attack stream of life

If you take the shortest distance, you will reach the countryside in about three days.But we had to rest on the road. In order to find a place to stay, we took a long detour and spent the night in a small inn in Qiwen. On the second day, we found a familiar fellow villager’s house, and on the third day we stayed at a temple. On the fourth day, I finally arrived in a town near my hometown.

When they arrived in the town, the team broke up, and Qing Chuan went back to the countryside together with the fellow.

The fellow had no livestock for transportation, and was very tired after walking for a few days. Qingchuan didn't remember his jealousy at the beginning. When he returned home, he let him sit on the donkey for a while, and the two of them changed rides.During this four-day journey, fellow villagers were not the only ones walking, so Qingchuan didn't lend him a donkey, and if he borrowed one, he had to borrow the other. So what's the point of buying a donkey for Qingchuan when it's his turn?So he didn't lend out the donkey until the last road from the town to the countryside.

But the fellow is unwilling to accept this favor. He feels that Qingchuan is a bit hypocritical, and he didn't borrow it on the road. Now that he lent it to him, could it be for the villagers to see?So even though he was so tired that his legs trembled, he still refused, especially with backbone.

All right.Qingchuan didn't care, he rode a little donkey to the old house along the road he remembered.

His family used to be well-off. When he was the richest, his family had more than 30 mu of land. He was considered a rich farmer and a small landlord.That is to say, he has been down all these years, otherwise, many people nearby would rent the land of his family, and they would have to call him young master.

Qing Chuan laughed in his heart when he thought of this, the young master is really strange, he felt uncomfortable all over.

The first person to discover Qingchuan was his little nephew, a six-year-old boy, accompanied by a group of dolls of about the same age, Qingchuan reached out and touched a handful of peanut candies, but the little boy was very stingy and broke a big piece into pieces. Divided a few small pieces, and put the rest in my pocket.

"Father -- Uncle is back --" the little nephew shouted in a drawn-out voice.

Qing Chuan led the donkey inside, and his sister-in-law came out of the kitchen with a big smile on her face.Since the separation of the family, no one eats the other, and the relationship between the several families has improved, and we only met once in the first half of the year.

"Are you back? I've made the bed, it's your original room."

"Hey, thank you sister-in-law, can you please take my donkey over to feed some fodder? I'll go and see my mother."

"What does my family say is troublesome?" The sister-in-law took the little donkey to the livestock shed in the backyard. There is also a cow and two sheep in the backyard, where fodder is always prepared.

Qing Chuan took his things and went to the main room. Although they separated, their old mother didn't move the house and still lived in the main room, while his elder brother lived in the left wing.

The old mother was actually only in her forties, not even forty.But because of widowhood and hard work, she looks like an old woman in her fifties or sixties.She knows some embroidery skills, works under dim light all year round, and her eyes are a little dim, but she is still in good spirits.

When Qingchuan came in, she was sitting on the bed, holding the soles of her shoes in her hands, and there was a charcoal basin at her feet, and the room was a few degrees higher than the outside.This bed is a canopy bed, sealed on all sides, with patterns of hundreds of sons and thousands of grandchildren carved on the wooden board, and there is a bedside table beside the bed.The high-quality wood and the high-quality carving work show that the mother's family is strong.

"Aniang." Qing Chuan shouted without hindrance.If he had inseparable parents in reality, then maybe he would have yelled hard, but he didn't.When he was six years old, he had no parents, so he could call a stranger A Niang very smoothly.

"It's Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu is back." The old lady was very happy, besides her eldest son, she loved her younger son the most.She reached out and took out a black-painted snack box from the drawer of the cabinet next to it, and opened it to neatly arrange persimmons, sugared peanuts (a kind of fried pasta), pumpkin seeds, and peach cakes.Now that the family is down and out, this plate of dim sum is a rare thing.

The original owner's name was Jiang Qingyu, and his nickname was Xiaoyu, which was chosen by an old scholar.

The old lady touched Qing Chuan's wrist, she was obviously fat, but she insisted on losing weight, she listened to Qing Chuan slowly talking about what happened these days, her craft improved, her things were sold, her career was on the right track, and she was talking with her cousin. The family went back and forth again, and bought a little donkey.

She was very relieved to hear this, and said, "Your cousin is wrong about this, but now you are making a living in the provincial capital, and you are not familiar with the place, so your cousin's family can rely on you. Your cousin and aunt They are not evil people, they just favored their daughter. My niece was spoiled so badly, how can she make her own decisions about the marriage? Such a woman who is not comfortable in the house may not be suitable for you. My son lives in the provincial capital now, and has a career. Cheng, after a few days, mother will tell you a good one."

