Xiaosheng is not a nerd

Traveling so fast for more than an hour, they still haven't reached the destination, Su Huaizhang asked: "Miss Qiu, haven't you arrived yet?"

Qiu Jintang responded: "It's almost here, Mr. Su, haven't you been here?"

When Su Huaizhang left the village and came to Weizhou City, Qiu Jintang hired an ox cart for him, and he took a leisurely ride in the ox cart, naturally not feeling far away.

It was already late at night when we arrived in the small mountain village, and it was already a quiet time when everyone was sleeping soundly.

Unexpectedly, every household is lit with weak lights, which are like little fireflies in the distance.

The night is not completely silent, there are occasional sounds of movement, but it is the busyness and anxiety hidden in this dark night.

Su Huaizhang couldn't help feeling excited when he saw it: "It's like a New Year's vigil. I can already feel the excitement just by the red dots."

Xie Fu showed a wry smile. Although Su Huaizhang's words were a bit elegant, they were not pleasant to ordinary people.

Most people work hard during the day, and night is when they catch their breath and sleep, because the next morning is another day of hard work.

If even this time to breathe and sleep is deprived, one can imagine the exhaustion and hardship.

At this time, on the dark village road, a figure quickly approached here, a little closer, it was a middle-aged man carrying two wooden barrels.

Qiu Jintang took the initiative to say hello: "Uncle Dog."

The middle-aged man stopped, but Da Dong was only wearing a single shirt, he was sweating profusely and panting for a while before responding: "Xiao Tang."

"Uncle Dog, what's the matter?"

"My few fields haven't been watered yet, and it's drought again." The middle-aged man's voice was sobbing, making one feel like he was about to cry.

"Where's Aunt Dog?"

"My bitch is exhausted, I'll let her rest."

"Uncle Dog, this time I brought..."

Before Qiu Jintang finished speaking, the middle-aged man interrupted: "Xiao Tang, stop talking, Uncle Gou has to fetch water, if the wheat dies from drought, Uncle Gou won't be able to survive this year."

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he carried the burden and walked away quickly.

Running ten miles to pick up two buckets of water and come back to irrigate the field, back and forth like this, it is ridiculous and ridiculous to think about it.

But this is the reality before our eyes, whether this person is absurd or the world is absurd.

Seeing Qiu Jintang standing there with a sad expression, Xie Fu patted her on the shoulder lightly.

Qiu Jintang looked back and saw Fu Xie with a kind smile on his face, which made people feel very kind and warm.

Xie Fu smiled and blinked, Qiu Jintang smiled shyly.

Su Huaizhang saw it, and was secretly happy in his heart. It seems that Brother Xie is interested in Miss Qiu, so please... Then I will help you two match.

"Miss Qiu, why are you blushing, do you like Brother Xie?"

"Ai ai ai, brother Su, don't mess with mandarin ducks."

Seeing that Su Huaizhang, a nerd, dared to tease her, Qiu Jintang responded aggressively: "Yes, I just like Mr. Xie. How can you be a nerd like you, who rushes to the prison in a daze."

Su Huaizhang was upset: "Why are you talking, I'm not here to help you."

"Did you help? You will be a disservice. You know that I have been running around for your affairs these two days. If I hadn't met Mr. Xie by chance, you would still be in prison."

Su Huaizhang said angrily: "When you arrive at your house, prepare a pen, ink, paper and inkstone for me immediately. I will repair a book and promise to help you solve your problems within half a month."

Qiu Jintang sneered: "Half a month! Half a month, the day lily is cold."

Xie Fu smiled and said, "Okay, okay, why are you two like enemies?"

The two said angrily in unison: "Who is an enemy with him!"

Xie Fu said: "Okay, Miss Qiu will lead the way, I'm hungry."

Entering the village road, I met more and more people, men, women, young and old, like the middle-aged man, hurriedly carrying buckets to fetch water.

In the middle of the night, with only half a bright moon in the sky, they had nothing on their bodies and needed to walk slowly all the way, not to mention carrying two buckets of water on their bodies, walking as fast as fighting a fire.

It's really not easy, but Maizi is their life, no one wants to work so hard if they are not forced.

Just at this moment, there was a tender cry from behind.

Several people heard the sound and looked back, but it was a woman who was carrying two buckets of water and fell to the ground.

Seeing that the water in the two buckets was drained, the woman seemed to be suddenly stimulated and burst into tears.

Qiu Jintang ran quickly: "Aunt Niu."

A man ran up to help the woman up, and asked with concern: "Aunt Niu, is it not broken?"

The woman cried for a while, sobbing and said: "Xiao Tang, it's all over, it's all over."

