Ye Heng was still racking his brains to think, Er Niu came back with wine and meat, and beckoned Ye Heng to eat first. Ye Heng didn't come up with a clue, shook his head and stood up.

Erniu put a large piece of ore on the ground, spread a few large pieces of paper on it, put the meat he bought on the paper, and said happily: "Master Ye Heng, I have a treat today, you let go of your stomach to eat, I will buy it if it is not enough." ”

I saw that there was a whole roast chicken, a large piece of beef, a few pig's trotters, two big elbows, and more than a dozen hot cakes that had just been baked, and the key was two jars of liquor.

"How can you buy so much, the two of us can't finish it. Ye Heng said.

"In the past, we were poor, and we couldn't afford to treat us, but after following the little master, we have silver in our hands, and we finally have the opportunity to invite you to a meal, even if you can't finish eating, it can't make you not enough to eat, don't you say?"

"You're really, I'm going to wash my hands, and I'll come right away. Ye Heng said with a smile.

After a while, Ye Heng walked back, sat on the ore with Er Niu and began to eat.

"Erniu, tell me about you, how did you come to the blacksmith shop?" Ye Heng drank a bowl of wine and chatted with Erniu.

Erniu's expression darkened, and he said, "I was rescued by Boss Zhu!"

Ye Heng looked at Er Niu curiously and said, "What's going on, can you tell me in detail?"

Erniu nodded and said: "I was born in the countryside, my family is poor, I am the eldest, and there are four younger brothers and sisters below, and our family's life was really hard at that time! To be honest, I am not afraid of your jokes, there are 365 days in a year, and at least 300 days the whole family is starving! Just the meat in front of the two of us, our family can't eat so much in a year!"

As he spoke, Erniu's eyes were red, obviously not at peace.

Ye Heng looked at Erniu and listened quietly.

"When I was sixteen years old, I saw that other people's big brothers went out to work, and some of them came back with a lot of money, helped the family build a big house, and bought farmland, and also bought cattle to help the family plough the land, I was very envious, I also wanted to go out to earn a lot of money and help the family! Little master, you say, is my idea right?" Er Niu turned his head to look at Ye Heng and asked.

"Yes, we should contribute to the family. Ye Heng replied affirmatively.

"I also think that my idea is not wrong, so I ignored the opposition of my family, went out of the countryside with hope, thinking about going to the big city to work to earn money, and secretly took all the money from the family to make entanglements, now I think about it, I shouldn't have done it, I shouldn't have secretly taken the family's money at that time!" As he spoke, Erniu's voice became a little choked.

"Has the family fallen into a more difficult situation because of this?" Ye Heng asked.

"Yes! Not only does the family have no money for food, but they are going to spring ploughing, and they don't even have money to buy seeds. You also know that as far as the peasants are concerned, if they can't plant land in the spring, this year will mean that there will be no harvest at all, and the hope of the family will be completely gone! Parents are forced to beg people everywhere, borrow money, borrow grain, and borrow seeds, and all they can borrow are poor relatives and poor friends, and they can't help much. Those who have money and food have no friendship with our family, and they are unwilling to borrow. My parents were blinded and neglected, but they had no choice but to swallow their anger and continue to beg others with a cheeky face, who made our family poor? Who told me, an unsettling son, to take away the little money left in the family?" Erniu said noisily with tears in his eyes, grabbed the wine jar beside him, and poured a few sips of wine.

"What happened? How did you get around town?"

"Later, on the way, I met a stranger, who was very enthusiastic, and without saying a few words, he recognized my fellow countryman. The man was able to speak well, and along the way he said in a big city he had stayed in, and then he said where he had made a lot of money, and what did it matter where he was, he said so much that I can't remember exactly, but in short, he sounded like a very methodical and capable person. Erniu took a deep breath, tried to calm himself, and continued: "Later, he said that he was in some trouble now, and he wanted to go to Yong'an City to find a friend to help, and he was short of money in his hand, so he asked me to borrow some, and he would pay me back as soon as the matter was dealt with." I didn't know what to think about his grandmother at the time, so I gave him all the money in my hand in a daze!"

