Chapter Twenty-Three: The Old Woman
I don't know how long it took in the haze, but when Yun Yi came to his senses again, the first thing he felt was the strong smell of medicine in the air around him.
"Huh?" Yun Yi, who frowned and opened his eyes, sat up, looked at the quilt on his body, and then saw the medicine cabinet that was not unfamiliar around him, and everything that happened here before suddenly came to his heart.
"Brother Yi, are you alright?" Xiao Ping's slightly surprised voice came.
Seeing Xiao Ping who hurriedly came to the front, Yun Yi suddenly gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Stinky boy, why don't you ask me if I'm dead?"
"Brother Yi, I'm sorry, I" Xiaoping pursed his lips and lowered his head.
Yun Yi was stunned when he saw this, and it was not good to deal with a child in his heart. Moreover, Xiaoping was just a medicine boy, how dare he not listen to Chang Yu's words? Thinking of Chang Yu, Yun Yi suddenly hated it. This guy actually tested himself on medicine, which is really hateful.
"Are you awake? life is really big enough," Qingyue's cold voice sounded, and Sanyu came out of the back room in a wheelchair.
When he looked up and saw Sanyu's Yunyi, he couldn't help but scold: "You bastard sissy, you will kill Lao Tzu if you have a kind, what kind of torture is Lao Tzu?"
As soon as these words came out, Yun Yi regretted it a little. People are under the eaves, and it doesn't seem to be worth it to lose their lives because of a momentary will. Especially when he saw Sanyu's complexion begin to turn cold and black, Yun Yi couldn't help but feel even more empty in his heart.
"Childe!" Xiaoping saw that Sanyu's expression also changed slightly, but he couldn't help but speak.
Sanyu, whose slender and white fingers had slowly condensed with cold air, and that indifferent gaze made Yun Yi's heart chill.
"Damn, you want to do it directly, are you scaring me?" Yun Yi, whose expression changed slightly, couldn't help but shout in annoyance.
Listening to Chen Hua's words, Sanyu's expression was unexpectedly softened, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and he smiled rarely, and then said coldly: "Death? In this world, there are many things that are more terrible than death." Besides, it's rare to have a good drug tester, who will I ask to test the medicine if you die? Don't worry! I won't let you die. You have to give me a life, live well. ”
"Damn!" Yun Yi, who scolded secretly in his heart, his scalp was a little numb. Thinking of the pain and discomfort after drinking that decoction before, Yun Yi suddenly scolded Sanyu's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart.
Looking at Yun Yi, whose face was blue and uncertain, the smile on the corner of Sanyu's mouth couldn't help but become stronger.
"Okay, it's almost dawn, you can go!" Sanyu indifferently instructed Yun Yi.
Sanyu said and hurriedly ordered Xiaoping: "Xiaoping, take him out!"
"Yes, Childe!" Xiao Ping, who responded respectfully, turned to look at Yun Yi busily: "Brother Yi!"
Yun Yi, who gritted his teeth and snorted, left with Xiaoping in his heart.
Along the corridor outside, through an arch, and then through a courtyard corridor and arch, following Xiaoping's Yunyi vaguely heard a low intermittent cough from the attic not far from the courtyard, and then came to the familiar deserted courtyard.
The campfire was still burning, but it was almost gone.
By the bonfire, the drunkard who sat quietly lowered his head as if he was asleep, and his white hair was scattered in front of him.
The drunkard who seemed to hear the footsteps of Yun Yi and Xiao Ping, and raised his head slightly, couldn't help but smile when he saw Yun Yi: "Hmm, Xiaoyi, the work is done, how is it? The work here is easy, right?"
"Easy your sister!" Looking at the drunkard's old face that was smiling like a chrysanthemum, Yun Yi really wanted to step on it.
Looking at Yun Yi with an indignant face, the drunkard who chuckled lightly took out a silver coin in his arms and threw it to Yun Yi: "Here, your salary tonight, take it!"
Yun Yi, who stretched out his hand to take it, was not happy. Ya, these two pieces of silver are earned by yourself!
"Brother Yi, there is a small gate over there, you can go out by yourself! In the future, you can come over or go out directly through the small gate next to this small courtyard, it is best not to go through the main gate," Xiaoping said to Yun Yi.
What? I'm still a backdoor? Yun Yi, who was even more depressed when he heard this, responded vaguely and was ready to leave.
The drunkard said lightly: "Boy, remember, come early every night in the future, don't let me invite you in person every time." If you finish your work earlier, you can go back to bed earlier. ”
"Fuck your sister?" Yun Yi, who was slight, scolded in his heart, and left without saying a word.
Going out from the small door and walking along the bluestone path outside, the cool breeze of the early morning made Yun Yi feel a chill all over his body. However, what is even cooler is Yun Yi's heart! It's really finished, isn't it just to come out to find a job? How could you have thought that you would fall into the tiger's den in Longtan like this.
