Chapter 17: The Man Who Crossed the Sea

Wu Zhanshan put down the wine bowl and told the story of crossing the sea.

"Thirty years ago, on a snowy night, a boy was born in a poor farmer's house in Liyugou. This boy is just crossing the sea. Soon after Guo Hai was born, his father and mother fell ill and died. The people in Tunli have said that the sea is hard, and the father and mother are killed. He had to be sent to his grandmother's house and raised by his grandmother......"

Zhao Yunwu thought to himself: This life experience across the sea is very similar to me, I also lost my father and mother since I was a child, and I lived with my grandmother.

"Guohai has been tall since he was a child, and when he grew into his teens, he has become a tyrant in the tunzi. Beat the streets and scold the alleys, no one dares to provoke. ”

"Me and Cross Sea are bare-ass dolls. This crossing the sea has been bold since he was a child. I remember one spring, crossing the sea and flying kites with a group of children. The kite hangs from a large locust tree. That tree is tall! No one dared to go up. Crossing the sea is to climb up. There is a magpie nest in the tree, and the magpie nest is dug up by crossing the sea. ”

"This kid who crossed the sea had a bad stomach, and I remember that once he carried a basin and made a basin of sauce. He said, 'O Zhanshan, come here!' I didn't know how bad it was to cross the sea, so I passed. When I crossed the sea, my hand was crooked, and a pot of sauce was poured on me. He's grinning at me! Do you say he's bad or not? ”

Later, the government called on the people to buy guns, and the rich people in the tunzi bought guns. Guo Hai looked at his eyes, and also wanted to carry the back of the whole gun. ”

"Cross the sea is a poor stick and can't afford to buy a gun, what should I do? Crossing the sea started to think crookedly. ”

"One day, I crossed the sea and said to my daughter-in-law, 'I'm going out!' You boil me a basket of eggs and keep them for me to eat on the way. ’”

"The daughter-in-law who crossed the sea was obedient and cooked a basket of eggs across the sea."

"He crossed the sea, carrying a basket of eggs, a hat, and a sickle, and went out. I don't know how long I walked, where I went, I crossed the sea and looked at the terrain, it was a junction. Cross the sea and thought: This is it! So he went to the foot of a big tree, spread the sack on the ground, put the egg basket on the ground, sat cross-legged there, and ate the eggs while staring at the intersection. ”

"The road is very secluded, and there are no walkways for half a day. Crossing the sea and wanting to cut off the road here. ”

"I don't know how long later, it is said that a basket of eggs was almost finished, and a man on horseback came from the east. The man was wearing a white cloth shirt, a silk horse coat, and a gun pinned to his waist, and he looked like a rich man. Cross the sea and thought: The deal is coming! ”

"Cross the sea and make a stop on the road, blocking the way. The rider was startled and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"Crossing the sea and pretending to ask for directions: 'Brother, what is the boundary to the east?'

The man was stunned for a moment, and just as he was about to answer, he said that it was too late and too soon, and the sickle that had crossed the sea was already across his neck.

"A good man spares his life, a good man spares his life"

"I don't want your life! Take the gun off! ”

The man was so frightened that he took off his gun and handed it to the sea. He crossed the sea and grabbed the gun, and did not leave. ”

"What's your last name? What's it called? ”

"My surname is Li, and my name is Li Er."

"Where do you live?"

"My family lives in Mashugou."

"Good! I borrowed this gun, and I'll give it back to you in a year's time! ”

"Alright! All right! ”

"After asking, cross the sea and let the man go."

"In just one year, I crossed the sea and relied on this gun to rob homes and make a fortune."

"Cross the sea and have faith, and return the gun after a year. Find the man's house. The man's daughter-in-law came out and opened the door. ”

"Who are you?"

"I'm your friend."

Then the woman let the sea into the house. When I entered the house, I saw that the man who was riding a horse a year ago was sitting on the kang! Cross the sea and ask, do you still know me? ”

"A year ago, I was dressed as a farmer, but now I am dressed so much more generously that the man didn't recognize him. He crossed the sea and took out his gun and said, "It's me!" You don't know me anymore? The man snorted, and then he recognized it. ”

"I returned the gun. I'm rich now. ”

"I don't want this gun, you can keep it!"

