The silent remote town was noisy and lively for a while!

On the way to the town office, the people still beat gongs and drums. Those officials were frightened when they saw this situation, thinking that there was another rebellion among the people, so they hurriedly prepared to deploy troops, and only after listening to the reports of the people below did they feel relieved.

In the past few years, there have been wars everywhere, and today this one is coming, and tomorrow is another one, and it is no wonder that those officials are worried.

Everyone carried the snake into the compound of the town office, and a man who looked like an official came out to receive everyone, followed by four soldiers with guns. The man beckoned to everyone and said, "Today, the two heroes captured this evil python and eliminated the harm for the people, which is really gratifying!" I will report to the top and be rewarded. Folks, applaud first......"

How could the common people below have the habit of applauding, just raise their fists and say, "Okay!" Good! Later, many people beat gongs and drums to celebrate.

At this time, Feng Qingyun stepped forward, shook his hands, and asked the official: "Dare to ask your lordship, what do you say about this reward?" The man replied: "This, this, this reward announcement was posted by the government many years ago, the old stone is from Haizhou, you are from Jining, and we are here in Kaifeng Dao, according to the current regulations of Shangfeng, you should go to Xuzhou Dao to receive the reward..."

Before he finished speaking, the people below shouted, and every word you said to me said that they were for the local people, and the money naturally had to come out here. The official was afraid of arousing the anger of the people, and then said: "However, out of the reward for the two heroes, we will give a part of the money first, not as a bounty, but as a thank you to encourage you." Let's write a note to Xuzhou Dao, and there will naturally be a reward. ”

The original purpose of Lao Shi's coming here was to avenge his son and daughter-in-law, but now that the revenge has been avenged, he naturally doesn't care whether he rewards money or not. Hearing this, he stepped forward and said, "Sir, I have another request, I want this snakeskin!" ”

The official saw this request, and readily agreed.

So everyone unfolded the snake, and saw the old stone and Feng Qingyun take out the dagger from their waists, and cut it all the way, and the hole was straight and straight. Before the onlookers could react, the two of them took off the snake skin in two or two, only to see everyone stunned. The rest of the snake meat was cut off and divided by the hungry barefoot gang and the bold townspeople. The filth that remained, the official ordered someone to clean it up and find a place to bury it. It was getting late, and everyone was slowly dispersed.

After getting the 200 reward from the town and the note written by the official, the old stone and the wind and the clouds returned to the foot of the mountain. At this moment, just in time for dinner, Shi Yu's family, Nizi and Ji's family have prepared wine and food, and when the two of them come back, it can be regarded as everyone celebrating together.

Shizhu ate quite quickly, and before the adults had passed two rounds of wine, he went to play alone with a full stomach, and from time to time he went to tease the little girl who was almost three months old in Ji's house, and from time to time he ran to his grandmother to be coquettish. After a while, when the old stone was not paying attention, the stone pillar opened the small back pocket and took out the yin and yang gossip plate inside to play.

Ji Shuzi was sitting facing the stone pillar, and when he saw the stone pillar holding the gossip plate, he first paused, thoughtfully, and then put down the wine glass in his hand and stood up suddenly. Old Shi and Feng Qingyun hurriedly asked what was going on, and Ji Shuzi asked Old Shi: "Uncle Shi, is that gossip plate your family's thing?" ”

The old stone didn't know that the stone pillar took out the gossip plate, so he snatched the gossip plate from the stone pillar and prepared to put it away, while saying: "Yes, this yin and yang gossip plate was given by the ancestor after the ancestor became a teacher, and it is still a thing of the Feng family, and it has been passed down for several generations in us!" ”

After hearing this, Ji Shuzi hurriedly asked: "Dare to ask Uncle Shi, six years ago, a young couple from Haizhou came here to catch a python, and they also brought this gossip plate, and then unfortunately lost their lives, but the uncle's family?" ”

"That's my son and daughter-in-law......"

Before the old stone finished speaking, Ji Shuzi knelt down in front of the old stone and kowtowed, and said with a nose and tears: "Benefactor, after all these years, I finally saw my benefactor!" ”

Everyone didn't know what was going on, so they hurriedly helped him up and asked him what was going on.

It turned out that this season's bolt was the boy who was rescued by the Dakai couple on the mountain six years ago, and he always wanted to repay his benefactor's family over the years, and he was also very polite to the people who came to catch the python, so this time he heard that the old stone and Feng Qingyun and his party were here to catch the big snake, so he agreed to borrow them without hesitation.

