Chapter 36: A crescent smile
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On her head are two pigtails tied with red hemp rope, the bangs on her forehead are very neat, her small bun face has a pair of big watery eyes, her honest nose bridge looks cute and simple, and her white teeth look good when she smiles. She was wearing a small floral jacket common to peasant girls, the dark blue wide-legged trousers under the jacket were already a little white, and a pair of black linen shoes under her feet were walking happily in the direction of the bun shop.
Lu Ziyu has seen her...... It was half a month ago.
At noon that day, after inspecting the city defense, Lu Ziyu had nothing to do, so he wanted to wander around Tongzhou City, he always liked the atmosphere of fireworks in the market.
He ate the fried spring rolls he bought from the side of the road with relish, and looked around the streets of Tongzhou City with great interest, sometimes stopping to chat, sometimes taking two or three steps and running towards the next place as far as his eye could see, as if he had not been so comfortable for a long time.
At this time, he saw a lot of people gathered in front of a stall at the entrance of an alley, and he squeezed through it out of curiosity, only to find that it was not a new and fun thing to imagine, but two or three splashes pushing a girl, and they kept scolding.
I saw that the girl had tears in her eyes, glared angrily at the few splashes, and did not speak, but just dragged the sleeves of one of the splashes and did not let go.
Lu Ziyu was immediately unhappy, he hurriedly ran over, helped the girl, and said distressedly: "How about it, did they hurt you?" ”
Lu Ziyu's sudden appearance surprised the girl, she looked at the strange man in flattery, and shook her head slightly with a wry smile.
"Why are they bullying you?" Lu Ziyu asked indignantly.
The girl was silent, she still looked at those splashes angrily, and between her stubborn eyebrows was the courage to fight against the injustice of the world to the end.
"Hey, it was these people who ate the cakes of other girls' houses, and they were about to leave without giving money, and the girl was unwilling, so there was a dispute." An old man in the crowd shook his head helplessly and sighed.
"Hmph, the three big men eat the white food of a girl's family, what about the face?" Lu Ziyu pursed his lips, his face full of unhappiness.
"I said this strong man, you better leave it alone, the whole street has to pay them protection money, provoke them...... It's light to unload one of your legs, so don't go through this troubled water, let's go. The old man pulled Lu Ziyu's arm with a worried face, and he seemed to really don't want this young man he didn't know to get into this trouble.
"It's okay, uncle, these bedbugs are dirty at most." Lu Ziyu smiled and patted the old man's hand and said with relief.
Then Lu Ziyu walked up to the three splashes and mocked: "Heh, in broad daylight, three big men bullying a girl? ”
"Yo, where did this green onion come from? Are you tired of being crooked? Do you dare to take care of your business? The leader tilted his head with a threatening face.
Lu Ziyu is wearing regular clothes today, so those pimples don't know who he is, and they don't take him seriously at all because they have a lot of people.
"Say it again?" Lu Ziyu twisted his neck and sneered.
"Uncle Ben said which green onion are you, you don't want to live anymore, right?" The leader of the splash skin, after saying this, directly raised his fist towards Lu Ziyu's face.
It's too late, it's too fast, Lu Ziyu's right hand directly grabbed the fist that was swung by the splash, and swiped it to the side, and there was a "click" directly from the wrist of the splash, and the splashy skin howled in pain.
But that's not the end.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Ziyu raised his right leg and aimed it at his waist is a kick, and the seemingly burly and powerful splash fell directly in response to the sound and fell heavily to the ground, Lu Ziyu raised his left foot again, stepped on his face deadly, and said with a smug face, "What did you just say?" ”
At this moment, Splashy went directly from a dragon in the sky to a worm on the ground.
"Small...... If you don't know Mount Tai with eyes, the hero spares his life...... Heroes spare their lives. His cheeky face was almost deformed by Lu Ziyu's stepping, and his mouth next to the ground gnawed a lot of mud when he said this.
"What about the two of you?" Lu Ziyu stepped the splashes on the ground, and at the same time frowned and looked at the other two splashes.
"I ...... We give money. The two frightened little guys, after dropping a string of big money, ran out of the crowd, although at this time their eldest brother's face was almost trampled into a pig's head, but they couldn't care so much, after all, it was the eldest brother's face, not their own face.
