Fisherman

"Zhou Shaoyu!" No one answered, Zhao Qian called out again: "Zhou Shaoyu!"

Brother Zhou still didn't answer, and walked forward. Zhao Qian suddenly became anxious when he saw the stumbling figure rushing forward.

He hurriedly chased after him, and hugged him from behind. The boy in his arms struggled a few times, but he squeezed his hands even tighter, and then he stopped. Soften the voice, like a child who has done something wrong: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled at you."

Zhao Qian put his chin on Brother Zhou's thin shoulder, and his voice became hoarse: "Who was that person just now? Tell me if it's okay."

Brother Zhou struggled a bit, and walked out of Zhao Qian's arms. He looked away, his shoulders trembling slightly.

"What's wrong? Did he bully you?"

Zhao Qian held Brother Zhou's shoulders, and found that he was crying, and his eyes became very ferocious.

Brother Zhou felt ashamed, but couldn't help it. He raised his hand to wipe his misty eyes, not wanting to look at Zhao Qian, and said with a choked voice, "That's my elder brother."

He has a bad relationship with his family, and it’s okay if he doesn’t have any contact with him. Last time when his mother went to Zhao’s house to embarrass her, he was very worried that Zhao Qian would hate him because of his mother. He felt that since he was already married, her family would take advantage , will hate him for it.

At that time, he was arguing with his mother, and he heard him, but he didn't dare to explain. He was afraid that his speechless mouth would make things worse. He also knew that Zhao Qian was really angry that time, and the two had a cold war. When he was young, he was worried every day, for fear that Zhao Qian would never talk to him again, but luckily they reconciled later.

He was worried that Cao Fang would go out with him, and he wanted to come out to find him, but he ran into his elder brother and said a few words, but unexpectedly he saw him, and even questioned himself about flirting with others, he was angry at him I don't even know the person I've lived with for so long. Is it because of how careless and careless it is that this kind of thing happened? It was Cao Fang who came back to him again. He wanted to find such a lame reason to put himself Drive away!

"Brother?" Zhao Qian repeated it again, stunned for a moment, relieved and raised his heart again. He didn't even know his wife's family. He was secretly annoyed, looking at the crying person in front of him, he didn't know How to face it, no wonder he was so angry that he wanted to leave just now and ignored him.

He scratched his head, showed a wry smile, and wanted to grab Brother Zhou's hand, but he avoided him. He apologized angrily: "It's my fault, I didn't figure it out."

Seeing him submissive, Brother Zhou still feels bad.

"Don't be angry, blame me. I don't remember the past, so I don't know he is your elder brother." Zhao Qian was at a loss. He had never seen Brother Zhou cry, and he was not very good at comforting others. Now he is again Distressed and anxious: "Master Shaoyu has a lot, please forgive me, I promise I won't make this mistake again in the future."

Brother Zhou pulled the leaves of the bush beside him, took a deep breath, his sticky eyes made him look a little unreal in other places, he stubbornly did not speak.

"I'm sorry." Zhao Qian tried to hold his hand. After he injured his foot, he had to do a lot less work, and the calluses on the boy's hand were not as painful as before. He held his hand in his palm, fortunately There was reluctance on the human face, but he didn't shake off his hand after all.

Zhao Qian parted the hair that was hanging down on his forehead to cover his eyes, and asked in a low voice, "You forgive me, right?"

Looking at the person in front of him with red eyes and dodging eyes, he realized that he couldn't stand him being with others. If that man wasn't his elder brother, he didn't know that he would teach him a lesson, or trap Shaoyu Be by his side, complete, never seem to have such two words in his dictionary, how can someone he loves so hard, how can he give it up to others.

He thought that if he treated Shao Yu well, he would understand his own feelings over time, and taking good care of him was much more realistic than a promise, but now he felt that some words were not clear, and no one would feel at ease.

"Shaoyu, I know that sometimes I may be too domineering to you. You don't like to talk and often express your emotions. It's hard for me to guess what you're thinking, which caused a lot of unnecessary misunderstandings between us. I was too impulsive before, I hope you can forgive a poor man who can't see the person he likes with other men."

"I like you."

"It's the kind of love that wants to live a lifetime and raise many children together, not simply the kind of love for Xiaoxiao, do you understand?"

Brother Zhou felt suffocated, stared at him without blinking, and murmured: "I don't understand."

