Xie Ming

Chapter 467: Trouble on the Way Back
On New Year's Eve, at the entrance of a snowy alley, Xiaochuan and Uncle Kui said goodbye in front of their steamed bun shop, wrapped four large, fragrant vegetarian steamed buns tightly in paper, and carefully put them in their arms.

He was full of thoughts and wanted to go back home quickly while the buns were still hot!
Now that Uncle Jiao has finished his work in the stable, it is time for him to return to the front yard.

If one were to be precise, it has already been a year and a half since Xiaochuan was adopted as the son of Duke Zhu Chunchen and raised in his mansion!

And life in a wealthy family's mansion is not easy at all.

Especially his status as an adopted son is inappropriate and improper, which arouses jealousy and hatred, but the actual benefits he brings are always disappointing.

Sui Xiaochuan moved around in the circle of servants and odd jobs, and often struggled.

Being looked down upon and plotted against is as common as it gets.

And in such a situation, only Uncle Jiao is sincere to me!
Although that strange old man's stubborn temper is always a bit paranoid, he has offended many people because of this!

Many of his fellow workers kept their distance from him.

But Xiaochuan could always find some traces of his deceased grandfather in him.

That elusive trace of family affection makes Xiaochuan more dependent on Uncle Jiao in his daily life, and he is much closer to him than others!
Now, even though he was insulted by the cook Liu Er, he still managed to earn four big, delicious buns. Xiaochuan was very happy and wanted to go home as soon as possible to enjoy them with the old man.

So, in that freezing cold weather, Xiao Jingchuan, who was walking hurriedly at the entrance of the alley with his hands in his pockets, had no intention of paying attention to the hustle and bustle around him!

"Erpi! Quick! Quick!"

The streets are slippery with snow, which cannot suppress the chaotic atmosphere of fireworks during the New Year holidays.

In the alleys around, every household was busy talking about the New Year festival. Without adult supervision, groups of three, five, seven or eight half-grown children rushed out of their homes and started to run wild!

At this moment, while Yu Xiaochuan was walking alone with his head down and his sleeves tucked in, a group of boys of roughly the same age came running up behind him!

There were four or five of them in a group, and they passed by Xiaochuan one by one. The leader had two red spots on his face and clear snot hanging from his nose. He was taller than the others, and he waved his hands and shouted anxiously behind him.

"oops!"

"You better run!"

"That old bitch named Huang has caught up with us!"

"Ha ha ha ha."

The tall man continued to shout, his words were vulgar, and I didn't know where he belonged to. What bad things had he done, he fled out in a panic!

"Eh!"

"Brother Da-min!"

"Wait, wait for me!"

Ogawa had a cold face at this time, but he kept walking forward.

But since we were in the same alley, I could see and hear clearly everything the group said and did.

Just as I had to move a few more steps, as I had greeted before, someone behind me came back to ask for help.

When the one with slow legs caught up with him and stopped by the side of the road, Xiaochuan sniffed and his eyebrows were obviously frowned.

"Ouch! You bastard! Get away from me!"

"You can't even blow up a toilet with a firecracker, and you're still covered in shit!"

"How disgusting!"

The youngest child, who was called Erpi, had a tattered cotton hat on his head. It was wet and stained with something dirty.

He panted and caught up to the group of people in front, but was despised and scolded by his companions.

"Yes!"

"Oh my god! It stinks!"

"Run! Erpi is eating shit!"

"Run!"

Erpi didn't have the chance to explain himself. The tall man and a bunch of young boys gathered around him. I didn't know who they were, but they started to make fun of him and mock him. Then, like a gust of wind, the group of people chased forward again!
Xiaochuan followed slowly and continued to move forward in the wind and snow, thinking that this was the end of the matter.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I turned the corner of the alley, I ran into them head-on.

Because Xiaochuan was a person in the Duke's mansion, he rarely had the opportunity to go out and about as often as he did now, so he didn't know this group of people. He only saw one or two familiar faces! So they bumped into each other again, and there was no need to greet each other. Xiaochuan continued to walk on his own.

“Youqing!”

"Tell me, what's going on?!"

When I passed by, I saw the tall man with a red face whispering to the person next to him.

"That, over there, La-Laku Hutong!"

"Just now Sanmaozi was talking. I heard someone say that a gang of people had a fight in Laku Hutong ahead!"

"A group of people surrounded a monk and beat him up!"

Xiao Youqing, who had just arrived from another direction, reported the intelligence seriously and with details.

"Ouch?!"

"Hahaha"

“This is new!”

"On ordinary days, I look down on you!"

“Go, go, go!”

"Stop inking!"

"Hurry! Come with me to Laku Hutong to watch the fun!"

Once the tall, red-faced elder started to shout, four or five younger ones followed suit, and in a mess, they swarmed together and ran forward again, making a lot of noise!

"Oh, let's go and watch the fun!"

As they shouted, they ran out one by one!

But at this moment, Xiaochuan, who had just been walking, suddenly spoke to the child and stopped.

He sighed lightly and said, "If you want to return to the Duke's Mansion, Laku Hutong is the nearest way!"

According to Xiaochuan's original intention, he originally wanted to go through that alley.

But since there has been a scene of disturbance and fighting there, it would be difficult to trace the cause from this point on!

Xiaochuan didn't want to get involved in such things, mainly because he was tempted by the big vegetarian buns and was very greedy!

If he hadn't been thinking about going back to share the two with Uncle Jiao, he would have been impatient to wait!

So when he paused and started walking again, he deliberately chose the slightly farther Zhijia Lane to take a detour.

Deliberately avoiding trouble, he returned through a familiar alley.

But this guy, sometimes the situation is just like this!
Even if you want to join in the fun, you may not necessarily be able to see them!
It was unintentional, but trouble came upon you!
This is not!

This is the situation with Xiaochuan today!

It turned out that among the group of people just now, the little Youqing had reported the wrong military intelligence!

Hearsay can kill someone!
The excitement of beating monks is not in Laku Hutong!
Instead, he was waiting in Zhijia Lane at the turn of Xiaochuan Road!

creak
creak, creak!
There was no one in the narrow alley. Xiaochuan walked forward alone, and when he reached the end, he turned right!

As the whole city was filled with the intermittent sound of firecrackers, I happened to see seven or eight young boys beating a bald monk at the foot of the wall in front!
"Get away! Get away!"

"There is no past hatred between this old monk and you young boys!"

"Why are you so presumptuous?!"

"You, whose power did you rely on?!"

"Whose bastard is this again!"

"Retreat quickly! Retreat!"

(End of this chapter)