Pastoral Jiaoyi's mother and father are here

Chapter 64
Gu Xiangsi pulled Xiling Yan all the way to the door of a courtyard in the north of the village, raised her hand and knocked on the half-eaves of the old courtyard door, and smiled kindly at the girl who was busy hugging the bean stalks in the courtyard: " Girl, we are foreigners passing by here, can we ask your family to drink water?"

The little girl was young, about thirteen or fourteen years old, with dark skin, wearing a red floral jacket, a dark red skirt, and a white apron around her waist. After looking at the two of them with a pair of black and white eyes, Then he nodded and motioned for them to open the door and come in.

"Dumb girl, who is it?" In the simple straw shed kitchen, an old mother was lighting a fire on the stove, shouted outside, and saw two nobles, a man and a woman, came in.

Dressed like this, one looks like a noble person who is either rich or expensive.

Look at what this lady is wearing, she is prettier than the rich ladies in the town.

For the sake of convenience, Gu Xiangsi either disguises herself as a man or as a woman.When I came to the countryside today, I dressed up like a woman.

The dumb girl walked into the simple kitchen with the bean stalks in her arms, put the bean stalks away, then pointed to the guests outside, making gestures.

"Ah? Excuse me to drink water? That's fine, go to the main room and pour them two bowls of boiling water. Remember to put some wild honey we picked earlier, you know?" The old mother was wearing a blue coarse cloth, sitting A fire was burning in front of the stove, and after exhorting the dumb girl, he smiled at the visitors and said, "It's a small place, there's not much tea, so the guests just order some honey water!"

"You're welcome, ma'am, wild honey water is more beautiful than tea!" Gu Xiangsi walked into the simple kitchen without any dislike, stood by the stove, bent over and smelled the aroma from the cage, and smiled. With squinted eyes, he exclaimed: "Spicy shepherd's purse buns! I haven't eaten them for many years."

When the old mother heard that the noble lady knew their rough food in the countryside, she smiled and said: "So the lady has eaten these shepherd's purse buns too? The old woman said that although this shepherd's purse is a wild vegetable, it is very fresh and tender! There used to be a traveling doctor who passed by here, and he took a lot of shepherd's purse with him! He also left a lot of prescriptions for us, and only people in our village know that shepherd's purse can cure many diseases and keep you healthy!"

"You Fang doctor?" Gu Xiangsi frowned slightly. She has traveled more than 1000 miles all the way, and she has never met a country doctor who knows how to use these wild vegetables as medicine, let alone a You Fang doctor who knows how to prescribe.

"Yes! About three years ago, a young doctor passed by our village and healed many people with the weeds in our village!" The old mother said to them while setting a fire with bean stalks. Speaking of the young doctor.

The more Gu Xiangsi listened, the more she frowned.I always feel that this young doctor's medical skills are somewhat familiar?
"Later, the little doctor even disemboweled Hanzi, cut off one of his bad intestines, and then sewed it back on. Afterwards, Hanzi never had a stomachache again!" The old mother stuffed the last handful of beans Straw, he stopped, got up and wiped his hands with an apron, and invited the couple to sit in the main room.

After the dumb girl made two bowls of honey water, she left the main room with her head down, and went to the kitchen to clean up.

After the old mother invited the couple to sit down, she smiled again and said to them: "That young man, despite his young age, is very capable! He is also warm-hearted, and he has lived in our village for a month. Even Mr. Liu in the town invited him to see a doctor!"

"Master Liu?" Gu Xiangsi frowned, looked at the old mother and asked in a gentle voice: "May I ask you, the Master Liu you are talking about...is it Master Liu from Liujibu Village in Qinghe Town?"

"That's right! That's Mr. Liu. He's a good man. Some tenant farmers in our village contracted his land. Last year's harvest was not good. Mr. Liu even gave them rent-free for those poor families! It's just that he has bad eyesight." , Married a woman, it doesn't look like a kind-hearted person." The old mother obviously didn't like Liu Feng's family very much, and it was also because that year, Master Liu was seriously ill, so she temporarily handed over the business to Liu Feng's family. , Mrs. Liu Feng knew that the harvest was not good that year, and every family could not collect enough to eat, so she wanted everyone to pay enough rent, and even asked the poor families to increase the rent, saying that they owed the rent to the Liu family before, bah !It's really inhumane.

Those families in the back, if it wasn't for the young master of Jiang's family who happened to visit their village during his visit to the countryside, those impoverished families would be forced to sell their sons and daughters for rent by the scoundrels sent by that wicked woman .

Gu Xiangsi agreed with the old mother's words. That Mr. Liu is a pretty good person, but he is a bit blind and doesn't know people clearly, and he married such a wicked wife.

Not long after, the dumb girl brought a bowl of freshly baked shepherd's purse buns to the main room, smiled shyly, put the tray of buns on the table, then turned around and left with her head bowed.

The old mother was talkative, and warmly and politely invited them to try the hot buns. Although they were not made of pure white flour, they tasted good, after all, some bacon and wild mushrooms were added!
Gu Xiangsi was not polite, picked up a steaming steamed bun, took a bite, eh!The old mother is so honest, the buns are thin and filled with stuffing, and the smell of mushrooms and bacon is blended into the shepherd's purse. It is fragrant but not greasy, so delicious.

She stuffed a bun into Xiling Yan's hand. The bun was not white, but a little black. He had never eaten such a bun before, so he frowned worriedly and said, "This...is shepherd's purse really edible?"

He half-spoken, afraid of hurting the heart of the warm-hearted old lady, he turned to ask whether the shepherd's purse can be eaten.

"Of course I can eat it. Do you think I'll hurt you?" Gu Xiangsi glared at him angrily, stuffed the last mouthful of steamed stuffed bun, chewed and swallowed it, took a sip of water, raised her head and smiled at the old mother opposite, and said, "Ma'am Don't be surprised, my family, Young Master Ming, has never seen such delicious food, so I don't know how to appreciate it."

The old mother was amused by this kind and rich lady, looked at this handsome young master with delicate skin and tender flesh, and said with a kind smile: "Don't worry about this gentleman! We have eaten this food for generations, and it is absolutely not delicious. It will spoil your stomach. Hurry up, try it out, the steamed stuffed bun made by the aunt is full of fragrance in our village!"

"Thank you ma'am, then... I'll try it." Xiling Yan forced a smile with a little discomfort, lowered her head and took a bite of the soft and fragrant steamed stuffed bun. It really took a bite, leaving a fragrance on her teeth and cheeks, which greatly increased the appetite!

It is also because he and his nephew and uncle Chu in Xiling were too young in the early years and were often poisoned by others. Therefore, he developed the habit of eating carefully.

Even if the court situation is stabilized later, the treacherous villain is basically pulled out. When he is patrolling the world, he will not touch food and water indiscriminately when he is in close contact with the people in the countryside.

Just because I was really afraid of being poisoned, I was sincerely afraid of food and water from unknown sources.

Seeing that he was also happy to eat, Gu Xiangsi withdrew her nervous gaze, turned her head and asked the old mother about that wandering doctor...

(End of this chapter)