At this time, Ji Shuzi's mother-in-law also came over and said to Lao Shi: "Zhuzi often mentions the two life-saving benefactors in front of us, if it weren't for them, he wouldn't be alive today, and he would have been swallowed by the big snake a long time ago." I didn't expect to have the opportunity to meet my benefactor's family this time, but God finally opened his eyes! ”

After this incident, everyone became even more cordial. Back at the wine table, Ji Shuzi poured a big bowl of wine and said: "I don't have any skills, I don't know how to repay my benefactor, first salute the two uncles with a bowl of wine!" "Drink it all.

Lao Shi and Feng Qingyun had a good amount of wine, but seeing that Ji Bolt was like this, they didn't say a word, and they both drank a glass of wine, which was very happy.

After a while, Feng Qingyun saw that Shi Zhu was flirting with the little girl of the Ji family again, so he joked with wine: "Look, these two babies are quite in love, it is better to get married to a doll." ”

Ji Shuzi became serious when he heard this: "This is good, as long as Uncle Shi doesn't dislike it, I originally intended to marry this family business!" ”

Hearing this, the old stone hurriedly put down the chopsticks in his hand, called the stone pillar over, and asked seriously: "Zhuzi, do you want to play with your little sister?" ”

Shi Zhu said very happily: "Of course it's happy! ”

"Then let my sister be your daughter-in-law, would you like to?"

Shi Zhu was stunned for a moment, and then asked the old stone back: "My father, what is my daughter-in-law doing?" ”

"My daughter-in-law will give you a baby when she grows up!"

At this time, Shi Zhu said: "Then I want my sister to be my daughter-in-law and grow up to have a baby!" ”

Old Shi glanced at Shi Yu again, and said as if he were asking: "Then this matter is decided?!" Shi Yu just smiled and didn't speak, and everyone could see that she was willing in her heart.

The old stone then took off the jade pendant hanging on the neck of the stone pillar and hung it on the neck of the little girl of the Ji family, and said: "I came back in a hurry, and I didn't prepare anything, this jade rabbit pendant was given by a monk, and the pillar was brought with it when it was small." Your girl is a rabbit, just give this to her, just take it as a meeting gift! ”

Shi Yushi took out some colored velvet thread to tie the baby, which was specially brought from his hometown, tomorrow is the end of May, it was originally intended to be tied to Shizhu, and now it is just to send some to the female baby.

Ji Shuzi's mother-in-law took the velvet thread and said: "This thing is good, tomorrow take a cattail bath with mugwort leaves, wear it for ten days and half a month, cut it off and then hang it on the flowers, and wait until the seventh day of the seventh month of July to let the magpie go and build a magpie bridge for the cowherd and the weaver girl!" ”

Feng Qingyun took out a pen and paper at this time, first wrote down the eight characters of the two dolls' birthdays, and said while writing: "The female baby belongs to the rabbit, the pillar belongs to the chicken, Mao is the sunrise, the unitary is the moonrise, the sunrise is the Mingtang, the moonrise is the jade hall, the rabbit with the chicken can be described as the sun and the moon are blue, and the marriage is happy!" Subsequently, he left the addresses of the two families and gave them to each other's homes so that they could be recognized in the future.

When everything was done, everyone in the room was happy, even the corners of the girl's mouth were smiling. The women had drunk less, and had eaten their meals, so they chatted on the side, and the three men continued to drink, not knowing how long they would fall asleep.

The next day is the Dragon Boat Festival, and the weather is a bit gloomy on this day, like it is going to rain heavily. No matter what the world is like, and no matter who fights with whom, the common people still have to live, and in this festival, the customs left by the ancestors cannot be changed.

As soon as the day dawned, the women got up and wrapped the rice dumplings, put a red date in it, wrapped it into a triangle or a quadrangular shape, put a few cloves of garlic in the pot when cooking, and then boiled some eggs, and when they got up, it was just in time to eat the zongzi. Shi Zhu didn't wait for all the zongzi to come out of the pot and took one, blew in his mouth, and checked it with both hands, and finally opened the zongzi leaves, and went to play with his "little daughter-in-law" with the zongzi in his mouth.

The old stone and Feng Qingyun had breakfast, packed up and stopped, and then they were ready to leave for Xuzhou Road, Shizhu had been playing with the Ji family girl for a long time in the past few days, and was a little reluctant to leave, but he wanted to go home early to play with his friends, so he followed the carriage with half a wish. Ji Shuzi and his mother-in-law came out to see them off, and his daughter-in-law followed behind him with her daughter-in-law.

