Qinghe Pastoral

January + [-]th, Qinghe Village seems to be still immersed in the joy of the new year, but Lin Mu and his party will leave Qinghe Village today and go to Dongzhou to settle the old grievances of the past.

"Here, be careful all the way, your parents and brother are waiting for you at home."

This time, I don't know the date of return. Xu Xiuqin has been thinking about this matter, and she hasn't slept well for many days, and she didn't sleep all night last night. She wants Lin Mu to go on the road without any worries, but she can't help but choke up when she speaks up.

"Father, mother, with Xiu and Uncle here, don't worry about Mu'er, this matter is over, and Mu'er will always be by your parents' side from now on."

"Well, go ahead and don't worry about your family."

After all, Lin Sheng is a man, although he is also worried, but he is not like Xu Xiuqin.

Lin Mu reluctantly got into the carriage, and when the carriage slowly drove away, Lin Mu lifted the curtain, watching the husband and wife getting farther and farther away from him, and felt sad in his heart.

They didn't rest all the way, and at sunset, they arrived at Qili Town, Yong'an Island. They found a good hotel room, had a hot meal and rested, and then went to the street.

This town is famous for its beautiful jade, and stone gambling is popular. There are many shops and small stalls in the original stone, and there are constant shouts and hawkers, and there are even many foreigners who come here admiringly.

"Why are you like this? It's all sold, how can there be any reason to change your mind?"'

Lin Mu, Ji Ruixiu, and Bai Junyan strolled all the way, and they also met some lucky people who offered good jade, but most of them were sighing people, but there were many people around in front of them, and there were faint quarrels.

A few of them searched for the sound, and saw a piece of raw stone on the stall, with a thick green already exposed inside, and it seemed to be in good condition.

"Do not increase the price, do not increase, do not sell."

The stall owner was big and rough, and his words were justified, but the burly middle-aged man was still hesitating, but the surrounding spectators couldn't see it, and they all criticized the stall owner.

"This businessman doesn't even talk about the minimum integrity. We will all watch whoever comes to your stall in the future. This brother has paid all the money. When you see that you are going to sell jade, you change your mouth and don't sell it. How can there be such a business?"

"Yes, this stall owner is really dishonest."

Seeing that there were more and more people onlookers, the stall owner took out a piece of silver that the man had paid, and was about to return it to the man.

"I don't know how much money my brother paid for this stone."

Bai Junyan did not know when he walked up to the man. The man was very quiet at first, but Ji Ruixiu clearly saw that when the man saw Bai Junyan, his pupils shrank. He seemed to be very shocked, but he quickly calmed down again, just like what happened just now. Just an illusion.

"[-]"

The voice is also cold, and most of them don't say a word.

"It doesn't matter if you don't buy it, brother."

Bai Junyan didn't know why he said that, the man hesitated again and again, and finally took the money returned by the stall owner.

"Look at it, look at it, this corner is rich and bright, the appearance must be excellent, 100 taels, if you don't buy it, it will be too late.

Seeing that the man took back the silver taels, the stall owner immediately changed his expression and started screaming again. Some people were eager to make a move, but hesitated because of the price, but a nobleman who was dressed in an expensive style and followed by several attendants bought it boldly. .

Beside the jade stall, there was an old man who opened the jade. After the nobleman bought it, he asked the old man to open it. People were also curious about what grade of jade was there.

I thought it was some good jade, but when it was opened, it was only a small piece of skin, and the rest were white stones. The onlookers were amazed, and they were all glad they didn't buy it.

"Grandma, how dare you cheat me, let me be happy for nothing, and smash this mess for me."

The nobleman's face was full of unstoppable anger and bad luck. The stall owner shouted, but no one came to help him. After losing his temper, the nobleman left with his attendants in a mighty manner. Only the stall owners with sad faces and the officials who watched the show were left.

Bai Junyan had already returned to Lin Mu's side. The three of them were about to leave, but they were stopped by the man. However, when the man saw Lin Mu, his reaction was even weirder than before. Ji Ruixiu always felt that this man recognized his uncle and nephew. But if so, how could Bai Junyan not respond.

"Thank you for reminding me, sir."

The man bowed to Bai Junyan, Bai Junyan waved his hand gracefully, and said: "It's nothing to worry about, it's just that I can't get used to the behavior of the stall owner."

The man thanked him a few more times before leaving, and the people coming and going on the street disappeared very quickly.

"Strange, this man, I seem to have seen him somewhere."

Lin Mu murmured in a low voice, but it did not escape Ji Ruixiu's ears. Although Lin Mu couldn't remember the events of his childhood, those things that touched him deeply, such as the fire, kept appearing in Lin Mu's mind like a dream. Looking at this person's words and deeds just now, Ji Ruixiu always felt that something was wrong.

"Did uncle ever recognize this person?"

Bai Junyan seemed to be remembering, but no matter what he thought, he couldn't remember that he had met that guy just now.

"I have never seen this man."

"Forget it, maybe it's my illusion, it's getting late, let's go back."

