The wood mage and the native brother

Ji Deng took a few mouthfuls of one and took another bite, it was still watery and sweet.

"Where did you pick it up?"

Ji Deng pointed at the fruit and asked the green-eyed man.When Gai'er went to the county seat tomorrow, he would quietly pick some and sell them. The fruit was big and red, and someone would definitely buy it, and it would be another copper coin in his account.

The green-eyed man couldn't understand what Ji Deng meant, and thought he didn't have enough to eat, so he took another one and stuffed it into Ji Deng's hand.

Ji Deng made gestures for a long time, but the green-eyed man was still in a daze, so he let out a decadent breath.

Forget it, he's just a whim, even if he picks it up, how to hide it from Ji's family is still a problem.

Looking back at the chicken and duck chatting happily, one big and one small, Ji Deng shook his head and smiled.

He doesn't talk to the green-eyed guy very much, but Ji Xiaomei, who doesn't know anything, is curious and asks around him, and the guy doesn't bother her, and the big and the young can speak their own languages, but they can chat happily.Ji Xiaomei is only five years old, there is nothing to guard against, so Ji Deng will let her go.

So these days, the man has learned a lot from Ji Xiaomei.

Ji Deng ate two fruits and didn't take any more. Holding the firewood, he set up a shelf in the open space outside the house, and slowly began to dry the fresh and juicy cymbidium over the fire.

Ignaz, who was eating fruit with Ji Xiaomei here, saw that Ji Deng stopped asking questions, and the corners of his pursed lips relaxed inadvertently.Seeing that Ji Deng was guarding the smoky place again, Ignaz patted the top of Ji Xiaomei's hair, handed her a litter of straw rabbits and coaxed her to play by herself, squatting down Next to my brother, I stretched out my hand to help turn the gradually warming huicao.

Even though it was separated from the fire, the sage was gradually infected with the scorching heat of the fire. Ignaz quickly turned a piece of sage over, and imitated Ji Deng, rubbing his hot fingertips on his earlobe.After rubbing it a few times, I stretched out my hand to turn it over again. When the cymbidium is completely dried, it can be sold to the incense shop for copper coins.

The copper plate is what Ignaz heard from Ji Xiaomei, and its function is roughly the same as that of the magic stone in Noah's continent.And the young man seems to be extremely short of copper coins.

Thinking of this, Ignaz wished to move his fingertips two points faster. If it wasn't for the black-haired boy beside him, the afterimage would be fine.

As mages, especially wood mages with thin skin and fragile blood, who hasn't practiced drawing magic circles quickly in order to preempt the enemy without sleep, and who hasn't painstakingly memorized obscure and complicated ancient magic books.

It can be said that Ignaz secretly remembers all the languages ​​spoken by the Ji Deng brothers and sisters. After these days, it is not a problem to talk to the Ji Deng brothers and sisters.Just to avoid arousing the boy's suspicion, Ignaz wisely chose to hide.

"you…"

Seeing the green-eyed man retracting his hands from the heat from time to time, Ji Deng pursed his lips, seeing the man looking over suspiciously, he still shook his head and didn't say anything, just spat in his heart.

What is "benevolent and righteous", he just bought a tube of medicine and pretended to be a lifesaver.The man didn't know how bad the injury was, so he survived on a tube of medicine until today, and he didn't even see a doctor, but he was picking fruits and weeds, and now he's still following here with a whole body of delicate skin and tender flesh I don't know how much effort and time he saved by lighting the fire.

It's crazy, I can only say that two people made an exchange without knowing it, and it's not equivalent.

Thinking of how righteous he used to be, Ji Deng panicked with embarrassment, he didn't dare to look at the man around him at all, he squatted stiffly on the spot, even forgetting "Da Fang" for a while.

Ji Deng was so ashamed and ashamed, he didn't dare to look up at the man for a long time, but kept his gaze firmly on the drying grass.

"You, you go to accompany my little sister, I can do it alone, you can go and rest..."

The voice became smaller and smaller, and Ji Deng could hardly hear the last sentence by himself.

