Chapter 23: The Wedding Night
At the sound of an order to cross the sea, a few bearded men with guns began to search people from house to house.
Ya'er had already dressed and sat on the kang without a sound, her heart pounding with fright. When Hu Zi entered the house, he saw a handsome little daughter-in-law sitting on the kang, and looked at the big red happy words on the window, knowing that this was a break into the marriage cave room, and his lustful eyes were fixed on Ya'er's face and chest, and he laughed.
Ya'er was so frightened that she retreated to the corner of the kang, not daring to look at a few mustaches.
Zhao Yunwu followed into the house and shouted, "What are you looking at?" Did I say there was no one in the house? Go to someone's house and search for it! ”
Then the bearded men went out of the West House, and went into the East House, and the barnhouse, and searched for it, but found nothing.
"Second master, no one!"
"Zhao Yunwu, where did you hide people?" crossed the sea and wanted to deceive Zhao Yunwu.
"In the middle of the night, you don't let people sleep? Trespassing on a private house is a violation of national law, do you know it? Zhao Yunwu said stunned.
"you, Lao Tzu doesn't know any national law, believe it or not, Lao Tzu shot you down!" Crossing the sea and picking up a full nest of golden roosters.
"Second master, this kid didn't lie, this kid had a happy event today, and the bride is still in the bed!" A beard said.
"Really?"
"Yes"
Guohai put away the gun, pointed at Zhao Yunwu's nose and said, "Zhao Yunwu, you give me a stop." ”
"Yes, yes, you're amazing, I can't mess with you."
"Let's go!"
crossed the sea and shouted noisily, and took people and horses to search for people in other houses.
Zhao Yunwu plugged in the door, walked into the warehouse, and whispered: "Come out, people are gone!" ”
The man poked his head out of the tank and took a deep breath. It turned out that Zhao Yunwu hid him in a water tank with a scoop on his head. The man was covered like a chicken in soup, and the first thing he said when he came out of the tank was, "Is there anything to eat?" I'm dying of hunger. ”
Zhao Yunwu took him into the house, opened the bowl shelf, and there was a bowl of leftover rice, a plate of pickles, and half-pulled steamed buns, all of which were taken out. The man grabbed the steamed bun, ate the pickles and leftovers, and snorted for a while before eating it all. It seemed that he was not full, so he drank half a scoop of cold water, wiped his mouth, and said, "Big brother, thank you, thank you so much!" ”
"Who the hell are you? Why does the sea chase after you? ”
"My name is Wu Fangxiong."
This big man turned out to be Wu Fangxiong, the bandit leader of Yangcaogou. In the battle with the people who crossed the sea, Wu Fangxiong was shot, he was deeply encircled, and finally opened a bloody road, there was no way to escape, so he entered Zhaojiagou Tunzi. By mistake, he knocked on the door of Zhao Yunwu's house.
"Oh, you're Wu Fangxiong?"
"Yes, brother, your surname?"
"My name is Zhao Yunwu."
"Are you the one who knocked down the Great North Wind with one shot? I've heard about you. You're winning both ways, aren't you? ”
"What a win? Don't dare to be! ”
Wu Fangxiong saw the big red happy words on the window, and then glanced at Ya'er, who was shrunk on the kang, and asked, "Are you getting married today?" ”
"Hmm."
"Brother Shuangsheng, thank you for saving your life, it's inconvenient to bother anymore, there will be a period later," Wu Fangxiong said and was about to go out.
"The people and horses who have crossed the sea have not gone far, it is very dangerous for you to go out at this time, so let's hide in my house, and it will not be too late to leave at dawn."
"Thank you, I'm too buried, just deal with it for a night in your cowshed!"
"Brother Wu, how can I let you live in the cowshed? You go to sleep on the kang! Let my daughter-in-law go to sleep in the East House! Zhao Yunwu gave Ya'er a look. Ya'er went to sleep in the East Room.
"Does the gunshot wound on your arm matter, can you stand it?" Zhao Yunwu asked.
Wu Fangxiong grinned and said, "It's not a big problem to stay overnight!" I'm so sorry to bother you. As soon as the words fell, his eyes were closed sleepily, and after a while, he snored like thunder.
Wu Fangxiong hid in Zhao Yunwu's house for a night, and the next day it was light, and he went out of the back door and went back to Yangcaogou to reorganize the people.
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Zhao Yunwu's wedding night saved Wu Fangxiong's life.
Although Wu Fangxiong is the leader of one of the bandits, he is very righteous. The seventy or eighty men under his command never harmed the common people.
Wu Fangxiong is the nemesis of the rich, and the landlord bullies shudder when they hear Wu Fangxiong's name.
Zhao Yunwu respects Wu Fangxiong's personality very much. In Zhao Yunwu's mind, Wu Fangxiong is a good man who kills the rich and helps the poor, so he takes the risk
Save him.
