Chen Pingan suddenly became a temporary apprentice in the blacksmith shop. According to Master Ruan, someone needs to take over Liu Xianyang's work. Manpower is needed to dig wells, build houses, and dig canals. He did not feed Uncle Liu in vain. reason.
As a result, Chen Pingan became the busiest person in the shop. As long as it was hard work, the straw-shoe boy was really not inferior to any young and strong man. During his breaks from work, Chen Pingan went to the house to visit Liu Xianyang. The tall young man who wandered around was still frightened after escaping death, or the blow from the mountain ape had damaged his vitality and spirit. He became a little taciturn and sickly. He often lay in bed and stared at the ceiling. Lost in thought, Liu Xianyang hardly talked to anyone except Chen Pingan who could chat with him for a few words. Chen Pingan was also helpless. Fortunately, Liu Xianyang was seriously injured, but the wound on his chest healed faster than Chen Pingan's left hand. Much faster.
Ning Yao still lives in the house on Mu Ping Lane. The man she calls Master Ruan surprisingly agrees to make a sword for her. What’s even more surprising is that Master Ruan also said that this time the sword was made with luck. If it is good, it will be ready in half a year. If it is not lucky, it may not succeed even if it waits for ten years. Ning Yao was very tolerant about this. He smiled and said that his luck was always good, and he would wait for the first half of the year.
Although Ning Yao lives in Chen Pingan's ancestral house every day, the medicine jars and other items have been moved to the shop to save Chen Pingan from running back and forth. Chen Ping'an lives in Liu Xianyang's house, mainly because he is afraid that the house will be robbed. Chen Pingan went to the stream to touch for stones in the middle of the night, but in the end nothing was found. Even in the deep pit on the back of the green ox, he could not find snake gallstones. According to Ning Yao, snake gallstones are similar to human beings. , you must have the spirit of spirit. Without it, the ordinary wealthy family can only use it as an inkstone. But with the spirit of spirit, it is almost like a person wearing a dragon robe. The difference between the two is only one day. One place.
This makes Chen Pingan unable to help but sigh every time he walks by the stream.
Ning Yao brought back a bunch of old keys to Chen Ping'an, saying that someone had left them in the yard. Then she tried it and found that they were indeed the keys to Song Jixin's house next door. From door to door, everything can be opened. Chen Ping'an couldn't guess what Song Jixin wanted to do. Logically speaking, with his lavish style, he shouldn't have thought of asking him to help clean the house. After all, with Song Jixin's temper, he probably wouldn't let him if the house collapsed. Outsiders enter his family's territory.
Chen Pingan knows Song Jixin better than anyone else.
Song Jixin was a very generous person. Whether it was for himself or for his young maid Gui, he would throw out all the ten coins he had in his pocket. At the same time, Song Jixin is also a very stingy person. As long as it is something that he hopes to monopolize, he is not willing to give away any money. In short, it is what Song Jixin wants to give to whomever. Spending a lot of money is just a drop of money, but others take the initiative to follow him. Whatever he asks for, he will definitely not be happy with it. If he is in a good mood, he is willing to do something good for anyone, but no matter whether he is in a good mood or not, Song Jixin will not give him timely assistance.
OrDid Zhigui deliberately throw the key to his house?
Chen Pingan thinks it is unlikely.
During this period, when Chen Pingan heard Ning Yao say that she took the key to open the door, he was stunned and hesitated to speak.
So Ning Yao narrowed her eyes, and her long and narrow eyebrows were particularly imposing. She just stared at Chen Pingan.
At that time, Ruan Xiu was watching this scene in a daze not far away, secretly eating the broken pieces of food bought from the small town by Chen Pingan.
In the end, Ning Yao was the first to turn around and leave. That day, she didn’t let Chen Ping’an cook the medicine. She took the clay pot to the open space behind the blacksmith shop and worked for a long time. The girl’s face turned into a big painted face due to the smoke. , and she cooked out a large pot of black charcoal. A girl in green with a ponytail passed by from afar, eating melon seeds with relish as she walked.
Ning Yao squatted on the ground, staring fiercely at the jar of medicinal materials. He felt that it was much harder than practicing sword practice. The girl's face was full of indignation. Is there anything in this world that I, Ning Yao, can't do well? It seems that there should be no such thing as decoction in the world!
