Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 316 The Lowly Country Girl ([-] in [-])

Ah Cai's expression darkened, and he said, "Ah Fu, hurry up and catch up, I have to stay, in case this is not their plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. With the strength of the three of you, as long as the other party doesn't send five times as many people as you , even if you can't detain the Lingbao, you can retreat completely."

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Ah Fu left and didn't come back until dawn.This night, Jin Xi never closed his eyes, and Ah Cai never left the inner courtyard.

When it was completely dawn, the chickens in the village and the roosters in the side yard of Jinxi's house were crowing one after another, Jian Shi and Sun Shi all got up and started making breakfast, but Ah Fu still didn't come back.

Soon, Cai Qingyang hurried in from the outer courtyard to report that the room of master and servant Cangyun in the west wing was empty.This news was undoubtedly like a big rock falling from the sky, it fell down suddenly, but it confused Liang Yuzhong and Mrs. Sun.

In the courtyard at night, the father and son of the Cai family took turns to watch the night. The father and son tried their best to recall what happened last night, but they couldn't find anything suspicious. The lock on the gate of the courtyard was also intact.

"Our family doesn't have a dog yet, and we don't have a dog hole. Why did these two big living people disappear overnight? It's strange, it's really strange!" Liang Yuzhong searched the yards on both sides, front and back. , and even went to the latrine to check if the blind Cang Yun had fallen into the cesspit, but to no avail.

Jin Xi was secretly depressed, but fortunately she took precautions last night, Cang Yun and Ling Bao were really not easy to save fuel.Let me ask, after eating croton powder, a blind man can leave without disturbing anyone. Is this still an ordinary person?Could that eye be really blind?
Jin Xi still misses Ah Fu and Ah Wang in her heart, and she doesn't have the time to make up excuses with Liang Yuzhong and Sun Shi, let alone confess the truth to them, so why not scare them to death?I had no choice but to pretend to be at a loss.

Taozhi should have slept well last night, and is very energetic this morning.But seeing two big living people suddenly disappear out of thin air at home, they also became worried together.

"Father, Mother, Aunt Biao, don't let your faces slump, don't worry, the sky hasn't fallen!" Jin Xi reassured everyone, "None of us heard anything last night, did we? This means Lord Cangyun The servant must have climbed the wall and slipped away by himself. As for why they didn’t say hello to us, it must have their own reasons that they can’t say! Why should we change it, don’t continue to entangle with this, ah!”

"Missy is right. Everything in the house is as usual, and there is no sign of fighting. Moreover, when I cleaned up the house, I found that I didn't take anything from the house, except for the new pair of shoes my wife gave Brother Cangyun. It is." Dong Ma said.

"What's the matter, let me just say, the person must have sneaked away by himself. Let's not worry about it anymore, let's have breakfast quickly, my cousin and I have to go to the county to do some important things later!" Jin Xi was a little impatient urging.

Liang Yuzhong and Sun Shi looked at each other, and they thought, that's the only way to go.Immediately, Sun remembered that today was a big day for Jin Xi and Tao Zhi to go to the county seat, and Doctor Chen was only staying in Wanghai County for three days, and today is already the second day, so we can't delay!So, Mrs. Sun hurriedly greeted Mrs. Jian to go to the kitchen to get busy.

"Let's leave it like this for the time being, and we won't look for it anymore. I hope the Bodhisattva will bless them in safety. Maybe Brother Cang will come back when he wants to come back!" Liang Yuzhong said.

Jin Xi frowned, hoping that Cang Yun and the passing gods and Buddhas would never take Liang Yuzhong's words seriously!
"Xi'er, why are your eyes a bit swollen? You don't look too good, what's the matter, didn't you sleep well last night?" Tao Zhi came over, looked at Jin Xi's eyebrows, and asked worriedly.

Jin Xi smiled, rubbed her sore eyes, and said, "Maybe it's because I was delayed reading last night, it's okay, I'll go back to the room and cover it with a hot handkerchief."

"I'll help you!" Tao Zhi said, raising his foot to follow in, but Jin Xi stopped him.