Zhao Qian suddenly reached out to wrap his arms around his shoulders, pulled him forward, and leaned over to kiss his lips. Brother Zhou's lips were a little cold, and he wanted to give him all the warmth, so he couldn't bear to let him go Open, the last time I kissed the corner of his mouth was because I felt sorry for him, but this time it was different, this time it was out of love, swearing the possession of sovereignty.

It wasn't until Brother Zhou was almost out of breath that he left his lips, leaned against his cheek, and asked softly in his ear: "Do you understand now?"

Brother Zhou tugged at the clothes on his back and held them tightly. He buried his head in his chest, his heart was beating fast, and he couldn't calm down at all. The joy cannot be expressed clearly in a few words, not to mention that he is not good at it. In words, he almost lost his footing.

Brother Zhao showed his heart to him!

Zhao Qian touched his back: "I have already told Cao Fang, she will not come again to make you unhappy."

"You..." Brother Zhou suddenly panicked, raised his head and looked at him: "You don't know how to hit people, do you?"

Zhao Qian couldn't help laughing, and pressed his head back to her chest: "Why do you think I'm so fierce, no matter what, I won't hit a woman."

Zhou Geer let go of his heart. He also didn't want to let go of Zhao Qian. Recalling the psychological process of the past few months, it was really not easy. The most serious words in his heart should have been said a long time ago. He gritted his teeth: " Brother Zhao, I like you too, and I am glad that I am your husband."

Hearing that the person he was thinking of was connected with him, Zhao Qian couldn't help raising the corners of his mouth, and he rubbed Brother Zhou's neck again, his head was a little hot, which made him reluctant to leave: "I am also very happy."

The two had been sticking together for a long time, and Brother Zhou poked him on the back: "We should go back, the folks should come out and look for it later."

Zhao Qian sighed, he had to go back and asked everyone to speed up the process of digging the small cave. It was uncomfortable to always let his wife sleep with everyone, so he pecked Brother Zhou's smooth face.

"to make."

Brother Zhou hurriedly covered his kissed face, before his heart beat, he felt weightless again in an instant, Zhao Qian picked him up by the waist, and ran back with a smile.

Zhou Geer exclaimed, Zhao Qian was like a gorilla having fun, so scared that he quickly put his arms around his neck.

The two of them stepped over the bushes and soon returned to the entrance of the cave. Brother Zhou took a breath and tugged at his sleeves: "Brother Zhao, let me down quickly, it's not good for everyone to see."

"What's wrong?"

Brother Zhou looked embarrassed, grabbed his clothes, and whispered: "Please."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Zhao Qian gently put the person on the ground, and changed to holding him: "Be careful."

Seeing the two of them coming back, the people in the cave said a few words: "Where did you two go? You ran outside after eating."

"Quick, they're back, let's eat!"

The aunts asked everyone to eat, and Hu San'er smiled ambiguously: "Where did you two go shopping?"

Brother Zhou threw the green fruit in his arms to him.

Hu San'er quickly bent down to catch it, he twisted the fruit and took a bite: "Hey, it's quite sweet."

"Really? The one you took was rolled in bird shit." Zhao Qian said seriously.

"Huh?" Hu San'er froze, neither spit nor swallowed.

Everyone laughed and sat around in a pile, holding bowls and preparing to eat. There was a woman in the cave, and Zhao Qian didn't care about how to distribute and cook the food at all. A woman with many years of life experience knows how to save food. , and I picked some seasonings in the mountains, and the food I made became more delicious.

Although I can eat enough now, it is impossible not to eat rice and noodles for a long time, so he encouraged everyone to work harder, and the boat can be repaired one day earlier and they can go out of the mountain earlier.

About ten days later, with the joint efforts of everyone, the separated small cave was dug, and the walls of the cave were knocked flat. Finally, I had a place to sleep alone. wish.

Zhao Qian had been busy in the woods all day. The boat they built was not too big, it was about the same size as the boats usually going out to sea, and it was almost finished. Although it was cold, his body was covered with sweat. When he returned to the cave, Brother Zhou hurriedly waved to him.

"Brother Zhao, here."

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked towards Brother Zhou: "What's wrong?"

Brother Zhou led him a few steps inside, and lifted a curtain made of straw and rattan. It was a small cave that had been repaired. Compared to his tall stature, he had to lower his head to get in.

