Chapter 21 Section ten

In the cornfield, Yulian sat across from Taichun, watching Taichun gobbling up dry food.Between them was a pitcher and a small basket covered with towels. Taichun stuffed the last mouthful of dry food into his mouth, and took a few sips of water from the water bottle: "Ah, I'm full, the food from my hometown is delicious!" Yulian silently took out a piece of burden skin, and put the dry food in the basket one by one in it; she also took a cloth bag beside her, which contained a whole body of clothes and two pairs of shoes; Yulian took Taichun's burden, Open it up—it's the ledgers.

Yulian packed dry food, clothes and account books in one package. Yulian: "Brother, do you have to go?" Taichun: "We must go." Yulian: "Alright then, I'll go with you!" Taichun: "Well, my Yulian, who is far away, you must be playing tricks!" Yulian: "I'm not afraid." Taichun: "Yulian, it's not that I don't want to take you, it's that I can't take you away! Besides, you just left without making a sound, what should mother do?" Yulian burst into tears: "I've been waiting for you for three years, do you want me to wait for you forever?"

Taichun: "As long as I earn money, I will come back to pick you up." Upon hearing this, Yulian knew that she couldn't stop Taichun, so she took out a comb from her body. Yulian: "Brother, let me comb your hair." Taichun turned his back, his eyes were moist. Yulian untied Taichun's braid and combed it one by one, tears streaming down her face. Yulian combed Taichun's hair smoothly, braided her braids carefully, and tied them with ropes... Yulian couldn't help but hugged Taichun from behind, her face stuck to Taichun's back, and she burst into tears surge.

Taichun turned around suddenly, hugged Yulian in his arms, and kissed... Taichun said tenderly, "Yulian, it's getting late, brother should go." Yulian picked up the bundle from the ground and put it on Taichun's back. Taichun suddenly remembered something, he took out a string of Russian beads from his arms and put them in Yulian's hands. Taichun: "You keep this, at least it's just a thought." Taichun didn't turn her head back, she threw off her two legs, and walked in front of herself, but tears fell down one after another involuntarily.Suddenly, Yulian wailed from behind: "Brother Taichun!—"

Yulian held back the tears in her eyes, not letting them fall. Taichun waved his hand: "Yulian, come back!" Yulian burst into tears... On the hillside, the man herding sheep roared loudly: Taichun's figure is getting further and further away in Yulian's hazy tearful eyes. Under the oil lamp, Yulian was holding the soles of her shoes, tugging at the hemp rope. The big pot on the stove was steaming hot, and Tai Chunniang was stirring the paste with a copper spoon. After the paste was finished, Tai Chunniang came to the kang with a clay basin containing the paste; a chopping board had already been placed on the kang, and a layer of rags was spread on the chopping board, and Tai Chunniang spread the paste evenly on the kang. Cloth, and then lined with layers of rags and paste.For so many lifetimes, the women of farmers' families have been wearing linings like this, making shoes for men and dolls.

Tai Chunniang imagined: "At this moment, my son may have become a shopkeeper when he was naturalized, wearing silk hanging satin and smoking hookah, and when he came out, there were young men waiting around him. How many years has it been? , he should have created a world in his naturalization. Don’t you think so, Yulian?” Yulian: "Who said they didn't come, it's just that the naturalization is far away from us, and there will be no reply for a while." Tai Chunniang happily brushed paste on the rags and sang: Yulian smiled wryly and said: Mother sings really well... After Taichun left Yulian, Xiaoxing stayed overnight. After walking for more than half a month, he finally saw Guihua City from a distance.At this moment, Taichun stopped in his tracks. He looked at his slovenly appearance, and said to himself: I can't go any further. It's just like this. Isn't it a joke to meet acquaintances?Besides, Guihua City is densely populated and narrow, and it's hard to find a living. I'll find a place to stay nearby first.

Taichun stood on a high place and looked around for a while, and saw a small village not far away, and it was almost there after passing through the grove.Taichun tightened his belt and walked towards the grove. As soon as Taichun walked into the grove, a few scoundrels followed him quietly. Taichun just hurried on his way, not aware of it. At this moment, the rascals swarmed up with a whistle, and Taichun was caught off guard and knocked to the ground. Taichun hurriedly said: "Heroes have something to say, something to say..." Taichun got up and beat and retreated, one hand was protecting the package all the time, and he suffered many punches, kicks and sticks on his body.

