To Hold One’s Joy

  Chapter 131 Life is so difficult

  Passing past the sword-wielding officers guarding the city gate, the black-faced boy relaxed his tense spirit, and looked curiously at the spacious streets, row upon row of houses, and pedestrians coming and going.

  The streets are clean, the houses are elegant, and the pedestrians are decent.

  The black-faced boy was shocked: "Brother, the capital is really nice."

  The bearded man laughed: "Of course, that's why we black-our business went out of business, so the eldest brother brought you to the capital to join friends."

   Speaking of this, the bearded man felt sore.

  Damn the government.

  The ancestral Heifengzhai never disturbed the surrounding people, and only robbed the rich and unkind profiteers who passed by, how could the inheritance be broken in his hands!

  He is sorry for his father who died early.

   The bearded man stood on the bustling streets of the capital, feeling like crying.

  The black-faced boy also felt dazed and uneasy at the moment.

  He is familiar with the dilapidated tile-roofed houses on the top of the mountain, the brothers who buried their heads in farming and raised their heads to rob, and the simple and lovely Chunhua girl at the foot of the mountain.

   It is not the capital city where the sky is wide and the land is so wide that he feels that he is as small as an ant.

   "Brother, will your friend really take us in?"

The bearded man said proudly: "Of course. I haven't told you how many times, Brother Lu is the most loyal. I used to open Heifengzhai, and he opened Baiyunzhai. The competition was fierce, and we didn't know each other. Later, Brother Lu After robbing enough money, Jinpen washed his hands and moved to the capital, and he has been a decent person under the emperor's feet since then. Can he ignore his good friends who come to him?"

The black-faced boy felt relieved, walked a few steps with the bearded man, and said in a low voice, "Brother, you also run the stockade, how could Brother Lu grab enough money to wash your hands early, and we will be wiped out by the government?" Woolen cloth?"

The bearded man took a breath, and slapped the black-faced boy on the shoulder: "Brother Lu, can he be the same? Brother Lu is a man... yes, he is a dragon and a phoenix. A talent like Brother Lu, a hundred villages can't get out of it." One, it's strange to be better than us."

  The black-faced boy nodded: "Brother is right."

The bearded man felt that the younger brother was not very bright, and warned: "Brother Lu has been in the capital for many years, and he must be hugged by a beautiful wife and concubine. There are probably seven or eight children. When we get there, we can't talk nonsense and let Brother Lu's wife The kid laughs behind his back at his friend for not being on stage."

   "Then what can't you say?" the black-faced boy asked cautiously.

  The bearded man said in a sad tone, "For example, we must not say such shameful things as our village being destroyed by the government!"

   "Then what if Big Brother Lu asks?"

  The bearded man coughed: "Let's just say that we have washed our hands in the golden basin."

   "But we have no money..." the black-faced boy reminded.

   "Shut up, brat, why are you talking so much!" The bearded man became furious, and slapped the black-faced boy.

  The two stopped and stopped, asked many people along the way, and finally found a place.

  The black-faced boy stood at the door and looked at it for a while, then whispered: "It doesn't look much better than the house in our village."

  The bearded boy glared at the black-faced boy: "What do you know, brat? This is the capital, where every inch of land is precious. You think it's our mountain, and urinating casually is equivalent to occupying space?"

  The black-faced boy was right when he thought about it, so he didn't dare to talk too much.

  The bearded man got lucky and knocked on the door: "Brother Lu, are you at home?"

  There was no movement inside the door.

   "Brother, will Brother Lu go out to work, is there no one at home?"

   "Working? Don't talk nonsense, brother Lu still needs to go out to work?" The bearded man increased his strength to knock on the door.

   It lasted for a while, and finally a voice came from inside: "Who is it?"

  The bearded man was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Brother Lu, it's your brother Fei Biao who came to see you—"

  The door was flung open.

  A haggard looking strong man stood inside the door, looking at the bearded man with surprise in his eyes.

   "Brother Feibiao, why are you here!"

  The bearded man stepped forward and gave the strong man a big hug: "Didn't my brother miss you?"

   "Come in first." The strong man hooked his bearded shoulders and strode in.

  The dark-faced boy looked at him quietly, thinking to himself: It doesn't look like a beautiful wife and concubines with a bunch of children.

  The strong man greeted the two of them to enter the room and sit down, and brought two bowls of water.

  The bearded man drank it all in one gulp, wondering, "Brother Lu, why don't you look well?"

  The eyes of the strong man were sore, and he sighed: "It's a long story, and it's hard to say."

   His eyes fell on the face of the black-faced boy, hesitantly asked: "Is this Xiao Hei?"

  The bearded man smiled: "I didn't expect Big Brother Lu to recognize Xiao Hei. Xiao Hei was only five years old when you left."

  The strong man chuckled.

  A child so dark, to be honest, it's hard not to recognize him.

   "Brother, you brought Xiao Hei to the capital, and Heifengzhai doesn't care?"

The bearded man thumped the table: "Brother doesn't know, our Heifeng village was destroyed by the government that killed thousands of knives. So many brothers died and fled. The younger brother had nowhere to go, so he had to bring Xiao Hei to his elder brother. ..."

  The black-faced boy was dumbfounded.

  This, this is different from what you said.

  Didn’t the eldest brother say that you can’t lose face, and you should say it’s a golden basin to wash your hands?

  The bearded man complained happily, completely ignoring the younger brother's doubts.

   Play by ear, do you understand?

  Brother Lu saw that he was a bachelor at first glance, and he was afraid of losing face, so he naturally told the truth, and from then on, someone would take care of his food and lodging.

  The strong man listened to the ins and outs of the bearded man, and patted him on the shoulder: "It's not easy—"

  The bearded man calmed down and asked the strong man: "Brother is still alone after all these years? Brother remembers that when you left, you said that you would seek a wife in the capital."

The strong man had tears in his eyes: "The plan can't keep up with the changes. Who would have thought that there are so many temptations in the capital. I just came to the capital to rent this house. I was thinking about going around, so I went to a restaurant and ate an oily and fragrant The roast duck…”

  The strong man sighed: "Where have we eaten such delicious roast duck in the village before, brother, right?"

   "Uh." The bearded man agreed with a complicated mood.

  So it is said that Brother Lu has not married a wife so far because he was delayed by a roast duck?

  The black-faced boy grasped the point: after a long time, is this dilapidated house rented?

   "I really didn't expect food in the capital to be so expensive. My brother hasn't eaten much in the past two years, so I occasionally spend a small amount of money to go to Jinshuihe—"

   "Jin Shuihe?" The bearded man's attention was suddenly attracted.

The brawny man shook his head: "That's the den of selling gold, and we can only have fun on the ordinary flower boat when we go. Originally, this kind of expenses can still be supported, but I never thought that just three days ago, I left because of a moment of curiosity. Into a wine shop..."

  After listening to the brawny man, the bearded beard was dumbfounded, and he said in a trembling voice: "So my brother has been eating for three days, and he can't pay the rent?"

  The black-faced boy drank water silently.

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  (end of this chapter)