He got into it, and it was quite big. The original dry cave was cleaned up by Brother Zhou. The floor was covered with hay, the top was a mat made of palm skin, and there were a few indentations chiseled into the wall of the cave. Zhao Qian nodded in satisfaction, took off his shoes, and threw his head on the mat. Finally, there was a place for the two of them to be alone. He stretched his body and felt relaxed immediately. a lot.

Seeing him lying on the mat lazily, Brother Zhou lowered his head and smiled, bent down and lifted up his pair of shoes. Seeing that the inside was wet, he felt a little distressed: "I'll take it out and bake it for you. , if you are tired, take a rest inside for a while."

Zhao Qian closed her eyes and moved her chin.

Brother Zhou's feet have improved a lot these days. Walking is no longer a problem, but there is still a long scar on the sole of the foot. If it is touched by a hard object, it still hurts, but other than that, there is no serious problem.

He was holding the shoes and roasting them by the fire, where there were already several pairs of shoes.

Coincidentally, Brother Zheng was also baking shoes for his husband. When he saw Brother Zhou, he smiled gossipingly: "I see that you two get along well these days, can we talk about what happened last time?"

Brother Zhou fiddled with Zhao Qian's shoes upside down, and nodded embarrassedly.

"What did you say?" Brother Zheng asked.

"It's nothing." Brother Zhou stood up hastily after putting away his shoes: "I'll help my aunts cook."

"Hey!" Brother Zheng also said that he wanted to hear gossip, but he ran away after saying a word. This was too strict, he shook his head helplessly.

On the day the boat was built, the traps dug by everyone had a new harvest, and they caught three wild rabbits and two pheasants. Da Daer stewed the pheasants with the leftover chestnuts that night.

Zhao Qian ate the chestnut and pheasant soup, and found that the taste was really long gone. In the blink of an eye, it has been a month since I passed this mountain.

After eating a few big mouthfuls of meat, he padded his stomach and said: "Our boat is finished, but it can only hold four people. If the weather is good tomorrow, we will go to sea and see if we can go to sea later. Come back from Yucun for something.”

"At this moment, take out all the valuable things as much as possible."

Speaking of this, everyone's hands holding the bowls paused. Zhao Qian knew that everyone's pockets were tightly guarded. Although they encountered a shipwreck, everyone must have taken valuables with them when they ran. Not to mention a lot, always There will be a little bit.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Hu San'er took out a piece of silver and gave it to Zhao Qian: "That's all."

Zhao Qian took the money, looked at everyone again, and then another woman took off the silver bracelet on her wrist: "Money is something other than money, life-saving is the most important thing."

Generations of educational thinking, everyone is inevitably conservative when it comes to money. Although there is a lot of reluctance in their hearts, living conditions will be better if they get things, and they can only earn money when they are alive.

One after another, each of them gave out some belongings. Zhao Qian packed up the things and knew that it would be difficult for everyone: "I will use the money for everyone's daily necessities. Don't worry about messing around. Someone who can read will come tomorrow." Come with me, and write down the accounts."

"Zhao Qian, it's not necessary. Everyone believes in you. You have done so much for everyone these days, and everyone can see it."

"It is because everyone believes in me that I have to do this. The matter is clear and good for everyone."

So Zhao Qian chose two people besides himself. The boat can only hold four people. He and Hu San'er went to two people. Then, after all, it is better to bring a woman to use things that women need, women should be more careful after all.

Things are arranged like this, and everyone is looking forward to this trip.

At night, Brother Zhou lifted up the big jacket that was hanging in the small cave. Fortunately, he brought out these two pieces of clothing, otherwise there would be no thick things to cover his body to sleep in these days.

In the small cave there was only a faint light of the fire, and only the fire outside could be seen. Zhao Qian sat on the cushion and said, "When I go out tomorrow, I will buy some quilts and oil lamps, and then I won't be blinded by the cold." gone."

Brother Zhou took the clothes and sat next to Zhao Qian, and took out the pink pearls that he had been carefully storing from his pocket: "Everyone has more or less produced something, and we can also produce some."

Zhao Qian held the round pearl. He knew Brother Zhou liked it, but he was right. The family didn't have much money, and they planned to take the fish they caught to the market to exchange for some money, but they didn't. There was a shipwreck before it was too late, and now the fish is still in the space, and they haven't found the right time to come out to use it, so they just want this pearl to be worth some money.

He patted Brother Zhou on the head: "You are still thoughtful."

