Chapter 4 Three, three years old look big

When Li Lianying was young, his mother often asked his big yellow dog to lick his ass after he was "convenient"... Many years later, a strange man made a fortune for him and insisted that it was his dog. The big yellow dog broke the "geomantic treasure" between his legs... To say that people live this whole life, sometimes it is strange, you are unlucky, no matter how hard you toss, you can fall on the ground when you go out and walk well, and you can get your teeth stuck between your teeth when you drink cold water, it is your luck It’s really unstoppable by Mount Tai, that’s what is called success, everything is profitable, and a gold ingot that falls from the sky just happens to be picked up by you.Before Hu Hu Li was adopted by the old couple of the Li family, although they didn't have to worry about food and clothing, they were quite miserable. There was no laughter at home all day long, and the old couple didn't talk much to each other. The old couple sat withered and guarded a lonely lamp, thinking about the desolation of their old age, they couldn't help but feel terrified and dejected. Since Hu Huli adopted, the old couple joked more and became more energetic.When Mrs. Cao passed through the door, the old couple laughed from ear to ear all day. This Mrs. Cao should really be popular in the eyes of the old couple. She gave birth to a big fat grandson for the old couple within a year of entering the door. You fight with me Fighting to hold his grandson, Li Guotai was almost as good as the sky.Who doesn't want to let go once hugged.Mrs. Cao is also really upbeat, seeing that one grandson is not enough for the two old people, they worked hard and continued to work hard, and gave birth to four big fat boys for the two old people.The old couple had nothing to say now, one of them was divided into two hugs, and one of them sat on the ground and no one hugged and cried.Where did the old couple have such a good dream five or six years ago? When they closed their eyes, they wondered who would dress them in sackcloth and filial piety in a hundred years, who would cry and send them to their final destination, and who would cry on the Qingming Festival? Always talking about the two of them and burning some paper money for them.

Sometimes the old man looks at the five lively boys in front of him like a dream. He dare not think that these five will be his grandsons. When he thinks about it carefully, it is true. The old man can't help but laugh, laugh This little day is really a sesame blossom - high!The two old people believed that this was the blessing of their ancestors and the gods of heaven. On the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, they took the whole family to burn incense and worship the gods in the dilapidated temple where Hu Huli once lived, and prayed for the gods to bless them in safety. , Hehemeimei.They couldn't believe the facts, but how could Hu Huli dare to believe it? When he lowered his head and thought about it, he always felt like a dream, like a world away.Especially when the whole family went to the Earth Temple to offer incense on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, he wanted to cry when he saw the dilapidated Earth Temple. After entering, he saw the three-legged incense burner he used to hold water. I am even more moved by the vicissitudes of the past and the merits of good fortune.

A series of five grandchildren of the Li family completely broke the plight of the old Li family on the verge of extinction. It should be said that the old couple kissed any of the five grandchildren like a baby. Human feelings, to be precise, among the five grandchildren, the elder couple loves the second child the most. His first name is Li Yingtai, and his nickname is Lingjie. This nickname means an outstanding person.The old couple loved Lingjie because this grandson was smart, quick-witted, and very independent in handling things since he was a child. The old couple never imagined that Lingjie, their favorite among the five grandchildren, would become the Empress Dowager Cixi's reliance in decades. Li Dachang, the right-hand man, and Li Lianying, who is in the moment and hot.

As the saying goes, "Three-year-old is old, and seven-year-old is old". It is by no means the author's subjective guess based on the fact that Li Lianying was born in the eunuchs of the Qing Dynasty. Li Lianying is indeed different from other children. Of course, in the folklore, the so-called Li Lianying, the son of the Cao family, dreamed of something falling into his arms that night, and Li Lianying fell to the ground the next day. As soon as he landed, he showed a little special in his gestures and gestures. After leaving the mother's womb, Xiao Lingjie didn't dance and cry like his elder brother and younger brothers. He only cried symbolically, as if to express his respect for the mother Then he lay down peacefully. The old lady who had experienced the world said at the time that this kid was different from ordinary people, and he might become a big hit in the future.

It's true, Little Lingjie seems to be born with some clever and cunning skills. As soon as he opened his eyes, he knew that he was grabbing toys from his elder brother. Every child can snatch toys. It's not unusual, but what is strange is that he Unlike other children who grab something and stuff it into their mouths, or cry when they can't get it in, as if they have never had a full meal in their previous life, Little Lingjie will imitate others to play immediately after grabbing something. To play with the appearance, or just hold it in your hand and look at it in front of your eyes, watch it over and over again, without crying or making trouble or in a hurry.

