Farming Comb Paintings Return Home

Li Cong and Xiao Xian were talking in the back room, blocked by the curtain, they didn't know what was going on outside, they were startled.The two stood up from the table, and the uninvited guest had already entered the room before they could cross the threshold.

Li Cong saw the man clearly, it turned out to be the second elder brother of the Wang family, he immediately knew what was going on, he hurriedly leaned forward, and firmly protected Xiao Xian behind him.

The room was originally small, but now there were two tall men standing there, making it even more crowded.The man didn't even look at Xiao Xian, he walked straight up to Li Cong, grabbed Li Cong's lapel and tried to lift him up, but he didn't have enough strength, Li Cong still stood on the ground without shaking, then The man spat angrily, shook off Li Cong, and began to curse.

The man scolded so much that his spit was flying all over the place, his words were fierce, and he was smashing the ground. During the period, he uttered dirty words, which could be defiled to people's eyes and ears.It is clear that he is here to provoke trouble, and if he wants to impose a crime, there is no reason to worry about it.Given Li Cong's identity, it would be even more sinful to talk back and move his hands, so he could only endure the anger and refuse to speak.

The second elder brother of the Wang family was a native of the village, and he couldn't fully understand the cursing Xiao Xian mixed with a thick accent, but from the sporadic words that he could understand, the truth of the matter gradually emerged.

What Li Cong said earlier about the labor rush at the docks is true, but most of the workers rely on their strength to speak. As long as they don’t go too far and cause other groups to attack, nothing major will happen.However, the second elder brother of the Wang family has been working at the dock for many years and has been making a living by it. He also knew that Li Cong was a slave. Find work elsewhere.Furthermore, since Li Cong came to the village, the village chief took good care of him, and Li Cong was always on top of the good fortifications in the town. The inexplicable protection was indeed biased in the eyes of others.The second elder brother of the Wang family was dissatisfied, but he couldn't expose Li Cong's identity. He really couldn't afford to do evil things to those people on the pier, so he could only make trouble secretly.

The more Xiao Xian listened, the angrier he became, and he wanted to go forward to argue, but was grabbed by Li Cong.Li Cong pressed Xiao Xian tightly, Xiao Xian couldn't move, he could only clenched his fists secretly.Fortunately, the second elder brother of the Wang family just spoke without words, and hadn't reached the point of doing anything.Xiao Xian knew that Li Cong was ridiculed and humiliated because of the tattoo on his face, but slowly he heard something different.

When Xiao Xian heard something suspicious, he held onto Li Cong's arm and stared at him steadfastly.Li Cong remained silent, just lowered his head, pursed his lips, and the forbearance between his brows seemed to be commonplace for a long time.Seeing Li Cong like this, the second brother of the Wang family became even more angry.He knew that Li Cong was a mute, and it would be boring to quarrel with a mute, but Li Cong was not deaf, so he picked on the bad ones, so that Li Cong could do it first, and even if he lured the village chief later, he would have something to deal with.He felt that anyone who heard these humiliating words would be furious, and he came to the door to look good to others, just to beat them up firmly.But at this moment, no matter how much he scolds the other party, he is indifferent, what is this?It's like hitting cotton with an iron fist, no matter how much effort you put in, it's useless.

The second elder brother of the Wang family saw that the plan would fail, so he rolled his eyes and caught a glimpse of Xiao Xian, who was hiding behind Li Cong, with a charming face. Unprepared, he grabbed Xiao Xian and spit out: "Just to raise this little bitch?!"

The ringing sound of a bell made his ears buzz, Xiao Xian felt his neckline being pulled and hurt, and the other party lifted him up like a chicken.Xiao Xian kicked his legs twice, his throat was strangled like it was on fire, he was neither coughing nor panting, when Li Cong saw this scene, his heart trembled suddenly, it was all because he was distracted, he didn't protect Xiao Xian carefully, so he hurried He leaned forward and clasped the thick wrist of the second elder brother of the Wang family, twisted and pinched it with precise strength, and the second elder brother of the Wang family saw that the trick worked, and his face was overjoyed, but he did not expect Li Cong to act like this, he was in pain I had to yell, I don't know if the bone is in the wrong place or the tendon is twisted, so I let go of my hand suddenly.

