The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 133 Chapter 120

The three girls Hou Jinping stood up and walked slowly to his mother's side.Hou Guantang looked at the people in the room and said: "There are no outsiders in this room, they are all from our family, come on, let's sit together, let's have a meal with the two benefactors today.

Hongsheng, why don't you hurry up and get the wine? "

After hearing this, Hou Hongsheng immediately brought up two jars of wine, and Hou Guantang filled them up for everyone himself.

Hou Guantang looked at the people in the room and said: "For many years, my Hou family has been a good citizen who has kept their dignity, always respected the public and obeyed the law, and never done anything immoral. I didn't expect this disaster to happen.

Fortunately, I happened to meet two righteous men who extended their hands to help, and today's disaster was solved. Come on, I will pour wine for everyone today, let's celebrate first. "

After finishing speaking, Hou Guantang filled the wine bowls on the table with wine.

Hou Guantang looked at the crowd and said, "Come on, let's have a drink first. Raise the wine bowl, let's have a drink first."

Everyone raised their wine bowls and drank in one gulp.

The eldest son-in-law Zheng Cai stood up, looked at everyone and said, "Father-in-law, mother-in-law, two righteous men, I, Zheng Cai, am an honest farmer, and I have no skills. I watched my father-in-law's family being bullied. I, Zheng Cai, have nothing to do, I am really ashamed!

Fortunately, the heavens have eyes, and our family should not have suffered from this disaster. The two righteous men happened to pass by our village, and today's disaster was solved.

Come on, let me, Zheng Cai, borrow a bowl of wine from my father-in-law's house today to offer a toast to everyone.

Come, come, fill up. "

After finishing speaking, Zheng Cai picked up the wine jar and filled everyone with wine one by one, and several people picked up the wine bowl and drank another bowl.

Seeing this, the second son-in-law Gu Yanling stood up and said with a smile: "Eldest brother-in-law, you have given a toast to everyone, it seems a bit inappropriate if I don't toast.

You say you are an honest farmer, but you can still say a few words!But I can't say anything, alas, this is really rushing the ducks to the shelves!

Today I, Gu Yanling, will not say anything, come, come, let's drink. "

After finishing speaking, the second son-in-law filled up the wine again.

"Come, come, come, let's drink."

At this moment, a six or seven-year-old boy with a braid came in from the outside.

Zheng Cai frowned when he saw it.

"I said Zheng Shuang, what are you doing here if you're not playing outside? Didn't you see the adults drinking? Why don't you let me out?"

Hou Guantang glared at Zheng Cai.

"Zheng Cai, are you the one who scares the child like that? You scare the child! Come, come, Shuang'er, come to the master, and the father will give you a piece of meat to eat."

The little boy ran over and sat on Hou Guantang's lap, and Hou Guantang took a piece of horse meat and handed it to him.

The little boy said to his third aunt while eating the horse meat: "Third aunt, third aunt, you are so beautiful today, you are the bride today.

Hey, where is my third uncle?I want to ask him to please money to buy candy. "

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became awkward, and everyone at the scene was stunned.

Zheng Cai walked up to his father-in-law, dragged his son over, and slapped his ass.

"Boy, I told you to play outside, but you fucking ran in. If you ran in, you ran in. It's really disgusting to return the **** pot and not lift the pot."

Where has this kid seen these things?When he saw his father stretch out his hand and hit him, he was so frightened that he burst into tears.

When the two or three children around the door saw Zheng Shuang being beaten, they shrank their heads and ran away in fright.

Zheng Cai had no choice but to nod at everyone.

"Everyone, eat first, I'll go out and coax this kid."

After finishing speaking, Zheng Cai walked out with his son in his arms.

The current atmosphere suddenly became deserted, and it took a while for Hou Guantang to recover.

Hou Guantang smiled at everyone.

"What's wrong with everyone? Why are you unhappy? Eat quickly."

Duan Wuji and Tieniu didn't care about these nonsense, they just ate all the horse meat.

Xin said: If you don't eat, you will be tired. Today, we brothers and sisters are full anyway. Otherwise, these good things will be wasted?

The family watched these two foodies eat everything, and thought that these two guys can really eat!

The time was not long, and the two of them were full. Tie Niu walked to the kang in two steps, and lay down immediately.

"Oh, it's so comfortable! I didn't rest well last night, and I ran another [-] miles of mountain road this morning. I'm really tired. I'll sleep on this kang first.

Brother, are you sleepy?How about you lie down beside me too? "

Duan Wuji shook his head.

"Brother Tieniu, if you're sleepy, go to bed first. I'm fine. I'll go to bed at night."

As soon as the iron bull's head touched the pillow, there was a loud sound within a short time.

The people of Lao Hou's family took a look.

"Hey, this guy is full and sleepy!"

Hou Guantang waved his hand, and the family immediately retreated from the room.

