Lin Yuxi promised the two children that they would have barbecue in the evening, and started to prepare it after the meal.
I went to the butcher's house to buy fresh pork, and went to the river to fork a fish. I prepared all the ingredients, and prepared the stove and iron plate in the yard, just waiting for the barbecue in the evening.
The old man put his tattered bundle back into the house, walked around the yard several times with his hands behind his back, and then stood still by the flower bed.
"This...where does this come from?"
Lin Xixi was sorting out the medicinal materials collected from the mountains today. He took a look at them and said, "They were collected from the mountains. Spring is coming, and I don't know which ones will bloom."
In fact, they were all brought back by leopards, and she planted them, but she couldn't tell people that there would be three leopards coming and going at home, right? That would give the old man a stroke.
The old man turned around, and Lin Yuxi felt that he was speaking with gritted teeth, "Which mountain?"
"It's this mountain. It's been harvested for a long time. Why, you want it too?"
The old man narrowed his eyes slightly, "You won't have a basket in it when you pick it back, right?"
"Yeah, just..." she said smoothly, then stopped immediately.
"No, why is there a basket? I dug it from the mountain."
The old man pointed towards the mountain and said, "Go dig another one for me and come back. I will give you as much money as you want."
Lin Joy was stunned. Could it be that the baskets brought back by the leopards twice belonged to him? Then it would be too miserable for him. His things were robbed by the leopards. He dared not speak out in anger.
And twice!
How to catch a sheep?
"I was bitten by a snake when I went up the mountain today. If I hadn't saved you, I wouldn't have been bitten by a snake and wouldn't have gone."
She also pointed to her wound, and the old man curled his lips, "Come on, it's not a poisonous snake at all, and it must have been bitten before you saved me, right?"
was discovered.
Lin Yuxi curled her lips, "This is my home. I saved you without even saying thank you, and you thought I was a thief. If I stole your things, why didn't you recognize me?"
"I didn't see who stole it."
"Then where were you stolen?"
The old man pointed to the mountain and said, "It's in the mountains."
"When was it stolen?"
"A few months ago, and a few days ago, it was stolen twice."
Lin Joy snorted, "Have you been in this mountain these past few months? I don't believe it."
Old Man: There’s no way to argue with that. He just arrived here a few days ago and was far away from here in the past few months.
Seeing that he stopped talking, Lin Huihe said proudly, "Can't you tell me? How could I have stolen it? I am a young woman who has never even been out of town. I met you by chance today. This is me.
Digged.”
The old man felt that there was really no evidence to say that she had stolen it. Maybe she had dug it up herself?
He hurriedly looked at the plants and saw that they were growing well, and he was relieved.
Lin Yuxi put down what she was doing and went over to look at the plants in the flower bed. The old man asked, "Girl, do you know what this is?"
Lin Hexi shook his head, he really didn't know him.
He smiled and said, "You don't even know me, so you picked it up and took it home?"
"This grass is called cold poisonous grass. It can cure strange poisons in the world. It grows wherever it can grow. It is cold-resistant, heat-resistant, drought-resistant and water-resistant. However, the number is very small. It took me several months to find a few plants in the mountains. It was just luck.
The best ever.”
The more he talked, the more guilty Lin Joy became.
This grass was in the baskets that Black Panther brought back twice. She thought it was ordinary and even doubted whether it would bloom. At that time, she was thinking about throwing it away.
Later, I felt that Baobao was kind enough to bring it back. I felt really sorry for them by throwing it away, so I planted it. Who knew that someone had to search hard for several months to find it?
The old man smiled and said, "You are a lucky person. You can even dig up cold poisonous grass even if you dig up a few wild flowers. This thing is priceless. These few plants can be worth a thousand taels of gold."
Lin Yuxi was not a person who loved money, but he was shocked when he heard this and immediately wanted to build a shrine to offer these grasses.
Why are weeds that look so ordinary and so valuable? Fortunately, they were not eaten by insects.
"Hehehe, I just dug it out casually, who knows..."
It's good now, I've said it all, I don't know how to explain it, but I can't let others swallow it, it's such a valuable thing.
The old man didn't feel sorry for the cold poisonous grass he had lost at all, but looked at the few plants that were growing just right and nodded frequently, "Keep them well, and I will come to you to buy them when they come in handy someday."
Lin Yuxi felt even more guilty, "How many more days...will you stay?"
The old man looked at her, and Lin Joy said hurriedly, "Tomorrow we will eat yam stewed chicken, the day after tomorrow we will eat roast duck, and the day after tomorrow we will eat pig's trotters."
Lin Xixi clearly saw his throat moving and swallowing, and then laughed, "I'm a good cook. Since you told me the value of this grass, I have to repay you. How many days will I stay before leaving?"
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"Okay." The old man accepted happily. Since he found the cold poisonous grass, he didn't have to leave in a hurry.
Lin Yuxi packed up the empty house at home for the old man to live in. In the evening, everyone happily ate barbecue together. It was not until nightfall that Chen Zhongqian entered her and Xiaoduo's house.
She was applying medicine to the wound. Chen Zhongqian took the medicine from her hand and carefully applied it on her, "Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt." Lin Joy shook her head.
There was no change in the wound, and the old man also said that snakes are not poisonous. Lin Yuxi felt that what he said was true.
Chen Zhongqian put away the ointment and stood up to leave. Lin Yuxi said, "You came here specifically to apply the ointment on me?"
Xiaoduo was already asleep. Lin Yuxi stepped aside, then got off the bed and said, "Sit for a while."
Chen Zhongqian stood there for a moment, then followed her wishes and sat next to her.
"The snake is not poisonous, so you can rest assured."
"Yeah." Chen Zhongqian nodded.
Lin Xixi held her chin in one hand and turned her head to look at him, "But maybe it's because you sucked out the poisonous blood for me in time."
"It's not poisonous, so where does the poisonous blood come from?"
Lin Yuxi said, "It's not poisonous this time, but what about next time? No, I mean if it's poisonous, you will be poisoned, so don't take such risks."
Chen Zhongqian replied without thinking, "But if it's poisonous, you will die."
After saying that, he felt a little uncomfortable, "I was thinking that if something happens to you, the two children don't know what to do. I can't take care of them. Because with you here, they can wear clean clothes and eat delicious meals."
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Lin Xixi liked seeing his arrogant look and smiled, "If you're worried about me, just say you're worried about me. How hard is it to tell the truth? If it were a poisonous snake, if you sucked the poisonous blood for me, I might die too, and so would you.
If they die, Xiaoyu and Xiaoduo will have no parents."
"So, you still can't do that. You have to be more sensible. At least one of your parents should stay, right?"