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

Chapter 40

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Brother, your archery has improved a lot! Brother really admires you! Brother, you must have put in a lot of hard work during this period of time, right?"

Tie Tou shook his head.

"Brother, are you kidding me? You see, the five geese you shot all shot the necks of the geese, while the four geese I shot all shot the bodies of the geese. You shot five of them. It can be said that all arrows were fired, and I only shot four of them.

How dare I compare myself with you brother?If you continue to be so false and modest, brother will be in a hurry with you! "

Duan Wuji smiled awkwardly.

"Brother, don't be in a hurry! Okay, brother, why did I hit the horse's hoof when I flattered? What is the comparison between the two of us?"

Tie Niu shook his head.

"Brother! Why can't brother compare with you? Does your ass have a tail? Or do you have horns on your head?"

Duan Wuji smiled helplessly.

My heart said: Where is this matter?Does this have something to do with the long horns on the head and the long tail on the buttocks?

Tie Niu laughed when he saw it.

"Brother, you said that we are brothers and good friends. You said that we were together all day long. You said that my brother didn't compare with you?"

"Okay, okay, then we two brothers will compare each other in the future."

"Ah, that's right. Alas, brother, it's not too early now. Today, my brother is in charge. Let's go back a little earlier. It's too late to eat wild goose meat tonight."

"Okay, brother listen to you, let's drive the cattle back.

Carrying our wild geese, also made the third grandfather happy. "

The two moved as soon as they talked, and they stood up until they lifted the geese and rushed the cattle back home.

The two drove the cattle into the barn, and then carried the geese straight to the third grandfather's house.

Seeing that the two boys came back very early today, the third grandfather asked with a smile. "Wuji, Niu Tie, why did you come back early today?"

Tieniu lifted up the wild goose in his hand.

"Grandpa Sanzu, did you see that? We hunted some wild geese today, and brought them back for cooking in the kitchen, so that you, the old man, can taste something new.

Grandpa Sanzu, we have never eaten wild goose meat before, and we don’t know if it is delicious or not. You see, it is quite fat. "

The third grandfather looked down.

"Hey! Didn't you hit a lot?
Well, there are nine in total. How about this? Grandpa Sanzu decides today. Our three families have three, and I only keep three here. You can take the other six home, so that your family can also taste something new.

Do you think this is good? "

Tieniu glanced at Duan Wuji and didn't know what to say.

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "Well, that's fine too. Then we will ask the third grandfather for leave.

The cows are basically full, so it's okay if you don't feed them at night, so let's come back tomorrow morning. "

"Well, let's go."

The two put down the three wild geese, and each rode home with the three wild geese.

Duan Wuji went back to the cowshed, put the horse post into the barn first, and then went straight home with the geese.

When Liu Caihua saw her son come back with three big birds, she hurriedly asked, "Dad, why did you come in with three geese? Where did you get them?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Mother, these are not wild geese, these are three wild geese, we shot down from the sky just now, a total of nine geese were shot down, three from each of our three families.

Mother, you will stew for us later, let's eat big pancakes and stewed goose meat tonight. "

"Well, fine.

Then I'll start plucking now.Hey, bastard, tell me how you are doing at the third grandfather's house now? "

"Okay, I have food and drink every day, can I do well? Besides herding cattle every day, I practice martial arts and archery all day long. I'm so happy. It's the life of a god.

Hey, mother, what about my father and the others? "

"Isn't it the autumn harvest now? They're harvesting the crops, right?

Hey, bastard!Why ask this? "

"Nothing, I'll help them."

Liu Caihua laughed and said: "Damn, your father has already spoken, you are not needed for this autumn harvest, let you concentrate on practicing martial arts at home.

Erdan, listen to what mother said, your father is afraid that you will not succeed in literature or martial arts in the future, since you have learned martial arts, you should study hard and strive to achieve success in your studies as soon as possible, do you hear me clearly? "

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Mother, I know what to do. I won't go to the field today, so I will go to the courtyard of the cowshed to practice martial arts."

"Well, let's go, don't forget to come and eat when it's dark?"

"Well, mother, I see. Mother, if I haven't come, then you can eat first, and don't call me."

Liucaihua stared at it. "Damn, don't make mother bother you, or mother won't let you go, do you hear me clearly!"

Duan Wuji stuck out his tongue.

"Mom, I get it, don't call me when you're always there, can't I come here on time?"

"Well, that's about the same. Go, mother is cooking."

Duan Wuji went back to his yard, first practiced swordsmanship for a while, then practiced boxing kung fu for a while, and finally practiced bow and arrow for a while, finally, Duan Wuji went back to his room and began to meditate and practice new internal skills.

