"What nonsense." When the shopkeeper Xu heard this, he frowned and reprimanded.

Song Yu lowered his head and took a bite of the cake: "The businessman has no power and power, and it seems to be prosperous, but in fact it is precarious!" ”

"Do you think that taking that career will be more worry-free than being a businessman?" The shopkeeper Xu rebuked, "Ridiculous! Don't mention this again! When you return to Zhunan, you can learn to do business with me with peace of mind, and you don't want you to be big and good, as long as you can have a bowl of rice to eat after a hundred years, and don't let future generations go hungry. ”

Song Yu listened to his words and didn't speak, but just took a heavy bite of the cake.

Seeing this, Xing Runan, who was on the side, handed him a pot of water.

After a simple meal, I hit the road again.

The farther you go to Zhunan, the less and less snow there is, and the climate in Zhunan is indeed warmer than that of Minjiang, but the weather is still very cold, and the cold wind is blowing, piercing into the bones, and even the clothes wrapped tightly on the body have nowhere to hide.

In fact, in the past, when they returned to Zhunan, they still had to take the official road to be more safe, but now the situation is special, and they can only take a small road.

Entering the south of the country, the terrain is also bumpy, if Minjiang Province is a beautiful mountain and clear water, then the south province is a poor mountain and bad water.

"It's over the New Year now, and I can't see a few people along the way." The shopkeeper Xu's foot injury was not healed, so he could only sit on the donkey.

When Tao on the side heard this, he responded with two sentences: "Yes, if you are in a hurry a year ago, I am afraid that it will be much more dangerous!" ”

Before the year of the road, the mountain bandits would block the road and rob, just thinking about grabbing some things and going back to the mountains for the New Year, but now that it is a year old, this layer can be more assured.

The shopkeeper Xu and Tao were talking, but Xing Runan suddenly heard the sound of Suo Suo from the dead trees in front of her, and she subconsciously grabbed Song Yu.

Song Yu looked back: "What's wrong?" ”

"There's someone up ahead." Xing Runan lowered his voice.

When the shopkeeper Xu and Tao heard this, they stopped talking, and Tao whispered: "The one who is in charge should not be ......?"

"Don't be afraid." The shopkeeper of Xu Da said calmly, "I have prepared some silver taels, if they want it, give it to them." ”

As the saying goes, what is afraid of what comes.

More than a dozen big men came out of the dead bushes in front of them, each of them was burly, with fierce eyes, staring directly at Xing Runan and the others, with unconcealed eyes, as if they had seen the wild wolves of their prey.

The shopkeeper Xu also knew that he had encountered a mountain bandit, so he politely hugged his fists: "A few heroes, passing by the treasure land, I hope that a few heroes will be accommodating, let me wait for the past." ”

As soon as his words fell, one of the strong men at the head grinned: "This brother is a sensible person, and after the Chinese New Year, our brothers haven't even eaten a piece of meat, and haven't drunk a bowl of wine, so it's really cold." ”

"Foolish brother understands." The shopkeeper Xu hurriedly took out a money bag from his arms, "This is the savings of my family, if a few heroes don't dislike it, just take it to drink, it's the New Year, and it should be lively, but my old mother is seriously ill, and she really has to hurry, so I can't accompany a few heroes to drink, and I hope that the heroes don't blame." ”

The bandit leader narrowed his eyes, looked at the coarse cloth clothes on the four of them, and nodded to the men beside him.

The subordinate strode over, grabbed the money bag in the hand of the shopkeeper Xu, first checked the weight, then opened the money bag and counted it, and finally took out a piece of silver and took a bite, and after doing it, he turned back and shouted to the mountain bandit leader: "Big brother, a total of twelve or three taels of silver." ”

When the mountain bandit leader heard this, he immediately smacked his lips and said in embarrassment: "It's just a little bit, even if you only buy wine for my brother on the mountain, that's not possible." ”

The shopkeeper Xu hurriedly said: "The donkey under me was also given to the hero, and he was slaughtered and eaten." ”

Immediately the man came up and took the donkey.

But the mountain bandit leader was still not very satisfied, touched his beard, looked up and down at Tao who still had charm, Xu Da shopkeeper saw this, and immediately frowned, not caring about the injury on his foot, and blocked Tao behind him: "Good man Kaien, my old mother is seriously ill, I really dare not delay, lest I not see the last face of the old mother, beg the good man Haihan, let me and my wife and children go." ”

"The little lady next to you is good-looking, leave her behind, and you can go."

"A good man, the appearance of the cheap is mediocre, I really don't dare to defile the dignity of the hero......"

"Big brother, what do you have to talk to them!" One of his subordinates was impatient, and his rough voice shook the sky, "Just grab the person!" With that, he took the axe and swaggered over.

Just when he reached out to grab Tao's wrist, he was blocked by Song Yu.

"This brother, if you have something to say, I still have a piece of jade pendant here, which was left to me by my grandmother, if you can see it, take it together." Song Yu protected the Tao family behind him, and said with a smile, "My jade pendant is a family heirloom, and it is worth a little silver, and a few brothers take it to the building to find the flower girl Lele, my mother is also old, and I really dare not trouble the brothers." ”

While speaking, Song Yu took out a jade pendant from his arms and handed it over.

The strong man carrying the axe took the jade pendant suspiciously, and returned to the mountain bandit leader, who took the jade pendant, looked at it carefully, and when he raised his eyes again, the smile on his face became stronger.

"This little brother is generous, as soon as he shoots a jade pendant, it is worth three or four hundred taels." The bandit leader turned around and laughed at everyone, "Brothers, this time we will definitely have a lively year!" ”

When the bandit leader finished speaking, a group of bandits who followed him cheered and laughed.

Over there, Song Yu and Xu Da's shopkeeper were secretly relieved when they saw this.

Fortunately, Runan looked awkward, it's bad! She quietly stepped forward and pulled the shopkeeper Xu: "Master......"

Before she could speak, she was interrupted by the bandit leader: "Where are you from?" ”

I don't understand why the mountain bandit asked like this, but the shopkeeper Xu still replied cautiously: "We are from Minjiang Province, and we are going home to visit our seriously ill old mother." ”

"You don't go back before the year, but you hurried back after the year, although Minjiang and Zhunan are not far away, they don't say half a month's journey." The leader of the mountain bandits suddenly sneered, "Your old mother is seriously ill, you don't take the official road, but you go around this deserted path, it can be seen that you are a nonsense!" ”

"Good man Mingjian, I did receive the letter from home a year ago." The shopkeeper Xu was shocked, but he didn't expect that such a person who fell into the grass would be able to analyze the situation in a clear and coherent manner, "It's just that it was inconvenient to go out a year ago, so it dragged on until the ...... year after the year."

Before he could finish his sentence, he heard the mountain bandit leader roar impatiently.

"You said that this is your wife and son, but I see that your son is not at all similar to you, and he is also stranger to you. Your group of people is dressed in coarse cloth, but when he makes a move, it is a jade pendant of three or four hundred taels, which shows that you have far more than this, brothers, you will strip my clothes and search my body! Lao Tzu hates the person who cheats Lao Tzu the most in his life! ”