What is newlywed life like?

Because he had not experienced such a major event in his life as marriage for more than 20 years, Ding Mu did not have any experience in this regard, at least in his impression, no one was woken up before dawn the next day on the wedding night, and then rushed to work as cattle and horses for others.

But this kind of thing, he just encountered it.

As soon as it was dawn, the two gypsies arrived outside Dingmu's caravan, shook violently, and then shouted loudly, and just when Dingmu thought that such enthusiasm was something he was not familiar with, the two gypsies had already pushed him outside the headman's caravan.

A wreath of black cotton cloth and dark purple azaleas hung on the door of the old Gurga's caravan, and Ding Mu knew that this was a funeral report.

Ding Mu's spirit was immediately lifted, the fatigue of not sleeping all night disappeared in an instant, he cautiously paid attention to the two gypsies beside him, although he believed that even as the leader, the old Gurga would not dare to easily violate the traditions of the gypsies, but if a person loses his mind, then he can do anything.

Old Gurga had obviously not slept all night, and he had slightly drooping bags buried in his eye sockets, and he looked several years older than the shrewd head man of yesterday.

Ding Mu's red eyes and barely cheered up fell in Old Gurga's eyes, which made him feel even more hatred in his heart.

Of course, he didn't know that Ding Mutou had sat almost all night with a short crossbow in his arms, but he was the result of his wanton indulgence all night, which reminded old Gurga of his poor nephew, if it weren't for this Gajer, it should be his lovely nephew standing in front of him now.

"The cows must be manure and then fodder, the horses used for the show should carefully comb their manes and groom their soles, and the foals should be kept warm," said the old Gurga to Ding Mu with no expression on his face, "You have to work until dinner every day, and you must not stop in the middle, and if you are caught lazy, you will be whipped." ”

Saying this, old Gurga paused and looked at Ding Mu carefully, and then said in a tone that he did not shy away from being heard by the two gypsies who were smiling and watching all this: "I will keep an eye on you until you make a mistake, and then I will give you a taste of what it is like to eat a whip." It's definitely more memorable than the whip you've received before. ”

After speaking, he raised the whip in his hand at Ding Muyang.

"Remember, a thousand days, only if you survive this thousand days, I will throw this whip in front of you to show forgiveness."

But you will not let this happen, and you will definitely try to trouble me for a thousand days, until I can't bear to escape, and then you will be able to avenge your nephew. Ding Mu added a sentence to Old Gurga in his heart.

Looking at the old Gurga's eyes, Ding Mu knew that he had guessed his plan, according to the tradition of the gypsies, in these thousand days, if Ding Mu could not bear the punishment of hard labor and escaped, then the old Gurga had the right to avenge his nephew.

Ding Mu's nightmarish newlywed life began like this.

The cow pen is full of filthy and foul-smelling cow dung, a lump of mud looks like a large piece of mud, frozen cow dung has to be beaten hard with a shovel to shovel, when beating, pieces of dung splashed everywhere will be stained on the body and even the face, once it is hot, it will melt, and then emit a disgusting smell.

Ding Mu stood in the bullpen and used a wooden shovel to beat the lump of cow dung under his feet, which was as hard as a stone, and at the same time carefully avoided the bulls who were obviously not welcome to his uninvited guest.

Seeing that those bulls with swaying sharp horns were always "mooing" while intentionally or unintentionally aiming the tips of their horns at themselves from behind, Ding Mu couldn't help but feel a little tight, and inexplicably remembered the famous 'celebrity quote' in his mind: "You dare to break into my territory, this is self-defeating!" ”

In the morning, the cattle pen is cleaned, the cow dung is cleaned and placed in an open area where there is a large area of sunlight, and the horses are taken care of at noon.

Gypsy horses are divided into two categories, one is a driving horse, and the other is a show horse used in circus.

Compared with the horses, those show horses are tall and powerful, but they are also more difficult to serve.

Ding Mu wore an apron around his waist, holding a large brush in his hand, carefully combing the hair of a white horse that seemed to be almost unable to find a single miscellaneous hair.

Ding Mu carefully waited for the horse, because someone had secretly told him that the horse was an important role in the circus performance of the entire tribe, so he had to be dressed up beautifully.

Two figures appeared not far away, and Ding Mu noticed that it was Sophia and a gypsy boy who was not a few years older than her.

Ding Mu lowered his head and looked through the gap under the horse's belly, and then he thought that his actions were so funny, like a jealous husband who secretly spies on his wife.

Then he was surprised to find that the two of them were trying to practice the show he had seen before, performed by Sophia and Gurga Jr. throwing knives.

It's just that unlike before, it was Sophia who threw the flying knife.

