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Chapter 2 BMW Iron Elephant Section 29 Questions and Answers with Yu

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    Fang Jinshi found out that the owner of the girl Huang Jinmian lived in the south of Yanchuan County, more than a hundred miles away from Suide. It would be impossible to walk such a distance, so he thought of hiring a carriage.

    There were a few carriages at the South City Gate. Fang Jinshi asked Huang Jinmian if she had eaten. He was embarrassed to ask the girl if she had any money. He didn't intend to let her spend money anyway, so he went to the street to buy some food for the road.  , then went up to ask about the price.

    When the coachmen saw that there was business, they all gathered around. Fang Jinshi heard that the prices were all five guan at a time. He knew that these coachmen were actually very evil. This distance did not require so much, but he wanted to pretend in front of this girl.  If you have money, you won't bargain. You just want to choose the newer carriage.

    However, Huang Jinmian secretly tugged at the corner of his clothes. Fang Jinshi knew that she had something to say, so he walked away as an excuse and walked a little further. Huang Jinmian pointed to a corner far away from the city gate and said, "There is a coachman there. It looks like  It should be cheaper.¡±

    Fang Jinshi looked around, and sure enough there was an old carriage in the corner of the city wall. The driver was also an old horse. A man in rags squatted in the corner. Other coachmen came forward to do business, but this man was an old man.  Honest, as if embarrassed to step forward.

    Fang Jinshi looked at his carriage. The walls were in tatters and there was a small hole in the roof. He had to patch it up with oil paper. If he was sitting alone, it would be fine. But now he was a little aggrieved by the thought of sitting with a girl.

    So he hesitated a little and said, "This car is a bit too old." Huang Jinmian said nonchalantly, "The car is a bit old, but it may have cost less. Let's ask."

    Fang Jinshi felt that she was really considerate, so he went up to ask. The man was about thirty years old, and he looked like a very honest and dull country farmer. He seemed to have gritted his teeth before he had to pay four dollars, and then  Maybe he felt that the request was too high, so he looked at Fang Jinshi with some embarrassment.

    Fang Jinshi knew that if he bargained with him, this person would definitely make more concessions, but he felt that he should not negotiate with such an honest person. When he had some money, he was willing to do his best to help those who could, and even more  Don't talk about the gold hanging nearby, it seems that you won't be able to save face if you bargain again.

    So he decided to hire this man's carriage. The carriage was not dirty, but the heat was uncomfortable. Fortunately, the sun was getting low at this time, and the carriage had a tolerable style. Although it was a little late, Fang Jinshi decided to go first.  While walking, I heard that the road from Yanchuan County to Yanzhou City is all an official road. You can find an inn to rest on the road at night.

    This man received four guan of money and looked very happy. Fang Jinshi was a little embarrassed to sit in the carriage with Huang Jinmian, so he sat in front of the carriage behind the coachman and chatted with him. This man called himself Zheng, and everyone else called him Zheng.  He is Zheng Dache, I don¡¯t know if it is his real name or because he is a driver.

    The old horse was not walking fast, and Zheng Dasha felt very sorry for it. It could not go very far before it had to stop for a rest. It was not in a hurry anyway, so Fang Jinshi let him go.  It's just that Zheng Dache was too dull. Fang Jinshi asked three questions before answering one sentence, which was very boring.

    After walking for nearly two hours, the red sun set in the west and was about to set. Fang Jinshi was afraid that the girl Huang Jinmian was in poor physical condition and had a hard time traveling, so he asked Zheng Dache to find an inn nearby. Zheng Dache said, "Come over.  There is a big inn five miles ahead. The price is fair and it is clean. Why don't you two take a rest there?"

    Fang Jinshi agreed, thinking that this girl had been silent in the carriage for a long time, so he picked up the curtain and looked into the carriage. Huang Jinmian was sitting there with his knees in his arms, wondering what he was thinking.

    Fang Jinshi said to her: "Miss Huang, if we walk a few miles, we can open a shop, okay?"

