The next day when Nuanyang came out of the mountain, all three of the family did not wake up. In my sleep, a sound of singing floated into my ears, and the song sang in vaguely heard:
"In March in the spring of Guimao, the flowers outside Luoyang are like snow. There are no roads in the east, south and north, and the green poplar quietly disappears. Suddenly there is a flower-like person on the roadside, resting under the shadow of the green poplar alone. , Hong Cuan Cui curled her eyebrows. If you ask where the girl is, she swallows first with a frown. Turning her head to thank the pedestrians, how can we say that..."
Lin Ruosu woke up with a start, and saw the morning sun rising, a layer of pale white gauze hung over the river, a small boat in the middle, and a pair of teenage boys and girls sitting on the boat.
The girl stroked lightly in the blue waves with a single oar, singing the song "Qin Fu Yin" with a sense of chaos in her mouth. The singing voice is tender and tender, thousands of hills and emerald green, it is a kind of late spring and morning scene.
At the time of the turbulent years of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms at the end of the Tang Dynasty, soldiers were everywhere, and people's grievances were boiling. People loved the lyrics about worrying about the country and hurting the world very much.
However, even this teenage girl would sing such a song, and Lin Ruosu felt a soreness in her heart.
After seeing it for a while, but feeling top-heavy and uncomfortable, he stretched out his hand to wake up his son and said, "Ying'er, how are you?" Seeing that he was still drowsy, he pricked his forehead, his hands were hot, and he actually had a high fever.
She hurriedly called her husband: "Brother Yi, you wake up, Ying'er is burning badly."
Xiao Ziyi sat up and blurted out and cursed, "Is it better to burn you to death!" He said that, but he couldn't bear it. He set up his son's channel and said, "We are at the market ahead. Show him Bozhou."
The little girl who sang seemed to hear someone talking here, the singing stopped abruptly, and she turned her head to look here.
Lin Ruosu saw that although she was young, her appearance was beautiful, quite unlike the daughter of an ordinary family.
At this moment, the boy jumped up happily, and said cheerfully: "Catch it, you catch it!" As he said that he harvested with his hands, in a short while, he held a chopstick-headed fish in his hand and said with a smile: "Look, Wan'er, this fish is fat and big. You can sing really useful, even the fish pity us, and take the bait for us to eat."
The little girl smiled softly, and yelled towards this side with her hands around her mouth: "Hey, you can't go to the previous town. It's occupied by officers and soldiers, and they are robbed and killed. They are more barbaric than the bandits!"
Lin Ruosu said: "Little girl, take your love. Are you not afraid of those officers and soldiers? Why don't you go home?"
The girl looked embarrassed, a ray of sadness flashed in her eyes, and she said in a low voice: "We... We don't have a mother, and we don't have a father!" When she spoke, she looked at the Xiao family with envy in her eyes.
Lin Ruosu sighed and said, "Poor child..." She felt sour, and she started to cry. At the moment, the boat leaned over and gave them a few pieces of silver.
The girl craned her neck and glanced at Lin Ruosu's boat. Seeing a boy of the same age lying on the boat, she seemed to hear that he was sick. She immediately said, "Are you thirsty? I have hot water on the boat." Seeing the other party sucking on his thirsty lips, he turned his head, got up and poured a steaming bowl of water and handed it over.
Lin Ruosu took it and slowly fed her son to drink.
When the girl saw the boy finish drinking the water, she smiled and said, "My name is Li Wan'er, what's your name?"
The boy said: "My name is Xiao Ying."
Li Wan'er said: "Xiao Ying, Xiao Ying. Ha ha, this name is a little weird, you have to say it twice to remember it."
The two children talked for a while, and Lin Ruosu thought to himself: "If our family is desperate, we will take these two children home anyway." Thinking of this, he shook his head and said, "Child, you take care!" Turning his head and said to her husband: "Let's bring the boat to the shore and use land instead?"
Xiao Ziyi said, "Since you are officers and soldiers, you don't have to be afraid of them. Besides, the children are not burned lightly, so you can't delay."
