Chapter Seventy-Three: Overnight
"Oh, I see, we don't rush when it's important!" Li Dadao, then tied the carriage to the side with Yeli, and looked in the direction of the back mountain with everyone.
Ruoyun and his entourage were extremely excited when they heard that someone was fighting tigers on the mountain, especially Chu Ziheng and Tian'er, both of whom were young and passionate, and they couldn't wait to go to the mountain to see if they heard this.
"There is such a heroic person in this Cangcheng, who can actually go up the mountain to fight tigers!" Yin Zhen also praised that this tiger fight was not a difficult thing for him, but he was surprised that this small Cangcheng was actually a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
The old man laughed when he heard this, "Guests don't have to be surprised, our Cangcheng people are martial arts, and the boys of any family will punch and kick, but the best of them also belong to the head of the Zhenwei Dart Bureau, Jiang De Jiang Zong, today for us to go up the mountain to eliminate the harm is Jiang Zong's disciple Liu Chuan Master Liu!" The words are full of worship.
"I've long heard that Cangcheng is still martial, but I didn't expect that everyone has two hands, it's really better to see than to hear!" Yin Zhen praised on the side. He also taught Tian'er and Chu Ziheng subtly, so that the two could learn more about the customs of Great Chu.
Tian'er and Chu Ziheng both listened to it, but the two of them muttered for a while, and then Tian'er pulled Ruoyun embarrassedly and said, "Sister, I want to go to the mountains with my cousin to see how to fight tigers!" ”
In fact, Ruoyun also wanted to go and see, after all, after two lifetimes, the first time she saw a tiger was quite fresh, but she knew that Mama Liu on the side would never allow her to follow a bunch of men to watch the tiger fight. Looking at Tian'er's expectant eyes, he nodded and said, "Yes, but you have to let Brother Yeli follow!" ”
When Tian'er and Chu Ziheng heard this, they jumped three feet high, and Ruoyun Chong left the night and said, "Brother Yeli, cousin and Tian'er will be handed over to you!" ”
As soon as the words fell, without waiting for Mama Liu to stop the three of them from running out, the relationship between running every day recently, Tian'er and Chu Ziheng's speed was very fast, and Yeli followed them unhurriedly and went to the direction of the back mountain.
Mama Liu said with some concern, "Girl, this tiger fight is so dangerous, how can you let the young masters pass?" ”
"Hehehe, Mama, don't worry, it's okay to have a big brother following you at night, don't you see that Mr. Yinzhen is worried at all?" Ruoyun pointed to Yin Zhen who looked at the back mountain with a smile on his face.
Mama Liu glanced at Yin Zhen a few times reproachfully, and wondered why he didn't stop it. But he didn't say anything, but he still looked worried.
When the old man and the villagers on the side saw it, they were also a little worried, "This girl, the two young masters are noble, don't make any mistakes!" ”
"This grandfather, please rest assured, Brother Yeli is good and can protect them!" Ruoyun smiled at the kindness of these villagers.
The people here are martial arts, and their children have also grown up from falling and beating, since Ruoyun said so, the villagers don't care anymore.
But what was surprising was that the little brother who looked thin and tall and had a pale face actually knew martial arts, and if they didn't say it, they would think it was a weak patient.
In fact, Yeli is because he used to wear the mask of the ghost face all the year round, and his face was not light, so his face was so pale.
After another quarter of an hour or so, I heard a loud noise of people on the mountain behind me, followed by a few terrible tiger roars, and finally calmed down.
The old man and the village name led here also cheered, listening to the mournful cry of the tiger, it seems that the matter is done.
Not long after, a group of people came from the direction of the back mountain, led by a young man in his twenties, carrying a long spear with blood dripping from the head. is dressed as a gray-clothed warrior, but his face is still quite delicate, not like a reckless man.
A group of seven or eight young men in the back carried a huge white-fronted tiger with hanging eyes, all smiling. There was also a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy carrying a big basket in the back, and Tian'er and Chu Ziheng followed next to the young man, looking at the basket with a curious expression. Yeli walked leisurely at the back.
The young man led by him walked in front of the old man, smiled and hugged his fists, and said, "Chen Sanye, Liu Chuan is fortunate not to be dishonored!" ”
"Our Nanshan Village is thanks to Master Liu this time, so I won't say anything, let's go, go home, the wine and food have been prepared!" The old man was about to leave with the young man, and when he turned around, he remembered Ruoyun and his party.
"Hehe, look at me, I'm dizzy with joy, I neglected the guests, today our Master Liu has removed a harm for Nanshan Village, if the guests don't dislike it, please also go to my house to drink a glass of thin wine to celebrate!"
Ruoyun They were originally staying overnight, and they didn't even eat, so why not do it when people invite them to eat now, Li Dale also stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "It is my honor to be treated by the old man who can!" ”
Along the way, through the introduction of the villagers, I learned that this Nanshan Village is the family surnamed Chen, this old man Xingsan, known as Chen Sanye, is the village chief and the patriarch of the Chen family.
Of course, this banquet was placed at Chen Sanye's house.
