When he left the door of the old Wei family, Wu Tongqian saw that Wei Changpan's father and mother heard what the stranger said in his ear, and the expression on his face suddenly became lively, and he almost knew the stranger's message.

Wu Tongqian walked briskly, whistled and walked to his house, this is not Chinese New Year's Eve, there are still a lot of work waiting for him to do at home, and he is still wandering outside at this time, it should not be.

When the official of Qishan County came to the town with the official document, it was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and the most knowledgeable old man in the town was invited to study the content of the document in detail.

Lao Xiu, who was not dexterous in his legs, was helped to look at the notice carefully, twice, three times, and shook his head.

The stones and the money were gone.

Lao Xiucai closed his old yellow eyes, turned around and staggered away, his figure becoming more and more rickety.

The arrogant official looked at the sky with his nostrils facing the sky, and read the contents of the document to the people of Qingshan Town who were summoned, the Zhang family in Qishan County has now become a bandit recognized by the Dayao Imperial Court, and then listed several crimes, smuggling salt and iron, buying and selling people, forcing good people to become prostitutes, killing people and overselling goods, all of which are sensational crimes, and the people in the town who were summoned looked at each other.

Immediately afterwards, it was even more terrifying, Wei Changpan and Qian Cai of Qingshan Town, both of whom were close to Zhang Wu, the first bandit of Qishan County, were important figures, and they were now ambushed, and the court thought that this year was the year of the catastrophe, so they would no longer be connected, otherwise they would have to lose a few more heads.

Heart-rending shout, a woman among the people of Qingshan Town fainted, it was Wei Changpan's mother, and a few women who were brightly dressed and somewhat similar to the people around them whimpered and came up to beat the servant, for the sake of face, these pretty widows who were left by the bandit money were taken back to Qishan County for two days, and finally made some silver to come out.

Later, Lao Xiucai went to the county seat of Qishan County in person, and there was no reason to talk about right and wrong, since then, the two families in the town have been alienated together, and the Qian family is nothing, after all, the family has a big business, even if it is closed all day long, it can be considered comfortable, but the old Wei family is miserable, Wei Changpan's mother is sick, not to mention, Wei Lao's father has no mind to serve the crops in the field, the family's livelihood is falling day by day, and the foreigner named Xu Xian is here, but it is really time.

Wu Tongqian has been working in the field for a few years, he is far superior to his peers, and his tall figure is much stronger, and he raises his hand is a big lump of pimple meat, in these days when the old Wei family is in trouble, there are many idle men in the town who come to the old Wei family to find fault, and they are all sent back by him with a pair of fine fists.

On the way home, Wu Tongqian met the old man on crutches, and there were a few farmers of his own clan next to him, and the old man said with a gloomy face: "Tongqian, the old man can not care about the previous matter, but why the stranger is here is related to the safety of our town, and we can no longer hide it." ”

"What does it matter if people are dead? Wu Tongqian looked at each other coldly and left silently.

There are anxious farmers around the old man, and he can't see that Wu Tongqian doesn't take the old man of his clan in his eyes so much, so he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to teach this boy who doesn't know the height of the sky, but he was stopped by the old man. Although Wu Tongqian's actions are unpleasant, it is still expected, if he is really happy, then he should think about whether he should contact the people in the government.

"Do you want to arrest that person and torture him?" a person next to the old man showed a cruel look, "When the time comes, I will call some more people, a dozen men, I don't believe that I can't catch any bullshit martial arts." ”

The old man sighed, waved his hand and took a few steps forward on crutches: "Excuse me, it may not be a good thing to draw a snake to add to it, after all, these two families are not there now, compare your heart to your heart, the villagers, don't do anything over-distance." ”

At the door of Lao Wei's house, Xu Xian glanced at the darkening sky, thinking that he would not be able to walk to Qishan County before it was dark anyway, and Father Wei and his wife forced him to stay overnight, so Xu Xian had to stay in the town for another night, and leave early tomorrow morning.

When he walked by the edge of the big locust tree at the entrance of the town, Xu Xian had an extra floral homespun burden on his body, including pickled fish and bacon, tea and soil roast, all of which were forced into his arms by Daddy Wei and his wife, Xu Xian was not easy to push, so he had to carry this burden and then walk on the thirty-six mile mountain road back to the county seat of Qishan County.

After waiting for about a moment, when Wei Changpan's father and mother returned to their house and cleaned up the bed he slept on last night, they could see the money bag he had brought from his father, Xu Xian thought about it, smiled a little proudly, and waved goodbye to the kind couple.

Brother Wei, how can those two taels of silver be enough to live, this little bit of silver, compared to our Xu Xian's life, is not even a hair.

Even if he rested for a night, Xu Xian's foot strength was not even as good as yesterday, he probably walked a long way on the mountain road, and he didn't slow down, and his calves and stomachs twitched straight after a few miles away, so he had no choice but to find a grass nest on the side of the road to rest and then go on the road, Xu Xian complained a little in his heart, Xi Wu was a few years earlier than the Wei brothers, not to mention, now it is still a two-story realm, if you go up to the next floor, where can you just go This point will be unbearable?

