Chapter 3: The First Meal of the Great Song Dynasty
The owner of the house who opened the door, this is an old man dressed outside, dressed in black, wearing a long robe, looking at his age of about fifty, seeing a dusty child in front of the door, he looked behind Shangguan Feng with a puzzled face, and found no one else, and his eyes fell on Shangguan Feng's face again.
"Uncle, the boy is polite." Shangguan Feng hurriedly learned from the ancients, and respectfully gave the old man a look.
"Little strong man doesn't have to be polite, what's the matter?"
The old man looked at Shangguan Feng with a hesitant expression.
"The boy is from Qingzhou, Shandong, because of a major change in his family, he is lonely, he is going to the capital to join his relatives, it will be late, he plans to borrow a precious land, stay for one night, and leave tomorrow morning, I don't know if the old man can make it convenient?"
Shangguan Feng said something about the truth and falsehood.
"The little strong man has a high name?" After Shangguan Feng said this, the old man's eyes immediately released a little brilliance.
Such a child can speak well and be knowledgeable, which is a world of difference compared to the three stinky boys in their family.
Qingzhou, Shandong Province is hundreds of miles away from here, the mountains and rivers are far away, such a little child, lonely, to go to the capital, how easy is it? Without some perseverance and small skills, he can't even come here, so the old man has a little love when he looks at Shangguanfeng.
"I don't dare to be a high name, and the kid has a surname and a single word for the official."
"Good name, come on in." The old man saw that Shangguan Feng was polite, and other people's eight or nine-year-old children were still eating feces, scratching urine, farting, falling into pits, fighting, and fighting, this child was very educated, and he couldn't tell that this was a child from a big family, so the old man was very happy to let Shangguan Feng into the courtyard.
The wide courtyard, three upper rooms and five wings, three east and two west rooms, the courtyard is clean and tidy, and it is also dotted with flowers and trees, verdant and dripping, flowers are gorgeous, and this scene is a solid family at a glance.
When he arrived at the West Wing, the old man asked Shangguan Feng to sit down and poured a cup of tea himself.
Shangguan Feng took the tea, expressed his gratitude, and drank three bowls in one go, like drinking nectar.
Next, through a simple conversation, Shangguan Feng learned that this village is called Ruan Jiazhuang, and the owner of Benzhai, Ruan Laoyuan, has 100 acres of fertile land, raises a few large animals, has three sons and no daughters, and the family does not worry about eating and drinking, and also hires a few servants, and is a small and medium-sized landlord to put it more professionally.
In fact, it was not yet time to eat, and the old man knew that Shangguan Feng must be hungry, so he hurriedly ordered someone to prepare a meal.
There was not much time, and a steaming bowl of noodles was served. In fact, it is boiled noodles in white water, without the greasy and side dishes and various seasonings of later generations, fried and fried, that is, the green onions are put with some sesame oil.
Shangguan Feng thanked the old man, and felt the aroma in his hand, this somen noodles with clear soup and little water, the taste of this taste overshadowed all the delicacies of the future generations.
This was the first meal in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Shangguan Feng was indeed hungry and ate with relish.
Seeing Shangguan Feng eating sweetly, the old man was also very happy, let him eat slowly, don't choke, he must be full.
After eating two large bowls in one go, Shangguan Feng felt embarrassed to ask for more, but in fact, if he wanted to eat, he could eat another half bowl, and he felt that his stomach was almost over, and this meal was over.
The old man saw that the child was really hungry. It's not easy for such an older child to go out, and he has a little pity.
At this moment, a boy of the same age as Shangguan Feng ran from outside, and shouted as soon as he entered the door: "Ah Dad...... Daddy, the eldest brother and Dawang fought, and the fight started......"
The kid's teeth didn't grow completely, he spoke out of style, and he stuttered a little when he was in a hurry.
When the old man heard this, he stood up immediately, and could not hide the anxiety and panic on his face, "Xiao Qi, what's the matter?" Take your time. ”
"Daddy, is it Dawang bullying people...... He didn't let us dig out the eggs, he only allowed him, he took ...... And it was a fight...... Ah, Dad, go and ......," Xiao Qi'er pulled the old man out.
"This little second child is really not worry-free...... the old man said that he couldn't care about Shangguan Feng, and he and his youngest son went out of the house in a panic.
When Shangguan Feng heard it, Xiao Er and Xiao Qi, their family name is Ruan, there should be a Xiao Wu, the old man just said that their family has three sons, didn't they go to the Ruan family's three male families?
Shangguan Feng before crossing is a water margin fan, mentioning that Shangguan Feng, a hero in Liangshan, has been full of admiration and reverie since he was a child, and the story of 100 single eight generals was vividly interpreted by the master Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong, which is fascinating, and the various scripts and film and television works and games deduced from this are even more brilliant and varied.
Shangguan Feng calculated this time, at this time, there were still one or two decades before Song Jiang and their uprising, and the three brothers of the Ruan family, like himself, may still be children.
Thinking of this, Shangguan Feng also ran out.
At the east end of the village, a group of children are fighting.
A twelve- or thirteen-year-old boy is already close to an adult's height, but after all, he is thin.
