The medicine of rebirth

Chapter 244 Papaya Egg Soup

When Su Banxi and others came back, the sky was getting darker, and the fire-like clouds hung on the top of the mountain, which was very exciting to look at from a distance, and the restless heart also calmed down, and the breeze with a faint scent of grass and trees blew over everyone The tip of the nose, I don't know who took the lead first, but the loud but refreshing singing flew out from behind Su Banxi and Ning Chen, hovering over the sky above their heads.

The cheerful and bright rhythm dispelled the fatigue of the journey, and the old scalper in the field raised his neck and hummed along, making everyone laugh and pat Qi Shilang on the shoulder, "Shilang, look at the old man!" Niu can sing better than you, why don't you learn from Lao Niu!"

Qi Shilang pursed his lips and walked forward a few steps before turning back to his senior brothers and saying: "If you dislike my bad singing, don't listen to it, but master, the old man said that your voice is so loud that it's so loud. Pig squawking is even worse, and if it is serious, it is disturbing the people, how good my voice is, it is beautiful and loud."

I have seen people boasting but not boasting about themselves like this. Su Banxi shook her head and laughed, but she didn't want to join their debate. Instead, she distanced herself from the crowd and said to Ning Chen: "Chenchen, these two days Uncle, Aunt, and the others didn’t come to make trouble anymore, did they?”

Su Banxi didn't want to ask Su Shi and Zhao shi, because both she and Su Shi and Zhao shi knew very well that it was impossible for Su Shi and Zhao shi to tell Su Banxi the truth, so she asked Ning Chen directly. .

Ning Chen glanced sideways at the person who was talking happily, and replied in a low voice: "I came here once before and said that Su Qing ran away from home, so I came to ask Aunt Zhao if they saw her Su Qing, and said If not, after a while of trouble, it is worthwhile to go back when the village chief comes, but Su Lin has never been here, I am afraid that you scared him hard that day!"

When talking about the latter, there was a pleasant smile on the corners of his mouth and eyes. Regarding this matter, Mrs. Zhao and Su Shi never criticized Su Banxi, and it was because everything Su Lin did was too much, which made people feel uncomfortable. Itching, what Su Banxi didn't know was that after she left Tunjiawan, the Liu brothers would often get together to say things like how powerful Xizi was, wishing she had to say it three or four times a day before settling down to work !
Su Banxi looked at the smoke rising above the houses in the distance with a slight smile on his lips, and said: "Some people eat hard but don't eat soft, you have been courteous to him, and he thought you were afraid of him, so you made more and more progress. I will do things that are not easy for parents to do, anyway, it doesn't matter how bad the reputation is, doesn't it!"

Ning Chen was slightly taken aback, and thought about Su Banxi's words several times before coming back to look at Su Banxi's quiet and pretty side face, with the corners of his lips raised: "You can do whatever you want, others I can't understand you, I can understand you, it's just that Su Qing, Xixi, is your cousin after all, if you reject your second aunt outright, will she speak ill of you again?"

"I've already rejected her at the entrance of the village. She can say whatever she wants after she's born. There will be smart people in the village. Besides, Chenchen, if I really help my second aunt and the others, I will It’s really the accusation of thousands of people. No matter whether people find it or not, they will tell me. If this is the case, it’s better to refuse at the beginning, and it will save unnecessary trouble later, right, I can’t tell the difference now. I don’t want to spend my energy on dealing with them, and they are very clingy, I don’t want to be able to get rid of them.”

Ning Chen also knew this truth, so he only asked symbolically. As long as it was something Su Banxi didn't want to do, he would not force her. As for the matters of Su Lin and Chen Xiuxiu's family, he would take care of it. In the eyes, it is really annoying!

Su Banxi's eyeballs rolled for a moment, with an indifferent look in his eyes. First, he looked behind him and kept a close distance from them, and also thought about what Qi Shilang and Su Shi and others behind their conversation could not hear. He walked in with Ning Chen again and said what he had thought before, and Ning Chen pursed his lips after hearing this: "It is possible, but what you don't know, Xixi, is that almost everyone in the Fang family is now. If you don’t go out, if you go out occasionally, you will lock the door firmly, it will be very difficult if you want to do this, and you can’t guarantee that everyone in Tuenjiawan will know about it!”

