05 White Things
From Xingzhen to Quyun is just the direction of going to Wuzhong, so many merchants will take this road, Shen Shuyi took a group of cloth merchants who looked more magnificent, ten big money per person, and gave saliva to drink on the way.
The distance between the two places is only a few dozen miles, and when the sky is slightly bright, they set off, and by the evening they have entered the bamboo forest outside Quyun City, and they are about to arrive.
This way I only brought a bag of meat from the post house, as well as a little preserved fruit given by Aunt Cui, Ah Liu shouted that he was hungry a long time ago, Shen Shuyi originally thought it was okay, he usually didn't eat much to keep his body in order to maintain his figure, but he couldn't help but keep chattering, looking at the little sun that was finally revealed in the sky, it felt a little like a piece of cake.
"My dad didn't say anything before you came?" Shen Shuyi took a straw in his mouth and asked as he leaned back on the carriage pulling goods.
Ah Liu sat a little below, picking up the leftover melon seeds from yesterday in his pocket.
"The master said that I would take you back quickly." He replied.
Shen Shuyi sighed, feeling that his hungry brain had shrunk, and he was expecting to hear some useful news from Ah Liu's mouth. In fact, you don't have to think about this kind of thing to know, don't you have to be beaten every time you go back? The difference is just a few days to get out of bed.
The longer he dragged on, the more he was beaten, but unfortunately he was not enterprising, and the more he did this, the more he wanted to drag it out, and now every time he had to go home, his father would prepare a board and wait.
It's really sad and sad, he was not born to be a positive material, otherwise how could he grind and grind for so many years and still not get better? His father hadn't even noticed such an obvious thing, and he was really confused.
"Where's my mother? Did you say anything? He asked again.
Ah Liu had already picked out the leakage of his pocket and didn't give up, and replied casually: "No, but on the day I left, Mrs. specially asked someone to buy two fish and put them in the tank, saying that they would wait for you to come back to make fish soup to eat." ”
Look, this is the gap between dad and mom. Shen Shuyi was a little carried away in his heart, and the little worry he didn't have much immediately disappeared.
This bamboo forest only stretched for a few miles, and after walking for a quarter of an hour, the speed suddenly slowed down, Shen Shuyi got up and looked back, and several carriages in front of him had already turned corners, and then Quyun Town could be seen further ahead.
"Liuzi, we're here!" He touched Ah Liu with his leg and said.
When Ah Liu heard this, he also put down the cloth bag and climbed up to take a look, and as soon as he turned the corner, the clouds were close in front of him.
Because Quyun is dominated by waterways, there are mostly narrow alleys between the houses on the ground, and it is inconvenient for carriages and horses to walk, and the caravans that only settle in the post house will detour outside the town. After continuing to move forward for a while, Shen Shuyi jumped out of the car and left on his own when the convoy began to detour.
This kind of hitchhiker is to pay for the car, and go halfway to go, the two of them walk on the side road one after the other, and arrive in the town when the sun is about to set.
"Young master, should we eat something first and then go back? I was so hungry that I couldn't walk. Ah Liu kept complaining.
The two of them were walking along the waterway, and if they didn't dock the boat, they must have made some detours.
"If you're hungry, you won't leave quickly, you will have something to eat when you go back, and there are three eldest sons on your body who have spent their money cleanly, what do you use to buy food?" Shen Shuyi said, this is the truth, if he still has a little money left in his pocket, he will definitely go to take a boat at this time.
At night, the waterway and the alley are full of people, half of them are out for a walk, and half of them are going home, Shen Shuyi suddenly noticed a white figure on the waterway when he looked around, he was still far away, but his body was really familiar.
He stood at the water's edge and looked at it carefully for a long time, then suddenly grinned.
"Sixth son, who do you see over there?" He pushed Ah Liu, who was walking with his head down, and said.
