Don't go back to hometown

"No, let's go home."

Xie Chengjing paused for a while, then asked Jiang Xianyu: "Have you figured it out? You might have to get beaten when you go back."

Jiang Xianyu couldn't help but bend the corners of his lips, "Think it over."

He let go of his hands and jumped off the horse, looked up at Xie Cheng, half-jokingly said: "If I really abduct you, Uncle Xie will definitely not spare me."

Xie Cheng looked down at him, and suddenly raised his hand to touch his face, "Then you want to leave me and go alone?"

His cheeks tingled slightly, Jiang Xianyu touched his face.

There was a light bloodstain on the left side of his face, probably scratched by his mother's arrow tail.But the slight sting did not bother Jiang Xianyu, but made him feel at ease.

Since he will be hurt and hurt, then everything in front of him must not be a dream—he is really, really, reborn.

So he shook his head solemnly, and said seriously: "If you don't leave, you won't leave in the future."

"Why?" Xie Cheng was very puzzled, he didn't understand why the young man who was eager to venture into the world yesterday changed his mind overnight.

Jiang Xianyu took the reins from Xie Cheng, led the horse back and turned around, "I just suddenly thought about what I want to do and what I can do."

"If I roam the world like Zhao Wuya in the storybook, can I be like him, even if I am blinded by someone's plot, can I bear the humiliation and bear the burden and become a generation of blind men? Or will I be like a lonely goose floating in the ocean, causing my parents to worry?"

What he said was half-truth and half-false, Xie Cheng didn't speak for a long time after hearing it, he sighed softly after a long time, got off his horse and walked to Jiang Xianyu's side, took the rein from his hand, "Let's go."

Come back home.

Seeing that Xie Cheng didn't ask any more questions, Jiang Xianyu secretly heaved a sigh of relief and followed the other party's footsteps.

He knew that Xie Cheng was familiar with his temperament, so he certainly didn't believe that he would give up his original obsession because of a moment of confusion, but this was the best excuse he could think of now.

The rest can only be proved by actions.

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When the two returned to the city, the street market was already bustling.

The hawkers who set up the stalls spoke the familiar Yangzhou dialect, sometimes with an official accent, and the bowls of steaming food were fragrant. Everything was familiar to Jiang Xianyu, and it was the kindness of fireworks that he had not felt for many years.

He sniffed intoxicatedly, and when he smelled the familiar fragrance, his eyes lit up immediately, and he quickly grabbed Xie Cheng's wrist and ran forward.

"Abo, here are two bowls of shrimp roe wanton noodles and one serving of hot dried shredded noodles!"

"okay!"

The old man at the noodle stall looked up and saw him, and said with a cheerful smile, "Isn't this Xiao Yu? I heard you were beaten again this morning?"

As soon as Abo finished speaking, the nearby vendors and diners all looked at Jiang Xianyu with interest.

Jiang Xianyu: "..."

Had news of his beating spread throughout the fair so quickly?

Xie Cheng, who was at the side, bent his lips silently, passed him and tied the horse under the tree at the entrance of the alley, and sat down by the stall.

Jiang Xianyu smelled the rich aroma of the shrimp roe noodle soup, but he still compromised like a glutton in his stomach, abandoning his face and following everyone's jokes.

When Abo served the wonton noodles, he still didn't forget to tease: "Just now the steward of Liu's mansion came to eat noodles and said that his master is waiting for you to go back and repair the roof!"

Jiang Xianyu: "..."

Holding back his embarrassment and eating the wonton noodles, Jiang Xianyu hurriedly took Xie Cheng home.

"You really don't want me to go back with you?" Xie Cheng asked him worriedly at the gate of Jiang's residence.

Jiang Xianyu shook his head: "I can't ask you to excuse me every time."

Xie Cheng nodded, and warned: "If you still get beaten, don't talk back, and howl harder."

Jiang Xianyu: "..."

You are fine, you have been educated.

"You should go back quickly." Jiang Xianyu said worriedly, "If Uncle Xie finds out, you must never admit it. Just say...just say that you just stopped by and followed me to Jinling to see Brother Duan."

Xie Cheng nodded, and raised his chin towards the gate of the Jiang Mansion, "Go."

Jiang Xianyu was like a brave man who went to death generously, took two deep breaths, and stepped into the gate of the Jiang Mansion.

However, the expected scene of looking for him everywhere in the Zhongfu did not happen.

The bodyguards and servants at home didn't know what they were busy with, carrying boxes and cages to and fro in a hurry, and when they saw him, they only had time to call "Second Young Master" without giving him a single extra look.

