Rebirth of Wendong Xiaoji

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it has been almost five months since Chen Wendong came to Zhou Mansion. During this period, Zhou Yanhuan has improved a lot in knowledge, and Chen Wendong's life has become much easier.

When Chen Wendong woke up this morning, he felt extremely cold. When he was shivering and getting dressed, Wang Yanzhi just entered the room with the washing water.Chen Wendong saw that the child was covered with snow below his knees and his little face was flushed from the cold, so he hurried over to help him clean the snow from his legs and feet, and brought him a charcoal basin to warm his hands.

Since returning home last time, Wang Yanzhi has taken on the job of washing face and feet, and until now Chen Wendong has not been allowed to intervene. Chen Wendong also pretended to ask the two to take turns, but Wang Yanzhi dismissed it with disdain. After his eyes were blocked, he accepted it with peace of mind.Between not getting cold and saving face, Chen Wendong resolutely chose not getting cold.

Chen Wendong is particularly afraid of the cold. As soon as winter started, he put on a thick cotton coat, and now he is wearing three layers of inner and outer layers. He looks like a potato when he goes out. Now the whole Zhou Mansion knows that he is afraid of the cold. of.

In fact, Chen Wendong's fear of the cold is mainly due to the psychological obstacles left by his previous life. When he was a child, his family was poor and he had many brothers and sisters. He couldn't afford cotton-padded clothes at all.When he became rich, his chilblains were cured, but his fear of the cold was burnt down. Every winter, Chen Wendong covered himself up tightly, and his friends joked that he was born by a ghost who was frozen to death.Now that he has been reincarnated as a human being, Chen Wendong has not been able to get rid of his fear of the cold. Fortunately, the Zhou family has been generous, and the cotton clothes were sent out very early. When Manager Zhou heard about this, he specially asked someone to make a thicker set for him. of.

Chen Wendong pushed open the door, looked at the dark sky outside and the knee-deep snow, and was stunned for a moment.

"Why don't you wash your face quickly, what are you doing standing at the door? The wind is so strong and it's not too cold, I really don't know what you're thinking all day long." Wang Yanzhi dragged Chen Wendong into the room, and quickly closed the door.

"Small eyes, the Chinese New Year is less than ten days away. I want to take this time to go home and have a look. Do you want to go back with me? But you didn't sell yourself into the mansion. According to the usual practice, you can go back It’s the New Year’s Eve, or you’ll wait a few days before going home.” Chen Wendong was indeed homesick just now, and it’s been more than four months since he went home last time.

Having been in this world for such a long time, Chen Wendong has roughly understood the customs and habits here, and naturally understands that as a servant who has sold himself, he is not eligible to go home for the New Year, but Wang Yanzhi is different. home.

Compared with ancient China, the social tolerance here is relatively high. If the people who sell themselves as slaves are not bought out for life, the masters have no right to buy and sell them again. After leaving slavery, they can also be officials and do business. , although there are many restrictions, it is much better than becoming a slave and being a slave for generations.

"I'd better go home with you. I won't go back during the Chinese New Year." Wang Yanzhi made a decision without hesitation.

"Okay, after a while, we'll go and talk to Manager Zhou." Chen Wendong naturally understood Wang Yanzhi's concerns, so he didn't say anything more, not to mention that Wang Yanzhi was too righteous, and it was useless for him to say it.

So the two of them rushed to ask Manager Zhou to ask for leave before Zhou Yanhuan woke up.

Manager Zhou also just woke up and was washing his face. Seeing the two of them, he smiled and scolded: "You two, why don't you take good care of the young master, why are you here?"

"Morning Manager Zhou! Hehe, it's still some time before the young master wakes up. We'll come to discuss something with you, and we'll be fine in a while. I promise not to delay the morning service for the young master." After finishing speaking, Chen Wendong laughed at Manager Zhou .

"Okay, just tell me if you have anything to say." Mr. Zhou wiped his face, sat down on a chair, and waited for Chen Wendong to reply.

"It's like this, Mr. Zhou, don't you think it's almost Chinese New Year? We want to go home for a few days to see our father and younger brothers. But don't worry, we will definitely return that day." Chen Wendong stared blankly after finishing speaking He looked at Manager Zhou.

