There was a large dark shadow in the distance, and it looked like a village.

A smile tugged at the corner of the boy's mouth. He suddenly wanted to lure the wild dogs over, slaughter them, and bring them into the village to find someone to make a tooth sacrifice together...... But the wild dogs were shocked to find that no matter how much he tried to lure them, they would not come to them. He was disappointed in the end, but he put down the bookcase and went to the side of the road to relieve himself, but the wild dog couldn't wait to run to the bookbox, circling around the bookcase, sniffing and sniffing. When the boy finished untying his hand, he suddenly jumped back, and the wild dog whined and jumped, and finally he lifted his hind legs and nailed it with a short knife...... Dogs are not wolves, they don't fight in groups, they all run away. He picked up the bookcase again, picked up the dead dog that was still bleeding, and strode towards the village, muttering, "You want to eat me, but you only want to make me food." ”

Dogs barked in the village.

Probably because of the bloody gas, five or six dogs ran to the edge of the village one after another, the domestic dogs were not wild dogs, they were fierce, but the young man was not afraid, and drove them in.

knocked three households in succession, but they didn't open, and knocked on the fourth household, because they were no longer at the entrance of the village, a woman asked: "Dumb, why did you come back from Cangjun at this time?" ”

The war is in chaos.

If she hadn't admitted her mistake, I'm afraid she wouldn't have responded.

The boy responded, "I'm not your dumb. I was passing by, and it was snowing heavily to find a place to stay. Do not be afraid, I am only fourteen years old. ”

The woman seems to be talking to someone.

The boy muttered: "Is it so difficult to stay?" ”

He used his brains and said, "I am a scholar, and I carry a bookcase on my back, and the light you see is the oil lamp on the bookcase...... Really not a bad guy. "I looked down at the dog in my hand, the blood was not dry, and I couldn't help but worry, can a scholar kill a wild dog? The inspiration moved, but he turned the disadvantage into an advantage, and said, "Sister-in-law." I also picked up a dead dog on the way, and I still have money on me, so I won't spend it in vain. ”

The woman still won't open the door.

However, the man moved to the door and asked, "Then you should memorize a passage." ”

The boy just remembered the book he had just memorized on the road, and he opened his mouth to come.

But the woman said, "It's not like a saint's word." I don't understand either. ”

The young man had no choice but to say, "Then I'll recite something else, and I'll recite it to you if you can understand any text." ”

While he was recalling the Analects and the Book of Poetry, he opened his mouth to recite it, and the door opened, and a woman with unkempt hair stood in the doorway, holding a lit firewood in one hand.

However, she glanced at the young man, quickly closed the door again, and asked, "You said you were only fourteen years old." How can a fourteen-year-old child grow your age? There are only me and my sister-in-law in my family, as well as my mother-in-law, all of whom are women, and it is inconvenient for a man as big as you...... You go and stay at another house. ”

The boy was helpless.

I had to keep going and keep knocking on the door.

After knocking on three or five more houses, none of them answered, he analyzed it, and came back again, waiting for the woman to answer again, but unexpectedly, this time it was a young voice: "What are you driving in the middle of the night?" ”

The boy said: "My parents died when I was a child, there is only one grandmother in the family, and I went to Dongxia to study the year before last. I'm afraid that I won't be able to come back, and I'm in a hurry at night, if I don't get tired and can't walk, I won't rest. ”

He opened his mouth and said, "Do you know, I set out at dawn, and so far, I have traveled three hundred miles. ”

There was a chuckle of laughter.

The young woman said, "Liar." Just lie. Traveling 300 miles a day, you are a horse. ”

The boy was stunned and said, "Really." Two friends gave me a ride on horseback, and I counted, I am not a horse, but I am strong...... It's almost midnight, and three hundred miles is not impossible. I don't have a fine, estimated. ”

The woman seemed to be teasing him, and said: "You can travel 300 miles a day, and you carry a big bookcase, you say you are a scholar?" Only fourteen years old, who believes? ”

Next to her, her sister-in-law couldn't help but interject, as if she was blaming her sister-in-law.

An old voice said, "Child." Don't stand at the door, go to another house, we don't have a man...... There's no way to stay overnight. ”

The boy said, "I can give money." I also picked a wild dog with whom I could eat meat. ”

He hesitated for a while, wanting to pretend to be pitiful, wanting to fake crying, but he couldn't.

Since he was a child, he has never been weak.

He heard people say what his father was like, how he was, how he went to stay in the village where his grandmother's house was, what was going on, it seemed that he was liked as soon as he entered the village, how could it be his turn, but it was so difficult.

After thinking about it, he gave up, blew out the oil lamp, curled up, found a leeward place, put the bookcase away, and nested there.

Before you know it, the wind is getting stronger again.

It's snowing again.

Although his body was strong and full of blood, he was weak after a hurry, and he was getting colder and colder.

He wrapped himself in the cotton clothes he had exchanged for when he left, and his dark eyes sparkled in the snowy night, faintly with a hint of fluorescence that only cats and dogs have.

He muttered, "It's so hard to stay overnight." Abba said I had so many shortcomings. Is it true? ”

Is it to cry and beg?

Or spend the night like this?

He struggled in his mind and wanted to go back and knock on the door again, but when he saw that the others were talking to death, he comforted himself and said, "I am strong." I have clothes to keep out the cold, so I shouldn't freeze to death. ”

He's regretting it too.

