Water Margin Survival

After seven turns and eight bends, the three boats finally got out of this vast reed marsh.After paddling in Shijie Lake for a while, I could finally see the land.

There were seven or eight thatched huts randomly erected on the shore, and a mother-in-law was pointing and cursing at a person, who squatted halfway on an empty tree stump by the lake, lowered his head, and did not reply.

Just listen to the mother-in-law scolding: "It won't be a long time before I lose everything, and I will hit the hairpin on my head again... Besides, you don't want to fight fish, and you can't marry a wife, so you just want to gamble! You really want to be angry to death!" Are you old enough?"

Ruan Xiaoqi saw that the mother-in-law was only focused on cursing on the shore, and didn't see that she had brought guests, so she yelled: "Old lady! Fifth brother!"

When the man squatting on the tree stump heard Ruan Xiaoqi's voice, he was overjoyed and shouted, "Brother Seven, you have money to live on, lend me some and then go get the money!"

Ruan Xiaoqi laughed and said, "Fifth brother, don't go gambling today, there are distinguished guests!"

When Ruan Xiaowu heard the words and looked towards the boat, both Wang Lun and Song Wan stood up and gestured towards him.After a while the sailors jumped ashore and tied the ropes, Wang Lun and Song Wan will disembark for the first time.Wang Lun stepped forward and said to the mother-in-law: "Nie, my nephew took the liberty of visiting today and didn't bring any presents. This is the only thing I have. I hope you can accept it with a smile!" He took out a red cloth from his arms and tied it The golden garlic, handed to the mother-in-law.

The mother-in-law's eyes were a little dazzled, and she took the hard yellow spindle to look carefully, and Ruan Xiao, who was next to her, had sharp eyes and shouted: "Old lady, return it to the guest quickly, this gift is too expensive, I'm afraid it won't be worth seventeen or eight taels." Heavy gold!"

The mother-in-law was startled when she heard that, and kept saying, "No way, no way!" She took Wang Lun's hand and was about to return the gold collar to him.Wang Lun said with a smile, "Sigh, don't see outsiders! It's almost Chinese New Year, and my nephew is not very filial, so I only offer this vulgar thing. I'll take it to make a bracelet, and keep the rest for my fifth brother in the future. , Seventh Brother is also good to beg for a house and a daughter-in-law!"

The mother-in-law was very excited when she heard the words, and suddenly many words came to her throat, but she didn't know where to start.Seeing this, Wang Lun said again: "The fifth brother is usually a filial person. If he asks for his sister-in-law in the future, it's better to take care of my mother together!" Living together instead of relying on Ruan Xiaoer who has a family to support him, we can see that Xiao Wu is a sincere and filial son.

As soon as the mother-in-law heard the guest talking about her favorite son, she took Wang Lun's hand and said, "I'm not afraid of the honored guest's laughter. My Wulang is not good at fishing on weekdays. He just likes to gamble. It's good to give him a family to lose." If you are extremely poor, which little lady would like to follow him? But among the three sons, I like him, only he has me in his heart!"

Ruan Xiaoqi heard this on the boat, and said with a smile: "Old lady, you are not scolding the bald donkey in front of the monk! I have told my old lady to move in with me many times in the past, but you just refused, but Blame me here! Even the second elder brother has come to persuade me a few times!"

The mother-in-law replied: "You are not as good as Wulang! Not to mention Erlang, but I can't quarrel with his sister-in-law!"

Everyone laughed when they heard the words, Ruan Xiaowu came over to help his old lady, thanked Wang Lun on her behalf, and said, "I don't know the name of this distinguished guest!"

Wang Lun arched his hands and said, "Don't dare, Xiao Ke Wang Lun!" Then he pointed to Song Wan and said, "This is my brother. People in the world call him Song Wan, King Kong of Yunli!" Song Wan also hugged Ruan Xiaowu Ruan Xiaowu hurriedly returned the salute, seeing Wang Lun's elegance and generosity, and his free and easy speech, Song Wan beside him was also grown up, unusually burly, and thought, "It turns out that he is the leader of Liangshan, but I heard that Wang Lun is narrow-minded. Being stingy, my brother has repeatedly discussed going to defection, but because of such concerns, he never made the trip. But seeing him today, I feel very different. No wonder people say that hearing is believing, seeing is believing. It seems that there are rumors in the world How delusional!"

