The last Chiyou

Chapter 1 Silver Beads

Chapter 1 silver beads

In spring, the sky gradually warmed up, but in the evening, when the sun went down, it was still a bit chilly.Xiu Niang got up and hung up the door curtain of the stove, picked out a slightly red firewood from the ashes buried under the stove, blew on it, and the red spot lit up.Lighting a fire, filling firewood, the blazing fire under the stove illuminated her face, and also illuminated the children who were playing with something beside the stove.The child was about three or four years old, with a thin and small body, and a clean blue cloth with only two or three patches in inconspicuous places. A small bun was tied on the top of the head, and a wooden hairpin was inserted.

Xiu Niang asked him softly: "Do you want a cup of tea?"

The child put his head down and just fiddled with the things in his hand, and replied casually: "Yes." The voice was very clear.

Xiu Niang nodded, and took out a thin porcelain teapot with peony branches from the warmer next to the stove, took off the same-color teacup that was upside down on the top of the teapot, poured a cup of tea and handed it to the child.Both the warm cover and the teapot are old, but the embroidery and glaze on it are still as bright as before, with extraordinary splendor, which seems a bit out of place with the surrounding environment.The child reached out to take the tea, said "thank you", and drank the tea in one sip. He handed the teacup back to Xiu Niang, still immersed in the things in his hand, but when he looked carefully, it was a stone knife that had been sharply ground. Very thin and sharp.

Xiu Niang sighed insignificantly, and went to make dinner by herself.Soon, the cooking smoke from the roof carried the aroma of the food and drifted far and far with the wind.

There were some noisy sounds from the entrance of the village in the distance. After a day of plowing, the exhausted people returned to the village one after another. Shiro's voice sounded in front of the door. Hurrying to come in, he stood at the gate of the small courtyard, talking to the uncle next door.The uncle next door was still there earnestly urging: "Yongjia's illness always needs to be treated. For matters of money, our master and the west family will get together. Anyway, please ask the doctor to come and take a few doses of medicine, so as not to delay it."

Silang Weiwei agreed, thanked the uncle, entered the door, turned around and dropped the door panel.Xiu Niang came forward, Shi Lang looked at her with a smile, and said: "It's cool at night, lower the door panel earlier, so that Yongjia won't suffer from the cold."

Xiu Niang vaguely guessed something in her mind, she stood there without moving, when Shiro approached her, smiled again, and said: "It's time, pack up your things, and leave tomorrow."

Xiu Niang was startled, but felt her chest was tight and panicked, she replied: "Yes."

Shiro stroked her hair with fingers that had been roughened by hard work, and comforted her: "Axiu... good boy, I've been here for two years, it's already too long."

Xiu Niang replied in a low voice: "Yes."

Shiro smiled and said: "It's fine to move, let's rent a big car, and Yongjia will hold the box day and night, and no one will notice anything. He can eat to his full. In case I work so hard every day, he will still grow more and more." Weaker."

Xiu Niang looked back, the curtain in the kitchen was tightly covered, and there was no movement inside, thinking that Yongjia was fascinated again, and she didn't hear the voice from here, she couldn't help feeling aggrieved: "Young Master, everything You look a little more like an ordinary person, and you don't need to make such a fuss, your current body can't bear it..."

Shiro raised a finger to his lips: "Shh..." He smiled, "Don't say it."

His eyebrows and eyes are curved, very gentle, as if he was back then, only the deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes can still see the traces of time.This once tall and handsome boy is now old after all.

Xiuniang's chest became more and more oppressive, but she didn't dare to say any more, she just took the hot water from another small stove, led Shiro to the east chamber, and waited for him to wash his hands and change his clothes.

Shiro took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, and while washing his hands, he sighed in a low voice: "Who is our majesty, the young man he gave birth to is naturally extraordinary. It's a pity that the twelve mothers are mortal, which makes Yongjia not good enough." No, these years have to be endured, but he will grow up one day, and he will be fine when the time comes."

Xiuniang remained silent, and after Shiro had finished washing, she picked up the basin and went out.After Shiro changed his clothes, he opened the curtain at the door of the kitchen, and said with a loud smile, "Yongjia! See what fourth brother brought back for you?"

Hearing the sound, Yongjia raised his head, a small face was full of smiles, he came out to welcome Shiro and said with a smile: "Fourth brother!"