    Huang Jinmian came back to his senses and said with a smile, "Everything is up to the second brother's arrangement. Second brother, do you want some water?" Fang Jinshi was feeling thirsty, so he thought it wouldn't matter if he came in and sat, so he picked up the curtain and came in to sit.  Opposite her, there was a small jar in the corner of the carriage, filled with water. Huang Jinmian took a ladle of water made from a bamboo joint on the side, and Fang Jinshi ladled out the water to drink.

    Huang Jinmian waited for him to finish drinking and asked: "Who else is there in the second brother's family? How is the second sister-in-law?" Fang Jinshi smiled awkwardly and said: "There is no one at home anymore, and there is no second sister-in-law. You can eat if you want, and sleep if you want."  Go to sleep, no one can care about me."

    " Huang Jinmian said sadly: "It turns out that the second brother also has no father and no mother, eh" She sighed softly, and Fang Jinshi asked: "Isn't there anyone else in Miss Huang's family?"

    Huang Jinmian sighed: "I lost my parents when I was young and grew up with my brother."

    Fang Jinshi said: "You are much better than me. At least you have a brother." Huang Jinmian said: "My brotherhe is no longer here."

    Fang Jinshi was startled, feeling that he had asked too many questions, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I don't know."

      Huang Jinmian raised her head slightly and said slowly: "It's okay. Although he is gone, he is still the best brother in the world." When she said this, her eyes were full of softness.

    Fang Jinshi said: "I have always wanted a brother to take care of me and help me fight, but I don't have one."

    Huang Jinmian thought for a while and then said: "My brother is five years older than me. He has been very good to me since I was a child. My family is very poor and often have no food. When he finds some food, he always gives it to me first.  In order to support me, he started working as a grinder and blacksmith at the age of fourteen, doing jobs that many middle-aged people couldn't handle."

    Fang Jinshi said: "It's pitiful that he has to support his family and take care of his sister at such a young age. It's really difficult for him."

    Huang Jinmian hummed, and then said: "Once, the son of a wealthy family in the east of the village brought an osmanthus candy cake and passed it in front of me. He accidentally dropped a piece of it in the smelly ditch. I was hungry and had nothing to eat for a whole day.  I went to pick it up. When the son of the rich family saw it, he knocked it to the ground and stepped on it. How could I still eat this cake? But I was very hungry, so I picked it up and put it in my mouth.  I saw it when my brother came back, guess what?"

    Fang Jinshi felt sad when he heard this and thought: Could it be that her brother beat up the son of that wealthy family?  But he said: "I can't guess this anymore."

    Huang Jinmian said: "My brother was very angry. He reached out and knocked the sweet-scented osmanthus cake in my hand to the ground. He punched me a few times for the first time in his life. He said that people who are poor cannot be poor and would rather starve to death than eat this.  Plant something that others humiliate you. I was just very hungry, but he wouldn't let me eat that candy cake. I was very young at the time, so when I was angry, I knocked over the sorghum noodles mixed with leaves that he had finally made, and ran out.  .¡±

    Fang Jinshi hummed, and Huang Jinmian continued: "I hid in the mountain temple at the entrance of the village. I didn't want to go back after dark. I heard him searching everywhere. I hid under the altar table but kept silent. He searched all over the mountains and fields.  After a whole night, I was almost snatched away by a wolf, but I slept under that altar table all night, and he didn't find me until dawn. He carried me back home and promised me that he would let me eat sweet-scented osmanthus candy cakes tomorrow."

    Fang Jinshi said: "I'm afraid this is a bit difficult."

    Huang Jinmian said: "It's not that it's a little difficult, it's very, very difficult. After the disaster, it was extremely difficult to find some leaves to eat. My brother wanted to grind, but he couldn't do it without the strength, so the master couldn't do it.  I gave you some sorghum noodles, but the portion was too small. There were some trees in the owner¡¯s garden. The old man looking after the yard felt sorry for my brother, so he secretly gave me some leaves. I could eat two meals a day, but he wanted sweet-scented osmanthus cake.  , but it is really more difficult than climbing to the sky.

