Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Snail Clan

"Xiuxiu? Good name...... "Xu Qing wanted to say something again, but Xiuxiu rolled her eyes.

Arrange for Wang Shan to take the carriage to the north and rush to Tanzhou, Xu Qing and a few people kept a few horses, and they could be taken across the river blindfolded. Xun Xue'er's daughters, as well as the guards, also crossed the river. At the beginning of the trip, it was Xiuxiu who asked Xu Qing to go over, and then it was Yang Cheng and the members of the Dark River.

"Xiuxiu, who is this?" Xu Qing pointed to the old man, who was wearing black cloth and colorful clothes, with a vicissitudes of life.

"His name is Lao Bu, and he is an old man in my family, but he can't speak Chinese." Xiuxiu was enthusiastic and generous, took out a bag of things from her arms and gave it to Xu Qingdao: "Oh, eat this ......"

"This is ......" Xu Qing opened the baggage, and a familiar smell came to his nose: "This is betel nut!" ”

Xiuxiu looked incredulous: "You actually recognize it?" ”

Xu Qing was just about to answer, when a very unhappy voice sounded: "Hmph, my brother Xu Qing knows astronomy and geography, how can this little fruit not know?" ”

As he spoke, Xu Qi took a betel nut and threw it into his mouth and chewed it. Xu Qing sighed, why did this little vinegar jar turn over again, betel nut is what you can eat? Even adults, if you haven't eaten it, a betel nut can get you drunk.

Xu Qing hurriedly said: "Xu Qi, spit it out, you can't eat it!" ”

"No, I can eat it," Xu Qi turned his head to ignore Xu Qing, and deliberately chirped and chewed.

Xiuxiu smiled generously: "Giggles, it's okay, this is a green fruit, and the marinade I ordered is homemade, not intoxicating." ”

"Thank you, Miss Xiu......" Xu Qing also knew that he couldn't flirt with his sister, so he took Xu Qi back to Xun Xue'er.

Yang Cheng swayed the oar, also walked twice, tired and panting, took a rest, but unexpectedly there was a light snow in the sky.

Xu Qing muttered: "What the hell is this weather, hey, Yang Cheng, did you bring the box where the cloak was placed?" ”

"Here, there~" Yang Cheng pointed, Xu Qing went to bring all the cloaks, put them on the girls, and glanced at the Xiuxiu and the two over there, but they didn't cover the snow. My heart moved, so I asked for instructions on the eldest wife, the second wife, and the third wife, and I also took two spare pieces to the past.

It's a pity that the kindness was treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, Xiuxiu sneered and scolded: "Hmph, they all say that the Han people are timid, today is considered to be insightful, and you have to ask your wife when you get a piece of clothing, are you so afraid?" ”

Xu Qingzheng said with a standard answer: "This, this is not fear, this is love ......"

After speaking, he turned his head and left, but Xiuxiu was stunned when she heard it, as if she had been beaten by a blow, and her mouth was broken: This is not fear, this is love.

Xu Qi saw that Xu Qing only asked for instructions from the sophomore and third wives but did not ventilate with her, the backup wife, and he was angry for a while, and his head was cranky. Chewing betel nut, I suddenly felt my heart speed increase, my face was hot, my chest was tight, I couldn't breathe, and I thought I was poisoned.

It's over, I'm going to die, I'm going to be separated from the stinky Xu Qing's yin and yang, Xu Qi thought of this, saw that Xu Qing was still teasing Xu Wen, and didn't look at her, Suo Xin fell to the ground, and cried wow: "Stinky Xu Qing, dead Xu Qing, I'm poisoned, I'm going to die, woo woo woo ......"

Everyone looked at her, Xu Qing handed Xu Wen to Xun Xue'er, picked Xu Qi up from the ground, and took a look, what poisoning, it should be the discomfort of eating betel nut.

Xu Qing smiled and said, "I'm about to vomit the betel nut." ”

"Poof," Xu Qi had teary eyes and asked Xu Qing, "Xu Qing, will I die?" ”

"Will ......"

