After resting, Lin Xiu put on his clothes and boots, mounted his horse and ran towards the nearest village. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In Niujiazhuang, the sun is setting, and the night lanterns at the entrance of the village have been hung.

"Niu Da, hurry up, your mother called you home for dinner." The villagers who passed by shouted at the man who was still hanging the lantern.

"Auntie, I know, I'll be done right now."

Niu Da responded, he was the whistle man in the village, and he was strong and powerful, so he provoked this drudgery. After hanging the lantern, Niu Da carried the wooden ladder and walked home, it was already dark at this time, Niu Da did not take a few steps, and a horse neighing came from behind him. Niu Da put down the ladder and looked behind him with wide eyes, knowing that the horse was a golden and expensive livestock, and there were few families in the village.

Lin Xiu hurried to the village, the northern sky, the face of the concubine, said that it was dark, it was dark, and then he took a breath, the sky was already dark like a blind man looking at the road, and from a distance, there were only a few lanterns swaying in the wind.

"Who are you? What are you doing? ”

Lin Xiu was startled by a sudden sentence, and he looked fixedly, and about ten steps in front of him, a man was looking at him vigilantly.

"Uncle, in Xia Linxiu, he is a student, rushing home, passing by here, to see if he can spend the night." As soon as the words came out, Niu Da was stunned for a while, and only spoke after a while: "What do you call me?" ”

This made Lin Xiu a little confused: "This... What's there.. Wrong? ”

"Hahaha, the black light is blind, you can't see me clearly, listen to your accent, you are from the Luanbei Lincheng, okay, come to my house tonight!" Niu said with a laugh.

Lin Xiu hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, great.." Thinking about the rhetorical question just now, he didn't shout down, Niu Da didn't care, he picked up the wooden ladder and walked home, and Lin Xiu led the horse to follow.

In front of a small stone-walled courtyard, Niu Er introduced Lin Xiu into the house.

"Mother, our family is a guest, add a pair of dishes and chopsticks!" Niu Da greeted Lin Xiu warmly.

When Lin Xiu saw the appearance of the "uncle" in front of him, and then remembered the title just now, he immediately became embarrassed, because Niu Da was at most in his twenties, and the two of them were five or six years old, so they couldn't be called uncles.

Niu Da laughed at this: "Little brother, it's nothing, I'm just a rough person, my voice is simple, I look black, I look old, but I don't care about these, I call Niu Da, I can see it clearly at this time, just call me Brother Niu!" ”

"Brother Niu, I'm going to disturb you a lot tonight, this is for you and your aunt!"

After the words fell, Lin Xiu took out some broken silver from his sleeve pocket, about three yuan, and when he saw this, Niu Daban's face turned pale: "Little brother, what are you doing, we don't have this rule, if you want to do this, I won't keep you tonight." ”

At the same time, Niu Da's mother brought the food out of the stove room, and her face was full of kindness: "Child, we don't like this, if we take your money, we won't let the villagers laugh at it if we pass it out, and you have to save some money when you go out." ”

The enthusiasm and simplicity of Niu Da's mother and son made Lin Xiu feel a sense of warmth.

"Thank you very much."

A very ordinary dinner, a few plates of lightly salted vegetables, and a few bowls of sweet porridge, but the strong local flavor made Lin Xiu's mouth full of fragrance, and he was even a little impatient, looking forward to returning to his home as soon as possible.

"Little brother, you and I squeeze into a room tonight, by the way, you said that you are a student, then you must know a lot, tell me about it?" After the meal, Niu Da wiped his mouth and asked Lin Xiu.

"Brother Niu wants to know something, if the younger brother knows, he will definitely tell Brother Niu."

"Niu'er, don't mess around, people are still in a hurry tomorrow."

Aunt Niu scolded a few words, turned around and smiled at Lin Xiu again: "Child, don't listen to him, when he asked him to go to the school to read and write with the master, he couldn't stand it for two days. ”

In this regard, Niu Da grinned and smirked on the side.

The night was deep, the north wind was blowing outside the window, and the dark night sky was dotted with stars and light.

"Little brother, are you going to be a big official in the future, I heard from the people in our village that the emperor recruited talented people to run errands for him, looking at you like this, there must be great talents!"

For Niu Da's words, Lin Xiu was a little gloomy, although what he said was ridiculous, but this is the truth in many places in northern Xinjiang, the northern Xinjiang region, the people are fierce, every time there is a military incident, it is inevitable to draw strong men from northern Xinjiang to prepare for the new army, over time, the literary style of the northern Xinjiang territory has been abandoned by most people, and today, the southern county has become more and more developed, and the literati are on the throne, but the north has become a representative of military merit and bravery, and even the first city in northern Xinjiang, Licheng Shengde Academy, is only a few hundred or so students in this peaceful year, It's pitiful.

"Brother Niu, you're thinking so far!" Lin Xiu smiled and said, "When I finish my studies, I will return to the county to be a small official..."

Before Lin Xiu finished speaking, Niu Da had already exclaimed, and his thoughts jumped from the emperor to the county government: "Little brother, to be an official in the county, you are really amazing, every time at the beginning of the month, our county lord here inspects, it is really majestic, little brother, you are really good, I knew that I might as well listen to my master's words..."

In the early morning, the sun of birth was still covered with a thin layer of morning mist, and the yellow dog in front of the village door stood in front of the nest door, and occasionally barked a few times symbolically in surprise to show his duty to protect the home.

Lin Xiu bowed down to the two and thanked them: "Brother Niu, aunt, thank you for your hospitality, Lin Xiu has thanked you here." ”

Mother Niu handed a small cloth bag to Lin Xiu: "Child, eat these dry cakes on the way, go home early, don't let your father and mother worry about it." ”

"Little brother, you hurry up and finish learning to become a big official, and I can follow you to get clean." The cow on the side laughed and interjected.

"No problem, Brother Niu, my little brother can't forget you, aunt, Lin Xiu is gone."

Turning over the horse, Lin Xiu saluted the mother and son again, and as the whip was heavily whipped on the horse's buttocks, the horse raised its four hooves, jumped forward, and galloped away.

In the west streets and alleys of Linshui Village, Li Hu came to the door of Lin Mao's house with a large piece of pork "snort", accompanied by panting, Li Hu's fat body shook rhythmically, only to see him lift the meat on his shoulder, wave his greasy fat hand and knock on the door.

"Lin Bo, open the door, I'm a tiger."

Lin Mao opened the door and saw half a slice of pork on Huzi's shoulder, and was a little confused: "Huzi, let you get the skin, what are you carrying a piece of meat jerky?" ”

"Uncle Lin, my father said, the grassland has not been stable recently, the trade routes are difficult to walk, a lot of skins can't be transported in, and the price of skins is high, so my father asked me to send an extra piece of meat, or Lin Bo will lose money." Li Hu responded with a grin.

"Stinky boy, your father is really an understanding person, come in." Lin Mao scolded with a smile and turned to enter the house, while Li Hu put down the meat and waited blankly, but after a while, Lin Mao walked out with a dark and shiny leather with loose hair.