beg for chivalry

Wang Xiaoyuan settled down in Jinfu.

Now a square-faced woman is in charge of the mansion, and Wang Xiaoyuan and Jinwu call her Aunt Yue.Aunt Yue made room for him in the servant's room and cleared out a plank bed.For the first time, Wang Xiaoyuan put on a clean and warm mattress, and slept very sweetly at night. In his dream, there was no Mrs. Wang and Qian Xian'er, but he was alone in the main room, eating hazelnuts, tearing off the golden oily skin of the roasted chicken, The plump and juicy chicken legs were eaten one after another.

He ate to his heart's content in the dream, but he didn't expect the food in the Jin Mansion to be better than the one in his dream.When he got up early in the morning, he ate porridge and meatloaf in the back kitchen.Wang Xiaoyuan also touched many white flour steamed buns and stuffed them into his clothes, which made his whole body swollen.

After noon, Wang Xiaoyuan's face was full of greasy food, and he had nothing to do, so he went to the courtyard.He had just arrived, and Aunt Yue only asked him to blow the torch in the morning.As soon as he wandered into the courtyard, he saw a small figure standing under the crabapple tree, it was the Golden Crow.

Jinwu was wearing a golden brocade robe today, still looking very wealthy, the golden threads shone brightly in the sunlight, like tiny dancing flames, making his small face pale.He lowered his head, picked up the petals on the ground, smoothed them carefully in the palm of his hand, and put them solemnly into the iron box.

"Master, do you still remember me?" Wang Xiaoyuan swayed to his side and said with a smile.

"I remember. I remember every idiot in this mansion very clearly." Jin Wu said angrily, "Especially when there is only one idiot in the mansion."

Wang Xiaoyuan grinned and asked curiously, "What are you doing?"

"I don't want to practice swords anymore, I'll just rest here for a while." Jin Wu buried his head and slowly picked up petals from the grass leaves, said.Wang Xiaoyuan caught a glimpse of his hand inadvertently, a thick sword callus had grown in the small palm, maybe it was reddened just after practicing the sword.

Before infiltrating into the mansion, Wang Xiaoyuan also vaguely heard some rumors, saying that the Jin family can be regarded as a family of martial arts, but their knowledge is miscellaneous but not excellent.The young master of the Jin family is a genius who is rare in a hundred years. He has a photographic memory and can use eighteen kinds of weapons at his fingertips.Last time he had a brief fight with Jinwu, and he really felt that this young master's martial arts foundation is really not bad.

"Hey, what's so fun about practicing knives?" Wang Xiaoyuan looked at the gray wall and said with a smile, "It's fun outside. There are sugar piles on the street. On sticks, there are red and red thick shells on sticks. They are made with boiled cane juice. It’s sweet and delicious. There are also those selling shredded cryptogam fruit and candied wax gourd, all of which are wrapped in straw paper into small bags and placed in the stalls.”

As he spoke, he noticed that Jin Wu's eyes gradually lit up.The young master listened to his movements and listened intently to his words.Wang Xiaoyuan continued, "If you're lucky, you might see people performing singing and dancing on the street, building a tall fairy chariot with spears, halberds and arrows on it, and all kinds of monsters and gods jumping around. I don’t want to leave even if I look at it for a day.”

Hearing his vivid words, Jin Wu was very fascinated, and hesitantly said: "I... I have never seen these things before..."

Wang Xiaoyuan grinned: "Then I'll take you out to have a look!"

In fact, Wang Xiaoyuan had other plans in his mind, he was thinking about Mrs. Wang and Qian Xian'er who were outside, and yesterday he wanted to climb over the wall to find them, but he couldn't bear the dinner in Jin's mansion, so he stayed overnight in a stern manner.Now he wanted to find his father and Qian Xian'er, so he made up a nonsense and wanted to take the opportunity to go out.

"But if I go out, I will be beaten and scolded by my grandfather..." Jinwu lowered his head hesitantly.

"What are you afraid of! If you don't get noticed by him and come and go without a trace, you will be fine!"

Jin Wu was still hesitating, "But... in half an hour, the grandpa will come and arrest me to learn swordsmanship, it's too late."

Wang Xiaoyuan didn't insist, and said: "Then I'll go over the wall first and bring you some food back. Young master, do you have anything you want to eat?" Anyway, he just wanted to go back and ventilate Mrs. Wang and Qian Xian'er Reporting, if Jinwu is not here, that would be great.

"In that case..." Jinwu lowered his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly put on a fierce look, "Hey, Wang Xiaoyuan, buy me two oven cakes. It's the kind you ate last time."

