it wasn't for the fact that I hadn't seen what this thing looked like, I wouldn't have to ask the white tiger." ”

Zhu Mei gently pushed Nian Nian to tell her not to mutter, lest the villagers be too surprised.

Who knew that Brother Zhang suddenly knelt down for Nian Nian, and the woman also knelt down: "The two girls are really living Bodhisattvas, my baby was born sick, and the doctor said that only tiger beard grass can save lives, and the two of today's great kindness and virtue I am willing to be a cow and a horse for you." ”

Zhu Mei had an injury on her foot, and after helping her to sit down, she hurriedly helped Brother Zhang up, "This big brother, you don't have to be like this, this is not a difficult thing for us, you better treat the child earlier." Nian Nian paused, rubbing his stomach a little embarrassed, "That, big brother, do you have anything to eat, I'm a little hungry・・・・・・"

In this way, Nian Nian and Zhu Mei lived in the small village for three days, and during these three days, the story of the two of them going up the mountain to pick tiger beard grass for the children of Brother Zhang's family spread throughout the village, and the people in the village were very kind to them, and they were willing to interact with them every year.

Brother Zhang went to the town to make tiger whisker grass into medicine, and used the excess tiger whisker grass as silver in the pawnshop, and after going back, he had to let Nian Nian and Zhu Mei accept it, but Brother Zhang couldn't resist it every year, so he took some broken silver and took it down, and quietly stuffed the rest into the kitchen stove.

The injury on Zhu Mei's foot was not very serious, and the aura on Zhu Mei's body helped Zhu Mei's repair, and the wound had healed after three days, and the two discussed that they didn't want to disturb the villagers anymore, so they privately asked Zhang Sister-in-law about the way to the town, and the two left quietly on the eve of dawn as they did in the fishing village on the east bank of the Mao Sea.

The two of them traveled for a day before they arrived in town. The town is not big, but there are post stations, medicine shops, pawnshops, inns, and restaurants. There are not many people on the street, most of them are businessmen, dragging large carts and small carts of goods.

The two of them, exhausted, walked to the teahouse on the side of the street and sat down on a corner, asked for a pot of tea, and happened to come a caravan and sat down at a table in the other corner.

"Big brother, it will take us a few days to go back, in this poor country, I will suffocate to death. A young man at the table asked.

"I don't want to come because you kid has a lot to do, but someone has to do this country business, so let's do it in two days." The older man poured a cup of tea and drank it lukewarmly.

"Oh my God, it's just this broken place, and this broken tea, how can you drink it. The young man put down the tea bowl heavily, and said angrily.

"Don't complain, when we go back to the capital, do you want anything fun?"

"Speaking of which, the recent capital is really lively," the young man was interested in mentioning the capital, "Didn't there be a letter in the palace at the beginning of this year, Baimo is going to marry us at night, saying that he is going to marry a princess, calculate the time, this day is almost coming, when we go back, maybe we can catch up with their wedding, this prince and princess wedding, the capital must be very lively!"

The teahouse is the most popular place for information, and as soon as he said this, the people around him who were drinking tea and resting were attracted one after another, and they surrounded them to ask questions. This place is far away from the imperial capital, the news is blocked, everyone heard the news, they were a little excited, and they all said that they wanted to follow the capital to watch such a grand scene.

Just when it was lively, the older man suddenly turned to the side of the two of them, and his sharp eyes flashed with amazement. Zhu Mei saw that there was a slight difference in his eyes, and he was displeased, so he put the silver on the table with a slight frown, and left after pulling Nian Nian.

Because there were many people around him, the man's vision was blocked, so he didn't look any more, but secretly kept the amazing temperament of the two in his heart.

The two stayed in the inn for one night, thinking in their hearts, my sister is very resistant to getting along with strangers, if you go with people all the way, it may add a lot of trouble, it is better for the two of them to go on the road in front of those merchants, all the way to the mountains and rivers, unrestrained, after making up their minds, the two discussed it, and decided to leave the next morning.