Chapter 251 Unexpected Harvest
The snow is just like yesterday, fluttering, and as far as the eye can see, the sky and the earth are pure white. The dead trees that have lost all their leaves in autumn seem to have a second life, and a tree of snow-white flowers blooms.
"Brother Yang, you don't have to send me off anymore."
Zhu Ping'an rode on a horse and waved goodbye to the Yang Dacheng family who were seeing them off at the roadside at the entrance of the village.
"My benefactor, stay one more day and wait for the snow to stop, then hurry up. What happened yesterday, our family is really grateful to our benefactor. You are the savior of our family. Please stay a few more days." Let’s wait until the snow stops before we leave. I’m in such a hurry to leave, but I don’t think my family is taking good care of me.”
The Yang Dacheng family worked hard to keep Zhu Pingan and thanked him from the bottom of their hearts. If Zhu Pingan hadn't been there, their family would have been in disaster. Just because of Huang Chandian's style of eating people without spitting out their bones, the Yang family will definitely be separated from their wives. It was precisely because of Zhu Ping'an's help that the Yang family was spared from death. Huang Chandian was also stripped of his status as a student by the county magistrate, and then Huang Chandian's past crimes were verified one by one and put in jail. As for other officers, they were given different punishments according to the severity of their crimes, so that the Yang family had no worries.
"I thanked Brother Yang for staying overnight yesterday, and it's time to hurry up today. It's a thousand miles to the capital, and the exam period is approaching, so we can't stay any longer." Zhu Ping'an refused with a naive smile on horseback.
"Brother, I also want to study and take the top prize."
The naughty boy following Yang Dacheng looked at Zhu Pingan and shouted loudly.
"Haha, okay, then I'll wait for you in the capital." Zhu Ping'an turned around and smiled, then said goodbye to Yang Dacheng's family.
In the heavy snowfall, a horseman rode north along the official road and slowly disappeared from the sight of Yang Dacheng's family.
"This is the benefactor of our Yang family. Later I will go find a painter to draw a portrait of our benefactor, and burn incense and say thanks during festivals."
Yang Dacheng watched Zhu Pingan leave. figure, and said to the daughter-in-law beside him.
Zhu Pingan, who was heading north along the official road, suddenly sneezed and rubbed his nose. Somewhat inexplicable.
The heavy snow continued to fall all day and night. Zhu Ping'an was on his way during the day and found a local house to stay overnight. Then he set off again early the next morning. Of course, he would provide accommodation before leaving. They left more than ten coins.
On the third night, I stayed at the post station in Shucheng County, relying on my status as a scholar. Zhu Ping'an was able to stay and eat for free for one night at the inn. There are standards for reception at the post station. The standards for reception at the post station for people like Zhu Ping'an can only be said to be average. However, thanks to the lack of people in the cold winter, the inn still received Zhu Pingan beyond the standard. Dinner was a meat dish, a vegetable dish and a soup. The accommodation was also in a single room, and Zhu Pingan was given hot water and a bathtub.
After taking a hot bath, Zhu Pingan seemed to be reborn, and all the fatigue in his body was swept away.
I haven’t read at night with the lantern for several days. I am staying in a private house. I am embarrassed to disturb the owner, and for a farmer. Oil lamps are also very economical to use, so when staying overnight in village houses, Zhu Pingan always goes to bed early. I also gave up the habit of reading at night by the lantern for many years.
You don’t have to worry so much at the inn. After clearing the table, you light up the oil lamp. However, no matter how bright the oil lamp is, it is not as bright and incandescent as a modern fluorescent lamp. It is only a little dim.
Even though the butter lamp is dim and the fragrance of ink is faint, it is a perfect match, making people fall into it.
First, I wrote down every detail of my travels in the past few days, so I could use it as a travelogue. When my parents ask about it when I get home, I can tell my mother. After writing his travel notes, Zhu Ping'an selected "Analects of Confucius" from the books he carried, put it on the table and started reading.
"The Master said: The gentleman seeks the way, not the food. Plowing is where discouragement lies; learning is where the salary lies. The gentleman is concerned about the way, not poverty."
"The Master said: The gentleman If you have no need to eat to satisfy yourself, if you have no need to live in peace, if you are sensitive to things and cautious in speaking, then you will be righteous and righteous, and you can be said to be eager to learn.”