Ignaz looked at Ji Deng's face, which was green and red, and the smile on the corner of his lips disappeared in a flash, pretending that he couldn't understand the boy's words, and went about his work.

Ji Deng tried to persuade him for a long time, but the green-eyed man was still at a loss, so he had no choice but to give up.The speed in hand is a bit faster, and I want to rush to do more so that the man can do less.

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The green-eyed man suddenly stopped Ji Deng's hand, picked up the wooden plank, divided the sage into several parts and wrapped them in cloth.

Ji Deng was annoyed, he had been so distracted for a long time, he even forgot the temperature of the fire, so he couldn't help but murmured,

"thank you--"

The green-eyed man understood Ji Deng's eyes, smiled and shook his head.

"We walked."

Ji Deng took Ji Xiaomei to bid farewell to Ignaz with a basket on her back, pointed to the bamboo tube on the green-eyed man's waist, and said,

"Your medicine should be used up. I'll go to the county seat tomorrow to buy you another tube."

The green-eyed man pondered over Ji Deng's gesture, then shook his head again and again when he realized it.

"It's enough for a while, save some coppers."

Ji Deng only took it as a refusal, how much medicine is only available in a bamboo tube, although the man took the medicine himself, Ji Deng didn't see how the wound healed with his own eyes, but the old doctor said it was only enough for one month, then Definitely won't make it to the next ten days.So he just waved his hand to bid farewell to the man and went down the mountain, but he had made up his mind.

Ignaz looked away after watching the young brothers and sisters go down the mountain.He untied the bamboo tube at his waist and opened it, and it was suddenly full.

What a wonderful host.

Thinking of this, a sly smile rose in Ignaz's dark green pupils.

...

When Ji Deng went to the county, he could only sell vegetables, such as Pazi pheasants, which were all brought out by Mrs. Fang or Mrs. Xu himself.The vegetables in the back basket were overvalued by Mrs. Fang, so Ji Deng only needs to sell them all, and get back only a lot of copper coins.

Perhaps it was because of Ji Deng's delicate face, and there was a smaller girl beside her. There were not too many people who came to take care of the business, but they couldn't say too few, and the baskets were sold out in a short time.

As usual, Ji Deng went to the incense shop first, took out a few cloth bags and gave them to the clerk.

"Twelve catties—"

The clerk procrastinated and reported the count, and Mr. Xu, the accountant, wrote it down twice in the account book, then unlocked the key, opened the drawer, took out 48 Wen and gave it to Ji Deng.

"How much is it today?"

The man poured the freshly harvested cymbidium into the loose basket and replied,

"Today, he is exactly twelve catties, not more than one tael, not less than one tael."

Mr. Xu raised his eyebrows and took notes.

"Dude, weigh me two catties of huicao."

The guest came in and shouted.

"okay,"

Come on guys,

"Does the guest want the ground powder to go back to Hexiang, or dry it at home?"

"If you do it, you won't be able to share the fragrance?"

The guy quickly laughed,

"No, it's just that the guest officer who is a guest officer has to grind it by himself when he goes back. I'm afraid you will waste your time."

The guests waved their hands,

"Just weigh two catties for each of the dry and powdered ones."

The man pointed to several waist-high baskets on the ground,

"It's easy to talk about the ones that are ground into powder, but there are dried ones, dried ones, unflowered ones, March and April ones, upper, middle and lower grades, which one do you want, sir?"

The guest was stunned by a series of ""s by the staff, and after a while, he simply said,

"Weigh everything for me."

"okay--"

Big business came to the door, and the clerk happily packed them one by one.

On this side, Ji Deng was carrying twenty Wunuo dumplings all the way back to Xiaohe Village, but he didn't know how to hide them, and put them in the basket.

Ji Deng patted his head regretfully.He just thought about buying more this time when he was hungry a few days ago, but he forgot how to hide so many dumplings from Granny Fang when he returned to Ji's house later.

"elder brother?"

Seeing Ji Deng patting his head for a while, Ji Xiaomei, who was eating sesame seed cakes, tilted her head to look at him in doubt.

