Lin Yaohua drove the sheep home.

When my father saw that the number was wrong, he counted it carefully, turned his head to Lin Yaohua and said angrily: "Why are there only six sheep, and there is still one?

Lin Yaohua was dumbfounded, these sheep have been under his nose all the time, and they have not left their eyes for a moment, how can there be one less?

The more his father spoke, the more angry he became, seeing that Lin Yaohua was silent, he picked up a whip and pulled it over, Lin Yaohua didn't dare to dodge, squatting on the ground with his head in his hands, his heart was full of fear, and he saw that the whip was about to fall.

"Ahh

Lin Yaohua stood up and sat up, his face was full of sweat, but he had a dream, he lost a sheep by herding sheep, and was beaten by his father.

Lin Yaohua didn't feel sleepy anymore, holding the quilt, looking at the gray window stupidly, thinking about the family living in the loess lump in Yan'an.

"Bang dang!"

Lin Yaohua heard the sound of someone washing and carrying water, remembered that there was no wake-up bell here, hurriedly lifted the quilt, gently pushed open the window, put on his clothes, went out, and saw Yang Jian walking out of the living room next to him with a basin.

The two walked to the bathroom together, rinsed their mouths and washed their faces, went to the canteen to have breakfast, and everyone went to Senior Brother Wei to write a fake note together, and went to the Finance Section of the Ministry of General Affairs in groups to withdraw their deposits.

Lin Yaohua silently counted how many silver taels he had.

Five-year monthly example, a class is 12 taels, 2 classes 14 taels of 44 taels, 3 classes of 18 taels, Zhizhi class two years a total of 48 taels, year-end competition, won the first place three times, a total of 30 taels of silver, last year did not get the ranking, this year the big than the second, bonus 30 taels, a total of 152 taels of 44 coins.

I have withdrawn it five times, two taels each time, and now the deposit should be one hundred and forty-two taels and four coins.

Lin Yaohua took out one hundred and twenty taels of silver, five twenty taels of ingots, and twenty-two taels of loose silver, and then ran to the department store at the foot of the mountain with Yang Jian to buy gifts for home.

"Huashan Department Store"

The four big characters are vigorous and powerful, and they are mentioned by the head of the house, and they are hung high above the lintel of the grocery store.

At this moment, there are people coming and going in front of the department store, most of them are brothers who have just entered the outer door, and they are carrying things out in large bags and small bags.

"The Ministry of General Affairs is going to make a big deal again!"

Yang Jian sighed, the two of them didn't dare to hesitate, for fear that the things would be bought, so they hurried in, fortunately, the department store had already prepared, the supply was sufficient, and all kinds of items were not out of stock.

Lin Yaohua bought five thick underwear, more than a dozen head ropes of various colors, a few delicate and beautiful beaded flowers, two warm fur hats, a set of needles and threads of different lengths, cotton threads of various colors, and bought two shiny silver bracelets, four gold rings of different sizes, picked five cloths of different colors, cut more than ten feet each, and chose a two-foot-long short sword for his younger brother.

When I went to the checkout, I spent more than 12 taels of silver, paid the money, and wrapped it in a large package given by the department store. As soon as he walked out of the store, he saw Sun Gongcheng striding towards him and greeted him loudly: "Yaohua, I'm looking for you!

"What's the good thing? I'm still looking for you, are you leaving tomorrow?"

Lin Yaohua knew that Sun Gongcheng was also from Yan'an Mansion, and wanted to ask a few brothers from Yan'an Mansion to go together, and he had good company on the road.

"Haha, let's go back together! But there's no need to go, Yan'an, I sent my disciples back to the mountain a few years ago, and rode more than a dozen horses over, take this opportunity to let us take them back together." ”

"And this good thing?" Lin Yaohua said happily.

"Hehe, help the school send horses, stay and eat all the way, it's free, and the school is responsible for the subsidy. ”

Sun Gongcheng also nodded happily and explained: "There are only ten disciples who have been transferred to Yan'an this year, plus two escorted senior brothers, and four more horses, Uncle Li knew that the five of us in Yan'an Mansion were going back, so he specially squeezed another horse out and let the five of us ride back together." ”

"Thank you Uncle Li so much!"

