The medicine of rebirth

Chapter 234 Finding Potatoes and Worshiping in the Middle of the Night

Shanming Qiuming and others helped the Su family pick lotus leaves and earned a lot of copper coins. I don’t know who spread the news. The next morning when Su Wen was feeding, he heard the door being slammed. Su Banxi and Ning The three of Chen Zhao were in the open space in the back room before the sun rose and collected all the isatid roots and sliced ​​them to dry for preservation. Su Shi was pasting the tied lotus lanterns and sky lanterns with paper, the light powder of the lotus lanterns, The off-white colors of the sky lanterns are layered together, creating an indescribably melancholy beauty.

"Question, what are you doing in a daze? Go and open the door!" Su Shi's feet were surrounded by papered lotus lanterns and sky lanterns that hadn't dried yet. The lamp was scrapped, seeing Su Wen standing stupidly in front of the chicken coop with a food bowl, he couldn't help shouting.

Su Wen seemed to have just come to his senses, then hurriedly put the food bowl in his hand on the chicken coop, patted his hands that were not dirty twice, and went to open the door. Four or five people who came saw it When Su Wen asked, he immediately became cheerful, and while talking to Su Wen, his eyeballs patrolled the yard, as if he wanted to see if Su Banxi was there.

Now almost everyone in Tunjiawan knows that Mrs. Zhao and Su Shi have an obedient and well-behaved daughter who can make money, and her medical skills are admirable. I heard that both Shanming and Qiuming made a lot of money yesterday. Anyway, they are not now. When the farming season is busy, they stay at home and have nothing to do, so they come to try their luck. Picking lotus flowers and leaves doesn’t take much time, so they just pass the time and earn money. Who wouldn’t like such a good thing!

It's just that the Su family seems to be at home today, and they didn't go to the lotus pond. Could it be that the lotus leaves are enough?
Su Wen knew what they were thinking as soon as he saw their appearance. When he first went to find someone to help pick the lotus flowers and leaves, he didn’t want to do it because he didn’t have enough money. In the end, it was Shanming Qiuming and Liu’s brothers who came up to him. Yes, but everyone is from the same village, even if there is unswerving in their hearts, Su Wen will not show it. After all, their house will be demolished and rebuilt in a while, so they will have to trouble these people.

Get out of the way and let those five people come in. Su Shi's eyes flickered when he watched them enter the yard, and a faint smile appeared on his honest and honest face, pretending not to understand their purpose, and asked: " Please sit down, I don't know if you are coming..." Before finishing the following words, the faces of those people changed, and then the middle-aged man who was talking to Su Wen at the beginning cleared his throat and said:
"Didn't I hear that your family needs help with something? I couldn't get away from you two days ago. I just wanted to come to your house today to ask if there is anything else I need help with. We are all from the same village. Your family has something to do." We should come to help, Da Lang, are you right?"

Su Shi's expression didn't change at all, and he nodded with a smile, but the conversation turned slightly and he said embarrassedly: "I'm really bothering you, but it's a waste of time for everyone, our family's affairs have already been discussed by Shan Ming yesterday. That kid from Qiuming has finished helping. It’s not going to be the Yulan Basin tomorrow, so there’s nothing serious about it. I’m really sorry. If the big guys are not busy, stay and have a meal together. You see, my house should be turned down. It’s all over, and I’ll have to trouble you guys when the time comes.”

Originally, when the five people heard that the matter of the Su family had been helped by Shan Ming and the others yesterday, they were a little bit pissed. What's the matter with them rushing here, but Su Shi said that their house was completely ruined Well, there will definitely be endless work to do, even if there are only a few copper coins a day, so he chatted with Su Shi for a while with a smile. When they heard that it was going to be pushed back to double the construction, two of them had distorted faces, but then they breathed a sigh of relief. After all, this is their fault, and it's useless for them to be jealous.

It was almost noon when Su Shi enthusiastically wanted to stay with them for dinner, but they refused, saying that the mother-in-law at home did not bother her before leaving. Su Wen came to Su Shi's side and pasted Su Shi with dried lotus flowers The lamp and the sky lantern were placed on the shelf to let the sun shine, and he asked, "Father, is our family really going to be rebuilt as Xiaoxi said? Where will we live then?"

