Volume 1 Citygate Chapter 8 Carrying Water
Ten miles to the south of Taiwu Town, between a green mountain and green water, a small village, which looks only slightly larger than Qingcun, is located here.
The area around the village is surrounded by a wooden fence about one and a half meters high, the fence is covered with iron wire, the houses in the fence are scattered, and there is a ten-meter-long and wide square in the middle, and many places in the stockade are guarded, and the guards are all thick and strong men in their thirties, who look very powerful.
At the door of the village, a high attic is being built there, and the plaque on the attic reads "Black Wind Gate" in three big red characters, and the whole village is a little less peaceful in the village, but a little more solemn.
Speaking of the Black Wind Gate, we have to start with Ling Feng, the original name of the Black Wind Gate where Ling Feng is located was the Black Wind Dart Bureau, and on weekdays, it is to escort some precious and important items for dignitaries and even the government, and the name of the Dart Bureau is originally to deter Xiaoxiao. However, on the way to the dart, he encountered a bandit slaughtering the village, and the village was full of corpses, and the fire on the thatched house emitted thick black smoke, and the fire was in the sky.
Ling Feng was very familiar with this village, because the dart game was in Citygate, the easternmost part of the mainland, and he would basically pass by this village every time he played a dart. His team would spend the night here after a long day's journey. In the past four or five years, he has also become familiar with the villagers, and his feelings are extraordinary, especially every time he comes over, he will tell him to be careful outside, Aunt Sun, who takes care of her abnormally, which makes Ling Feng, who has been fatherless and motherless since he was a child, have a special affection for this village.
That night he passed by the village as usual, and saw the smoke coming from afar, and when he got closer, he looked like he had been killed by a bandit, and Aunt Sun, who had taken care of her, was also lying in the house, covered with blood.
Immediately, the blood surged into his brain, and Ling Feng, who took the brothers of the dart bureau to the Dabei camp of the bandits, and killed the people who were in charge there. And the dozen or so children and a group of women who were rescued from the bandits, he settled in the Black Wind Dart Bureau for them to live and teach them martial arts.
And after this incident, there are also some poor families who do not have a livelihood to support their children, and they also want to send their children to the Black Wind Dart Bureau. Over time, the scale of the Black Wind Dart Bureau slowly grew, and a village was established outside Taiwu Town, and the name slowly became Black Wind Gate.
Because of this, the people in the Black Wind Gate are grateful to Ling Feng, Ling Feng is also regarded as his own, with clear rewards and punishments, in just ten years, the Black Wind Gate has become one of the three top forces in Taiwu Town, and the business has also changed from the very beginning of the dart to the current minerals, restaurants, receiving rewards from the government, chasing the thieves or dealing with the demon beasts that ran out, and being a guide in the beast forest.
In the middle of the village, there is a large courtyard house, which is different from the thatched houses around it, with blue-gray tiles on the roof and white shiny walls. There are two huge stone lions at the gate, and there are two stone beads in the lion's mouth, which looks even mighty.
In a side hall of the courtyard, a young man is half-leaning on the bed, the young man's face is angular, and his skin is also fair and abnormal, that is, the right side of his face is high and swollen, and the five finger prints are faintly visible.
"Hmph, tell you to be honest, this time you have to suffer. 2 meters across the bed, a bald man was standing there with his hands in his hands, the man's eyebrows were very thick, the thickness of two fingers of ordinary people, and his bare arms were also abnormally thick. There was a look of hatred on his face that he was unsuccessful, but his eyes were staring at the young man's face, faintly revealing a hint of love, it was Ling Feng.
The young man leaned on the side of the bed, a hint of impatience appeared on his face, his eyebrows were raised, the whites of his eyes were turned up, and he looked like he hadn't heard it, and he looked very angry.
"Stinky boy, did you hear..."Ling Feng Jian Ling Cao's appearance, a wave of anger appeared on his face, and he reached out to pull Ling Cao's ear.
