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Chapter 2: Where's the white-bearded grandpa?(1/2)

The two of them were stunned by one sentence, and they stopped their hands in an instant. Zhou Heng's hand was still trembling, supporting the stones on the shore to make him sit firmly as much as possible, looking at the two of them in confusion.

"You said you're paying back?"

Zhou Heng looked at the two of them and said, "Anyway, I have to pay it back as long as I owe it, but you tell me first, who am I? How do I know me? I have no memory now!"

After hearing Zhou Heng say this, Mingyu glanced at his brother, took a deep breath, and suppressed his anger just now.

"Okay, then I'll talk about it! In the early spring of last year, an old man moved to Lingshan Village, Qingping County, Jinan Prefecture, Daliang State, with you carrying you, and rented a house in the east courtyard of Brother Zhang's house next to my house. He said that the family was in trouble, and only you grandfather and grandson were left. You were frightened and a little stupid. You wanted to raise your brain here for you."

The boy named Mingyu seemed to think of the old man's hardship, glared at Zhou Heng hatefully, and then continued:

"After that, Mr. Zhou went to the mountains to collect herbs during the day and took care of you at night. He lived by picking mountain delicacies and medicinal materials. Just a month ago, Mr. Zhou died of illness. The head of the Xue clan saw that you were lonely and had old diseases, so he helped to handle the funeral. Who knew that you were confused and did not know whether the old diseases recur or what happened, and began to steal food in the village.

Just the night before yesterday, you secretly crawled into my yard, holding the oil lamp to get in and steal food. My brother had not returned from hunting. I heard the sound and saw that you were stuck in the barn window and could not enter or exit, so I had no choice but to pull you out. Unexpectedly, in panic, you threw the oil lamp into the barn.

In an instant, the flames surged into the sky. When the villagers arrived and smashed the barn, the wheat had already turned into ashes. Even the wing room on the west side of my house was burned. When I look for you again, there was no trace. The head of the Xue clan had no choice but to summon the whole village to discuss and hand over the rations to the land tax. If the head of the grain knows about this, can you still survive?"

After saying so many words, Mingyu sat on the ground, hugging his head and cried.

Zhou Heng was speechless and didn't know how to comfort the boy.

It is delightful that he can be reborn in another world after the explosion, but he has no impression of what he just said. Don’t those time travel novels say that they can get the original owner’s memory?

At the beginning, there was a dog, but what did you mean by yourself? It was a lot of debts?

Although I don’t know how much money the forty-two stone wheat is worth, it may make people in a village frown, and it must be a huge sum of money.

Where is the standard white-bearded old man?

Where is the library?

Where are the weapons and spare parts warehouses?

How to play nothing?

Zhou Heng is just an emergency doctor who can't carry his shoulders. Although he has been coveting the position of director for a long time, he is just coveting. He has never done any conspiracy and secret operations, and he has never even found a girlfriend.

My only hobby is to follow my friends to study forensic anatomy. In order to pursue excitement, I secretly followed the scene several times. At this time, I thought about how much I was in my previous life. What was I busy all day long, just for the salary of 18,000 yuan?

There is also a mother who has been raised by herself. If she learns the news of her death, she will definitely collapse. She loses her husband when she is young and loses her son when she is old. How can she bear such a blow?

Zhou Heng clenched his fists when he thought of this, and the mist in his eyes rose. No matter how hard he was, he had to survive even if he was difficult. He found a way to go home. Since he could come here, he would definitely go back.

Zhou Hengding calmed down and recalled Mingyu's words, then looked up at him.

"You said my grandfather collected herbs for a living, right? Then help me back to the house I rented. Since there is no grain, let's see if the medicinal materials are in stock. If they sell them, they will be returned to the villagers."

Mingyu looked at Zhou Heng with a strange look. Before he could speak, the burly man snorted coldly. Zhou Heng subconsciously moved his body back and slapped his body down. He had to explain his life.