Shiro bent down and picked him up, squeezed his face, and asked with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a day, don't you miss me?"

Yong Jia turned his head and bit Shiro's finger, and Shiro pretended to cry out in pain: "Puppy! Always bites people! Do you still want the good things that the fourth brother brought back?"

Yongjia stuck out his tongue, reached into Shiro's arms and felt for a long time, but found nothing. Shiro smiled: "Don't look for it, it's so ticklish, it's not here." Saying this, he put down Yongjia, and found something in his belt Pass it over, "Look, what is this?"

Yongjia reached out to take it, but felt that his hand was heavy and smooth, and still carried a little warmth from Shiro's body. He turned his head to look at the fire in the stove, and couldn't help shouting with joy: "Ah!"

Xiuniang heard the sound and looked over, but she saw that under the light of the fire, Yongjia was holding a heavy silver bead, about an inch in diameter, shining white.

Yongjia couldn't wait to get off the ground, grabbed Yinzhu and ran into the west wing room where he lived.

Xiu Niang asked worriedly, "Where did this bead come from?"

Shiro smiled and said: "Left and right are leaving, so I took the six mu of land and the millet planted and converted it to the Wang family."

Xiu Niang frowned and said, "Even with millet, it's not enough for this silver bead."

Shiro hesitated for a moment, and involuntarily hid his left arm back. Xiuniang stared at him for a moment, and suddenly realized that no matter what the status was, she grabbed Shiro's left arm and rolled up the sleeve. Xu long and short, round and round a scar, the blood was initially congealed.

Xiu Niang stomped her feet anxiously, but there was nothing she could do. She was extremely annoyed, and forced herself to lower her voice and said, "Why don't you exchange this for money? With this scale armor, with this scale armor, maybe..."

Shiro said with a smile: "It's becoming more and more like a housekeeper. She actually took care of me and just bullied me to be soft-hearted."

Xiu Niang's eyes were red, she looked at him, tears rolled in her eyes, but stubbornly refused to fall.

Silang was silent for a moment, put down his sleeves, gently stroked the top of Xiuniang's head, and said softly: "It doesn't matter, anyway, I don't have a long life, it doesn't matter whether I have this Lin, but there will be no second one in the future, Yongjia If you are hungry again, you will have to work hard to find a way by yourself."

Xiu Niang shook her head, lowered her gaze, and said softly: "The Majesty ordered me to follow you, and I am yours." She paused, her voice lowered a bit, but there was more determination in her tone, "When you die, I will definitely take you back to Jiuli for burial. Anyone who dares to stop me will just try his best. At worst, he will die there with you. As for Yongjia, let him live by himself."

Shi Lang laughed and said: "As soon as I was talking, I became ruthless. The majesty had so many maidservants for me to choose. I wanted to choose a quiet and obedient one, but I chose a fierce little lady like you. Well, I don't care about Yongjia." , just let him go on his own, but you don’t have to go back to Jiuli. After all these years, how many generations have been passed down in the tribe, and there is no one I know for a long time. I don’t have Chi Youlin on my body. How could they let me be buried in the ancestral grave It’s useless for you to force yourself to fight for blood. You might as well find a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters and bury me, and then marry a young and responsible man, so that you can live the rest of your life and don’t have to guard me as an old man anymore. .”

Two lines of tears flowed down slowly from Xiuniang's eyes, and she couldn't help it anymore, she pressed her face tightly on Shiro's shoulder, and said in a low voice, "How old are you, you are old, and I am also old, more than 400 years old I’ll come here together, and I don’t like anyone except you.” Shiro smiled slightly, with a bit of bitterness in his smile, he raised his head and looked eastward, his eyes were far-reaching, as if he had penetrated thousands of mountains and rivers, and saw that Land of the Far East.

In the west chamber, Yongjia held the silver beads tightly, and stood close to the curtain at the door, with a calm face, no longer as innocent and immature as a child just now.

Anyone who has lived for more than 400 years at one breath, even if they live in the mountains for more than half of the time, can no longer be as innocent and immature as a child.Yongjia has many troubles, for example, his body grows too slowly!It's downright slow.According to common sense, a person over 400 years old is also half of Peng Zu, so he should have a white beard and a childlike face. He looks wise, calm and capable, just like the grandpa reborn in Huangshi. How can there be anyone like him, 400 Years passed, and he was still a young boy who was always hungry.

