Zhang Kuanren frowned and looked at them without comforting or sighing.
After a long time, after Xiaoshi and Xiaohua stopped crying, Zhang Kuanren said: "From the Daniu family, if you ask me, any promising person will have to endure hardships of one kind or another, and Zhang Xuan is the same. Besides, there are some things. , bad things may not turn into good things, and you must not be so sad. If you can trust me, I will find a way out for Zhang Xuan, what do you think?"
"Mr. Big, thank you very much!"
Mrs. Xiao said while bowing to Zhang Kuanren.
"Don't thank me yet. This road may not be easy, but once you get through it, you will be able to get through everything. It depends on Zhang Xuan's fortune." Zhang Kuanren said calmly, "I have a few acquaintances in the city, okay? In the name of Huiwen, Zhang Xuan was introduced to stay with them. If Zhang Xuan could stay there, it would be at least half the battle. The next step would be up to him. For him, going Living in the city, making some friends, and broadening his knowledge can lay the foundation for a new life. As long as he is enterprising enough, he will definitely achieve something bigger. Wouldn't it be better than staying in this small mountain village all his life? ? A dragon always goes to the sea, a phoenix always goes to heaven, that is their destination."
When Mrs. Xiao heard this, her face was full of joy and worry, and she said: "Mr. Da, I understand what you said, but -"
"I know what you are going to say next!" Zhang Kuanren interrupted her hastily, "I have saved some money over the years of teaching, so I will give some to Zhang Xuan as payment. I only have one daughter, and she married out of town. I usually We live a worry-free life, and we don’t have much money to spend on food and clothing, so what are we doing with all the extra money?”
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Xiao hurriedly knelt down with a plop, then dragged Xiaohua and Xiaolizi to kneel down and kowtow to Zhang Kuanren.
Zhang Kuanren hurriedly stepped aside and said: "Daniu family members, you don't have to be like this! Once Zhang Xuan is my student, he will be my student forever. It is my duty to nurture him to become a talent!"
After that, he ordered Zhang Xiaohai and others to help the Xiao family up.
Ms. Xiao stood up, her face still filled with sadness, her head lowered and she didn't speak.
Zhang Xiaoyu said: "Uncle, Brother Lizi has a lot of money, but if he goes on the road alone, Auntie will be worried. How about we brothers send him there?"
"That's fine!" Zhang Kuanren nodded and said, "You will set off early the morning after tomorrow."
After that, he swayed away with square steps.
Early the morning after tomorrow, Mrs. Xiao packed the clothes she had made for Xiao Mizi in a big flower bag, asked him to carry it on his back, and bid him farewell with tears in her eyes. Zhang Xiaoyu, Zhang Xiaohai, and Zhang Xiaohan accompanied Xiao Lizi on the road with the money provided by Zhang Kuanren.
With tears in her eyes, Xiao Dizi bowed to her mother, Xiaoshi, and sister, Xiaohua, then turned around and walked forward without looking back.
After leaving, he didn't know where he was going to end up and what his ending would be. He felt very panicked and couldn't help but lament over and over again.
The villagers who came to drive him away secretly peeked through the cracks in the wall to watch, with muscles on their faces twisted and sometimes grinning ferociously.
In their eyes, Xiao Mizi was an out-and-out plague god, and they wished they could eat his flesh raw and skin him alive.
After walking for more than three miles in silence, Xiao Dizi saw a sedan chair approaching, followed by some people holding suonas and other loudspeakers.
Zhang Xiaohai looked at those people and said, "Brother, do you know that this is the sedan chair for Xiaoqin's wedding? Today is the day when Xiaoqin will marry into the city."
ah?
Xiao Mizi just heard a few days ago that Xiaoqin's family asked the matchmaker to tell Xiaoqin about the marriage. How come this marriage was accomplished so quickly, and the man was so eager to get married? Does the man know that Xiaoqin is possessed by an evil spirit?
