Chapter 826

72nd dragon scale (2)

Xie Ji felt that after leaving the village, everything was developing in a good direction. First, the heavy snow that had fallen for several days completely stopped and the sun came out. However, due to the initial melting of the snow, the mud on the ground was difficult to walk, and his shoes, which were not very decent, became more and more difficult to wear. However, the weather was too cold. Soon, the melted snow became frozen again, and the whole ground was frozen hard. However, in this way, the road would be easy to go.

He wanted to go a little further away. When the snow stopped, people in the village would surely come out. Their thatched cottages had already been burned. They could not waste time. They had to go farther. Otherwise, it would be hard to ensure that the eyes in the village would not tell the people behind the scenes. If they could not escape, they would still be struggling as before.

Fortunately, there was no more heavy snow, and Xie Ji picked up the time when the sun was at its best, otherwise he was afraid that his sister would be ill again.

Linglong always wanted to go by herself, but Xie Ji didn't agree. He must carry her on his back. Before leaving home, he tore down the only quilt left at home, wrapped Linglong like a little doll, sewed four corners with a rope, and left a piece for her to put on her head. At this time, Linglong was lying on his back in the sun

The boy carrying her is obviously eleven years old, but he is only seven or eight years old. He has no meat on his body. He can feel his bones across the quilt. Of course, Linglong himself was not very good, but when his mother Liang was still alive, the food at home was close to her. Her mother loved her brother. Although her life was poor, she never felt sad, Even after years of being reduced to a prostitute, she still has a nostalgia for warmth in her heart.

Xie Ji's physical strength was limited. After walking for more than half an hour, he was out of breath. Behind him was his sister and in front of him was his luggage. Because he was tired, he found a tree to rest and carefully took his sister on his back into his arms. First he took a breath to warm his hand, and then touched his sister's forehead to make sure that the temperature was normal, so he relaxed a little.

It will get better. It will get better. He didn't protect his mother, but he will protect his sister from further illness and hardship.

Xie Ji swore.

The brothers and sisters snuggled together in the sun. Taking this opportunity, Xie Ji took out the dry food he carried with him. He was afraid that his sister would get sick after drinking cold water, so he found some useful dead branches nearby. Before leaving, he took the small pot at home. Although he couldn't cook much, he could burn some hot water for his sister, You can also throw in the hard frozen steamed buns and soak them up.

Linglong didn't eat much, and Xie Ji didn't pay attention to himself. He swallowed the steamed bread directly with the cold water in the water bag. His throat hurt. He coughed twice and had almost a rest. He had to continue to start. When he packed up his things and carried his sister up, a magical scene came into being!

A gray hare came running like a stray arrow. Xie Ji was startled. Before he could catch it, the hare bumped into the tree where their brother and sister had just rested... And then fell to the ground with a crack. His two hind legs twitched awkwardly and stopped moving.

Xie Ji:

He hasn't lived a stable life for many years. He doesn't know that there is a good thing to drop pie in the sky? For a long time, Xie Ji approached the hare and dialed it with his hand. The hare somehow bumped himself to death... And there seemed to be something in his mouth. His mother taught Xie Ji to read and read when she was still alive. His grandfather opened the medicine hall when he was alive. Xie Ji naturally recognized that it was wild ginseng, but the problem was why the rabbit was holding wild ginseng, Why did you crash here?!

This kind of wild ginseng is worth at least tens of liang of silver!

After realizing this, Xie Ji's eyes brightened! Tens of taels of silver! Enough for him to rent a better yard and buy some furniture to live! Don't worry about having no money to buy medicine for your sister. You can also buy your sister clothes without patches!

He quickly untied the bag in his arms, put the hare in, and took out the wild ginseng. The hare did not know how to get the wild ginseng. It had all the roots and was not incomplete. He said he could not sell more money!

Xie Ji is very happy. If the wild ginseng can be sold, the rabbit can peel and eat meat. My sister is too thin and needs to eat more.

Children just have to eat more to grow tall.

In the evening, Xie Ji finally arrived in front of a city. Before the curfew, he entered the city smoothly. Linglong had long discovered that the country had a very tight control over the registered residence of the people, and the two children had travelled so far, and there was no paperwork and no checks. But for them, it was a good thing, because the lax population controls the population mobility. Don't try to find them for a while.

Later, when we go to a small town, save some silver, we can dredge the registered residence officials, make them a registered residence, and settle them directly in the local area. In a few years, the siblings will grow up and grow up.

