Chapter 130: Beating the Gong and Drum
Because they came out early, the mule cart traveled quickly, and although there was a delay on the road, everyone had just arrived at Lao Zhao's house.
At this time, the entire courtyard of Lao Zhao's house was filled with a fragrance unique to zongzi.
The familiar aroma in the familiar yard awakened the memories from the predecessor, Zhao Siniang couldn't help but think that Zhao Dalang was going to the county to participate in the county test after the New Year, and the old Zhao family not only sent Zhao Dalang a lot of money, but also prepared a lot of food for him, and there were zongzi in it. At that time, the aroma emitted by the zongzi also permeated the entire Lao Zhao family as it does today.
The people in the Zhaojia Village area are accustomed to eating pasta as the staple food, and rarely eat white rice. The same is true for the Zhao family, who mainly grow wheat and yellow rice in the field, although they began to grow corn and sweet potatoes in the first two years, they have never planted rice, so white rice has never appeared on the Zhao family's dinner table.
At that time, Zhao Siniang saw Zhao Chengqing peeling off the zongzi and eating the white rice balls with a big mouthful, looking very sweet, and she was envious. In previous years, when the Dragon Boat Festival was celebrated, although Zhao Siniang had eaten zongzi wrapped in yellow rice, she had never had the opportunity to eat this white rice dumpling. You must know that the glutinous rice used to wrap the white rice dumplings was specially bought from the town, and they must have no share in such a precious thing.
So she took advantage of Zhao Qiao's inattention, secretly ran into the stove, picked up a string of freshly cooked zongzi from the pot, and squeezed out some glutinous rice grains from the corner of the zongzi to satisfy her hunger. Although the reed leaves used to wrap the zongzi at that time were the old leaves dried in the previous year, they were not as fragrant as they are today. But for Zhao Siniang, who has never eaten white rice dumplings, or has never tasted good things, it is really delicious.
Thinking back to this, Zhao Siniang suddenly had a sour nose, that girl didn't even eat a whole white rice dumpling, she just left silently......
"Oh, the third family came from Yue's house before us! Hey? Sister-in-law and Yuan Niang are also here? Aren't you busy with your business today? ”
A burst of laughter interrupted Zhao Siniang's thoughts, and without looking back, Zhao Siniang knew that it was Zhao Yongnian's daughter-in-law, Qiao, who had arrived.
"Are you here, Lord? Where's our showman? Didn't you say you came back from the city? ”
When Zhao Yongzhong and his entourage entered the door, they called the door. Because of the Boxing Rites, they were not short in the courtyard, but no one came out to greet them. But at this time, as soon as Qiao's voice fell, Zhao Qiao's jumped out of the hall. followed by Old Man Zhao.
This Zhao Sanniang was very unhappy to enter the door of Lao Zhao's house, and it took a long time before getting out of the car, and everyone else entered the yard, only she was still at the door. At this moment, Zhao Qiaoshi, who was nearly fifty years old, blew over like a gust of wind, and her body took half a step back. A sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Scholar? Just after the government test, you are embarrassed to call it Xiucai? What kind of talent is this? We don't know, but it's actually just a child! I'm sorry to be babbling here!
Actually, two days ago, Zhao Sanniang really didn't know what Zhao Dalang was admitted to.
Looking back, since last year, Mr. Zhao has been talking about Zhao Dalang going to take the Xiucai exam every day, and asked the whole family to save money to send him to take the exam. A few days ago, the good news of Zhao Dalang's "high school" suddenly came, and now not only Zhao Yongzhong was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut, but even Mr. Jiang was very happy, and specially prepared a big red envelope for Zhao Dalang. I don't know why, this kind of glorious lintel is a great event. looked at Zhao Sanniang's eyes hurt.
Zhao Siniang knew that Zhao Sanniang was in a panic, so she briefly talked about the imperial examination system of Yan State. Only then did Zhao Sanniang know that in the past six months, Zhao Dalang has gone to Jinghai County and Youdu Fucheng, and he has spent so much money, in fact, he is a child in order to take the county exam and the government exam, and he is a child if he is admitted, and it is not a serious reputation at all. Want to be a showman? Then you have to pass the college exam. I heard that this court only holds two trials in three years, but there is no one this year, and it is impossible for him Zhao Dalang to become a showman within the year.
Hear this. Zhao Sanniang felt much more comfortable.
