Bandit Reborn
Work related
The prodigal son who causes trouble in the family', so the hero, a character that everyone admires, has completely become the target of attack in this collectively unambitious family.
It was too hot in the house, and the family put the dining table in the yard. The small yard had just been sprinkled with water, and it was cool under the shade of the trees.Li Huaixi has a bit of a bitter summer, he doesn't like to eat anything, every meal is to drink some porridge and salted fish, his face is thinned into melon sticks, compared with the two brothers Li Long and Li Hu, it's like his stepfather abused him .
"San'er, why don't Dad come back tomorrow and buy you some snacks? Tell Dad what you want to eat." Li Chengkui was very anxious, he was afraid that his youngest son would get sick in the future due to his weakness.
"I don't want to eat anything, Dad, there are mosquitoes at night, I can't sleep well because of the bites, so I lose my energy." Li Huaixi stretched out his small arm to show his father the big lump that was newly bitten on his body.
"Ah? Such a big bag! What can I do? It's all swollen. Your two elder brothers have never bitten a bag so big when they were young. Let's put some garlic on it. Let's do it first. Tomorrow, Dad will buy some for you at the pharmacy." Ointment, good boy, it hurts to apply garlic, bear with it." Li Chengkui was a little surprised when he saw the big bump on his youngest son's arm, and felt a little distressed. on the big bag.
After wiping the garlic juice on the bag, it doesn’t itch anymore, but the mosquitoes in the house still have to bite. Although the flowers and plants in the yard have the effect of repelling mosquitoes, they only reduce the number of mosquitoes, which is really useful not big.Grandma lit a bundle of dried mugwort and smoked it in the house. After the smoke was over, she quickly closed the windows. The mosquitoes came early this year, and his mother hadn't thought of making a mosquito net yet, and Li Chengkui, the former bachelor, hadn't prepared such things at all. .
I closed the windows and went to sleep. Although there were no mosquitoes in the room, the air was not circulating and the heat was so high that I couldn’t sleep. Grandma fanned my brothers until they were all asleep.
The next day, his mother and his father went to the market together, how much gauze to buy to make mosquito nets, his father was a big man who had no idea, so his mother could only go by herself. Apart from the fact that his mother could not smell the smell of oily smoke, other aspects Fortunately, I haven't shown my feelings yet, so it doesn't affect my actions.
By the time the three brothers were out of school, their mother had already returned, and the mosquito net was ready. There was no canopy bed in their house, so the mosquito net was directly hung on the beam of the house.
The ointment for mosquito bites was also brought back. The clear and bright green ointment, with a fresh fragrance, smeared on the arm and the swelling disappeared after a while. Li Huaixi became interested in Chinese medicine, and found out that his father was sick I was fascinated by the medical books I bought when I went to the doctor.
One hot afternoon, when the clouds were dark, my grandma asked the three boys to take in and fold the clothes that were drying in the yard. As soon as she picked the vegetables for dinner from the backyard, the raindrops, which were bigger than soybeans, fell with a crackling sound. Here we come, and in a blink of an eye, the yard becomes a vast ocean.
Li Huaixi moved a bench and sat under the eaves of the doorway to eat water chestnuts. His two front teeth are gone, so he can only bite with his back molars. After he bites open, he rolls the meat inside with his small tongue, and eats it with a grin. Soon, grandma was choosing vegetables beside him, and said with a smile that he ate like a kitten.
Li Long and Li Hu were fiddling with coir raincoats in the house, planning to catch buffaloes in the back after a while, but Li Huaixi didn't want to step on the mud when it rained, so he shook his head to express his refusal.
In the evening, the three brothers squatted by the kitchen stove and waited. Grandma fried the captured buffalo seeds and sprinkled them with salt. The three brothers held them like treasures and divided them up under the eaves. Li Longli The tiger caught a total of seventeen buffaloes, five for each of them, and seven for Li Huaixi, who did nothing.
When Li Chengkui came back with his load of meat, the rain had already lightened. It rained almost every day in summer, so he brought a coir raincoat when he went out in the morning, and he was not drenched. Not many were sold.
There is a small ice cellar in the backyard of their house. In winter, large pieces of ice are stored in it, and in summer, it is specially used to store the meat that cannot be sold out.
Li Chengkui came out after putting away the meat and asked his three sons who were eating, "What do you put in the ice cellar? Such a big jar."
"It's sour plum soup. Dad, do you want it? I'll serve it for you." Li Long raised his head and asked. He is a qualified eldest son and usually the most sensible. (Don't expect Li Huaixi, a time traveler, it's good if he doesn't cause trouble)
"Drink it tomorrow. It's raining today and it's not hot. Don't drink something so cold for your mother. She can't stand it now." Li Chengkui sat down beside his sons, and Li Huaixi quickly squeezed a fried buffalo and fed it In his father's mouth.
"Well, it's delicious. Daddy won't eat it, you can eat it yourself." Li Chengkui stroked his youngest son's furry head, looking at the still dark sky, a little absent-minded.
"Father, do you have no money at home?" Li Huaixi raised his head and asked, business has not been good for the past two days, every time Li Chengkui came back, he brought back some unsold meat, Li Huaixi was worried that his good life would come to an end.
"Little ghost is smart, you don't need to worry about whether you have money or not at home. You just study hard. If you have money at home, business is like this at this time of year. It's just a few less pigs to kill. It won't hurt your bones. Dad is I feel that the rain this year is a bit heavy. Today I heard that a river in a county upstream broke its embankment and drowned many people. Many lands have also lost their harvest. The toothmaids in the county have been very busy recently, and the kidnappers sent many people like you. Such big children, hey, they are all pitiful." Li Chengkui squeezed his youngest son's fair face, and wiped off a piece of oil stain for him.
"Who are those children sold to? What do they do?" Li Huaixi asked curiously.
"Sell it to a rich family to be a servant. Poor people also buy it. Buy a little girl and keep it for your son to be a wife in the future. It is cheaper than giving a dowry in the future. How about it, dad will buy one for you too?" Li Chengkui smiled and teased younger son.
"I don't want it. You can give it to the elder brother and the second brother. You can see that their ears are standing up." Li Huaixi really doesn't want it. He has a psychological shadow on a woman who is too beautiful, and he can't deal with a woman who is too ugly.
"You ghosts! Don't keep running outside recently. There are a lot of people from other places in our county. It's hard to guarantee that they won't steal the sheep. Those people are black-hearted. Those who pop out from the cracks in the rocks are not human! Your brother Stay away from people you don’t know, and when you meet bad guys, you should call out, you know? When you call out, they will scare them away, don’t be afraid of them being fierce. Dalong, you are an older brother, you have to take care of your two younger brothers, you know? "Li Chengkui was very worried when he heard some outside rumors today. He saw that his three boys were all like his sweetheart.
Li Long was already 13 years old, and he felt like an adult when his father said this, so he agreed firmly and proudly.
Li Chengkui nodded, glanced at the kitchen and said, "Okay, I'll go and see your mother, you don't need to stuff your stomachs, and you can eat in a while." Li Chengkui stood up, and the three sons suffered a brain collapse one by one. Son, he prefers his wife to give him a girl, since there are enough boys in the family.
"Got it, Dad," the boys agreed, still stuffing their mouths with fried buffalo.
16. Liu Quan
After the heavy rain, the fish on the market became much cheaper, because many fish swam into the rice fields when the water was rising, but could not go back after the water receded. The black backs were all exposed on the water, and they were easy to catch in the rice fields. very.
Every day after school, the three brothers have to hang out for a while. Now they have cages, shrimp nets, fishing rods, fish cages and a small crossbow. The small crossbow was made by Li Huaixi's father in the town. It is very delicate and compact , but like a toy, it has no lethality. After he came back, he secretly adjusted it again. With the crossbow made by himself, the accuracy and strength have been greatly improved. With this small crossbow, they shot a lot of people. A pheasant, two quail, and a Shiba dog that kept barking at them on the road.
