The crowd erupted in laughter.

When the monkey-faced man saw it, he jumped to his feet and pointed at Yang Muyun and scolded, but what he said was Annan dialect, and Yang Muyun didn't understand it at all.

The two men got up from the ground in embarrassment and looked at each other.

The monkey-faced man rushed forward, threw up the whip and whipped it towards Yang Muyun, "Smack-" The whip rolled up to the neck of the man under his hand, causing his face to turn red, his eyes bulged violently, and his tongue stretched out.

"Oh no, I've killed someone." Yang Muyun shouted from the side.

The fishermen and men who were watching all followed suit.

The monkey-faced man's face changed dramatically, and he withdrew his whip, and the man gasped and fell to the ground.

The other man rolled his eyes, picked up his companion and whispered a few words in the monkey-faced man's ear.

The monkey-faced man stared at Yang Muyun and scolded hatefully, leading the two subordinates to turn around and stagger.

Everyone cheered, surrounding Yang Muyun and praising him. Only Ruan Axing sighed, with a sad face.

......

"Master Fan has a lot of influence in this area," Ruan Ling explained to Yang Muyun on the way home: "Although you have beaten his men away, Abba is afraid that they will gather more people to come back and take revenge." ”

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Yang Muyun smiled and patted his chest proudly.

They divided the few fish that were left on the boat, and dispersed. Ruan An also carried a few small sea fish in both hands, and invited Yang Muyun to follow his father to lead his younger siblings on the way home.

It is a small fishing village, with only thirty or fifty households, and Nguyen Ah Xing's home is at the head of the village. His family consisted of a few simple wooden huts with thatched roofs. A middle-aged woman with a cross-headed head and an old man on crutches leaned in front of the door and looked at them from afar, and when they saw them coming, they helped the old man to meet them excitedly.

Ruan Axing stepped forward in a few steps and hurriedly grabbed the old man's arm, the old man smiled and waved his hand, signaling that he was okay, Ruan An, Ruan Ling and Ah Bao stepped forward to surround the old man and the middle-aged woman.

Looking at the expressions on everyone's faces, Yang Muyun deduced that the old man should be Ruan Ah Xing's old father, and the middle-aged woman was his wife.

Sure enough, Ruan Axing introduced Yang Muyun to them, the old man's name was Ruan Zhong, and the middle-aged woman's name was Du Thi Chun, who was Ruan Axing's father and wife.

Yang Muyun stepped forward to salute.

The old man glanced at him a few times and said, "Son, you came here from Daming, the distance is not close!" "He spoke clearly and spoke Chinese, much more fluent than Ruan Ah Xing.

"The old man's Chinese dialect is so good!" Yang Muyun's face was happy, and he respectfully gave him a look.

"Childe has won the prize!" The old man turned sideways with a smile on his face and said, "Childe, please!" ”

......

Usually the food in the fisherman's house is very simple, only rice and fish, but Yang Muyun tastes very sweet, floating on the sea for a few days, even drinking a sip of water is very extravagant for him, the food in front of him is nothing less than a delicacy in the world.

The middle-aged woman said a few words to Yang Muyun apologetically, although Yang Muyun didn't understand what she meant, she could guess that her general idea was that the hospitality was not good, please bear with me.

The old man was very talkative, and from his words and demeanor, he didn't look like an ordinary ugly person in the village.

"Did Childe go to sea to do business?" The old man asked.

"Well...... Yang Muyun responded vaguely and arched his hand: "I don't want to be in the sea."

It was only after a storm that he fell here...... I'm bothering my husband. ”

"It's okay," the old man said with a smile: "The son can be here because of our fate." In this life, everyone has been in trouble, so don't go to your heart. "Enlighten him.

"Thank you, uncle," Yang Muyun was a little moved, "Your great kindness, Yang is unforgettable." ”

"Young Master Yang is polite," the old man's gaze became deeper, "Young Master Yang is from the north, have you ever heard that your imperial court has the intention of sending troops to the south?" ”

Yang Muyun pondered for a moment and said: "My Ming army did start the southern expedition one after another, but it was to go to Yunnan to start a war with Luchuan Tusi Siji, and it has nothing to do with Annan!" ”

"But there are rumors outside that the Ming people want to levy us Dayue again," the old man said, "and even the tax has been doubled since last year." ”

"In the past, Abba and Brother led the people in the village to the sea," Ruan Ling interjected: "The fish and shrimp can make life go on, but now, ......'s eyes are red, "It's not enough to pay taxes, in order to catch more fish, they took the risk to occupy the sea area, but in this way, there are more conflicts with the occupants, and this time there are so few fish and shrimp to fight, even the filial piety to Master Fan is not enough, let alone the taxes to the official family." ”

When she said this, the other people's faces became heavy.

"Not only that, but the official family also has to recruit Ding," Ruan Axing said: "There are two adult males in the family who want to be Ding, and it is estimated that the officials who will recruit Ding will be here in a few days." ”

Ruan An's face became excited, and he got up and said a few words.

