Looking at his excited cousin, and then at Liu Xiu and others with dull expressions, Li Yi always felt that something was wrong, but couldn't explain it for a while.
Li Tong did not stay in Liu Xiu's room for long. He sat for a while, then got up and said goodbye to Liu Xiu, and went back to his room with Li Yi to rest.
The two of them lived in the same room. When they entered the house, Li Yi asked again: "Ci Yuan, tell me the truth. What on earth were you doing out of the city tonight?"
Li Tong smiled and said: "Cousin, we really went out of the city to visit an elder of Uncle Wen's family. It's just that on the way back, we happened to meet Manzi. Otherwise, where else would cousin think we could go?"
"Oh." Li Yi took a deep look at Li Tong and did not ask any more questions.
The next day, Liu Xiu and others set off for the county town.
Zhou Bin kept his promise and gave them a small sum of money, only five hundred yuan. But in addition, he also gave them a carriage and a lot of dry food.
With these dry food, they at least did not have to worry about what to eat when traveling from Jing County to the county town.
In today's world, even if you have money, you may not be able to buy food.
Leaving Jingxian County, Liu Xiu and others headed westward to the county town.
Maybe more and more barbarians began to flow into Hanzhong, and people from all over Hanzhong were fleeing towards the county and city. On the official road, there were also a lot of people carrying luggage and dragging their families to the county and city.
Li Yiyou noticed Ye Qingqiu and Man'er.
Although the two of them were walking together with other women, the master and the servant stood out. First of all, the two of them were dressed much better than the other women, especially Ye Qingqiu, who wore a silk skirt, even if it was dirty,
If you look a little closer, you can also see the exquisite embroidery work on the skirt.
In addition, Ye Qingqiu and Man'er's appearance is much better than that of other women. Their delicate, white, and breakable skin is far incomparable to those of the women around them.
While walking on the road, Li Yi wandered around the two girls from time to time, trying to arouse their ideas. Unfortunately, Ye Qingqiu and Man'er were still immersed in the grief of Xiaofan's tragic death, and did not even notice the people who appeared next to them from time to time.
Li Yi.
There are two types of underskirts in Hanfu: short and long. The hem of the underskirts worn by rich ladies basically touches the floor and is not suitable for long walks.
Ye Qingqiu was walking forward when he accidentally stepped on his skirt and fell forward involuntarily.
Man'er exclaimed: "Miss!" She hurriedly stepped forward to help her.
But someone is faster than her, Li Yi.
Li Yi took three steps into two steps and rushed to Ye Qingqiu. He held her arm and helped her up from the ground. Then he retracted his hand like a gentleman and asked politely: "Is Miss Qingqiu okay?"
Ye Qingqiu's knee knocked, and there were waves of stinging pain. She frowned her delicate eyebrows, shook her head and smiled at Li Yi, and then she asked: "Do you know my name?"
"My dear Li Yi, whose courtesy name is Ji Wen, is Li Tong's cousin." It was through Li Tong that Li Yi learned Ye Qingqiu's name.
Hearing that he was Li Tong's cousin, Ye Qingqiu smiled a little more sincerely and said, "It turns out to be Mr. Li!"
"Is Miss Qingqiu really okay?"
"I..." Ye Qingqiu tried to take a step forward, but his knees immediately felt a sharp pain.
Her face turned pale and she couldn't help but let out an exclamation. This time, Li Yi and Man'er supported her together. He looked around and said, "Miss Qingqiu, please wait here. I'll be right back!"
As he spoke, Li Yi ran forward quickly. He caught up with Liu Xiu and others who were walking in front, and shouted: "Uncle Wen!"
Liu Xiu stopped and looked back at him in confusion.
Li Yi came to him, frowned and said: "Miss Qingqiu's leg was injured and she can't walk now. Uncle Wen, can you free up the carriage for Miss Qingqiu to ride?"
Liu Xiu and others were stunned for a moment before they realized that the Miss Qingqiu Li Yi was talking about was Ye Qingqiu.
Li Tong held up his forehead and said, "Cousin, the carriage is full of food and luggage. How can we empty the carriage?"
"We can't just leave Miss Qingqiu here, right?" Li Yi asked with an unhappy look on his face.
Li Tong's face turned red and he was ashamed. He was embarrassed by his cousin.
Yesterday in Xin County, my cousin complained angrily, saying that he should not have taken the women to the county town. He was afraid of delaying the trip and taking responsibility. Now it was better. He took the initiative to free up the carriage and let Ye Qingqiu go.
sit.
The changes before and after are too big, right?!
Li Tong looked at Liu Xiu helplessly. The latter pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go over and have a look."
As the saying goes, wealth should not be revealed, and now food is worth more than real money. They moved the food stored in the carriage, didn't they make the people around them jealous, and they might cause some trouble!
Liu Xiu, Li Tong and others found Ye Qingqiu. At this time, Man'er was sitting on the roadside with Ye Qingqiu to rest.
Seeing Liu Xiu and others approaching, Ye Qingqiu struggled to sit up from the ground. Liu Xiu waved to her first and said, "Miss Ye, there is no need to be polite."
When he came to her, Liu Xiu asked, "I heard that Miss Ye fell down just now. Where was she injured?"
Ye Qingqiu looked at Liu Xiu, lowered his head, and pointed to his knees with a reddish face.
Liu Xiu asked: "Does it hurt?"
Ye Qingqiu tried to stand up from the ground, but her left knee was in unbearable pain. Fortunately, Man'er at the side had quick hands and eyes, and helped her in time to prevent her from falling.
