The valley of Qingyunling is blowing a long south wind in the orange sun, near the hillside, in the courtyard of a simple house, there are books all over the ground, and a young man in gray and blue cloth is squatting on the ground, rolling up his sleeves to brush off the dust of the books on the ground, and carefully put them away one by one.

The sky in June was cloudy and sunny, and last night's rain sleet came with a strong wind, Rao is Xiao Tong got up as quickly as possible and closed the window, and a gust of wind swept into the house, and the raindrops still carried it, pouring the books on the side of his shelf damp and wet. Fortunately, it was a sunny day when he woke up the next day, so Xiao Tong moved those books to the yard to dry them, and after flipping back and forth a few times, he felt that they were almost there, and then put these books into the house, put them on the shelves in a new order, and moved the shelves a few inches from the position by the window.

After cleaning up, Xiao Tong walked out of the room and stood in the courtyard, looked out through the gate, and saw the place near the foot of the South Mountain under the hillside, where his mother was using a broom to sweep the leaves that fell in front of the grave for several ancestors and uncles.

In fact, Xiao Tong knew that his mother was not a person who believed in ghosts and gods, but it was all because of him.

God knows from which day, his mother decided that there must be something wrong with the feng shui of Qingyunling, otherwise why would there be a phenomenon of yin and yang decline, his mother felt that in their life, there were mostly boys, why did they become the boss, it would be her who was wise and strong in martial arts, and then in his life, the person who carried the knife and called the hoe to help the weak was Sister Wen Xi, who sewed and mended all day long, read and wrote, and even burned the fire to cook, it was he Xiao Tong.

As he grew older, the difference between him and Wen Xi's sister became bigger and bigger, and his mother seemed to dislike him a little, thinking that he was a dignified man, lacking his father's wisdom and bravery, and he was decisive in killing.

Xiao Tong retorted, saying that his father also cooks and does laundry, and when his mother can't see it, he also sews and mends it.

His mother was speechless when she heard this, and seemed to really think about it, before she said, when your father was doing laundry, cooking, sewing and mending, he also seemed wise and brave and decisive.

Xiao Tong felt that he might not have talked about this problem with his mother, besides, he had always felt that there were always many solutions to many things in this world, and it was not necessarily the best policy to kill someone like Sister Wen Xi who would go forward without saying a word, so the gentleman spoke and rarely moved.

Another point is that his mother loves Sister Wen Xi very much, and the degree of liking exceeds that of his biological son, if it weren't for the slight similarity between his facial features and his mother's parents, Xiao Tong would even have to doubt his true life experience.

Sister Wen Xi was born very beautifully, and when she reached the age when she should get married, almost all the teenagers in the village who should marry went to the house to propose to her mother, but her mother was ruthless and refused one by one.

The mother's high-sounding reason at that time was extremely compassionate, and what she said about the marriage was predestined, it all depended on Xi'er's heart. In fact, Xiao Tong knew that his mother had secretly given him a look and asked him to curry favor with Sister Wen Xi, but he really blushed and twisted a flower, but was frightened back by the fierce expression on his face when Sister Wen Xi, who was killing chickens in the yard, waved a knife to cut off the chicken's head.

Later, before he could start, Sister Wen Xi's overlord flower had already been preempted and folded in her arms.

In fact, Xiao Tong knows that what Sister Wen Xi likes is the tall, mighty, healthy-complexion, and brother Hua who defends the country with thousands of troops, even if he Xiao Tong is coerced to send flowers, people may not take a fancy to him.

So, his mother's personal apprentice, from under her nose, snatched away her chosen daughter-in-law candidate, his mother hated iron and steel, only for his son to grieve for a second, then happy, busy with Zhang Luo got married.

After sending Sister Wen Xi away, the mother's heartache came up, and she blamed him for being a son for a few days, and he couldn't even get a daughter-in-law, so how did Wen Xi fall in love with Shrimp.

was annoyed by the reading, Xiao Tong didn't dare to resist, just because his mother had his father to rely on, and behind him, there was only the earth dog Black Bean. When he finally couldn't stand it, Xiao Tong only looked at the sky, and sighed with a sigh of melancholy, in fact, he also liked Brother Hua a lot.

This sentence made him close his mouth, and he didn't dare to mention any word of marriage for a few months, only after going to sweep the graves of his ancestors and uncles every once in a while, he bowed to the hundred-year-old locust tree, chattering in his mouth, and didn't know what words to say.

On this day, my mother came back from sweeping the tomb and went to his room very seriously, saying that she had made a divination in front of the locust tree, and had received instructions from the immortal of the locust tree, saying that his marriage in this life was in the south, and asked him to go to the south to find it.