"I'm still thinking about medicinal materials. If there are medicinal materials that can be sold, why should I get food? You burned my barn, and the courtyard you rented next door was also affected. It has been burned down at this time. Brother Zhang still regrets renting the house to you."

Zhou Heng was stunned. Yes, I forgot about this. A huge barn was hidden, and the surrounding houses would definitely be affected. So that means that there is no place to live now?

Just as he was thinking, Zhou Heng's stomach let out a loud tweet, and then the two seemed to be infected and purred together like echoes.

Zhou Heng rubbed his stomach and said nothing about anything else. Now the first priority is to find food, otherwise it would be hard to survive. How could he find a way to go home?

His eyes rolled, he looked at the burly man, with a pitiful expression on his face, and he asked softly:

"I wonder what Zhou should call him by the two noble surnames?"

The burly man snorted and said nothing. The young man named Mingyu looked at Zhou Heng's down-and-out appearance and sighed and said:

"Our brother's surname is Xue."

Zhou Heng nodded, "Brother Xue, now you can't pay back the forty-two-stone wheat even if you kill me. Why don't we find some food first and find a way to eat when we are full, what do you think?"

Brother Xue snorted again, let go of the hand holding Mingyu, stared at Zhou Heng with a bad look, and said:

"Speak lightly. After you just made such a toss, the fish in the lake ran away and the fishing rod was broken. How to find food, do you tell me?"

Zhou Heng turned around and looked at the lake. At this time, the rain had stopped. Many lotus flowers by the lake had fallen, but the lotus leaves were very lush. Such lush lotus leaves were definitely not the scene that would happen in early summer. When he licked his lips, he suddenly thought of a kind of ingredient.

"Don't worry, I can find food!"

Seeing Zhou Heng's swearing, Boss Xue was a little moved for a moment and glanced at Zhou Heng.

"What food?"

"Lotus root, have you never eaten lotus root?"

Boss Xue and Mingyu looked at each other and shook their heads.

It seems that people here don’t know that lotus roots can be eaten. Zhou Heng raised his chin to the lotus leaf and said:

"Did you see those lotus leaves? They are the rhizomes under the lotus leaves. They are white and tender and delicious and satisfying their hunger."

"I have only seen girls pick lotus pods, but I haven't heard of anyone eating lotus root, so that thing really fills your hunger?"

Seeing that Boss Xue was full of doubts, Zhou Heng supported the ground and wanted to stand up, but his legs were still shaking.

"Brother Xue pulled me a handful. We will know if we can eat it if we dig it out."

Boss Xue grabbed Zhou Heng's arm and gently lifted it up. Zhou Heng stood up.

Zhou Heng looked at Boss Xue beside him and realized that he was not short. Although he was half a head taller than Mingyu, he had just reached the position of Boss Xue's ear. It can be seen that the original owner had eaten well, at least he did not delay growing his body.

Zhou Heng shook his head and put away these thoughts, grabbed a corner of his robe, nested at his waist, and walked towards the depths of the lotus leaves by the lake.

Seeing that Zhou Heng had already wading under the lake, Boss Xue turned around and instructed:

"Mingyu is on the shore, I'll go and see if this kid has any abnormal movements, please go and call someone."

It would be fine if you didn't say this, but Mingyu felt unsure when he said it.

"Brother, why don't you go!"

Boss Xue glared at me, "What are you going to eat? Could it be that you cook this kid? You're so tired and waiting."

After saying that, Boss Xue also jumped out of the lake, followed Zhou Heng's steps, and walked towards the depths of the lotus leaves.

Zhou Heng grabbed the lotus leaves and touched them down the stem. There was a lot of mud below. When it stirred up, the lake water became turbid, but fortunately the water was not very deep.

When Zhou Heng touched a thick lotus root, he did not rush to pull it out. He followed the direction of the lotus root growth and loosened the mud. After cleaning up a few lotus roots in this way, Zhou Heng pulled up with both arms.

