Li Zhang

Chapter 70 New Life

After Zheng Yiyan left, Li Zhang and Zhiqing built another hut by the pool, living next to Jin Yi and Zhiqing.

Although the Yi Gu has been taken out, and it comes with the benefits of dredging the meridians and relaxing the meridians, Li Zhang's long-suffering body could not be nourished overnight, and the nourishment for more than a month in the Phoenix Palace has long since been suspended and tossed away.Therefore, Zhiqing locked Li Zhang in the room for recuperation for a month, carefully checked his pulse every day, and discussed with Jin Yi before giving medicine and needles. Sunburn, surrounded by Li Zhang every day, and devoted himself to everything about eating and drinking.

Since Li Zhang left He Qing, he has been taking care of himself all the time. He is used to it, but now he is taken care of by Zhiqing like a cotton jacket, but he is at a loss. Seeing that Zhiqing is more and more naturally caring, he finally treats her very seriously. Said: "It's not that I really have any serious illness. Doctor Jin also speaks slowly. My sister is so restrained by me, I'm afraid it's just the opposite!"

If Zhiqing cared about it, she would be in chaos. Jin Yi could see clearly that she had an irresistible temperament, so she let her go. Now that Li Zhang dismissed her, he also echoed: "It's a three-point poison. If you If you only see the medicine stone to cure the disease but fail to see the natural vitality of the human body, you are going astray!"

Zhiqing frowned: "What do uncle and brother mean?"

Li Zhang looked at Jin Yi and said, "I want to learn how to hunt."

"How does this work!"

"Why not?"

"My brother's body hasn't recovered yet!"

Li Zhang sighed: "When will it be considered good? Could it be that my sister likes to see me lying weak every day?"

Zhiqing blushed.She is naturally soft-hearted. When she was in the Zhao residence, she always took the initiative to take care of the sick and injured servants. After studying medicine, she became even more compassionate. She has long been used to taking good care of people. Ken rest assured.She cared more about Li Zhang than anyone else. Seeing him hurt so badly, she really wanted to take care of him for the rest of her life, but she never thought about whether Li Zhang would like to be taken care of by her for the rest of her life.Seeing what Li Zhang said now, I just thought of this question, and immediately said with a little grievance: "Of course Zhiqing hopes that her brother will be healthy. But the mountain road is rugged, and it takes at least a day to go all the way, and you are not used to mountain roads." , how can I rest assured..."

Zhiqing's voice became lower and lower, and her expression became more and more sleepy, looking very pitiful.

Li Zhang's heart was soft, and he couldn't help but softened his voice and said: "I won't force it. Since you want to stay here, you must learn to be a mountain person, right?"

Zhiqing's eyes suddenly turned red, although she had already heard Li Zhang's promise to Jin Yi, but now hearing him say that, it was a genuine response to herself, and her heart was full of sorrow and joy.

Jin Yi shook his head secretly, and went out by himself.

Zhiqing's thoughts were all on Li Zhang, and she didn't notice Jin Yi's departure. Turning her mind, she bargained to Li Zhang: "Then wait until the treatment is over! Although my brother has martial arts, hunting is not easy. If you don’t have the strength, how can you do it!”

Li Zhang didn't insist anymore, seeing that Zhiqing was still frowning deeply, he joked: "Then I will rely on my sister's genius doctor."

Zhi Qingfei blushed, and said with a little coquettishness, "Brother also came to make fun of Zhi Qing!"

Li Zhang laughed, his brows were sculpted and his eyes were shining brightly, the corners of his raised lips brought his whole face to life, and the slowly revealing white teeth made Zhiqing feel a little dizzy, followed by, Laughter overflowed, not loudly, but completely unrestrained joy.

Zhiqing was even more dizzy from the laughter, turned around and ran away in a hurry, leaving Li Zhang behind was even more funny, and it took a while to slowly stop, and countless emotions flooded through her heart in an instant - such a hearty smile, How long has it been since?

More than ten days later, Li Zhang followed Jin Yi into the mountain.

