Chapter 4 The Gambler
"That means that you can't be sure that your cow was stolen by my father?" Liu Guo breathed a sigh of relief, and the stone in his heart fell to the ground.
"If it wasn't stolen by your dead father, who else could have done it?" Li Guifen had a very good reason: "Liu Fugui spent all the bride price given by my mother's family, and your eldest sister didn't want to get married, and he couldn't afford to pay it back." After stealing our cattle and selling them, we can still have some wine money left after losing the bride price. ”
If you say so, this Liu Fugui is indeed very motivated to steal cattle. But just because he has a motive for a crime doesn't mean he has actually sinned.
The two of them walked to the east end of the village while talking, and pushed open the door of Peng Dayu's house. The room was full of smoke and people, and there were people playing mahjong, pushing pai gow, and playing dice. Liu Guo followed behind Li Guifen, walked through the pile of people who were smoking dry cigarettes and talking nonsense, and walked to the innermost part of the room.
Liu Fugui wrapped a dirty hand towel around his arm, held a dry tobacco in his mouth, and held a dice bucket in both hands. Several men shouted, "Open, open, open!"
"Liu Fugui!" Li Guifen frowned and stepped forward to grab the dice, Liu Fugui and the others saw that someone was in the way, and shouted at Li Guifen: "What are you doing, what are you doing?
Seeing that it was Li Guifen, Liu Fugui's face was full of anger and immediately restrained and hurried. Nodding with a smile, he said, "Oh, sister-in-law, why are you here?"
"Liu Fugui, where are our cows?" Li Guifen grabbed Liu Fugui by the collar and shouted, and the room full of people playing money stopped to look this way.
"What cow? I didn't steal your cow, don't wronged me!" Liu Fugui shook his head and denied it, he saw Liu Guo behind Li Guifen. His eyes widened, thinking that Liu Guo had found Li Guifen. Just now, she was wielding a firewood knife to kill herself, and now she led the village chief's daughter-in-law to run over to beg for cattle.
"What the hell are you going to die!" Liu Fugui stretched out his hand at Liu Guo and hit him, Liu Guo had already guessed that this person was bullying the weak and afraid of the hard. If he loses face, he will definitely find a soft persimmon to start his anger, and he dares to attack himself in the whole room.
Liu Fugui stretched out his hand to hit someone, and Liu Guo retreated again and again. Liu Fugui saw that Liu Guo still dared to dodge, so he was so angry that he raised his foot and was about to kick it. Liu Guo dodged sideways and grabbed Li Guifen's clothes to block her in front of him: "Auntie, save me!"
"What are you doing!" Li Guifen was extremely disgusted with Liu Fugui, and reached out and grabbed his face fiercely: "Hurry up and return my cow, don't talk to me about anything else." ”
"I didn't take your cow, what are you looking for me for?" Liu Fugui said helplessly to Li Guifen: "Did this stinky girl tell you? I didn't steal the cow, why did I steal your cow?"
"It's not you, who else, you come to our house today, and if you leave, the cow will be lost. Li Guifen stuck in her waist and scolded Liu Fugui: "You took my brother's bride price, and now you want to regret it? Hmph, if you don't have the money to pay it back, I'll steal my cattle and sell it?" Liu Fugui, don't think I can't guess it." You stole it, no one else!"
Liu Fugui was so anxious that he jumped to his feet and scolded: "Good you stinky girl." What does it have to do with me if you lose your cow? Who saw me steal your cattle? ”
"Sister-in-law, if someone else steals it, it might be. Why do you think it was Liu Fugui who did it?"
They are arguing here, and everyone can't play anymore. Someone took advantage of the crowd and shouted, "If you want to go out to fight, don't stir people here." ”
After finishing speaking, the man shrank his neck, not daring to confront Li Guifen head-on. Li Guifen is a well-known shrew, and she is a good quarrel.
"Little rabbit, did you say that?" Liu Fugui thought that Liu Guo did it, otherwise how could she be here.
"What does it have to do with me? If it weren't for the fact that you arbitrarily promised to marry my sister to Li Dasha, and you lost all the bride price, there would be no such thing as today!" Most of the old men in the village were here, and Liu Guo ripped off this fig leaf in public.
"Oh, who's that?" Peng Dayu was squatting in the kitchen with the stove burning, when he heard someone shouting in front of him. When he walked in, he heard Liu Guo's words, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Liu Hong?
Several nearby villages and towns are next to each other, and Li Dasha is notoriously flawed in his IQ. He is twenty-two years old this year, and he is 1.95 meters tall, but his IQ is like a child. Li Guifen loves this nephew very much, and often calls him to stay at home for a few days.
"What's the matter? Can't my nephew marry Liu Hong? I have to let you agree?" Li Guifen saw everyone's expressions, and her face changed at that time. Coldly lashed at Peng Dayu, but Peng Dayu couldn't see the level of his eyebrows and replied with a grin: "Then you are really a little lacking in morality." Give your nephew a daughter-in-law, find a crooked-necked and dumb one. Why did you fall in love with Liu Hong? Liu Hong is so handsome, and her temperament is good. If it weren't for a ......"
Only then did Peng Dayu see Liu Fugui standing behind Li Guifen, and swallowed the second half of the sentence hard. Li Guifen sneered: "Why don't you say it? If it weren't for the wine Mengzi father, her life would be better, wouldn't it?"
Liu Fugui was angry, sneered and shouted at Peng Dayu: "What's the matter, you are still distressed? Have you taken a fancy to my daughter? You are an old deflated calf who has gasped three times after walking two steps, do you still want to sleep with my daughter?"
Everyone laughed when they heard this, Peng Dayu's face did not change, he shook his head with the stove hook, and turned around and walked out of the house. Liu Guo couldn't laugh, just this kind of father who can talk about his daughter, is also worthy of being called a person?
"Phew!" Li Guifen turned around and smacked Liu Fugui fiercely: "What the hell are you called a person?
Liu Fugui's slightly drunk face showed a strange smile: "If you are distressed, you can marry home quickly." I also have two daughters, if you look at whomever they like, I can sell them!"
The youngest daughter is standing here, and the father can say what he can say to sell his daughter. Some of the old and young masters present gradually couldn't laugh, and opened their mouths to pick up Liu Fugui: "After drinking two catties of cat urine, you started to mess around again! Where did you hide other people's cows, hurry up and find out." I will send you to the police station and let you squat on the fence. ”
"I didn't take it, whoever took it, you can find whom!" Liu Fugui suddenly played a scoundrel, waved his hand and sat down against the wall. said to Li Guifen: "Liu Hong went to her uncle's house, and she had to be brought back in two days." If you can't run, don't worry, when she comes back, I'll send you home. Cow, I didn't steal it anyway. ”
Li Guifen's angry head is about to explode, Liu Fugui is half drunk and half pretending to be stupid, and he doesn't play cards according to the routine at all. Looking at this posture, it is really not necessarily the cow he stole from him, and if he delays it any longer, the cow will really not be found.
She turned around and walked out of Lao Peng's house in a huff, standing on the road in a daze, thinking about where to find the cow.
"Auntie!" Liu Guo stood behind Li Guifen and said softly: "If I can help you find the cow, can I offset my sister's bride price?"