Chapter 34 Ascending
Before the sun came out, the caravans in front of the Land Temple were ready to go, and many villagers stood nearby to watch.
"Boss Liu, what good material are you feeding the horses?"
The housekeeper of the Chen Mansion carried a small burden and found Liu Dascar in front of the horse team, and saw that he was taking a bamboo tube and feeding something into the mouth of the horse mule, so he quipped.
Listening to the voice, Liu Dascar knew that it was the housekeeper of the Chen Mansion, but he still glanced back. "Yo, it turned out to be the big housekeeper, early on." He showed the butler the egg he was holding in his hand, "Ah, the egg." Today's feet are far away, and these loads are heavy goods, so let them eat two eggs, have the strength, and go smoothly..... Wait a minute, there's one left, and it'll be right away. ”
Liu Dasa is a native of Nanxiong, when he was very young, his father began to run to Nanyang, and his family background is very good. He also studied in Guangzhou for several years.
But when he was 15 years old, his father's ship was hit by a hurricane off the coast of Malay, and he lost even the goods he could carry. Soon after the funeral, people from all walks of life who wanted debts flocked to ask for debts, taking the notes that their father owed on credit.
In order to support his family, he dropped out of school and ran a horse gang with an uncle in his family. Because of his cleverness and ability to bear hardships and stand hard work, he quickly gained a firm foothold in this industry...... After more than ten years, he gradually had his own horse and mule. Several horse teams that are usually familiar with each other go together, and they become a big horse gang. Because Liu Dascar is righteous and familiar with his face on this road, everyone is willing to serve him as the leader.
Liu Dascar knocked the last egg and fed it into the mule's mouth with a bamboo tube, pulled the high bridle and held it for a while before putting it down, then stuffed the bamboo tube into the rattan basket, patted it lightly on the mule and horse's cheeks, turned around, looked left and right, and said with a smile: "I'm leaving soon, where is the eldest young master and his friends, are you here?" ”
The butler shook his head back: "Ah, that's not. I'm coming here. ”
At this time, although the sky was already bright, but Cebu had not yet dispersed, I saw a group of people coming from a distance, the first two of them were wearing long robes, walking briskly, judging from the figure, it was Chen Qinghua and his friend who was going to accompany him.
"The eldest young master's face is really big enough, and there are many teachers and classmates who sent him home this time." Liu Dascar took out the old knife brand foreign cigarette, handed one to the housekeeper and said with a smile, "..... Hey, who's the one in the back? Niu Er? Why is he here too? ”
The housekeeper took the cigarette and stared back: "It seems that he and Liu Tou should be sent to accompany the guests for a ride, and by the way, go to Tanghu Wei to do some errands." The housekeeper saw that Liu Dasa was a little confused, and explained, "Oh, this Niu Er, Xu is two years older, and he can take on some things, and now he is in charge of the first team, arranged by the eldest young master." ”
While speaking, the group approached, and after everyone exchanged pleasantries, Chen Qinghua took the burden from the housekeeper's hand and hung it on Xie Yucheng's shoulder: "The commissioner has gone all the way, and when he arrives at the ground, bring me a letter." ”
"Okay, Brother Chen cherishes it, and there will be a period later." Xie Yucheng wore a long shirt today, which looked like a talent. Yesterday, Chen's mother asked her subordinates to make two sets of clothes for him, one to wear on his body, and the other set to put in a small bag with his shirt and trousers. Xie Yuzhen's voice was a little excited, and others thought that he was sad for separation. In fact, he wished he had left sooner. It's just that Chen Qinghua told him in private just now that there were two gold bars and a hundred oceans in the baggage, and he excused himself on the grounds that the road was not very smooth, which almost caused Chen Qinghua to lose his temper.
With such hospitality, Xie Yucheng was very uneasy in his heart. I wanted to tell Chen Qinghua at the time of parting that now that Japan is speeding up the pace of aggression against China, and war will break out between China and Japan soon. To cooperate with the Japanese in this bone joint, you must be mentally minded. However, the departure was imminent, and the two had no time to talk in detail.
At this time, Xie Yucheng suddenly found that the crowd gathered in front of the Land Temple was a little strange, only to see them holding a basket, you look at me, I look at you, there was joy and fear in their expressions, pushing and hugging each other, and slowly rushed to the side of the road.
Chen Qinghua felt a little strange and was about to ask.
The crowd automatically separated, and a few village elders with gray beards walked out of it, holding crutches, and walked forward in unison, not without complaining:
"Oh, young master, you didn't do the right thing today."
"The commissioner boarded the journey back to Beijing today, you have made everyone so bitter, what are you ...... Not going to ...... Let the big guy send the correspondent? ”
"Master Da, this commissioner is everyone's commissioner, you have to occupy it alone. My sixth uncle has an opinion. ”
The focused crowd also poured over and surrounded the crowd.
"Heh, what did I say," Chen Qinghua smiled when he heard this, and waved his hand disapprerovingly, "In the end, don't you still let everyone know, look, isn't the commissioner still gone?" Let me see, what do you take to send to the commissioner, let me see, I tell you, ordinary things, the commissioner can't look down on. ”
Several village elders walked over tremblingly, carrying crutches, and waved to Xie Yucheng in unison: "Special, commissioner, how are you ..... Why don't you stay longer? The big guys haven't come here yet, thank you. ”
Seeing this, Xie Yucheng hurriedly stepped forward to salute back: "Oh, old people, folks, I can't afford you like this." ”
While speaking, men, women and children carrying baskets rushed forward, regardless of Xie Yucheng's repeated objections, this one stuffed a handful of peanuts into Xie Yucheng's arms, and the other put a few melons and fruits into the hands of the commissioner...... In front of the land temple, all of a sudden, there was a lot of people, and the crowd was excited.
Niu Er, Liu Tou and the others also ignored Xie Yucheng's objections, and ran happily to help receive the gifts one by one...... Later, even Chen Qinghua and several village elders were stuffed like a hill in their arms.
Seeing that the road was wrong, Liu waved his hand and asked the horse driver to bring a horse and mule over, and directly asked the villagers to fill the two empty baskets.
But after a while, the two empty baskets were also piled to the brim.
After a long time of busy work, the excitement of the crowd gradually calmed down, and by this time the sun had already risen.
Liu Dascar waited for everyone to say goodbye, shouted "go", flicked the whip, the whip horn exploded, the head mule stepped out of the long legs, the horses and mules behind followed, the horse bell rang, and the whole horse gang boarded.
The horse gangsters held their bridles and said goodbye to the villagers they knew each other as they walked, waving frequently and cherishing each other. The hedgerow houses beside the road receded one after another, and a group of children chased the caravan for a long distance before they stopped, reluctantly watching.
The peaks are beautiful, and the mountain bells are ringing. The caravan flocked like ants on the winding mountain road. Before the bend of the mountain road, Xie Yucheng couldn't help but look back, and saw that in front of the Land Temple, the crowd of people who were sending off had not yet dispersed, and standing at the head was Chen Qinghua in a long robe.
Xie Yucheng retreated, and couldn't help but wave goodbye again. Chen Qinghua also seemed to see it, and immediately waved his arms accordingly. Immediately after that, the crowd behind him also raised their arms like a forest, waving in the distance.
After a while, the mountain road turned a corner, and they could no longer see each other.
After coming to this era, Xie Yucheng felt a little depressed in his chest for the first time. Turning around, he saw Niu Er, Liu Tou and others standing not far in front of him waiting, he hurriedly gathered his mind, tightened the burden on his shoulders, and strode to follow.