Licheng Twilight

Chapter 68

The small courtyard was tidy and tidy. An old man of seventy years of age was lying in a rocking chair and dozed off with a fan. His long gray beard was groomed and hung down on his chest. He looked like a standard wise old man.

Mu Mu and Ye Tianche stood at the door, lingered for a while, but still didn't dare to go in.

Before coming here, I heard someone specifically mention that this old doctor Song can have a bad temper, and he especially hates other people disturbing his sleep. If he is woken up now, he may not calm down for three days.

After waiting for a long time, he finally heard a lazy yawn from inside. The old man seemed to be waking up. Ye Tianche stretched his neck and looked in, saw him stretched greatly, and sat up.

Mu Mu looked happy, pulled Ye Tianche and hurried over.

The old man was a little impatient to hear what the two said about their visit, and he seemed to ask casually, "Which of you two can swim?"

Mu Mu was surprised, so he raised his hand obediently when he reacted, "I will." Ye Tianche also turned his head to look at her at this moment, obviously he didn't expect Mu Mu to be able to swim.

A gleam of light flashed in the old man's eyes, he shook his fan and continued to ask, "How is the water quality?"

Mu Mu was silent for a while, as if weighing her skills, she said carefully, "It's not bad."

"Don't say it's okay, if it's good it's good, if it's bad it's not good." The old man said lightly.

Seeing his lack of patience, Mu Mu said in a deep voice, "Okay."

"Very good," the old man smiled and said slowly, shaking the cattail fan in his hand, "Now go down the mountain and walk 50 meters west and you will see a lake. At the bottom of the lake is a plant with red branches and yellow leaves. Help me pick two plants and I'll cure him."

Mu Mu let out an oh, no doubt about him, turned around and was about to go down the mountain.But Ye Tianche stopped her sideways, grabbed her hand with some strength, and shook his head slightly.

It's late autumn now, the lake is clear and cold, and I have to dive to the bottom of the lake to find some plants. Yunnan is no better than other places. Who knows what's in the lake. Besides, it's hard to say whether the old man can believe it when we meet for the first time. .

The old man chuckled, took a sip of tea from the teacup at hand, frowned slightly and said, "That plant is actually a kind of medicinal material, only found in that lake." , haven’t you heard this sentence?”

Ye Tianche was so surprised that he turned his head and raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that all the thoughts that flashed through his mind just now were completely seen through, and he felt a little admiration in his heart.

Seeing that he was still holding onto the hand of the girl beside him, the old man was a little displeased. He raised his chin and said to Ye Tianche, "What are you talking about? I didn't let her go up the knife mountain or down the oil pan. You can't die, why are you so hypocritical?"

At this time, Mu Mu also gently broke away from Ye Tianche's hand, comforted him a few words, then turned his head and bowed slightly to the old man, then left the courtyard and went down the mountain.

Ye Tianche was worried, and was about to follow, but the old man suddenly stood up and stopped him, and said calmly, "This tea is cold, go and get me a hot cup."

Ye Tianche ignored him and stood still.

The old man walked in front of him and snorted coldly, "You won't go with anything but you will only tire the little girl, go, boil me a pot of good tea, otherwise it's useless for her to bring things back. "

Ye Tianche was so angry that he took the cup after a pause and angrily walked into the room.

Pu'er?Ye Tianche opened the lid of the cup, smelled the tea, it smelled very familiar, and thought to himself, the old man has quite a taste.

Ten minutes later, Ye Tianche came out with tea.

The old man took a sip of the tea he brought over. After savoring it carefully, his expression changed, and he praised, "Expert? I can't see that you are quite good at making tea."

Ye Tianche didn't have much expression on his face, so he just moved a stool and sat down in the courtyard, his eyes flicked out of the door from time to time, he picked up a branch and wrote on the ground, "You're not bad, you still have some taste, Pu'er is also considered It is the best tea in this place in Yunnan, and its drinking value and pharmacological effects can kill two birds with one stone."

The old man became interested and smiled and said, "It's rare for a young man to know tea so well."

