Chapter Forty-Seven: Bandits
"I know something! I...... It's the same as you! Shen Yunjiao still looked solemn just now, but now his face was full of crimson, staring at his slightly bulging chest embarrassedly, "Why do you call me brother?" ”
Shen Yunqing's hand seemed to be caught out of thin air, nailed to the air, and turned her head to look at her younger brother who she had called for many years, her eyes were full of surprise.
That's right! She's thirteen! And how could he be so smart that he didn't know that the changes in his body were different from ordinary boys.
Shen Yunjiao dropped the silk thread in her hand, and her tender hands climbed onto her sister's hands that were a little rough because of hard work, which was like a piece of sandpaper covered with needles, grinding her heart one by one.
She has grown up, and her sister has been working hard for her livelihood, so why not let herself share it if she has a hard time!
"Sister, I'm obviously a girl, why do you have to raise me as a boy? Don't let me learn embroidery, you just don't let others see that I'm a girl! ”
"Brother!" Shen Yunqing called weakly, there is always a time when people grow up, and some things can't be hidden no matter how they hide, but they came too hastily, and she wasn't ready to tell her!
"It's supposed to be my sister!" Shen Yunjiao rubbed her sister's hands and persuaded from the bottom of her heart: "Sister, I have always thought that you may have a last resort, but you are already very tired, why don't you tell me that we will share it together?" ”
Shen Yunqing sighed, "I can't hide it after all!" ”
Shen Yunjiao took her sister's arm and sat on the bench in the courtyard together, she had already talked enough, just waiting for her sister to speak.
"Brother!" After a long time, Shen Yunqing seemed to have sorted out her thoughts and called out faintly, but after all, she still refused to change her words, "Sister knows that you will ask such a question one day." That's right! My sister lets you study, and she doesn't let you embroider because she doesn't want people to know that you're a girl, because my sister wants to protect you! ”
"Why?" Shen Yunjiao caught a glimpse of the jade pendant half exposed on her sister's neck.
That jade pendant has been worn by my sister since she can remember, and the jade that is as transparent as ice is walking in the middle of the catkins-like pattern, which is the best floating flower jade with a lot of price, and it is definitely not something that ordinary people like them can have.
"Sister can't tell you too much, because you're still too young after all, and the less you know about many things, the better it will be for you!" Shen Yunqing stroked the pink face like satin, and the love in her eyes was like an endless spring water, and Shen Yunqing was full of curiosity, and she couldn't bear to continue to ask.
"You promised my sister that even though you have understood your identity, you are still a boy in the eyes of others! Don't let anyone know you're a girl, okay? When she said that, Shen Yunqing's eyes were already covered with a layer of tears, and those little tears were like the blade of Bingling**, stabbing her heart for a while.
"Good sister, don't cry!" Shen Yunjiao helped her dear sister wipe her tears, full of remorse, she really shouldn't have asked so much to make her sister sad, "I promise you not to ask in the future!" I won't let anyone know I'm a girl! ”
"Good sister!" Shen Yunqing burst into tears and laughed, but Shen Yunjiao immediately corrected: "Sister just call me sister!" Call me brother in the future! ”
Shen Yunqing's smile was even stronger, and two shallow pear vortices rippled out of her lips, like a pear blossom blooming in the spring breeze.
The two siblings were chatting, and the mountain wind sent a noisy footstep, with a rough male voice in the middle.
There are only a few farmers in this vicinity, and the nearest Grandpa Zhang's family is also away because of the absence of relatives, how can so many people suddenly come. When I listened to the sound of the blades clashing, it seemed to be between them.
Recently, there have been rumors of bandits harassing farmers on the outskirts of the city. Thinking of this, Shen Yunqing's intuitive scalp exploded.
Shen Yunqing just glanced at the crack in the door, cold sweat had already been forced out on her head, her face was white with fright, and the team of people were all coarse and linen, burly, and had a fierce face.
"Sister!" Shen Yunjiao snorted quietly, but her sister immediately covered her mouth, pulled herself and ran into the house.
Since my sister came home, a secret kiln has been dug under the kang at home, which is used as a hiding place, and many years ago when my sister first arrived, it was used once to avoid the search of a team of people dressed in red and black clothes.
Opened the brick door hidden on the kang, and ignored the musty smell in the cellar, so the two of them hid inside. Just when the two of them were just hiding, there was a loud noise in the courtyard, and the wooden door that was not reliable was kicked away, and a group of people broke in viciously.
There was only a small finger-thick hole in the wall of the cellar, and the faint light did not play any role, Shen Yunqing hugged her sister tightly, and her thin body trembled in her arms, just like when she first saw her many years ago.
Although he was also scared in his heart, he forced himself to calm down, put his hand on his sister's hair, and comforted him in a low voice: "Don't be afraid! There's a sister here. ”
As soon as the words fell, there was a noisy noise above their heads, and the two of them trembled at the same time.
The group of people should have come in, and a low voice like a bell and drum seemed to be thundering overhead: "Look at the silk threads drying in the courtyard, it should be a woman!" ”
"That's right! Look at the embroidery piles all over the room, the embroidery is so good, the cat is like a living one! ”
"The embroidery is so good, that person must be very smart!"
"Hey, here's the clothes that have been changed, it looks like a young woman!"
"Brothers, it's been a long time since I've been comfortable! Let's just wait here, and wait for the little lady to come back and serve the brothers! ”
The unbearable words came, and the two sisters only trembled when they listened to it in the cellar, and they didn't dare to come out.
Through the faint light, Shen Yunqing shook her head gently at her sister. Only waiting, waiting for them to wait for people, eat and drink enough to leave on their own, this is the helpless choice of the two weak women.
The people outside rummaged through the boxes and cabinets as if they were searching for something valuable, but naturally found nothing, the only silver coin Shen Yunqing was carried on his body, and the piece of jade was not left by him.
Time passed slowly, even the light on the blowholes was slowly erased, the cellar could not be reached, and it was as cold as an ice cave, and the two were close together, as if waiting for a glimmer of light in the endless night of eternal life.
I don't know how long it has been, there were suddenly a few loud noises outside, and the brick door on the cellar opened a hole, Shen Yunqing thought that the bandits outside had discovered him, and hugged his sister as if he shrank in the corner.
But after waiting for a long time, no one came to open the door, only to hear the sound of people outside, the sound of killing shook the sky, but after a while, it was a fire, and the smoke even escaped into the cellar, and the two choked hurriedly pressed against the air hole to ventilate.