Chapter 8: The Family Affairs of the Two Tigers
When I came to the street, it was sunny. An Qian jumped in front of her to lead the way, and the little girl changed her heavy mood from the past, and seemed to be quite cheerful. Xie Xiuqi followed behind, looking at the long-legged little girl bouncing in front, slender and graceful, swaying, but also quite pleasing to the eye.
And what makes him more interested in looking around frequently is the grass and trees in this ancient world.
It can be seen that this is a thriving small city.
It was noon, and there were not many people on the street, but it was orderly. The ground of the bluestone paving road is extremely flat, more like it has been sprinkled and cleaned from time to time, the light can be seen, and there are occasional shades of green trees beside the road, adding a little cool breeze to the hot sunny day, a few hints of ease.
Compared with the modern city, the streets are quite narrow, and on both sides of the street, there are small courtyards with fences, or large courtyards with high walls and green tiles, or small buildings with two or three floors. All kinds of ancient buildings are arranged in a staggered manner, but they are also very neat.
Everything made Xie Xiuqi, who was pacing in it, quite a sense of novelty.
Then, gradually, he was a little surprised.
This does not seem to be like the ancient times in memory - those buildings, those streets, obviously bear the traces of modern urban planning, and they are very neat, and any place I walk through seems to be much cleaner, but it seems that I have not crossed it, and I am still visiting the modern ancient city.
Strange...... In ancient times, there was no such thing as urban planning and urban sanitation, which should be the kind of dirty and messy in the eyes of our modern people...... Former damn bastard, let me suffer for you, so I can leave some memories for me!
Xie Xiuqi thought silently, and then, he was also replaced by the urgency of going to Erhu's house, but he didn't have time to take care of the scenery, just beckoned An Qian to walk quickly.
Erhu's house is in the northern suburbs of the county, and it is not very far from Xie Xiuqi's small courtyard in the northern city. After a short time, the two of them who walked all the way saw a small fishing village near the mountains and the sea.
"Young master, that's the Second Tiger Family, let's go quickly."
An Qian pointed to a dilapidated farmhouse courtyard outside the small fishing village and said to Xie Xiuqi.
Xie Xiuqi smiled and looked at this little girl who was urged by himself all the way to hurry, she was already a little out of breath, and the corners of her forehead were even faintly sweating under the scorching sun, and there was already a sense of pity in his heart.
When Fang Cai walked all the way down the street, there were few people who were sneaky and pointed fingers at the two of them.
I'm covered in mud and crotch, but I don't care - it wasn't my brother who did it anyway, you mean that bastard in front of us is good?
But what is Ann innocent? Not to mention being affected by himself, I even heard someone whispering about the strange appearance of Xiyi and the like. When he got to the back, he didn't have to urge himself, An Qian also walked all the way with his head down, and he didn't have the cheerfulness when he went out.
When Xie Xiuqi scolded this group of bastards for having no eyes, he also felt a little sympathy for the little girl, and he understood where her fleeting self-pity and stubbornness came from when she saw her.
Xie Xiuqi thought about it, but he took out a silk handkerchief from his body and grabbed An Xuan.
"Thank you for your hard work, An Xuan, don't worry, come, wipe your sweat first."
He said softly.
An Qian trembled, and she looked at Xie Xiuqi with a wistful look.
Is this still my own young master......
The little girl thought to herself.
However, looking at Xie Xiuqi's warm gaze, the little girl's slender Rou Yi involuntarily trembled and took over the silk handkerchief. She turned her back sharply, her body trembling slightly, and rubbed the silk handkerchief on her face for a while.
"Young master, I've wiped it, you can wipe it too."
After a long time, when she handed back the silk handkerchief, the little girl was already hanging her head like a mosquito.
Xie Xiuqi looked at the silk handkerchief who seemed to be soaked in water, and smiled bitterly - Grandma, where do you sweat so much?
Immediately, he quickly understood what An Qian had rubbed more just now, but he didn't say a word and took Sipa into his arms.
"Let's go."
He spoke softly again, and strode forward with the little girl, who had suddenly become a little stunned.
"Huh? What is this for? β
After walking a hundred and ten steps, Xie Xiuqi suddenly interrupted the little girl's stunned with a sound of surprise, and when she looked up, the small courtyard of Erhu's house seemed to be very lively, and the courtyard was full of people, and it was divided into two groups of confrontations.
A group of people surrounded a middle-aged woman full of emaciation and a half-grown teenager, all of whom had a hidden look of anger on their faces, but they seemed to be unable to attack.
The other group of people were all standing on the opposite side, although the number was small, but they all seemed to be arrogant and dominant, and there seemed to be a few people in the crowd shouting something.
An Qian's eyes also showed doubt: "I don't know either...... Xu Yes...... What's going on with the Erhu family? β
The little girl finally gathered her mind and guessed.
