Chapter 22 The spring beauty of Jinjiang comes one by one
Fang Jinshi was surprised that Wang De, an officer of the Song Army, did not dare to see the two people who came in. He didn't know why. He looked up and saw two people standing at the gate, a man and a woman, both three. They were in their teens and seemed to be a couple.
This man's face is a little red, there is a shallow scar on the right side of his face, he has a slight beard, his eyes are bright, he is wearing a gray cloth suit, there seems to be some mud on his trousers, and a pair of rag shoes are dusty. If you don't see the knife marks on his face, he is dressed like a standard country farmer.
But the woman had her eyebrows painted and powdered. She had a face that was no longer young. She had a big gold ring on her finger and wore bright red embroidered shoes. She looked like the housekeeper of a countryman's wife. .
The two men opened the door and looked inside. When they saw Fang Jinshi sitting on the patio, the man asked him, "Is this Chen Banxian's home?"
Just as Fang Jinshi was about to answer, Qiao Ling'er happened to come out of the kitchen and saw the two men and called out: "Brother." It was rare that these three words didn't stutter.
When the man saw Qiao Ling'er, he hurriedly asked: "How is Master? Where is he?" Qiao Ling'er pointed to the west room and whispered: "He is...he is."
The man hurried to the west room and stopped for a moment at the door. The woman was about to step inside, but he grabbed her. He stopped and knelt down on the ground uprightly and said: "Master, here comes the unfilial disciple Zhang Zong'e. You're gone." He pulled the woman to her knees together.
The old man in the west room coughed and said, "Is Zong'e here? Come in." After another bout of coughing, Zhang Zong'e quickly got up and walked in with the woman.
Qiao Ling'er glanced at Fang Jinshi and followed him into the room. Fang Jinshi didn't know what their senior brothers were doing. He wanted to eat by himself, but he was embarrassed and couldn't follow him into the west room, so he walked to the west room. At the firewood door, look out at the scenery.
At this time, a horse ran over on the road. It was the soldier who had escorted the doctor back. He saw Wang De who had just hid outside the wall and went up to him to say something to the soldier.
Fang Jinshi watched for a while and saw that Wang De didn't want to leave, maybe he just didn't want to meet Zhang Zong'e. Fang Jinshi, the two apprentices, seemed to be very filial, but for some reason the relationship between them was not good.
When he turned around, he saw Qiao Ling'er standing in the courtyard, looking into the room from time to time, not daring to go in. When he heard the old man's voice in the room, he became excited, but he was talking to Zhang Zong'e when he was studying art many years ago. Regarding the matter, the woman next to her also spoke eloquently to please her, thinking that the old man liked his disciple very much. Seeing him arrive, his condition improved a lot along with his mood, and there was a hint of low laughter in his words.
Fang Jinshi took two steps forward. When Qiao Ling'er heard the footsteps, she turned around and saw that he couldn't help but lowered his head slightly. Fang Jinshi comforted her and said, "Don't worry, your two senior brothers are here, they will always be there." There is a way." Qiao Ling'er nodded and smiled at him, showing her white teeth, but her sad look quickly returned.
Her teeth were not very neat, and one on the right side of her face was a little slanted, but they made her look cute. Fang Jinshi was startled, and thought that her smile was really pretty, just like a cool breeze on this sultry summer evening, which made her look pretty. He felt extremely comfortable.
Although this girl Qiao Ling'er was not as dignified as a lady, nor as charming as Xiaojiabiyu, she had the pure aura of a young girl from the countryside. Fang Jinshi took one look at her and was embarrassed to stare at her again. Look, although he always thought he was thick-skinned.
Moreover, he was worried about his father at this time, so it was not easy to go up and chat.
He looked at Wang De in the distance and said: "Your two senior brothers don't seem to have a good relationship. As soon as the senior brother came, the second senior brother stayed away."…,
Qiao Ling'er said "Yeah", but then shook her head. She cherished her words like gold, and would not say a word if it was not necessary. Fang Jinshi saw that he didn't speak anymore. He was slightly disappointed, feeling bored, and felt that he was leaving. It seemed that there was nothing interesting to do here anymore, so he turned around and said, "Miss Qiao, I have other things to do, so I'll take my leave now."
Qiao Ling'er said "Yeah" again. Fang Jinshi thought she knew that he was busy carrying the old man down the mountain and received another beating. He thought that he hadn't eaten for so long, so he should be polite and say that he had eaten. Let's go again, but it's still the word "um".
Thinking about the pain still in my body, the hunger in my belly, and the disappointment, I couldn't help but muttered when I walked outside the door: "It's really suffocating." Feeling sad in my heart, I walked out of the courtyard and headed towards the avenue. go.
When Qiao Ling'er heard him say, "It's so suffocating," she couldn't help but raise her head. Seeing him go like this, she felt a sense of grievance in her heart for no reason...
Fang Jinshi walked to the front of the Taoist temple. Wang De saw him coming out from a distance, so he came over and walked towards him and said, "Where are you going, Brother Fang? Are you leaving now?"
Fang Jinshi had a good impression of Wang De, so he replied: "Actually, I'm just a passerby. I'm no longer needed here, so I want to go back to the city to find a place to rest."
