Chapter 281 Throwing himself into the net

Breakfast in the countryside is very simple, the xiǎo rice porridge cooked from home-grown crops is fragrant, fresh vegetables and pickled vegetables are also homemade, and there is also a plate of cooked ròu, which is the xiǎo beast caught by the owner under the mountain under the beast trap.

In this family, the man is in his forties, the figure is very strong, the red face, the corners of the eyes with shallow wrinkles, simple, honest, a gray cloth gown with several patches, and he is reluctant to change, his hair is coiled into a bun, and he only ties a wooden hairpin at random. The lady is slightly older than him, not tall, with a round face, a healthy flush that is customary to people in the countryside, and her movements are very neat.

Their son was fourteen years old, and he was as strong as a tiger, and he devoured his food. Xia Xun also knew that the owner also had a girl who had married outside the mountain, and there was only this couple on the mountain, with this son, guarding a few acres of mountain fields.

"Don't eat and don't bumble! Look at your stinky máo disease! It's nothing at home, if you go out to eat and drink with people, it's not a joke! ”

Lao Tzu struck his son's hand with chopsticks, and the son pursed his lips, a little angry, but soon launched an attack on the fragrant beast Ròu. Glaring at his son, Lao Tzu began to go to the vegetables, ròu everyone wanted to eat, especially a physically exhausted person like him, but seeing that his son ate sweetly, the two of them invariably only went to the vegetables, and gave the ròu on the plate to his son without a trace.

Although he scolded his stinky máo disease in his mouth, seeing that his son was eating sweetly, Lao Tzu still had a satisfied and happy smile on his face. Parental love does not need to be spoken, because it is unrequited. Noticing this detail, Su Ying's chopsticks stopped, the family's life was very dull, every day was sunrise and sunset, but she was very envious of such a life.

In a trance, the same scene seemed to appear on Shuangyu Island. She held the child, Xia Xun sat next to her, and the family of three was affectionate......

So, she thought of her sweetheart: "It's been so long, the child is okay...... in fact, what is there to worry about, I was brought up by my aunts, and they will be fine if they take care of my children." ”

Xia Xun glanced at her and found that she was in a trance, her eyes were gloomy, she didn't know what she was thinking, some warm, some sweet, and some of the taste of missing, did she miss Shuangyu Island? Perhaps, she has grown up on an island since Xiǎo, and now that she has left the ocean, she must have lived in the mountains for so long, she must be very uncomfortable.

In fact, it's not just her, why doesn't he want to leave as soon as possible, Ziqi and thank you, all his family, there has been no news of him for so long, they must be very worried about ......, in terms of time, the prince of Yan Wang should have arrived in Beiping by now, there is no need for the imperial court to continue to lay a net, leave today.

So, after breakfast, Xia Xun expressed his intention to leave the eldest brother and his wife. Hearing that she was about to leave Lingshan, Su Ying jumped up like a child, and immediately rushed back to the room to pack up her things, Xia Xun stuffed a roll of treasure money into Brother Fang's hand: "Big brother, I have been bothering you for so long, this money, talk about Brother Xiǎo's intentions, please don't shirk." ”

The countrymen were kind, and Brother Fang pushed him again and again, before he blushed and put the money in his heart, looking at Su Ying, who was packing up things in the room, he pulled Xia Xun to sit on the grinding plate, and said with a smile: "Brother, there is something I haven't asked you all the time, you and your wife, I'm afraid it's not out of the mén to hide debts, right?" ”

Xia Xun was slightly startled in his heart, and said vaguely: "It's not to hide from debts, hehe, then according to Brother Fang, what are we going to do?" ”

Brother Fang leaned into his ear and said mysteriously: "To be honest, did you like other people, but your family didn't agree, so you ran out with them?" ”

Xia Xun was stunned, seeing his expression, Brother Fang smiled proudly: "I'll just say, look at your lady, it seems that you are two years older than you, and you are so good that you are so good that you mix oil in honey, and you don't have a night of leisure at night, this is not like an old husband and wife." ”

Xia Xun smirked with his nose, this question ...... He really couldn't answer. The so-called tossing energy at night, that doesn't blame him, who let Brother Fang's chuáng be so unsturdy, turning over and screaming, the chuáng shop was ravaged at night, and the movement can still be xiǎo? Anyway, Ying'er doesn't know what's wrong now, how can she be made to bow down to her subordinates if she is so enchanting and tossing Chuáng?

