two ears pricked up

After the rain, Bai Xi picked up a piece of dog hair that had been washed away by the rain and dangled it from side to side in his hand. Looking around, he didn't see anything new, and his eyes glued back to the man not far in front of him again.

Huo Zheng was inquiring about news with someone, and the matter seemed to have been settled, Bai Xi saw the strange villager leave, so he ran to the other party.

When the villagers were far away, Bai Xi put the dog hair grass into Huo Zheng's palm, "Zheng—" He quickly shut up and asked, "Where are we going now?"

He wanted to call him Zhengzheng, but Huo Zheng told him thousands of times before going out, telling him not to call him like that when he was out, otherwise he wouldn't take him out next time, not only that, Huo Zheng was protecting his white skin very closely now, Whenever Bai Xi wanted to go out, he had to wear a veil bought from the market not long ago to prevent his appearance from being seen by other villagers.

Bai Xi was half-aware of Huo Zheng's good intentions, the veil was soft and breathable, and the style was quite delicate, he liked wearing it, and everything Huo Zheng gave him was treated as treasure, so naturally he didn't care to pay attention to Huo Zheng's intentions .

Some time ago, Huo Zheng spent some money to let the villagers living near the racecourse pay attention to Hong Jin's movements. Today, he got news from the villagers that Jin Hong had returned from the outside. He had to take this opportunity to find someone to get back the title deed of the racecourse. , This is something left by their Huo family.

He explained the matter to Bai in detail, and the two set off in the direction of Huo's racecourse.

When crossing the bridge, many villagers on both sides of the bridge were casting nets to catch fish. Seeing them, they all whispered and their eyes changed.Different from the previous days, the eyes of the villagers were vaguely ridiculed, as if Bai Xi and Huo Zheng had really done something shameful.

Most of those nasty thoughts are caused by their obscenity. In this era of extremely unbalanced male-to-female ratio, empty talk is not scary. The most fearful thing is that three people will become tigers. Convinced.

Huo Zheng has been away for many years, and the villagers don't know his character, but they know the true nature of a man and the seriousness of lust/desire.

The lonely man and the widow live in the same room, and the beautiful and young sister-in-law has lost her husband. Just imagine how a strong man can bear it?

The sages in the sage books have only been heard in the books, they are just ordinary people, and such deviant women in the village are never uncommon. .

Now the villagers think that the second child of the Huo family is having an affair with his sister-in-law. They are jealous and look down on him at the same time. The sinister and complicated human heart has not yet been fully understood. Huo Zheng's mouth is dull but his heart is as clear as a mirror. Those who are self-conscious, all he can do is protect Bai Xi, such a simple person should not be harassed by others' malicious speculation.

They went all the way to the racecourse.

The appearance of Huo's racecourse is cold, and the manager is not there. The only boy who stays to take care of the venue starts to mess around, not even knowing that someone is coming in.

Huo Zheng didn't know why his elder brother handed over the land deed to Hong Jin for safekeeping. This is not the time to pursue the matter, and getting the land deed back is his goal. Even if the racecourse can no longer make any money, he will take the land back.

Yudi was no better than Rongdi. The horses raised in Yudi were not strong enough, and they were prone to get sick. Rich family members had to go out in horse-drawn carriages, and most of the horses they chose were from Rongdi, which were expensive.The horses produced in Yudi can only be sold to ordinary peasants at a low price. When the peasants enter the city, they can use the horse-drawn cart to carry their goods. Without the local horses, the business of Huo's racecourse gradually declined.

Bai Xi followed Huo Zheng into the horse farm. After a few days of rain, the grass was quite lush, but the grass was uneven. In some places bare mud was exposed, and a few thin horses were listlessly bowing their heads in the stables. Grazing, people come in and don't even look at it.

The two walked a little closer, and saw an open space surrounded by a fence. Inside the fence, there were several pens, one for raising chickens and the other for pigs. This circle may have been neglected for a long time, and it was intoxicating. The smell spread out on the pasture, and if it hadn't been washed by the rain, this unbearable smell would have been even stronger.

Bai Xi covered her mouth and nose tightly and hid behind Huo Zheng, whispering, "It stinks here."

Huo Zheng looked around for people, the boy in charge of guarding the racecourse came in with a wooden barrel, saw them, and cursed, "Why are you here again, get out, if you do this again, I'll call someone to come over and kick you out! "

As he said that, the servant stretched out his hands to push Huo Zheng and yelled, Huo Zheng's brows were darkened, and he said without moving, "I'm looking for Hong Jin."

The servant yelled angrily, "Not here!"

Huo Zheng said: "The villagers told me that he will come back today."

The boy sneered, threw down the barrel and rolled up his sleeves, Bai Xi saw his disgust, fearing that Huo Zheng would be beaten, so he got out from under Huo Zheng's arms, and hit the boy with all his strength, unexpectedly bumping the boy back a few steps.

Bai Xi stretched out her arms to protect Huo Zheng, her body was trembling, but she had a ferocious look, her eyebrows raised, "You are not allowed to hit anyone!"

The boy sneered, and looked down on Huo Zheng even more, and said contemptuously: "So the village is talking about you couple, I'm sorry!"

Huo Zheng's expression suddenly froze, and before he could make a move, his eyes suddenly blurred, and Bai Xi's seemingly weak and thin body rushed over to the young man, and punched him in the face with his fist, he was not as tall as the young man, and there was nowhere He hit it right, but was pushed back by the servant, the man doing rough work was heavy, when Huo Zheng moved forward, Bai Xi was pushed on top of him, his strong muscles suddenly twitched, causing Bai Xi to let out a low cry of pain.

