Section 5: There is a treasure in troubled times
Lao Tie has a good impression of Mei Yuexue, he praised Mei Yuexue all the way, praised him for his high martial arts, kindness, and money, in his opinion, everyone who does not allow bad people to do bad things is a big hero. Xiao Wei said: "Lao Tie, you are also a good person, you shouldn't come to be a bandit." ”
Lao Tie shook his head and smiled bitterly; "I can't live if I don't be a bandit, I don't have a good life, I was born with only one blacksmith shop, and I was blackmailed by others, I'm sorry for my father, I'm sorry for my grandfather, and my grandfather, they finally accumulated three generations of blacksmith shops, and I ruined them like this."
His head hung down, and he sighed heavily, "I really hate myself sometimes, why am I so incompetent. The monkey said to me that if I had a fierce temper, like Lu Qiu, they would not dare to bully me like this, but ...... But I just don't be fierce. When he said this, he suddenly glanced at Xiao Wei a little shyly and asked, "Miss Xiao, do you think I'm a coward?" Very unproductive? Xiao Wei immediately denied it: "Of course not." ”
Lao Tie gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, don't comfort me!" They all said that I was a wretch, and I still remember the man who robbed my shop, and when they kicked me out, they were still laughing at me and calling me a wretch! ”
Xiao Wei didn't answer, and asked rhetorically: "Lao Tie, do you hate those people, do you want to take back your blacksmith shop?" ”
Lao Tie's eyes lit up, and he blurted out: "I want to, of course I want to, I want to dream about it!" But the light in his eyes quickly dimmed, and he lowered his head and said dejectedly: "I'm not as smart as a monkey, I'm not as capable as Lu Qiu, and I'm not as rich and powerful as those who robbed my shop, how can I get it back?" It's all a fool's dream! ”
Xiao Wei suddenly remembered something and asked, "No, they robbed your shop openly and honestly, didn't they give you money or anything else?" Lao Tie said: "Rob, how can you give silver?" ”
Xiao Wei was surprised: "The government doesn't care, have you reported to the official?" ”
Lao Tie smiled bitterly: "I reported it, the blacksmith shop was awarded to those people by the government." I was too stupid at that time, and I actually hoped that the government could help me, hey, now that I think about it, why? This world is really unfair, otherwise there would not be so many people in the mountains as bandits. ”
Xiao Wei was even more surprised, and asked: "Why, they are officials, he should take care of this unfair thing!" I'm really angry, I must be a corrupt official! Don't count on him. Why don't you tell me what the hell is going on with this process, and I'll help you figure it out, and maybe I'll find a way to get the blacksmith back!" ”
Lao Tie shook his head and smiled, "Miss Xiao, thank you for your kindness, but I don't think you can help me much." You, you don't understand anything at first glance, although you beat me today, but I see that you are much younger than me, just treat you as my sister, I let you! Xiao Wei had a hot personality, and when he saw that Lao Tie was going to reveal where he was willing to give up, he said viciously: "How do you know that I can't help it, let me tell you, I have a lot of ghost ideas, and I have the ability, I can clean up whoever I want, and no one can stop me." You say, what's going on, things have been figured out, we will rectify whoever we should go to rectify when the time comes, and we will beat whoever we should beat, as long as we know that we are reasonable, the government doesn't recognize it, anyway, it's a bandit, just a 'bandit' to the end! ”
Lao Tie laughed and said, "Miss Xiao, you are more powerful than me, more like a bandit than me!" Hey, but you have high skills, and it's normal to be not afraid of the sky and the earth. However, this matter is still very complicated and involves a wide range of people, and it cannot be solved by force...... Ah, by the way, this is not what I said, it was said by the master of our big village. ”
Xiao Wei thought about it carefully and felt that it was also the case, and he hadn't figured out what the situation was here yet, and he really couldn't do things as drastically as in the previous world, so it was better to be careful, so as not to mess up again.
The two of them walked all the way, and as they walked into the depths of the village, they had already reached the door of a small grass hut as they spoke.
The thatched hut is very simple, the four sides are made of wooden planks and nailed into a wall, and the wall is covered with a thick layer of straw mats. Xiao Wei asked, "Is this your house?" You're a blacksmith, and your skills in building a house should be good, so why are other people's houses bigger than yours? Don't you find it inconvenient for your house to be so small? ”
Lao Tie scratched his head embarrassedly, and said a little shyly: "I'm timid, and I'm not afraid if the house is small." ”
Xiao Wei couldn't help but smile and said, "So that's the case." ”
Lao Tie said, "Come in and take a rest!" As he spoke, he stepped forward to open the door, and when he entered the house, Lao Tie lit the oil lamp on the table, the lamp was not big, but it illuminated the hut very brightly, and when it was lit up, Xiao Wei couldn't help but exclaim: "Ah, it's so cute and beautiful!" Is this what you did, wow, old iron, six-six-six! Xiao Wei carefully picked up a few gadgets on the table, her eyes lit up with excitement, and she was about to cry with excitement.
It was a fluffy creature made of animal hair, a bunny, a kitten and a puppy, and a half-made fawn, and next to it was a pair of antlers that had been polished and had not yet been painted.
Lao Tie's face was flushed, as if he had drunk a lot of wine, in fact, this was the first time he had been praised by others, and it was also the first time he was praised by a girl. There was only a rugged bachelor in the village, and everyone laughed at him when they saw these gadgets he made, so he didn't react at once, and asked innocently, "Are you praising me?" What does 'six-six-six' mean? Xiao Wei smiled and said, "It's just to praise you for being amazing!" After confirming that Xiao Wei was praising him, he smiled embarrassedly and rubbed his hands and said shyly: "So that's the case, it's really fresh, I've never heard of it." Lao Tie could see that Xiao Wei really liked it, and said as soon as his heart was hot: "If you like it, I'll give it to you, choose which one you like!"
