Time flies, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye. At this time, Qianjiaji is still the same, still as prosperous as before, and the years have not had any impact on it.
At this time, several children were playing with sand and stones by a small river on the edge of Qianjiaji West Market.
"Brother Yuan, what are you doing?" a child asked in a childish voice,
"I want to make a water mill," the child named Brother Yuan said with great interest.
"You mean you want to make the rice mill next to the river?" The child who just asked him said loudly in disbelief,
"No, what I do is a small water grinder like that," the child named Brother Yuan said with a smile.
"You're bragging, Wu Xiangyuan, you, a bastard with a mother and no father, can you make any small things to crush? You might as well make a cesspool for me to poop in, haha..." Suddenly, someone came from behind them.
There was a child's scolding sound, and several children behind him also started cheering.
The child who had been talking to Wu Xiangyuan had a frightened expression on his face when he saw them, and kept retreating towards the river.
After hearing this, the child named Wu Xiangyuan knew who the child behind him was. He was Li Shanwen, the young master of the richest and most powerful landlord's family in Qianjiaji West City. Because he was very fat, he weighed more than 100 pounds at the age of six.
Because of his heavy weight, everyone secretly called him Fatty Li, but Li Shanwen hated everyone calling him Fatty the most, and would get into a fight when he heard him.
Wu Xiangyuan clenched his fists after hearing Fatty Li's words. Looking at the expression on his face, it was obvious that he was extremely angry. He stood up and slowly turned around to look at Li Shanwen.
"What's the matter, you want to fight? I'm always with you, young master." Li Shanwen saw La Wu Xiangyuan's posture and said contemptuously.
Although Wu Xiangyuan wanted to give him a beating, after all, he was almost twice as old as him, and more than a head taller than him, and his body was more than two or three times stronger than him. No matter how much he hated him, he was not sure.
If you win the fight, you might get beaten up badly, so you don't dare to take action.
"Haha, you are indeed a bastard with a mother's voice and no father, but you are still a coward." At this time, a child behind him scolded Wu Xiangyuan happily when he saw Wu Xiangyuan's hesitation.
"Haha, Xiao Niuzi is right, this kid is not only a bastard but also a coward." Li Shanwen and Fatty Li said even more happily.
At this time, Wu Xiangyuan couldn't bear it any longer, so he angrily rushed towards Xiao Niuzi. The speed was really fast. Before Li Shanwen could react, Xiao Niuzi was thrown to the ground by Wu Xiangyuan. Maybe he used too much force.
, it was by the river again, and there were a lot of rocks of different sizes. The moment Xiao Niuzi fell to the ground, his head was smashed, and the pain made him cry.
However, Wu Xiangyuan didn't let go and hit him hard on the face with his fist. After a while, Xiao Niuzi was beaten with a black nose and swollen face. Seeing this, Fatty Li hurriedly stepped forward to pull Wu Xiangyuan away and tried to throw Wu Xiangyuan to the ground.
However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not knock Wu Xiangyuan down.
In the end, I could only throw my whole body on Wu Xiangyuan to knock Wu Xiangyuan down. However, it was impossible to free up my hands to hit Wu Xiangyuan, because his hands were competing with Wu Xiangyuan, and they were even equal.
Seeing that he could not help Wu Xiangyuan, Li Shanwen felt very embarrassed, so he loudly called a few children standing aside to fight Wu Xiangyuan, but those children were hesitant. They had fully appreciated Wu Xiangyuan's ruthlessness, and Xiao Niuzi was a role model.
, so no one dares to take action first,
At this time, Xiao Niuzi had climbed up and was still crying. When he saw Wu Xiangyuan being restrained by Li Shanwen, he came up and punched Wu Xiangyuan in the face without saying a word. When the children saw this, they also came up and beat him up, which is strange to say.
Although Wu Xiangyuan was also beaten with a bruised nose and face, he did not feel any pain, especially his body, which seemed to be fine.
Suddenly, the children heard someone shouting. Li Shanwen raised his eyes and said, "No, the old witch from the bastard family is here, run away."