The Shiba Gou has an owner. The three brothers dragged the Shiba Gou to the wild, and got their father to skin the dog. Although their father skinned them first before skinning the dog, the dog meat was transported back anyway. Yes, his uncle and his father ate dog meat hot pot and drank a good meal.
After school at noon that day, the third brother did not go home directly. The sky was a bit cloudy. The third brother was digging reed roots in the reeds. This kind of waterfowl, although the meat is a bit fishy, but the taste is not bad after processing.
At this time, two men walked up the dirt road next to them. They were dressed in nondescript ways, and they looked like ancient hooligans. While shouting and cursing, the two men descended into the reeds with a rope and stick.
Li Long and Li Hu hurried to Li Huaixi, and the three brothers squeezed into three quails, belatedly remembering his father's warning a few days ago.
"Child, have you seen a seven or eight-year-old boy? So tall, with big eyes, and thin." A man saw the three brothers and walked straight towards them, measuring them with his hands as he walked.
"I didn't see it." Li Long stood at the front and answered instead of his two younger brothers. His back was very straight. The appearance of these two men made him very nervous, his legs were trembling, and his upper body was just supporting himself.
"Didn't see it?" The man looked at the three brothers one by one, and his eyes stopped on the youngest Li Huaixi for two seconds. Seeing Li Long and Li Hu's guarded faces, he snorted and turned his head away.
The three brothers didn't dare to move, and they didn't breathe a sigh of relief until the two men left the reed marsh with nothing. "I think these two seem to be the kidnappers our father said." Li Hu said, patting his chest.
"I think so, maybe I lost the abducted child, hey, don't let them catch that child again, their sticks are so thick!" Li Long's palms were sweating, he just thought about it for a while There are several countermeasures, fearing that the two men will not find someone to attack them.
"Let's go home, don't dig any reed roots, I'm so scared that I want to pee." Li Huaixi dragged his two elder brothers in a hopeless manner. He had set up all the crossbows in the dark just now, and saw people leaving Only then withdrew.It took some time between the firing of the two crossbow bolts, and he was really not sure that he could escape from the two adults unscathed.
"Let's go, let's go home." Li Long and Li Hu also agreed, the three brothers took the few reed roots they had just dug up, washed their hands hastily in the puddle, and hurried out of the reed marsh.
Just now, the two men were still looking for someone in front. They searched very carefully, poking around in grass nests and tree holes, but they found nothing.
Li Huaixi decided to go back to the old house to take a look on the way. It has been raining for the past few days. He is afraid that his old nest will be watered down by the rain. Moreover, the two men in front make them very uncomfortable. They always feel uneasy walking behind. .
There was originally a lock hanging on the gate of the old house, an old lock without a key, neither guarding against gentlemen nor villains, it was hung there to prevent the wind from blowing the door open, except for some caged fishing rods of the three brothers in the yard. There was only a stone mill left that could not be moved away, and there was nothing in it that could be missed by the thief.
Now, the three brothers stood in front of the gate and looked at each other, you looked at me, I looked at you, and laughed together. "The thief stole the lock without the key, why didn't he carry the door away?" Li Hu patted Li Long's shoulder and asked, pointing to the bare door.
"It's probably because he didn't carry it, or he would have carried the millstone away." Li Huaixi smiled and pushed the door into the yard, but was stunned as soon as he entered.
Half a head taller than him, with big eyes, and thin, a boy who fit the kidnapper's description was holding a pitchfork at him. He was barefoot, naked, and his ribs were clearly visible.
"Who are you? What are you doing at my house? Put down our pitchfork, is this something you can take?" Li Huaixi stretched out his hand, grabbed the tip of the pitchfork and snatched it away. The pitchfork was originally a tree. Fork, the bark is peeled off to make it look a little better, and it has no lethality.
"You, your family? Don't fool me, there is no owner here, and there is nothing inside!" The boy lost his weapon and began to reason.
"This house belongs to me. Do I need to deceive you? Get out as soon as possible, or our three brothers don't mind throwing you out!" Li Huaixi rolled up his arms. His arms were still very thin, but they were thinner than the one in front of him. The sub-bone frame is much better.
The boy looked at Li Long and Li Hu, who were standing on tiptoes behind him, arms folded like a thug, and then at Li Huaixi, who was raising his chin, and suddenly knelt down with a plop, startling Li Huaixi who was standing in the front.
"What, what are you doing?!" Li Huaixi leaned on a pitchfork like a sea dragon king, and moved aside in fright.
"I beg you to take me in. I don't eat much and I can work. As long as you take me in, I am willing to be a cow or a horse." The boy knelt on the ground and said pitifully.
"You get up first, don't kneel on the ground and ruin our lives." Li Huaixi winked and asked Li Long and Li Hu to close the courtyard door, and instead of helping the boy kneeling on the ground, he dropped the pitchfork and climbed up the stone mill to sit , he had already seen the identity of this boy at a glance, but he just didn't want to cause trouble for his family.
"I beg you to take me in, or I will have no way out." The boy knelt on the ground and turned around, still facing Li Huaixi.
"Are you a fugitive slave?" This is the most troublesome type of person. The owner has a bond of sale, and if he is found out, the family who takes him in will also face a lawsuit.
"No, no! I'm not a fugitive slave. There was a flood in my hometown. I was caught by the traffickers when I was hungry and fainted on the way to escape. I didn't sign the contract of prostitution. Before they had time to hand me over to the toothmaid I I ran out." The boy anxiously defended himself, but his expression seemed to be true.
"You are quite clever, but don't take us for fools! Since you are willing to be a cow and a horse, why do you run away? Where can you go for a living?" Li Huaixi sat on the stone mill and fiddled with his small crossbow. Said while squinting at the boy below, "Are you trying to cheat two meals at our house and run away? Save yourself, you are not a pretty little girl, what does our family want you to do?"
Li Long at the door glared at him, "Don't talk nonsense, we don't want a girl either."
"No, I didn't lie to you. I really want to. I can sign a contract of sale with you. I can sign it now, as long as you take me in." The boy stood up anxiously.
"Oh? Why?" Li Huaixi was confused, why is this kid so anxious to sell himself?
"Don't ask why, I am willing to sell it to your family and you are not willing? You took advantage of it!" The boy's expression is very similar to that of a black-hearted peddler who is clearing his warehouse and dealing with a big sale. The quality is obviously not good, but he said he suffered a big loss. .
"Come on, what are we taking advantage of? You are so thin and dry. You only eat and don't work. My father is a butcher and sells meat. Our family can't afford servants." Li Huaixi has already made up his mind to keep this free man. Servant, but he still said so.
"I can earn money to support myself, I can feed pigs, I can also cook fires, I can do many things, please leave me, or if I am caught by kidnappers, they will sell me to a small boy Go to the hotel, I ran out from there last night, it is not a place for people to stay, please, please leave me! Woo..." The seven or eight-year-old boy finally burst into tears. After all, he was a child, so he was obviously very frightened.
"Okay, don't cry, I will write a deed of sale now, and you will be done with your fingerprints. From now on, you will be mine. By the way, what's your name?" Li Huaixi squatted on the stone mill with a serious face. ask.
"My name is Liu Quan. I'm from Liu Zhuang, Sui County, upstream. I'm eight years old." Liu Quan, who sold himself, took the initiative and confessed his past in three sentences.
"Okay, then I'll write it, big brother and second brother, you two find something to lock the door, and don't open the door if anyone comes." Li Huaixi led Liu Quan into the house, very glad that he didn't call him Niu Co Lu Shan Bao after crossing.