"Ah......h

Xu Qi actually wanted Xu Qing to take care of him, lying in Xu Qing's arms, she said in her heart, let's die, let's die, put her hand together, hook Xu Qing and don't let go.

Yang Cheng has already made two more trips, and there are also members of the Dark River who have swayed the oars a few times, and basically all the people who want to come over on the other side of the bank have come. The snow is getting heavier and heavier.

"Miss Xiu, here is the boat money, wait for the next boat to rock, we will leave......" Xu Qing handed a bag of silver to Xiuxiu, Xiuxiu was stunned, still stunned by the sentence just now, and took it unconsciously before suddenly saying like a dream:

"You, no, don't want money, don't want money......"

"Take it, otherwise in the future, the Han people will have another image of slamming the door in your eyes." Xu Qing smiled and was about to leave.

"Hey, stop!" Xiuxiu was so anxious that she stomped her feet: "It's snowing so heavily, will you go to the stockade with me?" ”

Xu Qing listened to the footsteps and looked at Xun Xue'er and the others, they all nodded, and then said that the snow was heavy, and they were afraid that it would freeze Xu Wen, so it was better to go to the village to hide.

"Okay, then, that's going to trouble Miss Xiu again." Xu Qing saluted and respectfully bowed his hand.

Xiuxiu threw the silver bag and said disgustedly: "Hmph, who wants your stinky money!" After saying that, he jumped up and down in front of the old man and stopped talking.

The last boat came, and Yang Cheng said that everyone else had gone north along the river and could go. So Xiuxiu quietly pulled the boat into a hidden opening, soaked it in water, and covered it with branches and hay.

After doing this, I went on my own road.

Xu Qing followed, but there was no carriage, only three horses that were finally obtained, so Xiaoyue and Huang Shimei rode one, Xun Xue'er held Xu Wen and was not good at riding, so she had to ride with Xu Qing, and Xu Qi was left with one person and one horse, and the others were not good.

The snowflakes were as dense as the morning mist, and the visibility was very low, so Xu Qing couldn't help but follow closely.

Xiuxiu is very good at chewing betel nuts, she can chew one in three to five minutes, and chew again after ten minutes. But when she chewed it, there was no one else, that kind of hideous feeling, but a kind of ruffian beauty, a chic girl.

In less than half an hour, a low wall made of soil appeared in the eyes of everyone, Xiuxiu dusted off the snow on her body, and introduced: "This is our village, called Luotou Village, and our clan is called Luotou Village." ”

"Snails?" Xu Qing asked in a low voice, he searched for the fraternal nations of later generations in his heart, but he couldn't think of a similar name, so he felt that the Luo clan had merged into other nations in the history of more than a thousand years, right?

Later, Xu Qing found a record about the Luo tribe in the local history, and the Luo tribe's snail should be written as 蠃, excerpt from the "Chinese Wu Language", and its people will move to Pu on the shore of Yunmeng.

The Shellfish tribe is the Xia Shi clan, and then the Xia royal clan was antagonized and destroyed, only a part of the branch remained, and the name was changed to the Luo tribe in the escape, and the surname of the people under it was changed to Luo.

"That's right, the snail of Tianluo, my name is Luo Xiuxiu! The old cloth is called Luobu. ”

Xu Qing didn't know the story of the snail tribe at this time, but when he heard this, his mind lit up, and he said with a smile: "Once upon a time, there was a poor scholar who went down to the field to prepare the land and saw a big field snail, so he thought, it is better to take it home and cook...... On this day, the scholar went home early, but saw the Tianluo girl and the old Wang next door in bed......"

Xu Qing wanted to talk about the snail girl at first, but the wind was too strong, yes, it was too windy, and he went out of tune while talking.

Of course, the listeners didn't do it, and the guards in the back were fine, but they were disappointed, and the three daughters, plus Luo Xiuxiu, were not welcome, and they could scold anything ugly.

