Chapter 7: Shizhu City's Past Is Like Smoke
Brahma Hu continued to read:
Taihao has not returned to this small city for decades after leaving Shizhu City.
Shizhu City is a small city located on the frontier of the Western Regions. The Western Regions is an empty and barren place. However, Shizhu City was built far away from the desert and close to the Tianshan Mountains, which was built by the Eastern Empire to defend against foreign nuisances, so it can be said that Shizhu City was the military center of the Eastern Empire, and more importantly, this small city is located on the road from the northwest desert to the Central Asian steppe, and the geographical location is very superior. Although the city is small, there is only one city in this 100-mile radius. Although the people in the city are not rich, they are also simple and natural. In this peaceful and prosperous era, the people of the city were accustomed to obeying the orders of the ruler, and only did two things all day long, one was to catch rats, and the other was to play and entertain.
Taihao's mother's name is Yueying, she looks like a flower, and in Shizhu City, young men are eager to be her partner. Yueying rejected all men's pursuits, she thought that she would marry a big hero in the future, and she had been waiting for the big hero in her mind to appear.
On a busy afternoon, Moon Ying chases a large rat that is five inches long. The mouse ran very fast, and Yueying also chased it as fast as possible, and after a while, it caught up to the outskirts of Shizhu City, but when it was about to catch it, two more rats came out, similar in size to this mouse, Yueying was not timid, and directly pounced on a mouse closest to him. However, the other two rats bit Yueying's body rampantly, Yueying shook her body, intending to shake off the mouse, but found that the mouse had no intention of letting go, she could only let go of the mouse she pounced on, and then shook off the two rats that bit her body hard. Immediately, he continued to pounce on one of them, but this time he missed it. At this time, the rats ran in three directions, and Yueying did not hesitate, and chased directly towards the rat that escaped on the mountain in front of him. At this moment, a group of large and small rats appeared in front of her, and Yueying pondered: "Today is the nest of rats." At this time, those rats don't seem to be afraid of being eaten by cats, and Yueying has never seen so many rats at the same time, but now, she can only fight with this group of rats. Those rats are going to surround the moon, and then come to a "mouse to catch the cat".
Yueying pondered: "Are you going to die today in the mouth of this group of rats?" At this moment, a brown-yellow cat suddenly pounced and bit a big mouse, and the other rats hurriedly fled. Look at the cat again: the body is more than two feet long, the body is stout, the forehead is wide, the snout is very short, the whole body is very dense and the hair is rich, especially the belly hair is very long. Yueying had never seen him in Shizhu City, and he didn't look like an ordinary cat.
When Yue Ying just wanted to thank him for saving his life and asked him where the cat was, the cat spoke first, "Are you okay?" ”
Yueying nodded hurriedly and said, "No...... It's okay, thank you for saving me, I've never seen so many rats at the same time, I thought I was going to be caught by this group of rats, by the way, ...... are you?"
The cat rubbed the mouse under its paw for a while, and saw that the mouse was about to die. The cat said to Yueying: "This is the wasteland, there are rats everywhere, the rats here go to Shizhu City at night to steal food, and they will come back here during the day, this is their lair, you cats can't deal with so many rats at all." Immediately, he looked Yue Ying up and down, and said, "You are from Shizhu City, right?" ”
Yueying replied, "I'm from Shizhu City, you're not there, I don't seem to have seen you before?" ”
"I'm not, I'm not like you cats who don't have ideals, who only know how to eat, drink and be merry every day." The cat continued, "Those humans call us rabbits, and we prefer rabbits to rats." ”
Yueying once heard the elders talk about rabbits, and it is said that they all love to fight and do not like to be disciplined. But Yueying was not afraid of him, and wanted to get to know the cat who saved her. Yueying continued: "I have heard the elders often talk about you, although you are similar in appearance to us, but you have your own pursuits. Then he asked him, "My name is Yueying, may I ask your name?" ”
"Just call me Kexi, there is no one in this radius of twenty miles who doesn't know me, and everyone knows that there is a rabbit living here." The rat under his claws had been tortured to death by him and thrown to Yueying. And said: "This is yours, remember, don't come here alone after dusk, there are too many rats here, they are not afraid of domestic cats." After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.
Yueying hurriedly asked him, "Then can I see you again?" ”
Kexi didn't answer her words, and walked straight towards a rock.
Yueying didn't continue to ask, and prepared to return to Shizhucheng's house with the mouse in her mouth. On the way home, I saw a thin figure under an eaves from a distance, and when I got closer, I found that it was Hua Xi looking at the night sky alone, and there was a sense of loneliness in his eyes. Hua Xi is a weak man, fatherless and motherless since childhood, with very little courage, and is often bullied by the bullies in the city. Once, a bully in the city framed Huaxi for stealing their food, arrested Huaxi, and beat him severely, but luckily Yueying saw it, and Yueying gave her food to the bully, and they released Huaxi.
At this time, Hua Xi saw that it was Yueying coming, waved his hands happily, and asked, "Yueying, where have you been today, I have been waiting for you, and I am still worried about what trouble you have encountered." Yueying was Huaxi's only friend, and she decided to share the mouse with Huaxi. Yueying put the mouse next to Hua Xi, Yueying said: "It's a long story, in order to catch this mouse, I almost lost my life today, come, let's eat together." ”
Hua Xi said: "Almost died? What happened? Yueying, are you hurt? ”
"I'll tell you later," Yueying said to herself, "I'll never go to the suburbs again." ”
After they had a full meal, Hua Xi said, "Yueying, thank you for being so kind to me." ”
Yueying said: "If you follow me, we will catch rats together tomorrow, are you willing?" ”
"Yes, of course I do." Hua Xi smiled and agreed.
So, the two agreed that from tomorrow onwards, they would go to catch rats together.
That night, Yueying came home, walked to the window, looked out, and remembered the scene of being almost caught surrounded by a group of rats today, and still had palpitations. However, when I thought of the rabbit that saved her, I couldn't help but feel happy. Yueying has never left Shizhu City since she was a child, and lives a constant life every day, either catching rats or sleeping lazy. Suddenly she meets a rabbit and makes her envious of her life. You don't need to think about others, you can be free, play around, and reach out when you are bullied by your own kind, which makes Yueying look forward to this kind of life.