The Dream of the Red Chamber of Huanzhu is not a dream

Xia Ningjue and Xiaoya just ran from the north of the city to the east of the city, and did not dare to run directly outside the city.Not to mention that they don't know the way, even in this ancient times, people are much less populated than modern times, and there might be some ferocious beasts in the wilderness.Moreover, if Diao Er guessed that she would want to go back to Suzhou and catch up all the way, the two children would be too conspicuous on the road.

The little girl has been malnourished for a long time and her body is extremely weak. She ran out last night and soon after the curfew, she didn't dare to run around anymore. She spent the night under the eaves of a family. Although it is summer, the evening wind is after all It was cold, and coupled with the night dew, the little girl felt a little dizzy early in the morning.

Xia Ningjue had no choice but to walk with her on her back, passing by a pharmacy and running in to buy some medicines. If it wasn't for the early hour, there was no one in the store, and the store was auspicious, and the first business it opened couldn't be successful, otherwise, it would be uncertain how to rush in. she goes out.

There is a dilapidated ruined temple in the east of the city, which is a good place for beggars to settle down. When Xia Ningjue dragged the little girl in, there were three other people in the ruined temple. One was a big man with a leg injury. It was determined that it was fractured, and there was trauma, which had been inflamed and suppurated.Standing beside the big man was a little boy about ten years old. Although he looked a little dirty, he had sharp eyes, not like an ordinary child.Another was an old beggar who had been coughing and seemed very ill.

Xia Ningjue put the little girl to lie down in the corner, and started to boil the medicine.The broken medicine jar was intended to be discarded by the store when buying medicine, and she picked it up just in time for use.

Xiaoya's illness was not serious, and she gradually gained strength after drinking the medicine.

Xia Ningjue went out to buy a few steamed buns with rough noodles. The money was not much, so she had to save some money, and she couldn't show it. Otherwise, the beggar's nest would not be safe, and she might turn into a robber at any time.

Xiaoya is a very kind girl. The days of being trafficked and beaten for several years have not dampened her nature, so after seeing the old beggar and the injured middle-aged beggar in the same ruined temple, she felt sympathy.He saved one of his steamed buns, broke them into three halves, and gave them to three people.

The steamed buns are not big, even if they are divided into three pieces, they are not enough to fill the stomach.The old beggar swallowed it in one gulp, and then stared at the remaining steamed bun in Xia Ningjue's hand.Xia Ningjue glanced at him, frowned, broke off half of it and threw it over, the old beggar quickly picked it up and ate it.

On the other hand, the little boy over there seemed to look at the small half-slice of steamed bun with some disdain, but the unsatisfactory "gurgling" sound of his stomach made him blush, and half-pissed, he stuffed it to the middle-aged beggar next to him. .

The middle-aged beggar sneered when he heard his stomach rumbling, and actually ate the two slices of steamed buns, without any intention of giving them to the little boy.

Xia Ningjue glanced at them and said nothing more.

In the afternoon, the old beggar wandered out to beg, but never came back.Xia Ningjue had already seen that the old beggar had reached the point of exhaustion, and it would not be surprising when he fell down and couldn't stand up again.It was the middle-aged beggar who confused her a bit. Judging by the shape of his bent feet, it must have been caused by improper bone setting after fractures, and the festering wounds had already attracted flies.

The little girl pushed Xia Ningjue: "Big girl..."

Xia Ningjue glared at her, and Xiao Ya finally realized it, and changed her words a little aggrieved: "Dahu, can we give them the medicine?"

The middle-aged beggar's eyes and ears seem to be more alert than ordinary people, but Xiaoya's soft "Xiaoya" has already attracted his knowing gaze.

Xia Ningjue was a little annoyed, so she said angrily: "The medicine we bought is for you to cure the wind and cold, and it's not a medicine for trauma, so it's useless if you give it." There are also medicines for trauma, but the experience of these days has made her not dare to trust others casually. Besides, the wound on the middle-aged beggar was obviously caused by fighting, so there must be no trouble on her body.