In my memory, the old lady seldom talked about her natal family, and this cousin was the only exception.The old lady’s natal family was a small landlord in another village, and now it has developed very well and has been upgraded to a middle-level landlord. Therefore, it looks down on the defeated Jiang’s family. The original owner has visited several times in his memory, and every time he is regarded as a poor man who beats the autumn wind. Relatives generally dismissed them, and even a few cousins ​​looked arrogant.

"It's not urgent." Qing Chuan pulled the old lady back, he was not in any hurry about this matter, he was already prepared to die alone, "I went to my cousin's house before, and my cousin still talked and laughed at me, but when she turned her face, her expression changed .I see those women now, they have two faces, front and back, and I'm really scared, I don't want to talk about it."

The old lady paused her hand, frowned, and finally sighed, "Then, let's talk about it."

Qing Chuan took the package and took out the things that were given to her one by one, nothing else, the gold-plated silver bracelet was more expensive.The old lady used to have a set of gold-plated jewelry in her dowry, but now it is all pawned, except for a plain silver hairpin on her head, and nothing else.

"I just made some money, how can I spend it like this? Craftsmen go from good to bad, you should save more money for backup."

"My son used to be ignorant, which embarrassed my mother. Now that I have grown up, I realize that the world is difficult. Now I can also make money. The life of craftsmen in the provincial capital is easy. People in the city are willing to spend money if they have money. They save it in half a year. Quite a lot. This is my son's filial piety, so you can accept it."

After Qingchuan persuaded for a while, the old lady accepted it. She wiped her hands carefully with a handkerchief, and put on the gold-plated bracelet.The whole bracelet is made of silver, with a gold carved phoenix wearing a peony pattern. It is exquisite and luxurious. The old lady's eyes are not very good, but she knows it is a good thing when she looks at the bright one. She keeps grinding the lines on it with her fingers .

Coming out of the old lady's room, Qing Chuan gave the two small boxes for nephew and niece to sister-in-law.The sister-in-law didn't expect that this little uncle, who has always been a bit incompetent, would think of preparing things for his nephews and nieces. She was a little dazed for a while, but then she opened it and found that there was a fat doll clay figurine and a moist safety lock inside each of them. Sapphire pendant.

The sister-in-law greeted the two children and put them on immediately.

The two children knew it was a good thing, and it was so beautiful, they pestered Qingchuan to make rainbow farts.Qing Chuan likes children, being coaxed so much that he couldn't see his eyes from laughing, grabbing out all kinds of snacks in his hand, filling the pockets and purses of the two children, and sending many to his friends .

The sister-in-law couldn't help but chattered to her elder brother, "My brother-in-law decided to order it in the provincial capital. He grew taller in half a year and became white. He still had money to order a gold-plated silver bracelet for my mother. Is it the master in the provincial capital?" It's done, it's really meticulous and beautiful, and our county is not so beautiful. Alas, it seems that the matter of retiring the engagement was too exciting, and my brother-in-law is working hard now. This doll is so beautiful, white and white Fat, with big eyes and small mouth, I like it when I look at it, I think it's enlightened. Also, my brother-in-law will be fifteen this year, and next year at sixteen he will be an adult who can be in charge of the family, so he should be sensible."

The eldest brother also felt that the younger brother was sensible and was very happy.The father left early, and the eldest brother consciously assumed the responsibility of the father.But because of the sudden decline of his family, and because he was just married at the time, he was 17 years old, had three younger brothers, and an old mother to support, so he was under a lot of pressure.Now, except for the youngest, the younger brothers have all married and separated. Seeing that the situation is not bad, the eldest brother feels that he is worthy of his father's dying entrustment.

In the evening, Qing Chuan went to his second brother's house, and gave the things for the little nephew to the second sister-in-law.This little nephew is still a milk doll, and it's only a little over a week. It's the care of the second brother and his wife in two or three years, so he also likes the safety lock with a good meaning, so he put it on directly.

The second elder brother is a carpenter and relatively taciturn, so the second sister-in-law has the final say in the family.Qing Chuan showed his second brother a hand-operated bamboo fan. The principle of this thing is simple. It only needs a few parts and uses iron. If his second brother can imitate it, he can make a fortune next summer. In the yamen, maybe you can get an honor.

The second brother took the things apart and said it could be imitated. The second sister-in-law's eyes lit up immediately, and she didn't even care about the crying of the baby egg. Let's eat at your second brother's house, there are two big fish in the water tank, don't you love fish the most?"

"No, no, no." Qing Chuan waved his hands repeatedly, teased his little nephew, and left.

Life in the country passes quickly, especially for those who return home suddenly after a long absence.Qing Chuan was taken out to meet many relatives, fortunately there is no habit of kowtowing when he sees an elder here.The custom here is to kowtow only to your immediate elders, uncles, uncles, uncles, etc., as long as you bow.

