Li Er also saw Xu Hao, and ran over with vague words, Xue Wen subconsciously waved his hand and said, "Go, play by yourself." ”

"Take him to a shower and change his clothes." Xu Hao asked Li Er again, "Where are you going these days?" ”

"In the city." Li Er muttered, and his hands also gestured, looking very excited, it was difficult to hear what he was saying.

Li Er is seventeen or eighteen years old this year, thin and tall seems to have inexhaustible strength, wandering outside all day, sometimes going home to sleep, sometimes finding a random place, and going home probably because he is hungry.

When the family saw that he could fill his stomach, he was the kind of person who could understand things, knew the way home, and had the ability to protect himself and not hurt others, so he let himself go very early and let him run around.

Every day, he is looking for various opportunities to help others, such as seeing a shop pù with a lot of spitting and the ground is very dirty, he enthusiastically steps forward to make a gesture.

If the shopkeeper knew him, he would basically nod, so Li Er took a rag and a bucket of water, cleaned the counter and the ground, and then gave him something, sometimes Li Er wanted it, sometimes he didn't, even if he wanted it, it wouldn't be too much.

Seeing that the businessman was panting and carrying a heavy load, and that he was struggling to walk quickly, he would rush forward and put the heavy pick on his shoulder.

Whoever is short of water in the village, as long as you stand at the door and shout silly, he will immediately run over and help you carry water, as long as there is surplus food at home, just give him a mouthful. Among them, Li Er can distinguish between far and near, and will give priority to helping his neighbors and those who care about him.

He often used a bamboo broom to sweep the whole street in front of each shop and each house every three or five times; often replace the lazy husband to work at night, or stand at the intersection to divert traffic, or manage all kinds of order. In short, he really uses his labor to do things that are beneficial to others, and he can get a kind of happiness from this. Recognition and appreciation, or pity, from others, give him a little gratitude and reward.

If someone accepts his help in vain, or tricks him to do here and there, Li Er will not fight, nor will he complain much, but next time you want to use him for nothing, you can't.

After a long time, Li Er is equivalent to a public servant, half of the Yamen. People called him a fool.

Xu Hao remembers that once, when he bumped into him in the county seat, when the chicken raised by the proprietress of the tofu shop fell into the well, which is a well for many nearby families to drink, narrow and deep, looking down at the small black hole, the chicken is struggling on the cold water.

Everyone used bamboo poles or hooks to catch half-dead chickens, but in vain, in order to keep the well water clean. No one wanted the chicken to die in the well, so he asked yì to go down the well alone, but whoever put his face close to the mouth of the well trembled.

"It's too deep. What can I do? A woman cried out, and everyone looked at each other with a look of dismay on their faces.

At this time, Li Er ran over. Speaking words that no one could understand, patting his chest.

At that time, Xu Hao was surprised at first when he saw people, and then they were all happy. They all said: "By the way, only fools dare to go down." ”

The sultry proprietress of the tofu shop said half praised, half mocking: "Silly two, you scoop up the chicken, and my sister-in-law will give you bean curd to eat." ”

"Hehe, hehe." Li Er smiled honestly and happily.

So everyone untied a thick hemp rope from the cow in the mill, tied it to Li Er's waist, and he slowly sank into the well.

At the mouth of the well, the bees were crowded with people's heads, and the men and women surrounding the well fence were all vying to see this rare scene as if they were watching a trick. Li Er's body gradually fell, and the cheers outside the well became louder.

"Woo." Li Er's cry rang out from the well.

However, people didn't understand what it meant, and laughed and asked nonsense. "Woo." Li Er shouted again.

It wasn't until this sound sounded several times in a row that people realized that it was time to pull the rope, and when the men pulled together, they saw Li Er holding the drowned dead chicken, rising up little by little, covered in wet and stained with a lot of sludge.

"What a stupid two, you are really capable." People are not stingy with praise, but they hide far away one by one.

Li Er just patted his chest with a smile, not caring about the dirty clothes, and looked proud that I had the ability.

Therefore, Li Er is probably the busiest person in the neighborhood, often being called by the shopkeeper to clean the shop, by the butcher to pull pig hair, by the carpenter to carry the stake, and by the farmer to pick the grain. Sometimes he was seen plastering people's homes, sometimes he was seen nailing floors to people's homes, and he was called by a widow to buy something.

All red and white happy events, you can see him running before and after. Such a fool, kind people will not bully, there are many people who help, no matter what they do, they can be taken care of, and they can buy the cheapest when they buy things.

Of course, many people will also guard against him as a fool, dislike him for being a fool, and are unwilling to talk to him, so they stay away.

Xu Hao likes Li Er very much and respects him, he can rely on his own labor to support himself, and he doesn't open his mouth to eat idle meals at home, which is much stronger than many able-bodied people.

