The last trace of the red sun was hidden behind the mountain, and a person stood on the road, the shadow behind him stretched longer and longer, and finally disappeared.

It's getting dark.

took out the water hyacinth and poured a large mouthful of water, Chen Suisui wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked towards the mountain.

According to his father, it was made by his grandfather, and it was very convenient to go to work in the fields and carry a gourd with water.

When they were separated from Yuan Xi, Cheng was kind enough to fill his water hyacinth with wine, but Chen Suisui refused, although Zhang Zhongqian gave him a lot of silver on this trip, but he was not still the young man who could only farm in Taojiabao? Wine can only be used for festivals, but not for quenching thirst.

There are a lot of clear streams along the way, and this gourd can be filled with a random place when it is empty, and it doesn't cost a penny.

Running all the way, he was already hungry and took out a paper bag from his arms, there was only one steamed bun left in it, Chen Suisui took a look, a steamed bun was broken in half, a few bites, half a steamed bun has been in the stomach.

As the saying goes, half a big man, eat Lao Tzu to death, and after walking such a long way, half a steamed bun is the same as not eating.

There were a few chirps in the mountains, and Chen Suisui rewrapped the remaining half of the steamed buns, stuffed them into his arms, and flashed into the mountains and forests.

Chen Suisui is very envious of Yuan Xi's frightened kung fu, hunting is too easy, you can beat a few pheasants and hares in a few casual strokes, along the way, Yuan Xi has no less prey to give everyone a tooth sacrifice.

The delicious food and drink along the way made Chen Suisui feel that he was celebrating the New Year every day.

He folded a thumb-thick branch casually, brushed off the branches and leaves, held the short stick more than an arm long in his right hand, picked up a few stones with his left hand, and threw them around, just as he happened to startle a pheasant, Chen Suisui rose up with his feet, stepped on the trunk of a tree, and walked sideways towards the pheasant with wings.

With a wave of the short stick in his hand, he happened to knock on the head of the pheasant, Chen Suisui smiled, turned over in the air, stretched out his hand, and hugged a tree, and then jumped down, picked up the pheasant that had been stoned to death by him, carried his wings, and went down the mountain.

As I walked, I thought that Nanshan at home was still a little smaller.

There was river water on the side of the road, and after Chen Suisui filled the gourd hanging from his waist, he drew his short sword and began to slaughter the pheasant.

Disemboweling, bloodletting and plucking, Chen Suisui's technique is very skillful, after all, he has done it many times for Mr. Tao, and this craft has already been practiced.

Leaving the bare pheasant aside, he got up and went to collect some dry wood nearby.

When he returned with a small bundle of dry firewood, he found that the pheasant he had washed was gone.

Throwing down the dry firewood, Chen Suisui looked around a few times, and saw someone tiptoeing not far away, seemingly holding something in his arms.

The stomach began to bark again, Chen Suisui frowned, and chased after the man, the man heard the movement, and knew that someone was chasing, so he also spread the girl and ran, but it was just a few breaths of effort, Chen Suisui blocked in front of the man, stared at the pheasant in the man's arms and asked: "This big brother, don't ask for yourself, it's a little bad!"

The man laughed twice, lowered his head and said, "I saw that there was no one around, and I thought that no one wanted it, so I picked it up." ”

Chen Suisui stretched out his hand and said, "Take it!"

The man originally wanted to play a scoundrel, but as soon as he thought about this person's ability to chase himself, he admitted it, handed the pheasant in his arms, and took the opportunity to look up at the person in front of him.

It didn't matter if he looked at it, but he was jumped by the person in front of him, and the pheasant in his hand didn't hold it and fell.

I shouted in my heart, my mother, why is it so unlucky, I can pick up a pheasant and pick up this little master's head, why is my Li San'er's life so bitter?

This person is Li San'er who ran out of Niujiao Mountain.

That day, Fang Yiai took a group of brothers back to the mountain first, thinking that the eldest sister seemed to be very angry, and the right protector didn't seem to take advantage, Fang Yiai thought about it, someone has to take the blame for this matter, and if you think about it, isn't it just Li San'er who came to ventilate and report the news?

Li San'er was locked up on Niujiao Mountain in a daze.

As for An Xiaodao and She Yilong, they have long forgotten about Li San'er as the number one person.

Fortunately, Fang Yiai is not dead-eyed, in case Li San'er starves to death, this person who bears the blame will be gone, so he also ordered someone to send some leftovers to satisfy his hunger.

