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"Maizi, this is the person introduced by Xiao Hui. He is from the culinary school and specializes in making pastry. His name is Ye Ding."

Mai Mai looked at Ye Ding, a very clean and handsome boy, at most 20 years old, with a slightly shy expression: "Boss Mai."

Mai Mai hurriedly waved his hand: "Call me Brother Mai, don't call me Boss Boss. You were introduced by Xiao Hui?"

Ye Ding nodded: "Brother Hui has tasted the cakes I made, and he said that my craftsmanship is not bad, so he introduced me here."

Mai Mai nodded: "We believe the person introduced by Xiaohui. Are you still in school? How long can you stay in the store every day?"

Ye Ding thought for a while: "I will come over at five o'clock, and I can stay until 8 o'clock, but after 8 o'clock, I still have a job..."

Wheat is also good at calculating time.The weather is going to be cold soon, and the nightlife in Binhai is not very rich in winter, and there will not be many people coming to the store. It is enough for Ye Ding to work until 8 o'clock.

"Then it's settled. You follow Zi'er to work for a few days, and let us see your handicraft."

"Okay." Ye Ding rolled up his sleeves and went to the back to prepare the ingredients.Seeing his agile appearance, Mai Mai felt a little relieved.

Gui Zier came over to watch Ye Ding work with him, and whispered, "It looks quite skilled. Xiaohui has tasted his craft. He used to make cakes in a small restaurant. After the boss quit, he started We need to change places."

Mai Mai nodded: "Xiao Hui's introduction should be reliable, if there is anything wrong, you can just point it out to him."

Gui Zi'er responded, and looked at his face worriedly: "What's wrong with you? I think you don't look very good. It is said that you should be able to cure all diseases after drinking the medicine from Sanxiu sister. What's wrong with your eyes?" Bar?"

Wheat shook his head.Indeed, after drinking Cao Sanxiu's medicine, his body was never as healthy as ever. He was really bright and healthy, and he felt full of energy all day long.The effect of the millennium Ganoderma lucidum is really not covered.But these days his complexion is not good because he suffers from insomnia all night, always thinking about his [-]th birthday.Although Shao Jing promised repeatedly, who could sleep when such a sudden incident happened in the prime of his life?

"By the way, I just want to tell you something. I have to go back to Dazhushan to see grandma. I have something to do. I was afraid that you would be too busy alone, but now that Ye Ding is here, I can go .”

"You go." Gui Zi'er patted his chest, "Leave the shop to me, don't worry."

With the guarantee of returning to Zi'er, Mai Mai and Shao Jing went to grandma's house by car the next day.When the weather is cold, there are fewer tourists, and walking in the village feels extraordinarily quiet.

The door of grandma's house was ajar, Mai Mai gently pushed it open, and called out: "Grandma--"

"Who is it?" Grandma walked out holding onto the door frame, and when she saw Mai Mai, she laughed happily, "Brother Chun, why are you back?"

Mai Mai hurried over to help grandma: "Grandma, what's wrong with your legs?" Grandma seemed to be struggling to walk, so she sat back on the kang with Mai Mai's support: "It's okay, but my legs and feet are a little weak these days. Xiao Shao is here too ? Sit down, sit down."

"Grandma." Shao Jing said hello before sitting down on the chair, looking at grandma's face, "how is your health recently?"

"Hey, it's good, it's good. How come Xiao Shao has time to come?"

"It's fine. Accompany my little brother Chun to come back to see you."

"Oh, oh, good, good." Grandma was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, "Brother Chun, there are chestnuts and walnuts in the box over there, as well as this year's persimmons and red dates. Take them out and eat them. Xiao Shao, There is nothing good in the countryside, so if you try something from the mountains, it’s something fresh.”

"You're welcome, you can't buy such a fresh thing if you want to." Shao Jing got up and took out the dried fruit in the box, and directly stuffed a red date into his mouth, not restrained by the guests at all, so happy that grandma squinted her eyes and smiled .

Mai Mai looked at Shao Jing in surprise—this man can say nice things if he dares to love—but found that his eyes had been looking at grandma all the time, and he couldn't help but feel a little muttered in his heart.

