Chapter 17 Seven steps to death
Guobei County, west of the city, Zhujia Street.
The Zhu family is a common surname in Guobei, but there are many poor households, especially in the west of the city.
In a courtyard with mud walls, Mrs. Zhu Yao was washing clothes with a pile of clothes. After she became a widow, her husband's brothers took away her family's land. As an orphan and widowed mother, she could only rely on her hard-working hands to connect with others.
I did some part-time work as a cleaner to make ends meet.
In the south of her yard, there is a fence with a number of native chickens.
At this time, her daughter was lying on the fence, watching the chickens walking around inside.
She was probably thinking about those eggs. She usually wouldn't eat more during the holidays, but today my mother gave away all the eggs.
Although she was sensible and knew that she should express her gratitude to her savior, she still felt a little missing in her heart.
"Mom, I'm hungry," the girl said.
"There's still half a pancake in the kitchen, go and eat it yourself." Zhu Yao straightened her aching waist and said with a smile.
The little girl didn't seem to want to eat the pancake and lowered her head.
Zhu Yao probably knew what she was thinking, so he laughed at her: "My benefactor saved your life. Those eggs are really not enough to repay the kindness. Don't get into petty emotions anymore and be obedient."
"Oh." The little girl responded, reluctant to leave and about to turn around.
At this moment, the sound of a dog barking suddenly came from outside the courtyard wall.
The little girl looked over and saw a yellow dog standing outside her door with a bamboo basket in its mouth.
She quickly said: "Mother, my benefactor's dog is here."
She recognized this rhubarb.
Zhu Yao stood up, walked over and looked at each other, and saw the yellow dog standing outside the courtyard wall with a bamboo basket in its mouth.
When the courtyard door opened, the dog walked straight in, placed the basket in front of her, then turned around and left, wagging his tail.
The bamboo basket is exactly her bamboo basket.
Not only were the eggs still inside, but there was even an extra five taels of silver in it.
"Mother, does my benefactor not want our eggs?" the girl asked.
Zhu Yao didn't say a word, but suddenly picked up the basket and ran out of the door.
But as soon as she went out, she saw the yellow dog running out and blocking the front again, barking at her.
"I can't do it, I can't do it." Zhu Yao's eyes were red and tears could not be restrained.
At the corner of the street, Jiang Ling suddenly stepped out with a sigh and said, "Take it. Speaking of which, these many eggs are a waste if I can't finish them. I might as well give them back to you."
"But... how can I, an orphan and a widowed mother, repay the kindness of my benefactor?" Zhu Yao felt deeply indebted.
"Speak of kindness or not, it's all just fate. Just keep the eggs, and keep the money as well.
If you hatch chickens in the future and one comes out with seven-colored feathers, keep it for me, and I will come and get it when the time comes.
How about taking this money as payment?"
"Since it is what my benefactor needs, I don't need any money, so I should do it myself."
"If you don't accept the money, then I won't be able to ask for it again. This will end our fate. What do you think?"
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Yao was stunned.
Jiang Ling smiled at the timid little girl in the courtyard, then called the yellow dog to leave.
I wish the Yao family just wanted to see each other off,
Jiang Ling waved his hand and said, "A house that accumulates good deeds will always be happy, and hard work will not disappoint others. I believe you will get better and better. Don't send me off, just go back."
Mrs. Zhu Yao looked at his back, her eyes were red, and she hurried into the hospital to take the little girl out and asked her to kowtow to her benefactor.
But when he came out again, the street was empty, and the man and the dog had long disappeared.
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From Guobei to Linzhou, you should go straight east.
Jiang Ling inquired with others and found out that the fastest route was to go out of the West City Gate and take the waterway, which would take half a day.
After coming out of the west gate, the yellow dog looked back several times and barked at Jiangling several times.
Jiang Ling thought it didn't understand what it had just done, so he laughed at it: "Why, you don't want to let go of those eggs?"
The yellow dog barked again, and I didn't know whether to admit or deny it.
"It is really not easy for orphans and widowed mothers. Although there are not many like them in the world, who told us to encounter them? If you help, you will help, it is just a little effort. For me, it is just a little effort, but for their family
Maybe my little effort can help them overcome many difficulties in the future. Oh, I suddenly feel that this seems to be a bit like giving someone a loan."
The yellow dog wagged its tail, not quite understanding what he said.
Jiang Ling smiled, suddenly raised his hand and looked at the black ring on his hand.
This ring can move across the world as long as it is turned.
If you are in a hurry, using the power of the ring will be the fastest way.
However, the ring teleportation is very uncertain, and no one knows where it will land next.
Seeing that the pier was not far ahead, Jiang Ling finally put down his hand and walked towards the pier.
"Forget it, let's take the ferry. You can enjoy the scenery along the river, which is not bad."
After walking more than ten steps, the yellow dog suddenly barked again.
Baring his teeth and yelling at the back.
Jiang Ling turned around to look again, but suddenly he heard someone pointing at him: "It's him, it's really him, he's right here, don't let him get away."
Following the shouting, several big men hurried over, holding sticks and looking fierce.
Looking at those figures, they look familiar.
After a few more glances, Jiang Ling finally recognized them. Aren't these the thugs from [Xianheng Pawn Shop]?
I just gave them some advice on how to cure the disease, and now they are repaying kindness with enmity and are coming to settle the score?
He said to Huang Gou: "It seems that doing good to evil is wrong after all. Evil people must eat the consequences of evil. Do you think it is right?"
Woof woof~~
The yellow dog barked and stood aside.
Jiang Ling turned a blind eye and continued walking towards the dock.
When the nursing homes came after them, he didn't even look back and just asked: "You are not cured yet, so don't run away anymore."
The nurse heard this and sneered: "Then I'll disappoint you, but we're all fine."
"The shopkeeper is still waiting for us to take you back and torture you, so just hold your hands."
"Your trick has been discovered by the shopkeeper a long time ago. If you don't want to go to jail, please return the ten taels of silver quickly!"
Jiang Ling did not look back and said as he walked: "Really? I said goodbye to you and turned around. You are safe and sound. If you pursue me again, you will die of illness in seven steps."
When he leaves, the yellow dog also leaves.
Those nursing homes also laughed. In broad daylight, Qibu died of illness?
Do you really think you can scare people with your quack tricks?
Seven steps?
It's just eight steps and nine steps, so what?
The guards gave chase and were about to stop Jiang Ling, but just after they took the eighth step, the seven people in the group suddenly stopped in their tracks, and blood spurted out from their seven orifices.
He fell straight to the ground.
One moment they were fierce and fierce; the next moment, their limbs were twitching and their whole body was in convulsions.
Jiang Ling didn't even look at it. When he reached the riverside, he saw a passenger ship about to leave. He got on the ship and sat down at the stern.
The breeze came slowly, and the yellow dog crawled on the board of the boat, shivering, maybe because he was afraid of the water.
And he looked at the dock and gained something.
Opening his five fingers, when he just used a trace of the spiritual power in [Yuanchi] in his hands, he actually noticed that the chasing guards seemed to have a thread in his hands.
He knew that it was probably the [plague] he had sent in the first place.
[Plague] Whether it is good or bad depends on his thoughts. When he tears the thread, the disease can break out again, even worse than before.
"This reminds me of the story about Bigan digging out his heart."
In the book "Fengshen", it is said that Bigan was not dead after being dug out by Daji. He asked a peasant woman on the road, "Can a vegetable live without a heart, but a man can live without a heart?"
The peasant woman smiled and replied, "You can't live if you don't have a heart." Bigan died instantly as soon as the peasant woman finished speaking.
Chapter completed!