The rain poured down, the rain splashed down all over the sky and flew like a whip, the sky and the earth were full of the vast sound of rain, the mountains and trees silently endured, and the family on this ancient road braved the rain.

This is the boundary of Shitian and Shanxi adjacent to the Xiazhou land, the flat wilderness, do not see the village, there are a lot of big trees on the roadside, but this kind of thunderstorm weather is dangerous to avoid the rain under the tree, Zeng Yu called Sixi to lead the donkey to go forward, and then rest in front of the post pavilion.

Except for the great-mother Zhou, who rode a donkey, had an umbrella, the other three had no rain gear, and the great-mother Zhou signaled to give the umbrella to Zeng Yu and Niuniu, Zeng Yu strode up with Niuniu on his back, wiped the rain on his face and smiled: "Mother, Niuniu and I are already soaked, what kind of umbrella do you have - my mother put the umbrella lower, just cover the head, face and body, we don't have to do anything, this summer rain is not bad people." ”

The rain was really fierce, lightning and thunder, Niuniu was a little scared at first, listening to her brother say this, the little girl was also happy, and said sharply: "Mother, Niuniu is not afraid of rain, the rain is cool." ”

"Niu Niu is very brave." As soon as Zeng Yu turned his head to speak, the rain flowed into his mouth and quickly spit it out.

The same thing, some people think it is bitter, while others think it is a strange experience, Su Shi's "Don't listen to the sound of the forest beating the leaves, why not chant and Xu Xing" is an example, but Su Shi is obviously a light rain, compared to the current heavy rain, the head and face are poured down so that people can't open their eyes, the road under their feet is full of puddles, stepping on the muddy water splashing, quite a mess, Zeng Yu is full of interest, he is very looking forward to the distance, hope for the future, of course, suffering is also conditional, If the cold winter wax moon is drenched into soup chicken, it is obviously not interesting, I am afraid that it will give away a small life, and Zeng Yuzhi has a post pavilion three or four miles in front of the road to shelter from the rain, and the difficulty is only temporary, so why not be free and easy-

Niuniu, who was lying on Zeng Yu's shoulder, saw that the square scarf on her brother's head was all wet, and the black bun inside was softly reflected, and the heavy rain was still falling on her brother's head, and the rain was flowing down her neck to the collar, at this time she saw the purple strangulation mark on Zeng Yu's neck, which was shocking, and the little girl exclaimed: "Brother, what's wrong with you here!" ”

Fortunately, the rain was strong and the wind was strong, and the great-mother Zhou, who was a few steps away, did not hear Niuniu's exclamation, Zeng Yu hurriedly slowed down and moved away from his mother, and said: "Niuniu, don't scream, my brother was accidentally scratched by a branch when he was on the night road the day before yesterday, don't tell your mother, if you say it, your mother will be worried, and your mother will not leave, and we will go back to Ishida - sister-in-law is very fierce, isn't it?" ”

Niuniu hurriedly said: "Niuniu doesn't say, Niuniu doesn't say." ”

Zeng Yuzhi said that it was not easy for children to keep their mouths, and said: "If you really want to tell A-Niang, then it's okay, but it will take a few days-"

"In a few days, what day is that?" Niu Niu asked.

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "You have to be far, far away from Shitian, when you ask me, I can tell A-Niang if I say okay." ”

"If you're far away from Ishida, your sister-in-law won't be able to find us, will she?"

Sister-in-law Xie's cruelty and abuse caused a lot of psychological shadows to the young Niuniu.

Zeng Yu said: "Yes, then we will be free." ”

Niuniu was happy and said happily: "Okay, Niuniu doesn't say it, Niuniu won't say it until it's far away from Ishida." As he spoke, he gently stroked the strangulation marks on Zeng Yu's neck with his wet and soft little hands, and put his small mouth on Zeng Yu's ear: "Brother, does it still hurt?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "It doesn't hurt, it's already better." ”

Niuniu said "um", but watching the rain keep dripping from the scars on Zeng Yu's neck, I thought that my brother was still a little painful, and the little girl wanted to shield Zeng Yu from the rain, she palmed her palms to the sky, put them together, and protected the top of her brother's head, but the rain seeped through her fingers and poured all over Zeng Yu's neck-

Zeng Yu said: "Niuniu, hold tight, my brother is going to go faster." ”

Niuniu hurriedly hugged Zeng Yu's neck, trying to be careful not to touch Nale Marks, and after a while, she called out again: "Brother-"

Zeng Yuying said: "Well, what else is going on?" ”

Niuniu hesitated for a moment, but still asked in Zeng Yu's ear: "My brother is also going to marry his sister-in-law in the future, right?" ”

Zeng Yu replied casually: "You have to marry one." ”

Niuniu was silent for a while, and then suddenly asked: "My brother married my sister-in-law, so where did Niuniu and A-Niang go?" ”

The heavy rain fell on the ancient road in the countryside, forming a layer of white mist on the road, Zeng Yu had to be careful not to slip under his feet, and from time to time he had to wipe the rain on his face, Niuniu's question made him a little inexplicable at first, and then he woke up, his heart was sour, and tears almost flowed out-

The young Niuniu thinks that her sister-in-law is not good, and the eldest sister-in-law Xie wants to drive their mother and son out of the house, and after Zeng Yu marries his wife, she must also drive A-Niang and her Niuniu out of Lu, so she will ask where she and A-Niang will go at that time?