Before leaving, the old stone said to the bolt family: "Thank you for your hospitality in the past few days, after sixteen years, our pillar will definitely come to marry your daughter!" Take care, everyone! At this time, the mother-in-law said: "Brother, I won't talk to the two families, be careful on the way back, everything is going well, we are waiting for you to come back at any time!" Feng Qingyun and Nizi rode on their horses and said goodbye with both hands. Subsequently, Lao Shi drove away, and Shi Yu waved goodbye to the Ji family in the car, and did not put his hand down until he turned a corner and was out of sight.

Although the Shi and Ji families have had an agreement for these sixteen years, they can be born in troubled times, who knows what it will be like in sixteen years!

After the old stone and his party left Mangdang Mountain, they went all the way to the east and accelerated their journey. Just after noon, they rushed to Xuzhou Tongshan. The old stone asked Shi Yushi and Nizi to wait on the side of the road with the pillar, and he and Feng Qingyun went straight to the Xuzhou Provincial Office with the note. After finding the steward, Lao Shi handed over the note brought by Yongcheng and explained the reason.

After reading the note, the person in charge raised his fat head, and said with an embarrassed face: "Your snake was caught in Kaifeng Dao, and the reward notice was also issued by Kaifeng, why do you let me give it here?" It's inexplicable! ”

At this time, Feng Qingyun stood up first and said, "But it was said over there, and the reward notice said that he was going to our location to receive the reward, of course this is to be given here!" ”

The person in charge said: "What is not announced, it was more than ten years ago, and we and the government have changed several times, and the notice has long been useless for us!" The steward took a sip of tea and said, "Besides, who can prove that you caught this snake on the basis of this note alone?" What if someone gets this note and gets it? ”

Hearing this, the old stone was angry, and when he walked to the front, he said, "Why? Just this snakeskin in my hand! A few years ago, my son and daughter-in-law lost their lives in order to catch the snake, and back then, Yuzhou Dao Wu and Feng Dujun also sent people to Haizhou to my house to express condolences, and now it has only been a few years, how has this official government become so unreasonable, pushing back and forth! ”

When the person in charge heard this, he slapped his hand on the table and stood up: "You people dare to contradict officials and slander the government like this, you really don't want to live!" Get out of here or I'll put you all in jail." With that, he asked his men to push the old stone and Feng Qingyun out of the door.

At this moment, the taller man who had been beside the steward came out, and this man was like the secretary in charge, and he asked the people below to stop first, and then went in and said to the fat man in charge, "Sir, you should dissipate your anger first." Now you also know the situation, Nanjing and Beijing Zhang Dashuai you come and go, General Wu has been beaten away, the Feng army has been defeated, and the Northern Expeditionary Army can fight again at any time. Now Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Jingwei and Zhang Dashuai in the north are all courting General Feng, no matter what, Xuzhou Road will sooner or later fall into the hands of General Feng, although we are civil officials, no matter who the government changes to be in charge, we will be used, but if General Feng knows about this matter, I am afraid that we will not be able to eat and go around. ”

The steward thought for a moment and asked, "What should you do with that?" ”

The taller man replied, "Sir, I think it is better to send them away with some ocean, and whoever calls in the future will have an explanation." This money is not ours, and we can't lay eggs in our hands, and we won't be able to benefit from saving this money to Shangfeng, maybe Shangfeng will be beaten away tomorrow! ”

The steward asked, "How much do you think is appropriate?" ”

When it comes to the final decision, he will definitely not say the specific number on his own, so he replied: "How much to give, you have the final say on this matter, sir!" ”

The man in charge took another sip of tea, stretched out two fingers and said, "Then give two hundred oceans, a lot!" ”

The taller man replied, "Yes, yes...., I'll do it." With that, he walked out of the door, took the old stone and Feng Qingyun to go through the formalities, and led the ocean.

Before Lao Shi and Feng Qingyun came to the office, Shi Yushi told them that this official government has always only pushed back and forth, and the reward money will definitely not be given in full, and the purpose of their coming is mainly to avenge their son and daughter-in-law, how much reward money can get, even if they can't get it, they must not fight with the government, so as not to cause trouble.

Old Shi and Feng Qingyun had already counted in their hearts, and now that they had received two hundred rewards, they naturally would not be entangled any longer, and hurriedly said to the slightly taller person: "Thank you for your help!" ”

The man replied, "You don't have to thank me, you can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people, these are what you deserve, but I can only help you with this." When he came out of the courtyard, the man said, "Go home quickly, and be careful on the way, and beware of bandits." In the past few years, there have been wars every day, maybe our side will change masters tomorrow, or it is better to be ordinary people, just eat your stomach, and don't worry about anything. ”

Although this man is shrewd, he doesn't know that when a war starts, it is always ordinary people who suffer!