Such a trivial incident happened to Xiao Lingjie when he was two years old, and later he was attached to become the reason for Li Lianying to enter the palace as a eunuch.In fact, in a certain sense, this matter did play a big role in Li Lianying's entry into the palace, so let's just let it go! One day, Mrs. Cao was holding Xiao Lingjie to defecate in the yard, when a little yellow dog who was fed at home ran in wagging its tail, saw the pile of shit pulled by Xiao Lingjie, wandered over and ate it clean After eating, the yellow dog stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, as if it wasn't enough.So Mrs. Cao put Xiao Lingjie's buttocks up for the puppy to lick.The puppy was licking intently. The old lady came back from the outside with her left elbow on the third child and her right hand holding the eldest child.Seeing this scene, I didn't know which muscle I touched, and reprimanded Cao Shi in shock:

"Ah! That's not okay, you want Xiao Lingjie to be your husband!" As he said, he put down the eldest and the third, and picked up a broom to beat the puppy. The puppy limped away screaming "Aww" in pain. To teach Cao's chatter: "You young people! It's just rough skills. Playing with children is not like working in the field. When the time comes, you will naturally have a good harvest. It doesn't matter if you make a little mistake. Things for children are much more difficult. , haven’t you heard that the dog in Zhangzhuang bit the husband? His mother took him to shit when he was a child, and asked the puppy to come and lick it, and let the puppy bite the chicken. As a husband, there was a quarrel and the death of children and grandchildren, and the fireworks of the Zhang family were cut off... Remember, you can't do this in the future..." Husband is a common name for eunuchs in Dacheng. Cao naturally understands, and she also recognizes this It's no small matter, seeing the mother-in-law's stern voice, she felt very embarrassed, a red cloud rose on her face, and she gave a remorseful "hmm". After this, she never dared to call the dog in when the child was shitting.

It was supposed to be no big deal, but when Xiao Lingjie left his hometown and fled to Beijing with his father, a strange Taoist made a calculation for him, and he figured out what happened to Xiao Lingjie when he was a child, and said that it was The big yellow dog in his family destroyed the "geomantic treasure land" between Li Lianying's legs. Although he can enjoy the prosperity and wealth in the future and be domineering, he can only become a eunuch. It's strange whether the Taoist has real talents or learning. I don’t dare to jump to conclusions when a blind cat meets a dead mouse. I can only say that the little Lingjie finally embarked on the road of purifying himself and entering the palace has something to do with this episode. .

Little Lingjie grew up to be three years old in a blink of an eye, and his grandparents spoiled him in different ways, but no matter how much you spoil him, the little guy is not as naughty as other children.In contrast, Cathay Pacific, the boss, is almost out of reach. Cathay people are also tiger-headed and tiger-headed, with good eyebrows and good eyes, but for some reason, there is a sense of stupidity all over their bodies.He fights and fights with his younger brothers all day long. He eats more of what he eats, and he has to play with what he plays first.No matter how big the matter is, he had to do it according to his will. If something went wrong, he would beat him to death and cry hard. There were two times when he couldn't breathe, and even cried so much that he rolled his eyes and died. The whole family spent a lot of time. It took only a few minutes to fiddle with him to bring him back to life, and no one dared to mess with him since then.Little Lingjie is not, he doesn't get stage fright when he meets strangers, he can play as he pleases, he laughs at whoever makes fun of him, he can't stop laughing, his eyes are squinted, his mouth is full of small white teeth like those made of jade , that's what people love.The people who went to work in the field carried their belongings to the door of Li's house. As long as they stretched their necks in the yard and called "Lingjie!", the little guy would immediately answer "Oh" in a drawn-out tone, and then wandered out. Grandpa, Uncle, Uncle, so loud that people want to hug him and take a bite, Little Lingjie will pull the hem of someone's clothes into the yard when he sees it, whether it is an adult or a child, he will pester him and play with him as soon as he plays. For a long time, he was never bothered. If others had nothing important to do, they would also like to be with such a clever little monkey.His inflected milk voice and deliberate sophistication can make you cry with laughter.After coming and going, Little Lingjie has become a living treasure in Lijia Village, and he will be full of laughter wherever he goes. Hu Huli and Cao's couple love this little ghost the most, and they feel that there is something wrong when they don't see each other for a while.Cao's heart was broken when he was born and retired, and he was inexperienced at that time, and the eldest was more fond of crying. When things went wrong, Cao's eyes would burst into flames, and sometimes he was so angry that he almost strangled him to death.When it came to Little Lingjie, Mrs. Cao didn't put so much effort into it, and selfishly, she didn't care about the boss so much, but out of the five children, the second child was the most lovable, out of love for the little guy just now. From the guilt of not taking good care of her when she was born into the mother's womb to her love for Little Lingjie now, it's clear that Mrs. Cao is partial to her second child in both big and small matters.But the old two are really good-hearted, Mrs. Cao secretly gave him some delicious food, and he would always take it out for his elder brother and several younger brothers to eat separately. On such occasions, he is always thankless, brother After they got together, the boss would snatch the stuff and stuff it into his mouth as soon as he took it out. The little fists of the younger brothers were not as hard as the big brother's. At that time, the little ones didn't dare to say a word. Waiting for the boss to finish eating, he wiped his mouth and caressed his little belly and left. The little guys rushed up and grabbed the second brother, crying, screaming and cursing. Little Lingjie couldn't explain it Only by inviting the mother out can the rebellion of the younger brothers be suppressed.This is still a trivial matter. The most uncomfortable thing is that the boss is not full after eating. Of course he has to ask for more. At this time, a few younger brothers are laughing and laughing, and no one will help him. Instead, he will slur his words Instigate the boss to beat him.The eldest can't bear to be teased, and when he gets angry, he will often grab the unlucky second brother and give him a solid beating. People are happy as long as they see someone being beaten, no matter who they beat, as long as they don't beat themselves.

