Chapter Twenty-Five: The Lost Purse
How did you get here in the summer and spring?
The story begins again in the evening. The time of the Mei family is fixed every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner, Mei Wendian has not gone home until dinner, Xia Chun waited for a long time, and did not see Mei Wendian come back, so she started a group first, she felt strange while eating dinner, when she was eating, Qiu Cicada asked her, "Doesn't Adian go out after eating at noon?"
Xia Chun also frowned, and after a while, "I don't know, Adian, this kid is just playful, and he likes to play with everything, but it's always three minutes hot to play, let him be, when he feels hungry, he will naturally come back to eat." β
Qiu Chan silently recited in her heart, "My God", "Miss, I said that you are really big-hearted, have you forgotten the last time you were attacked on the mountain......?
Qiu Cicada was very scared of this.
"Yes, you're right. Listening to Qiu Cicada say this, Xia Chun's eyes widened, the last time I met bandits on the way back from worshipping on the mountain, there has been no water yet, in the end, this clear water stream is still unsafe, although Adian is older, and he has also learned a little bit of three-legged cat kung fu, but Xia Chun still thinks about it, the more he feels uneasy, after thinking about it, he still went out with Qiu Cicada and decided to find Mei Wendian, but where did Mei Wendian go?
I asked the servant, and said that the little master had been addicted to playing chess recently, and he probably didn't know where to learn to play chess. Xia Chun and Qiu Cicada probably knew a way, and the two walked along that road and inquired all the way, and finally found out that the last place where Wendian disappeared was a tall honey locust tree on the side of the road, and there was another tree under that tree, but only a thick stump was left here, and the Chu River and Han Boundary on the chess board were painted on the rough comb, and there were two wooden benches nailed to the ground next to it. The wooden benches and thick wooden stakes look smooth and look like they have been sat on many times.
Xia Chun touched the wooden bench, there were still traces of warmth on it, obviously it had just been sat down for a long time, Xia Chun took out two toffees from his pocket, put them in his hands, and asked the two little hairy children in cotton jackets who were playing with colorful glass beads next to him, "You can see a little boy this afternoon, probably so tall, so thin, and a little more beautiful?"
When the two children saw the two toffees in Xia Chun's palms, they all began to drool, and they all nodded and replied hurriedly, "I saw it, I saw it." β
The two chubby little hairy children are in stark contrast, one is very fat and the other is very thin, the fat child said, "That big brother is standing here and watching chess all afternoon." β
Xia Chun saw that the fat child was talking, so he gave the toffee in his hand to the fat child.
Xia Chun looked at the chubby child and continued to ask, "Look at chess, then where did he go after watching chess?"
The fat kid got the candy, so he snorted the toffee in his mouth vigorously, and ignored Xia Chun at all. On the contrary, the thin child saw that the fat child could get candy when he spoke, and he also began to actively provide effective information to Xia Chun, "After watching the chess game, he followed an uncle and a man with pockmarked faces to this road." β
The thin kid said, pointing to a tree-lined avenue not far away.
The thin child next to the fat child heard it, and quickly patted the fat child, "What, the person with pockmarks on his face is 'Mazi Six', and he has a name." β
The fat child disagreed, and began to guide the thin child, "Oh, 'Mazi Liu' is his nickname for the rivers and lakes, who knows what his real name is." β
Fat Kid: "Oh, I see. β
Xia Chun walked with the autumn cicada to the path indicated by the child, until they reached Uncle Wang's house. Uncle Wang was a talent in the early years of this Qingshui Stream, and the decoration of the home was also mainly elegant, and the calligraphy and paintings that were valuable in the past have been sold, and now there are not many left, scattered and scattered, acting as a faΓ§ade.
When Xia Chun came in, the door was not closed, but she heard Mei Wendian's voice from afar, so she hurriedly walked over and grabbed Mei Wendian's hand.
Xia Chun was naturally reluctant to let Mei Wendian learn outside. If it was in the past, she might have thought about it, but now, Mei Wendian is going to school in the town, and what Mei Wendian needs to do now is to pay attention.
Mei Wendian then begged Xia Chun for mercy, "I learned very well here, I just came not long ago, chess skills have improved rapidly, I think they teach very well, please, I finally followed this sixth uncle, moved this Uncle Wang, I just want to learn to see, they are all raised by my parents, I don't want to always lose to the second child of the Cui family, Sister Xia Chun, you see that our chessboard has been set up." "
Mei Wendian dragged Xia Chun, looking reluctant to go.
