Chapter 4: Juvenile arrogance
Feng Liang's heart slammed up, and he was immediately worried about Hu Laohan's safety: "This, in broad daylight, what else can happen to my uncle?" He unconsciously clenched Gao Yue's arm.
Gao Yue waved his hand at him and whispered, "Don't panic, be calm in case of trouble, I'm just weird." You follow me, and we whisper into the room to take a look. ”
"If any villain dares to harm my uncle, I will fight with him to death." Feng Liang nodded vigorously and whispered.
He turned his head to look around, and reached out and picked up a wooden shovel from the ground. He followed Gao Yue's side lightly, hunched and stared, his whole body tense, like a small beast that could burst out at any time.
The two entered the room lightly, and after carefully checking around, there were already two plates of dishes on the table in the main hall, a plate of mountain mushrooms and a plate of steamed mountain pork. The aroma of the dishes is fragrant, three pairs of bamboo chopsticks are quietly standing, and the lid on the pot next to it is lifted, and the yellow and clear millet porridge is still steaming.
Everything in Hu Laohan's room on the left is also the same, and the bedding on the bed is neatly folded.
Back in the front yard, Gao Yue breathed a sigh of relief, stretched his sword eyebrows, and relaxed: "It seems that my uncle is in trouble, and he went out temporarily, not because I was worried about encountering any accidents." ”
Feng Liang also straightened his arched waist and scratched his head: "But at this time, what can my uncle be so anxious about, and he won't wait for us to go out?" As he spoke, he did not put down the shovel in his hand.
"Let's go out and find out."
The two agreed that they were about to leave the hospital, only to see a person staggering close outside the door, and when they raised their eyes, it was the old man Liu of the neighbor's house, who was seventy-four years old, and he was considered to be a long life in ancient times.
Old man Liu walked tremblingly. His face was anxious, and when he saw Gao Yue and the others, he wanted to speed up his pace, but he was suffering from the inconvenience of his legs and feet, so he couldn't walk fast, and he shouted again and again in his anxious mouth.
Feng Liang stepped forward with an arrow step, grabbed Old Man Liu's arm, Gao Yue supported him, and asked loudly, "Old man, have you ever seen my uncle?" ”
Old man Liu grabbed Gao Yue and Feng Liang's wrists one by one, and finally gasped for breath.
"You. The two of you just came down from the mountain behind the village, but I didn't know that everyone in the village had gone to the front of the village, and I heard that Li Jiaerlang somehow provoked a gang of horse bandits, and Li Jialang asked someone to come back to report the news. The village is gathering everyone to go. Your uncle entrusted me to give you an old man, and let me know. ”
Old man Liu even said with a gesture, and his anxious gray walnut-like face was flushed.
Bailing Village, living by the mountain, the villagers work at sunrise, rest at sunset, live a simple and simple life, sometimes meet a neighbor who is angry, the big guy persuades, and basically reconciles. This time, even the village came forward, and took the lead in summoning the whole village, I am afraid that the matter is not small.
The two of them were shocked when they heard this, and hurriedly thanked Old Man Liu, grabbed the door, and went straight to the intersection in front of the village.
After running for a short distance, I saw from a distance that the head of the village was crowded with men, women, and children, noisy and noisy, and people were mixed and panicked.
When I got closer and stood on tiptoe, there was a large group of people gathered on the flat ground outside the entrance of the village, all of them were young and strong, with different colors, most of them holding wooden sticks, and some of them were carrying long and short blades, and they were fiercely arguing and arguing with the village leaders and others led by the villagers.
The two squeezed in from the crowd, asked around, and finally found Hu Laohan in front of the crowd, and hurriedly asked, "Uncle, what's going on?" ”
Hu Laohan explained, and the two couldn't help but suddenly realize that this matter was really caused by the second son of the Li family in this village.
The uncle of the Li family in this village, the mother-in-law died early, he was loyal and honest, but he had a total of two sons, the eldest was called Li Hu, and the second was called Li Bao, both of whom were strong and strong.
The eldest Li Hu is eighteen years old, tall and big, among the young people in the village, there is no opponent in every fight, and a group of young people will learn from the old man's oral storytelling story, and serve him as the leader, no matter the young people who are older than him or younger than him, they all call him a big brother.
However, Li Hu is finally okay, he does not take the initiative to pick quarrels and provoke troubles on weekdays, his personality is relatively stable, and at the same time, he must be a bit of a big brother's grandiose shelf.
But the second Li Bao is different, arrogant and domineering, brave and ruthless. A brother became a young leader, which is a great thing. Just like in today's society, some people will shout when they start to move, do you know who is behind Lao Tzu?
Second, he himself is also strong and powerful, half a head taller than his brother Li Hu, and his strength is not in vain, so he also gathered a group of younger brothers around him, although he is only sixteen years old, he also regards himself as the second brother every day.
The day before yesterday, the uncle of the Li family took advantage of the fine weather to repair the roof that had been leaked by the rain a few days ago, and wanted to take the wild things he hunted to Shouyang County to sell some money, grain, cloth and silk.
As soon as he finished speaking, the second Li Bao volunteered and was willing to run an errand to the county seat.
