Traditional Chinese Medicine: Back to the years when educated youths went to the countryside

Chapter 187
When you go on a long trip, the way back always seems to be much closer than when you left.

But even so, when Wang Chengzhou drove the mule cart across the Shuixi Village Bridge again, the sky gradually darkened.

All in all, this was the second time he went out for a night walk.

The deep woods are like rolling mist, with the crisp sound of hooves blowing towards your face. The barren hills are like the endless mountains in a shadow play, rising and falling, and it seems that there is no end.

After dusk, the sky gets dark quickly.

When we passed the wooden plank bridge, there was still the setting sun on the horizon. In the blink of an eye, everything became hazy, except for the sound of some unknown insect in the dark grass on the roadside.

However, compared to the rush of the first night trip, Wang Chengzhou was much more relaxed now, leaning on the mule cart with a few buttons of his shirt open.

The evening breeze gradually picked up, and with the running of the big green mules, there was a feeling of coolness in the summer.

I looked up at the sky, there were no stars, and there was no moon.

Wang Chengzhou blinked and thought it might rain tomorrow.

What a coincidence, as soon as the adobe bricks were put into the kiln today, God sent me some relief.

I wonder if that night when I was debating with Si Ya on how to be a competent God, God was inspired and suddenly became much more sensible.

With joy in his heart, Wang Chengzhou waved his whip in the air, and the big green mule ran faster and faster.

However, when passing by the village, one man and one mule were startled.

On the deserted hill at the head of the village, some guys were enjoying the cool air. When the breeze blew, they felt as happy as monkeys and screamed a few times.

Wang Chengzhou's mule cart happened to pass by the graveyard, and vague memories came to his mind. He was frightened, thinking that another local master who was desperate for his life had come into the village.

Hearing the weird smiles of those guys, I realized that I had been bitten by a snake and had been afraid of well ropes for ten years.

It's only eight or nine o'clock in the evening. No matter how rampant those local masters are, they can't come here to seek death at this hour.

After all, there are hundreds of strong men in Wangjia Village. Even if they don't take their lives seriously, they don't dare to offend the public.

After figuring out the situation, Wang Chengzhou laughed to himself, something suddenly occurred to his mind, and suddenly he felt a little uneasy again.

After the last Tufuzi incident, he originally planned to take time to go to the commune, report the situation to Wu Guoshan, and let the only police officer in Pushan Township worry about it. When he had nothing to do, he would ride his bicycle to Wangjia Village. Wandering around.

It was a good idea, but then it was delayed due to a series of things.

Until now, the commune didn't know that a group of locals from out of town had wandered into this remote area of ​​the country.

The more Wang Chengzhou thought about it, the more certain it was.

After all, it is related to the life safety of the young and old men in the village. We really can't be careless. We must find time to go to the commune tomorrow.

Having made up his mind, Wang Chengzhou flicked the reins and increased his speed a few points.

Finally, before the dew fell from the sky, I returned home.

"Who is it?"

As soon as I reached the door, someone shouted from inside the room.When I heard it, it was Li Yuzhu's voice.

My parents were probably worried about me, and they were always paying attention to the movement at the gate. When they heard the sound of hooves, the lights in the courtyard immediately turned on.

"Mom, I'm back."

"San'er, San'er is back!"

Hearing his voice, there was a panic in the yard, followed by the sound of brisk running.

As if teleporting, Wang Aiduo ran out with a flashlight, opened the door with a clang, and shouted excitedly, "Brother!"

"Stop taking pictures, stop taking pictures, it's me!"

This damn girl started making trouble with him as soon as he came back, waving the flashlight and shining it on his face. The white beam of light made him unable to open his eyes.

"hey-hey!"

Si Ya took back the flashlight and pointed it at her chin again, opening and closing her mouth like a ghost.

Not to mention, under that tricky angle, no matter how good-looking the little girl is in the film, she still looks like a ghost who walked out of the underworld.

"Don't make trouble!"

Li Yuzhu walked up to her, gave her a pat on the back of her head, and said distressedly:
"Your brother has been running all day. I don't know how exhausted he is, and you still make trouble with him!"

"San'er, why are you back so early?"

"Did Xiaowa buy it?"

"bought."

Wang Chengzhou jumped out of the car with a smile and picked up the remaining half bag of tofu dregs. "I bought a big car, which should be enough for us."

Wang Honghe also came out and circled the car several times.

Hearing this, he couldn't help but nodded, "San'er, this is more than enough! I just roughly counted, let alone building three large tile houses, with so many tiles, I'm afraid it will be enough for four!"

"Buy that much?"

