"Brother Xiaolin!" A soft and kind voice came from behind him, and the boy named Li Yulin turned around to see the familiar and slightly chubby girl trotting down the dirt slope along the river, holding a long willow branch in her hand and flicking it one by one, and the pigtail on her head also jumped up and down.

"Yan Nier" Li Yulin screamed softly, and at the same time put her finger to her mouth and made a boo, while the little girl slowed down, Yulin covered her mouth and nose with her hand to block the dust of the ancestors, and gently patted the wooden stake next to her with her other hand, motioning for her to sit beside her.

"Brother Xiaolin is fishing again? How many fishes? The girl lowered her voice and asked softly, Xiao Lin shook her head and didn't make a sound, picked up the so-called fishing rod inserted in the ground, and threw it away on another piece of water before saying, "Yan Nier, why did your sister let you come out to play, and you don't learn to be popular?" "Humph! I've been bored of learning for a long time, in fact, my embroidered flowers are much better than Aunt Zhang, Brother Erzhong is boasting, I came out this time to lie to my sister and said that I went to see what Brother Erzhong was reading." "That's why your sister fell for you, wouldn't she?" My sister won't be so easily fooled, she just wants me to see what Brother Erzhong is doing, hum! I don't know what she's thinking yet! "Haha!" You're smart and tight! Xiao Lin glanced at her, and the corners of his mouth bent down in reply.

"Then what's the matter with you sneaking around fishing instead of going to school? Did they fight with Bao Xiaoya again and were punished by Mr.? Yannier tilted her head and looked at him smugly. Not really! Today, Mr. Chang went to Xuezheng and had a day off." Xiao Lin slowed down, gritted his teeth and said, "Besides, what kind of abalone is a small fish!" He's going to take advantage of his father's power, what else will he do?! Just his little frame, I'll beat him alone! ”。“ You blow it, the day before yesterday, I heard Bao Xiaoya say that I will ride you and spank you."

"Humph! That's not because Silly Zhu'er and Mazi who hugged his thighs gave him a hand, no one will lose if he singles me out! ”

"Oh, Bao Xiaoya said that he beat you alone, this is nonsense! I'll just say it." Yan Nier smiled at him apologetically, but Zhuan Er said with some concern: "You will pay less attention to Bao Xiaoya and them in the future, no matter what his father says, he is also from the county government, let's not mess with them." "If you don't mention Bao Daya, forget it, he doesn't rely on the momentum of the county to pick up the skin, slapping the horse all day long, yelling at the subordinates, which of the people doesn't hate him to death?!".

As soon as he finished speaking, the fishing line sank downward, Xiao Lin's hands were fast, he was busy stabilizing the fishing rod, slowly pulling back, and then throwing the fish ashore, oh, the bright white fish that was jumping around weighed half a catty, Yan Nier jumped up and grabbed the fish and threw it into the wicker basket, and said happily: "Haha!" Today, Aunt Yang is going to make fresh fish soup for you! ”。 Xiao Lin was not very happy, and muttered: "I'm not rare, she doesn't make it delicious, forget it, stop fishing, let's go!" So, Xiao Lin sorted out the fishing gear and walked slowly to the shore, Yan Nier didn't know if it was okay, opened her mouth, didn't speak, and followed with her head down.

On the shore is the willow tree, under the tree is not too wide street leading to the front, until the foot of the mountain, several shops on both sides of the sunset, are plated with a layer of gold, there is a brilliant scene, the street door of a house in the distance opened, a drunk man was helped out by the woman, while turning around and pinching the woman's face and said: "I will be here today, I tell you, the emperor's new policy, in addition to the old cloth new, the order of the classics, your line of our county is to be rectified, we are an old relationship, you give me a careful point." , don't let the secret visit in the Fucheng class, be careful that you can't eat and walk around, and even our masters will be implicated! Ming'er will rest first, and it won't be too late for you to do it after this limelight, you have to remember! The man swayed his body crookedly, and pointed his hand between the woman's eyebrows, his eyes were fierce and lewd, the woman bowed her head and continued to speak, and finally sent the man away, turning her head to look at the notice covered with the seal of the official of the Great Song Mansion on the tree next to the door and sighed.

Yulin's home is in a narrow alley of this street, compared to the shops on the street, it is naturally lower, but it is also a relatively neat building, but the couplets on both sides of the door have been washed white and broken by the rain, obviously it has not been renewed for many years, but the red ribbon tied on the door knocker is still fresh color, Yulin glanced at the red ribbon hatefully, pushed the door and walked in, and bolted the door to the door.

Seeing his mother's eager eyes, Yulin didn't speak, just put the fish basket on the square table, turned his head and walked to his small room, behind his mother was obviously used to it, but when she saw the fish in the basket, she screamed, "This fish is almost a pound!" It's so good, I'll go cook you fish soup to drink." Yulin only muttered in a low voice and casually entered his room.

Then the sound of pots and pans came from the room of the kitchen and firewood room, Yulin picked up a book and looked at it, but thinking about what Yan Nier said just now, he secretly hated Bao Xiaoya in his heart, and he didn't know how long it took, the room became darker and darker, Yulin dropped the book, turned over and lay on the small bed and looked at the haze outside the window in a daze.

In a trance, there was a bright spot in the gray-black sky, fluctuating, as if it was shuttling through the gaps in the clouds, or a dark cloud slipped past it. Yulin looked at the slightly moving treetops, and thought to himself that the wind in the sky should be stronger, and if the clouds were blown away, the clouds would disperse, and tomorrow would be a sunny day.