Seeing that Wang Lun was dressed as a scholar, and hearing that he called himself Wang, the mother-in-law cordially invited everyone into the house to serve tea, and said: "Professor Wang, don't think my hut is simple, please sit at home and drink some hot soup to keep you warm! "

Ruan Xiaoqi jumped down from the boat and said loudly: "The honored guest came here today to talk to my three brothers. My wife will go in first and keep the gold away so that no one else can see it. I will accompany the honored guest to find the second brother." elder brother!"

Wang Lun also thanked the old man again and again, and persuaded his mother-in-law to go in.He also asked Xiao Luo to cut a good fat leg of lamb, took two pairs of chickens and two jars of wine, and sent them in with his mother-in-law. He just laughed, and said to his brother: "It's rare that the leader of the king loves us, and the fifth brother is just pushing it, which makes the leader's face look ugly!"

Wang Lun laughed loudly when he heard the words, and said straightly, "Xiao Qi is a straightforward guy, I really spoke to my heart!" Ruan Xiaowu saw that the minions who went in had retreated, so he invited Wang Lun and Song Wan to board the boat, and went to find Xiao Qi together. two.

Ruan Xiaowu boarded Xiaoqi's boat, and the three boats were still sailing in Shijie Lake. After less than a stick of incense, everyone rowed to the front of Xiaoer's house.A young woman in coarse clothes was killing fish on the bank, and a little monkey was playing by the water. Ruan Xiaoqi called out, "Sister-in-law, is Second Brother ever at home?"

The woman raised her head when she heard the words, and saw that it was Xiaowu Xiaoqi, and there were many guests, and hurriedly said: "Here I am, I will call him!" After she finished speaking, she left the child who was playing around, turned and went into the house.

When everyone got off the boat, Xiao Qi stepped forward to hug his nephew. The little monkey saw many strangers and was not afraid of strangers. He just looked at them curiously, and suddenly smelled a scent, and hurriedly sniffed his nose vigorously. , broke free from Ruan Xiaoqi's body, and went straight to the food box.

Wang Lun smiled when he saw this, and asked the minions to open the food box. The child ignored the mud on his hands and grabbed the roast sheep. Xiao Wu slapped the child on the buttocks. The child looked aggrieved and lowered his head obediently. He went to the water's edge to wash his hands, and stared at Ruan Xiaowu pitifully.

Wang Lun found it interesting. He came over to hold the child, and asked Mino to cut the sheep. He took a piece of lamb chop and handed it to the child. The little monkey smiled and took the lamb without looking at Ruan. Xiaowu was old, and he ate it after stuffing it in his mouth, and his mouth was full of oil, making everyone laugh.

At this moment, Ruan Xiaoer and his wife strode out of the house, saw a scholar eating there with his baby in his arms, and hurriedly said: "I don't know that a distinguished guest has come, so I'm still sleeping soundly, neglect and neglect!"

"Second brother, you don't know how much you don't know. These two are the leader of the king and the leader of the Song Dynasty on Liangshan. Today, the leader of the king came to kiss me, and I bumped into him. He was about to talk to the three of us!" Ruan Xiaoqi spoke quickly. road.

Before Ruan Xiaoer could answer, the woman beside him was taken aback, and hurriedly took the child from Wang Lun's arms, repeatedly saying "offended".Wang Lun smiled and handed the child back to her, then clasped his fists at Ruan Xiaoer, and said, "I've heard a lot about the heroes of the Ruan brothers. I've always wanted to visit these three heroes with Du Qian, Song Wan, and Zhu Gui, but I just kept going." I'm entangled in trifles, I can't go down the mountain, and today I'm free, so I came here with Song Wantou, the three of you don't blame Wang Lun for coming so abruptly!"