Jiang Xianyu: "..."

If it wasn't for the crowd still greeting him, he would have thought he had become a ghost again.

Just when Jiang Xianyu was about to stop someone for questioning, the junior brother Su He led the horse over, saw Jiang Xianyu, and hurriedly waved to him: "Third senior brother! Hurry up! The senior senior brother is back!"

Jiang Xianyu was stunned for a moment before realizing that it was the elder brother who came back!

No wonder the eldest brother didn't show up after being beaten this morning. It was at this time in the previous life that the eldest brother took the darts to Shuzhou, and it happened to be back today.

Jiang Xianyu hurriedly ran to the main courtyard, "Brother!"

In the main hall of the main courtyard, Jiang's father and Jiang's mother were talking to Jiang Baizhou, who had darker skin, and asked him if his trip was going well.

Hearing the movement outside the door, the three turned their heads to look at Jiang Xianyu in unison.

This scene was somewhat familiar, Jiang Xianyu couldn't help but stop, and stood outside the courtyard gate, the tip of his nose slowly sore.

In the previous life, when Xie Cheng returned home with his corpse, it was the same scene.

Parents and elder brother waited and waited at home, and when they heard Xie Cheng bring him back, they all looked out the door.

All eyes fell on the coffin behind Xie Cheng.

The mother stumbled and ran forward, supported his coffin and wept bitterly, and passed out directly.

The father hugged his mother, but he staggered a few steps and almost fell, and he was crying when he looked up.

The eldest brother stared at the coffin, his canthus cracked, and tears streaming down his face.

...Jiang Xianyu didn't dare to think about it.

He closed his eyes, suppressed the pain and regret in his heart, and walked towards his parents and elder brother.

"Father, mother, elder brother." His voice was faintly nasal, with a hint of weakness.

Father Jiang's heart softened a bit, but he still snorted coldly and reprimanded: "You still know how to come back!"

Unexpectedly, Jiang Xianyu knelt down in front of the three of them with a plop: "I was wrong."

He lowered his head, with a sincere attitude and a solemn tone: "I shouldn't have the idea of ​​running away from home, and I will never do it again."

Although Jiang's father treated his sons and apprentices harshly, he always believed in the saying that "a man has gold under his knees", and he forced them to stand up when they were whipped with a stick, and he never made them kneel.

Jiang Xianyu's kneeling really startled him and Jiang's mother.

Jiang's father glanced at Jiang's mother, coughed lightly, put his hands behind his back and said, "You are a smart boy! Next time, I will break your leg!"

Mother Jiang looked down at Jiang Xianyu: "Do you really know that you are wrong?"

Jiang Xianyu looked up at her, his mother is still beautiful and heroic now, unlike five years later, when her hair turned gray because of him as an unfilial son, she vomited blood every now and then.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xianyu stepped forward and hugged Mother Jiang's calf, choked up and said, "I'm sorry, mother, my son made you worry."

Jiang's mother was almost thrown off her feet by him, but fortunately, Jiang's father helped her from behind.

But the anger in her heart was completely extinguished by this action, and her son's choking tone made her heart soften even more, so she patted the back of Jiang Xianyu's head, "Okay, get up."

Jiang Xianyu looked up in surprise: "Ah? Won't you punish me this time?"

Mother Jiang gently grabbed his ear, smiled kindly, and said, "What are you thinking about, silly son? The wall and roof on the opposite side are still waiting for you to repair! There are also compensations for each family, all of which will be deducted from your private money. "

"Mother only found out today that the boy has saved a lot of private money."

Hidden in a small bundle, ready to run away from home.

Jiang Xianyu: "..."

He turned to look at his brother: Brother, save me.

Jiang Baizhou twisted his head back and patted him: I can do it myself.

Then, Jiang's mother talked about the dishes for Jiang Baizhou at noon, and said that she would cook for herself.

Jiang Xianyu, who no one cared about, could only get up in despair, and carried the ladder to repair the wall and house.

Unexpectedly, when he walked out of the courtyard, the conversation in the room stopped.

Father Jiang: "Ma'am, do you think Xiao Yu has changed his sex this time?"

Jiang's mother disagreed: "Just wait! In a few days, I will definitely revert to my old ways, clamoring to go wandering around the world. I will hand over his martial arts scripts to him too."

Jiang Baizhou thought for a while, and said, "If Xiao Yu really wants to venture outside, why not let him walk with me."

Father Jiang nodded when he heard the words, "This is also a way."