"Thank you! Then I want this rabbit! Xiao Wei held the rabbit in the palm of his hand and looked carefully, the rabbit's fur was snow-white and soft and fluffy, very realistic, Xiao Wei smiled, "You have spent a lot of effort doing this!" Is this made of wool? ”
Lao Tie replied: "Yes." Lao Tie turned around to clean up the bed, Xiao Wei followed his figure and looked around the whole room, the room was neat and clean, and it was flickered by the soft light of the oil lamp, which looked very warm, making people feel down-to-earth and safe, and the utensils in the room were probably made of local materials, straw mats, cups, teapots, tables, chairs and benches...... It's either grass or wood, simple and natural, there is a futon on the bed, Lao Tie took a clean cloth and re-spread it, and said: "Anyway, it's okay to be idle, I don't know how to fight, I don't like to play cards and shake dice, and make small things to kill time." Miss Xiao, we have limited conditions here, you just make do with living for a few days, here I will re-lay it for you, this is a clean you can use it with confidence, the quilt is only this one, you will cover it in turn, use this for washing your face and washing your hands, it was originally made of Lao Bai, just made it before you had time to give it to him, since you are here, use it first, I will go back and make one for him, if you want to use the hot water, you can boil it yourself, if you can't get it, wait for me to come back, or let the neighbors help, if you are hungry, I will tell Lao Bai for a while, Ask him to help you go to the kitchen to get some food, the village is full of big pot rice, there should be only some leftovers at this time, if you don't like to eat, you can ask Lao Bai to order fried sauce, the soybean sauce he made is not bad, we all love to eat......"
He chattered trivially, his language was coherent, fluent and natural, about a lot of nagging, but Xiao Wei felt a trace of emotion in his heart, this scene really looked like a big brother taking care of his little sister who hadn't seen him for a long time. Xiao Wei is an orphan, and no one has ever nagged her like this. She remembered that she lived in an orphanage when she was a child, and was later picked away, and then she learned that the other party was a person from the secret organization of the empire, and she was selected by the organization to further her education and do things for the empire, so she entered the training camp from a very young age and became a member of the organization, they are responsible for ensuring the stability of the country and eradicating the deep-rooted evil forces that endanger the country. She remembered that in one operation, she hid her identity and pretended to be a hawker, a little girl and her mother walked hand in hand together, bought some gadgets in front of her stall, her mother walked all the way to a long distance, and kept nagging, telling her to eat less sugar, the little girl was a little impatient, but Xiao Wei stared at people for a long time, and almost forgot the task.
How she wished there was someone who nagged herself so often.
Now she looked at Lao Tie in a daze, just as she looked at the mother and daughter back then.
She suddenly felt a little strange, whether it was for the monkey, Lao Bai or Lao Tie, she felt different from the people she had seen before. In the past, all she could contact were colleagues and leaders, or target people, even if she saw someone on the street, she didn't feel any warmth, she always looked at the warm sunshine but didn't feel the warmth, and watched people always laugh heartlessly but didn't know what was worthy of their laughter in this world, until she came to this world through rebirth, maybe because of a change of environment, maybe a change of identity, maybe because she died once, in short, she felt a little different. She began to think that the monkeys and the three of them were very funny, and she always looked at them unconsciously, and involuntarily let out that simple and happy smile, and felt that the little oil lamp in the room also shone on her body.
Xiao Wei felt that everything in front of him was like a fairy tale, and he became the protagonist who fell into trouble, but because of this, he had many adventures.
As he spoke, Lao Tie had already helped him settle everything, and he sighed and said, "Although this is not good, at least I have a place to live here." It's a bandit's den, but it's also my home. This world is very big, but only this place can accommodate me, I just ask God to let me live here in peace, although there are still people who bully me and people laugh at me, but no one will beat me for no reason, and I will not run out of food, which is already very good. Although they bullied me, but the monkeys will also help me bully back, in fact, they are just playing with each other, the days in the mountains are boring, I know they are all unintentional, everyone just plays together. It's really good for us to be together, Miss Xiao, I know you have the ability, I'm a layman, I don't know martial arts, but I think your ability may not be under our big village master, I saw you for the first time today, how offended, don't be surprised. ”
Xiao Wei said generously: "It's okay, I don't take this little thing to heart!" ”
Lao Tie nodded and said, "Miss Xiao, in fact, I think you are a very kind person, from the beginning when you were willing to listen to the monkey talk about his dreams, I knew that you were a good person." You're not like anyone else, so I have a request. ”
Xiao Wei smiled and said, "Praise me around the corner, it turns out that there is something to ask for!" That's it, you are so honest, for the sake of you taking care of me so much, you say, as long as I can do it, I will promise you. ”
Lao Tie said: "When our master of Dazhai comes back, don't quarrel with him." I don't know who you are, and I don't know what your purpose is, I just want to beg you, we don't hurt people, we don't rob, you ...... Don't ruin this place...... I'm not a person with status, but I really ...... I don't want you to ruin this place, if it's really gone, I'm ...... I really don't know where to go with the monkey Lao Bai, how to live, this is my home......"
Lao Tie knelt in front of Xiao Wei as he spoke, Xiao Wei saw him choking and crying, his heart was sour, and he hurriedly reached out and mixed him up and said: "Oh, where is this, you think too much, I am just an ordinary Jianghu person, I go south and north, I just have a little kung fu, I don't have any identity." I don't have a home, and your place is so good, safe and happy, and there is a big village owner who gets money to support you, and I still want to join you, how can I ruin you? Lao Tie, you're thinking too much! ”