Ning Chen was very moved that Su Banxi was thinking of him all the time, but this method didn't work, so he had to think about it.

Su Banxi raised her hand and touched her chin, and she didn't know it when she touched the dust on her face, "If you don't go out, there is a way of not going out, and if you don't do something wrong, you won't be afraid of being called out, if you do, you will be condemned by your conscience , we don't have any evidence to prove that the two of them partnered up to kill your parents, plus you were young when Wang Cuifang gave birth to them. They don't say how they have treated you these years, but they have always been kind to you in nurturing you Yes, if you tell the truth now, you will only be beaten up by Wang Cuifangsheng, and the suspicion of Wang Cuifangsheng will be reduced by the villagers these days. I promised you to let Wang Cuifang give birth to two people, and I will not let you down."

The corner of Ning Chen's mouth twitched: "Xixi, you don't have to force yourself. I have figured it out a lot these days. My obsession with revenge is not so deep anymore, and my parents in the spirit of the sky probably don't want to see it. This scene, but Wang Cuifang gave birth to these two people, I will definitely not let it go, and I will never let anyone kill someone."

Su Banxi looked at Ning Chen, the deep stream of light in his eyes made the Qingxie at the corners of his brows and eyes even more red, and he kept saying that he would not avenge his parents, but all his actions and words told Su Banxi that this was not the case , The pretendingly strong smile made Su Banxi's heart sour and uncomfortable.

He stretched out his hand and grasped Ning Chen's hand that had been clenched into a fist at some point, softening Ning Chen's prickly shell little by little, successfully making himself and Ning Chen's fingers tightly intertwined, feeling the warmth in each other's palms.

"Actually, there is an easier way to prove that your parents didn't die from a sudden illness. It's just that the dead are buried in the ground for safety. If you dig them out for an autopsy, I'm afraid it will make Chen Chen feel disgusted by others in the village, and even if it's like this There is also not enough evidence to prove that Wang Cui Fangsheng was the murderer of your parents, so how about we go to Fang's house tonight, let's play a big game this time, and try to get the whole thing out when I go back , it’s also good that your parents can rest in peace under the spring.”

The method Su Banxi said was to invite the officials in the government to open the coffin for an autopsy, but the ancient people’s thinking was too old-fashioned and feudal. If people dig it out, they will definitely be accused of being unfilial, which is very difficult!

Ning Chen looked at Su Banxi with some confusion and asked, "Autopsy? What is the autopsy..." Corpse?

The corpse word in the back suddenly understood before she could say it out, she retracted her gaze and squeezed Su Banxi's fingers and remained silent. Su Banxi didn't expect Ning Chen to accept her proposal, anyway, she just said it for Ning Chen to think about it That's all, if he disapproved, she would naturally not bring it up again.

"If you don't agree, we have other options, not only..." Su Banxi turned her head and changed the subject, her expression was the same, but Ning Chen over there said hello in a hoarse voice, which attracted Su Banxi's conversation Before he finished speaking halfway, he suddenly looked at Ning Chen, but what he saw was Ning Chen's side face, which was somewhat blurred by the crimson sunset glow, making Su Banxi unable to see clearly what his expression was at this moment.

Su Banxi was silent for a while and then said: "Chenchen, you..."

"I said yes, Xixi, it's not all because of you. Although I tell you every time that I don't want my parents to see the scene of me avenging them, it's just that I lie to you again and again. You, also lied to myself, you once told me that my mind was too heavy, and I told myself again and again to let go and forget, but every time I couldn't do it, and I lied to you with lies, At that time, you should know that I lied, it was a very clumsy lie, and only Xixi you would not expose me. If Xixi, if you spoil me like this, aren't you afraid that one day I will lie to you? "

Su Banxi looked at Ning Chen with an extremely complicated expression, as if she couldn't figure out where Ning Chen came to this conclusion, and pinched his palm fiercely, and waited until he was in pain and turned to look at her before saying: " I can understand and understand your mood, and I don’t blame you for lying to me with clumsy lies. Anyway, only I know. As for you wanting to lie to me, you have to practice for thousands of years. By that time It's not too late for you to lie to me again, it's better not to say such impossible things now."