Chen Pingan silently walked to her side and helped her re-decoct the medicine with skillful movements.
Ning Yao moved his lips slightly, but still did not stop him. He just wiped his face while Chen Pingan was not paying attention.
The young man squatted next to the medicine jar, staring at the fire carefully, folding his hands on his knees, and resting his chin on his arms.
Ning Yao snorted, "Laugh if you want!"
Chen Ping'an didn't laugh at her. He still stared at the gently swaying green flames and whispered: "I don't think Ning Girl, what bad things could you do? But the key belongs to someone else after all. No matter why it was left in our yard, it's not easy to use it to open the door. Even if Song Jixin and Zhigui never return to the town in this life, his house will still be next door. We are all outsiders in the courtyard."
Ning Yao curled his lips and said, "A bad guy, a stupid person, a poor person, a nagging person!"
Chen Pingan and Ning Yao turned around at the same time. Turning his head, he saw a young man with a slender figure and elegant temperament. At first glance, he looked like a foreigner and a scholar.
Chen Pingan found that the way this person looked at him was very strange. He was not as self-reliant as the Mountain Moving Monkey of Zhengyang Mountain or Fu Nanhua of Old Dragon City, nor was he like Daochang Lu and Miss Ning. The young man's gaze was very complicated and contradictory, seeming to contain pity and appreciation, mixed with a hint of disgust.
The young man finally chose to leave in silence.
Ning Yao frowned and said: "At first glance, I came for you, what's going on?"
Chen Pingan was also puzzled, shook his head and said: "I don't understand."
After being interrupted by the inexplicable stranger, the anger between the boy and girl, which was not even a matter of estrangement, quickly disappeared.
It’s just that the man left and came back soon, accompanied by a young woman with extremely long legs, and for some reason Ruan Xiu.
Ruan Xiu explained: "They couldn't speak the small town dialect, so they asked me to help. Chen Ping'an, this sister is the one who saved LiuThe people from Xianyang have the same surname as you, but they are not from Dongbaopingzhou. The person next to Sister Chen is the eldest grandson of the Chen family in Longwei County, and his surname is Chen Songfeng. I heard from Sister Chen that Chen Songfeng seems to be a distant relative of your Chen family from hundreds of years ago. As for Sister Chen, it doesn't matter if it's a thousand or two thousand years ago. This time Sister Chen came to worship her ancestors, but no one in this town, from the construction supervision office to the big families in Taoye Lane on Fulu Street, knew where their ancestors’ graves were. Liu Xianyang said As for you, you are now the person in the town who is most familiar with the surrounding landscape, so it is right to find you. Sister Chen said that if you can help, she can pay you, a bag of gold and copper coins, I think you can agree..."
When she said this, the girl in green secretly put her fingers together, The side of his waist swayed, and in addition, his mouth shape was also "two bags"
Ruan Xiuming clearly wanted to remind Chen Pingan that even if the lion opened his mouth, otherwise there would be no such store in this village. Son.
After Chen Pingan thought carefully, he smiled and said: "I thought of a place that might be the place she wanted to find. As for the reward, forget it, it’s just a matter of walking a few steps. "
Ruan Xiu is a little anxious.
Ning Yao has already taken a step forward and said in the orthodox elegant language of Dongbaopingzhou: "Let Chen Pingan take you to find the tomb to worship your ancestors. No problem, but you have to take out two bags of gold and copper coins, no negotiation! He is seriously injured at the moment and it is not easy for him to travel long distances. You also know that Mr. Qi is asking people to leave the town quickly. Chen Ping'an is just an ordinary person, but he must hurry up. A bag of money is not enough. ”
In fact, when Chen Dui and Chen Songfeng saw the girl for the first time, their eyes lit up.
They forgot about the customs.
It was like a deserted rice field. , saw a tall and graceful Zhilan.
Chen Dui looked at the girl in front of him brightly, wearing a green robe and hanging a sword, which was pleasing to the eye. Chen Dui's dull mood also improved a little, and he smiled: “As long as I can find my ancestral grave, I’ll give you two bags of money. But first of all, if you can't find it, I won't give you a bag, how about it? "
Ning Yao said solemnly: "It's a deal! "
From beginning to end, it seemed that nothing happened to Chen Pingan.