"Oh." The little girl—now Xia Ningjue changed her name to Xiaohu—answered sullenly, and then looked at the two people opposite, a little scared, wanting to talk but didn't dare, only looked at the girl who was already leaning against the wall Xia Ningjue closed her eyes and meditated, her mouth was flattened, she retracted to Xia Ningjue's side, and she also followed Xia Ningjue's example and fell asleep.

When Xiaoya woke up, she smelled a faint smell of meat, which made her stomach growl.

Opening her eyes, she saw that Xia Ningjue was messing with the soup in the medicine jar with a branch. The little girl swallowed her saliva, leaned over, and saw that there were slices of finger-thin meat inside. She didn't know what it was, but she smelled it. But it is very fragrant.

"Da... Dahu, what is this?"

Xia Ningjue heard the sound of the little girl swallowing, a sly look flashed in her eyes, and she said, "Eat."

"It smells so good." The little girl sniffed.

Xia Ningjue smiled, turned off the fire, picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks made of two branches, and fed it to the little girl's mouth: "Taste it."

The little girl took a bite, and said as she ate, "Delicious."

Xia Ningjue also took a piece and put it in her mouth.

Although the little beggar on the opposite side really wanted to maintain his masculine integrity, he had no choice but to disobey his stomach. Under the lure of the faint smell of meat in the air, he kept grunting, even the little girl could hear the sound.

The little girl swallowed the meat in her mouth, and pulled Laxia Ningjue's sleeve timidly: "Dahu, shall we give them some?"

Xia Ningjue glanced at her, then nodded helplessly.

The little girl immediately cheered, and because she couldn't find a container to hold the meat, she tore off a piece of fabric from her clothes, wrapped a few pieces of meat, and took it.

Before she could speak, the little beggar blushed, and waved away the cloth bag in Xiaoya's hand: "Who wants to eat such a dirty thing?"

The pieces of meat rolled several times on the ground, stained with dust.The little girl was a little dumbfounded, and it took a while to come back to her senses, and began to cry.

"Come back." Xia Ningjue said, and glanced coldly at the little beggar, seeing that he felt apologetic and uneasy looking at the little girl's crying face, so she didn't bother to argue, and just coaxed the little girl to eat a few more pieces of meat, and then I ate two steamed buns with broth.

Hearing Xiao Ya's sobbing, and looking at the dusty meat on the ground, the little beggar thought of something, and his eyes turned red for a moment.

The middle-aged beggar beside him sighed, and said in a low voice: "Since you have already fallen into the dust, don't bring your old habits with you. You must know that you are no longer a high-ranking magistrate. If you don't want to starve to death, Stop being so picky and awkward."

"My father is obviously right..." The little beggar lowered his head, water dripped on his trouser legs.

"What's the use of saying this now." The middle-aged beggar still lowered his voice, but in a very stern tone, "Listen, go pick up that piece of meat and eat it, remember, since you chose the name Xiao Jian , and choose to let Fang Yan die, then it means that you have to completely abandon the past. Your mother sent you out, definitely not to let you starve to death in vain, those unnecessary self-esteem should be lost as soon as possible. "

Hearing this, the little beggar didn't move for a while. The middle-aged beggar was waiting to persuade him again, but he saw him crawling over slowly, picked up the dusty piece of meat on the ground, stuffed it into his mouth, and bit it hard. I got up, but the tears kept falling.

The little beggar didn't forget to share a few pieces of meat with the middle-aged beggar. In fact, he knew in his heart that it was good for his physical strength to eat some meat.

The middle-aged beggar looked like he liked the pieces of meat very much, and said to the little girl, "Boy, this snake meat tastes good, thank you very much." He had already noticed the identities of the two girls, but he was smart enough not to expose it. .

Xiao Ya froze when she heard his words: "Snake...snake meat? Tiger, is this...snake meat?"