Breakfast was finished soon, during this period, there was no news of Ah Fu's return, Jin Xi's heart became more and more anxious, but she still tried her best to keep calm.Because, at this moment, Mrs. Sun was standing at the gate of the yard, holding Taozhi's hand, and giving instructions carefully.Jin Xi stood aside, listening absent-mindedly, her eyes fixed on the direction of the official road ahead.

Liang Yuzhong and A Cai were moving their trip to the county seat to the ox cart parked outside the yard.

Good guy, Mrs. Sun not only prepared all kinds of rice noodles, miscellaneous grains, tea, rapeseed oil, tea oil for Sun Yuxia and Sun Yubao, and Sun Yuxia's favorite chili sauce, soybean paste, and peanut butter.He also prepared three big packages for Guo's mother and son.One bag was for clothes and fabrics for Mother Guo, and the other two bags were for food.Fried meatballs, marinated dried fish, dried meat and vegetables, and caught a young hen with its feet tied.Because Mrs. Zhou participated in Mrs. Tan's funeral last time, and had breakfast at Jinxi's house, she praised Mrs. Sun's pickled long beans and cowpea horns as delicious. Mrs. Sun also brought them to Mrs. Zhou this time, not just Mrs. Zhou The two that are praised, as well as potherb mustard and hot and sour radish sticks.

Jin Xi was astonished, her mother's move was really generous and refreshing, Jin Xi would not do it as a gift to someone else!She is not doing charity, nor is she the Holy Mother of the White Lotus, she is a businessman.Of course, since this trip was for these people, Jin Xi didn't say anything.

From Jinjishan Village all the way to Changqiao Town, I didn't meet Ah Fu who came back to pass on the message.

Liang Yuzhong and Cai Qingyang sent Jinxi and the others to the carriage stalls along the official road in the north of the town. Ah Cai got off the ox cart, rented a carriage and a coachman from one of the stalls, and then , bid farewell to Liang Yuzhong, changed to a carriage and boarded the official road towards Wanghai County.

Ah Cai and the coachman sat outside, and in the carriage, although Taozhi was still apprehensive about the trip to the county, she was still more than excited.Jin Xi had things on her mind, so she didn't talk too much along the way.

Finally, everyone arrived at the county seat after lunch, and went straight to the Qianlixiang shop at the Xiaobeimen of the county seat.

Taozhi meant to wait until tomorrow morning to visit Chen Yizheng. Today is past noon, so it would be a little out of etiquette to go there.Sun Yuxia thought the same way, but Jin Xi didn't think so.

"We rushed here this time, not to visit relatives, but to seek medical treatment. The sooner the better!" Jin Xi said.

Tao Zhi nodded, Jin Xi was right, she obeyed Jin Xi in everything.So, Sun Yuxia hurriedly reheated the leftovers from the noon sale, and asked Jin Xi and the others to eat.

Taozhi didn't dare to eat, and only drank a few sips of water, lest there would be food in her belly that would hinder her diagnosis.

Jin Xi shook her head helplessly, it wasn't for a gastroscopy, how could she care so much?However, Tao Zhi insisted, Jin Xi didn't force her, she filled her stomach and washed her face, took Tao Zhi and A Cai straight into the carriage and left the shop.According to the address provided by old doctor Wang, I searched for it.

When they arrived at the street that Old Doctor Wang mentioned, Jin Xi and the others easily found the courtyard where Chen Yizheng lived without any further inquiries.

Because, compared with other residents on this street, in front of the gate of the courtyard where Doctor Chen lived, there was a long line of carriages and sedan chairs lined up next to the courtyard wall from one end to the other.And there were many men and women who got off the carriage.

Those men and women were dressed one by one, and they picked one at random for comparison, and they were no worse than those worn by Shopkeeper Yang of Yangji Buzhuang.There are quite a lot of rich people in the county town, Jin Xi thought.Looking at myself and Taozhi again, they are still wearing the clothes they usually wear at home today, which are about [-]% new, and they are envious of the other village women who are patched and patched.But compared with these people, it is obviously much more shabby.

