Break the line

Sister, how is my sister? " Persimmon tree finally remembered her poor cousin who had no oil stars in the soup.

Seeing the three people looking over in unison, Ying Lan said angrily, "It's all right, except for eating bran and swallowing vegetables!"

The little girl's eyes briefly weighed between the chicken legs on the plate and the cousin in her heart, and continued to eat the chicken legs without hesitation. Earlier, she said what books her cousin read, what kind of big-hearted person, hungry body skin, yourself, no need Daren, just eat enough and sleep well, Daren will starve his cousin a bit, at worst, before going to the mountains to visit next time, go and fetch some pheasants and add some food!Feeling grateful for being such a caring little cousin, she shook her head.

"Win, win sister." Xiao Wu was bold.

"Do you need to make some iron tools in the princess's garden? I can do this." Xiao Wu has become fascinated by the blacksmith shop next door these days. Such ironware is also enough to live.However, Xiao Wu fell in love with the scythe on the wall at a glance, and he had to learn from others. No, he had been working for a month.

A couple of three, put down their jobs, and left a sentence: "I will not come back tonight as a helper for Lao Xu." Xiao Wu went to the next door in a hurry.

Kan Jian finally put down his bowl and chopsticks, and said lightly: "Old Xu is the leader of the pawn gang."

"Old Xu?"

"Pawn gang?"

Yinglan and Shishu were stunned.Pawn gang is just a general name, which generally refers to the helpers and craftsmen of Chuijiaoshan.These people are overwhelmed by priests, officials, and scholars at the top, but they don't have their own land below them. Regardless of their social status or family property, they can't be counted on.

However, there are a large number of them and the industry is complicated, so they gathered a so-called pawn gang. Whoever takes on a big job can also get along with the friends in the gang to do it together. mutual help groups.

Old Xu, that lame one leg, that old slippery little Wudang free helper, turned out to be the leader of the pawn gang?

The little girl couldn't help asking: "Is there any danger?"

Kan Jian, who was full of food and drink, stood up: "I'm here, it doesn't matter."

Ying Lan rolled her eyes: I can really pretend.

Beside the furnace, Xiao Wu was blowing wind and talking about the color of the flames.

"No, no, try harder." Old Xu on the side leaned on his crutches and watched, Xiao Wu's face was flushed against the flames, and his skin, which was [-]% dark, turned red.

Under the night, this is the only place in the village where the fire is burning, and the old and the young stare at the stove to watch the fire.

At dawn, Lao Xu knocked and turned off the fire. He knocked the bong on the door frame and said, "You say you are slow and the fire is not enough. See if this furnace is useless." After saying this, he went back to the room and fell asleep.

Xiao Wu rubbed his reddened eyes, and bowed towards the back room with great guilt: "It's because I didn't do a good job. I'll go to sieve iron and stone tomorrow to supply you. I'm sorry."

Turning around and leaving, he was dispirited and unwilling.

When there was no more movement, Lao Xu poked his head out, pulled away the waste slag, picked out a black piece the size of a fist, hit it with a cigarette bag, it made a crisp sound, and when it was done, he pushed away the floor tiles in the back room , revealing a dark hole, Lao Xu threw the black thing in, pulled up the floor tile entrance contentedly, lay on the bed, and sang with his legs crossed: "Since ancient times, the wisest plan is the most unparalleled, but he treats that fool as bitter... "Babbling, babbling, so comfortable.

The three of them were having breakfast when Xiao Wu came out shaking with his chicken coop on his head.

Yinglan felt a little distressed seeing him haggard, he was still a half-grown child, doing the work of burning the stove, forging iron and picking up stones every day, when it was time to eat, Lao Xu drove him back, and was called to continue after eating Come on, how can you bully a silly child like this!

"Xiao Wu! Come and eat!"

Shishu became curious: "Brother Wu, you go to Lao Xu's house to work every day, did he teach you anything?"

Xiao Wu was a little frustrated: "It's all because I'm stupid, I can't learn it, and I can't do it well."

Yinglan couldn't help but rubbed his chicken coop head: "You are stupid, he is using you as free labor. Who in the village doesn't call him old thief Xu, he is a very thief, and he can take advantage of everything. Be good! You hurry home and rest, learn swordsmanship with your big brother Kan, or go around with me to find out, don't let people play tricks."

"Old Xu, Lao Xu is a good man!" Xiao Wu shook his head like a rattle, "He taught me how to watch the fire, but I was not up to my expectations, the wind was always slow, and the fire didn't go up until the stove went out. "

Looking at Xiao Wu who is so determined, Ying Lan shook her head helplessly, just broke off more than half of the steamed bun in her hand, and stuffed it to him, a half-sized boy who eats a poor old man.

That day, Lao Xu didn't start work, and there was some movement outside the door, so he stretched his neck and looked again and again, but he didn't see Xiao Wu. The old cripple knocked on the table with a cigarette pouch: Huh, nothing long.

But the next day, he saw that the baskets piled with iron and stones were full again, and the firewood pile in the backyard also had two bundles of durable firewood, so he smiled: as stupid as a stone!

