On the seventh day of the ninth month of the sixteenth year of Yongzhi, the city of Luyang has become depressed, and the breath of winter has been spreading.

Because it is located in the northwest, the temperature at this time is close to freezing, as long as it rains a little, it will be cold to death.

But even so, Xu Youhui had to bring a wooden basin and endure the cold to wash clothes next to the well in the small courtyard.

When the envoy arrived at the autumn test, the father and son of the Xu family came to Luyang to prepare for the exam, because they were not worried that Xu Youhui was a weak woman at home, so they brought her to Luyang.

Xu Hui's hands were red from the cold, but she still had to finish washing the clothes.

"In a few days, it will be the government test, and after the government test, it will be the hospital test, and after the hospital test, it will be the township test......"

Thinking of this, Xu Youhui couldn't help but stop what he was doing.

After the examination of this series, it means that she will stay in Luyang for more than a month, and the hard life is still very long.

But fortunately, she still has books as a companion, and in addition to laundry and cooking every day, she can also borrow books from her father and brother.

In this era, it is important for women to be virtuous if they are not talented, but Xu Youhui's mother died early, and her father and brother relaxed about her and did not object to her borrowing books.

After working for half an hour, Xu Youhui quickly washed a pot of clothes and dried them in the yard.

There are three rooms in this courtyard, one of which is shared by the father and son of the Xu family, one by Xu Youhui, and one by himself, and one by the kitchen.

The gentleman cooks far away, and the father and son of the Xu family can't cook, so Xu Youhui entered the kitchen after finishing the laundry.

In fact, it is warmer to make a fire and cook, which is why Xu Youhui is so active.

It is said to be cooking, but with the current economic situation of the Xu family, every meal except porridge and pickles is noodles.

And today's noon meal is still boiled noodles, there is nothing in the kitchen, there are very few pieces of greens.

The condiments that can be used at this time are nothing but salt, and it is difficult to see the oiliness in the noodle soup.

After a while, the water boiled, and then it boiled underneath, and Xu Youhui threw the few leaves into it.

Life is so difficult, Xu Youhui has complaints about this, after all, there is no need for them to rent this kind of single house.

There are so many inns in Luyang City, and if the conditions are a little worse, you can save a lot of money, and you will eat these things there every day.

"Dad, brother...... Time to eat! ”

After hearing this voice, the door of the largest room in the courtyard was opened, and the father and son of the Xu family stood up from their desks.

The room had a table and it was the place to eat.

Xu Youhui's eldest brother is named Xu Youwen, and his father's name is Xu Deli, and the father and son look somewhat similar.

When Xu Youhui served three bowls of noodles, she put the two bowls that were the fullest in front of her father and brother, and she herself was a small bowl.

"Youhui, why do you eat so little, come ...... Daddy gives you some! Xu Deli said with concern.

But Xu Youhui said: "Dad, eat more, your daughter is not hungry, these are enough!" ”

Xu Deli was about to say more, but there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard, which attracted the family's attention.

"Youwen, you go open the door and see who it is!" Xu Deli said.

Xu Youwen put down his chopsticks, got up and walked out of the room.

But when he opened the door, he saw four young men standing at the door, all with their hair in a disheveled bun and disheveled, and they didn't look like good people.

As a scholar, Xu Youwen naturally has a contempt for these people, so he said unhappily: "Who are you looking for?" ”

Seeing that the person who opened the door was unhappy, these people outside laughed, and the leader said to his companion: "He also asked who we were looking for, if we were stupid to read!" ”

Speaking of this, the young man immediately said, "Of course we are looking for you!" ”

After that, these people pushed Xu Youwen aside and swaggered into the courtyard.

"Yo...... This is where the reader lives, and it's too shabby! ”

"That's it, my dogs live in better places than here!"

Xu Youwen's face turned red, these people were too rude, so he rushed to these people and stopped: "You guys stop, let me out!" ”

The leader glanced at Xu Youwen with disdain, and then said to his subordinates: "Look at it, he also wants to stop us, and he wants to tell us to go out!" ”

"Hahaha......"

Being ignored, Xu You's clerk was angry, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Get out!"

Then, Xu Youwen received a heavy punch in his chest, and after being knocked to the ground, he kept holding his chest and coughing.

He can't lift his hands on his shoulders or carry them, and he can fight against these people there.

At this time, after telling Xu Youhui to stay in the room, Xu Deli walked out with a gloomy face.

After helping his son up, Xu Deli asked coldly, "Who are you and what are you doing here?" ”

The leader just beat someone, and the anger of losing money last night also disappeared, so he said: "Grandpa and I cover this ground, I will collect your peace money today, and five taels of silver a month will keep you safe!" ”

It actually costs five taels of silver, and the house money for them to live here for a month is only eight taels of silver.

Not to mention that the Xu family can't afford it at all, even if they can get it, it will be a lot of money for them.

"We don't have any money!" Xu Deli said in a deep voice.

"No money? If you don't have any money, get out of here! The leader said viciously.

At this time, Xu Deli was not frightened, but said: "We also lived here last year, and we didn't receive peace money at that time, why is there today?" ”

"And, seeing that none of you have anything to look up to, why did you only find us?"

Two questions in a row, these pimpies couldn't answer them, and the leader said hatefully: "It's your business, hurry up and give the money!" ”

At this time, Xu Deli continued: "The year before last was stolen repeatedly, and last year it was a gong and drum...... This year is you! ”

In the end, Xu Deli said coldly: "Song Bozhou sent you!" ”

These words made the leader's face change, and then he shouted and asked: "Say so much nonsense, and if you don't give money, Lao Tzu will burn your house!" ”

"Big brother, why do you want to burn down the house, let's beat them up first......"

"Yes, yes, aren't they readers, let's burn his books again and see what he still reads!"

was mentioned to burn the book, Xu De immediately exploded, and immediately scolded: "I see who dares!" ”

In fact, the reader can only move his mouth, and when these splashes really rush forward, the Xu family father and son can only passively retreat.

But these people were intent on beating people, and the Xu family's father and son were immediately pulled, and then these splashes began to do it.

"What do you want to do, aren't you afraid of the king's law?" Xu Youwen scolded.

"Wang Fa, what can I do if Lao Tzu beats you?" The leader shouted.

Although these two people are talented and famous, Luyang City is so big, they can hide when they beat someone and take money, and they can come out after avoiding the limelight.

Although the father and son of the Xu family tried their best to resist, they could fight against these people, not to mention that there were many people on the other side.

At this time, someone rushed to the room, and immediately made the father and son of the Xu family anxious, but there were still their books and Xu Youhui inside.

"Get out, bastard......" Xu Deli scolded.

Books and daughters are his heart, and they must not be fooled by these people.

But both of them were restrained, and they were still being beaten at this time, and no amount of anger could help.

"Big brother, come and see...... There's a woman here! Inside, he said loudly.

At this time, Xu Youhui's face was full of horror, she had never experienced such a terrifying thing when she had been cared for by her father and brother.