Chapter 43: Joys and Sorrows (I)
The goose-feather-like snow fell from the sky, and the mountains and rivers were plain white.
Old lady You stepped on the thick snow, and on this official road, she walked one foot deep and one foot shallow, and looked at Zhang Dutou who was walking in front with fear from time to time.
Originally a large family in Huainan, he fled his hometown because he offended the powerful and wanted to be raided by the war, he thought he would go to Huaibei to join his relatives, who knew that the in-laws were also in the war and did not know life and death, the house was burned down, and then he encountered the rebellion, the family was separated, he and his two sons and daughters were accompanied by the homeless, and happened to get acquainted with a homeless person, saying that he had relatives in the rich land of Hebei, so he followed the begging all the way.
Arrived in Zhangjiazhuang, Dongcheng County, Beizhou, barely settled, this Zhangjiazhuang land, all the land of the Zhang family in the village, Da Lang and Erlang, can only be the tenant farmers of the Zhang family, but in the past few years, there is finally something to eat, the road is bumpy, Erlang's wife died of illness, here, Erlang even begged for the door to continue.
But I didn't want to, a few months ago, Zhang Jiasanlang, who served as Si Gongzuo in Dongcheng County, sent a matchmaker to say goodbye, and wanted the old lady and the little daughter to marry his second son.
If you talk about this family business, it would have been good, but for the You family, it is Gao Pan.
But Zhang Sizuo's second son, stupid since childhood, and the quirk of abusing and killing chickens and ducks, this matter is known to everyone in Dongcheng County, because he has not married in his thirties, and he is not high or low, and although the You family is a tenant farmer, but You Yiyi, the daughter of the old lady, is a closed moon shy flower, and her reputation gradually spreads all over the neighboring towns.
Although Mrs. You is living a broken life, where is she willing to send the pearl in her palm to suffer? What's more, Yiyi is the last hope for Mrs. You to turn over, I thought that her daughter was still young, just twelve years old, and wanted to wait for another year or two, saying that the rich and noble families in Shangzhou are unknown, even if they are concubines for Jujia, so much asking for a bride price, they can always buy some good land, so that the You family can really take root here.
Although the Zhang family is a local wealthy family, San Lang is not a person who can inherit the family business, and his dowry wants to know, but it is not just a meaning, Zhang Saburo is afraid that he thinks that this family business, the You family is originally Gao Pan, and how much dowry is willing to pay?
Not to mention, Zhang Sanlang's second son is stupid and dangerous, and he can't bear to send his daughter into this kind of family after all.
However, Mrs. You also knew that she was under the eaves of people, so she politely refused, and later the matchmaker came to the door several times, and Mrs. You delayed vaguely, and even began to ask people to inquire if there were suitable wealthy families in the county, and she could only marry her daughter in advance.
Then, suddenly, with the message of the person he trusted, Da Lang, who went to Beizhou to find a good son-in-law for his sister, was arrested in Beizhou, saying that he was drunk and scolded the King of Song and the King of Wei, and said many rebellious things.
Then, the county soldiers came to raid his home and arrested himself and the rest of the people in prison.
Originally, it seemed that he wanted to sit in three clans in a row, but his family was an outsider, and there were no other relatives here, Rao was like this, and Chen Dalang, the homeless man who led him to this Zhangjiazhuang, was also arrested.
Mrs. You has been pondering these days, and it is estimated that it is the Zhang family that makes it bad, but the situation is like this, it is difficult to recover the water, and it is useless to be soft on the Zhang family, after all, his own family has now become a fish on the chopping board of others, and people don't need you to be soft at all.
Mrs. You has been in prison for a few days, crying and wiping her tears, her intestines are all green, she knew it earlier, and she promised the Zhang family to do things, but now, she wants her family to be ruined.
But I didn't want to be early this morning, the cell boss suddenly led him out and handed him over to this Zhang Dutou.
Zhang Dutou said to take him to a place, he didn't dare to ask more, he could only follow him tremblingly, took a car to a nearby town, got off again, followed him, in the wind and snow, it was really cold, he was wrapped in ragged clothes, and the catkins used to keep out the cold in the robe had been covered with muddy water in the prison, and now the sticky not only did not keep out the cold, the cold wind blew, but it was even colder.
"It's here!" Zhang Dutou said suddenly.
Mrs. You looked at the direction of his finger, there was a crossroads in front of him, the east and west is the official road from Beizhou to Dezhou, and the north is the loess road to the canal ferry, and the north-south loess road is also the boundary between Beizhou and Dezhou, the west of the loess road is the boundary of Dongcheng County of Beizhou, and the east of the loess road belongs to Zhangnan County, Dezhou.
On the west side of the intersection, there is a grass hut with wine flags, which is a country shop selling hot water and alcohol, but the thick snow weighs down on the grass hut, and it looks like the grass hut is about to collapse at any time.
I heard that although the wild shop opened at the fork of this official road is risky, it is very profitable, and I don't know whether it is true or false, of course, usually the person who opens the shop is not a good stubble, otherwise the risk of being robbed is too great, this shop is like this, look at the grass shed, the man who is holding a wooden fork and preparing to pick up the snow in the grass hut is tall and powerful, and it is not easy to provoke when you look at it.
"Come inside!" Zhang Dutou made a gesture, and when he arrived at the grass hut, he picked up the curtain and entered, and the old lady You followed up slowly, and immediately the heat hit his face, but there was a stove inside, which was very warm, of course, it may also have something to do with the fact that he had just come in from the cold and snow outside.
Mrs. You was slightly stunned, the store was simple, there were not many tables and chairs, Mrs. You saw at a glance the handsome young man who was sitting upright, on the purple and gold crown, the pearl was bigger than the bucket, the silver brocade robe, the snow-white fox fur, and the extravagance.
Next to the handsome young man, the slender shopkeeper who was smiling and pouring wine for him, behind him, the two child-faced murder weapons but amazing twin sword swords, the old lady You didn't pay attention, that young man, as if there was a feeling of the center of the world, its light, will cover everything around him.
Old lady You didn't even notice that someone was crawling over on his knees, until the person hugged his thighs and cried and shouted "Daddy", Old Lady You was stunned and bowed his head, a man with a handful of snot and tears, as if, it seemed to be a little similar to Erlang, but, but not Erlang.
"Your old man has suffered, your son is not filial, unfilial!" The man cried.
Old Lady You suddenly became agitated, and said in amazement: "Yes, it's San Lang?" Is it Saburo? I'm not dreaming......"
"It's me, it's me!" Yu Saburo howled and cried.
"What about the rest?" Lu Ning looked at Zhang Dutou and frowned slightly, it was originally the You family's family who had taken over You Dalang, but there was one, and the gold ingots for this Zhang Dutou were eight taels, that is, half a catty, and the official price was eighty guan, in fact, it was a private transaction, and eighty guan could not buy half a catty of gold, and I was afraid that it would cost two or three hundred.
And promised to make it happen, and then give this one half a catty of gold ingots, a total of one catty of gold before and after.
Seeing Zhang Dutou looking at You Laosan, Lu Ning said lightly: "I am his proprietor, you tell me." ”
"This, there are some blockages......" Zhang Dutou's heart sank, he didn't care much about You Saburo, originally he didn't care much, although this You Laosan was bold, but at first glance he was a nouveau riche, and the handsome young man in front of him was not angry but mighty, and at first glance he was a big man who was ordinary and impossible to come into contact with.
"What a block, let's hear it." Lu Ning leaned back slightly, accustomed to the movements, but forgot that this was not a chair, just a wooden stool, but behind him, his own large and small peaches gently joined together, becoming his backrest.