Yinnan Road, Xuzhou, Dongqi County, Mojia Village.
Mo Xiaoniang climbed out of bed before dawn, silently went to the backyard, took some herbs bought from the county, such as astragalus root, ginseng root, atractylodes root, etc. from the kitchen, and scooped a handful of herbs from the water tank. ladle of water and add to the casserole together.
Put the casserole on the small stove, then use a fire stick to light the dead branches, stuff them under the stove, use a fan to fan the wind carefully, light the stove, and then wipe the thin layer of fragrant sweat on your forehead. Smile sweetly.
After boiling the medicine over a low fire, Mo Xiaoniang hurriedly kneaded the noodles. She made a pot of Huhu noodles as quickly as possible, steamed a basket of black buckwheat buns, baked two wild vegetable salted cakes, and cooked the vegetables from a cool corner. There was a bowl of pickles in the jar. After they were packed away, they were carried on a wooden plate and placed on the table under the big tree in the front yard of his house.
"Dad! It's time to eat!"
Mo Xiaoniang put breakfast on the table, and the sun was rising in the east. "Brother Qi, are you awake?"
A stout man was taking a cloth towel from a string of lanyards and hanging it around his neck. Then he took a bamboo hat and hung it behind him. When he heard Mo Xiaoniang's question, he couldn't help laughing, "You should be awake, right?" I just heard something moving in the house."
As soon as Mo Tiezhan finished speaking, the door of the wooden house on the side was pushed open, and a scholar in white walked out slowly, smiling implicitly, "Thank you, Miss Mo, for caring. It's not even dawn yet, and I can smell the medicine." It’s fragrant.”
Qi Ruoyun smiled and shook his head, "Didn't I say that my injury is an old one? I just need to rest, no medicine, no need to spend money."
Mo Xiaoniang smiled like a flower blooming, "That's okay, forest ginseng and astragalus, it's always good to replenish Qi, and I picked these herbs in the mountains for free!"
Having said this, Mo Xiaoniang called to the two of them, "Dad, Brother Qi, come and have breakfast."
Then Mo Tiezhan, Qi Ruoyun, and Mo Xiaoniang sat around the small table under the tree. Mo Xiaoniang filled a bowl of noodles for each of them, and handed each of them a black buckwheat bun.
Mo Tiezhan took a big bite, and a quarter of the steamed bun went down. Then he put the pickles in his mouth, faced the lake, and ate loudly.
Qi Ruoyun's eating style was much more elegant, taking small bites of pickled steamed buns and taking a sip of porridge, which was as warm as jade.
Mo Xiaoniang smiled and watched Qi Ruoyun eating.
After a while, Mo Tiezhan finished eating first, wiped his hands on his clothes, then stood up and took the salty biscuit lunch that Mo Xiaoniang had prepared for him, and laughed, "I'm going to the fields. When I finish eating, take it with me." Brother Qi is walking on the road, no matter how weak his body is, he still needs to exercise, lying down all the time is not enough."
"I know, dad, don't worry!" Mo Xiaoniang responded with a smile.
Watching Mo Tiezhan go away and Qi Ruoyun finished eating, Mo Xiaoniang asked Qi Ruoyun to rest aside and then started to clean up. A moment later, when Qi Ruoyun was chanting poems in the morning breeze in the front yard, she saw Mo Xiaoniang carrying Holding a bowl of soup and medicine, he walked slowly.
"Brother Qi, come to drink medicine." Mo Xiaoniang said.
The corner of Qi Ruoyun's lips curled up, and he looked up and down at Mo Xiaoniang. Mo Xiaoniang's face turned red at the sight, and then she licked her lips and smiled slightly, "Okay, drink medicine, I love medicine the most."
"Stop enjoying yourself, don't worry, what do you think this is?" Mo Xiaoniang smiled, opened her palms, and placed a yellow crystal in her palms.
Qi Ruoyun raised his eyebrows and asked, "Baitang?"
