Fengqi Youth Tour

Chapter 4A friend in need

Ye Yangming's mood hasn't calmed down since Luo Mansion came back, he lay on the bed staring at the moth-eaten beams in a daze.Now that he is exhausted from running around for a living every day, he is out of breath and can't earn much money. He doesn't know where his future is.Little Luobotou breathed evenly, and the cold wind blowing in from the door and window blew the curtain between the two beds. He whispered with relief: "It's lucky that Hu Niancheng still has you. It's so good to have you, so good." I remembered what happened back then.

A few years ago, Ye Yangming was a high-spirited rich young man in Fengqi Town. At that time, he slept until three poles in the sun every day, and then ate the hair tips picked before Qingming, and ate delicate and delicious snacks and candied fruit.After finishing the work, he asked his servants to call Hu Niancheng's father, Hu Huizhong, to review his homework. Sometimes he didn't want to listen to it after listening for a while, and then asked his servants to send Hu Lao Xiucai back.At that time, Hu Niancheng was not disfigured. She often taught the children in private schools for her father. Everyone respected her.Ye Yangming often came to pester her to learn martial arts, and she always found various reasons not to teach him. If she couldn't make it up anymore, she just taught him a few moves and he would have fun for several days, so the friendship between the two is considered good.At that time, Wen Sisi's mother and daughter came to seek refuge with Ye's family, and Ye's mother lost her only sister because of Mrs. Wen's mistake and fell into the water. Decades later, she still can't let go.During that time, Mother Ye was always picky at Wen's mother and daughter when she had nothing to do. Mother Wen was wrong first, so it's better not to argue with her. The two mothers and daughters endured silently. Fortunately, Wen Sisi knew how pretty she was. How to please Ye Yangming During that time, Ye Yangming soon fell into her gentle hometown.Several times when Hu Niancheng asked him to go up the mountain to help gather herbs, he refused her because he wanted to accompany his unmarried fiancee. For this reason, Hu Niancheng also scolded him for favoring sex over friends.It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, half a year later, Fengqi Town suddenly had a plague, people in the town walked to their deaths, and Old Xiucai Hu also died of the plague.Soon Ye Yangming's parents also died on the way to escape.Seeing the situation, the servants and maids divided their belongings and left, only Ye Yangming, Hu Niancheng and Wen's mother and daughter were left. Ye Yangming couldn't help but looked up to the sky and lamented: "The tree fell and the monkeys scattered. I didn't expect that my dignified Young Master Ye family would fall to such a state. It's good luck." At this time, Mother Wen's attitude towards him gradually changed. At first she would look at his face to show some sympathy when she spoke to her, but then she didn't look at his face and said what she wanted to say without considering Ye Yangming's feelings at all. The money on Ye Yangming's body is getting less and less, and she speaks more and more meanly. A few times, she satirizes Ye Yangming in front of her daughter, and Ye Yangming is so angry that he dare not speak out.

A few days later, they walked along the way, mourning people everywhere, and a lot of belongings were robbed by refugees. If it weren't for Hu Niancheng, they would have been robbed long ago.One day, the four of them were walking through a small forest. It was late autumn and the trees were withered.The four of them stepped on the fallen leaves and made a creaking sound. Mother Wen suddenly said to Ye Yangming: "Yangming, I am thirsty, you go get me some water to drink." Ye Yangming said: "Auntie, please bear with us now. I'm afraid it's not safe in the woods and there are bandits infesting us, let's go out first." Wen's mother refused: "Yang Ming, Auntie is thirsty and still has the strength to walk, so you can't look at Sisi's face and give it to my old lady. Find some water to drink?" Wen Sisi also begged him: "My mother Yang Ming is really thirsty, she is so old, you can work hard to find some water, okay?" Ye Yangming saw that he was slowly disgusting himself What else can the mother and daughter say but be obedient, but Hu Niancheng stood up and said: "Forget it, as far as Yang Ming's survival ability can't be found, he can't find water, so let me go. You are waiting here for me. Come back soon." As she said that, she put down the burden in her arms, got up and walked deep into the woods, only at this moment did Ye Yangming deeply feel Hu Niancheng's kindness to him, and felt a little warmth along the way.