"Mm...hmm." Seeing his fierce eyes, Wang Xiaoyuan couldn't help muttering in his heart, how could this young master be so vengeful.After eating those two cakes, he forgot them after a while, but Jin Wu still remembered them clearly.

Jinwu touched the bag, and asked him with some doubts: "How much is a cake? Last time I bought it secretly from Apan, and he didn't tell me how much it was..."

"Three Wen... No, three taels of silver!" Wang Xiaoyuan took the opportunity to open his mouth loudly.

The young master really believed it, put the whole bag into his hand, and shook his head in distress, "It doesn't seem to be enough."

Wang Xiaoyuan rubbed his hands together and said, "Young master, just make up the whole thing and give me ten taels of silver!"

Jin Wu turned around in a daze, and ran into the bedroom.After a while, he ran back holding a handful of broken silver unsteadily, and solemnly handed it to Wang Xiaoyuan.Wang Xiaoyuan greedily took all the money into his arms. Not to mention two cakes, he might be able to buy the whole sesame seed stall.Jin Wu also asked anxiously:

"Is it enough?"

"It might not be enough. Sometimes when bargaining, or when the cakes are short, the stall owner might ask for a higher price." Wang Xiaoyuan said seriously, "If you want a lot, please give me another five taels of silver, and I will guarantee it." You bought back two round pancakes."

Hearing what he said, Jinwu took out the broken silver from his pocket again, sorted it carefully, and put it into Wang Xiaoyuan's hand.

Wang Xiaoyuan was bundled up with white flour steamed buns and carrying a heavy money bag, and his heart was already full of joy.At this moment, he looks like a ball that has been fully inflated. He stumbles three times when he walks, and after exhausting his strength to climb up the wall, he proudly waved his hand to the Golden Crow below, and said with a grin: " You wait, young master, I'll buy you some oven cakes right now!"

Jin Wu put his hands around his mouth and yelled to him worriedly: "Remember to buy it, don't just dangle it and forget it—"

"sure!"

After saying that, Wang Xiaoyuan jumped down and rushed into the streets as if the soles of his feet had been oiled.

As the sky was getting darker, the river tide at the ferry receded, and the porters dispersed in twos and threes, leaving a field of fine sand, which meandered into the streets and alleys.There are fiery red lanterns hanging outside the wine shop, and the candlelight shines through the carved panes, casting a rosy glow on the faces of the drinkers.

Everyone talked happily and beamed, even the shabby beggar sitting in the corner was no exception.There were three beggars sitting on the bench, one of them was stubble-faced, with two strong arms protruding from the sleeve holes of his hemp shirt; the other was shaved and his brows were bald; Dressed in the blue cloth clothes of a servant, it looks like a helper in a rich family's house.

The three of them were like hungry tigers pouncing on the food, sweeping away the food in the dishes in front of them like a storm, and they ate so glibly that their stomachs swelled.

If there are mountain ghosts from Evil Man's Ditch here, they will definitely know that these three people are Wang Tai, Qian Xian'er and Wang Xiaoyuan.But even the elder Huanrengou, who knew the three of them best, would not have imagined that today's dinner was hosted by Wang Xiaoyuan.

Mrs. Wang swallowed a plate of roasted old beef gizzards into her mouth, and started chewing, her mouth glistened with oil.After eating a few bowls of rice, he said inarticulately: "Stupid bastard, you... where did you earn so much money overnight?"

Qian Xian'er held a chicken bone in her mouth: "Brother Wang, regardless of where Xiao Yuan got the money, it's rare that he treats us to a meal, and we'll be satisfied with this meal."

"I fell in love with a young master from a rich family." Wang Xiaoyuan grabbed a few chunks of onion-splashed rabbit meat, stuffed it into his mouth, and blinked. "A lot of money was taken from him..."

"Oh..." Mrs. Wang nodded thoughtfully.

But the next moment, he and Qian Xian'er slapped the table and stood up, shocked: "What? What are you talking about!"

Wang Xiaoyuan raised his rice-stained face, wondering why the two of them were so excited, and said in a daze, "I said——I fell in love with a young master from a rich family..."

Qian Xian'er hurriedly grabbed Mrs. Wang, and whispered in his ear: "Brother Wang, we have sold him! It's a wonder that there are people in this world who are willing to take in Xiao Yuan... "

"Hey, that stupid bastard is just a fool. He can't do anything, and he can only eat and drink. If you keep him, he will be eaten up sooner or later." Mrs. Wang said in a low voice, "I have raised him for five years. Being eaten up by him..."

They both looked at Wang Xiaoyuan with gratified and overjoyed eyes.Mrs. Wang patted Wang Xiaoyuan's shoulder vigorously, leaving a greasy handprint on his blue shirt: "Work hard, and try not to be driven back to your hometown. If you can squeeze out other people's money, you will never show mercy. "

Qian Xian'er also smiled and said: "Xiao Yuan, don't forget to send us some money every month. Whether we can have a good meal and a good sleep depends entirely on you."