    I remember that my brother finished work very late that night. I was waiting for him to come home. He took out a small paper bag from his arms and said to me: 'Sister, what do you think my brother brought you?  ¡¯ I opened it and saw a small bag of glutinous rice flour. I was really happy, even though the bag of glutinous rice flour was only a small handful.

    Although it was a little late, my brother and I still used this handful of glutinous rice flour to make osmanthus cake. In fact, you can find osmanthus honey there. My brother found a lot of thatch roots, which had a hint of sweetness, so we made do.  I made a small piece of thatched cake. My brother refused to eat even a little bit, but just let me eat it. While we were pushing back, the door of the house suddenly burst open. It turned out that the master who was working for my brother rushed in with his slaves.  When I came in, it turned out that two jars of salt were missing from his house. I suspected it was a burglar, so I went to search the house of the coolies and servants who worked for him. I happened to see my brother and I pushing the thatch cake, so I suspected that it was me.  My brother stole their salt. How can a family like ours afford glutinous rice noodles?  So I suspect that my brother stole the salt and exchanged it for money to buy it.  "

    Fang Jinshi couldn't help but said: "How much are two jars of salt worth? This owner is too stingy to do it in such a big way."

    Huang Jinmian said: "In the famine year, the salt price was soaring. It took two jars of salt to fill two or three jars. They took my brother away. I was crying and shouting behind him, but those evil servants kicked him away. I rushed  When I arrived at the owner's house, I couldn't get in. After waiting outside for a long time, they finally sent my brother out, but they chopped off the thumb and index finger of my brother's right hand.

    Later I found out that my brother didn't steal anything from their house at all. He just saw that a handful of rice noodles would always fall into the eyes of the stone mill, but every time he would be swept clean by the uncle who was running the mill. That day  My brother begged the uncle for a long time not to sweep the grinding stone. The uncle was soft-hearted and did not sweep it. My brother secretly swept it and brought it home, but he was really unlucky.  If my brother had told the story about stealing salt, it might not have been so bad. But if he had told the story, the owner would probably have fired the miller, and he would have lost his job.  The family also had no way to survive, but if my brother didn't tell me, the glutinous rice noodles could not be explained. In the end, my brother didn't even tell me, so the master wanted to chop off my brother's right hand. Thanks to others' pleading, he chopped off both of his arms.There are only two fingers, but these two fingers are the most important, and the right hand is almost useless.  "

    Fang Jinshi sighed: "This master is too cruel." Huang Jinmian continued: "My brother originally wanted to wait until I was older to eat military rations, but it won't work out this way. He has also been offered a marriage before.  , the woman saw that he was like this, and she also had people break off the engagement. If I hadn¡¯t wanted to eat that sweet-scented osmanthus cake, how could my brother have ended up like this? I will hate myself forever, why didn¡¯t I listen to my brother, for that piece of cake?  Osmanthus cake, my brother has really lost his life." After she finished speaking, she raised her head, her face full of sadness.

    Fang Jinshi comforted her and said, "Actually, no one expected it to be like this. You don't have to worry too much. These are all things that can't be helped."

    Huang Jinmian shook his head with a sad face and said: "These things are one after another, and the cause is all my fault."

    She delayed for a moment and then continued: "My brother's hand was disabled. During the time when he was injured, my brother had a friend he knew before who was working as a servant in the county government. He helped us a lot. After he recovered from the injury, he introduced me to my brother.  He went to the county to pour swill in restaurants, wash toilets, and earn some household income. Then his life gradually became better. After two years, his right hand became much more flexible. At that time, our county came to  A lone bandit named Xue Lifei was forced into a cave in the southern mountain by the county government officials and could not come out.

    The caves there are twists and turns, and Xue Lifei is very capable. Officials went into the cave and killed and injured several of them, but he would not come out. It is said that this was his lair, where he hid a lot of food, and he would not come out for several months.  He couldn't starve to death, and some people said that there were several other exits in the cave. The county officials were anxious and offered a reward of fifty guan to anyone who captured Xueli Fei.  "

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