Ye Tianche glanced at him, then picked up a branch and wrote, "My grandfather is about your age, and he also likes to drink tea, but his favorite is Dahongpao and Narcissus from Wuyi rock tea."

The old man asked enthusiastically, "Oh? What are the characteristics of this Wuyi rock tea?"

Ye Tianche was really bored, so he turned around and explained carefully, "This Wuyi rock tea is produced in Wuyi Mountain, Chong'an County, Fujian Province. It is a semi-fermented tea, and the production method is between green tea and black tea. , it has not been scented, but the tea soup has a strong fragrance of flowers, and it was once known as "the medicine for all diseases."

After a pause, seeing that the old man was looking at it seriously, he continued to write, "The most famous white tea should be regarded as the pekoe silver needle in Fujian. The pekoe is as white as silver in color and slender as a needle. It is what it is. And it is brewed well. The tea silver needles stand upright and intertwine up and down, very beautiful, the soup is bright yellow and clear, and the taste is fragrant and sweet."

"There are others, like Hubei's Enshi Yulu, which has tea green, soup green, and leaf bottom green; Lu'an Guapian from Dabie Mountain in western Anhui, which is resistant to brewing, and has a strong digestive and healing function; Lushan from Lushan in Jiangxi Yunwu is the finest green tea; Biluochun from Dongting Mountain in Suzhou and Maofeng from AH Huangshan Mountain are all good teas.”

After writing a long paragraph, the time passed quickly, and the old man became more and more excited, but Ye Tianche lost the interest to talk freely. If it is rare to meet someone who is so interested in tea in normal times, he doesn't mind. Show off your tea knowledge.It's a pity that what can't be said now can only be written. It is not easy to write such a long paragraph. Ye Tianche threw away the branch and shook his sore arm.

Furthermore, he was also a little worried about Mu Mu, not knowing what was going on with her, but feeling very restless all the time.

The two of them were staring at each other when there was a slight noise at the door. Ye Tianche turned around and saw Mu Mu leaning against the door weakly, with a long row of water trails behind her, her whole body was wet. , hair and clothes are constantly dripping water.

Ye Tianche jumped up as if on a spring, rushed over to hug her shoulders and let her lean into his arms. Only when he got so close did he realize that her lips were turning purple from the cold, and her body Also shivering slightly because of the cold involuntarily.

Ye Tianche's face suddenly became frighteningly cold, he bent over and picked her up and walked into the house, she needed to keep warm.

Mu Mu grabbed his hand, forced a slight smile, shook her head lightly to indicate that she was fine, then turned to look at Old Doctor Song, raised her hand to feel inside the clothes, and when she took it out again, there were too many hands. Two plants less than ten centimeters high, with red branches and yellow leaves, were exactly what he was looking for.

She spoke with some difficulty, her voice slightly hoarse, "Please, heal him."

Ye Tianche grabbed the plant in her hand and threw it into the old man's arms. He lowered his head slightly and pressed his forehead against hers, full of distressing comfort.

Mu Mu smiled at him, stretched out her arms and hugged his waist tightly, nudged in his arms and adjusted her posture, closed her eyes and rested for a while.She was so tired that she was about to collapse in a second.

Ye Tianche burned two stoves in the room. The fires were burning vigorously, and the temperature in the room gradually rose. Mu Mu changed into dry clothes and sat on the wooden bed beside the stove with a quilt wrapped around her body. Dispelled, her pale lips had a few traces of blood, and her face also became a little rosy.

The old man didn't have any wine here, so Ye Tianche had no choice but to boil water and make a pot of hot tea for Mu Mu to drink. When the hot tea entered his stomach, a warm feeling spread from the inside out.Before drinking a few cups, the old doctor Ren who was dispensing Ye Tianche's medicine in the pharmacy ran over smelling the smell, lifted the lid of the teapot and took a look, immediately raised his eyebrows angrily, and roared, "It's not easy for me It's a pity that the saved Pu'er was actually drunk by this girl who doesn't understand anything."

