There are still a few young people at the same table, and their ears are filled with heroic stories such as Wang Qiao's beating of Niu Laoqi, as well as the love story of Lu Qi and Wang Qiao in their hometown.

Li Mei pointed to a few young people and said: "The people who stay in the old township are not promising, you few people learn from the barbarians, jump out of the old township and the world is wide, and stay in the old township can only eat bean curd rice and drink sorghum wine in a small restaurant." ”

After three rounds of drinking, everyone was drunk. At the invitation of everyone, Wang Qiao deposited the motorcycle in Yang Guan's mother's small shop and followed everyone to the long-lost old village.

Chatting and drinking beer, he took his leave after two hours.

Leaving the school with a sense of alcohol, he walked on the town road, and when he looked back, he thought of the bits and pieces of his old hometown, and sorrow and longing came to his heart like the sea.

In the past, he and Lu Qi occasionally found a melting hole, and contracted the back mountain to plant peppercorns to cover the dark river that could gush out black fish. During this period, there were many fights with his old enemy Niu Qingde and the hooligans on the street.

The last fight was on a dark and windy night in the month:

Wang Qiao was not bad, and after waiting quietly for more than an hour, there was a plopping sound outside the house. He expected that Niu Qingde would bring people to retaliate, so he tightened his belt and sneakers and laces, and came to the gate with a bucket.

Three of the five black shadows slipped and fell on the slippery path deliberately created by Wang Qiao, and when they got up, they were smashed to pieces, and their sharpness was lost first. When they came to the door, one of them reached out and touched the lock. Wang Qiao had been waiting behind the door for a long time, he took the bucket in his hand and threw it towards the door, the people outside did not expect that there would be a bucket of water splashed inside the door, and they didn't have time to dodge, and they were suddenly splashed into a soup chicken.

Although the old township is south of the Yangtze River, the temperature of the cold winter is still a few degrees below zero, and the taste of being drenched into soup chicken is really uncomfortable. Niu Qingde's brutal temperament was fully revealed, standing outside the door, and scolded: "Wang Qiao, you open the door for Lao Tzu, if you don't kill you today, I don't have the surname Liu." ”

Niu Laoqi was the most unlucky, he fell just uphill, and then he was soaked from head to toe, and after the cold wind, his teeth trembled uncontrollably.

Niu Qingde was like a mad dog, and said viciously: "Let's go through the door and go in, we must clean up Wang Qiao tonight, otherwise our old Niu family is still qualified to mix in the old village." Find two people to open the door, we stoned it, and I was responsible for killing it. ”

Wang Qiao's mind was extremely clear-headed, and when the two of them climbed over the iron door, he realized that he couldn't hold the door, so he poured the water on his head and face, and retreated directly to the house, straight to the second floor.

On the second floor, he turned on the electric light on the stairs on the second floor.

After Niu Qingde climbed through the iron gate, he rushed towards the stairs on the second floor.

As soon as they arrived at the staircase, a waterfall-like water fell from the sky, and none of the five people dodged, and Niu Qingde and Niu Laoqi, who were in the lead, were wet with cold water from the top of their heads to their socks.

At the top of the building, Wang Qiao stood at the narrow part of the staircase, carrying a shovel in his hand, which shone in the dim light. He smiled coldly, slammed the wall with a shovel, and shouted, "Whoever dares to come forward deserves to be killed." "The shovel slammed against the wall with a deafening sound, and a lot of powder fell on the wall and drifted in the wind.

Niu Qingde came with a sense of resentment, standing on the corridor at this time, looking at Wang Qiao's unflinching expression, he understood that if he rushed up, there would definitely be bloodshed, this was not a nosebleed incident, but a big incident of breaking his hands and feet and opening his head. But if he retreats like this, he will lose face in front of Wang Qiao, Niu Laoqi and others.

Niu Laoqi saw that the situation was wrong, he pulled Niu Qingde and said, "Brother, go outside, I'll say a few words." Niu Qingde, who was hesitating, took the opportunity to retreat, and the north wind blew, and he couldn't help but shiver.

