After the imperial examinations, I grew up by farming

Chapter 7 Hail
Zhiman was slightly injured, and woke up the day he came out of Jinan Mansion, and the other two remained silent.

Ning Yu's guess was right. In the next few days, the gates of the state capitals and county towns that passed by were all closed, and many checkpoints increased their troops. From time to time, small groups of troops marched on the official roads, and they were obviously in a state of preparation for war.

If you have money, as long as you don't go into the city and pass through the checkpoints on the road, it's not difficult to bring a person without ID.

As soon as he entered the territory of Teng County, the sky and the earth were suddenly dark, and hailstones the size of a thumb were mixed in the rain and smashed down.

The old scalper was frightened and ran wildly, and would overturn the cart at any time, and jumped out of the cart knowingly and dangerously. Ning Yu spent nine years and two tigers trying to stop the old scalper.

Turning his head to see, Xu Zhuang fell out of the cart with his head backward half body, dangling on the edge of the cart like a piece of rough rag, the other one was shaken out of the cart a long time ago, and he didn't know where it fell.

The corner of Ning Yu's mouth twitched, he unloaded the truck, tied the old scalper to the tree trunk, and turned back half a mile before finding someone.

The man was thrown into a roadside ditch and fell on his back.

When Zhiman Zhiyi caught up, Ning Yu was grabbing the man's ankle and pulling it up forcefully, Zhiyi was stunned, and helped Ning Yu pull him out of the mud ditch.

Seeing the man's bruised nose and swollen face covered with yellow mud, the three master and servant looked at each other and laughed unkindly.

Due to the excessive force, the wound on Zhiman's back burst and bled, and he grinned in pain.

Back at the bullock cart, Ning Yu and Zhiyi worked together to prop up the cart on the tree trunk. The sheltered space formed between the cart and the tree trunk was barely enough to squeeze the three injured people into it.

The rain and hail came suddenly, and several people were drenched inside and out.

In the north at the end of February, although spring has begun, the temperature is still in winter, and the cold wind is bitingly cold.

After the discussion, Zhiman, the conscious patient, stayed to take care of the two unconscious patients. Ning Yu and Zhiyi supported a thin blanket on top of their heads, and ran towards the distant village.

When they arrived at the village, Ning Yu and Zhiyi split up and quickly found a house that was convenient for five adults to stay overnight.

The host was very enthusiastic, and when he heard the needs of the guests, he called four strong men to help in a short while.

Although the four strong men were overwhelmed with confidence, seeing Xu Zhuang, who was so tall and burly, he still hesitated.

"Hurry up and carry him back, it's not okay to be drenched in the cold rain." The host urged.

Two strong men helped behind, and the strongest strong man gritted his teeth and lifted Xu Zhuang up, his feet trembling and moving forward step by step.

Ning Yu and Zhiyi took their bags and supported Zhiman to follow behind the three strong men.

The male host picked up the other injured person covered in mud, walked briskly, and trotted all the way back to the village, and after putting him down, he turned back to help.

After everyone had gone far away, the thinnest and strongest man went to lead the frightened old scalper, and fought wits and courage with the old scalper. After several falls, he dragged and dragged the old scalper back to the village.

In this family's house, the two rooms connected to the main room, one east and one west, have acquired the Datong Kang.

In order to save firewood, three generations of the owner's family sleep in the east room, and the west room is usually empty. At this moment, the hostess has already lit the kang, which is warm and hot.

"It's all wet, go home and get warm." The brawny men put down Xu Zhuang, and the male master hurriedly urged them to go home and change clothes, and then shouted at the old man sitting in the main room smoking a pipe: "Father, stop smoking, come get a ride." handle."

A group of people surrounded Xu Zhuang and the man, wiping their faces, undressing and changing their dressings.

"Big sister, leave this place to the men. You and your sister-in-law go to that room to change into dry clothes." The hostess came in after adding firewood, and saw that the two delicate girls were all wet, and quickly took them. Zhiyi stuffed the handkerchief in her hand to her man.

"Thank you sister-in-law! My sister-in-law took my younger sister first. She has injuries. I will go after changing the medicines for the two elder brothers." Zhiyi said.

"I'm fine, third brother should go first." Zhiman sat on the kang to help pass things, and this "third brother" called Ning Yu.