Ruan Xiaoer was stunned, and quickly returned the courtesy: "What is the king talking about? It's cold outside, please talk in the room!" Carried it in, and followed the master into the house with Song Wan.

Not long after the five of them sat down, the woman warmed up the wine and meat that Wang Lun had brought, and all the minions helped to carry it out. The little monkey had a fat chicken leg in his left hand and a greasy lamb chop in his right, making a fuss in the room. Everyone had something to talk about, so they took the child and went to the back room.

Everyone gossiped for a while, Ruan Xiaoer asked: "I don't know what is the important thing that the king and Song are here this time?"

Wang Lun put down his wine bowl and said with a smile: "I have heard for a long time that the three of you are all heroes, so I came here specially to pay a visit. Secondly, there have been a lot of people throwing themselves into the mountains in our village recently. The children don't eat well, so I am in trouble." Three!"

The three of them were at a loss for a while, they couldn't eat well, why did they ask their brothers, did they come to borrow food?It doesn't look like the situation!It was still Ruan Xiaoqi who spoke quickly and said straightly: "Leader Wang, please speak clearly, but it is useful for my brothers, who come and go in the water, come and go in the fire, don't dare to say a word, it's just a copycat If you think about it in my village, please get rid of it early!"

Wang Lun and Song Wanjian laughed so hard that the three of them were in a daze, but they heard Wang Lun say: "Qilang has misunderstood! This time I am here to talk to the three of you about business and buy some fish!" After finishing speaking, Wang Lun suddenly felt a little funny in his heart. He suddenly remembered that Wu used to say that Sanruan was also an excuse to buy fish. It's true, and Wang Lun is true for buying fish, and it's true for soliciting fish.

When the three of them heard this, they suddenly realized, but at the same time, there was a trace of disappointment in their hearts. After a pause, they heard Ruan Xiaoer say: "This is a trivial matter. Fishing is my brother's livelihood. The king can tell you as much as he wants!"

The frustrated expressions of the three fell into Wang Lun's eyes, and he didn't say anything, just said: "One thousand and eight hundred catties a day, each piece should not be less than half a catty in weight, there is no limit to the larger ones, as long as it is delivered at noon, the full amount of copper coins Check out, do you know if anyone is interested?"

The three heroes of the Ruan family looked at each other, very surprised in their hearts, and only heard Ruan Xiaowu say, "If you ask the whole village to fish together, the amount can be made up, but I don't know why the king needs so many fish every day?"

Hearing this, Song Wan came alive.He is the leader in charge of the kitchen, and improving the food of the minions is exactly what he should be in charge of, so it can be said that Wang Lun was helping him when he went down the mountain this time. Let’s talk about the measures one by one. Since the speaker has a heart, the listener will naturally have a lot of thoughts.

When Song Wan's mouth was dry and he took wine to moisten his throat, he only heard Ruan Xiaoqi say: "Master Wang treats people like family, blessed are the brothers on the mountain!" After speaking, he sighed again, shaking his ambition Luo came out, "It's a pity that no one knows my three brothers like this, otherwise I would just sell my passion to him!" Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu both nodded in agreement.

Seeing that the three expressed their intention to join the group, Wang Lun was not ambiguous, and said seriously: "To be honest with the three brothers, I have three brothers, Du Qian, Song Wan, and Zhu Gui, to help me on the land in the Shanzhai, so I don't worry! It's just that the navy has no strength. The hero who stands alone, I have long wanted to invite the three heroes to join the gang. I am afraid that the three heroes will not throw their innocence into the green forest! Forgive me for taking the liberty, I will invite the three of you to sit in my village today. A chair, okay?"

Ruan Xiaoqi slapped the table and said loudly, "Why don't you want to, the three of us have been impatient for a long time, and our skills are not inferior to others, why can't we live a happy life like the king!"

Seeing his younger brother confiding in his heart, Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu looked at each other, and they both got up and said to Wang Lun: "If brother is willing to let us in, this life will be sold to brother. If there is another heart in the future, dare to be shot by thunder! "