Farming Comb Paintings Return Home

When Xiao Xian woke up, the sky outside was already hazy, and the room was even darker, and he could barely see.Xiao Xian sat up with his arms propped up, smacking his lips, his mouth still smelled of sweetness, he turned his head and looked around, the bowl that was on the ground before had been taken away, there was no one in the room, calm down and listen carefully, there was no one outside. There was no movement, and he was alone again. Xiao Xian felt a little uneasy, opened his mouth to shout, and then thought that he and Li Cong were half strangers at all, and even his younger brother's identity was stolen, so he was ashamed to leave him alone. I acted as a servant, so I put on a cotton coat and got out of bed by myself, picked up the oil lamp on the table to look at it, but couldn't light it, so I had to put it down again, and lifted the curtain to go to the outer room to have a look.

Xiao Xian turned around, made sure that Li Cong was not there, and began to take a good look at the room.The outer house is smaller than the inner house, but it is just as simple. There is a gate in the middle. Open the door and you will be at the entrance of the village. There is a wooden table against the wall opposite the door. There are three tablets on the wooden table. It seems to be high-quality mahogany , but there is no writing, and I don’t know who it is.Although the censer in front of the memorial tablet was very old, it was wiped clean, and it was full of incense ash. It could be seen that incense was often used, but there was no ash on the table.

Xiao Xian stared at the memorial tablet for a while, then turned his head and went to the door and pushed it, there was another rattling sound of chains, and the door was locked again.Looking at the closed wooden door in front of him, Xiao Xian frowned suspiciously.It is said that the folk customs in the countryside are simple, and the neighbors are also friendly. Everyone in a village is familiar with it, and thieves are rare, unlike the apartments where people in big cities have lived for several years. I guess they don’t even know who lives opposite.Xiao Xian climbed on the window frame to look outside. Most of the other houses had their outer halls open, and some doors were closed but without padlocks, but why did Li Cong always lock the doors every time he went out? He used an iron chain as thick as a child's wrist, It was as if instead of a sick person lying in the room, a tiger was imprisoned.

Thinking of this, Xiao Xian couldn't help becoming suspicious.Is the body I occupy now really Li Cong's younger brother?Seeing that Li Cong had to lock him up if he couldn't see him, he must have been tied up, right?But if you really want to say that Li Cong was kidnapped, it would be more credible to kidnap a beautiful girl. Why kidnap a man?Do you still expect a man to give birth to a baby for him?

What are you thinking about, Xiao Xian scratched his head, thinking of the meeting with Li Cong before, it is really hard not to think that he is a good person.However, although Xiao Xian likes to think about things, his pure and optimistic personality has not changed at all. He believes that others are good people at first sight, even if he doubts, he quickly dispels the evil thoughts in his heart.I don't know why I came here, and I may have to live here for a while, so let's get used to the current situation first.Besides, the situation is not really bad. In the novel, there are still people who go back to ancient times to work as prostitutes. Fortunately, I only dress up as ordinary rural people, and I have an elder brother to take care of me.

Xiao Xian muttered in his heart, he glanced back and saw that there was a door at the far end of the outer room, and the wind from nowhere was blowing the indigo coarse cloth floral curtain to move, he was curious, so he walked over to have a look. After all, when the curtain was opened, it turned out that the kitchen was inside.

Looking around, the kitchen is very small and rudimentary. It looks as if a wall is built randomly, a curtain is used to cover it, and a stove can be set up to cook.Xiao Xian swallowed, he could smell the vague aroma while lying on the bed before, it turned out that there were two big pots of food cooking on the stove.Xiao Xian ate little at noon and slept all afternoon. He was already hungry. While guessing what was stewed in the pot, he walked over quickly, tiptoed and reached out to lift the lid, and the heat rushed out. Before I could see what it was, it was so hot that I almost dropped the lid of the pot.

Xiao Xian yelled "Ah", and he threw the hot pot lid on the stove. If it was normal, my brother would scold him again when he saw him running into the kitchen to steal food, but this is not home, and my brother would have already ... I don't know why, I usually don't always think of those sad things, maybe now I am really alone.Xiao Xian lowered his head and gradually clenched his fists. At this moment, there was the sound of chains rattling outside the door, and Li Cong came back.

Li Cong went to the county again before dark, changed into clothes he didn't usually wear, covered his face with a bamboo hat and wandered around the Hongxing Building for a while, but found nothing unusual, so he went to the noodle stall opposite I spent a few copper coins to order the most expensive bowl of Braised Egg Noodles. After eating two mouthfuls, I pretended to be curious and asked about the noodle stall master Hongxinglou.The noodle stall master immediately opened up the chatterbox, he laughed and talked about a lot of messy things, Li Cong poured out half a bowl of noodles, and then he talked about the unusual things this morning, saying that a young man escaped from the building and threw himself into the river at night , the body was already dead when it was picked up in the morning, the old bustard caught the person who brought the body back and scolded him, saying that it was bad luck to bring it back when he was dead, and finally he was wrapped in a mat and buried in a mess outside the city In the burial mound, the corpse was swollen, and it was horrible in white clothes. It was carried out of the county, dripping water all the way, and passed by this street. Everyone saw it and was terrified. A few children came out to play.

Li Cong was suspicious, but kept his face calm, and asked the noodle stall master if he knew who it was.The noodle stall master put the cloth in his hand on his shoulders, turned back and said: "Isn't it just half a month ago that he competed for the first night, but later he was discovered by the bustard that he was no longer a young Mr. It's gone today."

