She doesn't want the thirty copper plates stuffed under the pillow before going to bed, and she can earn more if the copper plates are gone, but if she goes back, the people will be gone.

Gritted his teeth, reached out and pinched his leg hard, it hurt a lot!

When it hurts in my heart, I can't feel the numbness in my legs, and I can walk.

She didn't dare to leave the main gate, and if she opened the main gate, she would definitely be dragged back.

Thanks to the help of cooking in the evening, she went to the back garden to pinch the greens, and after a glance, she remembered that there was a hole in the fence in the back wall, which was quite large, and it should be a dog hole.

The dog hole is the dog hole, people are not people anymore, and some people are not as clean as dogs.

Yunxiu's little one curled up and got out of the dog hole, running forward without looking back.

I don't know how long I ran, I was sweating, and when the morning breeze blew, my comfortable pores opened one by one, but my head was a little dizzy.

She would only feel hungry, her chest pressed against her back, and her legs and feet were out of strength.

Looking around, there was not a single house as far as the eye could see, and there were crops planted everywhere, green like sticks in the ground.

A stake was erected not far away, and a street sign was knocked on it. Yun Xiu had never studied and couldn't recognize a few words, but she knew the word 'one' on the sign, and she didn't know the other two.

Holding his stomach, he walked leisurely on the path, and did not forget to look around to see what was to eat in the field.

God is hungry and blind, and after a while, she really found it, and in the middle of a field of crops with fine hemp stalks, there is a boxy watermelon field.

It was only the middle of April, and the spring cold had not yet passed, and Yun Xiu didn't feel hot after blowing a gust of wind in a small thin jacket.

Gu Yu hasn't passed yet, and he didn't expect that there would be watermelons to eat at this time.

A little incredulous, she rubbed her eyes vigorously, and the watermelon field didn't run.

A big watermelon was lying there, waving melon vines and waving to her, talking about how sweet they were.

"Goo~" The stomach whimpered accordingly.

I don't care about stealing other people's things, anyway, she can't go back and get the thirty copper plates to buy watermelons, she steals them, and she can't eat a melon and ask her to sell herself to pay off her debts.

Lying on his stomach in the watermelon field, he carefully retracted his body under the melon leaves, intending to block himself, holding a watermelon and cutting it with his fingernails and stuffing it into his mouth.

"Where did the thief come from?"

Yun Xiu was struggling to get up, when suddenly a man's voice was in her ears, and she was suddenly frightened.

I grabbed a piece of red watermelon in my hand, and I didn't eat it when I put it down.

But she wanted to eat it so much, as soon as her eyes closed, she stuffed the watermelon in her hand into her mouth, swallowed it in three or two bites, and held half a watermelon in her hand.

I don't know if I will be beaten to death if I apologize now, but will I spit out a watermelon after beating it?

Nervous and aggrieved, she lowered her head, and tears fell unconsciously.

"After eating my melon, are you embarrassed to cry?" The man must have held a rattan stick in his hand and tapped the watermelon leaf on the side, making a swishing sound.

It was originally a sobbing, but after seeing the little rattan, I was more scared.

Yun Xiu let out a whimper and began to cry.

"Okay, okay, don't cry, wipe your tears, the little girl's family is crying the same as my family's Erhua, it's not a shame. Tut-tut, take a quick breath, the snot is about to drop the watermelon. It's a pity that my good melon was eaten by you, who doesn't know how to taste. ”

The man poked Yunxiu's shoulder with the stick in his hand, but the force was not strong and it didn't hurt.

Yun Xiu choked, wiped the snot and tears on her face with her sleeve, and raised her eyes to look at the owner of the melon field in front of her.

The man in front of him should not be very old, without a beard, and his face should be white and clean. He wore a wide-brimmed bamboo hat hat, short clothes and trousers, and held a small bamboo pole commonly used by farmers to catch snakes and explore the way.

As for the rest, she couldn't see clearly, and her eyes were still badly swollen.

"Uncle Six, who are you talking to?" In the distance, a little girl of seven or eight years old, dressed in a silver and red golden folded peach blossom gauze skirt, wearing a silk pipa top, waved her hand on the ground and asked.

The man also waved the bamboo pole in his hand: "There was a melon stealer in the field last night." ”

"What is Ru? Can you catch it? Can you bring it over to me and show it? The little girl asked, putting her hand to her mouth and making a trumpet shape.

"Wait."

Yun Xiu's brows furrowed into a pimple, and she raised her eyes to look, the sun behind the man was a little dazzling, shaking her eyes.

But this person wants to arrest her as a melon thief and put her in captivity, which is too much, just watermelon, she didn't eat the remaining half, just give it back to him.

"Come with me, Ru who steals melons." The man tapped her leg with a small bamboo pole.

"I'm not going." Yun Xiu sat there holding half a watermelon and didn't move, she was afraid that if she got out of this watermelon field, she would be caught and put in a cage.

"You have to pay for eating melons."

"I don't have any money."

"If you don't have money, you steal, if you steal melons, you will be a thief, and if you catch a thief, you have to send it to the government. If you are imprisoned for stealing, you will never see your family again. The man explained to her with a smile.

"You can take me to the government. I don't have any money. Yun Xiu said with a stiff neck.

Anyway, she has no family anymore, she doesn't want to be sold to the fifty-year-old Huang master, nor does she want to be calculated by her aunt to be a daughter-in-law to her cousin, and she Yunxiu herself will be a family in the future.

Oh, the little girl has a pretty stubborn temper.

"Even if you go to the government, you still have to give my melon money." Stubbornness can't be a reason to pay the bill, the man told her clearly.