Yongjia gritted his teeth and stared at the silver bead in his hand, this bead is really white and pure, big and round, it tastes good just looking at it.Over the past few hundred years, he has eaten countless pieces of gold and stones. Although silver is smoother than unrefined gold, it is soft and brittle when eaten raw, especially this bead smells pure and pure. , I think it must melt in your mouth when you eat it, without any residue, it really attracts mouth water.

But this bead was exchanged by the fourth brother with his natal scale armor, so he was a bit reluctant to eat it.That piece of scale armor, I remember listening to my fourth brother talking about it when I was a child, it is a symbol of the identity of the Jiuli nationality.The ancestor of the Jiuli tribe was the Chiyou who made troubles in the Central Plains and fought fiercely with the Yellow Emperor. His clan had infinite manpower, could swallow gold and stones, and was invulnerable to swords and spears. Because of the protection of Chi Youzhu, the bloodline has a long lifespan, so the bloodline is still pure and still retains some mana. Others are no different from ordinary people except for the Chi Youlin pieces on their bodies.After the death of the tribe, Chi Youlin will fall off, its color is red, and its texture is extremely hard. If it is forged into a soldier, its light is like electricity, and it can cut gold and jade.There are a few Chi Youlin handed down in the world, and the world only sees its fiery red color, which is called Huojing. It is a rare material for casting swords, and it is hard to buy.The fourth brother thought this time because he had been starving for several months, and he couldn't get any money. In desperation, he flayed the only piece of Lin on his body and sold it, and exchanged it for silver beads to satisfy his hunger.

I don’t know which profiteer bought the fourth brother’s Lin, it’s really hateful, what a god Chi Youlin is, he only exchanged such a small bead. ?

Yongjia thought of the tall mountains of gold and silver, and could smell the aroma coming from his nostrils. He became more and more hungry, and finally couldn't help baring his sharp little white teeth, and with a click, he bit the silver beads crisply. After chewing the next piece, the sweet and refreshing silver water flowed out of my mouth.

good to eat!

Yongjia almost burst into tears.It's been a few years since the last time I ate such delicious silver beads!Usually, I can only gnaw some copper and iron to barely satisfy my hunger, and I have to beware of the nearby coppersmith and blacksmith asking why the copper pot and iron hoe of Xie Silang's family are broken all day long?Rao moved every few years, and he was afraid of people's comments, so he didn't dare to eat and drink openly.What's more, the fourth brother is really an ordinary mortal when it comes to earning money. He has no business sense at all, so he can only farm the land honestly. The income is limited, and he can't afford to eat and drink openly. He is not allowed to steal. If he hadn't been able to hide in the carriage and hold Chi Youzhu for a few days to replenish his vitality, he might have starved to death.And the few gold and silver utensils that were taken away from Xie's house back then were all eaten up by the young and inexperienced self. Otherwise, how many gold and silver pearls would be exchanged for it to this day?

The more he thought about it, the more depressed he became, and he took another bite, and the silver pearl, which was as big as an inch, was swallowed by him in three bites.Yongjia licked his lips, wishing he could eat more than a dozen or twenty more, but he couldn't get it after all, he just had to think about it.He had been hungry for several months, and a silver pearl fell into his stomach, and he immediately felt his body was full of strength, and he couldn't help turning to ulterior motives.

Chi Youlin is freshly peeled, and his blood is still alive, so he must still smell like the fourth brother. He didn't know it before, and he was sold cheaply. Now that he knows he has suffered a loss, and he has strength again, why not chase after the smell, and find that profiteer to make a theory In theory, how about getting the price you deserve?This can't be considered stealing, nor can it be considered robbery. We deserve it, and we shouldn't have too much. If we give dozens of gold and silver beads, it's just a casual loss.But this matter must not be known to the fourth brother, that honest man, even if it is such a precious Chi Youlin, no matter how much he sells, he will sell it if he sells it, and he will definitely not turn around and ask for more money, so he can only sell it at night. Get out quietly.I just hope that profiteer doesn't run around with Chi Youlin, it's better to stay in the shop and wait obediently.

He had made up his mind, but he didn't show anything on his face, he just showed a satiated expression, hid the stone knife that he had worked so hard to make all these days in his sleeve, and sat on the mat watching the show with a smile on his face Mother waits on the fourth brother for dinner.