Ye Tianche didn't take it seriously, glanced at him, gestured, the old man couldn't understand, and looked at Mu Mu suspiciously, Mu Mu translated, "What's the noise, I'll send you two boxes of good tea when you cure me .”

The old man showed joy, "Really?"

Ye Tianche was wiping Mu Mu's hair with a dry towel, and nodded without looking back.

The old man immediately went back to the pharmacy like a gust of wind and continued to get medicine.

Mu Mu was amused by his actions, and looked through the window at the busy old doctor in the pharmacy. He was such an old urchin, "This old doctor is quite interesting."

Ye Tianche snorted coldly, gestured, interestingly.

Mu Mu knew that he was still worrying about old doctor Ren asking her to go to the lake to collect medicine, so he didn't say much, tugged at his sleeve, Ye Tianche stopped what he was doing, raised his eyebrows and looked at Mu Mu, what's the matter.

Mu Mu reached out and grabbed the towel covering his head. Ye Tianche realized that Mu Mu's hair was messed up by himself. The waist-length hair was scattered on his shoulders, and a few strands were hanging down to cover it. No wonder she was uncomfortable.

He couldn't help laughing, and simply stretched out his hand and rubbed it randomly for a while to make it even more messy. Mu Mu glared at him, and called out in a low voice, "Ye Tianche!" The voice was a little helpless, a little Wronged.

Ye Tianche withdrew his hands, and the smile on his face widened. He stood up and took out a mahogany comb from his luggage, and carefully combed her hair.

The room was very hot, and Mu Mu's hair was dried in a short while. Ye Tianche took a comb and combed it leisurely, and soon helped her comb her hair neatly.

Mu Mu raised her hand, and when she was about to tie her hair into a ponytail, Ye Tianche reached out to stop her, and took out a handful of crystal hairpins from his pocket and stuffed them in her hand as if by magic, "Hold it carefully," he said Picking up the comb, she picked out a strand of hair from her ear and fiddled with it carefully.

Mu Mu stared blankly at the crystal hairpins in her hand, one by one, crystal clear, reflecting colorful light after receiving the sunlight, very beautiful.But that's not the point, Mu Mu swallowed her saliva, and asked a little stammeringly, "Ye Tianche, why... you, uh, carry this kind of thing with you?"

Of course Ye Tianche understood the meaning of her words. Sometimes this girl is not very smart, sometimes she is just hopelessly stupid, so she immediately said in a bad mood, "I saw it on the road, I guess you might like it, so I bought it."

Mu Mu, lowered her head and carefully fiddled with the pile of hairpins.

"Don't move around!" He patted her head lightly, and Mu Mu really stopped moving, straightened her back and sat obediently, letting him touch her head.

Ye Tianche's nimble hands amazed Mu Mu, and Mu Mu could see his serious and meticulous expression and his clean and neat movements from the mirror.

After holding back for a long time, I still couldn't hold back, "Ye Tianche, how can you do your hair?"

Ye Tianche's face was a little red, and he coughed for a long time, er, that, after searching for a reason for a long time, he finally raised his head and gave her a hard look in the mirror as his answer.

He directly divided Mu Mu's hair into eight parts with his hands, picked up a strand, twisted it around, then took a hairpin from her hand, gently clamped it in two-thirds of the way, and picked up another strand. Strands, folded back, sandwiched in one-third of the place, cyclically, the crystal hairpins are patchwork and hidden among the waterfall-like black hair, looming, and the long hair hanging by the ears reflects the white face, which is quite a bit Clear water reveals the beauty of hibiscus.

"It's so beautiful." Ye Tianche crossed his arms, took two steps back, looked at her carefully, and gestured, "The hair is nice, take good care of it, it's rare to have an advantage."

Mu Mu pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, and reached out to touch her hair very carefully. The cold touch of the crystal was sandwiched between the smooth hair, and it didn't feel like it was in any other position. Unfortunately, there were no eyes on the back of the head. Otherwise, she really wanted to see Ye Tianche's skills.

(End of this chapter)