Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 3
After eating the wine and meat, it was getting late, and the brothers of the Xiang family, who had long been accustomed to wandering around, simply lived in Xiang Kang's room. On the next morning, Xiang Kang was first the wife of the third aunt, Uncle Xiang, who was brought to deliver the meal. Woke up, and then suddenly found out the origin of the wine and meat provided by the Xiang family brothers yesterday - it turned out that the Xiang family brothers heard that the nearby Cao Ting had dead beef for sale, so they stole the pearls and jade left by their ancestors from the third aunt's house in exchange for money. They rewarded themselves by buying cattle and wine, and they also dragged Xiang Kang into the gang of thieves...

The third aunt is not the kind of aunt who is particularly difficult to deal with in the square dance. She didn't yell and curse at the Xiang family brothers by knocking basins and buckets. In the aftermath of the banquet, he never said a word to blame the Xiang family brothers.However, the more this is the case, the more the Xiang family brothers, who know the situation at home, hang their heads and dare not make a sound. They don't know how to talk to their aunt, how to comfort their husband who killed someone and ran away, leaving the whole family to her care. aunt.

Xiang Kang stood up without hesitation, bowed to the third aunt and said, "Auntie, it's all my nephew's fault. My nephew fell into the water and was injured and was weak and slanderous. He wanted to eat something good. Brother and the others sympathized with me, so they made This matter happened. Although my nephew really didn’t know that they bought the wine and meat in this way before the incident, but after all, the matter was started by my nephew, and my nephew is willing to accept the crime and ask my aunt to punish me.”

Hearing Xiang Kang's words, the third aunt who had been heartbroken for a while obviously looked better, and wiped her tears and said: "I don't blame you, your body is just right, and you need to make up for it. Let's have breakfast. In the evening, Auntie will make millet for you."

After saying that, the third aunt left with the empty wine urn and dirty bowls and chopsticks, and the brothers of the Xiang family were all relieved, and they gave Xiang Kang their thumbs up one after another, praising Xiang Kang for being loyal and able to speak.At the same time, unconsciously, the Xiang family brothers also gradually changed their impression of Xiang Kang—the ability to talk, show loyalty, and have a unique eye for seeing things. These strengths, no one among their brothers seems to be able to match.

In the evening, the third aunt really brought Xiang Kang a large bowl of millet boiled with millet and fat, to replenish Xiang Kang who had just recovered from his illness.However, after this dinner, Xiang Kang was unable to eat such a good meal again. The reason was that the financial situation of the family did not allow it, and the second was that seeing that Xiang Kang was able to move freely, the Xiang family brothers began to pull each other every day. Xiang Kang wandered around, wandered around, and ate whatever he wanted when he returned home. Of course, the two aunts couldn't afford to deliberately cook good food to feed the Xiang family's children and the gang of swingers when the economy was very tight.

After moving from their original fief, Xiangxian County, Chenjun, to Xiaxiang, the Xiang family has always lived in Shiling Pavilion in the northeast of Xiaxiang County, which is quite far from the county seat. It is not so easy to go to the city, but this A little distance is nothing to the children of the Xiang family who are bored every day. Xiang Kang only fooled around with his brothers for four or five days and entered the city three times. Kang said it was not attractive, that is to say, he just took a look at it casually, and he was not very interested every time he went to the city.

The key reason for Xiang Kang’s lack of interest in going shopping in the city is that he has no money. Although it’s late autumn and the weather is getting colder, Xiang Kang, who only has two sets of linen clothes in his room, needs to buy some winter clothes. The restaurants and markets in the county town also have green and natural ones. Dog meat and mutton were sold, but he couldn't take out half a copper coin, so Xiang Kang could only look at it from a distance, quietly swallowed back the saliva in his mouth, rubbed his growling stomach and continued shopping with his brothers.

Sometimes the brothers of the Xiang family are quite annoying. They are obviously poor, but they insist on wearing a sword at any time to show off the nobles of the state of Chu, spitting and laughing at the farmers who are harvesting in the fields, and despise them. The merchants who belonged to the untouchable class looked very much like a group of down-and-out Han Xin who were ready to beg for food from the illusory mother at any time—of course, they were just like Han Xin who could crawl under other people's crotch at any time.

No, when I went to the city for the third time with Xiang Kang and came home, I had only drank a bowl of millet porridge in the morning and I was so hungry that I was so hungry, Xiang Ju, the eldest son of Xiang Bo, was still pointing at the road Several ox carts in front of him laughed and said: "Look, the Yu family's carts, Guishou is Guishou, and when they get rich, they still look like ordinary people. They only use cattle to pull carts, and they don't even bear to use horses."

Xiang Kang looked at it silently, relying on the memory left by the last Xiang Kang, he found that the ox carts full of goods were indeed owned by the well-known and wealthy family of Yanjiting Yu Gong.Yan Han next to him said impatiently: "The Yu family has several carriages, but they are all for people to ride in. Only ox carts are used to pull goods. Let's go, I'm almost hungry."

"I don't have anything to eat when I go back. I heard from my second mother in the morning that I will eat bean soup tonight." Xiang it said lazily, and then said: "But today at the market, I saw our pavilion at Shiling Pavilion. The eldest woman buys meat, maybe her family will be eating meat tonight, why don't we go to her house and have a quick meal?"

