Chapter 10: Departure
"Ah Wei, pen and ink are waiting." The young man was on the side, speaking indifferently.
"Yes." Ah Wei answered, took out the pen and ink inkstone from the burden he was carrying, and asked the villagers next to him to get some water, polished the ink, dipped the pen in it, and handed it to the young man. The young man took the contract from the goatee's hand, glanced at Lin Xiaozhu again, and asked, "Lin Xiaozhu?" ”
"Yes." Lin Xiaozhu replied.
The young man took a pen and wrote a few words on a contract and handed it to Lin Xiaozhu; Then he asked Lizheng's son: "Name." ”
Li Zheng's son was silent, and Li Zheng hurriedly replied, "Xia Shan." The young man picked up the pen again and wrote his name on the contract, then put the pen aside, raised his eyes and looked at Lin Xiaozhu.
Lin Xiaozhu took the contract in his hand, bit his lip, and looked straight at the young man. The eyes of the two met in the air, and between the electric light and flint, the smell of gunpowder was permeated.
The corners of Lin Xiaozhu's mouth suddenly lifted slightly, retracted his gaze, walked to the table, pressed on the box of ink he opened, and wanted to print the contract in his hand.
"Wait." The young man's voice was finally no longer as indifferent as before, and there was a hint of annoyance in his hurry. He gestured to Li Zheng: "Exchange the contract." ”
"Huh?" Li Zheng didn't seem to understand the young man's words, and his face was dazed.
Goatee understood, quickly withdrew the contract between the two, took a look, and saw that what Lin Xiaozhu was holding in his hand was Xia Shan's contract; But what Li Zheng had in his hand was Lin Xiaozhu's deed of sale, and he couldn't help but raise his head and glanced at the young man in puzzlement. Swap the two deeds again and hand them back.
Lin Xiaozhu took the contract handed over by the goatee, pressed a handprint, and sighed heavily in his heart. How nice it would be if the boy could really let her put her fingerprint on the deed of sale in Summer Mountain? But with the shrewdness of that little fox, how could this happen? Alas, it's a pity!
"Now, you have collected these two hundred and fifty articles." Goatee asked a big man next to him to take out a pocket, counted two hundred and fifty yuan from it, packed it in a small gray cloth pocket, and handed it to Lin Xiaozhu. Two hundred and fifty copper coins, but quite heavy. When Lin Xiaozhu took it, he was mentally prepared, but his hand couldn't help but fall down, causing the onlookers to exclaim.
Qin Shi stared at Lin Xiaozhu's hand with his eyes, and a look of resentment appeared on his face. However, seeing that Ah Wei had been staring at him with bronze bell-like eyes, he didn't dare to make a sound or move. She knew that these people said they were going to throw her in the ditch, and that it was possible to do what they said, and she knew that no one in the village would help her. If she dares to speak again, not only will she not be able to stop Lin Xiaozhu, but she will also have to suffer. So after Lin Xiaozhu said that the money couldn't be given to her, she secretly asked Xia Chunyan to go home and call Xia Dazhu. At this time, it is estimated that Xia Dazhu is also about to arrive. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but turn her head to look around, but she didn't see the figure she wanted.
Seeing the money bag put into Lin Xiaozhu's arms, Qin's heart was extremely anxious, and when his head was thinking of a way quickly, he faintly heard a familiar voice in the crowd's discussion: "Dad, hurry up." ”
The Qin family was overjoyed, and hurriedly said to the crowd: "Everyone let me, everyone let me, Xiaozhu's uncle is here, this is not for sale, he speaks the most." ”
Xia Dazhu is lazy and easy to gamble, but he is not confused. Besides, it's always a little weird to let a twelve-year-old girl sell herself. So hearing Qin's words, coupled with Xia Chunyan also shouting, the crowd gave way.
"Xiaozhu." A man in his thirties squeezed in, called out, looked at Lin Xiaozhu with his eyes, the corners of his mouth shook, but he didn't say a word again.
"Uncle, are you here?" Lin Xiaozhu unhurriedly put the money in his arms, and then turned around and smiled at Xia Dazhu.