Li Yuzhu didn't believe it a little, so she counted it again and said in surprise:
"That's a lot!"

"San'er, this shouldn't be the case. It is said that now is not the slack time for farming. Everyone will take advantage of the time to build and repair houses before the rainy season. The half-cut tile should be very nervous."

"How come you only bought so much in one day's work? Didn't you queue up?"

As soon as he mentioned this, Wang Chengzhou became excited and quickly showed off his glorious deeds.

Wang Honghe and Li Yuzhu were so happy to hear that he saved another life just by buying a small tile. Seeing his beaming expression, they were afraid that boasting too much might make him complacent, so they left it alone. Just smile.

Si Ya heard what he said was exaggerated and didn't believe it at all. She said with a look of disgust:

"Brother, are you bragging? Chicken poop can cure diseases?"

"Why am I so unbelievable!"

"Are you saving people or are you disgusting them?"

The whole family laughed.

"I believe!"

Unexpectedly, a small face poked out from the dark wall, stretched its neck and shouted.

The whole family turned their heads, surprised.

Siya suddenly asked with her big eyes flashing, "Sister Xiaozhi, are you still not asleep?"

"Nope."

Xu Xiaozhi smiled and leaned on the wall, "I was enjoying the shade in the yard. When I heard your house was busy, I climbed up and took a look."

After what happened in the morning, Wang Chengzhou didn't believe it.

However, seeing that she had a sweet smile and it was difficult to expose it, he raised the bag in his hand and said thanks: "Comrade Xu Xiaozhi, thank you for your things, I appreciate it!"

"It's nothing."

Xu Xiaozhi waved her hands indifferently and said casually: "It's too hot in the summer, so the tofu can't be kept for a long time. The pigs in the team can't finish eating it. Uncle Changsheng originally said he would throw it away. I felt it was a pity, so he treated it. Unexpectedly, you can use it just right."

Seeing her serious look, Wang Chengzhou blinked his eyes. For a moment, he couldn't tell the truth from the lie.

"Okay."

Xu Xiaozhi raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Originally, I thought you were going to sleep outside, but I didn't know you would come back the same day. Oh, what a waste of my time."

"You guys talk, I'm going to bed."

"Sleepy sleepy."

With that said, he shrank back from the wall.Wang Chengzhou couldn't tell the difference at all.However, seeing her like this, I finally felt relieved and couldn't help but laugh.

The family worked hard for a while, unloading the small tiles from the mule cart and stacking them outside the courtyard wall. They also led the big green mule into the yard and fed some fodder. When everything was finished, it was almost midnight.

Originally, he thought that the family could finally have a good rest, but Wang Honghe walked out with his bedroll in his arms, preparing to sleep outside and watch the car.

The big green mule was too valuable, and he could not rest assured.

Wang Chengzhou took a look and was ready to take his place.After all, Wang Honghe and Wang Nanzhou were going to burn kilns tomorrow and needed a good rest, but he was planning to go to the back mountain, so it didn't matter if he slept a little late.

Unexpectedly, his parents refused to let him go, saying that he had been running around outside all day and it was too hard, so he just needed a good rest.

Wang Chengzhou had no choice but to return to the house and fall asleep.

The next day, early in the morning, the family went to the kiln.

After Wang Chengzhou returned the big green mule, he planned to go to the back mountain.

But just as he was about to go out, he remembered something again and quickly turned back secretly, taking more than a pound of shrimps with him.

It was agreed last time that he would go to the back mountain the next day to taste Lao Luan Tou's craftsmanship and eat his steamed buns, but he was so busy making dough that he forgot about it and left his grandfather and grandson alone.

Master doesn't care, he just doesn't know if Senior Sister will be angry.

Therefore, I brought some gifts and hoped that Comrade Luan Hongying would feel better after receiving her bribe.

In midsummer, the mountains behind are covered with lush vegetation. At a glance, the entire mountain is covered with green color, rising like green smoke under the sun.

Wang Chengzhou was in a good mood, listening to the singing of birds in the mountains, and ran briskly towards the mountain stream.

However, when I arrived at the thatched cottage, I didn't see that beautiful figure, let alone the long legs and jade feet by the stream.

After searching around, there was no trace of Luan Hongying.

Even Luan Xiuwu couldn't be found.

Wang Chengzhou was inexplicably panicked, fearing that his senior sister would disappear, so he searched everywhere like crazy. Finally, he got into the kitchen and touched the stove, and his panic finally calmed down.

The earthen stove was warm, and sparks were still burning at the bottom of the pot. It was obvious that they had cooked in the morning, and the master and senior sister would definitely not go far.

But, I don’t know where it went.

