The boy walked all the way to a wine stall, and then stopped, in the past, it only took half an hour from the county government to here, but today it took a little more time, because there was an extra sleeping man on his back, and the wine was a woman in her thirties, who was a neighbor of the teenager, and lived in an alley, and was a native of the town. Xie Qiao stood in front of the stall and politely shouted an aunt, and then softly reminded Li Rongxian, who was still asleep: "Uncle Li." ”

The woman was greeting the drinker, and after hearing the familiar voice, she turned her head and looked at it, and there was a smile on her face, but she saw the man on the young man's back, and it became cloudy again, but she could open the door to do business, and everyone who came was a guest, how could there be any reason to rush out, although she hated the man's greasy eyes and flowery temperament, and always teased her when she had nothing to do, prying the corner of the wall, her husband was so sad about this matter, and he couldn't carry a knife to hack him to death, and chopped off the man's three legs, and couldn't eat for several days and nights. But Xie Qiao is a filial and courteous child, and he doesn't look at the face of the monk and the face of the Buddha, so he doesn't say anything, and greets with a smile: "It's Taizhen, find a seat to sit by yourself, if you want to eat, your aunt will bring it to you later." ”

Xie Qiao, the word is too chaste, taken from the heart if it is too empty, the inner and outer chastity of the white word.

Men's 20 crowns and words, women's fifteen words.

Taking the word also means that you are an adult, and you can marry a man and a woman.

But Xie Qiao is only thirteen years old, this is his husband in advance, there are very few people who know, Xie Qiao and Li Rongxian because they are regular customers of the stall, the woman also knew when asked by chance, but Li Rongxian has always called him Xie Xiaozi, saying that he is kind and down-to-earth.

Xie Qiao smiled and responded, "Auntie, you go and get busy, don't worry about me." ”

The man was still snoring like thunder, so Xie Qiao had to take a little fierce medicine, "Uncle Li, someone asked me about your birthday just now!" ”

"Where? Where? Which woman is it? Li Rong first woke up suddenly, asked in surprise, looked around, and was a little disappointed, and then patted the young man's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Xie boy, you still understand me." ”

He suddenly shouted loudly: "Oh, uncle, I have recurred from the old injury caused by the board, and it is not suitable to move around, let me down, drink a sip of wine to suppress the shock, and calm down." ”

Xie Qiao was suddenly a little speechless, and said, "Uncle, can we tacitly do it?" ”

Every time I pass by this wine stall, the man either has a stomachache, or a broken foot, or dizzy, all kinds of lame reasons are full of bells and whistles, even if he walks through, he has to go back to the whole play, Xie Qiao in order not to do that useless work, so can only stop here, on the one hand, because Li Rongxian does love wine, the woman's wine is not expensive, the price is moderate, ten turbid wine a pot, the main reason is that the stall is opposite the town's premier wind full building, the place of wind and snow, in Li Rongxian's words, the scenery over there is unique, the threshold is too high, If you can't climb in, it's good to see it.

The status of catching fast is low, basically some untouchables of Shinong industry and commerce, and the money is even more pitiful, Li Rongxian only has 800 wen per month, like Xie Qiao only 500 wen, frugal food and clothing, only enough to get enough food and clothing, want to go to Fengmanlou to find a fun and happy life, it is simply a fantasy, unless you take the risk to steal and rob, and then you may not see the sun tomorrow.

But don't underestimate the errand of catching fast, not everyone can enter the yamen to eat this bowl of rice, you must be innocent, not a traitor, stealing chickens and dogs, no criminal record, and people with two brushes in their hands can be served, and catching fast can also be exempted from taxes, which makes many people ask for it, like Li Rongxian has a unique skill, runs fast, captures fugitives that are hand-to-hand, and ventilation is a good hand, and Xie Qiao is a little insufficient, go to the back door, and it took a lot of effort to hold this rice bowl, Li Rong first knew him or a close neighbor, first breathed on the head catcher's side, and then Xie Qiao's husband came to visit Li Zheng, Li Zheng recommended it to the county government, and it was a two-pronged approach to success, otherwise Xie Qiao may not be able to crawl in which stinky ditch now, and if he is lucky, which shop in the town is called to be a small handyman, or a little beggar who is begging along the street, he has already starved to death in which corner, and no one cares.

Xie Qiao cherishes the hard-won moment, and of course he is very grateful to these people he has met, such as Uncle Li, Mr. Ru, and the woman who sells wine at the stall, they are all one of the few people who give kindness to Xie Qiao, without meeting these people, the boy and his mother are simply unsustainable.

Since Xie Qiao's father came back from a trip to the mountains when he was nine years old, he left his mother and son behind, and the county government didn't find out why, but just gave a vague answer that he might have encountered something unclean, and in the end, it was not done, and it was impossible to expect the county government to go to the mountains to find the "culprit", after all, the "South Peach Lost Forest" has always been only the living, only the dead remain, and the county government is indeed powerless.

