The heavy rain poured down, and the rain splashed all over the sky like a whip. The sky was filled with vast sounds of rain, the mountains, rivers and trees were silently enduring, and there was also a family rushing on the ancient road in the rain.

This is the Xiazhoufan area adjacent to Shitian and Shanxi. There are no villages in plain fields and no villages are seen. There are many big trees on the roadside, but there are dangers of sheltering under the trees during this thunderstorm. Zeng Yu asked Sixi to lead the donkey and walk forward, and rushed to the front pavilion before resting.

Except for Zeng’s mother, Zhou, who was riding a donkey, there was an umbrella, and the other three had no rain gear. Zeng’s mother, Zhou, signaled to give the umbrella to Zeng Yu and Niu Niu. Zeng Yu carried Niu Niu and strode to catch up, wiped the rain on his face and smiled: “Mom, Niu Niu and I are already wet, so why should we hold an umbrella? I just lowered the umbrella and covered my head, face and body. We might as well, the rain in summer will not hurt people.”

The rain was really fierce, lightning and thunder. Niu Niu was a little scared at first. After hearing what his brother said, the little girl also became happy and said with a sharp voice: "Mom, Niu Niu is not afraid of rain, it will be cool."

"Niu Niu is very brave." Zeng Yu turned his head and spoke, and the rain flowed into his mouth and quickly vomited it.

The same thing, some people think it is bitter, while others think it is a strange experience. Su Shi's "Don't listen to the sound of leaves piercing through the forest, why not sing and whistle slowly" is an example. However, Su Shi's obviously a light rain, which is not as good as the current rain. It makes people unable to open their eyes. The roads under his feet are filled with puddles, and mud and water splashing everywhere when they step on it, which is quite disgraceful. Zeng Yu is very excited. He has great expectations for the distance and hope for the future. Of course, there are conditions for taking bitterness as a joy. If it is soaked in the cold winter, it is obviously not a strange thing, and I am afraid it will lose my life. Zeng Yu knows that there are post pavilions three or four miles ahead to shelter from the rain. The difficulties are only temporary, so why not be free and easy-

Niu Niu, who was lying on Zeng Yu's shoulder, saw that the square scarf on his brother's head was wet, soft and reflected the black hair inside. The heavy rain kept falling on his brother's head, and the rain flowed straight into his collar. At this time, she saw the purple mark on Zeng Yu's neck, which was shocking. The little girl screamed: "Brother, what's wrong with you here!"

Fortunately, the rain was strong and the wind was strong. Zeng's mother, Zhou, who was a few steps away, did not hear Niu Niu's exclamation. Zeng Yu quickly slowed down and moved away from his mother and said, "Niu Niu, my brother was accidentally scratched by a branch when he was on the night before yesterday. Don't tell my mother, if you say it, my mother will be worried, and my mother will not leave. We will go back to Shitian - my sister-in-law is very fierce, right?"

Niu Niu hurriedly said, "Niu Niu won't say it, Niu Niu won't say it."

Zeng Yu knew that it was not easy for a child to keep his mouth shut, and said, "If you really want to tell your mother, that's OK, but it will take a few days--"

"In a few days, which day will that be?" Niu Niu asked.

Zeng Yu smiled and said, "It's enough to be very far away from Ishida. When you ask me, I'll say ok, you can tell my grandmother."

"If my sister-in-law is far away from Ishida, she won't be able to find us, right?"

The eldest sister-in-law Xie's fierce and cruelty caused a considerable psychological impact on the young Niu Niu.

Zeng Yu said: "Yes, then we will be free."

Niu Niu was happy and said cheerfully: "Okay, Niu Niu won't say it. Niu Niu has to wait until it's far away from Ishida." As he said that, he gently stroked the marks on Zeng Yu's neck with his wet and soft little hands, and put his mouth close to Zeng Yu's ear: "Brother, is it still painful?"

Zeng Yu said: "It doesn't hurt, it's already healed."

Niu Niu said "um", but as the rain kept flowing down the scars of Zeng Yu's neck, she thought her brother still felt a little painful, so the little girl wanted to cover Zeng Yu's rain. Her palms were facing the sky, and she held her head together, but the rain oozed through her fingers and poured it on Zeng Yu's neck-

Zeng Yu said: "Niu Niu, hold on tight, my brother is going to go faster."

Niu Niu hurriedly hugged Zeng Yu's neck, trying to be careful not to touch Na Leshi. After a while, he shouted again: "Brother——"

Zeng Yuying said: "Well, what else is there?"

Niu Niu hesitated for a moment, and asked in Zeng Yu's ear: "Brother will marry his sister-in-law in the future, right?"

