6. Stealing the goose

Song Si woke up the next day and looked sideways, the beggar had long since disappeared.

He thought to himself that he had slept so peacefully that he didn't even know when the beggar would leave.

Push open the wooden door, a wisp of fresh air, greeted by the nose... I don't know when the rain stopped, and the sky was covered with a rainbow of bright colors......

Since going down the mountain, I have traveled all over the world, and I haven't gone home to see my mother, and I suddenly want to go home to see my mother. Song Si made up his mind, put on his old baggage, and headed in the direction of home.

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Song Lian hadn't picked mulberry dates for a few days, her palms began to itch, and she remembered the taste of mulberry dates in her heart. Take advantage of her father's unpreparedness, and slip away.

She went straight all the way. Run to the village southeast of the town. Looking ahead, the large mulberry jujube forest seems to be beckoning to itself.

In the distance, I saw a peasant woman sitting on the dirt slope by the roadside, her head bowed as if wiping tears......

The woman was dressed in a simple blue floral cloth dress, a pair of old black cloth trousers, her gray and black hair was light and simple coiled, and the broken hair on her temples fluttered in the wind.

Song Lian's hurried attitude couldn't help but slow down... With a look of surprise in his eyes, he walked over slowly.

"Auntie, what's so sad?" With questions, Song Lian walked up to the woman and squatted down to ask.

When the woman heard someone ask, she stopped sobbing, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her hands, and raised her head to look at Song Lian. Her skin was gray, the corners of her eyes were full of wrinkles, and her eyes seemed to have experienced the vicissitudes of life after a storm.

"Alas!" She looked at Song Lian for a moment, then lowered her head again, brushed the fluttering broken hair behind her ears, and couldn't help sighing.

"Auntie, what the hell is going on? Why is it so sad? But if you don't have any defense, maybe I can help. Seeing this, Song Lian simply sat on the ground and asked patiently.

"I'm a close neighbor of this village, and it's not too far from here. One of the geese I fed came here and was caught by the Tang family who was watching the mulberry jujube orchard. I went to the Tang Mansion to ask for it, but... After being scolded and driven out...... "After sitting quietly for a while, the woman finally spoke and poured out her sadness... There was a resentment in his eyes.

"How can it be!" When Song Lian heard this, he bullied his private belongings, is this worth it? The silver teeth clenched, and the willow eyebrows stood upside down. Anger burned in his heart, and he "jumped" and stood up from the ground.

After calming down for a while and thinking for a moment, she calmed down her anger, patted the woman's shoulder, and said with relief, "Auntie, you go back first, I have my own way to help you get the goose back." "

The woman looked at her with puzzled eyes. I can't seem to understand how much power a petite body can have.

Song Lian asked the woman's address. turned around again and ran all the way to the Tang Mansion in the town.

At Scud-like speed, the dirt road was swept up in a cloud of dust and flew behind her......

She quickly rushed to the door of the Tang Mansion. Standing in front of the door and watching, the door of the Tang Mansion was closed. Approaching the gate, sticking to the door and listening carefully, except for the sound of geese in the Tang Mansion, I didn't hear the voices of people in the mansion.

She walked around the Tang Mansion and looked at the courtyard with a wall about two meters high. I thought, "This can't be difficult for me." "

Looking around, there was no one in sight. She took a deep breath, sank her dantian, her body was gently pulled up, and she flew up like a swallow, gently and skillfully, and fell into the Tang Mansion compound.

The Tang Mansion Compound, with appropriate size and specifications, is elegant and quiet. Green trees and flowers surround the walled courtyard, and in the corner of the wall on one side of the courtyard, there are bluestone round tables and stools, which are always for the people of Nafu to sit idly.

Song Lian glanced at it, fortunately, there was no need to bother, the bamboo cage containing the goose was in the yard. At a glance, you can see a snow-white goose, restless in the cage, swaying and swinging. Seeing that a living person suddenly appeared, he seemed to be frightened, and he kept barking loudly, and the sound was no less than the barking of a dog.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Song Lian was nervous for half a second, gritted her teeth, bent over and rushed over, opened the cage door, grabbed the goose's neck and lifted it out, secretly jumped on the wall with luck, and jumped down quickly.

"Oops! Not good! Steal the goose! … Someone......" A family member rushed out when he heard the sound, looked at the empty bamboo cage in a daze, and shouted in a fuss.

The goose in Song Lian's hand called "quack ......", and the goose fluttered hard in her hand, as if she wanted to break free. Song Lian tightened her hand, firmly grasped it in the palm of her hand, and rushed towards the village outside the town......

