From Chief to Ball

"what?"

"It's the kind of curved iron with pointed sides."

He bent down, searched for a long time and found one, blocked the glare of the sun with one hand, raised the other hand and asked, "Is it this one?"

"Yes. Use some strength and throw it up."

Catching it from mid-air, I was busy quickly. These are all tools used in previous lives, and I am very familiar with them.

Lin Xi covered the sun, raised her head and looked up, with a smile unconsciously on her mouth, watching Chen Jian busy there with a smile, suddenly remembered something, ran back to the house, took out a tin pot and a cattail fan, and was busy burning it. water.

Chen Jian wiped his sweat, panted for a while, and asked, "You are a medical student? Baicaoji is a herbal medicine book, right?"

"No. It's about learning to classify plants and animals. It's considered agronomy, but it's also related to medicine. We are responsible for finding all kinds of flowers, plants, snakes, insects, and animals, rather than trying to treat what diseases this thing can cure."

"Where did the flowers come from?"

"My father brought it back from a wild place a long time ago. He went out to sea once with him, and was lost in the wind. He brought it back from a small island. We have never had it here. My father said that this flower is very rare. , It was hard to find, so I got it back and raised it. He said that he didn’t know what the flower could do, but it might be useful, it might be able to treat some serious illness, or it might be useless, but it’s always good to keep it.”

"What about your father?"

"Going to reunite with mother. Just leave me alone."

After being stunned for a moment, he suddenly came to his senses, feeling an inexplicable distress in his heart, and opened his mouth to say something, but Lin Xi, who was below, answered first.

"You don't need to express your condolences out of politeness. They have gone, but I still have to live, and they don't want to see me crying every day."

As he spoke, he raised his arms towards Chen Jian, revealing the two colorful ropes on his wrists.

"This is what my mother left for me. She said that you can take it off if it gets wet in the rain, but I didn't take it off. I always keep it with me. It's like my mother is still by my side."

"Before my father left, he left me a lot of books, a gun, a lot of flowers, methods of taxidermy, some money, and his dreams. I think he would rather see me finish his work than weep and mourn. Dream, recognize more flowers and animals, and separate them into categories."

"So I have to live well. Learn to forget these sorrows."

Chapter 11 No Guns Next Time

"Yeah, I have to live well."

Riding on the ridge, when the salty wind from the sea blew this sentence to the ground, it had already become very faint, with a faint sense of sadness that did not belong to the manic and vast sea.

After that there was silence, only the clang of the hammer on the iron curb and the clang of the tiles.

Lin Xi raised her head, unconsciously her neck was aching. The figure on the roof just blocked the dazzling sunlight. The hot air at noon was accompanied by the water vapor on the tiles, making the light twisted and magical, as if the world was distorted in the transpiration up.

After a long time, the water in the tin pot boiled, and the last tile on the roof was fixed.

Before going down the ladder, according to the habit of his previous life, he squinted one eye and looked at the straightness of the tiles. Chen Jian knew that the girl below liked neat and orderly things.

Under the house, on a small table, there are two cups of bamboo-leaf-colored green tea, and two hands holding red clay cups.

The short gun that was within reach finally left Chen Jian's sight, and the hard flint was also removed and placed in a wooden box with a layer of dry lime.

"Did you learn this because of your father's dream?"

"On the one hand. But the inheritance my parents left me has made me independent, so I can do what I like. If I don't have this money, even if I want to do something, I still need to live to support it. .”

Lin Xi held up the clay cup halfway, and said slowly: "When I was a child, I read "Hundred Herbs Collection", and I felt that it was very messy. Since I was a child, I don't like messy and untidy things. I thought, there must be a This method allows all things in the vast world to be neatly classified, find out their similarities and differences, and perhaps there are really some rules in it.”

"Since nature has rules, chemistry has rules, and arithmetic and geometry have rules, then these flowers, plants, trees, birds, animals, fish and insects may also have some rules to make them grow like this."