Brother Fang patted him on the shoulder and said in the voice of a person who had come over: "In my opinion, it should be that your lady was married before, so the old people in the family objected, right?" Hey, what's that, the raw rice is cooked and cooked, can you really bāng beat mandarin ducks? As for you, brother, when you are almost gone, you can go back. Whether the old people in the family are doing right or wrong, it is all for your own good, and they regret it in their hearts, maybe they have changed their minds. ”

In the face of such a smart and old-fashioned Brother Fang, Xia Xun only nodded except for laughing, Brother Fang saw that he looked like a good person, and was very satisfied with his parting words, he thought about it, and suddenly asked again: "Oh, by the way, how many brothers are there in my brother's family?" ”

Xia Xun said: "I'm the only one." ”

Brother Fang patted the big tuǐ and said happily: "It's done, that's not a problem, when I see that your daughter-in-law is a person who can give birth, xiōng has a big waist and a thin butt and a round buttocks, in our mountains, this is called a gourd body, and the old people say that it is the best to give birth to." The field is good, your brother is not bad, he is strong, he is a good ploughing cow, I see that your family's harvest is not bad, maybe your wife has it now. When you have a baby, your parents are too late, and you can still find fault with your daughter-in-law? ”

Xia Xun laughed and laughed, but if you think about it carefully, Su Ying's figure is really a gourd figure with a sense of xìng, tǐng pulls out a full xiōng, a strong and slender waist, and a tight and smooth tún, just like a gourd baby, a chuáng on the gourd figure.

"Hey, what did Brother Fang tell you just now? Ghostly. ”

Walking on the xiǎo road in the mountains, Su Ying asked Xia Xun casually.

Xia Xun began to laugh: "Brother Fang said, you tossed too much at night." By the way, why are you so powerful now, if you only give it to you once one night, you will have a resentful face the next day. ”

Su Ying's face turned red, like a mother who had just laid an egg: "What nonsense are you, it's obviously you... Your endless ......"

"Didn't I keep trying again because you looked at me that was wrong?"

Su Ying announced indignantly: "Okay, don't touch me tonight!" ”

Xia Xun grimaced at her from afar and said with a smile: "Okay, I won't touch you, you can touch me."

Su Ying was ashamed, chased Xia Xun to fight, but couldn't catch up with him, biting her mouth and sulking for a while, she couldn't help but laugh.

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Approaching dusk, a husband and wife walked on the road in the fields with each other, looking at the dress, it should be that the family is not too wealthy, with a burden on their shoulders, or they are far away: "Lady, you see, we are not far from Niutou Village, let's go to find a family to stay in first, and then leave tomorrow morning." ”

Husband Ma Qiao said lovingly to the lady, just after saying that, two méng people holding **āng jumped out on the side of the road, and one of them shouted: "Oh, this mountain is opened by me, and the tree is planted by me. ”

The couple was shocked, and Ma Qiao hurriedly protected his wife and said tremblingly: "Two ...... Two heroes, our husband and wife are craftsmen who went to Nanjing to serve, poor people who are bitter and have no money. Two heroes do the right thing for heaven, rob the rich and help the poor, you shouldn't find us two poor people, please do well, spare us! ”

"No money?"

The big man looked at him suspiciously, pointed to the burden on his shoulders with **āng, and said sharply: "What's inside?" ”

Ma Qiao trembled and said, "Go back to the good man, that is...... It's the couple of xiǎo who do some of the housework of the craft. ”

The other méng-faced man snatched his burden as soon as he stretched out his hand, lowered his voice and snorted coldly: "Take it, let the uncle take a look." ”

The méng-faced man untied his burden on the spot, and took a closer look, and there were indeed knives, scissors, needles and threads, as well as a bunch of things such as files and cones, and there were also two road guides, Ma Qiao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Good man, take a look, right?" My husband and wife are poor craftsmen, and we really don't have any money. ”

The méng-faced man laughed, tied the burden quickly, put it on his shoulder, and said to another méng-faced robber: "These things can also be sold for a few cents, make up a meal of wine, let's go, brother!" ”

"Hero, this is my husband and wife's dinner guy, you can't take it away!"

Ma Qiao was anxious when he heard this, and he wanted to pounce on it, but he was grabbed by his wife and exclaimed: "Xianggong, don't do it." ”

The big man holding the bāng pointed to Ma Qiao and said: "Sacrifice your life and wealth, you study hard with your wife, and you still want to resist?" Hmph, don't you know the reason why thieves don't go empty? These household jobs are worthless, and the master will take them. ”

The daughter-in-law who was quite a bit of a grace was a bold child, and said with a smile: "Two good men, if you take the things, please return them to us, otherwise, wouldn't it be difficult for the two of us to move an inch?" ”

The big man was willing to ignore him, and with a whistle, he and his companions went into the woods beside the road, Ma Qiao was in a hurry, and he was about to chase after him, but he was grabbed by his daughter-in-law and scolded: "You are a rammer, you have to chase!" If they start to be ruthless, if they can't rob the money, they will rob the sè, won't the innocent body of the old lady be buried in their hands? Could it be that the old lady's innocence is worth a few family jobs? ”

When Ma Qiao heard this, he suddenly realized: "Yes, why didn't I think of it? It's still a lady jīng ming, yes, yes, let's not chase it. Hey? What is this that fell from the ground? ”

Ma Qiao grabbed it with a strong step, picked it up and saw that it was a xiǎo purse, opened it and took a look, there was a thick treasure note inside, and he couldn't help but be ecstatic: "Hahaha, I have never seen such a stupid thief, robbed me of a sesame seed, and threw a watermelon, hahaha, lady, we are rich!" ”

"You rammer! What are you yelling about! ”

Ma snatched the purse and hid it in his arms with a smile, and said angrily to her husband: "Go quickly, don't be discovered by them, and then find it back." ”

"Yes, yes, let's go, oh lady, we've lost our way, but what's the matter?"

