When Lu Xi and his party came here, they were already far from home.
Even if he received the plot and knew that the tide would recede in the follow-up, it was a good year, Lu Xi never thought of going back.
The ancestral property is the ancestral property of the scholar, and the field is the field of the scholar. All this has nothing to do with Lu Xi. Even if she didn't go far away at this time to take care of the flooded fields, she won't get the sweetness in the end.
After all the hard work, it's all about making wedding clothes for others, why bother?
Having made up his mind to sever ties with the talents, Lu Xi never thought about taking this kind of work for himself.
After that, Lu Xi took the cave as his home and took root in the mountain.
Now the refugees are running around, no one will stay on the mountain waiting to die. The two of them, mother and son, had a life of immortality.
No one to bother, no one to insult, no matter what you do, you are free and no one is in charge.
Brother Ying is a calm and introverted child. The first thing he learns when he grows up is how to be alone, so the life on the mountain is not difficult, he even enjoys himself. Sometimes I think in my heart that if I live here all my life, it's not bad.
After about half a month, the meat and grain in the cave were enough for their mother and son to eat for two or three months.
All the meat from the hunt was preserved by Lu Xi, waiting to be dried.
Some wild seeds were also collected by Lu Xi, waiting to be eaten as staple food.
After eating the skins of animals, I took them to the town to exchange for money, in exchange for some cotton and cloth, and made my own clothes. Make one for your child, and make one yourself.
Lu Xi took care of his days in an orderly manner, taking good care of himself and his children.
After storing all the food and warm clothing, time passed day by day, and soon came the snowy winter.
At this time, most of the animals in the mountains will not come and go, and there will be no good hunting when they go out.
Lu Xi was not greedy, so he spent the whole winter teaching English and martial arts.
In the cave, she gave Brother Ying a Thousand-Character Wen and Three-Character Classic, and asked him to write his name and some simple characters.
Brother Ying is a smart boy. A boy his age is inevitably very skinny. He can't sit still and wants to play every day. Brother Ying is different. He is very quiet. Even if he doesn't know the words Lu Xi taught him, he still memorizes them by rote. After a month or two, the teaching results can be compared to others for a year or two.
In addition, Lu Xi pays special attention to physical fitness.
Although she has the blessings of "fighter" and "dancer", which makes her physique much stronger than ordinary people, she still dare not care. Not only does he exercise every day, but also brings Ying brother with him.
The mother and son fisted in the cave every day, and they had a very happy life.
When the next spring came, Lu Xi found out that Ying's body was much stronger. The most obvious change is that the clothes that have just been made soon became much smaller.
Ying Ge looked ashamed, thinking that he was causing trouble to his mother.
Lu Xi said, "Yes, children grow up when they see the wind. You are very good like this. If you grow taller and stronger, you can protect me."
Hearing these words, Brother Ying showed a smile.
The weather is getting warmer day by day, and the supplies in the mountains are gradually enriched.
Lu Xi started hunting again.
This time, not only did she want her mother to be full, but also rich. The things that are saved are not for the winter of the coming year, but for entanglement.
She is going to Beijing, she is looking for talents.
One is to dissolve the marriage contract, and the other is to seek justice for himself and his children.
Days gradually become hectic, and Brother Ying will help Lu Xi with work, so he is not sensible.
It was not until late spring that Lu Xi was ready to go to Beijing.
When going down the mountain, she buried a fire fold in the cave and a bottle of wine.
This is the rule of the Orion, she has to abide by other people's rules if she uses other people's things.
Brother Ying is also a good boy who knows his gratitude. Seeing this, he followed Lu Xi's actions and bowed to the cave, thanking the cave for saving their lives during the hardest time of their mother and son.
"Mother, when we are here, when will we come back?" Brother Ying was nostalgic. When he went down the mountain, he looked back one step at a time, and his face was full of reluctance.
Lu Xi couldn't answer him, because Lu Xi didn't know at this time, and he wouldn't be able to come back.
"I don't know, but where I am, it is your home."
"Yeah!" The
mother and son went down the mountain.
Brother Ying ran ahead, shouting, jumping for joy.
Lu Xi looked at his back with a smile on his lips.
Compared with the time she just walked through, Brother Ying has changed a lot.
I couldn't say anything before, timid and cowardly, gloomy and low self-esteem, now it's different. He became lively and cheerful, and he was no longer the way the little bean sprouts and vegetables fell over when the wind blew.
The child is easy to feed, and she gave him a little hope of living, and she burst into vigor and showed an upward posture.
Brother Ying seldom came to towns. When he entered the city, he couldn't help but exclaimed. He was surprised to see this, and looked good at that, finally revealing the child's innocence.
And Lu Xi is observing the changes of pedestrians in the town.
