Servant of the Otherworldly Pharmacopoeia

The old man was standing at the door with his hands behind his back, watching Xu Jiu come over with a child in his arms, and greeted him: "Let's go to the back mountain together."

Due to the arrival of Dongyue, it was getting dark early, so Xu Jiu looked at the sky: "Go now, Uncle?"

"The sun hasn't set yet." The back mountain is not very far away, and it takes an hour to go back and forth.

Xu Jiu followed behind the elder step by step. Although the old man was getting older, his footsteps did not slow down. Xu Jiu was holding a child in his arms and was out of breath to keep up.

"Abbe, you are in good health!"

The old man looked back at his decrepit appearance, and said dissatisfiedly: "Young man, his physical strength is so poor."

Xu Jiu panted heavily. This old man is like a goat. He climbs mountains and ridges as if walking on flat ground. He really can't compare: "It's Uncle who is too powerful."

The old man was too lazy to pay attention to his flattery, and continued to walk vigorously.

After climbing several hills, he finally came to the place Xu Jiu designated.The valley is long and narrow, especially at the corner. The old man looked around and said, "This place you chose is not bad."

Xu Jiu listened humbly.

"It looks like a place where water gathers, you have some sense, you bastard."

Xu Jiu breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm just saying that your place is somehow reliable, not just pointing at it in your head. But it's hard to say if there is water."

... just knew it would be like this.

Xu Jiu picked up a rock and sat down, watching the old man go around the valley to check up and down.

"The location is good. It's far from our village, even farther from Xiaosha Village, and the road is steeper there. If there is water, the village can be slowly moved to the other side of the hill, and the villagers will not object. Nine, you Do you know the butler of the manor?"

Xu Jiu hesitated, then nodded.

"If you really want to dig a mountain, it's okay if there is no water, but if there is water, you can't be sure. The housekeeper who manages our area is a coward. If there is water, he will find a reason to close the well, and we can do nothing to him. "

Xu Jiu nodded. The Dutu manor is nominally within a thousand miles away. If the housekeeper really wanted to take their well because of this, the villagers would have nothing to say.

"If a well is really going to be dug and water comes out, but these things are not dealt with properly, then it will be a disaster rather than a blessing."

"What do you think Abe should do?"

"We are the people under the rule of the lord. We have lived on this land for generations and are registered. Although the back mountain is very close to us, there are no villagers living here. Whether it belongs to our village or not depends on a Open your mouth. We don’t have such big rules in the wasteland. Generally, whoever lives and grazes there belongs to that land, but this is just a customary rule, not an express rule. We don’t have anything here. There is nothing to argue about, so it is still safe now. But the water is a big deal. If we dig out the water, then no big rules will matter. Only the people in the manor can control those who trouble us .”

Xu Jiu understood: "Then Uncle, if the matter of digging the well can be settled, I will go to the manor to ask for a deed."

The old man nodded.

"You go and try it first, it's too embarrassing." The old man looked at his expression and felt that this matter is not easy to handle, "It's uncertain whether there is water or not, how to persuade the whole village to dig is a big problem. "

Xu Jiu thinks so.Anyone would be worried. If the well was dug for several months in the cold and it turned out to be a sham, it would be strange to faint.

He looked at the child in his arms: "Abbe, I'll go to the manor in a few days."

The old man stroked his beard. At this moment, the two were in the same mood, both of them looked full of worries.What the elders think about is how to persuade the villagers, how to persuade them, and what will happen if a blind person is dug up.What Xu Jiu thought about was only one sentence - I'm going to the manor.

Even though he has been away for a few days, it seems like it happened in his previous life.He almost forgot about Du Tuxuan. He lived like a star in the night sky, a stone on the wasteland, or a ray of wind in the air every day, without thoughts or worries.

"Can you fall on this road?" The elder heard the movement behind him, turned his head and found Xu Jiu kneeling on the ground with one leg, one elbow resting on the stone, and the child in his arms also fell half to the ground, just like falling down. posture.

Xu Jiu stood up under the old man's angry and indisputable gaze, and picked up the child on the ground.

Fatty was also woken up by his fall, his black eyes were pure and innocent, and he was looking at him without blinking.

"Are you hungry?" Xu Jiu took out a piece of lactose wrapped in tin foil from his pocket and put it into the child's mouth.The coat of arms of Manor Dutu was also printed on the tin foil, a purple flower of wind and pomp, which was very luxurious.

The child had sugar in his mouth, his left cheek was bulging, and he was still looking at him, sucking his mouth.

Xu Jiu put away the tinfoil and strode to chase the elder.

……

After returning home, Xu Jiu put the child on the ground and lit a fire to boil milk for him.During the period, I told my grandma what the elder said: "So grandma, I may go to the manor in two days."

"It's too much trouble. You just came back from such a far place."

