The four of them rode all the way to the southeast, and Tianfumen was not far from Zhijian Villa, and it was less than fifteen days to reach. There is still some time before the succession ceremony of the new door master, and it is not very rushed.

"It's getting late today, so it's better to find an inn to rest for the night, and then hurry tomorrow." ”

Yan Mubai jumped off the horse. Although it was not a long time to learn to ride a horse, it was evident that the horse was very docile. After galloping on horseback for many days, I was already exhausted.

The name of this town is Shouguang, although it is small but very delicate and lively. Because of the sound, a guy in the store hurriedly came out and said attentively: "A few guest officers, this store has a good side room to prepare, please please." After handing the horse rope to the shopkeeper, several people went inside to rest.

"I'm tired, let's have a few delicious side dishes, and serve some steamed buns and tea," Su Zili ordered.

"Okay, wait a minute. ”

Several people have been on the road for many days, and they are already very tired, and they are all a little dazed after sitting down. Suddenly, I heard the sound of quarrels in the inner courtyard, which became louder and louder, and suddenly the curtain was lifted, and an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl wearing gray coarse cloth clothes and a single screw bun was half-dragged out, she was half-kneeling and crying: "Boss, please do well, take another look at the seafood, my mother is seriously ill and urgently needs silver to save her life, the fish and shrimp that my father and I sent yesterday are really the freshest, all alive, it is impossible to die!" The little silver you gave is less than half of what we said, my father is old and unwell, you can't just send him back, please be kind" The girl cried and pleaded for mercy, and at the same time clung to the corner of the shopkeeper's sleeve and did not let go.

The shopkeeper didn't seem to be a soft-hearted person, so he waved with one free hand, and immediately surrounded two thug-looking little guys.

The shopkeeper continued to threaten: "You girl is really endless. I have received a total of three baskets of fish and shrimp from the day before yesterday to yesterday, all of them are swishing, and now half of the silver given to you is already the mercy of the shopkeeper, and you are extremely merciful, you are so ignorant, didn't I ask someone to give your father money yesterday? He also went back well, what are you doing today? As soon as he finished speaking, the two thugs immediately stepped forward and stared at the girl tightly, their faces leaking fiercely.

Who knows, the girl was not afraid at all, stood up straight, and shouted at the top of her voice: "The shopkeeper said that our fish and shrimp are swishing for three days, so may I ask, since you can see that the fish and shrimp are not edible on the first day, then why do you let us send two more days in a row, and say that the good three days are cashed, you lost us five catties of money, not to say, and now it is said that our fish and shrimp are broken, and half of them will be deducted, how to make this." My mother is seriously ill, and now she is anxious to wait for money to save her life, you can't ignore half of us with a black conscience, if you are not afraid, I will go to the government to find an official to evaluate it."

The inn hall is full of people living in the hotel, everyone listened, it was very reasonable, obviously the boss was not kind, and they accused the boss of being black-hearted and cheating the girl's family to save his life.

The shopkeeper was worried that things would get bigger and bigger, so he took out three taels of silver from his sleeve, threw it on the ground and said: "Okay, I'll give you the rest of the money, and don't come to beg me to buy your seafood in the future, this silver should be used as money to save your mother's life, roll, don't let me see you again." After speaking, he whispered twice to the two little guys, and the three of them dispersed together.

The girl was so happy that she quickly picked up the silver, stood up and patted the dust on her body, and happily wiped it clean and put it in her pocket. He stretched out one hand to straighten his clothes and hair buns, and with the other hand, he took out a white silk handkerchief and gently wiped away the tears on his face, and walked out without hurrying.

Yan Mubai grew up on Sanssouci Island since he was a child, and everything he saw, heard and felt came from just a few days after leaving the island. The heart said: "This girl is really filial, if my mother is still alive, I will definitely give up my life for her old man!" There is no memory of his parents in his memory, and seeing this woman's filial piety at this moment, it seems to touch the softest expectations of family affection in the depths of his heart, and he also admires this woman more and more.

"If I hadn't been adopted by Master and taken to Sanssouci Island, I might have been so young that I would have had to get up early and work all day long to make a living, and maybe I would have met unscrupulous profiteers, who would not hesitate to fight for my life for a few taels of silver. Thinking of this, my heart tightened, and I couldn't help but admire and feel a little compassion.

