Chapter 3 The Shadow of Taihu Lake IV
Just when Nangong Hammer went to Wuxi Huwei Dart Bureau, Nangong Gele returned to the Nangong family on Gongshan Island. Nangong Ling has no impression www.biquge.info of his father, but everyone knows the master, Nangong Ling has no good impression of this strange father, Nangong Gele wants to touch Nangong Ling's head, seeing that the second son is so old, he also wants to be close to the warmth of the father. Nangong Ling suddenly ran away and came to her sister-in-law's house, Nangong Ling liked his sister-in-law very much, cared for him, and brought him a lot of gifts, although she only got along for a few days, Nangong Ling felt that she was more gentle and considerate than her biological mother, and her sister-in-law had liked her since she was beautiful, virtuous, and empathetic, and she felt very happy to have such a sister-in-law.
When Nangong Gele chased Xiao'er to Li Yingsleeve's house, when he saw Li Yingsleeve, he was stunned, Li Yingsleeve was also terrified when he saw Nangong Grad, the hearts of the two seemed to be turbulent, Nangong Geler's eyes were full of surprise, and Li Yingsleeve's eyes were not only surprised, but also embarrassed, angry, desperate, mixed, his face was blue for a while and red for a while, and the hands and feet of the two seemed to be frozen, looking at each other motionlessly. Nangong Ling also felt quite embarrassed, now she just wants her eldest brother to come back quickly, and only he can relieve the atmosphere here. But Nangong Hammer is not there.
Nangong Ling, who was still young, was clever, and he said to his father: "This is the eldest brother's daughter-in-law, who got married a few days ago. He said to Li Yingsleeve again: "Sister-in-law, this is my father."
Nangong Gele said a little faintly: "You married my son, it's very good." Suddenly, he laughed and walked out the door. The laughter was a little terrifying, and Nangong Ling felt that this strange father was very strange. He hated his sister-in-law looking at him so rudely. Li Yingsleeve's eyes were full of bitter tears, trying to endure it from flowing out, Nangong Ling walked to her sister-in-law's side, pulled her to sit down, seeing Nangong Ling so sensible, Li Yingsleeve forced a smile and gently touched Nangong Ling's head.
The eldest brother Nangong Hammer finally came back, Nangong Ling felt that he was a child, and the affairs of the adults should be solved by the adults themselves, and he didn't understand any human feelings, so he returned to the Qianmen compound to practice martial arts with the disciples of the family. As soon as Nangong Hammer went to the island, people told him that his father was back, Nangong Hammer was very surprised, unlike his younger brother who had never seen his father after he was sensible, although he also blamed his father for being unkind, leaving his sick mother and young children to wander the rivers and lakes without news, but before he left, his father also taught himself martial arts hand in hand, took him to make martial arts friends together, and let him get ahead in the rivers and lakes early.
Nangong Hammer came to Li Yingsleeve's bedroom first, pulled up Li Yingsleeve and happily greeted his old father, who had not seen him for many years. Li Ying's sleeves were a little twisted and followed Nangong Hammer to his father's residence, Nangong Hammer hugged his father in the past, and shed tears with some excitement, in his eyes, his father was great, after so many years, his father's ears and temples were already a piece of white hair, and his father was very relieved to see his son so wise and powerful, and the old tears were rampant. After getting close to each other, Nangong Hammer introduced his daughter-in-law.
Li Ying knelt down and asked Nangong Gele for peace. Nangong Gele immediately picked up Li Ying's sleeves and said to Nangong Hammer: "Son, you have a good eye, this daughter-in-law is so beautiful and gentle, it is your blessing." "I didn't talk about the fact that I had met Li Yingsleeve just now.
Li Yingsleeve didn't say anything, and replied politely: "Father-in-law Xie praised, you two should have a lot to say when they first met, and the daughter-in-law will step down." Nangong Hammer was very satisfied with Li Yingsleeve being so decent, so he smiled and said to Li Yingsleeve apologetically: "I'll accompany you later." Li Yingsleeve slowly returned to her room, feeling a little nervous.
Nangong Geler and his son Nangong Hammer should have a lot to say, but they both looked at each other and didn't speak, Nangong Gele wanted to say something about his daughter-in-law, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't want to say more. Both of them picked up some inconsequential things to talk about, and they were already very satisfied to see their father return unharmed, Nangong Hammer instructed his subordinates to prepare wine and food, and to get drunk with their father.
