The peasant boy of crossing

The rented car arrived, and then it was a matter of agreeing on who would ride with whom, and in which car.

Wang Yuan brought a lot of people, besides the two servants who were close to him, he also brought two strong men who were rough envoys. "There are a lot of people here." Wang Yuandao, "It's not appropriate for them to squeeze together with you, so I'll suffer a lot and take a donkey cart."

Wang Yuan got into the donkey cart first, and the other two were from the same village, and it was said that the ones who turned around frequently were related to each other, so the two of them naturally got into the bullock cart.

There was only Fang Zheng and a boy who washed his clothes for him, so he had to sit with Li Xinyi and the others.

Ever since Wu Su and Fang Zheng confessed on the deck that day that they were incapacitated, Fang Zheng had to walk around whenever he saw Wu Su.

Even when they were eating together, they had to sit at the farthest position from Wu Su, making Wu Su dumbfounded.

Wu Su and Fang Zheng had no friendship other than a few words that day, so Wu Su just let him go.

Fangzheng got into the bullock cart, kept his head down and didn't speak.

Li Xinyi didn't expect that Wu Su had already revealed their relationship, and felt that he was a book boy, and Wu Su didn't open his mouth, so it was not easy for him to strike up a conversation with him.

Li Xinyi was not only motion sick but also seasick, and she was ready to fall asleep all the way, so she only asked Wu Su to be alert and wake him up whenever something happened.

Wu Su couldn't laugh or cry: "Will I leave you behind? What are you thinking?"

Li Xinyi said: "If I am awake, I can still help you. If I fall asleep, I will hold you back. I'm afraid I will beg you to leave me behind."

Wu Su stretched out his hand and rubbed his head: "Stop it quickly, and stop using your overly rich imagination. Would you like to sleep on my lap for a while?"

Li Xinyi patted the hands on the forehead, and said: "There are others around, don't make any fuss."

Wu Su didn't take it seriously: "What's the matter?"

The conversations between Li Xinyi and Wu Su were all in a low voice, Fangzheng didn't hear what they were saying clearly, he only vaguely heard the word "bystanders", and suddenly felt unhappy.

He is used to being an outsider, and he hates that he is always "marginalized". Even if he is unhappy, he just keeps a cold face and will not tell others what is on his mind.

The bullock cart was moving slowly, and the distance was long, and she didn't know when the robbers would show up. Li Xinyi was anxious, and most of her motion sickness problems were cured.

"Are you not sleepy?" Wu Su asked with concern.

"How can we sleep at this time, maybe we are destined to go, but not returned." Li Xinyi said worriedly.

Wu Su comforted him and said: "Don't be afraid, I will be where you are, and I will accompany you when you die. Even if you go to the underworld, we will not separate."

Li Xinyi: "..." I feel a little complicated.

Wu Su's love talk skills really caught him off guard. He didn't know whether to touch his heart or poke Wu Su's heart to make him stop saying unlucky things regardless of the occasion.

Li Xinyi thought for a while, and said: "Even if I die, I will protect you and let you live well. But if you die, I am still alive, and I will work hard to live with you."

Wu Su: "..." He also felt a little complicated.

"So, it's best for us to live well and not die at the hands of thieves." Li Xinyi said, "Do you have a map of Shandong's boundaries?"

Wu Su shook his head and said, "I have something that you haven't seen? Besides, things like maps are not something ordinary people can see."

Li Xinyi was a little disappointed. At this moment, Fangzheng suddenly said, "I have."

Li Xinyi was a little embarrassed, if Wu Su hadn't suddenly said that it was inappropriate to die together, he would not have forgotten Fang Zheng, a living person.

After the embarrassment was over, Li Xinyi gave Wu Su a hard look.

Fangzheng took out a sheepskin roll, handed it to Li Xinyi and said, "That's it."

Li Xinyi unfolded the parchment scroll, which not only contained a topographic map of the boundaries of Shandong, but also the nearby South Zhili, North Zhili, and the border areas of Henan.

"How come you have such a precious thing?" Li Xinyi said in surprise.

The map in front of me not only has clear lines and clear markings, but also has a scientific scale.

Fangzheng was a little proud, but he didn't want to show it too obviously. After his face darkened, he said: "The family has a long history."

Li Xinyi said in admiration: "So it's from a scholarly family, no wonder the style of this body."

It's just that no matter how clearly marked it is on the map, he doesn't know where the bandit den will be.

"What are you confused about?" Fang Zheng asked aloud seeing Li Xinyi's frowning expression.