"Be careful when you go out of the mountain tomorrow." Brother Zhou lay down on the mat and murmured. He knew that Zhao Qian couldn't take him out with him, and couldn't stay with him, so he was always worried.

Zhao Qian lay beside him, stretched out his hand and pulled him into his arms: "Don't worry about me going out to sea."

"Just don't worry."

"It'll be fine." Zhao Qian kissed the top of his head: "With you waiting for me here, I will take care of everything."

Brother Zhou also hugged him backhand, and took a deep breath: "Okay, go to bed early, you have to get up early tomorrow."

It was true that Zhao Qian got up early the next day. When Brother Zhou woke up, there was no one around him. He got up quickly and ran out of the cave without his shoes on. He was already gone.

In the early winter, the morning wind was extremely cold. Hu Lingling was lighting a fire in front of the stove. Seeing that he was wearing thin clothes, she expressed concern: "They have already left, you should go back and put on your coat, so you don't get sick."

Zhou Geer nodded at Hu Lingling, and turned back to the small cave with some disappointment.

"I'm about to become a mountain man these days. I almost forgot that I'm a fisherman."

The small boat is dangling on the sea full of fallen leaves. It is not easy to cross the sea on the mountainside. There are many branches and shrubs under the boat. You have to use the paddle to avoid the boat. Although the boat is moving slowly, everyone still has a long-lost sense of familiarity. , the joy in my heart is beyond words.

"With a boat, let's buy some twine at the market, and then let Master Li weave some fishing nets, and we can fish again." Zhao Qian shook the oars, echoing Hu San'er's words.

Hu San'er laughed: "It's not bad when you think about it."

Everyone was cautious and chatted along the way. The winding path before was submerged in water, and they passed by the sea, but they would soon arrive at the lower fishing village.

Dock the boat on the coast, and everyone came down to walk. After crossing the mountain, it was Xiayu Village. Everyone followed the road that the ox carts had passed before. The men walked quickly, and the women did not procrastinate, and soon arrived at the village.

Xiayu Village was not affected by the shipwreck at all. In the early winter, they were still harvesting vegetables from the fields and going home. Several people watched from a distance and couldn't help feeling a little envious.

"I see that there are a lot of radishes, cabbage, and peppers in the field in the fish village. Let's see if we can buy some. After all, this is the closest to our mountain, and it will save a lot of effort."

Regarding Zhao Qian's proposal, everyone thought it was okay and the idea was good, but the relationship between the two villages made simple things difficult.

The woman said: "Why don't I go and talk to them, it's easy to discuss between women."

Zhao Qian nodded, anyway, anyone here is much better than him, and he hasn't forgotten what Hu San'er told him before.

"Come on, take these pieces of silver first, and buy as much as you can. Radishes can be stored for a long time, and vegetables in winter are not easy to deteriorate."

The woman took the money from Zhao Qian's hand: "OK, you just wait here, if it's ok, I'll ask you to go and get it."

"That's hard work, auntie." Hu San'er yelled at the woman's back as she entered the village.

Zhao Qian thought so, let people go to test the water first, if they are willing to sell things, then they can exchange some rice noodles and grains, firstly, the distance here is close, so it is easy to transport, and secondly, the things in the village are cheaper than those in the market Some.When they have enough food, they will ship the things back to the cave and let the villagers take them back to the cave, and then they will go to the market to buy what they need. After all, there is not much silver, and the valuable things are still some items.

However, the three of them waited and waited but did not wait for the news of the woman, as if she had disappeared.

Hu San'er couldn't wait any longer: "How about I go and have a look?"

"Let's go together." Zhao Qian was actually getting impatient.

Everyone said to go to the village, the village was quiet, the weather was sunny at the time, most of them probably went to work in the field, and it took a long path to meet someone, the woman was holding a vegetable basket, and left three people behind After a few glances, he muttered, "Everyone is going to the village."

Hu San'er originally wanted to ask if he had seen a woman from another village, but upon hearing such a sentence, he immediately closed his mouth and his expression was not very good.

The three of them were walking on the small road in the unfamiliar village unhappily, when they suddenly heard the sound of arguing ahead, Zhao Qian and Hu San'er glanced at each other, and at the same time turned their heads and ran towards the source of the sound.

"I just want to ask if you sell anything, and you only entered the yard after knocking on the door."

