Dong Xiu pouted and said, "I didn't find it, we were about to open the entire Zhuangzi, and we didn't find it." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoJust when everyone was at a loss, the people of the Meng family and the Tong family were so anxious that they cried and grabbed the ground. The two of them came back on their own. Girl, do you say that you are angry? If this is the slave's own brother, the slave must give him two slaps. What a demon!" Dongxiu gritted his teeth and said indignantly.

"Hehe!" Lan Xin felt that there was nothing, children, it was time to play, and it was inevitable that they would be naughty. He smiled and asked, "Do you know where the two of them are hiding?"

"Didn't hide it. Dongxiu said in a complicated tone while scooping water for Lan Xin's hair with a small scoop, "They said that they went to the 'crooked neck village' next door to listen to the story. I forgot the time for a while, and by the time I remembered it, it was already dark. When the lame Xiu saw that the two children were so young, he sent them outside the Zhuangzi, and when he saw that they had met the adults, he left. ”

"Is Crooked Neck Village far away from our Zhuangzi?" Lan Xin asked curiously. "Because there is a big willow tree with a crooked neck growing at the entrance of the village, it is called 'crooked neck village'. Their village is not far from our Zhuangzi, and it is not close to us. It's about a quarter of an hour. If there are two children like Meng Zhuo and Tong Xiaohu, how can they be half an hour younger. ”

"And how did the two of them find that village? someone had taken them there before?" Lan Xin asked casually, picking up a petal and rubbing it in her hand, watching the bright red juice stain her round fingers. Then, there was a piece of picking, and I played with it in my hand.

Dongxiu rinsed her hair, wrapped it in a clean cotton cloth, then parted a strand of it, took another handkerchief, and wrenched her hair. He replied casually: "Listen to the two bear children themselves, it was when they were playing in the mountains and they saw a rabbit and went after it." I got lost after chasing after him, and I didn't know how to run to that village. When they saw someone sitting under a crooked neck tree telling a story, they ran over and listened.

After listening, he followed the path pointed out by others and returned to Zhuangzi. Later, as soon as they had time, they ran to the next village. In the past, everyone could remember the hour, but that day forgot the hour. Girl, don't you know, since then, the two of them have been under the care of the adults in the family, and they are not even allowed to leave Zhuangzi, let alone the next village. The slave felt that this was long overdue. In the end, Dongxiu couldn't help but add hatefully, obviously angry.

After Lan Xin destroyed one petal, he couldn't help but go to another one. Looking at the tender petals in his hand, he asked curiously, "Who are they going to listen to tell the story?" is that lame Xiucai you just mentioned?"

"Yes, it's the lame showman. After Dong Xiu saw that the hair in his hand was twisted dry, he separated another strand, "He is a native of Crooked Neck Village. It is said that when you are young, you are smart and learn things very quickly. He was the only son in the family, and his parents saved money to send him to school. The gentleman who taught him liked him very much and felt that he would definitely make a difference in the future. Therefore, he married his daughter to him, and made a marriage for the two early.

Xiucai's father and mother are very grateful to that teaching gentleman. And with this relationship, Mr. Teaching took his teaching more seriously. lived up to expectations, when he was nine years old, he was admitted to Tongsheng, and at the age of twelve, he won the examination with the first place. The two families were very happy and set up a flowing water mat in the village for three days. In order to be safe, the teaching gentleman, that is, the father-in-law of the Xiucai, did not let him go to the autumn festival immediately. Let him take advantage of his youth to read more books, go out to travel, and broaden his horizons. Strive for the next autumn time, in one fell swoop, it is best to come back with a new solution.

In the autumn, surrounded by his father, father-in-law, mother-in-law and fiancée, he confidently walked into the examination room. When I came out of the examination room, although I was a little thin, I was still full of energy and very confident in my essay. Even if you don't understand the yuan, there is no problem with being a Jinshi. Who knows that the sky does not follow people's wishes, when the list is revealed, let alone Xie Yuan, even a jinshi does not have his share. He read the list over and over again, and finally had to leave in despair. Originally, there was nothing, but I didn't get it this time, so I'm waiting for the next test.

But when he was circulating the top three articles, he saw that the article of the person who won the first place in the exam was the article he did in the examination room. He was so angry that he rushed over to the man anyway. As a result, the other party refused to admit it, and not only did he not seek justice, but he was beaten. In the chaos, the ankle bone was crushed. Due to the lack of timely treatment, he fell lame. Unable to continue to gain fame, his fiancée's family proposed to withdraw from the marriage. His father and mother couldn't stand this heavy blow, and they couldn't afford to fall ill, and they died one after another.

He wanted to find a job in the city, but no one in the city would hire him. Some shops think he is a lame person and unlucky. And some shops feel that he has offended the big man and are worried that he will bring trouble to the shop in the future. He had a bad leg and couldn't do heavy work, so he couldn't find any jobs like the coolies on the docks.

In desperation, he had no choice but to return to the village and live on his family's three acres of paddy fields. Sometimes, I help the people in the village write letters, read letters, or so on, and earn a few copper plates to get by. In his spare time, he would sit at the entrance of the village and set up a word stall. When someone came to ask him to write a letter, he wrote. When he didn't have a business, he would tell stories to the children sitting around. ”

Lan Xin unconsciously played with the petals in his hand, lowered his eyes, and asked thoughtfully, "What is the name of this lame show when you hear about it, and how old is it this year?"

Dong Xiu smoothed Lan Xin's hair, frowned and thought for a while, and said uncertainly: "The slave seems to have heard that his surname is Pei, and his name is Pei Jieming." This year is either twenty or twenty-one. ”

"Oh, so young, I thought it was an old man!" Lan Xin said in surprise. "I'm in my twenties, and I'm not young. Dongxiu shook his head and said, "I heard people in Zhuangzi say that his failure was the year before last. She raised her eyebrows and asked in surprise, "Does the girl want to give him a chance to help in our shop?"

"I want to use him, but not necessarily in the shop. Just now, a thought suddenly flashed into my mind, but how to operate it has to be done step by step, and it is not appropriate to rush it.