The country road that should have been quiet and silent was now filled with dust and dirt.
A donkey, a donkey with beautiful features, pointed ears, big fangs, and swung its tail, ran happily and quickly on the country road.
The dust was flying, but the clear and stupid eyes of this donkey were particularly bright. It stared at the fat and tender weeds on the roadside in front of it, as if it had seen a female donkey that liked it.
Ta da, da da.
The donkey's hooves made a sound on the ground, but the cart pulled behind it was extremely stable and did not shake at all.
There was a man in the car who covered his face with a felt hat. He put his hands behind his head and crossed his legs, humming leisurely.
Suddenly, the donkey cart stopped. The donkey, baring its big teeth, tilted its head and looked ahead warily.
Under the felt hat that covered his face, there was also a gaze.
An old man, walking very slowly, as if his two ends were clasped together, fanning the dust with a handkerchief as he walked, came towards me from the other side of the path.
Then, the old man stopped in front of the donkey.
On the donkey cart, the face in the felt hat was no longer so carefree. His big, calloused hands subconsciously touched his body.
Hidden there was a crossbow with its nose opened, and a sword that could kill without blood.
But the big hand just touched it, and he was so nervous that he couldn't help but clench his fist, release it, clench his fist again, and then release it again.
"This donkey is good!" The old man blocking the road spoke first and gently touched the donkey's neck, "It must be delicious!"
Hmm! Gah!
The donkey, with its big and shiny teeth, took two steps back in fear and twisted its neck to one side.
The man on the donkey cart quickly got out of the car and said with a smile, "Haven't you always loved eating pickles since you were a child?"
"Ha!" The old man opposite smiled, wiped his forehead with a handkerchief, and then wiped his empty and round chin, "Who the hell eats vegetables when there is meat!"
Then, the old man took a few steps forward and looked at the man sideways, "Let's go, why didn't you say anything?"
"Afraid of trouble, don't want to alarm anyone!" The man grinned and smiled silently. When he raised his head, under the felt hat were eyes that were clearly together but unrelated.
"Besides!" He smiled again, the corners of his mouth twitching a little, "For a person like me, it's better to walk quietly!"
The old man didn't speak at first, but waved his handkerchief twice again, and then looked at the man quietly, "Are you really leaving?"
"Let's go!" the man said firmly.
Then, the old man's bent waist suddenly straightened. As a result, he looked a bit taller than this man.
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The sun was shining brightly, and their shadows fell on the green rice fields and weeds on the roadside.
The wind is very quiet, but you can still see the seedlings being bent by it from time to time.
Moreover, the seedlings blown by the wind are like waves, which is very beautiful.
Of course, the wind also blew the man's clothes and the old man's white hair.
They were locked in a stalemate with each other and fought for a long time, but it didn't seem like a long time, but like a long time passed.
"Let's go? Where are we going?" The old man was facing the direction of the sun, so he squinted slightly.
The man’s felt hat covered his eyes, “Go home!”
"Do you have a family?"
“Look carefully and you will find it!”
"Where is it so easy to find a home?"
"Two houses, one animal, one woman, one table of food, a few children, and a lot of hunger...that's home!"
"Fuck!" the old man squinted disdainfully, "You are a fucking scholar! You can't even speak in a f*cking way!"
"You know, I studied very hard when I was a kid!" The man grinned.
"Because you are an obedient child, and obedient children work hard. But this time, you are not very obedient..."
"It's not that I'm disobedient, it's that I've been obedient my whole life. Now, I want to listen to what's in my heart!"
"So, you have to sneak away!"
"I'm not leaving secretly, the emperor promised it. I want to go home!"
"You have no home!"
"It's not that I don't have it, it's that I haven't looked for it!"
"Home is not a house, you can't find it just by looking for it!"
"What you say may make sense, but how will you know if you don't try?"
The two faced each other and were silent again.
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The wind suddenly became less gentle. The seedlings seemed to be being dragged around, twisting messily.
"Uncle Pu!" the man said, "You always come to block me?"
The old man didn't say anything, just put his hands behind his back and looked at the other person with a meaningless look.
"You don't like me leaving, or..." the man said and began to look around.
"Don't look!" the old man suddenly said, "You can't see!" Then, he suddenly became a little naughty and made a gesture of drawing his bow and aiming.
The man lowered his head, with helplessness at the corner of his mouth, "Uncle Park, there is no need for such a big battle..."
"My old man can't beat you!" The old man smiled slightly, "Ten of me are not enough for you!"
"You know I won't do anything to you."
"Not necessarily!" The old man said earnestly, "People can change!"
The man suddenly raised his head, and his two working eyes suddenly aligned with the markings, "I haven't changed!"
"Then why did you leave without telling the old master?" The old man's eyes suddenly became sharp.
The man lowered his head, "I am obedient and loyal, but I am also a human being. As a human being, I am afraid, and I am afraid... really afraid! Uncle, you and I have been with my old master all our lives.
Aren't you afraid of some things?"
"I have nothing wrong with me. What am I afraid of?" the old man said with a smile.
The man paused and said, "I can't be as carefree and light as you! I want to live my own life for a few days." He said with a bitter smile, "I just... just want to find my own home.
I don’t think this conflicts with being obedient and loyal.”
"I know that what I said seems to you to be treasonous. You think that since you are a slave, life and death belong to the master. I think so too, and I have done this for the rest of my life, and I have been devoted to it for the rest of my life.
"
"But I..." The man's green pupils shone with a different kind of light, "I'm really tired, tired, and I really want to find a place to have a good rest!"
"If you want to run away, just say you want to run away and spend a long time with the Za family to find a home?" The old man smiled disdainfully, "You! You really make excuses and reasons for yourself!"
"I do not....."
The old man interrupted him rudely, "You deserve to die!"
In an instant, the man took a step back and looked around again with vigilance and even some fear.
"First, if you want to leave, you must tell your old master both emotionally and rationally!"
"Second, you are so naughty that you think too much of your old master... The Za family never noticed before that you are so naughty and so narrow-minded!"
"Three, do you think everything will be fine once you leave?"
As he said that, the old man lowered his head slightly and looked at the other person with a very stern look, "Leaving without saying goodbye is a coward's choice!"
The man closed his eyes and held his head high, his face a little tangled.
Then he opened it again and slowly looked around.
"You're so stupid, are you still reading?" The old man suddenly became angry.
"If you didn't tell your old master, how did you know you couldn't leave? All your life you have been doing the business of guessing people's hearts. Are you not sure what your old master will do to you?"
"You damned doubted the old master, and now you also doubt the Zajia. Do you think the Zajia brought someone here?"
Cursing, the old man jumped high, skillfully took off his cloth shoes, and slapped the man on the head several times.
"My dear mother, if the Za family brings someone here, how can you still stand and talk nonsense with our family for a long time?"
Bang bang bang!
The cloth shoes were slapped hard, one time and another.
But the man smiled and raised his head, not afraid at all.