But in any case, such a diligent person is a fool after all, people will always look at him with strange eyes, no one wants to give him his daughter, and Li Er doesn't seem to have the concept of a woman in his mind, and he has never behaved badly towards any woman.

Even Xu Hao was not exempt from vulgarity, every time he saw his busy figure, he smiled and left.

Li Er gradually eats very well in the public door, which bad person likes to have a subordinate who is both obedient and quick in legs, which undoubtedly blesses Li Er with a layer of aura, in the past, those scoundrels who liked to bully him did not dare to bully him, but when he was asked to do something, Li Er would still run over with a fart, unless he remembered the old hatred.

Last month, Li Er worked for the county government, holding a thick hemp bamboo stick and hanging an angry wind lamp. There was no moon in the night sky on the outskirts of the day, the starlight was not obvious, and the streets, hills, rivers, and qiē were all very blurry, dim and dark.

There was not even a light breeze, and the woods were silent like the monks who were participating in Zen; The lush foliage was covered with black pressure, and from a distance it looked like a thick cloud, and the bamboo forest in front of him was like a tent of dark silk.

In such a dark night, it is so quiet that you can hear the chicks in the nest and the flapping of the mother bird, and you can hear it from a distance.

The space is like a vague dream, quiet and hazy, making it impossible to guess what is hiding in the darkness.

In the dead of night, people were already asleep, only the gnats on the shore and the trees were chirping intermittently. In addition, the crisp sound that sounded one after another was Li Er's bangzi.

The second watch day passed, and Li Er looked at the bell and drum tower at the highest point in the city while walking, preparing to start the third watch.

This is the border between the county seat and the east of the countryside, the county government passes through the straight main street, through the horizontal and straight Sanhe Street, through the lonely alleys, and finally arrives at the Guanyin River on this side, and then turns around from the door of the Guanyin Hall in the west of the river, and hits back the original way.

Li Er is very familiar with this route and turning point, and because of his many years of help, he knows everything about the people in this area, who lives in which house, and how many people in the family are.

Tonight, as usual, relying on the faint candlelight of the lantern, I walked slowly and gradually approached the Guanyin River.

Half of the river has disappeared due to drought, and the water flows slowly, and during the day the water surface is filled with green weeds, and countless dragonflies flutter along the embankment and on the water. But at night, there was only a blur of the night, and nothing could be seen clearly.

While! While! While! He made three noises as he walked forward slowly.

Suddenly, a bright light like a meteor flashed into his eyes, and then disappeared, Li Er thought it was the kind of paper torch used by thieves to explore the way, so he beat it hard, which was regarded as his kind warning.

Duty, although it was just a pseudo-changfu who helped for free, Li Er's conscientious efforts made his eyes extend to the farther ahead, and soon he found two black shadows, with a box-like thing in the middle of the figures, walking very fast, very hurried, walking towards the river.

Whose stuff was stolen? Li Er stared at the black shadow, and wanted to hit the black shadow harder, so that the black shadow was frightened and threw away the stolen goods. But what are you doing by going to the river? There were no boats, and the thick mud was obviously a dead end, and thieves would never take this road, so he wondered.

If it weren't for a thief, he would have come to the river in the middle of the night, and carry such a large and heavy thing, which would be more suspicious than a thief.

Li Er decided not to startle the snake, and wanted to go over to see what was going on, he gently blew out the shining lantern and ran lightly along the river.

The figure in front of him seemed to be weak, and his steps slowed.

The night was still hazy, and although Li Er was gradually approaching, he still couldn't see who it was, and could only vaguely identify the outline of his body.

It's even stranger now, it's a man and a woman, what are you doing carrying boxes to the river on the third watch?

Suddenly, a shrill voice of shock was heard.

"I'm scared."

"Afraid of what?" It's a man's voice, it's rough.

"Didn't the ground guard fight just now? Did he see the two of us? ”

"It's okay, the ground guard is my aunt's son, my cousin, even if he knows about it, it's not in the way, don't be afraid!"

"But I really don't have the strength anymore."

"We'll be to the river soon, hold on a little longer."

From this small conversation, Li Erqing guessed the identities of the two, the man was the owner of the mutton shop, and the woman was the proprietress of the Chunxiang tofu shop, and everyone called her the third sister-in-law of Gongsun.

Why do two people who are obviously unrelated sneak together? Why are you carrying things again? Why walk to the river?

Suddenly, the figure who was trying to carry things walked in the direction of Li Er.

Li Er panicked, he and the two almost met each other, and quickly squatted down and climbed on the river embankment, burying his body in the dew-filled weeds, and the figure panted and walked in front of him.

From the middle of the wet grass, Li Er opened his eyes to see the heavy thing being carried.

Yes! Li Er was so frightened that he almost shouted. (To be continued......)