After a few days, Nangong Geler and Li Yingsleeve did not intersect, Nangong Ling saw that his father occasionally talked to his sister-in-law on the lakeside, and neither of them looked at each other during the meal, Nangong Ling seemed to think that his father had known his sister-in-law for a long time, and they were all people with some concerns, the eldest brother didn't see it, Nangong Ling just felt it, and he didn't tell the eldest brother, the eldest brother was stricter to him than his father, and he always treated him as a child, he was so strong that he wouldn't take the child's words seriously, maybe he would be reprimanded.
But a few days later, Nangong Ling's hated strange father died, the death was ugly, his face was pale, he was bleeding, and he was still holding a small bottle in his hand. His father committed suicide, I don't know what the little bottle is, it's so domineering, the little bottle is empty, there is not a drop left, it was all taken by my father, and the eldest brother and the doctor invited can't find out what it is**, it was my father himself who got it from somewhere, and he committed suicide without saying anything to the two brothers. Nangong Hammer may have thought that as soon as his father came back, he knew that his mother was dead, and he was killed by his childhood sweetheart's maid, and the maid was also sunk to the bottom of the lake, and he must have suffered a lot outside, and his son didn't talk to him much after he came back, and his younger brother was still young and busy, so he put all his thoughts on the newlywed wife, and his father must have been disheartened and chose to commit suicide.
Nangong Ling suddenly lost her father and mother, and her eldest brother often went far away, only her sister-in-law got along with him, and her sister-in-law was also very considerate of herself, watching herself grow up, teaching herself to read and write, and accompanying her sister-in-law to watch the tide rise and fall on the shore of Taihu Lake, waiting for the eldest brother's return.
Nangong Ling finished talking about her growth experience with enthusiasm, Yu Shao and Bai Mingyue also listened carefully, without interjecting a word, Nangong Ling finished talking about this, and suddenly felt a lot more relaxed in her heart, and she was also very grateful to the two of you for listening carefully to him for a long time. Yu Shao wanted to meet his wife, but Nangong Ling took them to the lakeside pier and said apologetically: "My eldest brother didn't allow outsiders to stay overnight here, so he had to send the two of them on the boat." As he spoke, he took out a delicate little flute and handed it to Yu Shao, "Next time I come to blow this flute by the lake, I will come to pick you up, and if I am not there, someone will take you to the island." ”
Yu Shao understood that many martial arts sects did not leave people to live, and the Nangong family was no exception, and Bai Mingyue understood this rule even more, so he said goodbye to Nangong Ling and sailed towards the opposite shore on Nangong's sailboat. Yu Shao had a lot of doubts in his heart, he was pondering all the way, Bai Mingyue just looked at him in a daze, when Yu Shao was thinking, his handsome face was very angular, his eyes became blurred, standing on the bow of the boat in the sunset, the wind on the lake blew up the white long clothes, fluttering like an immortal descending to earth, with infinite charm. Bai Mingyue admired her sweetheart's outstanding demeanor, and didn't want to disturb his mind at this time.
Soon arrived home, Yin Xiaomei was waiting for them at the gate of the Wang family's compound, and when she saw them appear, she pretended to be very angry and came to the two of them, her face was tense, her lips were pursed, and she looked at them angrily. Yu Shao couldn't help but laugh when he saw Yin Xiaomei's appearance. Yin Xiaomei burst into a panic and fell on Yu Shao's head, Bai Mingyue covered her mouth and smiled and entered the Wang family compound, Yu Shao fled into the door while avoiding Yin Xiaomei.
Yu Shao has been thinking about a question in the study that night, that is, the whereabouts of the ** thief back then, Nangong Ling did not make it clear, could it be that after the ** thief appeared in Wuxi, he disappeared, Nangong Hammer once tracked down the whereabouts of this person, Nangong Ling had no follow-up when he said this, did he deliberately hide something, or maybe his eldest brother didn't tell him the plot of the investigation? Yu Shao always felt that the shadow on the Taihu Lake was related to this ** thief, I heard Nangong Ling say that this person had been to the Huwei Dart Bureau, Xiang Batian personally walked the dart for him, maybe Xiaohui knew about this matter, and went to Wuxi City tomorrow to talk to him. Taihu Fan Ying didn't care what happened to Yu Shao, but he almost died for this matter, and in order to share some sorrow for Nangong Ling, since he had entered this puzzle, he simply took care of it to the end and saw what the rivers and lakes were.