Xiao Tong was skeptical, thinking that his mother's posture of divination had always been very good, but she had never been allowed to do it, and this time it was the same, it must not be allowed.

But he "thinks" does not mean that his mother thinks", before he can reminisce, his mother will have packed the burden to him, push and shove him out of the courtyard door, he wanted to turn around and say a few words, as soon as he turned around, he heard a bang, his mother had closed the door, and there were a few sound bolts inside.

Xiao Tong had no choice but to rub his nose that was almost broken, picked up his burden, and walked down the hillside.

After going down the mountain and coming to the official road, Xiao Tong wanted to go south according to his mother's wishes, but the people on the road said that there was a flood in the south, and a river collapsed, flooding a section of the road, and he couldn't cross it, so he had to dry it for a few days to pass.

As soon as Xiao Tong heard this, he thought that he couldn't go to the south, so it was better to turn around and go elsewhere, leaving and right his mother's kiss in a direction that he didn't want to do, he couldn't do it really, as long as he didn't hang out in front of her for a few days, it would be good to go back when she missed him, after all, his parents' hearts were made of meat, and they would be soft.

Xiao Tong sat in the shade for a while, and when he saw a carriage coming, he stepped forward and stopped in the middle of the road, saluted the man, and asked in a warm voice: "Xiao Tong, a scholar in Xiaqingyunling, has something to do and rushes to the front, but you can bother the good people and take a ride?" Appreciate. ”

The person driving the carriage was a middle-aged man, with dark and thick skin, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he turned back to the people in the carriage and asked, "Shopkeeper?" ”

The people in the carriage listened, and a hand leaned out from behind the curtain, round, and the wrist was about to catch up with the thickness of the calf of the other person, and the curtain was opened.

When the chubby shopkeeper saw Xiao Tong, his eyes were first startled, flashing some surprises, and then he calmed down, nodded again and again and agreed to Xiao Tong's request, which happily made Xiao Tong a little suspicious for a while, looking at this person's eyes, does he have any bad habits?

After hesitating again and again, looking at the endless road, Xiao Tong still raised his leg and got into the carriage.

After sitting upright in the carriage, the fat shopkeeper only glanced at him quietly a few times with his eyes, and did not make any bad moves, which made Xiao Tong finally feel relieved. Who knew that after the carriage drove for a while, the fat shopkeeper smiled and talked to Xiao Tong, and the content of the conversation was all about "Where are the parents at home?" "Have you ever been married?" "How old are you?" Something like that.

Although these words are a bit inappropriate, but after all, it is not a private matter, Xiao Tong smiled, and answered them one by one, the more he answered, the more he found that the fat shopkeeper's eyes shone more and more.

The carriage drove for most of the day, almost to the boundary of Qingzhou, the fat shopkeeper said frankly, he is a cloth merchant in Qingzhou, his surname is Zong, there is a younger sister who has not been married at home, and he has not found a suitable candidate, so he asked Xiao Tong, but he intends to see his sister, and he will take people away.

The other party said very sincerely, and put his heart into his heart, Xiao Tong was not easy to refuse, anyway, he had nothing to do, so he simply followed the fat businessman to meet his unmarried sister, and indeed he had never married, and his mother-in-law was also worried about his daughter-in-law, so it didn't hurt to go and see him.

It stands to reason that a wealthy family like the shopkeeper of Zong, even if his sister gave birth to a sow, is not worried about his mother-in-law's family, and the reason why he stayed at home and was not married must have a certain reason.

Xiao Tong was born with a few more eyes than others, knocked on the side and listened, only to know that the sister of the shopkeeper was a sister in his own clan, the sister's father and mother met bandits in the mountains when she was young, and were both hacked to death, leaving a lonely sister, raised by the mother of the shopkeeper under the knees, the girl grew up, born capable and neat, at the age of fourteen from the hands of the clan, followed by the foundation left by her biological parents, and took care of it in an orderly and prosperous manner, My sister is also a sunken fish and a wild goose, but she is too thoughtful, and the standard for choosing a son-in-law is a little higher.

Removing the words of the shopkeeper from three points of exaggeration and three points of truth, Xiao Tong of the rest thought about it carefully, thinking that the sister of the sect family is still a good businessman, if the two of them take a fancy to it, it is also extremely good to marry a daughter-in-law who will make money.

Turning around and walking through the streets and alleys of Qingzhou, to the front door of the Zong family, passing through the front hall and turning a corner, just arrived at the backyard, before he could stand firmly, Xiao Tong felt that there seemed to be a powerful sound in his ears, and subconsciously dodged, and saw a flash of cold light, and a bright big knife, nailed to the wall next to him against the bridge of his nose.