After most of the day's journey, by the afternoon there was a shortage of people and livestock. Hong Jingu's father-in-law, Mr. Chen, ordered the convoy to stop on a piece of grass on the side of the road to rest his legs, and sent his son, Chen Youfu, Hong Jingu's man, to ride a horse to explore the road in front and find an inn or house to settle down.

On the road, people who fled often walked by in groups, so Mr. Chen only allowed men to graze horses and feed cattle nearby: "Women and children stay in the car. ”

In this regard, Brother Song was very dissatisfied, pulled Shen Yun, and shouted that he wanted to get out of the car and feed Da Hei to graze.

Hong Jingu glared at him: "No matter how noisy it is, I have recruited the rebels!"

Tianniu had just woken up and heard the word "rebel", her eyes were immediately full of tears, and she pursed her lips, but she didn't dare to cry.

"Sister, I'm scared of the sweet girl. The daughter-in-law of the pillar hurriedly took a small cloth tiger beside her to coax the sweet girl, "The sweet girl is not afraid." We have a big tiger, and when the bad guy comes, he magnifies the tiger and bites him. We're not afraid. ”

The sweet girl hugged the big tiger tightly with both hands, and plunged into Hong Jingu's arms, not daring to move.

"Look at you! I'm scared of my sister!" Hong Jingu glared at Brother Song fiercely again.

The latter was also frightened by the rebels, shrunk his neck, and stopped making a sound.

Shen Yun didn't think so, and said in his heart: How could the rebels chase after them so quickly? If there were really rebels nearby, how could Master Chen dare to stop? I was afraid that I would like to put on my wings and fly up and escape. Brother Song is so stupid that he can't even see that Jin Gu is bluffing.

However, he did not squeak, lowered his head and continued to look through the herb book in his hand, and regretted it very much in his heart—following the women in the carriage, it was boring and boring, and it was not interesting at all. I knew that he didn't want to take the carriage, and he took the ox cart in the back with Brother Tie, how good!

About half an hour later, Chen Youfu hit the horse and reported: "There is a fork in the road three miles ahead, and more than two miles on the trail to the southwest, there is a Zhuangzi called Tianjiazhuang." I have already visited Tian Taigong, the master of Zhuangzi. The old man was seventy-three years old, and he was known for his benevolence in this area, and allowed us to rest in Zhuangzi for one night. ”

"That's very good. Master Chen laughed from the bottom of his heart and instructed Steward Chen to arrange for the convoy to leave immediately.

After more than a quarter of an hour, the animals were re-loaded into their carts and continued their departure.

Tianjiazhuang is much larger than Zhengjiazhuang. When the convoy arrived at the path outside Zhuangzi, there was already a middle-aged man who looked like a butler leading three sturdy Zhuang men waiting there. One of them took a large wooden stick with the thick mouth of the bowl, and his expression was serious.

Master Chen dismounted and bowed to the middle-aged man: "Little Lao'er's surname is Chen, he is from Yongan County, and he is bothering Guizhuang tonight." "Although the Chen family is wealthy, they are untouchables. According to the regulations of the Xianfu, when untouchables report their homes, they must add a "small" character.

The butler handed the wooden stick in his hand to a strong man beside him, and also returned the salute. He is also a pariah, and he reports that his family is "surnamed Tian", and he is the external manager of Tianjiazhuang, claiming that he came to meet them on the order of Tian Taigong.

He said apologetically: "Master Chen, during this time, there are more and more people on the road. I heard that the rebels are coming. We had to step up our precautions. For offense, please Chen Lao Haihan. ”

"Wherever and where, it is appropriate to step up precautions in an eventful season. Master Chen waved his hand again and again.

Steward Tian stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please: "Master Chen, please." ”

They were placed in a guest house in the outer courtyard. The people of Tianjiazhuang were very hospitable, and they cleaned the house early. He knew that they had brought large animals, and that the stables were well stocked with fodder and water.

Master Chen was very grateful, and after a rough grooming, he took Chen Youfu and Zhuzi to hand over the name sticker to Steward Tian, saying that he wanted to kowtow to Mrs. Tian to thank him.

After a while, the steward came back and told them, "The prince has prepared a glass of thin wine and invited the distinguished guests to drink it together." ”

So, Master Chen and the three of them went out with him.

This kind of socialization usually has nothing to do with women and children. Hong Jingu's mother-in-law, Mrs. Chen, said "very tired", and took her daughter Lian'er to the house to rest.

Hong Jingu is naturally the first to serve her mother-in-law.

The latter spoke: "Bring Brother Song and Tianniu in." After a day of driving, the children were exhausted. ”

Brother Song has been bored for a day, where is he willing to obediently enter the house and continue to be detained?

"I'm going to Brother Yun's place to see Da Hei!" he ran away. Although the Zhuzi brothers and the Chen family went all the way, Lao Hong didn't want his daughter to be difficult, so he told Master Chen in advance, and along the way, the two families ate separately. Therefore, after entering the guest house, Zhuzi's daughter-in-law separated from Hong Jingu and went to work on her own. Shen Yun is considered to be a person from the Hong family, so he naturally left with Zhuzi's daughter-in-law. He told Brother Song that he was going to feed Da Hei. In Zhuangzi, Da Hei has always been taken care of by him.

Mrs. Chen has no way to take her precious grandson, and besides, she knows that Shen Yun is a good citizen, higher than her own status, and is literate and polite, and is still practicing martial arts, and there is a chance that she will be a martial artist in the future. Brother Song'er is close to Shen Yun, which is not a bad thing. So he let him go, and waved his hand at Hong Jingu: "I have me watching the sweet girl." You just take the Chen family to cook dinner. Sir, they will definitely drink tonight, you cook a bowl of sobering soup for each of them and put it on the stove to warm. Also, prepare the dry food to eat on the road tomorrow. ”

"Yes. "Hong Jingu should go down.

