Early in the morning, Yi Xiaodao got up early, squatted at the gate of Xianglian'er's house to brush his teeth, Xianglianer got up and yawned to open the door, seeing this scene, ran to him and squatted down: "Xiaodao, how did you sleep on the floor last night?" Is it comfortable? ”

"What is the swelling! What was useless last night, sour scorpions crawling everywhere, the east end of the city... Sixth, the cowshed of the master's house is cleaner than you..."Yi Xiaodao and willow branches dipped in salt and brushed his teeth, frowning, and his words were not good.

Xiang Lian'er pushed it violently, and her little face was bulging with anger: "This is my family, how can you compare Uncle Liu's cowshed with me!" It's too much! Why is my house not clean! ”

Yi Xiaodao spat out and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Okay, good, your house is cleaner than Uncle Liu's cowshed, okay..."

"You!" Xiang Lian'er pointed at Yi Xiaodao, so angry that she couldn't speak.

Yi Xiaodao hurriedly smiled and said, "Oh, I teased you, I haven't said anything yet." ”

Xianglian'er glanced at him: "The furniture at home is damaged by water blisters, you go to the street to buy some tables and chairs and come back..."

"Do you still want to buy this table and chair? What a waste of money! Sweep the ground and sit directly on the ground..."Hearing the money, Yi Xiaodao was a little anxious.

He Yue'er came out of the house at this time and said, "The mirror is also broken, and I can't comb my hair..."

Yi Xiaodao turned his head to look over, and saw He Yue'er wearing a linen long skirt, with black hair falling down, and a slightly sleepy look, just like when they first met in the mountains that day.

Yi Xiaodao's eyes were a little straight, and he involuntarily took the willow branch in his mouth: "It doesn't matter if you don't buy the mirror..."

"Okay, okay, don't talk nonsense, go quickly, Sister Yue'er and I will go grocery shopping, let you taste our craftsmanship!" Xiang Lian'er pushed Yi Xiaodao two steps.

When Yi Xiaodao heard that he wanted to taste the craftsmanship of the second daughter, he turned around and said: "Okay, okay, remember to buy more meat, and then the whole chicken, and..."

Xianglian'er pulled He Yue'er into the house, and simply didn't bother with Yi Xiaodao.

Yi Xiaodao walked up the street with his hands behind his back, looking east and west, now that he has money, he sees things on the street, and he feels different from before. In the past, when Yi Xiaodao was begging in Anhui City, he would only stare at the food, and hide if he wanted to see it, for fear that the store would be unhappy. Now on the street, Yi Xiaodao just wants to see all kinds of novelty things, if it weren't for saving money, Yi Xiaodao wants to buy a lot of things.

"Yo, isn't this Yi Xiaodao? Got rich, right? A man with half-rolled trouser legs passed by Yi Xiaodao, and after a while, he reacted and shouted back.

Yi Xiaodao also looked back, not very familiar, but still greeted with a smile: "Big brother, you have made a little money, are you going to go to the field?" ”

"Ah, I'll go to the field to hoe and hoe grass" The man replied casually, then turned around and left, sighing: "It's good to get rich, this life is really thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, that Zhao Rich Man's family was so rich before, and now it has become like that, a small man in the city is called Huazi, and now he has turned over and made a fortune, alas..."

Yi Xiaodao smiled bitterly, turned around and continued shopping, and suddenly saw a beggar not far in front of him, kneeling on the ground and curling up, without pleading words, someone passed by and only kowtowed on the ground, there was a broken bowl in front of him, and the broken bowl was empty.

Yi Xiaodao, a beggar in Anhui City, didn't dare to say that he knew everything, but among the beggars, Yi Xiaodao could still distinguish it. I have never heard of a beggar who can only kneel on the ground and kowtow, and if there is such a thing, he will starve to death a long time ago.