A rogue who looked like a leader said: "Put down the money, and the grandpas will let you go." Taichun said: "I am a poor man who goes to the west to work as a coolie. How can I have any money?" Another rascal said, "Nonsense, we've been following you since you entered this place, you can't fool anyone." Taichun understood the intentions of the scoundrels, and said, "Are you talking about my baggage? There is nothing valuable in it, it's all account books." The scoundrels sneered, they didn't believe Taichun's words, and exchanged glances with each other.

The leader said: "Hey, you are obviously deceiving people. One moment you say you are a coolie, and the next moment you say that there are all account books in the baggage. How can a poor person have account books?" Taichun was at a loss for words. The leader raised his arms and shouted, "Don't listen to his nonsense, brothers, come on!" The scoundrels rushed forward and knocked Taichun to the ground. Taichun struggled, but the hero was outnumbered. After the scoundrels snatched his package, they fled immediately. Taichun chased after him and shouted: "Hey! Give me back the ledger...don't break my ledger!"

The scoundrels disappeared into the depths of the woods in an instant. Taichun searched here and there among the woods, where could he see the scoundrels again? Taichun sat down on the ground, very depressed. Furious and hungry, Xu Taichun walked wearily towards a village. Taichun stopped in front of the courtyard door of a family and knocked on the door lightly a few times. The door opened, and there was an old man in his sixties. Taichun: "Father, does your family have a living?" The old man: "Oh, young man, you can't see that we are also poor people who have eaten our last meal and never finished our next meal. How can we afford to hire people?"

Taichun: "I don't need a lot of wages, as long as I can cover my mouth. I can drive a car, make bean sprouts and make tofu, and I can..." Old man: "You wait." Taichun eagerly said: "Father, I can also farm and pull camels and drive horses..." The old man turned around and went back. When he came out, he had two steamed buns in his hand. The old man said: "Young students, take it to eat. It's not easy to go out. Is your accent from Shanxi?" Taichun: "Yes." Old man: "Just arrived outside the mouth?" Taichun: "It's been a few years, and the business has collapsed." The old man: "It's not easy to do business. Let me show you a way. Go east after leaving this village. There is a family named Na in Balidi. It's a big family. Go there and find a living. You'll find it." Taichun took the steamed buns, and said loudly: "Hey! Thank you, old man!" Following the old man's instructions, Xu Taichun found the family with the surname Na. The housekeeper saw that Taichun was capable and honest, but the family was short of manpower, so he took him in.At this time, the weather was getting colder, and the work in the field was finished, so the father asked Taichun to feed the animals and do some chores, and said to him: "Young students, you just do your work, eat and drink. The old man can't lose you!" Taichun stayed at that house, and in a blink of an eye it was time for the autumn harvest to expand the fields. In the golden wheat field, Taichun was cutting the wheat under the poisonous sun.Taichun likes the land, and also loves to see the crops, and forgets everything when he takes care of the crops. It was already time for lunch, and the people working in the field had all gone to eat, only Taichun was still cutting the field with his head down. The old man came over, holding a clay pot in his hand: "Taichun, don't do it, don't you see that the sun is on top of Dang's head? It's time to eat!" Taichun stopped the sickle: "Then old man!" The old man: "I've never seen such a solid person like you." Taichun walked out of the wheat field, took the steamed buns from the old man, and devoured them. The old man was surprised to see that the steamed buns in Taichun's hand disappeared in the blink of an eye.Quickly handed him another one. Taichun noticed that the old man was paying attention to him, so he stopped and asked, "Do you think I can eat it?" The old man: "I don't think so, I don't think so! You can only make it if you can eat it." The old man: "It's good to eat a lot, only those who eat a lot can do it." The old man picked up a steamed bun and stuffed it in Taichun's hand. The old man: "Young students, you can eat with confidence and boldly! Eat as much as you can." Taichun ate faster and more vigorously, eating another steamed bun like a storm. The old man: "My master is a kind man. Man said that you can eat and cook, even if you don't work and pass by the door of that house, saying that you are hungry and eat a few meals for nothing!" Taichun said: "Then father, I have met a good man!" One night, Taichun was sleeping soundly when he heard someone knocking on the door. Taichun got up and asked, "Who is it?" The old man's voice: "Taichun, get up quickly, someone is looking for you." Taichun jumped down and opened the door, he was surprised to see that there was Yunhuangyang standing outside the door besides the old man. The gazelle shouted: "Brother!" Taichun: "Gazard? Why are you? How do you know that I have regressed again?" Yellow sheep: "It's hard to explain in one word, let's go! Come back to my house with me, let's talk slowly." Taichun: "Go home?" Gazelle chuckled: "Brother, I'm married... and I have my own home!"