Dry Dream

Mr. Yao, hurry up and meet the second son. "

Ning Yaojun should be, stood up and saluted, "I have seen the second master."

The second elder brother just stared at Ning Yaojun in a daze, without any reaction.Father coughed and gave second brother a look, but second brother still didn't notice.Seeing this, Yan Chengjie, who was waiting beside his father, walked over and gave his second brother a push.The second elder brother suddenly came back to his senses, immediately raised a lewd smile, put the tea bowl in his hand on the table, stood up and replied: "Young Master Ning, please sit down."

Ning Yaojun bowed back again, thanked him and sat down with his eyes down.The father over there smiled awkwardly, and turned to Meng Zi and asked, "Sir, do you think my wife's illness can be cured?"

Mr. Meng Zi lightly stroked his beard and replied, "Even though Mrs. Zun's illness has been accumulated for a long time, it can still be cured. It's just that there are two kinds of medicines that are not common, and I'm afraid it's hard to find."

"Oh? Which two kinds of medicine?" Father immediately asked with joy when he heard that Mother's illness could be cured.

"This first medicine is also the heaviest medicine." Mr. Meng Zi paused, looked at his father's anxious expression, and continued: "Twelve taels of wild ginseng fruit that needs to live up to 500 years."

"The fruit of wild ginseng?" Dad opened his mouth in surprise and muttered to himself.It sounds rare to me, ginseng and deer antler are available at home, but ginseng over 500 years old is rare in the world.Not to mention that ginseng is born in the mountains and forests, and it is very difficult to collect and find it.Moreover, the life expectancy of 500 years or more is required. I am afraid that such ginseng will become fine, right?Also, this ginseng is common, but I have never seen what the fruit of ginseng looks like.This Mr. Meng Zi is not talking nonsense, is he?

When I was thinking about it, Mr. Meng Zi over there saw that we were all stunned by his words, with a smug expression on his face, and continued: "This second medicine is relatively easy to find, and it will last for 300 years. Longevity's Lingshan Yuzhi is 12 taels." After finishing speaking, Mr. Meng Zi smiled leisurely, picked up the tea bowl and drank tea.

Dad frowned slightly and stroked his beard solemnly, as if he had a headache for these two medicines.Seeing that my father stopped talking, I asked: "Sir, if we can find these two medicines, how long will it take for my mother to be cured?"

Mr. Meng Zi heard my question, turned his face and said with a smile: "If I can find these two medicines, I can guarantee that the hall will be well within a hundred days."

"Can it be eradicated?" I asked again hastily.Since my mother gave birth to me, her body has been capricious, good and bad, which shows that she has fallen to the root of the disease.If the root cannot be eradicated, even if it is cured, it will be in vain.What's more, the two medicines he mentioned are treasures in the world.

"It will take a year to get rid of the roots." Mr. Meng Zi said, then turned back and continued to drink tea.

I lowered my head and thought in my heart. My father told me since I was a child that my mother has been weak since giving birth to me. King Xiaoling sent a doctor to take care of me and sent a lot of precious tonics.I think that as the favored minister in front of the Queen Mother and an important military minister in the court, he should have a lot of treasures in his hands. Should I ask King Xiaoling...

Although I don't want to get too close to King Xiaoling, but my mother's illness is the most important thing.Besides, King Xiaoling has been kind to me all the time, so going to him for medicine should be the most hopeful.Even if he doesn't have one, it's easier than us to get one.The big deal is to take advantage of him, without losing a piece of meat.

Thinking of this, I decided to take another trip to Xiaoling Palace tomorrow.He looked up inadvertently, and saw that the second brother was staring at Ning Yaojun intently.That pair of peach blossoms with eyes full of thieves had a look of color that seemed to be a smile but not a smile.Seeing his appearance, I didn't get angry in one place, so I turned my eyes to Ning Yaojun.I saw Ning Yaojun's eyes drooping, his body was sitting as stiff as an iron plate, his face seemed to be frozen with ice, and the cold air radiated.

It seems that Mr. Ning Yao's first impression of the second brother is quite bad. I don't know if what I said before entering the door played a role.

At this moment, a servant's report came from outside the door: "Master, the dinner is ready."

Father, who was worried about the two medicines that Mr. Meng Zi mentioned, came back to his senses when he heard the words, looked around, raised his eyebrows with a smile, and said to Mr. Meng Zi: "Mr. The mansion did not rest for a while to see my wife, I feel very sorry. Now I have prepared a table of thin banquets to clean up the dust for my husband, I hope you will not be disgusted with it."

"Hey! Your Excellency is so polite, I am ashamed to be an old man." Mr. Meng Zi replied with a smile.

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Issue time: 1/82010 Update time: 04/032010

16. Guardian

Father stood up, went around the table and walked to the front of the hall, and said: "Sir, please." Mr. Meng Zi responded, bowed, and followed father out of the study to the front yard.The three of us juniors naturally followed respectfully.

As soon as he came out of the study, the second elder brother leaned over to Mr. Ning Yao, with a mean smile on his face, and whispered, "I didn't expect Brother Ning to be such a beautiful person, it's my great fortune to meet Brother Ning." .”