After a long rest, Xu Xian was about to pat his ass and go on the road, when he suddenly heard someone shouting behind him, and when he looked back, it was Daddy Wei.

"I don't even know if the money bag falls on the bed, if it's not that carefully cleaned up, maybe I really forgot it in the town, is it really possible to walk this long way back to get it?"

Xu Xiancai wanted to argue that it was Wei Changpan who entrusted him with the silver, but Father Wei smiled as if he saw through him and said: "How powerful the stone is, can we still know? The two taels of silver are his, and these dozens of taels of silver can be his ability? Xiao Xu, don't use your own silver to honor your uncle and aunt, the family has enough food and clothing, and you don't need it." ”

"Don't stay any longer, leave it to my uncle again, and I won't spend it. Father Wei's last sentence dispelled the little thought in Xu Xian's heart.

He said goodbye, and Father Wei, who didn't understand these etiquettes, smiled and left.

When he left the mountain, he had hidden in the hidden bushes and packed the bag with scattered clothes, which was also found and brought by Xu Xian.

....

At the city gate of Qishan County, the sergeant guarding the city opened the city gate as soon as he saw that it was Xu Xian, and ridiculed: "Twenty-nine came back and went out again, and it was the first time I saw him when he returned home for the thirty years of the Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

"Trusted. After entering the city gate, Xu Xian unloaded the two burdens from his shoulders, collapsed on the ground and gasped, "Loyal people." ”

"I don't understand these words. The sergeant smiled when he saw Xu Xian's embarrassed appearance, "It's good that after walking for dozens of miles, it won't be like this." ”

Xu Xian no longer had the strength to fight with the sergeant, and it coincided with the disaster year, and the streets and alleys of Qishan County, which was in Chinese New Year's Eve, were not as lively as in previous years, but the rich and noble families and businessmen still had to be more or less colorful, so they were very different from usual.

"I said the eldest young master of the Xu family. The sergeant quipped again, "Your father has not come to see us once or twice, and he has not had the time to go back without a stick of incense, and it is estimated that he will come again in a short time." ”

As soon as the words fell, Xu Xian stood up with a carp, "Back." ”

The Xu family's house in Qishan County is the ancestral property of the land handed down from Xu Xian's grandfather, which can be said to be a skinny camel bigger than a horse, but this piece of land can be worth a small two thousand taels of silver. The Xu family was originally a house opposite the door to the Zhang family, the two families looked down and did not look up, and they were not allowed to come and go, but now things are not people, only the Xu family is still lively in the two houses, and the other family is empty except for the old man of the porter hired by the county government to see the field, and the Xu family has been unlucky in the past two years, and the life is not as good as before.

A call of "the eldest young master is back" spread in the courtyard of the Xu family's house, and the Xu Tou family, who was dressed in rich brocade clothes, didn't care about the fur of the maids around him, and went out, seeing Xu Xian sitting on the front steps of the door with two big burdens on his back to rest, shouting for his subordinates to take the two burdens back, and he stepped forward with a fat round belly and bent down hard to pat the dust on Xu Xian's body, and said distressedly: "Carrying a message, not to mention letting the next person go, you have to go to the carriage and horse shop to get a horse, how to go dozens of miles of mountain roads, two legs to go." ”

Xu Xian was a little puzzled: "Isn't there a carriage at home?"

His father was speechless for a while, and only after a while did he whisper again: "This year's family is nervous about money, and last year's brewed this year's penny was not returned, and I have to pay some silver to go in, I am afraid that it will not be much better next year, only rely on these two restaurants to make money, it is difficult.... Don't talk about it, it's the New Year, say something depressing, go in. ”

The dining room is a table of home-cooked dishes, but they are all from the hands of the chef of Fuxianju, naturally not comparable to ordinary people's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, on the side of a pot of five-year-old Xu Brew, in the past few years in Wuhang City are priceless goods, there are still more than a dozen jars left in Qishan County, the lid is removed, it is full of wine aroma.

"Master, look at how thin the ancestors have become. Xu Xianniang wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and kept putting vegetables in his bowl, "Don't eat more when you get home, you can't listen to your father's nonsense this time, Wuhang City is not bigger, more prosperous, how can there be a comfortable mountain, don't think about leaving when you go home." ”

He raised his eyes to look at Xu Tou's clothes, and vaguely remembered that they were purchased for the Chinese New Year the year before last, and the cuffs and elbows were not worn out, but his mother skillfully mended two pieces of satin, and it was two new clothes.

Xu Toujia, who was aware of Xu Xian's gaze, was scooping up wine, and smiled embarrassedly: "Dad is old, there is no need to wear new clothes every year, first, go to the inside and take a look, the clothes that your mother cut for you still fit." ”