Xiaoqiu's home is on the back street of Yelin Town, with more than half of the horse sheds occupying, and there are three small houses living in Lao Qiu, Xiaoqiu and Erqiu.

Lao Qiu is in his forties, short and strong, and has a little hunched back. He is burying his head alone. When he hears his eldest son come back, he doesn't raise his head.

Erqiu was six years old, standing in the middle of the yard, holding a hard bun in his right hand, sucking two lines of snot, and saying with a smile: "Brother."

Xiaoqiu ignored his younger brother and sent more than a dozen horses into the horse shed. After coming out, he helped his father cut grass.

Xiaoqiu handed over the grass, and Laoqiu controlled the guillotine. The two of them cooperated tacitly. Soon a bundle of grass turned into pieces and mixed with beans, which became the night material for the horses.

Originally, the father and son didn't have to talk, and it was normal to be silent in this family, but Lao Qiu suddenly stopped and said to Xiaoqiu who was holding the second bundle of grass: "Tell you, Mr. Shen's house will get married tomorrow, so be honest."

"Why am I not honest?" Xiao Qiu asked guiltily.

Xiao Qiu is diligent and willing to work hard, and is smart. In his father's eyes, he has a shortcoming - he is too stubborn and needs to be repaired frequently. "Mr. Shen married Mr. Qin's daughter, and the two families are of equal status. You dare to tell others that Fangfang is your wife, look at me not breaking your legs."

Erqiu sucked half of his nose and said with a smile: "Blow my brother, beat my brother."

Xiaoqiu threw the grass in his arms on the ground, "Did Ershuan talk nonsense to you? I..."

Lao Qiu pointed at the guillotine, Xiao Qiu picked up the grass again, and the father and son cooperated, and soon finished cutting another bundle. Cutting grass was a quick-witted job, and no one spoke during this period.

Lao Qiu's heart was slow, and at this moment, he finally remembered what to say, "Er Shuan is a good kid. He is polite every time he sees me. I really don't understand why you always have troubles with him."

"He was the one who provoked me." Xiaoqiu said angrily.

"Silly boy, tell you, I played hard when I was a child, and maybe I was my best friend when I grew up. I think Ershuan actually wants to make friends with you."

Xiaoqiu felt that this was the strangest statement in the world, and couldn't think of a suitable word to refute it, so he simply stood up and walked towards the gate.

"It's getting dark, where are you going?" Lao Qiu shouted, feeling really unable to discipline his eldest son.

Xiaoqiu stood in front of his younger brother. Erqiu bit the hard bun with a mouthful of teeth, looked up at his older brother, and still smiled on his face.

"Did you hear me? My father said that he beat me hard when I was a child, but he was a good friend when he grew up." Xiao Qiu slapped his younger brother on the forehead, ran away.

The hard bun flew away, Erqiu fell to the ground and cried loudly. Laoqiu stood up and scolded while chasing him. However, a few years ago, he could no longer catch up with Xiaoqiu's legs. When he ran to the gate, Xiaoqiu was gone.

"Oh, a worry-free guy." Lao Qiu shook his head, went back and pulled his youngest son, retrieved the hard bun, blew the dust on it, and stuffed it to Erqiu.

When Xiaoqiu ran back to the bridge, it was just dark. He was so angry that he couldn't vent his anger just by slapping his younger brother. He also wanted to find someone to fight, but there was no one on the bridge. Ersun's group was probably having dinner at home, and the good kid who pretended to be obedient in front of his parents, and the weird guy was missing.

Xiaoqiu sat on the shore, watching the last sunset disappear and his stomach roared. He didn't want to go home at all. Instead of being scolded by his father, he would rather go hungry outside.

The sun was completely set, and the night was as gentle as a dreamland. Xiaoqiu did not think the night was terrible, but felt satisfied and comfortable. Even the resentment in his heart gradually disappeared. He picked up a flat stone with his hands, put on his posture, and made a water float to the river.

This is a perfect throw, and if other children are present, they will definitely cheer loudly.

At first, Xiaoqiu was counting which float this was, but soon he couldn't count it. The stones jumped across the river and fell into the grass on the other side.

There seemed to be some movement in the grass. Xiaoqiu stood up suddenly and suddenly felt the need to check it out. This idea was so urgent. He jumped directly into the waist-length river and walked towards the other side.