Su Shi also mentioned this issue when he was talking to Su Banxi yesterday, but Su Banxi didn't care about it and said that when the time comes, he will directly build a temporary house next to the demolished house to live in. Anyway, the recent weather is very sunny and there is no fear of a storm coming. , but the house has to be built quickly, and the weather in autumn is uncertain.

"She also said that our family would go to the town to put up lotus lanterns tomorrow, and she also asked Dad to discuss with the Grandpa Liu she was talking about. She said that she was just talking about building a house, and she didn't know anything about it. We have to rely on us to do it, she only provides advice, and she also said that the yard should be paved with green bricks, and that since it is rebuilt, it should be built better, and I feel comfortable watching and living in it. It makes sense, so I will listen to her."

Su Wen didn't have much idea. Although he had saved a lot of money recently, he also knew how expensive the blue bricks were, and Su Banxi borrowed a lot of money to open a shop in the town, but she didn't let go. I also know that she has her own way to solve it, "Then when the house is built, the shops in Xiaoxi Town will also open for business. Wouldn't she have to go both ways?"

Su Shi shook his head and said he didn't know, but he also knew that if the store and the house were to be rebuilt, Su Banxi would be the busiest person. First, he had to watch the new store all the time, and when necessary, he had to make medicinal meals by himself. He also had to run back and forth to Tunjiawan to see how the house was being built. Su Shi knew in his heart that this kid Ning Chen couldn't control Su Banxi. Almost everything is up to Su Banxi's temper, "Why don't you ask Xiaoxi later, if you really want to go both ways, she will be the one who suffers in the end, and my father has no skills but the one who built the house You still have the ability, but you can't hold back your sister's too many ideas."

Su Shi gave a wry smile, but soon cheered up and said, "But it's okay, when Dad's leg is completely healed, you won't be made to suffer so much, and your mother also told me last night Yes, she is going to let Xiaoxi teach her something, even if she can only earn a little money, it is good to lighten your sister's burden, I think about it and think that I support your mother's decision, your mother thinks about everything for us , but never thought about her own sake, if she wants to learn to do business with Xiaoxi, both father and son will support her."

Su Wen grinned. Mrs. Zhao is very gentle to both of them, and will cling to him and his sister first if there is any delicious food. Charity, since Mrs. Zhao has already made this decision, the son will naturally support it.

However, Su Wen couldn't figure out what the Zhao family wanted Su Banxi to teach her. Just as she was about to ask, she saw Ning Chen holding a large handful of banlangen picked from the ground. , Ning Chen was wearing an apron that Su Banxi suddenly wanted Zhao to mend with unwanted clothes, saying that it was not easy to get dirty, so Ning Chen obediently surrounded her, although it felt weird, "Brother Wen Zi , Xixi asked you to help too, saying that she would not plant medicinal seeds first if she wanted to rebuild the house, but would replant the few surviving roses in the back room in the yard, as well as the roses she planted under the eaves. Girl Guo also found a place to raise her again."

"Is it going to be possible for her to plant it under the fence? When the fence is knocked down, the side of the house shouldn't be affected." Su Wen looked at the leaf hanging from the eaves, and the leaves were hidden under the leaves. The fruit is heavy, and the girl Guo doesn't know where Xiaoxi went to name this mixed fruit. Ning Chen looked at the approximate distance from the fence to the house, then nodded in agreement with Su Wen's words, "Of course it will be done." .”

The rest of the Radix Radix was cleaned up by several people. Su Banxi first made a simple lunch, and then began to remove the impurities in the pile of Radix Radix, washed, moistened, and finally cut into thick slices to dry under the sun. Now, most of the Su family's yard is filled with dried lotus leaves that have become brittle, as well as the white daisies picked by Ning Chen alone, and now there is even more banlangen. People don't even have time to rest.

