pastoral life

The college examination was held in the city, and children from all over the world gathered here, and many relatives who accompanied the examination also came. The provincial capital was very lively for a while. The steamed buns have risen to two pennies each.

"Aunt Li, I regret that I didn't ask for more of your steamed buns in the past. My intestines are green."

After Mingzhu and Wang Mingchuan entered the city, they naturally wanted to visit Aunt Li. In the past few days, they sold sparrows in the city thanks to Aunt Li's care. This friendship will never be forgotten. When the two of them enter the city, they always like to come here to sit and sit. The love is getting deeper and deeper.

"It's you who is slick, or Chuanzi is real. Look, those who can read are better than those who can't, but it's cheaper, you monkey. I don't know how many girls I will envy if Chuanzi gets a name in the exam next year. Home."

If someone else had said this, Zhu would definitely not be willing to listen to it, but Aunt Li was a good-natured person, so he just listened to it and just wanted two more steamed buns.

"I took advantage of Mingzhu's marriage to me. My aunt said so, Mingchuan can't afford it."

Aunt Li's son works in the yamen and rarely has time to accompany them on weekdays, so the old couple especially like children. I feel good, but I'm happy in my heart but I can't help teasing on my lips, until I make the young couple blush.

"It's getting late, ma'am, I'll send Ming Chuan to the examination room first, and I'll take care of these little ones."

Mingzhu glanced at the sky and felt that it was almost time, so she put Wang Xiaotan, who was still sleeping soundly in her arms, into the back basket for Wang Dahe to carry, and hurriedly left after a few instructions.Today is the day of Wang Mingchuan's examination, so he will come to see it off, but there are so many people in the examination room, how can he take care of these children alone, and he is not at ease in the village, so he came to look for them as soon as the city gate opened. Aunt Li asked her old couple to take care of her.

"You just go, you won't lose them if you throw away my steamed bun stand. Hurry up, it's bad luck if you're late."

Aunt Li took Wang Xiaoxi with one hand and waved to Mingzhu and the other. The latter looked back and ran to the examination room after all.

The Xuezheng who supervised the examination this year was newly appointed last year. In the 38th year of Tianchong’s Jinshi, his surname was Zhao Mingliangpin. It is a rare happy event for such a rural child with no connections and no roots. Mingzhu has heard people say that the test questions have been leaked before her predecessor was in the examination room. It is really difficult for people not to cheat. .

"I've been shut down for the past two days and I can't do anything to clean up. You can go back and tidy up later. Although it's hot in the day, it's unavoidable to be cold at night. Although there are mattresses there, it's still not clean. I brought you a thick coat." Put it in the bag, and if it gets cold at night, put it on, and it doesn’t matter if you sleep with the same clothes, after all, it’s only two days to endure it.”

"In the basket are the cakes I baked for you last night. I saved some from the rabbit I killed earlier to make you jerky. If you're hungry, eat it. Don't think about it." Province, if you come out after the exam, I'll see if there is anything left in the basket, you see, I can spare you!"

Like all the parents who send their children to the examination room, Mingzhu dragged Wang Mingchuan to give him instructions for a long time. He went to the inspection gate with his things, but before leaving, he turned around and hugged Mingzhu tightly in his arms in front of the crowd.

Someone's old face turned red instantly.

Although Mingzhu didn't feel that homosexuality had to be hidden, but such a blatant declaration of sexuality was still a bit incapable of accepting it. Wang Mingchuan confused him with such a hug. I don't know if it was a psychological effect. After that, he felt that the people around him There is something indescribably weird in the way he looks at himself.

"This little brother..."

Students from all over the country have passed the inspection and entered the examination room. Mingzhu stretched her neck outside and looked at it for a while. Half a step away, he was stopped by a strange boy.

"What are you doing?"

Mingzhu looked at the person carefully, she was only sixteen or seventeen years old, she looked handsome, she was a little taller than herself, her eyes were pure and shy, but she didn't look like a treacherous person generation.

The man looked at the black birthmark on Mingzhu's face and couldn't help but look a few more times. After realizing that his behavior was impolite, he seemed to be frightened and turned his attention away from the birthmark and looked at Mingzhu.

"Just now I saw that you and that little brother behaved very...intimately, forgive me, I don't know if you two are..."

"We are husband and wife."

Mingzhu answered frankly, the young man was a little dazed at first, then he scratched his head in embarrassment and said:

"I'm being pedantic. I can't match my little brother's mood. It's no wonder that your husband and wife are so loving, but my husband and I can only..."

Mingzhu was a little surprised. After all, it was a bit strange for two strangers to say these things when they met for the first time, but even though he was muttering in his heart, he didn't dare to show it on his face. He only chatted with this boy, hoping to end the topic as soon as possible and go back to find him. A few little ones, never thought that this young man would pull Mingzhu to open up the conversation as if he had found a confidant, and said that if it hadn't been for the two steamed buns that were stuffed in Aunt Li's shop just now, Mingzhu would have no doubt that she would be killed. He said he passed out.

"I want you to see a joke. It's my fault for stopping you so suddenly. Can I have breakfast? I treat you as an apology."

"No, I've already eaten before I came here, and I still have some things to take care of before, so I won't bother you brother, see you later."

After speaking, Mingzhu ran away, not giving the boy a chance to stay.

While Mingzhu was running away and scolding herself why she didn't get away early, she watched from afar as Uncle Li came towards him.

"Mingzhu, uncle, I'm sorry, Xiaohu's baby, he, he's gone!"

Mingzhu managed to support Uncle Li who was rushing towards him, but she was stunned by such a sentence.

"What did you say!"