The old lady felt that her youngest son was promising, and she wore the gold-plated bracelets wherever she went. Whenever people asked her, she would brag about her son, saying that she had a house in the provincial capital and that she had a good job.

Half a year ago, when Qingchuan came back in dismay, the villagers made jokes for half a year. The old lady was angry, so why not take the opportunity to talk about it now?

Qing Chuan felt that he had suddenly changed from a low-ranking repeater to a top student who could go straight to university. This feeling was really fresh, so he matched the old lady's performance very well, what expression he should put on.

On New Year's Eve, Qingchuan bought pig's head and glutinous rice in the county with money, and spent a New Year's reunion at his eldest brother's house.The brothers they have separated should celebrate the new year at their own home, that is to say, Qingchuan is still a child without a family, and his mother is still alive, so he has to celebrate the new year at his elder brother's house.

As the saying goes, but the Lantern Festival is not the new year, Qingchuan should have been past the Lantern Festival before leaving, but he remembered the provincial temple fair, so he set off for the provincial capital on the second day of junior high school.

The old lady made him two pairs of thick blue cloth shoes with thousand layers of soles, and a summer coat, which was specially made long. According to Qingchuan's growth rate, it should fit well in summer.The eldest brother and sister-in-law also gave a jar of old rice wine made from glutinous rice. The family got together to drink a glass of wine and then dispersed.

Qing Chuan still rode his little donkey with a parcel.There are traveling merchants in the county going to the provincial capital. They bring carts and horses full of goods. They are young and strong with knives and guns in their hands. They look very safe, so Qingchuan will go with them.At the beginning, they were not very familiar with each other, and they didn't talk much. Qing Chuan took his small pot and made brown sugar ginger tea a few times to keep everyone away from the cold. Once or twice, everyone became familiar.

When Qingchuan came here, he walked all the roads cautiously, and the traveling merchants took all the small roads in order to shorten the time, so it was inevitable that he would encounter a few robbers with excellent professionalism who did not want to take a vacation.A few men in the team pulled out their knives with a bang, and they looked like real knives and guns. Qing Chuan's crispy skin was very self-aware, and he shrank it under the car a long time ago, and he still had a bow that he had just bought with points in his hand. crossbow.

Seeing the masters who are no different from everyone else jump four or five meters into the air, at this time he suddenly felt a little bit in the world of martial arts.

The robbery left two corpses, which were randomly thrown on the side of the road. Seeing everyone's skillful looks and indifferent expressions, Qing Chuan couldn't help shaking, excited and curious.I don't know how to find a martial arts cheat book, and I don't know if he can still practice martial arts at his age, but his heart is so itchy that he panics.

Qing Chuan continued to make ginger tea for everyone, while praising everyone for their high martial arts skills, which made people feel safe and so on.

The leader told him that they were going to the northwest to do business, and what they brought was salt and tea, and they would exchange them for furs and jade back there.The folk customs in the northwest are tough, and everyone has good kung fu. Those who rob the road are not at the same level as here. Don’t look at the lively group of thirty or forty people. I don’t know how many people will come back. There is no real skill here, who dares to go out to earn this terrible business.

He then asked Qing Chuan if there was anything he wanted to bring along, as long as there were still people in their team, he would bring it back to him.

Qing Chuan thought about it, and said that he didn't want anything, but there was a clear way for them.

The herders in the northwest all raise livestock, including many sheep. In winter, the sheep produce fine cashmere to keep warm. If they shave their wool and filter out a batch of fine fluff, they can bring back some cashmere and spin it to weave clothes. Cotton is warm and can be sold to nobles for a little difference.

In addition, there is a kind of colored stone on the Gobi Desert in the northwest, which has been polished by the wind and sand to make it very smooth. The herdsmen there are ignorant and play with it as a stone.

Although I don't know if it's true or not, but as long as there is one piece of authenticity, their caravan can produce an extra blockbuster product, so the leader was very happy when he heard it, and patted Qing Chuan on the shoulder and said that he would recognize this brother. Send it home before leaving.They specially gave them a ride, so why not ask them to go back empty-handed, Qing Chuan took a wooden box, packed five or six blessing dolls of different shapes, and sent them to the leader, and asked him to take them home for the children to play with.

Clay figurines were originally worthless, but what was rare was this kindness, the leader was also generous, and directly gave Qingchuan a jar of sea salt.This small can is worthless here, but it is worth more than gold in the northwest.

Qingchuan heaved a sigh of relief after seeing off the traveling merchant.

After all, it is the world of martial arts, it is really hidden dragons and crouching tigers, looking at the ordinary peddlers, as if they have unlocked the seal when they pull out their knives, I scared my father to death.