There is a white bone spirit in the village

Chapter 20

Seeing him looking back, Lin Jiao seemed to have hesitated for a moment, then turned over from the horse and strode forward. The boots on her feet made water splashes on the ground, and finally stopped at a place a few steps away from her. on the street.

It was still raining, the sky was dim, and half of his face was covered by the bamboo hat on his head. Lin Jiao couldn't see his expression clearly at the moment, but only saw the road between the two of them gathering rainwater from the gutter. And the silver water curtain below.

"I just heard that you waited for me all afternoon when I got back to the yamen. What's the matter?"

Lin Jiao listened to him asking her directly, her voice was quiet, apart from being rusty and polite, she couldn't hear any other disturbances at all, her mouth opened slightly, and she suddenly hesitated.

He asked her why she waited for him all afternoon, yes, what was it for?He ran over anxiously, and waited anxiously for another afternoon, just because he was afraid that he might misunderstand him, so he had to explain clearly?
This is indeed her purpose.This is what she's been thinking about since last night.But now, when I really saw him, and heard him questioning himself in such a businesslike tone, as if he was interrogating a prisoner, he suddenly felt that it was a bit cheap to explain.Even if that explanation was necessary for some ulterior purpose, she was in no mood to explain it—at least not now.

"Ah, it's really nothing. I went to the city today to ask the doctor about Nengwu's eyes in detail..." Lin Jiao almost didn't think about it, and the words have already blurted out, "Also, I just passed by the yamen to find you. You asked Neng Wu. You went to see him yesterday. Although he only stopped for a while, he was very happy, but he said that he couldn’t ask for your money. If I see you, I can't thank you personally, I just went..."

Yang Jingxuan looked at the opposite woman through the rain curtain.The dusk in the evening rain was dim, but perhaps because her forehead hair and cheeks were wet from the rain, her eyes seemed to be covered with mist, but they were even more crystal clear.

The sound of the rain was still rushing in his ears, but he remembered the evening of yesterday's colorful sunset. It was also about this time. He rode a horse to Peach Blossom Village. It was in her hands to reassure her—she looked so helpless before, but when she heard him asking to lend her money, her smile was so relieved and sweet, and even his mood eased a little.

Her mother-in-law, Ding Shi, was willing to be the son of the old benefactor. He respected her great righteousness. That's why after he returned home, he not only concealed the cause of her son's disgraceful death on the battlefield, but even pretended to be a child of the government. The widow named Lao Yang's family came to receive the several hundred dollars every month.Although the amount is small, it can cover half a month's rations in the countryside, which can be regarded as a little comfort for this mother.

He is not the patriarch, and he has no intention of being the patriarch, but he should be influenced by his ancestors. To some extent, he always subconsciously feels that it is his responsibility to take care of the villagers in this area, which seems to have become his responsibility. An indelible imprint.So since Lin Jiao came to him yesterday and told him about the difficulties of treating Neng Wu, he has been a little guilty. He felt that he had neglected the uncle and sister-in-law of the old Yang family in the village who had not had an easy life before, and decided to move on from now on. Take care of it as much as possible.He thought that it was because of this very legitimate reason that he only remembered it yesterday, and he couldn't even wait until today to go back.Then when his old horse drove him up to the top of the half-moon slope leading to the entrance of the village, he was extremely surprised to see her standing alone facing the west mountain on the downhill ridge road in the distance, with the evening wind gently blowing her temples, and her As if immersed in the setting sun in front of him.He couldn't bear to break such a peaceful scene, so he reined in his horse and stopped beside a clump of jujube branches on the side of the slope top road, waiting for her to go back to the village first.

The setting sun quickly sank to the west mountain, and she finally turned around—he felt as if he had finally breathed a sigh of relief, when a bird that had just learned to fly hit her forehead and fell to the ground.He watched her carry the little bird down the gentle slope and stand on the stone, while avoiding the attack of the big angry bird, while tiptoeing to put the bird back into the nest, but after all it was out of reach.Seeing her looking around again, as if she wanted to move another stepping stone, she was eager to go down and help her for a moment, when Shi Qingshan appeared from behind the bushes on the slope and helped her put the bird back. After getting out of the nest, he saw her holding her hand with his eyes eagerly. After a distance, he couldn't hear what the two people on the slope said, but he called her "A-Jiao" along with the wind and heard it clearly.This "A-Jiao" made him unable to react for a while, but soon when she met his eyes, he saw panic in her eyes. After taking a look, he drove the horse and left. Last night, he found Mr. Yang and discussed a matter that he had considered for a long time. He went back to the city early in the morning. After walking for a long time: "I haven't been walking for long..."