"Will grinding work?" Li Huaixi took out a pen and paper from his schoolbag, and handed the inkstone to Liu Quan expectantly.
"No, no one in our family is studying, and I don't know how to grind." Liu Quan, who said just now that he knows many things, was a little embarrassed.
"It doesn't matter, I will learn slowly in the future. Then I will write your deed of prostitution now. Don't say that I bully you for being illiterate. I will read to you while writing. Turn in whichever way you like." Li Huaixi poured some water into the inkstone by himself, and said while grinding the ink.
"Okay, you can write." Liu Quan stared at Li Huaixi's movements, thinking that grinding ink is not difficult.
"Deed of sale, Liu Quan, a native of Liuzhuang, Sui County, is eight years old. Now he can't eat enough, can't cover himself with clothes, floods in his hometown, and both parents died... Are your parents dead?" Li Huaixi stopped and asked Liu Quan. , I feel that it will be quite troublesome if my parents find me in the future.
"My parents died a long time ago. I have been living with my uncle. My uncle was washed away by the water. He must be dead. It doesn't matter if he says he is not dead. He always beats me!" Liu Quan said with certainty.
"That's good, then I will continue to write,...both parents died, life is unsustainable, now I voluntarily sold myself, and sold myself as a servant to Li Huaixi, the third son of Li Chengkui, Li Jiazhuang, Tongding Town, Jin County. The certificate, here is the photo. Contractors: Li Huaixi, Liu Quan. I am Li Huaixi, and outside are my elder brother Li Long and second brother Li Hu, remember?" Li Huaixi finished writing, blowing ink while introducing himself.
"Remember, that, that, you didn't write much money." Liu Quan reminded Li Huaixi, blinking his big black and white eyes.
"I have no money," Li Huaixi replied very frankly, "Whether you like to sell or not, I will save you now. Don't be dissatisfied. If I make a fortune in the future, you will be able to eat and drink spicy food. Now those three melons and two dates What are you thinking about!"
"I don't care about it, I just do it, forget it, let's do it like this, take it here and let me make my fingerprint." Liu Quan compromised, and stretched out his finger to make a fingerprint.
"Wait, let me add another sentence 'all interpretation rights belong to Li Huaixi', come on, press your fingerprint, don't press a finger, such a large piece of paper, you can just press it with one hand." Li Huaixi judged others by himself, he was afraid In case Liu Quan regrets it in the future, he will chop off his finger and play tricks.
"What is ownership, what is right, what is ownership? Why does it sound so awkward?" Liu Quan raised his black hand and asked doubtfully, his whole hand was covered with ink by Li Huaixi with a brush.
"That's the format of a contract of sale, and it's written like that at the end. You can press it quickly, and you have to tell my parents about it when you go back quickly." Li Huaixi urged impatiently.
"Well, anyway, you have to give me enough to eat, or you will lose if I can't do the work." Liu Quan pressed a dark handprint while talking, but Li Huaixi only ordered a small one next to him. Small finger prints.
At this time, Li Long and Li Hu came in from the outside, took a look at the deed of sale on the table, Li Hu grinned and said, "San'er, wait until you get home and your parents will pick your skin, such a big one You dare to make up your own mind, wait a minute, second brother will find you an iron plate to put your butt behind, it is more forbidden to beat."
"Stupid you, how loud the iron plate knocked, looking for cotton." Li Huaixi said with a smile.
"You don't know how to live and die, and you still want to laugh. What should you do now? How can you get him home? The two kidnappers may not have gone far. What if they run into each other?" Li Long sat Said worriedly on the bare board bed.
"That's why we have to establish a contract of sale. Take all our guys, and the soldiers will cover up the water and cover them with soil. Do you really think I'm afraid they won't succeed?!" Li Long and Li Hu hurriedly followed, Liu Quan looked around, squeezed three times and followed behind Li Huaixi.
17. Book boy
The three brothers walked home with Liu Quan, and they ran into the two kidnappers who were still looking for someone not too far away.
"Li Huaixi, that's, it's them, human traffickers!" Liu Quan grabbed Li Huaixi nervously. Although he was the youngest among them, he had a strong aura.
"Let go, you will call me son in the future, I am your master!" Li Huaixi shook off Liu Quan who was hanging on his body, and installed the crossbow again. He has always been a man who puts etiquette first and then soldiers. As for when to use soldiers, he has the final say.
"Calm down, don't talk, just go straight, and listen to me for a while." Li Huaixi held a crossbow in his left hand, and hid the iron rod used to tie rabbits in his sleeve with his right hand. Li Long and Li Hu each had one in their sleeves. iron rod.
The two kidnappers also saw them, they looked left and right, and then walked straight towards them, one of them stretched the rope in his hand vigorously, while the other held the wooden stick in his hand, watching Liu Quan's eyes and The look in his eyes when he saw Qian was the same, and he didn't pay attention to the three children next to him at all.
At this time, it was the time for the farmers to take a break, and there was no one on the road. The two kidnappers were a bit reckless, and the one with the rope came over and bent over to catch Liu Quan.
"Don't move, or you will die!" Li Huaixi stood in front of Liu Quan, with the iron rod in his hand against the man's throat. He felt that this angle was just right, and all the cells in his body were clamoring to pierce it in. Remind yourself that it is Li Huaixi who is holding back now.
The kidnapper was taken aback, but he wanted to grab Li Huaixi's hand in the blink of an eye. The child in front of him was only five or six years old. I'm afraid he hadn't even seen a chicken killed a few times, but the moment his hand was about to touch Li Huaixi, The kidnapper suddenly felt a pain in his neck, and the little kid in front of him raised his head, looking very happy, and said in a childish voice, "You asked for it yourself, don't blame me."
The kidnapper couldn't believe it. He touched it with his own hand, and the sticky blood stuck to his finger, which made him pee straight away in fright. Move away, and have something to say."
"Okay, tell the person behind to put down the stick. What is he trying to do with the stick? Do you want me to make this hole bigger?" Li Huaixi glanced at the other kidnapper behind who wanted to rush up, and put the iron in his hand. The stick picked at the bleeding wound.
"Ouch! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts! Stop it, Sun Laosan, don't let it go quickly, it's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding." The kidnapper threw away his rope, shouted loudly to his companion but didn't dare to turn back. The tip of the stick was still in his neck, pressing against his throat, picking up a piece of skin. He thought he must look like a piece of pork hanging on a hook, but it was a pity that he was still alive.
"Misunderstanding? That's a good way to say it. You have admitted the wrong person, right?" Li Huaixi helped him make up nonsense with a smile.
"Yes, yes, I admitted the wrong person!" Kidnap glanced at Liu Quan, and admitted through gritted teeth.
"Oh, that's a misunderstanding, I know you are looking for someone, but this is my servant, I have his deed of sale, he is definitely not the person you are looking for.
Since it was a misunderstanding, I think I should let you go, but you won't turn your head and want to hit me, right? I can't beat you at such a young age, but my father should be able to beat you, and so can my uncle, I can't believe it You, I should ask my elder brother to call my dad first, he is in the village in front, he will pay you some medical expenses, please sit on the ground and wait a while, I am a little tired holding this stick in your posture, My hands are unsteady, and I'm afraid I'll get stabbed in by you. "Li Huaixi raised her head and said in a childish voice, her attitude was very sincere.
The kidnapper was so angry that his lungs exploded when he heard this, but he couldn't really wait for the grown-ups to come, "I won't hit you, I keep what I say, just let me go, I don't want medical expenses, this little thing It doesn't matter if you get hurt."
"It doesn't matter? Then forget it, I don't have to pay you for the medical expenses. But I still can't trust you, how about this, I'll tie you two up, don't you have a rope? Just right, you won't be able to hit me after you're tied up Now, so I can rest assured, okay?" Li Huaixi said and shook his hand again, more blood came out.