The woman from Jinjin Village was surrounded by the villagers from Xiayu Village, with an anxious face, she kept explaining.

"Fart, sneak into my yard and I'll lose my eggs in the coop. No knocking, I never heard knocking at the door, I think it's just for stealing, you guys have to decide with me , don’t let this thief from Shangyu Village get away.”

The one who screamed was also a woman, not tall, with her waist pinched, her teeth sharp and her mouth sharp, she was very imposing.

"I'm really not stealing. Looking at your courtyard door open, I thought someone from your family had entered. I didn't see your chicken coop at all."

"Still quibbling, let you hide the egg, you let us search your body, if you really don't have it, I will believe you!" The woman was full of ruthlessness, and made unreasonable demands with the villagers watching the fun.

Although the woman is no longer a big girl, she is still a woman. She was bullied by a group of people she didn't know, and no one would let her be searched.

Just as everyone was gearing up to get close to the woman, Zhao Qian who rushed over angrily scolded: "You group of people should be shameless and bully a woman with a lot of people. The folk customs in Xiayu Village are so bad!"

Hearing a voice came in against everyone's intention, the crowd was quiet for a while, and a man stood up after a while: "Who are you?"

"You can control who I am!"

The man was choked up, and looked up and down at the tall, strong and straight man in front of him. He felt very strange, and seemed to have seen him before. After thinking for a while, he suddenly opened his eyes and shouted: "Zhao Qian! It's you! You still Dare to come to our village!"

Hearing such a name, the villagers immediately became furious, and all rolled up their sleeves: "You want to come to our village to get a beating again, don't you?"

"Look, everyone, this woman must be an accomplice with Zhao Qian, and they all want to steal our village!" The dwarf woman yelled: "Their village was flooded, they have no food, drink, or shelter, and they want to occupy our village." Everyone must not let them succeed."

For a moment, the people in Xiayu Village were filled with righteous indignation, and they stretched their arms and legs to teach others a lesson. Seeing this, Zhao Qian had no fear, a mob. Big, with a machete in his hand, he beat them to the ground without blinking his eyes, not to mention this group of old, weak, sick and disabled, who pretended to be stupid to eliminate harm for the people with nothing.

He took the sickle from the mountain from his waist and threw it on the courtyard door of the dwarf's house with his backhand, making a bang: "Come on, let's see if you can break your hands without using a knife."

The man who was eager to try stopped immediately, the weak man back then was not like this at all!The noisy scene was quiet for a while, and the chirping of birds could be heard.

Zhao Qian was never afraid if he made a move, but Brother Zhou told him several times last night to be careful.

In front of many people, he called Hu San'er: "Take auntie away."

Seeing the so-called thieves being picked up, looking at the men with knives and clubs staring at them, no one dared to talk too much. At that time, there was no such thing as shooting the first bird with a gun, but everyone understood the truth.

"We came here to discuss and buy some things with good intentions, and you shouted to catch thieves. The virtues of the people in Xiayu Village are really insightful." If Zhao Qian said this before, it would definitely make people laugh and cry, but now he is doing it properly. If you do it right, no one dares to say that.

He tore off the sickle from the door, followed Hu San'er and the others, and swaggered out of Xiayu Village.

"It's really shameless to run wild in our village!" After the man left, the villagers started chattering again.

The woman came out of the village with lingering fears.

"I'm really sorry, thanks to Zhao Qian who scared them away. I don't know why the people in Xiayu Village are so unreasonable. I knocked on the door and entered the yard, and even called for someone when I went in. As a result, the woman came out and said nothing. Caught me, weeping and shouting."

Hu San'er resented: "We can't blame us for this matter, they are too much, bullying us in Shangyu Village because of the number of people."

"Okay, it's useless to talk about it now, as long as people are fine, the first thing to do is to buy things, and now I have to go to the market." Zhao Qian glanced at the main road: "There are no bullock carts, so we can only walk went."

Hu San'er said: "Then let's hurry up and see if we can catch an ox cart when we reach the next village."

Everyone discussed and set off.It's too far from the village to the market, and you have to trek through mountains and rivers along the way. If you don't hurry up, I'm afraid you won't be able to go back tonight.

In order to save some distance, everyone did not take the official road, but took the small road. The road is not smoother than the main road, but fortunately, they are all country people, so it is not difficult to walk.

After walking for about an hour, my body was already very hot after going out from the cold, but I arrived at the next village. There are not many people in this village, and there are fewer people than in Xiayu Village.

