Chapter 124: In a Den of Thieves (3)
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Before this, I am afraid that even Zhao Yu did not expect that the life after joining the Ying Mountain Bandit would be far easier than he imagined.
I still remember that when he took Jingnu to follow Chen Mo and a group of people up the mountain, he thought about the life of a thief more than once on the way, and felt that he might encounter all kinds of beatings or humiliation from the thieves after going up the mountain, but he didn't expect the fact that as long as you don't make mistakes and don't be lazy, the thieves in the thief village will basically not care about you most of the time.
Or maybe it's the kids who don't have the time to pay attention to a bunch of teenage kids, and who do the work for them.
The only one in charge of Zhao Yu and the others was the thief named Zhu Wang.
According to Xu Fen revealed to Zhao Yu, this Zhu Wang basically doesn't work on weekdays, most of the time he steals the wine he grabbed from the village, and falls asleep when he gets drunk.
Will Xu Fen and others steal meat to eat? Absolutely!
The first meal that Zhao Yu and Jingnu ate in this thief's den, the meat they ate in the meal was secretly hidden by Xu Fen - when he was cooking meat, he took advantage of Zhu Wang's inattention, secretly hid a piece of meat, and when Zhu Wang was away, he gave it to Deng Bai, Deng Song and the little girl named Ning Niang.
Of course, because Zhao Yu called him Brother Xu, this really responsible Brother Xu did not leave Zhao Yu and Jingnu behind, which made Zhao Yu have a good impression of this Xu Fen.
But then again, are these kids Xu Fen the only ones in the room who steal meat to eat? No!
The one who can steal meat and eat it the most is precisely that Zhu Wang.
It's delicious and lazy, obviously a member of the bandits, but he never follows other bandits down the mountain to loot, and even steals meat to eat like them, no wonder Deng Bai and Deng Song brothers have no respect for this Zhu Wang, and they all shout 'leprosy' behind their backs, and even Xu Fen, who is stable and focused, calls Zhu Wang's name behind his back.
But Zhao Yu decided to have a good relationship with this Zhu Wang, only because whether he and Jingnu could eat meat every day largely depended on whether Zhu Wang was strict with them.
Before dusk in the evening, Zhao Yu, Xu Fen and others cooked another meal.
This time, Xu Fen did not find a chance to steal meat, when everyone carried hot rice buckets and vegetable bowls, as well as boiling wine to the big house where the thieves ate in the village, when they returned to the room, they saw Zhu Wang eating wine and meat on a shabby table.
I have to say that this guy is really selfish, obviously hiding a piece of meat the size of a palm, and half a chicken, but he didn't have the slightest intention of sharing it with Zhao Yu, Xu Fen and others, eating and drinking there alone, watching Deng Bai, Deng Song and Ning Niang swallow their saliva.
Compared with the more stable Xu Fen, Deng Bai and Deng Song, the two brothers, Zhao Yu felt that he was injured in one mouth, no, in anger, the two brothers immediately shouted "leprosy, leprosy", so angry that Zhu Wang picked up a piece of firewood and chased after the brothers and beat them.
Xu Fen was indeed responsible, and immediately stepped forward to intercede for Deng Bai and Deng Song, but was slapped on the forehead by Zhu Wang, and blood flowed down in an instant.
But Xu Fen didn't say a word, nor did he resist, that calmness and tenacity, not to mention Zhao Yu's surprise, even Zhu Wang was a little jealous.
And the youngest Ning Niang was so frightened that her face was like earth, and somehow, Zhao Yu hid in Jingnu's arms as soon as she turned around, looking at Zhu Wang in fear.
Probably feeling that his status in the room was being challenged, Zhu Wang snorted and gasped a few times, glared and scolded: "You boys, listen to me, here, you have to listen to me!" Who dares to disobey......" With that, he raised the firewood in his hand.
At this time, his eyes suddenly noticed Zhao Yu standing aside with a rice bowl.
Zhao Yu was fine, but Jingnu was kind-hearted, and when she saw Zhu Wang hitting the ground and Xu Fen's head was covered with blood, she looked at Zhu Wang indignantly.
Fortunately, Zhu Wang still remembered that Zhao Yu and Jingnu were brought by Chen Mo, the owner of the second village, and the two had never humiliated him with a 'leprosy head', so he just stared at Zhao Yu and Jingnu and asked: "Do your brothers also want to resist me?" β
Stretching out his hand to signal Jingnu not to speak, Zhao Yu shook his head and said: "How come, uncle, my brothers have fled since they have met two well-wishers, and they both gave each of my brothers a rice biscuit...... I still remember the first snow of the year, when my brother and I hid in the woods, without a piece of tiles to cover our bodies, cold and hungry, and thought we would freeze and starve to death. Today on my uncle's side, my brothers and I just had the fullest meal in recent times, and it's too late for me to be grateful to my uncle. β¦β¦ I think my uncle is a good person. β
Listening to Zhao Yu's emotional recounting of the tragic situation of his brothers before they defected to the cottage, Zhu Wang's anger had already disappeared a little, and then he heard Zhao Yu praise himself as a good person, and he was even faintly happy.
He nodded and said, "Boy, you are very good, and you know how to do it." β
Of course, he didn't give the meat in his bowl to Zhao Yu and Jingnu that night, so Zhao Yu was ridiculed by the Deng family brothers, who had a good relationship, but fortunately Xu Fen stopped him in time.
"You want to please Zhu Wang?" Xu Fen asked Zhao Yu privately.
