() I returned to the fishing village two days later, the young man at the entrance of the village told me that Song Xian continued to be seriously ill and unconscious, and was sent to the villa the next day by a few strong men in the village yesterday morning, and the fox accompanied him, and I immediately thanked him and rushed to the villa the next day.

In order to avoid the victims on the road, deliberately walked around the ancient road from the small road, and when they walked down from the stone bridge, there were more victims in front of them, thousands, and then walked forward, and saw Zhang Erniang and a large group of people with a large group of people giving rice porridge and pickles.

Aunt Huang happened to look up and saw me at a glance, don't look over and muttered a few words to the people around her, and suddenly looked at me.

I vaguely heard their voices, saying that I couldn't get along and wanted to run back, and I deserved it. There is also Zhang Erniang, who scolded me for being wolf-hearted and dog-hearted, snake-hearted, and treated me well, and said: "If she wants to come to ask for something later, don't give it to her." ”

Liu Niang said in a low voice: "What if she uses witchcraft to deal with us?" ”

Aunt Huang sneered: "Then give her the worst one." ”

I've only fought with Sister-in-law Wu, and I have no grudge against them, so I really don't know why I hate me so much. But the words sounded harsh, but they didn't pierce my heart, I pursed the corners of my lips casually, took out a wild fruit and bit away, and raised my head high.

The manor was busier than when I was, and I was used to taking the side door, and more than thirty corpses were brought out in just a short way, and it seemed that the plague was in a more severe situation.

After looking for a long time, I didn't find Song Xian, and finally learned from an apprentice of Sun Shenyi that he was too sick and had dozens of old poisons in his body.

So I didn't stop for a moment, and hurried to the riverside again, and begged for a long time, until at last a boatman was willing to take me on a ride.

The ship was large, divided into three tiers, and I sat on the deck with the mast in my arms for an hour, drowsy. The boatman came and told me to lie down in the cabin.

Usually with such a thick skin, but now I am suddenly embarrassed, I shook my head and refused, he saw my thoughts, and said: "It will take at least five days to get to Qu Hao, you can't stay here all the time, there is a cubicle under the deck, it doesn't matter if you go there to live." ”

The river wind is very strong, the river waves are turbulent, and after thanking him, I touched the small warehouse. There was a small bed. The bedding is freshly washed. There is a faint smell of sunlight and vanilla.

Leaning on the head of the bed, he rolled up the curtain by the window, and the river breeze poured in, blowing away the stuffiness. Outside the window, Bishan on both sides of the river. The river bird circled, and I gradually fell asleep, and finally slept a solid and soft sleep.

When I woke up, the river was full of silver moon, the river was veined, and my mood was far away and quiet, and after a long time, the boatman came to knock on the door and asked me to go out to eat. A table of hearty fish and shrimp and a bowl of rice porridge soup, there are not many rice grains in the porridge soup, but it is very content.

There were other passengers at the same table who were eating. Relatively silent, each buried his head, after eating I rolled up my sleeves to wipe the table and wash the dishes, the boatman said that there was a passenger who did not come, he served a white fish in the pot. Along with a bowl of rice porridge, I asked to bring it to her.

There was an oil lamp hanging in the passage of the cabin, I waited at the door with a tray, and I knocked impatiently for a while, and finally the door creaked open, and a light and good-smelling rouge came to my face: "When I got on the boat, I said that I don't want food, are you deaf?" ”

It is a delicate and delicate girl, with an outstanding appearance, there is a sense of déjà vu, and when I look at it again, I find that there are six points in her eyebrows that look like Sun Shenyi, but her temperament is completely different, and she is much more bright and flamboyant.

She was stunned when she saw me, and I have been surprised by this kind of gaze these days. I casually glanced into her room, and found that she was painting, the small window rolled up the curtains like me, and the night outside the window was low, and the stars were in the sky.

She stretched out her hand and shook it in front of me a few times: "Look at what, say no, you go." ”

Before I could react, the door slammed shut.

In the next few days, this girl basically did not go out of the room except for the toilet, and I was asked to bring the washing water, sometimes too hot, sometimes too cold, not deliberately to make things difficult for me, but too pampered.

Once I brought warm water in, I unintentionally glanced at her painting again, the pine and bamboo elegance of the shallow landscape, the composition is fine, dense and scattered, and the brush and ink dot dyeing is just right, but I have only seen Yan Qingqiong's painting for a few days, and I can't help but compare it in my heart, and I have an opinion.

Xu is my expression did not show surprise, but a little indifference, which caused her dissatisfaction, she coldly told me to go quickly, fishy and smelly, don't dirty her room, let me have the urge to beat her for the first time.

The second impulse was that day when I was fishing with the boatman, the sky was blue, the river was rushing, and we had a good harvest, and we happily caught the fish in the net into the basket.

At this time, she came out of the fish cabin, dressed in a pink brocade dress, covered with a cloud-embroidered cigarette shirt, glanced at us lightly, walked towards the bow of the ship, stood there and gazed into the distance, I don't know if there is sadness, but it seems that the literati and women in the world love such thoughts.

I casually said, "If she doesn't eat all day, won't she be hungry?" ”

The boatman shook the fish basket: "She brought her own things, and she looks down on what I eat on this boat." ”

I said, "When is it, and she still looks down on her?" ”

The boatman's voice was already low, and he was even more inaudible by the river wind, and sighed: "It is the people who are hungry for famine, and a well-born lady like this cannot suffer this sin." ”

I straightened up and looked at her, the wide sleeves of the brocade robe were like a pink butterfly with wings, and the cigarette shirt was extremely long, reflecting the autumn colors of the river, and the indescribable style was moving. If I were a river walker at the moment, I would definitely be amazed by this coloring.