Zeng Yu replied casually: "You must marry someone."

Niu Niu was silent for a while, then suddenly asked: "Where are Niu Niu and Ah Niu going when her brother married her sister-in-law?"

Heavy rain fell on the ancient country road, and the road formed a white mist. Zeng Yu had to be careful not to slip under his feet, and he would wipe the rain on his face from time to time. Niu Niu's question made him a little puzzled at first, and then he woke up, felt sad in his heart, and tears almost flowed out-

The young Niu Niu thought that her sister-in-law was not good. The eldest sister-in-law Xie wanted to drive the mother and son out of the house. After Zeng Yu got married, he must also drive A Niu and her Niu Niu out, so he asked where she and A Niu were going at that time?

Zeng Yu shrugged, took Niu Niu's back a little, reached over his shoulder and touched Niu Niu's face, and said, "Niu Niu and Niu will be with their brother in the future. The brother will marry his sister-in-law in the future. If that sister-in-law dares to treat Niu Niu and her mother, the brother will immediately tell her to get out--"

"Brother, what does it mean to get out?"

"Get out, get out, just leave her, don't want her, and tell her to go out."

Niu Niu stopped talking, leaned on Zeng Yu's shoulder and pressed it tightly, and said for a long time: "Why are my brother so kind to Niu Niu and Ah Mother?" Before Zeng Yu could answer, the little girl had an answer by herself: "Because both my brother and Niu Niu were born by my mother, and my elder brother was not my mother, right?"

Zeng Yu laughed. Niu Niu was young and couldn't explain much to her. Her biological children were so unfilial to their parents. He said, "Our elder brother is actually good-hearted, but the eldest sister-in-law is not virtuous. Let's do this. In the future, if the brother wants to marry a wife, in addition to asking her mother for the consent, he also has to ask Niu Niu's opinions. If Niu Niu says he doesn't like it, then the brother won't marry him and find someone else. Now Niu Niu will relax."

Niu Niu smiled "Girl" and suddenly stood up and shouted: "Lu Ting, Lu Ting, I've arrived at Lu Ting."

The villagers call the post pavilion a road pavilion. It is usually a seven or eight miles apart. It is built across the road for passers-by to rest, hide from the rain and enjoy the cool air. Some road pavilions and nearby people set up tea in the pavilion for free for pedestrians to drink, commonly known as "tea delivery", so the road pavilion is also called a tea pavilion-

In the heavy rain, Sixi pulled the black donkey and led the way into Luting. Zeng's mother Zhou kept holding the umbrella and holding the saddle nervously, for fear of being pushed off the donkey's back. After entering Luting, Sixi took off the bookcase on her shoulder and put it on the stone slab seat in the pavilion. Then came over to pick up the umbrella from Zeng's mother Zhou's hand. The little Xi used her cuff to wipe the rain on her face, and said nonsense with a smile: "Second grandma, you're at Luting."

Zeng Yu ran into Luting with Niu Niu on his back, put Niu Niu down, and hurriedly helped his mother get off the saddle. When he looked up and down, his mother's head, face and upper body were fine, and she was not so wet, but the hem of the long skirt and shoes of the blue cloth were all wet. Moreover, my mother did not wrap her feet, otherwise the foot binding cloth would hurt if it was wet.

Zeng Yu helped his mother sit down. Before he could take off the compass bag on his body, he first went to the donkey-carrying wardrobe to find cloth shoes for his mother. He was worried that the woven clothes box would get water, so he opened it and felt relieved. The woven clothes box had been brushed with tung oil for many times and was very waterproof.

Sixi took a cloth towel to wipe Zeng Yu's face. While helping Zeng Yu remove his bags and swords, Zeng Yu wiped his face. Then he found that there were three people in Luting. One was an old scholar wearing a Dongpo towel and a narrow sleeve. His hair was white. He sat at one end of Luting, watching the rain outside the pavilion; the other two were obviously servants of the old scholar, one in his fifties and the other in his twentyss, and a load of luggage was placed aside.

When the old servant saw Zeng Yu, he bowed and said, "How fast does this rain come? It's too late for people to hide."

Zeng Yu heard that the old servant had a different accent than a local, and he politely said, "Yes, my whole body is soaked. Fortunately, it was summer days - where did the old man come from?"

The old servant said, "We are from Fujian. The young master is a local. How many roads are there to go to North Road Station?"

Zeng Yudao: "There are six or seven miles to go here to Shanxi Post, which has both inns and inns."

When the old servant talked to Zeng Yu, the old scholar sat down with his eyes closed, holding the dove-headed stick with one hand and resting on his knees with the other hand, and moving his fingers, as if he was pondering about something.

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Chapter completed!