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When Liu Quanzi saw the pair of "brothers and sisters" on the other side taking his sheep away, he didn't rush over immediately, but went back to the house to get his bow and arrow.

Originally across the small river, chasing from the wooden bridge, only saw the figure of the "brother and sister" disappearing on the trail.Gouzi searched along the road and found the Zhuang family's yard on the trail. Because the surrounding trees were lush and the Zhang family's house was covered by trees, he thought they were the "brothers and sisters" of the Zhuang family.

A few days ago, Quanzi and his mother came to Zhuli from Fengli, just because there are houses to live in and fields to plow, all of which are ownerless.

Previously, Quanzi and his mother lived in his grandfather's house, but at the beginning of the year when his grandfather died of illness, his aunt drove them out of the house.Fengli is very close to Zhuli, separated by a hill. Quanzi also went to Zhuli with his grandfather to sell rice, so he knew the way.

It doesn't have to depend on his uncle's family to live, Quanzi thinks that when he grows up, he can support his mother and himself.

When they arrived in Zhuli, the mother and son lived on the west bank.Quanzi used to come to Zhuli to sell rice, and once spent the night in that empty house on the west bank.The house has doors, windows, and a couch stove, which is a ready-made home.

Mother Liu can weave and Liu Quanzi can farm. Although life is hard, they can still survive.

On the first day when the mother and son settled down in Zhuli, a scoundrel peeped through the window, and was frightened away by the cold arrow shot by the dog.The dog is fierce and does not tolerate bullying.

Gouzi reclaimed a barren field in front of his house and sprinkled it with bean seeds. It happened that it was rainy and rainy, and the bean field grew small seedlings.This desolate house gradually felt like home.

Later, Liu's mother and son bought another sheep from Wu's shop, and the dog and son took it to the riverside to graze every day.

This is a very healthy white sheep with a thick hemp rope around its neck.The dog was afraid of being scratched by it, so he wrapped the hemp rope around the sheep's neck with a rag.After raising them for three or four months, they will be able to breed and give birth to lambs. This is the most important property of the empty Li family at this time.

Earlier, because the sheep rope was not tied firmly, the sheep broke free and ran to the radish field on the other side to gather radish leaves.Sheep are not human beings, and they don't understand when you beat them.The dog was reprimanded by the farmer's servant, and since then every time he herds the sheep, he will tie the rope.

But I didn't want to tie the sheep to graze on the west bank, but the pair of "brothers and sisters" took the sheep away. It was really deceiving.

Before Quanzi was digging in front of the door, the "brother and sister" would come to tease him from time to time, and Quanzi kicked him out of the bridge, presumably because of this.

"Give me back my sheep!"

Gouzi barked angrily. Holding his bow, he searched the courtyard for his sheep and the pair of "brothers and sisters".

"Are you the man who lives on the other side of the river? What's your name?"

Now that he has come to his door, he will not ignore it, and the child in front of him is irritable and vicious, so he is not easy to mess with.

"Dog."

Quanzi replied viciously, if the person in front of him was not gentle and spoke politely, he would not want to pay attention to him.

"Gouzi, you wait here, I will bring the sheep back to you."

Zhuang Yang thought it was a nickname, because children from poor families often do not have official names.

"No, call them out, sheep thief!"

Quan Zi cursed a long series of ugly words, he caught a glimpse of a child on the second floor, stared at him, and A Ping retracted his head in fright.

This sound had already attracted the attention of the servants, and even Zhuang's mother came out of the room and stood on the wooden corridor on the second floor, looking down.

"The sheep are not here, I will take you there."

Zhuang Yang patted the dirt on his hands. No matter how furious the dog was, his expression was still calm and composed, and his words were calm.

"Yang'er?"

Zhuang's mother was terrified upstairs, she didn't know the reason, seeing her second son wanting to leave with this dirty boy, she hurriedly called out.

"Mum, I'll go to my uncle's house to take the lead and return him."

Originally, I wanted to help my sister cover it up, but now that my mother knew about it, there was nothing I could do.

"Daqing, follow up."

Zhuang's mother saw the old servant Daqing standing in the courtyard, and hurriedly gave orders.

Daqing naturally followed, and he also held a bamboo rake, if this vicious boy dared to hurt Erlang's hair, he would knock him down with a rake.

Zhuang Yang led the dog through the tree-shaded stone path to his uncle's house.

The Zhang family's house was very grand, with many servants, and the yard was bustling with activity. At this time, Zhuang Lan and A Li happened to be playing in the yard, and a sheep tied to the wooden beam behind them was bleating.

"Teach you to steal my sheep!"

Before seeing Quanzi's movements clearly, an arrow flew out, and everyone screamed in fright.

It only took a moment to draw the bow and draw the arrow. When everyone came back to their senses, the arrow had been firmly inserted on the wooden beam, and just under the palm-length distance of the arrow was Ah Li's head.

12-year-old A Li was so frightened that his legs trembled and his face turned pale.

There were many servants in the courtyard of the Zhang family, and the dog was immediately snatched away from the bow and arrow, with his arms cut behind his back, ready to be beaten or killed.

During the quarrel, Zhang Xiang, a young lady of the Zhang family, came out and asked what was the matter?

Zhuang Yang told the story of these two children leading other people's sheep. One is a cousin and the other is his own sister. Although it is a play between children, it is wrong to lead other people's livestock after all.

"Did you steal someone's sheep?"

Zhang Xiang questioned Ah Li, Ah Li was sitting paralyzed on the ground, he still had lingering fear of the arrow that flew towards him just now.

"Sister, I was just scaring him. I planned to pay him back tomorrow."

Ah Li whispered, facing her sister with timidity on her face.