Little Lingjie was Daoguang Daoguang, born on October 17th, 28th year, Daoguang was less than three years old in his 30th year.In July of this year, a major event occurred in Dacheng County that caused a sensation in the whole county.In order to celebrate his father's 88th birthday, Zhao Juren from Xiaozhao Village in the northwest of the county specially invited a troupe to sing a big play for three days.Speaking of this Zhao Juren, he is a well-known man. His name is Zhao Xiangfeng, his style name is Nanping, and he was selected as a candidate at the age of 21 during the Jiaqing period.After traveling around in other places, he was preparing to go home for the exam. Unfortunately, his father suffered from a serious illness and almost lost his life. Zhao Juren was a well-known filial son since he was a child, so he had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​being an official. .Zhao's own father was sick for seven or eight years, and Zhao Juren worked day and night for several years.When his father recovered from his illness, Zhao Juren would be unable to climb the high branches any more, and he would have a headache and nausea when he grabbed the sage book.Fortunately, Zhao's family has a relatively rich family background, and his father also has a few ways. He tightened his belt and asked acquaintances to donate him an official who was asked by the chief secretary. The country people don't know how big this official is. Juren hadn't been an official before, and he never bowed or bowed when he saw the county magistrate when he was a child, but the county magistrate seemed a little timid when he saw him.Zhao Juren didn’t leave his post even though he donated a false title. He still stayed at home. The Zhao family had hundreds of acres of good land. Then he twirled a few sparse goatees with his thin fingers like bamboo tubes, shook his head and uttered a few words that the country people could not understand.Zhao Juren usually stays at home in his free time, hanging out in the inner room, making several concubines and maidservants laugh like crazy, which can be heard outside the courtyard wall of Zhao's house. From time to time, many celebrities and gentlemen from the county or neighboring counties with a bit of official air visited Zhao's house.According to the servants of the Zhao family, the people who visited Zhao Juren were all dignified people. The most powerful one was Mr. Lin from Nanpi County who had let go of two Taoist officials.Moreover, the county's parents, the county magistrate, have sought out Zhao Juren several times behind his back, and even the servant did not know about it. However, the servant said with certainty that it was true that the county magistrate had given Zhao Juren money. The servant saw Master Zhao with his own eyes. Once he said to another servant angrily: "Send me back this old fox's stinky money. This Qian guy is really not good-for-nothing, and he knows that if he makes mistakes, he will cause me trouble. Mr. Chen is mine." Acquaintances, you can't bother them over and over again!" Master Chen is the magistrate of Hejian Prefecture, so he is a high-ranking official!It is said that Mr. Chen and Zhao Juren were elected in the same field back then, and they were congenial, and they were friends of Jinlan who exchanged posts!