When it was time to hold the lamp, Duan Wuji finished his inner strength training and walked straight towards home.

When I entered the house, I saw my father and elder brother were sitting at the table waiting for dinner.

Duan Changsheng was overjoyed when the delicious bowl of goose meat was served.

"Mom, what kind of meat is this? Why is it so delicious! I'll eat more tonight.

Whoops, I'm exhausted from working today. "

Liucaihua glanced at Duan Changsheng and said, "Changsheng! You can't do this. You say you are a farmer, and you only plant dozens of acres of land. Why are you so tired?

You are now 16 years old, and you should marry a wife in three years or a few years. If you say that you are tired of harvesting all the crops, what else can you do in the future?
Reading, reading, reading can be eaten as a meal?In the past two years, our family has become rich and our food has improved. Isn’t this money earned by Wuji and the others? "

Duan Changsheng lowered his head.

Duan Wuji saw it and said with a smile: "Mother, don't talk about it, if you talk about my brother, I won't be able to eat anymore.

In fact, brother, you should think about how to develop our family. In the future, you will belong to our family!

You see, the crops are almost finished, can we find a way to buy him a few more pieces of land, our family buys a few hundred acres of his land, won't it be easy for you? "

Duan Changsheng stuck out his tongue.

"Damn, I'm almost exhausted from planting this little land. If I buy hundreds of acres of land, how will my brother survive?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Brother, your brain is not flexible, won't you find a long-term worker after selling so much land?
Our Duanjiazhuang is a poor village. There are many people who can't afford food in this village. It won't be difficult to find a few hardworking people.

At that time, you can just move your mouth and use your brain, wouldn't it be enough?Why do everything by yourself? "

"Ah? You want my brother to be the landlord, a lord? Is brother that material?"

"Brother, didn't you learn it by humans? Look at our third grandfather, who is over 80 years old and still in charge of the family!
why?That's because he is an old man who is willing to use his brain. Brother, you are so young, can't you compare to an old man?

Besides, didn't our father help you at the beginning?

If you want to achieve fame and fame by studying essays, then you have to manage our family well first. If you can't even manage your family well, then don't have that dream at all.

Such a sour literati can only be beheaded in the future. If that is the case, then you might as well stay at home. "

Duan Changsheng stood up after hearing this.

"Damn, thank you for your kind words, brother knows what to do.

If you say that a literati can't even manage a family well, then it really is of no use. "

In the past, my brother only knew to do some work with our father, but he really didn't think much about managing the family.

I know that you have contributed a lot to the development of our family. Now our family is considered rich. If we can't develop, then it's too bad.

Erdan, you can just look at my brother, my brother must find a way to manage the family well, so that our family will prosper day by day. "

Duan Yanqing said with a smile: "Longsheng, you are right to think so.

It can be said that it is God's will that your big brother Shan gave us money. Our ancestors accumulated a lot of money, so we should have this money.

However, it took a certain amount of thought to sell the horse in Wuji, otherwise, how could it be sold at such a high price?
Besides, when your brother went to sell cattle in the desert, he also took a certain risk. Although this kid didn't say anything, daddy knew it.

Since Wuji went to sell cattle, how can I have dinner with your mother?
If it weren't for our poor family, I wouldn't let him go to a foreign country to sell cattle even if you tell him. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Father, what's the matter? We are buying it with money, not stealing it!"

"You little bastard, don't pretend to be a bear in front of me, do you think Dad is a fool?

You said, 300 taels of silver bought more than 150 cows, and the rest of the silver is just enough for travel expenses, how can you have money to buy horses?

Boy, these few good horses of yours were either stolen or robbed, you don't know if you are a father? "

Liucaihua smiled when she heard that.

"No matter how it came about, anyway, the horse has been sold now, and our family has become rich, so don't mention these things anymore, okay?

Come on, master, let's eat first.

Today's pot of meat is wild goose meat!It smells very delicious, so eat it quickly. "

Duan Yanqing laughed and said: "Really? Then let me taste it first, I really haven't eaten this thing before.

Hey, longevity!Promise, eat it quickly, it's so delicious. "

Duan Wuji didn't care about these things, he grabbed the pancake, rolled the goose meat and ate it in big mouthfuls, after two bites, Duan Wuji raised his head.

"Mother, don't be dazed, sit down and eat quickly. If you say you don't eat, how can I swallow it?"

Liucaihua smiled lightly on Duan Wuji's back after hearing this.

"Good boy, you are the only one who loves mother. Well, mother is also sitting and eating."

(End of this chapter)