Li San'er was locked up for a few days, and found that no one brought food over, so he leaned on the crack of the door and looked out, and found that the guards outside the door were nowhere to be seen, so he waited for most of the day, and there was no movement.

This Li San'er has also been a thief for several years, and he shouted outside that he was hungry with a roll of his eyes, but he shouted at the top of his voice for a long time, and no one cared about him, and there was no one who came out to scold, Li San'er was anxious, and shook the wooden door hard, and the door didn't open after a few swings, so he started the idea of a small window.

After the wooden window was smashed open, he climbed out, the cat waited on the ground for a while, listened to the movement, but there was no movement, a huge cottage did not have any human voice, doubtful, Li San'er picked up a short stick and walked out bravely.

After walking around, Li San'er was stunned, such a big cottage, how can it be said that it is empty? What about people? If the people are gone, forget it, you will stutter.

In the end, Li San'er carried a wine jar down the mountain, and the wine jar was filled with water, but his stomach was deflated.

Along the way, by stealing chickens and touching dogs, he could barely fill his stomach, but he was beaten several times, and well-wishers gave him leftovers, and Li San'er, who had become a beggar, wanted to cry without tears.

There are a lot of mountain chickens and rabbits in this mountain, but he can't catch them, and when his life is good, he picks up a few mountain eggs, but it's just a drop in the bucket.

Today's life is not very good, in the morning after asking for a bowl of porridge to drink, this day has not eaten a grain of rice, hungry so that he panicked, this day is dark again, I want to go to the river to pour some water, to see if I can catch some fish, with the wine jar to warm the stomach, but from a distance I saw a man from the mountain carrying a fat pheasant down, he put the wine jar lightly aside, lying by the river to stare at the man.

This pheasant is quite fat, and it is so big, can he go up and ask for a bite to eat? Just as he was thinking, Li San'er saw that the man had put the chicken by the river, but the man had left.

Thinking about it, the man must have gone to collect firewood, Li San'er got up and quietly touched along the river, the pheasant was in his hand, and the man didn't come back, Li San'er glanced at it, there were many trees on the side of the road, and the sky was dark, so he walked to the side of the road, thinking of finding a place to hide first, waiting for the man to leave, and then roasting the pheasant.

It's just that someone found out.

Chen Suisui's eyes were quick, he stretched out his hand to copy, the pheasant had returned to his hand, and after looking at the man a few times, he asked, "Hungry?"

Li San'er said in his heart, isn't this nonsense, and said with a smile: "Shaoxia has good eyesight, I haven't eaten for a day." ”

Chen Suisui thought about it and took out the remaining half of the steamed bun from his arms, hesitated for a moment and handed it over.

This steamed bun was bought with money, and he was reluctant to eat it himself.

Li San'er was stunned for a moment and didn't take the small paper bag.

Chen Suisui looked at Li San'er with some doubts in his eyes, smiled a little embarrassedly and said: "There is half a steamed bun in it, you eat the top one first, and this chicken will be cooked in a while, and we will have half of it for each other, which should be able to fill our stomachs." ”

Li San'er felt a little incredible, and felt that it was so unreal, but those clear eyes were so bright in this darkening world.

Opening the paper bag and seeing half of the white-flour steamed buns, he licked his lips and looked up at Chen Suisui.

Chen Suisui nodded and said, "Eat quickly, let's go, it's getting dark, and I have to hurry up and make a fire." ”

Li San'er held the steamed bun and stuffed it into his mouth, nodded, after eating a few bites, he felt that his stomach was finally a little comfortable, and he took a few steps forward side by side with Chen Suisui, and said with a smile on his face: "Shaoxia is really kind-hearted, he has a deep fortune in this life, and he will definitely be rewarded." ”

Chen Suisui said as he walked: "I'm not a young man, but a peasant boy. ”

Li San'er said casually: "Shaoxia said this, but he was crossing the river with his beard, and he was too modest, but I saw with my own eyes that the head of Erlongshan is simply a little doll with a big stick in the hands of Shaoxia." ”

After speaking, Li San'er covered his mouth and scolded secretly, how could his mouth be as loose as the waist of the old lady's cotton pants.

Chen Suisui stopped, turned to look at Li San'er staring at him and asked, "Who are you?"

