Respect the little husband [farming]

The things on the street were scattered, only a few men cleaned up the stalls in front of the door that had been vandalized by foreigners. Children and women were still hiding in their houses and did not dare to come out. The streets looked extremely depressed.

It is said to be a street, but it is actually a slightly wider dirt road. There are many people walking and it is compacted. There are also low houses on both sides. Even tile houses are rare. When walking around the building, the back is so straight.

Shen Wenxuan is like a strange person walking quickly on the road, and the passing men who are working can't help but look at him strangely. This foreigner dares to run around on the street as soon as he leaves, and he is not afraid of being patrolled. The soldier noticed something strange and took him away as an inside thief.

Shen Wenxuan looked away, and those people hurriedly looked away, as if they would suffer disaster if they looked at him.Shen Wenxuan squinted his eyes, and looked around again. Except for the chaos, there was no blood on the street, let alone dead people. Is there any need to be so nervous?

In history, foreign invasions usually tortured and killed local people, but it seems that there is no such thing here. Even the usual hard-hit areas such as brothels are fine. Could it be that the foreigners in the south are weaker?Shen Wenxuan felt a little strange, but he didn't think about it carefully. He followed the route he remembered and walked along the avenue until he saw the city gate heavily guarded by soldiers. There were about [-] or [-] soldiers in detail.

There were already a few ragged people lined up, waiting to leave the city. Some of them were carrying boxes containing crops. They seemed to be from the surrounding villages. They should have no support in this city. They have been hiding in the city for the past few days. , I am in a hurry to get out of the city right now.

Shen Wenxuan stood there pondering for a while, and hid in the alley far away to observe. Almost everyone who left the city would be picked up. The hands and feet of those soldiers were not clean, and they secretly hid any money in their In his arms, some even snatched the baskets of people who left the city.

Shen Wenxuan raised his brows lightly, he was carrying a lot of silver on his body now, if those soldiers saw it, it wouldn't be his.

After thinking for a while, Shen Wenxuan touched the purse in his arms, and compared the disparity in combat power between a weak chicken and twenty or thirty big men, and let out a sigh of disappointment. Save money dream.

Feeling distressed, he picked and picked in the purse, took out the smallest piece of silver, and wrapped the rest in his clothes and hid them under the book. Shen Wenxuan coughed lightly, with his hands behind his back, his face was full of the aloofness of a scholar, He walked out without a trace.

Daqing emphasizes literature over martial arts, and scholars have a high status, so they can still put on airs.

He staggered to the gate of the city and waited. There were still a few men in front of him who were being inspected. It was probably because these men had very little money on them.

In front of him was a tall and thick guy. Shen Wenxuan glanced at him for a while, swept from head to toe, and paused. The left trouser leg and shoe of this person were wet. If you look carefully, you will find a dark red, walking forward. At this time, the movement of the left foot is obviously a step slower.

Shen Wenxuan raised his eyes, and looked at the man calmly. Although the clothes were neat, they were torn several times, and his hair was stained with dirt. Was he being chased and beaten by foreigners?Before Shen Wenxuan could think clearly, the person in front was suddenly pushed to the ground with a "bang" and his head hit the ground. Shen Wenxuan felt pain when he heard it.

However, the dark-skinned man gritted his teeth and did not shout out. He stood up obediently and fell down a few times due to the injury to his left leg. Turned back silently.

"Damn it! A pauper with no ass! Bad mood! Why are you alive?! Why didn't he get hacked by the Qiang people!"

The pawn who knocked down the man seemed to be still angry after cursing, and he picked up the army stick next to him and was about to swing it. The big man was startled, and subconsciously raised his arm to block——

The expected pain did not appear, but the sound of a hard object hitting his ears sounded. The big man lowered his arms suspiciously, and saw a half-grown boy with a slightly immature stature standing in front of him.

Shen Wenxuan threw down the stick in his hand, and turned his wrist. The soldier's strength was quite strong, and his hands were numb from the shock.