"What are you afraid of, it's a big deal to report the loss to the government, they will check it in our hometown, and they will naturally know our identity, and then a road guide will be reissued. Hurry up, so much money, is it worth two road guides? Do you remember, only say to the government that you have lost the guide, don't say that you have been robbed, in case these two stupid thieves are caught by the government, this thief will have to be recovered. ”

"Yes, yes, or the lady will calculate, there is a good wife in the family, and the man is less than wow."

"Less poor you, run!"

The two husbands and wives ran away in a panic, faster than the two thieves could escape.

In the forest, Xia Xun and Su Ying, who had already ripped off their méng face towels, watched their husband and wife run away, then they looked at each other and smiled, opened the baggage and took out the two road guides, Xia Xun took it in his hand, took a closer look at it with the faint sunset, and laughed hehe: "Wonderful, the age and physical appearance are roughly the same, the two of them are shift craftsmen, and they regularly go to Nanjing, so this physical age is still three years ago, this time it is just another official seal, so some inconsistencies can be covered." ”

It turned out that Namaqiaofu was a craftsman, and he was a shift craftsman. Artisan households belong to the Ministry of Industry, and are divided into two categories: shift craftsmen and resident craftsmen. Shift craftsmen are required to serve in government workshops on a one-year or five-year basis, with an average of three months per shift. Resident craftsmen serve in the official handicraft workshops for 10 days a month, and if they do not go to work, they must pay a monthly silver penny to be hired by the government.

These two types of craftsmen can be free to work in the rest of the time outside of duty, the husband is the shift craftsman, the husband is called Ma Qiao, the wife is called Cui Xiǎo Yan, the two couples have just gone to Nanjing to serve for three months and come back, the shift craftsman service is unpaid labor, not only there is no price on the day of work, but even the travel expenses to and from Beijing have to be brought, so they do not have money, and they just rely on their skills to do some work to earn food along the way.

The couple were seamstresses, and when they served in the government, they were responsible for planting and repairing military uniforms and leather armor. Because they often have to go to Beijing, they also have to do business to make money along the way, so the degree of freedom is relatively large, this road leads to several nearby prefectures and counties can be visited, and the farthest point is just Hangzhou Prefecture.

Xia Xun looked at the road, put it in his arms, tied the burden back and put it on his shoulder, took a long look at Su Ying, and said with a smile: "Tailor's lady, let's go home with my husband happy!" ”

In the early morning of the next day, at the entrance of Changgu Town, a military master stretched out his face and reprimanded several local armor chiefs and said, "The imperial court is about to use soldiers!" The conscription is very urgent, how did you do it, you should have sent forty craftsmen from Changgu Town, but you still can't get it together! If you can't get it together, Lao Tzu will pull a few of you old things to Beiping to fill the moat! ”

Several squires wept and said with sad faces: "Master Jun, this time the imperial court is too anxious to recruit, I just ordered it yesterday, and I will take it away today, they are shift craftsmen, many people usually do not live in this village or town, for a while, where can the old man get enough people to go, ask the military master to be merciful, and then a few days of grace, the old man will definitely find them back." ”

The military man glared and said, "Lao Tzu can wait for you, who can wait for Lao Tzu?" No, if you can't get together today, I'll make up for you! ”

As soon as he said this, someone at the checkpoint at the entrance of the town shouted: "Dad, Dad, there are two craftsmen here!" ”

That person was the son of the local chief, who worked as a helper in the town inspection department, and when he saw Xia Xun and Su Ying's guidance, he immediately jumped to his feet and shouted to his father as if he had obtained a treasure.

Xia Xun was very calm, he didn't believe that the limelight had passed, most of the inspections of the roadcar customs defense had been in vain, and someone would see any flaws with these two road leads, he gave Su Ying, who was a little breathless, a glance, and then smiled at a few white-bearded old men in robes and a military man who rushed over and said: "Xiǎo people Shaoxing Mansion Maqiao, shift leather armor craftsmen, I don't know what advice you have with this military master!" ”

"You!"

The tǐngxiōng shy military man put the saber under Xia Xun's nose and said in a rough voice: "The imperial court is about to send troops to fight for Yan, and urgently summon the craftsmen who serve in the army, and Shaoxing Mansion is also among the conscriptions, you don't have to go back, just go with Lao Tzu!" ”