Zeng Yu shrugged his body, put Niuniu on his back, reached over his shoulder and touched Niuniu's face, and said: "Niuniu and A-Niang will be with her brother in the future, and my brother will marry my sister-in-law in the future, if that sister-in-law dares to treat Niuniu and her mother badly, my brother immediately told her to get out-"

"Brother, what do you mean by getting out?"

"Fuck off, fuck off, fuck off means to divorce her, don't want her, and tell her to go out."

Niuniu stopped talking, leaned on Zeng Yu's shoulder and pressed tightly, and said for a long time: "Why is my brother so good to Niuniu and A-Niang?" Without waiting for Zeng Yu to answer, the little girl had her own answer: "Because my brother and Niuniu are both born to my mother, and my eldest brother is not born to my mother, right?" ”

Zeng Yu laughed, Niuniu was young, and there was no way to explain to her at this time, her biological children were so unfilial to their parents, and said: "Our eldest brother is actually good-hearted, but the sister-in-law is not virtuous - so let's do it, my brother will marry a wife in the future, in addition to asking my mother to agree, I also have to ask Niuniu's opinion, if Niuniu says that she doesn't like it, then my brother won't marry, find someone else, now Niuniu relax." ”

Niuniu laughed, and suddenly stood up and shouted: "Lu Ting, Lu Ting, it's time to Lu Ting." ”

Villagers call the post pavilion as the road pavilion, generally there is one every seven or eight miles, build across the road, for the passers-by to rest their shoulders, hide from the rain, take the cool, some road pavilions and the people nearby set up tea in the pavilion, free for pedestrians to drink, commonly known as "Shi tea", so the road pavilion is also called the tea pavilion -

In the heavy rain, Sixi dragged the black donkey into the road pavilion first, great-mother Zhou has been nervously holding the umbrella and pulling the saddle, for fear of being turned off the donkey's back, only to breathe a sigh of relief when entering the road pavilion, Sixi first unloaded the book on his shoulder and rested on the stone slab seat in the pavilion, and then came to pick up the umbrella in the hands of his great-mother Zhou, this little Xi wiped the rain on his face with his cuffs, and said nonsense with a smile: "Second grandmother, it's time to the road pavilion." ”

Zeng Yu ran into the road pavilion with Niuniu on his back, put Niuniu down, and hurriedly helped his mother out of the saddle, looking up and down, his mother's head, face and upper body were fine, not very wet, but the hem of the green cloth long skirt and shoes were all wet, and he liked that his mother was not bound to her feet, otherwise her feet would hurt if the footcloth was wet.

Zeng Yu helped his mother sit down, and did not have time to unload the compass burden on his body, first went to the donkey's back clothes to find cloth shoes for his mother to change into, and was worried that this kind of fine rattan clothes would enter the water, open it to rest assured, the fine rattan clothes were brushed with tung oil many times, and the waterproof was very good.

Sixi took a cloth towel to wipe Zeng Yu's face, while helping Zeng Yu unload the burden and sword, Zeng Yu wiped his face, only to find that there were three people in the pavilion first, one was an old man wearing a Dongpo scarf and wearing narrow sleeves, his beard was white, and he had a dove-headed staff in his hand, sitting at one end of the pavilion, looking at the rain with his face facing the pavilion; The other two were apparently servants of the old man, one in his fifties and the other in his twenties, with a load of luggage resting aside.

When the old servant saw Zeng Yu coming over, he said, "This rain is coming so fast that it's too late for people to dodge." ”

Zeng Yu heard that the old servant's accent was not local, and he also saluted: "Yes, my whole body is drenched, fortunately it's a summer day - where does the old man come from?" ”

The old servant said: "I'm from Fujian, the son is a local, how many roads are there from the North Road Station?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "Six or seven miles away is Shanxi Station, which has both post stations and inns. ”

When the old servant was talking to Zeng Yu, the old man sat with his eyes open, holding the dove's staff in one hand and resting on his knee with the other, and his fingers moved and moved, as if he was muttering about something.

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The first shift arrived, and there was another shift at night, and the clearers were getting better, asking for more support from book friends.