Qiu Jintang hurriedly comforted, "Aunt Niu, it's fine, I'll help you."

"Why do you help me, the wheat in your own field is almost lost."

Qiu Jintang stopped and did not answer. The second uncle rented a few more acres of land in order to save money for his cousin to marry a wife. Who knew that this year was so unlucky that there was a continuous drought for a month.

She punted the boat these days, and originally wanted to save some money to tide over the difficulties, but she didn't know that the boat was destroyed when encountering wind and waves, and now she has no tools to make a living.

Thinking of this, his eyes turned red.

The woman cried to herself: "Your Uncle Niu died early, and I live on these few pieces of land as a woman. If the wheat dies from drought, how can I live? I am afraid that I will bring my two children to beg from house to house." go"

Gu Yuling had never seen such suffering in the world, and her eyes turned red when she heard it.

There was a slight smile on the corner of Xie Fu's mouth, he didn't expect the aunt's cold appearance to have such a soft heart.

Gu Yuling suddenly thanked Fu for his expression, but he was really angry: "You're still laughing! Do you have a conscience?"

Xie Fu smiled and said, "Do you want me to make her laugh right away?"

Gu Yuling was stunned for a moment, Xie Fu had already walked over, squatted down, took out a piece of silver and handed it to the woman, and asked with a smile: "Auntie, can you live on?"

Seeing Yinzi, the woman was startled, and asked weakly, "Master, what's going on?"

Xie Fu smiled and said: "It's nothing, just now I heard that you are having a hard time living alone, I just want to help you."

Xie Fu squatted down and spoke very easy-going, without condescending attitude at all. Even so, the woman still did not dare to accept the money. After all, it is not a few pennies, but a few taels of silver. To put it bluntly, she I have never seen what Yin Zi looks like in this life, and she gently turned to Qiu Jintang.

Seeing that Aunt Niu stopped crying, Qiu Jintang was also very happy, and said with a smile, "Auntie, Mr. Xie is my friend."

"Xiaotang, how did you meet a noble friend?" He gave away a few taels of silver as soon as he made a move, so he was definitely considered a noble person.

"Aunt Niu, I met Mr. Xie when I was punting. Mr. Xie is very warm-hearted. He knows the situation in our village, so he came here to help."

The woman groaned, "There are still such good people in this world."

Xie Fu smiled and stuffed the money into the woman's hand, but the woman still didn't dare to accept it: "My lord, you don't get paid for nothing, how can you do that?"

Xie Fu simply said: "We haven't eaten, and we have to trouble our aunt to entertain us."

While talking, he forcibly stuffed money into the woman's hands. He knew that ordinary people were not greedy for money, but they were self-conscious because of their humbleness.

"No problem, I still have a chicken, I just killed it to entertain you guys."

The woman stood up excitedly, although the tears on her face were still wet, there was already a smile on the corner of her mouth, but just as she moved, she cried out in pain, it seemed that she was injured just now.

Qiu Jintang immediately helped the woman up: "Aunt Niu, I'll carry you back."

The woman looked down at the bucket and pole on the ground. For ordinary people, any items in the house are not superfluous necessities.

Xie Fu picked it up immediately, and said with a smile: "Let's go, I'm starving."

The woman who saw this scene was surprised, and her heart was really shocked.

Qiu Jintang led the way with the woman behind her back, and the three of them followed behind.

Gu Yuling smiled softly at Xie Fu: "It's really you, why didn't I think of it just now."

Xie Fu said with a smile: "You young miss, stay with me for a long time, and you will be able to think of it."

Everyone's life background is different, and their understanding of things is also different. In the eyes of the rich and powerful, a few taels of silver are just money for a meal.

In the eyes of poor people, it is a guarantee of livelihood, and even a very different fate.

Although Xie Fu is rich and honored now, he also came from poverty, so he can see the needs of women clearly at once, just like a famous doctor, he prescribes the right medicine and sees immediate results.

Gu Yuling couldn't help but sighed: "Today is really a colorful day for me. I think it was too ordinary before."

Xie Fu said in a low voice: "Follow me and make sure your daily life is rich and colorful."

Gu Yuling laughed and said, "I believe it." Suddenly seeing Xie Fu carrying the load in a stable manner, he couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled.

Xie Fu smiled and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

"I'm laughing at you now, you're really... a material for carrying water." Gu Yuling couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Su Huaizhang followed behind, thinking that Xie Fu had stolen the limelight just now, how could he not seize such a good opportunity to perform.

Hearing his cousin's pleasant laughter suddenly, he secretly cried out, Xie Fu won his cousin's favor.