Bai Mingyue and Yin Xiaomei went to bed early, Yu Shao lay on the window and looked at the starry sky, he was thinking about whether to take Mingyue and Xiaomei with him tomorrow, but this matter is too risky, Bai Mingyue has already suffered some sins with him, but he can't let the two of them take risks again, if something happens, he will be alone, Yu Shao doesn't want to make a mistake with someone so close to him, he has made up his mind to go to the Huwei Dart Bureau alone, Yu Shao has raised his spirit and slept well first.
As soon as the sky was bright, Yu Shao got up, he left a note in the study and set off for Wuxi City.
When Bai Mingyue and Yin Xiaomei were eating breakfast, they found that Yu Shao hadn't gotten up yet, so they called the girl to shout. The girl didn't see Yu Shao in the bedroom, so she went to the study to take a look, and when she saw the note left by Yu Shao, she took it to the master, and the master gave it to Bai Mingyue and Yin Xiaomei after reading it, and said to herself: "This kid has really grown up, his wings are full, and he really wants to go out for a while." ”
Yu Shao's mother still regarded him as a child, and said with some disgust: "I don't want to say hello when I go out, and I'm not afraid of my family worrying."
Yu Shao's father patted his wife on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that we won't be able to control him in the future, and we will be thought of being verbose."
"This stinky boy usually looks obedient, and he is very proud in his bones." Yu Shao's mother said helplessly.
"Auntie, you can't control him, Sister Mingyue and I will take care of it for you." Yin Xiaomei said with a hippie smile.
"This is also a good way, Yu'er listens to the two of you the most, if you both marry Yu Shao, just take care of him for the rest of your life, you can also let me save some snacks, I have been looking forward to such a beautiful daughter-in-law for a long time, see if he still has the heart to go out and mess around." After Yu Shao's mother finished speaking, she looked at Yin Xiaomei and Bai Mingyue with a smile.
The two of them had already blushed half the sky, and they thought sweetly in their hearts. Yu Shao's father went to the lake early to walk around after eating seriously, Yu Shao's mother looked at the two lovely people, and thought in her heart about who her son would marry, one was lively and generous, the other was quiet and elegant, each with its own advantages, it was difficult to choose, and I didn't know who Yu'er liked more, so they both married the best. Yu Shao's mother looked at this and that while thinking, she really liked it.
Bai Mingyue has never liked to talk, so she only lowered her head and touched the edge of the table, and her hands kept fiddling with the corners of her clothes, looking shy. Yin Xiaomei was a little spicy, pretending to be pitiful and said to Yu Shao's mother: "I am a childhood sweetheart with Yu Shao, I am single-minded to him, but he doesn't take me to heart." ”
"No, I see that Yu Shao didn't think about tea and food when you went back to your hometown, but you grew up with me, and when you were a child, he would have regarded you as a lover for a long time." Yu Shao's mother still said with a smile.
"That was when I was a child, and now Yu Shao is not thinking about me." Yin Xiaomei said.
"Who are you thinking about?" Yu Shao's mother asked.
"Who else can there be, Nong, it's Sister Mingyue." Yin Xiaomei looked at Bai Mingyue and said, she was very jealous.
Bai Mingyue glanced at her, but she couldn't deny it in her heart. Yin Xiaomei continued to say to Yu Shao's mother: "I look at Yu Shao's eyes on Sister Mingyue, I can't wait to pinch her in my hand and melt in my heart, I am only good on the surface, I only have jealousy, Sister Mingyue also has this kind of look, in fact, Sister Mingyue is not so quiet, she is ambitious, she almost abolished me for Yu Shao." ”
"You little prodigal hoof, playing right and wrong in front of your aunt." Bai Mingyue couldn't stand it and wanted to reward Yin Xiaomei with a pink fist, but the corners of her mouth were smiling slightly. Yin Xiaomei jumped away and came to the courtyard, Bai Mingyue also chased after her, and the two twisted together with a grin. Yu Shao's mother still looked at the two with a smile, how much youthful and energetic, it is good to be young in this peaceful era, unlike her own background in the end of the Yuan Dynasty when the world was in turmoil, with her husband fighting in the south and the north, there is no day of quiet days to come to Qingqing and mine, and when the days are stable, people are old, and there is no longer that mind, Yu Shao's mother sighed that it is good to be young.
Wuxi, referred to as "tin", was known as Liangxi and Jinkui in ancient times, and was known as the "Pearl of Taihu Lake". Since ancient times, it has been the land of fish and rice, known as the cloth wharf, the money wharf, the kiln wharf, the silk capital, and the rice market. In the first year of Hongwu, it was reduced to a county, which belonged to Changzhou Prefecture of Zhongshu Province.