The universe is big in the words, and the sun and the moon are long in the text. After a tiring journey in the wind and snow, reading at night by candlelight is also a kind of enjoyment. The pen and ink quenches the thirst, the poems and books relieve the fatigue, and the dim oil lamp lengthens the shadow of the hand that cannot let go of the scroll.
At midnight, turn off the lights and fall asleep, having a good night's sleep.
Further north from Shucheng County is Lu'an County, which is the jurisdiction of Luzhou Prefecture.
Zhu Pingan had breakfast at the inn early in the morning before setting off on his way. After walking for about three hours, he entered Lu'an County. Lu'an County belongs to Luzhou Prefecture. There are many mountains and hills here. There is a section of the road that is not accessible by official roads. Zhu Pingan had to drive his horse along the dirt road. This section of the road is relatively sparsely populated.
Zhu Pingan passed through a low mountainous area at noon. He lit a fire and roasted dried meat for lunch at the foot of the mountain, and drank water from the gourd kettle he brought with him. After lunch, Zhu Ping'an rode on horseback and continued forward, hoping to see people soon.
"Hmph"
Not long after riding, Zhu Ping'an saw a large black wild boar weighing more than three hundred kilograms, looking for food at the foot of the mountain. It must have been because of the heavy snowfall in the past few days that the wild boar was starving.
When he saw the wild boar, Zhu Pingan became vigilant.
Zhu Ping'an lives at the foot of the mountain and knows the wild boar very well. When he was a child, his father and brother hunted a wild boar by chance, and both his father and brother were injured. After that time, Zhu's father repeatedly told the Zhu Ping'an brothers that when encountering a wild boar in the wild, they must not think of attacking it. It is best to act before it attacks. Father Zhu said that even skilled old hunters would not dare to hunt wild boars alone. There would be no three or five skilled old hunters who would not dare to hunt wild boars.
Wild boars, especially adult wild boars, have extraordinary combat effectiveness. They can hit a tree with force, let alone the human power of flesh and blood. Moreover, the wild boar is not a pure vegetarian animal, it is a chore animal, which means that it eats meat. In other words, it can also eat people.
The mountains are covered with heavy snow. This wild boar weighs more than three hundred pounds at least. It is the big brother among wild boars. Moreover, judging from the way this beast is swaying from east to west, it is clearly hungry. He was so hungry that he didn't know what to do, so Zhu Pingan was more vigilant.
On the one hand, he is wary of wild boars, and on the other hand, he is also wary of killing Matt, who is both lacking and stupid.
Sure enough, the wild boar couldn't find anything to eat. When he saw Zhu Ping'an and Shama Ma, he rushed over regardless.
Zhu Ping'an was on guard for a long time. He pulled the reins of Shamat's black horse and rode the horse in an arc to avoid the wild boar's collision.
After jumping into the air, the hungry and anxious wild boar went crazy. It pricked up its ears, raised its fur, howled at Zhu Pingan, and then chased after him aggressively.
The crazy wild boar is really not slow, especially in the mountains. The home field advantage of this guy is even more powerful.
Looking at the crazy wild boar, Zhu Pingan calmly rode up a hillside, then made an arc and accelerated downhill.
The wild boar was already fast, but now it was going even faster downhill, and it was about to catch up.
At this moment, Zhu Ping'an pulled the reins and the black horse made a sharp turn, and a big rock suddenly appeared in front of him. The wild boar was chasing downhill so fast that it couldn't stop or turn in time, so it hit the rock straight away.
Listening to the earth-shattering loud noise, Zhu Ping'an felt a little pain in his balls, it was too strong.
Well, wild boars really can’t do brain teasers. It seems that Uncle Zhao’s joke that the old sow with black background and white flowers can’t do brain teasers is also based on truth.
Ten minutes later, Zhu Ping'an rode the Shamat black horse along the mountain road again. The difference from before was that the Shamat black horse pulled a simple sled made of tree branches. A black wild boar lay.
Zhu Ping'an also didn't expect that the collision just now would become the wild boar's eternity, which was a complete unexpected gain for him.
In line with the principle of not wasting it, I had no choice but to accept all of its flesh. (End of this chapter)