Yi Xiaodao approached and took a closer look, and only after a closer look did he recognize it: "Zhao Ziyang? ”

When the beggar heard someone calling him, he couldn't help but look up, saw Yi Xiaodao, and asked a little dazedly, "Are you..."

"Zhao Ziyang, I'm Yi Xiaodao, how did you become like this?" Yi Xiaodao was a little surprised, this Zhao Ziyang is the eldest son of the local Zhao rich man's family, in Anhui City, it is the rich party, Zhao Ziyang is the son of the rich Zhao rich man, and he is extremely spoiled, how could he fall into the street and become a beggar.

Zhao Ziyang searched in his memories, but he really couldn't think of who Yi Xiaodao was, and still looked at him a little blankly.

"One year, I helped Brother Zhu's family look at melons, and you brought a group of people to steal melons and beat me, remember? And that time, you molested the daughter of Aunt Su of the Xitou family, I stole your purse, and you led someone to chase and beat me, and once I was asking for food from the lion, you kicked my bowl to pieces..."

Zhao Ziyang was reminded by Yi Xiaodao, and then he remembered that the little beggar in front of him was the little beggar he teased back then, looking at him like this now, well-dressed, ruddy face, no longer a beggar, I don't know which high branch he climbed...

Zhao Ziyang's face turned red, grabbed the broken bowl in front of him, pulled his legs and ran away.

"Slow down! What are you doing in such a hurry? Yi Xiaodao shouted from behind.

Zhao Ziyang thought that Yi Xiaodao was here to humiliate him, the little beggar who was once teased by himself, and now the two of them changed their identities and stood on the street, he really couldn't stand this change, and scolded secretly in his heart: "Damn Yi Xiaodao, taking advantage of the flood, I don't know who stole something, and now it's wide, and you want to humiliate me, I won't give you this opportunity..."

In fact, Yi Xiaodao experienced the bloody battle at the head of Anhui City, and once watched the villagers he knew fall with his own eyes, and his heart was sad. Now I see that Zhao Ziyang only has a feeling of reunion with old people, and he has long stopped holding grudges against the past. said that Zhao Ziyang bullied him in the past because the intersection of the two is only these, and he really wants to help Zhao Ziyang recall himself, instead of being sneering.

Zhao Ziyang was upset, he ran wildly all the way with the broken bowl and didn't look at the road, and knocked down a person around the corner, and the two of them fell to the ground at the same time.

"Ouch, who! Aren't you blind? The man sat down on the ground, rubbing his ass and screaming. A group of people behind him hurriedly rushed up and helped him up. Zhao Ziyang was also a little painful, fell to the ground, couldn't get up for a while, and the broken bowl was tightly held in his arms.

"It turned out to be a stinky thing that begged for food, and it didn't have eyes, come on, call me!" The man was helped up by the people behind him, with gold and silver on his body, silk and satin, it seemed that he was a rich son, at this time, the rich boy waved his hand, and the people behind him rushed up, punching and kicking around Zhao Ziyang.

Yi Xiaodao saw that something had happened in front of him, and hurriedly ran forward: "Stop!" Why are you beating people? ”

The rich boy glanced at Yi Xiaodao, "Cut, who dares to teach me a lesson?" ”

"My name is Yi Xiaodao, an ordinary person in Wancheng, it's not right for you to beat people! If you beat me again, I'm going to report to the police! Yi Xiaodao shouted to everyone.

The rich boy frowned slightly, his father was a businessman who came to Anhui City to do business, although he was also a gentleman, but he was very measured, seeing Zhao Ziyang, a beggar with a broken bowl, he had no power and no power, so he ordered his subordinates to come forward and beat him. But the name of the person in front of him was Yi Xiaodao, and he sighed in his heart, his father knew some people in the court, and he had heard that the beheaded Kong Leopard in the capital was captured by a person named Yi Xiaodao, and was rewarded by the emperor. I'm afraid it's not the person in front of me.