Yu Shao came to the door of the Huwei Dart Bureau in the center of Wuxi, but at this time, the door was closed, and only a janitor stood outside to guard. Yu Shao stepped forward to say hello to the doorman, telling him that he was a friend of the young man, and bothered him to report it. The doorman said that the young master and his father went out to dart, it has been many days, it is estimated that they will come back tonight, the head of the dart and the young master and most of the dart masters have gone to the dart, so the door is closed for the time being. What kind of dart is the good guy so important, and the whole dart game has to be dispatched, but the door is already too long-winded to be noticed. Yu Shao seems to have run for nothing, no wonder Xiaohui didn't come to find him for half a month, first went to the capital with Nangong, and now he has sent out a dart again, it's really not the right time to come, but it's not an important thing to come to find Xiaohui, just ask about the origin of the ** thief many years ago, if it seems to others that Yu Shao is at least in the water, there will be this idiot's move. Yu Shao is funny when he thinks about it, he ran to Wuxi City for no reason to inquire about the information of the ** thief, and he hasn't been able to see Xiaohui with news, of course he can't cry or laugh.
Yu Shao walked helplessly on the bustling street, and saw someone selling 'Da Ah Fu', so he came over. Among the Huishan mud people, the most familiar and popular is Huishan Da Fu. It is blessed, fat, holding a docile and tame beast, smiling sweetly at people, with a childish and blessed face, which is indeed cute.
The most famous myth in Wuxi is undoubtedly "Afu Axi". There is also an ancient myth and story about Da Ah Fu. It is said that a long, long time ago, the area of Huishan was overgrown with wild grass and ancient trees, and wild beasts often haunted and endangered humans. People talk about the discoloration of beasts. However, things always come down to one thing. In the deep mountains, I don't know when it began, there lived two humanoid giant beasts, named "Sand Child", they are extremely powerful, all kinds of fierce beasts and insects in the mountains, as long as they see them smiling slightly, they will bow their heads into their arms and let them devour. Since the emergence of the "Sand Child", the people in the vicinity have lived and worked in peace and contentment since then. One winter, farmers who had gone up to the mountains to cut wood came down one after another. Out of curiosity, the male "sand child" plays under the uncut tree. At this moment, the big tree suddenly fell and crushed it to death. The female "sand child" was traced here, and she was sad to see this tragic situation. In order to be martyred, they also crashed to death under this tree, and later, in order to miss them, people made two clay figures of a man and a woman according to their images, and named them "Da Ah Fu". Since then, this pair of great Ah Fu has been passed on to the people as an auspicious logistics for driving away beasts and avoiding disasters and evil spirits.
Yu Shao sold a pair of "Ah Fu Ah Xi", and when he turned his head to leave, he thought that something was wrong, which meant that the eldest Ah Fu who was infatuated with his children wanted to send Bai Mingyue, but Yin Xiaomei was always by her side, and she couldn't snub her, she was also infatuated with herself, and she couldn't let her get off the stage in front of Bai Mingyue. Thinking of these, Yu Shao turned his head and sold another pair. Yu Shao wrapped a small gift and let the restaurant, call some wine and food to eat and drink slowly, since he came, he always had to see Xiaohui, since Xiaohui came back at night, he didn't care about it for a while. Wuxi's lake fresh has nothing to taste, Taihu Lake three fresh 'whitebait, white shrimp, white fish' can be eaten every day in the Wang's compound, here is close to the Yangtze River, there is Jiangyin from the 'mixed river dragon', Xiao Er said about the Yangtze River three fresh: anchovy, saury, pufferfish. Among the three fresh, the anchovy is even better, and it is known as the "king of fish", and the store will have the river fresh food sent by the fishmongers of Jiangyin every day. Listening to what Xiao Er said so well, Yu Shao let him taste the anchovy, and asked for a pot of Huiquan rice wine to pour himself and drink it.
The Yangtze River anchovy is indeed very delicious, when Yu Shao was drinking happily, Nangong Ling hung his head and went up to the restaurant, and was a little surprised to see Yu Shao here, so he hurriedly put down the package and sat opposite Yu Shao, picked up Yu Shao's wine glass and drank it unceremoniously, he didn't mind anything. Yu Shao called Xiao Er to add two bowls and chopsticks, and then serve some good dishes, and the wine is indispensable to have a few catties first. Yu Shao was not busy asking about Nangong, and it was estimated that he came to Xiaohui like himself, but he was turned away.
