Chapter 23: Farewell to Xiangyang

Those few people were not Atsui's opponents at all, and at this time, there were more and more onlookers, and many of them were surprised, how could this Atsui actually know martial arts?

"After so many years, why haven't you found out that Atsui has martial arts?"

"yes, I can't see it at all, it's really hidden."

At this time, another old man said, "I remember, Acui's mother knows martial arts, could it be that her mother taught her?"

Another person said, "Yes, Acui's mother died early, these people are really looking for death, and they are usually lazy to do it."

Sure enough, after a while, several people were already knocked to the ground, all of them were from the same village, and Atsui did not make a ruthless move.

Atsui said, "You chew my tongue again and break your legs."

The men fled in a hurry.

Atsui put away the sword and returned to the house, Ma Wen saw that this sword was just an ordinary sword, Ma Wen really wanted to give the flying spirit sword given to him by Ouyang Zhenhai to Acui, but it had already been left in Ouyang Mansion, thinking of this, Ma Wen felt that he was really a broom star, and he could bring trouble to others when he went there, and he offended the entire Lingnan by going to Ouyang Mansion, and came here to cause gossip to Acui, thinking of this, Ma Wen said

"Atsui, I'm going to leave after dinner"

Atsui was surprised and said, "Why? Didn't you say that you would go to carry official salt tomorrow, did you dislike me that I was too poor here, and you were not used to living here?"

Ma Wen hurriedly said, "No, the main thing is that you are clear and jade, Chu Chu is cute, and I am an outsider who will bring you trouble and gossip."

After listening to Ma ask and praise him, Acui was immediately caught off guard, and her heart blossomed.

I only heard her say, "Brother Xiaoyi, don't worry, our village is very good, just those hooligans usually do bad things, I will tear their mouths when they come again, you can rest assured to live here, just treat this place as your home"

Ma Wen was immediately moved and said, "Why are you so good to me, and you don't ask me about my details, what if I am a person who kills people without blinking?"

Atsui said, "You still kill people without blinking, and you don't look at yourself, you are weak, and you are robbed, which one kills people without blinking like you?"

Ma Wen suddenly quipped, "What if I'm a womanizer?"

Atsui was stunned for a moment, and suddenly smiled and said, "Then I'll kill you with my sword, hum!"

Ma asked, "Who taught you swordsmanship, it's amazing."

Acui said, "My mother taught, my mother told me that girls should know to protect themselves, so they taught me martial arts, and then my mother fell ill and died, as long as I thought of my mother, I went to practice swordsmanship"

Ma asked, "I'm sorry, I didn't see your mother after I came, so I tried not to talk about this matter, but I didn't expect that I would mention which pot would not be opened."

Atsui said, "It's okay, where are you from, where are you going?"

Ma asked and said, "In the people of Xiajingzhou, go to Fang County to find relatives"

Atsui said, "Won't you stay long?"

Ma asked, "Uncle told me to rest for a few days, and I was afraid of causing trouble to you, so I thought about going to carry official salt tomorrow to earn some money, so I set off."

Atsui said with some disappointment, "You... Can you stay longer? Who are you?"

Ma Wen didn't want them to know that he went to Shenlongling, Shenlongling was a bandit den after all, and everyone in the world knew it, so he lied and said that he would go to Fang County, so he said, "It's the most important person in my life, I'm sorry for her"

Acui was even more disappointed after hearing this, she thought that the person from this Fang County must be Xiao Yi's wife, and it is estimated that the two quarreled and ran back to her parents' house.

Still disbelieving, Atsui asked, "Is that your wife?"

Ma asked, "No."

Suddenly Atsui showed a lovely smile, she thought that if it was not his wife, it was his mother, but she didn't know that Zhuge Qingzi and Ma Wen were not married, so they were not husband and wife, but Zhuge Qingzi was Ma Wen's sweetheart.

Acui suddenly said, "That's to find it quickly, but you promised me one thing?"