Immediately, the two of them walked into the second tiger's house in three steps and two steps.
Seeing the two of them appear, the crowd that seemed to be still arguing or something suddenly fell silent, and then, a few whispers came from the high-spirited crowd.
"What is this?"
"Shhh, silence, it seems to be the little overlord in the north of the city, he won't hear the news and come to support Gu Erhu, right?"
"Afraid of what? I'm afraid he has long been disgusted by Lord Lu - without Lord Lu's protection, he is just a scoundrel who has been expelled from his home, and even more of a waste. β
"That's it! This matter is already reasonable for us, even if it comes to the emperor Lao Tzu, I am not afraid, right? Does he dare to overwhelm people with force? Great, let's go to the Patrol Office to beat the drum of injustice - the water blue hanging sword is not vegetarian! What's more, whether he can take advantage of Lord Lu's momentum now is another matter. β
"That's right. Huh? The one next to him is his personal maid, if it is a very different physique, tsk, her father is really evil......"
An Qian lowered his head suddenly when he heard the sound, but Xie Xiuqi already had a hidden anger in his heart, he looked at the crowd quietly, and walked straight to the middle-aged woman and half-grown teenager who were surrounded by the crowd.
"Erhu, what's going on?"
Xie Xiuqi asked in a deep voice.
"Young Master, why are you here?" The half-grown boy greeted him half surprised, half joyful.
I saw that he was wearing a linen shirt, but he was barefoot underneath, about sixteen or seventeen years old, and his appearance was quite upright, with a tiger's head and a tiger's brain, but it was complementing the name of the second tiger.
Beside him seemed to be his mother, Gu Li, a middle-aged peasant woman in coarse cloth clothes, but she had already given birth early, and now, her face was full of sorrow and remorse.
At Gu Li's feet, a rather delicate teenage girl was holding her legs, looking at the crowd timidly, her eyes were already full of tears, but this was Erhu's younger sister and third son.
The face of the second tiger was also covered with a layer of anger and sorrow at this time.
"It's nothing, it's a little trouble at home, it's sundry outside, and you will talk to you about it first."
He looked at Xie Xiuqi, glanced at the crowd in disgust, and whispered to Xie Xiuqi respectfully.
"What do you say when you come into the house?" Someone in the arrogant crowd suddenly screamed: "Haven't you Gu Erhu always been this waste...... When this person is served by your young master? You might as well say it right here, in front of this young master of your family! β
Xie Xiuqi followed the prestige, but it was a village woman dressed up in a fancy way, and she saw her with a bloody mouth, but she was a little excited: "Fathers, are you right?" Since the young master of the Erhu family is here, let's let the young master be the master for him! β
She shrieked at the crowd around her.
There was also laughter in the crowd.
"Let this waste call the shots? The daughter-in-law of the Da Zhuang family has a good calculation. β
"Exactly, it's really going to make people laugh out of their big teeth, he? It is a good hand to let him come to drink the wedding wine in the future. β
"What are you talking nonsense, be quietβThird Young Master, go slowly, let's talk about it first."
Xie Xiuqi suddenly turned around and glanced at the crowd coldly.
The laughter gradually subsided, although he knew that he was rumored to be rejected by Lord Lu, and he had already become a water dog. After the incident, Miss Lu was involved, and she would only get drunk all day at home, which was cited as a joke.
But somehow, people always feel that those deep eyes make people panic, sweeping over their bodies, and making people feel even more chilled.
Xie Xiuqi looked at everyone faintly.
"If I want to enter, who will dare to stop me?"
He said coldly.
The tiger died and the power was especially there, but the prestige of the little overlord in the north of Changzhi that day was not blown. The crowd was quiet again, and it wasn't until she saw Xie Xiuqi leading Erhu and the others into the house that the village woman whispered, "Go in, go in, anyway, if you don't give an explanation to my family today, I won't do it anymore, I'm really afraid of you?" β
Subsequently, the crowd was also noisy, but there was no longer any extraordinariness of Fang Cai.
As soon as he entered the room, An Qian pulled Erhu aside and said a few words, Erhu listened graciously, and looked at Xie Xiuqi who was sitting proudly at the table from time to time, with a different color in his eyes.
Then, he hesitated and stood at Xie Xiuqi's table.
Xie Xiuqi looked at Erhu: "An Qian has made it clear to you?" β
Erhu bowed: "Yes, young master." β
Xie Xiuqi nodded: "Then tell me, what's going on?" β
"That's right, young master." Erhu thought about it, but whispered it full of distress.
Although Fang Anxuan said that he was drunk and came back to life, he didn't expect the young master in front of him to help come up with some ideas. But when the young master asked, he always had to answer.
Erhu thought so, but he subdivided the things in front of him.