In the evening, Ruolian found the most humble hotel in the town to stay, in order to save money and for safety and less trouble, Ruolian only needed a room, and after some bargaining, finally settled on the cheapest room.

Xiao Er led the way for them with the lamp in front of him, and complained in his mouth, "Madam, you can inquire on this street, where can you go to live in a room with this little money?" You've got a big bargain. ”

Ruolian pursed her lips and didn't speak. Ye Xun was not suitable for this kind of occasion, and followed behind and remained silent.

Entering the room, it was Ruolian's turn to complain, "This house is too broken!" How long has it been since you lived? There is a musty smell......" As she spoke, Ruolian quickly pushed open the window, "Can this house be inhabited?" You see the table is falling apart, right? ”

Xiao Er slanted at the two of them, "It's good that you can live like this with your money, why don't you give you more money, I'll change the room for you?" ”

Ruolian asked Ye Xun about the past with her eyes, Ye Xun lowered her head and replied, "Just one night, so let's go." ”

Xiao Er said loudly, "Then the two guest officers should rest early." As he spoke, Xiao Er turned around to leave, but suddenly remembered something and turned back, and said with a sly smile, "The two of you take it easy at night, don't make too much noise." This bed is not very strong, and if it is broken, it will lose money. ”

Ye Xun was stunned for a moment, but when he understood what Xiao Er meant, his face was red to the root of his ears.

Ruolian glanced at him and shouted to Xiao Er, "What nonsense! With a junior like you, it's no wonder that business in the store is not good. The bed is too thin, and I like to sleep softer, so I'll help get two more quilts. ”

"Yo, ma'am, there really isn't any extra quilt in the store, just one bed in every room."

Ruolian rolled her eyes, "Aren't there a lot of vacant rooms?" I'll go get two beds in the other room, and I won't bother you. ”

"Okay, Madame remembers to send it back tomorrow morning when it's all up. Don't let our shopkeepers see it. ”

Ruolian smiled at him and nodded.

Xiao Er looked Ye Xun up and down, and smiled meaningfully at Ruolian, "I wish you two a good night's sleep, and the little one won't bother." ”

Hearing the sound of Xiao Er's 'Dengdeng' going downstairs, Ruo Lian turned her gaze to Ye Xun, who was cramped and uneasy on the side, "This little Erzui is enough to owe!" You too, how can you be so thin-skinned when you go out? Don't be there, I'll go next door and pick up two quilts, and you take down the mat on the bed and spread it on the floor. Tonight I sleep in the bed, and you sleep on the ground. ”

The lights were turned off, and the two of them lay quietly on their own bed. Ye Xun didn't even dare to turn over, for fear of making a move. After a while, Ruolian's voice came from the bed, "Have you slept?" ”

Ye Xun opened his eyes vigilantly in the dark, "Not yet." ”

"Is it cold on the ground?"

"It's not cold."

In the dark, Ruolian's eyes were shining, her chest was rising and falling, she bit her lip and finally said, "I sleep in the bed and you sleep underground, you don't have to feel wronged." I have been working on the floor every day all these years when I have been in your house. ”

Ye Xun was surprised, and his brain was spinning quickly: She meant to say that she and my father were in name only? Why did she tell me this all of a sudden? Is there any purpose? How do I respond to her...... The air was unusually quiet, and Ye Xun didn't know how to answer, so he had to be silent.

After a while, Ruolian turned over, "Sleep, we have to hurry tomorrow." ”

Tired from the journey, Ye Xun and Ruolian sat under a wall and gnawed on dry food. Ye Xun was choked on dry food and couldn't swallow it, Ruolian handed over the water bladder, Ye Xun took the 'Gu Dong Gu Dong' and drank a few sips before beating his chest and breathing a sigh of relief. Ruolian looked in one direction on the street, and Ye Xun also looked at it, a family of four was performing in the middle of the street, and there were few people watching around them.

Ruolian suddenly said, "We can't do this, the money on our bodies won't last for a few days." So when will I get home? We need to buy a horse. ”

"Buying a horse? Aren't we running out of money for food and accommodation? Where is the money to buy a horse? Ye Xun said with a puzzled expression.

"That money will be gone sooner or later. We can't sit back and eat, we have to find a way to make money! Saying that, Ruolian stared at Ye Xun with bright eyes.