The kidnapper had no other choice but to say 'OK'. Li Huaixi was afraid that another kidnapper would hurt someone, so he asked him to tie his own feet first.The kidnapper probably didn't take the children seriously, or he was a more loyal person. Anyway, he was very obedient and tied his feet, and tied a dead knot. Li Huaixi asked Li Long to go over and tie his hands As for the kidnapper in his hand, he maintained a posture for a long time, his hands and feet were a little numb, and he was easily tied up by the rope he brought.
"Little ancestor, now you can leave in peace." The kidnapper who was stabbed sat on the ground with a bitter face, hoping that the disaster star in front of him would leave quickly, trying to find a way to break free from the rope.
"Ah? I don't want to leave again. My second brother went to the town to call for someone. It's too hot these days and it's annoying. I want to watch Shengtang and watch the trial of the elder." Li Huaixi sat on the side and fanned his sleeves. explain.
Want to watch the Grand Master's trial? !The two kidnappers finally understood the situation they were facing. The child never thought of letting them go. The kidnapper named Sun Laosan who tied his own feet regretted not running away by himself just now. He blamed the kidnapper whose neck was bleeding After he was exhausted, the bloody kidnapper turned back and called him stupid. He couldn't even deal with a few children. The two kidnappers sat on the ground and quarreled.
"Stop arguing." Li Huaixi threw a clod at the two kidnappers, interrupting their quarrel, then glanced at Sun Laosan, and asked with a smile, "Your skin is thicker or the tree's thicker?"
Sun Laosan didn't understand, so Li Huaixi raised his small crossbow, aimed at an old elm tree a few steps away, and asked, "Is the bark on your body as strong as this tree?" The solid crossbow arrow hit the tree trunk, and it really hit three points, Liu Quan had to use a lot of strength to pull it out.
Sun Laosan opened his mouth wide open, and before he could close it, Li Huaixi loaded another crossbow arrow and asked him, "Can you run fast with it?" Ten steps away from them, a four-legged snake was nailed to the ground. On the ground, Liu Quan rushed over to pick it up, and asked Li Long for a fire bag. He planned to roast the four-legged snake and eat it.
Sun Laosan understood that he had to fold here no matter what he did, it was right if he didn’t run, at least he didn’t have as many holes on his body as his companions around him, and he didn’t know what kind of family raised such an unlucky child. When we met in the reed marsh, I thought it was a little golden boy, but it turned out to be an evil star!
An hour later, Li Chengkui came over with two arresters from the town. These two kidnappers had been arrested when they committed crimes in neighboring counties. The arresters knew the pictures by heart, so there was no need to ask at this time. He was taken away, and Liu Quan, as the victim and witness, was going to the town to record a statement. Li Huaixi was afraid that he would run away, so he followed him all the time. His father thought he was going to watch the fun without knowing the truth.
After recording the confession, the arresting head told Liu Quanxian to wait at Li Chengkui's house. In this case, the county government usually takes three days to be promoted. The three brothers of the Li family were successful in arresting the murderer, and the whole story was also reported to the court. There will be very generous rewards.
However, in private, an older headhunter patted Li Chengkui on the shoulder, and said earnestly, "You have to watch out for the third son of your family, this kid really dares to attack, and the kidnapper will die if he is half a point deeper. Where did they come from? Are they for children to play with!"
"Ah? Ah, I got it, I got it." Li Chengkui agreed hesitantly, and even said "I got it" twice, but he didn't take it to heart at all. Looking at the happy young son over there, he felt a little scared. I still think there are those things that are better.
On the way home, Li Chengkui kept hugging his youngest son, bragging about his son's "heroic deeds" all the way, but within 10 minutes after entering the house, Li Huaixi was pushed on the edge of the bed, and his father took his own The big shoe sole beat him hard, and Li Huaixi cried so hard that no one rescued him. His grandma couldn't bear to watch, she turned her back but didn't say a good word for him.
It's all his own fault. Well, he didn't take off his shoes, so he sat on the edge of the bed and waited for Liu Quan to serve him. Was seen by his father.
After Li Chengkui beat him, he beat the two older ones again, and then made the three elder brothers kneel on the ground, holding the deed of prostitution from Li Huaixi, shaking their hands in anger, "Whose sons and young masters are you?! Ah Talk! You do such wicked things, and those books have been read into the stomachs of dogs?! Think about it, if you encounter such a thing yourself, how can you manage?"
When he turned his head and saw Liu Quan who was pawing at the door, Li Chengkui waved, "Liu Quan, son, come here." Li Chengkui handed the deed of sale to Liu Quan, and said in a very gentle tone, "This piece of paper is yours. Tear it up, if you have no place to go, you can live here with peace of mind, our family does not need your food. You are not their servant, you are two years older than our third son, he has to take care of it Your name is Brother."
Liu Quan took the paper, a little at a loss, looked at Li Huaixi who was on the ground and didn't know how to answer, Li Chengkui followed his gaze, and turned his head to see Li Huaixi threatening Liu Quan with his eyes, "Little bastard, let you Did you raise your head?" Li Huaixi was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head, his butt was burning and hurting, his father really tried hard.
Liu Quan was still clutching the piece of paper, thought for a while, walked to Li Huaixi and knelt down, "Uncle, I thank you, I will kowtow to you!" Dong dong dong, Liu Quan genuinely kowtowed on the floor He rang his head three times, then straightened up, turned around, and gave Li Huaixi another knock with a bang, "Master, Liu Quan is yours from now on, and I signed this deed of prostitution voluntarily, and I don't regret it! "After finishing speaking, he put the contract of sale into Li Huaixi's arms, knelt on the ground and did not speak.
Li Chengkui was taken aback by Liu Quan, and finally sighed helplessly, "This child, get up, and you get up too. You all go out, San'er and I have something to say."
Li Long and Li Hu limped out rubbing their buttocks in case of amnesty. Liu Quan was a little worried about being a 'son'. Li Huaixi gave him a look, and he also went out. Only Li Chengkui and Li Huaixi were left in the room.
"San'er, in fact, you did a good job today. You saved Liu Quan and sent two kidnappers who killed thousands of knives into the classroom. Dad is really happy. But how can you take advantage of others' danger and make trouble? ?Father is a rough man who has never studied or attended school, but he still understands the principle of not repaying his kindness. They all say, "Learn literary and martial arts, and sell them to the emperor's family." , but no matter how good the book is, how great the ability is, what will happen if the character is not good? If you become a treacherous minister in the future, do you think your parents will be honored?!"
"I didn't, he begged me to buy his..." Li Huaixi pouted and argued.
"Isn't he helpless?! The kidnapper is outside, what can he do? I don't blame you for signing this thing at the time, but you should tear it up when you come back. You can't really use him right away! This Liu is all a Smart and considerate, treat him well. If the conditions of our family are like "Master Young Master" every day, it will make people laugh and poke the spine. Dad can't pay for him to go to school. You can teach him something by yourself , if he sincerely repays you in the future, it will be more useful than that piece of paper, do you understand?"
"Understood. Dad, I'm hungry, let's go eat, my butt hurts, you hug me." Li Huaixi hugged his father's arms and acted like a baby.
"You deserve it, this Lai Baoer!" Li Chengkui picked him up helplessly, and the father and father went to the courtyard to have dinner together. They ate wontons in the town in the afternoon. Liu Quan did not eat very little like what he described. ', one person ate three bowls of wontons, and Li Huaixi only ate half a bowl.