Ning Chen stared blankly at Su Banxi, who was speaking very seriously, and smiled, dispelling the haze that had been covering his brows, and fixedly looked at Su Banxi before saying: "Perhaps Brother Shanming is right, I met you You have used up all my luck, but I am happy with it."

But I didn't want Su Banxi to look at Ning Chen with an even weirder look: "When did you...become so..." It's so nasty, she has goosebumps all over her body, alright, although this can't stop her from overflowing from the bottom of her heart. Sweet and delightful.

Ning Chen froze on the spot as if he had been hit by a huge blow, Su Banxi smiled in a good mood, bent his eyes and continued to walk forward, Su Shi stepped forward and patted Ning Chen on the shoulder before looking at Su Banxi in front, She persuaded her understandably: "That Xiaochen, Xiaoxi's temper is just like this, so don't argue too much with her, she may be tired from too many things recently, so she is not in a good mood."

Ning Chen heard Su Shi's words before he got out of the blow, so he asked blankly, "Uncle Su, what are you talking about? Xixi is tired, but she's not in a bad mood!" At least just now It's still very good, but I don't know what he said that caused Su Banxi's delicate and beautiful facial features to almost wrinkle together, but there was still a smile in the depths of his eyes, and he didn't look angry.

Su Shi was also taken aback for a moment, looking at Su Banxi in front of him and then at Ning Chen, it really didn't look like they were arguing, but why did they suddenly separate and leave?
Looking at Su Shi's expression, Ning Chen couldn't help but clarify: "Uncle Su, Xixi and I didn't quarrel, it's just, just..." But he couldn't say anything, because even he didn't know why Su Banxi would suddenly He walked away, but when he left one step ahead, he looked at him very strangely, which made him feel a little awkward and uncomfortable.

Seeing that Ning Chen was awkward but couldn't explain why for a long time, Su Shi suddenly patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Don't just stop, it's fine if you don't quarrel, I saw you suddenly separated earlier I thought it was awkward, but it would be difficult to see the two of you quarreling, Xiaochen, here uncle said something that shouldn't be said, just keep it in your heart."

Before Ning Chen could nod his head, Su Shi said to himself: "You two are still young now. Although a girl can marry, be a wife, husband and teach children at fifteen, in my heart as a father, Xiaoxi will always be a child." My child, you have seen her temper, she is strong and stubborn, and she is okay to get along with her for a while, but her life is so long, and you let Xiaoxi like this for a long time, I am afraid that you will not be able to bear it, I have not studied much, but I still understand some truths. I like it like something now, but if I can’t stand it, I will hate it to the extreme. What I hope to see is that you can go on for a long time, instead of separating overnight. Talk to Xiaoxi about your thoughts, don't be bored all day, although it's good to have your own thoughts, but if you can't hide some things, don't hide them, it will easily lead to suspicion between the two of you."

Ning Chen looked at Su silently for a while, then nodded and looked at Su Banxi's back in front of him and said, "Uncle Su, you don't have to worry about this. Xixi gave me everything before I fell in love with her. There is a kind of liking that doesn’t care about appearance, talent, wealth, or the outside world. I just fell in love with Xixi and that’s all. I don’t know what will happen in the future. Uncle Su, I don’t want to say anything to you, I promise to be good to Xixi forever, but as long as I’m still by Xixi’s side, I’ll redouble my efforts to be good to her. If I’m strong and stubborn, I can wear it down slowly. In fact, Uncle Su Only when you go deep into Xixi's heart will you find that she is not what she appears on the outside, she is very gentle, but she is not good at expressing it, Xixi—"

The words stopped here, and Su Shi looked at Ning Chen curiously, waiting for what he had to say next.