Zhao Juren celebrated his father's birthday, which is not as simple as that of a small family. A small family celebrates a birthday by boiling a few eggs, and then spends a little more money to find an old mother who is laying eggs from the chicken coop. The chicken was slaughtered with one knife and stewed in a pot for several meals of chicken soup.When I finished eating, I still have to smack my lips when I think about it, but the chicken was laying eggs.Otherwise, Zhao Juren is said to have just bought some red paper and dipped it in thick ink to write hundreds of invitations. It took him a whole day. The stupid ones stayed at home, and the rest went out.In the past few days, everyone who met the members of the Zhao family on the road, without exception, narrated in this way, saying that those Zhao family's dog legs who were just cocky and domineering were all tired and turned into eggplants beaten by frost. Baji walked on the road, with his head hanging down, his hands drooping, and he kept nagging, "What kind of mansion, what kind of master... what kind of village, what kind of outsider".It doesn't look like an invitation card for a birthday celebration, for example, it is an obituary for a funeral.The whole family of the Zhao family only sent invitations for more than half a month, and then the servants who had sent invitations stayed away happily after receiving the rewards.The two who had enough rest were pushed to the front line.The Zhao family set up a pergola at the entrance of the village, and under the pergola they sat and waited day and night for these two dear friends.The sharpness of the eyes of the two is also counted among all the family members of the Zhao family. The four eyes are rounded, let alone a person, and the two of them can tell whether they are male or female when a fly flies past.In those days, when anyone who passed by Xiaozhao Village, as long as the quality of the clothes was a little better, the two of them would immediately go up to greet them: "Did you come to Zhao's house to celebrate your birthday?" Going to the Zhao Mansion, the Zhao Mansion’s pergola was set up on the day when the opera troupe set up a platform, Zhao Juren lay on the bed and went through the birthday gifts of the past few days in his head, except for dinner, dinner, theater troupe and other miscellaneous expenses. A net fall of eight thousand taels of silver.The news was passed from Mrs. Cao to Hu Huli's ears. Mrs. Cao went back to her natal family and said that a distant cousin of her natal family was working in the Zhao family. Earned a reward of one tael of silver.There was envy and jealousy in Cao's tone.There is nothing strange about this. There are not many people in the world who are blind to money, but there are not too many of them.Hu Huli was also quite upset. Mrs. Cao has been married into Li's family for five or six years, not to mention new clothes, not even a clean one. The expenses of the whole family are tightly compressed. It's not enough to save a tael of silver.Sometimes there is no comparison between people. Some people kick their faces to the loess and their backs to the sky for a lifetime, and then they are carried and thrown into mass graves after swallowing one breath. Hu Huli can't figure out why there are thick calluses, but there are big fish and meat every day, spending time and money, being rich and happy.When Brother Wang was alive, he once said to him that "officials force the people to rebel", saying that no matter which emperors in the past dynasties, any smarter ones would not dare to provoke the common people too much. Kill all the people, kill until the blood flows like rivers, as long as the common people are not allowed to live, the country will be able to stand firmly in this dynasty.The common people really don't want much. Give him a mouthful of food, even if he can eat 60% to 70% full, he will not think about killing officials and rebelling.When Hu Huli heard this, his blood boiled with enthusiasm, and he really wanted to rush out and stand by the Ziya River to roar again, just like Zhang Yide, the Yan man mentioned in the storytelling, roaring until the Ziya River had no wind and three feet of waves, and the river flowed backwards.Now that I think about it, I can only smile wryly. The wives, young and old, all rely on his hands to support them. If something happens to him, it will be a disaster for the whole family.Over the years, he thinks he has changed a lot and has learned to endure humiliation. Although sometimes he is so numb that he can hardly believe that he is the one who does such servile things, but he still numbly admits that what he needs It's not the kindness and enmity that he had when he was adopted by the fourth uncle, but to avoid right and wrong as much as possible, and live a lifetime in peace. Hu Huli thought a lot, finally calmed down and thought about it, and decided to