Grandma increased the amount of dinner, and the three brothers couldn't sit on the bench, so they all ate standing up. Liu Quan took a bath and changed into Li Hu's old clothes. He looked very handsome like a dog. He glanced at Li Huaixi and wanted to stand along ,
It was too hot in the house, and the family put the dining table in the yard. The small yard had just been sprinkled with water, and it was cool under the shade of the trees.Li Huaixi has a bit of a bitter summer, he doesn't like to eat anything, every meal is to drink some porridge and salted fish, his face is thinned into melon sticks, compared with the two brothers Li Long and Li Hu, it's like his stepfather abused him .
"San'er, why don't Dad come back tomorrow and buy you some snacks? Tell Dad what you want to eat." Li Chengkui was very anxious, he was afraid that his youngest son would get sick in the future due to his weakness.
"I don't want to eat anything, Dad, there are mosquitoes at night, I can't sleep well because of the bites, so I lose my energy." Li Huaixi stretched out his small arm to show his father the big lump that was newly bitten on his body.
"Ah? Such a big bag! What can I do? It's all swollen. Your two elder brothers have never bitten a bag so big when they were young. Let's put some garlic on it. Let's do it first. Tomorrow, Dad will buy some for you at the pharmacy." Ointment, good boy, it hurts to apply garlic, bear with it." Li Chengkui was a little surprised when he saw the big bump on his youngest son's arm, and felt a little distressed. on the big bag.
After wiping the garlic juice on the bag, it doesn’t itch anymore, but the mosquitoes in the house still have to bite. Although the flowers and plants in the yard have the effect of repelling mosquitoes, they only reduce the number of mosquitoes, which is really useful not big.Grandma lit a bundle of dried mugwort and smoked it in the house. After the smoke was over, she quickly closed the windows. The mosquitoes came early this year, and his mother hadn't thought of making a mosquito net yet, and Li Chengkui, the former bachelor, hadn't prepared such things at all. .
I closed the windows and went to sleep. Although there were no mosquitoes in the room, the air was not circulating and the heat was so high that I couldn’t sleep. Grandma fanned my brothers until they were all asleep.
The next day, his mother and his father went to the market together, how much gauze to buy to make mosquito nets, his father was a big man who had no idea, so his mother could only go by herself. Apart from the fact that his mother could not smell the smell of oily smoke, other aspects Fortunately, I haven't shown my feelings yet, so it doesn't affect my actions.
By the time the three brothers were out of school, their mother had already returned, and the mosquito net was ready. There was no canopy bed in their house, so the mosquito net was directly hung on the beam of the house.
The ointment for mosquito bites was also brought back. The clear and bright green ointment, with a fresh fragrance, smeared on the arm and the swelling disappeared after a while. Li Huaixi became interested in Chinese medicine, and found out that his father was sick I was fascinated by the medical books I bought when I went to the doctor.
One hot afternoon, when the clouds were dark, my grandma asked the three boys to take in and fold the clothes that were drying in the yard. As soon as she picked the vegetables for dinner from the backyard, the raindrops, which were bigger than soybeans, fell with a crackling sound. Here we come, and in a blink of an eye, the yard becomes a vast ocean.
Li Huaixi moved a bench and sat under the eaves of the doorway to eat water chestnuts. His two front teeth are gone, so he can only bite with his back molars. After he bites open, he rolls the meat inside with his small tongue, and eats it with a grin. Soon, grandma was choosing vegetables beside him, and said with a smile that he ate like a kitten.
Li Long and Li Hu were fiddling with coir raincoats in the house, planning to catch buffaloes in the back after a while, but Li Huaixi didn't want to step on the mud when it rained, so he shook his head to express his refusal.
In the evening, the three brothers squatted by the kitchen stove and waited. Grandma fried the captured buffalo seeds and sprinkled them with salt. The three brothers held them like treasures and divided them up under the eaves. Li Longli The tiger caught a total of seventeen buffaloes, five for each of them, and seven for Li Huaixi, who did nothing.
When Li Chengkui came back with his load of meat, the rain had already lightened. It rained almost every day in summer, so he brought a coir raincoat when he went out in the morning, and he was not drenched. Not many were sold.
There is a small ice cellar in the backyard of their house. In winter, large pieces of ice are stored in it, and in summer, it is specially used to store the meat that cannot be sold out.
Li Chengkui came out after putting away the meat and asked his three sons who were eating, "What do you put in the ice cellar? Such a big jar."
"It's sour plum soup. Dad, do you want it? I'll serve it for you." Li Long raised his head and asked. He is a qualified eldest son and usually the most sensible. (Don't expect Li Huaixi, a time traveler, it's good if he doesn't cause trouble)
"Drink it tomorrow. It's raining today and it's not hot. Don't drink something so cold for your mother. She can't stand it now." Li Chengkui sat down beside his sons, and Li Huaixi quickly squeezed a fried buffalo and fed it In his father's mouth.
"Well, it's delicious. Daddy won't eat it, you can eat it yourself." Li Chengkui stroked his youngest son's furry head, looking at the still dark sky, a little absent-minded.
"Father, do you have no money at home?" Li Huaixi raised his head and asked, business has not been good for the past two days, every time Li Chengkui came back, he brought back some unsold meat, Li Huaixi was worried that his good life would come to an end.
"Little ghost is smart, you don't need to worry about whether you have money or not at home. You just study hard. If you have money at home, business is like this at this time of year. It's just a few less pigs to kill. It won't hurt your bones. Dad is I feel that the rain this year is a bit heavy. Today I heard that a river in a county upstream broke its embankment and drowned many people. Many lands have also lost their harvest. The toothmaids in the county have been very busy recently, and the kidnappers sent many people like you. Such big children, hey, they are all pitiful." Li Chengkui squeezed his youngest son's fair face, and wiped off a piece of oil stain for him.
"Who are those children sold to? What do they do?" Li Huaixi asked curiously.
"Sell it to a rich family to be a servant. Poor people also buy it. Buy a little girl and keep it for your son to be a wife in the future. It is cheaper than giving a dowry in the future. How about it, dad will buy one for you too?" Li Chengkui smiled and teased younger son.
"I don't want it. You can give it to the elder brother and the second brother. You can see that their ears are standing up." Li Huaixi really doesn't want it. He has a psychological shadow on a woman who is too beautiful, and he can't deal with a woman who is too ugly.
"You ghosts! Don't keep running outside recently. There are a lot of people from other places in our county. It's hard to guarantee that they won't steal the sheep. Those people are black-hearted. Those who pop out from the cracks in the rocks are not human! Your brother Stay away from people you don’t know, and when you meet bad guys, you should call out, you know? When you call out, they will scare them away, don’t be afraid of them being fierce. Dalong, you are an older brother, you have to take care of your two younger brothers, you know? "Li Chengkui was very worried when he heard some outside rumors today. He saw that his three boys were all like his sweetheart.
Li Long was already 13 years old, and he felt like an adult when his father said this, so he agreed firmly and proudly.
Li Chengkui nodded, glanced at the kitchen and said, "Okay, I'll go and see your mother, you don't need to stuff your stomachs, and you can eat in a while." Li Chengkui stood up, and the three sons suffered a brain collapse one by one. Son, he prefers his wife to give him a girl, since there are enough boys in the family.
"Got it, Dad," the boys agreed, still stuffing their mouths with fried buffalo.
16. Liu Quan
After the heavy rain, the fish on the market became much cheaper, because many fish swam into the rice fields when the water was rising, but could not go back after the water receded. The black backs were all exposed on the water, and they were easy to catch in the rice fields. very.
Every day after school, the three brothers have to hang out for a while. Now they have cages, shrimp nets, fishing rods, fish cages and a small crossbow. The small crossbow was made by Li Huaixi's father in the town. It is very delicate and compact , but like a toy, it has no lethality. After he came back, he secretly adjusted it again. With the crossbow made by himself, the accuracy and strength have been greatly improved. With this small crossbow, they shot a lot of people. A pheasant, two quail, and a Shiba dog that kept barking at them on the road.