"Feng Zhong didn't invite us again? What are you going to do?" Xiang Zhuang said angrily, "You want us to be like those common people in the head of Guizhou, bowing their heads to a small kiosk leader and bowing their heads for a meal?"

Xiang It closed his mouth, and Xiang You on the other side looked enviously at the wine jars loaded on a Yu family bullock cart, and said, "If only the Yu family has any friendship with our Xiang family, we will visit his house for a while." Come on, you must be full with wine and meat."

"When our Xiang family first came to the prime minister, the head of the Yu family, Mr. Yu Yu, wanted to make friends with our family." Xiang Zhuang said casually: "But the Yu family was born as a commoner, and Mr. Yu was a bit stingy, and he was not happy in doing things at all. Li, the two uncles look down on their Yu family and don't want to deal with the Yu family at all, so our Xiang family has no contact with their Yu family."

"Unfortunately, father and second uncle should condescend to make friends with the Yu family." Xiang You, the second son of Xiang Bo, said with great regret: "I heard that this Duke Yu not only has a wealthy family, but also is generous, and has two……."

"Uncles Ji, Second Eldest Father and the others look down on the Yu family and don't want to make friends with the Yu family, but it doesn't matter to us juniors." Xiang It interrupted Xiang You, and said in a whimsical way: "Can you go Make friends with the Yu family? Get us a rich family that we can walk around? When we are too hungry, there is also a place where we can eat and drink."

"Xiang Ta, don't say such embarrassing things." Xiang Zhuang reprimanded: "You eat and drink like a diner? You are not afraid of losing face to our Xiang family if you say it!"

"I mean to be a guest, to be a guest at Yu's house." Xiang It argued: "We make friends with Yu's family, and go to his house as a guest. Can his house entertain us with good food and drink?"

"It's easy to say." Xiang Sheng, a tall man, was quite self-aware, and said, "Why should the Yu family treat us as guests? Let's not say that uncle and the others have treated old Duke Yu slowly. With our current situation, Why does the Yu family want us as guests?"

"We are descendants of the famous family of Chu!" Xiang Itai continued to argue, "Based on this alone, the Yu family should respect our Xiang family's children as honored guests!"

"Then go and tell the Yu family that we are willing to make friends with them and let their family respect us as honored guests." Xiang Sheng said impatiently.

"I'm a junior, and you are elders. You should come forward for this kind of thing."

The youngest Xiang Ta cunningly evaded, in exchange for boos from the Xiang family's children, only Xiang Kang didn't boo Xiang Ta, after thinking about it for a while, Xiang Kang also said: "Brothers, I actually think Xiang Ta's idea is good. It’s true that we are a bit down and out now, but our Xiang family is well-known after all, and the Yu family is only from a commoner background. We go to make friends with his family to give their Yu family face. It is a question of whether we are willing, not their Yu family’s willingness. Unwilling question."

Xiang Kang dared to say this, of course, because Xiang Kang remembered some history and knew that the old Xiang family still had a lot of prestige among the people of Chu State—even when Chen Sheng and Wu Guang revolted, they brazenly borrowed it. He used the signboard of Xiang's family and played the banner of Xiang Yan's subordinates.It's a pity that the Xiang family's children are pregnant and don't know it. After listening to Xiang Kang's words, except Xiang Ta nodded, none of the other Xiang family's children didn't sneer, and said: "Then you go to make friends with the Yu family, as long as his family If you promise, we are willing to be friends with the Yu family."

Contrary to the expectations of the Xiang family's children, combined with the historical reputation of the Xiang family and the current social atmosphere, and after careful planning for a while, Xiang Kang, who is actually somewhat aggressive, made up his mind and said, "Okay, I'll try it out." , see if it works."

"Uncle Ji, are you really going?" Xiang it, who was the first to bring up this topic, was surprised.

"Xiang Kang, don't embarrass our Xiang family." Xiang Zhuang said with a frown, "I would rather starve to death than beg for help in a low voice."

"I'm not begging him, I'm going to make friends with the Yu family on an equal footing." Xiang Kang replied, "I will find a way to make the Yu family treat us as VIPs instead of treating us like beggars."

"Xiang Kang, what do you think?" Xiang Sheng asked curiously.

"I haven't figured this out yet, and you all have to help me." Xiang Kang thought about it and replied.

"How can you help me?" Xiang Sheng asked, and then said: "But I have something to say first, if you want me to humbly beg the Yu family, you don't even think about it."

"Of course you don't need to beg for help in a low voice." Xiang Kang smiled and said, "I don't know much about the Yu family, I just need you to tell me what you know about the Yu family. See if you can help me."

Seeing that Xiang Kang said it confidently, even though he felt that the matter was too suspenseful, the children of the Xiang family talked about what they knew about the situation of the Yu family, and Xiang Kang kept it in mind.Xiang You, who was the first to bring up this topic with Xiang Ju before, also wanted to come along and tell Xiang Kang about the situation of the Yu family that he knew, but when the words came to his lips, Xiang You dismissed the idea and said secretly: " Forget it, don't talk about it, a man, if you keep mentioning that kind of thing, it will only make your brothers look down on you."

(End of this chapter)