28 Coptis chinensis
◎The barber treated him as a friend.◎
It was just a one-time encounter, I shouldn't remember it so clearly.
But this person's eyes and eyebrows were so beautiful that they were unforgettable. In addition, he was inexplicably drawn into the vortex that day and watched a good show. Everything was unbelievable.
In short, Tian Nongxi remembered him.
She was so busy calculating the system that she didn't even see someone coming. She caught a glimpse of them out of the corner of her eye and thought they were coming to the river to do laundry and vegetables.
At this time, he was supported and released by Qingtingdianshui, and he hurriedly expressed his gratitude.
The man smiled, shook his head and said you're welcome.
Seeing that he didn't look like he remembered her, Tian Nongxi thanked him and prepared to leave.
A smiling voice sounded from behind, "Miss, has an elderly person in the village passed away?"
"Yes." Tian Nongxi picked up a bamboo basket on the side and replied while carrying it on his back.
The man asked again, "Could you tell me how to get to that house?"
"Sir, are you going?"
"Exactly."
With this interruption, the system fell silent, forcing Tian Nongxi to relax. He turned around, glanced at Jing Wenshu, a faint smile plastered on his face, and said, "Come with me."
Jing Wenshu was acting with great enthusiasm. He shook his head slightly, his every move full of charm. "If it's not convenient, then there's no need. How dare I trouble you, young lady?"
"I'm from the Tian family, so it's naturally convenient for me." Tian Nongxi calmly looked at the person in front of him. "Sir, do you know my family?"
Jing Wenshu looked surprised. "You are Yuejun's niece, right?"
She originally thought Jing Wenshu was looking for Lin Luan, but unexpectedly he was involved with Tian Nong Le. She was stunned for a moment, but finally nodded.
Jing Wenshu claimed that he was an old friend of Hetian Nong Le and came specially to pay tribute.
The two walked back to Tian's house with different thoughts in their minds.
Tian Nongxi didn't show it on his face, but he was quite uneasy inside.
How did Tian Nong Le and Jing Wen Shu meet?
Have the two of them ever talked about ghost marriage?
Tian Nong Le had known for a long time that Lin Luan was not Jing Wenshu, so why did he allow a strange man to stay in the Tian family for a long time?
"Why are you always looking at me?" Jing Wenshu smiled.
Tian Nongxi was somewhat speechless, and he shifted his gaze and prevaricated, "Young Master, you have seen it wrong."
"So, Mr. Lin, who's staying at my place, is an old acquaintance of mine." Jing Wenshu pulled out a fan from somewhere and opened it with a swish. "My last name is Jing."
/
Tian Nongxi had been away for a few hours, and the Tian family's house had already become lively. Before he even reached the door, he could hear laughter coming from the yard.
If the elegiac couplets on the door were removed, people who didn't know would think that this family was having a happy event like getting married.
When the two of them entered the door, no one in the yard looked up. They were all busy with their own things, staring at the table.
Tian Nongxi put down the backpack, found Tian Nongle sitting with his back to the door on the innermost table, and hurried over to call him.
"Tsk, you little girl." Tian Nongle lost a lot, threw the cards on the table, and said unhappily, "I have to make all the decisions in the family, big or small."
The other people at the table were smiling apologetically when Jing Wenshu walked up to the table and called out Tian Nong Le's name.
He was well-dressed and had an extraordinary temperament. He looked unfamiliar and did not look like someone from the nearby village. Everyone thought he was a friend of Tian Nong Le from his school days, and they all urged Tian Nong Le to leave the table and entertain him well.
Tian Nongle was in a dilemma. He invited Jing Wenshu to sit in the house for a while, and ordered Tian Nongxi, who was standing beside him, to pour some water and bring it in.
Tian Nongxi looked away only after being patted.
She looked carefully at everyone in the yard and didn't see Li Kangbo, so she felt relieved.
Although Jing Wenshu claimed that she and Lin Luan were old friends and had been informed of the matter long ago, it was still shameful for her to lie to Li Kangbo, and now that she had been caught in the act, there would be another fight.
Tian Nongxi took out the tea set from the cupboard, gathered the empty tea cans on the table, and poured them all into the cup.
She was a little indignant. Her curiosity about Lin Luan reached a new level, but she also felt like an outsider who was being kept in the dark.
Liar.
It's bad enough that he lied, but there were loopholes everywhere. Did he take her for a fool?
When they met for the first time, Jing Wenshu was not at all restrained. He talked a lot about this and that, but he didn't say how he knew Lin Luan.
Tian Nongxi wanted to ask, but held back.
Even Lin Luan didn't mention it on his own initiative, but she asked other people to appear to care too much.
She met Lin Luan as soon as she arrived in this world, and she immediately treated him as a friend.
Now it seems that it was just wishful thinking.
No one cares about her.
Tian Nongxi hummed softly, holding two cups of tea that was as bitter as coptis chinensis, and stood in the house with a sour face as if he had eaten coptis chinensis.
What a crappy funeral that made her serve tea and water all day long.
The two people in the room were talking about something. Tian Nongle was smiling and saying "please, please, please" while opening the cup lid for Jing Wenshu.
Jing Wenshu looked at the clear tea in the cup, revealing half a cup of tea leaves. He quickly glanced at Tian Nongxi's back and continued, "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that my uncle passed away and no one from the Zhuang family came."
He brushed away the foam on the tea leaves and stared at them with a half-smile. "Has Yuejun been abandoned by the banker?"