When he first heard the news, he was at a loss for a moment, not knowing what mood he was in, but after hesitating for a moment, he looked up and saw that the haze was overpowering, there were already a few raindrops falling, and it was almost dark, if she went out of the city alone, how many days would she have left? Ten miles away, without thinking about it, I took the rain gear from the porter and rushed towards the gate where she left the city.Sure enough, he was chased by him.But now seeing her talking to me with a smile, her tone was very relaxed, and there was a slight disappointment in her heart.

It turned out to be just such a reason.

A gust of wind came from behind, whipping up the rain column and rushing towards the woman in the veranda. The woman dodged hastily, but the half of her trousers was immediately wet and stuck tightly to her legs.

Yang Jingxuan immediately raised his gaze and stared at the black lacquer sign beside her that was washed shiny by the rain, but felt her gaze was fixed on his face, and his heart suddenly seemed to be lightly brushed by a feather. However, even the pores all over the body are slightly relaxed.

"Where are you... going now?"

He squeezed his left fist, hesitated for a moment, and finally asked.

Lin Jiao frowned and looked at the heavy rain outside the porch, raised her hand to brush the wet hair on her cheeks behind her ears, and said with a helpless smile, "Where else can I go? Go to Xunjia Foot Shop to rest, and come back tomorrow morning. "

Yang Jingxuan was silent for a moment, then suddenly looked at her and said, "Come with me!" Turning around to the side of the old horse, he took out a black umbrella from the saddle bag, returned to Lin Jiao, opened the umbrella and handed it over, and then stopped. Words, only turned around and led the horse to walk along the street.

Lin Jiao was a little surprised, she took the umbrella and stared blankly at the back of his coir raincoat leading the horse away through the rain.Another gust of wind blew through, and there was a cold war, and then I realized it, and hurriedly followed.

In such a storm, most of the shops on both sides of the street have closed their doors, and even a few storehouses are afraid that the shops will be wet by the wind and rain, leaving only half of the front door to see the lights and a few jokes inside. To attract the tired and thirsty footsteps of tourists.

Lin Jiao held the umbrella against the wind and rain, and followed the figure a dozen steps ahead in silence.The sky is gradually pouring like ink, and damp and dim lights are gradually leaking from the cracks in the doors of the shops on both sides. In the whole world, except for the sound of falling rain and the regular kicking of horseshoes on the bluestone slabs , as if there were no other voices.

Lin Jiao suddenly felt very at ease in her heart, and quickly walked a few steps, closing the distance a little.Right, straight, then left, she followed him, and he never looked back.After walking for a while, she suddenly felt that it was very interesting, so she slowed down, and the distance between the two became wider and wider.

The men in front still walked forward on their own, until the figures of one man and one horse were getting smaller and smaller, and they were about to be engulfed in the dim twilight. Lin Jiao suddenly felt bored again.He squeezed the handle of the umbrella and was about to run to catch up when he saw the man in front of him finally stop and look back.

She couldn't see his expression, but felt the helplessness he felt when he looked back at her, she felt better all of a sudden, bit her lip and secretly smiled, and hurried to catch up.

It seemed as if he had circled half the city, and finally stopped in front of a shop on a street.Borrowing the faint light of a lantern picked out along the street, Lin Jiao saw that the front of the shop picked out seemed to be a grocery store.

Lin Jiao watched as Yang Jingxuan knocked on the door, and soon, a young woman's voice sounded from the door, as if asking someone, Yang Jingxuan answered, and the door was quickly knocked down, and a woman came out with an oil lamp in her hand .

The lights were not very bright, and it was blown to the point of collapse by the wind, but one could still see clearly that it was a very young woman, who looked a few years younger than Yang Jingxuan, with a plump figure, but very beautiful, with the demeanor of a young woman.When she saw Yang Jingxuan, she smiled, and immediately stretched out her hand to pull him in, looking very familiar and intimate.Yang Jingxuan seemed to be smiling at her too, and then whispered something into her ear, the woman let go of his sleeve, looked at Lin Jiao who was standing a few steps away in the dark, and quickly sized her up. He touched her with a surprised expression, and immediately waved to her, saying: "It's windy and rainy outside, come in quickly!" Then he said to Yang Jingxuan: "Take the horse from the back door on the side to the back yard, don't dirty the front. House! I know your precious old thing, I’ll feed it myself later. There’s just some pea flour that’s been ground into fine grits, so I’ll give it up!”

Yang Jingxuan smiled, looked back at Lin Jiao, and led the horse into the alley next to it, probably entering through the back door after hearing the young woman's words.Lin Jiao suppressed her suspicions, so she had no choice but to step in, and while closing the umbrella, she quickly looked around.It really looks like a grocery store, with all kinds of mountain goods piled up on the counter and in the corner, and there are many that look like medicinal materials. There is an indescribable dry smell in the air, but it is not unpleasant.

"Your clothes are all wet. Hurry up and change with me. Although the order of the day is to harvest wheat, it's hard to say if you catch a cold in the wind and rain."