In fact, there are words that make Zhao Sanniang more comfortable, but it is inconvenient for Zhao Siniang to say them - in his previous life, until Zhao Dalang died on the road to exile, he was still a child.
As soon as I thought of Old Man Zhao, he was thinking about replacing the lintel. But she couldn't realize this dream in her life, so Zhao Siniang was secretly happy.
Thinking about it at this time, although there have been too many deviations in this life, Zhao Dalang's knowledge is there, he was not in the previous life, and most of the time in this life is not played. Old man Zhao, he has ten ** and regrets for the rest of his life.
Should!
Seeing the old man Zhao and his wife welcoming Zhao Dalang into the hall like a phoenix, but they didn't even bother to give them a look, Zhao Siniang sneered in her heart.
also came to Lao Zhao's house for the holiday, Zhao Yongnian's family was empty-handed but was treated as guests, and Zhao Yongzhong's family came with a full load but encountered a cold face. Most people will have ideas about this if it is put on others, but Zhao Siniang's family has long been accustomed to it, and they followed silently as before.
After entering the hall, Zhao Siniang was not delusional that Old Man Zhao would greet them, and automatically and consciously pulled the family to sit down. If it was in the past, when Zhao Qiao's family didn't speak, they didn't dare to sit down even if they borrowed the courage of the Song family and the Jiang family. But now, the girls have the ability, and they have some confidence. Let me sit? Then sit down!
Before Zhao Siniang's family came, the old couple discussed that they should turn a blind eye to these disobedient children and grandchildren and take care of them. But now, embarrassment is given, but people don't care. Old Man Zhao could bear it, but Zhao Qiaoshi couldn't help but get mad.
"Mother-in-law is still standing! The daughter-in-law sat down, which rule is this? ”
Here we go again, here we go again! Zhao Qiaoshi always likes to pick up soft persimmons and pinch them, and as soon as she makes a move, she hands her claw to the tip of Song's nose.
Zhao Siniang said slowly: "Which family's rules?" The rules of the old Zhao family! Didn't you let the second uncle's family sit? You see, the second aunt has sat down, why can't the eldest aunt sit? It is said that the young and the old are orderly, and the two older concubines have sat down, and my mother has just sat down, which is not a broken rule! ”
"You, you ......" Although Zhao Qiaoshi was fierce, his brain was not very bright, and he couldn't find the words to refute for a while, so he had to rely on the old man and say: "You dare to talk to your milk?" ”
Seeing that Zhao Qiaoshi turned her paw to her little sister, Zhao Sanniang, who was sitting next to her, didn't think about it, and directly reached out and slapped it away.
only heard the crisp sound of "pop", and everyone felt sorry for Zhao Qiao's family.
Zhao Qiaoshi opened his mouth and was about to howl, but before he could make a sound, he heard a cold voice say: "Milk, you are an elder, how can you dance in front of the junior?" It's unseemly! ”
Dancing? Out of place? The wicked must sue first, and there must be a degree. Don't take such a reversal of black and white!
Zhao Qiaoshi was so angry that he trembled, took a deep breath and scolded: "You, you resentment, disobedience, no, unfilial piety......"
"Bang!"
An earth-shattering gong sounded in everyone's ears.
Others are okay, after all, Zhao Shilang's hands and feet are not happy. Most of the people present saw him take out a gong from the piled high, and although they didn't have time to stop him from striking it, they were finally prepared. And Zhao Qiao's was miserable, she was concentrating on scolding Zhao Siniang, an unfilial girl, and this gong sound was tantamount to a thunderbolt in the sky for her. I almost scared to pee, okay!
Seeing that his wife was so frightened that his face turned pale, Old Man Zhao was furious and asked loudly: "What do you want to do!" Want to rebel? ”
It was Zhao Shilang who struck the gong, but Old Man Zhao didn't glare at him, only glared at Zhao Siniang angrily.
Zhao Siniang glanced at Zhao Shilang, how many times have you said this? As soon as Zhao Qiaoshi opened her mouth to scold her for being unfilial, she had to bang the gong, tell me, how many words did you let the old witch say? Dare to saliva isn't sprayed in your face, is it?
Zhao Shilang was also aggrieved in his heart, obviously he knocked it according to the request of the little sister? Why is she not satisfied?
The head of the family asked, but no one paid attention. Even more excessive. The two perpetrators are actually eye-browning there, is this a demonstration, or is it a demonstration?
I'm angry! I'm angry! This time, Old Man Zhao also trembled.