He had just taken three steps and something strange happened. A bird suddenly flew up in the ordinary grass. It might not be a bird. Xiaoqiu only saw a green light, and it disappeared without even seeing the shape clearly.

Xiaoqiu felt an indescribable panic. He has always been famous among the teenagers of his age for his courage, but this panic arose from the bottom of his heart and did not give him any time to prepare.

Xiaoqiu rolled and crawled around and turned on the shore.

Nothing catches up.

"Stay away from demons." Xiaoqiu recalled the weird man's reminder. He shook his head and sneered at his panic. There are indeed many strange things in this world, but Yelin Town is safe. Therefore, according to old saying that the biggest danger here has encountered was that a group of hungry wolves broke into a distance in the winter of one year. Even this was a legend from decades ago.

"Madman." Xiaoqiu said to himself, turned around and looked at the opposite shore. The half-height grass swayed gently in the night wind, no stranger. He rubbed his eyes, and could not even confirm that there was a green light flying just now.

The night was getting darker and deeper. The residents of Yelin Town went to bed early, and occasionally there were a few barkings from dogs. Everything was peaceful and even the wild cats didn't come out to cause trouble. The only person in the town who had ulterior motives was probably Xiaoqiu.

None of the friends who made an appointment to meet on the bridge showed up.

In addition to disappointment, Xiaoqiu was a little sad and angry. At his age, he had a very high standard of loyalty to his friends, and he felt that he had been betrayed.

He walked towards the town and decided to act alone.

"Brother Xiaoqiu?" A tentative question came from under the eaves.

Xiaoqiu hadn't walked far in the town and stopped, and his heart suddenly disappeared, "Why are you here? Didn't you say you could meet on the bridge? What about the others?"

Daliang walked out and shrewd at Xiaoqiu. There was no light on the street. He was afraid of the night and mustered up great courage to walk out of the house. "Don't go to Fangfang's house, Ersun and his group are waiting there."

"How could it be?" Xiaoqiu asked in surprise.

"I don't know, maybe the news has been revealed, or maybe Ershuan guessed it. Anyway, I heard that he was leading people to guard Mr. Qin's house and he would kill you when he saw you."

The wind suddenly rose, Xiaoqiu raised his hand and pressed the straw hat on his head, "Then let's fight, I'm not afraid of him."

Daliang blocked the way, "No, there is an adult help from Ersun. We can't beat him. Besides... Besides, I can't save Fangfang if I say this."

The next sentence made Xiaoqiu feel discouraged. He took off his straw hat, "What should I do?"

"There's no way." Daliang spread his hands helplessly, "Anyway, you haven't really promised anything. What you said in the past is just a joke, no one will take it seriously. If you don't owe her anything, just go there like this. In a few days, we will find an opportunity to beat Ershuan up, and he will always gossip..."

"Well, I understand." Xiaoqiu said unwillingly. Things were not that simple, but he didn't know how to explain to his good friend.

Daliang breathed a sigh of relief, "I have to go home quickly. Do you remember the weird guy by the Baitian Bridge? My family said that he is not a lunatic, a Taoist priest, who specializes in taking children. He will take him away if he likes him, and he will not tell his family that he will be released for at least ten or eight years. Some of them cannot come back at all. I don't want to go with him. You should go home too."

"Fangfang would rather follow the Taoist priests." Xiaoqiu said.

Daliang was stunned for a while, "This is also a solution, that is, I don't know if the Taoist priest can fall in love with her. I have to leave..." Daliang ran towards home along the street, turning his head to watch from time to time, as if the strange Taoist priest was hiding in the shadow.

Xiaoqiu did not go home immediately, but ran to the school. Daliang was right. A group of people were patrolling nearby. Ershun's teenagers were also there, and there were seven or eight adults. When they heard their conversation, they were not guarding against Xiaoqiu, but driving out bad luck according to customs.

Xiaoqiu returned home, found the leftovers in the pot and ate them all, went to bed, thinking that he would not be able to sleep, but in a short while he fell asleep.

The next day, when Xiaoqiu went into the forest to set off the horse, he was depressed. The other shepherd boys apologized for him and found many fresh wild fruits for him, but no one mentioned Fangfang.