"Have you been deceived?" Ye Heng listened carefully and analyzed calmly.

At that time, he was very grateful, patted his chest and promised me that he would pay me back! I was quite proud at that time, and I felt that I was very righteous and had helped others a lot, and my grandmother was really a righteous man. As a result, you're right, I've been deceived!" Speaking of this, Erniu's eyes were full of hatred, obviously thinking of the person who lied to him, and the face that made him resentful!

"Then what are you going to do? You can't just go back home, right?" Ye Heng felt pity and continued to ask.

"When I realized I had been deceived, my whole head went blank! I can't remember how I survived! I was penniless, hungry and thirsty, and at night I didn't even have a place to sleep. Do you know how I survived? I see who has a pigsty or a sheepfold, and at night, sneaks in. I just huddled with them, kept warm with them, and survived the cold night in the stinking pig and sheepfold! At that time, I felt that the sky above my head was couched, and after wandering for a while, I became a beggar, but my body was dirty and smelly, and there were few people willing to give me alms. I suddenly lost the courage to continue living, thinking to myself, it's really boring for my grandmother to live like this. One day, in a daze, I passed out on the side of the road. When I passed out, the last thing I thought about was, forget it when you're dead, it's so tiring to be alive!"

Ye Heng didn't expect that this young man who was smiling all day long would have such a tragic experience, so he couldn't help but be more concerned and asked, "What about after passing out?"

"At that time, Boss Zhu happened to pass by, woke me up, gave me something to eat, gave me water to drink, and finally helped me pick up a life. Erniu said, the gratitude in his heart overflowing. Hot Books

"From now on, you followed Boss Zhu to the blacksmith shop?" Ye Heng asked, this should be the case.

"Yes, Boss Zhu saved me, and seeing that I was pitiful, he took me in to work in the blacksmith shop. It's just that I'm too stupid, I haven't been able to learn the craft well, and I'm sorry for Boss Zhu. "Erniu's past has been finished, it is very simple and sad.

How many of Erniu have not experienced hardships, have not endured hardships, or suffered crimes? It's just that everyone's story is different, and the same is the pain in their hearts.

"Erniu, in fact, you are not stupid, but you don't have the talent in this area. Follow me and do it well, I will completely change you, and people in the world will not dare to look down on you, but there is one condition, do you agree?" It can be inferred from Erniu's simple life experience that this is a very simple and kind young man, if he can be accepted as a subordinate, he must be a good brother who can hand over his back to the other party.

"What conditions?" Er Niu did not answer whether he agreed or not, but first knew the conditions proposed by Ye Heng.

Erniu's reaction made Ye Heng very happy, if he agreed directly without asking anything, it meant that his mind was still not mature enough, even if he agreed, Ye Heng would have to think about it seriously.

"Absolutely loyal to me, never betray!" Ye Heng said his conditions, the conditions are very simple, but it is really difficult to do!

Even if they are as close as father and son, in the face of huge interests, they will turn against each other, let alone two people who are not related by blood.

"Okay! I promise you!" Erniu thought for a while, gritted his teeth, and said heavily, "From today on, I, Luo Erniu, will be absolutely loyal to Ye Heng and will never betray! If my words don't count, I won't be able to marry a daughter-in-law for the rest of my life!"

"Okay, okay, there is no need to say it so seriously, just remember what you have said. Ye Heng was almost laughed by Erniu's strange oath, but it can also be seen that Erniu is indeed a sincere young man.

"Erniu, then you continue to talk about what happened after you came to the blacksmith shop, has there been any changes?" Ye Heng took the initiative to pull the topic back.

Erniu drank half a bowl of wine, paused for a while, and said: "When I come to the blacksmith shop, I work hard every day, just like now, as long as I can do it, I will work hard to do it well." I have no other ability, but to sell more strength and repay Boss Zhu for saving his life. A year later, when I went back to visit my parents, I found that my family had incurred a lot of debts due to my willfulness, and life was not only not better, but more difficult!"