take a piece of foreign cloth for the Cao family to make decent clothes during the Zhao family meeting. He decided to take Xiao Lingjie with him without any hesitation. go.The little guy is very spiritual, let him learn a lot, and learn some subtleties, maybe he will use it in the future. On the morning of the second day of the Zhao family's three-day meeting, just after dawn, Hu Huli got out of bed quietly, and Xiao Lingjie was still soundly asleep. Hu Huli walked lightly to Cao's bed, slipped from Among the five bare-bodied little guys, they picked up little Lingjie, and walked lightly to the courtyard, only to wake up the little guy. The little guy woke up and saw that he was held in his father's arms, and his mother and four brothers were not around. He didn't know what happened, rubbed his eyes, yawned and didn't speak.Hu Huli lowered his voice and said to the little guy: "Xiaojie, Dad will take you to the theater, will you go?" Although the little guy had just been awakened, his little head was not confused at all. He grinned and said simply: "Go!" After finishing speaking, the little guy suddenly regained his composure, and went by himself, what about his brother and brother?After all, the little guy wasn't smart enough to be the only one to eat. Before Hu Huli noticed, he stood on the ground with a "squeak" and ran into the house with his pants in his hands, yelling loudly as he ran: "Brother, brother, dad is going to take us to the theater! Get up quickly, we won't watch it if it's too late." Hu Huli didn't expect the little guy to do such a trick, he was afraid that taking only one to Xiaozhaozhuang would not be able to appease the public's anger, so he secretly woke up the little Lingjie, this is good. Little Lingjie's cry did not arouse the brothers' great interest. Little Wu was having a dream of breastfeeding with his head stuck in his mother's arms. The third and fourth children bumped heads, belly to belly, six calves entangled together and couldn't tell who belonged to who. After hearing that, they just let out a dissatisfied "hmm", and fell asleep again without bothering to open their eyes.The boss sleeps outside, "Yeah" After he was done, he turned over and put the fourth child under his belly. Little Lingjie saw that there were no responses from the few people, and wanted to leave, but the fourth child went there humming.The boss ate several years more than him, and the feeling of being pressed on him would not be too good. Xiao Lingjie couldn't walk now, so he bravely climbed onto the bed and pulled the boss towards the fourth child. In terms of stature, Xiao Lingjie is not as thick as his elder brother, and besides, he is still one year younger, and after a lot of effort, he managed to drag the eldest brother off the fourth child. "," fiddling with his body, he remembered the few meat buns that he hadn't finished eating in his dream, the second child woke him up quickly, before the meat buns had time to hide.The boss was so angry that he punched Xiao Lingjie on the nose. Little Lingjie didn't expect to be kind enough to help, but he was punched by his brother for no reason. The boss's fist was not very heavy, but this time there was a small problem. Little Lingjie has been punched by his brother countless times, and he doesn't feel pain go there!This time it still didn't hurt, but the eye sockets were sore, the nose was itchy, and the tears fell involuntarily.The boss was facing him and saw the immediate result of his casual punch. The blood in the second's nostrils slowly crawled out like two worms, crawled across his chin, and then fell down.The boss was dumbfounded immediately, and burst into tears with a "squeak". This time it was a mess, and the third, fourth, and fifth children were also woken up, and they cried together with the boss without seeing why.Little Lingjie didn't understand why the boss was crying because he took advantage of it at the beginning, and suddenly felt his lips were itchy, something salty flowed into his mouth, he stretched out his hand to touch it, and looked closely, it was wet and sticky There was a bright red blood on the palm, and now Little Lingjie was also petrified. Hu Huli followed and came in, and the little fellows were sitting on the bed crying vigorously, with snot and tears, and little Lingjie's nostrils were still dripping with blood.Mrs. Cao was at a loss next to her. It took Hu Hu Li a lot of effort to settle the episode. The little guys fell asleep again after crying tired. The tear stains on her face were still very clear, and her little face was pale.The smarter a child is, the more difficult it is to coax him. You can’t think of any weird problems he will come up with. Hu Huli painstakingly explained that such a little blood will not kill people. On the contrary, our little spirit is loose. President Grow faster and grow into a big boy.Little Lingjie just stared round his