Chapter Seventy-One: Opinions Differ
Gu Nanqiao bit the corner of her lip, a little agreed in her heart, but she refused to admit defeat, and muttered in a low voice: "But look at her like that, isn't it right to give her money, don't you feel aggrieved, Su Dashao?"
Su Yiyang was amused by Gu Nanqiao, tilted his head and smiled: "What's the matter, I have to go to the Confucianism to fight the Confucianism, so that I don't feel aggrieved, why bother talking about problems that can be solved with money?"
"Look at your wicked capitalist face. Gu Nanqiao sneered, and couldn't help but joke, "Su Yiyang, I can't hide it, the way you say this, you really look like a wealthy person, but you don't know how to use your brains to do things...... The stupid son of the landlord's family. β
"Why didn't you use your brain, isn't this trying to keep you from being wronged?"
Su Yiyang laughed noncommittally, and said casually, "Since you are by my side, I just have the ability to take care of you and be able to settle things directly, why do you want to make Xiao Nanqiao unhappy?"
Gu Nanqiao glanced at Su Yiyang in great surprise, neither is Ren, not Ren, and only the thought of "Su Yiyang is really touching his mouth, and the love words will come" in his mind, and he was stunned and trembled in his heart.
I really can't do anything about him.
Facts have proved that Su Yiyang's several copies of Grandpa Mao were not handed over in vain, and along the way, he exerted his ability to talk to people and talk nonsense to the extreme, and in a few words, he pried open the mouth of the village woman and inquired about the news about the Yue brothers.
It's just that the news that came out really surprised Gu Nanqiao.
According to the village woman, the Yue brothers have lived in Songjia Village for more than six years, and they are considered to be weirdos in the village, and their reputation is really not very good. At the beginning, when Yue Hanwen and Yue Xihe first arrived in Songjia Village, no one expected that they would stay here permanently, thinking that it was just a strange habit for people from the city to come to remote villages for vacation and recuperation.
After all, the two brothers have extraordinary temperaments, and their gestures are a bit incompatible with this small mountain village, no matter how you look at it, they are all well-educated people - the aborigines of this village, but all who have gone to school and studied are eager to leave this poor countryside and go to the big city to find development opportunities.
It's so hard to see.
At that time, it happened to be the second family on the left hand side of the xx courtyard that was developed, and the son and daughter-in-law bought a large three-bedroom apartment in Z City, and the old couple followed the child into the city to enjoy the happiness, so they listed the small courtyard in Songjia Village at a low price. Yue Hanwen was generous, bought the small courtyard directly, and lived here for a long time.
His younger brother Yue Xihe has not been in good health, and his legs and feet are not good, so he just got a stall to sell some strange things, or antique calligraphy and paintings. The economy of Songjia Village is underdeveloped, and the villagers don't understand those vassal and elegant things, after all, there is no way to solve the problem of survival.
The brothers don't have a serious livelihood on weekdays, and they make money by hitting big luck, and their lives don't go into a year for a year. Yue Xihe is like this, Yue Hanwen is even more unprofessional, he doesn't try to make a living all day long, he only knows that he drinks and plays cards with the same idle bastards in the village, and the hard-earned living expenses have all become the loss of small gambling pleasures, and he is very drunk and dreaming of death.
"At the beginning, the big guys in the village looked at the Yue brothers and felt that they were like rich people, and there were many trustworthy people who arranged their stories, and all the legends of the rivers and lakes were told...... Some people say that they failed to start a business and fell here, some people say that this is to avoid debts, for fear of being discovered by the enemy, so they deliberately hide away, and some people say that ......." Speaking of this, the village woman deliberately said in a tone, pretending to be mysterious, "They are wandering criminals on the run." β
"That's not it," Su Yiyang put on an appearance of listening to new things throughout the whole process, a little bit of chic that had nothing to do with himself, and said casually, "Now is a society ruled by law, if the fugitive has been arrested a long time ago, he will not be able to hide for six or seven years." β
"That's true, young man, you have a point. β
Gu Nanqiao listened to Su Yiyang's words with the village woman, his face became more and more solemn, and the words and sentences that the speaker had unintentionally said were like a sharp knife, cutting the whitewash on the surface and cutting it fiercely.
Gu Nanqiao didn't know what the brothers of the Yue family had experienced over the years, nor did he know how much the passage of time could change their former style, let alone whether their drunken dreams and deaths were an escape from disappointment in life, or a real depravity.
It's just that she inexplicably feels that it is even more difficult to persuade the Yue family brothers to come back.
"The two brothers are usually withdrawn, and they have never been too familiar with our villagers, and they don't have the same relationship with outsiders except for playing cards...... That little courtyard seemed to be hiding a shocking secret, and no one else was allowed to enter, so what should we have to see people, or maybe their brother is really a great character. β
"Who knows, tsk...... Later, everyone was too lazy to guess, but the secret was revealed. It was almost a year when they lived there, Yue Hanwen's daughter-in-law came over, as if to say that their son went to another province after the college entrance examination, and wanted to reunite with the family or whatever, his daughter-in-law was so smart, like a knowledgeable lady......"
Gu Nanqiao said in his heart, how could it not be spiritual.