Hearing this, Ah Liu also looked up, only to see a figure the size of a grain of rice, he saw that it was not as clear as Shen Shuyi, and he didn't see the reason for it for a long time.
"Isn't that the nerd of the Lu family!" Shen Shuyi hated that iron could not be made of steel, and slapped him on the back of the head.
The boat slowly approached, and gradually became clear, the white figure on the boat was a young man worthy of the Yushu Linfeng, also fifteen or sixteen years old, with a white face and an elegant temperament, but there was a hint of indifference in his expression, showing a lot of mature taste that did not match his age.
If you say that the most outstanding young man in Quyun City, the least is Lu Qichi, the second young master of the tea merchant Lu family, who is not only handsome, but also full of economy at a young age, and the girls who want to marry him in the future can go for a few miles.
The relationship between Shen and Lu's family is not bad, Shen Shuyi grew up playing with Lu Qichi when he was a child, and later went to learn drama under the four-year-old red hand, and every time he came back, he mixed with him. As soon as Master Shen wanted him to stay at home and study hard, he would use Lu Qichi as a shield, and over time, he would have no way to take him.
In short, Shen Shuyi is a piece of dog skin plaster that Lu Qichi accidentally got from making friends, commonly known as fox friends and dog friends, but the friendship is still very deep, and there is no way to break it off all at once, so he endured it for more than ten years.
The direct result is that Master Shen can't raise his head every time he sees the old man of the Lu family, and he feels that Shen Shuyi is the biggest failure of the Shen family for dozens of generations.
As the boat approached, Lu Qichi had already noticed the figure on the shore with teeth and claws, and asked his subordinates to stop the boat at the nearby shore entrance.
Shen Shuyi jumped onto the Lu family's boat like a fly, with a malicious smile on his face.
"Yo, isn't this Young Master Lu, haven't you missed me for a month?" It's really appropriate to say that he is a dog skin plaster, and I can't wait to put it on as soon as I get on the boat.
Lu Qichi's expression was extremely flat, and he had long been accustomed to Shen Shuyi's unbounded narcissism and shamelessness.
"Just coming back?" He asked faintly.
Seeing that he asked, Shen Shuyi was busy complaining.
"No, I'm dying of starvation on the streets." The words were quite aggrieved, and in a blink of an eye, he asked with a smile: "Are you about to go back to the Lu family?" How about bringing me. ”
Lu Qichi knew that this person couldn't get rid of him, so he nodded calmly, but said, "The boat is small." ”
Shen Shuyi saw that it was indeed a small boat, and standing with three or four people was already the limit.
"Little rich man Lu, how about borrowing two oceans?" He said, a pair of hands had already touched Lu Qichi's cuffs dishonestly, and sure enough, there were a few silver dollars inside.
Shen Shuyi deftly took out two of them with one hand and stuffed them to Ah Liu, who couldn't get on the boat.
"Tell my mother, I'll be home in a few days." He said, and then beckoned to the subordinates of the Lu family who supported the boat, "Hurry up and go, I'm starving." ”
Lu Qi watched silently, and when he looked back at the boat, he nodded slightly, "Let's go." ”
Shen Shuyi sat down on the hatch cover board, and after a closer look, he found that Lu Qichi was dressed a little differently today, the white clothes were still the same white clothes, but the white cloth was wrapped around his waist.
This is the white cloth of the funeral, it seems that something has happened in a certain family in the past few days. It must be the Qu Yun family who can make Lu Qichi visit, so if you calculate it, it's not the Shen family, it's not the Lu family, then there are only ...... The Zhou family is gone.
Thinking of this, Shen Shuyi immediately guessed that it should be Master Zhou in the prime of life, although his father refused to tell him anything, but he himself would have seen it, and Master Zhou's fortune has indeed been bad.
Lu Qichi lowered his eyes just in time to see Shen Shuyi staring at his waist in a daze, and said, "Do you want to go and see?" ”
Shen Shuyi shook his head, the relationship between the Zhou family and them has always been bad, wouldn't he go at this time to block others?
