Wen Qingzhu crossed his hands on his chest and bowed slightly.
Seeing her salute like this, the aunt was shocked, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she looked at her and Beidou carefully before turning around and going in.
Not long after, the aunt came out, carrying a strip of dried meat and a small bag of dandelions, and handed them to them.
Beidou replaced Wen Qingzhu, and Wen Qingzhu saluted and thanked him again.
The aunt quickly supported her and changed her title from girl to girl: "Girl, don't be so polite. Where are you going?"
Wen Qingzhu hesitated for a moment, but in the end he did not explain, but simply explained: "I got separated from my family, and then I met Qi Jun. My friends and uncle are all dead. I want to go northeast."
Northeast
The aunt was startled, but saw Wen Qingzhu saying goodbye and leaving.
She quickly grabbed Wen Qingzhu's hand, but it was extremely cold, and asked quickly: "How about boiling dandelions here to drink?"
"Thank you, ma'am. But, I don't have any coins, and I don't have anything valuable on me." Wen Qingzhu was obviously a little embarrassed.
Hearing the knife coin, the aunt became more and more awed and quickly pulled her into the fence.
He turned around to pick up the pot and brought the bucket over.
Wen Qingzhu hurriedly stepped forward to help, showing a pair of soft hands.
The aunt looked at it and finally let her go to work.
I saw Wen Qingzhu familiarly adding water, adding firewood, and lighting the fire, all in one go.
She took out the dandelion, jumped it carefully, and then gestured to Beidou.
Beidou then took out a cloth bag from his sleeve. After opening it, there were a few golden hay inside.
He took one and handed it to Wen Qingzhu, asking her to put it into the water to boil.
Soon the color of the water turned into a light golden yellow, and the aunt couldn't help but asked: "Girl, what is this?"
"This is a medicine that can drive away colds. It's called golden grass. I've been sick for a few days and I've been relying on this to support me, but I don't have much left now, so I took the liberty to come to my aunt to ask if there were any dandelions. It's in season right now. In the past, dandelions were really hard to come by.”
Wen Qingzhu looked sick and out of breath.
No matter how she looked at it, the aunt felt that she was too sick and weak to walk at all.
So she turned her gaze to Beidou and asked cautiously: "Is he your brother?"
Wen Qingzhu shook his head, looking at Beidou with eyes full of trust and a sad tone: "He is my only friend. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be able to survive at all."
"It's not your brother." The aunt saw the water boiling and stood up quickly, "I'll go in and get you a water bowl."
Wen Qingzhu stood up to see her off, but the aunt quickly helped her sit down.
After the aunt left, Wen Qingzhu looked in the northeast direction with gentle eyes, and couldn't help but hum an ancient folk song softly.
Who was boiling for a while, but the aunt never came out.
Wen Qingzhu didn't care and just continued to wait.
At this moment, a loud shout came from the side: "Auntie! I'm back!"
Wen Qingzhu turned around and saw a young man wearing a blue jacket, holding a whip in his hand and wearing a leather hat, driving a group of cattle and sheep not far ahead.
Soon, the boy also noticed her.
Wen Qingzhu stood up, and the young man drove the cattle and sheep into the pen while looking at her.
As he was walking, he suddenly tripped, his body tilted, and he fell on the back of an old sheep.
The frightened old sheep ran forward quickly, and the young man fell to the ground.
At this time, the aunt came out of the tent with a bowl. Seeing this scene, she immediately shouted at the top of her lungs: "You kid, why don't you rush me to do some work! I'm waiting for you to eat at home!"
The young man quickly got up, blushed and lowered his head to catch the sheep.
The aunt walked over to Wen Qingzhu, handed her the bowl, and said sheepishly: "I'm sorry, Dad was not feeling well just now, so there was a delay."
Naturally, Wen Qingzhu could tell that this was an excuse, so he immediately took the bowl, thanked his aunt, and turned to scoop up the dandelions to drink.
After drinking hot water boiled with dandelions, Wen Qingzhu's stomach felt much better.
She scooped up another bowl and turned to hand it to Beidou: "You drink too."
Beidou waved his hand, but Wen Qingzhu forcibly handed the bowl to him before drinking.
The aunt and the boy came out of the circle. Seeing their intimate appearance, the boy couldn't help but asked: "Auntie, who is this girl and that grown man? What is their relationship?"
"They were passing by." The aunt explained, turning to look at her son, "What does their relationship have to do with you?"
The young man rubbed the back of his head: "I'm already fifteen, isn't it? It's time for my mother to introduce me to a wife! This girl has nice eyes and I like her very much. Please ask her for me and take a look at her." what's going on?"
"Go away!" As soon as the aunt thought of her father-in-law's words, she quickly pushed the boy into the tent.
Then she walked up to Wen Qingzhu and asked in an increasingly cautious tone: "Girl, if you don't mind, you can rest here for a while. You are too weak and you don't have any horses or horses. How many years and months will you have to walk?" ! It’s better to take good care of your health first.”
"Thank you, auntie, but I really don't have anything valuable, and I don't know how I can help you." Wen Qingzhu acted like he was staying, but he didn't have anything, so it was really hard to stay.
The aunt waved her hand: "It's okay. I just stayed one night and it won't solve anything. We happen to be going north, so we're on the way."
After repeated invitations from his aunt, Wen Qingzhu finally agreed, but Wen Qingzhu insisted on helping with the work.
So she followed her aunt to collect firewood for cooking, while Beidou went to the cattle and sheep pen to help clean up the manure.
Cows and sheep are okay, horses are humane, and ordinary people can't get close to them.