Seeing this, Lu Ziyu smiled and shook his head, he grabbed the ploppy ear and pulled him up, and said impatiently: "Quick, apologize to the girl." ”
“…… Girl, little ...... The small ones eat white food, I'm sorry. Splashy covered his right cheek and said in embarrassment.
"Insincere!" Lu Ziyu blurted out.
"Huh? This ......" Splash looked a little embarrassed, you know, he was once the king of this alley.
"Huh?" Lu Ziyu frowned, and his vicious expression made Splashy subconsciously cover the left side of his face.
Then, the splash knelt down directly, and he was almost about to cry, "Little one...... The little ones are shameless, they eat white food and bully the little girls, and the little ones are shameless. Splashy said as he slapped his face.
The funny look made the girl burst into tears and laughed.
Lu Ziyu was satisfied, he pulled up the splash, and said meaningfully: "I heard...... Do you still dare to collect protection money from the people of this street? ”
"The little ones don't dare...... The little ones don't dare. Splashy hurriedly waved his hand and denied it.
"Hmph, it's right if you don't dare, the people of Daning only have to pay taxes to the imperial court, and if you dare to collect additional protection fees, you are confronting the imperial court, and you will punish the nine clans! Do you understand?! Lu Ziyu said sharply, it seems that he is bound to want to punish these bedbugs that harm the township today.
"What the hero said is that the little ones don't dare anymore...... The little ones don't dare anymore. "The face was like an earthy splash, and his head shook like a rattle.
"Get out!"
Lu Ziyu's behavior today gave a bad breath to the neighbors around him who dared to be angry and dare not speak.
The splash crawled out of the crowd like a dog in a panic amid the cheers of the crowd.
"Don't be afraid, girl, they will never bully you again." Lu Ziyu looked at the girl with a warm smile.
Lu Ziyu's righteous and courageous behavior really amazed the girl, and without saying a word, she took out two hot flax cakes from the stove and handed them to Lu Ziyu.
"This ...... It's not good. Lu Ziyu scratched the back of his head embarrassedly.
But the girl's expression on the face of the girl's insistence on him taking the cake did not seem to change in the slightest.
"Okay, then Ziyu is better to be respectful than to obey his fate." Lu Ziyu smiled, and he awkwardly took the two flax cakes from the girl's hands.
When Lu Ziyu took the flax cake, the girl's eyes smiled like a pair of crescent moons.
That day, Lu Ziyu didn't stay in front of the stall too much, since he was a child, the road was uneven, and he didn't remember how many times he had done it when he pulled out a knife to help.
"That young man just now is not the king of Beiyang, Chitose!"
"Huh? Really fake. ”
"Really, I just heard him call himself a thousand years old, and the entire Tongzhou has the same name as the king of Beiyang at a young age, and there is such a good person, who else is there besides the king of Beiyang Chitose?"
The sound from the crowd frightened Lu Ziyu and hurriedly ran out of the street, he didn't want to be recognized by everyone for being so swaggering today, in that case, the comfortable time he couldn't take out would be in vain.
Panting, he ran into an alleyway, and he cautiously leaned against the wall and looked out of the alley, but fortunately, fortunately, those people did not chase after him.
With a false alarm, he lowered his head and looked at the flax cake in his hand, and couldn't help but take a big bite, the crispy and delicious but not greasy feeling was simply great, accompanied by the chewing sound in his mouth, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's delicious!" ”
After that day, in addition to the taste of the flax cake, there was still between his taste buds, Lu Ziyu did not take this matter to heart, until he listened to the description of the tall man and stammered that day, and ate the flax cake handed to him by the soldier in front of the camp gate, that Lu Ziyu's memories were recalled again.
When we meet in Pingshui, we are all guests from other places, and meeting is fate.
Lu Ziyu, who was hiding at the entrance of the alley, couldn't wait to walk over as soon as he saw the girl coming to the bun stall, "Girl, it's really you." Lu Ziyu smiled and patted the girl's shoulder.
After the girl who was busy giving buns to passers-by turned around and saw Lu Ziyu, her big watery eyes were full of surprise, but she quickly lowered her head shyly, and her happy and reserved look was very cute.
"Hehe, I guess it's you, it's enough for the bun shop to have them, you don't need to help." Lu Ziyu said that he was very touched by the girl's kindness.
But the girl still kept her head down and giggled.