Xie Ji asked an old man for directions. The old man showed him the most famous medicine hall in the county. Xie Ji went there, but he was ragged and had a lot of things on his back. He looked dirty and black like a little beggar. The little brother of the medicine hall saw that his face was green and wanted to drive him away. Xie Ji quickly said he was here to sell medicine. The little brother was a little interested, When Xie Ji took out the wild ginseng, the little brother immediately jumped up and called the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper knew the goods and was kind. He offered Xie Ji a price of one hundred Liang silver. He also changed the one hundred Liang silver into pieces and gave Xie Ji several copper coins. Xie Ji quickly thanked her. He was not a stingy character, but he would not waste. He bought her a hot big meat bun just out of the oven and wrapped it in oil paper for her to eat.

Linglong licked the steamed stuffed bun skin. The steamed stuffed bun was made very large, and the stuffing inside was also sufficient. When she bit it, it would flow oil. She breathed in a low voice. After eating a third, she stopped eating and pushed it to Xie Ji.

Xie Ji swallowed his saliva and said, "brother is not hungry."

Linglong insisted. Xie Ji couldn't resist her, so she had to eat the rest. Linglong looked at him and smiled. His thin, disfigured little face immediately had brilliance, which made Xie Ji's eyes hot. He quickly lowered his head, wiped his face, wolfed down his last bite, and was ready to find a place to spend the night.

They are just children, and they have a lot of money. Xie Ji knows this truth. When they lived in the village before, because their mother had a good needlework, the women in the village often came to the door, but they were stupid and could not learn, so they secretly chewed bad words about their mother, said that their mother did not teach carefully, and said that their mother was a good embroiderer, Even if it wasn't a big family who escaped, those people always said something to kill their hearts. My mother would cry at the beginning, and slowly got used to it. She also pulled the angry Xie Ji and didn't ask him to go out. My mother said that as long as I lived in peace, my father would come back to pick them up one day.

But will dad really come back?

Before the birth of his sister, Xie Ji believed that his father would come back like his mother, but now he didn't believe it at all. Even one day, when the man appeared in front of him, he no longer had love in his heart, leaving only unbreakable hatred.

No matter what reason, no matter what reason, he hates him! Hate him deeply and never forgive!

Because Xie Ji was careful and didn't leave a trace, he successfully took such a large amount of silver all the way north to Fengcheng. Fengcheng is located in the north, which is completely different from their hometown. Xie Ji planned to settle here and raise his sister.

He walked on two legs for more than a year. When he arrived in Fengcheng, he was thirteen years old and his sister was eight years old.

The traffic was inconvenient in ancient times. Xie Ji later bought a little donkey, so the journey was several times faster. Otherwise, he would have to carry his sister all the way. I'm afraid he wouldn't have to go to the year of the monkey.

Fengcheng is not far from the border. The people here are simple and straightforward, and the people are tall. Xie Ji soon rented a small yard near the Yamen. Although it is a little expensive, it costs half a liang of silver a month, but he will go out to find work in the future. His sister is at home alone. She always has to pay attention to safety and live near the Yamen.

After that, he bought some pastries and gave them to his neighbors. He asked them to take good care of his sister. Xie Ji, 13, was no longer as thin and shriveled as before. He was a young jade. The neighbors were very enthusiastic and told him where to buy vegetables and which butcher's shop was more affordable. Xie Ji wrote them down one by one. He had no other skills. He was better than reading and writing, In the past two years, he often used branches to teach his sister to read on the ground. Even if he couldn't find good work, at least he couldn't do rough work.

With their own home, it's different from before. The first thing for the brothers and sisters is to offer their mother's ashes. Xie Ji bought a censer, kowtowed her head and lit incense with her sister, and then began cleaning. It's clean inside and outside. Xie Ji also brought a puppy from outside. It's a nursing home.

Xie Ji really found that their luck had changed. Since he picked up a rabbit biting wild ginseng, his brother and sister often picked up good things on the road. Now Xie Ji bought daily necessities, bought quilts, tables and other appliances, prepared rice noodles and vegetables, and got more than 200 liang of silver.

If they are not on the road now, it will be difficult for them to pick up good things again. They have to rely on themselves to do everything. The 13-year-old is not young, but it is not easy to find a job, because most shops and people who need to learn to read, such as the cashier, do not consider suckling children, but some shops are willing to accept apprentices, But the apprentice couldn't get the money. He was just learning skills. He had to serve the master's family. Xie Ji didn't want to.