"Later, both my parents left, and my estate registration was sufficient enough that I didn't need to go to the poorhouse. I was admitted to a middle school in the county, passed the provincial examination, and was qualified to take the imperial examination. No matter how poor I was, I could be an enlightened teacher. So I think I can at least live the life I want in this life and have my own choices."

"I want to go to the best school in the capital, to study agronomy, to see the best botanical garden in the whole of China, and those weird cultivation methods."

"But these all need money. So I thought, I can't keep these flowers left by my father, so I have to find a way to sell them. Because I don't have much money, and I can find a good place for these flowers." Don’t let the flowers that my father brought back from his narrow escape from the sea disappear.”

"These flowers are not my father's relics; these flowers will not disappear and may be useful in the future. They are my father's relics. I don't think he will care about them."

In the end, I was still a little sad after all. The green tea was rippling because of sadness, just like tears would not flow down. In order to prevent the tea from rippling, I hurriedly put the clay cup on the table and wiped my eyes .

"Look at me, after talking so much, I didn't even ask you."

Lin Xi pursed her pink lips, and slightly twitched her sour nose, probably not wanting to make the atmosphere feel pitiful, so she deliberately changed the topic.

"Me? My name is Chen Jian, you know that. If you think about it carefully, if you ask me, I really have nothing to say. When I talked to others before, it would start with my father being a naval officer. I'm opening the dialogue because there's really nothing to say. Two words: alive."

Lin Xi smiled, and said half mockingly half praise: "Now you finally have something to say. At least you found a way to know where I live, and you even helped me with your hands and feet. It's just a pity."

"What a pity?"

"It's a pity that your thoughts are in the wrong place. You should meet a girl who likes outstanding military achievements, and then you will find a way to cheer up and earn meritorious service. Even if you just persist for a while, it will always be good for you of."

Both of them laughed, no longer the one trying to listen to the other with a hint of fear.

After chatting for a while, the sky was not too late in terms of time and the height of the sun, but it was already too late for the two people's acquaintance.

Standing up to say goodbye, the horse was already impatient waiting outside, so he got on the horse skillfully, waved at Lin Xi, and walked towards the city.

Lin Xi stood in front of the fence, holding on to the sharp wooden fence with both hands, and sighed slightly as he watched the back of the high ground going away under the sun for a while.

Or if I live alone for a long time, it is difficult for anyone to chat with me, and I always feel that I talk too much today.

The person who left on horseback didn't seem annoying for the time being, especially when he talked about some plants and animals later, he was able to say a few words that sounded reasonable, and there was even an argument about birds and bats .

"Actually, it's nice to have someone who can talk."

For some reason, she suddenly said this to the fence, then turned and left.

On the way back to the city, the bumpy feeling on the horse's back is very suitable for thinking and recalling. Even if the horse under the crotch is not an old horse, it can still know the way home. It does not need to control the rein, and obviously the horse is hungry. It's very fast.

Thinking of the girl he met but didn't know, Chen Jian felt warm in his heart, and turned to recall the little things that happened just now. Suddenly something flashed in his mind, but it was like lightning flashing across the night sky. It was definitely there but he couldn't catch it.

When walking halfway, Chen Jian suddenly thought of the rows of flowers, and then thought of the strange but familiar name Clivia, and the idea finally became clear in his mind.

These days, he has been thinking about what to do with the first pot of gold, and he has thought of all the ideas that can be deceived, but the reality is weirder than imagination, and the things he thought of have basically been practiced.

Some of the first pot of gold in Fujian city are quite thoughtful.

For example, when repairing the seawall, they intentionally dug and flooded more than 900 people, and deducted half of the compensation.

All this is somewhat familiar, but it happened in a different time and space in a different way, and the people there are the same.

Letting go of all the ridiculously insisted ideas in the previous life, and integrating the shamelessness of criticism into the blood of this life, Chen Jian finally understood what the thought that flashed before him was.

So he turned the horse's head and ran towards the wooden house that was already far away.

The horse under the crotch was very reluctant, a little dissatisfied, but it was uncomfortable by the iron spikes on the heel, as long as it succumbed to the master's despicable power, it raised its hooves.