Not long after Hu Niancheng left, there were footsteps in the woods. Ye Yangming said strangely: "Hu Niancheng's efficiency is too fast, and he came back after only going for a cup of tea?" Wen Sisi listened carefully for a while and said, "It seems There are more than one person's footsteps, could there be someone else." As they spoke, the expressions of the three people suddenly changed into panic, and at this moment they all regretted asking Hu Niancheng to find water.Wen Sisi was so frightened that she hugged Ye Yangming tightly, the footsteps were getting closer and closer, there were at least a dozen people coming.Mother Wen muttered: "I hope that the refugees will come and we will lose some silver taels at most. God bless them, they are not bandits, not bandits!" What is coming.Suddenly, a big bearded man jumped out from the bushes. When he saw Wen Sisi, his eyes glowed green and his saliva almost flowed down.At this time, the people behind him also followed up, and they surrounded Ye Yangming and the three of them.The bearded man slowly approached Wen Sisi, Ye Yangming stood in front of her and said, "Don't be afraid, Sisi, I will protect you." Wen Sisi grabbed his arm tightly and nodded, "Yang Ming...I believe in you." But the bearded man laughed loudly and said: "It's better for a beauty to believe that this little white face can protect you than to believe that a sow can climb a tree. Don't struggle and let the uncle smell one." Hearing this, the bearded man became excited, took a big step forward, grabbed Ye Yangming's arm and threw him to the side. Then he approached Wen Sisi like a wolf. Seeing the situation, Wen's mother knelt down and begged him: "My lord, let me go!" My daughter, I will give you all my money. I beg you, please let go of my poor daughter..." The bearded man said: "I want old things, I want money, hahaha..." He said He stretched out his hand and pulled Wen Sisi into his arms.Ye Yangming struggled and staggered, ran up and raised his hand to hit him, but the bearded man quickly threw him out with one hand and let others beat him together. Ye Yangming twisted his hands and feet to resist, but he was helpless. Ten fists and paws hit him like raindrops, and finally he couldn't move.On the other side, a big bearded man was pulling Wen Sisi's clothes to make out with her, and Wen Sisi was already crying.Mother Wen was already in despair, she described it as haggard.Suddenly, some stones flew from "Jiujiu" from nowhere and hit the bearded man on the head. He let go of Wen Sisi in pain and shouted back: "Which bastard dares to plot against me? Beat the shit out of you." Hu Niancheng walked out from behind a big tree, and the three of them immediately saw a glimmer of hope in their hearts.The bearded man smiled and said: "So there is a beauty here. Beauty, you are more beautiful than the one next to me. The important thing is that you are more like wild flowers on the roadside, so you want to pick them." Hu Niancheng looked at him with a salivating expression. He smiled and said: "Okay, brother, come over and my sister will teach you how to pick and pick." The bearded man rushed towards Hu Niancheng like a hungry tiger, but the consequences were unimaginable. He was punched left and right and gave him a dozen more punches, and the bearded man was beaten dizzy.Others hurried up to help him. Hu Niancheng "swished" more than a dozen stones, then sprinkled soil on them, and then took the opportunity to help Ye Yangming and drag the Wen family mother and daughter to escape.They fled all the way in embarrassment, but they didn't expect to meet them again in a tea shed. This time they escaped in two ways, and Hu Niancheng was responsible for diverting the bearded man and them away. Ye Yangming regretted this decision many years later.The cold wind continued to blow Hu Niancheng got up to drink water and saw that he was still awake and said, "Yang Ming is still awake and has to get up early tomorrow to work. It's almost Chinese New Year and earn more money so that everyone can have a good year." Ye Yangming said: "Okay Damn, when did you become so wordy. Go to bed after drinking water and leave me alone." Soon Hu Niancheng went to bed and lay down until she breathed evenly, he continued to think about his unbearable past.

