Across the Market

Chapter 78

The sun was about to set, and the west was dyed red by the sunset. The tall maroon horse was galloping in a vast space, and there were mournful long cries from time to time.

No matter how strong Shen Yulou's feet were, he still couldn't catch up with a madly running horse. Therefore, when he ran outside the mud fence and passed two carriages, he stretched out his hand to untie a horse's rope. Then he jumped onto the horse with a vertical leap, and chased after him with a whip.

Zhu Fu's face turned pale with fright, she was slightly afraid of heights, but now she was jolted by the horse again, the cold wind blinded her eyes, she was cold and scared.Are you going to die again?She has only had a few days of good life, is it true that God is going to take her life now?

She doesn't want to leave her parents, and she doesn't want to part with her brothers and sisters, as well as her younger sister and younger brother, she doesn't want to part with the whole family.

The cold wind mercilessly drilled into the clothes from her neckline, and the gusts of cold wind scraped her flesh like a cold knife, and she burst into tears in pain.

"Ah Fu, give me your hand." At this moment, she vaguely heard someone calling herself behind her, "Ah Fu, don't let go, hug the horse's neck tightly, and don't move around."

Zhu Fu twisted his neck slightly with difficulty, and saw someone riding a horse talking to him behind him. Suddenly seeing hope, he hurriedly called for help, and at the same time stretched out a hand tentatively.

Nai He just stretched out her hand, and the horse went crazy again, causing her to almost fall off the horse.

"Ah Fu, hold the horse's neck tightly with your hands, and don't move!" Shen Yulou yelled, his eyes, which were originally very clean and moist, were now scarlet and terrifying, and he slammed the whip again, and then aimed at the horse. By chance, he jumped onto the horse in front nimbly, and then hugged Zhu Fu's small body tightly into his arms.

It's a pity that the horse didn't stop mad because of the owner's arrival, it just raised its front hooves high, neighed, and headed towards the chicken head mountain.

Zhu Fu was held in someone's arms, feeling the warmth of that embrace, she couldn't help shrinking there.

Shen Yulou felt it, hugged her tighter, and comforted her in her ear: "Don't be afraid, Ah Fu, you're fine, brother Yulou has come to save you, don't be afraid." It was difficult to control the horse, but at this moment there were two people sitting on the horse's back, and he didn't dare to force it, for fear of hurting Zhu Fu.

The sun was setting little by little, and after the last twilight of sunset in the west was also hidden, the whole sky gradually turned dark blue.At this time, the small village suddenly became quiet. Almost all the people in the village gathered at the door of Zhu Er's thatched cottage, inquiring about the situation at that time.

I heard that the crazy horse ran towards Jitou Mountain, and everyone shook their heads again and again. A skinny middle-aged man said in fear: "The jungle on that mountain is very deep, and there are wild beasts haunting it all year round. It’s been more than an hour, and there is no news, maybe it was eaten by wild beasts?”

His mother-in-law beat him hard, and said fiercely: "Don't talk nonsense, seal your mouth without a door, don't you see that he is sad? If you say it again, I will tear your mouth to pieces." mouth."

The middle-aged man quickly shut his mouth, and the surrounding people began to discuss again. Some people said: "The Zhu family has hunted wild boars twice in a row. Could it be that they offended the pig god? So Miss Zhu will pay for her life? Yes, yes." Yes, it must be like this, otherwise, it’s so good, why did this happen?”

Hearing that what this person said was reasonable, the others also whispered to each other, and all of them spoke clearly and logically.

Zhao Tiehua felt that she had harmed Zhu Fu. She was blaming herself, annoyed and afraid of being sad, when she suddenly heard that the villagers came here not trying to find a way, but being indifferent, so she pulled out a hatchet tied around her waist and slammed They waved over and threatened: "If you dare to talk nonsense again, be careful that I will cut off your tongues!"

Everyone was so frightened that they didn't dare to speak. They just stood silently with their heads down. Some sympathized with the Zhu family, while others gloated.

Zhao Tiehua put away the hatchet, turned around and walked up to Zhao Ren: "Father, it's not a solution to wait like this all the time. Let's send people up the mountain to search for people."

Zhao Ren jumped far away, and gave Zhao Tiehua a hard look: "Didn't you hear that the villagers said that it was a monster? You still asked Dad to send people up the mountain? You stinky girl, do you want our Xinghua Village to never be peaceful? ?" Busyly dismissing the crowd again, "Okay, okay, it's okay here, let's all leave, let's all go home."

Seeing that everyone was about to leave, Zhao Tiehua stood up and stretched out his hand to stop him, saying: "Huh, when you see that there are advantages to take advantage of, you all have to squeeze in with your heads sharpened. Now that people are in trouble, you are afraid and go Thinking of hiding? Oh, the pig god? Let me tell you, if it is really the pig god, and if Ah Fu loses his life in an accident, none of you can escape! But those who killed wild boars and ate wild boars, And those who watched wild boars being killed and clapped their hands for joy, they will all be punished!"

"Pork has just been stewed in my pot, won't the next one come to look for me?" One of them was really scared by Zhao Tiehua. His family just caught a wild boar with the trap in the afternoon. He was happy for a while and went back. The family boiled a large pot of boiling water, then killed the pig and then peeled it. The meat was already stewed in the pot.

Zhao Tiehua said: "A few days ago, who came to my house to beg for pork? Be careful, you will be the next one." Zhao Tiehua glanced across the faces of the villagers. Out of professional sensitivity, she always felt that this matter was inappropriate. Simple, that horse is fine and proper, how could it suddenly go berserk?
At this time, everyone was talking again, and everyone regretted eating the pork, except for the butcher in the village who secretly hid in the crowd and laughed.

This smile happened to be seen by Zhao Tiehua, and she rushed forward with a stride, grabbed Zhang Butcher by the neckline, and pushed him to the ground, then she stepped on his neck and asked: "Say Is it your fault? Did you mess with the horse?"

Butcher Zhang is quite strong, but at this time he was trampled by the majestic Zhao Tiehua, so he could only beg for mercy: "Grandma, you have wronged me, I am still wondering, what does this matter have to do with me?" Ah! Oh, it hurts, it hurts to death, village chief, village chief, come and save me."

(End of this chapter)