eyes and paled his face to express his distrust, and he didn't talk much, but he would be dumbfounded by asking a question after a while, and spent three or four hours racking his brains to figure out how to make Xiaoling Guy cheated. It was hard to get everything right, and the sun was so hot that sparks were shining on the ground.Xiaozhao Village is about fifteen or six miles away from Li Jia Village, not too far, but not too close either.Hu Huli prepared early, but acted very late. There were quite a few people from the same village who went to watch the show, and most of them left with the last gleam of starlight in order to get a good seat and see it clearly.Because according to the people in Xiaozhaozhuang, Shou Xinggong may appear on the stage, and those who have never met Zhao Juren's father want to see and see how this old man is so capable to raise such an upright son Zhao Juren .Hu Huli originally wanted to see Shou Xinggong's Zhi Yan, but now he can only think about it.Pulling a piece of cloth for my daughter-in-law probably won't cause any difficulty, so it's good, after pulling the cloth and turning it around a few times in the distance, I will go back, so as not to squeeze Xiao Lingjie out of trouble. Hu Huli walked all the way, thinking all the way, Xiao Lingjie started to say nothing, as if he was dozing off for the first time, Hu Huli didn't care, thinking that the child naturally wanted to sleep after being frightened and crying Yes, so he let him rock back and forth on his back. The sky in July is the steamer sky in southern Hebei.Some people joked that throwing an egg into the field at noon, you hide in the shade and smoke a bag of dry tobacco, and when you come back, the egg is guaranteed to be steamed. The heat is true.The whole of July is hot day by day. From the first rooster crowing in the early morning, when the sun is still behind the courtyard wall, I feel hot and dry on my body. At noon, it is called hot, and I can’t sit there. It’s comfortable, no matter how you move, it’s uncomfortable even if you lie on the cool bed in the woods. When you shake the fan, your body feels a little cold, but you sweat a lot. When you close your eyes without shaking the fan, it seems that the fireball is roasting on the top of your head. Make your hair stand on end and you can almost smell it burnt.At that time, the places with the most people were the Ziya River and several ponds of different sizes around the village.The water in the Ziya River is notoriously filthy. It is dark green and lifeless. When a timid person sees the faint green, he will be scared away from the sweat just by standing by the river. The pits and ponds are even worse. I can’t flatter you, but Ziya River is still running water and a little fresh. These ponds are really stagnant pools. There are seven pits and ponds around Lijia Village. According to Mr. Yinyang, they are hidden from the Big Dipper. As many as the number, Li Jia Village wants to produce nobles.That being said, no one in Li Jia Village took it seriously.There is plenty of water around the pit and pond, which is the vegetable field of Lijia Village. The fertilizer on the vegetable field is mainly manure, which is the kind dug from the latrine. The farmers use manure tanks to send the manure to the vegetable field. Wash the manure tanks in the pits and ponds, and the smell of the water in the pits and ponds can be imagined after a long period of time.Also, if someone's piglets, chickens, cats and dogs die, most of them are thrown here. In summer, these poor guys who lost their lives float on the water one by one, and the parts exposed to the water lose their hair and become oily The oily ground is bulging and shiny, and flies are usually frequented by it, covering the gray belly densely with a layer of black cloth. When frightened, the flies fly up, and the bottom is also squirming. The maggots with long tails and maggots without long tails are in this paradise. Cheer and rejoice, and reproduce.The people in Lijia village couldn't care less about such water, and they jumped into the water like ducks naked. Adults and children rolled in groups in the water. The white body and the deep green water like an ancient well always made people feel uncomfortable. It doesn't look very comfortable. The feeling of being soaked in water might be better. Hu Huli carried Little Lingjie on his back and walked dizzily on the dirt road for a while, and the sweat from his sweat soaked his whole body clothes, and he pasted them coolly on the dirt road. His body was like putting salt in his snot, it was so slippery that it made people feel uncomfortable and gnawed.His head seemed to be hooped by an iron ring, and the iron ring became smaller and tighter. When the golden stars flashed in front of Hu Huli's eyes, he thought of the putrid ponds in the village, and thought of the pits in the pits. The scenes of people