Ma asked, "Atsui, despite the command"

"When you come back, come and stay at my house for a while."

Ma asked, "This..."

Atsui said, "Are you embarrassed?"

Ma Wen thought that with her own love experience, this girl may have some admiration for herself, but she is already sorry for Zhuge Qingzi and Ouyang Nan, and she can't be sorry for Acui anymore, so she said, "Don't be embarrassed, if there is no accident, I will pass by here."

Atsui was suddenly excited and said, "Okay"

At this time, Ma Wen suddenly asked, "Do you like to practice swords?"

Atsui said, "I like it very much, but I rarely go out of the village, and I don't know how to practice?"

Ma asked and said, "It's very good, that is, you don't have internal strength, if you have internal strength to cultivate, you must be a woman in the rivers and lakes."

Atsui smiled and said, "You're still a heroine, you also know swords?"

Ma Wen said, "I understand a little, I have the opportunity to ask Wang Nuxia for advice" Ma Wen suddenly became naughty.

Atsui suddenly laughed again, Ma Wen suddenly felt a special warmth in his heart, he didn't know why, he liked to see Atsui laughing, so sweet, so warm.

Suddenly, the two of them are talking about the southeast and northwest, Ma Wen is also humorous, and Acui is laughing non-stop.

In this way, it was evening again, and Lao Wang came back with his tired body, and Ma asked that he would go with Lao Wang tomorrow to carry it, and Lao Wang agreed.

On the second day, Ma Wen took a straw hat at Lao Wang's house and followed Lao Wang and his fellow villagers all the way to Xiangyang, after all, he was still a wanted criminal, and he couldn't be so ostentatious, so everyone came to the dock, Lao Wang said, "Brother Xiaoyi, wait a minute, I'll go and say hello to Baotou for you"

Ma asked, "Thank you, uncle."

After a while, Lao Wang ran back and said, "Baotou agreed, wait for you to carry it with me, and then every time you move off the boat, someone will send you a bamboo piece, and then find the head of the bag to receive the money after the completion of the project, as long as you are young, you don't have to follow me to move by yourself, after all, this work is more work and more rewards."

Ma asked, "Okay."

After speaking, Ma Wen followed Lao Wang on the boat, Ma Wen saw Lao Wang holding the salt bag seal with both hands and lifted it upwards and turned around and carried it on his back, Ma Wen also borrowed the gourd to draw the scoop with both hands to the salt bag seal, who knew that the salt bag just moved, Ma Wen did not expect the salt bag to be so heavy, he pulled it up, turned around and bent down, when the salt bag was pressed up, Ma Wen suddenly flashed the waist pole, like a thousand catties of boulders pressed on the body, Ma Wen did not do any work when he was small, he was to open his mouth to stretch out his hand, after the internal force was lost, he could not carry a bag of salt, and suddenly sighed that it was not easy for the porter, and he had to do heavy work and dirty work in order to support his family。

Ma Wen gritted his teeth again and endured it, moving step by step to the boat, leading a piece of bamboo like Lao Wang, and then gritted his teeth and moved to the warehouse.

Lao Wang said with concern, "Brother Xiaoyi, how is it?"

Ma Wen could only pretend to be strong and said, "Not tired"

Lao Wang said, "Hey, you young people are still powerful."

In fact, Lao Wang didn't know that Ma Wen really didn't want to carry the second bag, but he had already come, and he couldn't lose face, so Ma Wen could only carry the second bag again.

In this way, he carried several bags in a row, the salt slag fell out, and he was covered with sweat, Ma Wen was already thirsty, and finally by noon, his lips had already been dry and dry, and finally heard Baotou's voice "It's time to eat, it's time to eat"

Ma Wen was excited, followed by Lao Wang to lead the bowl and chopsticks to line up to eat, Ma Wen took the bowl and looked at it, and suddenly lost his appetite, and there were unwashed noodle dregs on the bowl, but he had no strength to eat, and he couldn't work without strength, so Ma Wen wiped the dishes and chopsticks with the corner of his clothes.

