It took King Zhao nearly three days to finally renovate the house inside, and at the same time he got himself a small bamboo bed, and the afternoon before yesterday, he also took the girl to Qibao Street to buy four sets of clothes, which were very cheap, only less than two hundred yuan, of course, these two hundred yuan for King Zhao, is the cost of him and the old man for half a month, but he does not have any reluctance and distress.

In the next two days, he was also very busy, and made up more than a dozen baskets in one go, Ye Xi was fascinated when she first started, she didn't expect that the child fight king would make up such a beautiful back basket, which can be described as ingenious, and then she wanted to help, originally King Zhao disagreed, and felt that the girl's family should do some needlework or cooking, as for going to school, it would be free, after all, there was really no such condition, of course, he would still find a way to make the little girl literate, It's just that he doesn't go to school, but the little girl's temperament is tougher than his, and in the end she still lets her fight on the side.

Under the corner of the window, the sun can not shine, but you can enjoy a breeze, the key is not to get in the way, the old man always likes to sit there, smoking a dry cigarette, from time to time to look at the young girl and quip, tsk, what a living little couple, this little day is really comfortable.

"Ask what is the situation in the world, and teach people to live and die,"

"Hey, what are you doing, boy? I'm still sitting here, trying to hold hands and go outside. ”

"Boy, you are not ashamed, you actually scolded me in front of me, when I was blind?"

"Two little ones who have no conscience, if they don't show you so much, how can I be embarrassed!"

............

Old man, are you enough? Talk nonsense again, I'm going to pick up a knife and cut people, King Zhao really can't stand it, if the old man is more than twenty years younger, he really wants to beat people.

"Yo he, who are you kid? Do you even want to deprive me of the right to speak? Let me smoke two puffs of dry tobacco to suppress the shock, it scares me," the old man looked disdainful and angry, and the young man's eyes were split.

Old man, do you want to smoke that kind of high-quality good cigarette? Ye Xi also couldn't bear it, but she didn't plan to deal with the old man in that kind of hard way, through the past few days, she also has a general understanding of the old man, like to take advantage of a little verbal advantage, if he can see the young man is so angry that he jumps high, he will definitely laugh from ear to ear.

If he is angry with the boy, he will twist the dry tobacco stick and beat someone, even if it is not a real fight, he will have to bluff before he stops.

Haha, my granddaughter-in-law is still good to me, I know that I want to smoke well, and I will buy me a few dozen tomorrow, the old man laughed happily;

You think beautifully, if you talk nonsense again, you will be waiting to smoke the next product in this life! No, you don't have to smoke the next product, the young man snorted coldly;

The old man quipped, "You conscienceless little bastard, I thought that I had all the delicious food I gave you first, and now I am actually asked to smoke dry tobacco, which is really unkind, and my conscience has been eaten by dogs." ”

"Huh!"

The young man sneered and sneered, "If Yang Xiaoming next door dares to be so shameless as you, I will definitely knock out all his front teeth."

"Shhh

It's so fierce, scared me to death, quickly let me take a cigarette to suppress the shock, the old man gasped, it seemed that he was really frightened and scared, but the eyes were slanted, and there was a little disdain.

Old fellow, I'm going out tomorrow, and I won't be back until the evening, hurry up and get me some tortillas, so I can take them with me on the way to eat, the boy took a deep breath and said;

"Grandson, it's not me talking about you, you have to change your temper of beating people at every turn, otherwise you will suffer a big loss. ”

The old man got up slowly, said a serious word, and went into the house.

The young man looked at the old man's back in a daze, and then shouted, "You old ghost likes to talk nonsense."

............

The next day, King Zhao also got up early, but when he walked into the small courtyard, he couldn't help but be stunned, because there was a shadow standing at the gate of the courtyard.

Ye Xi, why did you get up so early? King Zhao rubbed his eyes and asked;

Ye Xi, who was two years younger than King Zhao, was as tall as his shoulders, with a slim figure, bright eyes and bright teeth, and was wearing a pale cyan long dress, like a little fairy.

I want to go with you to sell the baskets, the girl said bluntly;

I won't take off your hind legs, and I can help you carry two back baskets, seeing that the young man frowned, the girl hurriedly said;

In fact, you don't have to, I'm used to it, I can sell these dozen baskets in two days, if you follow back and forth, I'm afraid you won't want to get out of this small alley for four or five days, how can King Zhao not know the girl's careful thoughts, but the road to come and go is too long, and it is a very serious challenge for a girl who has never even walked out of the town.

It's okay, it's just a little bitter, I can stand it, and the old man also said, he can still move on his own now, let me go out with you now, maybe I can grow a little knowledge, and it will help me more or less in the future, stay at home, people may become stupid, the girl said very seriously;

And I also want to see the places you have walked, and I myself am curious about what the outside world is like, I really want to see it, the girl fiddled with her skirt and said;

King Zhao smiled bitterly and said, "I've only been with the old man for a few days, and you've got a lot of big truths, and my head is too big, but what you said is also very reasonable, I can let you go out with you, but you have to be empty-handed."