After the old stone and Feng Qingyun came back, they told Shi Yushi and Nizi the reason, and Shi Yushi said: "How much you get, it's okay if you are fine!" It was late afternoon, and the stone pillar was clamoring for food. On the way, a few people only ate something to pad their stomachs, and they all felt hungry, so they found a restaurant to eat some noodles, and the strength of the wine last night was not completely gone, so they didn't want to drink.

After the meal was full, it was finally time to part, and the old stone divided half of the ocean and handed it to Feng Qingyun, who said: "Brother, I didn't come here to reward money, now that I have avenged my nephew and nephew, we are done, you can keep this money." ”

Lao Shi and Shi Yu did not follow: "If it weren't for the help of my brother, this revenge probably would never have been avenged." I just hope that my brother will not be too little! ”

The two of you pushed me to, and Nizi on the side couldn't stand it anymore, so she said, "Dad, let's take some of it." After that, he grabbed a large handful of oceans, and said to the old stone: "Uncle Shi, do you think this is okay?" ”

The old stone also knew that Feng Qingyun would not take more if he continued to consume it like this, so he said to Feng Qingyun: "Okay, it's just that I treat my brother like this!" The two exchanged pleasantries again before giving up.

Feng Qingyun and Nizi stepped onto the horse and said to Lao Shi and Shi Yu: "Don't leave it here, there will be a period later!" Then he waved his whip and went north. The horse's hooves made a crisp "click" sound on the bluestone path, and the sparks caused by the collision of the horse's paw and the stone were clearly visible in this gloomy weather, and the sparks flew higher and higher, like fireworks soaring into the sky.

After parting, the old stone sighed in his heart, I don't know when I will see you again, maybe I will never have the opportunity to say goodbye again. It took him a long time to come to his senses, and he turned around and said to Shi Yushi: "Let's go too!" And he shook the reins and went eastward. In order to prevent accidents on the road, Lao Shi divided the money into two parts, one for each of him and Shi Yu, and carried it closely. This time, Lao Shi and Shi Yushi both had money on them, and they didn't dare to delay on the road, so the two took turns driving, starry nights, and arrived at the boundary of Hongzhuang in the East China Sea in the afternoon of the next day.

When the carriage came to the vicinity of a small forest outside the village, Shi Zhu suddenly said that his stomach hurt and he was going to, so Shi Yu had to take him out of the car and find a place from a distance. Just as he was about to return, a group of people suddenly burst out of the grove in front of him, dozens of people, all carrying guns. There is a scar on the shoulder of the head, and his face looks horizontal, and he looks like a bandit at first glance.

The man came to the old stone and said, "Roar, I was going to take advantage of the battle on both sides to get some benefits, but I didn't expect to see someone on the road who came to die." Brothers, pull this horse and cart away, and see if this old man has any money! So saying, two people came up from behind to search for the old stone's body.

The old stone knew that his two fists were invincible to four hands, not to mention that the other party still had so many guns, so he said while hiding: "This uncle, I am a poor passerby, how can I have any money?" ”

Those people said that even if the money was hidden, it was still searched out three times and two times.

The leader took the money bag and flipped it in his hand, squinted at the old stone and said, "I didn't see it, this old man still has two small money, and this time the brothers didn't come out in vain!" ”

Seeing that the money was robbed, where was the old stone willing to follow, he wanted to step forward and take it back, while saying: "You can't take this money, I still live with this money, I beg you, you can't take this money!" Before he could get close to the leader, he was pushed back.

The leader got off the horse, came to the old stone, didn't say a word, kicked the old stone directly to the ground, and took out a shell gun from his waist, first showed it in his hand as if weighing it a few times, and then opened the insurance and pointed at the old stone and said: "You old thing, you dare to rob the money in Lao Tzu's hand!" You won't need this money in the future, so I'll send you to Hades. Remember, Lao Tzu's name is Liu Fulong, and he will also make you understand when you die. ”

After that, I only heard a gunshot, and the bullet passed through the old stone's left chest, and immediately the blood flowed, and the old stone passed out directly.

Shi Yu originally took the stone pillar to, but when he saw the bandits coming out, he hid far away, covered the stone pillar with his hand, and didn't dare to make a sound. However, when she saw that the old stone had been shot, she still couldn't hold back, and immediately sat down in the grass and cried, which made a noise and alarmed the bandits.

