Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 363 Bizarre Disappearance
After the conversation between the two stopped abruptly on New Year's Eve, they never saw each other again. Both of them have been avoiding each other intentionally or unintentionally, until now.

Although I deliberately don't think about that matter, that person, or the gap between each other that is difficult to bridge, but the more I don't think about it, the more I always remember the bits and pieces of the two people who were together. Drops, I think of the way that person looked at me, how kind he was to me, how he protected each other openly, and helped each other secretly.

What she can see, what she can't see, those stacks of portraits, those puppets one after another...

To say that you are not moved is to deceive yourself and others.

Do you like him?It is impossible to feel nothing, he is such a person that people cannot be moved by, in terms of appearance, ability, character, and even family background...

But what about liking?Just like the Queen Mother of the West opened a river of heaven with a hairpin, there are too many insurmountable things.

That's all...

Grandma Xiang's small yard is located at the outermost part of Sunjiagou, separated from the village by a small ashram for threshing and drying.

In the yard, a native dog was sleeping under the melon shed shelf in a corner of the yard. In the dark room, he was kneeling to his mother-in-law in front of a tablet covered with red cloth on the Eight Immortals table in the main room, burning incense and whispering.

"...Master, in the past few decades, this disciple has followed your teachings and gone far away incognito. I have already planned to take the incident back then into the coffin in the future, and I will definitely not reveal half a word to the outside world. Today, someone inquired with me, even though it was a little girl named Bai Ding, but my disciple was still terrified. Could it be that someone with a heart had spied on that matter before sending a little girl over to inquire?"

"The disciple is dull, and he is already a frightened bird. Master, you have a spirit in the sky, and you must protect the little master. Even if the disciple dies, he will definitely guard against death, keep his mouth shut, and hope that the master will protect him for a while..."

Kneeling and kowtowing to her mother-in-law, she muttered in a low voice when suddenly, the barking of the big dog Ahuang came from the yard outside, mixed with a female voice.

"No, that little girl is here again..." Grandma Xiang was shocked, she quickly pulled the red silk off the Eight Immortals table, covered the tablet on the table, got up and hurriedly walked towards the door.

She didn't rush to open the door, but stood behind the door, looking out through the gap in the door.

Jin Xi stood outside the adobe courtyard half a person tall, afraid of the big yellow dog baring its teeth, so she didn't dare to go forward.From the outside of the courtyard wall, you can see the inside at a glance. There are many vegetable sheds and high stools knocked down in the courtyard. Sieves and dustpans of different sizes are placed on them, and the inside is without exception the medicinal materials to dry.

The strong medicinal fragrance filled the courtyard, Jin Xi took a deep breath, in fact, the smell of various medicinal materials was mixed together, this kind of medicinal fragrance is quite pleasant too!
"Mother Xiang, are you home?" Jin Xi shouted towards the row of three low adobe houses in the courtyard.The big yellow dog has already fled to the other side of the courtyard wall, grinning at Jin Xi like a stranger.

Oh, this dog guy is still threatening me!Jin Xi raised the clucking reed chicken in her hand, shook it in front of the big yellow dog, and said loudly: "Stop barking, I'll be chewing on your chicken bone later!"

The big yellow dog sank back, its big copper bell-like eyes sized up the clucking chicken, as if it understood what Jin Xi meant.

Jin Xi chuckled, and threw away a piece of sesame candy in her purse, the dog jumped up and grabbed it in one bite, then turned around and ran back under the vegetable shed in a hurry.

Jin Xi pursed her lips into a smile, turned her gaze back to the tightly closed door of the main room in front of her, and shouted again.

The door of the room was finally opened from the inside, Grandma Xiang came out next to the wall, straightened her face, and said to Jinxi in a voice without any warmth: "What are you doing here again?"

"Grandma Xiang, I'll bring you the chicken..." Jin Xi replied with a smile, conveying the polite words of Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Sun to Granny Xiang verbatim, and raised her hand After gnawing on the sesame candy, rhubarb ran back and made an attack.

