latelenovela #276 - Two Clearances
#276 - Two Clearances
Seeing the grass hut, Lu Jing's mood improved, because it meant that his trip to Mirror Lake Valley was nearing its end.
Apart from the unexpected encounter with the young marquis earlier, his journey had been smooth sailing, and he hadn't run into anyone else.
As long as he delivered this last basket of vegetables, he could quietly finish his first day of work.
Although he still had fifty-nine days to endure, at least he had made a good start, and although Wu Han always secretly tried to dig holes for him, there was one thing he didn't lie about: delivering vegetables was indeed much easier than working in the school fields.
It was a trade-off, he supposed.
Lu Jing thought as he walked to the outside of the grass hut.
Subsequently, he cleared his throat and said, "Junior Lu Jing, entrusted by Uncle Wu Han, is here to deliver vegetables to the senior."
He shouted once, but there was no response from inside the grass hut, so Lu Jing shouted again.
Still no one answered.
After hesitating for a moment, Lu Jing still took two more steps towards the grass hut. He noticed that the wooden door of the grass hut was not locked, but half-open. Through the half-open door, he could see some of the scenery inside the grass hut.
Including some dried medicinal herbs, and what's more, there were poisonous snakes, scorpions, and centipedes being raised. It seemed that the owner here could not only heal people, but also poison them.
Lu Jing understood somewhat why Ding Liu didn't like this colleague very much before.
However, he had no intention of exploring the other party's secrets. He only glanced at it and quickly withdrew his gaze, and did not enter. He just put down the basket of fruits and vegetables, and then found a large stone outside the grass hut, sat on it, admiring the scenery while waiting for someone.
It has to be said that Mirror Lake Valley is indeed a very suitable place for seclusion. In addition to the entrance being hidden enough, the scenery here is also quite beautiful, and unlike the chattering Nightingale Valley, it is very quiet here, and even birds are rare. Only the sound of flowing water and rustling leaves can be heard.
Lu Jing sat on the stone for a while. Although he was waiting for someone, he was not anxious or irritable in his heart.
Moreover, he also knew that he would not be waiting too long, because from the half-open door, there was millet being washed in the yard, obviously the owner of this place had left temporarily for something and would be back soon.
However, perhaps because he was sitting high enough now, Lu Jing also saw some things he hadn't seen before.
Including the medicinal field behind the grass hut.
The person who cultivated the medicinal field deliberately chose a relatively low-lying place so that the hillside could block the medicinal field. People who came here for the first time would probably find it difficult to discover.
If Lu Jing hadn't climbed onto this big stone, he wouldn't have been able to see it.
Like Ding Liu's medicine garden, this medicinal field was also planted with many flowers and plants, but most of the flowers and plants behind this grass hut were unfamiliar to Lu Jing, and they looked very gorgeous, and he didn't know if they were poisonous. Anyway, to be cautious, Lu Jing didn't go forward.
He waited for about a quarter of an hour, but finally heard footsteps coming from behind him.
Lu Jing turned his head and saw a green-shirted girl about his age, carrying a small cloth bag and walking leisurely in the forest.
However, when she saw a stranger waiting outside her grass hut, a look of vigilance flashed in her eyes immediately.
She stopped her steps twenty feet away from Lu Jing.
At this time, Lu Jing also jumped down from the big stone and said to her, "Are you the one who decocts medicine?"
The green-shirted girl nodded, "You are…"
"Who I am is not important, I'm just the person entrusted by Uncle Wu Han to deliver vegetables to you," Lu Jing said, "You take this basket of vegetables, and see if there is anything you want me to convey to Wu Han."
However, the green-shirted girl still maintained her guard when she heard this, and asked, "Who is Wu Han?"
Lu Jing was stunned, "You don't know him?"
Now it seems that this guy was also quite lazy before, just piled things up in one place, and then let people pick them up themselves, as for him personally delivering them, it was probably only a small group of people.
But now the problem is, this guy doesn't even know the green-shirted girl, and directed him to deliver vegetables, no wonder the other party had this reaction after hearing him report Wu Han's name.
Lu Jing opened the bamboo basket in the green-shirted girl's vigilant gaze, showed the things in the bamboo basket to the opposite side, and then said, "These fruits and vegetables are grown by Wu Han himself, the taste should be good, he prepared three baskets, I have already sent one basket each to the young marquis and Ding Liu, the remaining basket is yours, you can try it, anyway, it's free."
"But I don't even know Wu Han, why would he send me this basket of fruits and vegetables?" The green-shirted girl still didn't move her feet, and one hand was still tucked into her sleeve.
Lu Jing also noticed at this time that the green-shirted girl's vigilance was unusually strong.
It stands to reason that this is the academy, and there is almost no danger usually, but the green-shirted girl is still so careful, before she entered the academy, she must have been in a very harsh environment.
So much so that this experience has left an indelible impression on her, and even changed her personality to a certain extent.
Thinking of this, Lu Jing tried to speak calmly, "Don't worry, he doesn't have any malice, he just wants you to help with something by suddenly sending you vegetables."
"What is it?" The green-shirted girl frowned, "Is he sick and wants me to treat him? But doesn't he know Ding Liu? In terms of medical skills for treating diseases and saving people, I am far inferior to Ding Liu, only in the way of detoxification, I may be stronger than Ding Liu."
"He's not sick, and the thing he asked you for is already solved, so you don't have to have any burden, just accept the vegetables," Lu Jing said.
As a result, he didn't expect the green-shirted girl to shake her head and say, "I don't accept unearned rewards, I won't take a basket of his vegetables for nothing."
However, probably also seeing that Lu Jing didn't have any hostility, she finally took out the hand that had been holding the hidden weapon in her sleeve.
Lu Jing scratched his head, not expecting retribution to come so quickly. He had just refused Ding Liu's gift of medicine, and as a result, the green-shirted girl also refused his gift of vegetables.
Is it so difficult to give things away these days?
Lu Jing sighed in his heart, but the things Wu Han wanted him to do still had to be completed. Lu Jing thought for a while and said, "Then how about you invite me for a cup of tea?"
"What?" The green-shirted girl was stunned.
"You said before that you don't accept unearned rewards, then how about you invite me for a cup of tea, and then I'll give you this basket of vegetables, and we'll be even, no one owes anyone anything."