"Jue Qian is very familiar with the Zhuang family?" Tian Nongle said calmly, "My father-in-law is away on business and hasn't returned yet. My wife is young and delicate. I was afraid she couldn't stand life in the countryside, so I sent someone to send her back home. Jue Qian hasn't married yet, so he doesn't know how delicate these women are, hahaha."
"You don't need to explain so much. I didn't come here today to hear about love." Jing Wenshu's tone turned cold and he pushed back the untouched teacup.
“…”
Outside the house, Tian Nongxi leaned against the wall, listening to every move inside the house.
After a rustling sound, there was no movement in the room.
Tian Nongxi was about to leave when Tian Nongle spoke again.
"Count them, to the last cent."
One hundred and fifty silver bills were neatly placed on the table, and no one touched them.
After a while, Jing Wenshu spoke slowly, "I'm not here to ask for money. I'm afraid I'm not worthy of it." He paused, his voice tinged with a hint of sneer, "Do you still remember Jin Lu, the general manager of Li's Pharmacy?"
"This... I have some impression." Tian Nongle came closer and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
“…”
The conversation between the two suddenly became quieter, and Tian Nongxi could only vaguely hear a few vague words. He was debating whether to pretend to pour tea and eavesdrop, when someone suddenly patted his shoulder.
She kept staring at the tip of her shoes and didn't even notice someone approaching.
Tian Nongxi raised his head and took the person away from here before he could speak.
Carpenter Wang was carrying a piece of meat and a bag of steaming buns, his face wrinkled with smile. "Second Mother, I just got back at dawn today. Your aunt asked me to come quickly. Look, I brought you some fresh meat. Your aunt's brother just killed it, and these buns are freshly made too."
After he said that, his eyes rolled around and he looked around for a place to put it down.
Tian Nongxi waved his hands like a rattle and shook his head repeatedly, saying no.
"What's the big deal? Your aunt's family does this. A few days ago, a filial scholar in the county lost his father, and a banquet was held for free. These are the leftovers." Carpenter Wang had just returned from the Jin family when he heard the news of Tian Niu's death. He came to pay his respects reluctantly.
There were already villagers around looking over here. Tian Nongxi accepted the meat and buns, thanked Carpenter Wang, and asked him to stay at Tian's house for dinner.
This time it was Carpenter Wang's turn to wave his hands, and his words showed his unwillingness.
Tian Nongxi didn't want to force him, so he sent him out. Suddenly, he remembered the mothballs in the house, so he ran back and got several sachets of mothballs and gave them to Carpenter Wang.
Carpenter Wang placed the sachet under the sun and examined it carefully. He smiled and said, "Second Mother, your craftsmanship is quite good." He then said, "Don't overwork yourself. Take care of yourself. You look thinner than the last time I saw you."
Tian Nongxi gained some weight some time ago, but he stayed up late and was busy these past two days, so he lost some weight again. However, it is impossible to say that he is thinner than before.
After all, she really eats a lot.
After seeing Carpenter Wang off and entering the courtyard, a fat lady came up to me with a handful of melon seeds and asked, "Why didn't I see him kowtow?"
Tian Nongxi went over it perfunctorily and picked up a plate of peanuts to bring into the room where Tian Nongle and Jing Wenshu were. Before he stepped in, Tian Nongle came out with an angry look on his face.
When he saw her, he stopped immediately and asked with a frown, "Where is that person from before?"
Seeing that Tian Nongxi didn't reply, he said again: "It's not that I don't care what you do, I'm just too lazy to care."
"I don't want to do anything." Tian Nongxi was a little annoyed. He glanced at Tian Nongle coldly, and his tone was ice-cold.
Tian Nongle wanted to say something, but Jing Wenshu came out, so he had to stop and send the guest away.
/
The custom in Yanchao is to visit the grave the night before the funeral, which shows filial piety and paves the way for the deceased.
At midnight, all relatives of Hetian Niu changed into plain white mourning clothes, wrapped their heads with mourning scarves, and their shoes were also covered with white cloth strips. Tian Nong Le led the way, holding a candlestick, followed by two men carrying baskets of paper money, and the rest each holding a white candle.
Tian Nong Le also invited a band to stand in front of the team and play music and sing, which was very lively.
Liu Tian stayed at the Tian family to accompany Huang, while Tian Nongxi stood at the end of the team, holding Tian Yaozu's collar and following the people in front of him, and walked for half an hour.
Tian Niu chose the location for his tomb himself, but he didn't expect that his son and grandson died first and were buried aside early.
In just three days, his grave was dug.
The potential of the working people is unlimited. Tian Nongxi stepped on the soft new soil and thought that the ancient Egyptian pyramids were not necessarily built by alien civilizations.
Tian Yaozu reached out to hook the white flag and fell into a newly dug pit. He was quickly rescued by the person standing in front of the monument. Tian Nongle, who was chatting with someone, frowned and slapped him.
He cried as if his father had died.
The villagers whose attention was attracted didn't know why, and they whispered to each other while looking at Tian Nongxi with a dull expression.
Tian Nongxi closed her eyes and squeezed out two tears. When everyone finally stopped looking at her, someone pulled the corner of her clothes down with all their might.
She opened half of her eye and saw Tian Yaozu, with his walnut-like eyes, pulling her.
"Sister, sister, let's go."
The two of them caught up with the team and were exhausted when they returned to Tian's house.
The relatives who stayed at home cooked a big pot of rice, and everyone got a bowl and ate it hot.
The funeral will be held at 11:00 AM tomorrow. After washing up, Tian Nongxi lay down on the small bed he made and fell into a deep sleep.
【Author’s words】
Don't pick up the wild men on the roadside, Tian Xiaoxi
Xi: Pick it up and then what?
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