Chapter 29 Chapter 29 I'll settle accounts with him sooner or later
Miao Ying has been feeling a bit troubled every time he wakes up lately.
That day on the mountain, he was a little worried when he found that he had no response when he woke up in the morning, but the situation was resolved the next day, which proved that there was nothing wrong with his body. This should have been a good thing, but things developed in a direction that was beyond his control.
Miao Ying certainly experienced the restlessness of adolescence, but the men in his dreams were not boys. Now that he has traveled through time, his restless dreams are full of thriving muscles. He despises them in his dreams, but his body is extremely honest.
Especially when he touched Huo Xing's arm in a daze, he actually pulled the other person's hand into the quilt. Fortunately, Huo Xing's hand was too strong and he couldn't pull it away, and he quickly woke up.
He and Huo Xing were pressed very close together. After all, the bed was so small. Their heads were touching, their bodies were touching, and their legs were touching. Their reactions in the morning were quite obvious. They were standing opposite each other.
Huo Xing got up calmly and said that today was the first day of the Lunar New Year and they could go to the temple fair. His mother and grandmother would go as well. They would go to burn incense every year and would take Huo Xiaobao with them. However, because Huo Xiaobao was still young, they would not let him into the temple and asked Huo Xing to watch him.
Miao Ying also went to temple fairs when he was young. He just climbed the mountain to get to the temple. There were vendors setting up stalls outside the temple, and there were statues of Bodhisattvas inside the temple. When he was young and ignorant, he would kneel in front of the Bodhisattva that looked the largest and make a serious wish, hoping that his parents would come and take him home.
But his wish never came true, and he grew up day by day in the orphanage.
Miao Ying looked at the solemn Buddha statue in front of him and bowed three times devoutly.
Grandmother and Li Hongying had to stay in the temple for a while. After Miao Ying finished worshipping the Buddha, he went out to find Huo Xing. As usual, they asked Huo Xing to wait outside with Huo Xiaobao.
Outside the temple, there was a long line of stalls that stretched as far as the eye could see, selling food, silk flowers, and everything in between. Considering their family's current financial situation, they only bought a sugar cake for Huo Xiaobao and nothing else.
Huo Xing once again felt like a loser when Miao Ying's eyes lingered on the dazzling array of jewelry stalls.
At noon, Li Hongying and her grandmother were going to have a vegetarian meal in the temple, so the three of them just found a stall to eat. Looking at the stall that was full of noodles, Miao Ying sighed again. If they wanted to use oil on a large scale, they would have to wait until next year.
Finally, they ate wontons. The large wontons with meat filling were not adulterated at all. The soup base was snow-white and sprinkled with chopped green onions and coriander. The fragrance could be smelled from a long distance away.
Miao Ying asked for a small bowl, divided a wonton into four small pieces, blew on it, and gave it to Huo Xiaobao, eating very slowly himself.
"What are your plans after the New Year?" Miao Ying asked.
"After finishing the household registration and buying the land, I'm going to go out for a while." Huo Xing quickly finished the wontons in his bowl. He had the idea of making money a long time ago.
In the past, when Huo San was at home, he didn't dare to leave for too long, for fear that Huo San would do something after drinking too much. In addition, he didn't want to make money to buy alcohol for Huo San, so he never followed the path paved for him by his master.
Now that their family has moved out, he is the man of the family. Miao Ying still has so many wishes, and he must help him realize them.
"What are you going to do?" Miao Ying opened his eyes wide. He thought Huo Xing only knew how to hunt and do hard labor, but he didn't expect that he could do other things to make a living.
Hearing the doubt in his words, Huo Xing did not get angry: "Before Master became a hunter, he was a martial artist in the city. He taught me all my kung fu. He left me a token and said that I could go to the city if I had the chance in the future. I plan to go."
"The provincial capital? Is it far away?" Miao Ying has been here for so long, and the farthest place he has been to is the county town.
Huo Xing nodded: "It will take two or three days."
Miao Ying originally wanted to go over and take a look, but when he thought about how far he would have to walk, he gave up.
"Then what are you going to do in the provincial capital?" Miao Ying thought about the rural people like Huo Xing in the TV series. Such tall and strong people usually work as lackeys or thugs for others in the city, or they go to guard houses and cannot go home for half a year.
He was still thinking about the rapeseed on the mountain. It rained when he came back last time, so he just focused on walking. He didn't remember the way. What if he got lost if he went alone?
"I've seen the token my master gave me. It belongs to an escort agency. I should be going there to escort the goods."
Miao Ying also knew that escorting the client's things was full of dangers along the way. If one was not careful, one could lose his life. If he got injured, it would be difficult to say what would happen given the lack of medical care and medicine.
Miao Ying was a little worried: "Forget it, spring is coming soon, you should go hunting in the mountains."
"It's okay." Huo Xing smiled, "It's not dangerous."
After seeing Huo Xiaobao finish his wontons, Huo Xing paid and wandered around the temple fair again for a while. Only when Li Hongying and her grandmother arrived did the family head back.
"Didn't you buy anything?" Li Hongying was stunned when she saw the two people with empty hands.
"Do you want to buy anything? We have everything at home, no need to buy anything." Miao Ying said, "I bought some food for Xiaobao."
"Tomorrow is the second day of the Lunar New Year, and we have to go back to visit our parents. Why are you going back without anything?" Grandma looked at them as if they were ignorant children. "It's so rude to go back to your parents like this. Hurry and buy some things."
Huo Xing immediately handed Huo Xiaobao to Li Hongying, and then took Miao Ying to go shopping.
