Make a long-term worker as an old attack

Although the distance from Sanyuan County to Chengcheng is not very far, it takes several days for Niu Geng, mother and son to walk with only one pair of feet.What's more, Niu Gengniang's feet are bound, and she has to rest for a long time after walking for a while, and she doesn't know if she can hold on all the way.

When he was not too far away from the gate of Sanyuan County, Niu Geng found that his mother was panting heavily. He couldn't bear it, so he forced his mother to sit on a big rock to rest.

"Gengzi, mother is fine, don't rest, let's go." Niu Gengniang insisted on not sitting down, and took Niu Geng's hand to leave.

"Mother, take a break. Don't worry, we can walk slowly."

"Mother wanted to leave earlier and arrive at Chengcheng earlier, so as to make a head start."

"Don't be afraid of Li Niang, you sit here, I'll go to the stream in front of you to get you some water to drink." He helped Niu Li to sit up, put the package aside, and went by himself.

Niu Geng is actually very familiar with this place outside the county seat.This place is not far from Xue's cemetery. To the east of the cemetery is a small stream. When he was working there in his early years, he slipped past to catch fish.

When he thought of the Xue family, Niu Geng felt a pain in his heart. This was a feeling he had never experienced before. When he thought of the old man and wife of the Xue family, he wanted to crush his back molars, and there was an unnecessary fire in his heart. Straight to the forehead.Before today, Niu Geng had always thought that the master's family treated the two of them with great kindness, and he even thought beyond his control, if he sold the master's family's strength for another ten or twenty years, would he be able to count as half of it? A homeowner.But looking at them now, the lord and wife of Xue's mansion saw them as no different from the old cattle plowing the fields, not even individuals.Except, Xue Zhaoqing.

When he thought of Xue Zhaoqing, Niu Geng lost his temper at all. When all the masters didn't treat the two of them as human beings, Niu Geng knew that only Xue Zhaoqing looked at him seriously and treated him sincerely.But such a beautiful Qing'er, how could he be worthy of such a down-to-earth long-term worker? !

Niu Geng felt helpless, and walked faster and faster. When he came to the small stream, there was no one around. He picked up a handful of cold water and slapped his face hard. The biting cold water in early spring was like a needle prick. It seemed to skip over his skin and pass through his forehead, allowing him to see the reality clearly.

"Ah...!" Niu Geng roared in a low voice, as if he had finally found a way to vent the pent-up anger in his body, and let it out beside this desolate and inhabited cemetery.

After roaring for a while, Niu Geng felt a little better, took out the broken kettle in his arms, scooped clean and clear water from the stream, filled it, put it in his arms to warm, got up and went back.

He could clearly see the undulating large and small graves in the Xue family cemetery. The top of the grave was still covered with new soil. It was the one he had just dug a few days ago, the grave of the old lady of the Xue family. .To the east of the grave, at a distance of twenty or thirty steps, is the big banyan tree where he and Qing'er met for the first time.

Niu Geng hesitated, he stared at the big banyan tree for a long time, finally, as if he had decided on something, he strode towards the big banyan tree.

Picking up a piece of sharper stone on the ground, Niu Geng found a place on the big banyan tree where the bark had peeled off, and after cutting off some bark on the side, Niu Geng took the stone and carved strokes on the tree. with.After finishing writing and reading it several times, Niu Geng threw a stone and left without looking back.

At this time, Niu Geng didn't know that his Qing'er was weighing the mules of various farmers in a small village about tens of kilometers away from him.

After saying goodbye to Zhang Xuan and his party that day, Xue Zhaoqingyuan planned to slowly walk back to Sanyuan County with two feet, but after walking for a day, the boots caused several big blisters on those delicate feet. After the farmer endured the pain and burst the blisters, Xue Zhaoqing calculated the rest of the way, and finally decided to find a mount.

The village is very dilapidated. When Xue Zhaoqing came here, he found that there was not even a horse here. There was nothing he could do, so he had to pick a gentle mule to go. Although the mule was not as fast as the horse's feet, Xue Zhaoqing was going Delayed some time to get home slowly, so this person did not take the official road, and walked unsteadily along the path in the direction of Sanyuan County.

The road that could have been walked back and forth in three or four days was taken away by Xue Zhaoqing for eight days. Seeing that the city gate of Sanyuan County had appeared in the distance, Xue Zhaoqing tightened the reins, and the little mule stopped. .

Turning over and getting off the mule, Xue Zhaoqing took off his clean long gown and top, and reached into a cloth bag hanging on the mule's buttocks, and the hands he took out were covered with soot and soot.I smeared these dirty things on my body indifferently, one time was not enough, so I applied it several times.Then, he took out some patched tattered clothes and shoes from another package, randomly picked two pieces and put them on his body, took off the boots on his feet and kicked them aside. Tucked into a pair of old shoes with a hole in the front.Immediately afterwards, he rubbed the remaining soot on his face, took off the hairpin, and then deliberately grabbed his hair with his hands, and the hair that was originally neatly bundled became messy in an instant.