"It's all right."

Ji Deng wiped his face, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, maybe he will figure out a way later.He touched the bamboo tube pinned to his waist again.

Today the doctor said that if the wound doesn't get worse, it's almost done after the tube of medicine is applied, and the rest is just to eat and drink well.

In this way, the green-eyed man should be able to leave and go back to his own home.From now on, I don't know if I will see you again.Anyway, after getting along for a month, Ji Deng felt a little bit bewildered.

But look at that man's rich clothes, he is not the same as Ji Deng brothers and sisters.What's more, Ji Deng is a little brother, who has been with a man for so long, and if he speaks out, he will be scolded by poking his spine.When this man is gone, Ji Deng should return to his original life.

Saving money, getting married, saving a dowry for Ji Xiaomei, and sneaking in to buy some food when he came to the county, such days, Ji Deng is already very satisfied.

When returning to Ji's house, Ji Deng happened to bump into Ji Hai and Ji Laoxiu who were rushing all the way back.

I don't know if it was because of sitting in the examination room for several days, or because he was tired all the way home. In short, as soon as Ji Hai entered the door, he fell to the ground in a daze, almost scaring old lady Fang and Mrs. Xu's souls away. Hurry up and help him back to the house.

Although Ji Lao Xiucai is better, but he has an old bone, and after riding back and forth for a few days, he couldn't hold on at this time, so he went back to the house to rest.

Brother Yan and sister Xie helped boil the hot water, and Mrs. Fang went to the fire room to beat two eggs and steamed them into the big room.

After all, everyone was so busy that their feet didn't touch the ground, so the brothers and sisters of Ji Deng who sneaked back escaped unharmed.

large room.

Ji Hai was lying on the bed, his face was pale, his lips were peeled, and he looked haggard as if he was going to pout in the next moment.

Mrs. Xu rubbed the handkerchief, wiped Ji Hai's face and neck bit by bit, and said softly,

"Go to sleep for a while, and you will have something to eat when you open your eyes later."

Ji Hai had been struggling all the way back, and when he heard this, he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

After Ji Hai finished scrubbing, the basin of water turned black.

Mrs. Xu came out of the house with a basin and poured water in the courtyard, just in time to meet Mrs. Fang who was hurrying over with eggs, Mrs. Xu took a step forward,

"Mother, my husband is very tired and rested. Let's eat after he wakes up."

Granny Fang stopped, nodded repeatedly,

"Okay, okay, then I'll heat this egg on the stove first, and bring it to the boss when he wakes up, remember to call me too."

Mrs. Xu responded, went back to the house and took an embroidery basket and sat beside the bed, and began to embroider one stitch at a time. After a while, a branch of fresh and delicate peach blossoms jumped on it, with dewdrops on the petals, which was pleasing to look at.

Such a piece of handkerchief can be sold at a shop in the county for Siwen, which is much better than farming.I only hate that Mrs. Fang encouraged Mrs. Fang to raise the price of the handkerchief to three Wen, so that Mrs. Xu won't know how much she earned.

However, with Mrs. Fang on top, it's not easy for Mrs. Xu to tear herself apart with Mrs. Fang. These days, she can only rush to embroider a few more handkerchiefs and deduct some money from the quantity.

The red silk thread passed through the embroidered cloth inside and out, and a veil gradually took shape, before it was noon.

Mrs. Xu put down the embroidery shed. Ji Hai was probably very tired. He was still sleeping at this time, so he went out.

Hearing the door of the big room open, Mrs. Fang hurried out of the room,

"Boss, daughter-in-law, is the boss awake?"

Xu Dao,

"No, he might be really tired. Let him sleep now. I don't know how much he has suffered the past few days."

Granny Fang nodded repeatedly,

"Yeah, your father is also tired. It's really a pain. I just hope that the boss can really come back with a test this time."

Mrs. Xu held Mrs. Fang's hand,

"It will work, mother."

"It can be done, it can be done."

Granny Fang murmured and repeated, but she didn't know who she was talking to.