When Su Banxi and Ning Chen turned over all the white daisies, lotus flowers and lotus leaves, their throats were so thirsty that they were smoking, and it was only after a bowl of cold and fragrant lotus leaf porridge was relieved from the heat of the day, " It's really hot today, Dad, I'm going to go to the mountains with Chenchen and my brother today, don't worry, I will definitely not touch the beehive."

Su Shi also knew that Su Banxi was always restless, so he didn't care about her. Anyway, it was no big deal to have Ning Chen and Su Wen follow him, so he waved them away. Mrs. Zhao wanted them to bring some food and Su Banxi He waved his hand and refused, now that there are a lot of precocious fruits and food in the mountains, naturally the three of them cannot be hungry.

Along the way, the sun was so hot that it could scorch people, and the airtight clothes on her body made Su Banxi let out a sigh of relief as soon as she entered the shady mountain, "Let's go farther today, brother, you often come up , are you familiar with the surrounding terrain?" Su Banxi looked around and found that this place was also the place where Su Wen took her to pick lemons last time, so she opened her mouth and asked, in fact, there are many things in the ancient deep mountains that the world does not know. Food and medicinal materials, and today Su Banxi came here for these, anyway, it's still early today, let's go a little farther and have a look!Maybe we can find food in this world, otherwise Su Banxi still feels very uncomfortable because of the same kinds of food we eat here.

"Well, I've been up almost all the mountains near Tunjiawan, but I haven't gone in the deeper ones. I'm quite familiar with them." Su Wen said with a hum, his tone was a little flat, he used to be almost alone. People ran around all over the mountains and plains, and he knew the mountains around Tunjiawan better.

Su Banxi lowered her head and thought for a while, and finally stood on tiptoe and held a branch in her hand to look at the surrounding terrain, then pointed to the higher terrain in the east, "Brother, let's go in this direction, see if we can meet What good things do you want?" Ning Chen didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, anyway, he didn't care which direction Su Banxi was going, so Su Wen didn't have any opinions, so Su Wen looked at Ning Chen helplessly.

The high terrain is a bit difficult to walk. Originally, Su Wen and Ning Chen thought that Su Banxi could not walk very far, but unexpectedly, Su Banxi would walk for more than an hour without complaining of fatigue. I don't know what kind of plant it is, Su Banxi still refuses to stop.

Su Banxi blinked her eyes as if to confirm whether the flakes of plants were the kind of food she had in mind, let Ning Chen pull her down the ridge, and hurried to the Chengcheng without caring about the dirty trousers. Squatting down in front of the plant, he grabbed the stem and leaf and pulled out a lot of soil, but the strings of heavy fruits of different sizes hanging on it made Su Banxi almost grin.

It turned out to be a potato, at first she thought she had made a mistake!
Su Wen and Ning Chen also jumped down from the ridge and walked behind her, squatting down to pull out a lot of potatoes like her, but because some potatoes were too big and the soil was too dry from the sun, it was not easy to pull out. Instead, Ning Chen sat down on the potato stems and leaves. Fortunately, there were no sharp stones.

Su Wen took the potatoes to study for a long time but didn't see why, but the excited smile in Su Banxi's eyes made him ask: "Xiaoxi, what is this? Medicine? It doesn't look like it, It doesn't have a strong medicinal smell." Forgive Su for asking him that he has never seen such a thing in his life for more than ten years, and he doesn't know if he can eat it?Don't be toxic.

Su Banxi stood up and set up an awning with her hands to take a look. She found that such a large piece of potato stems and leaves almost made her jump up. Turning around, she grabbed Su Wen's hand and couldn't hide her excitement and said, "Brother, brother, this is not medicine." , These are edible potatoes, and they are easy to grow and mature, and they are not easy to spoil in winter, so let's dig them all up and store them! Anyway, we only need to keep small and good ones for planting every year. "

Su Wen's brows and eyes were full of helplessness, and he also looked at the potato stems and leaves, which were almost all green. After all, he still didn't say anything to hurt Su Banxi. It seems that their family is going back with some strange things now, but looking at Su Banxi, he is sure and excited. He didn't say anything, but I'm afraid it would be very difficult to get all of them home. Is there any need to ask someone to help?
In the end, it was Ning Chen who interjected and said, "When are we going to dig so many potatoes for Xixi? Besides, the house hasn't been renovated yet, and the cellar hasn't been dug out yet. Even if you dig them all back, you won't be able to find any storage for them." place." His Xixi is easy to get excited because of these things, but it's better to be lively like this, and it's not good to be too dull.