However, Jin Xi doesn't feel ashamed at all, what's wrong with the clothes not being luxurious, they tidy up neatly and neatly.

Those people were all gathered at the gate of the courtyard, and some of them, relying on the large number of servants they brought, even firmly guarded the gate of the courtyard, preventing others from approaching the polite terrain.

The other people on the side were also surrounded by a crowd, shouting, accusing, asking each other, discussing, and some people kept complaining about the hot weather, and suddenly, there was a lot of noise everywhere.

The scorching sun shone down from the top of the head, the smell of sweat, the strong smell of powder, the body odor of people, and the smell of horse excrement, all mixed together.Stirred by gusts of breeze, the air above the head became a bit cloudy.

Jin Xi glanced at the long row of carriages and sedan chairs. Because of the hot weather, the people inside were obviously agitated, so she lifted the curtain from time to time to let in the air.Ninety percent of them are the female relatives brought by these people to seek medical treatment. They are afraid that they are relatively young and thin-skinned, and they don't want to be recognized, so they simply hide in the sedan chair.

"Biao Aunt, have you seen these people? Fortunately, we came here in the afternoon, and we really have to wait until tomorrow morning, the day lily is cold!"

"Fortunately, you came here in the afternoon, but there are so many people waiting for you, even if you come one by one, it may take five days before it will be our turn. Doctor Chen is leaving the day after tomorrow. We, Lily, are afraid." It's going to be cold too." Tao Zhi looked at the moving heads in front of him, hesitantly said.

Jin Xi is also anxious about this, but as a human being, one should still have a glimmer of hope.At least, they were already standing at the gate of the courtyard where Chen Yizheng was.

If it really wasn't their turn in this meeting, she would simply be ruthless and chase Chen Yizheng to Yunzhou with Taozhi.Anyway, no matter what, she must find a way to effectively treat Aunt Taozhi's chronic illness!

As more and more people came, Jin Xi and Tao Zhi were pushed back to the wall on the opposite side of the street.Jin Xi couldn't stand the turbid smell of people, so she took out her handkerchief to cover her mouth and nose, Tao Zhi also looked bitter, but she still supported Jin Xi to hold on.

Just at the moment when the gate of the courtyard was about to turn the sky upside down, the courtyard door, which was the focus of everyone's attention, suddenly loosened, and a small sound, like the gospel from heaven, passed through all the chaotic sounds and reached everyone. mind.

All the chaotic sounds stopped abruptly at this time, and all eyes shot at the courtyard door like sharp arrows.

Jin Xi and Tao Zhi also looked towards the courtyard gate, because there were several steps at the entrance of the courtyard and the terrain was high, so Jin Xi and Tao Zhi could look over the heads of the people in front, and saw that the courtyard gate really opened a road from the inside. gap.A [-] or [-]-year-old boy dressed as a drug boy went out the door, and Jin Xi was stunned when the drug boy went out and saw the scene at the gate of the courtyard, but there was no shock or surprise on his face.Obviously, the drug boy has experienced a lot of such scenes along the way, which further confirms Jin Xi's decision in his heart, that he must find a way to make Tao Zhi sick.

The courtyard door behind him was closed again, and crowds flocked to the drug boy from all directions like a tide. The small stampede happened during this period was negligible, and the drug boy was immediately submerged by the sea of ​​people.

It was the first time for Jin Xi and Tao Zhi to see such a large formation, they were both stunned, they stood there holding hands and did not move forward.Because even if they stepped forward, they couldn't squeeze into the circle of people in front of them according to their stature, and Ah Cai, who had the upper hand, was guarding the carriage over there with a long distance away from them.

Fortunately, Jin Xi's hearing is good, even though she is far away, Jin Xi can still catch some useful information amidst the noisy inquiries.

That is, the boy surrounded by everyone is Chen Yizheng's man.Those colleagues, or customers who came to visit in a hurry from Wanghai County, the town below, and Lin County after getting word of it, were being told what Chen Yizheng had said by the young man.