"Yu Shao, why are you here, come to find Xiaohui." Nangong asked after eating some wine and food.
"That's right, I haven't heard his nonsense for half a month, and I'm still a little uncomfortable." Yu Shao replied.
"You've always had your friends in mind." Nangong picked up the wine glass and said to Yu Shao: "Come and go, in order to have a friend like you, it is my Nangong Ling Sansheng who is lucky." ”
"Don't say these polite words, the three of us know each other from childhood to adulthood, so what else do we know about each other." Yu Shao also picked up the wine glass and touched the wall of the glass with Nangong Ling.
"To tell you the truth, you were able to come to see me yesterday, and you can venture to the island when I have an unforeseen situation, and I have received this love." Nangong has become a little sentimental.
"If something happens to me, you Nangong will not leave me alone, I am convinced of this, and Xiaohui too, you have always stood up for me since I was a child, I didn't know any martial arts at that time, even if you lose your temper with each other, you have never been mad at me, when I practice things go wrong, you show me the skills that the Nangong family does not pass on, and inquire about the origin of this evil skill in many ways, you are cold and hot-hearted outside of things, can I not understand, I know best what you are like in Nangong, you are a buddy, you are my friend, you don't have to be polite to me, If you have anything, just give it a quick sigh, and I will help you to the end. Yu Shao also seemed to be excited, these words had never been said, and today I don't know why he poured out his heart to Nangong.
Hearing the words, Nangong Ling burst into tears, and held Yu Shao's hand tightly, Nangong didn't talk much, and he didn't know what to say at this time, the two of them were sympathetic to each other, and couldn't help but drink a few catties of old wine. Today I didn't drink a few glasses at Nangong's house like yesterday, maybe the two of them didn't sleep well for a few nights and were tired, today they are full of energy, a few catties of belly without drunkenness, Xiao Er saw that Yu Shao was generous, he was a generous master, and when he saw that the two of them were out of wine, he consciously brought a jar. The two laughed arrogantly, patted the mud of the wine jar, and changed the big bowl to drink, and if they were brothers, they would not get drunk and return.
Just when the two were preparing to drink sea, Xiaohui arrived and saw the wine gall of the two friends, how could he be without himself. Xiaohui sat down with a golden knife and said loudly: "Brother is late, punish a bowl of wine, and do it first as a respect." ”
Yu Shao and Nangong Ling also picked up the wine bowl, and each put a hand on Xiaohui's shoulder, wanting to be like Xiaohui, Yu Shao said: "The nasty embryo left us here, and a bowl is enough." ”
"Yes, at least three bowls." Nangong Ling echoed.
Xiaohui wanted to explain something, but Nangong Ling had already sent the wine bowl to his mouth, Xiaohui drank it without hesitation, and wanted to open his mouth to speak, Yu Shao's wine bowl had also been sent to his lips, patted Xiaohui's shoulder and said: "What's the matter, wait until after drinking, at this moment, the three of us are together, and there is no family to nag around, let alone Yin Xiaomei to stir up, just drink now." After speaking, he put the old wine jar into Xiaohui's mouth.
"Yu Shao is right, it's rare for three big men to drink together outside, put aside the big things first, and talk about it tomorrow." Nangong is also enthusiastic.
"Okay, good brother, let's drink enough today, it's the first time we've drunk like this, so let's get drunk." Xiaohui is already a domineering person, and the amount of alcohol is also the best among the three, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for Yu Shao and Nangong to deal with them, and it must be Xiaohui who falls in the end.
Xiaohui took out a large ingot of silver and threw it to the shopkeeper, which was enough to invite the entire sea of people in the 'Drunken Immortal Building' to eat, so that Xiao Er's good wine and good food could come up. The shopkeeper saw such a big ingot of silver, his face smiled, and he hurriedly instructed the kitchen to burn all the delicacies of the restaurant, Xiaohui waved his hand to the shopkeeper and said: "Just pick up a few delicacies, but the wine must be enough." ”
"Come on," Xiao Er hurriedly hugged a few jars of 'Huiquan wine'. Huiquan liquor is made by soaking Wuxi rice in spring water and brewing it in a unique way. The spring water only uses the clear and sweet Wuxi Huishan two spring water. Wuxi Huiquan Liquor, Shaoxing Jiafan Liquor, Danyang Sealed Jar Liquor and Fujian Shenvat Liquor are known as the four famous liquors.