Xiao Dizi was stunned when she heard Zhang Xiaoyu say: "Oh, what a pity! Xiaoqin is considered a beauty in our village, but she was taken advantage of by a stranger."
Zhang Xiaohan said: "Brother, what you said is wrong. I think Xiaoqin made that foreigner suffer. She is a person who has been possessed by evil spirits. Who in this village would want her? If the foreigner knew If they find out about her scandal, they might send her back, and then her whole family won't be able to see anyone."
They had been silent before because they were concerned about Xiao Yanzi's emotions. At this moment, they were talking enthusiastically about Xiao Qin's marriage, seemingly forgetting Xiao Yanzi's emotions. back.
Their original intention may be to help Xiao Dizi relieve his boredom, but Xiao Dizi's mood becomes heavier and heavier as he listens to their discussion. If it was a scandal that Xiaoqin was possessed by an evil spirit, wouldn't it be an even bigger scandal that he was expelled from the village? Now that he's gone, the villagers can't do anything to him, but if his mother and sister are still in the village, will they still be unable to hold their heads up and face others?
A heavy heart makes people feel tired, so after walking less than ten miles, Xiao Mizi sat down on the ground to rest.
After walking and stopping like this for about twenty miles, the sedan chair to marry Xiaoqin gradually caught up. The bearers walked very fast, humming from time to time, and the people who blew the trumpets also played intermittently, and they were all playing cheerful tunes.
When Zhang Xiaoyu and others heard those songs, they all smiled. Zhang Xiaohai also said to Xiao Mizi: "Brother, this is your first time traveling far away, and there is a loudspeaker to accompany you. This is obviously a sign of happiness. You may be very happy." It will be developed soon!”
After hearing this, Xiao Mizi had no choice but to smile bitterly. Xiaoqin was once his favorite girl, and he had been infatuated with Xiaoqin in his dreams, and even worshiped and got married. Now, Xiaoqin suddenly married to a foreign country, and he couldn't help but have mixed feelings in his heart. The joy that Zhang Xiaoyu mentioned clearly sounded sad and desolate to him.
What made him even more embarrassed was that the bearers happened to rest in the place where he, Zhang Xiaoyu and others were resting. A group of people who played trumpets kept playing around the sedan and made some flirting moves to tease the bride. .
He glanced at the hanging curtain of the sedan chair, wondering how Xiaoqin behind the curtain would react or if she had seen him.
According to rural rules, when a girl gets married, even if she is happy, she must pretend to cry to show her nostalgia for her hometown and her intolerance for leaving her family. He didn't know if Xiaoqin was crying at the moment. If there's no crying, there's certainly no laughing.
How can a woman who had to marry out of town because of scandals smile? For Xiaoqin, crying is the true expression of love.
Xiao Laizi lamented Xiao Qin's plight, and at the same time lamented his own misfortune. From time to time he glanced at the sedan chair quietly placed on the ground, and from time to time he let out a sigh.
From beginning to end, the sedan curtain was not opened, not even a crack. Xiao Yanzi therefore thought that Xiao Qin did not see him because she was crying.
After walking fifty miles, it was almost dusk and the group decided to spend the night in a place called Newtown ahead.
This is a small town with only one guest house.
Xiao Dizi and others stayed here, as did the bearers and drummers who married Xiao Qin.
The store owner's business was slow in Xunri. Now that he saw so many people staying at the hotel, he couldn't help but feel happy and shouted loudly to greet the guests.
At this time, Xiao Qin just walked out of the sedan chair, dressed in red clothes and wearing a red hijab. While walking, since there was no woman to guide her, she had to lift the corner of her hijab to look at the road.
Xiao Mizi happened to catch a glimpse of her face under the hijab, and found that her expression was unusually cold, her eyes were not red and swollen, and there was obviously no sign of crying.
She didn't cry, nor was she happy, but she was so indifferent. What happened to her?
