Chapter X

Xuanyuan Yuxiao walked for a few days, and there was no silver on his body, he didn't eat or drink for a few days and nights, he was hungry and screaming, and he didn't dare to go to a crowded place, for fear of being discovered by Yelu Nan's people, so he could only walk aimlessly in a relatively remote place, his clothes were dirty, his hair was messy, just like a beggar, and no one knew that he was the prince of Qingyun Kingdom.

On this day, the weather was clear.

As he walked, he suddenly noticed a house not far away, so he walked over and stood outside the courtyard door, and then gently pushed the door open a little bit, and saw a woman drying clothes in the courtyard.

Behind the woman was a small dog, eating from the dog's bowl.

Xuanyuan Yuxiao stared at the dog bowl deadly, then licked his lips, and his stomach kept "growling".

The dog ate for a while, then suddenly ran away.

Xuanyuan Yuxiao saw that the dog had already run away, and then quietly walked in.

When he walked to the dog bowl and saw that there was some rice left in the bowl, he squatted down, took the dog bowl and ran out.

The dog saw that the bowl had been snatched away and hurriedly chased it out.

The woman turned around and saw the scene and chased after her.

Xuanyuan Yuxiao grabbed the rice in the bowl with his hands while running, and saw that the dog was getting closer and closer to him, and was about to catch up with him, so he hurriedly threw the bowl to the ground.

When the dog saw that his bowl was thrown on the ground, he immediately stopped running and stood next to the bowl.

At this time, the woman also stopped running, then walked to the dog bowl, picked up the bowl, and scolded in the direction of Xuanyuan Yuxiao: "Where did the wild child come from? No one disciplined him, he actually grabbed food with the dog. ”

Xuanyuan Yuxiao ran out of breath, although he grabbed a few mouthfuls of food to eat, but he was not full, his stomach still kept "cooing", he fastened his belt, and then touched his stomach, and said to himself: "Don't scream, bear with it again!" And then he continued to walk aimlessly, for I don't know how long? Seeing that it was getting dark, he said again, "I'm so tired! Tired and hungry, and don't know where to rest tonight? Speaking of this, he suddenly smelled a fragrant smell of barbecue, and he continued, "How did I smell barbecue?" Then he followed the fragrance all the way to Luohua Village.

After entering the village, I saw two children making a fire to roast hares.

The two children sat facing each other on the edge of the fire, on which a hare was shelved, and the fire was being grilled, and the smell of incense came to the nose.

One of the fifteen- or sixteen-year-olds was Dabao. His father was tyrannical in the village, and the people in the village were afraid of him, and his son was like him, as the saying goes, where there is a father, there must be a son.

At this time, Dabao said to Xiao Tai in front of him: "You are guarding here, I will go to play elsewhere, and call me when the meat is cooked." ”

"Okay, boss." Xiao Tai said.

Xiaotai is Dabao's errand runner, and he is also a villager of Luohua Village, a few years younger than Dabao, in fact, he was bullied by Dabao and was afraid, and he didn't dare to disobey Dabao's words.

After Dabao left, Xiaotai complained while roasting meat: "You know that if you tell me to do things, if you don't do anything, you will eat more than me, this rabbit is caught by me, and I roasted it, why should you give it to him first?" I eat what he has left. Speaking of this, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and then said, "This time I will eat first, and when he comes, he will say that he was eaten by a dog." As he spoke, the meat was ready, and he pulled a rabbit leg from the fire rack and bit it down.

After a few bites, he put it behind him, pulled off the second rabbit leg, and bit down.

The first rabbit leg, which he put behind him after a few bites, and the second rabbit leg, which he planned to eat all.

He ate with relish, but he didn't know that Xuanyuan Yuxiao was standing behind him, secretly picked up the rabbit leg behind him, and then hid in the bushes next to him and ate it in a big gulp.

When Xiao Tai finished eating the rabbit leg in his hand, then turned his head and was about to take the rabbit leg on the ground, but found that it was missing, he quickly stood up and said while looking for it: "What's strange?" I put this here just now, why is it gone? Was it really eaten by a dog? ”

At this moment, Dabao came over and saw that the rabbit was gone on the fire, and then he hurriedly walked up to Xiaotai, picked up Xiaotai's chest clothes, and said angrily: "What about the rabbit I let you bake? Where did it go? Was it eaten by you? ”

Rabbit ...... The rabbit ran away," Tate stammered, "Oh no, the rabbit was eaten by the dog." ”

"I think it was eaten by your dog!" Dabao clenched his fists and was about to punch Xiaotai in the face.