Xia Chun looked at the chessboard table on the side, they had obviously just finished dinner, and sure enough, the two sides had already set up a posture, but Uncle Wang always looked smiling, touching his white beard, not impatiently, waiting for the other party to play first. Sitting opposite Uncle Wang was a man with pockmarks on his face, and Xia Chun had goosebumps just when he saw this person's face. In order not to feel uncomfortable, Xia Chun worked hard for a long time to get used to it.
The pockmarked face looked at Uncle Wang and said humbly, "Master, let's go down first." β
"No, it's better for you to go first, the rules can't be broken. Uncle Wang said.
The two of them began to get up as if no one was around, Mei Wendian saw that the two had already started, and hurriedly ran over, "It's started, it's started, the show is starting to ...... again."
Xia Chun watched from the side, knowing that Mei Wendian was already addicted to it, and couldn't extricate himself, he couldn't help but sigh a few times.
"Adian, it's time for us to go home...... Xia Chun walked up and grabbed Mei Wendian, ready to tell him to leave.
"Sister Xia Chun, I haven't seen enough in the afternoon, you let me continue to watch it in the evening. Mei Wendian hugged Xia Chun's thigh and begged her for mercy.
Xia Chun glanced at Mei Wendian, and was about to go out with the autumn cicada.
Out of the gate, Qiu Chan was full of worry, "Miss, are we going to leave the little young master here like this?"
"Otherwise, you also know that Adian, this kid is too playful, and once he likes to play, the nine cows can't pull it back. β
"Hey......"
Xia Chun glanced back, "Let him be, just know that he is safe." β
It is said that Qiu Chan and Xia Chun came out, because they were worried about why Lin Yuefeng hadn't come back yet, so they accompanied each other to the dock to find someone to inquire about the situation. No matter where they go, this pier in Qingshuijian is a must-pass, and the two of them came here. Qiu Cicada and Xia Chun went back and forth several times, and finally found out that the last place where Lin Yuefeng disappeared was this pier by the river. I heard that the little brother who ran the dock said that Lin Yuefeng was beaten by Ma Ziliu and a group of people at that time.
"Beat up?!" Qiu Cicada was suddenly frightened.
The dock brother didn't think so, the little brother in the winter was still sweating on his face, he stretched out his hand to wipe off the sweat that flowed down the beans, "Yes, the fight was very fierce, that Lin Yuefeng was beaten to the ground, you said that he was a man, even if he could fight again, he couldn't beat so many people, wasn't this beaten to the ground, at that time, the money on his body was robbed by them, and everyone didn't dare to go up to help him, so they only dared to watch silently." After all, that's Mazi Liu, a famous bully in our Qingshuijian. β
"And then?" Qiu Cicada's heart had already been tightened by the dock brother's words.
The little brother at the dock sat on the boat, took a bowl of ginger tea handed to him by Qiu Cicada, and drank it with a grunt, the little brother took a breath and said, "Then that Lin Yuefeng was beaten down, and he didn't dare to move on the ground, but he was still holding a red purse tightly in his hand, you said that this Lin Yuefeng didn't catch anything, even his money was robbed by that pockmarked six, and there was no complaint, I was thinking, why did he grab that purse? I looked at it for a long time, and I couldn't see what it was." β
"And then?" Qiu Cicada was already nervously holding the two shoulders of the little brother with both hands this time, and the little brother was held by the autumn cicada, and the whole person was a little more nervous.
The bell rang out somewhere, and soon the passengers who had bought the tickets rushed in and boarded the small Upong boat, which was soon full.
There were already passengers who couldn't wait to call him, and the dock boy turned around and shouted "coming", then stood up and picked up the long bamboo pole placed on the boat, he was about to go to support the boat, and the autumn cicada quickly grabbed him.
Qiu Chan's face was already a little anxious, and she hurriedly asked, "Hey, little brother, what happened later, what happened later......
The dock boy narrowed his eyes, turned around and said, "Later, it rained heavily, and the rain was blahing, blahing, and hardly stopping......"
"Who told you to say that it rained, and let you say Brother Lin. "Autumn cicadas are full of impatience.
"It's raining, isn't your big brother Lin a chicken in the soup? I was watching from the side for a long time, and was about to kindly go up to hold an umbrella for her, who knew that he slowly got up, grabbed the purse in his hand, shook his body twice, then stood up straight and walked forward. β
"Where are you going?" Xia Chun, who hadn't spoken for a long time, finally opened his mouth this time.
"I don't know where to go, he walked into the woods, and then he disappeared......"
After that, the little brother shook his arm and stepped onto the boat, only to see him pull the long bamboo pole in his hand twice, turn around, and the clear river water was hit by his bamboo pole A few water waves, shallowly blurred.