The Shiba Gou has an owner. The three brothers dragged the Shiba Gou to the wild, and got their father to skin the dog. Although their father skinned them first before skinning the dog, the dog meat was transported back anyway. Yes, his uncle and his father ate dog meat hot pot and drank a good meal.
After school at noon that day, the third brother did not go home directly. The sky was a bit cloudy. The third brother was digging reed roots in the reeds. This kind of waterfowl, although the meat is a bit fishy, but the taste is not bad after processing.
At this time, two men walked up the dirt road next to them. They were dressed in nondescript ways, and they looked like ancient hooligans. While shouting and cursing, the two men descended into the reeds with a rope and stick.
Li Long and Li Hu hurried to Li Huaixi, and the three brothers squeezed into three quails, belatedly remembering his father's warning a few days ago.
"Child, have you seen a seven or eight-year-old boy? So tall, with big eyes, and thin." A man saw the three brothers and walked straight towards them, measuring them with his hands as he walked.
"I didn't see it." Li Long stood at the front and answered instead of his two younger brothers. His back was very straight. The appearance of these two men made him very nervous, his legs were trembling, and his upper body was just supporting himself.
"Didn't see it?" The man looked at the three brothers one by one, and his eyes stopped on the youngest Li Huaixi for two seconds. Seeing Li Long and Li Hu's guarded faces, he snorted and turned his head away.
The three brothers didn't dare to move, and they didn't breathe a sigh of relief until the two men left the reed marsh with nothing. "I think these two seem to be the kidnappers our father said." Li Hu said, patting his chest.
"I think so, maybe I lost the abducted child, hey, don't let them catch that child again, their sticks are so thick!" Li Long's palms were sweating, he just thought about it for a while There are several countermeasures, fearing that the two men will not find someone to attack them.
"Let's go home, don't dig any reed roots, I'm so scared that I want to pee." Li Huaixi dragged his two elder brothers in a hopeless manner. He had set up all the crossbows in the dark just now, and saw people leaving Only then withdrew.It took some time between the firing of the two crossbow bolts, and he was really not sure that he could escape from the two adults unscathed.
"Let's go, let's go home." Li Long and Li Hu also agreed, the three brothers took the few reed roots they had just dug up, washed their hands hastily in the puddle, and hurried out of the reed marsh.
Just now, the two men were still looking for someone in front. They searched very carefully, poking around in grass nests and tree holes, but they found nothing.
Li Huaixi decided to go back to the old house to take a look on the way. It has been raining for the past few days. He is afraid that his old nest will be watered down by the rain. Moreover, the two men in front make them very uncomfortable. They always feel uneasy walking behind. .
There was originally a lock hanging on the gate of the old house, an old lock without a key, neither guarding against gentlemen nor villains, it was hung there to prevent the wind from blowing the door open, except for some caged fishing rods of the three brothers in the yard. There was only a stone mill left that could not be moved away, and there was nothing in it that could be missed by the thief.
Now, the three brothers stood in front of the gate and looked at each other, you looked at me, I looked at you, and laughed together. "The thief stole the lock without the key, why didn't he carry the door away?" Li Hu patted Li Long's shoulder and asked, pointing to the bare door.
"It's probably because he didn't carry it, or he would have carried the millstone away." Li Huaixi smiled and pushed the door into the yard, but was stunned as soon as he entered.
Half a head taller than him, with big eyes, and thin, a boy who fit the kidnapper's description was holding a pitchfork at him. He was barefoot, naked, and his ribs were clearly visible.
"Who are you? What are you doing at my house? Put down our pitchfork, is this something you can take?" Li Huaixi stretched out his hand, grabbed the tip of the pitchfork and snatched it away. The pitchfork was originally a tree. Fork, the bark is peeled off to make it look a little better, and it has no lethality.
"You, your family? Don't fool me, there is no owner here, and there is nothing inside!" The boy lost his weapon and began to reason.
"This house belongs to me. Do I need to deceive you? Get out as soon as possible, or our three brothers don't mind throwing you out!" Li Huaixi rolled up his arms. His arms were still very thin, but they were thinner than the one in front of him. The sub-bone frame is much better.
The boy looked at Li Long and Li Hu, who were standing on tiptoes behind him, arms folded like a thug, and then at Li Huaixi, who was raising his chin, and suddenly knelt down with a plop, startling Li Huaixi who was standing in the front.
"What, what are you doing?!" Li Huaixi leaned on a pitchfork like a sea dragon king, and moved aside in fright.
"I beg you to take me in. I don't eat much and I can work. As long as you take me in, I am willing to be a cow or a horse." The boy knelt on the ground and said pitifully.
"You get up first, don't kneel on the ground and ruin our lives." Li Huaixi winked and asked Li Long and Li Hu to close the courtyard door, and instead of helping the boy kneeling on the ground, he dropped the pitchfork and climbed up the stone mill to sit , he had already seen the identity of this boy at a glance, but he just didn't want to cause trouble for his family.
"I beg you to take me in, or I will have no way out." The boy knelt on the ground and turned around, still facing Li Huaixi.
"Are you a fugitive slave?" This is the most troublesome type of person. The owner has a bond of sale, and if he is found out, the family who takes him in will also face a lawsuit.
"No, no! I'm not a fugitive slave. There was a flood in my hometown. I was caught by the traffickers when I was hungry and fainted on the way to escape. I didn't sign the contract of prostitution. Before they had time to hand me over to the toothmaid I I ran out." The boy anxiously defended himself, but his expression seemed to be true.
"You are quite clever, but don't take us for fools! Since you are willing to be a cow and a horse, why do you run away? Where can you go for a living?" Li Huaixi sat on the stone mill and fiddled with his small crossbow. Said while squinting at the boy below, "Are you trying to cheat two meals at our house and run away? Save yourself, you are not a pretty little girl, what does our family want you to do?"
Li Long at the door glared at him, "Don't talk nonsense, we don't want a girl either."
"No, I didn't lie to you. I really want to. I can sign a contract of sale with you. I can sign it now, as long as you take me in." The boy stood up anxiously.
"Oh? Why?" Li Huaixi was confused, why is this kid so anxious to sell himself?
"Don't ask why, I am willing to sell it to your family and you are not willing? You took advantage of it!" The boy's expression is very similar to that of a black-hearted peddler who is clearing his warehouse and dealing with a big sale. The quality is obviously not good, but he said he suffered a big loss. .
"Come on, what are we taking advantage of? You are so thin and dry. You only eat and don't work. My father is a butcher and sells meat. Our family can't afford servants." Li Huaixi has already made up his mind to keep this free man. Servant, but he still said so.
"I can earn money to support myself, I can feed pigs, I can also cook fires, I can do many things, please leave me, or if I am caught by kidnappers, they will sell me to a small boy Go to the hotel, I ran out from there last night, it is not a place for people to stay, please, please leave me! Woo..." The seven or eight-year-old boy finally burst into tears. After all, he was a child, so he was obviously very frightened.
"Okay, don't cry, I will write a deed of sale now, and you will be done with your fingerprints. From now on, you will be mine. By the way, what's your name?" Li Huaixi squatted on the stone mill with a serious face. ask.
"My name is Liu Quan. I'm from Liu Zhuang, Sui County, upstream. I'm eight years old." Liu Quan, who sold himself, took the initiative and confessed his past in three sentences.
"Okay, then I'll write it, big brother and second brother, you two find something to lock the door, and don't open the door if anyone comes." Li Huaixi led Liu Quan into the house, very glad that he didn't call him Niu Co Lu Shan Bao after crossing.