Wang Xiaoyuan nodded, "Yes, you have to wipe it off after eating. You taught me that." He flipped through the bulging bag and murmured, "Our meal is worth two taels of silver..."

"How much silver did you bring out?"

"15 taels." Wang Xiaoyuan said with a smirk, "I'll give you all the money! In half an hour, I'll go back to the mansion and tell the young master that the oven cake I bought for him was spilled on the road, so I won't give him anything. Take it back. Anyway, with so much money in his hand, he can eat white flour steamed buns every day, and he won't be short of one or two cakes..."

"You are really bad boy, you are worthy of being taught by Lao Tzu." Mrs. Wang gave him a thumbs up.

Qian Xian'er glanced at the sky outside, only to see a few scattered stars in the dark sky.He vaguely remembered that Wang Xiaoyuan came out after noon, and about four hours later, he couldn't help feeling a little worried in his heart, and asked:

"Xiao Yuan, didn't you say that you just went out after being ordered by the rich young master? If you go back late, will you make him angry, and he will arrest you and beat you?"

Wang Xiaoyuan sucked a crab leg clean, and said vaguely: "Don't be afraid, he can't beat me."

He was quite unconvinced at this moment, how could a pampered young man who was not working hard be able to defeat him?Wang Xiaoyuan has been hanging out with the elders in the Evil Man's Ditch since he was a child, learned some three-legged cat kung fu, and he has already tamed the children in the ditch into obedience.So after suffering some losses under Jin Wu's hands that day, he didn't want to admit it in his heart, he just felt that he was negligent, and next time he would definitely beat the young master until he cried.

After the three of them ate all the food on the plate, leaving a mess on the table.Wang Xiaoyuan chatted with Mrs. Wang and Qian Xian'er again, and then walked out of the wine shop slowly with her swollen belly in her arms.

The streets and alleys are pitch-black, only the paper lanterns under the tile ridges are bright red, like eyes opened in the night, stretching to the distance, reflecting the end of the sky.

When passing by the sesame seed cake stall that was about to be put away, Wang Xiaoyuan looked at the cold kneading cakes wrapped in oil paper on the stall, hesitated again and again, and still shouted to the barbarians in the stall:

"Excuse me, master, give me two sesame cakes!"

The sesame cake was already cold, and it looked like two hard stones when I held it in my bosom.While hiccupping, Wang Xiaoyuan walked slowly towards the Jin Mansion.He was thinking for a long time, wondering what the young master is doing now?

He ran out after noon, ate and drank the silver that Jinwu gave him, and spent more than four hours.The young master must have been tired of waiting, now he should sleep in bed, and when he wakes up tomorrow, he will angrily scold him.But Wang Xiaoyuan is not afraid either, for a wicked person does not even have a conscience, so he will never be afraid of being criticized by others.

A silver moon hangs high in the sky, and the frost-like moonlight streams on the pebble wall.Wang Xiaoyuan climbed up the pothole, rode on the top of the wall, and looked into the courtyard.

There was no one in the courtyard, except for occasional earth stings to cut through the dead silence.The tung tree flowers whirled, and the shadows as light as ink swayed gently on the ground.

There is a figure under the crabapple tree.

Wang Xiaoyuan was stunned, and after blinking, he saw clearly that it was a child in gold brocade clothes.The child, covered in crabapple flowers, hugged his knees and curled up tightly in the cold night, motionless, like a round stone.

That's the Golden Crow.

Jinwu has been waiting for him to come back.For about four hours, the young master sat here alone, waiting eagerly for his return with sesame cakes.Wang Xiaoyuan saw his sleepy blinking eyes, the corners of his eyes were a little red, as if he had just shed a tear.

He seemed to have heard Jin Wu muttering to himself.The young master buried half of his face in the crook of his arms, trembling with the sound of sobbing: "Dead Wang Xiaoyuan...why haven't you seen him yet..."

After a long time, he muttered sullenly again: "Smelly Wang Xiaoyuan...huh..."

I don't know whether the young master has scolded Wang Xiaoyuan's name hundreds or thousands of times during these four hours.Jin Wu was tired of cursing, and rested his head on his arms, motionless, as if he had fallen asleep.

Wang Xiaoyuan carefully slipped down from the wall, stepped on the blades of grass and trotted over, and when he reached Jinwu, he hesitated for a moment, and called out tentatively:

"...Master?"

