Crossing the Four Seasons Pastoral

It seems that the leisurely feeling before is back.At night, Ye Xiaoan tried to drag Zhou Nanduo to listen to him talk about Annan City, but in the end he fell asleep first.Zhou Nanzheng was talking to him about the Liu family's situation, but he didn't get a response for a long time.Looking down again, the person in his arms was breathing slowly and had already fallen asleep.

When Ye Xiaoan woke up the next day, Zhou Nan had already disappeared.

"You're not at home these days, Brother An can't eat well or sleep well. Since you haven't woken up today, don't call him." As soon as he walked outside the kitchen door, he heard Chen Xidi's loud voice explain.

"Okay, then let's eat first." Zhou Nan knew Ye Xiaoan's problem with sleeping late better than his own family, and also heard that Chen Xidi had gotten up early every day, so he couldn't help feeling proud.But he couldn't make them wait, so he asked them to eat first.

"No hurry, I'll go and feed the chicken first." Chen Xidi sighed while serving the chicken food: "When I got married back then, your father didn't have anything, but I came here once and said that I picked a good family , just because he saw me go outside to wash clothes, and a big family in the house was waiting for me to come back for dinner."

"It must be more than that. You can see that you are capable and blessed. Isn't everything better now?" Zhou Nan was used to him nagging about things in the past, and persuaded him while lifting the cover.

"Ouch, it's cold when you're out of breath, cover it up..."

Ye Xiaoan hurriedly walked in when he heard this, and he couldn't lift his head any more.

"Father, what?" Chen Xidi squatted on the ground to fish for chicken food, while Zhou Lekang sat by the stove.

"Are you up? Come on, it's time to eat." The fire in the stove had already been extinguished, and Chen Xidi was worried when he saw him come over and hurriedly urged him.

Ye Xiaoan didn't dare to delay, walked over and sat down with them.

Zhou Nan went out for a long time this time, and soon after breakfast, Ye Xiaoan led him to look for Ye Youping.

Linxia Village is still the same as it was a month ago, but there seems to be something different.After entering the village, Zhou Nan obviously felt that his eyes were much more eager to look at them.

Seeing that Ye Xiaoan had no intention of explaining, he wisely didn't ask.During this period of time, the seedlings in the field grew rapidly, and now the two sides of the road are full of green, and the excitement of summer can already be faintly seen.

Ye Youping's house was far away from the village entrance, and if he walked in, there would be no children following him to join in the fun.Zhou Nan was driving in front, and he noticed the difference before he got to the house and took a look from afar.

The old house is still dilapidated, but after several repairs and cleanings, it finally got rid of the peculiar smell and gained some popularity.Several small open-air stoves were built in the open space between the old house and the new house, with medicine jars placed on them, and wisps of smoke curled up.

Zhou Nan let out a "huh", and Ye Xiaoan said proudly: "Brother Su Mu is not lying, he also taught Xiaofan how to identify herbs. Now that he is gone, Xiaofan is here to make medicine."

Zhou Nan looked blank, and Ye Xiaoan remembered: "Xiaofan is a child of the Tian family, and I went to the town with me at that time, but I was... that time I was rescued by you."

Only then did Zhou Nan understand: "Herbal medicine is not for nothing, he can cook medicine in a few days?"

"No, the medicine that is boiled now is used by the fourth brother. Xiaofan can only go to collect herbs or use some externally applied herbs, and brother Su Mu won't allow him to prescribe medicine." Ye Xiaoan thought simply, in such a closed world Even if the locals can recognize herbs, it is better than being helpless.

The two got off the carriage, Tian Xifan was startled by the tall horse parked in front of him just as he was coming out to add fire.

"Don't panic." Ye Xiaoan grabbed him and signaled Zhou Nan to move the carriage back.

"Brother Xiao An, are you here again?" These days, because he cared about the progress of Ye Youping's treatment, Ye Xiaoan came back every now and then when he was free, so Tian Xifan was not surprised to see him at all.

"Well, the fourth brother didn't come back?" They set off early at Zhou's house, and along the way they saw many people rushing home after a busy day.

"No!" Tian Xifan was also frowning. Before leaving, Brother Su Mu repeatedly told him to make the medicine on time every day, and asked Brother Youping to drink it in time.But since he left, Brother Ping came back very irregularly.Sooner or later seemed to depend entirely on his mood.

"The medicine is ready?" Ye Xiaoan lifted the lid with a damp cloth beside it, and a strong smell of medicine wafted out.

"Okay, just wait for Brother Youping to come back!" Tian Xifan was sweating hotly, and he was even more anxious: "Brother Xiao'an, you have to tell Brother Youping that Chenshi should be back—that's what Brother Su Mu said at the time All! Now that he doesn't come back on time, I don't dare to leave, my father will scold me."

Although he is relatively free now, he still has to do some cooking and laundry work.In the past, the time to go to collect herbs was fixed. Although I was a little busy and tired, I didn't delay going home.It didn't take much time to boil the medicine, so at that time he lined up in front of Su Mu and agreed, but these days he has nothing to do.

"Thank you for your hard work." Ye Xiaoan was a little embarrassed, and began to worry that the fourth brother didn't have anyone to take care of him.Just like taking medicine, Su Mu didn't find it troublesome at all when Su Mu was around, but these days, he watched Tian Xifan go around for it.

"How about I go talk to Uncle Tian? From now on, you only need to cook the medicine every day, and I will pay for you..."

"Don't worry, brother An, brother Su Mu said that if I do well, he will formally let me become a teacher when I come back." Tian Xifan heard what he was about to say, and hurriedly interrupted him.Brother Su Mu said he would be back in a month, and calculated that he had already completed half of the task.

"That's his test, it's different here..."

