At this time, there was a wisp of meat fragrance from the room, and his nose twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

In a few days, the imperial examination will be completed, and my sister-in-law went to the town to cut some meat and come back to treat my brother. And these rare delicacies Su Yulong can never touch, they are all things that only his brother and sister-in-law can enjoy.

When he had fed the pigs and chickens and went into the house to get the coarse bread that had been warmed in the morning, his brother, who had been sleeping soundly for half the morning, was now able to get up, and his body was even thinner than that of his round sister-in-law. Casually draped a long gown on his body, his hair was messy and sleepy-eyed and walked out of the bedroom, and he didn't look at his younger brother who had just entered the house, but just sat at the table and shouted impatiently: "Where's the meat! Grab it! I want to eat meat! ”

"Hey, it's coming......"

The sister-in-law hurriedly walked over from the kitchen with the freshly cooked broth, "Eat slowly, eat slowly......"

"Hiss ......"

My brother took two mouthfuls of meat, drank some soup, smacked his mouth, and seemed to be slightly satisfied, but then he remembered one thing and said, "Lady, a few of my friends will ask me to go to the city to participate in the poetry meeting later, and you will give me some silver taels." About three taels, no, five taels of silver. ”

My sister-in-law looked a little embarrassed: "Five taels? How are there so many ......?"

For people like them, the cost of a month is only one or two silver at most, and the family background is not rich.

The elder brother straightened his clothes, and his thin face showed a little unpleasantness: "The city is not as good as this country, and the cost of drinking a cup of tea is comparable to the cost of a meal!" I've made friends who have always been generous, and if I can't even afford to drink tea, how can I talk to them? If I don't go to those poetry meetings, how can I know the latest news about the imperial examinations, and how can I know what those examiners like about students?! ”

"You are a woman, what do you know!"

Once it is related to the imperial examination, it is a big deal.

The sister-in-law didn't dare to say anything more, so she hurriedly went back to the room and took out the silver and handed it to him, but when she turned her head, she saw Su Yulong with the pestle on the side, her face suddenly changed, and she pointed to her nose and scolded: "The stinky boy doesn't go out to work yet, he stands here waiting to eat meat!" ”

Su Yulong was kicked out to work, but he was also used to being treated like this, he glanced back at the bowl of leftover broth on the table, and subconsciously pinched the coarse cake in his hand, and the Adam's apple slid up and down.

He walked to the side of the cowshed, skillfully untied the rope that tied the old cow and pulled it forward, and the old ox walked with him quite humanely.

The place where he took the old cow to graze was by a river outside the village, where the grass was green and lush, and the old cow could eat comfortably, and he could also steal a little free time and lie on the back of the cow to read a book.

It was his rare leisure time.

At this time, the riverside was as usual, the grass was green, the water was murmuring, only a few village women were washing clothes by the river, and no one came to disturb his good time.

He subconsciously looked left and right but didn't see the figure he was expecting, his eyes couldn't help but show a little loss, turned around and gently patted the back of the old scalper, the old scalper really lay down obediently, only eating the grass around him.

He sat on the ground, leaned on the old scalper, took out a book that had been turned into tatters in his arms, and followed the sunlight, and unconsciously saw it.

I don't know how long it took, but a small stone flew out of nowhere and hit his head, making him wake up from the sea of books in an instant, and when he was wondering who was so bad and threw himself with a stone, he looked up and saw a delicate girl not far in front of him looking at him with a smile, and couldn't help but be stunned, but then he couldn't help laughing.

"You're herding cattle here again?"

The girl didn't see it, walked straight over, and said crisply, a little cunning and joy flashed in her eyes.

Su Yulong nodded, quietly glanced at her, and saw that she was wearing a light green skirt, her appearance was still pretty and moving, and the tassels tied with her hair flashed a few rays of blue light, which was unusual at first glance.

The two sat next to the old scalper, although they were separated by some distance because of their reserve, but they were also close.

Although Su Yulong was still holding the book, his mind was no longer on the book at this time, his honest face was slightly red, and he didn't dare to look at the delicate girl next to him, and when he caught a glimpse of her small feet out of the corner of his eye, his heart would beat wildly.

"This old cow has been working for our family for a long time, and now when he is old, he can only eat these young grasses......" he gently stroked the old ox's horns.

This old ox was bought cheaply by my father and mother from someone else's hand at that time, and it was already past the prime of life at that time. Now that he has been working for more than twice his age, it's hard to guess how long it has lived!

How can ordinary scalpers live so long?

It's just that no one except him cares about these things at all, even his brother and sister-in-law don't care about the age of the old cow at all, but from time to time they will make up their minds to sell the cow that is no longer able to work to the butcher's shop, or simply slaughter it themselves.

If he hadn't seen the old cow shed tears at that time, he couldn't bear it, and knelt on the ground and begged it again and again to keep it, I'm afraid that the old cow would have become a pile of beef.

"You're pretty kind......"

The girl turned her head sideways and looked at him with a slight smile, and also tried to reach out and gently touch the slightly uneven horns with some freshness, feeling the unique feel as if she remembered something, and said softly: "I heard that cows will have spirituality if they live long enough, and your cows are also very spiritual!" ”

Su Yulong laughed, but in his heart, he remembered the scene when he first met this girl.

It was noon more than a month ago, and he was reading a book as usual, when he suddenly heard a woman's cry for help from the river!

"Someone fell overboard!"

He was suddenly startled, hurriedly put down the book and looked up, and sure enough, he saw a figure faintly rising and falling in the center of the most turbulent river, and the voice of the cry for help was also intermittent.

He was in a hurry, and hurriedly jumped into the river to save people.

However, what he didn't expect was that the river was so rapid in the rainy season that although he grabbed the girl's arm by the current, it was constantly washed down by the water, and he couldn't reach the shore at all.

"Help me! Save me! The girl was unconscious, just leaning on the crook of his arm and talking weakly.

"It's okay, don't worry!"

Su Yulong was anxious, but he tightened the girl's petite body again, and couldn't help comforting him.

Who knew that at this time, his ankle twitched, and suddenly a sharp pain came into his brain, and his body involuntarily began to sink.