laughing and cursing reminded me of the comfort of letting the water waves lick my skin. It’s useless, it’s useless to think about it, the road in front of you only has dust that chokes your eyes and nose when you step down, and there is no water. On both sides of the road, as far as you can see, the vast expanse is the dry land left behind after harvesting the wheat. The soil is so dry that people think of the thick and dry joints of the old farmer.Hu Huli almost spewed fire out of his throat and eyes, and his mouth burned so badly that his mouth was sore. Look, there are less than five miles away from Xiaozhao Village. There are more and more people on the road, and a few trees are dotted on the side of the road. A few people who had obviously traveled a long way lay sprawled under the tree, panting violently like fish out of water, and the straw hats in their hands were rolled up like plantain fans, making a whirrrrr sound. Hu Huli put Xiao Lingjie down. The little guy was very sunburned, and his lips were almost blistered with blood, but he was in good spirits, and he jumped up immediately. The child's memory is not good, and he walked for more than ten years. I forgot about the bleeding from my nose in the morning.The little guy squinted his eyes and looked at the flying dust in front of him, grabbed Hu Huli's clothes and asked, "Father, how far is it from the stage?" Hu Huli lifted up his sleeves and wiped the hot sweat gushing from his forehead, mustering up his energy to tell nonsense to his son. "Here we are, here we are, under the big tree ahead." The little guy believed it, and rushed to the big mound by the roadside to look at it intently, then pricked up his ears to listen, but found nothing, and came back very depressed. "Dad, why can't I see?" How could Hu Huli see it? He was afraid that his son would lose his interest, so he said it first. When his son asked him, he couldn't tell. The little guy was obviously annoyed by waiting, and he didn't want to rest under the tree. And don't carry him in a hurry, you have to leave immediately, and he has to walk over by himself.Hu Hu Li Zuo persuaded not to do, right to persuade not to do not, raised his palms and sullenly or not, so he had to let him, Xiao Lingjie took his father's hand and hopped around, not feeling tired.Hu Huli looked at his son's flushed little face covered with sweat, and his heart ached so much that he refused to take him away. When you were a stone's throw away from Xiaozhaozhuang, there were suddenly more people, as if you were suddenly squeezed into a room, and there were people of all sizes in the room, everyone was panting with their mouths wide open, but everyone was saving Squeezing in, Xiao Lingjie was attracted by this formation, so he didn't want to go away by himself, he lay on Hu Huli's back and looked left and right, and couldn't help himself croaking for a while.Hu Hu Li braced himself up and looked ahead, colorful and colorful, thousands of heads moving, human voices moving the sky, all the voices were baked under the sun and pierced into the ears and eyes, itching like bugs, I don’t know where the stage is located Anyway, there is no shadow of the stage as far as the eye can see.Hu Huli was discouraged, it didn't matter if he didn't enter this ghost place, he thought about it, Xiao Lingjie didn't want to do it anymore, and shouted at his father that he wanted to go to the theater, Hu Huli then thought that children are the best Innocent and pure, one should not break faith in him.Hu Huli stopped and rested for a while in the crowd, looked at the front, back, left, and right, and encouraged himself.Seeing the timing, he really squeezed to the front. When he was halfway away from the stage, Hu Huli asked his son if he could see or not, and his son had already focused his attention on him with pouty lips. When he heard him speak, he was very impatient and gave him a hard look. Hu Huli Can't help but smile wryly. On the stage, two martial arts students were fighting in full swing, both of them were wearing back protection flags, one had pheasant feathers, and the face was smeared with spots, which did not look like good things.The other has red lips and white teeth, with a heroic look between his brows, and he behaves like a good man. Taking advantage of his son's enthusiasm, Hu Huli glanced around and the road was still blocked. The canopy for buying cloth was placed on the mound on the left side of the stage, and the boss poked his head out of a pile of floral cloths, and he was also watching enthusiastically. . Hu Huli wanted to take Xiao Lingjie there, but he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to squeeze through. After waiting for a while, he found that the place was not very crowded, and people didn't move much when they got here.After thinking for a while, Hu Huli suddenly came up with an idea to get the best of both worlds. He took