After a long time, I am back in Luoyang today. Although Luoyang is no longer the capital of the Han court, it is also very lively in the north-south thoroughfare, and the merchant trade is also very lively. The Wuhu Gang set up a branch here, which was in charge of salt transportation in Luoyang and the areas to the west. I have been working hard for days, and with this rudder, I can rest here for a few days.

On this day, I was lying on an earthen wall basking in the sun, and the sun was shining, and after a short time I fell asleep and died. I was in a daze, and suddenly I felt that someone was touching my big knife.

Hurriedly opened his eyes and saw that it was a group of children. I "snapped" and slapped a child's hand, and the child found me awake and ran away a few steps with a red face, but several children were hiding there and playing, all of them were about seven or eight years old.

"Xiao Fan, I said you don't dare to touch that knife, you brag!" a child shouted.

The child, who was called Xiao Fan, defended: "Who said I wouldn't dare? ”

"Sneaking doesn't count, you kind of go up and touch another one!" the kid said.

"Hmph, who said I wouldn't dare?" Xiao Fan tried to take a step forward, but he was afraid. I guess I didn't dare to come forward because I looked very fierce.

"Haha, coward, don't you dare?" laughed in unison a group of children.

"Who...... Who said I wouldn't dare?" Xiao Fan shouted. As he spoke, he ran farther and farther, and a group of children shouted, "The widow's son is not a dingding, shame, shame!"

It turned out that the child was a widow's son. For a while, I suddenly remembered that when I was a child, I was an orphan with no father and mother, and I was bullied on the streets. I was trying to save face for him, but the child had already run away.

When the children were bored, they all played on their own. I turned sideways and continued to practice my big dreams.

After a while, I was in the middle of my spring dream, and I had just half-flowed, and I noticed that someone was pushing me. I said angrily: "Who disturbed the little master to sleep?"

Turning it over and looking, it was the little ghost named Xiaofan again, this time, he had a string of sugar gourds in his hand. I wanted to have a seizure, but seeing his pitiful appearance, I couldn't bear it.

"What are you going to do, little ghost?"

"Big brother, I bought a bunch of sugar gourds for you. Xiao Fan said timidly.

"Well, then what?" I unceremoniously grabbed his sugar gourd and ate one, and it was really sweet. It's the first time I've grown up so big that a child has bought me sugar gourds.

He stared at me intently, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and asked with a concerned face, "Is it delicious?"

"Well, you won't know if you eat one yourself. I handed it to him.

"No, my mother said you can't eat other people's food. ”

I wondered: "This is obviously the sugar gourd you bought, why did it become someone else's thing?"

Xiao Fan said very seriously: "I want to touch your knife, but I have nothing to exchange with you, so I can only steal my mother's hairpin and exchange it for a sugar gourd for my big brother." This...... It's the best thing in the world!"

"Haven't you ever eaten a sugar gourd?" I asked, seeing his greed.

"Well, my family is poor, and my mother won't buy it for me. Xiao Fan looked aggrieved.

I handed him the sugar gourd and said, "You can eat it, if you don't have enough food, my big brother will buy it for you!"

"Really?" Xiao Fan jumped up happily.

He took the sugar gourd and ate one, chewing it for a long time and reluctant to swallow it, seeing that I was anxious, he said, "Swallow it quickly, it tastes better in the stomach!"

"But if you swallow it, there will be no ......," Xiao Fan said casually.

"Don't be afraid, brother, I have silver!" I took out a piece of silver and shook it in front of him.

Xiao Fan shook his head and said, "That's big brother's silver, not Xiao Fan's." My mother said that I can't ask for other people's things. ”

The poor also have the dignity of the poor, I know that. It is said that the children of the poor are in charge of the house early, and I don't try to persuade him, every child has his own life. I touched his head, and Xiao Fan said, "Big brother, I'm done eating, you let me touch your knife, right?"

In his eyes, knives are more interesting than sugar gourds.

"Okay, be careful, but don't get hurt. "I brought the knife to him with a sheath. Xiao Fan touched it carefully, and there was a sound of "tsk" in his mouth.

"Big brother, you are what they call the heroes of the rivers and lakes, right?"

"Hehe," I touched my head, but I was a little embarrassed, "It's a little hero, it's not a big hero." ”

"Big brother, isn't your martial arts very high?"

I put it on top of his head, a little higher, and said, "That's probably it!"

"When I grow up, I want to roam the rivers and lakes like my big brother!" Xiao Fan suddenly straightened his back, looking heroic and dry.