It could be seen that Ye Qingqiu was not pretending, and indeed could not walk. Liu Xiu pondered for a moment and said to Zhang Ping: "Take out a few bags of luggage, clear a space, and let Miss Ye sit in the car!"
Zhang Ping nodded, waved to call a few people, and asked them to move a few luggage packages out of the carriage. The carriage was not big, and the interior of the carriage was already small. Now it was full of salutes, and another large one had to be squeezed in.
It's very difficult for a living person.
Everyone brought out five large bags to salute, and only a small space was left open.
Li Yi came over and took a look, frowned and said, "Uncle Wen, isn't this enough for two people?"
Long Yuan, Zhang Ping, and Li Tong all frowned, and Liu Xiu asked in confusion: "Two people?"
"Miss Man'er still has to take care of Miss Qingqiu in the car!" Li Yi said matter-of-factly.
Li Tong couldn't help it anymore and said: "Cousin, you have also seen that it is impossible for two more people to sit in the carriage!"
Man'er helped Ye Qingqiu come over, waved to everyone, and said urgently: "My young lady has already troubled everyone enough, I don't have to sit in the car."
"Miss Qingqiu and Miss Man'er are both weak women. What does it matter to us grown men carrying a few extra packages?!" As he spoke, Li Yi took a package and carried it on his shoulders.
Li Tong was also very dissatisfied with Li Yi's performance at this time and shook his head repeatedly. It's fine if you want to pretend to be a good person in front of Ye Qingqiu and Man'er, but why should others carry these heavy packages on the road?
Liu Xiu picked up two packages, carried one on his back, and handed the other to Long Yuan. He said firmly: "Okay, Miss Ye will take the car, and Man'er will take care of her outside the car. We must get to Xunyang before dark."
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If there were only ten people like Liu Xiu, it would be possible to reach the county seat in one day. Now with these women, it would be good if they could reach Xunyang before dark.
After hearing Liu Xiu's words, Li Yi's face turned gloomy. He seemed to be very aggrieved that he could not help Man'er get a seat in the car.
His performance in this way undoubtedly won Man'er's favor. After Liu Xiu and his party left, Man'er whispered: "Master Li allowed my young lady to ride in the carriage. I can't thank you enough."
Li Yi was carrying a huge package. Although it was very heavy, he still pretended to be relaxed. He shook his head and said: "The package only contains some clothes, and it is not very heavy. Let's share it. There will be no room for two people."
A piece of cake."
Man'er said sincerely: "Thank you Mr. Li!"
What Li Yi wanted was not Man'er's thanks. He peeked at Ye Qingqiu who was sitting in the car. The latter's eyes were not on him at all, but was looking ahead.
He followed Ye Qingqiu's line of sight and saw Liu Xiu and Long Yuan striding ahead, each carrying a large package.
By noon, Liu Xiu and others had traveled less than twenty miles, but the women behind them couldn't hold on anymore. Liu Xiu had no choice but to ask everyone to stop and rest, and eat some food to fill their stomachs.
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Ye Qingqiu, who was sitting in the car, was not idle either. He hurriedly took out dry food from the car and helped distribute food to everyone.
Liu Xiu took the piece of dry food from Ye Qingqiu, thanked him, and was about to turn around and walk away. Ye Qingqiu quickly took out another piece of dry food and handed it to him, and whispered: "Mr. Liu, you have walked so far with a package on your back.
, eat another piece!”
Looking at the dry food handed to him, Liu Xiu smiled gratefully at her, shook his head and said, "Thank you, Miss Ye. However, people don't suffer from scarcity, but from inequality."
The food was limited, and everyone was only given one piece of dry food. If he took two pieces of dry food, it would definitely attract attention and make people unhappy.
Liu Xiu refused Ye Qingqiu's kindness and asked her to take back the dry food. Then he walked to the roadside with his piece of dry food in his mouth, put down the package, sat down on the ground, and started eating with the dry food.
Bian discussed the next itinerary with Long Yuan, Zhang Ping and others.
Through Liu Xiu's refusal to ask for more food from Ye Qingqiu, we can not only see Liu Xiu's fair and sensible side, but also his good insight into human nature.
In their small group, Liu Xiu is just a soldier like everyone else. Why should others listen to his orders?
His Liu Yan's brother alone? This is not enough. If he cannot show a fair and just attitude in doing things, their small group will fall apart before they even go to the county town.
As far as personal conduct is concerned, Liu Xiu is really hard to find fault with. The most important point is that Liu Xiu's conduct is not something he deliberately pretends to do, but is reflected in every moment of his daily life.
It comes out naturally, and this is where his personal charm lies.
To be fair, Liu Xiu is better than his founding ancestor two hundred years ago who "kept all the good birds in the air and hid his good bows while cunning rabbits died and were cooked by running dogs". He is better than his descendants two hundred years later who are always "crying, throwing children, and throwing away wives."
I don’t know how many times stronger my descendants are.
Ye Qingqiu looked at Liu Xiu sitting on the roadside and did not look back for a long time.
roadside.
Li Tong said: "At our current speed, I'm afraid it will be difficult to reach Xunyang before dark."
Zhang Ping said: "What I'm worried about is that Bo Sheng won't be able to wait for us in the county seat for so many days."
Liu Yan's First Division was the vanguard of the Xiangyang Rebel Army. It was impossible to stay in one place for a long time and had to go all the way south to lead the charge.
Liu Xiu nodded thoughtfully. This was indeed a difficult problem. He subconsciously looked to the side of the women. He didn't know what he saw, and his brows suddenly frowned.