Liu Fulong asked the two of them to see what the situation was, and the two of them picked up their guns and walked slowly forward step by step. They had barely taken a few steps when they heard a few gunshots in the distance, and both of them fell to the ground.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Fulong hurriedly squatted down and hid next to the horse, and looked from a distance to see a small group of soldiers shooting in this direction. Although Liu Fulong was fierce, how could he parry these soldiers, and they didn't dare to really provoke the regular army, so they ordered their subordinates to retreat while fighting back, and finally were left behind a few corpses, so they found an opportunity to jump on their horses and gallop away.

The group of soldiers came to the old stone, and when they saw that the old stone still had a breath, they quickly bandaged it first, and the old stone became a little conscious. At this time, Shi Yu also ran over with the stone pillar, and when he saw the old stone dying, he cried even more sadly, and the stone pillar also shook the old stone beside him and said: "My father, you don't want to die, I still have to learn kung fu from you......" Those soldiers were also very sad when they saw this scene.

It turned out that this group of soldiers was the vanguard of the 21st Division of the Eastern Route Army of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the commander was a company commander surnamed Yan. Company Commander Yan asked the hygienist how the situation was, but the hygienist just shook his head at him and didn't say anything, it seemed that the old stone was no longer good.

Lian Commander Yan asked Shi Yu where he was from and why he was here. Shi Yushi looked up at these soldiers, although they saved themselves, but they still had to keep an eye on it, so he said: "We are from Haizhou Guanyun, just came back from relatives in Xuzhou, I didn't expect to meet bandits here, if you don't save you, I'm afraid my grandson and I will lose our lives......"

Company Commander Yan said: "Now the army is in chaos, bandits are rampant, as far as I know, the leader of this gang of bandits is called Liu Fulong, that is, Haizhou people, in this area for more than ten years, burning, killing and looting, all kinds of evil, there are hundreds of people under his hands, the government has long wanted to suppress them, but now they are busy with the Northern Expedition." When the whole country is unified, we will definitely exterminate all these beasts! ”

Lao Shi knew that he would not last long, and said to Company Commander Yan in a weak voice: "Thank you for saving me, but unfortunately my life is not long, and I will definitely repay the kindness of saving me in the next life." He said to Shi Yushi: "His grandmother, let's go home, even if I die, I will also die on my own kang!" ”

Shi Yushi also seemed to know that the old stone would not last long, and nodded while wiping his tears and said, "Old man, let's go home, let's go home, go home!" ”

Just now Liu Fulong ran in a hurry, only snatching the ocean from the old stone, but fortunately, before he could take the carriage away, the soldiers helped to carry the old stone into the carriage, and Shi Yu drove the carriage to his house overnight after saying goodbye to everyone.

The stone pillar originally cried a lot along the way, but then he was tired of crying and fell asleep next to the old stone. Early the next morning, Shi Yu drove the carriage back to the house, and saw that the old stone was no longer bloodless, and only to die at home, so he kept this breath and never swallowed it.

Shi Yu carried the old stone to the bed, cried and said, "Old man, if you leave, what will happen to us as old and young!" ”

The old stone used his last strength to pull the stone pillar to the side, and said to Shi Yushi: "His grandmother, you haven't had a good life since you followed me, I just ask you to pull the pillar bigger and keep the Shi family's incense, and I will be blind to death." You have to take care of yourself, this family is now all up to you. ”

Shi Yushi said: "Old man, since I met you on the first day, I knew that I would follow you for the rest of my life, and I have never felt bitter with you. Don't worry, the pillar is also my grandson, and I will definitely pull him to adulthood! ”

The old stone said to the stone pillar again: "Pillar, listen to Daddy, don't learn to catch snakes when you grow up, this old era is over, everything is over!" Pillars, you have to look ahead. Don't even think about avenging me, these bandits are more vicious than poisonous snakes, I'm afraid you can't fight them. You must be obedient and take good care of your grandmother. Also, remember, don't be a soldier in this life, if you are bitten by a bullet, our Shi family will have no queen......"

Before the stone pillar could say anything more, the old stone closed his eyes tightly and lowered his hands. No matter how the stone pillar shook, his delicate little hands couldn't wake up his grandfather after all. In the face of death, all efforts have become so pale.

At this time, there were two muffled thunders in the sky, and the originally gloomy weather also rained like beans at this time, and the sound of the rain was accompanied by the cries of the old and the young to bid farewell to the deceased. Looking at the dead grandfather, Shi Zhu said, "My father, I will listen to my grandmother." However, when I grow up, I must avenge you and kill Liu Fulong! ”

Since then, the fire of revenge has been planted deep in Shi Zhu's young heart, and Liu Fulong's horizontal face and the scar on his arm have also been clearly left in his memory, and even in his dream, the gunshot can wake him up.