After waiting for a long time, he finally arrived at himself, Ma Wen frowned even more, two steamed buns for one person plus a bowl of green vegetable soup, with a little shredded meat floating on it, it was simply a clear soup with little water, and the high and low were two steamed buns, and there was no chance to add another bowl of soup.

The water can be drunk infinitely, everyone is after the meal to drink one or two scoops of water, one can be full, the other can quench thirst, and when Ma Wen took the scoop to drink water, the wooden scoop passed through countless people who had just gnawed the mouth of the steamed bun, and the residue left on the scoop was stirred in the water, it was already discolored and turbid, Ma Wen had to drink it, otherwise it would be more thirsty, so he bleached and bleached, closed his eyes and drank it, and then walked on the deck after drinking.

Finally in the afternoon after unloading all the official salt, everyone happily went to Baotou to receive wages, Ma Wen thought that such a hard work, can receive a lot of money, who knows that it is only a few dozen yuan, Ma Wen suddenly couldn't believe it and asked, "When will the rest be sent?"

Baotou looked at the horse and asked impatiently, "What is left? What is left? Your wages are all gone, are you too little? Don't do it if you are too little, I lack everything, there is no shortage of labor, next"

Ma Wen was suddenly slashed and said with a face, and he was angry and hateful in his heart, only a few dozen yuan, and the money for a meal was not enough before, but what could he do? Now that he is penniless, he can only endure it.

In the evening, Ma Wen dragged his tired body back to Lao Wang's house, and heard Acui shouting from afar

"Dad, Brother Xiao Yi"

Atsui had a bright smile on her face, and suddenly Ma Wen's tired body was refreshed again, Atsui had already prepared the meal, and the water rack in the pot was heated in the pot, serving this hot meal, Ma Wen suddenly felt extremely happy in his heart, Atsui was so gentle and considerate, innocent and romantic.

After the meal, Ma Wen said to Lao Wang, "Uncle, I'm leaving tomorrow morning, thank you for taking care of me for the past two days."

Lao Wang said, "So fast, not to let you stay longer."

Ma asked, "I am anxious to find my relatives, if I find it, I will come back and thank my uncle"

Lao Wang smiled and said, "Thank you, I just think that you have earned dozens of yuan today, and I am afraid that it will not be enough for expenses on the road."

Ma asked, "It's okay, there are steamed buns and enough water on the road."

At this time, Lao Wang put down the dishes and chopsticks, took out a handful of copper coins from his arms, and said, "This is the more than 100 yuan I have earned in the past two days, you take it and use it first."

Ma Wen suddenly burst into tears, and hurriedly said, "No, no, no, I will eat and drink for nothing here with you, and I will take yours again, am I not as good as a beast, this is really unacceptable, unacceptable"

Lao Wang said, "But how can you have enough of this?"

Ma asked, "Enough is enough."

Lao Wang said, "Okay, I'm not reluctant, eat, eat more, and pick up some steamed buns tomorrow morning, and I can deal with a few meals on the road."

Ma Wen nodded and buried his head in eating, he was embarrassed to stay any longer, the people here are so simple, kind, staying a few more days is a burden to them, and he is still a wanted criminal, they will be in danger for one more day if they stay longer, he also wants to see Zhuge Qingzi, and wants to find her as soon as possible, so he fell asleep early.

The next day, just after dawn, Lao Wang instructed Acui to cook breakfast early, and then went to knock on the door of Ma Wen's room, who knew that there was no response, Lao Wang gently pushed the door open, the door opened suddenly, and saw that the room was empty, and there was a note on the table, and a string of copper plates were pressed on the note.

Lao Wang picked up the note and looked at it, which read, "Thank you uncle, thank Acui, goodbye to Xiangyang, goodbye to Xiangyang"