Ignoring the pain in his feet at the moment, he quickly followed and shouted: "Wait for me."

Su Huaizhang approached, Xie Fu and Gu Yuling both silently closed their mouths.

Su Huaizhang said excitedly: "I have thought of a solution."

Gu Yuling was particularly concerned about this matter, and asked, "Cousin, what can I do?"

Su Huaizhang smiled triumphantly and said: "Every household will give a little relief, and everyone will get through the difficulties." He also thought of this point from the woman who thanked Fu for giving alms just now.

Gu Yuling said with a beep, "That's right."

Su Huaizhang said with a smile; "I think I can raise 800 taels, and it should be no problem to help them get through this year's difficulties."

Gu Yuling smiled, feeling that his cousin was also quite enthusiastic, and looked at Xie Fu, as if asking, how should you, a grown-up, express himself.

Xie Fu said: "What they want is not money, nor is it to live under the charity of others, what they want is self-reliance with dignity."

Su Huaizhang froze for a moment: "So?"

"So this well must be dug!"

Aunt Niu said to Qiu Jintang in a low voice: "Xiaotang, I think Mr. Xie is a nice man. He is handsome and easy-going. I have never met such a gentleman."

Qiu Jintang laughed and thought to himself, Aunt Niu, you have been living in this small mountain village all day long, how have you seen anything in the world, you have never seen even a young master in the village, and replied: "Yes, Mr. Xie People are nice and enthusiastic.”

"Xiaotang, then you should seize the opportunity."

Qiu Jintang was stunned, "What are you sure about?"

"Are you really ignorant or are you just pretending to be stupid? Why would a noble son follow you to this wretched place? It's not because of you."

Qiu Jintang was stunned for a moment, only to hear Aunt Niu continue to say: "If you can keep up with such a man, you can earn money even as a concubine, but you must grasp it carefully and don't miss the opportunity."

Qiu Jintang heard the words and said angrily: "Aunt Niu, where do you want to go, Mr. Xie is not such a person at all."

"Hey, I live one more time than you. There is never anything good for no reason in this world."

Qiu Jintang got angry: "Aunt Niu, I won't tell you anymore."

They arrived at the destination soon. There were two houses not far from each other. There was a simple yard built with fences outside. One was dimly lit and the other had a bonfire.

Seeing a bonfire burning in the yard, Su Huaizhang wondered, "Is lighting a fire in the yard a ritual?"

Xie Fu laughed and said, "Brother Su, what kind of ceremony do you think it is?"

Gu Yuling also became curious when she heard it, and felt like a little girl who didn't understand anything in front of Xie Fu.

Su Huaizhang hummed: "The customs are different in different places, and the way of performing ceremonies is also different in different places. Maybe they are praying to the sky for rain in this way."

Since ancient times, people have depended on the sky for their food. In times of severe drought, people often pray to the sky for the rain, so many rituals of praying for rain have emerged, and there are even cruel and cruel rituals of exposing witches and burning witches. rain way.

Gu Yuling looked at Xie Fu gently, and asked with his eyes, is this so?
Xie Fu couldn't help laughing, Gu Yuling asked curiously, "What are you laughing at?"

Su Huaizhang was rather displeased: "Brother Xie, what advice do you have?"

"Brother Su, then I will tell the truth, please forgive me if I offend you."

"Listen to brother Xie's advice."

Xie Fu said with a smile: "I think, they lit a fire in the yard not as a ritual, but for lighting."

Su Huaizhang sneered: "Why don't you light up the lights, why do you have to make such a big bonfire."

"Brother Su, you are right, why don't you light the lamp? Can they afford this candle? The lamp oil is not cheap, do you think they are willing to keep lighting it?"

Gu Yuling and Su Huaizhang suddenly realized.

Xie Fu smiled and continued: "Ordinary people, generally do not light the lights at night, go to bed early after dinner, and there are no other entertainment programs, and the lighting depends on the moonlight."

Su Huaizhang asked: "Don't you light the lamp?"

Xie Fu said with a smile: "Even if you want to do something, you can only do it for a while, and the rest will be done in the dark."

Gu Yuling heard the implication, her face blushed secretly, and she secretly pinched Xie Fu's ass with her hand, warning him not to talk dirty.

Su Huaizhang asked suspiciously, "What are you doing at night?"

Xie Fu smiled and said: "Brother Su is a scholar, he should have heard the allusions of chiseling walls to steal light and gathering fireflies as bags."

Su Huaizhang suddenly realized: "I understand, I understand, brother Xie's allusion is well used, I understood it all at once, and I was taught."