Uncle Li knows what temperament his two sons have, especially the second son, and he is very worry-free, for fear that he will cause trouble again. When he went out, he told him left and right, and the boss Li Hu also explained a few words to his brother, the county is not as big as the village, it is a big place, don't cause trouble casually, collide with officials or local snakes, and don't wait for idle things.
Li Bao patted his chest and reassured his father and brother that I would not take the initiative to provoke people. After saying that, he went out of the house, greeted two companions, and rushed away.
Fix a house at home? Just kidding, second brother, I'm not afraid of hardship, it's mainly that it's too boring and boring. has the opportunity to go to the county town to have a trip, how happy it is, the second brother is angry, and he is worried about his buddies going together.
The three of them went all the way to Nanben County. sold wild things, exchanged for some daily necessities and the like, and went all the way, but it was also safe. The three of them were in the county town, playing and wandering around the place to their contentment, and it was past noon, so they rushed back.
Seven or eight miles away from the county seat to the city, it is an official road, but it is not wide, and there are not many pedestrians coming and going at this time. Out of the county seat five miles, the three of them walked in a row, talking and laughing, as if no one was around.
From the direction they were facing each other, a young descendant was also in a hurry, the road was not too wide, and the three of them walked sideways, and the shoulder of the young descendant rubbed against the shoulder of Li Bao's outermost companion, shattering a pot of wine in his hand to the ground.
The young young man only glanced back at them, then turned his head, and continued to walk without stopping. All three of them were stunned.
Li Bao was furious. Outrageous?
Often, only the second brother flirts with people, and today the second brother doesn't provoke people, where did the bastard thing come from, hit our brother, and even the good wine that was specially sold in the city was broken, but it was specially bought back to honor his father and eldest brother, this person didn't even let go of a fart, so he turned his head and wanted to leave when he was fine?
"Dog thing, stop!"
The companion on the side looked at Li Bao's face and knew that the second brother would not give up, so he took the lead.
When the young student heard the shouting, he stopped, looked back coldly, and said, "Friend, keep your mouth clean." ”
"Yoh?"
Li Bao was interested. To be precise, there was a kind of provocation interest. He strode forward in two large strides and walked in front of the young man, and the two of them looked closer, and Li Bao was obviously a head taller.
The two companions surrounded viciously, blocking the young man's back road from left to right.
Li Bao stared at the young man and sneered: "Two choices. One is to compensate our brothers. Two...... Hehe. ”
The two companions had already stretched out their arms and pushed the young man a few times. The young man saw that these three people were not good at stubble, and sighed in his heart, commonly known as a good man who does not suffer immediate losses. Gritted his teeth, that's it.
"Three friends, the younger brother is indeed in a hurry and is in a hurry, and he unintentionally collided with the three friends, it is not malicious, the younger brother can't pay here, and the amount of that pot of wine is easy to discuss."
Li Bao smiled. The thrill of conquering and suppressing makes people laugh. The young man in front of him was scared and didn't want to make trouble. But he asked my second brother if I would like to make trouble?
"If the apology is such a fluttering sentence, then I will kill your whole family, and then I will say sorry to you, okay?"
Li Bao tilted his head, with a condescending feeling.
When the young man heard this, his teeth rattled, his face turned purple, his eyes widened and he opened his mouth and scolded: "Fuck, goddamn dog, dare to bully Lao Tzu, do you know who Lao Tzu is?" ”
Li Bao didn't talk nonsense, and directly punched the young man in the face, the young man stretched out his hand to block, and returned the blow with a fist, and was knocked down by the two behind him, and the result was inevitably a punch and kick, so shocked that the passers-by only flashed to the side, for fear of provoking these playful characters.
Seeing that the person had a blue nose and swollen face, curled up on the ground, Li Bao squatted down, patted the young man's face, and said with a smile: "Dog, do you have a long memory this time?" ”
The young man wanted to say that he was indeed a single, and he was knocked to the ground, but he was even more uncompromising, his black eyelids were half open, and he opened his swollen lips and said: "Lao Tzu was born with a poor memory. There is a kind of killing Lao Tzu, he can't be killed, and Lei Qiye, who has his own bird and mouse mountain, gives Lao Tzu a head. ”
Bird and Mouse Mountain, Li Bao has heard of it. Legend has it that there are more than 100 horse bandits over there, led by a descendant named Lei Qizhi, who is said to be very brave and unpredictable.
However, Bird and Mouse Mountain is more than 20 miles southwest of Shouyang County, while Bailing Village is 10 miles north of Shouyang County.
"Whew! Lao Tzu scared? Whoever cares about you. Grandpa's name, you remember it, Grandpa Li Bao Li of Bailing Village, I want to come to take revenge, let's beat gongs and drums to welcome you, hehe, I'm afraid you won't dare to come. ”
After that, there was another punch and kick, and the young man who hit him couldn't move, and the three of them stopped and left proudly.
After walking a few steps, the three of them returned again, shouting that the wine money had not been compensated, so they groped a few handfuls on the young man, and found a total of a handful of money, and the three of them were overjoyed and walked away.
Needless to say, the young man was in pain, rested while walking, and staggered to the morning of the second day before returning to Bird and Mouse Mountain, and as soon as he returned to the mountain, he cried to the master of Lei Da in person.