Su Luhuan saw that he had been staring closely at the back of this girl's departure, and knew that he must be thinking of his life experience at this time, and there was no way to comfort and relieve him for a while, so he had to say softly: "You are different from her, you have the love of your master, and you have martial arts, you will not be bullied like this." ”

Who knows, when Ji Chu heard this, he snorted coldly and said, "Who bullies whom?" As soon as these words came out, Yan Mubai and Su Luhuan were both slightly stunned, on the other hand, Su Zili just raised his head slightly, his face was like ice, his eyes were like the deep sea, and he was very calm. Probably because of her thirst, she drank a lot of tea cup after cup, and seemed to just treat the scene in front of her as a drama, without any pity.

Su Luhuan asked softly, "Senior Brother Ji, what do you mean?"

Since her mother's life hangs by a thread, she got up but did not forget to dust off her body, wiped the fine soft silver money, and even carefully folded the used Juanpa, if everything was as she said, she would have rushed away at the moment when she got the silver. And just now the two little servants came forward, she was not afraid at all, if it was just an ordinary fisherman's girl, would it be like this? Also, let's come all the way, look at the situation in this town, there should be a hurricane rampant these days, even the most experienced fisherman has never been out to sea, where is she going to get live fish and shrimp for the shopkeeper. ”

After hearing this, Yan Mubai's suspicion flashed in his heart, but for a moment, he shook his head and said: "I don't look like a fake, maybe she is just used to being bullied, so she is not afraid." ”

Su Luhuan lowered her head and seemed to be thoughtful, although she had been out of the clinic and treated patients, she had some experience in the rivers and lakes, but her experience was still shallow, plus she had lived in the villa since she was a child, and there were people who followed her in and out, this person is indeed not as good as her brother and sister, both of them were brought into the Sword Villa when they were nearly ten years old, and they had been in this world for many years, and they had seen the coldest faces and the villains who were the best at disguise, since they were still inexperienced, they couldn't make judgments early.

At night, Yan Mubai couldn't sleep, he opened the door and walked to the porch, tonight the dark clouds covered the moon, only the lanterns blown by the wind still glowed faintly, faint. I don't know why, the situation of the girl being dragged to the ground repeatedly appeared in front of me, the world is difficult, it is not easy to survive, and my parents must be living so humbly, but in the end, they were affected by the struggle of these rivers and lakes, and the innocent died tragically. He looked at the boundless dark night, and there was the sound of the wind blowing the thorns of fallen leaves, and he thought about it a little.

"What, can't you sleep?" As soon as he turned around, he saw Su Lu Phantom coming over.

"Yes, it's the first time I've been away from Master for so long, and I've missed him a little."

"Me too, I miss my father, my mother, and the fragrance of the food cooked by Fu Bo and Aunt Ma, you don't think I'm the eldest lady's pie, I can't bear the hardships, right?", Su Lu's phantom eyes were like blue waves, flowing quietly.

"How could it be, I never thought so, you have been clothed and fed since you were a child, and it is inevitable that you will be uncomfortable when you leave home for the first time. ”

The wind of the night blew away the green silk on her temples, and she gently moved the broken hair down her cheeks with her fingers, and Ying Ying said, "What are you thinking?

Yan Mubai sighed and said: "Yes, I just feel that the world is difficult, and my parents must have survived in this way." As soon as the words came out, he suddenly regretted it, and said in his heart: "The phantom girl is young and has a prominent family, so she can't understand it, why do I have to talk about it and make her sad." After a pause, he continued: "Don't talk about this, who is Aunt Fu Boma you just said?" Su Luhuan smiled and replied: "It's my master's servants, they were originally people from the rivers and lakes who were hunted down and killed, and then the master and his old man respected their husband and wife for a deep love, so he rescued them, they have been in Jingyi Garden for many years, every time I go, I will make me a lot of delicious food, hey, but now I can't eat a bite!" After speaking, he sighed and tilted his head.

Yan Mubai said in his heart: "This girl is really simple, obviously a girl raised by a rich family, she is not greedy for jewelry and mansions, but she is obsessed with her mouth." Thinking of this, I didn't feel a little funny, my face relaxed, and I laughed out loud. Su Luhuan saw that he was depressed, and continued: "That girl looks really pitiful during the day, but as Senior Brother Ji said, she has the ability to protect herself, don't worry about her."

At this moment, the two of them were standing on the bare porch, the wind was quiet, and from time to time they rolled up the fallen leaves in the courtyard, and turned a few times and fell slowly. Yan Mubai saw that the eyes of the girl in front of her were pure, as bright as autumn rain. Although he came from a famous family, he did not have the arrogance of the lady of the family, and he respected himself as an ordinary boy, and he felt grateful in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel that the boundless night was much warmer. It's nice to have someone to talk about this night!

