Poor Family

  Chapter 35 Picnic fall into the donkey

Although it is already the middle of winter, the weather has been fine these few days. The woods, houses and small rivers in Tangyin County are immersed in the calmness without wind and the severe cold, and are immersed in the dazzling light and light blue shadow. They were all so white, fluffy and clean.

In the morning, Li Yanqing and his three companions rode donkeys and followed Tang Zhengzong to Xiaotanghe to enjoy the snow scene with great interest. Xiaotanghe is located about ten miles north of Tangyin County. It is a famous snow scenic spot in Xiangzhou. There are quite a lot of pedestrians, and many literati and scholars also went to Xiaotanghe to enjoy the scenery like them.

  On both sides are endless wheat fields, covered with thick white snow, and the cloudless blue sky shrouds the earth like a dome.

   "You guys are lucky!"

Tang Zhengzong rode a big green horse and introduced to the four students with great interest: "Although the snow scene in Xiaotanghe River is beautiful, you can't see it every year. This year's weather is good and it's suitable for enjoying the scenery. Have you seen it?" , Many people dragged their families to watch the snow scene.”

  Wang Gui lowered his voice and smiled at the three of them: "Actually, I think riding a donkey is more interesting than admiring the snow scenery."

Wang Gui's words touched the hearts of the three of them. It was the first time for them to ride a donkey. excited.

Among the three, Yue Fei rode the best, while Li Yanqing rode the worst. This was not because of his lack of balance, but because he had not practiced squatting like the other three, and the crotch on the inside of his legs The weaker the strength, the poorer the driving ability, so Yue Fei rode the donkey leisurely, but Li Yanqing was frightened when riding the donkey, and almost fell off the donkey's back several times.

At this time, a damaged ox cart was parked on the official road, and several family members were repairing the wheels. A horse-drawn carriage drove right in front of them. The horse-drawn cart and the ox cart intersected, occupying most of the official road. There was only a narrow path on the side of the road. It is about three feet wide, and pedestrians pass by the path one after another.

Tang Zhengzong galloped his horse lightly, Yue Fei, Wang Gui and Tang Huai hurriedly urged the donkey to follow, Li Yanqing rode at the back, his little donkey saw his companion running away, and ran anxiously on all fours, Li Yanqing was in a hurry, Exclaimed: "Slow down! Slow down!"

Unexpectedly, instead of slowing down, the donkey bullied the students. Instead, it ran happily. Li Yanqing couldn't dodge, and brushed past the edge of the carriage. The fur was caught by the carriage. He lost his balance, fell off the donkey, and rolled into the side wheat field.

There was thick snow in the wheat field, Li Yanqing was not injured, but he was in a state of embarrassment, the snow was all over his head, face, and neck, and the fur was torn a small hole. At this time, there was a small man on the carriage The lady shouted anxiously: "Daddy, a little brother fell into the field."

  A middle-aged scribe who was following the carriage hurriedly got off his horse, stepped forward to pat the snow off Li Yanqing's body, and said apologetically, "The shaft is too wide, my brother's clothes were hung up, I'm very sorry!"

The middle-aged scribe could see clearly that the child's clothes were caught in his own carriage, and the child fell off. Li Yanqing saw that he was gentle and refined, he seemed to be knowledgeable, and he liked him, so he waved his hand, "I'm fine, master Don't feel guilty!"

As he spoke, Li Yanqing glanced at the little lady on the carriage, and saw that she was about four or five years old, with a pair of flat buns, red lips and white teeth, a small melon-shaped face, long curved and slender eyebrows, and a pair of smart and pretty eyes. Holding a small palace fan in his hand, he was looking at himself with concern, looking like a little beauty, but when he thought of himself falling off his donkey in front of her, Li Yanqing suddenly felt shameless, and started to chase after his donkey. go.

   "Stupid donkey, stop!"

The little lady looked at Li Yanqing running away with great interest, and seeing him catching up with the other young men joking and joking, the little lady asked curiously: "Father, there is so much snow on the road, where are they going? "

  The middle-aged scribe looked around and said with a smile: "They should go to Xiaotanghe to see the snow scene."

   "Ah! Mother said that it is the most beautiful snow scene in Xiangzhou. Daddy, I want to go too!"

   "Daddy has something to do today, next time!"

  The little lady pouted her red lips, and said unhappily: "Every time is the next time, I have saved dozens of times for the next time."

  The middle-aged scribe really loved his little daughter. Seeing that it was still early and it didn’t take long to look at the snow scene, he smiled and said, “Okay! Let’s go ahead and turn around.”

  Li Yanqing and his party diverted to another official road, and after walking for half an hour, they arrived at Xiaotanghe. They stood on a bridge and looked down the bridge. Not far away was the famous snow scenic spot of Xiaotanghe.

Different from the white and monotonous snowfield around, there are patchwork of groves scattered on both sides of the Xiaotang River in the distance, which outlines a soft and undulating dazzling curve on the flat snowfield, turning all the trees that can be seen Become a huge or exquisite silver coral.

The Xiaotang River is like a jade belt paved with beautiful jade, meandering in the woods, and the woods are still filled with thin gauze mist. The golden sunlight penetrates the woods, making the gauze fog soaked like an unfolded transparent red yarn.