Xiaoqiu didn't mention it either.

After the grazing, Xiaoqiu broke a flexible willow branch as a horse whip, drove the horses to meet with their friends, and returned to the town together.

No one occupied the bridge today, Erliang didn't control his mouth and said, "By the way, the Shen family got married today, so Ershuan didn't come out."

According to the custom of Yelin Town, the bride wants to enter the gate of her husband's house at dusk, and it is not long before the auspicious time.

After crossing the bridge, the shepherd boy went back to his house. When Daliang said before leaving, "Brother Xiaoqiu, let's find an opportunity to clean up Ershuo tomorrow so that he will not dare to laugh at you anymore."

"Yes." Xiaoqiu replied in a silence, chasing the herd of horses in front of him.

When he arrived at the entrance of the town, Xiaoqiu heard the sound of musical instruments coming from afar. It seemed that the new wife of the Shen family was about to enter.

The horse tribe had automatically turned to the back street. Xiaoqiu rushed to the front, stopped them, and walked into the front street. He thought, he could take a look at him from a distance.

The Shen family is the biggest rich man in the town. Half of the people in the town were invited to take a guest, while the other half stood on the street and watched enviously.

Grandpa Zhang, who was over 60 years old, shook his head and sighed: "This show is a waste. It's just a pity. How old is she..." He turned his head and saw Xiaoqiu and the group of horses. He raised the stick and pointed at Xiaoqiu and said: "Milky Monkey, why are you here?"

"have a look."

"Look at it again, Fangfang is also the wife of the Shen family. Can you still go back with you?"

The neighbors all smiled and moved their eyes from the gate of the Shen family in the distance to the Shepherd Boy.

Liu Er is a ** on the street. He was not invited by the Shen family. He was very dissatisfied and said, "Xiaoqiu, why didn't you let your father give you a betrothal gift? Now, Fangfang is stupid and Shen Dada is not going to have a fight?"

Grandpa Zhang hit Liu Er with a crutch, "Stupid brat, Xiaoqiu is still a child, what are you talking about?"

Xiaoqiu jumped onto the red horse silently and made up his mind.

"Dear neighbors!" Xiaoqiu shouted at the top of his voice. His voice was still a little tender and could not be heard far. He could not cover the sound of the Shen family's musical instruments, but everyone nearby heard it. At the same time, he raised his head and looked at him in surprise, "Give me a way!"

There was a horse in the herd. Xiaoqiu whipped his hands and whipped it hard towards the horse's buttocks.

The horse raised its front hooves and neighed in surprise and dissatisfaction. When the second whip came down, it was frightened, its four hooves flew forward desperately, and the rest of the horses also followed, only the red horse was still under Xiaoqiu's control.

It was not until this time that the neighbors understood what Xiaoqiu said. Grandpa Zhang threw away the crutch, Liu Er hurriedly hugged his head, Aunt Li San picked up the child, and Uncle Zhao Si sat on the ground... The street in front of Yelin Town was in chaos.

Xiaoqiu rode on the back of a jujube horse and followed the frightened herd of horses. With the extremely surprised eyes of the residents of Yelin Town, he ran to the gate of the Shen family.

The crowd that was originally gathered at the door gave up a large open space. The fat matchmaker Liu sat down on the ground, with the flowers on his head trembling slightly. The musicians still maintained the posture of playing musical instruments, but they could not make any sound.

Everyone looked at Xiao Qiu on the back of the red horse, not understanding whether this was a prank or the Shen family's new trick.

Xiaoqiu even saw his father among the onlookers. Laoqiu was stunned. He never thought that his eldest son would really dare to do such a thing. All the previous reminders were in vain.

Xiaoqiu saw the sedan chair and saw the small figure in front of the sedan chair. He bent down on the horse's back, stretched out his right hand, and said in an empty voice: "Come up, come with me."

(I applied for the book number yesterday, but I didn't expect to send a chapter to apologize to those readers who asked me about the time of posting. I didn't mean to hide it, it was really an accident. The official book release time will start from today. From now on, I will post one chapter from 8-9 am to 18-19 pm every day. Everyone is welcome to express their views and opinions on this book review area at will.)

(The cover of this book is provided by the sub-public Jen of Muko, thank you here.)
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