Three lotus roots covered with mud were pulled out, but they tried too hard and almost fell into the water. Fortunately, Boss Xue, who was behind him, reached out to support him.

"This is what you are talking about? Can you eat it with dark mud?"

"The lotus root is snow-white and very delicious."

Zhou Heng laughed at Mr. Xue, grabbed the three lotus roots and washed them with lake water. He took them out of the water again and saw the slightly yellow skin, completely missing from the mud.

Looking at the lotus roots without mud, Boss Xue seemed to have less doubts, "Do you still need to cook raw food?"

Zhou Heng broke a piece of lotus root with force and pulled out some silk. Sure enough, the lotus root was snow-white inside.

"Raw food is crispy, like fruits and melons that have no taste. They are very soft and glutinous when cooked! Should Brother Xue try it?"

Zhou Heng handed a piece to Boss Xue, and he held a small piece and started to chew it. The wild pollution-free lotus root tasted surprisingly good. At this time, he was so hungry that he looked like stars. After drinking a piece of lotus root, he suddenly felt a little strength.

Seeing that Zhou Heng had nothing to do, Boss Xue also took a bite. Although it was unsweet, it was very delicious. He held the remaining piece and threw it to Mingyu on the shore.

"Second brother also tasted it, it tasted pretty good."

Zhou Heng washed the mud on his hands and looked at Boss Xue.

"Let's start digging, it will taste better if you bury the pot after a while."

Boss Xue is also a straightforward person. When he walked to Zhou Heng, he imitated him and started digging lotus roots. After pulling a few of them, he seemed to find some feelings. Soon after, they dug about a hundred lotus roots, and Mingyu squatted by the lake to clean it. He looked at the pile of lotus roots and felt a little difficult.

"Brother, how should I deal with this too much?"

Zhou Heng thought about it carefully, looked at Boss Xue and said:

"Since the cleaning has been completed, then transport it back to the village."

When Boss Xue heard the first time he walked up the shore quickly, took off his outer robe and spread it on the ground, put all the lotus roots in his robe, and tied them up with two knots horizontally and vertically. He reached out and grabbed them, and carried all the lotus roots.

Then he turned around and looked at Zhou Heng and said:

"Let me go back to the village and explain it. I will go to the dilapidated temple at the foot of the mountain to stay for a night. Mingyu will send him to the dilapidated temple first, and I will explain to Brother Zhang tomorrow. If you follow him back to the village like this, I am afraid you will be beaten to death."

Zhou Hengshi shivered, let alone this arrangement is reliable.

The landlord, Brother Zhang, was the most tragic. A courtyard was burned down, and the person who set fire ran away. He even paid for his own food when he saw Zhou Heng. At this moment, he was the first to pounce on him and swallow him alive.

Looking at Boss Xue who was running away, Zhou Heng shrank his neck and said in a low voice:

"Although your brother has a loud voice, he is very good-hearted. Let's go too."

Mingyu nodded, pointed to a road not far away and said, "Young man, come with me, that dilapidated temple is next to the official road not far away."

Zhou Heng was not polite. Although he had eaten a piece of raw lotus root, his steps were still a little vague. He grabbed Mingyu's wrist and said:

"Okay, alas! I don't know if your brother can bring you and me some cooked lotus roots back. The Five Insect Temple is still empty."

Mingyu looked at Zhou Heng. He felt much less resentment and had a little more sympathy for him. He just lost his grandfather and occasionally became stupid. Although he was sober at this time, he completely lost his memory.

With his hands reaching out to support Zhou Heng, the two of them walked quickly towards the ruined temple.

There was no such dilapidated place as imagined, but there was no monk, the temple gate was somewhat damaged, the main hall and ear room were intact and there was no dilapidated place, which was obviously repaired.

After waiting for a long time, it was getting dark. Boss Xue came back with a huge bag and handed a greasy umbrella to Mingyu.
To be continued...
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