She scolded Rhubarb to her mother-in-law, but it didn't work. She bent over to look for something, picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at Rhubarb. Rhubarb groaned in pain, sobbed and shrank back in despair with her tail between her legs.

"Go back and thank your mother-in-law and your mother for me, you just throw the chicken in from there." Xiang mother-in-law stood at the door and said, without any intention of coming over to open the courtyard door.

Jin Xi was stunned for a moment, this mother-in-law Xiang's temperament really changes at will...

Well, then dump it.

Jin Xi raised her hand and threw the chicken into the yard.

"Well, to my mother-in-law, I..."

"Daughter, go back if you have nothing to do. I'm a lonely old woman, half of my body buried in the ground. I don't have anything interesting to pry!" Xiang's mother-in-law interrupted Jin Xi's words, her expression darkened. Road, obviously driving people away.

Just because of the woman's sudden reaction and temperament, Jin Xi's guess is further intensified, there must be something wrong with this woman.

"Grandma Xiang, you misunderstood, I have no malicious intentions..." Jin Xi raised her hands and said, trying to make the smile on her face look harmless.

"Don't be stubborn, go back, we can't talk together! I can't understand your crazy words, and I don't know where is where. You will never come again, and I won't live for a few days, toss What am I doing, just treat it as going to the temple to burn incense, let's go..." Waving impatiently to her mother-in-law, without waiting for Jin Xi's reaction, she turned and went back to the house, slammed the door tightly, and sent a message The sound of the latch coming.

Jin Xi froze outside the wall for no reason, forgetting to think for a while.Such unabashed refusal and avoidance, is she really her fellow villager?

She has already reported that she has spoken about the 21st century, if she is a fellow, it will make sense.Jin Xi doesn't believe it, it's rare to travel through time, it's not like going to the market to buy vegetables and meeting a fellow countryman, if it's to her mother-in-law, it's impossible not to be excited.

And her violent reaction was obviously not the kind of excitement of a fellow villager, but a deliberate avoidance of something.

Could it be that she has something to hide, or that she misunderstood the meaning of 'where'?
Jin Xi shook her head mockingly, forget it, she was too hasty, the traces were so heavy, people were so defensive and resisted, she lost her mind for a while, saw the sun slowly setting, Jin Xi turned and walked away into the village .

When Jin Xi was far away, Grandma Xiang came out of the house again, looked deeply at the direction where Jin Xi was leaving, and her expression became solemn.

"What's the background of this girl? What does she know?" While wondering in her heart, Grandma Xiang took a few steps to pick up the chicken and walked back.

Suddenly, she slapped her forehead, no, the little master has not sent any news for quite a while, so something happened, right?No, before the master died, he entrusted the little master to her, so she must go and see!

Thinking of this, Grandma Xiang didn't care about the reed chicken anymore, and went straight into the house in three steps, and started to pack her things.

Jin Xi rushes in after Liang Yuzhong and Cai Qingyang, and meets Liang Yuzhong who comes out of the house in a hurry.

"I was going to meet you at my mother-in-law, Xi'er, I have something to tell you, don't worry, will it work?" Liang Yuzhong supported Jin Xi's shoulders, looked down at her and said.

Seeing Liang Yuzhong's slightly bloodshot eyes, Jin Xi was startled for a moment. What he said before he said it made her nervous, which was not nervous at first.

"What's the matter, Dad?"

"Then... Brother Ah Cai is gone!" Liang Yuzhong said.

"What?" Jin Xi was shocked.

No wonder Ah Cai left in a hurry to find a doctor from the day she had a fever, and never came back. It was so abnormal.

"Father, what's going on?" Jin Xi asked loudly.

"Well, I don't know exactly what's going on. I went out of the mountain to go home. They all said that Cai never came back. I ran to the town to find Brother Wen in Queqiao Alley, and they also said that Cai hadn't gone. However, I went to Wangji Medical Center again, and the old doctor Wang still hasn’t come back in the county, and I also asked about other opened medical clinics in the town, and they all said that no one like Ah Cai has ever gone to see a doctor!”