Zhang Xiang turned her head and looked at the stubborn dog who was still being held. She shook her head helplessly and said to the servant: "Let him go, and return him the sheep."

The cause was the child's teasing, but the arrow just missed just now, which could result in death or injury!I have to let my mother talk to the head of the village, it's okay to have such a fierce child living in the village.

The dog broke free and glared at Zhuang Lan with a cold face. Zhuang Lan, who was not afraid of spiders and centipedes, shrank behind Zhuang Yang, and Zhuang Yang raised his arms to protect her.Zhuang Lan felt as if she was being stared at by a vicious dog, as if it was about to fly towards her in the next moment.

After shooting that arrow just now, someone snatched Quanzi's wooden bow, broke it in two, and threw it on the ground.Gouzi picked up the bow and arrow, his eyes were wet with tears.Zhuang Yang thought that he was going to roar and curse again, but he didn't want him to be silent and lead the sheep away alone.After walking a long way, I saw him wiping his tears with his sleeve.

For some reason, Zhuang Yang felt that the arrow just now was not missed, but was shot deliberately. This boy seems to have extraordinary shooting skills.

"Brother."

Zhuang Lan walked up to her, bowing her head guiltily.

"Go back, you can't go to the West Bank again in the future."

Zhuang Yang didn't scold her, and her sister would be scolded by her mother when she returned home, so let her mother handle the discipline.

It's good to scare her once, lest she always be mischievous and follow the youngest son of the uncle's family to make trouble everywhere.

"Yeah." Alan nodded vigorously.

Leading his sister on the way back, Zhuang Yang raised his eyes and saw the house on the opposite bank.I heard from the servant that a mother and son lived in the house. The son saw it today, but he didn't know what kind of person the mother was?

Although he was afraid that he would shoot people with a bow again, if the dog came to ask for a bow, he would buy one for him.With such proficient archery skills, this boy must love bows and arrows very much, and what was broken was his beloved.

"Brother, Ah Li and I went to the west bank to play, and he always chased us away, so he wanted to take away the sheep and tease him."

Seeing her brother's gaze on the other side, Zhuang Lan defended in a low voice.Before she got home, she felt a little guilty, knowing that she would be scolded by her mother when she went back.

"If someone takes all our chickens away, from then on, we can only eat some radishes and bamboo shoots. Alan, will you be sad?"

Zhuang Lan was thinking, she didn't like to think about problems, but she seemed to understand what her brother said.

"so sad."

Then there would be no chicken wings and drumsticks to eat.

"Let's go."

"Brother."

Zhuang Lan tugged at Zhuang Yang's sleeve, she didn't want to go back so soon, no matter how thick she was, she was afraid of being scolded by her mother.

"Go back earlier and be punished. You should be as obedient as Ah Ping."

"Hmph, Ah Ping is a nerd, so I don't want to learn from him."

Zhuang Lan despises this third brother. He is holding books or egg cakes all day long. He rarely even comes out of the yard, let alone go out to play.If the third brother is willing to play with her, she doesn't have to go to her uncle's house to play with Ah Li all the time.

Zhuang Yang thought that it would be better if the younger brother and younger sister had switched temperaments. Alan always ran outside, and Aping always hid inside the house.

Zhuang Yang occasionally saw the scenes of bandits breaking into the house and looting and killing his father in his dreams, although they were all nightmares.Zhuang Yang thought that A Ping was only three years old at that time, maybe he also had memories.

In this world, it is very fortunate to be able to live in peace.

Gouzi went home with a broken wooden bow, not daring to let his mother see it, so he hid the bow behind his back.

"Dog, where have you been?" Mother Liu was busy in front of the spinning machine, but when she heard footsteps outside the door, she knew that her son had returned.

"Mom, I just went to the other side."

"Did the sheep run off to other people's fields again?"

"No, I'll go over there to see if there are many fish and shrimp."

Quanzi dared not tell the truth, if he told his mother that he just shot someone with a bow and arrow, he would not be beaten by his mother.

The mother and son were kicked out of the house because the dog shot and killed the aunt's goose with a bow.The aunt was aggressive, standing with her hips akimbo outside the door where the dog and mother lived, abusing people as usual.It is precisely because she always bullies her mother and scolds herself that Gouzi holds a grudge and shoots his uncle's goose to vent his anger.

"I don't have a net at home, so I can't catch too many fish and shrimp."

Mother Liu shook the spinning machine, and she looked at the dog sadly.

It was her intention to move to Zhuli, and she couldn't let the dog grow up amidst the humiliation and scolding, but it would be a difficult life in the future.

"Father taught me to weave fishing baskets with bamboo, and tomorrow I will go to the mountain to cut bamboo."

Quanzi not only knows how to make fishing baskets, but also weaves baskets and bamboo baskets.

"Mum, I'll dig some wild vegetables behind the house to make soup."

It was already noon, so I had to hurry to dig wild vegetables and cook a pot of vegetable soup before dark. There was no oil lamp at home.There is not much beans and rice left at home, so I have to wait for my mother to weave the cloth and take it to Wu's shop for rice.

Gouzi took the basket from the door, picked up the hoe, and walked to the back of the house.Even after eating wild vegetables for several days, there is not much left of the luxuriant one when I first came here.Tomorrow, I have to go up the mountain to dig bamboo shoots, and look for wild fruits and mushrooms that can be picked.It's a pity that the wooden bow was broken, and it was impossible to hunt waterfowl and pheasants, and there were no self-defense items.

In Fengli, Inuko learns bow shooting from an old soldier.My mother said that the old soldier used to drink with Liu's father, thinking about old love, that's why he was willing to teach the dog.