Seeing that the guests didn't leave, grandma turned her attention back to Mai Mai, took his hand and looked at him: "Brother Chun, how are you doing? Grandma sees that you look good. How is your job finding? "

"Oh, I've bought a dim sum shop now, and it's pretty good. Don't worry, grandma. I'm in good health too. I even had a cold. I'm as strong as a cow." The more Mai Mai looked, the more she felt that grandma's complexion was not very good. , the face was too yellow, and it looked a little swollen, and the skin was so bright, "Grandma, why do I think your complexion is not good? Are you feeling unwell? Are you still taking those medicines? Otherwise, let's go to the hospital to see see?"

"No, no, no." Grandma shook her hand, "It's really nothing. It's just that it's cold, and the old cold leg has fallen again. Just put some plaster on it and it will be fine."

"Let me see." Mai Mai reached out to roll up grandma's trouser leg, but grandma grabbed her left hand: "Brother Chun, what's the matter with your hand?"

Mai Mai saw that grandma's face had changed, and she knew in her heart that there must be something wrong with her hand: "It was broken on the mountain last time, and it hasn't grown back."

Grandma was shaking his hand, and Mai Mai asked softly, "Grandma, what's wrong with my hand?"

"No, it's nothing." Grandma was startled, and let go of her hand, "Then, Brother Chun, how many days are you staying at home? Are you not in a hurry to go back?"

"I'm not in a hurry. I'm going to stay for a few days when I come back this time."

"That's good, that's good." Grandma nodded, her eyes wandering, her expression was a little flustered, "Grandma is going to tidy up the next room for Xiao Shao to live in, you should sleep with grandma."

Shao Jing said unhurriedly over there: "Grandma, I can squeeze with Brother Chun."

"Don't! How can I make you squeeze? Brother Chun is sleeping with me, and I will clean up now."

"Grandma, let me clean it up." Knowing that there is nothing to ask now, Mai Mai got up and went to clean up the room next door.Shao Jing followed and hugged him from behind: "Will you sleep with me at night?"

Mai Mai's face became hot, and he gave him an elbow: "Don't make trouble! Grandma is over there. Besides, there must be a reason for her to let me sleep with her. I will ask her carefully when I go to bed at night. However, I I always feel that grandma is in poor health, tell me, can I go to Cao Sanxiu again and ask her for the same potion as last time?"

Shao Jing let go of his hand, with a serious face: "Mai, I have to say something, I'm afraid grandma-the Millennium Ganoderma Lucidum Dew may not be useful."

Mai Mai was surprised: "Why? Zi'er said that Cao Sanxiu's medicine can cure all diseases, and cancer should also be cured, right?"

Shao Jing pondered for a while, then said slowly: "Medicine can cure disease, but not life. To be honest, I observed grandma's face today, it should be the face of the end of life."

Mai Mai was stunned for a moment, then sat down on the edge of the kang with a plop, tears streaming from her eyes: "How is it possible?"

Shao Jing put his arms around him: "I know you will be sad if I tell you. But you have to be mentally prepared. In fact, according to my opinion, grandma's life is over. According to the face - she should be dead now - passed away .”

Mai Mai even cried back in shock: "You are talking nonsense! Grandma is obviously alive and well now!"

His voice was too loud, and grandma asked next door, "Brother Chun, what are you talking about?"

"It's okay, grandma. A spider fell down suddenly." Shao Jing replied calmly, holding Maimai's shoulder, "I'm not talking nonsense. Judging by grandma's current appearance, she should be dead, but unexpectedly To be alive, and not to have a trace of a corpse—that's strange."

Mai Mai felt chills all over her body: "What do you mean without a trace of corpse?"

"Although some people are dead, they don't know that they are dead, and their souls can still control their bodies. This is called the living dead. Some people use magic to continue their lives, which is called nourishing yin. People are the same. But these two kinds of people inevitably have corpse breath, and they are different from normal living people. But the situation of grandma--she is clearly a person who deserves to die, but she is still alive, it is really strange. Look at grandma's face. Well, that's actually how she died. Isn't it cancer? I think the cancer in grandma has spread to the point of no cure. If there is no special reason, grandma should die of cancer by now."