Ye Xun was a little furious by her staring, and felt that nothing good would happen, "Madam, what do you mean?" Why are you looking at me like that? ”

Ruolian leaned over to him and said with a flattering smile, "Look at that family of four, only the older child can turn his head and barely make a living on the street." How much more are you capable? ”

Ye Xun hurriedly moved back, "Madam, what do you mean?" Let me also go to the show? No way! No way! After all, I have a meritorious reputation, what do others think of me when I spread it? ”

Ruolian pouted and said, "People can't live anymore, do you still care about those false names?" Besides, who here knows who you are? ”

Ye Xun still shook his head again and again, "No, I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, how could I bend my waist for this mouthful of food?" I'd rather starve to death than do this! ”

Ruolian got angry, and stood up on the ground, "You are a humble gentleman, and you don't smell copper!" So what do you say now? No matter how much we save money, we can only last for three days, and we have to catch up with the rest of the month, what should we do next? Just for your nobility, we will starve to death? ”

Ye Xun was a little embarrassed, and hesitated: "Or, I'll find some physical work to do?" ”

"Look at this world, where are people who can't eat, and if you have physical work, you can't break your head, where is your turn? Even if you can find a job, you don't have much money, enough to fill your stomach. When can I buy a horse? Without horses, when and what month can we get to Hangzhou? ”

Ye Xun looked at the family of four not far away, they were running and jumping in the crowd, playing treasures to curry favor, no different from begging. He turned his face to Ruolian and said bitterly, "Madam, don't force me. We...... There's always a way. ”

"I'm forcing you?" Ruolian sat back with a sneer, and then looked at him steadily, "There is another way, that is...... You sold me. You take the money and buy a horse and go back to Hangzhou, if you are not afraid that I will disgrace the reputation of your Ye family, you can use the money to redeem me, if you don't want to, it doesn't matter, I have food and drink anyway......"

Ye Xun interrupted her, "Madam! ”

"What? Thought I was joking with you. Don't say it, if it's compared to starving to death, I'd rather be sold, at least have something to eat. If you don't want to, I'll buy myself myself, and I'll give you half of the money when the time comes. ”

"Madame! Even if Ye Xun is crushed, he won't let his wife sell him? ”

Ruolian gave him a blank look, "Are you broken?" Are you going to chop yourself up and sell the meat? ”

Ye Xun lowered his head and smiled, and then said in a snort, "But I don't have a sword ...... on me."

Ruolian saw that he was loose, and immediately came to her senses, "What's so difficult about this? Wait! ”

Ruolian got up and went to a stall selling swords, and said something to the boss, who actually agreed to let her choose a sword to bring over. Ruolian walked over to Ye Xun with a sword smile, and Ye Xun's heart was beating nervously.

"Take it!" Ruolian handed him the sword, "Awkward!" You just dance your sword and don't say anything, it's like practicing a sword at home. Leave everything to me. ”

Ye Xun took the sword and shook it twice in his hand, the sword was relatively rough and light, but it could barely be used. Ye Xun followed behind Ruolian, and the two of them went to the center of the street, and Ye Xun almost buried his head in his chest. Ruolian hugged her fist at the people who came and went like an old man, "The eldest brother, eldest sister, uncle, eldest aunt, younger sister, younger brother, please stay." My husband and wife passed by the treasure land today, who will inevitably encounter some difficulties when going out, and now I am penniless, because there is still a long way to go, I have no choice, I have to use my thin art for some entanglement, everyone has money to hold a money field, no money to hold a personal field. My husband and wife thank you again! ”

Ruolian gave Ye Xun a look, and Ye Xun began to dance the sword. Ye Xun tried to numb himself as much as possible, so that he could not look at the people who stopped to watch, imagining them as trees, imagining himself dancing with a sword in the garden of his home. Because Ye Xun's swordsmanship is so exquisite, the dance is not only 'whooshing', but also very graceful and smooth, and soon more and more people gathered, and those people around the family of four also turned to them. The applause was endless, coupled with Ye Xun's already handsome and extraordinary, and his tense face was a little more awe-inspiring, which made the girls and daughters-in-law who watched the excitement look hot and their hearts rippled......

