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Shen Ji fell asleep with deep worries, worried that Qi Ye would not agree to let him leave home, but in fact he wanted to go to the post office tomorrow morning to see if there was a letter from his elder brother.

After waking up in the morning rubbing his sore eyes, Shen Ji stared blankly at the roof of the tent, thinking about what he had to do today: Well, I need to make breakfast first, and then get Qi Ye's permission to let me go to the market, the reason is I want to sell the medicinal materials that were dried last time to the medical center...

When Shen Ji thought about it, there were so many things to do, and he couldn't help thinking that when his parents and brother were together, he was very leisurely. He just studied medicine, followed his father to identify herbs, judged some pathologies, and his brother—stop !Shen Ji shook his head, and decided to settle the matter in front of him before talking about other things.

Shen Ji cheered up to get up, made breakfast quickly, then stood and closed his eyes and recited silently several times: He who knows the current affairs is a hero, and a man can bend and stretch, and so on, before he called Li Yi and Jiang Feng over for dinner.

Li Yi just wanted to get up and leave the table after eating, when Shen Ji hurriedly called him:

"Qi Ye, don't leave yet! I, I have something to tell you."

Li Yi turned around, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the matter?"

Now that the most difficult first sentence has been uttered, the next step is more natural. Following Jiang Feng's instructions, Shen Ji tried to discuss it in a friendly manner:

"After breakfast, I want to go to the market. The medicinal materials I have collected recently have to be sold to the medical center. Besides, there is nothing to eat at home. I will go and buy some."

Li Yi looked into Shen Ji's eyes, judged what he said, and finally he replied coldly: "I believe you once, you can go to the market; but if you dare to make any wrong thoughts-hmph, I will set you on fire!" If the house is burned, your legs will be broken again, the Lord will do what he says, you can do it yourself!" After putting down the malicious threat, Li Yi was satisfied to see Shen Ji's terrified look, and smiled triumphantly left -

Hehe, this kid is really scary...

When Shen Ji heard that Qi Ye threatened to set fire to his home and break his legs, Shen Ji was so frightened that he couldn't help turning his head to look at Jiang Feng, who said calmly:

"What are you afraid of? Don't you just go to sell medicinal materials? Just go and come back early."

Shen Ji settled down, and immediately he didn't feel like eating breakfast. He took the basket that he brought down from the mountain the day before yesterday to the bluestone board in the yard, and took out all the things inside.

The medicinal materials in the back basket are mainly cassia seed and Gorgon seed. Under the guidance of his father Shen An for many years, Shen Ji can easily find the old place on Zhongshan Mountain to pick these two. The wild medicine is more effective and harvests a lot.Although the price of the concocted and sold to Yi'an Hall is higher, but Shen Ji is in a hurry to go to the post office, so he doesn't care about it.

Another thing is to pick up some chestnuts and more than 20 fist-sized autumn pears. These pears are not big, but very sweet.

After thinking about it for a while, Shen Ji decided to keep the few chestnuts and send the pears to the uncles in the medical center to taste.In addition, the cork cypress planted in the herb garden at home has been tidied up. The herbs are carefully separated and placed in the basket, with the pears on top, and they are ready to go to the market.

When passing by the yard, he happened to see Li Yi standing under the grape shelf in the corner, picking those overripe grapes to eat, and turned to look at Shen Ji after hearing the movement.

"Qi Ye, you can eat grapes as you like, I will be back soon." So don't be impulsive, don't take your anger out on my family, and don't take it out on me.After Shen Ji explained to Li Yi, he carried the bamboo basket on his back, and hurriedly walked towards the market.

Qingcheng County is a small border town of Qi State, not very prosperous. Shen Ji's grandfather was a hunter, so he settled his family at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain, which is some distance away from the populated county. Mu Shengwu's help has a lot to do with it, and the friendship between the two was forged when Shen An was a teenager studying medicine.

After walking for half an hour, Shen Ji stood on the county street, rushed to Yi'an Hall as usual, and prepared to unload the heavy basket.

"Xiao Ji, what medicinal materials did you bring here today?" Li Xiao, the doctor who was arranging the medicinal materials, asked with a smile as soon as he approached Yi'an Hall.Li Xiao and Shen Ji's fathers are both doctors in the hospital. Shen Ji knew these uncles well since childhood, and the old doctors took great care of the children left by Shen An.

"Uncle Li, I only brought some cork, cassia seeds, and gorgon seeds today. Take a look at the quality. Although these pears are small, they are quite sweet. I picked a few on the way to collect herbs. They are for my uncle's throat. This season is also just right." Shen Ji smiled and talked to Li Xiao, taking out the things in the back basket one by one and putting them away.

"Xiao Ji, you don't have to send the autumn fruits picked from the mountain to us old guys next time. You are still young, don't overwork yourself." Li Xiao kindly patted Shen Ji on the shoulder and told him.

"Uncle Li, there are a lot of these fruits on the mountain, and I just brought them back. It's not worth anything. Besides, I'm the only one in the family now. How can I eat so much? I'll be happy if you accept it." After her father passed away, Yi Everyone in Antang looked at Shen Ji living alone at the foot of the mountain, it was really inappropriate, Li Xiao intentionally asked Shen Ji to come over as an apprentice, and gradually get in touch with deeper medical science and pharmacology, so that he can live a stable life as a doctor in the future.