Xiao Xian got rid of the shackles, his feet softened, and he slid down. Li Cong stretched out his arms to catch the person steadily. Xiao Xian raised his head while covering his neck. Seeing the resigned forbearance on Li Cong's face disappeared in an instant, he changed his expression. The falcon-like gloomy eyes even surprised Xiao Xian a little.

Li Cong helped Xiao Xian out of the siege in time, but it also aroused the other party's anger. He bent his fingers viciously, and only heard two "clicks", and he rushed towards Li Cong. Li Cong embraced Xiao Xian. Xian took a step back, stabilized the chassis, and gradually clenched his fists.

Seeing that the two were about to move their hands, the door of the outer room slammed again, the curtain swayed, and a short woman rushed out. As soon as she entered the door, she grabbed Second Brother Wang by the waist and pulled her back, pulling her He opened his voice and cried out in mourning: "Oh, you bloody ghost! Don't come here just because you want to, other people's families have to live, so what if you compete with us for some jobs, you have to have a conscience!"

A series of changes in the matter caught people off guard, Xiao Xian frowned, he seemed to have seen this woman before him in the village, and after thinking for a while, he remembered that others called her Mrs. Wang, the last time I met her at the door of Mrs. I rolled my eyes.

Xiao Xian's heart skipped a beat, and he guessed that the second sister-in-law Wang should be the daughter-in-law of the second brother Wang's family. He stared at the two strangers in the room intently, and shook Li Cong's arm as a warning, fearing that Li Cong would suffer, and he didn't want him to be wrong. He came to add fuel to the fire, but he came to persuade the fight.

The second sister-in-law held back her man to prevent him from doing anything, crying and yelling about her family's difficulties, begging her father to sue her grandma, making people dizzy, but it also made people understand what she meant.In short, just one sentence, let Li Cong stop going to the dock to grab jobs.

Xiao Xian was annoyed at hearing this, and suddenly broke away from Li Cong's arm, stood up and slapped the table loudly, finally stopped the second sister-in-law's voice, and then said sharply: "My brother has decided not to do it, who do you like to do on the pier?" Do it, what else do you want?!"

The second sister-in-law was stunned for a moment, wiped away her tears, and said happily, "Really?"

Knowing that Li Cong doesn't like talking in front of outsiders, Xiao Xian said: "If it's not true, is it still cooking? Are you satisfied now? If you are satisfied, let's go! You are not welcome in our family!"

The second elder brother of the Wang family turned around and stood aside and snorted, considered satisfied, the second sister-in-law was weeping, wiping the corners of her eyes while grabbing Xiao Xian's hand, chattering about the reason for the quarrel with Xiao Xian.

In Shanqiao Village, there is only the second elder brother Wang who works on the wharf, and no one has fought for it for many years, so Li Cong broke the rules.In the past, many people wanted to do the work of the county magistrate and Huang Yuanwai, but the village chief gave Li Cong to do it. Now he resigned without a word, turned around and went to work on the wharf. What's the matter?Although it is difficult for Li Cong's family, it is always wrong to steal someone's job.Besides, the second sister-in-law had just given birth to a second child, and the family was short of money.The second elder brother was straightforward, and his words contradicted each other, the second sister-in-law apologized repeatedly, telling Xiao Xian and the others not to mind.

The second sister-in-law speaks earnestly and cries sincerely, Xiao Xian has a good heart, listening to what she said, she doesn't think the two of them are going too far.

At this point, the farce gradually came to an end, the two big men stood in the room silently, only Xiao Xian and the second sister-in-law were left to argue together, Xiao Xian saw that the words of the second sister-in-law were reasonable, so he didn't want to embarrass him anymore, The other party came over with a few duck eggs as an apology, and then Li Cong nodded and agreed that he would not go to the pier again, and the two left together.

