Idle courtiers

Chapter 22

Everyone in the Yang family couldn't stop praising: "Sixth Master's eyes are like a torch, he chose a good husband and son-in-law for Yun Niang back then."

Mr. Yang Liu still held the boundary stake in his hand and refused to let go. This thing is a great handle. As long as he holds it in his hand, Zhan Zhongcheng will have to bow his head when he sees him, let alone fighting for water.Sending food and missions during the summer harvest, I really want to have a good theory with him.

He laughed loudly: "The old man doesn't know how to know people. I just think that Brother Nan is a caring person. Yunniang will definitely have a good life with him. Although he has no fame as a scholar now, so what , A good man should turn over and still be able to turn over. Arita, hurry up and invite your brother-in-law, the old man’s virtuous son-in-law to go home for a drink. And later smoke the best fat meat for ten catties and call Yunniang my good boy Take the daughter home and benefit from it."

Seeing the smile on his face squeezed into a flower, Zhou Nan sneered in his heart, this old man is too philistine.

Yang Youtian looked at Zhou Nan at dinner last night and looked at Zhou Nan not pleasing to the eye. He looked at Zhou Nan as if he were looking at a beggar, and made a lot of sarcastic remarks.Seeing the majesty of my brother-in-law today, his eyes are full of fear, and his face is full of flattery: "Brother Nan, let's go for a walk, and go to have a drink at home. We brothers haven't seen each other for ten years, and today we just happened to have a good drink."

Seeing her father and brother being so affectionate to her husband, Yunniang was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, my husband hasn't had breakfast yet, let's go back!"

"Go back, of course we have to go back, but it's going back to our own home. The threshold of the Yang family is high, and I, a prisoner, can't climb it." The one who doesn't knead the sand.After eating the father and son together yesterday, and thinking about how the brother-in-law beat his wife before, he couldn't swallow his breath no matter what, so he sneered and asked Liu Master Yang: "Master Yuezhang, you asked me to bring everyone in the village here yesterday. He also said that I am a fart by myself, and I am a scholar who is useless. How is it today, and if I am alone, I will dismiss the more than 50 people in the exhibition?"

"Also, my brother-in-law said, 'Is it true that the man in the house is the original scholar, and he deserves to eat our meat?' Now that I have said that, how can I still eat your wine and meat with the cheek? "

He laughed louder and louder: "Actually, I'm not willing to intervene today. If a gentleman repays grievances with kindness, how can he repay kindness. It's a pity that the surname Zhan hit Yunniang on the head, so I have to take action. Master Taishan, what happened today?" Bi, let's take my leave. If there is such a shitty thing in the future, don't expect your little son-in-law to be of any help."

After finishing speaking, he cupped his hands and brushed off his clothes when it was over, hiding his credit for his fame.

Hearing Zhou Nan's sarcasm, Yang Liuye blushed with shame: "My son-in-law, my son-in-law, what do you say... Cough, please stay, please stay!"

It's a pity that Zhou Nan traveled so fast that he had already gone far.

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"Master, you said this today, and you don't know how sad your father and brother will be?" After coming out of Quanshui Village, Yunniang trotted all the way to follow Zhou Nan for a long distance, panting slightly.

Seeing her husband and father turning their faces, she looked sad.

Zhou Nan slowed down and sighed: "Yunniang, Yunniang, your kindness is an advantage, but sometimes you are too cowardly. Maybe you are not such a person. The reason why you are like this is because you are too There is no principle. As long as this person has principles, he does something and does not do it, others will not dare to make trouble. Your father and brother bullied you so much before, today I have to find this place for you. "

"Yes, Xianggong is right." Yunniang was still a little depressed.

Zhou Nan suddenly asked: "By the way, just now I severely reprimanded Taishan and uncle for my husband, don't you feel elated?"

"That's my father, it's not filial to think so." Yunniang was taken aback, and after a while she said softly, "A little bit."

"What's wrong?" Zhou Nan asked pretending not to hear clearly.

"is a bit."

"You can shout out loud when you are happy!"

"It's a little." Yunniang's voice became louder, her eyes were full of joy, and then she burst out laughing.

The two laughed loudly, and their laughter echoed in the mountains.

Generally speaking, it was a pleasant family visit, and Yunniang finally let out the pent-up anger that had been pent up in her chest for many years.When she was happy, Zhou Nan was also happy.

The only bad thing is that I didn't eat pork, and I only drank a bowl of soybean soup made with stick bones yesterday.

Thinking of this, Zhou Nan couldn't let go of his hatred.

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It rains during the Qingming Festival, and passers-by pass by one after another, wanting to die.May I ask where the restaurant is, and a shepherd boy points to Xinghua village.

In a blink of an eye, it was late spring, the rice in the field was growing vigorously, and there was the sound of frogs coming out of the mountain spring.

When the farmer's work is not done for half a year, even if there is still a long time before the summer harvest, weeding and fertilization must not be left behind.In other words, you can rest for a few days on the three days of Qingming, Zhongyuan, and Spring Festival.

Today is the day of sweeping graves and offering sacrifices to ancestors, and the village is full of smoke and firecrackers from burning paper money.

The last shovel of soil was shoveled to the head of the grave, and a villager planted another clump of thatch on it. This new grave is considered complete.Several people who came to help cupped their hands at the same time: "Brother Nan, it's done, how should I thank me?"

