Dress up and fight!

Chapter 206: There's an Erlenzi in the Village (4)

Er Hu's father felt that he was deceived by the ancestor's precept of reading, because he read since he was a child, and now he knows nothing but reading.

At the same time, Erhu's grandma finally got to know about his hopelessness in studying. In the end, the family decided to sell all the cabinets of books at home and exchange some land for them.

You know, these books are very valuable in this era.

Erhu's father took the whole cabinet of books to a pawn shop and sold them for nearly two hundred taels of silver.

Unexpectedly, at the bottom of the bookcase, I found several packets of books wrapped in oiled paper.

Father Erhu was puzzled, thinking that the cabinet had not been touched for so many generations, and no one had discovered that there were so many packages hidden underground, and these packages were wrapped so carefully in oiled paper, and even made Anti-insect treatment, which means that these books should be worth some money!

Thinking of this, Er Hu's father picked out a half-old and yellowed book from among the many books, and planned to go to the pawnshop to estimate the price first.

However, he didn't expect that it was these books that brought disaster to them.

These books were all left by the high-ranking official of his family's ancestor. When the official resigned from Beijing, he only took a small box of books with him besides some rewards.

After the high official returned to his hometown, he carefully wrapped these books in oiled paper and placed them at the bottom of the bookshelf, intending to tell the younger generation about these books when the time was right.

However, as soon as these books were placed, the senior official fell ill, leaving only a metaphor: "You must read when you are born!", and passed away.

But this sentence has been misinterpreted. After several generations, the descendants of the family are all in their own family. It was discovered that the oiled paper under the cabinet was wrapped in books.

When Father Erhu brought the book to the pawnshop, the shopkeeper of the pawnshop happened to be there, took the book and flipped through it, and was immediately shocked, this is a lonely book from hundreds of years ago!
This book alone can change a street.

The shopkeeper respectfully returned the book to Er Hu's father, and told him that he still needed to hire someone to hold his eyes before he could price the book.

Afterwards, the shopkeeper inquired about Er Hu's father's residence.

Father Erhu discovered something was wrong when the shopkeeper changed his face, so he deliberately reported a fake address.

Then the Erhu father rolled the book tightly into his arms and left in a hurry.

However, he didn't realize that behind him, two figures coming out of the back door of the pawn shop were following him furtively.

That night, several people from the rivers and lakes rushed into Er Hu's father's house and took away all the remaining books in his house and the money he had sold the books before.

Erhu's father tried his best to resist, but was killed with a single knife, and then these people in the rivers and lakes simply did nothing and killed Erhu's grandma.

When the Erhu mother saw a group of people rushing into the house viciously, she was very frightened, she rushed into the house with a run and bump, immediately stuffed Erhu into the kang hole under the closet, and told him: "Huzi!" Play with the mother, the mother laughs, the tiger does not make a sound, whoever makes a sound loses." This is a game that the two mothers play every day.

Seeing Erhu nodded, Erhu's mother put the clothes box back to its original place with a smile, and then she closed the door and lay down on the bed pretending to sleep. From Erhu's angle, she could see through the gap in the bed His mother's smiling face.

Erhu only heard two screams from outside, and was about to move, but saw his mother smile even more happily, as if he had a winning ticket.

When Erhu saw Niangxiao, he quickly stopped moving, so he wouldn't be fooled, he didn't want to lose.

Hearing the sound of things being turned over and doors being smashed outside, Erhu closed his eyes and fell asleep in a daze, but vaguely heard someone shouting: "Brother, there is another person in this room!"

When he opened his eyes again, it was already dawn outside, and the oil lamp on the table had already been burned out. Erhu looked along the kang mat, only to find that his mother was still lying on the kang and smiling at him.

However, Niangqin's face turned blue, and the corners of her mouth seemed to be still red, which made Erhu a little scared.

Erhu rubbed his stomach, wanting to admit defeat to his mother, it's not fun, he doesn't want to play anymore, he's hungry and wants to eat!

Two days later, Erhu was carried out of the kang cave.

His family was gone, and his father and grandmother were beheaded with a knife.

His mother was hit by two swords and four knives, and these scars pierced her whole body.

Those people pushed her to the ground, but she still struggled to climb back onto the kang, leaving a long bloodstain on the ground.

Erhu's mother was afraid that Erhu would want to run out if he couldn't see her smile. She wanted to protect her child.

The two tigers became orphans overnight, and they just sat blankly in front of their own house every day waiting for their family members to come back. They looked even more stupid than before.

The villagers discussed it and decided to let Erhu donate his house to the clan, and the clan will support him until his death.

Then he built two thatched houses on the mountainside at the head of the village, and asked him to keep vigil in the village and exchange some daily necessities.

In this way, Er Hu foolishly lived until he was thirteen years old.

Since Erhu has almost no money in his hands, he goes to different places every day to pick up things that others don't want. Everyone in the village knows his problem, and sometimes he will take the initiative to give him some things that his family doesn't use.

After all, no one is rich these days, and this is their greatest kindness.

It wasn't until that day that Erhu came back with Ah Xiang on his back that he made a fuss among the crowd.

It turned out that the reason why Erhu rescued Ah Xiang was: when he was rummaging through the garbage dump, Ah Xiang was in a trance beside him, thinking that he had seen the spirit messenger, and subconsciously smiled at Er Hu.

Erhu was stunned for a while by A Xiang's smile, because his mother laughed like that, so he carried A Xiang back without saying a word.

Ah Xiang is also fate, and she survived tenaciously under Er Hu's careless care.

But Ah Xiang had to admit that the period of living with Erhu was the most relaxing time in her life.

The two of them have been stumbling like this for a year.

Although Ah Xiang's face is ruined, but her hands are really skillful. She usually makes ties and embroiders a sachet for Er Hu to exchange for money. worry.

In her spare time, Ah Xiang would sing a little song and draw pictures for Erhu.

Whenever she was drawing, Erhu imitated on the ground with a wooden stick.

When Axiang was in the building, she also worked hard to become an oiran. Although she was always criticized by her teacher for not being spiritual, her eyesight was not lacking at all.

Gradually, Axiang discovered that Erhu was actually very talented in painting.

(End of this chapter)