Xiao Lingjie and walked a few steps forward. There was a big mulberry tree with thick arms. The old branches of the big mulberry tree were not high. Sending it up, the little guy found it more fun to sit on the tree and watch the show through the leaves. Once he went up, he didn't even pay attention to the old man. Hu Huli told him a few words loudly, and squeezed over to pull the cloth with confidence. went.Hu Huli is definitely able to squeeze through alone.The boss didn't even care about haggling over the price, and after three times and five divisions, two rolls of cloth were finished, and they were about to rush back, when suddenly there was a thunderous shout from the crowd, followed by stormy applause, and everyone followed suit. The sound and applause screamed indiscriminately and looked forward, the scene was like a gust of wind passing by the wheat field in May.Hu Huli looked up to the stage, and there was a small dry old man in a long robe and mandarin jacket who was thinner and shorter than rich man Deng by three points, and was standing on the stage, wearing a melon skin hat, and bowing to the audience. The servants who supported him from both sides in case the old man fell down had drooping heads like two defeated roosters, but with the dry old man as a backdrop, the two brothers were still quite imposing.The old man had a smile on his face, and his lips moved. After a few moves, the old man lost his energy. The two servants carried him back to the backstage like an eagle catching a chicken. Thunder exploded again in the crowd, and no one was willing to leave. Hu Huli wanted to squeeze through, but after a few tests, he found that it was a toad wanting to eat swan meat—wishful thinking, and there was an iron wall in front of him. Slowly speaking, one person, ten people and two Ten people have to come back no matter how they rush up.Hu Hu Li yelled non-stop, "Excuse me, give in, give in" and rushed towards the big mulberry tree.The big mulberry tree has luxuriant branches and leaves, and the people on it can't be seen a little farther away.Hu Hu Li rushed to the bottom of the mulberry tree and looked up. It was like "a boat capsizes on the Yangtze River, and a tall building stumbles." His heart suddenly became cold to the soles of his feet, and his limbs were suddenly cold. How could there be a little spirit on the tree? shadow. Hu Huli lost his soul this time, he leaned against the tree and fell straight, his legs trembled as if he was stepping on cotton balls, he wanted to call twice and swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, but he opened his mouth but no sound came out, calm down After a long time, Hu Huli cheered up and asked a few people standing under the mulberry tree. Those people just came in by taking advantage of the chaos. They all shook their heads and said they didn't know there was such a child hiding on the big mulberry tree. Hu Huli looked around, and there were moving heads everywhere. Where could he find his son?Hu Huli didn't dare to think too much, and walked out in a daze. People saw him frighteningly out of his mind, and they automatically stepped aside. He didn't know how to thank him, and went to a place where there were few people in the village. He didn't pay attention to the ups and downs of people around him, only Xiao Lingjie's playful and mischievous smile swayed in his mind, nothing else. The play didn't end until sunset in the afternoon, and the crowd dispersed like the ebb of the sea in a short while. Only a few small shops selling snacks were still standing still with their wind lanterns on.晚风来了，有了些凉意，胡胡李呆了几个时辰还是除了狠劲捶着自己脑袋在心里哭泣之外想不来别的办法。晚风一吹，他猛然又来了一线希望，他希望儿子会在人散尽后跑到大桑树下等他。 在这一线救命稻草的支撑下胡胡李站起身，举止迟缓地又向大桑树进发了，仅仅半天，他似乎已经苍老得不成样子。 老远……老远他就看见桑树下蜷缩着一团黑影，他的心头猛地一震，三步并作两步跑上前去，边跑边喊"小灵杰，小——灵——杰"，树边的那团黑影倏地高了些，一个夹杂着哭音的呼唤如重棒般敲击在胡胡李的后脑勺上，他晕了，不是难过，而是高兴，那一声呼唤是胡胡李一个下午似乎时时都听得到却又没有一次真听到的奶腔："爸——爸！爸——爸！"果真，那团黑影果真是他的小灵杰。 胡胡李的眼泪在听到小灵杰叫声的一刹那再也无法抑制，"刷"地一下倾泻出来，胡胡李一把抱住扑到自己怀里的小生命，又是哭又是笑，儿子除了委屈和肚饿好像倒没有什么多余的不满，他任由爸爸那粗大的手掌爱怜地抚摸着自己的头颈，小嘴却不闲着： "爸，我还以为你不要我了呢！" 胡胡李没有回答，他的嘴唇激动得通红而且发颤，牙齿"格格"地打架，小灵杰的请求就又来了。 "爸，我想吃油条，我饿了！"胡胡李仍然没有回答，小家伙还以为表达的不够真切，连忙撸起衣服让爸爸看他瘪瘪的小肚皮。胡胡李心里一片光明，又是一片浑沌，他直勾勾地看着儿子着急地往上扯衣服，嘴角露出了笑意，小灵杰正在沮丧，爸爸一把把他抱起来就往油条锅那儿走，小家伙一看高兴的小嘴都咧到耳朵上了，咬着胡胡李的耳朵小声说： "爸爸，我还想喝胡辣汤。" 看胡胡李只是笑着不回答，小家伙赶忙加紧攻势： "爸爸，好爸爸，你真是个好爸爸"…… 日头完全沉到了地面以下，黑暗和些许的凉爽一起占领了被日头灸烤爆晒过一天的空间地上依然滚烫的，尘土踩着依旧"扑踏扑踏"，依旧扬起老高老高。 胡胡李紧紧地抱着小灵杰大踏步走在黑暗笼罩的原野上，眼睛一瞬也不瞬地盯着儿子胖乎乎的小脸，好像生怕一闭眼眼他就会跑掉。 小灵杰吃饱了油条，喝饱了胡辣汤，小肚皮圆滚滚的像熟透的西瓜，天一黑他就有点瞌睡，此刻上下眼皮直打架，在爸爸的怀里却又睡不着。 "好儿子，爸爸去买布，你干啥了，" "我憋尿，就让一个老爷爷抱我下来撒尿，撒完尿我就进不去了。" "那你咋又想着回那儿等呢？" 小灵杰闭着眼仔细地想了想，似乎是下定了某种决心，一字一顿地说： "我本来…我本来想自个儿跑回家，可是我又想吃油条，我知道爸找不到我会在树下等我的，是不是？我就——我就先在那等着了。" 胡胡李的心头一热，眼泪又开始在眼眶里打转。他半信半疑地问： "好儿子，你知道回家的路咋走？" "我当然知道，来的时候你背着我，我看了一路呢！你不信？谁骗你谁是小狗！" 看爸爸仍噘着嘴不太相信，小灵杰的自尊心和好胜的天性可受不了了。从爸爸的怀里跳到地上，一下子跑到了前边。 胡胡李看着儿子的背影，不自禁地摇了摇头，不争气的泪水又下来了，没谁看见，除了黑夜，男子汉大丈夫有泪不轻弹，只是因为没到动情处，胡胡李擦干眼泪，追着儿子歪斜的背影，向前走去。 一老一小很快被黑暗吞蚀，只听见胡胡李爽朗的笑声和小灵杰"咯咯"的憨笑在原野上传得很远，很远……。