"Come back and bring him a jar of good wine. Sun Gongcheng nodded and said, Li Bushan is not greedy for cups, but when eating, he likes to drink two taels.

The next day, Lin Yaohua and the other five people rode on horses, galloped out of Huashan, and galloped towards Xi'an.

However, in three days, Lin Yaohua and Sun Gongcheng rushed to Yan'an, and the other three junior brothers were in Luochuan, Yichuan, and Ganquan, and they were transferred home halfway, and the horses were left in the restaurants with the prefix in each county, and the senior brothers from the school were taken away all the way.

stayed in Yan'an Debao Building for a night, the two waved goodbye, Sun Gongcheng was seventy miles to the west, Lin Yaohua was one hundred miles to the east, but Sun Gongcheng could continue to ride a horse, and it was estimated that he would be home in more than an hour, and Lin Yaohua would have to walk.

Lin Yaohua followed Yanshui, carrying a travel bag more than three feet high, and strode to the northeast, and there were many passers-by along the way, all of whom were surprised to see this tall young man, so strong, in a blink of an eye, he disappeared.

The scenery along the way was slightly impressive, after all, he was only nine years old when he left home, and his memory was not too deep, but before Lin Yaohua went home, he asked his senior brother who was familiar with the road about the path carefully, and he would not go wrong.

But in two hours, Lin Yaohua traveled more than 70 miles, and arrived at a place called Gangu Station, which is a post station, and now the snow has just melted, the cold is abnormal, and the door of the post station is closed, and there is no one.

There were dozens of families scattered around the post station, Lin Yaohua found the only small grocery store, asked the old man in the store for a bowl of hot water, untied the travel bag, turned out the buns sent by Deyuelou, and sat on the black bench to eat.

The old man bowed over and cleaned up the messy shop, and saw that Lin Yaohua's clothes were not very new, but there were no patches, and he was still eating steamed buns when he went out, and asked curiously: "Housheng, where are you from? Where is the livelihood?"

"Extended, working as a helper in a restaurant in Xi'an. Lin Yaohua replied.

"Why don't you go home after the New Year?"

"The store is busy during the Chinese New Year, so I can't take a vacation. Lin Yaohua made it up casually, finished eating the buns, returned the bowl to the old man, thanked him, and carried the travel bag to continue on the road.

The old man kindly reminded: "You walk alone, be careful." ”

Lin Yaohua thanked: "Don't get in the way, my feet are fast, and I will run when I see something wrong." ”

When I went out, I turned southeast with Yanshui, the ice and snow melted, the road began to be muddy, and there were few people on the road.

Turning a big river bay, two young men rushed out from behind the trees on the side of the road, stopped Lin Yaohua and said, "Boy, put down the things on your back and take out the silver." ”

Lin Yaohua didn't expect someone to rob him, it seems that the old man knew that there were two bastards in the vicinity, so he kindly reminded himself.

Lin Yaohua saw that the two of them were vain and weak, and they were not angry enough to speak, obviously an ordinary person, so he didn't care and walked over.

The horse-faced young man on the right took out a dagger from his arms and gestured to Lin Yaohua: "Boy, don't feel uncomfortable, don't die if you want money, take the money, and the uncle will let you go." ”

Lin Yaohua stretched out his hand, snatched the dagger of the horse's face, slapped them twice, slapped them in the face, and knocked them to the ground.

The two bastards only felt a huge force on their faces, and they fell to the ground with a bang, plunged into the muddy water, their faces instantly swelled, painful tears and snot, a mouth, spit out a few teeth, and couldn't speak.

Lin Yaohua flicked the dagger with his fingers, and confiscated it, raised his head and shouted to the two: "Don't get out of here." ”

The second bastard knew that he had kicked the iron plate, and he didn't care about the pain, he got up tremblingly, and stumbled all the way away.