Su Banxi was not extinguished by Ning Chen's pot of cold water. She rested her chin and thought for a while, then turned around and smiled and said, "Then how about letting Brother Shanming Qiuming and the others dig together? It's not the time of busy farming, besides, these potatoes are very hungry and easy to fill the stomach. Brother Qiuming still has a child at home, and he can't go to the town to find work to earn copper coins at any time. It’s just what we need, and there are brothers Liu Song and Liu Qing, our family can’t eat too much, anyway, it can be planted next spring, so we don’t have to worry about not being able to dig it out, or finding a place to put it.”

Su Wen and Ning Chen looked at each other dumbfounded after listening to it, and then they could only smile and nod, "Your idea is quite good, forget it, I'll tell them when we go back, if If they are willing, we will come and dig after the Yulan Basin meeting. If not, brother and Xiaochen will dig it back for you. The land here is uninhabited, and the big guys who grow up dare not eat it. I'm afraid it's poisonous, but I didn't expect it to be cheap for you in the end!"

Su Banxi bent his lips and smiled, and didn't need to spend so much effort to memorize this place. Anyway, Su Wen came here often, so he must have been familiar with it long ago, so the three of them who rested for a while continued to walk inside. In the end, they didn't know if it was Su Banxi. Today's luck was too good. When I walked into a tall forest, I met the papaya she wanted most now, but now is not the time for the papaya fruit to ripen, and I have to wait for more than a month for these papayas to be ready. Mature, let go of the little disappointment in my heart, cheer up and keep walking inside.

But Su Wen and Ning Chen didn't know when a wooden stick as thick as an arm appeared in their hands. Su Banxi didn't say anything after seeing it, but walked obediently between them. The trees here don't know how much they have grown. Over the years, the trees are towering into the sky and there are many fruit trees, from the papaya just now to the chestnut tree and the vines that grow on the trees next to them, with bunches of purple, red or green grapes hanging on them If it weren't for the huge root system of this grape vine, Su Banxi really had the urge to move it back, but Su Wen and Ning Chen still let Su Wen and Ning Chen pick a lot of it, and the sweet juice was in the air. The tip of the tongue burst open.

Su Wen and Ning Chen looked at the round and beautiful fruit exuding a fragrance in their hands, and then saw that Su Banxi had already stuffed it into his mouth and continued walking, the two of them stuffed a fruit into their mouths unambiguously , The sweet water that immediately entered the throat made Su Wen and Ning Chen, two people who had been thirsty for a long time, finish the two bunches of grapes in their hands in a few strokes.

"Those are grapes, which can be used to make wine. There are quite a lot of grapes hanging on the vines. When we return to the original road, we will pick them back and let our parents taste them." Pushing away the clump of grass in front of the road, he said to the two people behind him, "I don't know how backward this place is. Few people have eaten the fruit that is very common in later generations. Most of them eat some Green apples, sour plums, etc. Su Jiaqiong generally gave Su Banxi any rare fruits he got, and Su Banxi didn’t eat them and passed them on to Su Wen. in the mouth.

"Wine making? You said that fruit can be made into wine? Isn't wine made from sorghum or japonica rice?" Su Wen scratched the back of his head and asked with a blushing face. Ning Chen, who was next to him, also looked at Su Banxi's side face, obviously the same Very curious.

Wine also has many benefits to the human body, but Su Banxi only heard people talk about making wine from grapes, and she has never done it before, and she doesn't know if it can be done, so she didn't boast, "Well, I can make wine, but I don't have it." Brewed, just try it.”

After this, Su Wen and Ning Chen didn't talk any more, they walked quietly, and gained a lot of knowledge that wasn't in the books along the way, and also saw that Su Banxi was holding more and more herbs and food in his arms, They were all weird and unheard of, but Su Banxi said that they could be eaten and not poisonous, so the two didn't care about them.