The hostess looked at Ning Yu who was busy removing the gauze for Xu Zhuang, and said with a smile: "What a caring girl, your elder brother is a man, so it won't delay things if you get a little cold. Be obedient, go change clothes with your sister-in-law first. Profile The ground is freezing, and there is still hail, so it’s hard to call a doctor if it’s frozen.”

"Listen to your sister-in-law." After the master finished speaking, Fang Fang's Chinese character face gave his wife a bright smile, which was exchanged for a stare.

"My lord..." He looked at Ning Yu in embarrassment.

Zhiman also looked at his son with a distressed face.

"Go, I'm fine." Ning Yu took off the gauze on Xu Zhuang's arm without raising his head.

When changing clothes, Zhiyi helped Zhiman change her medicine and came over to replace Ning Yu.

After settling down the guests, the male host took his wife back to the house to change clothes. As soon as he entered the house, the male host took out an ingot of silver from his crotch, weighed it carefully and put it into the lady's hand.

"That's a lot!" The round-faced hostess held the silver in both hands, squinted and smiled, "It's not a loss."

The handsome young master is really generous!

"Did you see, there are a few bulging bags, things must be indispensable." The host was very proud, opened the door and glanced at the main room, then went back and locked the door, his voice was even lower, "The hail stopped, the last trip Ye Daddy's house, I will keep people at home."

The hostess' natal father is a barefoot doctor, and he can also prepare some simple poisons, which are used to poison rats and house snakes.

"Don't wait to stop, I'll go now!" The hostess said eagerly.

The hostess looked at the honest and honest face of her man, and a lot of white money floated in front of her eyes. She knew that the money was in the house, but she couldn't touch it. It was too torturous.

"It's raining so much hail, you're dying?! Stop and go!" the host threw the wet clothes he had taken off on the kang, and yelled in a low voice.

He could see that the two big ones were having a hard time. With those few small ones, the money entered his house, and it belonged to him!

That old scalper also belongs to his family!

So are the wide carts!

And those two little ladies with the same flowers must be worth more than the old scalper!

……

At night, Ning Yu was in a hurry to urinate, so she put on her coat and got off the kang, lit the fire bag, went out from the main room and went to the dry toilet through the small courtyard, accidentally slipped on her buttocks and fell hard, and the fire bag also fell on the ground. The ground went out in an instant.

Bursts of dull pain hit, Ning Yu secretly called unlucky, took a while, pulled up his fur coat and hat, stood up on the ground full of hailstones, and planned to go back to the house to re-light the fire.

Turning around, I almost lost my mind——

The tall and thin male host stood at the door of the dark main room, like a bloodthirsty ghost. His eyes were dark and cold, staring straight at the people in the yard, like staring at a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

"You don't sleep, what are you doing out here?" the male master spoke, his tone was a little cold, and his voice was not as clear and broad as it was during the day.

"It turned out to be Brother Li. I was shocked. Brother Li also came out to relieve himself, right? But be careful, the ground is very slippery. I just fell." Ning Yu said half-jokingly, rubbing his buttocks.

There was a bit of helplessness and self-deprecating after the wrestling in the tone.

The male host seemed relieved after hearing this.

"I often fall when it's raining...Have you finished untying your hands? I'll light a lamp for ye before you finish untying."

"Don't bother, I'll just light a fire bag myself." Ning Yu waved his hand and smiled, "I'll go in and get a fire bag, Brother Li, you go first."

"I just came out to take a look, and I couldn't help it. Brother Xu is fine, so I'm going to sleep." The male host's tone became a little more relaxed, sounding as reassuring as it was during the day.

The host turned around and entered the east room, Ning Yu went back to the west room in disgrace, lit the fire again and went out, untied his hands, went back to the kang and lay down as if nothing had happened, when passing the main room, he didn't glance at the east room.

In the east room, when the orange light of the fire box drifted into the west room, the door was opened and closed quietly.

Ning Yu was lying on the couch, his back dripping with cold sweat, recalling every word and deed of this family...

——This family has a problem!
Ning Yu wanted to turn over to wake up Zhiyi, but suddenly felt the cold gaze from another "ghost".

Then, the neck was strangled by a big hand.

　ye: you/you, dialect.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)