"Hey, did you hear that? Majiadian was copied by the government! In the future, we won't be able to eat authentic Majiadian crispy pork! Under the big locust tree at the east end of Niujiazhuang, a thin old man in black coarse cloth clothes was talking to a few croppers who were standing and sitting.

"Last night, I slept until midnight, only to feel a stomachache, so I put on my clothes and went to the thatched house, looking at the Majiadian village as if there was smoke and fire, I ran over to take a look, it turned out to be Ma Youfu's house! I heard that the Ma family's top and bottom twenty or thirty people have all stayed in the government! The thin old man said in surprise and excitement.

"What? Majiadian? Is it the shop of the old horse in the neighboring village? One of them, a farmer in his forties, with three deep wrinkles on his forehead, asked.

"Hey, I said Caiwang, let's go all over the place, which crispy meat shop is there? It's not Majiadian, what's wrong? Don't you know, last night's posture, alas, it is estimated that the Ma family will be killed by the government this time! ”

"Alas! Now the world ......" an old man with a white beard sat on a stone, on crutches, and sighed deeply.

"The! Deserve! Well deserved! It's better to die! Long Wang said.

"Hey, you! You have also eaten the small crispy pork in the Majia store, right? What did the Ma family do to provoke you? "The thin old man was not happy.

"That'...... That...... Yes, I ate a few times, but every time I went back to him, he told me about the repayment, and that's why I felt that this horse was blessed...... He's not kind! Speaking of which, he was still his age, and when I was a child, we used to play together, and I went to his place to eat a few times, and you look at him like that, as if I am the kind of person who owes money and doesn't pay it back, it's really ......," Long Wang said.

"Yo, yo! I see! It turns out that you wish he was arrested by the government, and you don't have to pay back the money you owe to others, right? It's a beautiful idea! A young man with triangular eyes next to him laughed.

"Go! Niu Xiaoliu, get out of the way, why do you talk! I'm blind and your uncle! Am I that kind of person? Am I not out of money! Can I pay back the money, can, or not? Cai Wang said, excited, and began to stumble.

"Just you? Caiwang, you have money, either you went to the city and gave it to Sister Yao, or you took it to gamble, can you still think about paying it back? The thin old man teased.

"You...... You ......" Cai Wang's face was a little unbearable, and he pointed at the thin old man and didn't know what to say.

"Hahaha!" The people next to him laughed.

"Ahem, I'll be fair," the white-eyed old man coughed and spoke, and the laughter suddenly stopped, and everyone listened to his words:

"This horse is blessed, it is indeed blesser than us, and it is better than our croppers, this is true, but people don't have any bad intentions, right? You see, although our Niujiazhuang and Majiadian are neighboring villages, who has any difficulties in their family, and Ma Youfu has not helped? ”

Hearing this, the others stopped talking, and some lowered their heads in shame.

"Of course, this man is a little stingy, but it's better than nothing, right? Now that people are suffering, I say let's accumulate some morality! People are unlucky, let's get better? Stop chewing on your tongue,! Do what you have to do! It's good if you don't have a crispy meat shop, save when you have money, buy some clothes for your wife and children, and talk about a daughter-in-law or something! ”

"What Master Long said, can't you hear it? It's scattered, let's get to work! The thin old man was busy with the words.

The young man with triangular eyes got up from the ground, patted the dust on his buttocks, stood up straight, and was just about to take a step, when he suddenly remembered something: "That's right! The Ma family will never die! Didn't the old horse still have a younger son, Ma Decao? ”

"Huh? Is it? The man known as Long Ye turned around and asked.

"That's right! I almost forgot! It's the offspring of Niu Xiucai's family! The thin old man said.

"That'...... Without further ado, hurry up, little Liuzi, you go and tell Niu Xiucai the news, and let them run for their lives! If the people of the government know about it and come to his house to arrest Lao Ma's son, his family will not be good! Just go! Long Ye said.

"Hey! I'll go! Xiao Liuzi agreed, and ran away.

In fact, as early as that night, some people from the village of Majiadian reported to Niu Xiucai's family. Hearing the news, Ma Decao was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, crying so much that he had no master, or said that he was useless and a scholar, when he was reciting poetry on weekdays, you saw that Ma Decao could grow horns on his head, and now his family was in trouble, but he couldn't think of a way at all.

His uncle Niu Xiucai ate a few more years of food, first persuaded Ma Decao to calm down, and said to his nephew: "Your father has committed a big crime this time, I'm afraid it won't happen!" ”

"Uncle! ......" Ma Decao heard this, and tears fell again, "Uncle! No matter what, I'm going to save my father's life! If my father had three long and two short, I would ...... too."

"Silly boy!" Niu Xiucai sighed and said, "We, the people of Li, how can we compete with the government?" Now there is only one way to escape! The farther you run, the better! If the smoke is everywhere today, heroes and thieves from all walks of life are attacking the city, grabbing territory, and going against the imperial court, take this opportunity, maybe you can still beg for your life......" Niu Xiucai frowned, and tears were about to fall.

"Xianggong!" "Daddy!" Niu Xiucai's wife and daughter also cried anxiously when they saw this.

Niu Xiucai stretched out his hand, hugged his wife and daughter in his arms, and said, "Without further ado, we have to run for our lives now!" I've already thought about it, let's go to Haicheng! There is a friend of mine, who is a well-known local gentry, who is enthusiastic about the old way, and is willing to take refuge! ”

At the moment, it was agreed that he would take some gold and silver and a little clothes, wrap them in a bag, and quickly flee from Niujiazhuang and throw himself south into the vast night.

Along the way, Niu Xiucai thought as he walked, but he couldn't figure it out anyway. Is it because he is richer and is targeted by the government? It's really unpredictable, and people have good and bad luck......

At dawn, they walked dozens of miles, tired and hungry, and happened to pass by a market, so they stopped at a restaurant and asked the shop to make noodles to eat.

While they were eating noodles, they heard other customers in the store talking about what happened at Majiadian.

"Huh! You don't know, the fire is burning! Huhulala, half of the village is gone! ”

"What else do you say Ma Youfu's youngest son was also arrested by the government!"

"Why?"

"It's not because Ma Youfu is blessed that his family harbors the horse bandits in Eagle Claw Mountain!"

"Huh? Ma Youfu is too bold, he dares to harbor horse bandits! ”