Chapter 12: Hou Yi Shoots the Sun (I)
As soon as Zhou Kao saw that they really made a move, he hurriedly squeezed between the two and isolated them with his body. He asked Zhou Fa: "Why did you start a fight?" Zhou Fa stroked his chest, so painful that he couldn't speak for a long time, but Lu Ling said, "Who asked him to kick my sister?" ”
Zhou Fa knew in his heart that Yi Jiang must have sued herself in front of her brother just now, so Lu Ling came to stand up for her sister. Zhou Fa was angry and said, "This is my family's carriage, I won't let her sit on it!" ”
Lu Ling spat on the ground: "Who cares about your broken car?" ”
Zhou Fa didn't care about Lu Ling beating him back because he kicked Yi Jiang first, but he said that his carriage was a "broken car", which was a great insult to Zhou Fa. Besides, now that Zhou Kao is by his side, Zhou Fa thought to himself: Although I can't beat you, my eldest brother can win, so what's there to be afraid of? So he shouted: "We have just saved the lives of your family, but you are all gracious and vengeful, what a shame!" ”
Lu Ling sneered twice and said, "I need you to save me?" I can get rid of all those thieves this morning. ”
Zhou Kao couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard him speak so loudly, and he didn't know if he was arrogant and boastful or really had this ability. He said, "Okay, okay, you two don't quarrel." Fa'er, you kicked Sister Yi Jiang, it was yours, you should apologize to her. ”
Zhou Fa thought: Her eldest brother has already punched me back, and everyone is straight, why do you want me to apologize? At this time, Wan Xi and Lu Shang also came to him, Wan Xi had long known that Zhou Fa had bullied Yi Jiang, so he and Zhou Kao were both soft and hard, which forced Zhou Fa to apologize to Yi Jiang. Lu Shang also ordered Lu Ling to come over and apologize, but Lu Ling just bowed slightly, but refused to say "I'm sorry" to Zhou Fa. Lu Shang is hindered by outsiders, and it is not easy to attack.
At this time, Wan Xi said to him: "Mr. Lu, since everyone has met frankly, why don't you introduce your family to let us get to know each other?" ”
Lu Shang was a little hesitant at first, but he thought about it: My own name has already been said, and now the only hope is that Wan Xi and Zhou Kao can keep their promises, and it doesn't matter whether they say the names of their wives and children or not. So Lu Shang pointed to the woman and said, "This is an inner man below, named Qi Jiang." ”
Zhou Kao and Wan Ji hurriedly saluted Qi Jiang, and Qi Jiang also returned the salute to the two. Then Lu Shang said: "This is the little girl Lu Ling, the little girl Yi Jiang." Although Wan Xi already knew the names and surnames of the two, she pretended not to know at the moment, and still greeted each other with the brother and sister in a proper manner.
After quelling the turmoil, the group continued north along the bank of the Weishui River, arriving at the junction of Chaoge and Muyi in the evening. The area was full of farmland, and the bears managed to find a vacant lot, so Zhou decided to camp there.
Because the family had too much luggage, they didn't have enough food to carry. After camping, Lu Shang took out the only bit of dry food and distributed it to his wife and children, and when Wan Xi saw it, he said to Zhou Kao: "Cousin, you go and invite Mr. Lu's family to come and eat with us." ”
Zhou Kao nodded in agreement, but asked puzzledly: "Cousin, why are you so good to this Mr. Lu's family?" ”
Wan Xi smiled wryly and asked him, "Do you think that Jiang girl is beautiful?" She is still young, but in my opinion, when she is a few years older, she will definitely grow into a Peugeot beauty. ”
Zhou Kao subconsciously glanced at Yi Jiang, and only felt that what Wan Xi said was reasonable. Although Yi Jiang is not yet ten years old, he has clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and he does have the potential to become a beauty. Zhou Kao asked curiously, "But what does this have to do with us?" ”
Wan Xi said with a smile: "You are too honest, I am afraid that you will not be able to marry a daughter-in-law in the future, so I will help you arrange it in advance." You have helped Mr. Lu several times, maybe in the future, when he is happy, he will marry you the girl of Yi Jiang, wouldn't it be a happy marriage? ”
Zhou Kao's face turned red and said, "Cousin, don't talk nonsense, can you make fun of me?" I was actually a little worried, and although Mr. Nalu said his name, I always felt that he still had a lot to hide from us. If you get too close to him, you won't know if it's a blessing or a curse in the future. ”
"Cousin, the blessing and misfortune are up to you, and it's never a bad thing to make more friends. And I don't think Mr. Lu's family is a bad person, as long as we treat each other politely, he won't harm us. ”
Zhou Kao couldn't resist her, so he had to go and invite Lu Shang and others. Unexpectedly, Lu Ling refused: "No need, our own dry food is enough, so I won't eat the food that comes from me." ”
To be honest, Zhou Kao didn't expect Lu Ling to have this attitude, and he was stunned for a while, not knowing what to do. Lu Shang said to him: "Xiao'er was born in a wild place, and he has lacked discipline since he was a child, so he doesn't know how to be polite, and I ask my son not to be surprised." Our family has received a lot of favors from the son today, but I feel that I can't repay it, and we have received your kindness. Zhou Gongzi, please go back. ”
Zhou Kao was helpless, so he had to turn around and leave. Qi Jiang waited for him to go away before he said to Lu Shang: "I really don't understand, it's been less than two days since we returned to the Central Plains, and you told everyone else the names and surnames of our family." This week, Kao and Wan Xi are still half-grown children, if they are not strict and spread the news of our return to Chaoge, our family will immediately worry about their lives! My father...... He won't let us go......"