The fourth brother is so pitiful, he has been a bodyguard with his unreliable father since he was a child, and he is not close to women. Later, a sudden change happened and he could never go back to Jiuli, so he and Xiu Niang had to eat each other. With a drop of my heart, my father was able to enjoy a long life. Since then, he pretended to be a husband and wife and led him to live in seclusion. Now that the two of them are approaching the end of their lives, and he has not yet grown up, he is unable to continue their lives. Xiuniang may have more than ten years to live. But elder brother can't do it right now, he is going to be lonely forever, no matter what, I have to make up for this shortcoming for him before he dies.

That night, Shiro and Xiuniang had been busy for a long time, they packed their bags and put them in the main room, and then they all rested, Yongjia quietly turned out the window, he was small and light, fell to the ground without making a sound, and there was no one in the room felt.

It was late at night, the moon was bright and the stars were thin, and the surrounding was quiet, only a few dogs barking faintly.Yongjia bent down slightly, sniffed carefully, followed the smell of the fourth brother and quickly searched all the way, and found the nearby Dingyang Town all the way from Kaihe Village when he was a child.Walking down the mountain road for dozens of miles, the fourth brother's smell was getting weaker and weaker, but when he arrived in the town, it suddenly became stronger. Yongjia was overjoyed, knowing that Chi Youlin would definitely stay here.

Dingyang Town is not big, but it’s not too small either. There are always hundreds of households. Yongjia seldom visits people when he goes out on weekdays. Follow the scent all the way to the northwest, and finally stop at the entrance of an inn called Rugui.

The flavor is strong, and that's it.

It turned out to be a merchant, fortunately I came quickly, otherwise I would be taken far away, and after a few days, my blood would dissipate and it would be difficult to find him.Yongjia walked around to the side wall, found a big tree, climbed up it twice, and looked inside.It is a small two-story building inside. Looking at the layout, it should be for dining on the first floor and accommodation on the second floor. Now a row of windows on the upper floor are dark, only a little light is on in the southeast corner of the room, and the smell is precisely from that place. Pass the direction.

Yongjia is a little depressed, you profiteer, it's already midnight, why don't you go to sleep?In front of you, I'm always embarrassed to rob.

But after all, it was not in vain, Yongjia tightened his trousers, jumped into the wall silently, took out a stone knife from his sleeve, stuck it into the crack of the door, pushed open the latch, and dodged into the room.Under the moonlight coming in from the window, he could barely see things clearly in the room. He walked up the stairs to the second floor and touched the door of the lighted room.

The room was very quiet, some saliva pierced a small hole in the window paper, Yongjia squinted one eye and looked inward, and saw that the room was very large, there were vaguely two inner rooms and one bright room, the inner room was completely dark, and the bright room was placed There are a few big boxes, an oil lamp is lit on the desk in front of the window, and a scholar-like person is sitting beside the desk, writing something under the lamp.

The light was bright, shining on that person's face. This person looked like a young man with long eyebrows and beautiful eyes. The whole person was like an ink painting, so clean and transparent that there was no trace of smoke and fire. He just sat there with a peaceful expression. It is indescribably beautiful.

Yongjia gasped slightly in surprise, there are such people in the world!

Yongjia thought more than once before that when he grows up, he must marry the most beautiful person in the world, who is countless times more beautiful than his father and mother, but among the countless beauties he has imagined for hundreds of years, there is also No one has ever been better than this man.

Dear lady, why do you want to be a profiteer?

Yongjia sighed, hated that he didn't have any smoke and sweat medicine in his hand, otherwise he would just throw it in and let the guy fall asleep in a daze, and then just go in and get it, without anyone noticing it, now he has to be a burglar.He picked up the stone knife and made two gestures to the handsome figure outside the window. He estimated the strength, threw it away, and with a whoosh, the stone knife broke through the window, and the handle was already straight on the man's forehead.

The author has something to say: (The term "brother" refers to both father and elder brother in the Tang Dynasty. It is said that Li Shimin wrote a letter to Li Zhi with "brother" as his signature. I think it is very funny^^ So my own brother can be called fourth brother, and my own father can also be called fourth brother. Shi Lang and Xiu Niang pretend to be Yongjia's parents in front of people, but seriously, they are all Yongjia's father's servants and maids, and Yongjia is regarded as the same generation. You can understand it any way you want.)

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