The little girl frowned, paused for a moment, and then held out a finger and said, "I have to carry at least one, and I must carry at least one."

Think about it, if I follow you empty-handed, what will others say about me? They will definitely scold me behind my back for being ignorant, pampered, pampered or something, when the time comes, I can bear it, but can you bear it? Without waiting for the boy to speak, the girl hurriedly explained, and then did not forget to add; anyway, if others say this about you, I can't bear it, I will definitely not be as good as you in the fight, and I am probably not the one who suffers, but I am not afraid.

The boy was a little confused, and he had a little headache, the key was that he knew that the road was too long, and in the end, the girl must have been carried back by him.

Then you will carry a small one, just like that, there is no need to discuss, King Zhao rolled his eyes and took out the smallest back basket.

The girl pouted, a little indignant, and reluctantly took the small back basket, she felt that the bastard Zhao Bawang was too underestimating her.

Finally, the boy has seven baskets on his back, three, two medium, two small, seven baskets are about fifty pounds, this weight is not a matter for the boy, but the weight is too high, it is not easy to walk, if you are not careful, you may fall into the ditch.

Eat hard, Fang is a master, this sentence is not bad at all, not long after the boy and girl walked out of the yard, the old man walked out slowly, looked at the backs of the two children, and muttered softly;

"Oh my God, I didn't expect the air outside the town to be so fresh, it feels like a fairyland,"

Hundreds of meters away from Jixiang Lane, there are high mountains on both sides, the vegetation is green, the dew on the grass is crystal clear, and the air is filled with a faint earthy fragrance, giving people a feeling that everything is just waking up.

The sound of these birds is so beautiful, and the girl is like a bird that has been in a cage for a long time, and suddenly returns to nature, stretching out her hands and enjoying the breath of nature.

The little girl is jumping around with a small basket on her back, which is very cute.

Ye Xi, you walk slowly, if you walk like this, you will soon be tired and lie down, and it hurts your feet, King Zhao is a little helpless, this girl is like a monkey who has just jumped out of the crack in the stone, and she is very curious about everything.

Zhao Bawang, do you have to take this road every day? The young man's reminder, the girl did not take it to heart, but turned her head and asked;

No, every one or two or two or three days, I will only go once or twice, similar to the three days of fishing and two days of drying nets, the young man explained, he then seemed to think of something, and reminded loudly, Ye Xi, you are not allowed to call me Zhao Bawang outside, you have to call me brother, do you hear?

What are you talking about, boy? I didn't hear it, it's better for you to be louder, for the latter sentence, the girl is deaf, or pretending to be deaf and dumb.

The young man's face darkened at that time, and he said angrily, "I'm complimenting you on your good looks, don't you hear?"

Thank you, the girl turned and smiled, and then left the boy with the back of his head.

Along the way, the two of them were talking about each other, and in a flash it was a time to pass, and they met a lot of people on the road, and there was an extra girl around the boy, and many familiar people would pause, feel very curious, look at the girl for a moment, and ask, "Xiao Zhao, is this your sister?"

The girl will answer first every time, showing a cute smile and saying, I am his sister, which immediately attracted countless eyes from the young man, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the little girl can only be a sister, but it has not been exposed.

After walking for another half an hour, the little girl's feet finally began to resist, a little faintly painful, and the small back basket weighing a few pounds didn't seem to be so easy to get along with, and there was a feeling of soreness on her shoulder. However, she did not show the slightest state of exhaustion, but pretended to be full of interest to keep up with the pace of the teenager, and at the same time, it was difficult for her to imagine how the teenager in front of her had survived the past two or three years.

Whether it is weaving a basket or selling a basket, it is not an easy thing, from the calluses and various wounds on his hands after four or five millimeters, you can know that the basket is not easy to weave, from the road you walk today, the basket is really not easy to sell, and listen to the meaning of the young man's words, this road has not yet reached a third of it.

You must know that when the boy was nine years old, he began to make a living like this, and at that age, in addition to being very good at fighting, Ye Xi really couldn't imagine that the boy could do so many things.

Ye Xi, are you tired, give me the basket on your body, it will be easier, and after half an hour, the girl's fatigue can no longer be hidden, and she is discovered by the teenager.

No, I'm going to carry it until it's sold, and when I think of the boy's years, the girl firmly refuses;

But if you go on like this, it will hurt your body very much, King Zhao frowned and said a little unhappily;

Zhao Bawang, how have you survived all these years? The girl took a deep breath and asked instead;

Tell yourself all the time that if you want to live, you can't lie down halfway, and if you grit your teeth more, you will survive, the young man froze for a moment and smiled bitterly;

I also want to live, so I can't give up halfway, and I have to carry this basket until it is sold, the girl patted her chest and said without question;

Are you still afraid that I won't be able to support you?" the young man rolled his eyes and said;

Zhao Bawang, I'm not your daughter-in-law now, besides, don't think that if you say this, I will be grateful to you, and my head is hot, this is impossible, the girl yelled, and walked forward with two long braids.