As the noodle stall master said this, it seemed that there was still regret in his words that he had not been able to get a glimpse of her face until his death, and then he paused, and then began to talk about the romantic affair of the young man.Li Cong was silent and didn't answer. He finished the noodles in a few mouthfuls. He felt that the stewed eggs tasted good, and the money was enough. He bought two for a few copper coins and left the noodle stall.

Afterwards, I went to a clothing store and bought a few sets of silk shirts and trousers for Xiao Xian. I also took out the old cotton jacket and trousers I brought from home and asked the tailor to make them smaller for Xiao Xian to wear. The cotton made into cotton shoes, I will come to pick them up tomorrow.

While the tailor was changing the padded jacket, Li Cong walked around the clothing store and fell in love with a navy blue padded gown embroidered with dark patterns.The padded gown was well-made and made of solid materials. The peony embroidered pattern on the hem was elegant but not gaudy, and the style was also fashionable. Li Cong remembered that when he passed by the street, he saw all the boys and brothers who were waving fans wearing such clothes. What's even more rare is that the size seems to be tailor-made for Quxian, not as big as other styles.

The price of good clothes is naturally high, but when Li Cong looked at the robe, he couldn't help but see the appearance of Qu Xian in his mind, guessing that he would look good in it, and he really liked it in his heart, knowing that he should not spend any more money, he came up with an idea After going back and forth several times, I finally gritted my teeth and bought it.Seeing that Li Cong spent a lot of money, the owner of the store looked better, and he didn't coldly scold him not to stain the clothes in the store. He even rubbed his hands with a smile on his face and shouted for the next visit when he left.But Li Cong thought in his heart that if he visited a few more times, the family would be in trouble.

On the way back, Li Cong wondered to himself. He didn't know where the white-clothed corpse in the river came from. He guessed that he caught someone who threw himself into the river by chance. He is Qu Xian, now it's alright, someone has replaced Qu Xian's identity, the child can finally live in peace of mind, as long as he comes to the county in the future, be careful not to be recognized by others.

At this point, the big stone in Li Cong's heart finally fell, thinking that maybe there is some kind of God helping Qu Xian to jump out of the fire pit, it is a great thing.He was secretly happy, and couldn't help quickening his pace, and returned home from the county in less than half an hour.

Li Cong thought that Xiao Xian was probably still asleep, so he took out the key and opened the door lightly, holding the chain in one hand and a pile of clothes in the other, and entered the door, not wanting to hear a rattling sound as soon as he crossed the threshold. The sound of footsteps, I saw Xiao Xian coming out of the kitchen in panic again, standing behind the door with his hands clutching the hem of his clothes, staring at him like a child who has done something wrong, his frightened appearance always made him flustered square inch.

It was very dark in the room, but Xiao Xian's big twinkling eyes could still be clearly seen on Xiao Xian's palm-sized face.Li Cong looked at Xiao Xian, as if he was afraid of startling him, he didn't make any further movements, he just stood there and asked cautiously: "Xiao Xian, what happened?"

Seeing the only person he was familiar with in this world, Xiao Xian suddenly felt at ease, and seeing the iron chain in Li Cong's hand, he lowered his head again, a little aggrieved and said: "The door, the door is locked... ..."

Li Cong was stunned for a moment, and didn't know how to answer, the house was almost empty, even if thieves and robbers came, there was nothing to steal and rob, so he couldn't tell Xiao Xian that the reason for locking the door was to prevent the madam from catching people.

After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't figure out how to explain it, so he simply ignored it, threw the chain in his hand behind the door, and hung the lock he usually used on the door pin, then patted Xiao Xian's head, and lowered his head in a comforting manner. He said in a voice: "There is no need to lock it in the future."

The days in early spring are very short, and it is just after dinner time and it is almost night.It was quite cold, so Li Cong closed the door casually, pushed Xiao Xian into the back room, and took the new clothes in, then turned around and went to the stove, seeing that the soup and porridge on the stove were still hot, so he turned off the fire , took the flint and lit the oil lamp and went into the back room.

"I bought clothes for you, let's see if they fit?" Li Cong put the oil lamp on the table, pointed to the clothes beside him, and said to Xiao Xian, but thought that one lamp was not bright enough, so he lit it again for the first time. After drinking one, he took the new clothes and went to Xiao Xian for him to try on, while he went out and brought in dinner for him.

The chicken soup and porridge were still very hot. Li Cong took off the lid of the pot, put a big bowl of fish porridge aside, took chopsticks, spoon and spoon, put the chopsticks on top of the bowl, put the spoon on the edge of the bowl, and put the spoon on the side. Put it into the pot, then wrap it in a rag and take up the pot of chicken soup.

When Li Cong leaned into the back room, Xiao Xian was sitting on the couch thinking about the navy blue cotton gown, pulled the collar up to look at it for a while, touched the embroidery on the hem, and then put it on, obviously he liked it very much look.

Seeing that Xiao Xian was happy, Li Cong felt that the money spent in the clothing store was worth it.He didn't know that although Xiao Xian didn't like his major, didn't know what to study in the past history, and hated the rigid exams, but once he was on the scene, he couldn't help seeing these things vividly before his eyes. The antiquities are still somewhat strange.

Xiao Xian heard Li Cong entering the door, so he looked up, and it turned out that it was dinner.The smell of hot chicken soup scrambled into his nose, Xiao Xian straightened his neck and straightened his waist, he became excited in an instant, and without knowing how to hide it, stared at the pot and bowl in Li Cong's hand and swallowed exaggeratedly, Li Cong was holding the things All the way in from the door, his head also turned all the way.

Li Cong laughed secretly that Qu Xian was really a child at heart, he forgot the previous one when he saw something new, a pair of moist eyes flickered, and the cotton robe was still hanging on his body, so he dropped his legs and was about to get out of bed.