"Zhou Jingchen won't cry again, right?" He joked.
Zhou Jingchen is the son of the Zhou family, and they are all about the same age, and they played together when they were children, but the two did not agree, and then they broke up.
But Lu Qichi's relationship with him is okay, and Zhou Jingchen often persuades Lu Qichi in front of Shen Shuyi to stay away from shameless villains like him, so as not to be affected.
Lu Qichi probably thought of these things as well, and said, "He really wants to fight with you." ”
Shen Shuyi was stunned and shouted, "What are you kidding, what is he going to do to beat me?" "Zhou Jingchen and Lu Qichi, who grew up in the family, are different from him, the rich people pay attention to both civil and military skills, they have practiced a little since they were children, wouldn't he be beaten unilaterally when he encounters it?
Lu Qichi shook his head and glanced at him lightly.
"He knows it has something to do with your family." He said.
Shen Shuyi subconsciously wanted to say that this matter has something to do with his family? But after thinking about it, this matter really has something to do with his family, and it seems that the relationship is quite deep, but unfortunately his father has always refused to tell him the truth.
"Flying disaster, disaster to the pond fish! How wronged would I be if he really beat me? He shouted, "I only know that Master Zhou's luck is exhausted, and the others have nothing to do with me." ”
Lu Qi gave him the final blow unhurriedly.
"Yang Zuochuan said that the only one who can save Master Zhou is the Shen family." He said.
Shen Shuyi was stunned, but quickly figured out the meaning of this sentence.
"That's not right." He shook his head and said, "People will always die, and my father and I are not gods, what can we do?" ”
This big truth, when it came to Lu Qichi, it was only exchanged for one word: "Hmm." ”
Shen Shuyi was depressed, Lu Qi's late meaning was obvious, the truth was this, but would Zhou Jingchen listen to him at this time? If you meet, you will definitely start fighting without saying a word, and it is useless to say anything.
He sighed and asked a different question, "How is Mrs. Zhou?" The husband is dead, the son is dead, and he can still stand it? ”
Lu Qichi nodded and shook his head.
"I've heard I've fainted a few times in the past few days, but there's nothing wrong with that. The Zhou family still has to rely on her for the time being. He said.
Shen Shuyi smacked his tongue and said: "Sure enough, people with deep luck must be able to live to the end of their lives, if the Zhou family doesn't have Mrs. Tai, maybe what it will be like now." "Luck is something that will also affect each other, most of them are a minority obeying the majority, but there are also a few people with strong luck that can affect the lives of the people around them.
Mrs. Zhou is a stark example, his father said that Mr. Zhou can live to this age thanks to the blessing given to him by Mrs. Zhou.
"Why did you salute today?" He asked. This kind of thing is generally respected by people who are in the same position as the deceased.
Lu Qichi sighed vaguely and said softly, "My father has a cold. ”
Shen Shuyi was stunned and blinked.
"What did the doctor say?" Lu Qichi's mother died early, and Master Lu is now in his fifties, but his health is often not good, and Lu Qichi is extremely gloomy every time he gets sick.
Shen Shuyi felt that it must be dark and blindfolded, Lu Qichi's depression he didn't notice at all, and he was still talking about himself, this friend was really incompetent.
Lu Qichi's heart was as fine as silk, and he noticed the guilt in Shen Shuyi's words, and said with a light smile: "It's okay, I sighed not because of this." ”
Lu Qichi rarely smiled, but this did not make Shen Shuyi feel at ease, and he still asked unrelentingly: "What is that for?" ”
As soon as the words fell, the boat suddenly shook, and before he knew it, he had arrived at the door of Lu's house. As soon as he turned his head, Lu Qichi's long legs stepped over the hatch cover where he was sitting and walked directly onto the shore.
"......" This is Shen Shuyi, who was ignored.