The meaning is very simple, Dr. Chen is passing by Wanghai this time, and the time is short, so he will not meet all his colleagues in order to avoid poor hospitality.As for those who came to see a doctor, they refused all of them simply and neatly on the grounds that they would wash their hands in a golden basin and enjoy their old age in peace.

The drug boy brought Chen Yizheng's words with him, and then flashed into the courtyard, and the courtyard door closed again with a creaking sound.

The scorching sun above the head was shining white, shining on the bare skin of the body, like a layer of fire.On the big tree by the roadside, the cicadas were screaming hoarsely and desperately, and the heat was getting tighter and tighter.

Some people retreated immediately, got into the chariot and drove away.Some people didn't give up and stayed. The two big trees on the side of the road became their targets, and they all stood in the shade under the big trees, shaking their sleeves and waiting dryly.

Jin Xi and Tao Zhi were originally standing under the shade of the tree, and the noon sun hung down from the top of their heads, and the shade of the tree was condensed into a small area the size of a basket.Suddenly, a group of people ran over and occupied her, Jin Xi hurriedly dragged Tao Zhi back to the side.

"Let's not fight with them, we still have a plan!" Jin Xi smiled mysteriously at Tao Zhi, turned around and trotted back to the place where the carriage was parked, and returned after a while, with two more things in her hand.

One was a jug of water, and the other was a big umbrella, which Sun Yuxia stuffed in their carriage before going out.Tao Zhi was also pleasantly surprised, and stretched it out to cover the tops of the two of them, just to block the scorching sun above their heads.

Some people did not grab the shade of the tree, did not bring an umbrella, and it was really stuffy and cramped in the carriage, so they ran to a teahouse across the street to drink tea and listen to an opera, and asked the servants at home to continue waiting for Chen Yizheng's arrival. loose.After a while, the street, which was crowded with people before, suddenly became much more open.

After another half an hour, the medicine boy showed up again, and the crowd rushed over from under the tree and in the teahouse, and surrounded the medicine boy enthusiastically, hoping that this was just a trial or a test by Chen Yizheng. .

However, when the drug boy said that Doctor Chen had already fallen asleep, he began to swipe away the noisy crowd outside politely, and finally slipped behind the courtyard door again, and the courtyard door was closed tightly from the inside with a bang.

The crowd outside under the scorching sun suddenly exploded.From time to time in the carriage over there, the voices of maidservants exclaimed. It turned out that those weak ladies and aunts finally couldn't bear the heat and fainted.In this way, some people were so angry that they yelled and cursed on the spot, calling Dr. Chen an upright fox and pretending to be noble. He is not a serious Beijing official, but a skilled person who serves people. What's the big deal?The shameless old guy, the man will not serve you anymore.

Some people are still there in a daze, but most of them have already left.Jin Xi and Tao Zhi glanced at the scene, they looked at each other, Jin Xi nodded, Tao Zhi gritted his teeth, the two put away their umbrellas, came forward hand in hand, and knelt side by side on the steps below the courtyard gate.

Seeing this, those people who were about to leave and who were at a loss as to where to go, chattered everywhere.

There was a contemptuous laugh from a passing carriage.

"Look at the outfits of those two people. It looks like they came from a poor family below. Tsk tsk, they even played the sad card, how ridiculous!"

"Isn't that right? Let's do what we like. We're giving you gold, silver and wild ginseng. That old guy surnamed Chen doesn't appreciate it, so he can get things done by kneeling here? The poor family is humble, with shallow eyesight. "

"..."

"Miss, look quickly, there are still two people who are unwilling to give up and kneel at the door!" In another passing carriage, a maidservant's voice came out in surprise.

"What's so interesting, kneeling down every now and then, that's a poor girl's trick!" The young lady's voice rang out lazily and tiredly.

"Miss is really smart, she can see the details and plans of those two people at a glance."

"Hmph, what kind of ability is this, but it's just a matter of flirting... Hurry back home, I'm so hot that I can't breathe..."