Xu Qing had no choice but to change his words: "Okay, okay, after the poor scholar returned home, the Tianluo girl didn't know yet, the scholar saw that she was busy with it, and couldn't help but be moved, plus the Tianluo girl was beautiful, the scholar couldn't help but fall in love with her...... The two of them lived happily together......"

"Wow......" The women's minds are not complicated, especially in front of Xu Qing, such a simple story makes their hearts bloom.

"I didn't expect that you would still tell stories, I think a few sisters were conquered by your broken mouth, right?"

Xu Qing laughed and said meaningfully: "Hahaha, there are also ......."

As he spoke, the earthen wall had already arrived in front of him, and it was actually a stockade with the book "Snail" on it.

In the village, there are rows of mud houses, and it is difficult to see any brick and stone houses. In ancient times, fraternal peoples were not so "brothers" and were suppressed almost everywhere, so they were generally poor, or like the Turks, they could compete with the Central Plains.

"Xiuxiu, are you back?" Walking into a rare brick house, a strong man jumped out and looked at Xiuxiu with a smile. Xiuxiu called, cousin, and pointed to Xu Qing and the others: "There are guests here." ”

"Guest?" The man glanced at Xu Qing and the others, and when he saw that it was a foreigner, he couldn't help frowning, and asked Luo Xiuxiu, "Who are they?" ”

"They were passing through, and the snow was so heavy that I invited them back." Xiuxiu smiled and welcomed Xu Qing and the others in, and told Yang Cheng where the horse was.

Xu Qing bowed to the man and said: "In Xu Qing, passing merchants, returning to their hometowns to do business, passing by treasures, spending a day, waiting for a sunny day, then Qichen leaves." ”

"Hmph, Han people just have a lot of rules, and they can't speak well, so they have to have a four-character and four-character book title." The man muttered, but Xiuxiu hurriedly said, "You don't remember what the witch mother said!" ”

Only then did the man put away that hostility, walked up to Xu Qing, patted his shoulder, and said, "It's a guest, sit down quickly." ”

Seeing those two palms on Xu Qing's shoulders, others didn't know, Huang Shimei and Niu Eating Grass and others suddenly became worried, those two palms seemed ordinary, but I am afraid that they brought a thousand powers!

Xu Qing didn't move, smiled, said politely, and then beckoned with the hand on the shoulder that was patted, Come in, it's cold outside.

Seeing this, the man couldn't help but open his mouth, and Huang Shimei also smiled proudly, her heart was good, and Xiao Xu Zi had grown.

Who knew that Xu Qing was in pain in his heart, when the two palms were gaining momentum just now, Xu Qing saw something unusual, but people fought for a breath, the Buddha fought for a pillar of incense, and Xu Qing also took a breath and forced it down.

After beckoning, Xu Qing's hand could no longer move, and he could only accept it alone.

Entering the hall, Xu Qing found that this was just the backyard, and he entered the back door just now, and the front hall was locked by the gate, so he didn't know what it was for.

"Xiuxiu, I don't know what other elders there are in the family?" Xu Qing arched his hand.

"My grandmother is still there, but she is the witch mother of the clan, and she is in the front hall, and she only comes back in the evening."

"Witch Mother? Is it similar to the identity of the patriarch? ”

Xiuxiu smiled and returned: "No, the witch mother is only from our Luotou Village, which is equivalent to the village or something, right?" ”

It turned out to be the village chief, no wonder the house was so big, Xu Qing nodded. Seeing that Xu Qing didn't ask anymore, Xiuxiu left and went to clean up the guest room for Xu Qing and his party.

The man came over again, and when he saw that Xu Qing was busy with others, he ignored him, looked at Xu Qing, snorted, and had a plan in his heart. took out a jar of wine from a corner and said to Xu Qing:

"Brother, you Han people don't know, in fact, people who come to my Luo clan are to drink with the door, otherwise they are not allowed to stay overnight. This jar of wine, but I've been collecting it for a long time, come, him! ”