There is a white bone spirit in the village

Chapter 13

Qinghe County is nearly thirty miles away from Taohua Village.Lin Jiao had inquired a long time ago that no one in the village wanted to take a mule cart into the county these two days. Widow Shi's family had one, but she couldn't open her mouth to borrow it for such a big deal, so she got up and set off at dawn the next day. up.People who are poor and short-sighted are not afraid of being tired. The three hundred yuan is worth three buckets of food anyway. The distance of thirty miles is nearly fifteen kilometers, and they can walk on their own two legs.It was her luck that she finally took a mule cart from another village when she walked halfway. When she arrived at the county seat, it was not yet noon.

Qinghe County is not very big, but because it is located on the north-south passage, caravan mules carrying goods from the north and the south pass by every day, so there are all kinds of shops in the county town, and there are many people coming and going on the street.

Lin Jiao only had the three hundred dollars in her eyes now, and she was not in the mood to look at other things. When she entered the city, people inquired about the location of the yamen, so she searched for it. There were not many people there, the gate was open, and no one stopped them when they entered, which was much smoother than what I had imagined before.Only when I got to the second gate, I saw two yamen servants standing, one in his early twenties and one in his thirties, and they were not vicious, especially the younger one, as soon as he saw her, he greeted her and said, "Oh, sister is here again? "

Chunjiao used to come here once a month. Lin Jiao guessed that the two yamen servants must know her, so she went in after answering a sentence, and found a place to collect money. After waiting for a long time, the accountant with a goatee finally slowed down. Slowly handed over a bunch of money.

Lin Jiao took it and counted to ten.Exactly three hundred, one not more and one not less.Wrapped the money tightly in cloth and put it in his carry-on bag.Seeing that the accountant was still staring at him, he thanked him and turned around to leave.

According to Lin Jiao's speculation, since Lao Yang's family can enjoy such super-national treatment, her predecessor, Nengwen, must have made great achievements on the battlefield.Then, according to the eternal law of scraping off layers of oil and water, I should be content to have the three hundred coins in my hands in the end.Now that the money has been successfully obtained, she hastened to find the doctor who had seen Nengwu before and inquired carefully about the situation. After that, she had to go back to Taohua Village before dark. She guessed that she would not be so lucky to get a mule cart by the way. Yes, by walking, it will take at least two or three hours.

Lin Jiao walked out in a hurry, and when she reached the corner of the second gate, she saw the two yamen servants talking with their backs to her, and was about to say hello, but her steps slowed down, because she seemed to be talking about herself.

"Liu Datong, what is the relationship between the girls and our boss? You usually spend a lot of time with the boss, so why don't you find out?"

The younger one said so.

The older man named Liu Datong replied: "What's the relationship? It's not from the same village. What do you mean by asking?"

The first yamen servant said: "Go, go, I won't believe what you said until tomorrow. As far as the same village is concerned, why is our boss so troublesome? I just heard from Mr. Wu from the accountant a few days ago that she came to get three hundred dollars a month. The money is actually distributed from our boss's salary!"

Liu Datong was surprised, and he was silent.The other person lowered his voice and bumped into his shoulder ambiguously: "Liu Datong, do you think our boss is interested in this bitch? Look at this bitch, even though she is a little widow, she doesn't dress well , only the face and body are put there. Our boss has taken a fancy to it, and that's human nature..."

Before the man could finish speaking, Liu Datong knocked his head down and said, "Wang Jun, you bastard, don't think I don't know. It's you who fell in love with this bitch a long time ago, right? Dare you take the boss?" Make excuses! Who is our boss? Let me tell you, she is a widow. I think she is also a decent person. She has been here so many times without saying a word. Don't care if the boss is interested or not, your boy's evil eyes Don’t stare at people, if you’re really thirsty, go to Xinghualou!”

Wang Jun covered his head and groaned: "Where did I have the guts to make fun of the boss? Isn't it strange? If it wasn't for a good friend, what do you think the boss is doing?"

Liu Datong touched his head, and hummed: "Your kid said it, but it's true..."

Lin Jiao was really surprised and stopped in her tracks.

What's the matter?After working for a long time, did Yang Jingxuan pay for the three hundred dollars he was carrying?What the hell does this mean?Still in a daze, I saw a person striding towards me from the opposite side. It was a coincidence that it was Yang Jingxuan, who was different from the one I saw in Peach Blossom Village some time ago. He was wearing a black official uniform, with a knife hanging from his waist, and had a dusty face. , it looks as if he just came back from a long journey.

"Boss is back!"

Liu Datong shut up abruptly, and hurried up to greet him. Wang Jun was even more courteous, trotted over and said with a smile, "Boss, it just so happened that the woman came to collect the money, and she hasn't left yet..." Turning his head while talking, he saw Lin Jiao in the Behind him, his expression froze, he exchanged a glance with Liu Datong, rushed to the gate to lead the old horse tied to the horse post outside, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

It was too late for Lin Jiao to avoid it, because at almost the same moment, Yang Jingxuan looked up, and the two looked at each other.