Jin Yi is a native of the mountains. Although he has studied medicine, hunting is still a job he has never given up. A bow and arrow quenched with medicine is his usual weapon.Li Zhang rummaged in the house for a long time, found a somewhat rusty seedling knife, went outside to polish it, and stuck it at his waist.He was wearing the bunt costume of the Miao family that Zhiqing specially sewed for him, a black double-breasted top, black trousers, colorful patterns embroidered on the skirt, cuffs and trouser legs, and a tight crimson belt around his waist. Complementing his handsome face like a crown of jade, there is another kind of elegance and sharpness that is different from that of Miao people.

His complexion is much better than when he first came here, the lines on his face that were cold and hard due to thinness have softened, and he has also grown some flesh, so he is no longer too thin, and he looks more flexible and slender under such a dress , Seeing that Zhiqing couldn't turn her eyes away no matter what.

Li Zhang was terrified by Zhiqing's stare, looked left and right again, and asked suspiciously: "Is there something wrong?"

Zhiqing blushed immediately, and concealedly handed over the bamboo tube containing water and the bag of dry food, and whispered: "The first time you go back, just familiarize yourself with the way down the mountain. Uncle, don't try to be brave, don't hunt big prey."

Jin Yi knew that she was thinking about the incident when she was stabbed by the wild boar's fangs last time, so she nodded and agreed, "Understood. I'll take him to find out where he is. You don't have to worry. He's a man!"

Zhiqing didn't say any more, and watched the two go further and further away, but she couldn't take her eyes back, the eyes were so hot that she didn't even know it.

Three days later, Jin Yi and Li Zhang came back, bringing back several pheasants, several hares, and a basket of newly picked herbs.Zhiqing happily cleaned up the wild things, but deliberately put on a straight face, blaming the two for not keeping their promises.

Jin Yi chuckled and didn't say much.Li Zhang quietly planted a bag of spring orchids with a strange fragrance that he brought back carefully under Zhiqing's window.Zhiqing didn't realize it until after dinner when she was sitting in front of the window combing her hair. Suddenly, her heart was full of flowers, and the air seemed to be filled with the fragrance of flowers. , raised his hand and knocked on the door.

Li Zhang had just finished taking a bath, and was about to wash his clothes with his wet hair tied up simply. Zhiqing caught a glimpse of it, went over unhappy and snatched it back.

"Brother! Washing clothes is a woman's job, and it was agreed to hand it over to Zhiqing!"

Li Zhang didn't expect Zhiqing to appear suddenly, he was at a loss for a while, and said in a low voice: "It's a matter of convenience... Besides, my sister has been busy for a day."

"No matter how busy you are, it's Zhiqing's business! It's dangerous and hard for my brother to go hunting, Zhiqing can't wait... can't wait to follow along..."

"Sister! Does my sister really regard me as a young master? I stay here because I want to live a good life with my sister. Would my sister be willing to marry a young master?"

Li Zhang was very helpless for Zhiqing's overly nervous concern, so he spoke a little harshly.Zhiqing changed color slightly, compared with the young master in Zhao's mansion in her heart, she still insisted, "If it's a big brother, Zhiqing is willing!"

She only wore a jacket over her middle coat, and lowered her head to fiddle with the hem of the dress. Her black hair fluttered in the wind, covering her slightly shy eyebrows and eyes.

Li Zhang squatted halfway to look at her face, and said softly: "I know my sister is doing it for my own good. But, since I have never been a young master, why do I need my sister to be this maid? If my sister... just In order to repay the kindness of that day, I can't bear it even more!"

Zhiqing hurriedly argued after hearing the words: "I'm not here to repay a favor!"

Zhiqing looked very serious, her jewel-like eyes were full of splendor, and there was a kind of shocking beauty on her natural and unadorned face, as if the whole person had been crystal clear in those eyes.

Inexplicably, Li Zhang's heart beat faster, and there was an urge to hug her. After suppressing it, he still looked at Zhiqing and asked softly, "Your sister...does she like me?"

"……Um!"

"Master Jin once said that liking is the flower that blooms in my heart. I... used to think that my own flowers would never bloom, but after seeing my sister, I realized that there are flowers in my heart... My father never treated me well. Mother, I don't want my sister to be like my mother in the future, and I don't even want to be like my father. Since we are going to be a husband and wife, let's have a good relationship and be a couple who love each other, okay?"

Zhiqing's face turned even redder, and her heart was filled with sweet and sour feelings, which made her shed tears.Li Zhang panicked when he saw her crying, he reached out his hand to wipe it but hesitated, Zhiqing grabbed her and pressed it to his cheek.

