Seeing the thatched cottage, Lu Jing's mood improved, because it meant that his trip to Jinghu Valley was coming to an end.
Except for the accident he encountered at Little Marquis' place earlier, his journey afterwards went smoothly and he didn't bump into anyone else.
As long as he delivers the last basket of vegetables, he can quietly resume his first day's work last night.
Although there are still fifty-nine days to go, he has finally made a good start anyway, and although Wu Han always digs holes for him secretly, there is one thing that did not lie to him, that is, the job of delivering food is indeed faster than Farming in the school fields is much easier.
There are gains and losses.
Lu Jing was thinking as he walked outside the thatched cottage.
Then he cleared his throat and said, "Junior Lu Jing was entrusted by Uncle Wu Han to deliver food to senior."
He shouted first, but there was no response from the thatched cottage, so Lu Jing shouted again.
Still no one answered.
After hesitating for a moment, Lu Jing took two more steps towards the thatched cottage. He noticed that the wooden door of the thatched cottage was not locked and was half open. Through the half door, he could see some scenes inside the thatched cottage. .
Including some sun-dried medicinal materials, there are also poisonous snakes, scorpions and centipedes. It seems that the owner here can not only heal people, but also poison people.
Lu Jing somewhat understood why Ding Liu didn't like this colleague earlier.
However, he had no intention of exploring the other party's secrets. He only glanced at it and quickly withdrew his gaze, and did not go in. He just put down the basket of fruits and vegetables, then found a big stone outside the thatched cottage, sat on it and admired the scenery. While waiting for someone.
I have to say that the Mirror Lake Valley is indeed a very suitable place for seclusion. In addition to the secret entrance, the scenery here is also quite beautiful. And unlike the chirping Nightingale Valley, it is very quiet here, and even flying birds are rare. The only sound that reaches my ears is the roar of water and leaves.
Lu Jing sat on the stone for a while. Although he was waiting for someone, he was not very anxious or agitated in his heart.
And he also knew that he wouldn't wait too long, because looking from the half door, there were still half-picked corn in the yard. It was obvious that the owner of this place had left temporarily for something, and he would definitely come back soon.
But perhaps because he was sitting high enough now, Lu Jing also saw some things that he had not seen before.
Including the medicinal field on the back of the thatched cottage.
The people who cultivated the medicinal fields deliberately chose a relatively low-lying place so that the hillside could block the medicinal fields. It would probably be difficult for people who came here for the first time to find it.
If Lu Jing hadn't climbed up the big rock, he wouldn't have been able to see there.
Like Ding Liu's medicinal garden, many flowers and plants were planted in this medicinal field, but most of the flowers and plants behind this thatched cottage were unknown to Lu Jing, and they looked very gorgeous. He didn't know whether they were poisonous or not. Poison, for the sake of caution anyway, Lu Jing didn’t step forward.
He waited for about a quarter of an hour, but finally footsteps came from behind him.
Lu Jing turned around and saw a girl in a green shirt, about the same age as him, walking leisurely in the forest carrying a small cloth bag.
However, when she saw a stranger waiting outside her thatched cottage, a look of vigilance immediately flashed in her eyes.
He stopped twenty feet away from Lu Jing.
At this time, Lu Jing also jumped down from the boulder and said to her, "Are you a cook?"
The girl in green shirt nodded, "You are..."
"It doesn't matter who I am, I'm just a person entrusted by Uncle Wu Han to deliver food to you." Lu Jing said, "You collect this basket of food and see if there is anything you want me to convey to Wu Han."
However, the girl in green shirt still remained alert when she heard this and asked, "Who is Wu Han?"
Lu Jing was startled, "You don't know him?"
"Do I need to know him?" the girl in green shirt asked.
"Well, it's not necessary, but if you don't know him, where do the vegetables, rice and noodles you usually eat come from?" Lu Jing asked.
"Someone in Jinghu Valley will send these things in every month. Those who need them can go to the west of the valley to pick them up." The girl in green shirt replied.
"…………"
Lu Jing was speechless. He had been thinking about a problem before. Wu Han was busy farming alone and delivering food to everyone. Where did he get the time and energy?
Now it seems that this guy was quite lazy before. He just piled things in one place and let people pick them up. As for him, he personally delivered them to only a small number of people.
But now comes the problem. This guy doesn't even know the girl in green shirt, so he ordered him to come over to deliver food. No wonder the other party reacted like this when he heard Wu Han's name.
Lu Jing opened the bamboo basket under the vigilant gaze of the girl in green shirt, showed the contents in the bamboo basket to the other side, and then said, "These fruits and vegetables are grown by Wu Han himself. They should taste good. He prepared three baskets. I have given one basket each to Mr. Marquis and Ding Liu, and the remaining basket is yours, you can try it, it’s free anyway.”
"But I don't even know Wu Han, why did he send me this basket of fruits and vegetables?" The girl in green shirt still didn't move, and even retracted one hand into her sleeve.
Lu Jing also noticed at this time that the girl in green shirt was not particularly alert.
It stands to reason that this is an academy, and there is almost no danger in normal times, but the girl in green shirt is still so careful. Before she entered the academy, she had probably been in a very bad environment.
So much so that the experience left an indelible impression on her and even changed her personality to a certain extent.
Thinking of this, Lu Jing tried his best to calm down and said, "Don't worry, he doesn't have any ill intentions. He suddenly sent you food just because he wanted your help."
"What's the matter?" The girl in green shirt frowned, "Is he sick and wants me to cure him? But doesn't he know Ding Liu? In terms of medical skills in treating diseases and saving people, I am far inferior to Ding Liu. I can only detoxify. Yes, I might be better than Ding Liu."
"He is not sick, and the matter he asked you for has been resolved, so you don't have to bear any burden. Just accept the food." Lu Jing said.
Unexpectedly, the girl in green shirt shook her head and said, "I won't receive a basket of food from him for nothing."
However, she probably saw that Lu Jing was not hostile, so she finally took out the hand that was holding the hidden weapon in her sleeve.
Lu Jing scratched his head. He didn't expect retribution to come so quickly. He had just rejected Ding Liu's gift of medicine, but then turned around and the girl in green shirt also rejected his gift of food.
Is it so difficult to give something away these days?
Lu Jing sighed in his heart, but he still had to finish what Wu Han asked him to do. Lu Jing thought for a while and said, "Why don't you treat me to a cup of tea?"
"What?" The girl in green shirt was startled.
"You said before that no reward will be given for no merit, so why not treat me to a cup of tea, and then I will give you this basket of vegetables. Then we will be settled, and no one will owe anything to the other."
