Yue Ji

Chapter 5 Farmhouse
The woman looked at Wei Luo with a little curiosity in her eyes.Seeing her raising her head, Wei Luo was overjoyed, and hurriedly strode towards her, crossed her hands from a distance and said, "I've seen you, I'm a passer-by." If you don't speak, I'm not used to it at the end, and the tone of the speech is also jerky.

The woman stared at Wei Luo vigilantly, she saw that Wei Luo was thin and gentle, and didn't wear a sharp weapon, she didn't seem like a wild man, so she was only vigilant without much fear.

Wei Luo swallowed, and seeing the woman staring at him with a pair of dull round eyes, her feet were about to turn into the room, and in a hurry, she didn't care about her words, so she said directly: "Dare to ask?" Do you have straw sandals, ma'am? I would like to buy them." After finishing speaking, she turned her palm forward and showed the three knives that she had prepared long ago.

The woman saw the knife and coin in her hand, her eyes lit up, she nodded, and said in a strong Chu dialect: "Yes." She said, looking at Wei Luo's feet covered by the long robe , vaguely glimpsed the exquisite upper of the embroidered shoes, and couldn't help but look up at Wei Luo again in wonder.At this moment, she looked at Wei Luo with a hint of surprise and shrinking in her eyes.

Seeing her expression, Wei Luo made up his mind, strode up to the woman, crossed his hands again, and said loudly: "Ma'am, I've been traveling for a long time, and I'm really hungry. Dare I ask you if there is any food left?" ?”

Although the current Wei Luo is not good-looking, he has a generous demeanor and an extraordinary bearing, and the clothes on his body are not sackcloth. Could it be that he is still a nobleman?Thinking of this, the woman couldn't help but become more timid and cautious. She nodded awkwardly and said, "There is food, there is food."

As the woman spoke, she looked carefully at Wei Luo's lapel, and retreated into the room with both feet.Seeing her uneasiness, Wei Luo decided in his heart: Such a poor and honest person should not harm my heart.Thinking of this, Wei Luo's demeanor became more calm.

She followed the woman into the house, and as soon as she entered the house, a cool and comfortable air that was completely different from the outside rushed over her face, which made Wei Luo startled.She didn't know that although the thatched house was inconspicuous, it was extremely warm in winter and cool in summer. It was far more comfortable than the brick and tile house she lived in before, and it was even different from the newly built reinforced concrete box house in the city.

The room is extremely simple, completely barren, with only a wooden bed at the end of the room, and three or four stools made of tree roots in front of the bed.

There is also a small room on the right side of the thatched house, and the two rooms are separated by a piece of linen.

The woman walked hesitantly to the small room that should be the stove, while carefully looking at Wei Luo.Her movements were really careful, every time she met Wei Luo's eyes, she immediately shrank her head and hurriedly avoided her eyes.

Seeing that Wei Luo had been following her all the way to the door of the stove and was still following, she stretched out her right hand and pulled the linen curtain unconsciously while muttering: "You are a nobleman, you cannot enter the stove... ...No no, I, the little lady, mean that the kitchen is not easy to enter..."

The more the woman spoke, the more nervous she became, and she couldn't express clearly over and over again.Wei Luo already understood what she meant, so he stopped immediately, saluted with both hands, and interrupted the woman, "I'll wait for you in Pingli."

After Wei Luo finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the stone bed, reached out to pick up a tree root stool and walked out the door.

The lawn is full of knee-high weeds, and there is only an open space of three to four square meters under the eaves. Three small paths about a foot wide are separated from the left and right sides of the open space.

Wei Luo sat quietly on the stool, listening to the sound of spatulas coming from the thatched cottage, feeling the coolness of the wind blowing on her body, and suddenly, she felt extremely lost in her heart.

Just as she was in a daze, she heard the woman's footsteps.Wei Luo quickly stretched out his hands and rubbed his face, then looked up at the woman who came out of the room.