"Hey" Yun Yi, who instinctively shrank his head when the cold wind blew it, even though he felt that his body was slightly hot, and his whole body was warm, and there was no cold at all. Moreover, I felt a feeling of relief in my chest inexplicably, as if there was originally a big stone that had been moved away.
Yun Yi, who moved his body slightly, suddenly felt a burst of warmth all over his body, as if he was soaking in a hot spring, very comfortable.
Yun Yi, who stretched his waist fiercely, couldn't help but flicker his eyes: "Could it be the reason for that medicinal soup?"
"Oops!" Yun Yi, who frowned and pondered, only felt that he suddenly tripped over something under his feet, and fell directly to the ground.
Yun Yi, who was unlucky enough to drink cold water and stuffed his teeth, got up and looked back, only to see a leg poking out in the alley on the side. It was a bare, dirty foot with an exposed ankle and a small tattered trouser leg that he had apparently tripped over just now.
Yun Yi, whose legs were slightly staring, was instinctively startled. But seeing that the leg seemed to move, it slowly retracted, and couldn't help but move in his heart. Although Panlong Town is only a small town, the world is not peaceful, there are still many beggars, and it is normal for some beggars to have some beggars in the town. Not to mention here, there are still beggars begging along the streets in the modern metropolis of later generations!
Carefully approaching Yun Yi in the past, if you look closely, it is really a beggar, dirty and can't see what Zhang looks like, her body is thin, and she looks like a woman. I saw that she shrunk like a kitten, slightly revealing half of her face covered by messy hair, and she looked a little dry, looking quite old.
"Oh my God!" Seeing that she was just dressed in tattered coarse cloth, half of her thin arms were exposed, and there were even blood stains on the torn rags on one leg, Yun Yi couldn't help but stare slightly. It's late autumn, the dew is heavy at night, and such an old woman is still injured, so she sleeps here, this is a deadly rhythm!
Yunyi, who was busy taking off his shirt and covering the old woman, frowned and thought about it slightly, got up and looked around, and suddenly saw a small forest overgrown with weeds on the bank of the river not far away.
Yun Yi, who ran over quickly, came back with a bundle of dry firewood in a short time.
"Damn, I don't have a flint on me!" Yun Yi, who muttered a little depressedly, put down the dry wood after a little thought, and then ran quickly back to the deserted courtyard behind the Huiyan Tower.
In the courtyard, the drunkard was gone, and the bonfire was burned out. Hurriedly picking up a few pieces of dry firewood that had not yet been burned, Yun Yi was busy rushing to the alley not far outside like a gust of wind.
"It's okay, it's okay, the fire is almost extinguished, cough" Yun Yi, who made some smoke at the mouth of the alley, finally lit the dry wood and lit a bonfire.
Yunyi, who suddenly heard a noise on the side, looked up and saw that the old woman had woken up at some point, sat up by the wall, and looked at herself with her hands covering her mouth and nose, and a low and hoarse cough sounded from her mouth.
"Mother-in-law, I'm sorry! I was just afraid that you would freeze, and I wanted to build a bonfire for you, but I didn't expect to wake you up," Yun Yi suddenly laughed a little embarrassed when he saw this.
The old woman's voice was a little hoarse and she smiled weakly, "Thank you, young man." ”
"Hehe" Yun Yi, who scratched his head and smiled, added some firewood to the bonfire, and then asked, "Mother-in-law, how are you feeling?"
The smile on the corner of the old woman's mouth was even stronger: "Much better! Thank you!"
"Mother-in-law, don't be so polite to me! It makes me feel as if I have done something great," Yun Yi, who spoke awkwardly, suddenly met the old woman's gaze and was slightly stunned.
The old woman asked softly with a slight twinkle in her eyes, "Young man, what's wrong with you?"
"Oh, it's nothing!" Yun Yi, who reacted, lowered his head slightly as he spoke, but his eyes flashed with a hint of surprise and doubt. It is said that an old man should have cloudy eyes, but Yun Yi found that this old woman's eyes were deep and bright, like a ghostly tale, so that people could not see the bottom. Even, looking at her, I vaguely felt that her gaze was a little dazzling.
This old woman can't be a ghost, right? Possessed by a ghost? Or did I think of it? Yun Yi muttered in my heart, the more I thought about it, the more I felt hairy in my heart, and then I glanced at the old woman's injured leg and hurriedly said: "Mother-in-law, your leg is injured, I'll go buy some medicine for you! You wait for me here! I'll be back soon!"
After speaking, Yun Yi hurriedly got up and flew away, and glanced back at the old woman from time to time.
When Yunyi's figure disappeared at the end of the alley, the old woman who was originally weak and sitting against the wall instantly changed her temperament, and the whole person was like a piece of cold ice, her eyes fell on the bonfire, as if the cold gaze made the bonfire be suppressed by the invisible flame and rushed to the other side.
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