"Yes, when I was going out, Bingtang had a soup of lily, chuanbei, and white fungus. I asked the servants to freeze it with ice. Miss, it will come in handy when I go back..."

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Carriages and carriages passed behind Jin Xi and Tao Zhi, and the sounds of contempt and ridicule were endless.

Tao Zhi knelt there, her figure swayed slightly, hearing the humiliating words, her teeth bit her lower lip until it turned red.

Jin Xi knelt beside her, her back straight, her expression calm and composed, she turned a blind eye to the mockery of the rich and powerful lords, ladies and maids behind her.

"Biao Auntie, don't worry about it. Those people have been shut down here. They are unwilling and unable to do what they want, so they deliberately hit us so that the resentment in their hearts can be distorted and comforted." Jin Xi said lightly.

Tao Zhi looked up at the courtyard door that was still tightly closed in front of her, and said worriedly: "Xi'er, tell me, can we kneel here like this, can it work?"

"Biao Aunt, whether to kneel or not is a human thing we must do our best. As for success or failure, it depends on Chen Yizheng's will. We can only control our own behavior, but we cannot control Chen Yizheng's mind."

Tao Zhi thought for a while, the expression on his face became firm, nodded, and said: "Xi'er, you are right, we just kneel down, even if it fails in the end, we will not regret it."

Jin Xi nodded, and the two stopped talking.

A stick of incense has passed...

The two still knelt there straight, sweating profusely.Under the big tree next to it, the remaining people, as well as the occasional passers-by, couldn't help shaking their heads when they saw this scene.

Half an hour passed, the courtyard door opened, and the drug boy poked his head out again.Seeing Jinxi and Taozhi kneeling under the steps at a glance, Yaotong froze for a moment, but didn't say anything to Jinxi and the others.

The small group of people left under the tree all ran over, and the drug boy waved his hand, saying the same thing, Dr. Chen will not welcome you, please come back, and there is no sign of loosening his attitude.

Putting those words aside, Yaotong closed the courtyard door without looking at Jinxi and Taozhi again.

This time, the small group of people also left in disappointment, and the front of the yard was really emptied this time.

Taozhi and Jinxi looked at each other, Jinxi nodded to her, Taozhi also nodded, and said: "Xi'er, the sun is really hot these days, why don't you go and sit under the shade of the tree over there, are you Those who accompany me to seek medical treatment don't need to kneel with me!"

Jin Xi shook her head, raised her hand to wipe off the big beads of sweat on her forehead, and said, "Biao Aunt, we are in the same boat."

Tao Zhi looked at Jin Xi gratefully, nodded heavily, and the two continued to kneel without saying a word.Not far behind, Ah Cai drove the carriage under the big tree, jumped out of the carriage, and looked at Jin Xi who was kneeling here with complicated eyes.

Half an hour has passed...

The two of them were sweating profusely, out of breath, and had no energy to speak.

Another hour passed, during which time, the drug boy poked his head out and glanced, seeing that the two of them were still there, the drug boy frowned and shook his head, and said: "My master said that if you don't see guests, you won't see them. Kneeling through it is futile!" After speaking, he flashed into the yard.

Tao Zhi could no longer stand upright and kneel there, but bent down, her face turned pale.

Jin Xi may have eaten a full meal at noon, and her physical fitness is slightly better than that of Taozhi who is empty, but she is still dizzy and feels hot all over.She clenched her fists and supported her body on the hot stone slab in front of her, gritting her teeth.

This is the first time to do such a thing.Whether it's money, status, reputation, or anything else, Jin Xi asks herself that she can't offer anything in front of Chen Yizheng.Since she couldn't do all of these things, all she had left was sincerity.

No matter whether he can be moved or not, at least, he has to kneel until Chen Yizheng comes out by himself. Whether it is successful or not, Jin Xi wants to hear what Chen Yizheng has to say.It's not just a few words and a disdainful look from that drug boy.

Another half hour of torment...

Jin Xi found that her hair was about to burn, her neck was burning with pain, and the back of her hand that was propped on the ground was also red and painful.Taozhi almost fell to the ground.

(End of this chapter)