As soon as she heard this, Xia Yinhua burst into tears, and suddenly hugged Yang Xianmao and said, "Then we don't get married, just like now, as long as we can be with you every day, even if I am not a husband and wife, I am willing, okay?"

Yang Xianmao shook his head painfully and said, "This is also not good. As long as I stay with a woman for a long time, whether I get married or not, it is a change of life against the sky, which will bring disaster to that woman, and you are the best proof of this. So we can't do it anymore, this time God forgives me, if I don't come to my senses again, God may not forgive me again, and then it will only bring disaster to you. ”

Xia Yinhua cried whining, hugged him tightly and said, "Does that mean that we can't be together in the future?"

"Yes, the destiny of heaven cannot be violated, and we can only look at each other in the rivers and lakes...... I have decided to leave Yuzhou and leave this sad place, so as not to see you and I will not be able to bear it. When the time comes, I will not be able to make up for the damage to you......"

"Where are you going?" Xia Yinhua asked with a choked voice.

"To be honest, I don't know. Drift down the river, wherever you go, just like when I first drifted to Yuzhou. ”

Xia Yinhua couldn't hold back any longer, hugged Yang Xianmao and cried loudly.

………………

In the middle of summer, the light rain rustled.

Yang Xianmao and Liu Dongyan walked on the mountain road in the forest, their feet were muddy, and the sound of rain falling on the leaves was in their ears.

It has been two months since the two of them left Yuzhou.

Yang Xianmao took Liu Dongyan, who was carrying a large wooden box, and walked aimlessly between the mountains, walking from village to village, relying on fortune telling and medical treatment for others, earning some money to support their master and servant, and even sometimes having to work to make money, because he was too young, and it was difficult to gain the trust of others for treating diseases and seeing feng shui.

When leaving Yuzhou, Yang Xianmao took out all the money left in the Yaksha girl's stomach and gave it to Xia Yinhua. Let Xia Yinhua go back to his hometown with his parents, and don't be with that greedy mother-in-law. Xia Yunhua knew that their fate could not be changed, and after hugging Yang Xianmao and crying, she went back to her hometown with her parents with the money given by Yang Xianmao.

Yang Xianmao left, and Liu Laowu, the helmsman of the boat gang, had no interest in taking care of the wharf tea shop, so the business of the tea shop plummeted, because there was no Xia Yinhua, a naughty cute and handsome little widow, and the coolies of the wharf were greatly less interested in drinking tea in the tea shop, plus the old woman couldn't run it, and she slammed the door, so the business collapsed quickly, and even the coffin book was pasted in, and she was angry and anxious.

Yang Xianmao took Liu Dongyan and left Yuzhou, but he was still begging for a life in Sichuan and Shu.

When Yang Xianmao was alone, he could even go without eating for two or three days, but now that he was followed by Liu Dongyan, who was already weak, he couldn't be too casual, and he had to ensure that he could fill his stomach.

Although Yang Xianmao is also well-known in Yuzhou, it mainly relies on Liu Lao Wu for publicity, but the place where they are now is far away from Yuzhou. The ancient communication was too closed, and Yang Xianmao's fame was not enough for him to spread so far. Therefore, no one along the road knew that he was a skilled doctor, and at the same time he could read feng shui.

In this way, the means of making a living for their master and servant were greatly limited, because no one invited him to see a doctor and see feng shui, and no one was even willing to spend a penny on his painkillers, because no one believed that the pill worked, or rather, those people were afraid that Yang Xianmao's pill would not only have no effect but would die if he ate it. Think about it, who would buy a pill sold by a young Taoist passing by.

Yang Xianmao could only make money by working part-time along the way, as he had done when he drifted to Yuzhou before. At that time, he was a boatman pulling fiber, and now they are walking on mountain roads, not waterways, Yang Xianmao can only take the initiative to ask the roadside people along the way if they need help to work.

Originally, he wore Taoist clothes, but he was reluctant to change his fate, he preferred to work for others in exchange for cooking cakes or rice balls to feed their master and servant. Of course, if you wear a Taoist robe, others will think that he is a Taoist who travels the world and takes the initiative to give them food, which is not what Yang Xianmao wants, so after having such an experience once or twice, Yang Xianmao simply took off the Taoist robe and replaced it with an ordinary coarse cloth shirt.

On this day, they passed by a small village, the first day they only ate one meal, the grain was all eaten, he saw Liu Dongyan hungry, so he decided to go in to see if there was an opportunity to work, to see if there was a chance to earn a meal for Liu Dongyan to eat.

After entering the village, they went door to door asking if there were any people who needed to work part-time jobs in the past, especially looking at the relatively wealthy houses.

After asking several families about the need for part-time work, he came to a small inn in a mountain village, and saw an old man at the door directing a few people to move things, so he stepped forward and asked: "Uncle, do you need to work for a short time?"

The old man looked him up and down, and when he saw that his body was thin, he said coldly: "Do you have the strength to carry it with your body?"

