Old man Ma didn't go home at noon.
Qiao Nianyao brought the dumplings over, "Are you always afraid that I will rely on you? Why don't you come? The dumplings taste best right after they come out of the pot, so there's still a long way to go."
Old Man Ma glanced at her and said, "If you want to give it to me, you won't pay me."
"Qingfeng has plenty of resettlement fees. You can just buy something to eat and drink with the little money you have." Qiao Nianyao poured dumplings into a bowl for him. "Eat it while it's hot. I'll go back first."
She left without staying long.
Old Man Ma smelled the smell and moved his nose. He also moved his chopsticks when he looked at the bowl of dumplings. While eating, he muttered: "If you don't eat it, you won't eat it. If you say it can't be cured, you won't listen. Hey, my craftsmanship is not bad, and it's okay." I’m quite willing to eat such a big bowl.”
While eating, he muttered to himself. After eating, he touched his belly with satisfaction, "I haven't felt so full for a long time."
At nightfall.
Old Man Ma went out with a shovel on his shoulder while avoiding people.
After walking a certain distance, he stopped and said calmly: "Okay, don't follow me, come out."
After waiting for more than ten seconds and no movement, Old Man Ma continued walking with the shovel.
Walking to the small road in the countryside, as he walked, he said angrily: "What are you doing? You are not done yet, but if you don't come out, my old man will have to catch you out, right?"
He didn't leave either, just waiting where he was.
But there was no movement, so Old Man Ma continued to walk on his own.
After walking for almost an hour, when he was about to enter the mountain, he cursed, "How long do you plan to hide? You haven't come out yet!"
After a while, he looked around and then quietly entered the mountain.
The road in the mountains is not that easy, but the little old man often goes to the mountains to collect herbs, and he is very familiar with it.
You won’t be out of breath while walking on the mountain road at night!
There is an isolated tomb deep in the old forest in the mountains. It is very secret. It is under the mountain wall and covered by vines and other things.
It was Old Man Ma who worked hard to clean it up, and then the grave was revealed.
The little old man wiped the old tombstone again and again until it was clean, and then he laughed.
"Master, my unfilial disciple Ma Bojiang has come to see you."
"Don't be angry. I didn't mean to come after such a long time. I'm working in the health center now. I have a formal establishment. The members even praise me for my good medical skills. They can spot me for anything."
"Hey, they don't know that my medical skills are the worst among your apprentices, master. I was often scolded by you as a rotten tree that cannot be carved."
"They can all praise me for my medical skills. If I see the medical skills of my senior brothers and you, why don't you just bow down and call me a living god?"
"By the way, I brought you good things this time. Guess what I brought?"
"Master, you are so smart. You must have guessed that you have brought you a good wine, right? This was your favorite before you were alive. How does it taste? Anyway, I drink it really well. The ginseng flavor is really strong, so I drank these few times. God, my spirits have improved a lot, it’s really a great supplement.”
"..."
While the little old man put the specially brought candles on the grave and lit the incense, he naturally did not forget to take out the wine glasses and bottles from the cloth bag and fill them up for his master.
"This is the ginseng wine that girl honored me with. It's strange to say that I searched all over the mountains for ginseng that was hard to find. That girl used it to make wine casually. That jar of wine was soaked with three century-old ginseng trees. , I estimate that those old ginseng in the mountains were probably dug up by that girl. That girl doesn’t know how to dig, and the ginseng whiskers are broken in a mess, which is really a waste. "
"By the way, that girl's name is Qiao Nianyao. She kowtowed to me and wanted to become my teacher. She said she would support me in my old age."
"Hehe, to be honest with you, Master, my heart is moved. I have never married and had children in my life. After you left, I just lived in such a daze. Suddenly someone kowtowed to me and said that once I am a teacher, I will always be a father. I am willing Give me a pension, but I won’t be able to bear it.”
"The steamed buns delivered this morning are very fragrant, and the dumplings delivered at noon are also specially delivered. It's not in vain that I waited with an empty stomach. She is quite willing to give up a big bowl full."
"I was eating steamed buns and dumplings, and I just wanted to come over and have a chat with you. Do you think it would be okay for me to accept a young disciple for my sect?"
"..."
The little old man poured the full glass of wine for the master in front of the tomb, while chattering and laughing, and occasionally let out a few chuckles, which was particularly weird and terrifying.
Thinking of it, he took out a handful of paper money from his cloth bag, lit it and burned it in front of the grave, "You always save some money. This paper money is not easy to get now. I asked for it for a long time before I found out. Although I bought them all, there is only this little left in the store, not much. I am useless as a disciple. I didn't do anything good to you when you were here, not even bird's nest, shark's fin, abalone, etc. Let you have a taste, but it has gone underground, and you will have to dig and dig at it."
The light from the candles and paper money was particularly obvious in the mountains late at night, and it also made the little old man's face look like a mummy, which was scary to look at.
I believe that in the middle of the night, even a pretty girl would be eerie and frightened by the firelight, let alone this dry little old man.
But the little old man didn't care, and smiled and chatted with his master.
After chatting for a while, it seemed that the time was almost up, so I explored the ground nearby. After finding the right location, I put down the shovel.
The soil in the mountains was relatively soft, so it took ten minutes to dig.
Taking out a wooden box buried deep in the ground, he opened the wooden box and found several books wrapped inside.
There are medical books from the master, as well as notes from the master, and even some gold, silver and jewelry, not much, but still a bit of wealth.
He pushed aside those gold ingots, silver coins, and top-quality pearl chains, jade bracelets, and the like like rubbish, and took out the medical books and notes.
The little old man said to his master: "Master, that girl is not bad. Let her learn a little and see how much she can learn. It is considered a skill that is close to her own. How many kilograms of food can she earn just by doing that little work in the field?" In the end, her man will have to rely on her to support him."
"I think she has a very tough and smart personality, and she can learn massage techniques in no time. She should be a good candidate."
"Next time, wait until she has some achievements, then bring her here to kowtow to you, so that she can recognize her ancestors and know which sect of traditional Chinese medicine she comes from. If she doesn't agree with her, I won't bring her here, so as not to make you angry until you grow old."
"..."
The little old man said to the air: "Okay, we have followed you here, come out, you don't need this medical book, I took it away. As for these jewelry, I will give it to you, but don't tell anyone, leave From here, the road faces the sky, so everyone just needs to walk half way."