When returning back the same way, Ning Chen took off his outer shirt and spread it on the ground, then he and Su Wen began to pick all the grapes from the vines and put them on the outer shirt, and wait until the unripe green grapes were left Wrapping the clothes in her arms and walking back, Su Banxi was afraid that Ning Chen would pull the clothes away a little because she was afraid of clutching the grapes, so she quickened her pace and went home.

When I went back, Zhang’s Aunt Zhu was visiting Su’s house. Hearing the sound, she knew that the three people who had gone out had come back, so she turned her head to look. What she didn’t expect to see was that the three people’s arms were full of things for Aunt Zhu. After laughing with Mrs. Zhang, he went up to help and moved all the things in the arms of the three of them to the table.

Su Banxi shook her sore elbows before calling people one by one, "Aunt Zhang, Aunt Zhu, it's just right that you are here, I have something to talk to you about later, by the way, this is what we just picked from the mountain. The grapes, I'll wash them first and you can taste them." As he said that, he was about to pick up the grapes wrapped in Ning Chen's coat and was about to go to the kitchen when he was stopped by Ning Chen, who glanced vaguely at Su Banxi's hands Said: "No need, you rest, I'll go wash it."

Mrs. Zhang and Aunt Zhu looked at each other and smiled, waited until Ning Chen disappeared into the kitchen, then winked at Su Banxi and joked, "Look at how kind Ning Chen is to you, I'm afraid you'll be tired, he's a person who loves his wife, Xizi I have to say that your life will definitely be better in the future than it is now."

Although the two did not have any form of verbal engagement, everyone in Tunjiawan knew that Ning Chen and Su Banxi were a couple. Although they were farmers, they were not too rigid and pedantic. As long as it's not too overt or too explicit, I'll make fun of it.

Su Banxi's face was thicker than that of Ning Chen's, and she didn't look shy or embarrassed when she heard this, she was still calm and calm, but there was a soft smile on the corners of her brows and eyes, which reflected warmly in people's hearts "Aunt Zhang, Aunt Zhu, let's get down to business first. That's how it is. My brother Chenchen and I found a kind of food called potatoes that can easily fill our stomachs on the mountain. I just don't know what Aunt Zhang and Aunt Zhu want. You don’t want to go to the mountains with us to dig some back for grain storage.”

Su Banxi knows that two-thirds of the grain produced by farmers every year has to be paid to the land tax, and if the grain is not enough, they have to pay money. Therefore, many families will have insufficient food in winter, but potatoes are different. Not to mention easy to store and not easy to digest.

Aunt Zhu was much more excited than Mrs. Zhang, because their family had two children who could eat well, and the food at home was not enough every time. Although Zhu Jian could go to the town to earn a lot of money, the roads were blocked by heavy snow in winter. Under the circumstances, Aunt Zhu didn't dare to let him go to the town to buy food. Besides, everything was expensive in winter. If there were potatoes, it would relieve her family's burden a little. How could she not want to do such a thing.

Mrs. Zhang is a little hesitant, because her husband Zhang Ruishu is still working in the town, and there are only her and her mother-in-law Zhang Dongmei in the family.Even if the two of them went to dig potatoes together, they wouldn't be able to dig much, but it was still a ration, so they said to Su Banxi immediately: "Xizi, if you are going to the mountain, tell auntie, auntie will go with you. "

Aunt Zhu also said quickly, Su Banxi smiled and nodded one by one in agreement, and at this time Ning Chen also came out with the washed grapes on a plate, Aunt Zhu looked at the eyes with a little light, and went up first before Ning Chen approached He made a small bunch and looked at it in front of his eyes, and then said out loud, "Tsk tsk, not to mention that it looks pretty good-looking, Gang Xizi, what do you call this fruit?"

Su Banxi also cut a small bunch with scissors and handed it to Mrs. Zhang. After all, the bunch of wild grapes is too big. It would be a bit weird to eat them all. She threw a crystal grape into her mouth with a smile and said: "Zhu Auntie, this fruit is called grapes, and it's quite sweet, try it, and when you go back later, bring some back for Uncle Zhu Da Zhuang Xiao Zhuang and Auntie Zhu to taste."