"Brother Xiao An, you don't need to say any more, it's impossible." Tian Xifan didn't mean to be coy, even though they didn't even have a pot for cooking a few months ago, but now they can see that they are doing well. Look at the important subsidies and give yourself a few copper coins.

Not to mention how Ye Xiaoan lived after getting married, everyone has seen with their own eyes how capable Brother Youping is.No matter what he does in the field, he is ahead of others, and everything in the field looks better than the side.His father said that after another year, Brother Ping would not worry about not being able to say goodbye.

On the contrary, Ye Da's family has been struggling to do anything recently because there are fewer people to work.The people in the village also quickly realized that they had younger brothers to help their family before they wanted to come!

Compared with money, Tian Xifan certainly values ​​apprenticeship more.If you go to the medicine hall in the town, you will have to be an apprentice for a few years, which is tantamount to working for nothing.Whether you can learn something in the end depends on the heart of the doctor in the medicine hall.He followed Su Mu but was still at home, so there was no delay on both sides.

Ye Xiaoan also noticed it, and kept quiet about it.

In order to prevent the medicine in the jar from being burned dry, Tian Xifan extinguished the open fire with cold ashes, and could survive for half an hour relying on the residual heat in the stove.If Ye Youping came back too late, he would have to reheat it.

Ye Xiaoan saw that he was too busy, so he let him go and took Zhou Nan into the house.If it is really a master-student relationship, it is not surprising that he ordered to do something, in case Su Mu does not come back for a month, he will come to comfort him.He was also a little surprised that even if Su Mu was testing him, what he asked him to do was neither gathering medicine nor endorsing books, but asking him to help take care of the fourth brother.Thinking about it this way, I feel that Su Mu is just a person with a cold face and a warm heart, and he is full of confidence in his return in the end.

"Did you pack these things?" Zhou Nan noticed the change as soon as he entered the house. They got married as soon as the new house was built. He has been here many times and felt a little deserted.However, Ye Youping is a stubborn person no matter in terms of appearance or temper, and he would not be careful when he thinks about it, so he didn't mention it.He judges others by himself, and he himself would rather have the room empty than he can figure out anything.

But now, besides the wooden door, a small waist-high fence door is installed to block the door, probably to prevent the flock of chickens raised outside from entering the house.A lot of new things have been added to the stove room facing the hall, and it can be seen that they are used to cook all kinds of food, even the grid for making tofu is hung at the door.Although other changes are not very obvious, it is hard to believe that Tim's table and chairs and exquisite and beautiful porcelain bowls were made by Ye Youping.

"No, brother Su Mu bought the dishes, and he asked the fourth brother to make the fence." Ye Xiaoan laughed again: "Once he was pounding medicine in the house, and he was scared by the chicken and ran around. "

Zhou Nan let out a "hmm", he actually didn't care who made these things, but suddenly he also understood that it would be different if he tried to coax him to marry a brother and go home.

Ye Youping likes to sit at the foot of the mountain, sometimes for half a day.Just like today, it's just digging water into the ground. When there is no shortage of water, just open the gap at the edge of the field.But in the end he didn't go home either. He sat quietly under a pine tree at the foot of the mountain with a hoe on his back, looking at the road at the entrance of the village.

He is deaf in both ears, and it happens that no one can disturb that peace, so he forgets the time when he just sits down.It wasn't until Tian Dazhuang patted him on the shoulder that he realized that it was late and Ye Xiaoan was still waiting for him at home.

The days are getting more and more blurred, and now there is a house to shelter from the wind and rain, there is enough food to eat, and my brother has a good home. Suddenly, I feel that the days are long and endless, and I have nowhere to focus.

The horse Zhou Nan brought back was tall and strong, and the carriage pulled by him was also brand new.When Ye Youping passed by, he stroked the back of the horse with his hand, and the big horse snorted, took half a step back and gently rubbed against him.He was amused by the horse's intimate attitude, and felt that this animal was more docile than a cow.If someone I don't know touches the cows raised at home, they may be tipped!

Until a smell of medicine wafted from afar, the smile on his face quickly disappeared again.

"Fourth brother!" Ye Xiaoan always looks impulsive when he sees him. In fact, he also faintly feels that Ye Youping is not in a good mood these days, but there is nothing he can do except come to accompany him a few more times.

Ye Youping hugged him and patted his back, then quickly let him go and walked towards Zhou Nan.

"Fourth brother." Naturally, Zhou Nan didn't jump off like Ye Xiaoan, but he stood up to greet him when he entered the room.In the past, Xiaoan was the most important thing in Ye Youping's eyes, but this time he dragged him to look at him for a long time, and Zhou Nan was surprised.

After a long time, Ye Youping shook his hand and gave him a thumbs up.

"Fourth brother is praising you. He is very happy that you have returned safely after being away for so long." Ye Xiaoan explained to Zhou Nan.

Zhou Nan nodded hurriedly, and then compared the things they brought——that was all he brought from Annan City.

Tian Xifan finally waited for Ye Youping to come back, and quickly poured out the medicine and brought it up.Because his younger brother was by his side, Ye Youping didn't hesitate this time, and drank the medicine instead, which made Ye Xiaoan's face turn blue.

"Brother, how are you feeling recently?" Although Su Mu said that there would be no obvious changes before the next time he took the medicine, Ye Xiaoan couldn't help but ask every time.

Ye Youping shook his head as usual.He didn't know what these medicines were, and he had no other ideas except bitterness after drinking too much.However, the past two days have been a bit tangled. There seems to be something too warm and tonic in it. In addition, the weather has gradually become hot recently, and I always wake up in the early morning with a burst of anger.But these can not be said to the younger brother.

Ye Xiaoan was a little frustrated, Zhou Nan hugged him comfortingly and patted his back, signaling him not to act too hastily.