One afternoon, Guan Dabao came back with unsold pork, and saw that Li Dalong had been busy until the evening, so he left him at home to drink.

That night, Guan Dabao was so drunk that he fell on the bed and snored as soon as he threw his chopsticks.

couldn't stand Guan Dabao's tireless persuasion, Li Dalong drank a lot, and he was drunk in a daze.

Guan Dabao and Xi Yunhong live in the east head room, and Li Dalong sleeps on the earthen kang in the west head room.

There is no door in the east room, but there is a cloth curtain, and in the west room, there is no curtain.

This night, Xi Yunhong couldn't sleep. She seemed to have a thousand words to confide in Li Dalong, and the urge to go to the west head room in her heart occurred again and again.

......

When he woke up, Li Dalong found himself lying in Guan Dabao's house, very nervous, and regretted that he shouldn't be greedy.

He hurriedly got dressed and prepared to leave immediately.

Quietly walked out of the west head room and opened the door latch of the hall, and Li Dalong's eyes were a white and snowy scene.

A cold wind blew in his face, and Li Dalong's nose was sour, and he sneezed. He suddenly woke up:

"If I leave, my footprints will be left on the snow, and Guan Dabao will definitely find out, and he will definitely suspect that there is a ghost in my heart.

As the saying goes, don't do bad things for people, and don't be shocked when you knock on the door in the middle of the night. Let's just 'come and go, then settle down.' ’

Besides, it was because of his insistence that I drank too much. Besides, he himself was drunk, even more drunk than I was. ”

Xi Yunhong quietly walked to Li Dalong's side and said softly: "Old classmate, why do you get up so early? No one will come to sell grain on a snowy day."

Let's sit down under the covers! It's too cold at the door, don't get cold!"

"Out of the way. Li Dalong smiled, "I'm enjoying the snow!"

"Are you writing poems and lyrics again?" Xi Yunhong asked with a smile, and then muttered to herself softly:

"Who carved it tonight,

Ice strips hanging on thatched eaves?

Thousands of acres of silver fields soar white waves,

A tree is cold and plum, and it shakes in the wind. ”

"Good poetry! Poetry requires the most diligent practice, and good sentences become natural comforts and hard work. The old classmates are really not simple, but they are admirable!" Li Dalong praised.

"Could it be that Li Gongzi forgot the source of the last two sentences?" Xi Yunhong raised his head and stared at Li Dalong's eyes.

Seeing Xi Yunhong's tears on his face, Li Dalong couldn't help but feel pity. He finally vaguely remembered, "Thousands of acres of silver fields soar in white waves, and a tree is swaying in the wind." It was a parting message from herself.

At this time, Guan Dabao woke up, saw that Xi Yunhong was not around, and heard the whispers of the two people, and his heart was full of jealousy, and he gritted his teeth with hatred.

He picked up a pig-killing knife that was placed next to the bed, and wanted to rush forward to show the two of them the color.

When he arrived at the door of the room, the moment Guan Dabao stretched out his hand to lift the door curtain, he suddenly thought of the wealth that Li Dalong brought to him, so he had to swallow his anger and gently lower the door curtain.

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On those days, the north-westerly wind was almost every day, and it was very strong. Li Dalong and Li Feihu had no choice but to harvest the grain while waiting for the wind direction to change and transport the grain to the north.

Boatmen often say that the sail meets the wind in all directions. The meaning of this sentence is that as long as the wind is strong and the river is wide, no matter what direction the wind is, the sailboat can sail with the help of the wind.

When encountering headwinds, the sailboat can be adjusted. The so-called tuning is that the sailboat runs diagonally into a Z-shaped course.

However, the salt river is not wide, and the sailboat encounters a head wind, and only manual fiber pulling can sail.

It turned out that Li Dalong and Li Feihu were not in a hurry, because they knew in their hearts that the further they dragged back, the higher the price of food.

At the same time, they are also worried that the speed of sailing against the wind is too slow, and the possibility of encountering bandit robbery is greatly increased, and because there are people on the shore pulling fiber, it is even easier for bandits to attack.

......

It's the middle of winter in a blink of an eye. In order not to delay the sale of grain, Li Dalong and Li Feihu did not dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly loaded the grain onto the ship.

Five grain ships carried the dreams of the Li family and the Shen family to make a fortune, and marched to the north day and night.

In order to speed up, the anxious brothers Shen Yunshan and Li Dalong took turns to go ashore and pull fiber with the guys.

At dawn one day, a group of bandits under the banner of Li Jiajun intercepted five grain ships.

Li Feihu grabbed a small bandit leader and said: "My family is also surnamed Li, my name is Li Zhangnan, and we are from the same family as Li Zhangtong, the lord of the dynasty!"

"Shut up! If our leader hears this, I'm afraid we will be killed.

Let me tell you: this Li Jiajun and Master Li are also their own family, but they are enemies who do not share the same sky.

When you meet Li Jiajun, your food is doomed to run out. If the leader knew that you were Li Zhangtong's family, your life would be gone. Throw away your food to save your lives!" said the bandit leader.

Li Feihu, Li Dalong, and Shen Yunshan were stopped by the words of the little leader, and the three of them sat on the ground, watching the bandits loot the grain.

Only then did Li Dalong understand why his father did not name the brothers according to the family tree - it turned out that he was afraid of being implicated.