Zhou Nan laughed: "You all know that Yunniang and I only have three hundred catties of yellow grain in half a year. How can we have the money to buy wine and meat for you to eat. You can come here today to help me build a new grave. I appreciate this kindness." Remember. Nothing else, just a pot of tea and a few snacks bought back from the city last time."

Several people laughed and said: "It's good to have tea and snacks." So, several people sat around and chatted while drinking tea.

"Yunniang, come kneel down and kowtow, let's pay my respects!" Zhou Nan called Yunniang to come over, the husband and wife knelt and kowtowed in front of the tomb, and burnt incense again, which was one thing.

Needless to say, the ashes of Zhou Xiucai that Zhou Nan brought back from Liaodong were buried inside.A while ago, because I had no money to buy a coffin.Zhou Nan cut down a few cypress trees at home, asked the village carpenter to build a coffin, air-dried, painted a few coats of paint, and finally let him be buried in the ground today.

Yunniang felt strange: "Master, who is this person? Every time I ask you, you always say that you are a good brother from Liaodong, and you have a very good relationship. But, if you really want to bury him, you can send him back to his hometown if you have a chance in the future." , and why is it buried in our Zhou family’s ancestral grave.”

Zhou Nan sighed: "I can't send him back. He is a refugee, and he has been refusing to tell where he is. Coincidentally, this person has the same name and surname as mine. Back in Liaodong, I called him brothers. Anyway, I can’t write two Zhou characters in one stroke, maybe he and I were still in the same family 500 years ago. Let him be included in our Zhou family’s genealogy, so that we can enjoy the incense of future generations.”

Yun Niang nodded: "Sanggong is right, this person is also pitiful!"

"Yes, poor." Zhou Nan closed his eyes, put his hands together, and muttered silently in his heart: "Zhou Xiucai, brother Zhou, I can't take your place. I hope you don't blame me. Don't worry, since In place of your identity, let me bear the responsibilities that you should bear, and you can reincarnate with peace of mind, and cast yourself in a good family!"

After reading, he stood up, threw out a handful of money papers, and shouted loudly: "Brother Zhou, you have returned home, your soul is back!"

After offering incense to Zhou Xiucai, it was a way to let this wandering soul rest in the earth. Zhou Nan felt that he had finally let go of a burden in his heart, so he sat in the cemetery with a few villagers and chatted while drinking tea.

"Brother Nan, I heard that you beat 50 people in Yuezhang's house by yourself, and beat Zhanlichang's family into an army. It's great. Zhang Fei and Xiang Yu are nothing more than what the storyteller said." A villager said.

Quanshui Village is only twenty miles away from Zhoujiazhuang, and news of such a big event spread within a few days.

Zhou Nan felt amused, one person beat 50 people, I really think I am a master of martial arts!He still couldn't help being proud: "That Zhan Zhongcheng is too deceitful, so naturally we can't ignore it. The rabbit bit people when it was in a hurry, so we had to fight hard."

Everyone looked admiringly, and said: "Brother Nan, you are so good at fighting, and now you are famous. Other villages know that our Zhou family has you as a powerful character, and they will not dare to make mistakes against me in the future." .”

"Yes, yes, when I go out these few days, people know that I am from Zhoujiazhuang, so they are very polite and dare not say a word."

"Brother Nan, if something happens in the future, you can support our Zhuangzi! There is nothing to say, we will fight wherever you point."

"I clearly defeated Zhan Zhongcheng with IQ, how come you said it so simple and rude." Zhou Nan was a little depressed in his heart. His personal image had subtly transformed from Zhou Xiucai, who descended from the Wenqu star, to the village tyrant. It doesn't seem to be a good thing.

Everyone talked more and more vigorously, and some people even discussed that people from the neighboring village dug up the ridges in the village when they were farming last month, and took an inch of their own land.Brother Nan, you can't ignore it, should you gather people and ask the bird man for an explanation?

The atmosphere gradually heated up, making Zhou Nan dumbfounded.At this moment, a little boy ran over quickly: "Uncle Nan, it's not good, someone is here to seek your bad luck."

A man angrily threw the teacup in his hand on the ground heavily, and yelled: "Who is not open-eyed to seek bad luck? Brother Nan's bad luck is that he doesn't give us Zhoujiazhuang face. Brother Nan, give an order, let's beat him Pretty good."

"Yes, yes, kill him!" Everyone blushed and shouted.

Zhou Nan hurriedly asked the child, "What happened?"

"Uncle Nan, he's from the yamen, and he said he wants to lock you up and go back to work."

Since ancient times, the people did not fight with officials, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, all silent.

Zhou Nan also thumped in his heart, thinking in his heart that it might be Zhan Zhongcheng's fault, but the possibility is high.The one surnamed Zhan was from the local township, and the yamen needed the cooperation of this kind of grassroots staff in the daily collection of food and labor, so they would give some face.Moreover, the iron-clad official in the yamen, he has been working in this place for a lifetime, and he has a lot of connections in the county.

However, I'm not afraid, it's just a trick.Moreover, it can be seen that the Shizhi County has a good impression of me, and it may be time to go to the county seat.

"How many people have come, where are they now?"

"Uncle Nan, someone is waiting at your house now."

(End of this chapter)