The soldier frowned, looked at the wild boy who appeared out of nowhere with a hostile expression, and was about to swear, but Shen Wenxuan started swearing one step ahead of him:

"The current soldiers are terrible! I'm afraid they are more powerful than the county magistrate! The county magistrate must first ask whether it is right or wrong when he beats someone. You are good, and you will use force against scholars when you come up! Let me tell you, our academy here My name is recorded on the roster! If you dare to touch me, I will definitely climb mountains and wading to sue the imperial court! A low-level soldier actually killed a scholar with a stick in the street! Is there any law in Daqing?! "

Shen Wenxuan yelled for a while, causing other soldiers to look over.

The soldiers looked left and right, and seeing the eyes of the soldiers in front were also looking here, they panicked: "You, you are talking nonsense—"

"I'm talking nonsense?" Shen Wenxuan pointed to his military stick, "Look what you're holding? I'm standing here, and you swung the military stick just to hit me?! In broad daylight, not only know the law and break the law , To even despise the sages, the crime is even worse!"

"When did I, when did I despise the sages—"

"I am a scholar. All the scholars in the world are deeply taught by the sages, and they are all disciples of the sages. If you hit me, you are despising the sages!"

"I, I didn't want to hit you, you rushed up by yourself."

"I rushed up to let you hit me? Do you think I'm a sick person?!"

"you......"

"What are you doing?"

An officer pushed aside the surrounding soldiers and came over, frowned and glanced at the aggressive Shen Wenxuan, and pulled the soldier who made a mistake behind him to block him, he glanced at the big man who had just got up from the ground next to him, paused, Looking back at the soldier with his head down, he probably understood what happened, and the murderous expression on his face subsided.

"It's my laxity that made them make such a mistake and offend everyone."

The officer gestured to the surrounding people with his fists in his hands, and then nodded to Shen Wenxuan, which was considered polite.

"Now that the Qiang people have just entered the country, they have to be strictly checked when they leave the city. Please forgive me for any inappropriateness."

Shen Wenxuan picked out his ears, and muttered in a moderate voice: "Strict investigation can strictly check all the people's money, and it is also a skill."

The officer's face sank: "My subordinates will never do such a thing!"

Why don't you pretend to be clear in your heart?Shen Wenxuan rolled his eyes and said, "Does your lord have any other advice?"

The casual look was really rude to the officer, and the soldier saw that his anger grew in his heart: "You—"

The officer stopped him, walked around Shen Wenxuan himself, checked several parts, found nothing suspicious, and said, "Open the package."

With a smile on the corner of Shen Wenxuan's mouth, he unwrapped the package, trembling at the officer one by one, and finally picked up the money bag he had hidden in his clothes and shook it.asked:

"Do you want it?"

The officer looked at him like this and didn't speak, and turned sideways to let him pass.

Shen Wenxuan was quite surprised, and sized up the officer, but didn't investigate further, packed up his bags and left the city gate.

On the city wall, the officer looked at the straight figure walking away, and turned to ask the soldiers behind him, "Are you really taking the people's money?"

The soldier lowered his head and hesitated for a while, then raised his head and secretly glanced at his lord's face, after all he didn't dare to lie to the Shangguan, nodded and admitted.

"Bastard!"

The soldier was startled, and quickly knelt down, saying: "Boss, we don't take this money for selfish desires. The higher-ups don't care about us soldiers guarding the city at all. Not only are they deducting military salaries, but even food and grass are almost gone. This time The Qiang invasion was caused by a mistake at the frontier. We fought desperately with those Qiang people, but we were also implicated in the end. This time... I don’t know where to get money to buy good medicine for the injured brothers.”

The soldier stopped talking while he was talking, and wiped his eyes. Men don't flick their tears easily. Their lieutenant soldiers are men among men, and they won't let their tears fall when they die.

The officer sighed, he didn't know the situation in the army, but the people on the frontier are not rich, they are unlucky to meet God's face, and even their own food and clothing are problematic, how can there be extra money for these garrison troops? plunder.