Niu Laoqi persuaded: "Brother, good people don't fight with crazy people, if you don't get it today, something big will happen." Wang Qiao is a madman, his brother now has a family and a job, and he lives a free life, why fight with this madman? ”

Niu Qingde sneezed and said, "I don't believe it, I can't cure this little cub in my old township." ”

Niu Laoqi sneezed and persuaded: "This little cub is in the old township, we are still worried that we can't find a chance to teach him, now everyone's clothes are wet, if you go down, all of them will get sick, hurry back, and then drag on the small things to become big things." ”

Niu Qingde came to his senses completely, sneezed violently, and said, "It's cheap for him today, let's retreat." Before leaving, Niu Laoqi ran to Wang Qiao's house and slammed it in order to show his ruffianism.

Wang Qiao's original plan was to force Niu Qingde away and finish the matter, but he didn't expect Niu Laoqi to smash things, he was angry, brute force, and made up his mind not to give up with this group of people.

Niu Laoqi smashed Wang Qiao's house to a pulp, and when he smashed the iron lock proudly, Wang Qiao, who had been holding back for a long time, rushed out, he made up his mind to be ruthless, and rushed out. As the saying goes, the dog that bites doesn't bark, and the person who beats people doesn't shout and bark, but I can hear a muffled sound, and a gangster's thigh is hit by a shovel, and he screams miserably, holding his leg and crying wolf on the ground.

Wang Qiao struck a blow and quickly ran back to the narrowest part of the stairs. When he hit someone, he held a shovel upside down, but he actually hit someone with a wooden stick, and this stick hit the opponent's calf bone, so hard that the calf was constantly painful and peeling.

Niu Qingde was difficult to ride a tiger at this time, and he deeply realized the difficulty and ferocity of Wang Qiao. Armed with a knife, he stood at the bottom of the stairs to confront Wang Qiao, but he did not have the courage to step on the stairs again. At this time, Niu Laoqi came over and said, "Brother, the lock has been smashed." Niu Qingde said: "Is your leg broken?" Niu Laoqi secretly rejoiced: "Fortunately, it was not broken." Niu Qingde glanced at Wang Qiao fiercely, although he was unwilling, he still said: "The gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late, go." ”

Wang Qiao saw Niu Qingde retreating, and he had a brute attack, and chased after him with a shovel on the path, and ambushed him to a three-way intersection. Niu Qingde and the others left the sheep's back, their clothes were all wet, their teeth trembled under the cold wind, their bodies trembled, and the thug who was hit in the calf walked in the middle, limping, scolding people with a crying voice.

After the fourth man had walked through the three-way intersection, Wang Qiao rushed out of the bamboo forest and hit the last thug with a stick, which was not on the calf bone, but on the calf. The thugs who had been hit screamed and threw themselves to the ground, and when the others came to their senses, Wang Qiao had long since disappeared under the cover of the night.

Niu Qingde was made to cry without tears, secretly complained, and began to regret his actions tonight. The watchdog in the nearby yard heard the noise and barked wildly, and the dog's barking spread rapidly like a spark, and the dogs in the yard along the way followed suit, and another dog barked like a wolf.

The five of them were frozen and stiff, and they retreated in embarrassment, and their greatest wish at this time was to hurry back to the town and change into dry clothes, and as for revenge, that was later.

Wang Qiao did not stop, and he followed the five invaders like a wolf. At a long field pass, he once again took a shortcut and rushed to the front of the five.

Wang Qiao rushed out at the speed of the 100-meter race, shoved the last man hard, and then turned and ran. There was a plop, and Niu Laoqi fell into the winter paddy field. After running for a while, Wang Qiao plunged into the nearby woods and climbed up a small dirt slope along the path. Standing on a small dirt slope, he saw the man who had fallen into the water getting up from the winter paddy field. It was the last attack he could carry out, and further on, he was on the edge of the old township.