After Hu Niancheng left, Ye Yangming took Wen's mother and daughter and fled all the way to Baiyun Village, the nearest village. They lived in a blind old man's house for several days.One night, Mother Wen finally couldn't bear it any longer. She said to her daughter Wen Sisi who was lying beside her worryingly: "Sisi's Ye family has already been defeated, and that Ye Yangming is a ruined kid. You can see how he looks like he's dying all day long." What is the future. Sisi, you have to plan for yourself early, you will not have a future with Ye Yangming." Wen Sisi sighed and said: "Mother, you understand these daughters, but where can we go without him? He treated me very well before leaving me, and if I leave like this, I will leave a reputation of being vain and dislike the poor and loving the rich. How do you want me to find a better family in the future." Mother Wen also has these worries that she can't let others think of herself Her daughter dislikes the poor and loves the rich when she sees profit, but she is even more unwilling to suffer and suffer with Ye Yangming. She wants to have a peaceful and beautiful old age.So she said again: "Sisi, how about this? Mother, find a way to let that kid Ye Yangming take the initiative to withdraw the engagement and give you back your freedom, so that we can get rid of him without being infamous." Wen Sisi nodded and said: "Okay, everything is just according to mother's arrangement. Mom, you have to be more tactful so that others don't think we abandoned him first!" Mother Wen said with a smile: "Don't worry, daughter, Mom will do it properly." After discussing, the two girls finally fell asleep peacefully. A good night's sleep, but Ye Yangming was not so lucky.He sat by the window with his cheeks resting on his back, looking at the vast night sky and sighing.He smiled wryly and said to himself: "God, you played a little too much this time, don't you know? Who can understand the pain in my heart, Hu Niancheng is gone, and now the **** even the old lady Wen is starting to give I saw the expression on my face, and there was that little fairy Wen Sisi. There is a saying that is not wrong at all. It is true that the husband and wife are in the same forest and they are flying separately in the face of disaster. What's more, we haven't officially married yet. Parents, I live well without your son. You have no dignity!" Speaking of which, he decided to let Wen's mother and daughter go so that he could retain some dignity.

When eating breakfast the next day, Ye Yangming saw that there were only a few steamed buns, a small bowl of porridge and a small plate of pickles on the table, so he lost his appetite and reluctantly took a few bites before putting down his chopsticks.The Wen family's mother and daughter saw that he was not happy and no one dared to mention the matter of leaving Ye Yangming first. Wen Sisi was a little anxious, and she felt that she could not wait any longer, so she made a look to her mother several times to hint that she would mention it to Ye Yangming.But Mother Wen secretly took a look at Ye Yangming's frowning face from the corner of her eye and did not dare to mention it. In fact, the actions of the mother and daughter had already fallen into Ye Yangming's eyes. He bit his lip bitterly to suppress the emotion in his heart. He said angrily: "If a friend in need really sees the truth, I, Ye Yangming, am I not worthy of being treated sincerely by you two? Think about how you all rushed towards me with shy faces when I was still the young master of the Ye family who was proud of the spring breeze. Yes, maybe you will always be looking at my family's property. Now I have nothing. Of course, the tree fell and the monkeys scattered. How could you share my troubles with me. Ye Yangming, you are so self-righteous, who are you? Are you worthy of a beauty who endures hardships with you? What are you?" Thinking of this, his eyes were a little red, and finally he decided to speak up immediately to save himself some dignity.So he stammered and said to the two mothers and daughters: "Aunt Sisi, you see that we have been living here is not a solution, Hu Niancheng is also unknown, and we are good friends, I have to find her and save her, you say yes Let's go!" The two mothers and daughters both guessed that Ye Yangming had a self-knowledge to let them go, so Wen's mother pretended to keep him and said: "Ms. Yang Minghu and our mother and daughter are also kind. I should just go to Sisi’s house, and I’m old and I’m sick, and I’ve traveled thousands of miles to find someone, it’s too much for me, so let’s buy a carriage and go on the road together.” After saying this, the two women were very scared and Ye Yangming said Okay, Ye Yangming didn't say a word. The two mothers looked at each other in shock.But Ye Yangming is not stupid, he has already seen the tricks of the two mothers, a wry smile appeared on his face, and then he said: "Aunt Sisi is far away, you don't have to go if you are inconvenient, Yang Ming alone is enough, and Sisi and I The engagement is broken too, I don't know if I will go here for life or death, I don't want Sisi to be my widow, it can be regarded as a gift for you before I leave." He picked up the bowl and took a big mouthful of porridge , Wen's mother and daughter finally breathed a sigh of relief.In order to maintain herself in Ye Yangming's heart, Wen Sisi still pretended to be considerate: "Yang Ming, how could you treat me like this? You think I can't accompany you to endure hardships, don't you, so you have to leave us mother and daughter behind?" She said Pretending to hold her chest and cough a few times, Mother Wen said nervously: "Sisi, don't force yourself if you are not feeling well. Didn't you become a burden to Yang Ming after you followed him?" Ye Yangming couldn't laugh or cry, he didn't expect to be so sad, How could he become a complete idiot in the eyes of others.Later, he still decently sent away Wen's mother and daughter, and then went to find Hu Niancheng for several months without hearing from him. He finally gave up, and then he decided to go all the way north to seek refuge with his friends in the capital.On the way, Ye Yangming was entrusted by a dying woman in her 20s to take more than a dozen taels of silver from the family and buried him. Then she took her three or four-year-old son Ren Changfei and continued northward. , Isn’t Ren Changfei just a person who is always sad, and I’m just a tragedy. My family lost my fiancée, my mother-in-law, and I picked someone up and I’m always sad. How can this life not be miserable.” Then he would ask the little boy for advice: “Little brother Brother, please change your name, your name is not very auspicious." The little boy said stubbornly: "No, my mother gave me the name and said Ren is my father's surname, Chang is my mother's surname I hope that I will soar in the future, so I am called that. I will not change my name even if I am killed.” Ye Yangming said with a smile: “It’s good to take your name apart, but it becomes a tragedy when you combine it. In fact, the old man is giving it to you. When my children were named, they thought very well, but the impermanence of the world was beyond their control, and it became a tragedy for the children to live. My eldest brother, I am one of them. The name of the Ye family means well, but now I am living such a sad life, my fiancée and future mother-in-law have abandoned my best friend and is no longer there Said: "I don't know what you are talking about, I will kill you if I don't change my name." Ye Yangming said with a smile: "Okay, then big brother will take a "human being often sad" on the road to see how unlucky he can be.