"I'll figure out a way for money and food. If I find out that you don't observe military discipline and engage in those robber activities, you will be dealt with by military law!"

The soldiers responded quickly.

Shen Wenxuan walked quickly on the rugged path. There are many hills in the south, and the path is full of potholes. It will take two hours, but he is weak now, and at his current speed, he will not be able to reach it in three hours, and it will be dark by then, who knows what will come and go in this barren mountain at night.

Shen Wenxuan frowned and stopped at the same spot to rest for a while, waited for his breath to calm down, and continued to walk forward, but unexpectedly, an ox cart walked slowly behind and stopped beside Shen Wenxuan.

Shen Wenxuan raised his head and saw that it was the dark man, who was sitting on the bullock cart at this time, and a young man was sitting in the front of the cart, half or seven like the man, holding the reins in his hand.

The man scratched his head and felt a little embarrassed. The farmer was introverted and didn't know how to talk about those bells and whistles. He asked sullenly, "Brother Shen, do you want to take a car?"

Shen Wenxuan smiled: "You are in the same village as me. If you invite me to take a ride, I will naturally take a ride, not to mention that I am a little tired from walking."

After saying that, Shen Wenxuan got into the bullock cart, and the big man quickly moved aside to make room for him. Shen Wenxuan was not polite, and sat comfortably against the shaft of the cart.

He knows this big man, it should be said that the original owner knew him, the eldest son of the Zhang family, a good farmer, and has a good reputation in the village, no accidents, he will live in the village in the future, according to the original owner's original plan Interpersonal relationship, I am afraid that it is difficult to move an inch in the village.

The members of the Zhang family had no conflicts with the original owner before, at most they looked down on him a bit, but now that they have this kindness, he will not mess around with unfamiliar people.

The bullock cart was swaying, and the cool wind blew on his face. Shen Wenxuan squinted his eyes and straightened his back, stretching his waist, feeling a little comfortable.

"That, that..."

A voice came from the side, the big man was still a little embarrassed, he scratched his forehead to find a topic, maybe he felt that it was not good to say a word all the way back.

"Thank you, thank you."

He didn't expect to be rescued by Shen Wenxuan when he left the city gate. He was influenced by the villagers before and always thought it was an idiot. Grandpa was so speechless that he completely changed his view of him.

"Shen family boy, don't worry, I, Tieniu, will always remember your life-saving grace in my heart. If you need anything in the future, just come to me, and I will definitely help."

The boy driving the car in front also hurriedly answered: "You are my elder brother's savior. If something happens in the future, I will help you, and my mother will also help you."

Shen Wenxuan squinted his eyes and smiled, glanced at Tie Niu's left leg, gave him the remaining half of the wound medicine, and said: "You and I are both from the same village, so it's natural to help each other, what's the point? Kindness or not kindness, it's too raw."

Tieniu hastily refused, but after some pushback, he still accepted.

On the one hand, his injury was really painful, his younger brother came to pick him up in a hurry without any wound medicine, and he might have to wait for a while for the doctor to come over when he got home, he had already lost so much blood, he was really panicked.

On the other hand, the wound medicine that Shen Wenxuan handed over was very common and not expensive, so he used it up as soon as he used it, and he could buy a new bottle and return it to him after a while.

But Zhang Tieniu looked at the injuries on Shen Wenxuan's body and felt that the bottle of medicine in his hand was worth a lot of gold. He couldn't hide his shame and gratitude in his heart, and looked up at Shen Wenxuan with even more earnest eyes.

Sure enough, the rumors are not credible, how can someone as loving and righteous as Brother Shen be as good as the rumors say.

"I don't know what Brother Shen is going to do when he returns to the village this time?"

After applying the medicine, Tieniu wiped the sweat from the pain on his forehead, let go a little this time, and smiled at Shen Wenxuan.

"Go back to the village." Shen Wenxuan yawned and said.

"Go back to Shen's house?"

"Of course not. My mother bought houses and fields in the village before. Now that my mother has left, I will pack up and live in it."

