On the twenty-eighth day, the journey of 1100 miles, we came to Tongshan County, the nearest town to Yangzhou... Penglang Town.

From here to the east for three days, is the boundary of Yangzhou, Liyang County under the rule of Jinshan Mansion.

Because it is very close to Yangzhou, and it is the closest township to Yangzhou in Tongshan County, occupying convenient transportation, the disaster situation in Penglang Town is not serious.

Here, I saw the long-lost smiles on people's faces, and these people were not very repulsive to us.

A family of three, seeing the scenery here, decided not to go any further.

After all, everyone knows that Yangzhou is good, but no one has ever been there, and it is not clear what it really is.

At present, Penglang Town has greatly exceeded everyone's expectations, and a family of three pulled me to say to the embroidery girl: "Stay, it's good here, you can live if you want to eat, and we can go home in the spring next year." ”

I don't know what to choose, but the embroidery girl doesn't want to stay.

However, we stayed for the time being, because we were hungry and tired, and we had saved up to replenish our nutrition and adjust our condition.

Penglang Town is very wealthy, there are many people who do ceramic business, and if you have money, you will not be affected by the disaster, not to mention that the disaster here is not serious.

I, the embroidery girl, a family of three, settled in a bridge hole.

I found a wooden board that others didn't want, and made a wind shield in the bridge hole, so that people could not blow in it, and this bridge hole gave me the warmth of home.

On the first day of settling in Penglang Town, a family of three got up early and told me to go out to ask for food.

But on the street, I saw a family of three, sitting at the breakfast shop eating pancakes.

I never thought that a family of three was rich, but I forgot that Xu Laohan was also a tenant farmer of Mr. Zhou's family, and no matter how much he was like me, he would go out with a few pieces of bread.

I don't know why, I didn't go to ask for food as planned, but secretly followed behind the family of three.

After breakfast, the family of three went to the pharmacy, and from their conversation, I learned that Xu Laohan's daughter had been taking the medicine from this pharmacy, and they came here this time not only to escape the famine, but also to take their daughter to see a doctor.

When I got here, I understood that Xu Laohan's purpose was not Yangzhou at all, he was afraid that after the famine, he would not be able to buy his daughter's medicine, which would delay his daughter's illness, and the family's food was not much, so he simply sold the things at home and dragged the family here.

I was very angry, angry that Xu Laohan was obviously rich, why didn't he take him to the doctor, but left him behind.

Every village and town has a bruiser, if it is treated early, the leg injury will not suppurate at all, and it will not be left in the hunting house to wait for death.

Before, I was very moved, Xu Laohan was able to leave all the food to the splash, but now, all the emotion has turned into anger, all this should not be like this.

Everyone will never give up, travel thousands of miles together, is this kind of friendship, not a few copper plates important?

By the way, Xu Laohan's family is different from me, with middle-aged people, with splashing skin, and with embroidery girls.

Everyone is fleeing the famine, others are really panicking, and Xu Laohan's family is fake panicking.

No wonder I was so hungry in those days, my daughter kept urging Xu Laohan to leave, and I thought that these people wanted to hurry up and go to a place to eat.

Looking at it now, leaving is really leaving, Xu Laohan, who has money on his body, will not starve to death like them at all, and if he is rich, he can survive by eating high-priced food.

Only me, a middle-aged man, splashing skin, and an embroidery girl, is really penniless, like a beggar fleeing the famine.

When I saw the truth, I was disheartened.

Wandering all the way, what is it in the eyes of Xu Laohan and the others, is it a joke?

I don't know how I left, but when I came back to my senses, I was sitting in front of a restaurant, and the shopkeeper inside was walking out, looking like he was going to drive me away.

"Mother, there's a beggar here!"

A mother and son came to the restaurant, and the younger one, who was about eight or nine years old, pointed to me and said to his mother.

"It's dirty, what is there to see about beggars!"

Seeing that the little boy was still approaching, the mother took out a few copper plates from her purse and threw them on the ground: "Get out, it stinks for food!" ”

What should I do, pick up the copper plate, give it back to her, and tell her that I am not a beggar?

I lowered my head, looked at the copper plate on the ground, and thought of the family of three sitting on the breakfast bunk, eating baked cakes and drinking bean juice.

In the bridge cave, the embroidery girl is still waiting for me to go back, she must really want to eat baked cakes, right?

I picked up the copper plate on the ground, looked at the lady with a disgusted face, and let go of my dignity...... I'm just a beggar.

With five copper plates in hand, I went to the breakfast shop.

The door of the breakfast shop reads: "The price of grain has risen, the biscuits are two cents a piece, and the bean juice remains the same." ”

I used the five cents from others to buy two baked cakes and a bowl of bean juice, and after discussing it with the boss for a long time, he agreed that I would take the bean juice away with the bowl and return it to him later.

Holding the steaming bean juice and feeling the baked cakes in my arms, I ran impatiently to the bridge hole.

Outside the bridge cave, the embroidery girl was washing clothes by the stream, looking focused and quiet.

"Embroidery girl, look what I brought you!"

"Bean juice, baked cakes!"

The embroiderer looked surprised, and seeing the joy on her face, I felt that everything was worth it.