"Zhiqing is willing! Zhiqing is willing to spend time with her brother!"

Li Zhang's somewhat stiff body relaxed, he took Zhiqing with the other hand, and hugged her into his arms.

Zhiqing breathed in the refreshing breath of Li Zhang, and murmured intoxicatedly: "The flowers my brother sent are so fragrant."

Li Zhang was suddenly knocked out of his way, and was a little embarrassed at once, but soon relaxed again, stroking Zhiqing's long hair, and said softly: "It's just as long as my sister likes it."

"Zhiqing likes it very much! In exchange, let Zhiqing wash my brother's clothes!"

As Zhiqing said, she jumped out of Li Zhang's arms, picked up the scattered clothes and ran out, laughing as she ran, "Since Zhiqing wants to be brother's wife, brother should not argue with Zhiqing about these things!"

Li Zhang looked at Zhiqing who was happy like a bunny in surprise, and couldn't help shaking his head and laughing. He knew that this was not Zhiqing's concession, and he couldn't help but have new expectations for the new life in the future.

From then on, Li Zhang quickly learned to hunt, and was especially good at tracking and trapping. He was often able to catch large prey, and he also learned a lot of commonly used medicinal materials. After leaving Jin Yi, he started to go into the mountains alone, and saved skins and medicinal materials to go to the market to sell, in exchange for the daily expenses of the three of them.Jin Yi only goes into the mountains together when he needs to gather some uncommon medicinal materials, and the rest of the time he can stay at home or go out to visit friends and see a doctor.For a while, Li Zhang had faintly become the pillar of the family.

Zhiqing still often visits the doctor, but when Li Zhang is at home, she tries to stay at home as much as possible. If she has to go to the doctor, she will come back in a hurry to cook. In addition to the constant adjustment of soup and medicine, it is the thoughtful diet that changes every day. After the summer, Li Zhang's over-damaged body has been repaired a lot, and the long-lost rosy face appears on his face, coupled with his slightly tanned complexion, he is completely different from when he first came.

Everyone in the village on the left knows that Miss Zhiqing already has her own heart. From time to time, a girl and sister-in-law come to see Li Zhang by giving them something, laughing and commenting, saying that although the young man is not strong enough, he is really good-looking and fits well. Zhiqing, who is benevolent and benevolent, and her close friends even helped to embroider Zhiqing's wedding dress.

Li Zhang was very uncomfortable at first, and would always stay away from him. Later, seeing that everyone was harmless and sincerely happy for Zhiqing, he let go of his grievances, let others look at him openly, and sometimes beat back wild boars, etc. Big wild animals will also take the initiative to distribute to everyone, and the mountain has helped other hunters who are in danger many times.Gradually, even some disaffected young men accepted him, and no longer look down on his distinctive temperament and obvious frail appearance.

One day when Li Zhang was hunting, he picked up a cub that had lost its mother and was not yet weaned, and carefully carried it home.Seeing the little wolf cub screaming and screaming, Zhiqing hurriedly went to Mrs. Shi's house to borrow a milk goat, took the little wolf cub to eat, and put the goat outside the house, and asked Li Zhang to cut it back to soft. hay, and made a comfortable den for the little wolf cub.

Li Zhang looked at the little thing that didn't even open his eyes, and asked uncertainly while helping: "Can it be fed? It's still so small."

Zhiqing said very confidently: "It's definitely possible! Brother Houshanmu's family's wolf was raised by him since he was a child."

Li Zhang believed it, and stopped asking any more questions, and felt a little soft in his heart when he saw the sleeping little thing.

Zhiqing peeked at Li Zhang's side face, and her heart was pounding again, she quickly diverted her attention and asked, "What was brother like when he was young?"

Li Zhang was stunned for a moment, his expression darkened, and Zhiqing was regretting, so he heard him say softly: "My family is similar to the Zhao family, and there are many people. There are aunts, aunts, and many brothers and sisters. When I was young, I'm a doormat, anyone can bully me, only my mother and Granny Zhao treat me well."