Mrs. Zhang shook her head again and again. How could they have the nerve to eat someone else's and bring some back, but Mrs. Zhang and Aunt Zhu couldn't refuse, Mrs. Zhao had already used the grapes that Ning Chen washed and used last night. It's not too good but Wrapped in not bad lotus leaves, stuffed into the hands of the two of them.

"Take it all, you have helped our family a lot, why are you pushing this little thing, and when our family still needs your help, I can't be ashamed to ask you to help Ah!" Mrs. Zhao said with a stern face on purpose, amused Aunt Zhu, so she stopped being pretentious and held Mrs. Zhao's heavy grapes, "It's done, Huier, you can take it too, otherwise If not, your Aunt Zhao will drive us out with a broom."

Mrs. Zhang took it after thinking about it, pursed her lips and looked at Su Banxi, who was smiling and stuffing grapes into her mouth, and finally shook her head and laughed. After all, she thought too much, "Then thank you Xizi and Aunt Zhao." Yes, my mother will definitely like to eat it."

Aunt Zhu also followed up and said: "The two skinny kids in my family are greedy all day long, maybe I was snatched away by them before I entered the house." Mrs. Zhang laughed along with Mrs. Zhao , Su Banxi swallowed the grapes, finally stood up, clapped her hands and prepared to start dinner, and then sorted and put away the things the three of them picked.

"Then let's go back first, Xizi, remember you called us when you went, we won't stay any longer, let's go back first!" Aunt Zhu and Mrs. Zhang stood up and were about to leave.

"What are you two busy with? Let's go after dinner!" Mrs. Zhao pulled the two of them and said, it's time for dinner, why did you leave!
Su Banxi and Su Shi also asked them to stay for dinner, but Aunt Zhu and Mrs. Zhang had already taken a lot of grapes from others, so how could they have the nerve to stay for dinner? Shi had to let the two leave.

"Xiaoxi, the potatoes you mentioned just now can really fill your stomach? Why haven't I heard of it before?" Su Shi asked at the dinner table. He was very curious when he heard Su Banxi and Aunt Zhu Zhang talking about it before. , but has been holding back not to ask aloud, and now finally couldn't help it.

Su Banxi swallowed the food in his mouth, then leaned back a little and said: "Well, of course, and potatoes can be used to make many kinds of food, and the taste is very good, but it's a pity that the three of us took a little too much today, otherwise I brought back a few for you to taste."

When Su Shi wanted to ask more questions, Mrs. Zhao tapped them with the chopsticks, and said impatiently, "Why do you ask, eat well, there are so many things you don't know, so you can't ask after eating." , be careful to choke!"

Su Shi, who was hit by Mrs. Zhao, ate his meal resentfully and did not dare to say a word anymore. Su Wen turned a blind eye and continued to eat, but Su Banxi and Ning Chen secretly laughed with their heads down while eating their rice. Su Shi looked over He immediately sat upright and calmly chewed the food in his mouth, making Su Shi both helpless and funny.

After sorting out all the things brought back from the mountain, the Su family took back all the lotus, lotus leaves, white chrysanthemums and Banlangen in the yard to the house, and put them in their bedrooms when the main room couldn't fit. Shi touched the sweat on his forehead, "Sure enough, this room really needs to be enlarged, otherwise, when Xiaoxi is drying some medicinal materials in the future, there might not even be a place for us to sleep."

Talking and still smiling at Su Banxi who pretended not to hear anything, Mrs. Zhao gave him a slap from behind, this man's legs are healed, his mouth just can't be idle, he always catches the child and talks nonsense Say it, "It's done, did your feet soak tonight? Why don't you hurry to the kitchen to scoop up hot water to soak your feet, there is still so much work to do tomorrow, don't wait for me to serve you, I will But very busy."