Zhao Yu replied with a smile: "Since Zhu Wang is in charge of the room, why do you have to fight with him, right, Brother Xu?" β
Hearing that big brother Xu, Xu Fen was a little stunned, he glanced at Zhao Yu meaningfully, and nodded slightly.
In the next two days, Zhao Yu still flattered Zhu Wang from time to time, and when the dinner was made two nights later, Zhu Wang deliberately put two pieces of meat about two finger thicknesses into Zhao Yu's bowl in front of everyone, but proudly left with his own wine and meat.
This made the two brothers Deng Bai and Deng Song angry, and they glared at Zhao Yu and scolded: "Traitor! β
Even, the two brothers seemed to be about to spit in Zhao Yu's bowl, but fortunately, Xu Fen stopped them in time.
The Deng brothers left the room in a huff, and at this time, Xu Fen and Zhao Yu glanced at each other.
As if he understood what Zhao Yu meant, Xu Fen smiled and said: "There are not many things, not enough for the six of us, give some to Ning Niang, that little girl is weak." β
Zhao Yu originally meant to divide the meat, after all, when Xu Fen first hid the piece of meat, he didn't forget the two of them, but since Xu Fen said that, he divided the two pieces of meat between Jingnu and Ning Niang, and Xu Fen nodded slightly.
After the meal, the Deng brothers did not seem to be angry and did not return to the room, while Jingnu and Ning Niang were washing the dishes and chopsticks with hot water.
Taking advantage of this time, Xu Fen asked Zhao Yu, "Zhou Hu, who are you?" β
Zhao Yu pretended to be puzzled and looked at Xu Fen: "What kind of person?" β
Xu Fen smiled and said, "I mean, your brothers are definitely not from ordinary families, right?" β¦β¦ First, the average poor child knows how to kill chickens at your age, but you can't, and even, I feel that you are a little uncomfortable when you see the Deng brothers killing chickens, obviously they have never done this kind of thing before; Second, you do things with a purpose...... On the first day, when the Deng brothers provoked you, you had no intention of arguing; For Na Zhu Wang too, you are very purposeful to please him...... Look at you talking, you seem to have read a book......"
As he spoke, he looked Zhao Yu up and down a few times, lowered his voice and asked, "Are you from a family background?" β
Zhao Yu thought for a while and asked, "Yes or no, will it affect your opinion of my brother?" β
Xu Fen was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "That's not going to happen, I just think it's a little strange." With that, he turned his head to look at Zhao Yu, and said, "It seems that your brothers should be children of a family, why did they fall into the bandits?" β
"Because there is no way out." Zhao Yu exhaled and said with a wry smile: "I said to Zhu Wang two days ago, saying that my brothers and I hid in the woods in the first snow of this year and shivered, do you think that is a story I made up?" No, that's my brother's personal experience. β
Xu Fen glanced at Zhao Yu in surprise and nodded slightly.
At this time, snow flakes fell in the sky again, Xu Fen looked up, and sighed: "It's snowing again, and it looks more troublesome to cut firewood tomorrow in the village......
At this time, Jingnu and Ning Niang had already washed the dishes and chopsticks used by several of them, and Xu Fen patted Zhao Yu's arm: "Let's go, go back to the house and sleep, and get up early tomorrow morning." β
"Hmm."
Zhao Yu nodded.
In the days that followed, Zhao Yu looked for opportunities to curry favor with Zhu Wang many times, and gradually, Zhu Wang, who originally valued Xu Fen, turned to trust Zhao Yu more, and even under Zhao Yu's coaxing, he even handed over the matter of supervising the cooking of meat to the latter, which made Deng Bai and Deng Song brothers angry, and they all fought for Xu Fen, but Xu Fen had no objection to this.
Like Xu Fen, by supervising the cheapness of cooking meat, Zhao Yu would also hide a few pieces of meat in private, and share the food with everyone when Zhu Wang was not paying attention, Xu Fen and Ning Niang did not refuse, but the Zheng brothers were very resistant, thinking that Zhao Yu had robbed Xu Fen's position.
Seeing that the brothers were upset about themselves, Xu Fen held a small bowl of meat that Zhao Yu gave him and smiled: "You two really don't eat it, then I can eat it." β
"Brother Xu......"
The Deng family brothers looked at Xu Fen in disbelief: "Brother Xu, how can you eat the meat that the traitor gave you?" β
Xu Fen ignored them, put a piece of meat in his mouth and chewed, and sighed: "Hmm, it's cooked well, it's very tasty......"
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The Deng brothers swallowed their saliva, but finally couldn't stand it.
While eating, they also said to Zhao Yu: "This is for Brother Xu's sake......
However, before the words were finished, Xu Fen came up on the back of the heads of the two of them: "Eat, eat, talk so much!" β
It is worth mentioning that one day, when Zhao Yu and Xu Fen were secretly eating meat in the room, it happened that Zhu Wang came to the room and bumped into him.
This Zhu Wang glared at that time, and called Zhao Yu outside the house to prepare for a lesson, and the rest of the people were a little worried.
But it turned out that their worries were superfluous, and Zhao Yu quickly coaxed Zhu Wang's eyebrows and smiled, not to mention Xu Fen, Deng Bai and Deng Song brothers were even more stunned.
Since then, several people have stolen meat to eat in the room, as long as Zhao Yu takes the lead, Zhu Wang simply turns a blind eye, who let Zhao Yu say uncle on the left and uncle on the right coax him very happy, anyway, the food is from the village, and Zhu Wang doesn't care.
On the contrary, Zhao Yu was a little reluctant about this, and deceived Zhu Wang, who was so scheming.
All in all, Zhao Yu can be regarded as having easy access to the room.