Moreover, there are very few people farming, because it is closer to the market, and many men have gone to the market to find work, and the grain they grow is enough for themselves. Zhao Qian can only give up buying grain here after learning about the situation. plan.

The luck of the four finally improved a bit. They met an ox cart delivering goods to the market, and each of them gave two Wen to the market.

After tossing around for a while, it was already noon at the market, and everyone hurriedly went to buy supplies without thinking about eating something after getting off the bullock cart.

The woman and the bookkeeper went to buy rice, flour and food, while Zhao Qian and Hu San'er went to buy things to keep out the cold and tools, and they gathered at the market entrance an hour later.

"It's been a long time since I came to the market, and I still think about the days when I sold fish." When the two passed by the fish market, they saw only one or two people selling fish inside, and the familiar faces from the fishing village in the past did not appear here again. .Hu San'er couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Zhao Qian said: "It will take some time, when we rebuild the village, we can still go fishing."

"That's right. Take this opportunity to build the village elsewhere, so you don't have to worry about it all day long."

The two chatted for a while, and Zhao Qian went to the pawnshop to exchange all the things donated by the villagers into silver. The pawnshop owner watched him take so many odds and ends. The boss has seen too many rare things, but he doesn't think these things are so rare.

But seeing these jewelry, pendants, more than a dozen kinds, the boss still raised his eyelids, and seeing Zhao Qian and Hu San'er wearing coarse clothes, he couldn't help but doubt the origin of these things.

Zhao Qian seemed to have seen through the boss's mind, and said impatiently: "Whether we will accept it or not, we are still rushing to buy things and go back to everyone."

The boss raised his eyebrows: "Where are you from?"

"In the fishing village, there was a flood. Everyone donated their things and asked us to come out to buy things."

After hearing the explanation, the boss felt a little relieved, so he picked and picked among the jewelry, with a look of disgust on his face: "Your things are not worth much."

Zhao Qian's eyes darkened.

The pawnshop owner flinched, and twisted the pink pearl: "But this pearl is quite rare, and it can be sold for a good price with a little polishing."

"Well, I'll give you a total of ten taels."

Hu San'er was the first to shout: "Twelve, boss, don't be so black-hearted!"

"Black heart! You've been carrying these things for so long, old and worn out, it's not bad to give you this price!" the pawnshop owner said dissatisfiedly, shaking his beard.

Zhao Qian went to put the things away: "Then we are wrong."

The owner of the pawnshop pulled the handkerchief covering the jewelry, and hurriedly said: "Oh, I'll pay you a tael after watching you run around! You can pawn it if you want it, or take it away if you don't."

"One price, 15 taels!" Zhao Qian couldn't refuse.

The pawnshop owner immediately let go, and said arrogantly: "Go and grab it! It's still 15 taels."

Seeing this, Zhao Qian had no intention of flattering her, so she really put away her things and called Hu San'er to leave decisively.

The boss raised his nostrils and saw that the two of them really left without hesitation, and quickly ran out from the counter: "Hey, hey, wait, 15 taels is 15 taels!"

Zhao Qian and Hu San'er looked at each other, and hooked the corners of their mouths.

While putting the things into the cabinet, the boss withdrew the money to the two of them, and said in his mouth, "You guys really know how to treat things. I have never met such a person. If it wasn't for the special pink pearl, which one would you buy?" The pawn shop will spend so much money to collect this little thing..."

Zhao Qian left after getting the money, really too lazy to listen to him.

After leaving the pawnshop, Hu San'er smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to be so clever."

Zhao Qian sighed, he took out the things and watched the boss staring at the pearl, he couldn't move his eyes, how could he do Zhou Ge'er if he didn't knock a little, he said: "Shao Yu likes that pearl very much."

Hu San'er patted Zhao Qian's shoulder: "Then you can buy something with Brother Zhou alone later, and take it as a thank you to him."

"No, it's everyone's money, no matter who belongs to it. I'll buy him something he likes in the future."

Seeing his upright look, Hu San'er couldn't help being very pleased.

After the two bought everything, they went to the entrance of the market, where the woman and the bookkeeper had already packed their bags and waited there.They also carried a lot of things on their backs.

"The money for both of us has been used up." The woman said.