"It was the girl from the tea shop who stole the goose......

"Stop! Don't run! ……"……

"Chase! ……"…… Behind him came the cries of several family members.

"Want to catch up with Ben girl? Dream on! Song Lian was carrying a screaming goose in her hand, and her feet didn't stop, running all the way... I couldn't stop snickering in my heart.

She ran out of the town, crossed the mulberry date orchard, and walked a little longer before coming to the neighboring village. Look in the direction described in the woman's mouth.

The small courtyard of the farmhouse surrounded by willow trees is close at hand.

The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the green bricks and gray tiles through the layers of branches and leaves, although they are old bricks and old tiles, but the color of a layer of afterglow has become soft. Wisps of cooking smoke came from the chimney.

Birds in the sky flew by, chickens and ducks on the ground walked in front of the door to feed, and in the village, the lights of some houses flickered slightly, flickering bright and dim......

There is a kind of leisure and tranquility in this village. Song Lian looked at the village under the afterglow with envy.

"Auntie." Song Lian walked to the small courtyard of the farmhouse, stood in front of the dilapidated hut, and shouted at the inner house. She put down the goose in her hand, and the goose flapped its wings and swayed and wandered away.

"Hey" came from the aunt's voice in the room. After a while, the woman came out of the house, and was overjoyed to see Song Lian and the returning goose.

"Thank you, girl..."The aunt thanked her repeatedly, wanting to stay with Song Lian for dinner. Seeing that it was getting dark, Song Lian said goodbye to her aunt and left the village.

Song Lian walked through the village, followed the way she came, and arrived at the mulberry jujube garden, and it was already dark at this time. The sky was filled with light mist, a half-moon appeared hazy, and the night wind was blowing, and there was a hint of coolness......

After a day of running back and forth, her stomach "gurgling" and her intestines sounded, and Song Lian was dizzy with hunger. When passing by the mulberry jujube orchard, I thought about picking a few mulberry dates to satisfy my hunger. Suddenly, there was a faint sound of fighting in my ears...... Hey, what's going on?

This sudden sound of fighting attracted Song Lian's curiosity to follow the sound, and went deep into the dense place of the mulberry jujube garden, the sound of the fight became clearer and clearer, and the crisp sound of the intersection of weapons was particularly harsh in the quiet mulberry jujube garden.

She tapped her feet, jumped up, flew up to a mulberry tree, lay in the middle of the trunk, grasped a branch with her hand, and looked through the dense foliage...... I couldn't help but be stunned by this hope.

I saw that under the dim moonlight, not far away, a slender girl in a pale green skirt, her eyes were like cold lightning, her long sword was like a rainbow, and her flying skirt was floating up and down, fighting with a masked man in black.

"Zoom in on the move! The girl didn't ask you to let me! The girl's delicate voice was angry. The merciless sword light flashed, pressing step by step. The black-clad masked man didn't answer, just skillfully fended off the defense.

After a few rounds, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the masked man's skills were superior. But he only defended, not attacked.

After a few long rounds, the masked man seemed to not want to fight, and drifted away in the rapids......

"Coward!" The girl waved the sword in her hand at the distant figure, cursed, and did not chase after her.

Song Lian was lying on the trunk of the tree, just as she was stunned and relished......

"Chirp", in the darkness, suddenly, a dazzling cold light flashed, and a cold wind hit... Without waiting to think about it, Song Lian was frightened, and quickly dodged sideways, and the little dart passed over her and stuck it in the trunk of the tree.

Song Lian dodged in time, but she panicked, and she didn't slip away, and accidentally fell from the tree...... "Ah......

She screamed, fell to the ground, and fell to the ground on all fours... This fall hurt so much that her eyes were full of stars...... I thought to myself: "This ruthless man! I'm just a spectator, so I'm not going to be so ruthless, right? "

Before she could react, a bright sword peak was pointed at her chest as fast as lightning, "Say!" What are the ghosts doing on it?! "

Song Lian was lying on the ground, gritting her teeth and humming, her mouth slurring a muffled "Hmm... Mmmm—" The pain made her so uncomfortable that she couldn't speak for a while.

She rolled on the ground a few times in pain, and then lay on the ground, covering her hips, tilting her face sideways, and looking innocently at the girl in front of her.

A young girl, about seventeen or eighteen years old. Under the dim moonlight, her complexion was delicate, her skin was as white as snow, her eyes were shining, her long hair was draped over her waistcoat, and the night breeze blew her hair and skirt, which was beautiful.

"Are you dumb?" The girl was furious, her eyes were shining and her eyes were as wide as copper bells. Dangling the sword in front of her. The sword light was a little dazzling in the dark night.