The year has indeed improved, and after the tide has subsided, people who have left their hometowns begin to return to their hometowns. There are more people in the town, and there are fewer beggars and refugees, showing a completely new look.
Lu Xi remembers that in the original plot, it was this year's Chunwei that the talented scholar passed the Jinshi exam.
This is the time when the lintel is glorious, it can be said that the spring breeze is proud of the horseshoe, and I can see the Changan flowers in one day.
The talent was rewarded, settled in his family, never returned to his hometown, and as a senior high school scholar, the future is boundless. After leaving his hometown, no one knew the rumors about his crippling wife, and no one cared about it, so most of the wealthy people were willing to betroth their daughters to scholars.
At this point, Xiucai's life is at its peak and has been completely changed.
As for Lu Xi... no one remembers her last name or name.
Xiucai only thinks that she is dead and buried by the side of the road. He is a frustrated widower, and it is normal to marry again.
So in the end, she just set up a ranking for her. She didn't even have a name, only the word "Lu Shi".
For most people, when they were left on the side of the road and were still so dangerous, there was really only a dead end. However, Lu Xi's life was tenacious and he insisted on staying until now. Not only is she not dead, but the better she lives, so she will definitely not let the original plot happen again.
Lu Xi pursed his lips, then took the animal skins he had hunted into the pawnshop and sold them for fifty taels of silver. And the bacon that could not be eaten in winter was also sold to the tavern for a few taels of silver.
At this time, two taels of silver is enough for a family of three to eat for a year, so a total of eight taels of silver should be barely enough for the two of them to go to Beijing.
As for the rest, I can only talk about it later.
After getting the money, the first thing Lu Xi did was to take Brother Ying to the pub for dinner.
Lu Xi ordered two or two beef, two bowls of noodles, and had a good meal!
In the past six months on the mountain, it is naturally good to have meat, but without the staple food, Lu Xi is going crazy.
Brother Ying also dazzled when he saw the noodles, slurping his head and sucking the noodles, and couldn't pay attention to other things anymore.
Soon after the mother and son finished the noodles, they settled the bill.
Lu Xi stayed directly in this shop and spent the whole night.
When Lu Xi got up the next day, he found the shopkeeper and said, "I want to hire a carriage to go to Beijing. I don't know where there is a business?" The
shopkeeper pointed her to a place and asked her to go. Leave her alone.
After Lu Xi thanked him, he took Brother Ying to the inn.
When I asked, I realized that a carriage cannot be hired by itself. If you want to hire it, you have to hire another person. So the price is 50 taels.
too expensive. Lu Xi frowned.
Then, the boss said again, if you don't want to pay the money, you can follow the team directly to Beijing. There are a lot of people, courage, not afraid of bandits and robbers, go all the way, protect all the way, everyone needs to pay a dollar or two, someone will escort them to Beijing.
It's almost the same as the Escort.
It's just that this station is not protecting objects, but people.
Lu Xi thought about it a little bit in his heart, and felt that the price was reasonable and not outrageous, and then he quickly paid the money and signed up.
She and Brother Ying paid two taels of silver.
Dry food is conceited, the people at the station are only responsible for escorting, and they don't care about food and drink on the road.
Lu Xi nodded to express his understanding, and then asked clearly, about when he left for the journey, and took Brother Ying to prepare dry food.
If you have a kitchen, you can naturally prepare dry food, but now they only have these few taels of silver, so naturally they can only buy ready-made ones. Expensive is a bit more expensive, but nowadays it is also very picky.
Lu Xi bought a basket of steamed buns and a dozen sesame cakes. In addition, I also took a basket of eggs. The eggs are raw and easy to preserve. If you are hungry on the road, you can cook them and eat them.
In addition, she bought a water bag and waited to drink on the water.
After the things were ready, Lu Xi returned to the inn and waited for his departure in the afternoon.
Around two or three in the afternoon, everyone was there.
Lu Xi counted the heads. There were about 20 people in this team who were going to Beijing.
Including the escorts, there are more than 30 people in total.
Wuyangyang crowded together, the scene looked very spectacular.
And these thirty people crowded in three carriages.
In addition to carrying people, the carriage also carried things, so there was no need to say more about the process, it was very uncomfortable.
Lu Xi hugged Brother Ying and squeezed into the carriage.
Fortunately, she is agile and has a good position. It is not uncomfortable to sit down.
Fearing that a child of Brother Ying would be squeezed into meatloaf, Lu Xi simply hugged him and prevented him from coming down.
"You go to bed for a while, and when you arrive at a new inn or tavern, my mother calls you up." Lu Xi said warmly.
Brother Ying nodded, then tilted his head, leaning against Lu Xi's chest, and soon there was a sound of even breathing.