Speaking of this, Erniu's eyes turned red again, and he choked up and continued: "My parents, who have worked hard all my life, saw me come back, but they didn't complain about me, and they didn't even scold me, but my heart was more uncomfortable than being beaten by my parents! They told me that it was good to come back, and it was good to be safe, and my heart was really not a good taste! When I saw that my parents, who were not very old, had not seen me for a year, and there were many gray hairs on their heads, I really regretted it at that time! I regret that I shouldn't have left home impulsively, and I hate myself even more for being young and ignorant, and it is not easy to understand my parents. ”

Erniu grabbed the wine bowl and poured a bowl hard, drinking too quickly and too quickly, choking on tears, but once the heart door was opened, some words were not vomited and unhappy, so Erniu took a few breaths and continued: "After living at home for three days, I told my parents that I still have to go out to earn money, and I want to make a lot of money!" Not only do I have to help my family pay off all the debts they owe, but I also have to build a big house for my family, so that my family doesn't have to be crammed into a narrow and small thatched house, freezing in winter and raining in summer, and I also want to let my family eat a big pot of braised pork every day, eat as much as they want, and make up for all the good things that I have never eaten in my life!"

"My parents didn't want me to go, but they knew my heart wasn't there anymore. The honest father finally agreed, and he said to me, 'Go ahead, you still have your father, you don't have to worry about the debts in the family, your father can fight alone'. ”

Erniu said intermittently, and didn't eat a bite of the meat in front of him, just kept drinking. Putting down the wine bowl, Er Niu continued: "The night before I left the village, I ran to the top of the hill behind the village, facing the cold wind, roaring and crying!

Ye Heng was an orphan and had never experienced such a sad past, but he still couldn't hold back and shed tears with Erniu.

Er Niu raised his arm, rubbed his eyes fiercely, and said: "Back to the blacksmith shop again, I can endure hardships better than anyone else! In order to enhance my strength, but also to vent the depression in my heart, I exhausted myself every day, but I am really stupid, I can't learn the exquisite building technology, two years, two whole years, I haven't been home again! It's not that I don't want to go home, but I don't dare to go back, I don't have the face to go back!"

Listening to Erniu's helplessness of having a home and being unable to return, thinking of the sadness of being homeless, Ye Heng couldn't speak, and his tears were much better than Erniu's.

"I was afraid that their departure would affect Boss Zhu's business, so I endured it, I did whatever they wanted me to do, and I had to pretend that nothing had happened in front of Boss Zhu. I know that Boss Zhu is good to me, and I can't affect his business just because I have been wronged. Because I know that the business of the blacksmith shop has not been good, and Boss Zhu is too short of people. ”

"Erniu, you are too kind, kind people should not be treated like this!" Ye Heng spoke again, and made up his mind that Erniu must be cultivated into a talent!

Erniu nodded, burst into laughter, and said, "I also think I'm a good person, and I can't always be unlucky." The group of people finally left some time ago, and you came as soon as the blacksmith shop put up a sign outside to recruit workers. You are like a noble person I have been waiting for all my life, not only did you earn me a lot of silver, made all the panic words I said to my family come true, but also helped me become a real warrior. Overnight, I, Luo Erniu, went from a hard-working person struggling at the bottom of society to a pillar of the family, and what I didn't expect was that now I have become a samurai with a certain strength. Ye Heng, thank you very much, from today onwards, I will sell you more than 100 catties of Luo Erniu, and I will never betray you in this life!"

"Okay, Brother Erniu, from now on, you and I are real brothers! As a brother, I will definitely help you become famous and famous all over the world!" Ye Heng drank the liquor in his hand and said angrily.

Erniu didn't speak, just nodded heavily!

In Erniu's mind, the scene of that day once again appeared: When he returned home with a large amount of silver he earned, knelt in front of his parents, and kowtowed three times! Your son finally got out of the way and has the ability to let you live a good life without worrying about food and clothing.

"Ye Heng, thank you! In this life, you will never betray!" Luo Erniu shouted in his heart.