Duan Wuji drank two sips of tea and was about to sit on the kang and meditate for a while, when Hou Hongsheng walked in, walked up to Duan Wuji and whispered: "Grandfather, my father asked me to invite you, come on, come with me." Let's go."

Duan Wuji was not happy at first sight.

"What's the matter? It's so secretive? It's really annoying. Can't you say it in this room?"

Duan Wuji murmured and followed Hou Hongsheng out. Hou Hongsheng led him into an upper room on the east side, where Hou Guantang was sitting on a chair, frowning and drinking water.

My wife stayed by and didn't speak.

Duan Wuji walked in and sat down on the chair, looked at Hou Guantang and said, "Old man, what's the matter? If you have anything to say, just say it."

Hou Guantang waved his hand at Hou Hongsheng, and Hou Hongsheng immediately retreated knowingly.

Hou Guantang looked at Duan Wuji and said: "Wuji, drink some water, I really need something to ask you now, Wuji, you have to do me a favor today!"

Duan Wuji listened with a confused face, and knew what the old man was going to say.

Duan Wuji looked at Hou Guantang and said: "Old man, just say what you want, why are you so hesitant? Tell me how much we have helped you with your family's troubles? How can we not help?"

Hou Guantang took a sip of water, looked at Duan Wuji and said, "Wuji, is that sleeping brother your elder brother? How old is he this year?"

Duan Wuji smiled and said: "He is almost five years older than me, he is 19 years old this year."

"Oh, he's a big boy too. Has he got a family yet?"

Duan Wuji shook his head.

"In the past, their family was very poor, but they have gradually become rich in the past two years. They haven't married yet? Hey, old man, why are you asking about this?"

After hearing this, Hou Guantang smiled wryly and said: "Grandpa, you don't know, you have seen what happened just now, the little girl Jin Ping is 16 years old this year, and it is supposed to be the age to leave the court.

Hey, it's unfortunate that the family has encountered such a bad thing. Just now the little girl went to his second sister's house crying.

Alas, this is a mess.This is how we will go out in the future! "

Duan Wuji laughed loudly after hearing this: "Old man, I understand what you mean. Do you want to marry your daughter to my brother as a wife? Is that what you mean?"

Hou Guantang slapped his thigh.

"Engong, you are so smart. You will understand before I say it. Engong, do you think this will work?"

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "Well, I think this is feasible, but, old man, have you discussed it with your third daughter?"

Hou Guantang shook his head.

"Well, I haven't told her about it yet, I think that young man is very good, who knows if she is satisfied?

Hongsheng, Hongsheng, go, go to your second sister's house, call your third sister over, and say that Daddy has something to discuss with her. "

Hou Hongsheng agreed and ran out, and when time was short, Hou Jin Ping walked in from the door.

Hou Jinping saluted his parents first, and then saluted Duan Wuji.Then he stood beside his mother in a regular manner.

Hou Guantang's wife saw it and said with a smile: "Jin Ping, just now your father told this benefactor that he wants to marry you to that young man who sleeps in your house, Ping'er, I don't know if you would like to marry me." No?"

Hou Jinping thought for a while and said: "Mom, what am I willing or not? You know our family's conditions. Our family is a small family in this mountain, and we don't have any conditions. Can we do it?
Look at the tall horse they ride, can this work? "

Hou Jinping's mother laughed and said: "So, girl, are you willing? Since you are willing, this matter will be easy to handle.

I'll let your father tell others. "

Hou Jinping's mother walked up to Hou Guantang and whispered something in Hou Guantang's ear, and then the two discussed in low voices for a while.

Hou Guantang nodded.

Hou Guantang turned around and said to Duan Wuji: "Little benefactor, you heard it just now, my daughter agreed, so I will leave this matter to you.

I'm just afraid that your brother won't agree. After all, he is worth taking advantage of.If he is already engaged, it is fine to marry Jin Ping as a side room. There are no three wives and four concubines in that big family. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Old man, you wait, I'll tell my brother Tieniu right now."

Duan Wuji turned around and walked out of this room, back to the new house, he saw Tie Niu lying on the kang and sleeping.

Duan Wuji walked over and pulled Tieniu up.

Tie Niu rubbed his eyes.

"Brother, what are you doing? Let him sleep for a while."

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"Brother Tieniu, you are so lucky. You will become the bridegroom's official when you sleep and spit in this new house. Why can't I find such a good thing?"

"What? What? Brother, don't be joking, what is the bridegroom? Isn't she a bride? Why did she fall asleep and become a groom again? Am I a man or a woman?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Just now I have discussed with the old Hou Tou, the old Hou Tou decided to marry his daughter to you, isn't this a great happy event? Brother Tie Niu, you should also start a family. "

Tie Niu laughed and said: "Brother, don't make fun of me, brother. It's not good to make such a joke here. If they find out, they should say that we are uneducated."

Duan Wuji laughed and said, "Brother Tieniu, do you think I'm joking with you? It's true."

"Really? That's not okay! Marriage is based on the orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker.