"Is there still such an unreasonable troublemaker, barbarian?! I'm not afraid that those words will retribution on me!" After sending away the second brother and sister-in-law of the Wang family, Xiao Xian turned around and saw the wound on Li Cong's face, and became angry again, " "Bang" shut the door forcefully, thinking about it while going back to the house.

"Don't talk about him like that. Second brother Wang is simple-minded, and he helped out at the pier at first. But his second sister-in-law is very thoughtful. It's hard to say what should happen." Li Cong shook his head and said nothing more. go down.Xiao Xian understood, one of the husband and wife pretended to be a good face and the other a bad face, and they came to sing the double reed.

"No wonder the second sister-in-law came out to persuade the fight in such a timely manner. If there is a fight, I will definitely give that bastard a few punches first!" Xiao Xian raised his fist and yelled aggressively.

"It's all for the livelihood of the family..." Li Cong sighed.In the past six years, I have experienced a lot of hardships of the poor. Everything is for the sake of life. Who is right and who is wrong, each has its own reasons.

Xiao Xian still couldn't get angry, and said angrily: "But if he beats you, do you let him beat you?"

Li Cong was silent for a while, shook his head, and said jokingly: "If I fight him, he will be useless."

"You're capable, you're capable!" Xiao Xian couldn't get angry, and stood up angrily while yelling, he clenched his fists and beat the person: "If you are capable, why don't you drag him into the alley with his head covered and beat him to death , Run away after hitting!"

Li Cong smiled and stopped Xiao Xian's weak fist.Xiao Xian threw his arms and sat down, glared, and turned his head angrily.Li Cong looked at Xiao Xian's appearance, his laughter gradually turned into a wry smile, and said in a deep voice: "Waste, useless, cowardly, spineless, which one do you want to say?"

Xiao Xian was stunned suddenly.He had never thought of Li Cong that way.Since coming here, he seems to have returned to his childhood when he blindly respected his father, brother and elders. He felt that this brother who was picked up in vain in front of him knew everything and was omnipotent. How could he be cowardly and cowardly to support this family alone?Li Cong has never been a coward in his heart, so he believes that Li Cong must have his own reasons for being so.

"Is it... related to slavery?" Xiao Xian was silent for a long time, then suddenly spoke.

Anticipating that Xiao Xian would ask such a question, Li Cong didn't want to hide it at all. He nodded slowly and said, "That's right. The lowest class people in Donglang are slaves. Anyone who commits a heinous crime other than prisoners of war will be treated as a slave. Tattooed on the face, degraded to a slave. Some of the milder ones were exiled to the border, and the more serious ones served corvée until they died of old age. The status of a slave is low, and if he argues with others or even fights with others, he will only be convicted of slavery, no matter right or wrong. You are not allowed to do business and worship officials, you can only do coolies and serve people. This is probably the case.”

"I don't believe it!" Xiao Xian gritted his teeth and shook his head.He believed in the existence of slavery, but he didn't believe that Li Cong would be the kind of person who was degraded to slavery for his heinous crimes.

"Fool, don't believe it or not." Li Cong smiled, and continued: "Father is an official in the court, and he accompanied the king like a tiger. He accidentally offended Sheng Yan and was sentenced to a crime of implicating the whole family. The rest of the family That's how people go. At that time, my father's colleagues interceded for me, so they gave me a way out of the law and let me live. I was only demoted to Dongjun as a slave. You were separated from us when you were young, and now you have lost your memory , I must have forgotten everything about my childhood. I thought about the past and let it go. I didn’t want you to worry too much, so I didn’t tell you. We will live a good life in the future, and fame and wealth will be empty in a flash. It’s not as good as Anping I It’s coming, don’t you think so?”

Li Cong briefly explained his background in these few words. Although it is not exact, it is roughly the same, and it is true. He also carefully concealed Xiao Xian's identity, so that he did not find out the flaws, and it took a lot of thought .