"Rich people don't care about this gun. The two laughed and became friends. ”

"The gun that crossed the sea is still in use."

"What kind of gun is that?" Zhao Yunwu asked.

Wu Zhanshan said: "The gun that crossed the sea is Mandai Kaolan, with a large mirror. That gun is with a fast and slow machine. What is a fast or slow machine? That is, the trigger has two functions. When firing bullets, it can be fast or slow, and when it is fast, it can fire bullets continuously, like a machine gun, and when it is slow, it is no different from a normal box gun. ”

"When the gun fired bullets continuously, it rattled like a rooster crowing, so the common people gave him the nickname of the golden rooster full of nests. The gun that crosses the sea is a nest full of golden roosters. ”

"This golden rooster full nest gun has brought good luck to Guohai, and Guohai has now become the number one bandit in our area. He is rich, and his family is really full of golden roosters and fat pigs. ”

It is said that he can climb over a wall more than two meters high. Climbing over the wall and entering the room is like walking on the ground. The marksmanship is also good, and he wears Yang in 100 steps. ”

"The name of crossing the sea is Zhangdian Mountain, and crossing the sea is his bandit. He had a cousin named Zhang Dianyuan, who crossed the river with the name of a bandit. It is said that the ability to cross the river is greater than crossing the sea. Now when it comes to crossing rivers and seas, there is nothing on the rivers and lakes that people don't know. ”

"There are more than 100 guns under the command of crossing the river and the sea, and these subordinates are all over the villages, three religions and nine streams, five elements and eight works. They are loosely organized, highly mobile, and gather together to follow orders when they encounter something important.

"These more than 100 people followed the river and the sea to eat mixed rice, and they did a job of smashing open flames and tying up meat tickets. Crossing the river and the sea is a professional bandit, who makes a living by robbing, robbing, tying, smashing, and smashing. There are two kinds of people under him, one kind of people are bandits, and they follow them across rivers and seas to engage in banditry. The other type of people are amateur bandits, who usually farm the land and engage in small businesses, and only when they are summoned across rivers and seas do they participate in collective action. ”

"In the past two years, Liyugou has become a bandit's den, which makes people talk about it. There is a fort built in the tunzi, and every family has a gun, which is a bit like the Qingfeng Village in the Water Margin, Zhujiazhuang. The identity of crossing the river and the sea is similar to the owner of the village, the owner of the village or something, high up in the family, saying the same. In addition to agriculture, their economic source is mainly the bandit economy, which is all ill-gotten gains obtained by forcible robbery, murder and exceedance. ”

"There is no patrol house in the ravine, there is no royal law, whoever has a gun is the uncle! Crossing the river and crossing the sea with their skills in the underworld has driven the economic development of the whole family, and the whole family has crossed the river and the sea as the leader, and one has lost and one has prospered. ”

Zhao Yunwu gasped after hearing this.

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"Look at what you drink, your tongues are big, what a room of drunks!" A voice like a silver bell floated in.

Everyone followed the sound and looked at it, only to see a little girl coming in from outside, fourteen or fifteen years old, duck egg face, very delicate.

Wu Zhanshan said: "This is my sister, called Xiu'er." Xiu'er, come over and pour wine for the guests! ”

"I'm ignoring you people!" Xiu'er grimaced, turned around and ran out.

"This girl ......" Wu Zhanshan laughed: "My sister is the most naughty, someone should take care of her." Yunwu, there is a suitable person to introduce to my family Xiu'er, my family Xiu'er should get married."

Zhao Yunwu asked, "Is this true?" ”

"Seriously" Wu Zhanshan nodded.

"I have a younger brother named Zhao Yunlong, 17 years old, do you think it's okay? Haha"

"Okay! Someday let the two children meet"

"Really?"

"Seriously!"

None of the people present thought that these words would make a later marriage. Zhao Yunwu told Wu Zhanshan that the eighth day of the seventh month was his big day.

Wu Zhanshan said: "Why didn't you tell me about this big happy event earlier, I will definitely be present at your wedding." ”

Huo Lianfeng said: "Brother Yunwu is married, I still have to make trouble in the cave room!" ”

The three brothers Zhao Yunwu and Wu Zhanshan hit it off at first sight, and they were so drunk that they left the Wu family compound.