In the spring of March, the twenty-ninth year of Hongde.
The broken ice on the Qinghe River melted, everything revived, and the reeds turned green again.
Tubei Village is busy with spring plowing, and the farmland by the river is full of villagers busy planting rice. The scene is busy and lively.
A carriage crunched across the loess road and stopped on the roadside near the reed marsh.
A young boy of about ten years old jumped out of the car, with red lips, white teeth, and delicate eyebrows.
Wearing a white brocade robe with red background, and strutting with his hands behind his back, he looks noble and arrogant.
"Tianbao, I see you are here!" The young man's voice was clear, with a hint of arrogance and arrogance in his tone, but there was a smile in his eyes when he spoke.
As soon as he finished speaking, a ball of mud flew from the farmland in front of him and landed at the young boy's feet.
If he hadn't dodged quickly, the mud would have hit his face.
"Su Tianbao! You can't be more polite! Brother, look at you, is this the meeting gift you gave me?" Bai Yu put his hands on his hips and stared at the little girl with double buns in the field, grinding his teeth.
"We are all working here in coarse clothes, and we are half exhausted. It would be better for you to stand on the ridge of the field in neat clothes and watch. If the sweet baby doesn't hit you, who will it hit?" Su Wu raised his waist and gloated, "Hahaha, how about you? Come to the fields too and make sure the sweet baby doesn't hit you!"
Su An, "Master Chun Peng has specially given a few days to rest. It's not good for you to stay in the inner city. You have to run here three times a day and do nothing but watch us work. You deserve to be beaten." !”
Su Wen also leaned up and looked at the carriage, "Hey, no chairs have been brought here today? Didn't you prepare melon seeds and tea?"
Wei Li, who was also in the field, didn't say anything. He smiled and threw another pile of mud on the field ridge.
The four of them are all around ten years old. Over the past few years, each of them has a strong body and has grown taller. At first glance, they are already half-grown adults.
Bai Yu was so angry with the people that he actually asked the coachman to bring chairs, melon seeds and tea from the car. He set up a small table on the side of the road. He sat on the chair, crossed his legs, drank tea and cracked melon seeds to watch the fun, "Young Master I’m just happy to come and watch, no matter what!”
The little girl with double buns who had neatly inserted a row of seedlings finally stopped, put down the seedlings in her hands, and walked up the field ridge with her short legs.
The soft spring sunshine cast golden light from above, casting a halo on her little face as white as snow jade.
She is a beautiful and cute little baby, but her face lacks some of the expression that a baby should have. When her clear eyes look at people, her expressionless face makes people feel frightened for no reason, making her legs weak and making her want to run away.
The provocative look on Bai Yu's face gradually stiffened, and the movement of eating melon seeds slowed down. He stared at the little girl closely from the corner of his eyes, and his whole body was on alert, ready to take off at any time.
The little girl went up to the field ridge, took the kettle there and drank water.
Gudong Gudong——
Bai Yu, "..."
The boys in the fields burst into laughter, "Hahahahaha! Look at you for being so cowardly!"
Old Man Su and Su Da and Su Er were on the other side of the field. They couldn't help but laugh and scolded, "You bastards, you guys make trouble like this once or twice a day. Bai Yu scares you."
The little girl who succeeded in her prank tilted her little head and her clear eyes were gleaming and cunning.
"..." Bai Yu slowly moved his eyes away from the girl's face, biting the melon seeds as if fighting, with a ferocious look on his face.
Near noon, the women in the village shouted for food one after another, and could be heard from afar.
A group of half-grown men immediately gathered together and walked home laughing.
"One day the work at home will be finished. Let's call Grandpa Du together and watch the beating?" Su Wu suggested.
Bai Yu raised an eyebrow and smiled mischievously, "What are you looking at? I didn't come here just to watch you work. There is something fun to do. Do you want to play?"
Needless to say, the four boys' eyes immediately lit up.
Even Tianbao turned around, and Dengden ran over and stared at Bai Yu eagerly.
"There's a banquet tonight at Pier 12." Bai Yu lowered his voice, "Shall we join in the fun?"
Tianbao, "What kind of banquet?"
"I don't know. I heard from my father that the bearded man had a special banquet to welcome the distinguished guests. It doesn't matter what the banquet is, he just has fun. He doesn't dare to jump around now."
Bai Yu didn't care.
In the past three years, Pier 12 has been undercover by the forces in the inner city one after another. In addition, Du Bugui brought a few brats to stir up trouble on a whim. As a result, the number of Pier 12 gang members has decreased by one-fourth compared to its heyday.
Now when it comes to the Exiled Land, the three major forces no longer live up to their name.
Pier 12 has been downgraded by at least two notches.
It's a pity that we can't really kill him. The Twelve Pier forces control the canal route, and he will be indispensable for river transportation for a while.
In the evening, old woman Su raised her voice to call for rice again, and three of them came back from the field.
None of the boys or Tianbao came back, and even Du Buguo didn't jump over the wall from next door.
There was a moment of silence in the Little Su family, and then Old Woman Su cursed angrily, "You little bastards, you took Tianbao out to cause trouble again! Yuelan, Daxiang! Bring the broom, I'll sit in the yard and wait! Let me see When will they come back so crazy!"
Liu Yuelan and He Daxiang immediately hid the brooms.
Su Xiuer hid the fire stick.
Su Da Su Er carried all the things he could easily carry to the vegetable garden.
Old man Su even put away his cigarette pole.
At the main helm of Pier 12, after nightfall, the fishing fires spread out and reflected on the river into a bright light.
There are boats approaching the shore in the distance.
About twenty feet away from the dock, halfway up the mountain, several heads were hiding in the bushes, making sighing sounds.
"This ship is great, but it looks expensive! Other people's ships have cabins, but this ship directly carries a house!" Su Wu shouted darling.
Poison cannot invade the leaves above his head. He said, "This kind of ostentation represents status, and distinguished guests are indeed expensive."
For a moment, Gao Shen immediately smiled slyly, "Jie Jie Jie Jie! It's fun!"
Bai Yu said, "Grandpa Du, don't laugh, be careful to let others listen. You don't need to guess to know it's you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his head was hit by Tianbao.
Bai Yu didn't squint his eyes and closed his mouth.
Wei Li's eyes fell on the approaching ship, his pupils shrank, and the hands hanging by his sides clenched unconsciously, "This is a Beijing ship, and the people who come here are either rich or noble."
Tian Bao glanced at him.
How about the Beijing ferry? They are here to cause trouble today, are they still picking on people?
The bearded man stood at the front of the pier, specially put on a brocade robe with sleeves to show his grandeur.
Behind him, the members of the Twelve Pier Gang stood in separate lines, all with serious faces and heavy eyes, not daring to slack off.
Not long after, the ship docked at the dock, and a man in purple robe walked out of the luxurious cabin. He put his hands behind his back and looked down from a high position. He smiled and said, "Guangzhu Hu, please wait for a long time."
"It's my great honor that the Fifth Master is here in person at Pier 12. I can't wait for as long as I want!" The bearded man took two steps forward and went under the boat to greet him personally. "Hu has already prepared fine wine and delicacies in the gang to welcome the Fifth Master!"
The man's eyes were dark and hard to distinguish. He got off the boat and said, "Okay, tonight you and I will have a good time and have a good drink!"
Wei Li suddenly trembled when he saw the figure of a purple-robed man on the mountainside in the distance.
It's him!