Su Shi suddenly smiled and rubbed his head, then he really obeyed and went to the kitchen to scoop up water and soak his feet. Su Banxi and others watched from the side and shook their heads with a smile. There was a slight smile hidden in the corners of the teeth, the corners of the eyes and the brows, but Su Banxi knew that Ning Chen had been distracted for some reason. Although he hid it well, he still didn't hide it from her eyes.

As if aware of Su Banxi's gaze, Ning Chen tilted his head to look at Su Banxi and asked with a smile, "What's wrong? Xixi!"

Su Banxi smiled and shook her head: "It's nothing, you're going tomorrow..." After a slight pause, she continued, "Would you like to visit your parents?" The matter of her parents has always been unable to let go and forget. Although she never mentioned it in normal times, others may not know it, but it is impossible for Su Banxi not to know what Ning Chen is thinking.

Tomorrow is Yu Lan Festival, Ning Chen...should be going to see his parents!

But he was so young at the time, it would be great if he could remember that his parents died unexpectedly. Do you know where they are buried?

The smile on the corner of Ning Chen's mouth froze for a moment before he said, "No."

He said this, and then he refused to say a word. Su Banxi didn't force him, but just told him to wash up and rest early. After all, he will go to town to celebrate the Yulan Festival with Jin Zhou and the others tomorrow, and it may not be until the day after tomorrow. When I come back, I will be really busy and I don’t have time for him to miss his parents. After all, Su Banxi still hopes that Ning Chen will visit his parents, but Ning Chen doesn’t want her and she won’t morally kidnap him and call him unfilial. Coldhearted or something.

Ning Chen's mind was too simple, how could she not know.

How can you hurt him with words from the perspective of others!
"Well, I will. Xixi also needs to go to bed early. You have been tired all day today, and you will be very hard tomorrow, so sleep well until dawn!" Ning Chen said with a smile and asked Su back Room.

Su Banxi stood at the same spot and watched Ning Chen's back disappear from sight before slowly narrowing her eyes. Then she and Zhao Shi brought a lot of hot water into the bathtub and took a good bath before changing into her little clothes. However, Su Banxi did not go to sleep, but turned around and blew out the oil lamp placed on the window sill, and lightly put on the lake blue embroidered dress that Mrs. Zhao made for her, which is different from the usual short outside and long inside. , but a real long skirt, Zhao embroidered a few elegant flowers on the hem of the skirt, which made this long skirt not look plain.

She has been sitting on the kang like this, silently reciting the medicinal principles that have long been rotten in her heart, and she doesn't know how long it took until the slight movement sounded under her window sill, and then she seemed afraid of noise. After waking her up and disappearing, Su Banxi's mouth curled up silently in the darkness, and she sighed inwardly. She knew that with Ning Chen's temperament, it would be impossible for him not to visit his parents on Yulan Festival today!
What to say to let her sleep until dawn is probably the meaning of the words, Chenchen really broke her heart, but it was Ning Chen who wrapped herself in indifference that made her feel bad, obviously she was very sad. I care about it, but it appears on the surface that nothing happened, I'm afraid my heart is already riddled with holes!
When the gate in the courtyard slammed shut, Su Banxi quietly got up and patted on the long skirt. It was the first time she wore a long skirt, which made her feel weird. Even in the modern age where short skirts are popular, she rarely wears skirts. , and this skirt is ankle-length, if you don't pay attention, you will step on the skirt and fall!

Su Banxi opened the door and looked at the dark and dark rooms with closed doors on both sides. Then she slightly lifted her long skirt and left silently. Although she didn't know where Ning Chen's parents were buried, she still knew roughly where the villagers were buried. Yes, she took two of the lotus lanterns and sky lanterns that Su Shi had made and were still hanging on the shelf, and she evened out some of the candle street clothes bought by Mrs. Zhao before and put them in her room. Just thought in my heart that Ning Chen would go to see his parents at night!

Sighing in her heart, Su Banxi really didn't know why she ran out to chase Ning Chen with these things in the middle of the night. Although she didn't believe in ghosts and gods, she was the only one carrying these things on the road at night. I don't know if it's because of her psychological effect, she always feels that someone is following her behind her, the sound of footsteps is very small and slowly reaches her ears, and the occasional breeze blowing over makes Su Banxi's skin get goosebumps.