The conditions in this Chen Sanye's house look very good, the brick house with two entrances is almost twenty rooms, the courtyard is also very large, and there are six tables of banquets and a lot of room.
After entering the courtyard gate, Chen Sanye shouted, "Old woman, come out, a distinguished guest is here!" ”
"Hey, here," Grandma Chen San, who was busy with a few daughters-in-law in the kitchen, responded to the courtyard, "I heard them pass the message that the matter is done, and I want to thank Master Liu a lot today, and I want to drink a few more drinks in a while!" ”
"I still remember the craftsmanship of the third grandmother, and I will have a good time eating it in a while!" Liu Chuan also laughed, it seems that he is very familiar with this family.
"Hurry up and ask Master Liu to sit down first, by the way, a few distinguished guests have come to stay today, you can clean up the accommodation for this girl first, send some food over, how about these little brothers stay here and have a few drinks with us?" Chen Sanye smiled at the arrangement.
In ancient times, women were not allowed to serve at the table, so even if a little kid like Tian'er could stay, Ruoyun and the others could only eat in the room.
"Ah, I said whose girl is it, she looks so smart, you look at the little face is pink, come in with me. Eldest daughter-in-law, hurry up and open the door of the second child's house, those houses were cleaned up a few days ago, just enough to live in! The third grandmother smiled and walked in with Ruoyun and entered the courtyard of the second entrance.
When they arrived at the second courtyard, the door of the room they wanted to live in had been opened, the room was quite spacious, the furniture was quite complete, and the kang in the room was very wide, enough for a few of them to sleep.
"This is the house where the second child of our family lives, but he and his daughter-in-law opened an inn in Cangcheng, and they usually don't come back, but the things are still complete, and the conditions in our countryside are simple, so you can take care of the guests!" Grandma Chen San said.
"It's already good that we're bothering Grandma Chen!" Mama Liu replied politely.
"You can do whatever you want. A few people are also working the road, let's rest first, and there are guests in front of me to take a look. Later, I'll have someone bring some water, wash you up, and you'll be ready for dinner in a while. By the way, there is bedding in the cupboard, so you can use it yourself. "Grandma Chen San was worried about the guests in the front yard and didn't dare to stay longer.
"Then thank you to the third grandmother, but we bring our own futon, so we don't need the master's house!" Ruoyun thanked him.
Qiu Feng didn't stay in the front yard to eat because of his leg disease, so he was taken to the next room by the third grandmother to rest.
The room was also very spacious, and it was also a large kang. Because they came in a hurry, the other rooms didn't have time to clean up, so they could only be one for men and one for women, but it was enough to live, so it was already good.
As soon as everyone brought the futon from the carriage, Tian'er and Chu Ziheng ran in from the outside as if they were in a gust of wind, followed by the boy who went down the mountain with them today.
"Cousin, what is in the basket of the eldest brother of the Chen family?" Chu Ziheng seemed to push the basket in the boy's hand in front of Ruoyun.
Ruoyun looked at it, and it turned out that there were two little tigers in the basket, which looked like they had just been born not long ago, similar to her little white size, and they were sleeping on the thick straw at this time.
"Is this the tiger's child?" Ruoyun asked.
"Yes, this is what we found in the cave where the tiger lived, it seems that it was just born, grandpa said that tomorrow with the tiger will be pulled to the city to sell, some nobles like to raise these." It turned out that this child was Chen Sanye's eldest grandson.
Tian'er said on the side, "Sister, why don't we buy them, how cute do you see them?" ”
Ruoyun also had this idea, although she didn't want to raise poultry in her space, it was good to have two little tigers to be companions with Xiaobai, so she said, "Brother Chen, you see that Tian'er likes these two little things very much, since they are to be sold, why don't you sell them to us?" ”
"Well, it's good, but I can't be the master, and I have to ask grandpa!"
"In that case, cousin, why don't you take Tian'er to the front yard and ask Chen Sanye?" Ruoyun said to Chu Ziheng.
didn't expect Ruoyun to let him do this, and a sense of responsibility to be an elder brother arose, Chu Ziheng agreed, and took Tian'er and the Chen family to the front yard.
Chen Sanye was also very happy when he heard Chu Ziheng say that he wanted to buy these two little tigers.
In order to invite Master Liu Chuan to fight the tiger, the village has raised a sum of money, all of them are farmers who make a living from farming, and they are not rich in hand, if it were not for the safety of their lives, they would not have spent this money.
He thought that he could sell it and make up for it, and go back to each family to divide some silver, seeing that the Chinese New Year was approaching, and there were many places for each family to use silver.
But it's not easy to keep here, and he's just going to take it to the city tomorrow to try his luck, so why not sell it now.
However, the mountain people are simple, and Chen Sanye does not have a lion to open his mouth, as long as ten taels of silver, for Chu Ziheng, who has no concept of silver money, ten taels of silver is much less than he estimated, so he directly agreed.
Seeing this, Li Da on the side hurriedly offered ten taels of silver, and Ruoyun asked Mama Liu to give Li Da fifty taels to carry with him in order to make it convenient for him to act outside, but the money has not been used, and it happened to be useful today. RS