Li San'er remembered the scene when the young man stabbed the big dragon head with a sword, and the big dragon head who was blind with half an eye, knelt down as soon as his knees were weak, and said in a lamented voice: "The young man spares his life, the young man spares his life, I have an eighty old mother and a nursing baby." ”

Chen Suisui saw that the man suddenly knelt down, crying there, startled, and hurriedly dodged to the side and shouted: "Hey, this big brother, get up quickly, I didn't do anything to you?"

Li San'er couldn't manage so much, as soon as he saw that his crying worked, he knelt down and stepped forward twice, pulled Chen Suisui's trouser leg and began to wail loudly: "Young man, you don't know, my life is hard, planting crops to catch up with the drought, the old mother is seriously ill, and the daughter-in-law ran away with others again, leaving me and my poor baby, God, earth, can you still give me a way to live." ”

Chen Suisui frowned, he didn't pay attention, but he was hugged by this person's thigh, and he was afraid that he would hurt this person if he broke free, so he had to listen to his nonsense there.

"Goo~" The stomach began to bark again, Chen Suisui was a little impatient, what can be more important than catching up on the fire and roasting the chicken, this chicken has to be roasted for a while.

"I said this big brother, if you want to cry, you wait a while and then cry, I'm still busy roasting chicken, you're not hungry, I'm starving to death, I didn't want to eat the half of the steamed buns, and I gave it back to you, you're good, you're full, and you have the strength to shout, right?"

Hearing Chen Suisui say this, Li San'er immediately let go of his hand and said cautiously: "Shaoxia Gaoyi, I listen to Shaoxia." ”

Chen Suisui deliberately said with a straight face: "Don't always be a young man, my name is Chen Suisui, who are you?

Li San'er sneered and said, "The little one's name is Li San'er, and he is a little minion on Erlong Mountain!"

Chen Suisui glanced at Li San'er strangely, did not continue to speak, but walked quickly to the river, shook the pheasant in Shabu's hand, put it on the stone slab, and began to pick up stones to build a simple stove.

Li San'er started on the side, thinking of his wine jar, he looked at Chen Suisui who took out the fire sickle and flint and prepared to light the fire, and he couldn't help for a while, so he ran back along the river, his wine jar was still there, but he didn't dare to lose it.

Chen Suisui ignored Li San'er, he was now bent on roasting the chicken quickly.

The fire was lit, and there was a touch of light by the river, Chen Suisui glanced at Li San'er, who was walking back from a distance, pulled out his short sword, divided the pheasant in two, added more large pieces of dry firewood to the fire, picked up his own stick that killed the pheasant, put on half of the chicken, and began to roast it.

Li San'er approached the fire, and Chen Suisui took a look through the firelight, why did this eldest brother, who couldn't even eat, get a jar of wine?

Li San'er saw Chen Suisui's eyes, his face showed embarrassment, and he stammered: "Less, less, Chen Sui, Sui, Gong, Gong, this, this, no, it's not wine, it's an empty, empty wine jar, I use it for water." ”

Fortunately, the second half of the sentence finally got right.

It's just that how to call this young man made Li San'er difficult.

As soon as Chen Suisui heard the word "childe", he remembered the scene when he met Yuan Xi, his face was a little red, and he thought that if he had a bad idea at that time, if he didn't meet Brother Yuan, would he also go astray?

He said softly: "Brother Li, you call me Sui, you don't need to be so polite, this half chicken, you can bake it yourself, it can be roasted faster in this way." ”

He handed the half with the chicken head and chicken neck to Li San'er.

Li San'er wanted to list some more nice things to say, but when he looked at Chen Suisui's eyes, somehow, his heart suddenly felt a little pantothenic, and he reached out to take the half of the pheasant, his lips opened, and he just said "hey" gently.

Chen Suisui heard this sound in his ears, but it reminded him of his father.

Li San'er put the chicken on a stone slab next to the fire, got up and went to find a wooden stick to come back, put the chicken on, and roasted it on the fire.

The firelight flickered, reflected on the faces of the two, a young man was homesick, and a middle-aged man did not speak.

After a few turns of the wooden stick in his hand, Chen Suisui said softly: "Brother Li, if you ask me directly, I will also give you food, so don't ask for yourself, it's not good, it's not good." ”

was called the eldest brother, Li San'er was a little uncomfortable, and this young man with no small skills seemed to have any malice towards him.

Chen Suisui's words made this man in his thirties feel ashamed, not because of this young man's strong martial arts, but because of this young man's words, which seemed to be thinking about him.

Otherwise, he could have said that Lao Tzu is a thief, it's not bad if he doesn't rob, isn't stealing already a conscience?