On weekdays, Luan Hongying would help Luan Xiuwu patrol the mountains, but one of them would always stay in the thatched cottage, and they would not both leave home.

I don’t know why the accident happened today.

Wang Chengzhou shouted several times at the top of his lungs. His slightly helpless voice echoed across the mountains, but no one responded.

While he was feeling melancholy, Wang Chengzhou suddenly saw a few things scattered by the stream. His expression changed and he immediately ran towards the depths of the mountain as if he were flying.

They were several pieces of carefully cut paper money. It looked like they were written by Luan Hongying. They were neat and simple.

I once remembered that my senior sister said that her parents’ graves were not in the village, but buried deep in the mountains.

It is estimated that today is the death anniversary of her parents. Her grandfather and grandson went to the mountain to worship early in the morning, so there was no one in the thatched cottage.

Wang Chengzhou felt a little distressed when he thought of this.

Senior sister has a simple temper and is particularly attached to herself. On days like this, if she is not by her side, I wonder if she will be sad.

Of course, for ordinary girls, it doesn't matter if they are sad or something, as long as they take it easy.

But Luan Hongying is different. She is like a blank sheet of paper. Any setbacks may leave deep traces in her heart.

Fortunately, it was difficult for ordinary people to hurt her, and she didn't care.

But her only junior brother is different...

Wang Chengzhou thought to himself, looking beautiful and worried at the same time as he climbed over the mountains and ridges to find it.

Until a wisp of green smoke rose, and on a grassy hillside, two figures, one tall and one short, stood.

"Who?"

Hearing the footsteps, Luan Xiuwu turned his head, his two gray eyebrows stood up, his coarse clothes fluttered in the wind, and his whole body seemed to be exuding murderous aura.

What was completely different from him was that Luan Hongying also turned around immediately, but her autumn-like eyes were as clear as day. Apart from the sparkling tears, there was actually a hint of joy, and her red lips parted slightly, "Master... …younger brother!"

"It's your kid."

Luan Xiuwu was stunned for a moment, then realized it was Wang Chengzhou. He glared at him angrily, let out a sigh of relief, and his mood dropped again, "What are you doing here for?"

"I also want to offer incense to my parents."

Luan Hongying knew it was him just by the sound of footsteps. This strange situation that only existed in books made Wang Chengzhou so beautiful that his nose was almost boiling with snot. His thoughts suddenly became wild and he said with a cheeky smile.

"What do you say?"

Luan Xiuwu glared at him with a bad tone.

"for you."

Unexpectedly, after hearing his words, Luan Hongying had already picked out three sticks of incense and handed them over to her with a smile on her pretty face.

"Master, aren't senior sister's parents my parents?"

Wang Chengzhou said nonsense seriously, "The fact that we can become master and apprentice means that we are destined to become a family. If my uncle and aunt were alive, they would definitely be willing to recognize me as their son."

"Do you think so, senior sister?"

Luan Hongying pursed her lips, chuckled silently, tears flashed in her eyes, and nodded seriously.

Luan Xiuwu was speechless for a while.

It can be seen that his granddaughter's heart is devoted to this boy, and he cannot be a villain after all.

A girl can't help herself.

Xiao Hongying will leave him sooner or later. Being able to be with the person she likes will give her someone to rely on in the future.

But, after thinking about it, I feel that this guy is too cheap!
Luan Xiuwu stared at him and said angrily:
"If you really want to be someone's son, then kneel down and kowtow."

"Straighten your back for me. My son and daughter-in-law hate this lazy boy the most."

"Light the incense, you will be the only outsider they have seen in more than ten years."

As soon as he heard this, Wang Chengzhou thought about something.

But noticing the desolation in Luan Xiuwu's words and the sad eyes of Luan Hongying, he quickly calmed down, held up the incense, and knocked it down respectfully.

The mountain is silent, and among the greenery, there are two tombs, accompanied only by wild grass.

Those lush weeds show strong vitality, but they make death more and more unforgettable.

After paying homage for a long time, the three masters and apprentices left silently.

Normally, Luan Hongying would feel sad for a long time after paying homage to her parents. She would always sit alone by the stream, and it would take several days to recover.

But today, not far after walking out, Xiao Hongying was amused by that brat.

Logically speaking, it is a rare good thing that a granddaughter recovers from grief quickly.But Luan Xiuwu felt uncomfortable. He walked a few steps and stared:

"Boy, how are you practicing your dragon and tiger forms?"

"You have been neglecting this martial arts for a long time."

"Today, I will help you study more as a teacher!"

　Oops, I've been thinking about the senior sister's role today, and it's a bit stuck, just one chapter.

　　[-] will be restored tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)