After saying that, he stopped and led the children to scatter. At this time, he saw an old woman rushing to the place where Wu Xiangyuan was beaten. Seeing that Wu Xiangyuan was beaten with a bruised nose and face, he felt heartbroken. Wu Xiangyuan saw the old woman coming.
, hurriedly threw herself into her arms and cried bitterly,
"Yuan'er, be good, don't cry, don't cry, my mother-in-law will vent your anger tomorrow." The old woman quickly coaxed Wu Xiangyuan to stop crying.
It turned out that Wu Xiangyuan was the baby in the arms of the young woman who settled here three years ago. The young woman's surname was Wen and her first name was Shuwan. The old woman holding Wu Xiangyuan was of course Zhao Quan's wife Fang Xiumin.
It turned out that they came here to take refuge three years ago, hoping to wait for Wu Shangqing and others to join them. Who knew, but there was no sign of them, so they could only continue to wait. Zhao Quanjian waited for two years and did not see Wu Shangqing.
Qing Ji found out about his parents, so he proposed to go out to search for them. This was in line with Wen Shuwan's wishes, so Zhao Quan hurried away.
It has been more than a year now, and there is no news. This can't help but make the family even more worried. Fortunately, Wu Xiangyuan is growing up day by day, and he is smart, well-behaved and pleasant in appearance. This makes Fang Xiumin and Wen Shuwan feel some fun.
,
However, this child also made them worry. Although he was young, he often caused trouble outside. Not only did he often beat children of similar age to bruises, but he himself was also often beaten to bruises and bruises.
No, I fought with someone again today, but today I was beaten more seriously, with wounds all over my body. Fang Xiumin saw it in her eyes and felt pain in her heart. If the child who had just played with Wu Xiangyuan had not gone back to tell them, the consequences would have been disastrous.
She obviously felt that it was the other party's fault, so she agreed to vent her anger on Wu Xiangyuan, and then took Wu Xiangyuan home.
But not long after she returned home, someone came to complain. Needless to say, she knew that it was the adults from Xiaoniuzi's family. So Wen Shuwan put on a veil and went out with Fang Xiumin to have a look.
I saw that Xiao Niuzi's parents had arrived, and there were also some children and their parents who had come to testify. As soon as they saw Fang Xiumin and Wen Shuwan, they demanded compensation for medical expenses, and threatened to set fire to the house if they didn't accompany them. It seemed that
They were sure of this family. Fang Xiumin was so angry that she stared at her. She tried to take action several times, but was blocked by Wen Shuwan.
In the end, in order to calm the matter, Wen Shuwan accompanied them and gave them twenty taels of silver. Xiao Niuzi's parents did not dare to ask for more, because they also saw that Wu Xiangyuan was not injured less than their Xiao Niuzi, so they gave up and were satisfied.
departure,
In fact, the amount of compensation was already very considerable at the time. It could provide food and drink for a family of six for half a year. For an average family of six, excluding food, drink and other expenses, they would often not have even five taels of silver left over the course of a year.
Come down, let alone those poor people, so Fang Xiumin was very unconvinced but did not dare to say anything to Wen Shuwan, so she could only sulk.
After sending away a bunch of plague gods, Wen Shuwan angrily found a whip and beat Wu Xiangyuan hard: "Let's see if you still fight."
Wu Xiangyuan was a child who was stubborn and refused to cry no matter how hard Wen Shuwan beat him. Fang Xiumin couldn't stand it anymore, so she stepped forward to persuade him.
"Aunt Quan, don't worry. This brat has been causing trouble everywhere at a young age. How can he deal with it when he grows up?" Wen Shuwan said angrily.
"Yuan'er didn't cause trouble, it was them who provoked Yuan'er. Who told them to say that Yuan'er was a bastard who had a mother but not a father? Xiao Niuzi also said that Yuan'er was not only a bastard but also a coward. That's why Yuan'er beat him.
Who knew they would team up to fight Yuan'er, wow..." Wu Xiangyuan cried in grievance.
After hearing these words, Wen Shuwan couldn't help but feel shocked. No matter how angry she was, she didn't dare to hit Wu Xiangyuan anymore. She was just sulking. Fang Xiumin certainly understood the pain in this young lady's heart, so she stepped forward and hugged Wen Shuwan,
Wen Shuwan could no longer hold back the grievances in her heart and cried.