After Shen Yun arrived at the stable, the first thing he did was to fetch a large bucket of water and wash Da Hei's body - after pulling the car for a day, Da Hei sweated a lot, was covered with dust, and his original black satin-like fur was dirty. Plain, Da Hei's favorite is clean, where can he stand it? Don't you see that Da Hei has been spraying impatiently, and he doesn't even eat his favorite grass?

Brother Song was not idle, helping to add grass to Da Hei, while feeding, he also stroked Da Hei's forehead, and said in his mouth: "Da Hei, don't be angry." I feed you the freshest grass. ”

Da Hei was appeased, his mood quickly stabilized, he stopped snorting heavily, flicked his tail leisurely, and began to eat.

Seeing this, the tether let the two of them play with Da Hei, and he helped Steward Chen take care of the five horses next to him. From Yong'an County to Gunan City, there are almost 400 miles of road. Along the way, pulling luggage, women and children hurrying, all pointing to these big animals, they must all be taken care of.

Steward Chen originally couldn't see his young master Sun doing the menial work of serving livestock. But he saw that Young Master Shen was a good citizen, not much older than Young Master Sun, but he rolled up his sleeves and trouser legs high, and struggled to brush the cow, so he touched his nose, did not stop him, and gave him a thumbs up, and praised him sincerely: "Second uncle, Young Master Shen is very capable, and his temperament is even better." ”

"Brother Yun is really good, and he doesn't have a young master at all. "Tie Zi has always been full of praise for Shen Yun, "In Zhuangzi, Brother Yun also went to the fields to do farm work like us, and in his free time, he also taught me and the dolls in Zhuangzi to read and box. Our Zhuangzi dolls all obey Brother Yun, and there is no one who does not listen to him. If we hadn't been in a hurry this time and went out early, the dolls in Zhuangzi would have come to see off Brother Yun. ”

Steward Chen turned his head in disbelief and glanced at Shen Yun, who was busy, and asked in a low voice, "Second Uncle, you said that Young Master Shen taught you boxing? Didn't I hear you right? Doesn't it take talent to learn boxing? Where can everyone learn it?"

Lianzi scratched his head: "I also went to the boxing gym when I was young, and I was determined to have no martial arts talent, so I didn't learn." However, Brother Yun never mentioned martial arts talent when he taught us. He taught five steps to play and zama to play. I can learn everything, and I can fight decently. After practicing for half a year, I have gained a lot of strength. In the past, I could only carry 150 catties, but now I feel easy to carry 200 catties. The dolls in Zhuangzi are also very well learned. They all looked more agile and energetic than before they learned boxing. ”

Steward Chen's gaze swept over his sturdy arm, still skeptical, but his mouth still praised: "Young Master Shen is young, but he is really capable. "A seven-year-old doll can teach mortals who have no martial arts talent to learn martial arts, and they are even more powerful than the adults in the boxing gym?

Lianzi smiled: "We have to practice boxing every morning. If Uncle Chen can get up early, he will come and practice with us tomorrow. My brother was weak since he was a child, and he used to think that he couldn't learn, so he practiced with us for a few days, and the more he learned, the more interesting he became, and then he practiced boxing with us every day, and his body got better day by day. ”

Unexpectedly, Steward Chen was so frightened that he trembled, and waved his hand again and again: "No, no need." ”

Where does he dare to see the lesson of blood ahead?

At that time, his only son was ten years old and very naughty, going to climb the courtyard wall of the martial arts hall and peek at the apprentices practicing martial arts. When he found out, he thought to himself, isn't it just that the child is playful, it's nothing.

As a result, the kid went a lot, and finally was found by the people in the martial arts hall once, was directly pulled off the wall, and dragged into the martial arts hall.

He got the letter, asked Master Chen to take it, begged his father to tell his grandmother, and asked a martial artist he knew to come forward to vouch for it, so he fished him out.

But it was too late.

The poor child was bruised and bruised, and when he returned home, he had a high fever and died within two days.

The only son was beaten to death by the people of the martial arts hall like this, but he still ignored it first. Because stealing martial arts is a big crime, and he deserves to be beaten to death! In the end, the martial artist came forward, and the couple paid 100 taels of silver to the martial arts hall, and the matter was settled.

Since the death of their only son, the couple has not been able to have another child. Over the years, they have regretted a lot: if they had taken care of the child more tightly and found him climbing the courtyard wall of the martial arts hall, they would immediately break his legs, then they would at least have a lame son to support the elderly, and now, the eldest grandson can go to the shop to receive grain and rice.

Next to him, Brother Song was tempted, and ran to Shen Yun and asked, "Brother Yun, can I come to see you and your uncles practicing boxing tomorrow morning?"

Shen Yun didn't think about it, and opened his mouth to respond: "Okay, we started practicing boxing at the end of the day, you have to remember to get up early." ”

Steward Chen listened to it sincerely, and secretly said in his heart that it was not good, and decided to wait for the horses to be fed, and then go to report to his wife-since the accident of his only son, he had a new understanding of martial arts, and knew that martial arts were all inherited by teachers. Young Master Shen was not sensible, and privately passed on his boxing skills to Young Master Sun. In the future, if Young Master Shen's master knows, once it is investigated, Young Master Shen will be able to do it with a sentence of "young and ignorant", but Young Master Sun will get into big trouble.