Liang Yuzhong's face was gloomy. Brother Ah Cai has always been the daughter's personal bodyguard.

As soon as Jin Xi heard what Liang Yuzhong said, her heart sank, and she felt a little dizzy when the anger came up.Quickly holding his forehead, he found a stool nearby and sat down with his eyes slightly closed.

Seeing what was wrong with Jinxi, Mrs. Sun worriedly brought a bowl of brown sugar water and coaxed her to drink it.

"No, I'm fine, let me think about it... think about it..." Jin Xi waved her hand, propping her forehead to sort out her chaotic thoughts, the more anxious she became, the more chaotic she became.

I haven't seen him anywhere, the only possibility is that something happened to Ah Cai when he was leaving the mountain.

What will happen?Flash floods?Mudslide?get lost?Fall off a cliff?Or encounter a wild beast attack?
Jin Xi thinks about everything, and excludes everything.Suddenly, a light flashed in front of his eyes.

Could it be that Ah Cai was plotted against?But, who would plot against him, dare to plot against Ah Cai?start a feud?That's even more impossible, Ah Cai has always been moved by Jin Xi's orders, even if he is really hated, it should be directed at Jin Xi.

Sitting there, Jin Xi anxiously analyzed and checked one by one, her eyes never opened.

"Brother Wen knows about this. He asked me to tell you so that you don't need to worry. He has already sent someone to investigate." Liang Yuzhong said.

Jin Xi absent-mindedly hummed, she didn't even bother to listen, she was still racking her brains on this matter.

Liang Yuzhong and Mrs. Sun were still on the sidelines comforting Jinxi, Jinxi shook her head towards them and said, "Father, don't worry about me, I'm fine. I want to think about it now, how to find Ah Cai, I can’t just sit here and do nothing, I won’t be able to survive…”

The implication is that he wants Liang Yuzhong and the others to go out and let her think about it alone.

Liang Yuzhong and Mrs. Sun looked at each other, and the couple closed the door to the main room outside. Mrs. Sun and Sun Yuxia were waiting there holding their breath. Mrs. Sun waved at them, and the big guys tiptoed away Talked in the room of Mrs. Sun across the street.

"Ah Cai is a good young man. In the past few years in our family, although he has become a bit bored and doesn't deal with people, he is devoted to our Xi'er. Now he will disappear if he doesn't see you. Don't say that Xi'er is in a hurry. , my heart is in a state of ups and downs..." Mrs. Sun said anxiously.

The Sun family, Sun Yuxia, Sun Yubao and the others all looked depressed and anxious.

"I'll go see Xi'er, and think about how we can find it!" Sun Yubao said, turning his head and leaving the room.

"Father Xi'er, you went to Queqiao Alley, Brother Wen, did you say anything else?" Sun hesitated, but still pulled Liang Yuzhong to ask in a low voice.

The twilight outside had already fallen, and the light in the room was dim. Sun Yuxia fumbled to light up the lamp on the table. Everyone was silent and looked at Liang Yuzhong nervously.

The matter between Wending and Jinxi, under Sun Yuxia's questioning, Sun still did not hide it.

"I accidentally made a slip of the tongue. When Brother Wen learned that Xi'er was ill, he became anxious immediately. He asked Uncle Fu to prepare a car and horses and was about to take a car into the mountain. Uncle Fu couldn't persuade him, so I stopped him Yes, I told him that Xi'er had taken the medicine and was fine, and that he would leave the mountain and return to the village tomorrow, so he canceled his decision to go into the mountain." Liang Yuzhong said.

When Mrs. Sun heard this, a long-lost smile appeared on her face.Since New Year's Eve, the daughter and Wending have almost never talked together. Sun saw it in his eyes, and felt sad and helpless in his heart.

Now that she heard that Wending still cared about Jin Xi so much, Mrs. Sun smiled, that child Wending still cared about Xi'er, it was sincere.

"I really can't see that man Wending, who has always been cold and cold towards others, still cares so much about our Xi'er. In the shop, I used to see him treat our Xi'er very kindly in the past, and he didn't think about anything else. I thought it was for the friendship with Erhu and Yubao!"