"Have you eaten?" Looking at the hot pancakes, Xiuniang said to me while swallowing her saliva.

I took a breath, puffed up my shriveled stomach, and patted it, "Eat, eat three, but it can be regarded as killing me." ”

"Where did you get the money?"

The embroidery lady took the bean juice, took a sip, and squinted her eyes hotly.

I didn't say that it was given by others, for the sake of my worthless dignity, I lied: "The guy in the restaurant unloaded the wine, and I followed to help, and the shopkeeper didn't care, and gave me a few copper coins to be regarded as wages." ”

"You're really capable!" The embroidery girl smiled beautifully, and the dirt on her face had been washed away with the stream water.

At a glance, there is not only the weakness of a girl, but also the heroic spirit tempered all the way, just like a fairy in the sky.

Seeing the smirk on my face, Xiuniang slowly restrained her smile and whispered, "Zhang Qing, you are a good person." ”

"Good guys?" I don't know how to answer, but I still feel lost.

People, maybe they should accept their fate, what gave me unrealistic fantasies, from looking at the embroidery girl at a glance to be ashamed of the country boy, into thinking that he is worthy of the embroidery girl?

Is it a journey of wandering all the way, or more than 20 days of getting along day and night?

It seems that it's not that the family of three has changed, let alone the embroidery girl has changed, but that I have changed.

can be worthy of the embroidery girl, it should be a certain talented man, or the landlord master, how can a beggar like himself have a non-divisive thought.

Day 30...

After that incident, I sobered up a lot, and the distance from the embroidery girl was also a little more estranged.

On this day, Mrs. Xu's daughter got up very early and took the initiative to help me clean the bridge and cave, looking very happy.

Xiu Niang thought I was angry, and had the heart to ease the relationship with me, so she took the initiative to say to me: "You say, is the Xu girl sick or not, she won't be pretending to be sick, right?" ”

Actually, I wasn't angry, I just didn't want to get too close and get hurt.

But when I saw the embroidery girl's face, I couldn't help but be obsessed, and couldn't help but answer: "It shouldn't be pretended, when she is on the road, she will sometimes suddenly cover her chest, and it will take a while to ease up." And in the past few days, I have seen Xu Laohan often run to the pharmacy, the medicine is so bitter, who would like to take medicine? ”

Hearing my answer, the embroidery girl nodded noncommittally.

The daughter of the Xu family is in her thirties and sick, but she is arrogant and doesn't usually talk to us.

Today, she has a lot to say, and after helping me clean the bridge hole, she also took the initiative to chat with the embroidery girl, which is a different person than in the past.

That night, the embroidery lady told me that the daughter of the Xu family was so happy because when she went out the day before yesterday, she met a carpenter who had taken a fancy to her.

The carpenter has been inquiring about her these days, as if he has the intention of marrying her.

I will be skeptical when I hear it, carpenter, that is a craftsman, can you take a fancy to the daughter of the Xu family?

As a result, the embroiderer said that the carpenter was in his fifties, and there were two sons and a daughter below, and his wife died of illness a few years ago.

The daughter of the Xu family looks very similar to his deceased wife, and the daughter of the Xu family herself is also happy, Penglang Town is prosperous, and the carpenter is a decent person, and marrying is a blessing.

The old couple had some scruples, feeling that their daughter's illness was not suitable for marriage, so they didn't fall down.

But looking at the appearance of the daughter of the Xu family, this matter is eighty percent, and Xu Laohan can't control this girl.

Three days later, the matchmaker in the town came, and as soon as they met, they counted the bridge cave as a place where people lived, and said how the carpenter's family was doing well, and there were fifty acres of fertile land, and said that as long as Xu Laohan nodded, there would be three acres of land as a dowry gift.

I looked at Xu Laohan and heard that the carpenter's family had fifty acres of land, and he was willing to take out three acres of land as a dowry, and Xu Laohan's attitude was no longer resolute.

After all, for the countrymen, the field is the root of the farmer, and the family has 50 acres of fertile land, which is a very rich family, so much land, how much grain can be produced, after the daughter marries, how can this be eaten, and the bread can not be eaten every day!

Soon, this family matter was decided, and Xu Laohan's family also moved to the carpenter's house.

Because it was a second marriage and a countryman, the marriage was not carried out with much fanfare.

On the day of the wedding, the carpenter's house set up eighteen tables of flowing water mats, but the embroidery girl and I were not invited.

The embroiderer said, maybe it was the carpenter's family who didn't notice us.

But I know that Mr. Xu's family has an idea in their hearts, and there is always a veil between them and us.

Otherwise, the family of three would not have gone out secretly, eating baked cakes without telling everyone, and they would not say a word when they came back.

However, I still bless them and wish them to live well, with the kind of middle-aged people who are splashy.

After the family of three moved out, the bridge cave was deserted, leaving only me and the embroiderer.

Xiuniang has also stayed here enough, she wants to see what Yangzhou is like, no matter how good it is here, after all, it is still Jiaozhou.

On the thirty-eighth day after leaving Daokou Village, we set off again and headed for Yangzhou.

When they came out, there were seven people, and everyone walked together, and no one was left behind.

Now, there are only two left, splashy, middle-aged, a family of three, and they can't keep up anymore...