253. Fellow villagers meeting
Tao Wanbi walked for nearly half an hour before finally arriving outside the city.
She intended to ask the system where to go next, but suddenly she heard singing—
"Go? Are you worthy? In this tattered cloak! Fight? Fight! With the humblest of dreams! To the sobs and roars in the darkness! Who says only those who stand in the light are heroes!..."
Tao Wanbi was stunned: "The Lone Warrior?"
She looked in the direction of the sound and saw a child dressed in coarse cloth sitting on a wooden board singing loudly, with three big yellow dogs beside him, one in his left arm, one in his right arm, and one sitting on his lap.
A thought suddenly surged into her mind, and she trembled with excitement. Forgetting about finding anyone, she rushed over and grabbed the man's arm: "What...what song were you singing just now? Are you...are you from another time?"
Lin Fuman was humming a song when suddenly someone grabbed her arm. Startled, she turned around abruptly and saw a gorgeously dressed child standing in front of her, his eyes full of excitement and anticipation.
She froze for a moment, instinctively trying to hide the cloth bag behind her back, but Tao Wanbi grabbed her arm tightly, making her unable to move.
"Don't be nervous! I'm a time traveler too!" Tao Wanbi became even more anxious when Lin Fuman remained silent, and quickly said, "I know you were singing a modern song just now, you must be a time traveler, right? We're on the same side! Don't disbelieve me! The song you were humming just now was a modern pop song, right? I've heard it before!"
Lin Fuman felt a little pain from being gripped, but she had no intention of breaking free.
Her heart was pounding, she was both excited and nervous.
She...she met someone from her hometown?
But after thinking it over, Lin Fuman decided to remain cautious, given the special circumstances, and decided to exchange a secret signal first.
She stared at Tao Wanbi and said, "You say you're a time-traveling woman? Then tell me, what's the next line after 'monovalent hydrogen, chloride, potassium, sodium, silver'?"
Upon hearing this, Tao Wanbi's excitement froze.
She frowned, frantically searching her memory.
Monovalent hydrogen, chloride, potassium, sodium, silver?
It sounded like some kind of mantra, but before she transmigrated, she was a terrible student who either slept in class or skipped class to go to internet cafes. She had never heard of this before.
She scratched her head, looking exasperated, and said, "What...what is this? I've never learned this before. Can you give me something simpler?"
The light in Lin Fu's eyes dimmed, and she quietly hid the cloth bag in her arms behind her back.
This contains life-saving antibiotics; there can be absolutely no mistakes.
She took another half step back and then asked, "What about 'odd changes, even remains unchanged'? What's the next line?"
Does odd change and even remain the same?
That sounds familiar...
It sounds like a math problem, but she's only in junior high school, and math is what she struggled with the most when she was in school, especially trigonometric functions.
She opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything for a long time. Finally, she could only bite the bullet and say, "I...I'm not good at studying. Is there anything else wrong?"
Lin Fu's eyes grew even more wary: "One of these phrases is a chemistry mnemonic, and the other is a math formula. Anyone who has gone through junior high school knows that you're not a time traveler!"
Tao Wanbi panicked and quickly let go, waving her arms to explain, "I really did time travel! It's just that I'm not good at studying and haven't memorized these! Try something else, like... like popular memes and music, I know all of those!"
Frustrated and scratching her head, she decided to go all out. She cleared her throat and, mimicking the tune from the video, began to dance and sing: "Beautiful sang~ The moment I opened the door~ all my troubles disappeared~"
His jumps were awkward, his limbs were uncoordinated, and he looked like a silly penguin.
The singing was even worse, with cracked voices and not a single word in tune.
Even the big yellow dog next to her stopped digging in the snow, tilted its head and stared at her, wondering about her strange behavior.
Lin Fuman's previously tense shoulders relaxed a little.
"You...you've heard this song too?" Lin Fuman took two steps forward.
"That's right!" Tao Wanbi, seeing that things were looking promising, quickly stopped singing and dancing. "I also know that you sang 'The Lone Warrior'! It's from the Battle of Two Cities! It was originally a great war song that everyone loved, but unfortunately it ended up becoming the representative war song for elementary school students!"
"And another thing," Tao Wanbi assumed a horse stance and began to swing her fists, "The thunder is rolling, I'm so scared, it's striking me and making me fall apart. I'll laugh as I break through the heavenly tribulation, I'll blow the trumpet as I defy fate!"
This sentence sounds much more rhythmic, and the boxing looks quite professional.
Lin Fuman burst out laughing, but her eyes welled up with tears.
Having traveled through time for so long, this was the first time someone had talked to her about things she thought only she understood.
"And there's that 'owner' thing! Have you heard of it?" Tao Wanbi seemed to have opened a floodgate of words. "No matter what kind of small stall you open, you have to call it 'owner'! Then you package all sorts of ordinary things and sell them at high prices!"
Lin Fuman nodded repeatedly, deeply agreeing: "There's a saying, 'Repackage it, sell it to Shanghainese at a high price!'"
