Chapter 9 The Road Meets the White Tiger

The parents were silent, but the elder sister said, "Brother, my mother saw that you were seriously ill and couldn't bear to let you starve, so I asked my father to sell the family's cattle and give you some food." Hearing his sister say this, the corners of Xiantu's eyes moistened, and self-blame and insecurity all attacked his weak heart.

"Eat quickly, kid, aren't you hungry for a long time? After eating for a while, I went to the market with my father. The money from the sale of cattle is just enough to buy some seeds, and when the rainy season comes, it is time to plant seeds. When the seeds are planted in the ground, we will have food. Hearing Father Xue say this, Xiantu was no longer sad, thinking to himself, since the cattle were sold, he was so strong, so he simply came to pull the plough and plough the land himself.

took the meal that my sister gave me, and ate it in two bites. Although I didn't eat enough, I endured not to eat the second bowl anymore. Seeing that Xiantu was no longer eating, Mother Xue said with concern: "Eat more children, go to the market with your father in a while, and only when you are full will you have the strength to hurry." ”

"No, mother, I'm already full. I'll go to the market with my dad in a while, and you want to buy something and bring it back to you in the evening. ”

"Brother, why are you talking nonsense again? Three days later is the fair, how do you bring back things in the evening. ”

"Three days, you're not mistaken. There are still three days left for the fair, and we will leave today? ”

"I'm talking nonsense again, brother, it's a long way to repair the village, and you need to be faster to get there in three days, didn't you and your father go to the market like this in previous years? How can my brother keep talking nonsense this year. ”

He was wrong, really wrong, and overestimated Datang's traffic. In his impression, the ancient people were all riding in horse-drawn carriages, but he didn't expect them to walk on their feet. Thinking to himself, if anyone wants to tell him how the Tang Dynasty developed again when he goes back in the future, he will tell those people, in fact, they Tang Dynasty people have to walk for three days to catch a market, and they have to walk faster.

I had no choice but to eat another bowl, and I couldn't go hungry for three days! But when I saw the rice cakes in my mother's baggage, I knew that I was thinking about it again, what an era that made people laugh and cry!

Bidding farewell to his sister and Mother Xue, Xiantu and Father Xue set off along the sheep intestine trail under the mountain. What a scene like Tang Seng learning scriptures. Xiantu followed behind his father with his baggage, and his father took a branch to clear the overgrown path.

"Dare to ask where the road is, the road is under your feet". Xiantu sang where Jiang Dawei's road was, and followed his father quickly. On the road, there were groups of people in twos and threes, all of them going to the market, from the nearby small mountain villages.

Two young people of the same age as him walked over and said to him with a smile: "You are Xue Xiantu, do you still know us?" We live in your neighboring village, Lijia Village. We saw it three years ago. ”

Looking at them with shabby looks, Xiantu really wanted to pretend not to know. But seeing that he was also poor now, he smiled politely at them. Xiantu thought to himself, this must be the original friend Xiantu knew, since this is the case, let's get to know each other again, there are more friends and things to do, this is the way of business taught by his father in the 21st century.

When they saw that Xiantu was just smiling and silent, they guessed that Xiantu had forgotten about them. One of them introduced: "I am Li Qinghong, this is my younger brother Li Qingxian." It's a familiar name, I just can't remember where I've heard it.

"Oh, hello two brothers." The first figure is politely called. When Li Qingxian heard Xiantu say this, he laughed out loud and said to his brother Qinghong: "Xiantu really forgot about us, the three of us have already explained the years and months when we bowed, but today he calls me my brother." Li Qinghong also laughed when she heard it.

Xiantu thought to himself, damn this original Xiantu still bowed to them, and Bai asked him to call Li Qingxian brother.

A few of them walked forward talking and laughing, and the road was no longer lonely, and from time to time there were people joining their gathering team, which was lively and lively like a large army setting off.

Slowly, Xiantu realized that Li Qinghong was one year older than him, Li Qingxian was one year younger than him, and he was still the second brother when he was married. They even knew that there were only a few families in their Xuejia Village, and the villages located next to them were not all from Xuejia Village, and there were other villages that were also located here.

Everyone slowly became acquainted, and they scrambled to help them get the burden. Although this burden is not very heavy, it also represents their heart. This is much better than his few friends who drink and meat in modern times, sighing that the people of the Tang Dynasty are still kind and loyal, and he thought about it while walking.

Suddenly, something like a gust of wind flashed by, and in a moment there was a tiger cry. "The big worm is coming, run", I don't know who shouted, and everyone ran around.

At this moment, a white tiger crawled in front of Xiantu. Let's take a closer look, this turned out to be a white-fronted tiger, a national first-class protected animal! Everyone ran for something, but then I thought, this is in the Tang Dynasty, not in the 21st century safari.

Just as Xiantu was still thinking about it, the white tiger pounced on him. Father Xue pushed the Xiantu away, and the two brothers Qinghong and Qingxian saw that the Xiantu fell, and they stopped running. If it weren't for the hardships and the truth, all the friends who called them brothers and sisters along the way just now would have run out.

The white tiger failed to pounce the first time, so he launched a second pounce. This time, it aimed at Father Xue, and when it heard a whoosh, the white tiger pounced on Father Xue. When everyone covered their eyes in fright, Xiantu caught the tail of the white tiger, only to see the green tendons on his arms burst up at some point. Only listened to the three sounds of 'whoosh', the tiger was dragged by Xiantu's tail and spun around three times, and as soon as Xiantu let go, the tiger was thrown to the ground.

I don't know where the courage came from, and I don't care how many levels of protection it is, so I rushed up and beat the white tiger wildly, and it bled to death in an instant.

The two brothers, Qinghong and Qingxian, saw that Xiantu was so brave, so they stepped forward and pinched his arm. My father was also surprised and stepped forward. Seeing the white tiger on the ground, they all pinched a cold sweat.

This Xiantu is miserable, it is a crime to kill a national first-class protected animal, but Xiantu let out a "hehe" laugh. He was thinking that this was not the modern age of the 21st century, and now he was the hero of the tiger that everyone praised.

Qingxian was still smart, and Tiyì wanted to take the white tiger that was killed on the way. This guy sold it to the market for a lot of money, enough for them to buy five acres of watered land. It seems that the rarity of this white tiger, even in the Tang Dynasty thousands of years ago, still has a lot of price.

Xiantu picked up the white tiger and put it on his shoulder, just like carrying a three-year-old child. swaggered forward carrying the white tiger, and someone behind him couldn't stop giving him a thumbs up to praise him for his bravery, but Father Xue was smiling, and even the two brothers Qinghong and Qingxian felt that it was a special face to walk with Xiantu.

They walked all the way like this, and they were praised all the way to Xiu Village. It was already noon when I came here, and I was hungry and ate the last piece of rice cake.

followed Xue's father into his uncle's house, and his uncle lived in this village. I saw the word Xue Fu hanging on the door, and the luxury Cheng dΓΉ was indescribable, probably made of a golden photo frame.

The housekeeper outside the door was polite, and when he saw Xiantu and his father, he greeted him happily. Entering the yard, I found out that this is really a mansion, and now, in this location, the land alone has to be sold for tens of millions.

But Xiantu doesn't understand, this uncle has lost his ancestor's family business, but why is he living so well now. And his father, who was divided into peace, was so hungry that he had no clothes to cover his body.

With questions, I followed the housekeeper to the atrium, and the scenery of the mansion along the way was in full view, which really gave me a taste of a different kind of landlord life in the Tang Dynasty.