Wang De said with a smile: "You haven't eaten yet, brother. The second brother will go to the city later to do some hosting. Let's get to know each other well. Is that possible?"
Seeing him talking like this, Fang Jinshi felt that this man was really an officer, and he was more polite in everything he did and said. He felt good about him and replied: "The second brother said that, and the younger brother is very happy."
Wang De chuckled, then sighed and said, "I just have to stay for a while before going. My senior brother is coming over. I don't know what he means. Did you hear it?" Fang Jinshi was stunned, not quite understanding. Wang De then explained what he meant: "I don't know if the master brother wants to take the master away for medical treatment, or if he just comes to visit the master with the master's wife."
Fang Jinshi thought to himself: You can ask this yourself, how do I know? But he replied: "I just watched Senior Brother enter the room from a distance. I didn't hear what they said, and I didn't know."
Wang De said: "Can you trouble me, little brother? Can you help me ask Senior Brother to come down to this yellow flower tree?" Fang Jinshi was unwilling to turn back, but he rarely refutes people's requests, not to mention Wang De's He was polite, and it was really not difficult to ask someone to come out, so he agreed and said, "I'll see if your senior brother has come out."
After saying that, he wanted to turn around and go back. Wang De said: "Brother Fang invited my senior brother here, and also invited him to the other side under the tree. Don't let him come to meet me." Fang Jinshi was stunned and thought: This is again What the hell are you doing? You have to use a big tree to separate us from each other. It's not like a big girl going on a blind date, so why are you so shy?
He didn't want to ask, but he was curious. He pointed to the other side of the yellow flower tree and said, "Is that the other side? What if he doesn't listen to me and comes over by himself?"
Wang De said seriously: "Brother Senior will not come over. If he comes, then... there is nothing we can do." Fang Jinshi heard what he meant, and it turned out that if Brother Zhang Zong'e came over, he would He started to fight with the master brother, and he called Zhang Zong'e to come over to talk, but it seemed that he just didn't want Zhang Zong'e to take the master away for treatment.
Fang Jinshi was suspicious and walked back. It was getting late now. Except for the lights in the west room, the fire in the kitchen had been extinguished and it was dark elsewhere. As soon as he walked into the door and looked towards the west room, he heard someone in the darkness. He said softly: "You...you are back."
No need to think about it, this soft voice was Qiao Ling'er. Fang Jinshi looked for the voice and saw Qiao Ling'er's blurry figure sitting on the patio. She was sitting alone in the darkness, not knowing what she was thinking. …,
Fang Jinshi said "hmm" and took two steps towards her. Suddenly he remembered that it is always bad to approach a girl in such darkness, so he stopped quickly and said: "Your second senior brother is outside, let me call you." Senior Brother went out to discuss things."
Qiao Ling'er stood up and said, "I'll call you." She walked into the west room, and not long after, Zhang Zong'e came out with his wife.
As soon as he saw Fang Jinshi, he said: "Ling'er, who is this little brother? How come my senior brother has never seen him or heard you talk about it to his master?" He said this with a smile and no malice. Qiao Ling'er whispered: "He is... a kind-hearted... kind-hearted... brother who helps us."
In fact, she was stuttering, and her voice gradually became lower when she spoke. Fang Jinshi thought to himself: Originally, we had nothing to do, but when you spoke like this, it felt like you were guilty. It would make people misunderstand that nothing was wrong, but after hearing what she said, she still screamed Saying "big brother" didn't mean he got a beating from her in vain.
Zhang Zong'e knew that his junior sister was a stammerer, but he did not misunderstand her. He stepped forward and saluted with clasped fists: "Thank you so much for this little brother. Where is my second junior brother now? Please lead the way."
Fang Jinshi didn't say anything, and took Zhang Zong'e and his wife to the big yellow flower tree. He vaguely saw a person standing under the tree opposite. Fang Jinshi stopped and said to Zhang Zong'e, "Brother Zhang is right here."
Zhang Zong'e was obedient and stood there without moving forward. He only heard Wang De's voice from the opposite side: "Wang De has met the master brother and master sister-in-law." He said as if he was bowing and saluting.
Zhang Zong'e smiled and said: "My senior brother, where are all these etiquettes coming from? I heard that you, the second brother, went to the Wuyuan Xihe Military Envoy General Yao Gu and now you have been promoted to the rank of captain of Yihui. Senior brother and sister-in-law are I’m happy for you from the bottom of my heart.”
Wang De said: "Thank you, Senior Brother and Sister-in-law. I also heard that Senior Brother had a new son the year before last. I was busy and didn't have time to congratulate Senior Brother and Sister-in-law. This is my fault."
Zhang Zong'e smiled and said: "Second brother, why do you have to be so polite?"
Fang Jinshi felt a little strange when he saw the two of them talking so calmly and casually, as if they had a good relationship, and they didn't look like they were going to meet each other at any time.
The two chatted casually for a few words, and Zhang Zong'e said: "I heard from Ling'er that my second brother arrived early and asked the doctor to diagnose and treat the master. What did the doctor say?"
Wang De sighed: "In fact, you and I were very aware of Master's condition a few years ago. I shouldn't say it. His ability to survive until now is all due to his martial arts practice since he was a child. This time he I came to Shaanxi with an illness and traveled through many winds and frosts, eh..."