Shen Ji was very grateful, but considering that his father had just passed away, he needed to take care of the herbs and vegetables grown at home; moreover, he was grieving and needed time to stabilize his emotions, so he negotiated the Yi'an Hall in the next year.Li Xiao's medical skills also impress Shen Ji, it would be great if he could open his mouth to accept himself.

"Autumn is hot and dry, these autumn pears are very suitable for quenching thirst. But Xiao Ji, don't always run into the mountains in the future, it's always unsafe. The yellow cypress is in good condition, but why are the cassia seeds and gorgon seeds still freshly picked? Li Xiao felt extremely sorry when he heard Shen Ji say, "I am the only one in the family", and quickly changed the topic.

"Uncle Li, I haven't received a letter from my brother's home for three consecutive months. I'm really worried, and I can't calm down to prepare it, so as not to spoil the fresh herbs, so I have to send it to you like this." Shen Ji said with a wry smile. For the acquaintance of Shibo, there is no need to hide these things.

"Remember to visit the post office at that time. Don't worry, child. Mu Dongyuan is in Hezhou. It will take a while for the letter to arrive." Li Xiao knew that they were brothers, so he immediately comforted Shen Ji.

"Well, it's been three days since I went to the post post last time, I'll go and have a look later." Shen Ji kept cheering himself up in his heart, firmly believing that with his elder brother's ability, nothing would happen, nothing more than he was busy with military affairs.

After counting the medicinal materials, Shen Ji took the three coins from Li Xiao and hurriedly left Yi'an Hall to the post post after bidding farewell.

The closer he got to the post post, Shen Ji didn't dare to move any faster, and he couldn't suppress his worry in his heart: "What if there is no letter from elder brother this time?"

Thinking of this, Shen Ji's footsteps almost crushed the ants to death, frowning, thinking about walking a few steps quickly, whether there will be any letters or not is doomed anyway; and thinking about walking slower, maybe there is no letter from the eldest brother right now Send it to the post office!

With such hesitation, Shen Ji slowly approached the gate of the post post, his steps stopped at the gate, and he couldn't move anymore.

After another half hour, the mother and son walked out from the gate. The woman held an opened letter tightly in her hand, couldn't suppress the deep smile on her lips, and said happily to the boy beside her: "It can be regarded as looking forward to your father's letter from home, son, he said that he will return in half a month!"

"Mom, dad has been away for too long this time, I miss him. By the way, mom, dad said in a letter that he bought me a souvenir..." Shen Ji watched the mother and son walk away talking and laughing enviously. After tightening the belt of the pannier in his hand, Shen Ji made up his mind, and quickly stepped into the gate of the post office.

Walked to the room where the letters were placed familiarly. Sitting by the door was Zhao Li, who was in charge of distributing letters as usual at the post office. Charge some fees for catching knives or reading letters for illiterate villagers.

Shen Ji came here at least twice a month, sending letters to Mu Dong and asking if there was any letter from home. From the year Mu Dong left home to join the army, 12-year-old Shen Ji, who was illiterate, began to write letters to his eldest brother. Letters, which became a very important thing in his life, never stopped.

"Hello, Uncle Zhao." Shen Ji cheered up and greeted first, then he didn't dare to ask, and just took a few deep breaths.

"Xiao Ji is here, come to ask your brother's letter again?" Zhao Li looked up at the sound, and asked very gently. He has a gentle appearance and temperament, and he already knows Shen Ji, who is very diligent in running the post office. for many years.Recently, he saw that the child cared about his elder brother very much, and he had come here dozens of times in the past three months. Every time he looked at his expectant eyes, he couldn't bear to answer him more and more, "Wait a minute, there is no such thing this time." , Maybe I was delayed on the way!" Every time Shen Ji heard this sentence, his shoulders collapsed, and the disappointment in his eyes seemed to overflow, and he felt sympathy in his heart.

"Well, yes, Uncle Zhao, I don't know this time...?" Shen Ji asked cautiously, as if he was afraid that the louder voice would scare away Mu Dong's letter.

"Your elder brother's letter arrived two days ago, Xiao Ji, you're happy this time, and it's not just one, but two!" Zhao Li looked at Shen Ji's expectant eyes, and finally heaved a sigh of relief. I was disappointed with this young man.

"Really? Brother's letter from home arrived two days ago? Or two? It's really great, I should have come sooner if I knew it!" Shen Ji was so happy that he didn't know what to do, brimming with joy.

"Wait, I'll get it for you right away!" Zhao Li was also happy, got up and briskly turned to the room, took out two letters from Mu Dong from a pile of letters, and solemnly handed them to Shen Ji.

"Thank you, Uncle Zhao!" Shen Ji took his brother's family letter with both hands, first glanced at the familiar handwriting on the cover, his hands trembled slightly with joy, and bowed deeply to Zhao Li.

"Hey, what's there to thank for this, why don't you take it apart and have a look."

At this time, a few more people came to the post post to ask for letters, Zhao Li started to get busy, Shen Ji left after saying goodbye, turned around and held the family letter tightly in his arms, trotted all the way out of the post post, and sat down as usual. On the stone pier at the gate of the post post, he took out the family letter, and he was eager to know why it took so long for his brother to reply to the letter.

Shen Ji took out one of them, looked at the familiar handwriting of his elder brother on the cover, and carefully tore open the envelope.