"Hahaha, and then the Shanghainese said they'd sell it to the Beijingers..."
The two chatted back and forth, finding themselves getting along very well, and the chill in the snow seemed to dissipate somewhat.
As Tao Wanbi got into the conversation, she remembered another joke: "And that loofah soup one! Did you see it on social media?"
She exaggeratedly clutched her chest and gasped, "Damn! Let me tell you, you have too much liver fire. Drink some loofah soup to cool down."
"I saw it!" Lin Fu laughed so hard she couldn't stand up straight. "I was thinking, I'll go to the market tonight and pick out a loofah to make soup, and see how much it can reduce internal heat. I've been staying up late studying every night and I'm getting pimples..."
Tao Wanbi skillfully began to introduce relatives and complain, finding an outlet for her venting: "By the way, my name is Tao Wanbi! It's fate that we met, how about we become sworn sisters!"
"I've been here for a while now. At first, I thought I was dreaming, but then I realized it was real!"
"Life in ancient times was so tough. There were no cell phones, no internet, not even food delivery. It was freezing cold in winter, and wearing so many clothes was so inconvenient. It was driving me crazy!"
"And the people here, they're all so cunning, not a single one of them is any good!"
"Modern times are so much better! You can order takeout whenever you want, or watch your favorite shows on your phone. It's so convenient!"
Lin Fuman actually thinks that ancient times are quite nice too.
After all, she had no ties in modern times and was extremely poor.
But here, at least she has friends, nominal family, and modern knowledge that allows her to help others, making her feel that her existence is meaningful.
However, she still patted Tao Wanbi on the shoulder to comfort her: "It's okay! I'll take care of you from now on! We're both from the past, so we can help each other out and live well even in ancient times! By the way, my name is Lin Fuman, very..."
The moment Tao Wanbi uttered the words, "My name is Lin Fuman," her mind nearly exploded.
She froze instantly, and the smile on her face vanished.
So the "Lin Fuman" that the system made her obstruct was actually the fellow villager she had just recognized?
She thought she had found a fellow villager and became sworn sisters, but it turned out that this fellow villager and sister was actually from the enemy camp.
Lin Fuman excitedly opened her arms: "Great! We finally met someone from our hometown! Come on! Let's give each other a hug!"
Tao Wanbi instinctively wanted to dodge, but before she could move, a little dumpling's clear voice suddenly rang out from afar: "Sister Fufu! Sister Fufu, where are you? Yue'er has been looking for you for so long!"
Tao Wanbi was so frightened by the sound that her soul almost left her body.
She ran away secretly; if the little dumpling catches her, she'll be in big trouble!
She didn't even have time to explain to Lin Fuman, and hurriedly said, "I have something to do, I have to go first! I'll find you later!"
After saying that, he turned and ran into the woods, quickly disappearing into the vast white snow.
"Huh?!" Lin Fuman froze on the spot, her arms still in the embrace, her face full of confusion. "Why did she run away?"
"Sister Fufu!" The little dumpling struggled to cross the snow with its short legs and ran to her side.
She was panting and looked curiously in the direction Tao Wanbi had left: "Who was that person just now? Why did they run away as soon as they saw Yue'er?"
“I don’t know,” Lin Fuman said, equally confused. “Her name is Tao Wanbi. She’s from my hometown and also a time traveler. We were having a nice chat, but I don’t know why she ran away when she saw you.”
"Tao Wanbi?" The little girl was shocked and quickly grabbed Lin Fuman's hand, saying earnestly, "Sister Fuman, she's not a good person! She tried to harm Yue'er before, and Mother told her to stay at home, but she still ran away. She's a bad person!"
Lin Fuman was completely stunned, her mind filled with confusion.
Tao Wanbi clearly got along so well with her, and her excitement at recognizing her didn't seem fake. So she was actually a bad person.
Looking at the little boy's serious expression, and recalling Tao Wanbi's flustered state just now, she weighed the options in her mind.
Compared to the other child, she still prefers the little dumpling.
"Forget about that, let's talk about something important," Lin Fuman said, finally remembering the important matter. She pulled the little dumpling along and said, "Little Moon, I have something good to show you! Let's go somewhere where no one is around to talk, there are too many people here!"
"Oh, oh." The little dumpling thought for a moment, then led Lin Fu into the carriage and told the servants she brought to move away a little further away.
Lin Fuman then carefully took out the cloth bag, opened the three layers of thick cloth, revealing the test tubes containing antibiotics inside.
"Little Moon, look! This is penicillin, cephalosporin, and some other things. I spent several days in the lab making it! It can kill the bacteria that cause the plague, and it will cure both mild and severe cases! The people of Qiuhe City are saved!"
The little dumpling looked at the test tube, then at Lin Fu's bright, bloodshot eyes, sniffed, and leaned over to hug her: "Sister Fufu, thank you... Brother Xie is saved, and the patients in Qiuhe City are saved too!"
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