Niu Laoqi got up from the paddy field drenched, covered in mud, and said to Niu Qingde with a long sigh: "Brother, this person has gone crazy, in the future, we and his well water will not interfere with the river water, do you want it?" Niu Qingde turned around, looked at the darkness, and stomped his foot fiercely, without saying a word.

When he returned home, he blushed and said to his wife: "Don't ask anything, hurry up and boil water for me, I want to take a bath." "Changed out of wet clothes, wrapped in an overcoat, and still had his teeth chattering. When his wife boiled the water, he went to the bathroom to take a shower, took off his clothes, and saw that there was a large bruised and black lump on his chest, which hurt to the touch.

After taking a shower and drinking a glass of homemade medicinal wine, I went to bed.

In a small mountain town like Jiuxiang, people with a little money like to soak some medicinal wine that relaxes muscles and invigorates blood, and the more high-end the medicinal wine materials, the more identity they have. Niu Qingde's medicinal wine has a five-step poisonous snake and a seahorse, which can be regarded as a combination of soil and ocean, a combination of Chinese and Western.

In the middle of the night, Niu Qingde kept having nightmares, in the dream, Wang Qiao's facial features were distorted like a devil, carrying a shovel to kill, he tried hard to run, but he couldn't dodge anyway, and finally, the snowy shovel cut into his head. He was awakened from his dream and opened his eyes to see his wife's concerned eyes. The wife reached out and touched Niu Qingde's forehead, and said, "You have a fever and are still talking nonsense, who wants to kill you?" Niu Qingde touched his forehead and felt that his hands were hot.

And on the sheep's back, Wang Qiao wrapped the bed quilt, sat at the staircase with a shovel, and stared at anyone who wanted to come up, he had to have a shopping ......."

It was pitch dark, and the dogs barked along the way, just like two years ago. Bypassing the yard of the sheep's back and arriving at the yard of the horse man, a big yellow dog pounced out, and Wang Qiao spewed wine and shouted "Get out". The big yellow dog's body obviously stopped, its tail shook violently, and it pounced on Wang Qiao's feet, rubbing its head against his thighs incessantly.

"This dog thing, remember me." When Wang Qiao was in the yard of the sheep's back, he and Ma Manzi often shook wine and talked happily, and often fed this big yellow dog, which can be regarded as an old friend. He leaned down, stroked the big yellow dog, and walked into the yard.

"Which one?" There was a rough sound in the window.

"I, Wang Qiao."

The lights in the room were turned on, and after a while, there was a rattling sound, the door of the guest room opened, and the horse man said rudely: "Mother-in-law, get up and get something to eat, the barbarian is here." ”

"No, Zhao Yong and I have eaten it."

"I'm going to drink with you, and I'm going to have a good drink." Ma Manzi roared again: "Lazy woman, hurry up, scramble a few eggs, and cut a piece of old bacon on the stove." He drew Wang Qiao closer to the house, sat down in the hall, grabbed a handful of peanuts, poured wine from a thick bowl, and began to touch the bowl in the dim light.

The big yellow dog was so excited that he was scurrying around the house, waiting for the hot food that his owner threw down.

"I just drank."

"You are a Hou man, come to my Ma Manzi's house to look up to me, you must drink it."

"Okay, drink well and get some sleep."

By the time Ma Manzi's mother-in-law scrambled eggs over, Wang Qiao and Ma Manzi had already drunk a big bowl of wine, and Ma Manzi's mother-in-law kept making eyes, but Ma Manzi just didn't see it.

After eating bacon and eggs, Wang Qiao only felt that the alcohol kept attacking his brain, his mind was dizzy, and he was about to reach the edge of drunkenness. ”

Ma Manzi was about to say straightforward words, but was pulled by his mother-in-law, and then Ma Manzi's mother-in-law said: "You all sleep, what do you have to say tomorrow." ”

After Wang Qiao made a noise in the corner of the courtyard, he stood by the wall of the sheep's back courtyard and looked in. A dim street lamp was installed on the second floor of the school, which was as dim and deep as a ghost fire under the heavy fog. On the top of the second floor is a large bucket, which is the simple shower facility that Wang Qiao built for Lu Qi back then. After the facility was built, he and Lu Qi were able to take a simple shower in the remote village. For this little thing, the two were excited for a long time, and seemed to feel that the life of the sheep's back stone had a little color.

