Three and a half women in four courtyards

Chapter 73

A man wearing glasses whispered to the boss: "Ang, it seems that he is telling the truth, we may have wronged him."

The head nodded, and said to Hou Mingli: "Ang, you look quite honest, who is your boss?"

"From the four emperors, from filial piety to Confucianism." Hou Mingli said.

"Oh? Someone from the Fourth Emperor?" The leader quickly untied the rope that bound Hou Mingli, "Then you are Hou Mingli from the Hou Family Courtyard, right?"

"Ang! You, who are you?" Hou Mingli asked the head, flexing his wrist.

"Ang, you don't have to ask who I am!" the leader said, "Your Majesty the Fourth Emperor is an enlightened person, so we respect him! You hurry up! Go back and ask His Majesty the Fourth Emperor how he is!"

Just as Hou Mingli was about to drive the carriage on the road, he was stopped by the boss again.Said: "Ang, we see that there is a little salt in your car, and it is left behind. This is the money for salt." As he said, he handed over a dozen dimes.

"Oh, no, no! Take it and eat it!" Hou Mingli declined.

"Don't mind me, we don't have beards. It's all caused by this devil. The Japanese devils have come, and they regard salt as a strategic material, and implement a rationed supply. We know that this thing is expensive. You just accept the money. .” The man wearing glasses came up and said to Hou Mingli.

Hou Mingli took the money and hurried back on the main road.

"Oh? Volunteer Army anti-rape team?" After drinking a cup of wine from the Four Emperors, he put down the cup, and seemed to be talking to himself.

"Oh! They said they belonged to the Volunteer Army's anti-rape team!" Hou Mingli also took a drink, "Brother, do you know them?"

The Fourth Emperor shook his head and said, "Ang, I don't know! It seems that the volunteer army is not the same as the beard, is it?"

"Uh, at first, I thought it was the same thing as Beard, but you see, what they do is really different." Hou Mingli said, "If it was Beard, let alone take your salt, even the car All the horses were snatched away without blinking an eye. Look at them, if they give you back the money, they will treat them as if they were yours, which is unreasonable."

"Ang, you have to be more careful when you go out in the future. Look at Daxigouchuan, he has a beard, there are volunteer soldiers, there are Japanese devils and Manchurian policemen, plus the remnants of those village guards! You are not alone Be careful, you don't know who you will bump into!" Said the Fourth Emperor.

"I met the Volunteer Army this time, and I suddenly thought of something." Hou Mingli said.

"Om? What's the matter?" asked the Fourth Emperor.

"Ang, I'm just thinking about it. Should I go to Duolun again and sell a cartload of salt, and I will definitely make a lot of money!" Hou Mingli said.

"Ah-ah, what time is it, you still go to Duolun! It's so far away!" Before the fourth emperor could speak, Bao Yixian interjected, "Oh, look at my younger siblings, they are pregnant again and need someone to take care of them. You If you go out, it will take you a month. There is a big belly left at home, what to do!"

"Sister-in-law, you don't know." Hou Mingli took a sip of his wine and said, "Oh, look, she has another child, and my family has six boys and one girl. The boss, Wenwu, should also be engaged to marry a wife. It’s a big family (a big family), and the expenses are not small. If I don’t take advantage of what I can do, I can save more family property, so many children, if I can’t even marry a daughter-in-law, it will be difficult!”

"It's reasonable, your sister-in-law is right. You can't go out easily." The Fourth Emperor also took a sip of his wine and said, "Oh, you are now, not to mention rich, but you are better off than ordinary people. This war is in chaos. Yes, the Japanese devils have just come in, and they don’t know what the future will be like. Duolun is so far away, once you encounter a horse with high stirrups and short stirrups (difficult things), it will be troublesome. It’s better not to do this kind of business.”

"Oh, I'll just think about it. Wealth and wealth come from danger." Hou Mingshun put down the wine cup and counted with his fingers, "Look, I've been to Duolun's place once, and I'm also familiar with the owner of the salt well, Budashili. You can get salt there. Last time he also told me that if I go to sell salt, he will bring it to me first. This is a network! Ah, now that the Japanese devils are here, they are engaged in this rationed supply, and this Salt salt has become a hot commodity, so it’s no problem to sell. As for the family, let Mingshun take care of it. There are so many children, although they are small, it’s no problem to fight. It’s just in time for this winter. The cats are at home, and they are idle, so why not go for a run. How much can you earn?"

"Oh? Big sister, don't you want to stop him?" Bao Yixian asked Hou Zhang when he saw Hou Mingli's stubborn temper and seemed determined to go to Duolun.

"Oh, I, I'm fine. I'm used to giving birth, just like an old hen laying eggs, without any effort." Hou Zhang thought for a while, and said with tears in his eyes, "Over the years, I've been a filial brother Taking care of it, the days are getting better day by day. Mingli can't sit still, I'm used to it. Well, after all, there are so many mouths waiting to eat."

"Wulaqin! Come here! Drink water." Bao Yixian called to Zuo Shandiao, calling Wulaqin in his mouth.

Hearing the shout, the mountain eagle moved over to drink a couple of sips of water, and went for a stroll in the warehouse again.

"Ang, you are so serious, why did you give this old eagle the name Wulaqin!" After Hou Mingli left for Duolun, Hou Zhang often came to chat with Bao Yixian.

"Oh! The fourth prince and Fujin entrusted me with two children. I swear to protect their safety." Bao Yixian sighed, "Well, in the end, Bei Ji was bitten to death by evil spirits. Leave a bad boy. As for Wulaqin, I named it Beiji, which is also a thought. Now, Wulaqin is gone again, and God sent me another old eagle. Let’s call him Wulaqin, it’s just a thought! Changqingtian, these are two sacred objects given to me.”

"Ah!" Mrs. Hou Zhang rubbed his stomach, paused for a while, and said, "You said that this wild animal can be psychic, and it really is psychic. Look at Beiji, kiss you. Now this Lao Diao, I am so obedient when I see you. Could it be that the souls of those two children really possessed them?"

"Oh, oops! Wulaqin caught another mouse, grab it quickly!" Bao Yixian hurriedly opened the door of the granary and limped over, "What the hell! Wulaqin, don't eat it! Give it to me!" !"

Bao Yixian snatched the mouse from Wu Laqin's mouth and hung it on the beam.

"Oh? It managed to catch a mouse. It just wanted to eat it. Why did you snatch it!" Hou Zhang asked puzzled.

"Oh, I ate one just now! You don't know, this old vulture can't exhaust its throat (without restraint) when eating. It can live on one mouse a day. But if it catches a mouse, it will kill ( I can eat seven or eight of them." Bao Yixian said, "Snatch it and keep it, and when it doesn't catch the mouse one day and gets hungry, I'll feed it to it."

"An, if you snatch food from its mouth like this, it won't bear any grudges against you?" Hou Zhang said jokingly.

"Oh, don't tell me, this kind of bird is not afraid of being robbed by others when it is full, and it doesn't hold grudges when others rob it. When it is hungry, you give it food, but it remembers it all , I am grateful to you. Ah, you are a bird that knows how to repay you.”

"You really know how to train it, no wonder it listens to you!" Hou Zhang shouted at the old eagle, "Wulaqin, isn't it?"

Wu Laqin rolled her eyes, as if she was answering Mrs. Hou Zhang.

"Boom—boom!" Someone knocked on the door.

I heard Lele Li shout: "An, old man, why are you so idle, looking for a boss?"

When Bao Yixian and Hou Zhang heard this, they knew that Hongdao had come.

(End of this chapter)