"Will grinding work?" Li Huaixi took out a pen and paper from his schoolbag, and handed the inkstone to Liu Quan expectantly.
"No, no one in our family is studying, and I don't know how to grind." Liu Quan, who said just now that he knows many things, was a little embarrassed.
"It doesn't matter, I will learn slowly in the future. Then I will write your deed of prostitution now. Don't say that I bully you for being illiterate. I will read to you while writing. Turn in whichever way you like." Li Huaixi poured some water into the inkstone by himself, and said while grinding the ink.
"Okay, you can write." Liu Quan stared at Li Huaixi's movements, thinking that grinding ink is not difficult.
"Deed of sale, Liu Quan, a native of Liuzhuang, Sui County, is eight years old. Now he can't eat enough, can't cover himself with clothes, floods in his hometown, and both parents died... Are your parents dead?" Li Huaixi stopped and asked Liu Quan. , I feel that it will be quite troublesome if my parents find me in the future.
"My parents died a long time ago. I have been living with my uncle. My uncle was washed away by the water. He must be dead. It doesn't matter if he says he is not dead. He always beats me!" Liu Quan said with certainty.
"That's good, then I will continue to write,...both parents died, life is unsustainable, now I voluntarily sold myself, and sold myself as a servant to Li Huaixi, the third son of Li Chengkui, Li Jiazhuang, Tongding Town, Jin County. The certificate, here is the photo. Contractors: Li Huaixi, Liu Quan. I am Li Huaixi, and outside are my elder brother Li Long and second brother Li Hu, remember?" Li Huaixi finished writing, blowing ink while introducing himself.
"Remember, that, that, you didn't write much money." Liu Quan reminded Li Huaixi, blinking his big black and white eyes.
"I have no money," Li Huaixi replied very frankly, "Whether you like to sell or not, I will save you now. Don't be dissatisfied. If I make a fortune in the future, you will be able to eat and drink spicy food. Now those three melons and two dates What are you thinking about!"
"I don't care about it, I just do it, forget it, let's do it like this, take it here and let me make my fingerprint." Liu Quan compromised, and stretched out his finger to make a fingerprint.
"Wait, let me add another sentence 'all interpretation rights belong to Li Huaixi', come on, press your fingerprint, don't press a finger, such a large piece of paper, you can just press it with one hand." Li Huaixi judged others by himself, he was afraid In case Liu Quan regrets it in the future, he will chop off his finger and play tricks.
"What is ownership, what is right, what is ownership? Why does it sound so awkward?" Liu Quan raised his black hand and asked doubtfully, his whole hand was covered with ink by Li Huaixi with a brush.
"That's the format of a contract of sale, and it's written like that at the end. You can press it quickly, and you have to tell my parents about it when you go back quickly." Li Huaixi urged impatiently.
"Well, anyway, you have to give me enough to eat, or you will lose if I can't do the work." Liu Quan pressed a dark handprint while talking, but Li Huaixi only ordered a small one next to him. Small finger prints.
At this time, Li Long and Li Hu came in from the outside, took a look at the deed of sale on the table, Li Hu grinned and said, "San'er, wait until you get home and your parents will pick your skin, such a big one You dare to make up your own mind, wait a minute, second brother will find you an iron plate to put your butt behind, it is more forbidden to beat."
"Stupid you, how loud the iron plate knocked, looking for cotton." Li Huaixi said with a smile.
"You don't know how to live and die, and you still want to laugh. What should you do now? How can you get him home? The two kidnappers may not have gone far. What if they run into each other?" Li Long sat Said worriedly on the bare board bed.
"That's why we have to establish a contract of sale. Take all our guys, and the soldiers will cover up the water and cover them with soil. Do you really think I'm afraid they won't succeed?!" Li Long and Li Hu hurriedly followed, Liu Quan looked around, squeezed three times and followed behind Li Huaixi.
17. Book boy
The three brothers walked home with Liu Quan, and they ran into the two kidnappers who were still looking for someone not too far away.
"Li Huaixi, that's, it's them, human traffickers!" Liu Quan grabbed Li Huaixi nervously. Although he was the youngest among them, he had a strong aura.
"Let go, you will call me son in the future, I am your master!" Li Huaixi shook off Liu Quan who was hanging on his body, and installed the crossbow again. He has always been a man who puts etiquette first and then soldiers. As for when to use soldiers, he has the final say.
"Calm down, don't talk, just go straight, and listen to me for a while." Li Huaixi held a crossbow in his left hand, and hid the iron rod used to tie rabbits in his sleeve with his right hand. Li Long and Li Hu each had one in their sleeves. iron rod.
The two kidnappers also saw them, they looked left and right, and then walked straight towards them, one of them stretched the rope in his hand vigorously, while the other held the wooden stick in his hand, watching Liu Quan's eyes and The look in his eyes when he saw Qian was the same, and he didn't pay attention to the three children next to him at all.
At this time, it was the time for the farmers to take a break, and there was no one on the road. The two kidnappers were a bit reckless, and the one with the rope came over and bent over to catch Liu Quan.
"Don't move, or you will die!" Li Huaixi stood in front of Liu Quan, with the iron rod in his hand against the man's throat. He felt that this angle was just right, and all the cells in his body were clamoring to pierce it in. Remind yourself that it is Li Huaixi who is holding back now.
The kidnapper was taken aback, but he wanted to grab Li Huaixi's hand in the blink of an eye. The child in front of him was only five or six years old. I'm afraid he hadn't even seen a chicken killed a few times, but the moment his hand was about to touch Li Huaixi, The kidnapper suddenly felt a pain in his neck, and the little kid in front of him raised his head, looking very happy, and said in a childish voice, "You asked for it yourself, don't blame me."
The kidnapper couldn't believe it. He touched it with his own hand, and the sticky blood stuck to his finger, which made him pee straight away in fright. Move away, and have something to say."
"Okay, tell the person behind to put down the stick. What is he trying to do with the stick? Do you want me to make this hole bigger?" Li Huaixi glanced at the other kidnapper behind who wanted to rush up, and put the iron in his hand. The stick picked at the bleeding wound.
"Ouch! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts! Stop it, Sun Laosan, don't let it go quickly, it's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding." The kidnapper threw away his rope, shouted loudly to his companion but didn't dare to turn back. The tip of the stick was still in his neck, pressing against his throat, picking up a piece of skin. He thought he must look like a piece of pork hanging on a hook, but it was a pity that he was still alive.
"Misunderstanding? That's a good way to say it. You have admitted the wrong person, right?" Li Huaixi helped him make up nonsense with a smile.
"Yes, yes, I admitted the wrong person!" Kidnap glanced at Liu Quan, and admitted through gritted teeth.
"Oh, that's a misunderstanding, I know you are looking for someone, but this is my servant, I have his deed of sale, he is definitely not the person you are looking for.
Since it was a misunderstanding, I think I should let you go, but you won't turn your head and want to hit me, right? I can't beat you at such a young age, but my father should be able to beat you, and so can my uncle, I can't believe it You, I should ask my elder brother to call my dad first, he is in the village in front, he will pay you some medical expenses, please sit on the ground and wait a while, I am a little tired holding this stick in your posture, My hands are unsteady, and I'm afraid I'll get stabbed in by you. "Li Huaixi raised her head and said in a childish voice, her attitude was very sincere.
The kidnapper was so angry that his lungs exploded when he heard this, but he couldn't really wait for the grown-ups to come, "I won't hit you, I keep what I say, just let me go, I don't want medical expenses, this little thing It doesn't matter if you get hurt."
"It doesn't matter? Then forget it, I don't have to pay you for the medical expenses. But I still can't trust you, how about this, I'll tie you two up, don't you have a rope? Just right, you won't be able to hit me after you're tied up Now, so I can rest assured, okay?" Li Huaixi said and shook his hand again, more blood came out.