Xiao Tai hurriedly held his head in his hands and said, "Don't fight, don't fight, I was really eaten by a dog, I'm looking for it!" ”

Seeing Xiao Tai's serious look, Dabao put down his fist, and then let go of the hand that was carrying Xiao Tai's chest clothes, and then said angrily: "Catch that dog for me, roast and eat it, otherwise I will roast and eat you." ”

Xiao Tai hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I'll go find it." After saying that, he searched everywhere, looked for a while, and suddenly found movement in the bushes, and then he quietly walked over, and saw a child, sitting next to the tree, holding a rabbit leg in both hands, was munching on it, eager to eat even the bones, but did not find Xiao Tai standing in front of him.

At this time, Xiao Tai grabbed Xuanyuan Yuxiao's clothes, dragged him up, and said, "Roar! It turned out that it was not a dog, but a person. ”

"You let go of me, what are you going to do?" Xuanyuan Yuxiao said while struggling.

You steal my boss's rabbit meat, my boss is looking for you! Come with me. After Xiao Tai finished speaking, he dragged him to the fire, and said to Dabao, "Boss, I found him who stole meat." ”

At this time, Dabao saw Xuanyuan Yuxiao's dirty appearance, and then he scolded viciously: "It turned out to be a stray dog with no father and no mother, who dared to steal my meat, do you know who I am?" With this, he gave a thumbs up, pointed to himself, and continued, "I am the boss of the village. ”

"What boss and second, you are the dog without a father and a mother!" As soon as Xuanyuan Yuxiao finished speaking, Dabao stepped forward and slapped Xuanyuan Yuxiao in the face, then pushed him to the ground with another palm, and then punched and kicked him, scolding while beating: "Stinky beggar, Lao Tzu dares to scold, I see that you are tired of living." And instructed Xiao Tai: "Xiao Tai, what are you still doing in a daze?" Kill this stinky beggar for me. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Tai also kicked left and right and kicked Xuanyuan Yuxiao.

At this time, Xuanyuan Yuxiao was beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, rolling around on the ground, his body was full of scars, he was beaten and cried, even if he cried, Dabao and Xiaotai still did not stop, and continued to fight like this, they were determined to beat him to death.

At this moment, Luo Yihan carried a rabbit and said as he walked: "I eat vegetarian every day, I haven't eaten meat for a long time, and this time I have rabbit meat to eat." As he spoke, he jumped up and down with joy and walked in the direction of his home.

Luo Yihan is wearing a cloth coat, he is a villager of Luohua Village, eight years old this year, his hair is tied up high, and a wooden hairpin is inserted.

As he walked, he suddenly saw Dabao and them, who were beating a child, he hurriedly let go of the rabbit in his hand, then quickened his pace, walked over, and said, "Stop, don't hit him." ”

Hearing this, Dabao and Xiaotai stopped at the same time.

Isn't this Luo Yihan! Be less nosy, or you'll be beaten together. After Dabao finished speaking, he raised his foot and was about to kick Xuanyuan Yuxiao.

Luo Yihan hurriedly walked over and pushed Dabao away, opened his arms, and said, "Dabao, why do you always beat people indiscriminately." ”

Dabao said angrily: "I said Luo Yihan, is it that Lao Tzu has beaten you less these days, and the skin is starting to itch again, get out of the way." After speaking, he kicked Xuanyuan Yuxiao again, and at this moment, Luo Yihan squatted down and stopped in front of Xuanyuan Yuxiao's body, blocking this kick for him.

Luo Yihan was kicked and fell to the ground.

At this time, Dabao said angrily: "Luo Yihan, you are determined to go against Lao Tzu, then don't blame Lao Tzu for being ruthless." After speaking, he said to Xiao Tai, "Xiao Tai, kill them for me." ”

When Xiao Tai heard this, he hurriedly kicked Luo Yihan and them together with Dabao.