No one wants to be a bad person, it's just that right now, no one thinks of him as a good person.

Li San'er picked up the wine jar, as if it was full of spirits, tilted his neck and poured a big mouthful, touched his mouth with his sleeve, sighed and said, "Less...... years, years!"

He looked at the crackling firewood, pursed his lips, and continued: "But I'm hungry, if it weren't for you, others might not be willing to give me a bite to eat, but they would only treat me like a flower child, saying, 'Go, go, get out of the way'." ”

Chen Suisui looked at the pheasant that had begun to bubble with oil, and was silent for a moment and said: "In this world, there are not all such people, there are still many people who are willing to give you a bite to eat, and some people will even care about your feelings, Brother Li, look, didn't you just meet me?"

Li San'er didn't speak, this young man's words, in his opinion, are still too shallow in the world, and he has never seen the sinister world.

Chen Suisui seemed to be talking to himself, as if he was talking to Li San'er, looking at the fire, he continued: "Is this world fair? Not necessarily, why some people are born rich and noble, and some people are born to suffer, but if it is fair, maybe he is fair, because tracing back to the origin, our ancestors may be the same, the difference is that everyone's fathers, ancestors, continue their experience, some people are crowned kings and worship the prime minister, some people eat bran vegetables, but I can't tell which day, from my Chen years, my Chen descendants can also become people admired by others, as for wealth and glory, in my opinion, it is better for each generation to work hard. ”

After speaking, he suddenly smiled and asked Li San'er: "Brother Li, you said that dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and the son of a mouse can make holes, does he make sense in this sentence?"

Li San'er didn't expect Chen Suisui to suddenly ask about this, flipped the pheasant in his hand, and said with a smile: "In my life, I don't know a few big characters, where do I know what big truths, but if you want to say this, I think it makes sense, you look at me Li San'er, let alone having a baby, which family is willing to give me their daughter, I am not even as good as a mouse with a hole." ”

Chen Suisui held the stick of roast chicken in one hand, untied the water hyacinth hanging on his waist with the other, looked at Li San'er and smiled awkwardly and said: "Brother Li, I also have water in it, so I'll replace wine with water, let's have a sip with Brother Li!"

Li San'er looked at this strange young man and said strange things, but he felt that there was an indescribable feeling in his heart, for many years, he no longer had this feeling, the young man's laughter made him feel that the wine jar was filled with anything, and Lao Tzu wanted to take a sip of it.

Picking up the wine jar, he suddenly felt heroic and shouted, "Come, do it!"

Chen Suisui smiled and raised the gourd to touch Li San'er, seemingly a little shy.

After taking a sip, Chen Suisui looked up at the sky, the stars were already clearly visible, he sighed and said, "Brother Li, do you hate this world?"

Li San'er was stunned for a moment, as if she had never thought about this problem.

He doesn't seem to hate, even in the first few years of going up the mountain, he was still very happy, but he didn't seem to be so comfortable, and he was afraid that when he returned to Zhuangzi, he would be scolded by others.

What's the use of hate?

Shaking his head, Li San'er lowered his head and drooped his head, and the heroic spirit of Fang Cai was gone. He Li San'er is not a hero, he is a bandit, a thief who is spurned by everyone. And now he doesn't seem to be able to even be a bandit, he seems to have become the beggar he originally looked down on the most.

In Li San'er's eyes, when he saw those beggars, he sneered, and he had hands and feet, what was he doing badly? Why was he embarrassed to open his mouth to ask for food?

Later, he didn't go to ask for food, but went up the mountain and became a bandit.

Even if Li San'er was not starved to death before returning to Erlong Mountain, after returning to Erlong Mountain, the big dragon head might not let him go, because things were messed up, even if Niujiaoshan failed, this account would only rely on him Li San'er.

Now he seems to hate the two dragon heads of Erlong Mountain the most.

Li San'er raised his head and looked at Chen Suisui, his weather-beaten face had a hint of shame, he gritted his teeth, and said, "Chen Shaoxia, please help me!"

Chen Suisui raised the half pheasant in his hand, and said suspiciously: "Could it be that you want this half too?" This is not good, it's not that I'm reluctant to give it to you, it's that I'm hungry, or I don't know if it's dawn early, just go to the mountain to catch a few." ”

Li San'er looked at the serious Chen Suisui, grinned, picked up the wine jar, he straightened his chest, and said loudly: "Dry!"