Although Ji Ruixiu still had doubts, Bai Junyan had no choice but to give up because he didn't recognize this person.

This guest was found in the west of the city, and the night was quiet.

In the middle of the night, there are only a few shops that are still open, and the occasional pedestrians can't spoil the quiet night.

"Go away, go out."

Ji Ruixiu was awakened by the screams. He had a very good sense of smell and could already smell the smoke faintly. He hurriedly woke Lin Mu up, but Lin Mu obviously didn't know what was going on.

Ji Ruixiu quickly put on clothes for Lin Mu, and there were several exclamations from outside, finally driving Lin Mu's drowsiness away.

"Is the outside talking about water?"

"Yes, let's go out."

Ji Ruixiu led Lin Mu to open the door. This inn has two floors. Ji Ruixiu, Lin Mu, and Bai Junyan live on the second floor, and Nanny Zhou and Dabao are on the first floor. The place where the water walks is just opposite to the stairs of Lin Mu and the others. In that room, the fire had already spread.

Ji Ruixiu led Lin Mu and walked quickly. He wanted to go down the stairs, but who would have thought that the wooden pillar on the top would be burned and fell down. If Ji Ruixiu hadn't reacted quickly, he would have fallen on Lin Mu, and the ladder would also be stained. Ji Ruixiu picked up Lin Mu and jumped down from the second floor. The first floor was better. Just as he was about to go out, he ran into Dabao who was about to enter the house.

Dabao and Mrs. Zhou lived on the first floor, so they were not affected, but some customers on the second floor were still injured. The shopkeeper was anxious, pacing back and forth, ordering the staff to put out the fire.

It was night, six-year-old Mu Xianchen felt extremely hot in his dream, but when he opened his eyes, he saw fire lights all around him, and Dabao who was sitting beside his bed fell asleep unconsciously.

He was so frightened that he cried and called Dabao, but Dabao didn't respond, the fire was getting bigger and bigger, he wanted to run out, but the sparks from the falling wooden stakes blocked his way, so he could only cower in the corner , Feeling the higher and higher temperature, tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.

At the age of six, he still didn't quite understand life and death, but he felt very scared. He felt hotter and hotter, and it became more and more difficult to breathe.

He was drowsy, but was awakened by a cold voice, it was a tall and strong young man, he had a pair of black and bright eyes.Yu Nian took his hand and hugged the sleeping Dabao again. The moment he left the house, half of the house collapsed, leaving only a sky-high red and fear in his world.

Then what?He was terrified and dazed by the fire. That day when he was sitting by the roadside waiting for Dabao, a woman in ragged clothes called him Baobao, and carried him farther and farther until he could no longer see Dabao or him. place to sit.

The woman always called him baby, and took him and a group of refugees southward. One day, the woman never woke up again, and he was tired and hungry, and just wanted to close his eyes.

When he woke up again, he saw the face of a loving woman, she hugged him and fed him, telling him not to be afraid.Soon he gradually recovered, the woman asked him his name and where his family was, but his mind went blank, the woman said: "Don't be afraid, I will be your mother from now on, your surname is Lin Mingmu. "

"Muer, Muer, what's wrong with you?"

Ji Ruixiu's eager call finally pulled Lin Mu back from his thoughts. He glanced at the anxious Ji Ruixiu and Mrs. Zhou, as well as the burning inn, and finally remembered what was going on at the moment.

"Where is uncle, where is uncle?"

After Lin Mu said this, Mrs. Zhou realized that his young master was not there. She looked around and couldn't see Bai Junyan, so she became anxious for a while.

"Uncle has good ears and eyes, it's impossible not to notice it, don't worry, I'll go and have a look."

Seeing that Ji Ruixiu was about to go in, Lin Mu grabbed his hand subconsciously.

"It's so hot, don't go."

There was already a cry in the words, Ji Ruixiu was in a dilemma, always felt that something was wrong with Lin Mu at the moment.

"Why is the water gone, are you all right?"

At this moment, Bai Junyan's voice sounded from behind, Lin Mu turned his head happily, and saw that Bai Junyan's clothes were neatly dressed, and he didn't look embarrassed at all.

"Master, where did you go?"

"You can't sleep at night, go out for a walk, are you all right?"

Seeing that Bai Junyan was fine, they were finally relieved.

The guys in the store worked back and forth for a long time and finally put out the fire, but the store has changed beyond recognition.Fortunately, there are no other shops or private houses around the inn. The shopkeeper felt relieved to see that the guests were safe, and it was God's blessing that no one was killed.

"I'm really sorry, guests. When the sun rises, we will ask the official to find out the reason. When the matter is over, we will compensate everyone for your financial losses. Now, I will take you to another shop of our house to rest. I am really sorry .”

The shopkeeper's words are sincere, these guests are not arrogant and unreasonable, no one wants to encounter such natural disasters and man-made disasters, and the shopkeeper said that after finding out the truth, they will pay them all the money, so the shopkeeper took them away go.