Mother Jiang pursed her lips and said nothing.Jiang Baizhou said: "Mother, don't worry, I will definitely take care of him."

"Of course I'm relieved of you—" Mother Jiang paused, then looked up to the outside of the courtyard.

The eaves and the courtyard wall cut out a small square sky, and even a cloud cannot be seen.

She sighed softly, "Forget it, you can't imprison him at home forever."

……

Jiang Xianyu took out the only money left on his body and asked his servants to buy new tiles, and then he went to Uncle Li's house to repair the wall first.

Repair the traces caused by the back of the knife and the wooden arrow, and then repaint the wall with a layer of plaster.

When the neighbors who came and went saw him, they all joked: "Oh! My Xiaoyu is good at painting walls!"

Jiang Xianyu had a cheeky face and remained calm, blocking all harassment.

He moved very quickly. After painting the wall, before the servant who bought the tiles came back, he flew to the roof of Uncle Liu's house and stared blankly.

The sun in June is so poisonous that pedestrians avoid it. Only Jiang Xianyu is greedy for the scorching temperature, as if this is the only way to prove that he is really alive.

When his cheeks were hot from the sun, the servant who bought the tiles finally came back with a shoulder pole.

Xie Cheng also appeared together.

Jiang Xianyu stood up with a swipe, "Why are you here?"

Xie Cheng took a stack of tiles and flew up to the roof, and handed them to Jiang Xianyu. Seeing the bloody scratches on his face, he frowned and asked, "Why didn't you apply the medicine?"

"Small wounds have scabbed over."

Jiang Xianyu rubbed his face with the back of his hand, took the tile, and asked him: "Uncle Xie didn't notice it? Did he scold you?"

Jiang Xianyu thought of Xie Cheng's previous life falling out with his family in order to build a tomb for him, and he had lingering fears, for fear that he would bring Xie Cheng into trouble.

But Xie Cheng said: "No."

"That's good."

Jiang Xianyu heaved a sigh of relief, recalled the luggage on Xie Chengma's back at that time, and asked in a low voice, "Where's your luggage?"

Xie Cheng bent over to build tiles: "Shimo is put away."

Jiang Xianyu didn't pay attention, it turned out that Xie Cheng's book boy was also present when his "dongchuang incident happened".

But Shimo has always been clever and sensible, so he must have hidden Xie Cheng's tail in the first place.

Jiang Xianyu was completely relieved. Seeing that Xie Cheng was working faster than himself, he couldn't help but curl his lips and promised, "I'll treat you to salted bean curd later."

Xie Cheng glanced at him when he heard this: "Didn't your private money be confiscated?"

"How do you know?!" Jiang Xianyu was shocked, "My brother told you?"

"Ah."

The servant climbed the ladder and handed the tiles to the two. Xie Cheng came over and continued: "Senior brother gave me a bank note and asked me to spend it for you."

"Brother still loves me." Jiang Xianyu pursed his lips and smiled, reaching out his hand to Xie Cheng.

Xie Cheng said: "Brother means, let me manage the money for you."

The original words were: "To save him from getting rich and wanting to run away from home."

Jiang Xianyu: "..."

What about the most basic trust between people?

Seeing his downcast face, Xie Cheng couldn't help but bend his lips, "Don't worry, I'm not greedy for you."

Jiang Xianyu was startled, almost unable to take Xie Cheng's joke.

In memory, Xie Cheng had played and played with him a very long time ago.

During the year he turned into a ghost and followed Xie Cheng, he never saw a smile on Xie Cheng's face.

Except for the moment of being buried with him.

Jiang Xianyu took a deep breath, temporarily shook off those heavy memories, and smiled at Xie Cheng: "Then I will treat you later, and you pay the bill."

Xie Chenghui smiled slightly: "Yes."

It's just that it was almost noon when the two of them finished repairing the roof, Jiang Xianyu thought about it and invited Xie Cheng to go home with him for dinner.

"My mother cooks by herself today, there must be our favorite lion's head."

The two of them had been eating together since they were young, so Xie Cheng didn't refuse, and talked to the doorman of Xie's mansion, and went to Jiang's mansion next door for dinner with Jiang Xianyu.

The latter was still chattering: "Let's eat salted bean curd and crab roe soup in the evening."

Xie Cheng: "Yes."

"What about tomorrow? Do you want to go to Juxianlou for the morning meal tomorrow?"

Xie Cheng stopped and looked at him: "I have to go to the academy tomorrow, have you... finished your homework?"

Jiang Xianyu: "?!!"

There is such a thing? !