A deserted beach outside the bazaar was chosen by father and son as a place to spend the night.

The beach was full of pebbles, and the occasional grass sprung out of the cracks in the rocks, making it a delicious dinner for the lean horse.

Zhu Guoxiang took off his shoes and socks, sat on a big stone to wash his feet, and reviewed all kinds of things today: "That Zhang Orion was a little too enthusiastic. ”

"Not really." Zhu Ming really doesn't think so, because he himself is this kind of person, on the premise of not harming his own interests, he can help anyone who encounters difficulties.

Zhu Guoxiang smiled: "I have eaten more salt than you have ever eaten rice." Zhang Orion gave me the feeling that there was a shortage of people in his village, or that there was a shortage of people with some ability. ”

Zhu Ming didn't like his father to rely on the old and sell the old, so he immediately went back: "Eat so much salt, didn't you give you the old age?" ”

"If you don't believe it, forget it." Zhu Guoxiang was too lazy to argue.

He washed his feet, rubbed them from side to side on his trouser legs, and picked up the socks that were placed next to him.

The socks had already broken a hole, and there was a sour smell, Zhu Guoxiang approached with some disgust and sniffed it, and threw it on the river beach.

"Crab!"

Suddenly seeing something in the water, Zhu Guoxiang pounced and shouted in surprise: "Quickly move away the stones in the water, maybe there are crabs!" ”

When Zhu Ming saw the river crab in his father's hand, he immediately became excited, took off his shoes and socks, rolled up his trouser legs, and rushed into the water to catch crabs.

The thin horse looked up at them suspiciously, and paced slowly to the water's edge. Passing by the place where Zhu Ming took off his shoes, he was instantly frightened by the stench, and the horse ran away with a complaining and mournful roar.

After turning over more than a dozen stones, Zhu Ming finally caught the crab, although it was small, it was still edible.

Tossing until it was dark, the big and small crabs caught twelve.

Zhu Ming went to pick up firewood nearby, and Zhu Guoxiang stayed on the river beach to build a stove. A few large pebbles were piled together, and the clay pots were used to fill the water, and all the crabs were gutted and thrown inside.

After a while, Zhu Ming came back from picking up firewood and boiled the crab in a pot.

Yesterday afternoon and this morning, they drank vegetable porridge at Tian's house. In the afternoon, Zhang Orion had a treat and ate a bowl of noodles in the town. Anyway, I have oil, salt and carb water, and I am not as greedy as a few days ago, but I am still hungry and panicked at the moment.

The river water boiled for a while, and Zhu Ming asked, "Is it ripe?" ”

"It should be cooked." Zhu Guoxiang grabbed the grass as a rag and carefully held the clay pot aside.

Zhu Ming used the small stick as chopsticks, quickly took out the crab, and stuffed it in his mouth regardless of the heat. It is unsalty and tasteless, but it is so delicious that you can swallow even the crab legs with the shell.

Zhu Guoxiang was also gobbling it up, waiting for the crab soup to cool down slightly, and then directly buried his head and stretched out his mouth to drink.

The crab was eaten quickly, and the soup was also poured into his stomach, Zhu Ming touched his belly and said, "I feel strong, I will catch the crab and eat it tomorrow." ”

Zhu Guoxiang recalled the past: "I was hungry since I was a child, and my dream when I was a child was to be able to eat enough. I remember when I was in junior high school, a rich classmate in a county invited a guest, each person had a bottle of beer, and cut two catties of braised pig's head. That was the first time I drank beer and the first time I ate braised pork. At that time, I thought, if I can drink beer every day and eat braised pig's head every day, I will have no other pursuits in this life. ”

"It's a good ambition in life." Zhu Ming said with a smile.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Your generation is blessed, and they are born without worrying about food and clothing. It's good to have crossed over and let you experience the taste of hunger. ”

Zhu Ming suddenly said in a strange manner: "Am I blessed? It depends on who you compare to! You and my mother both went to do some kind of scientific research, and left me in the countryside to be free-ranged. What is the difference between my child from a high-level intellectual family and that of a left-behind child? Other migrant workers' parents will at least go home during the Chinese New Year. You two are good, and I don't know what you're busy with during the New Year. ”

Zhu Guoxiang was speechless for a moment, he really didn't do his duty as a father.

The thin horse came over at some point, and there was still some soup left in the clay pot. The beast was not polite, and drank it with his head down, and even found a crab leg, and bit it in his mouth and chewed it slowly.

Zhu Guoxiang looked up at the starry sky and sat by the bonfire in a daze.

"The old rule, take turns keeping vigil," Zhu Ming sat down cross-legged, placing his sword horizontally on his knees, "I showed my wealth in the pawnshop during the day, so I have to be careful tonight." ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Then I'll sleep for a while, and you will wake me up when the time comes." ”

"Sleep." Zhu Ming said.

There were a lot of dead branches and leaves by the river, so Zhu Ming got up and went to pick up some more, and slowly added fuel to the bonfire.

Farther away, on the riverbank, a few gangsters were lying there.

Both father and son are foreigners, so it is good to inquire about their whereabouts. The pawnshop guy found a few splashes and touched them in the evening, planning to wait until midnight to do it at the third watch.