Lin Ruosu thought about it, so he let her husband paddle and continued downstream.
At noon, the boat arrived in the town. Xiao Ziyi jumped off the pier and fastened the boat to the big iron ring. He carried his son down first, and then helped Lin Ruosu. The three of them went ashore to the market.
There were no personal figures in the market, and there were ruined walls everywhere, and it was deserted and deserted.
The Xiao family was so rich that it was an enemy of the country. The family was accustomed to the life of big fish and meat. At this time, they were groaning in their belly, tired and hungry. There was no mention of restaurants on the street, and even the chickens did not hear a cry.
Xiao Ziyi sighed: "Here used to be crowded with traffic and it was so prosperous, but now it's like this!"
Lin Ruosu said sadly: "It has been twenty or thirty years since the Huangchao army set off the uprising, and the war has never ceased. Now the Tang Dynasty is scattered with sand, and the kings of each party are in their own hands. The country is in danger. How can the people have a better life? This morning? The two children in the stream, I don’t think they are the children of poor people, but they also live in the rivers and lakes. I can imagine that those poor children don’t even have a chance to survive."
Xiao Ziyi seemed to have feelings, and said angrily: "Those thieves, even my Xiao family dare to rob, flat-headed people, they are not as good as ants!"
Lin Ruosu said, "Let's go, don't run into thief again. Thanks to the kindness of the little girl named Li Wan'er in the morning, she gave us a fish..."
Suddenly listening to the sound of the shoe licking, two people turned around the corner, dressed in soldier costumes, two big knives slung around the waist, very dazzling.
The two of them seemed to be panicked with hunger.
The two looked at the three of them, and then went on. Suddenly the short man stopped and said, "No, brother, there seems to be salted fish to eat, do you smell it?"
The tall man said: "I can't smell the salted fish, but the smell of human flesh is very strong. My brothers, but have not eaten for two days. If this goes on, the human flesh will be eaten." After speaking, he turned his head and turned around. , Looked up and down at Xiao Ying, smacked his lips and said, "This little baby is so tender!"
The short man said: "You really eat human flesh, and see if I don't kill your eight lamb first!"
The tall man chuckled and said, "If you are unprepared, I will eat you first! Hey, it really seems to smell like salted fish! Wu those three, where are you going, stop for the army master!" After chasing him, he grabbed Xiao Ying's back and sniffed and sniffed, and said with a fright, "Little baby, you have salted fish on your body, take it out and give your military master a drink!"
Xiao Ziyi glared at the man and shouted, "What are you doing!"
The human said: "Oh, pour out your anger on the army master. You can be careful, if you make me unhappy, you will slaughter your big white goat and drink and eat!"
Lin Ruosu was afraid of more trouble, and quickly said: "The army master is not annoyed, the fish on the boat, let you eat it, just as a compensation for the army master."
The two of them heard that there was something to eat, but they couldn't stand it. They rushed into the boat in three or two steps and found the dead fish that was as small as a slap. The fish was cooked on the shore and it was half-baked, and they gobbled it up. Belly.
When the Xiao family's three shook their sculls far away, the tall man seemed to have energy to eat, Huo Di got up, slapped the short man on the head, and said, "That lady just now is so beautiful, you are so stupid. Melon dumb donkey, why don't you rob her to come down and enjoy it with the brothers! Also, when we patronize and think about eating, we forgot to search our bodies. Seeing that they are rich people, treasures must be indispensable."
The short man squinted and said with disdain: "Hey, this man is not greedy, so he has a full stomach, and he becomes lustful. That's not even counted, and he wants to rob you. Accumulate your virtues!"
The tall man said: "Go and go, just your little flowery intestines, brother is not invisible. Pretending to be decent, don't chase after it!" After finishing talking, he chased to the shore.
The short man sighed in the back and said, "Follow it, now in this world, good people have seen King Yama go. If you are happy in front of you, you will get a bargain." He followed.