"Ahh

The boatman suddenly let out a low cry, and the white fish in his hand slipped and bounced on the deck, and we hurried to chase it, but it suddenly pressed down on the girl's cigarette shirt that was dragging on the ground.

The boatman hurriedly apologized, but she didn't scold, she frowned irritably, took off her cigarette shirt, and I went up and said, "I'll wash it for you." ”

She threw the cigarette shirt in my face: "Your smelly hands are even more smelly after washing, wash them and wear them yourself." ”

After she left, I asked the boatman, "Does she go to Quhao too?" ”

"yes." The boatman took the cigarette shirt away, "Such a beautiful garment is precious." ”

The material quality of the cigarette shirt is 20 taels of silver, and this embroidery is exquisite, if it is made in a famous embroidery room, I am afraid the price is not less than 50 taels.

I said, "Wash it, and sell it to other people for a lot of money." ”

At this point, I began to think about whether to beat her up directly after getting off the boat, or drag her in a sack and beat her in a corner. It's more fun to fight in public, and it's more fun to drag it to the corner, which is really nerve-wracking.

Two days later, the boat docked at the Zuojiang Jian'an Ferry. As a few days of being cared for by the boatman, I was so busy saying goodbye to him that I forgot about the beating. By the time I jumped to shore with my baggage, she had already boarded a carriage and was gone.

Anyway, this contradiction with her is the weight of chicken feathers and garlic, and when she has nothing to do, she thinks about it very depressed, but now she is down-to-earth, full of people, and suddenly feels very meaningless. It doesn't matter if you fight or not.

Unlike the depression and desolation of Kansai. Zuojiang did not seem to have been affected by the famine in the slightest. The market along the road is prosperous, the cars and horses are endless, the flow of people is like weaving, selling all kinds of ornaments and gouache. The constant shouting of the vendors who cook wine and pastries gave me the illusion that I was both dreaming and real.

After some inquiry, there is a half-day journey from Jian'an to Quhao, and it is said that the official road here is more closely guarded, and I don't have any customs clearance documents on me, so I have to take a detour through the mountains and forests.

The road was sparsely scattered and encountered a lot of homeless people who trekked through mountains and rivers, and the further they went, the more encrypted they gathered, and gradually heard the lively noise coming from the front, and waited to turn from a small road. A huge grassland appeared, with a surge of people, and countless bamboo cages were placed on two lanes, full of skinny people.

In front of each bamboo cage, a large group of people are picking and listening to the sound. There are those who pick daughters-in-law and maids, and there are those who pick coolie laborers, but more of them are gorgeous makeup and gorgeous clothes, and bustard mothers are picking girls.

This kind of slave trade has existed before, but at that time it was mostly girls and children who were smuggled and abducted, but now it was voluntary by the victims, and I lowered my head sadly and hurried through my pace.

After a few steps, I heard a female voice scolding angrily: "I'm really not a homeless person, you let me go!" When I untie the rope, I'll kill you!" ”

I subconsciously turned around, only to see a thin figure being forcibly pulled into a carriage, my heartbeat suddenly accelerated inexplicably, and before I could figure out the reason, my body had already pushed away the crowd in my head, and shouted: "Hey! Hold it! ”

No one paid any attention to me, and the carriage ran straight down the ramp, and by the time I ran there it was far away.

I stood in place in a daze, half a sound, turned around and ran to the bamboo cage, and grabbed the boss who was full of fat: "That girl just now, what is her name?" Where did it come from? ”

The boss was counting the money, and when he heard this, he raised his eyes, and when he saw me, his eyebrows instantly raised: "Wow, girl, you look ......"

I hurriedly said, "What's that girl's name?" Who was sold to? ”

"Girl, why don't you give me a ...... too?"

I slapped his fat head and big ears with a palm: "You old thing full of evil, don't you say it!" ”

A few thugs around him immediately surrounded: "Where did the hairy girl dare to go wild here!" ”

"Do you know whose territory this is?"

"What a guts, look for death!"

I didn't bother to pay attention to them, so I just picked up the stones and flew around, reaching out and grabbing the boss's clothes: "Say it quickly!" ”

He was dumbfounded when he looked at the rocks, thinking that he was a bully and afraid of the soft, and took out a sachet from his sleeve: "That, that girl's." ”

I hurriedly opened the sachet, and in addition to the scattered silver taels, there was also a small cloth bag, all of which were broken True Source Jade, glowing emerald white in the sun.

His eyes turned red all of a sudden, and those memories became clearer:

"Silly girl, if they want to beat you in the future, don't fight back, otherwise it will hurt you even more."

"My name is Little Lantern, and I've told you so many times, why can't you remember it."

"This is the true source jade, left to me by my mother before she died, you take it, I hope my mother can also bless you."

"Silly, you have to take care of yourself, you know?"

……

I looked up in the direction she had left, turned back and kicked and beat and scolded the boss: "She clearly has silver, how can she be a slave, where did you get her, you bastard!" Who did you sell her to! ”

He shrank on the side of the road with his head in his arms, for a long time, and raised his head tremblingly: "Song, Songhe Liu's ......"