Lin Jiao suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and the bag of money in the bag seemed to bite her hand.I was still hesitating whether to go over to say hello, or express my thanks, but when I saw him hastily turn around and walk away, as if I were a scourge, I suddenly felt a little awkward, seeing no one around, I couldn't help but chased him for two Step, mouth said "stop"!
It is true that Yang Jingxuan had just returned from his official duties, and unexpectedly bumped into Lin Jiao—he was subconsciously now a hundred times more troublesome than the gangster Gui Jianshou who had beheaded him before, and subconsciously wanted to escape, so he hurriedly turned around , before she had time to take a step, she heard a scolding sound from behind her, and her feet froze as if unable to lift up. After hesitating for a while, she finally turned around slowly, still not looking at her, just like last time, passing over her head It landed on the four-character plaque with the words "Upright and Bright" hanging high in the courthouse in the distance.

"What else is there?" The voice was very flat, but the tight jaw line revealed that he was currently in a state of defense.

Seeing that he was facing an enemy, Lin Jiao suddenly felt a little funny again, and said in a low voice, "I haven't thanked you for what happened last time."

Yang Jingxuan was a little surprised, his eyes moved down slightly, and he saw that she was looking up at him and smiling, the mottled sun shadow was cast on her face, her eyebrows were trimmed like fine black satin, her eyes were bright, She even saw her own clear reflection in her pupils, her heart skipped a beat suddenly, and she hastily raised her gaze again.

"It's just a small matter, don't be too polite..."

Yang Jingxuan answered vaguely.

It's really a small thing.After the woman left that night, he went straight to Huang Erpi, picked up Huang Erpi who was sleeping, and without asking a few words, Huang Erpi told the truth, which was roughly the same as what she said before.

It's really a very simple thing, he thought about it later, why no one thought of doing it in the first place, including himself.But it seems that I have not figured it out.

"Uncle Jingxuan, after all, you have done me and Nengwu a great favor. I will remember this kindness. If you have the opportunity in the future, you will definitely repay it!"

"no, I'm fine……"

Yang Jingxuan shook his head hastily.

Lin Jiao smiled again, her brows and eyes suddenly curved: "Then how can I do it. The kindness of dripping springs is still reciprocating. You have helped me so much, let alone..." He saw her hesitate, as if still What I wanted to say, I was a little surprised that I seemed to be looking forward to it, but in the end she still didn't continue, she just raised her eyebrows and smiled, "In short, I remember your kindness, Uncle Jingxuan! I will talk about it later when I have a chance. I have something to do, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back later." After speaking, she bent slightly towards him, brushed his shoulder, and left.

Yang Jingxuan's hearing is excellent, and he listened attentively to her light footsteps going away, until there was no sound, then turned back, saw that there was no one outside the gate, lost his mind for a moment, finally let out the breath in his chest, bowed his head, and then I felt that my palms were sweating a little.

Fenglin Medical Center is also well-known in the county, and it is not difficult to find, but when Lin Jiao passed by, there were already several people waiting in line to see a doctor.Lin Jiao had no choice but to hold back her temper and wait until it was her turn. The doctor Xu Shun had seen both Ding and Neng Wu before, but when Lin Jiao reminded her, she finally recognized her.

Xu Shun's family has practiced medicine for generations. Although they are not considered famous Chinese doctors, they are from the Xinglin family after all, so they still have some skills.As for medical ethics, it is not enough to ignore death, but it is nothing more than that.Seeing Lin Jiao asking about Neng Wu's condition, she twirled her beard and said, "Miss Lin, your child's eyes, as I said before, are probably caused by stasis. If he was born in a rich family, slowly take medicine, supplemented with It's not hopeless to get rid of stagnation with golden needles. It's just..." After speaking, she looked at Lin Jiao and shook her head in silence.

Lin Jiao is a sensible person and knows what he means.In the final analysis, a doctor is just a profession. Everyone wants to eat, and they all want to eat well. It is impossible to expect everyone to be a doctor, let alone a child. After thinking about it, I asked: "If you let go Earth rule, how much money do you want?"

Xu Shun said: "It takes a lot of money to make different medicines. I'll pay about [-] yuan, one dose a day. I'll take it for three months and see the effect. Then I will increase or decrease the medicine order appropriately. There is another charge for gold needles, one treatment every three days, [-] kuai per treatment, until fully recovered."

Lin Jiao lowered her head and calculated in her head, 18 taels a day, 20 taels of silver in ten days, 20 taels in a month, [-] taels in three months, plus gold needles, let's count for three months, the total cost is about [-] taels. [-] taels In the eyes of a wealthy family, it is just the cost of a big table meal, but as far as she knows, it is a county magistrate of the seventh grade who can buy one mu of first-class river farmland locally after one month's salary. , and it is the home of an ordinary family in Taohua Village for one or two years.What's more, people have also said that this is just the beginning, and it doesn't necessarily cure.