"Hehe, it's very sweet. After drinking the medicine and then eating sugar, you won't feel the bitterness anymore." Mo Xiaoniang said with a smile.
Qi Ruoyun nodded, "That's right, bring it to me."
Mo Xiaoniang stepped forward and handed over the decoction. Seeing Qi Ruoyun drink up the concoction in one gulp, she stuffed the candy in her hand into his mouth.
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Qi Ruoyun held the candy in his mouth, nodded and smiled, "Did you buy it from a passing vendor yesterday?"
"Hey, how do you know?"
"The salesman's shouting could be heard by the whole village, and then I saw you running out in a hurry." Qi Ruoyun said with a smile, "I have a lot of candy in my hand today. Apart from buying it from that salesman, where else can I buy it from?" Come?"
Mo Xiaoniang smiled, "That's right, Brother Qi is so smart!"
"Am I smart?" Qi Ruoyun couldn't help laughing.
"Of course!" Mo Xiaoniang nodded heavily, then saw Qi Ruoyun finishing the candy in her mouth, and said to him, "I will help you walk around the village."
"Okay." Qi Ruoyun nodded. Seeing Mo Xiaoniang coming over to help him stand up, his eyes couldn't help but look down from top to bottom, and fell on Mo Xiaoniang's neck.
When Mo Xiaoniang raised her head, she saw Qi Ruoyun's slightly eager eyes. She couldn't help but blush, and hurriedly let go of the arm holding Qi Ruoyun.
"Let's go." Qi Ruoyun retracted his eyes, smiled slightly, and then his expression changed instantly.
Next to her, Mo Xiaoniang was about to go out with Qi Ruoyun when she saw a trace of fog rising outside the house. It was so faint that she couldn't see very far.
"Huh? The sun is out, why is it still foggy?" Mo Xiaoniang said in surprise.
Next to her, Qi Ruoyun's face had completely darkened. As his eyes flickered, he moved slightly and felt a huge pressure suddenly coming from the gray clouds around him.
"Baiyun Temple? Dongyangzi?"
"Infinite Heavenly Lord, I have met Xuanruo Divine Lord."
The vicissitudes of life but clear voice rang in the ears of Qi Ruoyun and Mo Xiaoniang, and then Mo Xiaoniang felt a flash in front of her eyes. Before she could realize what was going on, she felt Qi Ruoyun grab her wrist, and then opened her eyes again. At that moment, I saw an old Taoist priest with white hair and beard appearing at the door of his small courtyard.
"She's just an ordinary farm girl. Why should the Lord care about her and insist on keeping her?"
Mo Xiaoniang moved but was blocked. Dong Yangzi's eyes flashed and he asked calmly.
"What are you talking about?" Mo Xiaoniang looked confused when she heard this. She looked at the old Taoist priest in front of her, then looked back at the sick scholar she picked up from outside, "What kind of god is this?"
Qi Ruoyun did not answer, but looked at Dong Yangzi gloomily, his eyes moving around while sensing the surroundings, and asked in a deep voice, "Why can you find me?"
Qi Ruoyun didn't answer Dong Yangzi's words, and Dong Yangzi certainly wouldn't answer Qi Ruoyun, "The Lord Shen was injured, so why didn't he go back to southern Xinjiang and instead go deep into the hinterland of the Central Plains? Aren't you afraid of what happened today? It should be noted that the Lord Shen has a number on him. Ten thousand lives, but it’s different from other great monsters.”
Lu Zheng didn't know, but Dongyangzi knew that the Dajing court also used heavy bait to suppress Xuanruo Shenjun a few days ago. How could it be so easy to get Xuanruo Shenjun into a trap?
Hearing this, Qi Ruoyun revealed a smile that made Mo Xiaoniang feel extremely unfamiliar. It looked gentle and warm, but was cold and ferocious, "As expected of the leader of the Taoist sect, he came to kill me alone?"