"Xiaozhu, ...... are you" Xia Dazhu looked at Lin Xiaozhu with complicated eyes.
"Uncle, I won't embarrass you in the future. I'm going out with these people. I'll come back to see you when I make money in the future. Lin Xiaozhu looked at the only relative on the mountain, and a mist slowly floated in his big eyes.
She knew that Xia Dazhu was not so fond of gambling and was not so lazy. But since he brought himself home, the Qin family has been nagging all day long, throwing pots and bowls, and there has not been a day of peace. Xia Dazhu didn't want to be lonely, and he couldn't drive his daughter-in-law back to her parents' house, so he had to endure it. I couldn't bear it anymore, so I went out to gamble to soothe my mood. It's addicted to coming and going.
Now, when she leaves this house, the Qin family's dissatisfaction will subside, and the two of them will be able to live in peace, right? Her uncle, still really loves her, she came to this ancient time, she was not driven out of the house by the Qin family, starved to death and froze to death, and was not taken away by the wild beasts in the mountains, all because of this uncle. She sincerely hoped that her uncle's life would be better.
"Xiaozhu, my uncle has no ability and failed to take good care of you." Xia Dazhu stretched out his hand and stroked Lin Xiaozhu's head. After speaking, he turned to the goatee and knelt on the ground with a "tom": "This child is pitiful, he has suffered a lot, and he asks the master to treat Xiaozhu well." ”
Seeing Xia Dazhu like this, the eyes of the young man and the goatee softened a lot. The goatee stepped forward to help Xia Dazhu up, and said gently: "Don't worry." It's going to be fine. ”
"Da Zhu, what about the money from selling your body on Xiaozhu, you hurry up and ask her for it. It's not safe for such a child to carry so much money on him. I don't know when someone killed someone, so hurry up and take it. You've got a lot of gambling debts. When the Qin family saw that Xia Dazhu didn't mention the money at all, he suddenly became anxious, and hurriedly walked to his side, urging constantly.
Lin Xiaozhu heard Qin's words, raised his eyes, and looked at Xia Dazhu.
Xia Dazhu ignored the Qin family, and only smiled at Lin Xiaozhu: "Go ahead." Put the money away and don't let anyone see it. Be sure to take care of yourself. ”
Hearing this, a sweet smile bloomed on Lin Xiaozhu's face, he took out the money bag from his arms, counted fifty wen, and handed it to Xia Dazhu: "Uncle, take this money to pay off the debt." From now on, stop gambling. ”
"Xiaozhu." Xia Dazhu's lips trembled, but he didn't reach out to take the money handed over by Lin Xiaozhu.
"Give it to me." The Qin family was afraid that Xia Dazhu would say something to excuse him, so he snatched the money over.
Lin Xiaozhu didn't care either. only knelt down and kowtowed to Xia Dazhu three times. Then he turned to everyone again, kowtowed three times to Aunt Liu and Aunt Hua, walked forward and hugged Aunt Liu, who was in tears, and stuffed her with the ten cents that he had secretly dragged in his hand just now. Then he turned to the boy and said, "Let's go." She has no long things, and a set of clothes is even more tattered than this one, and it is estimated that she will not be able to wear it when she goes out with the boy, so she simply does not even need to pack her luggage.
When Xia Dazhu arrived, the young man turned around and gently instructed a big man behind him, the big man glanced at Lin Xiaozhu, then flashed out of the crowd, found a shrewd sixteen or seventeen-year-old young man on the periphery, gave him a handful of copper coins, and gave him a few words. The young man slipped into the crowd.
Seeing that Lin Xiaozhu had taken care of his own affairs, and Xia Shan had already been waiting on the side, the young man seemed to have forgotten that he had sent someone out, Shi Shiran stood up, raised his feet and walked out. The pen and ink on the table had already been cleaned up by those big men, and as soon as the young man got up, everyone turned around and followed, walking towards the outside of the village.
Lin Xiaozhu followed just a few steps, and Qin's voice came from behind him: "Xiaozhu." ”
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