The rich boy decided to test it: "Yi Xiaodao? What a broken name! Do you know what my name is, sir? Master, my surname is Kong Mingbao, the first merry and carefree boy brother in Wucheng! ”

Although there are many people who know about Kong Leopard, but he came to Anhui City in the name of the imperial court at that time, Zhao Yizhi beheaded the public and only warned the hundred officials to restrain their families, many people in the capital saw Kong Leopard being beheaded and didn't even know who the surname was, and there were many people with the same name and surname in the world, so the rich son named Kong Bao didn't have to worry about being reported and sued.

"Peacock leopard? Hahahaha" Yi Xiaodao laughed, "The last one named Kong Leopard has been beheaded in the capital, do you dare to call Kong Leopard?" ”

When the rich boy saw Yi Xiaodao's demeanor, he was sure in his heart, and with a wave of his little arm, all the subordinates retreated. The rich boy casually arched his hand at Yi Xiaodao: "Offended." After speaking, he led the people away.

"Inexplicably... Zhao Ziyang, are you okay? Yi Xiaodao pulled Zhao Ziyang up from the ground and asked.

Zhao Ziyang shook off Yi Xiaodao's hand and ran away with the broken bowl.

"Knife, you're really kind-hearted." There was an old man on crutches on the side, and he said to Yi Xiaodao with a smile.

Yi Xiaodao turned his head and said happily: "Third Master Ma, you're okay!" ”

"Hey, hey, how good I am! As soon as the water reached the base of the wall, I went out of the city and ran into the mountains, breaking a leg, but my life was saved. Ma Sanye smacked his lips, quite proud.

Yi Xiaodao nodded again and again: "Yes, no one is shrewd but Ma Sanye, you, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay." By the way, what's going on with the Zhao family? ”

Ma Sanye said: "When the water was just distributed, this rich man Zhao also wanted to run, but he was reluctant to land, and then he thought about selling the land and leaving his hometown for silver. As a result, it was delayed, and the water was too big to go. Later, he was killed by bandits on the city wall, which was a miserable one. All the silver tickets have been robbed, and there is such a little cub left in the whole family, with no money and no land, and life is almost unbearable..."

Yi Xiaodao listened attentively: "So that's the case..."

"If you want me to say, leave him alone. bullied you so much before, and Rich Zhao's family is not a good person. It's all retribution! Ma Sanye said on the side.

Yi Xiaodao took out the silver and handed it to Ma Sanye: "Ma Sanye, here is eleven taels of silver, I know that you are a good person in Anhui City, with a knife mouth and a tofu heart." You give these ten taels of silver to Zhao Ziyang, let him buy some land and live a good life. On this day, people don't let people eat, people have to let people eat. There are one or two more here, just when I honor you, buy wine and eat! ”

Ma Sanye took the silver, didn't weigh it, stuffed it straight into his pocket, and said on crutches: "Leave it to me, don't worry." This kid has a good heart when he is a child, and I haven't looked away since Ma San! Kind-hearted... The heart is kind..."Ma Sanye read the words and left on crutches.

Yi Xiaodao watched Ma Sanye leave, humming a little song and continuing to wander around the city.

……

Yi Xiaodao hummed and bought back some furniture such as tables, chairs and benches, Xiang Lian'er and He Yue'er cooked, and the three of them had a beautiful meal.

After being full of wine and food, Yi Xiaodao was sent to wash the dishes by Xiang Lian'er again, and when Yi Xiaodao was washing the dishes angrily, Xiang Lian'er secretly ran behind Yi Xiaodao.

"Knife, tell you something~" Xiang Lian'er looked mysterious, and looked at He Yue'er who was wiping the table in the hall from time to time.

Yi Xiaodao muttered, "What's the matter?" ”

Xiang Lian'er whispered in Yi Xiaodao's ear: "Yi Xiaodao, do you want to marry Sister Yue'er?" ”