For a whole afternoon, Xiao Wu took off his shirt, swung the hammer, and beat the unformed embryo. The undeveloped body was stretched tightly, although it was not strong, it was full of strength.At dinner time, Xiao Wu put down the hammer as usual, and prepared to go home for dinner.

But Lao Xu said, "Keep going!" Xiao Wu thought for a while and picked up the hammer again.

After Lao Xu brought out two bowls of rice and two side dishes, he called out: "Get over here."

Xiao Wu picked up the food and looked at Lao Xu with a smile: "Old Xu, your cooking skills are really good!"

"Shut up, eat mine, and do more tonight!" Old Xu rolled his eyes at him.

In this way, day after day, Kan Jian practiced the sword, the persimmon tree looked after the house, Yinglan was the housekeeper, and Xiao Wu worked the iron. Every few days, everyone changed shifts to visit Li Zui, who was malnourished. Shouted: "It's snowing!"

The children in the southwest have never seen such a large snowflake with their own eyes, rolling around in the yard, their eyes full of surprise.

Ying Lan met him in Kyoto, but the cold snow melted in his palm, and he felt a little sour. The first snow last year was in Kyoto, and he drank wine and enjoyed the snow with the Lord.

It’s winter, Li Zui has been planting grapes and making wine in the Pope for more than three months, Cheng Qi and Luo Zijuan have been away for more than two months, Shi Shu can happily read the letter sent by Uncle Chao Nannan every ten days, Ying Lan and Kan Jian I have already figured out the influential figures in the mountains and valleys of blowing horns, the past events over the years, and the checkpoints and passages.

One more thing, Meng Hui will get married next month.

coming soon!

-Complete-

46. Unexpected disaster

No disaster

"Ding Dong, Ding Dong, Ding Dong..." Xiao Wu, who was bare to the waist, with a sackcloth wrapped around his right hand, swung a hammer and hit a piece of embryo. With the beating of Ding Dong, the embryo gradually became firm, and impurities penetrated during the beating Come out, drift into ashes.

With a stabbing sound, the red-hot embryo passed through the water, and when it was squeezed out, it had a prototype, just like the sickle on the wall.

Xiao Wu caressed the blade carefully. Although it was not sharpened, it was silver and translucent. It was a good thing at first glance.

Lao Xu looked at Xiao Wu whose eyes were shining brightly, smiled and took two puffs vigorously, the smoke ring was diffused in the heat from the stove, looking at the half-sized boy with solid eyes in front of him, he thought of his son, if he was alive, he would also It must be so big, let alone, the corners of this silly boy's mouth are upturned, exactly like his wife's mouth, with two pointed canine teeth, Lao Xu licked his own canine teeth, it looks like me. 11 years have passed, and at the end of the year, it's time to burn paper.

Xiao Wu stood up suddenly, picked up the sickle on the wall and threw it at his own sickle, and in an instant, the scythe fell into two pieces.

Xiao Wu held the stubble of the broken knife and looked at it carefully in front of his eyes, his expression changed: "Old Xu, it still won't work, it doesn't have the blue color in the sickle you made."

"Hmph, how old are you? When I was blacksmithing, your father was still wearing crotch pants!" Old Xu smoked a cigarette pipe on his butt, little thing, that's my life-saving ability, can you easily find out.

Suddenly a light flashed by the window, Old Xu was taken aback, and turned to Xiao Wu: "Go away, go back, I'm tired today."

Xiao Wu looked at the setting sun at the door, scratched his head, and was driven away.

After a while, Old Xu opened the back window. It was the younger brother of the farm boss Wang San'er, holding a dagger in his hand. It was he who just shone a beam of light on Old Xu's face with the dagger.

"Master Xu, my elder brother said that he will take advantage of the snowstorm tonight to go to work in the valley. Although he is sure of his shots, according to the arrangement of the hall master, you should also arrange for Xiao Dongzi to come over here."

Old Xu was silent for a while, then raised his head: "He's only ten years old, and he's not a smart runner, so don't take him with you."

Wang San'er's younger brother was surprised when he heard this, and turned his eyes to look at Old Xu: "Then..."

"I go."

It was another night of Xixi's gargling snow particles, wrapped in the roaring northwest wind, covering the sky and covering the earth, freezing three feet.

In the bedroom in the backyard of Xinhui Hall, Fu Ling rushed in carrying a charcoal brazier: "Master, it's too cold tonight, let's add another charcoal brazier."

"Yeah." Meng didn't turn her head up, she lowered her head and concentrated on sewing.

After Fu Ling set up the charcoal fire plate, she placed it beside the couch, and sat beside her, looking at Meng Hui.

She finally looked up at her: "What are you looking at?"

"Master... the knee pads?"

"En." Meng Hui finally took back the thread, stretched it lightly, picked up the remaining thread, and flattened it to see: "Does it look good?"

"It's beautiful! Look at the lining on the right knee. Hey, let me think about it, which noble man had his right knee worn out while working in the valley a while ago?" Fu Ling teased pretendingly thinking with.

"Don't make a fuss, it's her first time to come to the Northwest, she already has injuries on her body, this weather must be difficult." Meng Hui looked up, and could feel the howling wind through the window paper