The woman held a ceramic bowl in her hand, which was filled with more than half of green beans.These green beans were soaked in water, and there was no oil on them.

The woman put the bowl and chopsticks in front of Wei Luo, and said dully: "People in the countryside only eat green beans and wild vegetables."

Wei Luo reached out to take the bowls and chopsticks, forced a smile, and said, "It's okay."

There was no oil in this bowl, and there was no half grain of rice. Wei Luo was already so hungry that his stomach hurt, but looking at this bowl of soybeans soaked in water, he still had no appetite at all.

However, if you have no appetite, you have to solve it all!No matter what, let's live first.

Thinking of this, she lowered her head and began to chew the green beans in small bites.

Seeing that she had started to eat, the woman stepped back carefully, and after a while, she retreated to the path on the right side of the thatched house. It seemed that she was going to the field behind the house to call back her man.

Wei Luo glanced at this scene from the corner of his eyes, and couldn't help but smiled wryly.Sighing slightly, Wei Luo put down the bowl and said, "Ma'am, do you have straw sandals at home? Buy them all for me."

As she spoke, she stood up.He reached out and put three knives on the stool, "Auntie, are these enough?"

"Enough, enough."

The woman responded repeatedly.She looked at the knives and coins on the stool, and then at Wei Luo, who was still thin and gentle, and suddenly she was not afraid anymore.

Wei Luo nodded, lowered his head and began to chew on the green beans.

Green beans are a very filling food, although there is no oil and no rice, after eating more than half a bowl of green beans, Wei Luo finally lifted his spirits.

When she put the empty bowl on the stool, the woman had already come out of the house, holding a string of straw sandals in her hand, and the straw sandals were connected with each other with straw, a total of five pairs.

Wei Luo reached out to take the straw sandals, seeing the woman staring eagerly at the knives and coins on the stool, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Ma'am, take these three knives and coins, is it enough?"

"Enough, enough."

The woman happily picked up the knife and coin on the stool, and responded repeatedly.Judging from the woman's expression, she is still very satisfied with the deal.

Wei Luo didn't know that most of the people in the countryside at this time were used to bartering. Currencies such as knives and coins were hard currencies, and women like this were rare.

Wei Luo smiled, crossed her hands, and said loudly: "In that case, I thank you, ma'am." Wei Luo hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "Ma'am, how long will it take to go north to see the city?"

The woman was startled, she thought for a while, and said, "I heard that it's about two or three hundred miles away."

Two or three hundred miles?Doesn't that mean that they have to spend the night in the wilderness for a few more days?Thinking of this, Wei Luo shuddered, she frowned and asked, "How soon can I see the village?"

The woman said: "There will be every twenty or thirty miles."

Wei Luo breathed a sigh of relief, thanked him with his hands crossed again, turned around and strode towards the official road.

The woman watched Wei Luo leave, quickly put away the knives and coins, picked up the bowls and chopsticks, lifted the stool and ran back to the house in a hurry.

After Wei Luo returned to the official road, he rearranged his bundle, not only took out five knives and put them outside, but also put the remaining four pairs of straw sandals in the bundle.

The straw sandals had just been put on, and they hurt her tender little feet. Wei Luo hesitated for a while, but still gritted his teeth and put them on.Of course, she also painted her feet black while wearing straw sandals.As for the pair of embroidered shoes, Wei Luo prepared to put them away several times, because the embroidered shoes are still in good condition and can be worn alternately.After so much hesitation, Wei Luo still threw it away: This thing will reveal his identity, so it's better to throw it away.Accidents always come suddenly. It is still useful now, but when the situation is urgent, there is no time to discard it. Wouldn't it be a big mistake?
In fact, in terms of comfort, the straw sandals are better than the exquisite embroidered shoes made of silk.It's just that Wei Luo didn't get used to it for a while.The straw sandals were made by the woman for herself, and they are a little bigger.But straw sandals are like this, there is no obvious feeling when they are two or three sizes too big.Wei Luo tightened the tether a little, and felt that it fit quite well.

(End of this chapter)