The leader of the splash is called Bai Er, and he is discussing the issue of sharing the spoils at the moment: "These two outsiders are already hungry to catch crabs to eat, and I am afraid that they don't have half a penny on them." Their valuable things were the lean horse, a brush, and the weapons they carried. The brush is for you to take away, and the rest of us brothers are a few points. ”

The pawnshop guy was not happy: "I said that I would divide it evenly, how can the thin horse belong to you?" Second Brother Bai, you are a bit unrighteous. ”

Bai Er said, "What is the use of that horse?" The skin-covered bones have no strength to pull and grind, so they can only kill and eat meat. ”

"There's not a few pounds of meat." Another ruffian chimed in.

The pawnshop man said, "Even if you kill and eat meat, you will have to divide the horse meat into one piece." ”

Bai Er said impatiently: "Divide and divide, through your mother, you are really poor and crazy!" ”

The pawnshop guy smiled at this time, and he didn't mind that his wife was taken advantage of.

Bai Er said again: "When they fall asleep, they will rush up and knock on the stick." Save some strength and don't make a fuss. ”

"What should I do if I miss my hand and kill me?" A splash asked.

Bai Er said: "If they are killed, they will be unlucky, and they will be thrown into the river to feed the fish." ”

……

In another place on the riverbank, Zhang Guangdao was sitting in a rape field, munching on wheat cakes.

Two strangers, with a horse, were still wandering around the market, and Zhang Guangdao was sure that they would be targeted.

Let the father and son suffer hardships, and go up to rescue each other again, won't they earn the two heroes up the mountain?

Why are you a hero?

Although the father and son's clothes and pants are dirty and torn, they have their own temperament and demeanor. Standing in the midst of a group of villagers, it is like standing out from the crowd, and it must have a great background.

He's really short of people!

Shanzhai is mainly divided into two forces, one is the local faction headed by the owner of the village, and the other is the foreign faction led by the second master.

The local faction, with a large number of people and a deep foundation, has a strong foundation and controls the relationship between the county government and the channels for selling stolen goods.

Outsiders, although the number is smaller, but the personal ability is outstanding, and the second master is very charismatic.

The localists only want to live in peace, while the outsiders are more radical, and the second boss has repeatedly proposed to kill officials and rebel. Zhang Guangdao is ranked fifth, he also supports the rebellion of the killing officials, and before killing the officials, he must first kill the little white members of Xiabai Village!

The little white man became more and more greedy, smuggling tea in partnership with the cottage, and the share demanded continued to increase. The looted goods were also ruthlessly lowered when they helped sell the stolen goods. It also monopolized the nearby illegal salt business, and did not allow other illegal salt dealers to sell their goods in the cottages...... All this made the bandits increasingly dissatisfied.

After eating the wheat cake and wiping his hands, Zhang Guangdao took out a firewood knife and took off the stick to assemble it.

The knife was assembled and stuck in the dirt.

Then he took off his hunting bow and put it on the string with a slight force.

The factional strife in the cottage has become more and more obvious, and Zhang Guangdao is eager to recruit more foreign heroes.

"Kill this thief, kill!"

On the river beach in the distance, there was a sudden shout.

Zhang Guangdao knew that it was the gangsters who did it, so he stood up slowly, picked up the Pu knife and groped for it.

He's not in a hurry, he's just a few hooligans, and he won't kill easily.

……

Zhu Ming was sitting cross-legged by the campfire, his back to the river, his eyes looking everywhere on the shore.

The skinny horse was lying on his side on the riverbank, not only asleep, but also snoring.

This made Zhu Ming a little suspicious of life, shouldn't the horse sleep standing up?

Suddenly, the thin horse turned over and stood up, looked at the grass in the distance, and the horse's paw scraped the pebbles, kicking the pebbles in front of Zhu Ming.

Horses are animals that do not have very good vision, but their sense of hearing and smell is extremely sensitive.

And Zhu Ming, who crossed over, also had a keen sense of the five senses. Sensing the skinny horse's anomaly, he immediately listened with bated breath, gradually hearing the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer.

Zhu Ming poked his father with the hilt of his sword: "Dean Zhu, get up and work." ”

Zhu Guoxiang woke up yawning, stretched his waist and said, "You sleep, I'll keep watch for the second half of the night." ”

"There's a guest coming." Zhu Ming said.

Zhu Guoxiang was instantly alert, picked up the wooden stick with one hand, and grabbed the pebbles with the other.

Bai Er, who was advancing on the cat's waist, saw the movements of the two clearly by the light of the fire, and knew that he had been exposed, so he beckoned and said, "Don't rub it off, stand up." ”

The splashes stood up one after another, and a total of six came.

The main weapon is a whistle stick, and two people carry daggers.

Bai Er walked at the forefront with a stick, and said with a smile: "It's very police." When I get to Bai Er's territory, if you want to live, hurry up and get out and hand over all the goods on your body! ”

The opposite side was blind by the black light, and only human figures could be seen.

But Zhu Ming also breathed a sigh of relief: "There are not many people, you can fight, just try your strength." ”

As early as the beginning of the crossing, when climbing the cliff, Zhu Ming found that his strength had increased, and he seemed to have a sharper reflexes.

The six splashes spread out as they walked, as if they wanted to surround the father and son.

"Hey!"

Zhu Guoxiang screamed, and actually took the lead in attacking, and smashed the pebbles in his hand from afar.

The pebbles were not only thrown far away, but also fast and accurate, and Bai Er narrowly dodged the attack.

There was still air flow from the stone in his ears, and Bai Er, who was almost hit, was shocked and angry, picked up his stick and shouted: "Kill this thief, kill!" ”