The sharp and dangerous dagger was quickly reversed in her hand, Sophia's fingers pinched the tip of the knife and shook her hand hard, and with a muffled "bang", the flying knife was nailed to the apple that the boy was dragging in his hand!

Ding Mu looked at this scene dumbfounded, he really didn't expect his "little wife" to have this kind of ability, no wonder she dared to confront Gurga before.

Just thinking that this kid can play with knives so skillfully, Ding Mu suddenly has an indescribable fear.

If you don't prepare in advance when you duel with Little Gurga, it is estimated that it will be you who will become an ownerless corpse at this time.

Ding Mu saw that he was distracted, and there was no discipline under his hands, and the brush in his hand kept brushing on the white horse's body, which finally caused the white horse to let out an angry neigh.

Sophia turned around when she heard the sound, and saw Ding Mu who was holding a brush and smiling at her, she immediately let out a cry of joy from her mouth, turned around and ran towards her "husband".

"Sophia......

The partner behind her called her dissatisfied, Sophia didn't look at her wrist and threw it behind her, "bang", the flying knife was nailed into the wooden board in front of the tip of the boy's nose, looking at the trembling hilt, the boy's eyes were straight, and cold sweat flowed down the tip of his nose.

"Don't get too close, I'm dirty."

Ding Mu waved his hand, but Sophia leaned on him indifferently, took his brush and began to brush it on the white horse.

"I really didn't expect you to be so powerful," Ding Mu sighed sincerely, he really didn't expect this 12-year-old girl to have such a powerful flying knife ability, and then think about her fearless confrontation with Gurga before, Ding Mu began to feel that living with this child seemed to be very good, "Wait for another two years, and maybe ...... when you grow up"

Looking at Sophia's eyes that seemed to understand whether she understood or not, Ding Mu couldn't say anything below.

He smiled self-deprecatingly, yes, she was still a child, who knows what will happen in a few years, sooner or later he will have to leave these gypsies, will Sophia be willing to go with him then, or will the two of them finally go their separate ways?

Maybe many years later, I will recall that I once had such a lovely 'little wife', which is also a very good memory in my life.

Sophia pointed in the direction of the caravan and leaned her hands together against her ear to make a sleeping motion, and quickly made a few gestures that he couldn't understand, just when he was wondering what it meant, Sophia's new partner came over, and he said to Ding Mu as far away as possible from Sophia: "Jiajieren, she wants you to go back to sleep as soon as the work is done, and she will wait for you in the caravan." Then he glared at Ding Mu fiercely, "I guess you must have done a lot of bad things to her, you beast." With that, he turned and ran.

Looking at Sophia's back as she chased after her angrily, Ding Mu was already messy in the wind, if I were a beast, I would be fine, but I would not even be as good as a beast.

Suddenly, there was a whistling sound behind him, and Ding Mu felt a hot pain in his back before he could react!

"If you don't want to work well, you'll have to eat a whip," said one of the two gypsies, who had a small whip in his hand, which was supposed to be used for taming horses, "and maybe you don't want to eat dinner, so stay there until midnight." ”

With that, the man took the white horse and turned away.

Touching the faint pain on his shoulder, Ding Mu's face slowly sank.

The reason why he agreed to do hard labor for old Gurga was not so much to accept punishment as to help Sophia, after all, old Gurga was the leader, although it was Ding Mu who killed his nephew, but it was impossible for old Gurga not to hate Sophia together.

What's more, according to Shaskina, Sophia's father, Nashan, as the former leader, has enough influence in the tribe to make old Gurga have scruples about Sophia, although it is impossible for the gypsies to elect a female leader, but as long as Gurga is still there, the connection between Nashan and the tribe will not be broken.

But now, Old Gurga is obviously deliberately persecuting him, maybe he is just waiting for the day when Ding Mu finally can't bear it anymore and wants to escape.

At that time, whether it is Ding Mu or Sophia, they may be brutally retaliated against by Old Gurga.

Can't go on like this, when Ding Mu finally finished his day's work, rubbed his arm that was so painful that he couldn't lift it, dragged his heavy and tired legs, and endured the hunger that he hadn't eaten anything for a whole day and walked towards the caravan, he thought like this, he had to find a way to get out of this situation, just run away, where can he escape now?

It had been several days since the Gypsies had left Arszhento, and even if those who pursued him did not give up, they could never have imagined that he would be with a group of Gypsies.

Bohemians are lowly, dirty and unlucky, such an idea is almost common to people in this era, so Kunto was annoyed because she was a bohemian when he saw Sophia for the first time, although now it seems that Kunto really died from the fact that he did fulfill the unlucky statement, but Ding Mu certainly didn't care about this.

It's just that others may not be so open-minded.

