Chapter 1: The Unexpected (1)
A broad-minded person often swallows grievances and dissatisfaction into his stomach, and after a long time, his heart becomes unable to hold anything; A narrow-minded person often spits out grievances and dissatisfactions, so his heart can't hold anything. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
The story takes place between 1924 (Jiazi year) and 1948 (Jihai year).
The story begins on July 7, 1924 (lunar calendar).
The location where the story takes place is Paradise County.
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Just talk about this day.
On this day, the streets of Zishi in Paradise County were crowded with people.
What are these people doing?
Today is the day when the eldest daughter of the county magistrate of Tiantian County, Jin Rose, throws hydrangeas to recruit husbands, and those people are here to watch the excitement.
Of course, there are also people whose relatives are among the people who participate in the hydrangea recruitment, and they are hoping for good luck for their loved ones.
The county lord is a very, very remarkable character, and if anyone's son marries the daughter of the county magistrate, he will be very good in the future.
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Let's start with a cleaner in the county yard.
The cleaner's name was Hong Lichun.
He was in his twenties.
He is a yard sweeper in the county government.
Hong Lichun, don't look at it now, he's just a yard sweeper, he's a very, very main character in our book.
He is also a gutsman of our book.
Later, Hong Lichun was amazing.
Now let me first introduce Hong Lichun's family affairs.
Hong Lichun is a person from Hongjiazhuang, twenty miles east of the county seat, his father's name is Hongxue, and he also has three brothers, and his three brothers' names are Hong Lixia, Hong Liqiu, and Hong Lidong.
The names of the four brothers are Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.
He and his three brothers were farmers who did their duty.
Hong Lichun was also a farmer before, and he relied on the relationship between his father and Zhao Zhutou, the head of the county government, so he came to work in the county government.
Don't look at the street sweeping is not a very good job in the eyes of people today, but it was great at the time.
At the time, it wasn't that street cleaning was a great job, it was just that a job was great.
At that time, as long as you had a job and something to eat, it was great.
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Let's talk about a hundred flower courtyards in the county prince's mansion.
Hyakhuain is one of several courtyards in the county princess's mansion.
The county prince's mansion has several courtyards such as the main courtyard, the academy, and the Baihua courtyard.
The main courtyard is where the county lord and the wives and concubines of the county lord live.
The academy is where the county lord's sons studied.
The county magistrate has five sons, and his five sons are named Jin Shiren, Jin Shiyi, Jin Shili, Jin Shizhi, and Jin Shixin.
The five sons of the county magistrate are called benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith.
Baihuayuan is the place where the two daughters of the county lord live.
The county magistrate has two daughters, and his two daughters' names are Golden Rose and Golden Peony respectively.
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Let's talk about Hyakka-in alone.
At this time, there were many people standing in the courtyard of Baihuayuan.
Those people were all young men in their twenties.
Those people were waiting there for the hour to come, and Miss Golden Rose Jin threw the hydrangea.
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Why did you choose to throw hydrangeas in Baihuayuan?
Mainly because Hyakka-in is an independent courtyard.
The east, west, and south directions of the Baihuayuan are all walls, and the north side is the embroidery room of the eldest lady's golden rose and the second lady's golden peony.
Why did the county lord's daughter choose Baiyuan Courtyard for throwing hydrangeas this time, mainly because who can enter this place and who can't enter.
This time, the county grandfather's daughter threw the hydrangea, and not everyone could go to Baihuayuan to participate.
What if anyone could participate, what if the hydrangea hit someone like Wu Dalang?
In order to prevent the hydrangea from hitting the people he didn't like, the county magistrate screened the people who wanted to participate in advance.
If you want to participate in the pre-registration, you can only participate in the interview verification after registering, and you can only participate if you pass the interview verification.
In other words, the people who came to Baihuayuan this time were basically satisfied with the county magistrate.
If the county master is not satisfied, he can't enter this Baihua Courtyard.
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Just say that there are a few groups of people in the Hundred Flowers Courtyard.
The first group is the sons of Baijiazhuang outside the twenty miles north of the city.
The staff of Baijiazhuang in the north of the city is called Baifu.
Bai Fu was the richest man in the county at that time.
Bai Fu had four sons, and his four sons were named Bai Youjin, Bai Youyin, Bai Youbronze, and Bai Youiron.
Today, all four of Bai Fu's sons participated.
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There was also a group of people in the crowd who participated in the hydrangea throwing.
That group of people were the four sons of Huang Yun, a member of Huangjiazhuang in the south of the city.