When Wu Xiangyuan saw his mother crying, he stopped crying. He was just a little scared because this was the first time he saw his mother cry. He also knew that he made her cry. One of his problems was that who made him cry?
He would beat anyone who cried. He thought that his mother would beat him again just like him, and he couldn't help but be afraid in his heart, because it was really uncomfortable when his mother's whip hit his buttocks.
So he secretly ran to find a place to hide. Seeing that there was no place to hide in the front yard, he went to the backyard and looked for many places. Finally, he found a place that he thought was ideal, which was the firewood shed.
inside,
So he got into the haystack and covered himself with grass to prevent others from being discovered. Sure enough, soon after he heard his mother and mother-in-law calling him, and even went to the woodshed to look for him, but he was not found by them.
So he fell asleep feeling relieved.
When Fang Xiumin and Wen Shuwan didn't find Wu Xiangyuan at home, they stopped looking for him. They thought he must have gone out to play again. Since it was not yet noon, they didn't need to worry about him, so they went about their own business.
"Zhizhi..."
I don't know how much time passed, but Wu Xiangyuan, who was sleeping in the haystack, was woken up by the sound of mice fighting. When he opened his eyes and saw that the mouse was moving, he was so frightened that the mouse got into the hole in the corner.
He was annoyed that the mouse was disturbing his dream, so he poked the mouse hole with firewood, but there was no response. He thought to himself: If I don't believe it, I can't get you out?
So when he couldn't poke, he resorted to digging. At first, he used some small wooden sticks to dig along the mouse hole. But as he dug deeper and deeper, it was no longer convenient to dig with small wooden sticks, so he secretly went to the tool room and got a handful.
A small hoe and a small shovel to continue digging,
As he dug deeper and deeper, when he finally reached the same depth as himself, he could already hear the sound of mice scurrying in the nest, and he felt a surprise in his heart, like finding silver.
So he dug it carefully to prevent the mouse from escaping. It didn't take long before he finally saw the mouse's tail, and was about to dig it in with a shovel.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the mouse fled in a hurry, jumped over Wu Xiangyuan, and used his shoulder as a springboard to escape. Wu Xiangyuan was so angry that his teeth itched, thinking that his hard work was in vain.
Unexpectedly, he heard the "squeaking" sound at this time, which turned out to be coming from the mouse hole, and he couldn't help but feel pleasantly surprised: It turned out there was something else.
So he continued to dig in, and sure enough he dug out a nest of mice. After counting, there were as many as twelve mice. They were crawling around in the nest as if they were looking for something.
, he curiously picked up one and observed it carefully. It turned out that this little mouse had not opened its eyes yet.
After watching it for a while, he continued to pick up the other little mice and took a closer look. He found that they were all the same and there was no difference. However, the little mouse's body was red and soft, which was very interesting. It also screamed when he pinched it. It was very interesting.
It made him giggle all the time,
After playing like this for a while, he felt that it was no longer fun, so he studied the mouse nest. He saw that there was a layer of hay on the mouse nest, which looked very warm, just like their bed. What interested him more was this
The mouse was actually able to lay a piece of cloth under the hay. At this time, he really admired the mouse for being smart.
So he went to lift the piece of cloth, but he couldn't lift it, which made him feel very embarrassed. He couldn't even lift the cloth that the mouse made a nest in. If he told it to others, he wouldn't be embarrassed to death.
So he used both hands to pull hard, but he still couldn't pull it. At this time, he carefully observed the piece of cloth and found that the piece of cloth was not moved by mice to make a nest as he imagined, but looked like it was moved by mice to make a nest.
Someone was buried here, and there was something wrapped in this piece of cloth.
So he used his tools and spent a lot of effort to dig out the cloth wrapped with things. It turned out to be one foot square and two or three inches high. He thought to himself, no wonder he used so much effort.
Just dug it out,
After opening it, it turned out that there was an exquisite wooden box wrapped inside, with dragons and phoenixes carved on it. It was very beautiful. If it were asked by older people, they would definitely think: they have found a treasure.
However, at his age, he had no idea of finding treasures. He was just out of curiosity and he quickly opened the box.