The kidnapper had no other choice but to say 'OK'. Li Huaixi was afraid that another kidnapper would hurt someone, so he asked him to tie his own feet first.The kidnapper probably didn't take the children seriously, or he was a more loyal person. Anyway, he was very obedient and tied his feet, and tied a dead knot. Li Huaixi asked Li Long to go over and tie his hands As for the kidnapper in his hand, he maintained a posture for a long time, his hands and feet were a little numb, and he was easily tied up by the rope he brought.
"Little ancestor, now you can leave in peace." The kidnapper who was stabbed sat on the ground with a bitter face, hoping that the disaster star in front of him would leave quickly, trying to find a way to break free from the rope.
"Ah? I don't want to leave again. My second brother went to the town to call for someone. It's too hot these days and it's annoying. I want to watch Shengtang and watch the trial of the elder." Li Huaixi sat on the side and fanned his sleeves. explain.
Want to watch the Grand Master's trial? !The two kidnappers finally understood the situation they were facing. The child never thought of letting them go. The kidnapper named Sun Laosan who tied his own feet regretted not running away by himself just now. He blamed the kidnapper whose neck was bleeding After he was exhausted, the bloody kidnapper turned back and called him stupid. He couldn't even deal with a few children. The two kidnappers sat on the ground and quarreled.
"Stop arguing." Li Huaixi threw a clod at the two kidnappers, interrupting their quarrel, then glanced at Sun Laosan, and asked with a smile, "Your skin is thicker or the tree's thicker?"
Sun Laosan didn't understand, so Li Huaixi raised his small crossbow, aimed at an old elm tree a few steps away, and asked, "Is the bark on your body as strong as this tree?" The solid crossbow arrow hit the tree trunk, and it really hit three points, Liu Quan had to use a lot of strength to pull it out.
Sun Laosan opened his mouth wide open, and before he could close it, Li Huaixi loaded another crossbow arrow and asked him, "Can you run fast with it?" Ten steps away from them, a four-legged snake was nailed to the ground. On the ground, Liu Quan rushed over to pick it up, and asked Li Long for a fire bag. He planned to roast the four-legged snake and eat it.
Sun Laosan understood that he had to fold here no matter what he did, it was right if he didn’t run, at least he didn’t have as many holes on his body as his companions around him, and he didn’t know what kind of family raised such an unlucky child. When we met in the reed marsh, I thought it was a little golden boy, but it turned out to be an evil star!
An hour later, Li Chengkui came over with two arresters from the town. These two kidnappers had been arrested when they committed crimes in neighboring counties. The arresters knew the pictures by heart, so there was no need to ask at this time. He was taken away, and Liu Quan, as the victim and witness, was going to the town to record a statement. Li Huaixi was afraid that he would run away, so he followed him all the time. His father thought he was going to watch the fun without knowing the truth.
After recording the confession, the arresting head told Liu Quanxian to wait at Li Chengkui's house. In this case, the county government usually takes three days to be promoted. The three brothers of the Li family were successful in arresting the murderer, and the whole story was also reported to the court. There will be very generous rewards.
However, in private, an older headhunter patted Li Chengkui on the shoulder, and said earnestly, "You have to watch out for the third son of your family, this kid really dares to attack, and the kidnapper will die if he is half a point deeper. Where did they come from? Are they for children to play with!"
"Ah? Ah, I got it, I got it." Li Chengkui agreed hesitantly, and even said "I got it" twice, but he didn't take it to heart at all. Looking at the happy young son over there, he felt a little scared. I still think there are those things that are better.
On the way home, Li Chengkui kept hugging his youngest son, bragging about his son's "heroic deeds" all the way, but within 10 minutes after entering the house, Li Huaixi was pushed on the edge of the bed, and his father took his own The big shoe sole beat him hard, and Li Huaixi cried so hard that no one rescued him. His grandma couldn't bear to watch, she turned her back but didn't say a good word for him.
It's all his own fault. Well, he didn't take off his shoes, so he sat on the edge of the bed and waited for Liu Quan to serve him. Was seen by his father.
After Li Chengkui beat him, he beat the two older ones again, and then made the three elder brothers kneel on the ground, holding the deed of prostitution from Li Huaixi, shaking their hands in anger, "Whose sons and young masters are you?! Ah Talk! You do such wicked things, and those books have been read into the stomachs of dogs?! Think about it, if you encounter such a thing yourself, how can you manage?"
When he turned his head and saw Liu Quan who was pawing at the door, Li Chengkui waved, "Liu Quan, son, come here." Li Chengkui handed the deed of sale to Liu Quan, and said in a very gentle tone, "This piece of paper is yours. Tear it up, if you have no place to go, you can live here with peace of mind, our family does not need your food. You are not their servant, you are two years older than our third son, he has to take care of it Your name is Brother."
Liu Quan took the paper, a little at a loss, looked at Li Huaixi who was on the ground and didn't know how to answer, Li Chengkui followed his gaze, and turned his head to see Li Huaixi threatening Liu Quan with his eyes, "Little bastard, let you Did you raise your head?" Li Huaixi was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head, his butt was burning and hurting, his father really tried hard.
Liu Quan was still clutching the piece of paper, thought for a while, walked to Li Huaixi and knelt down, "Uncle, I thank you, I will kowtow to you!" Dong dong dong, Liu Quan genuinely kowtowed on the floor He rang his head three times, then straightened up, turned around, and gave Li Huaixi another knock with a bang, "Master, Liu Quan is yours from now on, and I signed this deed of prostitution voluntarily, and I don't regret it! "After finishing speaking, he put the contract of sale into Li Huaixi's arms, knelt on the ground and did not speak.
Li Chengkui was taken aback by Liu Quan, and finally sighed helplessly, "This child, get up, and you get up too. You all go out, San'er and I have something to say."
Li Long and Li Hu limped out rubbing their buttocks in case of amnesty. Liu Quan was a little worried about being a 'son'. Li Huaixi gave him a look, and he also went out. Only Li Chengkui and Li Huaixi were left in the room.
"San'er, in fact, you did a good job today. You saved Liu Quan and sent two kidnappers who killed thousands of knives into the classroom. Dad is really happy. But how can you take advantage of others' danger and make trouble? ?Father is a rough man who has never studied or attended school, but he still understands the principle of not repaying his kindness. They all say, "Learn literary and martial arts, and sell them to the emperor's family." , but no matter how good the book is, how great the ability is, what will happen if the character is not good? If you become a treacherous minister in the future, do you think your parents will be honored?!"
"I didn't, he begged me to buy his..." Li Huaixi pouted and argued.
"Isn't he helpless?! The kidnapper is outside, what can he do? I don't blame you for signing this thing at the time, but you should tear it up when you come back. You can't really use him right away! This Liu is all a Smart and considerate, treat him well. If the conditions of our family are like "Master Young Master" every day, it will make people laugh and poke the spine. Dad can't pay for him to go to school. You can teach him something by yourself , if he sincerely repays you in the future, it will be more useful than that piece of paper, do you understand?"
"Understood. Dad, I'm hungry, let's go eat, my butt hurts, you hug me." Li Huaixi hugged his father's arms and acted like a baby.
"You deserve it, this Lai Baoer!" Li Chengkui picked him up helplessly, and the father and father went to the courtyard to have dinner together. They ate wontons in the town in the afternoon. Liu Quan did not eat very little like what he described. ', one person ate three bowls of wontons, and Li Huaixi only ate half a bowl.
Grandma increased the amount of dinner, and the three brothers couldn't sit on the bench, so they all ate standing up. Liu Quan took a bath and changed into Li Hu's old clothes. He looked very handsome like a dog. He glanced at Li Huaixi and wanted to stand along ,
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