A fat man rushed towards him, and the boy flew up and kicked the fat man to the ground. Another black boy punched the boy, and the boy took a punch from him, and the black boy was knocked to the ground with another punch.
Unexpectedly, he was hugged by the slender man behind him at this time, and the young man did not panic, but stabilized his feet, shook his body suddenly, and suddenly threw the slender man who hugged his back a few steps away, and fell to the ground.
Two more shouted and scolded and rushed up together, but the young man did not speak, punched and kicked, his body turned, and in the blink of an eye, these two were also beaten down.
At this moment, the fat man got up from the ground and rushed up again, punching the boy in the face. The boy endured the pain and slapped him with his backhand, which hit the fat man's big face with a crisp sound, and then the boy flew up and kicked him in the stomach, and the fat man fell to the ground again, and then he cried.
At this time, three more rushed up and joined the battle group. Together with those who were beaten to their feet in front of them, seven rushed towards the boy one after another, and the boy opened his arms, and there was another wave of punches and kicks, and these seven were also beaten all over the ground looking for teeth, and tears rippled.
At this time, there were a lot of children around, some shouting, some shouting, some laughing, and it was very lively.
At this time, Old Ruan arrived with Ruan Xiaoqi, "Xiao Er, don't you stop?" ”
Only then did the young man stop, it was Ruan Xiaoer.
Ruan Xiaoer did not fall behind with one enemy and eight enemies, but at this time, Ruan Xiaoer also had a blue nose and swollen face, the corners of his mouth were also bleeding, his chest was lying together, panting, his face was full of sweat, and his body was either footprints or dust.
Shangguan Feng looked at Ruan Xiaoersheng, with thick eyebrows and fine eyes, a high nose bridge and a pointed chin, dark skin, and a strong one.
"Animals, and causing trouble?" The old man shouted angrily.
"Ah, Daddy...... They provoked me first......" Ruan Xiaoer saw that Ruan Xiaoqi had moved his father, and he was timid.
"Give me back!" Old man Ruan was furious, knowing that his son had caused a big disaster today.
"Wait!" shouted and shouted, and there were more than a dozen outside the circle, but they were not half-grown children, they were all adults with five big and three thick.
Headed by a big silver basin face, tiger eyes, thick beard, hair tied, pinned with a hairpin, wearing silk and satin.
It is the Baozheng Wang Cheng of this village. Don't look at Ruanjiazhuang, but the surname Wang is definitely a big family in this village.
Take Baozheng Wang Cheng as an example, five brothers crawled out of a mother's belly, all of them strong. The eldest Wang Cheng has four more sons, the fat man who was beaten by Ruan Xiaoer is the fourth, and the other three are all five big and three thick, and they are already adults.
Only Wang Cheng's family, their branch, there are more than 20 relatives, plus their own family, there are nearly 100 men who have not come out of the five suits, and no one dares to provoke them in the nearby three miles and five villages. is the overlord of Ruanjia Village, and he, the Baozheng, also expects these forces to be the king.
The men, women and children of Ruanjiazhuang, when they mention their Wang family, except for those who slip around and pat the horses and kowtow, they all stay away.
Wang Cheng came to the scene today to see that the youngest son was beaten and cried, and the other seven nephews were also beaten with blue noses and swollen faces, covered in dirt, tears in their eyes, embarrassed, where can they be willing?
On weekdays, they bully others, where can they tolerate the bullying of others, the style of adults is a role model for children, and their children are also high-flying and domineering.
But Ruan Xiaoer is not a thing in the pool, he was okay in those years, and finally broke out the heroism of a young man, and this year he beat up Dawang and others who were bullying.
The village Baozheng of the Northern Song Dynasty is the head of a village, Wang Cheng glared at the triangular eyes: "If you hit someone, you want to leave, go and tie up this little rabbit cub for me and take it away!" ”
More than a dozen wolf-like guys came over and surrounded the Ruan family's grandfather and wanted to take Ruan Xiaoer away.
Ruan Xiaoer, who is only 13 years old this year, looked unconvinced, staring at each other, full of indifference: "It was Dawang who provoked me first, and this tree is not your family, I found the bird eggs first, why didn't he let me dig them, but they could only dig them, and he was unreasonable?" ”
"Stay! Brute, let you study, you go trick-or-treating, go back and see how I clean you up! ”
The old man glared at him and stopped his son, of course he knew that he would definitely not complain about his son, but how could it make sense to reason with this kind of person, what is reason, their Wang family is reason!
Of course, the old man can't afford to provoke the Wang family, and he looks like he is calm, and says to Wang Cheng: "Baozheng, Baozheng, Xiao Er is still young and ignorant, offended Huwei, Xiao Lao'er is here to make amends to you, Dawang has been wronged, Xiao Lao'er must go back to give them a good lesson, teach this dog a good lesson, and then accompany the injured with medicine money, beg Baozheng to raise his noble hand and spare Xiao Er." ”
Ruan Lao was outside the old man again, and he said good things.
Wang Cheng glared at the wolf's eyes: "Spare him?" Old Ruan Tou'er, what you said is light, touch the skin of the mouth up and down, my son and they have been beaten in vain, how did you discipline your son, look at what these children in our family have become, no one can say it today, and our family is not short of medicine money, you have to take this breath, I will take it away to help you discipline and discipline! ”