Lu Xi looked down and found that he really fell asleep.
The child has red lips and white teeth. These days, she eats well and sleeps well, and she has made him very white and beautiful. Now it looks white and tender, like a glutinous rice ball.
Lu Xi smiled and couldn't help but kiss his fleshy cheek.
The child's soft cheeks are fleshy, springy, and have a very good taste. Lu Xi cast a fascinated look and kissed again.
The person next to him saw it and asked, "Girl, is this your child?"
Lu Xi was startled, and he was instinctively prepared. But when I thought of her disguised for safety, her face was black and she didn't look pretty at all, she was just a simple and shameless peasant woman.
Lu Xi nodded and said in a dumb voice, "Yes, my baby."
"This baby is really good-looking. With this eyebrow, I feel refreshed when I look at it. How old is it this year? How old is it?"
"Seven year old."
When she found someone who could talk to, the aunty chattered and talked to Lu Xi all the way. She was as enthusiastic as she was at home. It was obvious that the two had not known each other for long.
Lu Xi couldn't bear the enthusiasm, but he listened patiently.
It will take a long time to go to Beijing, and everyone will be close to the neighbors in the future. If the relationship becomes frozen, it will be ugly in the future.
Lu Xi listened with a smile, and she answered whatever the aunt said, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
After a while, the old lady didn't know what she was thinking of, and she slapped her head: "Hey, blame me for this memory. If you have been talking for so long, you have forgotten your man. Who is your man? I'll see if it's okay. It looks good."
"..."
Lu Xi was silent for a while, showing an awkward smile: "My man... is in the capital."
"Ah? The capital?"
"Yes, this time I just rushed to him. "Yes." Lu Xi said.
The aunt is a person with experience. She glanced at Lu Xi and then at the child in her arms. After hesitating for a while, she asked: "This...how long have you been separated between your husband and wife? The capital is far away from here. Now!"
Lu Xi casually
counted : "Five or six years." "Five or six years?" The aunt pinched her fingers and counted. After a while, she finally figured it out, "Then when your child was not born, He went to Beijing? Why didn't you go to the capital with him? I heard that the capital is full of gold, and even the bricks on the ground are made of gold!"
It seems that this lady is also the first time. Go to Beijing.
Lu Xi smiled and continued to talk nonsense: "I was pregnant at the time, so I didn't have the convenience to move, so I didn't go."
"Oh, oh, that's the big belly, it's not easy to walk, and it's easy to lose children." The aunt looked at her again. After a few glances, a mouth continued to babble.
"By the way, I'm going to find my son this time." The auntie talked about her son, and her spirit suddenly rose. "He bought a shop in the capital and is now a rich man. Let me go over to him and make a living.
Time goes. Filial piety, right?" Lu Xi nodded with a smile.
"What is your man doing in Beijing?"
"Doing business." Lu Xi didn't blink his eyelids.
Finally, the lady lost her interest in talking, and her eyelids began to fight. She also tilted her body, leaned on the car and fell asleep.
Lu Xi also wanted to take a break, as he leaned his head against the car, suddenly a pair of warm little hands touched her earlobes.
Out of vigilant instinct, Lu Xi immediately opened his eyes and glanced around vigilantly.
...But it was not someone else, but her son Ying Ge pinched her ear.
Lu Xi breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What's wrong?"
Brother Ying glanced around and saw that there were a lot of people, so he put his arms around Lu Xi's neck, got closer to her, and then pressed her ears and said, "I will also You have to open a shop, do business, and let your mother live a good life."
This boy, he can say whatever he hears.
Lu Xi's mouth was too sweet, so Lu Xi couldn't help but smiled "Fuck" and whispered: "Okay,
I'll talk about it later." Brother Ying said dissatisfied, "What I said is true!"
"Yes ." It's really real, I didn't say it was fake."
Ying brother was satisfied now, and continued to sleep with his arms around her neck.
In the evening, I stayed at the inn on the road and spent a small amount of money. The mother and the child share a room.
But in the evening, the aunt came to Lu Xi and said, "Girl, I am alone outside and I am afraid. Why not sleep with you all night? We are all women, so we can take care of each other. When you go out, you still need to have familiar talents. Okay, I fell in love with you and wanted to live with you.
Lu Xi wanted to refuse.
Because Ying brother is still unwilling to talk in front of strangers. When he comes to a crowded place, he can't help but tremble and is easily frightened.
For example, when Lu Xi was chatting with his aunt today when he was in the carriage, Brother Ying had already woke up. Just because I didn't know how to talk to the aunt, I just pretended to sleep in Lu Xi's arms for a long time.
If there were outsiders, Lu Xi was afraid that Ying would not be able to sleep.
