Chapter 24: Xu Meng
When the wanderer returned, the old and young in the Miao village came to the center of the village, most of them were women and children, and the adult men basically couldn't see it, even if there were, most of them were injured, and there was joy on their faces to welcome relatives and friends, but it was difficult to hide the helplessness and sadness hidden in the depths of their eyes.
Zhongli Jiujiu walked near the gate of the village, and found a completely different atmosphere from the past, the smile on his face was a little lowered, and he looked at the two children who ran over to greet him:
"Ah Xuan, Qingzi, where are your fathers?"
The child who was called Ah Xuan, with a face of twelve or thirteen years old at most, with a smile on his face:
"I went out to fight, Aunt Nine went back to the village first, and the second uncle knew about these ......"
The little girl next to her was Ah Xuan's sister, about ten years old, and ran to Chu Chu at this time, pulled Chu Chu's sleeve, and asked curiously:
"Sister Chu Chu, I heard that you are married to the prince outside the mountain, is this eldest brother ......?"
Zhongli Chuchu returned to the village, obviously gentle and virtuous, and smiled lightly, not knowing how to explain.
Xu Buling came incognito, there are many people in the village, and he directly picks out his identity, and it is estimated that the eighteen villages will know all about it tomorrow. Zhongli Jiujiu could only shake his head at this, and said with a smile:
"It's all rumored outside, and Chu Chu hasn't married yet. The...... Well, this is my man, named Xu Meng, a person from the Central Plains. ”
Xu Meng?
Zhongli Chuchu frowned, glanced at his master, and almost said 'not ashamed'.
Xu Buling was quite satisfied with the pseudonym, and said hello to the two children with a smile.
Qingzi heard that it was Jiujiu's man, his eyes obviously showed a little surprise and surprise, and he looked at Xu Buling carefully:
"Aunt Jiu, you didn't say that you want to be an oiran and not marry, but if you want to marry, you have to marry a strong man, whose neck is thicker than your waist. This fierce big brother looks like noodles, not fierce at all. ”
When Oiran ......
The neck is thicker than the waist......
Zhongli Chuchu stared, wanting to laugh but feeling bad, he could only raise his eyes to the sky and cough lightly.
Zhongli Jiujiu's face turned red, these nonsense in the village in the past was poked out by the child in front of Xianggong, and he was naturally embarrassed in his heart, and glanced at Xu Buling:
"It's the Eight Kui, not the Oiran...... I used to talk about playing ......"
Zhongli Jiujiu is Langzhong in the village, Qingzi was seriously ill when he was a child, and he was cured by Jiujiu, but Qingzi regarded Jiujiu as his own relatives.
Relatives who haven't seen each other for a few years suddenly brought back a man, and the Ah Xuan brothers and sisters naturally had a little scrutiny in their hearts.
Ah Xuan is young but very strong, and after looking at Xu Buling, who is obviously not big-shouldered and round-waisted, he immediately wanted to have a meeting gift and invite Xu Buling to wrestle or something, which can be regarded as the rule for men in the village to come over and marry girls.
It's just that Xu Buling couldn't do anything with the child, and after seeing what Ah Xuan meant, he swept it in a blink of an eye and looked at a big stone outside the gate of the village.
The stone is shaped like an animal, it is estimated that it is placed at the door as auspicious, about seven or eight hundred catties, big and heavy, and fell to the ground at this time, judging from the traces of the ground, it should have been pushed not long ago.
Seeing this, Xu Buling easily lifted up the big stone and straightened it, and adjusted the lower position left and right, and the action was an understatement, as if he had lifted up the broom that had fallen to the ground and leaned against the wall.
"Shhhh
The old and young who were running away from the stockade, raised their eyes to see this scene, Qi Shushu paused, his expression was stunned, and many people rubbed their eyes, wondering if they were wrong.
Ah Xuan walked in front and talked to Jiu Jiu, secretly thinking about how to write a war book, and was stunned when he saw the movement in front of him, and thought something was wrong, and when he looked back, he found that the big stone next to him was helped up, and his sister Qingzi was staring at the tall foreign man with wide eyes.
!!