Luo Yihan hugged Xuanyuan Yuxiao and let them punch and kick him.

They fought for a while, and suddenly, Dabao saw the jade pendant around Xuanyuan Yuxiao's neck, and then pulled the jade pendant off and said, "Roar! You, a beggar, would have such a valuable thing on you, where did you steal it? ”

Xuanyuan Yuxiao saw that the jade pendant was dragged down by Dabao, he held back the pain on his body, quickly got up from the ground, and said, "I didn't steal it, it's my father...... He almost said that it was given to him by his father, but he quickly changed his words: "My father gave it to me, return it to me." As he spoke, he threw himself at Dabao, intending to snatch back the jade pendant.

Dabao kicked Xuanyuan Yuxiao to the ground and said, "You stole my rabbit meat, and this jade pendant will be regarded as compensation." After speaking, he said to Xiao Tai: "Xiao Tai, let them go this time, let's go." Then he walked in the direction of his house.

Xiao Tai followed behind and asked, "Boss, what do you want this jade pendant for?" and not silver. ”

"You're so stupid, if you get a pawnshop, it's not silver."

Xiao Tai slapped his forehead, suddenly realized, and said, "That's right! How I didn't think of that. ”

It's already dark, now go home and rest, tomorrow the boss will invite you to eat meat." Dabao said as he walked.

After Dabao and the others left, Xuanyuan Yuxiao was covered with scars and lay on the ground crying.

At this time, Luo Yihan got up from the ground, patted the dust on his body, walked in front of Xuanyuan Yuxiao, and said, "Are you okay?" I'll help you up. As he said that, he was about to help him, Xuanyuan Yuxiao suddenly pushed Luo Yihan aside and said, "Don't touch me, you and they are all in the same group." With that, he got up from the ground and planned to leave here.

"I'm not in the same league as them, they live in the village with me, and I am often beaten by them." Luo Yihan hurriedly explained.

Hearing this, Xuanyuan Yuxiao took a closer look at Luo Yihan, and then asked, "I don't know you, why do you want to save me?" ”

"I don't have friends to play with, Dabao they always bully me, I'm not friends with them," Luo Yihan said innocently, "Can we be friends?" My name is Luo Yihan, what's your name? ”

Hearing these words, Xuanyuan Yuxiao thought to himself: I am the one who escaped death, no matter whether this Luo Yihan is a good person or a bad person, I can't tell him my true identity. Then he slurred, "I...... My name is Xiao'er. ”

"I'm eight years old, how old are you?" Luo Yihan asked.

"I'm nine years old."

"You are a year older than me, then I will call you brother in the future, it is already dark, my house is in front, I will take you back to my house!"

"I'm hungry, do you have anything to eat at home?"

"Yes, yes, I'll take you home now." After Luo Yihan finished speaking, he pulled Xuanyuan Yuxiao and walked in the direction of his house.

After a while, he arrived home, and Luo Yihan shouted: "Dad, mother, the child is back!" As he spoke, he pushed open the gate of the yard fence and walked in.

Hearing Luo Yihan's voice, Han Qianqian hurriedly walked out of the hall.

Han Qianqian is Luo Yihan's mother, about 30 years old, wrapped in pale pink cloth, 3,000 green silk tied up with a hairband, and a butterfly hairpin on her head, the whole person is like a butterfly flying in the wind, and like a clear and transparent ice and snow.

Han Qianqian walked up to Luo Yihan and half-squatted down, worried and blamed: "Han'er, where did you go?" I didn't come back until now, and my mother was worried about death. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Han'er's face blue and purple, and saw him pulling a strange boy, and then said, "Han'er, who did you fight with?" Who is this boy? ”

At this moment, Luo Fei came over and asked Luo Yihan: "Han'er, why do you have a blue nose and swollen face, who is this boy?" ”

Luo Fei is Luo Yihan's father, in his early thirties, with a handsome face, a gentle demeanor, wearing a green cloth shirt, and his hair is tied up with bamboo hairpins.

"I was beaten by Dabao." Luo Yihan replied.

"How many times has Dad told you, don't mess with them." Luo Fei blamed.

The child did not provoke him, they beat us. Luo Yihan said aggrievedly.