Therefore, Ding Mu is sure that even if he escapes now, as long as the timing is right, he should not be caught by the old Gurga, and once he leaves the Gypsy's own camp, with the current situation of a Bohemian, it is impossible for the old Gurga to recklessly seek revenge on him, the 'Gaj'.

So why not run away yet?

Is it really not the right time?

Looking at the caravan that was getting closer, and looking at the faint light that emerged from the caravan, Ding Mu felt a soft place in his heart as if it had been touched.

Ever since he came to this era, he has been trying to avoid touching that place, because he knows that once that thought is opened, the pain that follows may consume him completely.

It was a devil called "home", a place to which he could never go back in this world.

Because of this, the glimmer of light in the caravan has become a bond that Ding Mu can't get away with.

The curtain was suddenly lifted, and Sophia's unforgettable big eyes appeared in front of Ding Mu.

Sophia hurriedly pulled Ding Mu into the car, and then immediately closed the curtain, which made Ding Mu blush a little.

Although the gypsies get married very early, so 12 years old is not too special, but Sophia's unusual enthusiasm has made him be cared for by many people with strange eyes during the day for a long time, and now seeing her so impatient, Ding Mu can already guess what rumors will be circulating in the camp tomorrow.

was thinking about it like this, but saw Sophia turn around and take out a cloth towel bag from the corner of the caravan, looking at the small bag, she seemed to be satisfied and exhaled, and then handed it to Ding Mu.

Inside the bag was a piece of broken dry bread and a few very small pieces of minced meat.

Ding Mu's heart shook for a moment.

The Gypsy eats dinner in groups, and the food is not allowed to be brought back to his premises, and he has been forbidden to eat dinner before.

Apparently Sophia had secretly left her portion of the dinner, and in order not to be discovered, she broke the dry cakes and covered them in a cloth, and then waited for her return.

Ding Mu gently picked up a piece of crushed dry cake and chewed it lightly, looking at Sophia, whose eyes were about to narrow into a crescent moon, he slowly put down the cake and reached out to pull Sophia into his arms, and whispered in her ear: "Listen to Sophia, I want you to think about it before answering." ”

Sophia nodded and waited for him.

"If I want to leave here, I mean leave the Bosnias, would you like to go with you?"

Sophia seemed to be stunned, she looked at Ding Mu in a daze, as if she didn't know what to answer, and then she shook her head.

A wave of disappointment rose from Ding Mu's heart, and he laughed self-deprecatingly, laughing at his sentimentality and self-inflicted affection.

"Ahh

Sophia seemed to feel Ding Mu's loss, she gestured anxiously, because she saw that Ding Mu didn't understand the urgency of her face turned red, and suddenly she remembered something and turned around and climbed into the depths of the caravan, and took out a headscarf that was obviously some years old from it.

It was a gypsy man's turban, still a little dirty, and the style reminded Ding Mu of the kind that old Gurga wore on his head.

Looking at Sophia's expression of trying to argue anxiously, Ding Mu suddenly understood something.

"Are you afraid that if you leave, you won't be able to see your father Nashan?"

Sophia nodded immediately, she clutched her headscarf tightly, and that determined look made Ding Mu feel that she firmly believed that her father Nashan would definitely come back!

"Little Sophia."

Ding Mu took the girl into his arms again, and Sophia immediately grabbed his arm, as if she was afraid of him leaving.

"Let's figure it out, find your father and leave."

This time Sophia did not object, she picked up the dry cakes and minced meat in the cloth bag and handed them to Ding Mu, watching him eat little by little, her eyes narrowed into two thin crescents again.

When Sophia, who had finally listened to the advice of some gypsy women during the day and decided to do her wife's duty, fell asleep, Ding Mu leaned against the wall of the caravan and was slightly distracted.

He had to get out of here, and he wouldn't have wandered with the gypsies all his life without the old Gul's good work.

So where to go?

The shadow of a place flashed in Ding Mu's mind.

Palermo.

In his previous life, Ding Mu had been to Palermo, but only as a traveler, and now he had to consider whether it was possible to settle there.

At the same time, the words that Kunto left before he died haunted him.

Palermo, Episcopal Palace, Priest Alfonso.

These names stirred Ding Mu's heart.

Faintly, a voice in his heart asked, "Are you really only refusing to leave these gypsies because of Sophia?" Didn't you go with them precisely because they were going to Palermo? Who is Priest Alphonso at the Palais de Palermo, who is George Modillo, why did Quinto impersonate you, and what are the pursuers for, don't you really want to know all this? ”

One question after another haunted him like a group of devils, until the sound of horses' hooves that shook the ground surrounded the camp, and Ding Mu suddenly woke up from the nightmare!