When Zhang Tieniu heard that, his face immediately became a little bit wrong, looked at Shen Wenxuan, hesitant to speak, and said: "A few years ago, your mother bought a few acres of land, and also bought a house, but, but that's not already... ..was it given to the Shen family by you?"

ha?

Shen Wenxuan was stunned, and tried to find this part of the memory in the corners of the memory, but finally found it.

grass!The original owner is really stupid!

In ancient times, a woman could not buy a house or land property before she got married, so when the original owner's Huakuniang bought the house and land in the name of the original owner, it turned out that the original owner was lucky. The grandfather's family sent it to him, and he really licked a good dog!

Shen Wenxuan frowned a little irritably.

Seeing that he was in trouble, Zhang Tieniu quickly thought of a solution, and said: "Brother Shen, if you don't have a place to live, you can live in my house. Although my house is not big, at least it can shelter you from the wind and rain. It's just that you want to... wrong brother Shen and us brothers. asleep."

Zhang Tieniu felt a little ashamed at the end. His family was not very wealthy, and there were only four rooms in the house, one for his mother, one for the hall, and one for the kitchen. The remaining one was where the three brothers lived.

Shen Wenxuan shook his head, he knew the situation of the Zhang family, if he really wanted to sleep with a few men, shoulder to shoulder... He got goosebumps just thinking about it.

Although the Shen family is not a man, they want to save face.At first, in order to prevent the villagers from making irresponsible remarks and scolding them for stealing his grandson's property, he hypocritically gave him an old house where they lived before.

He has no impression of this old house, but that's all he can do now.

Shen Wenxuan sighed and said, "There is a house by the river in the south of the village that I own, and I will live there."

ah?That, that house has long been deserted.Looking at Shen Wenxuan's expression, Zhang Tieniu knew that he had broken with the Shen family, and he didn't want to live with them, so he swallowed the words again.

Brother Shen is really good-natured, it's not good to be dependent on others, so he doesn't persuade him anymore.

"My house is not far from there. When I get home, I will ask my mother to clean it up for you."

"It's work."

When Shen Wenxuan stood in front of his house, although he had expected it, he was still shocked by the dilapidated state of the house.

The thatched house, the adobe on the wall has fallen off, revealing the wooden planks inside. There are three houses in total, two of which collapsed. The third one, when Shen Wenxuan pushed the door in, collapsed immediately. When he raised his head, the roof was broken. Hole.

It is estimated that those homeless people in the village will spit and curse bad luck when they see such a house.

The only thing worthy of praise is that the yard is full of unknown weeds, which is quite vibrant.

Ah.

Shen Wenxuan looked at this room, and suddenly felt that the road was long and far away. The most important thing he lacked was perseverance. After working through a bad hand, it might become a good one in the end.

He slept here tonight, the head of the Zhang family left early, Aunt Zhang and Zhang Tieniu brothers helped tidy up for a while, managed to remove the weeds in the yard, repaired the fence gate, and mended the roof.

Shen Wenxuan lay on the creaking wooden bed, and from time to time, he remembered the whining sound of the house when the wind passed by, and the rustling sound of something moving.

What a haunted place.

Shen Wenxuan silently covered the quilt on his body, took out two cold baked sweet potatoes from his bag, and ate them while thinking about an incident after he came here. He didn't bother to mess with them either.

There is also the matter of the Fragrance Garden, and I don’t know how well the madam is capable of doing things. Then he will renovate the whole house when he gets the remaining 45 taels.

But before that, you can't do nothing, just sit and eat, and you have to find a way to do some business to make money, and the five taels in hand are just counted as capital.

He has never thought about such things as studying and taking the imperial examination. One is that he is not interested, and the other is that he does not have that kind of ability.It's okay to recognize traditional Chinese characters, but if you really want him to care about it, you might laugh first if it's him.

Shen Wenxuan stared at the starlight that was exposed in the gap between the first-class thatch. He thought he would not be able to fall asleep, but he fell asleep in the end. He didn't hear the sound of stumbling on the path outside the house. My shadow is darker than this night, and I can't see the light ahead.