Su Luhuan saw that he had been staring at him, her cheeks were slightly hot, she turned sideways and said to the black night sky: "Senior Brother Yan, last time I competed, thank you for finally withdrawing the sword in advance, I always wanted to tell you, I compete on weekdays, several senior brothers let me, and my sister never let me suffer half a point of grievance, so I am a little pampered, I just want to win and not lose, if you don't withdraw the sword in time, we are afraid that we will all be injured, and it will not be good at that time!" Seeing her soft words, she said gently, with a daughter's posture of wanting to speak and stopping but having to confide out, Yan Mubai's face couldn't help but flush a little, "It turns out that she knows, and she doesn't look down on me because of my deception." ”

"You don't actually have to thank me, but I should say sorry to you, I used fraud to get a draw, I know that you think of your father's affection, and you will not hurt me before you use that trick to make you laugh. Both of them smiled a little embarrassedly after speaking.

"Then since the words are spoken, I will ask my senior brother to take care of them in the future. Su Luphanta winked playfully.

Yan Mubai clenched his fists and said, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" A few jokes diluted a lot of the lonely bleakness in the dark night.

At this moment, not far from the sea outside the city, in a grass hut, two father and daughter are arguing about something.

"Your mother's illness depends on medicinal herbs to hang her life, but let's not say okay, those fish and shrimp are not fresh, explain to the shopkeeper well, people see that we are in trouble, give half of the money, you have to go to make trouble with others, you, let me tell you what is good!" I saw an old man with half-white hair, hooking his waist, hunched his back slightly, stretching out a hand like a dry branch, pointing at a girl who was half-kneeling on the ground in front of him and said angrily.

The girl hung in the air with the bowl in one hand, and with the other she gently patted the back of a terminally ill woman. The woman looked very sick and coughed incessantly, as if she was going to cough up her entire lung. She was lying on a very low bed at the moment, and the corners of the bedding on the bed were still a little rusty, as if the blood had just dried up. The girl seemed to be accustomed to the old man's counting, rubbed her foot on the ground, and accidentally stepped on the dry grass that fell from the roof with her mended shoes, and seemed to be a little disgusted.

"It's going to rain, and Xuanyue's hay hasn't covered the roof of the grass house yet, and this time there will be rain coming in again. Thinking of this, she couldn't help frowning, a little impatient.

She gently lowered her mother, covered the quilt, ignored her father's endless counting, kicked away a patched fishing net in front of her, opened the door and walked out.

The wind grew stronger, and the night curled up, clinging to the sea, and the gloomy and fishy sea breeze opened its bloody mouth like a roaring monster. She let the blade of the wind tear every inch of her body, and this boundless cold had already penetrated into her bones and blood, and even the hottest sunlight could not soak in the slightest.

She is Qiu Ying'an, a poor fishergirl who was born to be looked down upon.

In the distance, by the faint light of the beach by the sea, a little girl of her size was holding straw taller than herself and stacking it on herself over and over again, because it was too dark to see her appearance clearly, she could only vaguely distinguish the action, she seemed to be a little greedy, and wanted to pile up the whole car of straw on herself at once and take it away. Finally, seeing more and more hay falling on the ground, she raised her head and let out a sigh of helplessness, turning around and slowly moving this way.

When she got closer, she cracked a smile and shouted, "Sister, wait a minute, soon I will spread all the grass all over the roof, I borrowed a ladder and pressed two stones on it, and we can sleep well tonight even if it rains!"

That's right, she is content with poverty, "But I won!" Qiu Ying'an gritted her teeth, her fists clenched in her sleeves, and she secretly made up her mind in her heart.

After a long time, the girl finally covered the small roof with hay and a tarpaulin, and pressed two bare, half-sized stones on it, and as if she had completed a great work, she jumped down from the low ladder, and before she could stand firmly, she rushed eagerly towards Autumn Shadow.

"Sister, why don't you ignore me?" Qiu Ying'an looked at her panting, stretched out her hand to help her smooth the corners of her clothes, and carefully plucked a few strands of hay scattered on her head with her hand, and said gently: "Xuanyue, thank you for your hard work, how much did the old lame man sell you for this cart of hay?"

"Sister, don't keep calling people lame, Uncle Zhang is very good, plus the oilcloth is only a tael of silver, and the ladder is also his, and he has to send it to others tomorrow."

Qiu Ying'an smiled bitterly at her: "Let's go, go back to sleep, tomorrow if the weather is good, you have to go to sea with your father."

"Well, yes," the two sisters walked hand in hand towards the hut.