Zhao Siniang glanced at the hem of his clothes that was pulled by his father, and knew that his father was worried that his father would be angry to death, so he gave him a soothing look.
However, although her gaze was very gentle, her mouth was not polite at all: "Make ...... What? You can eat things indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately! My own grandfather, if you really make that, it will be a great sin to destroy the Nine Clans. You, the head of the family, can't run away from the first place! You've lived most of your life, you don't even understand this reason, do you? ”
When Old Man Zhao heard this, he brushed it, and his face became pale and pale.
In fact. If you want to put aside ordinary villagers, Zhao Siniang's words can't scare people at all. Isn't it just a curse? What's wrong with casual talk? It's just that Old Man Zhao has a little knowledge, and the more he knows, the more he thinks. After Zhao Siniang did this, he suddenly realized that he was indeed unscrupulous under the anger, no one cares about this kind of words, it is really careful. If you don't die, you have to shed your skin.
Not good! Fang just shouted so loudly, it won't really get out, right? Old Man Zhao then felt a chill.
"Okay, just now that you said that you are old and confused, let's just assume that you didn't hear it! Look at how scared you are! Alright, don't be afraid, no one will cut off your head. ”
No matter how many thorns there are in Zhao Siniang's words, Old Man Zhao doesn't have the heart or the courage to pick at this time, so he just keeps silent.
This has finally stopped, but Zhao Qiao's family hasn't learned to be obedient yet, so he has to continue to make trouble.
"Say, what are you doing with a gong? Do you want to scare your to death? You unfilial ......"
Scared? If it can really scare Zhao Qiao's family to death, Zhao Siniang's family will be relieved.
However, I am afraid that this little sound will not scare Zhao Qiao's to death. As we all know, Zhao Qiao's family sang big operas at home for three days and two ends, and from time to time he would come to play a pot and pan ensemble. Of course, she rarely drops the bowl, after all, she is reluctant, but she can drop the basin!
Yes, you read that right, it's a pot! Don't look at her usually doesn't work much, when she throws up the copper basin, she can bring energy, and the "bang" is not lost to the sound of gongs and drums. So, a gong can scare her to death? Joke about it!
"Bang bang ......" sounded more than a dozen times this time, and the dense gong sound could be stopped.
In the end, the second sister is reliable! Zhao Siniang winked at Zhao Sanniang, who was holding the gong.
"What the hell do you want? Do what you can do and strike the gong at every turn! Zhao Dalang frowned and blamed.
What's going on? Although he lives in the town and does not return to the village, the old Zhao family in his memory is so quiet and harmonious, and his grandmother is so kind and kind. Now that Sanfang has just made a small fortune, he has begun to disobey his elders! It's both ignorant and shameless. Although my father and mother had told me before, now that the three rooms are wide, don't mess with them if you have nothing to do, especially before receiving the gift money, you must not anger them. But the constant quarrels and the earth-shattering gongs and drums finally made Zhao Dalang unbearable.
The disdain in Zhao Dalang's eyes Zhao Siniang could see it clearly, she was very surprised that she didn't despise this parasite, and this insect actually despised them. Sure enough, the brain circuits of insects are different from those of humans.
However, there is no such thing as "eliminating the four evils" in today's task, Zhao Siniang decided to let him go for the time being, and replied: "What are you doing with the gong?" Of course, I'm here to honor our milk!
"Having lived under the same roof for so long, who else here doesn't know the number of our milk's roads? It's nothing more than counting the unfilial piety of the children and grandchildren first, and then crawling on the ground. Milk, you have been singing this play for decades, you are not tired of singing, and we who watch the play are tired and panicked for you.
"Actually, don't you just want to make all kinds of unfilial piety cry to everyone? Well, I'll do it to you today. Our mule cart is parked outside, and the cushions on it have already been laid out, just waiting for you to take your seat. Needless to say, Zhaojia Village is definitely going to be transferred, and the other ten miles and eight townships are up to you, and you can cry wherever you love.
"I'm just worried that you're too old to cry halfway through crying, so that's a lot of disappointment, isn't it? That's when the gong is prepared for you, and it's guaranteed that you will have a great time. You see, granddaughter, am I very thoughtful and filial to you? ”
As soon as Zhao Siniang's words fell, the piercing mourning sound magically stopped, and Zhao Qiaoshi stared at this thoughtful "filial granddaughter" with an incredible face. (To be continued.) )