"A Ze!" Jian Xi saw Bai Ze and waved to him happily. The little girl who often worked in the fields had a dark complexion, but her eyes were very intelligent and sparkling.
Bai Ze smiled back and waved to Jian Xi. As soon as Mr. Shutang left, the children in the study hall ran out in a swarm. Some couldn't bear their hunger and ran straight home, while others refused to leave immediately as if they were watching a good show and scattered in the courtyard of the study hall. He made fun of the swarthy little girl and said, "Ah, isn't this the little Heitan of the Jian family? Why, are you here again today to eavesdrop on your teacher's lecture?"
"My aunt has legs, so she can go wherever she likes! It's your turn to ask questions!" Jian Xi hummed in an old-fashioned way, with her hands on her hips.
"Xiao Heitan, you eavesdropped on Mr.'s lecture, don't you know the principle of 'a gentleman is always poor'?" Several older children mocked, and as if suddenly enlightened, they slapped their thighs and laughed.
"Oh, I forgot! You are a little girl, how can you become a gentleman?" Bai Ze felt a little unhappy when he heard the words in the courtyard of the study hall. Just as he was about to speak, a childish and unceremonious voice came from the study hall. Cursing: "That old scholar doesn't even take a piss to look after himself! He can't even gain any fame, and he shamelessly lectures in Zengtou City. If my father hadn't given him face, would he have the qualifications?! I Bah, you dare to hit me, tomorrow I will pour excrement on his Xuetang!" Xuetang is the residence of the old scholar.
A group of people in the courtyard burst into laughter. Some of the bold ones shouted: "Zeng Bao, don't just say it but don't do it. Do you have the courage?" Zeng Bao, a child who was about ten years old, heard this. , became angry, pointed at the person who spoke and cursed: "Bind your dog eyes! Who am I? My father is the mayor of Zengtou City. Which of my four brothers can't beat that old guy all over the floor? Looking for teeth!?" When those half-year-old children heard
The words "four brothers" were all spoken in silence, while some hesitated and made excuses to leave. Jian Xi sneered and pulled away to leave the study hall.
"Stop!" Zeng Bao had already aimed at Jian Xi's thin figure.
"Xiao Heitan, when that old guy punished me, I heard you laughing!"
"How is it?" Jian Xi didn't even bother to look at Zeng Bao. Taking advantage of Aze's support outside the study hall, she said nonchalantly: "Auntie, I just smiled. I thought of happy things, okay?" Just this After saying that, the little girl took a sneak look at A Ze who was holding a cow, and she was mentally assessing whether the frail young man was capable of protecting her.
"You are obviously laughing at me!" Zeng Bao shouted, his face turned red. The half-grown children who were watching saw Zeng Bao getting angry and moved aside knowingly.
"What are you doing standing still? Push that little black charcoal to the ground. I'm going to slap her ten times and let her know the consequences of teasing me!" Zeng Bao said angrily, bossing around and ordering people in the courtyard to catch Jian Xi. .
Seeing that the situation was not good, Jian Xi ran away. Those people in the study hall courtyard were unwilling to take action when they saw that the matter was getting serious.
Otherwise, if my husband finds out tomorrow, he will definitely be beaten and scolded, so why bother?
"You are all wimps!" Zeng Bao saw that those people were unwilling to take action. Seeing that little Heitan was about to slip out of the courtyard, he felt anxious. Regardless, he picked up a palm-sized stone from the ground and threw it at Jane fiercely. Xi was hit on the back of the head!
Zeng Bao had been wild since he was a child. He often did bad things like using stones to embarrass people. He was very accurate. The palm-sized stone was about to hit the back of Jian Xi's head. This blow would at least give the little girl a headache. Broken blood flow.
But the person involved was unprepared and instead asked Bai Ze to run away together. The young man in sackcloth had a dull look, but no movement was seen. The stone that hit the back of Jian Xi's head suddenly shifted direction and flew out of the little girl's ear.
Zeng Bao was surprised. He was not far away from Jian Xi. He had never missed this distance before, but today he missed it unexpectedly!
