Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 28
The old woman agreed and went to the stove to prepare.Feng Shen and Zha Wuzuo sat down on the benches in the shed.

Since it is a simple thatched shed, it is natural that ventilation is unavoidable.After sitting for a while, Cha Wuzuo complained that his feet were cold, and asked the old woman to make a pot of hot tea.

The old woman put the steamed buns on the table first, then turned to make tea and water, and brought the pot and cup to the table for the two of them.

Zha Wuzuo didn't show courtesy to Feng Shen, he picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup first.As soon as the tea juice came out, tea leaves floated in the full cup.

"Master Feng, take a look," Zha Wuzuo frowned, and said, "This tea dregs almost cover the cup noodles, and we serve 'Gao Sui'!"

"You can drink delicious hot tea in this kind of place, Master Zha will be satisfied," Feng Shen didn't care, he blew on the last seeds floating on the surface of the cup, and took a sip, "It still tastes like tea."

"You don't pick..." Zha Wuzuo shook his head and sighed, and stopped complaining, grabbed a meat bun and chewed it.

Feng Shen smiled, didn't say much, and started eating with Zha Wuzuo.

Speaking of Gao Sui, it is also called Gao Mo'er, which is nothing more than tea leaves.In old age, after the new tea leaves come out, the tea growers have to filter them several times with a sieve.The leaves that are fat and tender are sent to tea shops for sale, and the remaining loose crumbs are not willing to be thrown away. They are all stored in earthen jars and sold at low prices to poor people who do not have enough money.On weekdays, public servants like Zha Zuo drank rather particular tea, so they would naturally feel that the high-quality tea was harsh and unpalatable.However, the meat buns in this restaurant are full of fillings, so what Feng Cha and the others ate was very sweet.

After eating a few meat buns, I felt a little warm in my body.Seeing that he was almost done eating, Feng Shen stretched his legs and looked out of the shed.

There are a lot of alfalfa planted in the osmanthus garden area.Alfalfa is hardy and is that excellent forage.In the Fengtai camp stationed nearby, all the materials were brought back from this place to raise war horses.Therefore, this area was previously called "Clover Garden".It may be that some people thought the name was not elegant and used a homonym, so it was changed to "Muxiyuan".

But in the year of Gengzi, the Eight-Power Allied Forces broke through the Forbidden City from the sea with foreign guns and artillery, and the officers and soldiers stationed there were defeated.Right now, the alfalfa field in this osmanthus garden has been deserted for several years, not to mention alfalfa, not even a few weeds have grown.

Looking at the wasteland covered with remnant snow, Feng Shen sighed endlessly.But Zha Wuzuo didn't think so much, he just grabbed the meat buns on the plate and stuffed them into his mouth.

At this moment, two people came from a distance on the official road.When they got closer, they saw clearly that it was a young girl who staggered forward with an old man on her arm.

The young girl and the old man had pale faces, and their clothes were all in rags.It looks like it is for people who are fleeing famine.

The girl was about twenty-eight years old, with two braids on her head. Although her face was gray, she couldn't hide her delicate features. Although the old man was thin, he had a big frame. His eyes were either injured or ill, and the eyeballs were white. Can't see, obviously blind.

Suddenly, the blind old man's feet went limp and he fell to the ground.The girl yelled "Grandpa", and then cried out anxiously.

When Feng Shen saw it, he was moved with compassion, and without thinking too much, he ran towards the two of them.Seeing this, Zha Wuzuo hurriedly followed behind.

The three of them hurriedly helped the blind old man from the ground, and slowly helped him into the tea shed.The old woman who opened the tea shed took a look and also brought out a broken chair and put it by the stove.Several people supported the blind old man to sit on it and let him warm up.

After roasting for a while, the blind old man's complexion improved a little.Seeing this, Feng Shen rolled up his sleeves, pressed a few acupuncture points on his body, and helped the old man push the palace to pass the blood.

After tossing and tossing for a while, the blind old man finally recovered.Feng Shen asked the old woman to boil a bowl of hot ginger soup, pried open the old man's teeth, and drank it slowly.

Seeing that the old man was getting better, Feng Shen glanced at the young girl.I found that she was worried about the blind old man, while peeking at the unfinished meat buns on the table.

Knowing that she was very hungry, Feng Shen asked for some more from the old woman and handed them to the young girl.The girl was taken aback for a moment, then wiped her hands on her torn padded jacket, and quickly grabbed a steamed bun.

She swallowed, took the meat bun and broke off a small piece, before going to feed the blind old man.

"Little girl, you can eat it by yourself first," Zha Wu said with a smile, "Your grandfather also has it here, and the delicious meat buns are enough!"

"Eat at ease," Feng Shen also said, "If it's not enough, then take it from the drawer."

"Cantaloupe..." the blind old man heard it, moved the corners of his mouth a few times, and said in a native Shandong accent, "Kowtow for grandpa...Kowtow to thank these benefactors..."

When the girl named Cantaloupe heard this, she knelt on the ground with a "plop" and kowtowed her head.

Feng Shen and Zha Wu took a look, and quickly helped him up, saying anxiously: "It's easy, don't do this! Don't do this!"

The cantaloupe knocked hard a few more times before getting up from the ground.

"Girl," Feng Shen saw that their grandfather and grandson were in dire condition, and asked again, "you are so miserable, could it be that some misfortune happened to you?"

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, the muskmelon grinned and burst into tears.

(End of this chapter)