Wheat couldn't suppress a throbbing pain in his heart.In fact, he also knew that cancer was incurable, but now that Shao Jing said the result so clearly, he was still too uncomfortable to speak.Shao Jing patted him on the back lightly: "Grandma is dying, there is nothing wrong with that. She did not do evil during her lifetime, and she has some good fortune after death. If you want to be open, it is a blessing to be able to die without pain."

Mai Mai wiped away her tears: "Then what is the special reason you mentioned? Will grandma have a chance to live a few more years because of this special reason?"

Shao Jing shook his head: "It's not that easy to prolong life. As for the reason for grandma--I really don't know, I have to ask grandma if she has any adventures."

An idea flashed in Mai Mai's mind: "Could it be a birthday star!" When it comes to prolonging life, the only thing related to longevity that he can think of is Laoshou, who he has seen once, "He gave me and grandma each a peach. !"

Shao Jing raised his eyebrows: "Shouxing's peach?"

Mai Mai nodded repeatedly, recalling what the birthday star said at the time: "He said something about a year, but the hospital is quite chaotic, and his voice is so small that I couldn't hear it clearly."

Shao Jing nodded ponderingly: "Understood. A peach can prolong your life by one year. Without this peach, grandma might..."

Wheat suddenly thought of one thing: "But grandma didn't seem to have finished eating the peaches at that time..." At that time, he took the peaches for grandma to eat, because it was not in season, and the peaches were so fresh, grandma was reluctant to eat them all at once, so she I cut half of it and ate it, and put the other half in a plastic bag and took it back to the ward. Wheat didn't pay attention to what happened in the end.

Shao Jing sighed slightly: "I guess I haven't finished eating... Forget it, it doesn't matter if it's a year or half a year, it will pass. But you also ate it, which is a good thing, then we have six years." Time to figure out a way." He hugged Mai Mai, "You are the most important. Go out later, don't let grandma see it. Whatever you do, remember, it's a happy event when you die."

Although Shao Jing has always emphasized that the end of life is a happy event, and Xiao Mai also knows that there is a saying of white happiness when the old man lives to an old age, but he still can't connect this event with "happy".But he still wiped away his tears, packed up his things and went to cook.Grandma was very happy for them to come, and when she saw that Mai was cooking, she hurriedly asked him to go to the restaurant run by the neighbor in front of him to ask for some dishes: "I have been bumping in the car for such a long time, what are you doing, go and ask for some dishes. His new family The chef has changed, and the dishes are good. Xiao Shao will also go, and he can eat whatever he likes, so go, go."

Mai Mai felt that something was wrong, but couldn't tell for a while, and was pushed out of the door by grandma.Shao Jing followed and said with a smile, "Which restaurant is it? Do you cook delicious food?"

Mai Mai gave him a white look: "The one in front seems to be the most famous restaurant in the village, and it might not be able to get in the queue during the peak tourist season. You can see for yourself later, what do you want to eat?" After he finished speaking, he suddenly understood Something is wrong, "Why did grandma ask you to come out?" The locals still respect the rules of hospitality, and there is absolutely no reason for guests to go out and order food by themselves.Grandma attaches great importance to these old rules. Although Shao Jing is an acquaintance, he is a guest from afar. Grandma will never let him go out to order food at the neighbor's house.

Shao Jing frowned: "Why, do you think grandma is a little abnormal?"

Wheat thought for a long time but couldn't think of a reason.Shao Jing said impatiently: "What else are you thinking about, if you feel something is wrong, go back and have a look now."

Mai Mai felt that this was too much...but she went back with Shao Jing, only to see the door closed from a distance, Mai Mai pushed it, and it was actually bolted from the inside.The two looked at each other, both feeling strange.

"There's a gap in the back wall." Mai Mai involuntarily lowered her voice, led Shao Jing around to the back and quietly climbed over the wall and entered the yard.The door of the main room was also closed tightly. Mai and Shao Jing were next to each other to remove the window panes, and finally found grandma in the kitchen. porridge.