After that, the family of three lost its pillars, the child's mother's spirit collapsed suddenly, her body and bones deteriorated, and the child was still young.

The child was ten years old that year.

Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, help is love is not to help is duty, help for a while can not help a lifetime, without the help of the neighbors, the ten-year-old child can only wander in the town to find all kinds of work, difficult to carry this home, gritted his teeth and insisted on living, but also told himself that he must live, because he is not alone, and the mother lying on the sickbed, it was also at that time, the child met a Confucian who returned to his hometown.

When the woman heard the man's brazenness, she rolled her eyes fiercely, snorted, and sneered: "Li Seembryo, you quickly find a pig's belly to cover yourself and protect your eyes, otherwise you may be blind one day." ”

Li Rong was not happy when he heard it, he broke free of Xie Qiao's restraints and jumped down, obviously forgetting the beating he had just suffered in the county office, and suddenly grinned in pain, and after taking a deep breath, he had to quickly beckon Xie Qiao to hold him steady, limping into the stall, just wanted to sit down with his ass, and have a good fight with the woman, suddenly another startled, fortunately he reacted quickly, otherwise he would have to suffer again, and finally sat or stand, he could only climb on the bench, and waved his big hand: "Sister, my brother is injured today, I don't care about you, Hurry up and bring good wine and good food, and serve the good life. ”

The woman was furious and said, "Who is your sister! I'm your mother, dear! ”

Who knew that the man came to hurt the enemy by 1,000 and self-inflicted 800, and lowered his voice and shouted: "Mother, Rong must eat meat and wine first." ”

Xie Qiao was dumbfounded.

Uncle, you are simply inhuman.

The drinkers at the other table sat across from each other and laughed loudly.

The woman seemed to have been hit by a thunderbolt from the sky, and she was stunned on the spot, speechless.

The man turned his head sideways, squeezed his eyebrows and looked at Xie Qiao and said, "It's amazing, uncle's move is unexpected, and he is invincible in the world." ”

The boy had to stick out his thumb, "Amazing, I'm a long insight." ”

After waiting for a long time, I didn't see the wine sent, obviously the man was regarded as a flood beast, and this side was regarded as a forbidden place in the thunder pool, the woman was a married woman after all, and her face was thin-skinned, who knew what killing moves the man would throw, and provoked other people's jokes, so he could only stay away, and finally had to Xie Qiao personally run to bring a pot over, and also brought a plate of wine and food by the way, and put it in front of the bench where Li Rong was lying first, with a plate of peanuts, drinking a pot of turbid wine, staring at the opposite side without squinting, the man ate with relish, Xie Qiao doesn't like wine, to be precise, he can't afford it, even if it's the cheapest turbid wine, he can't afford it, he doesn't dare to buy it, he can't wait to break a copper coin in half to spend, so that the wind and snow in winter will be smaller, and the surplus grain in the rice tank will be more, so he only dares to take the wine in his hand and smell it when he smells it and thinks he has really drunk it.

Wine is nothing good, it can only quench thirst, not hunger.

Li Rong said vaguely: "Xie boy, do you want to go?" ”

Xie Qiao sat on the bench next to him, looked in the direction of his home, and shook his head.

Li Rong turned his head to look at it first, and knew in his heart, "Go ahead, you don't have to accompany your uncle." ”

Xie Qiao hesitated for a moment, said "um", and ran out of the distance before shouting to the man: "Uncle Li, I have paid for the wine." ”

The man scolded with a smile, "Stinky boy." ”

Since Xie Qiao learned to run away, not to mention anything else, it is first-class to run away, the wind is born under his feet, "Divine Travel" emphasizes a hidden shape, strange changes and turns, movement is wishful, urgent as water and fire, as fast as wind and thunder, although now he has not been able to understand it, do not know the essentials, but compared with ordinary people still have a slight advantage, plus catch fast patrol every day is to run around, invisibly also exercise foot strength, in his spare time according to the method taught by Li Rong first six steps to walk the pile, warm and recuperate, as long as today is further than yesterday, tomorrow is slightly better than today, He didn't dare to think that he could become a martial arts master, a master of the rivers and lakes, he only hoped that he would have a skill, not to starve to death, no longer so useless, no longer so powerless, unattainable, I heard that as long as he was crowned, he could join the army in the Zhengxuan Dragon Guard, and then he would eat military rations, get military salaries, and ride a high-headed horse, not to mention how spirited, he had seen the captains and captains of the Governor's Mansion with his own eyes, and the county commanders had to laugh when they saw it. Even when he saw a captain, he was treated politely, and the young man rushed to the direction of his home while doing the patrol work of catching fast, thinking of this, he suddenly had a big dream:

In the year of the crown, he joined the army and became a scout.