Ah Xuan paused, turned around, opened his mouth wide to look at the big stone, and then looked at Xu Buling, who was indifferent, and didn't say anything for a long time.
Is this a person?
Xu Buling was originally going to show his skills casually, but he saw that the eyes of the villagers in the village were a little exaggerated, and he thought that he had accidentally moved the auspiciousness of the village, so he hesitated, and raised his hand to put the big stone on the ground, restored to its original state, and looked at the stupid daughter-in-law:
"Jiujiu, can't this thing move?"
Ah Xuan was shocked, and his jaw was about to fall.
The village likes capable men, Zhongli Jiujiu took the man back to the village, and when he saw the reaction of his father and fellow villagers, he was naturally a little happy in his heart, and waved his hand and said:
"You can move, don't care, go in, uncles and aunts are waiting."
Xu Buling felt a little relieved in his heart, followed Jiu Jiu into the cottage, and rubbed Ah Xuan's head with his hand.
Ah Xuan still opened his mouth wide, and after seeing Xu Buling walk by, he was still not careful that someone could lift a big stone so easily. He ran to the big rock, moved with his sister, and tried to lift it, but naturally he didn't lift it, and then he hurriedly followed:
"Brother Meng, what are you doing? Teach me! ”
Xu Buling made an unfathomable appearance, and said casually: "Eat more, just grow nature." ”
Ah Xuan is not stupid, how many men in the village have died of old age and have not been able to push the stones, and there are not many people who can move them, this thing is a matter of eating?
In the village, because Aunt Gui and several old people in charge of the house were taken away by the government, the current leader is Aunt Gui's younger brother, who is called Li Erbo by Jiujiu.
Li Erbo was over fifty years old, his left leg was a little lame, and he watched Xu Buling and others come over with a cane, and he was also shocked by Fang Cai's scene. Hearing Jiujiu's call, he came back to his senses and raised his hand busily:
"Ah Xuan, take your sister to the fourth aunt to prepare wine and food, the guests are here, and they don't understand the rules at all."
When Ah Xuan saw the elders speak, he ran down to greet the cook.
The old and young people standing in the village also looked at Xu Buling with amazement in their eyes, some opened their mouths to say hello, and some pulled Jiu Jiu and Chu Chu to ask in a whisper, with obvious admiration and admiration in their eyes.
Xu Buling naturally played the husband who didn't talk much, and followed Jiujiu to greet his father and fellow villagers.
Because something did happen, the welcome of the stockade was not too strong, and after the warm welcome, Li Erbo let everyone disperse, and took the three of them to the old house in the village to discuss things and sit down, and several elderly people were here.
Zhongli Jiujiu had been thinking about the village, and at this time he told the news he inquired about on the road and asked:
"Second Uncle Li, is it the official mansion that Zhan Bao's white-eyed wolf colluded with?"
Li Erbo held the cane with both hands, his face showed sadness, and he sighed:
"I know in private that Zhan Bao doesn't recognize it. The official master of Liuzhou originally knew the village, but this time he turned his face for some reason, and asked the two hundred people not to say anything, and he didn't check afterwards, so he said that the village was hiding mountain bandits and ran over to get people. Over the years, Zhan Bao has been walking around in the eighteen villages, and his reputation is great, and he has said goodbye to the government everywhere, and he didn't stop the government at that time. Your Aunt Gui and Uncle were all taken away by the government.
Later, Zhan Bao pretended to go to the government to intercede, and reduced the number of people who wanted it to the number of people in previous years, but Aunt Gui and they had no news, and I also asked people to go to the government to ask a few times, but I couldn't see anyone for money. We went to Zhan Bao to ask for an explanation, Zhan Bao only said that he was inquiring, asked a few times and became angry, and beat the fourth child, and still can't get off the bed and ......"
Zhongli Jiujiu frowned, and after listening for a while, he couldn't sit still, and said coldly:
"That white-eyed wolf, I'll go to him tomorrow and ask for an explanation."
Li Erbo wanted to stop the difficulty, but he had been on fire in his heart for so long, and there was no one in the village who could be counted on, so he didn't want to have someone who could stand up for the village. He looked at Xu Buling next to him, thought about it, and nodded......