Mingxuan walked into the alley, came to the door of Xu Zherui's old residence, and knocked on the door.
"Dong dong..."
The scalper grunted, indicating that he was back.
During a cup of tea, the courtyard door was opened, and what came into view was a woman, Xu Zherui's mother.
In the past, it was usually Xu Zherui who opened the door. Seeing that it was not him this time, he was a little curious, so he asked.
"Xu Zherui, isn't he at home?"
The woman shook her head, took out five cents from her pocket, and said softly and gracefully with a smile on her face.
"Xiao Rui went out to herd cows with his grandfather. He will be back soon. Do you have anything to do with Xiao Rui? If you have anything, come in and sit down!"
Mingxuan took the money and put it into his pocket, and said with a smile: "No, it's just him on weekdays, but not him today. I'm just not used to it!"
The woman smiled and said, "Okay, it's getting late. Let's go back early!" After saying that, the woman led the ox and walked towards the cowshed. As if she thought of something, she stopped and said, "I'll have a good rest tomorrow." , just come over and let the cows go in the afternoon."
Mingxuan was a little confused and asked: "Don't you have to plow the fields tomorrow?"
The woman nodded and explained: "All the fields have been plowed."
Mingxuan nodded, closed the courtyard door and walked towards home.
Mingxuan took out a copper coin from his pocket, played with it in his hand, shook his head and sighed.
"Hey... I earned five cents less. If I had known, the plowing would be finished sooner."
Mingxuan originally wanted to finish plowing the fields quickly and then herd the cows, so that he could easily get ten cents. However, he never expected that the rice fields today were so big that they could hardly be plowed, and it was too late. I missed five cents.
Mingxuan found the old man who sold candied haws a stick yesterday and bought one for three cents. The old man was still the same as last night and was only willing to accept two cents. However, Mingxuan insisted on paying three cents and the old man couldn't resist him, so he had to accept it. Next, the two said goodbye one after another.
Mingxuan passed by the competition arena again, and a man's begging for mercy came from the stage. However, no one in the audience sympathized with him. They all booed, raised fire, and cheered, "Kill him...kill him." he."
Mingxuan couldn't help but be curious, and looked at the competition field through the gap. A man was kneeling on the ground, staring at the cloaked man in front of him in panic, begging frantically for mercy, but the cloaked man did not move, and swung his sword. The light flashed away, and a slender gash appeared in the neck of the man who was kneeling to beg for mercy, and blood was flowing out. The man begging for mercy covered his neck with his hands and fell to the ground to convulse. Soon, the man begging for mercy lay on the ground without breathing.
Mingxuan's eyes moved to the cloaked man, he frowned and murmured to himself.
"It's him again. I don't know how many times I've seen him in the competition field."
Mingxuan often passes by here and has seen many different kinds of people, but the only one who has an impression is the man in the cloak. Others come here once or twice and then never come again. The man in the cloak is different. He seems to be at this time every day. They would come here, and every time they would leave with a scarred child. Mingxuan had seen him so many times that he could no longer count.
The man in the cloak looked through the gap at where Mingxuan was just now, but did not see Mingxuan.
A scarred little boy walked carefully to the cloaked man. His body was shaking a little, and his eyes revealed fear. Because everything that had just happened came into view, he was afraid that the cloaked man in front of him would kill him.
The man in the cloak turned his eyes and looked at the little boy beside him. Without saying anything, he took the little boy's hand and left.
Ten meters away from Qingshi Town, there is a village with more than a dozen families living in the village. In an old house, a little girl is happily swinging on a swing. Inside the house, a woman is sitting on the steps doing embroidery, and from time to time Glancing at the courtyard door, he looked a little unnatural and anxious, as if he was waiting for someone to return.
"Mom, why hasn't dad come back yet?"
A well-behaved and childish voice sounded. It was the little girl on the swing. The little girl seemed to be only about five years old. She had a childish and smooth face under her snow-white skin. She looked like a doll. She was petite and cute. Whoever saw her could tell. Don’t love it!
Before the woman could reply, the courtyard door was pushed open. The woman thought it was her husband who had come back, so she stood up suddenly with a look of joy on her face. However, the person who appeared in front of him was not her husband, but a man wearing a blood-red cloak.
Before the woman could react, the man in the cloak raised his head, and a sword appeared in his hand. In one step, he appeared in front of the woman. The sword was swung out, and the woman had no time to react. It can also be said that there was no room for reaction at all. , a slender cut was made on her neck. The woman covered her bleeding neck with her hands and fell to the ground. The blood dyed the embroidery red.
The woman's eyes moved to the little girl on the swing, her expression was struggling, her mouth opened and closed, as if she wanted to say something, but no sound came out at all.
When the little girl saw her mother fall, she suddenly fell off the swing. Even though the fall hurt, the little girl got up and ran towards her lifeless mother, crying, regardless of her own safety.
The cloaked man turned around and watched the little girl running towards this side. He lowered his head and looked at the long sword that was still dripping with blood. The cloaked man put away his long sword, raised his head, rushed out and grabbed the little girl's collar, lifted the little girl up, and left quickly.
The little girl's crying was so loud that it woke up the neighbors next door. They all went out to see what was going on. When they found someone dead, they were so frightened that they ran home and closed the doors and windows tightly, not daring to come out again. After all, they are just ordinary people, and it is normal to be afraid of dead people.
Mingxuan walked through the crowd and came to his yard. He opened the door and walked in. He called out as he walked.
"Xiaoya, I'm back."
No one responded. Mingxuan thought she didn't hear and didn't care. He opened the door and shouted again.
"Xiaoya, are you playing hide-and-seek with my brother?"
There was still no response. Mingxuan didn't notice anything. He still thought she was playing hide and seek with him. After all, he usually teased Mingxuan a lot, so this time he thought she was hiding in a dark corner. Mingxuan didn't. Instead of looking for it, he raised the candied haws in his hand under the moonlight and said with a thick smile.
"Xiaoya, look...my brother has brought you something. If you don't come out, I will eat it."
Still no one responded, Mingxuan was obviously a little panicked. After all, in the past, as long as he took out the candied haws, Mingya would run out unconsciously when he saw it. Even if there was no candied haws in his hand, as long as he used the candied haws to tempt him, Mingya couldn't stand the temptation. He would still be fooled and run away, but not this time, and Mingxuan still had candied haws in his hand.
Mingxuan looked astonished. Maybe Mingya was really missing. He suddenly became nervous. He dropped the candied haws and began to search frantically for Mingya in the dark room. Because Mingxuan was too impatient, he stumbled around the room and suffered many injuries on his body. The place was all red from being hit. He walked around and searched all over the house, but still couldn't see Mingya. Mingxuan was heartbroken and still didn't want to believe that he had searched repeatedly in the house, even though he had searched countless times. Even though he had searched all over the place, he felt that he had never looked for it, and there were tears in the corners of Mingxuan's eyes.