Qi Jiang's voice was crying when he spoke, and even his eyes were wet. Yi Jiang saw his mother's expression, although he didn't know why, he was also scared, and snuggled up to his mother and cried quietly. Lu Shang also felt irritable in his heart: "Don't think nonsense, it will scare the child." Qi Jiang hugged her daughter and twisted her head to the side to ignore him.
Lu Shang sighed: "It's just that I didn't notice it for a while, and I was caught up in Wan Xi's way, and she was tricked out of it." I just said that after 20 years, when we return to the Central Plains, we should be unaware of ghosts, and no one will know anymore. Who would have thought that she would meet Wan Xi just after getting off the boat, this girl is not very old, but she has a lot of ghost eyes. Alas, presumably this is also the will of God, so what can be done? ”
Qi Jiang looked at him and said, "Why don't we go back to Bo Guguo?" Bo Gumin's style is simple, not as cunning and treacherous as the people of the Central Plains. We've lived there for 20 years, haven't we always been safe? Why bother to come back and live in such fear? ”
Lu Shang shook his head and said, "Before we came back, we had already sold all our belongings and exchanged them for seashells. These shells are only called treasures in Chaoge, and they are nothing more than a pile of rags in the Bogu Kingdom. Now that I go back to Bo Gu, I am afraid that it will be difficult to make a living. ”
Qi Jiang stopped talking at this time, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Wan Xi walking towards this side, and hurriedly touched Lu Shang with her elbow to remind her. When Lu Shang saw Wan Xi coming, he didn't know what her intentions were, and he immediately became alert.
Wan Xi walked up to them unhurriedly and saluted Lu Shang and the others. After returning the salute, Lu Shang asked, "I don't know what Miss Wan Xi has to do?" ”
Wan Xi replied with a smile: "Today, I hit it off with Sister Yi Jiang and had a good conversation, Wan'er just wants Sister Yi Jiang to come over and chat with me for a while, this is always okay, right?" ”
Lu Shang stared at Wan Xi's eyes, he didn't know what kind of medicine she was selling in the gourd, and was thinking about how to refuse, but he heard Wan Xi say again: "Sister Yi Jiang is the age of growing her body, if she can't eat enough, she can't do it." We have plenty of food over there, so would Mr. Lu rather watch his daughter starve than let her come over and share it? Or is the gentleman still wary of us? ”
Lu Shang said repeatedly: "There is no thing, there is no thing." The villain is afraid that the little girl is young and ignorant, so don't bump into the young lady......"
Wan Xi interrupted Lu Shang and turned to Yi Jiang and said, "Little sister, do you want to come over to accompany your sister?" ”
If it was someone else who was not familiar with her, Yi Jiang would categorically refuse to go, but Wan Xi took good care of her along the way, which made Yi Jiang feel very kind, so she looked at her mother with some hesitation. Of course, Qi Jiang knew that her daughter was not full, and she couldn't bear it, so she said to Yi Jiang: "You go with your sister, don't be afraid." ”
Yi Jiang stood up at this time, took Wan Xi's hand and followed her. After walking not far, Wan Xi suddenly turned around and glanced at Lu Shang and the others. Lu Shang didn't know why at first, but when he suddenly came to his senses, he suddenly shouted twice: "Oops! Worst! ”
Qi Jiang asked inexplicably, "What's wrong?" ”
Lu Shang said angrily: "Wan Xi, this girl deceived me so hard!" She clearly asked my surname from Yi'er's mouth, but she lied to me that it was a fortune teller, and she actually hid me from me. It's really careless to get along with her! ”
Qi Jiang was also very flustered when she heard this: "She is with Yi'er now, I don't know what she will ask?" ”
Lu Shang immediately jumped up and said, "Go, go!" We have to follow Yi'er, lest she say something she shouldn't say. ”
So Lu Shang took his wife and children and also came to the camp of the Zhou people. The Zhou guards built two bonfires next to the tent, and everyone sat around the fire. Wan Xi seemed to have expected that Lu Shang and the others would come, and had already reserved a place for them, and beckoned to Lu Shang: "Mr. Lu, sit here." ”
At this time, Zhou Kao and Zhou Fa sat on Wan Xi's left, Yi Jiang was on Wan Xi's right, and Lu Shang's family sat down next to Yi Jiang in turn. Lu Shang has been paying attention to Wan Xi, afraid that she will find out her life history from Yi Jiang's mouth. Unexpectedly, in addition to greeting Yi Jiang to eat and drink, Wan Xi did not talk about other topics.
The Zhou side is located on the border of the Western Regions, and the Zhou clan had a history of mixing with the western Zhurong before settling in the Qi Zhou, so the Zhou people also have the same tradition of hospitality as the Western herders. In addition, Zhou Kao knew that he would be able to arrive at Chaoge tomorrow, so he ordered the guards to take out all the food they brought and entertain Lu Shang's family with all they had. Although the food of the Zhou people was far less luxurious and exquisite than that in the Yuhou Mansion, for Lu Shang's family, this meal was already the most sumptuous meal in many days.
After a full meal, everyone sat together and chatted contentedly, when Yi Jiang suddenly said to Lu Shang, "Father, tell me a story." Wan Ji and Zhou Fa also clapped their hands on the side and said, "Okay! We also want to hear it, Mr. Lu! ”
At first, Lu Shang was a little embarrassed, but he couldn't stand Yi Jiang's begging, so he had to say, "Okay, then I'll tell you a little about Hou Yi's shooting of the sun." ”