Heroes of the Sons and Daughters

Chapter 31 The Red Willow Tree visits the strong man Chu in the air
Don't bother talking.I asked several times in a row, but I didn't know there was this Dongzhuang'er.Walking out of the five-mile long street, I saw a small wild teahouse in the south of the road, where a few peasants were drinking tea and gossiping outside.The master said, "Come down and have a rest." Then he got out of the car and sat down in front of the gray platform. Suiyuan took the tea bag from his waist and asked the waiter to make a pot of tea.The master asked the waiter, "Do you have a Dongzhuang here?" When the waiter asked, he put the kettle on the gray table with one hand and supported it, then put his arm around and hugged the pot. Liang Er tilted his head and said: "We don't have a Dongzhuanger here." The master said: "Or it's not in the vicinity, so it can't be decided?" The waiter pointed and said: "No, ah, guest. You follow my way. Look, the big village in Xiyanzi is called Jinjia Village, and the one in the east is called Qingcun. The area just north of Yizhushu is Heijiawopu. To put it closer, the area to the north of Xiaohezi The big tile-roofed house, that is called Little Deng’s Village, was originally the house of Mr. Deng with 28 red willow trees, but now it is lived in by his son-in-law, who is surnamed Chu, and it is also called Chu’s Village.” At this point, the master hurriedly asked: “What is this? The surname is Chu, but people call him Chu Yiguan, right?" Waitang'er said, "Wow, that's him. He's in the bodyguard company." Master An said to the young master: "This is called 'Nowhere to find when you step through the iron shoes. It doesn't take much effort! It turns out that it is only in front of you. He is talking in Xizhuang'er, and it is his house, so it is naturally called Dongzhuang'er." Hearing this, the young master hurriedly put down the tea bowl and said, "Wait I'll go and ask him if he's at home first, so don't rush to the front again." Then, he didn't ride the animal, and went with his fate.

As soon as I cross the North Road, I can see Chujiazhuang from a distance. Although it is not as grand as that of Dengjiazhuang, I can only see a area of ​​clear water tile houses, and the walls are built of white and ash under the tiger skin stones. In the middle of a tall gate, there are two butter boards on the Ruyi small gate. There are several pagoda trees in front of the gate.There are two flat Matai stones built with bricks and stones. On the west Matai stone sits a skinny old man. He faces west and east and cannot see his face. He is holding a child in his arms. The village boy squatted on the ground to make the child laugh.About an arrow away from the gate, there is a stream across the river, and a bridge is built on the river.The young master just walked across the bridge, and saw an old man by the bridge, guarding a basket, holding a short cigarette pipe, squatting by the river to wash vegetables.The young master couldn't wait for the door, so he asked him first, and said, "Are you from the Chu family? Is the head of your family at home?" After asking for a long time, he didn't answer or turn his head, just lowered his head and washed his clothes. vegetable.Sui Yuan'er couldn't look aside, so she patted him on the shoulder and said, "Hey, I'm asking you something!" Then he stood up, with a cigarette bag in his mouth, and hooked his head with a smile.The young master asked him again, but he pointed to his ear and said nothing.The young master said: "He is deaf again!" Because he shouted loudly: "Is your head Chu at home?" He took down the cigarette bag, pointed to his mouth, said "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" It turned out that he was deaf and dumb, really "ten dumb and nine deaf", the old saying is true!

I don't want the young master's shout to startle the person sitting on the horse platform stone.Hearing the yelling here, he looked back, and hastily handed over the child in his arms to the village boy to carry him in. He covered the sun with his hands and looked this way, then hurried over.Not far away, he clapped his hands and said in his mouth, "It's not my young master!" The young master was wondering why this man rushed over, and he didn't recognize it until he heard the voice, it was none other than him Grandmother Hua Zhong!

It turned out that Hua Zhong was originally a fat man, but because he suffered from this serious illness for half a century, his face became thin and his hair became pale, not only the young master could not recognize his mother and father, even Sui Yuan'er could not recognize his father.Suddenly they met each other accidentally, the young master grabbed the nanny's father, Hua Zhong thought of paying his respects to the young master, and Sui Yuan'er wept around him again to ask questions.Hua Zhong said: "Hey, I don't have that much time to tell you about the family at this time!"

Because he asked the young master, "My lord! Why are you still hanging around here until now? I have been away from you for nearly two months, and I haven't been relieved for a day. After struggling, I ran here and asked about the post. He never received that letter from Mr. Chu, what is the reason for sending it? My lord, you want to miss the master's important matter, how good it is!"

As he spoke, he rubbed his hands and stamped his feet anxiously, with tears streaming down his face.

At this time, the young master didn't have time to start from the beginning, so he pointed it out to him and said, "Look, isn't the master sitting outside that teahouse?" Hua Zhong said, "Why is the master here? Dare you come to Beijing to introduce him?" The young master said: "Don't gossip. Let me ask you: Is Chu Yiguan at home?" Hua Zhong said, "He's not at home. He's busy these two days." Because he looked at the sun, he said, "I'll be back sooner or later." Yes. Uncle, what are you asking him for at this time?"

The young master said: "This is a long story. You will know when you see the master first." Hua Zhong and the young master came galloping.

It's too late to chat on the road.When he got to the front, the master saw that it was Hua Zhong, because he said, "where are you from?" ! Just ask the master's family law!"

