Make a long-term worker as an old attack

Xue Zhaoqing fell asleep in a daze, always feeling that someone was kissing his face, he stretched out his hand to block it, coquettishly: "Brother Niu Geng, no more."

But the tongue didn't intend to leave at all, instead, it licked more and more vigorously.

Xue Zhaoqing opened his eyes in a daze, and saw a big black dog grinning, sticking out its long tongue, blinking its two round and shiny eyes and looking at him.

"In the early morning, I just sprinkle dog food. Look, Xiaobai is not happy anymore." Old Chen was standing aside with a bowl of porridge. Xue Zhaoqing sat up and found himself lying on the kang, opposite him. Xue Gan, it seems that his complexion has improved a lot.

"Uncle Chen, why am I sleeping here?"

"It's not that your lover loves you. Seeing that I woke up, I hugged you here in a hurry. I didn't sleep for a while, so I went to the kitchen to make a fire and cook. Look at those two big dark circles. It looks like a panda." Old Chen said while drinking the porridge.

Xue Zhaoqing's face was hot, he had never told Uncle Chen what his relationship with Niu Geng was, and his forehead was on fire when Uncle Chen's lover shouted.

After a good night's sleep, Xue Zhaoqing got off the kang, put on his shoes, and went to the kitchen to help Niu Geng add firewood.While eating the porridge, the two talked about it one after another.

"Brother Niu Geng, you've come to Weibei, and my father's condition has stabilized a lot. You should go out and find Brother Zhang Xuan today."

"Hmm..." Niu Geng replied in a low voice, but seemed helpless.

"You and I have been away together for more than a month, but there are few letters in the rebel army... Brother Niu Geng..." In the past twenty days, except when I first arrived in Sanyuan County, I received a letter from Zhang Xuan Except for Fei Ge passing on the letter and asking Niu Geng to bring a message to his brothers outside Sanyuan County, Xue Zhaoqing has never seen Niu Geng receive any news from the rebel army.

"Qing'er, what are you worried about, I know, we have come all the way to Weibei, what do you think is strange?"

"Outside the poplar grove, I discovered that outside Weibei City, although there are few people, but this time, there is no one at all, which is really unreasonable."

"There are other things. We came all the way along the official road. Along the way, we saw a large number of officers and soldiers dressed up. They traveled by foot. Although they were not as fast as our horse-drawn carriages, I think their direction is the same as ours. The officers and soldiers rushed to Weibei, and the people outside the city disappeared. The only explanation is that the imperial court is going to send heavy troops to encircle and suppress Weibei."

"what?"

"When I was in the army, I heard my elder brother say that what we rebel for is the power of those in power and the money of the rich. There will be many difficulties and dangers along the way. Everyone in the rebel army, It’s the one whose head is pinned to the waistband of his trousers and licks blood from the edge of the knife. At the beginning of the uprising, no one thought we could accomplish anything, but when we successively occupied several counties and killed several county magistrates, the people above were afraid to I can't sit still." Niu Geng smiled wryly, pointed his hand up to the sky, and shook his head helplessly.

"then you……?"

"Qing'er, when I was down and out and almost died in a foreign land, it was my elder brother who saved my life, I..."

"I know, even if it's not for the uprising, but just for Brother Zhang Xuan, you will definitely not ignore it."

A gratified smile came from the corner of Niu Geng's mouth: "I knew it, Qing'er, you understand me."

"Brother Niu Geng, I want to ask you, if Brother Zhang Xuan hadn't saved your life, would you really be willing to revolt?"

"I don't know. After Xue's family was kicked out, I worked as a courier, fled, and rebelled. It seems that I have no choice in all of this, because if I hadn't gone this way, I might have died in Huangquan long ago. Brother save me When I first joined the rebel army, I thought I finally found my belongings. We, a group of people who have nothing, can rely on our own strength to win a fair and just world for ourselves. But Recently, since the strength of the rebel army has grown, there have been people from all walks of life, and some even used the name of the rebellion to rob houses, kill people and set fire to them. What is the difference between doing these... and real bandits? So now I am really conflicted .”

"In that case, Brother Niu Geng, Qing'er wants to ask you to promise me one thing."

"Why do you need to ask me, what Qing'er said, I will definitely agree."

"While following the army, if you have the opportunity to repay Brother Zhang Xuan's life-saving grace, can you get out and stop rebelling with the army?" Xue Zhaoqing tightly held Niu Geng's big rough hand with his index finger and lightly touched the palm of Niu Geng I don't know whether the calluses were ground out when holding a hoe or when holding a knife.

"...Okay!" Niu Geng replied, although he hesitated in his heart, but facing Qing'er, he couldn't say the word no.

"Wake up, wake up, you two don't want to be lovers in the kitchen anymore. Didn't anyone ask if your father woke up?!" Old Chen stood in the backyard and yelled into the kitchen, not knowing what happened. How long has the unscrupulous little old man been peeping at that room.

When Xue Zhaoqing heard this, he hurried to the front yard, Niu Geng also put down the firewood in his hand, and followed Xue Zhaoqing.

Although Xue Gan on the kang was still a little dazed at this moment, his eyes had been fully opened. He looked at the simple roof made of thatched grass in front of him, then at the dilapidated mud walls around him, and at the sizing up and down in front of him. His white-bearded old man swallowed his throat up and down, exerted a little force in his throat, and said, "I...where is this?"