How can I buy new clothes for my sister if I can't make money? He can't wait at the master's house all day. For Xie Ji, nothing is more important than his sister. He can sacrifice everything, including his own life, for her.

They are the two most intimate and inseparable people in the world. They have the same blood in their bodies, and no one can separate them.

So after half a month, Xie Ji didn't find a suitable job. He was a little worried and seemed absent-minded at home. Linglong asked him to buy more than a dozen chicks back before. Brother and sister set up a chicken coop in the yard. Linglong would go to the vegetable market every day to pick up the vegetable leaves that people didn't want, chop them up and feed them to the chicks. They grew very fast, It is estimated that the family will be able to eat eggs soon.

Although he had money in hand, he didn't panic, but it was not a matter that he couldn't find a job. Xie Ji didn't want to worry his sister, so he lied that he had found a job and was working as an accountant in a snack shop.

Although Linglong showed a very happy expression of worship, she didn't believe it at all.

Xie Ji didn't cheat her, but only half, because he did find a job, but he didn't work as an accountant in the snack shop, but went to carry goods for others. Because he is short and young, he does as much work as people, but he can only get half the money.

Afraid that his clothes will be worn out, Linglong sees through. Xie Ji specially takes the old clothes he came first out of the house, hides them in a nearby alley, changes them as soon as he goes out, and wears clean clothes when he comes back. He just doesn't want Linglong to know that he is not an accountant at all, but a porter.

He was not afraid of his sister, but of her crying.

His sister is delicate and needs protection. He will guard her under his wings as a brother all his life to prevent her from being hurt at all.

But there is no airtight wall in the world. Today, Xie Ji, who delayed coming home for more than an hour because of more goods, found that his clean clothes hidden in the stone cracks in the alley and covered with inconspicuous stones were missing!

He's wearing the clothes he just arrived in Fengcheng. He's dirty and afraid, because today's work is very tired and covered with dust. It's just disgraceful. How can he get through when he gets home?

Xie Ji suddenly panicked. He hesitated back and forth at the door. The old man next door saw him standing at the door but didn't go in. He smiled and said, "Why are you standing here? Today, your dragon son went out with my old woman and bought a lot of things. I heard he pulled the cloth for you to make new clothes! "

Others don't know what Xie Ji does. They only know that he is not idle and Linglong won't take the initiative to boast. In that case, how humiliating my brother will be when he is exposed! Ah, she's such a considerate sister!

Finally, Xie Ji still went home. As soon as he entered the house, he saw the familiar clothes hanging in the yard... Isn't it the one he wore out every day

My sister is sitting on the threshold of the main room, rolling a little milk dog. The little milk dog is bigger than before, but she barks at Xie Ji. Linglong raises her eyes: "brother is back. You see, Doubao doesn't recognize you."

Doubao is the name of the little milk dog.

Xie Ji is dirty and gray all over. He feels guilty. Where dare he answer? Linglong said naturally, "there is hot water in the pot, the food is warm, and the clothes are put in my brother's house. Take a bath and eat first."

Xie Ji gave a good voice and walked towards the kitchen. He took a step to peek at his sister. When he saw that her sister was still playing with bean bags, it seemed that she was not angry at all, so he quietly spit out his breath.

After taking a bath, he splashed the bath water in the yard and carried the bath bucket back to the house. The rented yard is not large. There are three houses, one main house, one east house and one Westinghouse. In addition, there is a kitchen and a small room connected with the kitchen. There are some daily utensils. The yard is divided into two, except the stone road from the main house to the door, Both sides are still muddy. One side has been changed into a chicken coop and dog kennel, and the other side has planted some vegetables.

Xie Ji lives in the Westinghouse and Linglong lives in the east house. Both brother and sister love to be clean, so they bought a bath bucket for taking a bath. However, Xie Ji only boiled water when he came home. Today, he really came back late.

Dinner was cooked by Linglong. Who told them that they were so poor that they had to do it by themselves? Xie Ji finished his meal very quietly. He always felt out of breath. Finally, he had no choice, "Long'er, brother can explain."

"That brother can start."

Xie Ji suddenly choked and didn't think about what to say for a long time. Linglong calmly said, "today, aunt Zhu next door came to me. I thought my brother always bought me cloth, but I wore two sets of clothes back and forth. I wanted to pull a piece of cloth back for my brother to make clothes. I didn't want to take a shortcut. When I looked up, I saw my brother's clothes. At that time, I thought my brother was gone, I almost have to report to the official. "

Xie Ji lowered his head and dared not speak.