Shao Jing glanced at Mai Mai, and said in a low voice, "I'll go to the front and call the door. You changed things, and see what the bottle is."

Mai was also in doubt.Shao Jing climbed over the wall again and went out. After a while, he heard him calling the door. Grandma was startled, agreed, put the small bottle under the stove, and went out to open the door.

Mai Mai went in through the window, took out the bottle and looked at it, and felt a little bit in her heart—it was sleeping pills, and what grandma put in the porridge was sleeping pills, why?At this time, he didn't have time to think about it, and quickly poured out all the water and rice in the pot, and added water to put the rice in again.When he climbed the wall and went out, he just heard Shao Jing say: "Grandma, don't be polite to me, even if I honor you, can't you have a meal?"

"No." Grandma said with a straight face, "You are a guest when you arrive at our house, how can you ask the guest to pay? Brother Chun is a fool, he forgot to bring the money! You tell him, let's keep the account first, and send the money tomorrow Go. Go, listen to grandma, what wallet do you take! Go, go!" After saying that, he pushed Shao Jing out of the door, turned around and entered the room.

Shao Jing shrugged, turned around and left, Mai Mai took a detour to catch up with him: "I changed both the rice and water. Grandma put sleeping pills in the pot."

Shao Jing said lightly: "I guess it's something like this. She can't hurt you. She must want to do something at night and doesn't want us to be awake. Let's see and talk."

After ordering food from the restaurant and packing it back, grandma had already brought porridge and steamed buns to the table. Mai Mai looked at it and found that there were only two bowls: "Grandma, don't you want porridge?"

"Grandma doesn't drink it, there are some wontons here."

"I'll eat wontons, you can have porridge."

"No, no, no!" Grandma quickly blocked it with her hands, "Grandma would like to eat wontons, but you should drink more porridge."

Mai Mai and Shao Jing exchanged glances, each picked up a bowl and drank porridge.

Since he had "taken" sleeping pills, he should have fallen asleep early, so as soon as eight o'clock passed, Mai Mai and Shao Jing began to yawn.Grandma asked them to go to bed: "I've been tired all day, go to bed quickly."

Where Mai could sleep, she just closed her eyes.Pretending to sleep is also a technical job, and he couldn't turn over for a long time, and half of his body was numb. Just as he was thinking about turning over, he heard grandma softly calling: "Brother Chun, brother Chun?"

Mai Mai's heart tightened, she closed her eyes and did not answer.After a long while, there was a rustling sound beside her. It was grandma who fell to the ground, turned on the light with a snap, opened the drawer and rummaged for a while, then walked back to the edge of the kang, and gently pulled Maimai's left hand over.Mai Mai didn't dare to open his eyes right away, he could only listen to grandma muttering something vaguely, he only heard about life shortening and life extension, and his heart became more and more uneasy.Suddenly, the palm of the hand became slightly hot, and some liquid dripped on it. Xiaomai couldn't help but opened her eyes, only to see grandma holding a small black knife in her hand, first cutting her own hand, and then Swipe down with his palm.Surprised, Mai Mai turned over and sat up: "Grandma!"

The sound made grandma tremble in fright, and the knife fell to the ground with a snap.Mai Mai quickly grabbed Grandma's bleeding hand: "Grandma, what are you doing!"

"Brother Chun, what are you doing? You haven't slept?" Grandma was a little incoherent, but then she bent slightly tremblingly to pick up the knife, "Brother Chun, be obedient, let grandma carve another one for you, just another one. .”

Seeing the blood on Grandma's hand protruding, Mai Mai hurriedly searched for the medicine box: "Grandma, wrap the wound on your hand first! What do you want to engrave for me?"

"I'll carve your lifeline." Shao Jing answered at the door next door, then walked in and bent over to pick up the knife, and looked at it carefully, "This is a good thing, made of black iron from the South China Sea, it must be hundreds of years old? Grandma, Where did this thing come from?"

Mai Mai looked at the light. Although the knife was black, there were some dark golden patterns on the knife body, which shone faintly under the light: "What do you think it is?"

"It's made of black iron from the South China Sea mixed with Ujin, and it's a robbery talisman."