Chapter 3 Aunt Li
When he was bored, he was sleepy, and when he woke up, the sun was in the west, Shen Yun walked outside the house, sat on the bluestone again, rubbed his thighs and waited.
After waiting for nearly half an hour, it was a little chilly, and then I saw Guo Long carrying a small blue cloth bag and hurriedly returning.
Looking a little tired, he walked over and sat on the edge of Shen Yun, lifting his collar and fanning the wind.
"Brother Long, why did you go for so long?" Shen Yun frowned slightly, and swept the dry food cloth bag.
"Something is delayed. Guo Long let out a long breath.
Shen Yundong looked around and asked softly, "It's more than two hundred miles to the Western District, what are you doing to buy so much dry food?"
"Don't look at it, no one is here, everyone has gone to work. Guo Long grinned first, and then explained, "Haven't you heard about the journey to Xuanning City, what if it doesn't stop?"
Xuanning City once helped run the hall in the teahouse, and I heard that it was near two hundred miles west of Jiayuan City. As soon as the two brothers put it together, they felt that it was difficult to soar in Jiayuan City, so they decided to go to Xuanning City next year.
The West District is the code name of Xuanning City, which is to prevent it from being listened to by people with intentions.
Shen Yun nodded slightly, estimating that Guo Long was worried that he would not be able to go fast.
I wanted to ask him where he got the copper coin, but Guo Long had already walked to the thatched hut, only to hear him sigh and say, "You rolled up the mats, where do we sleep at night?"
"Didn't you just roll one, and there was one. Shen Yun laughed, and the mat below was a little tattered.
Guo Long shook his head and spread out the mat, and came out with Shen Yun to freshen up and trim the pond, and tied a headscarf, which was much more pleasing to each other's eyes.
I thought to myself, if I went to Xuanning City and changed into a decent set of clothes, it was estimated that it would not be a big problem to join a big gang.
"It's almost dark. Guo Long looked at Shen Yun for a moment, nodded with satisfaction and smiled, "I'll go to Aunt Li to get dinner later." ”
"I'm going to go today, too. Shen Yun tried to take a few steps and answered.
"Can you climb over the wall with your legs?" Guo Long looked suspicious.
"Absolutely. Shen Yun stood on tiptoe and said with a smile, "Take care of us for two or three years, and we will leave, so we should go and say goodbye." ”
Guo Long nodded lightly.
Aunt Li is a relative of the boss of the proud building, has only one daughter, married early, and is a lonely wife. Every day, I help with cleaning, washing dishes and chopsticks.
The leftover meals of the guests were all poured into several large wooden barrels by Mrs. Li and used to feed the pigs.
Ever since the brothers climbed over the wall into the backyard of the proud building and were found by Aunt Li, she would pick out some good leftovers every night and wait for them to pick them up at night.
The boss of the proud building is not so good, and if he wants to be discovered, he is afraid that Aunt Li will not be able to eat and walk around. Just in case, the brothers never go to the backyard of the proud building during the day.
After dinner, they only need to solve one breakfast a day, but lunch does not develop this habit.
Because of Aunt Li's charity, they basically didn't go hungry anymore, so in the past two years, Aunt Li has become their most beloved person.
The injury on his leg was not as serious as he imagined, it had little impact on walking, and he couldn't feel pain if he didn't touch it, this discovery made Shen Yun very excited, as long as he didn't catch Xu Heitou, he should be able to escape easily this time.
After tossing for a while, I felt a little tired, and sat down to rub the blood again.
Guo Long was silently in a daze, and seemed to be looking forward to it.
"I've always been the one who dragged you down. Looking at Guo Long's immature face, Shen Yun felt in his heart.
"What are you talking about? Guo Long didn't care, blinked his eyes again and smiled, "Maybe I joined a new gang, and you will take care of me in the future." ”
The two brothers talked and laughed for a while, the sky began to darken, and in the laughter, Guo Long helped Shen Yun to limp towards the road.
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The northwest area of Jia Yuan City has several streets, crisscrossing vertically and horizontally. Although it was getting late, the two widest streets, where lanterns hung up on every shop, lit up as bright as day.
The proud building is located at the intersection of these two streets, facing south and back.
The three-storey building is tall and majestic, the walls of the building are covered with bright red paint, and the four corners are counted with twelve protruding cornices, dotted with twelve golden lions.
Under the eaves of the building, four large red bucket-like lanterns hang on each floor, which is also the largest restaurant in the Northwest District.
With Guo Long's help, Shen Yun worked hard to climb over the backyard wall of the proud building.
The two secretly shrank in the shadow of the pigsty, forcibly enduring the stench of pig dung, and did not say a word.
