Chapter Seventy-Three: The Heart of Guarding Against Others Is Indispensable
As soon as the morning dawned, my sister got up and made a fire to wash rice and cook, cooked the rice in the pot and used another pot to boil water, and after boiling the water, she began to clean the courtyard again...... was busy with this and that, and the movement continued, causing Han Xiufeng and Qin'er, who slept late last night, to be embarrassed and never get up again.
As a result, as soon as the two of them got up, Pan Er and Datou arrived, and Datou was still carrying a flat pole that was rare in Ba County. The reason why it is rare to see is because the flat pole is too long, Ba County is a mountain city, and it is far from convenient to use such a long flat pole to pick things up.
Han Xiufeng asked curiously while washing his face: "Big head, where did this flat burden come from?" ”
"The sixth brother asked the monkey to bring it to me," as soon as he mentioned the flat burden, the big head grinned and took a few steps back, holding a head and waving it in the yard, waving it in the wind, and said happily while waving: "Fourth brother, do you see it, you can not only pick up the basket but also defend yourself, and then meet those turtle sons of the Tea Gang, see how I stoned them to death!" ”
Han Xiufeng put down the handkerchief and said with a smile: "It turned out to be used for fighting, okay, don't play it, show it to me." ”
"Oh, it's a little heavy, but I'm pretty comfortable holding it."
"It's a little heavy," Han Xiufeng took it and checked it, it was really heavy, and when he looked down, he saw that it was put together with two bamboo pieces, and the two ends were tightly covered with iron hoops, and the middle was filled with bamboo hoops every half a foot, and it was very strong at a glance, and it was difficult to cut it with a firewood knife.
The big head leaned over and smiled proudly: "Fourth brother, the monkey said that it was lined with iron bars, and said that the sixth brother specially asked the craftsman to help me make it." ”
"It's also lined with iron bars, real materials!" Han Xiufeng took it too heavy, returned the flat burden to the big head, turned around and said, "Brother Pan, there is a bracelet on the table in the hall, you go and help me see if it is worth a few taels of silver." ”
Pan Er didn't rush in, but asked with a smile: "Fourth brother, are you talking about the one that Zhuzi Niang gave to your younger siblings?" ”
"You've seen it?"
"I saw my sister wear it yesterday, and my sister said that my brother and sister also have one."
"Is it worth it?"
Pan Er turned his back to his sister, who was busy cooking, and leaned into his ear and said, "I saw it yesterday, the color is not right, the voice is not brittle, it is not worth a few dollars, take it out and exchange it for dozens of dollars at most." ”
Han Xiufeng believed in Pan Er's vision, and said casually: "Since that's the case, you don't need to look at it anymore." ”
was chatting, and Aunt Wang next door came to the door with a rice bowl.
Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, Han Xiufeng hurriedly greeted: "Aunt Wang, don't stand at the door, come in and sit." ”
"If I don't go in, I'll have a few bites left, and I'll go back after eating," Aunt Wang was a little afraid of the big head of the five big and three thick, so she stood at the door and asked, "Master Han, when are you going to the capital?" ”
Han Xiufeng walked to the door, looked at the endless stream of pedestrians in the alley, and said with a smile: "I plan to leave on the twelfth." ”
"Are you looking for Mr. Yin and Yang to see this day?"
"Aunt Wang, you don't know, I'm so busy that I don't have the time to find Mr. Yin and Yang to see the date, I flipped through the almanac, and when I saw that everything was appropriate on the twelve, I set the itinerary." The water in the city is inconvenient, and there are many pedestrians in the alley, mainly to help carry water, Han Xiufeng glanced at the two porters who had just passed by, and said with a smile: "On the twelfth, go from Chaotianmen Wharf, and on the eleventh, the whole family will go to Bao'en Temple to burn incense and make a wish." ”
"I should go, I should go, Master Han, others don't know that I know, the Bodhisattva of Bao'en Temple is the most effective......"
