It symbolizes the fourth day of the month. The autumn is high and cool. The mountains on both sides of the Minjiang River are so high that they reach into the clouds. There are pines and cypresses in the mountains and forests.
Dark green raindrops.
Thick clouds and mist are blowing in the mountain streams, and occasionally a gust of wind blows. The clouds and mist floating in the mountains are like a continuous white gauze, dancing with the wind.
Under the clouds and mist, the water of the Minjiang River rolled towards the north. The rolling water slapped the rocks on both sides of the river, making a loud noise. This is a place where the mountains are high, the water is deep, and the waterway is winding, making it extremely thrilling.
The rolling river water is like a ferocious giant dragon, straddling the mountains, rolling with great power towards the Yangtze River in the distance.
In this turbulent river, a bamboo raft is like a willow leaf, moving steadily along the undulating river water.
On the bamboo raft, a young man from the Miao family in shorts stood steadily on the bamboo raft, holding a bamboo pen with a water-stained face, and patting the river water with a calm expression. He steadily controlled the forward direction of the bamboo raft.
Float away.
After finally crossing this section of the canyon, which is known as Guimenguan, what comes into view is an open river. On both sides of the suddenly open river, mountains stand quietly.
The small bamboo raft was moving rapidly on the calm river.
The Miao boy raised his sleeves, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and breathed a sigh of relief with lingering fear. He tied the bamboo pole to the bamboo raft, turned his head, and looked at the man sitting securely in the bamboo raft behind him.
The scholar in green shirt couldn't help but admire in his heart: My benefactor, you are really kind-hearted. Even in such a dangerous situation just now, he did not change his attitude at all. He is indeed not an ordinary person.
"My benefactor, we have arrived at the boundary of Chengdu Prefecture!" The young man from the Miao family pointed to the small ferry in front, raised his sleeves to wipe the water droplets from his face, smiled brightly at the scholar, and said loudly.
The scholar nodded and smiled, stood up, hugged his fists towards the young man from the Miao family and said, "Haha, thank you so much, brother Agui!"
"Hey, benefactor, please don't say that. Agui hasn't thanked you for your help yet!" The young man from the Miao family named Agui waved his hand sincerely and replied generously.
Agui is a hunter. His ancestors have made a living by hunting for generations. On weekdays, after Agui catches prey, he will always go to Luzhou Prefecture to exchange some rice, flour, cloth and silk with the Han people to supplement the family income. Sometimes, if there are many prey, he will also
I will put on some silver jewelry and take them back to prepare a dowry for my sister.
This has been the case for generations in my family, and life has always been pretty good.
However, in the past few years, a lot of taxes have been levied by Mr. Guan and the Miao family. Although he and his father hunted diligently, life has become worse and worse. In order to pay taxes for Mr. Guan, the family almost broke the bank.
dàng birth. In addition, my father accidentally rolled down the hillside and broke his tui while climbing the mountain last time. The burden on the family has become even heavier.
These days, every time I see my grandma sighing, Agui's heart is twisting in a knife, and she hates herself for not being able to make her family live a better life. Moreover, in order to supplement the family income, even her younger sister risked her life and went out to pick.
Take some herbs and give them to yourself to exchange for food.
Moreover, in the past year, for some reason, the prices offered by the Han people who collect fur goods have become lower and lower. In the past, a fox skin could be exchanged for a bag of rice, but now it can only be exchanged for a bucket.
This time, when I went to Luzhou, the Han boss actually said that it was hard to sell fur goods recently and wanted to use half a bag of rice to replace the white fox skin that he had worked so hard to get.
Although Agui was angry, there was nothing he could do. Many people in Zhaiyu were waiting for the food to be cooked.
Just when he was about to take action, a scholar stopped him with words.
He saw this scholar when he entered the door. At that time, the scholar was strolling in the store with his hands behind his back. Looking at him, he seemed to want to buy a fox fur coat.
Although Agui wanted to ask the scholar if he wanted to buy it, and if he wanted to buy it, he would sell it to him for two dou. But thinking about the attitude of the Han family towards the Miao family, he still thought it was best not to ask.
Last time A Kun in the village wanted to talk to a Han family member and asked for directions, but was interrupted by the Han family's follower. The group of people finally threw A Kun a lot of money. Although A Kun felt very sad.
It was uncomfortable, but he couldn't earn that kind of money in a year.
At that time, Akun pulled the other brothers in the village to stop them from doing anything. He lay on the ground, crying, and stretched out his hands one by one to pick up the copper coins scattered on the ground.
However, a few months after returning to the village, Akun died due to the suppuration of the wound and no money for treatment. A lot of money saves a life!
So, when Agui saw the scholar, who was wearing a clean gown and who didn't look like an ordinary scholar, he wanted to ask, but in the end he hesitated.
When he was happy, the shop owner was urging him impatiently. Agui felt anxious and had to bear the pain to sell the white fox fur. However, at this moment, the scholar walked over with a smile and stopped him.
Own.
After he took the white fox fur from Agui, he made no secret of his fondness. After rubbing it in his hand for a while, the scholar directly offered five taels of silver to buy the white fox fur from Agui.
At that time, Agui was simply stupid.
Five taels of silver, that's a whole five taels of silver.
Even if I have been busy for a year, I will not be able to earn so much money.