Mute? … When Song Lian heard this, she said "uh-huh" in her mouth, and nodded at the girl again and again. At this moment, she is in her pocket. I thought to myself, "As long as you let me go, I'll be dumb." "

"Please stop." At this moment, a familiar voice came to his ears, and the figure flashed in front of him in time.

Song Si stood beside the girl like a whirlwind, grabbed the hilt of the girl's sword, and pushed it to the side.

"Is that you?" When the girl saw Song Si, she was stunned for a moment, with a slightly surprised look.

"Senior sister, for my sake, let her go." Song Si glanced at Song Lian who was lying on the ground, and then looked back at the cold-faced girl, with a nervous look on her face and a pleading tone.

Senior sister and younger brother? … Which pie? … Song Lian lay on the ground, kneading her buttocks, and when she heard Song Si calling the girl's senior sister, she couldn't help but raise her face, looked at Song Si, and then looked at the girl, with a puzzled expression.

The girl pursed her lips, with a reluctant expression, slowly put down the sword in her hand, erected the sword on the back, overlooked Song Lian, looked directly at Song Si, and asked puzzledly, "Who is she?" Why do you protect her like this? "

"Who am I? I'm a passerby. Song Lian rested on the ground for a while, the pain gradually lightened, and finally came to her senses, slowly got up from the ground, and saw that Song Si didn't know how to answer, and smiled and rushed to answer for him.

When the girl heard this, she lifted her skirt and threw it behind her, her eyes widened angrily, "Dead girl!" Turns out, you're not a dumb person? How dare you deceive this girl! "

"Senior sister, stop your anger." Seeing this, Song Si hurriedly rounded the field for Song Lian, "She's just naughty, not trying to deceive Senior Sister." "

What is fierce? She looks beautiful and moving, and she looks good. Why is he so brutal and fierce? Song Lian pretended, straightened her chest, raised her head, supported her waist with her hands, squinted at the girl, and muttered quietly.

The girl glanced at Song Lian, listened to Song Si's advice, slowly calmed her anger, and said coldly, "Song Si, for your sake today, let me spare her life." After saying this, she tapped her feet, and Ling Bo walked as far as she could...

Song Si escorted Song Lian back to the tea shop, turned around and disappeared into the night......

The third watch came home in the middle of the night, I don't know how my father will reprimand? … Song Pian was uneasy, grinding and chirping, and only stepped into the door with one foot, and saw Song Ke sitting in the main hall with a gloomy face.

This low air pressure makes people panic. Song Lian changed her previous meteor strides, walked into small steps, lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes, moved closer to her father step by step, and stood beside Song Ke. Secretly glanced at Song Ke with his eyes, and hummed, "Dad." "

"Say, what are you doing sneaking into the Tang Mansion?!" ……

"Tang Mansion? … Not... I didn't do anything. "……

"Still lying!" Song Ke's angry muscles burst out, and with a "snap", he slapped the table hard, and said angrily, "The Tang Mansion family came to inform you that you slipped into the Tang Mansion and stole the goose and escaped." You got into trouble, and your father lost some silver taels, and the Tang Mansion family gave up! "

It turned out that the Tang Mansion couldn't catch up with Song Lian, so he ran to the tea shop to find Song Ke in a rage, angrily scolding him for teaching his daughter no way, dead skin, and asked for some silver taels before leaving.

"This dog-legged Tang Mansion family ding! Steal the goose and don't return it! He was chivalrous and righteous, but he was slandered as a goose thief. Dog's leg! Song Lian scolded silently in her heart.

"Dad, it's the family of the Tang Mansion who didn't count correctly and stole the goose of the aunt in the neighboring village. I'm just helping my aunt get justice! Song Lian raised her head and looked at her father. Zhen Zhen has words, and it is straightforward.

When Song Ke heard this, he puffed up his cheeks angrily, glared at Song Lian fiercely, raised one hand and hung it in the air, "You,... You, you, you, are you still reasonable? Sneaking into someone's house to steal is stealing! "

"Dad, you fight! You hit! … Mother..."Song Lian looked at her father, and when she saw that her father was about to get started, she simply raised her face at her father, couldn't help but grin at the corner of her mouth, and cried out to the sky.

Hearing this shout, Song Ke's hand hanging in mid-air seemed to be frozen, and it couldn't fall for half a day... His face was pale and ugly, and it was a long time before that hand hung down weakly from mid-air......

"Alas_" With a long sigh, Song Ke hung his head in frustration, dragging his heavy steps, step by step, and slowly walked towards the inner room.