Huo Zheng held Bai Xi steady, and grabbed the boy's shoulder with his other hand. With a lot of strength in his hand, the boy's face gradually turned pale, and cold sweat continued to flow from his forehead.

The goal of punishment was achieved, Huo Zheng let go of his hand and escorted Bai Xi away.They didn't go far, and stopped in a pavilion built near the racecourse for a rest.

It was close to noon, the sun was hanging above his head, and the heat wave was rushing. Huo Zheng saw that Bai Xi was sweating slightly on his forehead, so he took off the water bag hanging from his waist and unscrewed it for him, "Sister-in-law, drink some water first."

After Bai Xi drank water to quench his thirst, Huo Zheng still felt guilty about Cai's matter in his heart, and asked him: "Did that boy push you?"

He is a big man who just has disputes with others, but let a weak woman protect him.Thinking of the servant's violent pushing, Huo Zheng clenched his fists, wishing he could go back and punch him a few times, when his anger surged, warmth came from the back of his hand, he lowered his head in astonishment, and Bai Xi wrapped his big hand in his palm , that unbelievable tenderness was a tenderness he had never touched in his life.

Bai Xi said, "I don't feel pain."

As if waking up from a dream, Huo Zheng withdrew his hand, blaming himself even more between his brows, for not protecting the other party well, and even more so for his elder brother's behavior, his sister-in-law is pure-minded, and her sister-in-law doesn't understand reason, no matter what the reason is The reason is that he must not cross that line an inch.

"Sister-in-law." Huo Zheng sternly said, "I respect you in my heart and protect you as a family member. I don't have the slightest thought of overstepping. You can't...you can't touch me like you did just now. This is wrong."

Huo Zheng's attitude of rejecting others made Bai Xi's eyes turn sour. Now he understands that Huo Zheng will treat him well, but he forbids himself to have any physical contact with him. This is the first time Bai Xi has seen such a person. It is strange that he is allowed to be kind to others but not allowed to be kind to himself.

Strange as it may be, Bai Xi still likes it very much.He retracted his hands and silently folded them behind him, "It's my fault."

Huo Zheng put on a serious face and hardened his heart, and unwrapped the package he carried with him. The cold cake steamed yesterday was wrapped in oil paper. It was made with lotus leaf and lotus seed honey. As a result, during the hot summer season, most rural households will prepare cold cakes for the men who go out to work, so as to prevent the men who are exposed to the hot sun from being poisoned.

After noon, the sun was not so strong, and the wind became cooler. After eating the cold cake, Bai Xi leaned against the pavilion and took a nap. Huo Zheng sat cross-legged facing the steering wheel of the gate of Huo's racecourse.

For a whole half a day, there was no movement at the racecourse, and Bai Xi and Huo Zheng's trip was a waste of time.

Before evening, Huo Zheng didn't plan to wait any longer.He saw Bai Xi sleeping with his arms leaning against a pillar. Although the wind was a bit cool at this time, ordinary people would sweat all over when they fell asleep in such an environment. On the other hand, Bai Xi looked clean and fresh, without sweating at all.

Huo Zheng carefully recalled the recent situation, and found that his sister-in-law seemed to be able to sleep more and more.

Suddenly, Bai Xi opened his eyes at Huo Zheng's low call.He rubbed his dazed eyes, slept for half a day and still couldn't hide his tiredness, mumbling in his mouth, he asked Huo Zheng what happened.

Huo Zheng looked at him carefully, "Sister-in-law, do you feel unwell?"

"No." Bai Xi was always sleepy during this time, apart from this, he didn't feel any other discomfort.

Huo Zheng observed his expression, Bai Xi was not a liar, and if he felt uncomfortable, he couldn't hide his eyes, so he had no choice but to calm down his doubts and said, "Let's go back."

Bai Xi stood up, patted the clothes on her body, "Aren't you waiting?"

"Ah."

After crossing the bridge, Huo Zheng led Bai Xi back along the wooded path.Near the trail, there is a crescent creek that flows down from the mountain and surrounds most of the small village. The creek is crystal clear and the current is turbulent, so it is rare to see fish and shrimp in the water. In addition, it is relatively remote. Children would rather go to the river pond Fishing, few people will take this road.

Huo Zheng intended to take Bai Xi to relax, but when he got home, he found that Bai Xi was in a trance, as if he had something on his mind.He thought that Bai Xi was depressed because of the incident just now, so he didn't ask any more questions.

This is not the case.

It was the first time that Bai Xi concealed something from Huo Zheng. When he passed the Crescent Creek just now, a gust of agility rushed into his body and shocked his spirit. Like, so comfortable that I want to fly.After dinner, before the sun set, Bai Xibian felt ready to move.

He changed from the normal way of being around Huo Zheng in the past, dropped the bowl and chopsticks and ran back to the room under Huo Zheng's suspicious gaze, before the door was closed, and the impulse couldn't be held back any longer.

Bai Xi went to the bronze mirror and touched his head, and then slowly pushed out two things from his hair.

Bai Xi touched it lightly, and his drooping ears trembled slightly. He found that these ears had grown a bit compared to before.

The author has something to say: At this moment Huo Zheng pushed the door open and bumped into the rabbit ears, hey, where did the little demon come from.