Two months later, the two finally came to the capital. Ye Yangming found his former friend Cao Xuan, so the two stayed at Cao's house for a while.During this period of time, Ye Yangming had a deep understanding of what it means to be warm and cold in the world, and he seemed to have become sensitive about the matter of Wen's mother and daughter.He clearly remembered the flattering face of the Cao family sending gifts to his home during the festivals when he was still in glory.But when Cao Lian saw him, he smiled all over his face and said, "Yang Ming is such a good-looking talent. When you grow up, don't forget Uncle Cao. Haha, this kid is really blessed." Seeing Ye Yangming coming to rely on him in rough linen clothes to find food, his attitude changed a lot. Every time he saw him, he looked impatient and disgusted, and his eyes seemed to be chasing Ye Yangming away, but he was embarrassed. To put it bluntly, after all, their family has benefited a lot from the Ye family in the early years.Ye Yangming finally understands their faces, he doesn't want to waste his time here and embarrass his father, but where can he go and what can he rely on for food?Dignity seemed worthless in front of a full stomach, Ye Yangming lay back for a few more days until one day he overheard the conversation between the Cao family and his wife.Cao Lian said: "Ma'am, I know we can't let him eat, drink, and live in our house all the time, but after all, we have benefited from others in the early years. How can you tell me to speak? Besides, he is not an idiot. One day he will leave. " Cao's mother dissatisfied: "It's easy to say when he will leave, I don't care. I just can't see two idlers in the family doing nothing and relying on eating and drinking our hard-earned money at home." Cao Lian was anxious Said: "Madam calm down, I will find a way, we can't worry about this matter." Cao's mother looked angry and said nothing, the tears in Ye Yangming's eyes outside the door rolled and finally dripped down.He lifted his legs and ran towards his home. The next day, he left a note and took Ren Changfei away.

The two dragged a few copper coins and wandered on the busy street. The smell of meat buns from the stall trapped Ren Changfei, who stood there sucking his saliva.The boss said: "Little brother, do you want to come to two?" Ren Changfei turned his head and looked at Ye Yangming eagerly, Ye Yangming sighed and said: "Hmph, I have fallen to this point, I don't think I bought two The meat buns can be bought even at Shitiao Street bun shops, not to mention my heart is bitter. Forget about the boss, let’s get two.” The boss was a little stunned, and he sarcastically said: “If you can’t afford it, you can’t afford it. What more useless things." Thinking of it, he still brought two buns for the two of them, and they devoured them as soon as they got them.Ye Yangming wiped his mouth and said: "It's so fucking delicious. I used to hate eating meat buns. I'm so poor..." Suddenly he stopped talking, and Ren Changfei tugged at his sleeve and asked, "Brother, what are you doing?" Why don't you talk anymore, are you dumb?" Ye Yangming said: "Shut up, you're dumb, brother, I'm starved when I see it."