mortal clerk

Chapter 59 The Hardship of Ordinary People
After Li Qingniu practiced Taizu's saber technique several times, he saw that it was getting late.I went to look at the old horse again, added some fodder, and then went back to the carriage to rest.

There was nothing to say all night, and in the early morning of the next day, there was a continuous drizzle in the sky, the road became muddy and slippery, and the progress was much slower.

The handlebars also complained one after another, but Li Qingniu was free and didn't have any specific tasks, so he just immersed himself in reading.

Xiao Anzi, who was driving, suddenly asked through the curtain of the car: "Li Qingniu, do you go to study directly when you arrive in the county?"

When Li Qingniu heard this question, he thought about it in his heart and replied, "Maybe! Brother An, are you from Guimen County?"

"Yes, but in the suburbs and countryside."

"Then why don't you go to school? It's so close!"

Xiao Anzi was silent for a while, then smiled in relief.

"I also wanted to study when I was young, but unfortunately my family had no money, so I went to the city as an apprentice when I was eight years old, and it took ten years to do it!"

"Then what did you study? You have studied for ten years!"

"Say it to make you laugh. I originally learned carpentry from a master carpenter, but after three years of learning, I haven't even touched the tools! My master is squeezing me every day, so I learn to blacksmith in a fit of anger. The master of blacksmith is sincere." He wanted to teach me, but unfortunately, he was arrested by the county to cast iron, accidentally fell into the boiler, and burned to death. Later, I went to a restaurant as a backroom apprentice for three years. Last year I heard that there was The merchants of Shendu are going to Yufu Country, and it will take a year to go back and forth, but no one wants to go, so I signed up, after all, I can earn thirty gold coins!"

Hearing Xiao Anzi finish his ten-year apprenticeship with a calm attitude, Li Qingniu couldn't help feeling a little sad.Although I am in a remote mountain village, I am free from worries and illnesses. I have parents who love me, and my second father who has died thousands of miles for my future. Now I am going to study, although it is late, But fortunately, he has the opportunity to change his destiny.

After being silent for a while, Li Qingniu changed the subject and asked, "You guys traveled a total of more than 2 miles, why only [-] gold coins?"

"You, you don't know how hard it is to earn money. Thirty gold coins are already very high! The little slave you bought before was only twenty gold coins! Think about it, a life is only twenty gold coins! This is the way of the world!"

Li Qingniu listened to Xiao Anzi's words, and thought that when he was at home, his parents only earned a few hundred dollars a year, less than a gold coin.If it wasn't for my second dad, I might never be able to get out of Niuxi Town for the rest of my life!

"Hey! The little slave you bought was really found by his family?"

Li Qingniu and Lao Shen both said this before, and everyone didn't care.

"That's right! Fortunately, his family finally found him after going through a lot of hardships."

"Then how much ransom did his family give you?"

"It's thirty gold coins! However, if they don't give it, I will let him go back."

"Oh? Why."

"I just wanted to save him. After getting along for a long time, I treated him as my own brother!"

"It turns out that's the case. I just said that you are so kind to him, it doesn't seem like a fake."

"Oh! What did you think before?"

"Hey! I thought you wanted to take him to the county town and sell him."

"Hahaha! I never thought of it like that."

"Hahaha, that's right, I don't think you are that kind of person, and neither is your second dad."

Seeing Xiao Anzi mentioning his second father, Li Qingniu couldn't help but miss him.

After a long silence, he slowly opened his mouth: "Yes! Second Dad is a good man."

Maybe this topic was too boring, so Li Qingniu took the initiative to change it and asked, "Brother An, do you have any relatives in your family?"

"Me? My mother and my sister."

"Where's your dad?"

"Gone!"

After another long silence, Xiao Anzi said in an excited and proud tone: "My sister is getting married this year! So this time I ran so far to save some dowry money for my sister."

Li Qingniu didn't have a younger sister, so he didn't know this kind of emotion, so he said puzzled: "You haven't even married yet, why are you thinking of saving a dowry for your younger sister?"

"You don't know, our county is very fond of the woman's dowry. The more dowry you bring to your husband's family, the more respect you will have in your husband's family. I just want her to live better."

"You are a good brother!"

"hey-hey!"

……

The two chatted intermittently, and Li Qingniu seemed to find that this world was not as beautiful as he had imagined.But what can I do for them?
After thinking hard and getting no results, I suddenly thought of a sentence in a book: "If you think hard and get no results, then you need to learn more!"

Just when Li Qingniu was troubled by his naive thoughts, there was a thunder in the sky.Originally, there were still whispers, but the rain poured down almost instantly.

Xiao Anzi, who was driving the car, said depressedly, "Why is the weather in Guifang Pingyuan so abnormal this year?"

Li Qingniu was also very curious: "What's unusual?"

"It's already September, what a strange year!"

"Didn't it rain in September last year?"

"It's raining, but it's always a drizzle. There's never been such a heavy rain!"

Before thinking too much, old Shen Zongma came.He explained to Xiao Anzi: "Hurry up, the rain is too heavy, I don't think we can make it to the next market town today, we need to camp on the hillside ahead!"

And whispered to Li Qingniu in the car: "Boy, pay attention, the weather is too abnormal!"

"Okay! Old Shen, you should be more careful."

"Don't worry, you, Uncle Shen, have been walking in this Guifang Pingyuan for many years." After saying that, he patted his horse and left.

Li Qingniu lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the blurred sky and the endless plain, and then at the old horse tied to the rear of the car, feeling bored.

.........

Luo Wushuang, who was walking ahead on horseback, felt a faint urge to break through the bottleneck ever since he met the blue bird that day.In addition, it is close to the county town, and there is no danger on the road, so I just concentrate on comprehending.But he was awakened by the sound of thunder, and suddenly realized that a huge energy was rushing towards him.

Immediately ordered urgently: "Everyone, speed up, move forward quickly, and rush up the hill."

Seeing that Luo Wushuang was so nervous, everyone naturally didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly rushed.

And several caravans traveling together, seeing the heavy rain of this caravan, even galloped wildly.At first I thought it was funny, these people really don't know how to cherish horses, galloping wildly in such a heavy rain.

But seeing the other party running faster and faster, they disappeared under the rain curtain in a short while, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, they all accelerated their speed, and the whole official road became panicked for a while.

Li Qingniu, who was sitting in the car, was jolted by the carriage that was speeding up suddenly, and was about to complain a few times, but there was a strong sound wave that shook the car windows, and then some raindrops flew in, making them wet less books.

I didn't care too much, so I quickly lifted the car window to have a look.When the sky and the earth meet, there is a black water rushing towards it, like ten thousand horses galloping.Several caravans not far away are still running wildly in the low-lying areas.

I was anxious in my heart, and shouted to the back, "Run! The flood is coming!"

Alas, in the heavy rain, his voice was useless.In a blink of an eye, the convoy was swallowed by the flood, and only a dozen carriages and a dozen fast horses rushed up the hillside.

　There are always visions in the ordinary world, but it is a pity that it is not a world, and we will never be able to understand it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)