Half a ring, I finally heard the back door of the kitchen open.
Guo Long sneakily poked out his head, and it was really Aunt Li.
Hurriedly tiptoed up and walked along the foot of the wall to Aunt Li, and Shen Yun slowly followed.
"Shhhh Aunt Li made a silent expression and approached them softly.
"Fell. Seeing Aunt Li approaching, Guo Long pointed at Shen Yun's injured leg and grinned, "It's much better." ”
"You are the elder brother, and you don't take good care of the younger brother. Aunt Li glanced at Guo Long, and asked with concern, "Xiaoyun, does it still hurt?"
Guo Long looked stunned.
Shen Yun took a few steps forward and thanked: "It doesn't hurt, it's okay." ”
"That's good, that's good. Aunt Li looked kind, peeked at the store again, and saw that there was no one, so her voice was a little louder, "Come, there are good things today." ”
Guo Long hurriedly stretched out a huge half-worn porcelain basin, and Aunt Li poured the prepared food into the basin, took out a lotus leaf bag, and put it on it.
The aroma of rice and roast chicken diffuses.
The two brothers swallowed their saliva and hurriedly thanked them.
"No, be careful when you go out, don't fall again. Aunt Li's eyes showed concern, and she added, "I'll get it tomorrow." ”
Looking at Aunt Li's loving face, Shen Yun sighed lightly and said, "Aunt Li, I'm going back to my hometown tomorrow, maybe ...... It may be a long time before it returns. ”
Guo Long looked around with a ghostly head.
"Oh, where is your home, Xiaoyun? Not far away?" Aunt Li asked repeatedly, "Did Xiaolong send you there?"
"Brother Long will accompany me back, don't worry, I'm here to say goodbye today...... Thank you for taking care of me over the years. Shen Yun said, knelt down, and kowtowed three times in a row.
Guo Long was not slow, and also knelt down and kowtowed to thank him.
"Good boy, get up. Aunt Li helped the two of them, secretly wiped her tears, and looked at them, as if she saw her son who died that year.
took out a plain small cloth bag from his arms, divided half of the scattered silver inside, about two taels of silver, and stuffed it into Shen Yun's hand: "These, take them and make them wrapped." ”
Guo Long and Shen Yun's eyes were red, and they choked up and excused themselves: "This is your pension money, we can't accept it." ”
After pushing each other for a while, Aunt Li wanted to give it alive or dead, Shen Yun had to accept it, he was grateful, and secretly swore that he would get ahead in the future and repay Aunt Li well.
Under Aunt Li's reluctant gaze, the brothers climbed out of the wall.
Back to the shack, there were really good things today, most of the roast chicken, but they didn't move much.
Although the delicacy makes people happy, it is inevitable that I will feel a little lost when I think that it will be difficult to see Aunt Li in the future.
The two of them ate the meal indiscriminately, and filled the gourd with water.
Close the wooden door and lie down and gossip.
I don't know what Guo Long was busy with during the day, so he snored without saying a word.
Shen Yun lay on the straw mat, but he couldn't sleep, the bright moonlight outside mixed with a little starlight, through the hole in the wall, shone brightly in the sheep shed.
Most people in this city look down on him.
But there are always well-wishers in the world, like Liu Xiucai in the private school, although he never said anything to himself, he never objected to eavesdropping, and he did not allow the children in the private school to bully him;
There is also the shopkeeper Zhao of the teahouse, who occasionally asks the brothers to help a little, and always stuffs some copper coins after finishing;
In fact, Sister Ruyu is also very good to him.
Zhen is like jade, twelve years old, and likes to draw eyebrows and hair.
blush and rouge, never stopping, for fear that others will not know that she is a young girl.
She was a burly, tall and muscular man, with a thick black hairy ring above her lips, which was intimidating to look at, and even more powerful, and no one dared to mess with her.
On weekdays, he only helps carry pots and fetch water in Lixiangyuan.
However, Zhen Ruyu took great care of these little beggars, and when she saw them, she used a rough voice at most, and warned them to be polite, to call her "Sister Ruyu", and usually rewarded a few steamed buns at the end.
It's just that, thinking of her fingers that love to clasp her nostrils, Shen Yun usually has no appetite.
Of course, in Shen Yun's heart, the most grateful person is Aunt Li, if it weren't for her, the brothers wouldn't know how many hungry meals they would have to suffer in the past few years.
"I'm leaving. Shen Yun was in a trance for a while, and he could finally leave.
I prayed secretly in a daze, hoping to leave smoothly tomorrow, don't let Xiao Mao find out, don't block Xu Heitou.