The usual return gifts are snacks and eggs. Some of these stalls now specialize in selling these, but Huo Xing seemed unsatisfied. He looked at several stalls before Miao Ying stopped him. "Just buy something. My parents don't like sweets, and my fat brother can't eat any more."
"Be polite." Finally, under Miao Ying's puzzled gaze, Huo Xing bought the return gift and planned to buy eggs in the village.
Miao Ying couldn't stop them and could only watch them busy themselves.
On the second day of the Chinese New Year, they got up early and went to Miao Ying's parents' home with the return gifts they had prepared yesterday. To be honest, Miao Ying still had some trouble finding the way, especially since they had moved. He couldn't even tell the directions.
Huo Xing slowed down his pace, matching Miao Ying's stride, and slowly moved forward in the dim morning light.
"I think you should reconsider this," Miao Ying said. "Being an escort is dangerous. There should be other opportunities to make money in the capital."
"I know." Huo Xing held all his belongings in his hands. "I only have the token from my master, and the escort agency may not be able to keep me."
Their family is indeed in a difficult situation right now. Miao Ying looked at him again and said, "Why don't we go back this time and ask my dad to borrow some money?"
Huo Xing immediately said, "No."
"It's not like we won't pay it back." Miao Ying didn't know why he was so unwilling to lend money. Perhaps it was the pride of ancient men. "That's fine. Let's think of a way."
Miao Ying lowered his head, thinking of other ways to make money. Huo Xing felt depressed and stopped talking.
In silence, they walked to Miao Ying's butcher shop. The shop was closed. Miao looked at the door and then pulled Huo Xing towards the village.
Miao Ying's memory was not very good, and he got stuck at a fork in the road. Huo Xing pulled him back just as he was about to go the wrong way: "This way."
Miao Ying nodded and followed Huo Xing's pace.
After entering the village, Miao Ying felt like someone was looking at him from behind, but when he turned around, there was still no one.
Huo Xing looked down at him: "What's wrong?"
Miao Ying looked away again and shook his head: "I feel like someone is looking at me."
Huo Xing also turned around when he heard this. He was more observant than Miao Ying. His sight stopped at the edge of an alley. He asked Miao Ying to wait there while he went to take a look. He walked into the alley but found nothing. There was a cat at the end of the alley.
He returned to Miao Ying and shook his head at him: "It's a cat."
Miao Ying also breathed a sigh of relief: "Let's go, we should be there soon."
Huo Xingxing walked behind Miao Ying and looked back at the alley he had just walked into.
When they arrived at the Miao family, the Miao family members were already waiting at the door. Miao Dong was still big, Miao Dahai was also strong, and Liu Qiong still looked serious and not easy to mess with.
Miao Ying still laughed when he saw this situation. Their family really has the potential to be villains.
The Miao family has no shortage of meat, and because today is the day to return home, Miao Ying saw a large piece of fat meat in the kitchen, and he suddenly felt a little full.
Miao Ying had never been married and had no married relatives, so naturally she didn't know what to do when she returned home. She could only go into the kitchen and cook with Liu Qiong.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
"Make some meatball soup," Liu Qiong said. "Don't you like lean meat?"
Miao Ying looked over and saw the minced meat already on the chopping board. He hugged Liu Qiong gently and said, "Thank you, Mom."
Liu Qiong felt a little embarrassed by his hug and patted his back: "What are you doing! Come and help me."
Miao Ying smiled and said that he would cook today so that his parents could taste his cooking skills.
Liu Qiong smiled and said, "What kind of cooking skills do you have? You only know how to eat."
Miao Ying saw that there was a particularly good piece of pork belly, so he planned to make cabbage and pork, a vegetable meatball soup, and steamed tofu meatballs.
Seeing Miao Ying start to cut vegetables and prepare to cook in an orderly manner, Liu Qiong thought of the Miao Ying in the past, and seemed to have forgotten what he looked like.
Miao Ying has been a worry since he was a child. It seems that everything in the family makes him dissatisfied. He dislikes the stench of slaughtered pigs on their bodies and their vulgarity. He feels incompatible with this family.
When he was older, he ignored his family's opposition and insisted on hanging out with Chen Erwa. Chen Erwa had been a bad boy since childhood, always teasing cats and dogs. When he grew up, he became even more unruly. He worked as a thug in the gambling houses and brothels in the town and county town. He bullied men and women on weekdays. Somehow he caught Miao Ying's eye.
They tried every means to persuade Miao Ying that Chen Erwa was not a good match, but Miao Ying always felt that his family had harmed him, which made his relationship with his family even worse. Later, when the Huo family came to propose marriage, they locked Miao Ying up at home and managed to make the marriage happen. Unexpectedly, things have become completely different from before.
"Why are you looking at me, mom?" After cutting the meat, Miao Ying raised his head and saw Liu Qiong staring at him, as if thinking about something.
"You and Chen Erwa..." Liu Qiong was still worried that he was distracted. Before the New Year, Chen Erwa had the nerve to come home and ask if Miao Ying had returned. Miao Dahai spat at him and said that Miao Ying had never returned.
It took Miao Ying a while to realize who Liu Qiong was talking about. It was Chen Erwa, who eloped with the original owner, robbed the original owner's money, and killed the original owner.
Thinking of the fact that he had taken away all of the Huo family's belongings, about ten taels of silver, and the original owner's life, Miao Ying chopped the knife in his hand fiercely into the chopping board: "Oh, Chen Erwa, huh? I will settle the score with him sooner or later."
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