Ning Yao stared at Chen Pingan, his eyes full of "Don't nag me, or else I'm really good at killing people."
Chen Ping'an held back his laughter, thought about it seriously, and said to Ruan Xiu: "Please tell them, I want to help Miss Ning cook it first. It will take about two-quarters of an hour to take the medicine. Then I will go and talk to Liu Xianyang. Finally, I will ask Miss Ruan to help me tell Master Ruan that whatever I left behind today will definitely be made up for tomorrow. "
After hearing that there was no way to leave immediately, Chen Dui looked a little unhappy. She looked at this ignorant straw-shoe boy with a gloomy expression.
Chen Ping'an did not hesitate. Backing off.
Ning Yao crossed his arms and smiled coldly.
Chen Dui endured his unhappiness and muttered silently.He said that the overall situation is the most important thing, and smiled at Ruan Xiu: "Xiu Xiu, tell him that we will wait for him at the covered bridge for half an hour at most. If no one is seen by then, let this guy bear the consequences."< /p>
Ruan Xiu hummed in a nonchalant manner.
Chen Dui and Chen Songfeng left hand in hand.
Ruan Xiu smiled and said, "I'll go tell my father."
After Chen Ping'an finished boiling the medicine for Ning Yao, he went to find Liu Xianyang.
In the room with a strong smell of medicine, Liu Xianyang, who was lying on the bed, heard the footsteps and turned around. His face was still not rosy, but it was much better than the previous paleness.
Liu Xianyang forced out a smile and said hoarsely: "Has the woman named Chen Dui come to see you?"
Chen Pingan nodded and said: "I will take them into the mountain later. ."
Liu Xianyang thought for a while, "I will leave with her to a place that is said to be bigger than our Dongbaopingzhou."
In fact, Chen was right before. I visited Liu Xianyang once, but after that, Liu Xianyang was not very interested, and he had no intention of talking to Chen Pingan about what she said.
Liu Xianyang twitched his lips, "Actually, I don't even know what Dongbaopingzhou is."
Chen Pingan bent down to help him straighten the bedding, and said with a smile: " Do you think I know?"
Liu Xianyang rolled his eyes and asked, "Do you know what I am most worried about?"
Chen Pingan shook his head.
Liu Xianyang turned his head and looked at the roof again, "Here, at least you can help me get out of bed, and then I can grit my teeth and solve the problem myself. After leaving the town, what should I do if I poop and pee along the way? Is it possible? You want me to tell them, hey, who of you can help me?"
Chen Ping'an sat on the stool and could only scratch his head.
Liu Xianyang suddenly laughed, "I just thought again, I have even died, why are you still afraid of this?"
Chen Pingan said: "Life is getting better and better after all. , Don’t worry, didn’t Old Man Yao say that if you survive a disaster, you will be blessed later?” When talking about Old Man Yao, Liu Xianyang felt a little sentimental: “Old Man Yao has never said a few good words in his life. , there were a lot of frustrating words, bad words, and curse words."
Ning Yao stood outside the door, but she didn't say anything.
Chen Pingan covered Liu Xianyang with the quilt again, stood up and said, "I'm going to take them into the mountains, you have a good rest."
Liu Xianyang nodded, "Remember to be careful. "
Chen Pingan walked out of the house gently, and Ning Yao walked side by side with him. Chen Pingan asked curiously: "You want to go up the mountain too?"
Ning Yao frowned and said: "Me. I can't trust those two people named Chen."
Chen Ping'an nodded and said, "That's right, it's better to be careful." Ning Yao said as the two walked quickly by the stream. : "The outsiders over there in the town were all gone."
The spring thunder shook, and the stinging insects ran away in fright.
The two groups of people met at the south end of the covered bridge.
Except for Ning Yao and Liu Baqiao, the sword cultivator from Fengleiyuan who came to join in the fun, the other three were Chen Dui from Bizhou, Chen Songfeng from Longwei County from Mainzhou, and Chen Pingan from Niping Lane from the small town.