My parents don't know about this, so where is the matchmaker? "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "I'll talk about your parents, isn't this matchmaker just me? Why? Brother, can't I be a matchmaker?"

Tie Niu jumped off the kang after hearing this.

"Brother, is this true?"

"Who will lie to you? Brother Tieniu, is this okay?"

Tie Niu grinned.

"Brother, this is a great thing. It would be great for you to be a matchmaker. Brother, let me tell you, that girl is so beautiful. Where can I find such a beautiful woman?

Brother, go ahead. "

After hearing this, Duan Wuji came out of the new house with a smile, and hurried to the main house of the old Houtou.

Hou Guantang was waiting in the room, afraid that this matter would not be possible.

Seeing Duan Wuji walking in, he asked impatiently: "Little benefactor, how is this going? Can it be done?"

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"Old man, this matter is settled, my brother Tieniu has already agreed.

Old man, let's do it this way, since this thing is done, I think we should hurry up, and let's give the ceremony right away. "

Hou Guantang was overjoyed when he heard that.

"Okay, okay, okay, as long as this is done, it will be easy. My benefactor, you have the final say on this matter."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Old man, we are traveling this time, and we didn't bring much money with us, so can we just have some fun?"

Hou Guantang laughed out loud.

"My benefactor, you are a great matchmaker, you have the final say on this matter."

Duan Wuji ran to the new house and pulled Tieniu out.

"Brother Tieniu, don't take your money bag in now! It's done."

"Ah? So fast! My little silver is only 300 taels, how can this be enough for an engagement? Isn't this making people laugh at us?"

Duan Wuji smiled.

"Why is this a joke? Let's just be funny, how can there be so much nonsense!"

Tie Niu walked up to the horse in three steps and took two steps, and took down his silver bag.Following behind Duan Wuji, he walked straight towards the main room.

After entering the main room, the Tie Niu became embarrassed, stood behind Duan Wuji and lowered his head.

Duan Wuji smiled when he saw it, took the silver bag from Tie Niu and put it on the table.

Duan Wuji opened the bag, and the white money was immediately exposed. Duan Wuji counted 200 taels of silver from it and put it on the table.

"Old man, this is a gift of 200 taels, let's settle this matter."

Hou Guantang looked at the pile of money in surprise and said: "Grandfather, you are going to give this much gift when you get engaged?

Didn't you say that you didn't bring much money?Is so much money still too little? "

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"Old man, how much is a few hundred taels of silver? It's okay, it's okay, you guys put it away quickly."

"Grandpa, then my future son-in-law is really a rich man?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "He is not a wealthy family, he only has 3 to [-] taels of silver in his family, so there is nothing wrong with living a prosperous life."

"Ah? You don't call yourself a wealthy family with so much money? Girl, do you hear that? Your in-law's family is so rich! Now you can enjoy yourself."

"Father, don't listen to my brother's nonsense, if their family is so rich, would you want me?"

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"You don't believe me, what can I do? Anyway, I didn't talk nonsense."

"Then tell me, is your family taking advantage of the money, or theirs?"

Tieniu became anxious when he heard this.

"Don't you need to ask? Naturally, my brother's family is taking advantage of the money. I'm just fooling around with my brother. It's true that the family only took advantage of such a small amount of money. If you don't want to, you can take advantage of it."

After hearing this, Hou Jin Ping lowered his head and remained silent.

When Hou Jinping's mother saw it, she hurriedly put away the 200 taels of silver, for fear that the matter would get worse.

Hou Guantang smiled happily when he saw it.

"Jin Ping, quickly give the groom one of the things you embroidered. Let's settle this matter."

Hou Jinping agreed and ran out blushing, and came in with a delicate purse after a while.

Hou Jin Ping blushed and was about to hand it over, but Duan Wuji snatched it over.

"Let me see what is embroidered?"

Duan Wuji held it in his hand and looked, it turned out that there were two mandarin ducks playing in the water, there was a red carp in the water, there were a few aquatic plants in the water, and there were a few lotus with green leaves growing on the water, the patterns were rich enough.

Duan Wuji handed it to Tieniu, looked at Hou Jinping with a smile and said, "Is the hand skillful enough? But this picture has a flaw."

Hou Jin Ping was taken aback.

"The love purses in our place all have this pattern, what are the shortcomings? Let me hear it?"

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "You see there are only two big mandarin ducks on this pattern, where are the group of small mandarin ducks? Isn't this a shortcoming?"

Hou Yinping blushed when he said this, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Hou Guantang and his wife also knew that Duan Wuji was joking with his future sister-in-law, so they walked out of the house with a smile.

The old couple went to the courtyard and said to the villagers: "Folks, don't leave tonight. My little daughter will be officially engaged tonight. Let's all witness this happy moment together.

Hongsheng, Hou Jia, Hou Shang, you three hurry up and set up a banquet, let's buy what we need.

Hongsheng, ask your mother for money, let's make this engagement banquet lively. "

(End of this chapter)