It must have been because the old guy slapped his palm, causing his aim to deviate.
"Zeng Bao, you dare to throw a stone at me?!" Jian Xi heard a sound of wind in her ears, and took a closer look. She saw the palm-sized stone rolling away. She was so angry that she stopped running away and picked it up on the ground. A stone hit Zeng Bao on the head.
Zeng Bao was still regretting that he couldn't beat Xiao Heitan to a bloody head. He didn't notice it and it was too late to react.
"Boom!——" The stone hit Zeng Bao in the middle of the head, knocking him to the ground. His head was bruised and bleeding. He touched the wound on his forehead and saw blood on his hand. The pain after numbness immediately turned tears from his eyes. He squeezed it out, opened his mouth, and cried loudly.
When Jian Xi saw this, she knew she was in trouble, so she didn't dare to stay and ran away quickly. Bai Ze led the old scalper. He couldn't walk very fast, so he could only shout from behind: "Jian Xi, wait for me!" Bai Ze pulled the rope, and the old scalper
He made a "moo" sound, moved his hooves slowly, and took two steps forward. Bai Ze spent a lot of effort to catch up with the little girl.
At this time, half of the setting sun had sunk into the mountains, and the town suddenly seemed drowsy. The shadows of the trees crawled ferociously on the ground, making it eerie.
"It's all your fault!" Jian Xi saw Bai Ze walking slowly over with the cow, got up from the stone pier on the roadside, and patted the dust on his buttocks.
"Why didn't you stop me? If I get into trouble now, Zeng Bao will definitely go home and complain. Those brothers of his are not good people."
"Don't be afraid." Bai Ze smiled and comforted the little girl.
"When you go home, tell your mother that I was the one who beat him."
"So many eyes are watching!" Jian Xi put her hands on her hips and huffed.
"They're not blind."
"Don't worry, I have a way to sort it out." Bai Ze said with a smile.
"Believe me."
"Really?" Jian Xi was dubious.
"I never lie to people." Bai Ze said with a smile.
"Especially kids."
"Okay, then I will reluctantly believe you for once." Jian Xi walked over, climbed on the back of the old cow, and rode it carelessly.
"If you lie to me, then don't live in my house!"
"Okay." Bai Ze said. The little girl sitting on the back of the cow saw a rabbit hanging from the horns of the old scalper. The two rabbit legs were tied with a straw rope. She couldn't help but said: "Aze, did you pick up another rabbit today?"
"It's just good luck." Bai Ze said.
"Don't lie to me again." Jian Xi snorted,
"You must have a good way to catch rabbits, but you just won't tell me."
"You didn't say you wanted to learn." Bai Ze looked back at the little girl and said,
"If you want to learn, I'll teach you."
"I don't want to learn." Jian Xi lay on the back of the ox, with his hands folded and pillowed under his head.
"Aze, tell me, why can't women get the honors and become officials? The old man in the library once said that although women can also go to the library to study, they can only study, not like men. It’s really unfair to take exams and become an official when you grow up.”
"If you want to be an official, it's really difficult." Bai Ze said,
"But if you want to study, I can help you get a bundle for Mr. Shutang."
"But I still have to help my mother with work." The little girl said gloomily.
"If I go to school, who will help my mother work? Do I expect my wild father who has died who knows where? It's better to expect you to live in my house and help me herd the cattle." "Bai Ze didn't answer.
"Actually, I don't have to study and become an official." The little girl looked at the afterglow of the setting sun and said in a daze,
"I just want to leave here. I want to make a lot of money and hire the best doctors in the world to treat my mother. Then, it's best to find a good man to marry my mother again so that she has someone to accompany her. I can go around and play with peace of mind.”
"You are very filial," Bai Ze said with a smile.
"Of course!" Jian Xi hummed, glancing at Bai Ze's back.
"Aze, you're not bad looking, but it's a pity that you look a little too young and your body is not very strong. You don't look like someone who can do hard work. However, if you were ten or eight years older, you would be better. Just, I asked my mother to be your wife, and you can be my father." Bai Ze's eyes twitched.
“I don’t think it’s necessary.”…