Aunt Yue's family is a music teacher in high school, she plays the guzheng well, and her eyebrows and eyes are full of the gentleness and touching of Jiangnan women. At that time, when the old troupe was still there, who didn't say a word, she and Yue Hanwen were a talented man and a woman, a match made in heaven.
His daughter-in-law persuaded him to go back, but he refused to say anything, and then there was a big fuss - in short, he continued to stay in Songjia Village, and his daughter-in-law followed him back to the city, and never came again. Putting such a good life away, but the poor daughter-in-law who is so good has suffered with him, and she actually follows such a promising man with a decent appearance, isn't this a wreck?"
......
Su Yiyang's beautiful smiling eyes squinted slightly, and she also had her own estimate in her heart.
Just as Gu Nanqiao guessed, according to Su Dashao's consistent character, since he decided to bring the Yue brothers over for Chun Se Manyuan, of course he would not be unprepared and fight an uncertain battle.
In fact, as early as when Zheng Yandu hadn't inquired about the address, Su Yiyang used his connections to find out all kinds of reasons about the Yue brothers. So Su Yiyang was not too surprised by what he heard now, and even he knew the part that the village woman didn't say, as well as the deeper things hidden behind it.
For example, the hidden story behind the fall of the Yue brothers into this.
And the purpose of Su Yiyang's trip is certainly not to be a savior and send warmth to the two down-and-out old artists. In addition to accompanying Gu Nanqiao to do what she wants to do, Su Yiyang, as a shareholder of the Spring Garden, holds the development direction of the entire troupe, and when deciding things, he can't rely on a momentary mood, not to mention that he doesn't have such a deep friendship with the old troupe at all.
The biggest purpose of Su Yiyang's trip is that he is assessing how valuable the Yue brothers are now.
In addition to the identity of the Yue family in Beiping, what else can they bring to the spring garden? Correspondingly, Su Yiyang also has to weigh up, how far can he go in order to win over the Yue family brothers?
Whether it's worth it or not, use the last killer feature.
"On weekdays, the brothers of the Yue family sit and eat in the mountains, and they live a life of eating and waiting for death, these ten miles and eight villages all know, and they don't see any outstanding features, let alone the ability of "Jinghu Jing Erhu". β
The village woman opened the chatterbox, and regardless of whether or not she paid attention to her, she just talked to herself.
In the end, she didn't forget to summarize it.
"Little girl, our Songjia Village is such a big boundary, to put it mildly, if you fart at the head of the East Village, you can blow it to the end of the West Village after a while, there is no secret at all. Which family has happened to which file, the big guys are like mirrors, if you don't believe me, just ask others the same...... The brother of the Yue family is really not a serious person, especially when the elder brother is very cunning, don't be deceived by him. β
Gu Nanqiao frowned, didn't say anything, just nodded perfunctorily.
"The second family down this slope is the residence of the Yue brothers. β
After a short stretch of rugged path, the village woman finally pointed to the dirt slope not far away and said, "The stall of Yuexi River is at the entrance of the compound, and you can see it when you go down, so I won't accompany you to the pastβyou two should be careful, but remember my advice, don't be fooled." β
Su Yiyang hooked the corners of his lips and nodded, which was considered to be a response.
After descending the dirt slope, Su Yiyang and Gu Nanqiao went straight to a house in the close middle of the village, and sure enough, they saw the residence of the Yue brothers. There is no difference between this and the houses elsewhere in Songjia Village, they are all the same low bungalows with courtyards, only the lush banyan tree at the gate of the courtyard brings a little rare green shade.
Under the tree, a man in a shabby military coat was guarding the stall, his back was a little rickety, and his half-length hair was slightly white, which he was too lazy to take care of and carried to the back of his head, not sloppy, but a little chic.
The smell of dirt and slag lifted his hair, but he only rested with his head bowed and half leaned against the trunk of the tree, as if he was fiddling with something between his fingers, as if he was engrossed.
There is no delicate and decent Tang costume gown, there is no faint fragrance of tea that can be smelled through the wind, and even the jade-like charm of Mo Shanggongzi is much diluted by the old man who can't be stopped by manpower, Gu Nanqiao can still recognize it.
This person is none other than Yue Xihe.
Seeing a guest coming, Yue Xihe didn't greet him, and he didn't even bother to raise his head, but Gu Nanqiao was closer, and finally saw what he was fiddling with with his head down.
Yue Xihe's slender fingertips held a small carving knife, meticulously carving half of the dead wood roots. His wrist was tense and relaxed, his fingertips pinched the edge of the carving knife, and he made several strokes of the knife in a smooth manner, and after carving the outline flexibly, he blew the layer of foam attached to it, which was a freshly baked small thing.
In addition to daily necessities such as tobacco, wine, tea, etc., this stall is some antiques, calligraphy and paintings, as well as small handicrafts, just like this dead wood just now, most of which are from the hands of Yue Xihe.
In short, it's the kind of thing that can't be sold at first sight.
When Yue Xihe carved the last stroke, Gu Nanqiao opened his mouth and called.
"Uncle Xihe, it's my ......"
Hearing this clear and beautiful voice, Yue Xihe finally raised his head. He was obviously surprised, and glanced at Gu Nanqiao in surprise, then pulled the crutches that were placed aside and slowly straightened up.
"How did you find here?"
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