As soon as the two of them left, the waiter said to Xu He: "Xiaohe, you guys can sleep at my house for a while."
To be honest, Xu He is very sleepy now and dozed off like a chicken pecking at rice while eating.
But the person named Tuesday was very weird just now, so he didn't dare to take it lightly, so he said to Lu Heng, "Go get some sleep! I'm not sleepy!"
When Lu Heng heard this, he yawned unconsciously and said, "Okay, then I'll go to sleep first. If you need anything, call me!"
After the girl took her to rest, Xu He looked around and said, "Xiaoer, I didn't expect your family to be quite nice!"
Although Xiaoer's family didn't have many rooms, with only three main rooms, it had a large courtyard surrounded by adobes. Some vegetables were planted in the courtyard. On both sides of the courtyard was a silkworm house and a kitchen.
When the waiter took Xu He to the backyard, he found that there were two small houses built here, one was a pigsty, and the other was hung with a curtain, which should be a dry toilet.
In rural areas, dry latrines are usually connected to pig pens. To put it disgustingly, people can't think about eating pigs after pooping them. If they think about it, they won't want to eat pork.
However, these days, people with status rarely eat pork.
For example, "Book of Rites Shaoyi" says: "A gentleman does not eat dolphins."
Of course, this sentence was misinterpreted by later generations. The original meaning was not to eat the internal organs of captive animals.
But it is true that pigs were really not accepted by the upper class in ancient times.
Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng once said: "If you send me a pig, you will not be punished if you kill me!"
It means that this adulterer is just like a pig in a pigsty. He is extremely promiscuous. Even if he is killed, there is nothing wrong with him.
Therefore, pigs had the connotation of fornication at that time, and the people of Qin and later generations did not bother to eat pork.
Another reason is that the scene in front of us is that the environment of the pig pen is too dirty. Human feces and pig feces are mixed together. The pigs eat, drink and poop on these feces. Things raised in such an environment, [gentlemen] naturally It’s something I don’t even bother to eat.
When the waiter saw that Xu He was looking at it seriously, he smiled and said: "I helped Xiaohe in this pigsty. After you made two trips, I used the money Xiaohe gave me to build a small embryo and buy pigs. My father said that after they are fattened, If you sell it to the butcher every year, you can get a wife within two years!"
Xu He laughed loudly and said: "When uncle comes back, tell him to help you find a matchmaker as soon as possible. If you don't have enough money, go find me!"
The waiter smiled innocently, probably thinking that Xu He was joking.
At this time, Xu He saw a door opened on the wall of the backyard.
The waiter followed his gaze and introduced, "That's where my mother washes clothes."
In the water town of Jiangnan, many houses have rivers behind them. Women often go down the steps with their clothes to wash by the river.
Xu He came to the door with great interest and looked out through the wood door.
Suddenly, he found that there seemed to be someone staring at him from the other side of the river outside the door.
At first, Xu He thought he was too sensitive.
Unexpectedly, after watching for a while, the man's eyes were always fixed on this side.
Xu He called the waiter and said, "Xiao Er, look at the man on the other side. Do you know him?"
The waiter came to the door and took a look, surprised: "It's Tuesday, how come he..."
Xu He couldn't help but think about whether there was any flaw just now.
But after thinking about it for a long time, I still don’t know where the problem is.
The waiter said: "We can't stay here anymore, Xiaohe, I'm going to take you out of here now!"
Xu He stretched out his hand to signal him to calm down, but he still leaned against the door and looked towards the other side.
It was strange to see him staring at the backyard on Tuesday.
Most people would stare at the front door, but it was better for him to stare at the back door, which was across the river.
Xu He analyzed it and found three points.
One is that he has an accomplice who is staring at the front door at this time, but although they suspect that there is something wrong with Xiao Er's house, they are only responsible for surveillance, not arresting people.
Otherwise, instead of monitoring across the river that Tuesday, they should ambush near Xiao Er's house. If a stranger comes out, they can arrest them directly.
Also, even if there is suspicion, someone must have informed the superiors.
After figuring it out, Xu He said: "Second brother, let's go back and discuss it!"
The two of them came into the house with solemn expressions. The waiter said to the girl: "Go and wake up that... young lady!"
After a while, Lu Heng came out with red eyes and yawned. As soon as he sat down, he asked sluggishly, "What happened? I just woke up when I fell asleep!"
Xu He said: "We are being targeted!"
When Lu Heng heard this, he was no longer sleepy. His expression changed drastically and he asked, "Who? Is it that hall master?"
Xu He shook his head and turned to the waiter: "Is there any way to send us away without disturbing others?"
The waiter thought for a while and said: "There is a small sampan in the river in the backyard. If we walk on the river, even if we see it on Tuesday, we won't be able to catch up."
When Xu He thought about it, he could only do this.
After cleaning up, several people went to the backyard.
The waiter glanced at Xu He and saw Xu He nodded towards him. He turned around and opened the door to the backyard.
As soon as he opened the door, Xu He saw Zhou Zhou on the other side obviously startled.
Then he was very surprised when he saw the figures of the four people.
The four of them didn't have time to think too much. The waiter immediately untied the mooring rope of the small sampan, let the four of them board the boat, lit the pole and headed south.
Sure enough, after seeing the four people leaving, Na Tuesday hurriedly followed them.
But after traveling about a mile or so on the waterway, the boat turned a corner and entered a small river.
There is no road along the river. Looking at the yellow mud ponds all over the ground on Tuesday, I knew I couldn't catch up, so I turned around and left without any regrets.
Just when the four of them thought they had gotten rid of him, they saw two boats rowing behind them.
Xu He knew the people sitting on it. They were the two big men who greeted the Mosquito Incense Hall Master on the bamboo platform last night.
Sure enough, it was exposed!
"Xu He, what should I do?" Lu Heng obviously knew those people and asked hurriedly.
Xu He said to the waiter: "How about it. Can you get rid of them?"
The waiter nodded and shook his head: "The river is so narrow that you won't be able to escape! You can only keep moving forward!"
Xu He said: "Then don't worry about it, just row in the direction of Hailing County. I don't believe it. These people dare to arrest people under Hailing City!"
The waiter didn't answer this time, but the frequency of tapping his hands became faster.
The two ships behind them followed them for a while, and seemed to have discovered Xu He's intentions. They tried to catch up with them several times.
Two big men shouted wildly behind them, threatening the waiter to stop the boat.
But the waiter didn't care about them. He only focused on taking the girl and kept making punts. The small sampan was as fast as an arrow.
It's not an option to always do this. The waiter said: "Let's turn to the Cao River immediately. There are many salt boats and straw boats along the Cao River. When the time comes, there will be more boats to use. Let's get rid of them!"
But when they arrived at the Caohe River, the hearts of all four people on the boat became cold.
It turns out that Caohe was indeed crowded in the past, and it leads directly to Xujia Village in the east of Hailing City.
However, due to the recent flood, although there were many boats on the entire river, the big boats were moored on both sides, and many small boats were even pulled ashore by their owners.
This is not what makes the four people feel cold. What really makes Xu He despair is that the pursuers behind him have changed from two boats to four, and in front of them are three large boats lying across the river, and the boats There were two people standing at the head, it was the Mosquito Incense Hall Master and He Liangchang.
"Boy, are you still running? Do you know? Our eyes are everywhere in Hailing County, where are you running?" the Mosquito Repellent Hall Master laughed wildly!