Yang Xianmao had also encountered such a question on the road, so he just smiled, turned his head, and saw a big stone next to the door of the inn, which must be usually used as a bench, and used to sit there in the summer to eat in the shade. The stone weighed one or two hundred pounds, so he walked over, grabbed the stone with both hands, easily picked it up, lifted it above his head, and then placed it firmly on the ground, clapped his hands, and looked at the old man without changing his face and heartbeat.

The old man couldn't help but speak, and said: "I can't see that you really have the strength to do this, you can still move such a heavy stone, and you really can't look good." It just so happens that I'm looking for a porter, would you like to? ”

Yang Xianmao claimed to be a Taoist chief when he was doing things, and he only charged a penny for medical treatment and feng shui, and now he is a coolie, of course, he is not limited by this penny, but others will not give much money to work as a coolie, and it is already very high to eat and live for twenty wen, so Yang Xianmao nodded and said, "No problem, thank you father-in-law." By the way, this is my brother, and he doesn't have a lot of strength, so let's just use the two of us, okay?"

Liu Dongyan changed into a set of men's clothes for the convenience of walking, also a coarse cloth shirt, and smeared some dirt on his face.

The old man glanced at Liu Dongyan and saw that her body was thinner than Yang Xianmao, but Yang Xianmao had already shown such strength, so that the old man did not dare to underestimate Liu Dongyan, so he nodded and said: "If you can provoke it, it's no problem, it's also twenty wen, you can eat and live on the road, and pay when you arrive." If you are okay, come in with me, and I will arrange for you to stay, and we will leave early tomorrow morning. ”

Yang Xianmao thanked him and took Liu Dongyan into the courtyard of the inn with a big wooden box on his back.

There were rows of burdens in the courtyard, and the porters stood or sat there, eating and bragging. When they saw Yang Xianmao and them coming in, they also glanced at them and ignored them.

The old man took Yang Xianmao to the wing room behind the lobby, looked at Yang Xianmao and said, "By the way, where are you from? What did you do before?"

Yang Xianmao took out his Taoist priest from his arms and handed it over: "I am a Taoist. ”

The old man was very surprised, took a look at it, and said, "Well, the road number is good." Then no problem. The old man smiled and said, "It's not a secret, the old man is the housekeeper of the foreign family of the returned members of Yinzhou, and his surname is Gui, and he is a distant relative of the master." This time, I came out to buy at the behest of my lord. Before, I saw that you have a lot of strength, and you are honest, and we are short of manpower in the village, if you two are willing, when you get to the village, I will show you to the lord and lady, and leave you to work long hours in the village. However, we can't accept unidentified people, since you have a Taoist degree issued by the yamen, then there is no problem. It's just that you, a monk, are you willing to work long hours in our village? You have food and lodging, and you have a monthly salary of 100 yuan a month. ”

Yang Xianmao and the two of them are now worried that they have nowhere to go, and they are full of hunger on the road, Yang Xianmao himself doesn't care, seeing Liu Dongyan suffering with him, he is really a little unhappy, if there is a stable place, let her settle down for some days, at least she can ensure that she is full, which is very good for Liu Dongyan's physical recovery, just rush to this point, Yang Xianmao also decided to agree, first take care of Liu Dongyan's body and then say, if there is a good place to go next, then quit the long-term job.

So Yang Xianmao immediately clenched his fists and bowed his hands, thanked the housekeeper and said, "Of course I do." Thank you, our brothers really have nowhere to go, and the housekeeper is willing to intercede with the master to take him in, which is great. We must work hard and live up to the kindness of the housekeeper. ”

The butler nodded and said, "Listening to your elegant conversation, I guess you have read some books." ”

Yang Xianmao said: "Yes, I have studied in a private school for a few years, which makes the housekeeper smile." ”

"It's rare, it's better to know a few words than to be blind. Okay, I won't tell you more, hurry up to eat, eat and rest early, tomorrow morning before dawn we will set off. ”

The housekeeper took Yang Xianmao and them to the Chase Shop, and assigned them a place to live, so that they could live in the Chase Shop with other porters.

Yang Xianmao chose a corner and let Liu Dongyan sleep against the wall, sleeping next to her by herself, separating him from the other porters.

Liu Dongyan was very grateful, but at the same time a little uneasy, because if she wanted to disguise herself as a man and follow Yang Xianmao to the village to work, it would be better to hide it. But if she stays on a manor for a long time, it is difficult to guarantee that she will not be exposed, but she can't leave the young master, she must follow him, and now she can only take one step at a time.

The porter's meal was very simple, two cookcakes per person, and a bowl of broth.

Having broth to drink is already a rare delicacy, after all, the porter is heavy physical labor, and the food is too poor, and the strength can't keep up, so the old man cooked a few pieces of meat and boiled a pot of broth for them.

In the past two months, it is very rare for Yang Xianmao to drink broth, and they don't expect to eat meat, so they eat very sweetly, especially Liu Dongyan, who ate the big bowl of steaming broth, filled the two cooking cakes into his stomach, and smacked his lips unsatisfied.

Yang Xianmao smiled, handed her the broth in his hand and said, "Drink this small half bowl too." ”