The young woman was very refreshing, she glanced at Lin Jiao and led her through the front hall used as the storefront to the back.

Lin Jiao followed the young woman into a room, the furnishings were simple, but clean and tidy. There were two children rolling on the kang. They looked like four or five-year-old twins, and they were very cute.The young woman scolded "monkey boy", ran away and stopped fighting, looked curiously at Lin Jiao's two children, and then smiled while taking clothes from the closet: "My two children are making a fuss, I'm so worried. I'm surprised. Their father usually keeps silent like a gourd. How could they raise two monkeys like this. I really want to hug a girl, it's so rare... ..."

Lin Jiao recalled the intimacy between the young woman and Yang Jingxuan when they were talking just now. Although the two children had only met each other, they looked a bit like Yang Jingxuan in their faces. Then she heard the young woman say that the father of the two children was sullen. Hulu didn't speak... Suddenly, his heart felt as if he had been hit hard by a ram, and he was so blocked that he didn't know what it was like.

After arguing for a long time, this person actually already has a wife in the county. Not only does he have a wife, but even his two sons can play soy sauce.Although I don't know why I have never heard it mentioned by the villagers, but they may have other secrets.None of this is important, the important thing is that I actually had thoughts about this man, and even once wanted to take it for my own use, and deliberately made Luo Hu misunderstand the relationship between him and myself...

Now he was obviously out of sympathy, so he brought himself here and asked his woman to take him in for a night.

What's the matter? Lin Jiao's face became angry and she felt extremely shameless. She had no face to stay in this room any longer. She lowered her head and was about to leave when the young woman had already taken a set of clothes and turned around to Lin Jiao with a smile on her face. Said: "My man has gone into the mountains to collect mountain goods. You know that nowadays those top-notch goods have to go into the mountains to collect them by themselves. The ones that are delivered to the door are all second-class. There is no other man in the family. You can rest at ease overnight. Stomach Are you hungry? I have mountain products at home, so I’ll cook a few dishes. My brother, don’t think he’s in the county town, but he might not pass by my place in a month or two. Today is a rare visitor, so I’ll cook a few dishes for you. He also tried something new. Sister, you should change your clothes first. The old ones are a bit old, but they are clean. I used to wear them a few times when I was just married, and I grew fat after giving birth. , your figure looks good to wear, don't hold it against you."

The young woman finished speaking in one breath, turned around and went out briskly, closing the door by the way.

Lin Jiao was dumbfounded, and it took a while to get over it, but in the end she let out a long breath and hurriedly changed her clothes.

It turned out that she was Yang Jingxuan's younger sister...

Lin Jiao had already remembered that she had indeed heard that he had married his younger sister before leaving Taohua Village to fight in the war.It's only because the information collected is incomplete. He only knows that his sister is the youngest son of a private school teacher in a neighboring village, but he doesn't know that he has moved to the county town to open a shop.

His sister was very careful, and took all the clothes from inside to outside, as well as a pair of shoes.The clothes are indeed as she said, a bit old, but the color is still very tender, the bottom of the peach red is sprinkled with small black begonia-patterned flowers, not to mention this life, even Lin Jiao has never worn such an outstanding color in her previous life, but The upper back is about the same size, the only thing that is a little tight is the chest.Lin Jiao tugged a few times, then tidied her hair. Feeling embarrassed to sit and wait for food, she took the oil lamp for lighting, opened the door and went out to help the kitchen, but couldn't figure out where the kitchen was for a while. It's not good to run around in other people's homes.After walking a few steps, I heard the giggling sound of the twins in the room next to me, so I wanted to go over to get in touch and ask to lead the way.She is very confident in coaxing children.Just as he was about to walk over, he suddenly saw the door curtain lifted, and Yang Jingxuan had already come out of the room with one hand in his hand.I don't know what I said before, but in the dim light, I saw him laughing for the first time, showing his white teeth, looking relaxed and happy.Seeing Lin Jiao standing opposite her with a lamp in her hand, she paused for a moment, then immediately stopped talking.

Lin Jiao saw the big, two small and six eyes on her in unison, even though she had seen some battles before, she felt a little awkward at the moment, especially this outfit, which felt wrong from head to toe.Quickly put the oil lamp in his hand on a table next to him, trying to hide himself in a darker corner, then waved to the child on the left who was still staring at him, just about to speak, the child had already Hanging Yang Jingxuan's neck with one hand, he leaned into his ear and whispered: "Uncle, I heard from my mother a few days ago that she wants to find you an aunt to bring to our house. I know that when my aunt comes, she will give me a meeting gift." Is she the aunt?"

"Ermao, you idiot! Why are you talking so loudly? She will be shy when she hears it. What if she gets shy and runs away from our meeting ceremony?"

Xiaowa on the right quickly reached out to cover Xiaomao's mouth, but her own voice was louder than Ermao's.

(End of this chapter)