Chapter 44 Xun Sheng
Outside Yunzhou City, by the Yunshui River, several beautiful and fresh young women were washing clothes. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
A melodious sound of Guxun floated by the river. The music was speechless but like a cry, instantly penetrating the tired hearts of passers-by.
Shile was walking on the road and was about to enter the city, but he was attracted by the sound of Xun and led the donkey to the river.
On the laundry stone on the bank of the river sat a little girl of thirteen or fourteen. She was wearing clean patched clothes, holding her trousers, a pair of pink little feet soaked in the crystal clear river water, and she was still holding a pottery in both hands, buried in her slightly bulging chest and playing softly as if no one was there.
The little donkey walked all the way to the river and wanted to drink water, but Shi Le was intoxicated by the sound of Gu Xun and was intoxicated. He clung to the reins, and the little donkey couldn't break free. As soon as the donkey lost his temper, he actually screamed "uh-huh--" non-stop!
This brute, which doesn't shed tears, but only cries, never stops.
The little girl's voice was also interrupted. Shi Le's embarrassed face was red, and he had to hurry up and coax the donkey as if he had done something wrong.
"If you let it go to the river to drink, it won't bark!" cried the little girl at Shile.
Shile hurriedly did as he and her words, and as soon as the donkey drank the water, he stopped howling.
The little girl in the tattered clothes put away the Tao Xun, then went to the branch on the shore to pick up a piece of clothing that was being dried, folded it neatly, and prepared to leave.
Shi Le was still immersed in the sound of Xun, and when he saw that the little girl was leaving, he couldn't help but say: "Thank you for your Xun sound just now, it touched me a lot!"
"Hmm!" the little girl nodded, proud to have met her bosom friend.
When Shile saw that the little girl was dressed in tatters, he asked, "Where is your family?"
The little girl smiled slightly, her eyes were red, and her childish face said to Shi Le with a strong expression: "My home has been shattered! I don't know how to do anything, it's my brother who takes care of me. Now he's gone, and I'm alone in the world. I wanted to buy him a white samurai suit, it was his dream when he was alive. My brother often said that crying is a sign of cowardice, and as long as you do the right thing, you will be fearless!"
The little girl talked a little too much. She also realized that she shouldn't talk so much to strangers, so she quickly kept silent!
This is another human tragedy, and Shi Le was full of emotion after hearing it. He wanted to change the subject, so that the little girl would not be sad, so he asked, "Your voice is quite spiritual." Is it telling a story about someone else?"
The little girl held up Tao Xun and said, "Master Jia said that when God uses clay to pinch people, he also pinched this Xun, and people chisel seven orifices to have a soul, and Xun chisels seven holes to have a charm! In addition, I don't need to tell other people's stories, because I am a story myself." With that, she picked up her clothes and left.
Shile then rode into the city on a donkey.
There is a market at the south gate of Yunzhou City, where everything has to be sold. The western corner of the bazaar is a slave market. Compared to the hustle and bustle of the whole market, it seems a little deserted.
Yunzhou City has long been home to a large number of refugees. Many of them were willing to sell themselves into slavery in order to have a good meal. This made the slave very worthless here.
"Woo-woo-" Tao Xun's voice sounded. A little girl dressed in filial piety clothes knelt in the corner of the slave market and gently blew Tao Xun.
A few seemingly rich people walked past the little girl, and when they saw her, they wanted to buy her as a slave. But there were two conditions attached to the little girl's sale. 1. She is not a slave, and whoever wants to buy her must marry her. Second, the buyer must first bury her brother.
Most of the buyers in the slave market were just small and wealthy families. They are good at calculation, and they are still calculating. Usually, buying a slave is only a few dozen pennies and not as expensive as an animal. But if you marry a wife, you must not only register in the clan ancestral hall, but also feast relatives and friends.
Therefore, there are a lot of people around the little girl who is blowing Xun, but no one is willing to buy her.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" shouted a bald, one-eyed ruffian.
The market was chaotic, but when I heard the sound, it immediately fell silent. Nicknamed "One-Eyed", this man was the head snake in the slave market.
"One-eyed" came to the little girl, threw a handful of copper coins on the ground, and said, "Come with me!"
The little girl picked up the coins one by one from the dirt, then stood up and bowed her head in silence.
A black-canopy carriage came behind "One-Eye", and a noble lady came out of the carriage and looked at the little girl with an unkind face.
When the little girl saw the lady, she was immediately terrified!
"Whoa!" Suddenly, she threw the copper coin in her hand into the face of "One-Eyed", then turned and ran.
The lady sneered and said, "It's this little girl, chase it back for me!"
"One-eyed" roared like a hound that heard a signal and chased after the little girl.
The little girl ran in a hurry, and Tao Xun accidentally fell to the ground. She hurriedly possessed herself to pick it up, but was caught up by "One-Eyed" at that time.
The little girl was just about to get up when she was kicked to the ground by "One-Eye". The little girl struggled to get up, but was kicked down by "One-Eyed" again.
She curled up on the ground, protecting Tao Xun in her arms. "One-Eyed" kicked her hard!
"Uh-huh--" a little donkey called and ran from the street.
"Get out of the way! out of the way!" cried out a country boy on the little donkey.
Everyone avoided it, but only "One-Eyed" pinched his waist with both hands and stood in the middle of the road arrogantly.
"Smack!" the donkey's front hooves flew and landed on the door of One-Eyed.
"One-eyed" screamed along his nose with blood! "You're in trouble! Don't go! You wait for me!"
He put down his words and covered his face and ran, obviously looking for help!
The little girl looked at this little donkey very familiarly, isn't this the one I saw by the river today!
Shile was comforting the stunned little donkey.
The little girl got up, patted the dirt off her body, said "Thank you!" to Shile, and ran away.
Shile didn't take it seriously either, and there were situations like this every day in the market. He came here to sell the little donkey for a few dollars, and then buy decent clothes to see Murong Yan.
There was a sneaky man in the crowd who secretly chased the little girl.
Naturally, this could not be hidden from Shiler's eyes. He shook his head and sighed helplessly. Sooner or later, this little girl will be found by "One-Eyed", and the fate that awaits her can be imagined.
Shile led the little donkey out of the slave market. He had no intention of caring about the little girl. There are too many injustices in this world, and he can't manage them alone. Everyone has their own life, the noble enjoy all the glory, and the poor go through the tribulations. This is the portrayal of this world, will it change because of a puppet.
He became very irritable and fell into deep thought on the little donkey.