Ruan Axing glared at him, reprimanded a few words, and said: "It's not your turn to decide the affairs of the family, if you want to fight, I will go, have you ever been to the battlefield......

"Abba," Ruan Ling said in surprise, "you're leaving, what about at home?" ”

Po cried "wow".

Ruan Ah Xing asked his wife Du Thi Chun to take Ah Bao to the house, and sighed, "The affairs of the family can only be handed over to Ah An, you can persuade him more when I am not there, bear everything you can, and don't ......be impulsive."

As he spoke, the family was about to say goodbye, and Yang Muyun was stunned, not knowing what to say.

The old man glanced at him, and said slowly: "Our Yue people have been fighting with your Ming Dynasty for many years, when Ah Xing was still young, I joined the Blue Mountain Righteous Army, followed the first king and they fought against the Ming people, this battle is more than ten years, and when I came back, Ah Xing was ...... older."

"My husband still has such a past, no wonder he talks extraordinary." Yang Muyun couldn't help but be in awe.

"Daddy," Ruan Axing looked at Yang Muyun, turned to the old man and said, "Yang Gongzi explained that the army of the people is going to Yunnan, can we really fight with Daming in this battle?" ”

"It's hard to say," the old man shook his head, "Recently, the king has been provoking Daming, and even Ningyuan Prefecture, which is under the jurisdiction of Daming's Yunnan Metropolitan Division, has been occupied, can Daming swallow this breath?" Once the war with Daming starts, it will not end in three or two years. You must know that the five of your father's brothers have fought with the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years, and when they come back, only your father is left......" his voice choked, and tears appeared in the corners of his eyes.

"Daddy," Ruan Axing persuaded: "Things may not be as you think, Luchuan is so troublesome, the Ming court may not be able to take care of our Dayue here, maybe if there is no war in the past for a while, I will come back." ”

"I hope so," the old man sighed, "if you really go to the north to defend it, you have to think more about the battle, and there is a large family of people who still rely on you!" ”

"I know, Daddy, don't worry!" Nguyen Ah Xing said.

......

Listening to what they were saying, Yang Muyun retreated silently, listening to them talk about the war with Daming, he felt a little embarrassed.

He stood in the courtyard, looking at the moon hanging in the sky like a disk, and his heart moved, "It should be the fifteenth day of the first lunar month now, I don't know if the spread of the epidemic in the capital has been curbed, I hope my sister, Mengnan and Zisu are all well." ”

"Young Master Yang—"

Yang Muyun turned around abruptly and saw that it was Ruan Ling who called her.

"Miss Nguyen......"

Ruan Ling's face flushed slightly, "You...... Or call me Ah Ling like Abba! ”

"Hmm." Yang Muyun nodded and shouted, "Ah Ling." ”

"What are you thinking?" Ruan Ling blinked, "Are you thinking about your distant family?" ”

"Well," Yang Muyun didn't deny it, "I don't know what happened to them now?" ”

Ruan Ling sighed lightly, and also raised his head to look at the full moon in the sky, "I also hope that our family can be together and be safe...... Every time I went out to sea with my grandmother, I prayed to the gods with my grandmother to bless them with a safe return. Glancing at him, "I heard what Brother said, they went to sea and met the Zhanren, there are many Zhanren, Abba and Brother, they can't resist it, it was you who came out to help them drive away the Zhanren......"

"Ah Ling," Yang Muyun became a little shy, "Speaking of which, your father and brother also helped me, if I hadn't met them, maybe I would still be floating on the sea now!" ”

"Your ability is really great," Ruan Ling's eyes flashed, "I heard that Brother said that you defeated more than ten people at that time!" And Master Fan's doglegs, who were tricked by you, hehe......"

Yang Muyun smiled embarrassedly and did not speak.

"If Abba and Brother had the ability of yours, no one would dare to bully us." The little girl said with envy.

"Are you often bullied?" Yang Muyun asked.

"Well," Ruan Ling crossed his slender fingers, "Our boats here are all owned by Master Fan, and every time we go out to sea, we have to offer the best fish and shrimp to Master Fan, not counting, we have to pay his boat rent every year...... The officials of the city also come from time to time to collect taxes from us, and if they can't pay them, they will pull you to do labor. Even the Zhan people from the south often came to rob us...... Alas—" sighed, "I counted, and there were only a few days left in the end of the year. ”

Yang Muyun sighed secretly, "No matter where it is, the lives of ordinary people are the hardest. ”

"Young Master Yang......" Ruan Ling wanted to speak and stopped.

"What's the matter, what do you want to say?" Yang Muyun asked.

"You are so capable, can you teach me?" Ruan Ling plucked up his courage and said.

"You want to learn martial arts from me?" Yang Muyun smiled, "It's not easy, it's very hard......"

"I'm not afraid of hardship, really," Ruan Ling opened his dark eyes, "as long as you are willing to teach me, I will never cry bitter!" ”