At this time, Han Qianqian hurriedly took Luo Yihan's hand and said, "It's windy outside, hurry up and go into the house." So saying, they went into the hall together.

The hall was lined with wine jars, lined up in rows, with a strong smell of wine, and beside it was a boxy table, which was used for eating, and around the table were long, narrow chairs made of wood.

There is a back kitchen on the east side of the hall, and there are two bedrooms on the west side, the larger bedroom is where Luo Fei and Han Qianqian live, and the smaller bedroom is where Luo Yihan lives.

The family is relatively simple, and life is relatively shabby.

Han Qianqian and Luo Fei took them to Luo Yihan's bedroom.

There is a coffee table, a wardrobe, and a bed in the bedroom.

Curtains hung on both sides of the bed, and slightly higher steps were placed at either end, and oil lamps were placed on the steps, and the oil lamps were burning......

Han Qianqian pulled them to the coffee table, let them sit on the chairs on the side of the coffee table, and said, "Han'er, my mother went to Dad's bedroom to get some medicine." ”

"Mother, we're hungry." Luo Yihan said.

Han Qianqian said slowly: "Mother will go to the back kitchen and get you some food." With that, she turned and walked out of the bedroom.

As soon as Han Qianqian left, Luo Fei said to Han'er: "Han'er, Dad will go and get medicine for you." With that, he walked out of the bedroom.

At this time, only Luo Yihan and Xuanyuan Yuxiao were left in the bedroom, and suddenly, Luo Yihan asked, "Brother, why don't you speak?" ”

I ...... I'm scared. Xuanyuan Yuxiao stammered.

"My father and my mother are good people, don't be afraid." Luo Yihan said.

At this moment, Luo Fei walked into the bedroom with a medicine bottle in his hand, came to them, and asked Han'er: "Han'er, who is this boy?" ”

"He's a friend of the boy, we just met, he's a year older than the baby, and the kid calls him brother." Luo Yihan said innocently.

Luo Fei looked at Xuanyuan Yuxiao carefully, and then asked him, "Child, what's your name?" Where do you live? What about your parents? ”

I ...... I...... My name is Xiao'er, I don't have a home, my parents ...... Parents...... All dead. Xuanyuan Yuxiao was a little frightened and stammered.

At this time, Luo Yihan said to his father: "Dad, he is very pitiful, his parents are dead, and he was beaten half to death by Dabao, and it was the child who saved him." As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Fei said to Xuanyuan Yuxiao: "Xiao'er, don't be afraid, Han'er has no friends, you are his only friend, and this will be your home in the future." As he spoke, he opened the lid of the vial and rubbed the medicine on them.

As soon as the medicine was wiped, at this time, Han Qianqian held the tray with both hands, and there were two bowls of noodles and two pairs of chopsticks on the tray, walked into the bedroom, came to them, first brought the noodles to the coffee table, and then put the chopsticks on the bowl, and said, "The noodles are ready, you can ...... Before he finished speaking, Xuanyuan Yuxiao's lightning speed, he picked up the noodles with chopsticks and ate them, he ate them in a big gulp, eager to eat even the bowl, and after a while, a bowl of noodles went down, and then he stared at Luo Yihan's bowl of noodles.

This scene frightened Luo Yihan's family dumbfounded.

At this time, Luo Yihan stammered to Xuanyuan Yuxiao and said, "Brother...... Brother, I'm ...... I don't eat it, you eat it! As soon as he finished speaking, Xuanyuan Yuxiao hurriedly moved the bowl in front of him and ate the second bowl of noodles in a big gulp.

"How many days has this kid not eaten?" Luo Fei said.

After Luo Fei finished speaking, at this time, Han Qianqian said to Xuanyuan Yuxiao: "Child, you eat slowly, eat slowly, there is still in the pot!" Don't worry, don't worry, the eldest lady will come over again. With that, she turned and left the bedroom again.

At this time, Xuanyuan Yuxiao realized that he had lost his temper, and hurriedly put down his chopsticks, first hiccuped, and then stammered: "Yes...... I'm sorry, I ...... I haven't eaten in days, it's ...... I'm so hungry. ”

"Brother, you won't have to go hungry when you live in my house in the future." Luo Yihan said.