King Zhao was speechless, had a little lung pain, and his head was also very painful, so he helplessly followed behind the girl.

After walking for more than an hour, he finally sold two back baskets, one big and one middle, and now there are five on Zhao Wang's back, and it was a lot easier all of a sudden, but the little girl was still unwilling to give him the small back basket, and insisted on carrying it until it was sold, Zhao Wang had no choice but to let her carry it, but he slowed down his pace, and at the same time rested on the side of the road several times.

At noon, a large and a small one was sold, but the small one was still carried by King Zhao, as for the small one on the back of the little girl, she was unwilling to put it down, her original intention King Zhao knew, but he was very worried that the little girl's body could not bear it.

The sun at noon was very scorching, and King Zhao did not go to any house to hide, but took the girl to climb up a hillside, and came to a cave with a familiar car, and there was a cool breeze in the cave, for the two of them, this was dozens of times better than the cave blessed land of the immortal family.

Zhao Bawang, how did you find this place? The girl nibbled on the old man's corn tortillas and looked at the cave curiously, but she was even more curious that this cave was far away from the roadside and very hidden, how did the boy find out?

After King Zhao swallowed the contents of his mouth, he said slowly, "When I was on the battlefield before, I identified you with an uncle wearing a red vest, do you remember?"

Remember, did he bring you to this place?" Ye Xi asked;

"Yes!"

The boy nodded, and said, "A long time ago, I came out to sell it with a basket on my back, who knows, this originally sunny weather can change, and suddenly it is thundering and raining, fortunately I met that kind uncle on the road, he brought me here to take shelter from the rain, otherwise I might have had a serious illness that day."

"Oh!"

The girl sighed and disappeared.

By the way, in the afternoon, we used the money from a small basket to see if we could buy a few old books from those who had children studying...... King Zhao pondered for a while and said the plan he had already thought in his heart.

But before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the girl with a shocked expression: Zhao Bawang, what are you buying books for? Are you literate? Or do you want to buy them back and let someone teach you?

Ye Xi, the book was going to be bought for you, King Zhao looked at her and said;

But I can't read? And the old man doesn't seem to be literate, do you want to hire a teacher for me? Okay! Okay! When I have a chance in the future, I'll give you a lot of money and flowers, the girl said excitedly;

Daydreaming, you don't know how much we have? Why don't you let me hire a heavenly master for you? The young man almost squirted out of his mouth, looked at the girl in amazement, and said angrily.

Do you think it's possible? You said that if I could read and write, maybe I could be self-taught in other problems, but I can't read a single word, so why should you let me learn? The girl said angrily;

You won't, doesn't mean I won't?" said the boy proudly;

The girl almost screamed and looked at King Zhao with an incredulous look.

Yes, Ye Xi, I can tell you, I know a lot of words, the young man said triumphantly;

Who taught you? Besides, where do you have the time to study? The girl wanted to know how he learned to read and write, given the living conditions of King Zhao.

Do you remember the big screen on Qibao Street, the young man asked mysteriously;

I remember, I met several times when I went to the street to sell vegetables with the wicked woman, and we watched it a few days ago, how could I not remember, and I also knew that it was installed by a rich man surnamed Wan, but what does it have to do with the screen that you can recognize words?

You can't have learned it from that big screen, right?" the girl's head suddenly turned, and she looked at the boy in amazement, and exclaimed.

That's right, I learned it from the big screen, and for most of the past six months, I've spent five or six hours a day reading and learning something else from that screen, the boy grinned.

Although it is a bit difficult to learn to read from above, but fortunately my memory is not bad, many things, I can remember as long as I have read it once or twice, for more than half a year, according to the gourd to draw scoops, four or five thousand Chinese characters, I can still write, even if there are some very complex words I will also, but it is ugly, super ugly, the boy said;

Hearing the young man's admission, the girl was shocked, seemed to think of something, and asked curiously.

That's right, that's four words, 'King Zhao, Ye Xi;', seriously, your Xi is difficult to write, there are too many strokes, the young man said;

Zhao Bawang, you are really powerful, super powerful, if you go to study, the son of the wicked woman will definitely be blinded by your light, the girl looked at the young man in a daze, and said from the bottom of her heart;

I think so too, King Zhao smiled confidently, and then added, "Let's use the money of a big basket to buy some eggs back, and we will have to buy a lot of them every time in the future."

Why?" asked the girl, puzzled.

After a few days, you will know that in addition to selling the basket, we will have to find a way out, and the young man's little face is filled with longing for the future.