He could have stayed at dawn, but he didn't, he liked to walk alone in the dark, lonely lamps, wild wolves, books, with courage to accompany him, he was not afraid, he liked to travel day and night, he liked to rest when he was tired.

He loves to challenge himself.

With this thought in mind, he curled up and curled up again, and when fatigue hit, he fell asleep.

It snowed for a while.

The snow was falling, the cold wind was howling, the snow was shining, and the boy under the mud wall house was covered with slush in his black cotton robe, spreading his limbs.

Just go to sleep.

In the Yuyang River Valley in the dark night, Dia Bird has not slept yet, and in the dark night, he is standing in the snow.

He stood, looking, his heart was like a knife, but he didn't know that his proud son was lying in the snow in the dark night because he refused to plead.

It's getting brighter.

The boy was buried in the snow.

A woman in her thirties, wearing a headscarf, opened the wooden door, took out a flat pole and a bucket, and was about to close the door to fetch water, when she turned her head and saw ......

She slammed the door and went in, saw her mother-in-law sticking her head in the yard, and shouted, "Mother." The boy didn't leave. It was buried in snow at the base of our wall. The bookcase is on the side. ”

The old woman was taken aback, walked like a fly, followed her out, and when she got outside, she only looked outside, and when she saw it, she hurriedly said, "The snow is all buried, and I am not freezing to death." Such a big snowfall. What to do? Oh. Why didn't you dare let him in at night? It's better to let him stay in the corridor. The two men moved over and went to look at it. The girl in the house also ran out and ran to the door, standing abruptly, and her two braids were still shaking.

She was still frightened, and her sister-in-law turned around, her face was not happy or happy, and she turned around and shouted, "Go and boil hot water." It's still alive. And gas. ”

Fourteen-year-old boy, tiredness comes up, he can just say that he is asleep.

Sensing the light slightly, he felt so hot and tired, and his throat was swollen and sore.

When he opened his eyes, he saw two women standing in front of him, pulling his hands and feet, he wanted to break free, but his limbs were weak, and he faintly heard the old woman say, "It's a teenager." Although the body is big, the age is not big. The young woman said, "Young master of a big family." Do you see the long? This face brand is really good, and the clothes on the body are also warm, so I didn't freeze to death or frostbite. Then, with his eyelids sinking, he fell asleep again.

I don't know how long I fell asleep, and when I woke up again, it was dusk again.

He struggled to his feet, and a girl stood next to him, and shouted in surprise, "Mother." Sister-in-law. Uncle. Come and see, he's awake. ”

The village is not big, I chose a person, and a basket of relatives came to the house. The people didn't know whether they regretted not letting him stay or what, but they sat around and talked about what they heard in the middle of the night, but the dog was eaten, and some of the rest was left in a bowl for the boy who picked it up.

A young man was still rummaging through the boy's bookcase, and was saying, "This book is valuable," when the girl shouted and summoned them all.

The boy sat down in a patchwork of bedding, hugged them with fists, and thanked them, saying, "Thank you for saving your life." ”

The girl held her mother and asked him, "Don't you know what to shout?" Seeing that you also look like a dog, why do you not understand etiquette so much? You guys? Who are you? ”

The boy was stunned for a moment.

Since he was a child, others have praised him for knowing etiquette, but there are many people, and he doesn't know what to call for a while, and even just guesses what's going on, and uses "you".

The eldest old man, hunched his rickety waist, smiled and said, "The next generation." What's your name? ”

The young man hurriedly said, "My name is Li Hu." ”

He felt very tired, still cold, breathless, and his throat was uncomfortable, and he whispered, "Make me a bowl of ginger soup." ”

The girl found fault with him again: "Let's make you a bowl of ginger soup." What do you command? ”

Li Hu was stunned again.

The old man asked him, "Why do you have so many wounds?" Although there are scars, there are still a few that are not good, say you are a scholar, you don't look like it. ”

Li Hu explained: "I am a scholar, but I also practice martial arts, both civil and military. ”

As soon as the words fell, the girl's crisp voice shouted: "Do you know modesty? Ask you about your injuries, why did you get injured, and they are all wrapped so well? Who wrapped you up? ”

Li Hu was scared by her, so he had to say: "I was swept up on the battlefield, and the battle was no longer fought, so people let me come back." ”

A room of people smacked their tongues.

There were also people in the village who were involved in the war, but they didn't come back, and everyone couldn't help but sigh. Then they asked, "You said you were coming home, but where is your home?" ”

This identity was naturally forged by Dia Bird for him, and there was this person in his hometown, this person was already a Qianniu in Dongxia, and his name was not Li Hu, let alone fourteen years old.

Now, it doesn't work anymore.

Li Hu didn't want to hide it, so he had to say: "My real name is Qi Xiaoyu, and I went to Dongxia with my parents to do business, but now that my parents are gone, there is a war on both sides, and I want to go home." ”

Full of flaws.

Fortunately, everyone did not question it.

Only the girl competed and asked him: "Your surname is Qi and Li, everyone says that the eldest husband will not change his name, and if he will not change his surname, will your father not be angry if he is alive?" ”

Li Hu said softly: "It's inconvenient for my father to let me use his surname. ”

Everyone figured it out.

The old man at the head said: "Dad is a desperate entry into Dongxia, and he doesn't dare to use his father's surname, right?" At that time, they all wanted to go to Dongxia, but now it's good, when the children and grandchildren come back, they will suffer, aren't the people in the Northern Plains all of us running there? Don't go back to your hometown before you come back, lest the government arrest you and see the situation. ”

Li Hu nodded again and again.