"Brother, don't you have anything to tell me?"

Xie Ji, of course! He hurriedly said, "brother, I really didn't mean to hide it from you, but I'm afraid you're worried..."

"My brother is really afraid of my worry, so he listens to me and doesn't look for work anymore."

In fact, before the matter, Linglong once said that instead of looking for a job, it is better to get money from the office and get a registered residence in Fengcheng. For ordinary people, there is no better, faster and easier way to get ahead than reading. In particular, Xie Ji is extremely smart and almost never forgets. It is a good material for reading.

Xie Ji disagreed.

Reading costs more! Not to mention shuxiu, just pen, ink, paper and inkstone is an expense. Yes, they still have more than 200 liang of silver, but how can they spend enough time? Food, clothing, housing and transportation, sick rent, everything! Xie Jizhen went to study. The two hundred taels of silver won't last long. Not to mention that my sister is getting older. How can I do without silver?

Seeing Xie Ji's face, Linglong didn't agree. She didn't speak and wasn't angry. Anyway, she began to drop golden beans. Tears fell one by one, just like broken pearls. She was pitiful and lovely. Her nose became red. It made Xie Ji's heart ache to death!

He hurriedly came and hugged his sister in his arms to comfort him, but whatever he said, Linglong refused to stop crying. Finally, Xie Ji was defeated in the tear attack: "tomorrow, my brother will sign up tomorrow! Brother, swear! "

Linglong sniffed and said with a cry, "that brother can't pretend that he can't do anything."

"Of course." Xie Ji nodded, "if my brother promised you, he will never go back."

Linglong thought about it and asked, "then I'll go too."

She had to watch it with her own eyes to prevent her brother from going against the rules. This guy's head turned so fast that Linglong had enough reason to suspect that he would deceive her. Maybe if she went to sign up for study, she would turn around at the door of someone's private school, and then tell her that his husband didn't accept apprentices.

How is that possible?

Who doesn't rush to accept students like Xie Ji? His mind is flexible, not pedantic, flexible and quick thinking. He is far more than ordinary people in terms of creativity, imagination and thinking ability, not to mention that he never forgets. Such people are not afraid of natural things if they don't read and move goods!

Xie Ji:

He sighed deeply: "well, well, listen to Long'er, so Long'er don't cry, okay? Your brother's heart broke when you cried. "

Her tears are the best weapon. Xie Ji had countless ideals to tell her. As a result, as soon as his sister's tears fell, he immediately stopped talking and couldn't say anything. He just wanted to rely on her for everything. He listened to what she said.

If you sign up with your sister, you can't pretend to be a fool, but do you really go to study? How can they have so much silver? No matter how smart he is, he also needs to work hard. In that case, he will have no time to work and what to do if he can't make money?

Xie Ji was embarrassed. Linglong arched her in his arms, asked him to hold her, looked up and said, "my brother is so smart that he will definitely be the number one in the exam and become a senior official in the future! In order to have a good life in the future, it's nothing to be bitter now. Moreover, my mother taught me needlework before. I can also embroider handkerchiefs and clothes at home to make money. As long as we save some, my brother can go to school! I believe in my brother, and my brother should not belittle himself. "

Don't Xie Ji want to read? Of course, he also knows that reading is the only way out. Should he just admit his life, endure this tone, ignore the behind the scenes, and swallow the humiliation all his life?

No, he won't.

Should he ignore it and pretend nothing happened? No, he didn't want to. He wanted to find the man and take his mother's ashes. Before her death, her mother was worried about their brother and sister, so she regretted that she couldn't see the man again. The man owed her and he had to pay it back.

Who's hurting them? Who made them desperate? Who made them leave their homes and live hard?

Xie Ji is not only not generous, but also quite vengeful.

The next morning, Linglong got up early, but she didn't get up early without Xie Ji. She didn't have to do anything as long as Xie Ji was at home on weekdays, so her skin was gradually cured. It looked white and tender. With meat on her body, her facial features became more delicate and beautiful. Xie Ji had such a sister, and she didn't dare to ask her to go out and see others at will. He was still too weak and not strong enough, There's no way to keep her from leaking.

At ordinary times, Linglong is also very good. She doesn't go out much at home. Even if she goes out, she also goes out with familiar neighbors, but this time it's different. This time, she sends her brother to school. If she doesn't follow to supervise, Xie Ji will definitely go to the private school and come back, and then prevaricate her that her husband doesn't like it or doesn't bring enough money.

Don't even think about it!