Huang Yun was the second richest man in the county at that time.
Huang Yun had four sons.
His four sons are named Huang Xiangdong, Huang Xiangxi, Huang Xiangnan, and Huang Xiangbei.
Huang Yun's four sons also participated.
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There was also a group of people in the crowd who participated in the hydrangea throwing.
That group of people are the four sons of Lantian outside the city of Lanjiazhuang.
Lantian of Lanjiazhuang in the west of the city is the third richest man in the county.
Lan Tian has four sons, and his four sons are called Blue Flying Dragon, Blue Flying Tiger, Blue Flying Lion, and Blue Flying Leopard.
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At this time, the hour is near.
The previous scheduled time to throw hydrangeas was noon.
It was 12 noon.
When there was still about a quarter of an hour before noon, the county magistrate, Mrs. Wen, the wife of the county magistrate, the daughter of the county magistrate, Jin Rose, and the chief administrator of the county government, Zhao Zhutou, all arrived at the balcony on the third floor of the Baihuayuan.
Pre-booked, Miss Golden Rose tossed hydrangeas on the balcony on the third floor.
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At this time, Zhao Zhutou spoke to the people below on the balcony on the third floor on behalf of the county master.
Zhao Zhutou said: "Ladies and gentlemen, first of all, I very much welcome you to come to me today. I am very pleased that you are here today. Next, I will talk about the rules of Miss Jin's hydrangea throwing this time. The rule of this hydrangea throwing is that whoever the young lady's hydrangea hits first is the winner. It's not the young lady's who gets the hydrangea in the end, and whoever wins it is the winner. That is to say, Miss's hydrangea hit Zhang San first, and Zhang San is the winner. As for the hydrangea popping out of Zhang San's body, who will fall on it in the future, including who grabbed it, it doesn't count at all. ”
The crowd listened silently below.
After Zhao Zhutou finished speaking, he asked the county magistrate again: "Master, do you have anything to say?" ”
The county magistrate said, "No." ”
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After Zhao Zhutou finished speaking, the county master nodded with satisfaction.
Mrs. Wen, the wife of the county magistrate, also nodded with satisfaction.
Because the county lord and the county lord's wife both know in their hearts, this time the daughter will never hit the person they don't like when she throws the hydrangea.
Because they have screened the people who come to participate in advance, and all those who enter the Hundred Flowers Courtyard are the people they like. Those they didn't like were all blocked from the gates of the Hundred Flower Temple.
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Then the hour came.
When the hour came, Miss Golden Rose came out with a hydrangea.
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At this time, the eyes of the audience were focused on Miss Jin.
The participants downstairs all wish they could be hit first by a hydrangea.
The county magistrate and his wife, Mrs. Wen, of course, hope that their daughter's hydrangea will hit their favorite person.
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At this time, the most nervous person in my heart was Zhao Zhutou.
What is Zhao Zhutou's heart nervous about?
Because the referee of Miss Jin's hydrangea throwing this time was him, he was afraid that he would encounter something difficult for him to decide.
This time, Miss Jin threw the hydrangea, and the county magistrate handed over the task of refereeing to him.
The county magistrate is old, his eyes are not very good, and the county magistrate's wife is not very good, so the county magistrate handed over the task of refereeing to Zhao Zhutou.
This task is easy to say, but it's not easy!
This task is easy, Miss Jin's hydrangea hits whoever hits the winner;
This task is not easy, because the rules of Miss Jin's choice of choosing a husband by throwing a hydrangea this time are that whoever the hydrangea hits first will be the winner, and Zhao Zhutou is afraid that this time the hydrangea will hit first, and he can't see clearly.
There are many people below grabbing the hydrangea, and the people below are next to each other, and the hydrangea hits whoever it hits first, it is an instantaneous thing, and it is likely that there will be an inaccurate situation.
If you can't see it accurately, won't it be troublesome?
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At this point, the hour has come.
At this moment, Miss Golden's hydrangea was thrown from above.
The moment of truth has come!
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However, at this time, an unexpected thing happened.
Just as Miss Jin made a move, a gust of wind suddenly blew in the sky.
The wind is so strong!
With a "whew", the wind blew Miss Jin's hydrangea outside the wall.
At this time, everyone in the audience was stunned.
The audience said: God, where did you scrape our young lady's hydrangea?
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Let's talk about the red Lichun outside the wall.
Outside the wall, Hong Lichun, a cleaner, is cleaning the streets.
"Whew-"
The hydrangea came to the red Lichun.
"Poof—"
The hydrangea just hit the red Lichun.