Most of the afternoon, at dusk, Yun Zhong was at the man's house, either chatting or asking about various things in the village, but he never mentioned things like food, which made the man quite helpless. The front foot planned to prepare some dishes to entertain him, but then the young man shook his head slightly and asked about another matter, but even though he could only delay it, he showed no sign of leaving.
During the chat, Yun Zhong learned that the man's surname was Hua. In his early years, he relied on all his strength to earn food and clothing. Although he was not considered a wealthy person in this village, he was still considered to be decent. However, he only relied on his own hard work to save up. With a small amount of money, he married a wife and had a daughter. Although he really wanted to have a boy, he could earn some money for the family earlier in the future. However, the wife was weak, so he had to give up. From the beginning to the end, Yun Zhong mostly asked simple questions, then touched the yellow rope on his wrist and listened quietly to the man's reply, always lowering his eyebrows in deep thought.
Now that I hear it, it becomes more and more difficult to understand, who is the girl from the man's family, Erlan, in the Baiqiong Tower? Most women only use the names of flowers and plants and do not know their real names. Moreover, even the experience of these two people was heard through chatting with the old man next door outside the mansion, so I came here today to have a look. But from what I saw, it seems that no one in the village here looks down on people who sell their children and daughters. Even when this man is out, many people respect him and at least speak politely when they meet. He was so considerate that he didn't mean to look down upon him at all. He was respectful and respectful, and his expression often showed envy, but there was no slightest bit of disdain.
Thinking about this, Yun Zhong was very hesitant for a while. Probably for the people in the village who have no food and clothing all year round, selling children and selling daughters in the eyes of others is extremely despicable and inhumane, but it is the best of both worlds. As a good deed, the family was starving, but it may not have even reached the twelfth lunar month of winter, with no food in the belly and no clothes outside, and they were in danger of being reduced to wild dogs gnawing on the thin bones. In this way, the family did not lack money and food, and most of the children outside the home would end up dead. Even if you are not good enough, you can still get enough food. You don't have to look like a barren mountain beast all day long, with tattered clothes and rarely a full stomach.
The man didn't know that this young man with a great background was thinking deeply about things now. After two or three times of tea soup, he was already drowsy. Years of drinking had already exhausted his youthful body. In addition, he was wasting money and wasted his energy. He couldn't bear it anymore. When I feel sleepy, I hold my head against the table and nod my head again and again, but I can't stop my sleepiness. He was about to speak again and again, but he looked up and saw the young man's expression and the rather strange-looking yellow rope on his wrist. He somehow managed to swallow his words again and sat firmly on both sides of the table with the young man.
"As the saying goes, today's business is done today. Unfortunately, it's already the time for childbirth, so it's inevitable that I'm still a bit procrastinating and lazy." The young man cut off the candle wick by himself, with a slightly comfortable expression. He stood up and lowered his head towards the sleepy man who was swaying around. He said, "Since I feel so sleepy, you might as well take a stranger like me out for a walk and take advantage of the moonlight to relax. I think it's better than sitting here."
The man woke up with a start, full of doubts. Although the young man's magnanimity today was indeed not ordinary, he was really unhappy after having spent so many hours. He muttered, "If you want to go out for a walk, the weather should be good tomorrow. Why Kuzi went out in the middle of the night? Not only is it a bit weird, but at least there is no view to see, so why not rest under the humble house for a night to recuperate your energy, and I will invite you to go out for a stroll tomorrow, what do you think?"
Even though he had never been to a school, and he had never interacted with such wealthy families, Yun Zhong still felt that the man's verbal skills were very rare, but then he quickly changed his mind and thought about it again, and he had already guessed a lot. , even if everyone doesn’t want to be too humble, they can’t live without the money that the family relies on for food and clothing, so naturally they put their original so-called body into the lowest position, and then they can barely earn enough food and clothing.
In the early days of traveling, the people in the caravan were also very good at speaking, especially when they encountered the carriages of wealthy people, or they could spot the carriages and sedans of high-ranking officials at a glance. The leader and Lao Sanjin would often urge the merchants. The people in the team quickly moved the car tent away and let the former go first, without having to say a few polite words or chatting with each other in a respectful manner. At first, when the young man first entered the world, he didn't know many rules. Even though he frowned and said nothing, he couldn't stand this kind of behavior. It was only after chatting with others that he realized that his thoughts were still too short-sighted. Caravans live according to the attitude of merchants, and ordinary people may not be able to ask caravans to deliver goods on their behalf. In the end, most of the business is still handled by merchants, so even if they are strangers, they can say a few words of respect when they meet each other. Intentionally or unintentionally, the words revealed the location of the caravan, and maybe someone would remember it, so there would naturally be business to do in the future.
The aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, but after all, you have to go out and shout for many days before you can get your name out and be known.
In the final analysis, there is no real purpose, just running around and worrying about a few taels of scattered silver. If things go on like this, naturally, when meeting rich people, they will be nice and angry.