Ning Yaojun frowned slightly when he heard the words, and replied in a low voice coldly: "Second Master's words are serious, it should be said that it is a villain's great fortune to be able to enter your residence."

The second brother chuckled, and said: "Little brother has seen many beauties in his life, but he has never met someone as elegant and immortal as Brother Ning. I wonder what kind of hobbies Brother Ning has in his daily life?" He wanted to reach out and grab Ning Yaojun's hand.

I have been paying attention to his actions since the second elder brother came over. Seeing that he intends to attack Ning Yaojun, I hastily pulled Ning Yaojun aside and stepped between the two of them.The second brother was taken aback for a moment, then raised a smile and said, "Oh, third brother, what do you mean?"

I squinted at my second brother and ignored him.Seeing that I ignored him, the second brother stretched out his hand to touch my face with a frivolous expression and said, "Don't worry, third brother, I won't forget you, second brother. Just get out of the way and let me talk to brother Ning." .”

The second brother's actions and words made Ning Yaojun's eyes widen in surprise, and a pair of shining eyes looked at me in disbelief.Because I wanted to prevent my second brother from taking advantage of Mr. Ning Yao, my negligence let him take advantage of the loophole, and I immediately raised my arms in anger and wanted to hit him.The second brother hastily retreated two steps and said: "Hey! Dad is right in front, you dare to make a move?"

I gritted my teeth and stared at my second brother for a while.Seeing that the second elder brother showed timidity, and no longer leaned over to try to get cheap, he turned his face and took a look at Ning Yaojun.I saw Mr. Ning Yao's expression was a little weird, he looked at me and then at his second brother, then turned his eyes to look at his father and Mr. Meng Zi who were walking in front, his expression didn't know what he was thinking.The second brother over there looked eager but didn't dare to come over. He only walked two steps away from us, his eyes lingering on me and Ning Yaojun.

Walk through the corridors hung with lanterns of various colors, walk across the green bamboo bridge, and come to the Yixin Water Pavilion, which is brightly lit and fragrant with wine and vegetables.From a distance, I saw my eldest brother and sister-in-law waiting in front of the waterside pavilion with smiles all over their faces. Seeing my father chatting and laughing with Mr. Meng Zi, he rushed to greet him.Mr. Meng Zi said a few words of politeness, several people laughed and entered the pavilion to take their seats.

The eldest brother saw that Ning Yaojun and I came in side by side, but the second brother was staring at him, so he came over and let Ning Yaojun sit beside Mr. Meng Zi.He also arranged for me to sit next to Mr. Ning Yao, and then he sat down beside me.The second elder brother looked at us helplessly sitting on the left and right without ventilation, so he could only curl his lips and sit beside Dad in a bored manner.

After everyone sat down, the sister-in-law ordered the actors in the mansion to start playing music, and then left.Generally, it is inconvenient for the family members to attend such occasions of hospitality.

Here, my father picked up chopsticks and put a crab on the plate for Mr. Meng Zi, and said: "The crabs grow well this year. This is a batch of fresh crabs that just came down. Try it, sir." Mr. Meng Zi Thank you with a smile, the maid at the side presented utensils for eating crabs, and another maid came forward and put a crab on a plate for each of us, and the dinner began.

Father and Mr. Meng Zi were chatting and laughing while eating crabs, while the second elder brother stared at us with grievances, tearing the crabs apart with crab tools, as if venting his anger.Seeing the appearance of the second brother, I was very happy in my heart. When I pried open the crab shell, I saw Mr. Ning Yao beside him just looking at the crab but not touching it, so I asked, "Mr. Yao, why don't you eat it?"

Ning Yaojun turned his face to look at me, with a blush on his face, and pondered: "Uh..."

"Could it be that Brother Ning has never eaten this?" The eldest brother on the side tapped the crab shell with a round hammer and asked with a smile.

Now Ning Yaojun's face turned even redder, he lowered his head and remained silent.I gave my eldest brother a sideways look, and my eldest brother turned his face to eat his own crab in a smug manner.I moved the crabs that I had packed on my plate to Ning Yaojun, and then took his plate and put it in front of myself, saying: "Mr. Yao, eat crab roe, it is very fragrant, eat it with ginger juice and vinegar." With that said, he picked up the crab gear and began to clean up the crabs in front of him.

Ning Yaojun secretly watched how I cleaned up the crabs, and gently picked up a piece of crab roe with chopsticks, dipped it in the vinegar dish, and then put it in his mouth to taste slowly.I watched Ning Yaojun's shy eating, and I couldn't help but smile on my face, thinking that watching him eat is simply a kind of enjoyment.

17. Crab Feast

After taking a bite of crab roe, Ning Yaojun finally smiled and said in a low voice, "It's really delicious."

I laughed and started to use the eight crab gears one by one.Ning Yaojun learned while watching, and he ate well after a while.The elder brother on the other side tugged at my sleeve, I turned to look at him, he hooked his fingers, and I listened to him.I only heard my elder brother jokingly whispering in my ear: "I said third brother, even my mother has never seen you treat her so well. It seems that you are fascinated by Mr. Ning Yao?"

I moved away and opened my eyes wide to look at my elder brother, who proudly put a small piece of crab leg meat into his mouth and ate it, as if he had caught my shortcoming.turn around again