**

This provincial capital is neither big nor small, aside from other things, a child can still hide, so Mingzhu wandered around with Uncle Li for a long time but still couldn't find the small lake, Mingzhu was running around in a hurry, but I couldn't find a way out for a while, and suddenly remembered that Aunt Li and Uncle Li's son were on business in the yamen, and immediately entrusted Uncle Li to the yamen to find help. Uncle Li was also very guilty. Generally speaking, there is no reason not to agree, so these two people hurried to the yamen to find someone.

"Uncle Li, why are you here? Are you looking for Hu Zi? He has been wandering around the street and hasn't come back yet."

The two yamen servants standing at the gate of the yamen obviously knew Uncle Li, and when they saw the old man walking quickly, they greeted him enthusiastically, but Unexpectedly, Uncle Li grabbed the two of them by the arms and begged in a trembling voice:

"Da Ya, Fuzi, you have to help the old man, I, I, my grandson is missing!"

The two of them knew it was a big deal as soon as they heard it, and they didn't bother to find out when Li Hu got married and when his cubs were born. They didn't even pay attention to the living person Mingzhu standing next to him, so they just asked about it. The situation at that time.

"Hey, you also know that there are a lot of scholars in the provincial capital in the past few days. My old lady and I didn't take care of the stall in the morning when there were so many people. Only when the older children cried out did we find that there was one missing. Mingzhu and I had two. After searching for a long time, I didn't even see a single one, Fuzi, you have to help uncle, otherwise, I won't be able to live in peace even if I lie in a coffin."

Those two were grown up under the watchful eye of Uncle Li since they were young, and they are good brothers with Li Hu. Now that Uncle Li has spoken, there is no way they would not help, so they asked Wang Xiaohu carefully about his physical characteristics, and called a few people in the yamen. A brother who was a good friend on weekdays began to search for someone all over the city.

**

Mingzhu ran for a whole day and her leg was about to break. She was anxious and had no one to talk to. Seeing that it was getting dark and she had no idea, she scolded herself for not being caught by that stranger while struggling. I wanted to look for it again, but when I was in a state of desperation, I heard a familiar voice from a house——

"Ming-zhu-brother-!"

"Big—brother—!"

"Second brother!"

"Big—sister—!"

"Little sister!"

"Ming-zhu-brother-!"

The soles of his feet were filled with lead, and Mingzhu had never been so thankful that Wang Xiaohu was born with a loud voice. He couldn't help but feel relieved, and looked up at the door plaque of that house——Wei Mansion. Seeing this appearance, it should not be an ordinary family, Mingzhu thought in his heart Although he was in a hurry, he didn't dare to go in hastily, and then he endured the soreness in his legs and ran to find those people in Li Hutong's yamen. Anyway, it would be easier to have officials and family members present.

After a lot of tossing around, he finally knocked on the door of Wei Mansion. The person who opened the door was an old housekeeper. He looked at those people dressed as officials, but he was not at all flustered. He just bowed slightly to let the passageway go:

"I don't know what you are doing late at night, all the officials?"

After Li Hu was pulled in to find the children together, he was also very busy for a while, and now he is a little bit exhausted from running. When he met the old housekeeper like this, he didn't beat around the bush and said straight to the point:

"The family took in a five-year-old boy?"

The official slapped his head and replied very straightforwardly:

"Isn't that right, brat, you have a very loud voice, and you haven't brought any water to drink after you've been called all day. If you walk around, you've found him."

The housekeeper quickly led the way, and most of Mingzhu's uneasiness dissipated when she saw this. Since she admitted so openly, she probably had no bad intentions. At least for now, Wang Xiaohu is safe, so the soreness on her feet has eased a little. .

When Mingzhu arrived, Wang Xiaohu was still howling, his voice became hoarse after a long time, but he was still howling regardless, a girl next to him offered tea but refused to drink it, and just pointed at the window Roaring outside, holding on to the window lattice and refusing to let go, Mingzhu's eyes turned red when she saw this scene, and she rushed forward regardless of etiquette and hugged Wang Xiaohu in her arms.

"Brother Mingzhu?"

Wang Xiaohu's voice was already hoarse, and he was taken aback when he was suddenly embraced into a familiar embrace, then his face burst into smiles,

"It's really here. I remember you said that if I get lost, you can hear me by shouting to the ends of the earth. It's true!"

The kid showed off as if he had found something interesting, but the tears in his eyes couldn't fool anyone, this stupid boy was probably too scared today.

"Small lake."

"What?"

"Go back and clean you up again!"

Mingzhu stretched out her paws and wrung Wang Xiaohu's buttocks until she screamed until she let go. He was really scared today, and lost Wang Xiaohu after sending Wang Mingchuan into the examination room. When Wang Mingchuan finished the exam, how should he explain to his elder brother, how to explain to himself?After these few months of getting along, he has already tried the Wang family as relatives. He really treats these little girls as his own brothers and sisters. He loves them. He feels uneasy without anyone. He only feels at ease when he sees them growing up by his side. .

Wang Xiaohu had a bitter face, but he also knew that he had gotten into a catastrophe today and didn't dare to tell, so he had to hang on Mingzhu's body and let him carry her home.

But Mingzhu underestimated the boy's weight, and overestimated her remaining physical strength.

Holding Wang Xiaohu in his arms, he got up suddenly, his legs were already unconscious, and his eyes were dark again, and he fell behind uncontrollably. He subconsciously hugged Wang Xiaohu in his arms, but it was extremely predictable. The pain of falling to the ground did not come, and someone stretched out his hands to support him.

Then throw it aside.

Pearl: ...