"How much?"

"Ten taels."

Ten taels of silver?! Grab the money! It took her a year to save thirty copper plates between her teeth, one tael of silver is a thousand copper plates, and ten taels is ten thousand copper plates! With so much money, how long will she have to save enough.

Yun Xiu put half of the watermelon in his hand on the ground and pushed it forward: "I didn't eat this half of the watermelon." ”

"Then you have to pay back five taels of silver." The man squatted down, spread his hands, and stretched out in front of Yun Xiu.

Five taels? She didn't even have a copper plate, so what could she do to pay him back the 5,000 copper plates!

Biting her lip, after a while, Yun Xiu asked weakly: "I have no money, I have strength, I'll go to your house to sew you poor, okay?" ”

She can't do it with too much effort, but she will sew poorly, a piece of clothing costs a penny, as long as she insists on it, the money can be paid off.

Poor sewing? The man was happy with a snort, where did he get the old clothes to sew for her.

Tilting her head to look under the brim of her hat, the little girl was pitiful, and she looked like she had run out of the house.

Besides, he knows this girl.

The last time I went to Suzhuang Village to do errands, the interesting girl I met on the way back was the little crying bag in front of me.

Although the tears rippled, without the pride and brightness of that day, the teeth were as good as ever.

If you take it home and be a little girl, wouldn't it be very lively that day.

"Do you know how to cook?"

Cook? Yun Xiu hesitated. She doesn't cook well, so the second mother in the family lets the second sister cook.

But in order to pay off the debt, everything is fine.

"Yes!" Yun Xiu replied loudly, as long as you can eat it, you can cook!

"Do you know how to do farm work?"

"Yes!" She really knows this, their family opens an acre and three points of land in the middle of the mountainside, and the three of them go to harvest it every year, and Si Ni can follow the sisters to pick up ears of wheat.

"That's it, hold that half of the watermelon and come with me."

"I won't buy this half!" Yun Xiu was in a hurry, five taels of silver and half a dollar, how many meals she had to cook to pay it off, she couldn't afford to eat this melon!

"It's for Erhua to eat, not for you." The man didn't look back, but walked towards the main road.

Yun Xiu hurriedly got up, patted the soil on her buttocks, and hurriedly followed with half a piece of watermelon.

The little girl who was waiting on the ground was already impatient, and picked a bunch of dog's tail grass to play with.

saw her sixth uncle followed by a teenage girl walking out of the melon field.

His eyes widened, and he smiled like a cunning little fox, and said jokingly: "Sixth uncle, you have met a demon with you, and you have turned into a human form in this meeting?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, I won't let you come after talking nonsense." played the little girl's brain, although it was blame, but there was no doting in the tone.

The little girl was not afraid of him, raised her chin, and looked coquettish about not bullying her, "That's what is written in the book, this is the most popular plot in Wangjing this year." ”

"Look less at those messy scripts, play less with the two boys in the family, study hard, and make progress every day."

The man and the little girl both had long legs, and Yun Xiu followed behind them, holding a watermelon and trotting all the way.

Some of their words she didn't understand, what a script, the plot. It should be something in a book, except for the things in the book, she doesn't understand, and she knows everything about life.

Wangjing City She knew that it was the capital of Da Chen, and I heard that the emperor lived in Wangjing City, she had never been there, and she didn't know.

The farthest place she has ever been is in their county, but it is prosperous, there are all kinds of sales, and the old men in the county are wearing silk and satin, and they look shiny under the sun.

That Wangjing should be a county seat far away from them.

"What do you think? The melon thief is home. Yun Xiu was shaking her head, and the man's voice pulled her back from the distant county of Wangjing City.

"I have a name!" Always a melon thief stealing melon thief, Yun Xiu was a little angry, she didn't mean it, and she also said that she had to work and pay back.

"Oh?"

"My name is Yunxiu." Yunxiu's posture of holding the watermelon was a little silly, but the momentum of saying her name was there.

"Is it a beautiful show?" The little girl quipped.

Yun Xiu shook his head and said loudly: "That Xiu in the high mountain! ”

In fact, she didn't know which Xiu of the high mountains was. She didn't even know the word Gaoshan, but her father said that Li Xiucai and his father gave her Xiu meant to go out of the mountains and out of the clouds.

"It's a good name. I thought you'd call Ernier or something. The man had already taken off his hat, sat down on the stone bench under the tree with a glass of water, and quipped faintly.

Erni was her sister, but Yun Xiu didn't say it. This man has an unforgiving mouth, and he must not have anything good to say when he says it.

The man stretched out his hand and clicked on the hut on the side, and motioned for Yun Xiu to come over: "Throw the melon in your hand into it." ”

Yun Xiu stretched her neck and took a look, there was a pair of big fat pigs with black flowers in it, and the physique was more than 200 catties.

If you see it to the Zheng butcher in the village, I don't know how happy it will be, after all, killing a pig of more than 200 catties is a thing that can be shown off for a long time for a butcher.

Looking at the watermelon in his hand, Yun Xiu screamed in her heart that it was a pity. No wonder this pig is so fat, it can eat the watermelon that people are reluctant to eat, and the big fat on that body is piled up with silver.

"Take a good look at the two of them, and recognize clearly, the male one is called the big flower, and the female one is called the second flower. After that, you will cook for the two of them, and when you have nothing to do, you will go with me to do some farm work in the fields. ”

Seeing Yunxiu holding the watermelon in front of the pigsty in a daze, the man teased: "What's the matter, you still want to grab melons with Erhua and the others to eat?" ”