"Xiao'er, Han'er calls you brother, and uncle wants to accept you as a righteous son, are you willing?" Luo Fei asked Xuanyuan Yuxiao

Hearing this, Xuanyuan Yuxiao was moved to tears.

Seeing Xuanyuan Yuxiao crying, Luo Fei said again: "Why are you crying? It doesn't matter if you don't want to, Uncle just said it casually. ”

Xuanyuan Yuxiao hurriedly got up from the chair, knelt down on his knees, and shouted: "Father-in-law." Then he wiped away his tears and continued: "Xiao'er is willing, Xiao'er has lost her parents, and now she is cared for by her stepfather and mother, and Xiao'er is grateful." After speaking, he kowtowed to Luo Fei three times.

Luo Fei hurriedly pulled up Xuanyuan Yuxiao and said, "Xiao'er, hurry up." ”

At this moment, Han Qianqian once again took the tray with two bowls of noodles on the tray, walked into the bedroom, came to the coffee table, brought the noodles to the coffee table, and said, "It's late at night, you two eat slowly, and rest early after eating." As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Fei said to Han Qianqian: "Madam, I accepted Xiao'er as my son, and he will be our son in the future, Madame has no opinion, right?" ”

Xiao'er, this child's concubine also likes it very much, and we will have another son in the future." Han Qianqian smiled.

Luo Fei smiled and said, "Let's go back to the bedroom and rest!" Then they left Han'er's bedroom together.

After his parents left, Luo Yihan said to his brother while eating: "Brother, we are a family, you have a home now, no one will bully you in the future, and you will not be hungry." ”

At this time, Xuanyuan Yuxiao sat on the chair and said while eating: "Brother, I am really lucky to be able to meet you. ”

After a while, Xuanyuan Yuxiao finished the third bowl of noodles, then touched his stomach and said, "I am full this time." ”

At this time, Luo Yihan also finished eating, and then said to his brother: "Brother, you have eaten three bowls of noodles, and if you don't eat enough, you will be a pig." ”

"You're my brother, I'm a pig, then you're a pig." Xuanyuan Yuxiao joked.

I'm not a pig! I only ate one bowl of noodles. ”

"Okay, okay, you're not a pig, I'm a pig!" After Xuanyuan Yuxiao finished speaking, he got up from the chair and said as he walked towards the bed: "It's late at night, hurry up and rest." So saying, he got to the bed, sat down on the edge of the bed, took off his boots and coat, and lay down on the bed.

At this time, Luo Yihan also walked to the bed, sat on the edge of the bed, took off his shoes and coat, suddenly, he saw his brother's beautiful and delicate boots, and then he took one, looked at it and touched it, and asked: "Brother, your boots are so beautiful, this fabric is so good, how can you have such good boots?" Did you steal it? With that, put the boots on the ground and lay down on the bed.

"I'm not going to steal from other people!"

"Then how do you have such good-looking boots?"

"Others look at me pitifully and give it to me."

"Oh!" Luo Yihan asked, "Then what's your last name?" Is the surname Xiao? ”

Xuanyuan Yuxiao gently knocked Luo Yihan's head and said, "Stupid, my surname is Luo, my name is Luo Xiao." ”

You're stupid! I'm asking you what your last name was? Luo Yihan said back.

"The surname is Luo." Xuanyuan Yuxiao repeated.

"Really last name Luo?" Luo Yihan was skeptical, and then continued: "That...... Before he finished speaking, Xuanyuan Yuxiao hurriedly interrupted: "Shut up, you can't sleep yet, it's almost dawn." ”

At this time, Luo Yihan closed his mouth, turned his body around, turned his back to Xuanyuan Yuxiao, then closed his eyes and fell asleep, but Xuanyuan Yuxiao kept his eyes open and did not feel sleepy at all.

Now Xuanyuan Yuxiao has become much more sensible, and is no longer as willful as before.

He looked at Luo Yihan's back, and said apologetically in his heart: Brother, I'm sorry, I can't tell you my identity, I finally got to know you, with my father-in-law and mother-in-law, and with this family, I'm afraid of losing you. Thinking of this, he shed a few tears, then turned his body around, turned his back to Luo Yihan, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.