Zhao Qian put down the things he was carrying, felt what was on his body, and took out two taels of silver and a few copper coins: "We still have so little left here. Let's find an ox cart to take us back first. There are too many things. Can't take it."

"it is good."

Zhao Qian went to find a master, and the two bargained over the price. In the end, he asked for ten yuan to send a few people there. He paid the money, and everyone moved their things to the ox cart and climbed into the cart together.

Looking at the things in the big ox cart, the woman smiled and said, "I haven't bought so many during Chinese New Year."

"Aren't we going out to buy new year's goods!" Hu San'er wiped off his sweat and echoed the woman.

Zhao Qian was telling the bookkeeper how much each item cost, and asked him to write it down on paper one by one, so that he could settle the accounts with everyone when he went back.

In winter, the days are short and it gets dark early, even though the driver was urged to hurry up along the way, it was already dark when they arrived not far from where the boat stopped.

The bullock cart master seldom took this road. Looking at the water on the side of the mountain road, he had no idea that the four of them would row back. He only thought they were from Xiayu Village.

The master is not from this side, and he has to hurry back, so he stopped chatting with them, and each of them was busy walking back.

The four of them moved things to the side of the boat, and Hu San'er stacked the things in a pile, watching Zhao Qian pouted and pounded the boat: "What are you doing, move the things to the boat quickly, it will be dark later , how about we go back by boat?"

"The boat was tampered with." Zhao Qian straightened up, her face turned cold.

Hu San'er threw down the things in his hands, walked over a few steps, and looked at the boat: "Why, we were fine when we came."

"What's the matter with this ship plank? It looks like it was knocked off and then closed again. If we didn't see it, we'll have to go up!" The bookkeeper leaned forward and said angrily, "It's so vicious, who the hell is it? Do it! You want to kill someone!"

Zhao Qian saw a lot of footprints circling back and forth on the ground, so he went to check the boat, and knew who they were without even thinking about it: "The people in Xiayu Village are really narrow-minded."

Hu San'er slammed his fist on the earth wall: "I'll go find them to argue!"

"Do you have evidence to reason with them!" Zhao Qian grabbed the impulsive Hu San'er: "Hurry up and find a way to fix the boat, it's getting dark."

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"Why haven't they come back yet? It's getting dark today!" The man in the cave stretched his neck and looked outside several times: "There must be something wrong!"

Brother Zhou stood outside the cave, and he had turned around several times. He said to the people in the cave, "I'll go to the mountainside to have a look."

"Brother Zhou, don't worry. After all, it's a long way to get to the market. It's normal later on. Don't go out at night and hurt your foot. How can we explain to Zhao Qian when he comes back?"

"Yeah yeah!"

While everyone was anxious, they had to comfort Brother Zhou who was more anxious than them.In the midst of comforting voices, a voice rang out inappropriately: "It would be funny if you took all your money and ran away."

The person who spoke was Xue Yao who passed by outside their cave. He has been injured for a month. Although he can't be alive and kicking now, he can walk without any problem.

After hearing what he said, everyone became unhappy: "Xue Yao, don't think that no one would dare to beat you if Zhao Qian wasn't in the cave!"

Xue Yao groaned a few words: "I'm just talking casually, it's dark, they haven't seen yet, you have given them the money, there are boats to go out, and there is food and drink in the market If you can buy a thick jacket to wear, who would want to go back to this mountain to suffer, and now we won’t let people tell the truth.”

Seeing that no one responded, Xue Yao said again: "Your hearts are really big!"

"Brother Zhao is not such a person!" Brother Zhou yelled at Xue Yao with cold eyes.

"Know the face, but not the heart!"

Hu Lingling followed, "I also believe that my elder brother is not such a person!"

Brother Zhou suddenly turned back to the cave and lit a torch with a bamboo stick: "It's getting dark, I'll light a torch and wait for them on the mountainside."

When the people in the cave saw Zhou Geer busy, they couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable, and seemed to be encouraged: "Let's go too! The women stay in the cave, and the men go to the mountainside to pick them up together!"

Brother Zhou glanced at everyone gratefully, lit the torches, and the group went down the mountain firmly.

Seeing the flickering fire, Xue Yao snorted, "A bunch of idiots."

The woman in the cave came out and scolded: "Hurry up and go back to your cave, don't hang around the entrance of our cave, what's the matter, you want to grab something again! We have more people this time!"

Xue Yao shrank his neck, and went to the side cave resentfully.