Lin Jiao touched the three hundred wen of unknown origin in the bag beside her, and could only get up and leave.

"Miss Lin, this kind of eye disease needs to be treated as soon as possible!"

Xu Shun's reminder came from behind.

Lin Jiao muttered in her heart, I don't need you to tell me, the problem is that you don't have money and you don't treat it!
After leaving the medical center, Lin Jiao's eyes scanned the various shops on the left and right, her heart was filled with eagerness for quick money.Suddenly saw a wishful pawn shop, remembered the glorious deeds of Yang Jingxuan's prodigal father, and turned in, stood in front of the counter that was as high as her chin, and asked a question.The court priest inside looked at her and said slowly: "One mu of first-class land is worth five taels if you live, and ten taels if you die."

Lin Jiao gasped, turned around and left.

It is naturally the worst policy to use your brain on the field.For farmers who value the land more than their lives, moving the land passed down by their ancestors is tantamount to digging their ancestral graves. Even if they die, they will have no face to see their ancestors.Although Lin Jiao herself was not under such pressure, at this moment, let alone others, even Nengwu herself would definitely not nod if she knew about it.What's more, it's still at this price, it's too dark, and I gave up on the spot.

Because of the delay in the medical center, it was later than expected to leave the city.Lin Jiao was afraid that she might not arrive before dark, so she walked quickly.She was lucky, she didn't walk for long, when she heard someone behind her calling "Old Yang's daughter-in-law, Lao Yang's daughter-in-law". A mule cart came up the official road on the dirt road, and the driver was an old man. Behind him sat his wife with a grandson in his arms.

"You are the daughter-in-law of the old Yang family?" Seeing Lin Jiao nodding, the old man said, "Come up, I will take you all the way."

Lin Jiao was overjoyed, thinking that she had known Chun Jiao before, she quickly climbed up to sit down, chatted a few words, and knew that the old couple were from Huangtang Village, a neighboring village, and that this was the mountain herbal medicine they had saved up last month when they entered the county. After selling it, I went back, saying that it was once a month.

Lin Jiao sat on the mule cart, looking at the green wheat fields on both sides, listening to the old lady beside her talking about the good harvest this year, when it was dark, she finally wandered to the fork in the road, left to Peach Blossom Village, right Go to Huangtang Village.I was about to climb out of the car and walk a few miles, but the mule cart didn't stop and continued to go left.Lin Jiao sighed, and the old woman beside her said, "Although it is not as chaotic as it was in the past few years, it's still not right for your young daughter-in-law to walk in the field at night, so I'll see you off later."

Lin Jiao was very grateful. When the mule cart arrived by the stone bridge at the entrance of Taohua Village, she was let down. She quickly took out a few big coins that she had found out in advance and handed them over. I have paid the car fare of Mr. Liu Cha in the yamen, and I will let him know if I charge him again, and I will not dare to go on the road in this county from now on!"

Lin Jiao was taken aback for a moment: "Master Liu?"

"Yes! I was driving the car out of the city, but I was stopped by Mr. Liu at the gate of the city, and told me to see a little daughter-in-law like you, so I took it to the car and paid for the car. It's getting late, I have to go back quickly , still have seven or eight miles to go.”

After the old man finished speaking, he hurriedly turned the head of the mule cart and went.

When Lin Jiao got off the stone bridge and pushed open the door of her house, she already concluded in her heart that this "Master Liu" Liu Datong must also be sent by someone. As for that person, it is most likely Yang Jingxuan.

Lin Jiao's curiosity towards this man is now unprecedentedly high.When I got home, I hid the three hundred coins and the original money in the kang, and after I sent Nengwu to sleep, I spent the whole night thinking about this person.When we met at the gate of the yamen today, she originally wanted to ask what was going on with the three hundred dollars a month, but she refrained herself from opening her mouth, because she actually had some dark thoughts.Of course, the three hundred dollars is not enough to ask the doctor to buy medicine, but if the rations are counted alone, it can last more than half a month.It doesn't matter now what purpose Yang Jingxuan did for this kind of self-subsidizing.As long as you pretend you don't know, you can continue to pick it up with the cheek in the future. If you ask the matter clearly in front of him, you will be embarrassed to enter the yamen's door in the future.Naturally, she would not do such a self-defeating thing.

This person, although he is a bit rigid, with an old-fashioned look on his face, but he is not really old, he is still alive, and his appearance is good-looking. Judging from the size that he accidentally caught the eye that day, he should be guaranteed in the future. Judging from the deeds he heard, I guess He has some skills, and he is still working in the yamen. Although it is not officially established by the state, he still has a stable income. If there is no father who jumps out and ruins the family business before him, he can barely be regarded as a village official. Gao Shuai Fu.Moreover, based on Lin Jiao's experience, if a man with this kind of personality is subdued and used by him, and the control is stricter, the possibility of cheating on him and having a mistress is almost zero.

The more Lin Jiao pondered, the more she couldn't sleep.

(End of this chapter)