The throat that hadn't made a sound for several months was now so hoarse that he couldn't hear it. The voice seemed to be thoroughly smoked in an old pipe, and there was a sense of depression and coldness.

"Father, father! You're awake!" Xue Zhaoqing rushed up to the kang, seeing that the still weak Xue Gan was able to speak, his nose was sour, and his throat was a little choked.

"Qing'er, quickly give the master a drink of water." Niu Geng poured a bowl of hot water from the kitchen, Xue Zhaoqing helped Xue Qian to sit up, half lying on the thick pillow of the kang head, took the hot water, and poured it little by little Xue Gan delivered it from his mouth.

Xue Qian hadn't eaten or drank properly for several months, and the hot water in this bowl was as sweet as fine wine to him now. Xue Zhaoqing was afraid that he would choke, so he didn't dare to feed him too quickly. The numbness was unbearable.

"Are you...?" Xue Qian drank a bowl of hot water and felt a little strength in his body, and the image in front of him became clearer and clearer. The person sitting on the kang was his son, so he naturally recognized this white bearded man. The old man looks like a fairy, he presumably is the one who saved his life, and the other one is--Niu Geng? !

"Master, you have just recovered from a serious illness. Uncle Chen said that you can't eat any greasy, salty and spicy food. I made some porridge and let Qing...eldest young master feed it to you." Niu Geng said, and handed it over A blue and white porcelain bowl, after finishing speaking, he silently went back to the backyard to chop his firewood and watch his fire.

"The blood congestion in his body has just gone away, and his stomach and intestines are still very weak. Just feed him half of this porridge, and don't eat too much, or it will be difficult to digest." Old Chen told him, and took Xiao Bai out. .Only Xue Qian, Xue Zhaoqing and his son were left in this narrow front yard.

"Zhaoqing, I didn't see clearly just now, but the strong man standing behind you is our former long-term worker Niu Geng?" After a few mouthfuls of porridge, Xue Qian couldn't hold back the doubt in his heart, and asked.

"It's him, Dad."

"Why is he here?"

"It's a long story, Daddy, eat the porridge first, and I'll tell you slowly later, counting it now, he is already the savior of our father and son." Xue Zhaoqing fed him one spoonful at a time, and Xue Although Gan frowned, he didn't ask about Niu Geng any more, and only waited for the half bowl of porridge to go down, and Xue Zhaoqing sent the bowl back, before sitting on the kang, closing his eyes slightly and resting his mind.

"Father recognized you, ask me." In the kitchen, Xue Zhaoqing finished the remaining half bowl of porridge, soaked it in water, washed the bowl and put it on the stove.

"Oh." Niu Geng replied sullenly, and didn't say much.

"I know you blame him... Although your mother's matter was framed by Jinfeng, if my father didn't drive you out indiscriminately, there would be no such consequences." Xue Zhaoqing hugged her from behind. Niu Geng's waist was touched, and a soft voice came from behind, and Niu Geng lost his temper in an instant.

Niu Geng really blamed Xue, whether it was framed by others or gossip, it was nothing more than a gangster, the one who really gave the order to drive the mother and son away was the aloof master Xue.But this person is Qing'er's father, no matter how much he complains, right?

"That's all in the past? We, mother and son, have our own destiny, and we can't blame others."

"Brother Niu Geng, I have wronged you after all."

"Okay, let's talk about grievances or not." Niu Geng turned around and looked at Xue Zhaoqing: "If you say grievances, wouldn't it be even more grievances for you young master to follow me, a poor and unemployed long-term worker."

"You know that's not what I said."

"That's all in the past, and I don't want to mention it. Since the master is awake, you should take good care of him. I plan to go out of this forest and go to Weibei City to have a look."

"Let's go now?"

"Well, I don't know why, since I came to Weibei, my chest feels inexplicably uncomfortable, my eyelids can't stop twitching, and I always feel that something is going to happen. After the master wakes up, I can rest assured to take care of you." Stay here, Qinger, remember, these days, there may be a fierce battle in Weibei City. Few people know about Uncle Chen. I can rest assured that you are hiding here. Enter the city later Afterwards, I will ask Uncle Zhong to bring you some food and supplies, and you stay here and don’t go out until I come back.”

"Brother Niu Geng." Xue Zhaoqing tugged on Niu Geng's cuff, gritted his teeth, knowing that he couldn't be kept, so he could only say, "Be careful when you are out."

"Well! Don't worry!"

After Niu Geng finished speaking, he didn't stay any longer and left this pure land with Xiaobai.

In the afternoon of that day, Xue Zhong was led by Xiaobai through the poplar grove and dense fog to the courtyard. He brought all kinds of medicinal materials, food and clothes with him. As Niugeng expected, the Northern Shaanxi Garrison and the Shanxi Government Army each set up a force to drive towards Weibei. It is said that they will be encircled within two days.The insurgents in the city couldn't walk away if they wanted to, and they couldn't escape if they wanted to escape. They were afraid that they would already be trapped.

After hearing this, Xue Zhaoqing's heart, which had been steadied because of his father's awakening, now suspended again.