Sun Yuxia clicked her tongue.

"Hey, you guys didn't notice, did you? That kid is obviously about the same age as the Yubao Erhu and is of the same generation, but we Xi'er call him Brother Wending!"

As Sun Yuxia said, she frowned and smiled at everyone, "Maybe, that kid has had such a heart from the beginning! As for Xi'er, I'm smart in other things, but I'm a bit stupid in this respect, so I really shouted Bro..."

Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Sun looked at each other, both of them smiled wryly and shook their heads, feeling conflicted in their hearts.

"The two children are right together, and they can be regarded as childhood sweethearts. However, the family background of the two families is not so easy to talk about. It is useless to call them brother or uncle. We are a small family with a wealthy family. If you can eat enough, drink enough, and wear warm clothes, you will be content, and if you don’t look for those who are taller, but push your daughter into the fire pit to be scolded by others, that’s gouge out your heart!" Old lady Sun shook her head and sighed.

These words reached the hearts of Mrs. Sun and Liang Yuzhong. One of the couple looked lonely and depressed, while the other sighed, annoyed at their inability to earn a status for their daughter, and missed a good marriage!

"Oh, you all don't look like this. We can't say for sure about the things in this world. God has arranged them all! If the two of them are really destined, there will be thousands of mountains and rivers. If you get around together, nothing like the door can stop you."

Sun Yuxia suddenly slapped her thigh and said loudly.

"It's not often in operas, and I don't know which emperor it is. He is very romantic and likes to go on outings, and he often goes on tour in modest clothes. Later, he fell in love at first sight with a woman who was born in a grassroots family. That woman is the queen!"

"As long as the emperor is rare and caring, then he can give someone a title, so-and-so's adopted daughter, wouldn't it be enough to change her identity? Who dares to point fingers and talk nonsense?"

Sun Yuxia's words suddenly brightened Sun's dim eyes.Yeah, why didn't they think of it?Well, that's right, as long as Brother Wen has that heart and that will, Xi'er won't be wronged!
"It's sung in the opera, it's a big hit, do you believe it?" Mrs. Sun said with an angry look at Sun Yuxia.

"Why can't you believe it? It's all about human effort. To borrow the words that Yubao often said, sincerity is as good as gold and stone. As long as that boy Wen Ding is sincere to our Xi'er, these things should be left to him. worry."

Sun Yuxia said boldly, Mrs. Sun just ignored her crazy words, but Mrs. Sun bit her lower lip and listened to these words in her heart.

That's right, if you don't try everything, how do you know it won't work?For the lifelong happiness of her children, Sun decided not to give up the opportunity to try.

When she returned to Jinji Mountain Village, she wanted to take a chance to find out with him!However, before that, of course, we still need to find Ah Cai urgently!

What Jinxi doesn't know is that in the opposite room, her life's important events are being discussed by her parents and Gapo.All she had in her heart was the matter of Ah Cai's disappearance.

"Uncle, I thought of it!" Suddenly, she stood up from the stool suddenly, her breathing was a little short.

"What did you think of?" Sun Yubao asked, stopping himself from being clueless.

"I wonder where to find him!" Jin Xi said.

"Where are you going? There is more than one way to get out of the mountain to Jinji Mountain Village! Besides, the mountain road was wet and slippery that day, Brother Cai didn't use a car, and went out on foot!" Sun Yubao said.

"It doesn't matter how many paths there are, let's just take the most sinister shortcut!" Jin Xi said, she knew Ah Cai's character very clearly.

At that time, he was very anxious, because he was going out of the mountain on foot, and because he had stretched out his hands well, he had stayed in the mountains with Wending before, and Ah Cai would definitely find a shortcut to get out of the mountain, even at the precipice.

"Shortcuts? Cliffs?" Sun Yubao smashed these two points and fell into the search.However, he racked his brains and couldn't think of the most dangerous and fastest way out of the mountain.Being in a dilemma, at the open door, Sun Erhu strode in, followed by Qin Ya.

"I have been hunting in the mountains all year round, and I know where the most sinister shortcut is!" Sun Erhu said as he entered the house.