"Okay, let's do it tomorrow." Hearing what Chen Wendong said, Manager Zhou immediately agreed, thought for a while, and said, "Well, you two go to the account and get this month's wages and monthly money first. , and then pay another 20 taels of silver per person, this is because you have served the young master in the past few months, and reward you two, just tell the accountant that I said it."

"Thank you, Manager Zhou, you are so kind!" Chen Wendong and Wang Yanzhi thanked Manager Zhou, and left happily.

Early the next morning, the two of them left Zhou Mansion early as usual. Since it had just snowed the day before yesterday, the road was slippery and they walked slowly. After shopping, it was already getting light.As soon as the two of them turned the corner of the alley, they saw several horses running from far to near on the road, and hurriedly backed away.

When they got closer, Chen Wendong realized that the leader was a middle-aged man with a thin face. These people didn't see the two of them, and they quickly disappeared at the end of the road.Chen Wendong frowned. Looking at the faces of these people, I am afraid that they are not good people.

As he was in a hurry to go home, Chen Wendong put the matter aside, and when he turned around to greet Wang Yanzhi to hurry, he saw him staring viciously at the direction where several people disappeared, trembling all over.

Seeing Wang Yanzhi's appearance, Chen Wendong was also taken aback, and quickly pushed him, and Wang Yanzhi came back to his senses.

"Are you okay?" Chen Wendong looked at the empty road, then at Wang Yanzhi, who was full of hatred, and sighed softly.

After a while, Wang Yanzhi said: "I'm fine, let's go."

Wang Yanzhi didn't say anything, and Chen Wendong didn't ask, the two just walked on their way silently.

After leaving Dengping City, Wang Yanzhi said, "Why don't you ask me?"

"Why should I ask? If you don't want to talk about it, it's useless for me to ask. If you want to talk about it, you will naturally tell me." After finishing speaking, Chen Wendong shook Wang Yanzhi's cold little hand and gave him a comforting smile.

After another half hour, Wang Yanzhi said: "It was the man who killed my whole family just now."

Chen Wendong shook the child's hand slightly, then tightened his grip.

Wang Yanzhi took a few deep breaths, and then continued: "My father used to be the left servant of the Ministry of Rites. He resigned from office two years ago and returned home. He wanted to avoid right and wrong, but he didn't want people to come to the door constantly since he returned to his hometown. Thank you at the door. Dad was also alert before the incident. At that time, our family even packed our bags, but we didn't want to be a step too late.

At that time, Ah Fu and I were hiding on the beams of the corridor. I watched them kill my mother, elder brother, second elder brother... so many people. They forced my father to hand over the seal, and then my father went crazy. They killed daddy too..." As he said that, Wang Yanzhi couldn't help crying, big tears rolled down one after another, and his whole body trembled like chaff.

Chen Wendong put the child in his arms, patted his back with his hands, and comforted him constantly: "Okay, don't be afraid, it's all over, don't be afraid..."

Chen Wendong's arm went numb from the slap, Wang Yanzhi stopped crying, and when his mood stabilized, Wang Yanzhi said again: "After they left, Ah Fu and I dared to come down, we didn't dare to stay longer, even the corpses of our family They ran out without burying them.

We were hiding in Tibet, but they still found out. Ah Fu was stabbed with a sword in order to protect me, and died on the spot.I was cut twice on my leg and chest, and I rolled directly down the cliff, but I didn't want to be touched by Uncle Wang, so I came back with my life. "

Chen Wendong had seen the scars on Wang Yanzhi's body before, especially on his chest. The long scars lay across his immature body, which was very hideous. If it had been deeper then, Wang Yanzhi might have died long ago.

"Xiao Yan'er, do you know what seal they want to get?" Chen Wendong guessed that the root cause of their family's murder might be this seal.

"I don't know either, but I vaguely heard them mention King Jingbian at the time. I think this seal may be related to King Jingbian."

Seeing that Wang Yanzhi really didn't know, Chen Wendong didn't ask any more questions.Thinking of the seriousness of this matter, Chen Wendong stood still, supported Wang Yanzhi's shoulders, and said seriously: "Little Yaner, listen carefully, don't mention your matter to anyone from now on, remember, you are My cousin is an orphan who escaped from the flood in Chenjia Village, do you understand?"

Chen Wendong looked at the child with his head down, and added: "At least you must do this before you have enough ability to take revenge."

Finally, Wang Yanzhi finally nodded, and Chen Wendong felt relieved.