   You can only go to the scenic spot on foot. The small bridge is full of tourists' ox carts and animal power. Tang Zhengzong smiled and said: "You go! I will take care of the donkey for you."

   "Aren't uncle going?" Li Yanqing asked.

   Tang Zhengzong chuckled, "I've watched it countless times, so I won't go this time."

  Wang Gui and Tang Huai rushed down impatiently, Yue Fei was still waiting for Li Yanqing, "Brother Qing, hurry up!"

   "Uncle, let's go first."

   "Follow the flow of people, don't get lost." Tang Zhengzong shouted from behind.

  Li Yanqing and Yue Fei went down a path beside the small bridge, and followed the flow of people to the east. There were quite a few people who came to see the snow scene today, and most of them concentrated in the south of Xiaotangshui. There were not many people in the north, and the scenery was not inferior to that in the south.

  Li Yanqing and Yue Fei walked carefully across the ice of the small river, and got into a world of jade trees and Qiongzhi in the north. ． ． ． ．

  Although the scenery was beautiful, the chill couldn't help seeping through. Li Yanqing and Yue Fei were ready to go back home after enjoying the tour for less than half an hour.

   "Where did those two guys go?" Li Yanqing and Yue Fei searched around, but they didn't see Wang Gui and Tang Huai.

   "Fifth brother, let's look separately! You go south, I go north, and meet at the bridge later."

   "Okay!" Yue Fei agreed, and walked south of Xiaotang River.

  Li Yanqing slowly walked back along a small path in the woods to the north. His waist was scratched heavily by the carriage. He didn't feel it just now, but now he started to feel a burning pain.

Li Yanqing walked to an open space with few tourists. He found a big rock and sat down, and slowly opened his small clothes. He saw a bloodstain about half a foot long on his waist. Although there was no blood, it was so red and swollen that it was as high as a finger. shocking.

"ah!"

  An exclamation came from the side, Li Yanqing quickly put down his little clothes, and saw a few people coming out from the nearby woods, the front was a father and daughter, who were the owner of the carriage, followed by a few attendants.

  The middle-aged scribe saw Li Yanqing from afar, so he came to have a look, but unexpectedly happened to bump into Li Yanqing's son to check the injury.

  The middle-aged scribe stepped forward quickly, "You are actually injured, let me see."

  Behind him, a young lady in a fur green dress pulled her father's clothes, poked her head with a concerned expression.

   "I'm fine, just a little scratch!" Li Yanqing quickly waved his hand.

  The middle-aged scribe didn't care about him, he pulled his hand away, opened his small coat to check, Li Yanqing had no choice but to turn his head away.

   "Daddy, there are bruises all around!"

  Hearing the scream of the little lady, Li Yanqing turned around and found that the little lady was in front of his wound. He quickly put down his little clothes, "It's okay, I'm going back!"

  He turned around and left, but the middle-aged scribe grabbed him, "I happen to have wound medicine in the car, put some medicine on it to eliminate the bruise, otherwise the injury will worsen."

  He couldn't help but dragged Li Yanqing away, but Li Yanqing was helpless, and the pain from the wound became more and more unbearable. It would be impossible without medicine, so he had to follow the middle-aged scribe to the small bridge.

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  In the carriage, a middle-aged scribe's entourage used a fragrant herbal medicine to smear his wound with a thin layer, and then carefully pasted him with a dog skin plaster.

  Yue Fei stood in front of the car door, looking at Li Yanqing with concern, Li Yanqing grinned at him, then turned his head, but saw Wang Gui and Tang Huaizheng chatting up the little lady, scrambling to brag about their heroic deeds.

  Li Yanqing gave them a hard look, they are two guys who value **** more than friends.

   "Lie down and don't move!"

   The attendant held him down, got out of the carriage, and walked quickly towards the master.

  The middle-aged scribe was talking to Tang Zhengzong, when he saw his entourage coming down, the middle-aged scribe rushed up to him and asked, "How is his injury?"

   "Reporting to the senior officials, the injury is still very serious. Fortunately, the medicine was given in time, and it will fester if it is later."

   Tang Zhengzong also stepped forward and asked, "Can I ride a donkey?"

"I'm afraid not!"

  The entourage shook his head, "He can only lie flat now, he can't ride a donkey or walk, let's see if he can feel better tomorrow."

   "What should we do? Tomorrow he will participate in the Boys' Association finals. Without him, we will definitely lose."

   Tang Zhengzong was extremely worried, and asked again: "Can he sit up tomorrow morning?"

   "I dare not say this!"

  The middle-aged scribe said: "How about this! I will send the child to the city, and then find a doctor who treats the wound to show him. Rest for a night, and the injury should improve."

   Tang Zhengzong had no choice but to do so, "Go back to the inn first, and I will invite Zhang Deliang from Qianjintang. He is the most famous in Tangyin for seeing trauma."

  Li Yanqing could no longer ride the donkey, so he had to lie in the carriage and return to the county seat, while Tang Zhengzong led Yue Fei and the three of them back to the city on the donkey.

  (end of this chapter)