"Did those splashes go to your shop to make trouble lately?" Lu Ziyu said with concern.
The girl immediately shook her head firmly when she heard this, she still seemed grateful to Lu Ziyu for his kindness that day.
"That's good, has the shop's business been good lately?"
The girl smiled and nodded.
"Why do you always nod and shake your head...... Why don't you speak? Lu Ziyu asked with a smile, from the day he saw her to today, he hadn't heard a word from her.
After hearing Lu Ziyu's words, a trace of embarrassment crossed the girl's eyes, but it was quickly covered by a light of relief and optimism, she looked at Lu Ziyu intently, opened her mouth and pointed to her mouth, waved her hand and shook her head.
At that moment, the smile on Lu Ziyu's face froze there, and his brisk mood seemed to have been hit by something.
It turned out that she was mute.
"I ...... I see. Lu Ziyu's voice was a little choked.
After hearing this, the girl smiled at him again, and she took out two flax cakes wrapped in linen cloth from between her collars and handed them to Lu Ziyu.
At the same time, her hand was still gesturing, although Lu Ziyu still couldn't understand the meaning of her frequent and repeated simple movements, but her sincere and hot gaze made him can't help but take the flax cake.
Then the girl opened her mouth again, her hands kept fanning her mouth, and her movements were clearly telling Lu Ziyu, "Eat while it's hot." ”
Lu Ziyu, who had mixed tastes in his heart, took a bite of the flax cake and smiled at the girl: "It's delicious, it's delicious." ”
And at this moment, the tall mute who was silent was already red-eyed.
The tall and dumb man is right, the girl's movements are much sharper than the two of them, even with Lu Ziyu, the three of them are not as good as this little girl.
Her dexterous hands skillfully grabbed the bun from the steamer and quickly handed it to the ragged beggars, her feet moving nimbly through the crowd like a breeze, swift and agile, and the smile she smiled as she lifted the hair around her ears seemed to dissipate all the sorrow of the world.
Lu Ziyu had to admit that it was the most optimistic and strong smile he had ever seen, but it came from an ordinary peasant girl who couldn't speak.
After finishing the steamed buns, Lu Ziyu wanted to stutter back to the barracks with the tall man, but he was pulled by the girl to her flax cake stall.
Since he was a child, Lu Ziyu has talked back to his master, quarreled with his father, and even expressed his dissatisfaction in front of Jingzong, but he doesn't know how to refuse the hospitality of a peasant girl today.
As soon as the two came to the stall, the girl began to skillfully clean up the cake stall, rolling pins, baskets, charcoal fire, these disorganized things were put into the car one by one, she skillfully rolled up the flag with the word "hemp" written on it, put it at the bottom of the car, said with the bottom, her stall is just a cart, the cart shed a large bed board, the lime stove is fixed on the front of the car, that is her main tool for baking cakes, in the middle is a panel, used to roll dough, under the bed board is charcoal fire and flour and other materials, As the so-called sparrows are small, they have all kinds of organs.
Lu Ziyu looked at her and was about to close the stall.
"You're going to ...... Stalls? ”
The girl smiled and nodded, she happily pointed at Lu Ziyu and herself, and gestured the shape of a room with both hands, and then opened her mouth to make a gesture of eating.
She was going to invite Lu Ziyu to her house for dinner.
As soon as Lu Ziyu wanted to refuse, the girl put the two strands of hemp rope on the handlebar on her shoulder, and the bulky cart began to move slowly under her pull, Lu Ziyu saw this and ran to help, and after some pulling, she had to hand one of them to Lu Ziyu.
But even so, the weight of the hemp rope was much more than he expected, and Lu Ziyu, who had always been unruly, could easily pull away a big bow weighing a few stones, and he could also knock down a fierce horse with his bare hands. But today, he pulled the little cart but it was a little difficult, on the bumpy road, the body swaying from side to side made him very embarrassed, if it wasn't for the girl on the side, several times the little cart almost fell into the ditch.
The embarrassed Lu Ziyu made the girl a little unbearable, she pursed her lips and smiled slightly, took out a free hand to carefully wipe the sweat on Lu Ziyu's forehead, and then took the hemp rope from his hand, she pointed to the back of the car, and gestured forward with her hand.
"Understood."
Lu Ziyu smiled and pushed the back of the car hard, "Haha, let's go!" ”
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