"No need to be so polite," the young man came back to his senses, his expression became much gentler, but he didn't know whether he remembered the old friends in the caravan who were very unscrupulous in their behavior, or he felt that the man in front of him was more pleasing to the eye for no reason, and his mood suddenly became worse than before. He felt much better just now. He drank all the tea in hand and smiled with the yellow rope in his hand, "Some things are best done at night. Although Brother Hua knows that I came from Bafang Street, he probably doesn't know what kind of business I do. , it’s just a good time to take advantage of this dark night to inform my brother, so that after he returns home, he can put the dagger hidden under his clothes back to its original place and no longer need to worry about it.”
The summer nights are hot and humid, not to mention being hidden in the deep mountains and old forests, with lush flowers and plants all around, it makes you feel like the heat is rushing in all around you and there is no way to stop it.
After all, the man took advantage of the moment when the young man was about to go out. He put the warm and sweaty dagger in his arms to the door, walked quickly to the young man, and led the way for him.
Almost everyone in the village knows that the Jianghu people invited by the squires live two miles outside the village. The wine in the mansion is very heavy all year round. In addition, women from other places often come and stay up all night to stay. When the sky dawned the next day, he left in ragged clothes.
Since they are the agents used by the squire to collect money, of course the amount of money given is quite sufficient, so even if he stays up all night, drinking and having fun, he should be able to handle it. Before reaching the outside of the village, Yun Zhong could see the brightly lit lights in the distant mansion, and the swaying figures holding cups and holding altars. There seemed to be a few women, but it seemed that they all shrank aside and did not dare to get up.
"Before I came to Bafang Street, I didn't kill many people. When I almost killed someone with a sword for the first time, I actually couldn't live in peace for several days afterwards. I always felt that although the person had sinned, he was far from worthy of death, let alone No one has that kind of authority to decide other people's life and death at will. It is extremely difficult to do it with a white sword in the mortal world, so as not to have to worry about conscience in the future." The young man in black touched the yellow rope with his hand. He had already lost his drunkenness, and his eyes were clear, but Immediately looking at the distant mansion, Ji Ji dimmed slightly, "At first, I thought that people in the world could live a peaceful life without harming others. Even if they worked hard for money every day, they would mostly be able to have food and clothing. But later I found out that it was just... I have wishful thinking and want the world to be like this, but things often don’t go according to other people’s wishes. Sometimes, I really have no choice.”
"You don't want to kill, but others are eager to cut you to pieces. Even if it's your last breath, they always want to stab you from behind. Therefore, many times, you can save people's lives, but many people don't. If you don’t want to stay, firstly, you are afraid that the fish will die and the trap will be broken, and the beast will still fight. Secondly, you will be afraid that if you don’t eradicate the roots, someone will seek revenge in the future. Naturally, there are not so many points in the world, and more are still divided between life and death. "
The man heard the clouds and fog, and he could only roughly understand that the young man in front of him, who seemed to be definitely not a strong man, was probably really very skilled. He was a little scared at the moment, and he was also thankful that he had just thrown away the short knife.
"According to your status as an adult, how do you do this kind of thing? Besides, I don't have any weapons at hand. It's better to invite those Jianghu people here to be safe." After thinking for a moment, the man said one more thing. After all, although the young man in front of him was probably He is very skilled, but in the end, the nest will be overturned without leaving any eggs. The two men broke in abruptly, and it was inevitable that their swords would have no eyes, so they had to be brave.
The young man smiled, still quite kind, but it was clear that the man was running cold all over his body, as if it was a heavy snowstorm in winter. Two or three snowflakes fell from the treetops and ran into his collar, and the coldness suddenly filled his whole body.
After all, Yun Zhong never asked the man to go with him. Instead, he jumped off the village wall alone. Seeing that he was not walking very fast, he leisurely walked straight into the mansion and pushed open the door of the mansion with one hand.
A few dozen breaths later, the young man walked out of the door again, letting a group of disheveled women go first, and then stopped him and handed over some money. However, soon after he saw two of the women looking a little confused, he didn't say anything more. What? He sighed, walked away slowly, walked to the man's side and nodded slightly.
"There will probably be a letter tomorrow. Those squires are probably going to replace a group of Jianghu warriors, so today we are not actually going to cure the root cause. We still have to visit them one by one tomorrow to settle the matter and return to the village in the future. The people there can live a more stable life without having to sell their children or daughters."
"We don't have much money, so it's a little difficult to make every household rich and wealthy, but the worst thing is to live like a human being, instead of in a situation like today, where we are so hungry that we can't wait to compete with wild dogs for food, and who cares about etiquette, justice and shame? Benevolence, justice and morality are not valuable, but they still have to be there, right?”
When he said this, Yunzhong saw that the man's eyes were red, so he picked up a pot of wine from the mansion and poured it into his mouth.
The yellow rope shook slightly, then returned to calm.