Looking at the scholar's gentle smile, Agui didn't believe it at the time. He thought the scholar was just teasing him. However, when he saw that the scholar actually took out five taels of silver from his pocket, Agui was immediately dumbfounded.
This, the Han people actually spend five taels of silver to buy their own things.
However, at this moment, the shop owner suddenly rushed over and snatched the white fox skin away. He threatened the scholar fiercely, asking if he was looking for trouble.
Moreover, he also summoned a group of guys to beat the scholar.
At that time, Agui was so frightened that he stood there tremblingly, feeling extremely scared.
However, the scholar still had such a faint smile, as if the seven or eight people holding wooden sticks in front of him did not exist at all. He just looked at the fat boss quietly, and then, when the shop boss was about to
When he was going crazy, the scholar smiled, casually took out a jade pendant from his pocket, and waved it in front of the boss.
Then, under Agui's surprised gaze, the shop owner's face suddenly changed drastically, and his whole body trembled violently. Then, he saw the shop owner's legs weakened and he was about to kneel down.
But the scholar shook his head slightly and stopped his movement.
He just stepped forward and said a few words in the boss's ear. Then he saw that the usually fierce boss suddenly put on a flattering smile and nodded hurriedly. Then he turned back to the counter and took out the
A lot of money was given to the scholar respectfully.
The shop owner came to him in person again, and said with an apologetic look that he had deliberately lowered the price a few times before. He also promised that from now on, as long as he comes by himself, he will definitely give him a fair price. Then, in Ah
In Gui's stunned eyes, the boss asked the waiter to take out another ten taels of silver and gave it to him. He also said that this was the money that had been deducted from him before, and returned it to him.
Finally, the shop owner spent five taels of silver to buy the white fox skin. Then he gave it to the scholar. The scholar smiled faintly and took the white fox skin.
After leaving the store, Agui held fifteen pieces of silver in his arms, as if he was carrying some rare treasure.
My heart was extremely excited.
With fifteen taels of silver, the folks in Hanzi will be much better off.
"Oh, if you don't put it away, it will be stolen!" At that time, the scholar next to him smiled and reminded himself kindly.
Agui was so excited that he almost forgot that it was the scholar's help that enabled him to have so much money. Now, seeing his benefactor looking at him, Agui was so moved that he knelt down and kowtowed.
Lu Heng shook his head slightly, stepped forward, and helped Agui. Then he patted his shoulders kindly, and said to himself calmly: "The Han family and the Miao family are originally one family, and they are all Chinese people. There is no need to
Such!"
Agui nodded solemnly, raised his sleeves to wipe his slightly wet eyes, followed the custom of the Han family, cupped his fists and bowed deeply to the scholar.
As for Lu Heng, when he saw this Miao boy saluting with his right hand and his left hand, his facial muscles couldn't help but twitched for a while. However, seeing the unfamiliar look on this Miao boy's salute to him, he knew that he was probably having a headache.
Once. I didn't care in my heart, I just smiled and shook my head.
Along the way, the two casually chatted about things in Sichuan. At first, Agui was nervous, so he just smiled and nodded. However, seeing the scholar being so casual and kind, he slowly let go.
Feeling cautious in my heart, I started to talk to the scholar about some things at home.
When Agui learned that his benefactor was going to Chengdu, he immediately said that he was going home just in time to send his benefactor to Chengdu.
After Lu Heng heard this, he thanked Agui, which made Agui feel cautious again.
He hurriedly waved his hands and said with a smile, "My benefactor must not do this."
So, Lu Heng took Agui's bamboo raft and walked along the water of the Minjiang River through the mist-shrouded mountains, walking all the way through the light mist. After an afternoon, in the evening, he finally saw the
The dilapidated boundary monument on the bank of Yuejiang River.
The sun set quickly in the mountains, and soon, night enveloped the vast mountains. The river also became a little turbulent. When the river rose, Agui held on to his bamboo pole and stopped the bamboo raft in the river.
side.
After landing on the shore, Agui tied the bamboo raft to the tree stump, then took off the rice, flour and cloth he exchanged from Luzhou from the bamboo raft, placed it on the shore, and took a deep breath.
He wiped the sweat from his face, squatted down, happily patted the bags of rice noodles on the ground, and said to himself excitedly: "I don't know how happy the villagers would be if they saw so many good things.
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Lu Heng, who was standing aside, smiled and said to him with a smile: "Everything will be fine!"
Hearing this, Agui turned around, ignored Lu Heng's obstruction, knelt down on one knee, and gave Lu Heng a big salute.
"Oh, why bother!" Lu Heng stood there, looking at Agui who was kneeling on one knee in front of him, spreading his hands with a wry smile on his face.
After the ceremony, Agui stood up, put the rice noodles on the ground into his basket, and persistently asked Lu Heng to visit their village as a guest.
Lu Heng looked around and found that it was getting late. Looking around, he could see rolling rivers and vast mountains. After thinking about it, he agreed.
The two of them followed the mountain road, made nine turns and eighteen turns, and after climbing over a mountain, they finally saw a clear creek surrounded by mountains. Beside the creek, the Miao family's unique stilted house was very beautiful.
They are scattered there idle.
"Benefactor, that is our village, Huanglong Village!" Agui held the basket with both hands, lifted it up, freed up one hand, pointed at the Miao Village below, and said happily to Lu Heng.@