Qin Ya came over to support Jin Xi and comforted her in a low voice. Obviously, they also rushed over immediately when they heard the movement.

"You know the way, but it doesn't mean Ah Cai also knows it!" Sun Yubao said.

"When I was drinking with Wending before, I accidentally mentioned that shortcut when talking about hunting. Ah Cai was nearby at the time, so I must have heard it and remembered it."

"Well, Uncle Erhu's words are reasonable, and Ah Cai's character is silent, but he has a careful mind, and most of what he has heard and seen will be remembered." Jin Xi turned around and walked a few steps in front of Sun Erhu and Sun Yubao, and said hurriedly: " There is no need to delay, since the search path has been determined, then we will start to prepare and set off to search immediately!"

Although she missed the golden search period, Jin Xi will not give up.Liang Yuzhong and the others in the opposite room rushed over, and everyone quickly split up.

Sun Erhu and Qin Ya went out to Lizheng's house to seek mobilization and help from the villagers.

Because the sun has set at this time, everyone wants to go into the mountain to find people. Not only do they need to prepare knives, sticks, hemp rope, dry food and water, but also torches and wind-proof lanterns.Sun Yuxia and Sun Shi are busy preparing these.

Jin Xi also opened the cupboard to change her clothes and shoes. Mrs. Sun took the time to come in and was surprised to see Jin Xi who had changed her attire.

"You can't go, it's a dark night, the mountain road is not easy to walk, there are wild boars and wolves, and you are in a body that just got sick..."

"Multiple people have multiple strengths, I'll be careful not to get in the way..."

"No, no, mother won't promise you this!"

"Mom, let me go, I'm wasting my time at home, why don't you go and shout a few times..."

"You just wait at home. If you want to go, it's your mother's fault. You are not allowed to step out of the house!"

……

Because of Lizheng's appeal, Jinxi's family had accumulated popularity in Sunjiagou, and with Sun Yubao's support, almost all the young and middle-aged men in Sunjiagou, except Sun Tiesheng, went out to help find Ah Cai.

Chunhua and Qinya came in a hurry, Sun was worried, and told Qinya and Jinrou to follow Jinxi anytime and anywhere, while he went to the kitchen to make some supper hastily.

Jin Xi naturally has no appetite, so she walks up and down the house from time to time, always paying attention to the movement in the yard outside the house, even if it's just a slight disturbance.

Qin Ya and Jin Rou followed Jin Xi closely with their eyes, and they were both too worried to speak. At this moment, any words of comfort are useless. The only thing they can do is to wait with Xi'er, patiently...

Time passed bit by bit, Liang Yuzhong and the others went out when it was just dark, and it is estimated that it has been two hours by now.

Two hours is four hours, four hours of worry.

Another half an hour passed, Sun and the others who had been waiting in the main room, suddenly heard something and rushed out of the yard.Jin Xi also rushed out after her.

There were loud voices outside the yard, and a row of torches moving in a herringbone shape.

"It's them, they're back!" Qin Ya shouted excitedly as she supported Jin Xi.As soon as the words were finished, Jin Xi had already let go of her hand, and rushed towards the leader who had circled around the gate of the courtyard and was holding a torch.

"Father, did you find it? Did you find it?" She grabbed Liang Yuzhong's arm and asked anxiously. The light from the torch in Liang Yuzhong's hand shone in her eyes, turning red.

Liang Yuzhong frowned and looked at Jinxi regretfully, and said in a deep voice: "Xi'er, let's go tomorrow and catch up early, and we must find brother Ah Cai!"

So, it's nothing?On such a chilly spring night, Liang Yuzhong's hands were already icy cold, let alone Ah Cai?If he climbed the cliff and accidentally fell off the cliff and was injured, not to mention what kind of abyss and ferocious beasts there were at the bottom of the cliff, even a decent person would freeze to death if he wandered outside for a night!

what to do?what to do?Jin Xi swayed her calves and almost fell down, but fortunately Liang Yuzhong grabbed her arm in time.

(End of this chapter)