Suddenly, the street door was banged, and a rough male duck shouted, "Yang sister, open the door, open the door!" Yulin listened to the formation was wrong, jumped up and rushed to the street door, when he opened the door, he was a big man, full of beard, staring at blood-red triangular eyes, holding his hair on his head, with a piece of silk cloth that could not be seen clearly, his whole body looked greasy, and he smelled a strong fishy smell from afar, it turned out to be Hu Butcher in Front Street, and his nickname was Hu Yidao. Then the mother who came with her greeted her with a smile, "It turned out to be Brother Hu, why did you come here at night, come into the house and sit", Hu Yidao said with a big belly and shyness: Don't bother the sister, I'll just say it here, saving people from chewing the root of the tongue. Actually, it's still the same thing,... Ay... This one... Back then, your father and my father were very popular, and it was not bad to say that they were good buddies, otherwise how could my father lend you money, although Father Yang also helped our fathers, but things are always one yard to one yard! Now our father Yang has also passed away for two or three years, but the account borrowed back then has to be repaid, right?! Mother interjected eagerly: "Didn't you settle the accounts last year, did my brother forget?!" Hu Yidao smiled, rolled his triangular eyes full of red lines and said: "What did the eldest sister say, have you heard of which dynasty and which generation borrowed money without profit?" Haha", the mother was shocked, and passed away in an instant, saying: "Brother, I heard my father say that your father took the initiative to borrow it, saying that the child's mother's illness was fatal, and it was supposed to be sent, but I was just digging the east wall to make up the west wall, let alone making any money; Now his old man has followed his mother, and since his parents are gone, I can't say anything, well, my brother said how much money, I gave it." Hu Yidao lifted his stomach upward, narrowed his eyes and said, "Okay!" The eldest sister is a cool person, and it is not in vain that my father's friendship with your family back then, so I will also suffer some losses, so you can just give me ten taels of silver." "Ten taels!!" Before his mother could open her mouth, Yulin screamed first, and her mother also asked in surprise: "When I lent my father, it was ten taels of silver, and the profit cost ten taels?" How does the old brother calculate? ”

Hu Yidao said: "Sister, the whole Hengshui City knows that I Hu Yidao is a famous iron abacus, and there is never a mistake in the account, think about it, in the past two years, ten taels of silver have been regenerated and repaid, and the profit of only ten taels from you is already on the face of the older generation and the younger generation of our two families, and he has to give me two fingers in favor of this Li'er when he arrives at the county master!" ”

Yulin had already blushed on the side, and said angrily: "You are good at calculating!" Why don't you grab it?! You just have to go and get Zhao Laocai's gold shop on West Street."

Hu Yidao's eyes widened, his finger pointed at Yulin, and he foamed at the mouth and said, "You wild child!" What a madness! Adults are reasoning, how can there be a place for you to interject, don't get out of the way! Carefully, I'll whip you half to death with a big neck! ”

Yulin couldn't hear people scolding him as a wild child, and he fought with Bao Xiaoya and they were mostly scolded, he saw the top door pole standing against the door at a glance, and copied it with his hand, and hit Hu Butcher with a lot of strength.

Originally, Hu Butcher's body turned to his mother, and he didn't pay attention to Yulin behind him in the dark, and when he felt the strong wind behind him, it was too late to dodge, and the stick was firmly slapped on the head, and a huge body slowly withered down and fell to the ground without a sound.

Things took a sudden turn, but the change in the blink of an eye really frightened the mother screamed, "What do you say, do it, alas! The mother didn't care about scolding Yulin again, and hurriedly knelt down to check Hu Butcher's injury, only to see that there was a long bloody mouth behind Hu Yidao's ear, and the blood was coming out, and suddenly it was dyed a large patch of red on the ground, and the mother hurriedly pushed and screamed, to wake up the butcher, Yulin was also a little blind, stupidly standing next to him and watching everything just silently.

The mother stayed for a while, slowly stood up, but calmed down, and said to Yulin: "It seems that he can't do it, we should find a way"! Then he threw the square wooden stick in Yulin's hand on the ground, and took his hand and walked into the house.

"Linzi, you have to run quickly, you can't go to prison for a lawsuit, my mother will clean up your things, you hide in Hengshan first, and when the wind passes, I will go to you again, ah?" Although Yulin said that he was sixteen years old, where did he go through this kind of thing, but his brain was blank, where was there any idea, and he took the package from his mother's hand, and his mother said eagerly: "Quick, go to Hengshan to hide for two days, anyway, you go into the mountains to fetch firewood, and hide it first!" Hurry up, no matter how slow it is, I'm afraid it's not in a hurry!! The mother said and pushed Yulin hard behind her back, Yulin seemed to wake up from a dream, turned around and looked at her mother with teary eyes, "I'm leaving, what should my mother do?" The county government will find you in trouble! ”。

"You don't care about me, I have a way to deal with it" His mother still urged him and pushed him to the door, Yulin looked back at his mother with tears in his eyes, gritted his teeth, and ran out of the door.

The wind was blowing in my ears, the neighbor's dog was barking, someone was coughing, and the air was a little stuffy. The color of the sky is a little gloomy, there is a little shiny in the distance, and it gradually changes, red, blue, a soft light, flickering and flickering, drifting and distant, just like the ghost fire that Yulin saw in the wild graveyard before, but it is a little mysterious, as if it is expressing an unknown signal, indicating that something is about to happen.