He saw a book and a jade vase inside. He thought the jade vase was cute, so he picked it up and played with it. He saw three words "Guiyuan Dan" written on it, but he only recognized the last two words, and then he took it out.
When I opened the bottle cap, I smelled a refreshing fragrance, which made me feel refreshed.
I knew it must be something good, so I poured it out into the palm of my hand and took a look. It turned out to be yellow-green pills that looked like beans but were twice as big as soybeans. There were at least dozens of pills in this whole bottle, which was enough for snacks.
He ate for a while,
When he thought of eating, looking at the increasingly fragrant pill pills, he couldn't help but arouse his appetite. He couldn't help but swallow a big mouthful of saliva, only to realize that he hadn't had lunch yet. No wonder he felt hungry.
But he didn't know if this thing could be eaten, and he didn't dare to try it. It's not fun to get a stomachache from eating the wrong thing, so he put the pill back that he poured out, closed the bottle cap and put it back.
original place,
Then he picked up the book and looked at it, and found that there was something underneath the book, which was a piece of silk. There were some words written crookedly on the silk, but he ignored it. There was another volume under the silk.
The book looks like half of it is missing, and the front part seems to have been torn off.
Under the book there was a large ginseng tree, already in human form, so he knew it was very precious, because the potion he made every day contained ginseng. He also heard some knowledge about ginseng from his mother-in-law and mother, but those
Compared with this ginseng, the ginseng is really insignificant. Excluding the roots, it has to be placed diagonally to fit into this one-foot-square box. A ginseng of this size must be very old.
Apart from these things, there was nothing else in the box, so he put these things inside the wooden box, and then turned his attention to the complete book.
As soon as he got it in his hand, he felt that this book was unusual, because the feel was different from the books he usually touched. It was obvious that the paper in this book was different, like silk cotton, and much better than the paper in the books he usually read.
No, he doesn't care so much, as long as he knows that these papers are not ordinary.
When he saw the title on the cover, he couldn't help but frowned, because he couldn't recognize a single word, only knowing that there were five words on it, which made him feel a little frustrated.
It's no wonder, after all, these words are written in Xiaozhuan, and he is only a child of more than three years old and less than four years old. Although under the guidance of his mother, he has memorized the Three Character Classic and Hundred Family Surnames by heart, and also knows them.
There are quite a few characters, but they are all written in square regular script. Characters written in small seal script like this are blind even if they are familiar characters.
Fortunately, except for the inside of the cover, which was written in regular script, he could recognize it. Although there were many words he didn't know yet, he didn't care about them. There were only pictures in the book, which interested him.
He could tell at a glance that it was a man sitting cross-legged like an old monk in trance, but what made him wonder was why there were nine paintings of the same painting, and each painting had a blue mark on the body.
points, and there are words marked next to them. These points are also connected by red lines, and there are arrows on the red lines. He can understand this, and he often uses this method to express walking when he is alone or playing with others.
direction.
Driven by curiosity, he carefully compared each painting, and then discovered that the blue dots marked in each painting were different, so the red line's walking route was also different. Finally, he understood what it meant, and he felt happy in his heart.
It is inevitable that you will be happy,
The book was not thick, with only about twenty pages. He had read it roughly in less than half an hour. As the saying goes, a good book does not require a deep understanding. A kid like him couldn't understand it even if he wanted to, and there was nothing interesting to read.
Yes, he put the book into the wooden box and closed it. After wrapping the wooden box with the piece of cloth, he remembered those little mice.
When he looked at it, he found that the little mice were motionless and their whole bodies had become cold. He knew that the little mice had been killed by the cold, because he himself felt a little cold. After all, it was already autumn and it was in the mountains.
Underground, the cold is unavoidable.
So he came out of the pit and saw a lot of soil he had dug out. Even he didn't believe it. If his mother saw it, he would definitely get scolded again, so he hurriedly started to fill the hole he dug.
It didn't take him long to fill the hole,
When he was about to cover it with firewood, he thought about how to deal with the wooden box. Finally, he thought it would be more appropriate to bury it here, so he dug a hole in the original place, buried the wooden box, and covered it with firewood.
This corner was covered up, thinking that it would be difficult to be discovered, and then I left with satisfaction.