The master said: "There is no need to do this. Are you willing to suffer from this serious illness? Get up." After hearing this, Hua Zhong put on his hat and got up.

However, those people sitting and drinking tea have seen such behaviors before?It's "Master" and "Slave" again, and they kowtow again, only knowing that the county magistrate is coming to the countryside for a private visit, and they slipped away in fright.The waiter was afraid of delaying his business, so he said to Mr. An: "I think this place condescends to you, and you can't talk anymore. There is a pine shed behind my back yard, and you always move to the back." Okay?" The master thought it was too noisy, the young master heard that there was a pine shed, and thought it was elegant and interesting, so he said, "Very good." He left Dai Qin to look after the luggage, and followed the master to move behind.

The young master went there to see what kind of pine shed there!It turned out that it was supported by four broken willow poles, and a few bamboo poles were placed horizontally on them. The pine branches with leaves that were cut for firewood were hung on them to dry, so as to cover the sun. Shed".He didn't feel a smile, so he hurriedly asked someone to take the horse mattress, spread it on the spot, and the father and son sat down.The master said a few words about the son's distress on the way, and Hua Zhong was so anxious that he cried and screamed, and then slapped himself on the head and scolded him for a while.The master said: "It's fortunate that nothing happened at this time. It's no use waiting for you." Because he told him about the son's marriage again.He just wiped his tears, congratulated the master and the young master, and asked, "Whose girl are you talking about? The girl is more than ten years old?" The master said, "I can't talk about this with you. Tell me why you have delayed here again." Woolen cloth?"

Hua Zhong replied: "Since I got up from the servant, I thought it would be good in ten days and eight days. I didn't want to lie down for nearly a month before getting up. The 20 taels of silver left by the slave are all wrapped up. A few clothes are After pawning, I finally managed to get up and scraped together two slings of money. The slave hired a short donkey and sent it to them. They looked at the slave and said that they would make two clothes for the slave so that he could go on the road. Aim to get up early the next morning. I don’t want to meet the master here today, it’s just a coincidence, otherwise I must have missed it.”

The master said: "Of course this is the home of your brother-in-law Chu Yiguan. Is he at home?" Hua Zhong said: "He went to the county to do business, so he will come back." The master said, "It doesn't matter if he is not at home, we Go to his house first and wait for him, I want to see him, I have something to say." After hearing this, Hua Zhong agreed, but there seemed to be a troubled look on his face.The master said: "Since he is your close relative, why don't we borrow a place to sit? What's your trouble?" Hua Zhong said: "It's not a slave's trouble. There is a sentence that a slave has to understand first. Although he is in I live here, this house is not his own, but his father-in-law's." The master said: "What do you say? Chu Yiguan is your brother-in-law, so his father-in-law is your father, why does he have another father-in-law?" When Hua Zhong heard this, he also found it funny, and said: "There is a reason here. It turns out that the slave's sister died within two months. The day of his death was the day when the slave and the uncle discussed writing to him in the shop." Those two days. The slave didn’t know until here.” Mr. An heard this, and said to Mr. An: “Oh, it’s no wonder that Thirteenth Sister said that his husband and wife would never come.”

The master nodded again and again, while listening to Hua Zhong's words.He said again: "After this girl died, I left a little boy unattended, so I hurriedly continued. He has a master named Deng Zhenbiao, who is known as Deng Jiugong. He is a famous escort. Chu Yiguan has always followed He is a dart and lives with him. Deng Jiugong is 87 years old this year and has no children, only one daughter. He sees that Chu Yiguan is reliable and capable, so he is allowed to fill in the house for him. He wanted to be his son-in-law. The old man lived in Xizhuang'er, and because he loved his daughter, he gave the house in Dongzhuang'er to Chu Yiguan, and set up an estate for him, so he established the family. Deng Jiugong fell down in a month. For 20 days, he took someone close to him to live at his daughter's house. Because of how old he was, he was digging and squatting, he was not polite, and he didn't allow others to talk. His daughter is willing to live with him. He has been living here for the past few days, and he goes to Qingyun Mountain not far from here every day, and he doesn't know what he is up to. According to the servant, it seems that there is some important secret. The old man comes from here every day. When he came back from the mountains, he either shed tears or sighed, and he didn't see anyone who came or went. He also ordered those who were waiting in his house not to let in. Now that the master is going to his house, there is nothing wrong with it. When the old man comes back, if he sees him and says a few words that don’t know the level, the slave will not be able to hold on. That’s why the slave is in trouble here.”

When the master heard this, he felt embarrassed and said, "I'm looking for Chu Yiguan, just to talk to this man surnamed Deng. What's the matter?" Hua Zhong said, "What can the master have to say to him?"

The master pointed to the slingshot on the young master's back and said, "I'll give him this thing back, and I'll visit another person." Hua Zhong said, "According to my ignorance, the master doesn't care about that crazy old man. It's not a good place to sit for a long time." Well, there are several shops on this street, and the slaves found a clean place to invite the master to rest. When Chu Yiguan came back, the slaves secretly asked him out. ?”

The old man said: "Naturally, I also want to meet that official Chu. If that's the case, just sit here and wait for him. It's more convenient. You can get some food and a bowl of clean tea to drink there." Zhong hurriedly said: "This is easy. The younger sister of the servant treats the servant very affectionately, like his brother, and because of this, his father is willing to keep the servant. Now the servant asks him to prepare some refreshments and tea." Said all the way to go.

(End of this chapter)