Chapter 1: Brothers
In the northwest area of Jia Yuan City, there is a dilapidated earthen sheep shed, the roof is messily spread with some hay, and it is lonely under a few old locust trees, and the moonlight is unknown tonight.
"Ouch, it hurts!" Shen Yun groaned and woke up in the dark and dilapidated small earthen shed.
He rubbed his thigh, and there was a hot sting on the outside. It was a bruise left behind by Boss Xu's kick a few days ago, and I somehow touched it just now.
"If you get kicked again the day after tomorrow...... Will it break?" Stroking the swollen and hard parts, Shen Yun frowned and muttered.
Through the "window" on the earthen wall, you can vaguely see the starlight outside.
"Brother Long. Shen Yun called softly.
I only heard Guo Long mutter, turned over and fell asleep again, and after a while, there was a soft snoring sound.
"Alas. Shen Yun rubbed his thighs and sat up from the "bed" covered with hay and tattered straw mats. Looking at the holes in the wall, I remembered my grandfather's wrinkled and loving face.
"Baby, it's in this direction, walk along the road, and soon arrive...... There's bread in the bag, but hold on......" was the last thing Grandpa said to him.
Shen Yun's father died very early, and his mother had no impression of it, and his grandfather and grandson depended on each other since childhood.
When he was six years old, there was a great drought in his hometown, and there was no harvest, and there was a famine.
Grandpa took him to flee to other places, and this walk was several months, and he saw that he was about to reach the rich city that his grandfather said, but for several days, it snowed.
Grandpa always said that he was not hungry, but he was getting weaker day by day.
That night, the hungry and cold grandfather and grandson slept under the tree, and after the grandfather finished saying that, he never woke up.
In the morning, seeing that his grandfather's body was frozen and stiff and he couldn't wake up anymore, Shen Yun cried and hastily buried his body with stones.
After kowtowing to his grandfather a few times, he tearfully walked in the direction he said and continued to move forward.
"Grandpa. Shen Yun muttered softly. There was a rooster crowing in the distance, and it was almost dawn, and when he turned around, Guo Long's snoring seemed to be a little louder.
Seeing Guo Long, Shen Yun couldn't help but smile slightly.
I was a little lucky, after my grandfather died, I stumbled along the road for nearly a day, and finally came to this Jia Yuan City.
At that time, looking at the towering city walls and the spacious and majestic huge city gates inlaid with copper nails, he didn't know what to do when he was hungry and cold.
Maybe it was the manifestation of the dead grandfather, who had just entered the city and met Guo Long, who came out to look for food.
Half a rough black cake, got acquainted with Guo Long, who was two years older.
He came a day earlier than Shen Yun, and he also fled the famine......
This kid is obviously a little capable, and he actually found an abandoned sheep shed in the northwest of the city, although it is dilapidated, but it is enough to shelter from the cold.
When the two boys got together, they were like-minded, so they lived together in this sheep shed.
Sharing weal and benement, living in this Jiayuan City is three years.
The sheep shed has been carefully renovated by the brothers, except for the door made of broken wooden boards, only a large hole in the earthen wall is left as a window, the roof is also covered with several layers of straw, and the ground is covered with thick hay, plus two layers of broken straw mats.
There was a squirming voice in the darkness, and a hazy children's voice whispered: "Xiaoyun, you are up." As he spoke, Guo Long also turned over and sat up.
As soon as he responded, Guo Long immediately asked with concern: "Does it still hurt?"
"It's much better. Shen Yun turned his head and sighed, "That damn Xu Heitou, if it goes on like this, Lao Tzu will cripple him sooner or later." ”
"Alas...... Since the song and dance troupe came, Boss Xu seemed to have taken the wrong medicine, thinking about that little lotus fragrance all day long. But I didn't succeed. Damn, I've been shaved several times. Guo Long also cursed in a low voice.
Xiao Hexiang is actually the girl of a big lady in the song and dance troupe, every time Xu Heitou's boss goes to find the eldest lady, Xu Heitou will take the opportunity to get close to Xiao Hexiang outside the door. However, the little girl obviously didn't have much interest in Xu Heitou, so she ignored it, and Xu Heitou was even more itchy and scratchy.