"It's not far away. Dad has to go several times a year to fetch water. Besides, I still have sanda beasts, so I don't bother at all."

Grandma shook her head in disapproval: "They're all skinny."

Xu Jiu really hasn't lost weight, he's just grown up.It wasn't obvious when I was in the village before, but after going out for a year, my whole temperament has undergone a qualitative change. I am tall and handsome, and I believe anyone who says that he is a young man from a rich family.

Grandma looked at him with emotion, and the mother and son chatted softly.

The chubby little frog squatted aside with his legs spread apart, his eyes wide open and he didn't say a word.

Xu Jiu held him down and pulled those calves together: "If you squat like this again, sparks will burst into your crotch and roast your little bird."

Pangpang couldn't stand stably after being teased by him, so he just lay on top of him.

"This is the last time, let me see you spanking again."

Pang Pang has become more lively recently, and he has also started to do some naughty things, and he insists on doing what he is not allowed to do.Take this squatting method for example. When the two were still in the castle, Xu Jiu joked with him once and asked him if he could see his bird when he squatted down. Jiu was amused by him and laughed out loud, but she didn't expect Pang Pang to become addicted, squatting like this everywhere she went.

Xu Jiu felt remorseful, and patted the child's butt: "Naughty boy."

Grandma watched the two play: "You can treat your own children like this in the future, so you can rest assured, Grandma."

"Mom?"

"I've always felt that you haven't grown up yet. You were still fighting and losing your temper with your father at this time last year. This year, you can take care of the little boy so well."

"..."

Grandma looked at him a few more times, her eyes were doting, as if she saw something else through him: "We wilderness people pay attention to fate, and there is a reason for the Lord Beast God to let his people meet. "

"Mom..."

Xu Jiu was about to say something, but Pang Pang secretly grabbed Xu Jiu's neck with milk in his mouth, and a "pop" was printed on the base of his ear, and the warm milk immediately flowed down the base of his ear as if the gate had been opened.

"Fatty!" Xu Jiu grabbed the child who was about to run away after doing bad things, and smeared the sticky milk all over his neck with one hand, "Did you slap it lightly just now?"

Fatty pursed his lips and smiled, and looked at him obediently with his belly outstretched.

"..." Xu Jiu's anger dissipated completely, but she still kept a straight face and slapped his ass/ass with a crisp sound, pretending to be angry.

The noise was really loud, and the child was startled, looking at him with foggy eyes and pursing his mouth.

Xu Jiu was the first to surrender: "Okay, I don't feel any pain, so let me rub it for you."

Holding Xiaotuanzi into his arms, Xu Jiu rubbed his legs and buttocks, sighing inwardly that he had no principles.I'm afraid so many parents who are used to their children have sighed like this before. Before they hit it, their hearts softened first.

Grandma came out with a towel and asked Xu Jiu to wipe her neck.

……

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the breath of winter moon is just around the corner.The night passed, and when I woke up the next day, I found that the usual fog had disappeared even on the top of the mountain. The weather was dry and cold, and there were frost flowers on the ground.

Grandma has been busy all morning. Seeing Xu Jiu in a daze, she smiled and said, "It's going to snow soon, your father and the others will be back in a few days."

Dongyue can be regarded as the end of the year. People have worked hard for nine months, and only then can they rest. Since the second half of the year, they have started to store things like hamsters. Every household has stacks of sunflower dung beside the walls.

Seeing Grandma's happy appearance, Xu Jiu was in a happy mood: "Grandma, do you miss Papa?"

Grandma took the broken shoe at the door and threw him: "You nonsense bastard!"

Life in the village is peaceful. At this time of year, there is no such thing as rushing to pay the bills. They are all looking forward to the return of the people who have traveled far away. Every time a person comes back, the villagers are happy.

But today's commotion was a bit louder, Xu Jiu and the others were eating, and Wu's mother shouted at the door: "Hey, come out quickly, Ba and Liangji are back!"

"Hachihe Liangji?" Grandma immediately ran out without worrying about the food in her hands.

Xu Jiu hugged Pangpang and followed on the right road, meeting many villagers who also came to join in the fun along the way.They stood by the road, and some followed Liangji and the others all the way.

"Liangji is back, I almost don't know each other."

"Yeah, there's eight, I thought he wasn't coming back."

"Who are the two kids in the back?"

"I don't know, who looks weird, who's child..."

Xu Jiu stood in an inconspicuous place, watching the group of people.Hachi and Liangji were in front, and Xiao Shu and another child followed behind, all four of them looked happy.

The clamor of the villagers gradually faded away, and Xu Jiu's heart was turbulent.How could Hachi be with Liangji, and that Xiaoshu?It doesn't really matter if they were originally a group, or Ba just came back with them?

He watched the expressions of the four of them carefully, trying to figure out something from them.Maybe he was too staring, and Hachi in front of him suddenly turned his head and looked straight at him——