Zhiqing called out "brother" in apology, Li Zhang lowered his eyes, and continued to say in memory: "When I was eight years old, on the way home from school, I also picked up a puppy, which was dirty and thin. It was so cold that it couldn’t bark anymore, but just looked at me with open eyes. I hid it in my arms and brought it home. My mother bathed it, fed it rice porridge, and made it a comfortable little bed. nest."

Li Zhang stopped.

Zhiqing was fascinated by what she heard, and couldn't help asking: "What happened next?"

"Later, the puppy was raised, and he followed me every day, played with me, and went to school with me. One day," Li Zhang's voice became jerky, "we ran into my elder brother when we came home, and thought I was slow in saluting. , hit me. The little dog... rushed over, bit my brother's clothes, was thrown to the ground by him, and then...kicked into the pond. It was cold from the north that day. The little dog was only in the water After a couple of thumps, it sank... I... didn't know how to water, so I begged them to come down and save me, but no one paid any attention to me. I stood by the pond for a long time, begging everyone who passed by, but... Later My mother came and carried me back to the house. I was sick for a few days and cried for a puppy. My mother said that the puppy was there to protect me. Maybe it would be better if I left.... After I got well, I secretly I have learned how to swim, but I have never raised a puppy. My mother is right, in that family, it is very difficult for us to protect ourselves, and raising others will only be a drag in vain."

After Li Zhang finished speaking, he let out a long breath of sullen chest, turned around and saw Zhiqing's sad face, and reached out to rub her hair: "So, I'm not a young master, sister, don't underestimate me!"

Zhiqing didn't like being treated like a child by Li Zhang, turned her head away, pouted and said, "It's brother, don't underestimate Zhiqing!"

"Why did he underestimate you? Tell me, I'll clean him up for you!"

Jin Yi came back at some point, with his hands back and his chest up as an elder, and Rhubarb who followed behind him yelped nervously when he smelled the little wolf cub's breath.

"Don't make trouble with rhubarb!" Zhiqing stopped rhubarb with a soft drink, stood up and poured tea for Jin Yi, Li Zhang had already moved out of the bamboo chair Jin Yi used to sit on, and took the needle pack in his hand.

Jin Yi drank all the tea in one gulp, and said to Zhiqing in a dark voice: "Later, you can prepare some medicine for dispelling blood stasis and promoting blood circulation and ask Li Zhang to send it to Aji in Xiatang Village. The Han people snatched it back and were beaten."

"How could this be?"

Zhiqing and Li Zhang looked shocked, and Li Zhang couldn't believe it when he saw the benefits of the land equalization system when he and Zheng Yiyan traveled all the way.

"The land equalization system is the emperor's decree, how can they go against it?"

"Hmph! Han people are full of tricks! If you dare to bully Zhiqing, I will never forgive you!"

"Uncle! Brother is not that kind of person!"

"Hmph! It's not the best! And you too, don't go down the mountain to treat Han people recently, it's too noisy, it's not safe!"

"I will be careful. Sister-in-law Zheng in Yangjiaba just gave birth the day before yesterday. I promised to go and see her and the baby. Mrs. Mo also said that she was not feeling well, so she sent someone to call her several times. I will go down the mountain tomorrow to have a look." Look, when it's over, I will follow my uncle's wishes and don't go any more. Okay?"

"Let him go with you!"

"I go to Yangjiaba often, so I don't need someone to accompany me! My brother just came back, let him have a good rest. I'll go early, and I will be back before [-]:[-]!"

Li Zhang wanted to fight again, but Zhiqing resolutely vetoed it. At night, he added a few more calming and soothing herbs to his medicine, forcing him to sleep for an extra hour. When he woke up, Zhiqing had already left for a long time.

Li Zhang looked at Jin Yi with some embarrassment, Jin Yi was not as stabbing as when Zhiqing was there, shook his head and left home.Li Zhang only waited at home, after chopping firewood, sorting and drying medicinal materials, after feeding the little wolf, he sorted out a flower garden under Zhiqing's window, and set up a shelf for the creeping morning glories, so that they could meander all the way to the eaves Down.

I have thought many times that I want to leave that house with my mother.The mother always laughed at him as an idiot, saying that her Zhang'er should live her own life with her daughter-in-law, and that she had been trapped in Li's house all her life, and she could never get out again.When she said this, the mother was not sentimental, but full of love and tenderness because of yearning.Now, he has really started a new life, and he believes that his mother will also be happy for him.