After the dance, Ye Xun put away his sword and bowed deeply to everyone. Ruolian asked for money, and although there were a few people who retreated to the back as soon as they saw the money, most of them were still willing to give generously. Many little girls threw money into Ruolian's cloth bag, and their eyes glanced at Ye Xun......

When the onlookers dispersed, Ruolian smiled and weighed a bag of copper plates and said to Ye Xun, "Look, there are quite a few." ”

Ye Xun's expression was very cold, and he just snorted. He noticed that there seemed to be an argument between the four members of the family not far away, and the eldest brother was preventing his daughter-in-law from doing something. He turned his face to look at them, and when the eldest brother saw Ye Xun looking at them, he stopped making a sound, but the eldest sister walked over in three steps and two steps, and shouted at Ye Xun, "Do you still talk about the morality of the rivers and lakes?" We came first, and when you came, all of them went to you......"

Seeing that Ye Xun was not sure what to do, Ruolian hurriedly stopped in front of Ye Xun. "What charlatan morality? This isn't your place of home? Performing is to rely on your own skills, no one looks at you, blame us? ”

Ye Xun turned his head to look at the grandfather, and the eldest brother and the older child hurriedly dodged his gaze and lowered their heads. Younger children don't understand anything and play with themselves. Ye Xun walked over to them, Ruolian and the eldest sister stopped arguing, and they all twisted their faces to look at him.

Ye Xun walked towards the older boy, this boy was thin and dark, but he had a resolute face, he could make gestures, turn his heels, and was also the main force of the family's performance. Ye Xun squatted down beside him and smiled kindly, "Little brother, how old are you?" ”

The little boy looked at his father, and when he saw that he nodded at him, he replied, "I'm nine years old." ”

"You can help your parents support your family and raise your younger brother at such a young age, you are awesome!" The little boy smiled, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth. "Did you go to school?" The little boy shook his head.

The father of the child next to him, who had called the child's mother, said a little apologetically, "Brother, don't mind? A woman has long hair and short knowledge. We can't perform on our own, no one watches, what do we have to do with others? Then again, brother, your sword is so good. ”

"Really?" Ye Xun smiled and turned to the little boy, "Little brother, what do you think?" The little boy nodded sincerely. There is a chance that my brother will teach you. Big brother, why did your family come out? Where is the long-term solution to make a living from performing arts? ”

"Isn't it? It would be nice if we had you, but we don't have any great skills. If it weren't for the disaster at home, who would want to come out? This year's crops have not been harvested, and we have to wait at home to starve to death......"

Hearing the eldest brother say this, the child's mother actually cried, "I also ate this meal outside without a meal, we are okay, the child is still young and suffers with us." ”

"Cry what cry!" The man scolded, "No one says a word where we Shandong people go, even if we starve to death, we can't mess around!" ”

Ye Xun looked at Ruolian, and Ruolian also stared at him, "Madam, let's give them all the money, shall we?" They dragged their children and daughters, how can we just two adults endure it. Hearing this, several people widened their eyes in shock.

Ruolian shook her head again and again, "We're about to stop eating and drinking!" It's all given to people, how can we eat? How do I stay at the hotel? Aren't we still going to save money to buy a horse? ”

"Brother, I really don't need to!" The eldest brother stood up and stopped Ye Xun, "We know it's not easy for you either. Otherwise, who would do this? ”

"In this way, big brother and sister, you don't have to fight, let's divide the money in half of the family." Ye Xun didn't look at Ruolian's fierce eyes, took the money from her, and let the little boy lift the corner of his clothes and fall half into it. "Big brother and sister, I like this child very much, don't run around all the time, take the child back early. When the year is good, fiddle with the ground and let the child go to school. Otherwise, such a good child would be wasted. ”

The couple was grateful and thanked Ye Xun for his kindness......

Ruolian kept nagging on the way, "You are generous!" I've been shouting for a long time, and my voice is hoarse, it's better for you to give half of the money to others with a word. ”

Ye Xun smiled and said nothing.

"You still can't buy a horse? If you do, when will we be able to save enough money to buy a horse? ”

"Madame, don't you think it's pitiful for that couple with two children?"

"There are more poor people in the world, you have to feed yourself first and then take care of others!"

"I know that Madame is very soft-hearted, and I also think that their family of four is pitiful, otherwise when I give them money, why don't you stop me."

Ruolian finally couldn't help but laugh.