As soon as Ma Bin and Big Boss Ma walked into the main house, he smelled a pungent smell of burning. He glanced at the kang and saw that Miss Liu was still lying on the iron curtain, her hair was scattered, and he felt a chill in his heart. He hurriedly walked out of the house, stood in the courtyard, looked at the five large tiled houses, and said to himself, "What's wrong with this house?" How did two large cabinets die in less than a month. ”

A gunner came over and said, "Wang Sangen was trampled to death by a horse." The intestines are all flowing out. The remaining two horses were shot in the stomach and in the buttocks. Do you want the shopkeeper to chase that kid? ”

Ma Bin glanced at the gunner, "Didn't you see that Miss Liu was still lying there?" Do you think you're better than Sihai? This kid is ruthless. Why are you chasing him? Find two people to carry Miss Liu out and bury her. I went to order a coffin and filled the four seas. After two days, find a place with good feng shui and bury it. This house is sealed, evil nature. ”

After Xiaobao rode out of Pingyang Town, he circled around and went south. With the strength of the horse's feet, Xiaobao did not follow the road completely, and the small hills of bushes turned over.

When Dongfang was white, he dismounted and rested for a while, holding the snow to scrub the blood on his face. The blood is no longer flowing, but the dogskin hat and hair are already joined together, and if you try to take it off, the wound will reopen.

The two horses arched their mouths to open the floating snow and gnaw on the dead grass below. Whether it is Xiaobao's weight or those two big burdens, it is nothing to them. Xiaobao opened the two bags, which contained two futons, a delicate large smoking gun, and a small cloth bag with a gold ring and two pairs of gold bracelets and a few hundred yuan. This large smoking gun is a relic of the Great Cabinet. The gold ring and gold bracelet should be Miss Liu's.

Xiaobao carried the gold ring and bracelet and money into his arms. The rest of the stuff was wrapped up and put on the horse's back.

After resting for half an hour, Xiaobao got on the horse and continued to hurry. After that, he had a way to walk, and if there was no road, he would pick a flat place to walk as much as possible. It was not until the sun was set to the west that the horse stopped at a hillside.

At the foot of the hill is a lonely adobe house with curling smoke from the chimney. This is the only place that Xiaobao has seen in the last two hours. The last time I saw a house on the road was at least fifty or sixty miles away.

Xiaobao hit his horse and went down the hillside, and soon came to the gate of the thatched house.

"Anyone? Anyone? Xiaobao shouted twice.

It took a long time for the door to open and two gray-haired old men, a man and a woman, came out. The clothes of the two men were covered with patches of various colors, large and small. Even so, there are a few places where cotton wool is exposed.

The two old men cringed a little and stood there at a loss.

"Uncle and aunt, I'm lost. You see the sun is going down, can you let me stay here for the night? I give money. Xiaobao tried to keep his voice as gentle as possible.

"If you haven't encountered a problem, come in, it's time to cook, and I'll add you a pair of chopsticks." The old man opened the courtyard door without saying a word.

"Uncle, what is your surname?" Xiaobao asked while leading the horse into the hospital.

"My surname is Lu, and my name is Lu Wenzhong. This is your aunt. Now that he had spoken, the old man seemed to be both talkative and bold.

"Are you okay with my two horses tethered in the yard?" Xiaobao asked uneasily.

"It's fine. Tethered between the head of the house and the firewood stack, it is both sheltered from the wind and hidden. Besides, I'm here for more than ten miles. Sometimes there won't be an outsider for a month. Uncle Lu said.

Uncle Lu led Xiaobao to tie the horse and took Xiaobao into the house.

Xiaobao stepped into the house from the outside of the house and almost fell. When I stood up, I realized that the ground in the house was more than a foot lower than the ground outside the house, and it turned out that this was the ground manhole. Such a house is built to save trouble and keep warm.

It took a long time for Xiaobao to get used to the dim environment of the house.

I saw Aunt Lu washing bud rice dumplings in the basin.

Uncle Lu stuffed the bud rice stalks into the stove pit and beat them with a fire sickle. After the pot was hot, Uncle Lu picked up a chopstick with a copper coin tied to the front and dipped it in the oil jar, took it out, and lit it in the pot, and a little oil splash fell into the pot.

That's the oil for this meal. Xiaobao sighed in his heart.

Aunt Lu came over and poured the bud rice dumplings into the pot, pinched a little salt into it, added water and covered the pot.

Uncle Lu kept adding bud rice stalks to the stove pit, and after a while, hot steam came out of the pot - the water was boiling.

When the three of them ate a salty meal, Xiaobao realized that it was a full bowl, while the two old men only had half a bowl.

In the first month of this cold winter, the two old men sit in the house all day, and it is likely that they only have one meal a day.

After eating, Uncle Lu took out two pieces of broken cotton wool to cover Xiaobao.

"What do I think of just two quilts at home?" Xiaobao asked.

"You are a guest, and our two old men will spend the night lying on the kang." The old man waved his hand absently.

Xiaobao opened the baggage, "Uncle, there are two sets of bedding here." I'll give you a set. Don't worry, I'm not a bad person. You're welcome. ”

"This can't be done," the two old men hurriedly refused.

"You don't need to, I threw it away when I left." Xiaobao said categorically.

"How embarrassing is this," Aunt Lu touched the futon that was still very new, and it was very rare.

"Good! Your aunt and I will enjoy ourselves tonight. Uncle Lu said.

Just take it out if you give it, and take it crisply if you want it. The old man was very happy.

Xiaobao lay on the kang, and the fatigue of the day flooded his whole body like a tide. Flickered and fell asleep.

In the middle of the night, Xiaobao woke up from his sleep with a splitting headache. My whole body was hot and shivering. In a haze, I felt that Uncle Lu quietly got off the kang and walked out of the house. Xiaobao instinctively struggled.

"Child, you don't have to worry if you sleep soundly. The dead ghost of our house went out to see the two horses. Farmers are rare, cattle and horses are rare. The family was too poor to afford it. He's been out and over again. You can rest assured that he will take care of the horse for you. Aunt Lu said on the side.

The next day, Xiaobao felt that his body weighed a thousand pounds and trembled. He took out fifty yuan and said to Uncle Lu, "Uncle, can you go out and buy some medicine for me, and buy some food with the rest of the money." ”

"Son, I've seen it a long time ago. You are hurt. I didn't feel anything at first, but I couldn't hold back as soon as I relaxed. I'm going to buy you some medicine, but it's going to take too long to ride your horse. Uncle Lu said.

"Let's ride," Xiaobao replied weakly.

Aunt Lu stood in the yard and watched Uncle Lu get on the horse and go away, shouting, "Go early and come back early!" To buy red wound medicine. Don't look for those witches and gods! ”

"The kang should burn more fire, and it will be hot. I boiled the two salted duck eggs at home and gave them to eat. Uncle Lu replied from afar.