"Brother Long, you said that little lotus fragrance is so beautiful, so many girls in Lixiang Courtyard are not enough to have a black head music......? Ouch, it hurts ......"
Guo Long, who was in the dark, accidentally touched the bruised part of Shen Yun's thigh.
"Ahh Guo Long apologized repeatedly.
"It's fine. Shen Yun smiled bitterly, shook his head, and then asked, "Brother Long, have you seen that little lotus fragrance, tell me, what kind of beauty is that girl?"
"I stood far away, and I didn't see clearly, but I felt that my face was small and my eyes were big. The two pigtails kept flicking around, and when Boss Xu saw her, he was like a dog seeing a bone, hehe. Guo Long snickered.
"Haha. Shen Yun also laughed.
In fact, it was not the first time he had asked Guo Long this question, and he had answered the same question every time. But when Shen Yun heard that Xu Heitou was deflated, he felt very happy and happy.
Since this little lotus fragrance came to Jiayuan City, Xu Heitou has lost his soul, and a group of pickpockets and gangsters have also been unlucky.
No, Shen Yun only needed to hand over one hundred copper coins every ten days, but after Xiao Hexiang appeared, the rule became two hundred Wen in ten days.
That's hard.
Some time ago, it was okay, I used to save some savings privately and hold on. However, the first few days were not enough, and only more than 150 copper coins were obtained. As a result, Xu Heitou raised his foot and kicked it violently.
dropped a sentence: "If you don't have enough for 200 wen next time, you will fight again." ”
Then it's really going to be crippled, isn't that little hair, isn't it that he was kicked off by Xu Heitou last year, and now he is a cripple.
The two brothers talked and laughed for a while, Guo Long suddenly stood up, looked at the sky outside the hole, and said with a smile: "Today, if you cultivate again, I'll go out and order breakfast." ”
Shen Yun responded, and also looked outside, the sky was already bright, and it was estimated that it was almost time.
In the past few days, it has been difficult to walk with a leg injury, how can he steal by himself, but fortunately, with the help of Brother Long, he finally managed to get one hundred and twenty yuan, Shen Yun was very worried about the day after tomorrow, and he could not get two hundred yuan. However, Guo Long was confident and only said that he was coming.
Guo Longchang is sturdy and sturdy, and he is quite valued by Xu Blackhead, and he has not handed over stolen goods since the beginning of this year, and is only responsible for supervising a group of little beggars to complete the task, but fortunately he is his own brother.
Guo Long dressed neatly, got up and pushed open the door.
It's only the end of August, and it's not too cold, but Shen Yun still feels a gust of cold wind pouring in, and he shiveres from the cold.
After Guo Long left, Shen Yun rubbed his aching thighs, his eyes were confused, and he murmured: "Western District, you must go." ”
After Xu Heitou's task was raised to two hundred wen, he wanted to leave, and he had already thought about where to go, originally wanting to wait for the cold winter......
However, this sudden kick made him vigilant. Xu Heitou was not afraid of crippling them, and even threatened: If you cripple the beggars, you will have a richer harvest.
A few days ago, his feet were too painful, and Guo Long said that he would solve it for two hundred yuan, which dragged on until today.
"There are two more days, can Brother Long find eighty Wen?" Shen Yun looked worried.
Without Guo Long's accompaniment, he went out alone, in case he was seen by the lame Xiaomao who lived nearby, he was sure to sue. Ever since that kid was lame, he likes to pick on the thorns of his friends, and when he sees himself kicked, he almost loses his joy in heaven.
"Forget it, let's wait for Brother Long to come back and discuss. ”
Shen Yun sighed, looked sad, and lay down. However, he secretly made up his mind in his heart, even if Guo Long objected, he would leave.
I never thought about whether Guo Long would tell the truth, and my brother still had this kind of trust.
"I don't know what delicious food Brother Long can find. Looking at the dilapidated thatched hut, he muttered, but he thought in his heart, there are hundreds of dollars on his body, winter is coming soon, and he has a wound on his leg, can he go far?