Perhaps seeing her hesitation, the little angel Ying brother approached Lu Xi's ear and whispered: "Mother, we want to save money." This
means that he can accept the auntie to live in a room with them.
Lu Xi ironed the post incomparably.
She has never seen a sensible child like Ying Ge, who is considerate everywhere, and will kick her for consideration.
"Okay, but I can say the first thing. It's okay to live in one room, but the cost is equally divided, and the cost of the meal will be paid separately, but the room cost is half and half of the room." The
aunt happily responded and agreed.
The matter was settled like this, because there was one more person to share the cost, and Lu Xi's economic pressure suddenly became much smaller.
When sleeping at night, Lu Xi and her mother slept on the bed, and the aunt slept on the couch in the room, which was just right.
Late at night, Lu Xi hadn't slept yet.
She lit the lamp and sat at the table playing tricks.
When I went to buy dry food today, in addition to buying these for food, Lu Xi bought a dagger in the store where she bought the water bag.
Although the money was paid and someone from the station escorted him, in fact, it was just a layer of insurance.
Lu Xi didn't believe in anyone, only in herself, so the first thing she wanted to buy was self-defense. And the dagger, which is dexterous and light, has accompanied her for many years, has become the first choice.
At this time, Lu Xi played with the dagger, then took the dagger and began to carve it on a piece of wood.
Of course, this is not a work of art, but a small bow, intended to be used by Brother Ying, as well as self-defense.
After busying for a long time, it was not until Xiao Gong had a rough shape that Lu Xi stopped, blew on the lamp and went to bed.
After a whole day of exhausting boats and cars, as soon as Lu Xi lay on the bed, sleepiness came and he fell asleep quickly.
Without a dream, Lu Xi slept very well.
The next day, when the sunlight projected from the window lattice, Lu Xi opened his eyes.
She stretched her waist, in a daze, she saw Ying Ge standing in front of her bed with her hands behind her back.
What is this for?
"What's wrong?" Lu Xi asked.
Brother Ying turned around now, hugging her hand and didn't speak.
Lu Xi thought he was ill, so he patted his head for comfort.
Unexpectedly, the child actually woke up earlier than her. It is estimated that when he was in the car today, he slept too much.
Seeing the mother and son like this, the auntie smiled and said, "Girl, don't you know that this child woke up just now while you were still asleep. There was a ward round outside, and he was afraid to interrupt you to rest, so he stood there. While guarding, no one is allowed to approach. When I talk to him, he ignores it."
Lu Xi heard it, and a complex expression appeared on his face.
Although Ying brother is still a child, she is often moved by little things.
If there was no auntie describing what happened this morning, Lu Xi would have never known it for the rest of his life. And this kind of thing is just one of them. I can't see it in Lu Xi. When I don't know it, I don't know what this kid has done.
You know, at the beginning, he didn't like himself so much now. But even when she was extremely hungry and was about to faint, she could feed the last hot porridge into her mouth.
Lu Xi hugged Brother Ying and whispered: "Mother, it's okay, get up and wash up quickly. You'll be on your way in a while."
Brother Ying nodded, not docile.
After washing up, Lu Xi filled the water sac that had been drunk with water again, and took it with him. There is still a lot of dry food left, so I don't rush to buy more.
The next day, continue on the road.
After the surprise of the first day, the people on the second day obviously became a lot more tired. They were not as excited as they were yesterday, and they would not pull the people around them to chat anymore.
Hurrying, especially long-distance journeys, has never been an easy task.
When they think of this kind of life, they will have to live for several months, and they will feel dark on the road.
Lu Xi had already guessed about this for a long time, and there was nothing to lose.
The journey is still going on, nothing has changed.
Every day is a journey day after day, like a pilgrim, walking into the city step by step.
Along the way, through the mountains, rivers and lakes, some people's shoes are almost worn out.
It's okay when there is a carriage. When there is no carriage, you can only walk, because the carriage has to rest and you can't do it all the time.
Lu Xi has a good physique and doesn't feel much about long-distance trekking, so he uses it as a daily exercise.
Brother Ying, who was originally weak, was much healthier than other children after Lu Xi's training for half a year. At least this kind of simple hurry can't trouble him anymore.
Occasionally, when he gets tired, Lu Xi will carry him on his back, but the child is very sensible, and he seldom asks Lu Xi to carry him on his back. He is afraid that she will be tired too, so he is determined not to cause her trouble.
This journey took about three to four months.
I still remember when they set off, the weather was warm and cold, and it was still spring, and the weather did not really heat up.
But now that three months have passed in the blink of an eye, the sun has gradually become bitter and hot.
The thinner the clothes are, the closer they are, the closer they are to the capital.
Lu Xi knew that he was getting closer and closer to the talent.