But Beidou unexpectedly got along well with all the animals, which made the aunt very strange: "These horses in my house have fierce tempers, why is it that Brother Beidou is not familiar with them at all? Have you ever raised horses before?"
Wen Qingzhu answered while helping to pass the firewood: "It's not that I have raised him before, I just have a lot of contact with him. Although he can't speak, he gets along very well with animals."
After all, Beidou has lived in the forest for more than ten years, seeing no people and only seeing animals every day.
The aunt wanted to ask something else, but when the words came to her lips, she still kept her mouth shut.
During the meal, except for the uncle at home, the aunt and the boy were all extremely enthusiastic.
The boy even brought two bowls of milk tea over and asked Wen Qingzhu: "Miss Shui, the one on the left is goat milk tea and the one on the right is milk tea. Take a look at what you like to drink and choose whatever you want!"
"You better drink it. I have a bad stomach and I can't drink goat's milk for the time being. Thank you for your kindness." Wen Qingzhu reached out and refused, apologetically.
The young man was a little disappointed. He turned to look at the charcoal-grilled lamb on the table. He cut a piece of leg, dipped it in chili powder and handed it to her: "Then you eat meat! When I was sick, eating meat made me feel better quickly."
Wen Qingzhu couldn't resist the young man's enthusiasm, but he still had to bite the bullet and said, "I'm sick now. I should eat less spicy and hot food. I'll eat green vegetables."
The young man could only retract his hand, the disappointment on his face was impossible to ignore.
At this moment, the old man who had been silent until now asked, "Has Miss Xiao Shui studied medicine?"
"Ah... yes." Wen Qingzhu didn't expect the old man to speak, and was stunned for a while before nodding.
The old man turned to the aunt and said, "My dear, go get some millet from the bag and boil it for the little girl to drink."
"I'm going, I'm going!" The young man quickly stood up, turned around and ran away.
The aunt was a little embarrassed, but she still followed.
Only Wen Qingzhu, Beidou, and the old man and his son were left on the table.
I don't know if it's because of the old man, but he didn't speak a word and kept his head down while eating meat. Naturally, Beidou did the same.
While eating, they suddenly caught the same piece of meat.
Beidou looked up and quickly let go. The uncle snorted and took it over with satisfaction.
Seeing his son like this, the old man turned around and took the best piece of tendon meat and handed it to Beidou: "Eat it."
Beidou was a sincere person. He nodded gratefully to the old man and immediately started eating without any ceremony.
Seeing my uncle stunned and angrily about to speak, he saw his father's look out of the corner of his eye, so he had no choice but to give up.
Soon the aunt and the boy brought out a bowl of porridge, and Wen Qingzhu was shocked and a little overwhelmed.
She almost stood up, but she still calmed herself down, looked at the porridge in front of her and asked, "Uncle, how come you have millet?"
From what she knew, the Huns were not entirely uncultivated.
In fixed places, they will also cultivate a kind of light yellow millet that tastes very rough, instead of the milky white millet that is only found in the Central Plains.
"Sit down, I exchanged this millet for meat. You are not in good health. You will feel better if you eat this." The uncle said and started to eat by himself.
Wen Qingzhu couldn't say anything, so he had to eat slowly.
After eating for a while, Wen Qingzhu noticed a line of sight opposite her that she couldn't ignore.
Wen Qingzhu could have been ignored originally, but the character she was pretending now made it impossible to bear it.
So she raised her head: "Gianda, is there something wrong with me?"
The sudden question made the young man startled, and he waved his hands quickly: "No, no, no! I just think you look good when you eat."
Wen Qingzhu didn't expect the young man to express his love so quickly and so directly.
This time Wen Qingzhu really blushed.
Jianda's voice suddenly rose: "You look better this way! As beautiful as the sunset on the horizon!"
"Shut up!" The aunt finally couldn't bear it anymore and slapped him on the shoulder.
At this time, the uncle asked: "Xiao Shui, you look quite young. Are you married?"
Wen Qingzhu hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Yes, I'm married."
This answer seemed to be what the uncle expected, and he asked again: "Is your husband still there?"
Wen Qingzhu lowered his eyebrows. This old man was indeed difficult to deal with.
However, she had predetermined her identity in advance and made proof. She raised her head and said, "He has been dead for some years."
The uncle nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
Jianda asked, "Then you can remarry! Do you have a husband now?"
Wen Qingzhu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
Jianda suddenly asked happily: "Then you can-"
"The two old sheep at home are about to give birth. Go and take a look to avoid any problems." The uncle interrupted him lightly and moved the young man away.
The next meal was eaten much faster, and Wen Qingzhu helped wash the dishes and clean.
During this period, the aunt stopped for a while, her waist hurt a little.
Looking at her look, Wen Qingzhu couldn't help but ask, "How long has this situation been going on, Madam?"
"It's been several years. It's because of Jianda's condition. It's okay. I just endured it and got over it!" The aunt stood for a rest and soon started working again.
Wen Qingzhu didn't say anything. She almost knew the situation of this family.
The tent was not big, and Wen Qingzhu didn't intend to know what was going on inside.
For safety's sake, she planned to sleep outside in the hut.
After cleaning up, Wen Qingzhu took the initiative to help the aunt go to the thatched shed to rest. At the same time, he said to her: "I know some medical skills. If the aunt doesn't mind, I can help you."
"Really?" The aunt was a little surprised.
Wen Qingzhu nodded and asked her to take out her wrist and check her pulse.
After careful examination, Wen Qingzhu found that she seemed to have congestion and blockage, coming from her abdominal cavity.
Looking down, I saw that it was the place where children were born.
Wen Qingzhu asked hesitantly: "What was the situation like when aunt gave birth to Jianda?"