Li Xinyi replied: "I was thinking, since there are bandits on this road, which mountain would they be on? If we know the exact location of the bandits, we can avoid them."

Fangzheng said: "What's so difficult? Just pass by a nearby village and ask the villagers inside. And didn't Wang Yuan say that the bandits would guard the canal? Then the places where these robbers live will not Too far from the canal."

Li Xinyi really admired Fangzheng now, "You are so smart! No wonder you can win the exam at a young age. If you want to, the champion is also within your reach."

Fangzheng blushed when he heard this: "Where, if you are not talented and dull, you should not be praised like this."

Li Xinyi said: "My surname is Li, and my name is Xinyi. I am a painter from "Xunzi Encouraging Learning" in "Xunzi Encouraging Learning". How do you call me?"

Fangzheng said curiously: "My name is Fangzheng, and the character is Chunyi."

Li Xinyi smiled and said: "This is really a coincidence, my name has 'one' in it, and yours also has it in it, so it's fate."

Wu Su is not narrow-minded and jealous, but hearing his sweetheart praise other men endlessly, and say that he is a saint if he is destined or not, he can't help but feel a little sour in his heart.

"There is a village in front." Wu Su said, "I will ask Uncle Zhang to take us there to ask."

Li Xinyi opened the car window, and outside was a deserted farmland.

Uncle Zhang, Wang Yuan and the others greeted each other and drove towards the village.This village is not big, with a circle of yellow earthen walls standing intermittently around it.

Uncle Zhang got out of the carriage, and Wang Yuan asked his two servants to go with him.

This village is so peaceful that you can't even hear a dog barking, let alone a person coming and going.Li Xinyi was a little anxious and wanted to go with Uncle Zhang, but was stopped by Wu Su.

"We have a lot of people. If we guard outside, the people inside will be afraid. And trust Uncle Zhang."

Li Xinyi was used to doing everything by herself, and only then did she realize that her words and deeds just now were quite inappropriate.

Wu Su smiled and pinched his fingers again, signaling him not to take it to heart.

Before it was time for a stick of incense, Uncle Zhang and the others came back.

"There is no one inside, not a single person." Uncle Zhang said.

Li Xinyi looked at Wang Yuan, and his two handymen also shook their heads.

"Are there any women and children?" Li Xinyi asked.

Uncle Zhang said: "I can't see a single living thing. I can see that the stove has a thick layer of dust, and it has been cold for a long time."

Wu Su asked: "Is there anything alive, is there anything dead?"

Uncle Zhang said: "There are only some belongings that cannot be moved. I don't look like robbers looting, but it looks like the whole village moved away cleanly."

Li Xinyi turned her head and said to Wu Su: "It's going to be dark, it's freezing cold, let's go to the village for a night?"

Wu Su didn't answer, but asked Wang Yuan, "What do you think, Brother Wang?"

Wang Yuandao: "Then let's stay for one night."

The village was indeed as empty as Uncle Zhang said, and when the sky darkened, the whole village became eerily quiet.

Even in the village head's house, there are few houses that can be lived in, but no one has said that they want to separate.

"Why can't we hire a bodyguard? If there is no bodyguard, it would be nice to have a guide." Li Xinyi wanted to lose her temper.

Before Wu Su could answer, Fangzheng said: "It's too conspicuous to ask for a bodyguard, and we are so unknown, so it's unlikely that a bodyguard is willing to send us to the capital."

Li Xinyi was puzzled and said: "You went to Beijing to rush for the exam, and you didn't say that you were accompanied by a few powerful nurses from Kong Wu?"

Wu Su said: "You're just too nervous. There are a lot of people traveling here and there. Who will do us any harm? Let's rest quickly, we have to hurry before dawn tomorrow morning."

A few people were used to working hard on the road, and it didn't feel like there was anything wrong with five people squeezing into a kang, but felt that it was rare to have a place that could shelter from the wind.

"Asu."

Li Xinyi poked Wu Su quietly, he wanted to say, did this scene resemble the scene where they slept on the kang for the first time on the way to the country test.

But Wu Su just hugged him, kissed his cheek indiscriminately, then kissed his lips, and fell asleep tiredly.

Li Xinyi felt a little embarrassed.

He hasn't washed his hair or bathed for several days, and even rinses his mouth carelessly.

Wu Su actually didn't dislike it either.

"There should be bandits around here." Early the next morning, Fang Zheng said to Li Xinyi, "This is the conclusion I came to after thinking about it all night."

Wu Su wondered, "Why do you say that?"

The author has something to say: I still want to hear some critical opinions, after all, I only have you.