"Ambitious, young man!" I gave a thumbs up. His rivers and lakes are just children's rivers and lakes, naively thinking that as long as they are rivers and lakes, they will be very good, and they must be better than a string of rock sugar gourds.

As he was talking, suddenly there was a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and the dark clouds came from somewhere away, and the wind blew, and it was about to rain.

"Okay, it's going to rain, let's go home quickly!" I patted Xiaofan.

"Well, big brother, are you coming back tomorrow?"

"Come, as long as I don't leave, I'll definitely come and let you touch the knife, okay?"

"Okay!" the childish voice said happily, "Big brother, then I'm leaving!"

I nodded, and he ran briskly into the distance.

The rain was pouring down, and as soon as I rushed to the door of the Five Lakes Gang rudder, I bumped into a delicate body in a daze, and when I looked at it, it was a bowed woman with a bag on her back. In the rain, I couldn't see my face clearly.

"I'm sorry, girl, I ran too fast and hit you. I hurriedly apologized, and I had no intention of rubbing the oil, and when I saw that she didn't move, and I didn't know how to get closer, I ran to the rudder yard. The rain was heavier, crackling and beating on the tiles, and the wind blew harder.

Without saying a word, I picked up an umbrella in the courtyard and rushed out, only to find that the girl was squatting under the eaves at the door, but the eaves were not enough to cover her body, and she was instantly drenched.

How can there be such a stupid woman?

But it's timid, and it makes people feel angry and funny.

I took a few steps, sighed heavily, walked up to her, and said angrily, "Take it, I borrowed this umbrella from you, and I will return it to me when the rain stops, and you will leave it at the gate of the courtyard." ”

The woman looked up.

I was startled, it turned out to be a blind man, but he looked quite smart, some jasper next door. But it was gloomy and raining, and when I looked up, my eyes were emptier than the yard, and I was really shocked.

It's not a female ghost, is it?

I pulled away for a distance, plucked up the courage to stretch out my right hand, and handed over the oil-paper umbrella that didn't cover much of the rain. The umbrella was cyan, and the woman was wearing a floral cheongsam, but it had not been washed in much color.

The woman stood up softly, slightly sideways and sleeves, as if she had given a blessing, and then took the umbrella, her voice was more ethereal like a female ghost, "Thank you, Childe." ”

Your mother, it's a big black sky, and I don't look good at whether you have a shadow or not.

I was so frightened that I almost threw the umbrella over, and kept silently reciting that Lao Tzu had righteousness in his chest, and Taoism would not invade a hundred ghosts.

The woman seemed to hear the words, smiled gracefully, and said softly: "Childe is too careful, I am not a female ghost." ”

I saw her smile and believe that she was not a female ghost. The torrential rain fell on my body, and I was also soaked, so I stood side by side with her under the wall, and asked curiously: "What are you doing here in this place where birds don't?"

The woman, who should not be very old, said softly: "Wait for someone." ”

I broke the casserole and asked, "Who are you waiting for?"

The woman thought very carefully and replied, "People who came here." ”

I slapped my forehead, this girl's brain is not very useful, and it is a little inexplicable like me when I first came out.

The wind suddenly blew off a piece of tiles and fell to the ground, making quite a fuss. I saw that her clothes were soaked, so I naturally felt some pity for my husband, and said: "If you don't go to my house to hide from the rain, it's not a matter here, don't worry, although my family is all big men, but there are no bad people, just me is bad." Didn't I lend you an umbrella too, did I?"

The blind woman shook her head stubbornly.

I was a little angry, "Then you give me back the umbrella!"

The woman did tilt her umbrella towards me.

I said viciously: "If you do this again, I will make it bad, lonely men and widows, be careful that I rob the people's daughters!"

She tilted her head towards me, the corners of her mouth curled invisibly. has a playful look, but there is some beauty that makes people want to conquer.

I was helpless, so I reached out and pushed the oil-paper umbrella to her, and said, "Yes, you are a woman, you are amazing." ”

Standing together in the rain, I really couldn't bear the heavy rain and washed my body, and said solemnly: "Girl, are you really not afraid of getting sick with a disease? If you fall ill at my door, I don't have the money to help you treat your illness." ”

She approached me and held an umbrella together.

I was thinking about whether to kidnap her into the yard when I suddenly turned my head and saw a tall figure coming from the alley with an umbrella. It's none other than Guan Yu!

The blind woman suddenly smiled at me, still with a shy expression, and said, "Thank you, Childe, the person I was waiting for is here." ”