Xue Zhaoqing wrapped the things he had taken off in a package, put them on the mule, picked up a stone from the ground, and looked at the mule that had been obediently standing aside to accompany him for several days.Although he couldn't bear it in his heart, Xue Zhaoqing still took the stone and poked the mule's butt hard.

Poor little mule who has always been docile received such a heavy blow behind him, and instantly howled in a hoarse voice, "Ang um... ang um..." The neighing of "Ang um...Ang um..." was neighed, he put his hooves down, and then landed behind him on the ground. , Dian Dian went to the small woods on the side of the road.

"Let's go, let's go, the farther you go, the better." Xue Zhaoqing muttered to himself.But my heart is up and down and I can't live in peace.

However, there is no turning back now, Xue Zhaoqing took a deep breath, pulled down his long hair, covered his face, pretended to be weak, hung his head, shuffled his shoes, and dragged his two legs for a step Take one step towards the gate of the county gate of Sanyuan County.

Facts have proved that Xue Zhaoqing's disguise skills are indeed top-notch. From outside the county town to inside the county town, no one recognized this down-and-out man as Xue Zhaoqing, who is well-known in Sanyuan County.

There is still about a hundred steps away from Xue's mansion. Xue Zhaoqing raised her long hair and lowered her head to watch secretly. It was lunch time, and every family finished their work in the field and squatted at the door with their bowls in their hands. , while talking and eating.Xue Zhaoqing thought for a while, taking into account the face of the Xue family, and finally made a detour and walked to the back door.

At the back door, there were only two young servants guarding the door. They seemed to have just finished their meal, and they were leaning on the threshold to take a nap with squinted eyes. Xue Zhaoqing looked around, but no one else was passing by. Go up the steps at the back door of Xue Mansion.

"Where is the beggar, get out, get out, and don't even look where this is? Are you here to beg for food?"

"It's me..., call... tell the big housekeeper... and my father... to come out." Xue Zhaoqing deliberately lowered his voice, exhaling a powerless gasp like he had been hungry for a long time, he stretched out his hand tremblingly, and grabbed the boy's hand trousers.

"Ah, let go, let go!" Seeing the black hands grabbing his trousers, the boy panicked immediately, and was about to kick his legs in a hurry, cursing dirtyly: "I'm still looking for you!" Father, now I am your father!"

Xue Zhaoqing suffered several kicks from the servant one after another, and his arms were so painful that he was trampled on. Since he was born, how could he have suffered this kind of punishment, but thinking about the happy life with Niu Geng in the future, he had no choice but to endure it forcefully.

The boy said that he would continue to fight, he grabbed Xue Zhaoqing, dragged him from the steps to the threshold, raised his fist, and was about to greet Xue Zhaoqing in the face, Xue Zhaoqing was shocked, but he couldn't dodge in time, so he could only shut up Eyes, intending to take that punch down.

But a gust of cool wind passed in front of him, and the fist he was waiting for didn't come down, only another voice called out in surprise: "Master?!"

Xue Zhaoqing slowly opened his eyes, and saw that the boy who was about to hit him was stopped by another boy who was guarding the door together. This boy used to serve the old lady in the house, so he was naturally more familiar with him than his companion who had been guarding the back door. his looks.The young man came closer and looked at his face carefully, and suddenly howled loudly: "Young master, it's really you! You didn't come back on the original time, the master is going crazy!"

"Quick... help me in..." Xue Zhaoqing said angrily, unable to even stand up, his eyes had no luster at all, like a dying person, let the two servants carry him Walked in the yard.

Before he reached his own yard, the news that the young master of the Xue family came back as if he had suffered a disaster spread throughout the entire Xue residence.Knowing this, Xue Fu didn't dare to delay, so he immediately went to the study and returned to Xue Gan.

"What?! Zhaoqing came back from a serious injury?!" Xue Gan dropped the book in his hand and walked out. Just as he stepped over the threshold, he suddenly felt dark in front of his eyes, trembling in his hands and feet, and he was about to fall down.

"Master!" Fortunately, Xue Fu was on the side, barely supporting him.

"My Xue family these days,...what's the matter?! Why did such an unfavorable thing happen?!" Xue Qian tightly held Xue Fu's hand, the blood was still there, and he was so excited. stomped his feet.

Xue Fu has served Xue's family for many years, and he has never seen Xue Qian, who is always calm, lose his composure. He thought about what the young man who came to report first said, and weighed the importance in his heart. Oil, I am afraid that the master's body can't bear it even more. Although he felt helpless, Xue Fu still lowered his head and used a little force to support Xue Qian's hand.

"Master, this old slave has one more thing..."

"What's the matter!" Seeing that Xue Fu was hesitating, Xue Qian was in a hurry: "It's already at this time, what are you delaying?!"

"Master, Eldest Mistress, you didn't come back with me..."

After hearing this, Xue Gan became even more dizzy, and the pain at the back of his head was unbearable. At this moment, there were tens of thousands of words blocked in his throat, but he couldn't speak a word.

"Quick, quick, take me to see Zhaoqing, to see Zhaoqing!" Xue Gan shouted, released Xue Fu's hand, and walked into Xue Zhaoqing's courtyard in three steps at a time.