The golden crow didn't move, its shoulders moved slightly, and the petals of crabapple falling on its body trembled with its breathing, as if it was soundly asleep.Wang Xiaoyuan leaned over and wanted to touch him, but Jinwu suddenly raised his head, staring at him with a pair of moist and bright green eyes.

Even Wang Xiaoyuan, who was always talking nonsense and talking nonsense, couldn't help but lose his voice at this moment.

"...Where did you go?"

After looking at each other for a long time, Jin Wu asked angrily.

Wang Xiaoyuan stammered, "I...I'm going to buy sesame cakes."

"I've been waiting for four hours!"

"Young master, life is too short, and four hours will pass when you open and close your eyes."

Jin Wu jumped up and grabbed his face, twisting it like rolling dough.Wang Xiaoyuan suffered from pain, but saw his eyes were watery, and he looked like he was about to cry, "I thought... I thought you were caught by someone else and sold to someone else's house."

Wang Xiaoyuan rubbed his head.His father is the biggest human tooth in Jiading, and he has been sold back and forth more than ten or twenty times just by selling him.

He felt inexplicably guilty, and his heart ached slightly.He thought for a while, then took out the two frozen sesame cakes from his bosom, and handed them to Jinwu.

"Give."

These two pieces of oven cakes only cost him six renminbi, compared to the good wine and food he ate in the wine shop tonight, and the decent food in the Jin Mansion, it can be said that there is a difference between heaven and earth.But when Jinwu saw these two shriveled cakes, his eyes lit up, and his face was full of joy and joy.

Jin Wu snatched the two sesame cakes, held them in his arms, and said angrily: "Don't come back so late in the future, don't think that next time, our concierge will let you in!"

Wang Xiaoyuan whispered: "I can climb over the wall..."

The young master stretched out his finger and knocked on his head, "If you say no, you don't!"

They sat under the crabapple tree.Jinwu carefully unwrapped the oil paper wrapped in sesame cakes, and held the two cold and hard cakes in his hands.

Seeing him so happy, Wang Xiaoyuan felt a little guilty and turned his head away.But Jin Wu stabbed him with his elbow, Wang Xiaoyuan turned his head, and saw a sesame cake handed to him.

Jin Wu chewed another piece of cake with difficulty, said:

"Here, here you are."

Wang Xiaoyuan shook his head in surprise: "No...I don't..."

He just stole 15 taels of silver from Jinwu, and ate and drank wantonly in the wine shop, his stomach was full of oil and water, these two dry and hard furnace cakes really did not arouse his desire to eat.

But Jinwu stubbornly stuffed the sesame cake into his hand, and said in a muffled voice, "Take it!"

"My father said that good food should be shared with friends." Jin Wu said, "Otherwise, everything tastes bad."

Wang Xiaoyuan silently looked at the sesame cake in his hand.He doesn't understand this truth.The people in the villain's ditch always taught him that if a big cake and a small cake were placed in front of him and another person at the same time, he would not only grab the big cake, but also prevent others from eating the small cake.He has stolen and robbed, but he has never given anything to others.

His stomach was still distended, but Wang Xiaoyuan slowly tore up the sesame cake, put the small piece of cake into his mouth, chewed it slowly, and then swallowed it.

"Is it delicious?" Jin Wu turned his head to look at him, with anxious anticipation in his eyes, as if he kneaded the dough and took the pot out of the brick oven.

Naturally not tasty.For Wang Xiaoyuan, who is full of wine and food, this cake tastes like biting an iron plate, or rather, it is quite unpalatable.

But Wang Xiaoyuan still nodded lightly:

"good to eat."

Jin Wu's eyes lit up, but he just snorted, and solemnly wrapped the half-bitten sesame cake with sesame paper, put it in his arms, and said sullenly: "Next time, you will bring me some Let’s do something else. When I have saved up enough money, you can bring me back strings of candied haws...The oven cakes are so expensive, do you need 20 taels of silver for the candied haws? Hmm..."

He was muttering to himself, Wang Xiaoyuan had already secretly taken out the shun bag full of silver from his bosom, and pinned it on Jinwu's belt.He stole two taels of silver, and he still had 13 taels, which was too heavy to hold in his hand, so it was better to return it.Jinwu didn't notice that he returned the shun bag, and was still thinking about how much money it would cost to buy two bunches of candy stumps.

After everything was done, Wang Xiaoyuan felt much happier.He put his arms behind his head, lay down on the blade of grass, and said honestly:

"Actually, young master, it only costs two pennies to buy a bunch of candy balls..."

The sound gradually quieted down in the night, drowned by the thick spring and the chaotic sounds of insects.A crescent moon quietly illuminates the courtyard.The moonlight was cut into pieces by the branches and leaves of the crabapple and fell on the ground, like flakes of snow that had not yet melted.