"-knows my heart better than anyone, even myself, and she knows everything I think!"

Su Shi silently looked at the corner of Ning Chen's smiling mouth, and sighed softly: "Hold the size yourself, as long as you feel happy, that's right, you're kneeling down to Xiaoxi's grandparents, why now? Still called Uncle Su? Do you think Uncle Su is not worthy to be your father?"

Ning Chen was really caught in the dark right now, he didn't come back to his senses for a while, and stared blankly at Su Shi, who raised his eyebrows and smiled at him, he didn't have the slight evil smile before , but somewhat similar to Ning Chen who only knew to run behind Su Banxi the other day.

Su Fashion pretended to be disappointed and sighed, but there was a smile on his simple and honest face. In his opinion, he changed his name early and changed his name later, it was the same. "It seems that he doesn't want to call me Dad."

The corners of Ning Chen's mouth trembled a little, Qi Shilang and the others hurried forward a few steps without spoiling the scenery, and to prevent Qi Shilang's loud voice from disturbing the two of them, they directly covered his mouth with their hands and left only "uh huh" The sound is poor, but it can be ignored. The sound of the breeze brushing against the leaves makes everything around it seem very silent again.

Ning Chen's throat rolled twice, and it took a long time to spit out from his trembling lips the word "Dad" that he always struggled to wake up in the middle of the dream and wanted to call out. Su Shi repeatedly said three good words to let Ning Chen The corners of the eyes were slightly red, but they were quickly covered by the red clouds of the setting mountain.

Shanming Qiuming and others who came to help build the house left after eating, and only Mrs. Zhao, Su Wen, and Old Man Liu were moving the materials that were not easy to get damp in the courtyard to the bottom of the eaves. The smell of the food made everyone who was still hungry groan. Qi Shilang patted his own hungry and deflated stomach, "Hunger is a major event in life. Does Aunt Zhao have something to eat?"

Su Wen and Old Man Liu stepped forward to put down the papaya on their backs and put down the unidentifiable things, while Mrs. Zhao first scooped up clean water for them to wash their hands, and then went to heat the food she had left earlier. Hot served the table to greet Qi Shilang and others to eat quickly, and then went to ask Su to transport the papaya and chestnuts they picked from the mountain to the hut for stacking.

After eating, everyone suddenly remembered where they were going to sleep tonight?
The old man Liu patted the long stool under him, and Qi Shilang and the others changed their expressions several times, and finally they all aggrieved and aggrieved on the hard bed made of wooden boards and sat on the floor all night. The temperature doesn't drop so fast at night now, even if you sleep outside for a whole night, it's not too cold, not to mention the quilt that Mrs. Zhao brought out with apology to cover it up!
The next day, when Qi Shilang was still lying on the hard bed, Su Banxi and others had already woken up early. This time, Su Banxi made the breakfast. Among them, they used the papaya they carried down from the mountain yesterday to make a home-cooked papaya egg soup. First scrape off the outer skin of the papaya and cut it into diamond-shaped pieces.

Add salt to the eggs and beat them well, heat the frying pan, heat the oil, pour in the beaten egg liquid, spread out into golden egg cakes on both sides, cut them into small pieces with a spatula, scoop them out and put them on a nearby plate for later Use; after brushing the pot, put the oil in and heat it up, pour in the chopped green onion and fry until fragrant, then add the papaya and stir-fry until soft, add some boiling water and egg white, bring to a boil, cook for about 5 minutes, then cut the green onion into small pieces Add chunks of omelette and cook for about 3 minutes. Wait until the soup turns milky white. After adjusting the seasoning, you can take it out of the pan.

The aroma of papaya and egg soup mixed with scallion pancakes and soft mashed potatoes whetted everyone's appetites. They let go of their appetites and ate a big meal. The small half bowl of papaya and egg soup he drank was full, and the corners of Old Man Liu's mouth twitched, and he tried not to hit him on the head.

(End of this chapter)