Aunt Wang couldn't hold back as soon as she opened the chatterbox, not only did she talk with her eyebrows, but she even attracted a few neighbors who had nothing to do in the morning, Han Xiufeng also treated each other politely, and just set up a dragon gate formation with them at the door for nearly half an hour. My sister and Pan Er wanted to call him back for dinner several times, but they were stopped by Qin'er several times.
By the time Han Xiufeng and a group of neighbors finished setting up the dragon gate array, the porridge was already cold, and the younger sister could only go to the kitchen to heat up.
"Fourth brother, what do you have to say to them!" Pan Er muttered.
"If they don't come to the door, I'll go to them." Han Xiufeng glanced back at the courtyard door that had just closed, leaned into Pan Er's ear and said, "Brother Pan, please go to Chaotianmen Pier again, and help me get a message with Jiang Liu......"
Pan Er was stunned for a while, saw Qin'er nodded, and hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll go now." ”
"Wait, you can't hurt people, you can't have the heart to guard against people, and you can leave when I finish eating and go out with the big head. Don't rush back when you're done, go find the pillar first, and do the second thing I just said. ”
"You know, I'll be careful."
……
Han Xiufeng finished eating unhurriedly, and as soon as he put down the dishes and chopsticks, the big head asked eagerly, "Fourth brother, where are you going today?" ”
"Shopping."
"Where are you going?"
"Wherever you go." Han Xiufeng picked up a handkerchief to wipe his mouth, then turned around and smiled: "Qin'er, sister, hurry up and pack up, pack up and let's go together." ”
"Fourth brother, what am I going to do?" My sister wanted to go out and play but was a little embarrassed, pinching the corners of her clothes and twisting them.
"Didn't you just say that I don't have anything else to do today, so I'll go shopping with you."
"Sister, if you are embarrassed, hurry up and change your clothes." Qin'er pulled her into the west wing and slammed the door shut.
It's impossible to buy nothing when shopping, Han Xiufeng deliberately asked the big head to pick up a pair of empty basket pockets, and the four of them wandered around like this, and when they saw the cloth village, they went in to take a look, and when they were tired, they found a teahouse to sit for a while, talking and laughing, so comfortable, so they kept shopping until it was almost dark before going home.
I bought a lot of things on the street, and the big head was very conscious and didn't dare to enter the east wing.
My sister didn't have any scruples, and helped take out the things that Qin'er bought and send them to the east wing, but as soon as she pushed the door open, she exclaimed: "Brother, fourth brother, it's not good!" ”
Han Xiufeng turned around and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
My sister's tears fell, and she looked at the room and cried: "There is a thief at home, all the luggage in the room is gone, how can you go to the capital without luggage......"
Han Xiufeng reacted, and just as she didn't know how to explain, Qin'er hugged her and smiled: "Don't cry, there are no thieves at home." ”
"Sister-in-law, there are no thieves, where are my brother's things?"
"The room is so small, your brother can't put so many things down, I told my second brother when I went out in the morning, and asked him to help me send those things to my father for a few days." Afraid that she wouldn't believe it, Qin'er walked into the room and opened a box, and took out some copper coins from the box: "See, if you really recruited a thief, these money would have been taken away a long time ago." ”
"Sister-in-law, I'm scared to death, why didn't you say it earlier."
"Blame me, I forgot to tell you when I went shopping."
"Don't cry, isn't it okay, put your things down and go for supper."
As soon as Han Xiufeng's words fell, the big head couldn't help but ask, "Fourth brother, what about me?" ”
"I'll go back after a late night snack."
"Shall I come tomorrow?"
"Come on, where else can you go if you don't come."
The big head thought about it and asked, "Fourth brother, what are we going to do tomorrow?" ”
Han Xiufeng said without hesitation: "I only visited the second half of the city today, and I haven't visited the first half of the city yet, so I will continue to visit tomorrow, anyway, there is nothing to do idle." ”