Xia Ningjue glanced at her lightly: "Yes."

"Ouch..." Xiaoya covered her mouth and wanted to vomit.

"Don't spit." Xia Ningjue said sharply.

The little girl didn't dare to vomit anymore, but she felt sick again in her stomach, so she covered her mouth and stared at Xia Ningjue with accusing eyes, looking pitiful.

"Don't bully her." Seeing Xiaoya being wronged, the little beggar yelled at Xia Ningjue because he felt a little unhappy.

Xia Ningjue completely ignored him, and only said to the little girl: "Snake meat is an excellent thing. It nourishes qi and blood, strengthens muscles and bones, unblocks meridians, dispels wind and diseases, beautifies the skin, and nourishes the skin. What's there to vomit? Really?" Without food, mice and frogs also have to eat to survive."

Xiaoya had already suppressed the desire to vomit, but when Xia Ningjue mentioned mice and frogs again, the nauseating feeling came up again, and she didn't dare to vomit, tears fell down.

"Hey, I told you not to bully her!" The little beggar became even angrier, this brat named Dahu was very hateful.What about mice and frogs? They didn't mean to be disgusting. Who would eat those things?

Xia Ningjue looked at the little beggar coldly: "It's none of your business." To be honest, she didn't think what she said was disgusting at all. She thought that when she was left behind in the dense forest, she swallowed snake gall and drank snake blood raw. Things, she is not unexperienced.

"You..." The little beggar couldn't help her, but seeing the little girl's tears felt uncomfortable, so he hesitated and walked over, squatting next to the little girl, and said, "Hey, don't cry, I will eat snake meat too." Well, it’s nothing to be afraid of, as for the rest, he’s scaring you.”

The little girl sobbed and stopped her tears, nodded, "Yeah", but spit out snot bubbles, turned her face away in embarrassment, took her sleeve and wiped her face violently, this time, The beautiful rouge mark between the eyebrows and the handsome appearance were revealed, which made the little beggar really stunned. Such an appearance is absolutely impossible for a boy to have.

When Xia Ningjue saw it, she hurriedly pulled Xiaoya behind her, glared at the little beggar, and then wiped a hand of ashes to blacken Xiaoya's face.

"Hey, what are you doing? Okay, why did you make her look like that?" The little beggar jumped out again to fight against the injustice. He couldn't bear the big tiger's behavior extremely.

"Xiao Jian, don't talk nonsense." The middle-aged beggar stopped the little beggar, glanced at Xia Ningjue again, and praised: "I can't tell that you are young, but you have a lot of experience in the world."

Xia Ningjue was stunned when she heard Xiao Jian's name, and after realizing what the name represented, she asked, "Your name is Xiao Jian?"

"Yes."

Xia Ningjue was silent for a moment. Xiao Jian was one of the main characters in the story of Huanzhu. She hadn't really read the popular "Huanzhugege" very seriously. For her rigorous personality, Huanzhu Grid is not quite able to let her understand.But she had some impression of Xiao Jian, the reason was that Qin Lian's evaluation of him was fair, and later she regretted that he could not be spared to become the Roaring Emperor of Love described by Qiong Yao.

But looking at the awkward little beggar in front of her, Xia Ningjue couldn't imagine the shadow of that knight-errant with excellent martial arts and tricks.

It was the little girl who pulled Xia Ningjue: "Dahu, where is the Jianghu?" When she was walking with Diao Er, she occasionally heard people talking about the Jianghu, but she didn't know where the Jianghu was.

Xia Ningjue was thinking about something, but when Xiao Ya asked her this question, she immediately reflexively said: "Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes."

"Wonderful!" The middle-aged beggar's eyes lit up, "Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes! Great kindness!"

Only then did Xia Ningjue come to her senses, and she couldn't help but smile wryly. Even she is familiar with the buzzwords of later generations, so, is it really habit that kills people?

The author has something to say: After reading a Tucao article, I couldn’t help but make a little complaint, haha