"Ling Feng, you don't necessarily come back once a month on weekdays, why do you reprimand Cao'er as soon as you come back, what kind of majesty is playing here. At this time, a woman beside Ling Cao's bed, with a slight wrinkle at the corners of her eyes, looked like she was thirty-six or seventeen years old, and reached out to stop her. This woman was Ling Cao's mother, Susie, with an angry look on her face.
"It's like, I'm going into town, hey, that kid is standing there stupidly... Oops... I didn't mean to, the old man came up and beat me. Ling Cao saw his mother's support, and suddenly felt confident in his heart, and opened his mouth to speak, but the facial muscles twitched during the conversation, and the right side of his face was a little painful, and he hissed and inhaled while talking, looking a little pitiful.
When Ling Feng saw this, he couldn't help but show a caring look on his face, but he still said stiffly, "Bullshit, if your wolf hits an ordinary person, he will be crippled if he doesn't die, who let you ride so fast? ”
Seeing this, Susie frowned, with anger on her face, and scolded Ling Feng, "Hurry up and get out." ”
"Ma'am, you can't be so used to. Ling Feng looked embarrassed, and the maid on the side didn't have any special reaction when she saw this scene, and it seemed that she was no longer surprised.
Ling Feng saw that Susie's face sank, and his face was busy showing a flattering look, and he hurriedly walked to the door, and did not forget to explain as he walked, "Wife, I still have something to do, you take care of him, don't let him go out and get into trouble." ”
"Mother, I don't have the face to go out to meet people. Ling Cao looked at Susie with a look of grievance.
"It's okay, son, your father doesn't care, my mother will help you get justice, you tell me what the person who beat you looks like. Susie watched Ling Feng walk out of the house, turned around and squeezed Ling Cao's hand, and said distressedly.
In Qingcun in June, the weather is already slightly hot...
In the inner courtyard, a wooden bucket next to Hu Jian was already full of water, and he was pulling a rope to slowly lift another bucket of water from the well, his face was covered with beads of sweat, and the clothes on his body were already soaked.
Almost three hours have passed since the morning, Hu Jian has been repeatedly carrying water, each time pulling the well rope 0.8 meters, the water in the bucket should not be spilled as much as possible, each step is half a meter, each step is 0.3 meters, and the two buckets are raised at the same time to pour water into the barrel. This is the twentieth time that it is the 39th and 40th buckets of water, but each time the water spills out from the shaking of the hand, and by the time it is poured into the vat, only two-thirds of the water remains. Fortunately, every time I come back to fetch water, I can take a break, and I can rest for a stick of incense every hour, otherwise Hu Jian felt that he was really tired and lay down.
Untying the rope on the small wooden barrel, Hu Jian held the handle with both hands, and with an "ah" sound, he lifted the two buckets to his side, and walked towards the outer courtyard step by step, walking a little faster than the speed of the turtle.
By now, Hu Jian has almost reached the limit, and there is no way to maintain the standard 0.5 meters for each step, but he still tries his best to control the step at 0.4 meters, and he will stop for about one breath with each step before taking the next step.
The muscles of the whole body are a little hot, and with each step falling, the muscles on his left and right calves will be tense, and in order to keep the water from the bucket from spilling out of the bucket, the muscles on his waist, abdomen, and arms are also in a tense state at all times. One step, two steps,... After 20 steps, Hu Jian walked to the wooden staircase by the barrel.
He paused, took a deep breath, and with a force in his hand, the bucket that had been at calf height was lifted above the knee, and with a force on his right leg, he lifted it up the first staircase. Suddenly, Hu Jian's chest and abdomen were hot, and the muscles above his thighs were also shaking.
One step, two steps, three steps, four steps. Every step Hu Jian walked extremely hard, and he had to pause for two or three breaths on each step. By the fourth step, his left leg was also at the top of the wooden steps and his right leg was level, and Hu Jian was already sweating profusely and panting like a cow.