Ning Chen doesn't know what kind of mentality it is, every time he wakes up at night, no matter whether he is doing something alone or just wants to sit in the yard in a daze, Su Banxi will always be the first to find out, and will always either wait for him to come back , or just sit with him and listen to his endless words, her expression is always indifferent, but Ning Chen always sees a watery smile from her bright and watery almond eyes. Meaning, shallow like ripples, the two curves are very light in color but surprisingly hide a kind of soft and beautiful eyebrows, and there is always a smile, which makes people's mind unsteady.

He originally wanted to visit his parents tonight when all the Su family members were asleep, but when he went out, he went to Su Banxi's window sill first and stood for a while before slowly turning around, opening the door, and walking a few steps away. He turned around and hid by the fence again. The moonlight was not very bright tonight, so when he saw Su Banxi coming out lightly, his heart constricted suddenly, and his eyes felt a little sore.

The reason why he came back to his senses and stood under the fence was because he wondered whether Su Banxi would find him out tonight like the previous two times. It turned out that he came out late enough, and everyone was sleeping soundly at this time When he got up and came out, even Su Wen, who was sleeping on the same kang with him, didn't notice him getting up. In the end, he didn't know if Su Banxi would sleep like Su Wen.

However, the result was beyond his expectations, but within expectations.

Su Banxi took a deep breath. In the past, on Valentine's Day and Christmas, her colleagues all asked her to take over. She also often checked the room alone in the empty corridor. At that time, she didn't feel anything. How could she be frightened now? And this At that time, most of the people were soundly asleep, and the person following her was none other than Ning Chen.

After thinking this way, the breeze blowing on his body didn't feel weird anymore, and he walked directly towards the place where the villagers were buried, and the people behind hurriedly followed. It was getting late now, and the afterglow of the moon was not so good Bright, Su Banxi didn't hold a torch, and she had never been to this place, and what Su Banxi didn't know was that his parents were not buried here, but elsewhere.

Just when Su Banxi was about to walk up to the fork in the graveyard, Ning Chen couldn't help but ran a few steps forward, grabbed Su Banxi's wrist and pulled her to another fork in the road, from the beginning to the end. The corner of Su Banxi's mouth was always smiling, without any expression of fear or surprise, as if she had known for a long time that the person following behind was Ning Chen.

"Xixi, you are so courageous. You know that Yulan Festival will be after midnight, and you still dare to come out at night at the National People's Congress." Ning Chen was out of breath, and said sullenly, but put the things in Su Banxi's hands Taking over, the hand holding her wrist also slipped down and clasped tightly with her fingers.

Su Banxi said that she didn't care at all, and said lightly: "Anyway, you will always be behind me, so what does it matter!"

Neither of the two of them revealed this unanimous act. When Ning Chen brought Su Banxi to his parents' grave, under the faint moonlight, Su Banxi could slightly see where this place was. The villagers' graves are not far away, but the landscape is much better than that side, and it is unknown who chose this place to bury Ning Chen's parents.

Ning Chen just knelt down in front of the tombstone and kowtowed three times, then knelt down and stared at the tombstone without saying a word, Su Banxi knelt down and kowtowed like Ning Chen without pretense Three ringing heads, then knelt under Ning Chen's surprised gaze and handed the incense candle she brought over to Ning Chen to signal him to light it, followed by Jie Yi, "Stop staring, light it up, sir It's impossible to give nothing to your parents! Although it's a bit small, but it's always a little thoughtful, why are they afraid that they won't recognize you as a son? Some things in Chenchen are not your fault, so why torture yourself like this, you Your parents love you so much, they must be reluctant to blame you, I know why you don't want to visit your parents during the day, and I have never forced you to do anything, but you are too worried!"

Ning Chen silently lit a joss stick and placed it in front of his parents' tombstone, and then the streetwear that Su Banxi handed over was lit by the joss stick. The dim but warm flame reflected that handsome and indifferent face with a sense of bewildered sadness. , Su Banxi didn't say anything anymore, she just stayed with Ning Chen and his parents all the time!

(End of this chapter)