Looking at the faint outline of the shower bucket, Wang Qiao, who was located in his hometown, suddenly missed Lu Qi in the distance, and said secretly: "Why can't I go to Guangnan to find Lu Qi, talk about the hardships in the Third Detention Center, and ask her why she left me." Then he thought: "Does it make sense to do this, she has a close boyfriend, why should I bother to dislike people." ”

After standing in the gap in the wall for a while, Wang Qiao, who was in a melancholy mood, returned to Ma Manzi's guest room, washed his feet with well water, and fell asleep. The smell in bed was dispelled by the alcohol, which did not affect his sleep at all.

Before dawn the next day, Wang Qiao entered the dark cave alone, and regrettably found that only a shallow stream of water was left in the dark river of the cave, and the white bones of a few black fish were left in the old river channel. His hopes of making money through the Dark Hole Blackfish were ruthlessly shattered, and he had to borrow money to start a business that he hadn't yet thought of.

On the hillside, under the care of Ma Manzi and his wife, the pepper forest grows very well, the small seedlings are nearly tall, the wrist mouth is thick, and the unique fragrance of the pepper fills the air. After sitting silently on the top of the mountain for a while, Ma Manzi and his wife followed. Wang Qiao knew Ma Manzi's thoughts, and without waiting for him to speak, he said: "Ma Manzi, I don't usually come, you will take care of this piece of peppercorn, and it is growing very well." I came to discuss this matter with you this time, and you will pick peppercorns in the future, and you will pay the management fee and contract fee, and I don't care about anything. ”

Houpo pepper into the harvest period, the purchase price of each catty of pepper in five or six yuan, deducting management fees and contracting fees, this piece of pepper has five or six thousand yuan per year. Ma Manzi's mother-in-law knew that Wang Qiao could not come often, and always wanted to sublease this piece of peppercorns, her reason was: "Without the two of us, Wang Qiao's pepper grains will not be harvested, why do we work hard, he will make money without doing anything." Ma Manzi disagreed, the reason was: "The pepper itself here is planted by Wang Qiao, and he invited the two of us to work and gave the wages, why did you have a black conscience." For this matter, the couple quarreled countless times, and Ma Manzi beat her wife after getting drunk, so they got anon.

Hearing Wang Qiao so upright today, Ma Manzi felt embarrassed, but the profit of seven or eight thousand made him irresistible, and he rubbed his hands and said straightly: "Barbarian, how good is this." ”

Wang Qiao told the truth and said, "I don't have time to take care of it at all, without you, this pepper forest can only be wasted." Or the two of you manage it a little loosely, and the pepper forest doesn't have such a good harvest. ”

Ma Manzi's mother-in-law complimented: "Hou Manzi has found a lot of money outside, of course he looks down on the little money of the pepper forest." ”

Wang Qiao said again: "I have to talk about the front, the management right of this forest is still mine, but it is only temporarily handed over to you and your wife to manage, when I come back, this forest will have to be handed back to me." When he said this, he still hoped that a large flow of groundwater would reappear in the dark hole, and that the blackfish would naturally reappear at that time.

Ma Manzi's mother-in-law said: "We don't want your forest, we can do it for a few years." ”

Wang Qiao was in a hurry to go back to class, so he didn't talk much. I went to Ma's house and drank red porridge, gnawed off two old cellar steamed buns, waved goodbye to Ma Manzi and his wife, and rode back to the provincial capital on a motorcycle.

It was eleven o'clock when he returned to Shannan, Wang Qiao put the motorcycle back to his sister's house and took the bus back to Shannan.

Jiuxiang and Shannan University are two completely different worlds. Looking at the lights of Shanda, Wang Qiao felt a burst of warmth.

(The prequel is wonderful, if you like it, you can find it and read it.) ）

(Chapter 103)