Since then, there has been no news of Wu Fangxiong on the rivers and lakes for a long time.
In a blink of an eye, autumn is coming, the sky is high and crisp, the maple trees are red all over the mountain, and the autumn colors are pleasant.
Zhao Yunwu and Ya'er have been married for a month, and their lives are very sweet.
For Zhao Yunwu, this was the happiest time of his life. There is a good wife at home, a grandmother in the hall, and a very well-behaved younger brother.
Life is a good time.
It was also the most peaceful day, busy harvesting crops during the day, and having a happy family at night, with no one to disturb him or trouble him.
For a person who has been in the rivers and lakes, a peaceful life is happiness.
In the early morning of this day, the magpie fell on the tree and chirped, and Grandma Zhao Yunwu said: "When I hear the magpie call, good things are coming." ”
When the sun was three poles, a fast horse came from the east and stopped at the gate of Zhao Yunwu's house.
Immediately sat a short, middle-aged man, with his hair shaved short, just covering his scalp, a layer of green stubble, sharp eyes, well-dressed, and a box gun pinned to his waist.
It turned out to be Wu Zhanshan's eldest brother.
A sack of plums was carried on horseback.
"Yunwu, how are you doing?"
"Very good, Angkor!"
"The plums in my orchard are ripe, give you some back, often fresh"
"It's good for you to come and see me, what are you carrying things for?"
"It's not a rare thing, it's from your own home, hehe."
"Come in, come in."
Wu Zhanshan walked into the house and asked, "Where is Yunlong?" Not in the house? ”
"My brother went out to play, hehe."
After chatting for a while, Wu Zhanshan talked about his sister Wu Chunxiu. Do you still remember the words of Wu Zhanshan and Zhao Yunwu in the Wu family compound that day?
Wu Zhanshan is full of words, and he is a good talker, and he came specially for the matter of marrying his sister.
Wu Zhanshan said that Zhao Yunlong, this child, is white and clean, with big eyes, a talent, and is very likable, and he wants to marry his sister Wu Chunxiu to him.
Wu Zhanshan said loudly into his grandmother's ear: "Grandma, I marry my sister to Yunlong, do you always agree?" ”
Grandma was overjoyed and said, "My eldest grandson has got married, and now I will send my second grandson." If my second grandson marries a daughter-in-law,
I'm a grandmother, so I don't have to worry about it. ”
"Yunwu, I'm optimistic about Yunlong! I want Yunlong to be my brother-in-law. ”
"Great, Angkor."
In the end, the two parties agreed to let the two children meet in a few days, and if there were no opinions, the marriage would be done in the spring of the next year.
In that era, marriage was the order of the parents, and the words of the matchmaker, like Zhao Yunwu and Ya'er's free love, were very rare.
Zhao Yunlong is 17 years old, which was enough for marriage at that time. People like Zhao Yunwu and Ya'er are already considered late marriages.
Although Wu Zhanshan and Zhao Yunwu didn't get along for a long time, he could see that Zhao Yunwu was a real man. Wu Zhanshan was very optimistic about Zhao Yunwu and loved Wu and Wu, so he decided to marry Xiu'er to his younger brother.
Zhao Yunlong and Xiu'er are indeed a good match!
A few days later, under Wu Zhanshan's arrangement, the two children met at Zhao Yunwu's house.
It's really two children, and they quarreled the first time they met.
"You are Zhao Yunlong? Can you afford to support me? Xiu'er said.
"You're not a daughter? What can't you afford to raise? ”
"I want to eat well, I want to wear good clothes, I don't like to work yet, can you promise that?"
"It's all what your brother is used to for you, and when you get to my house, you have to listen to the rules of my family, and it's not okay to eat and drink well without working."
"I am blessed to come to your house!"
"Who said that? When you come to my house, you have to endure hardship, and only after suffering can you enjoy happiness. ”
"Then I'm not going to do it."
"Don't pull it down."
Xiu'er was angry and cried, and said, "Brother, I won't marry him."
Zhao Yunlong saw that she was crying endlessly, and said when he saw the wind: "Okay, okay, I will rely on you and treat you like an aunt and grandmother, okay?" ”
Xiu'er snorted and burst into laughter, thinking that Zhao Yunlong was very interesting!
Zhao Yunwu and Wu Zhanshan saw that these two children were fighting for a while and laughing for a while, which was interesting.
The two families made a marriage contract, and when the spring of the next year begins, the two children will be officially married.
After this, Zhao Yunlong had concerns in his heart, and often thought of his eccentric little daughter-in-law. Xiu'er, every time I think of Zhao Yun
Dragon, her heart is warm, he is her future husband!
In the evening, Zhao Yunwu and Ya'er whispered in the West House.
"Ya'er, Erlong is going to get married next year, how can I, who is an elder brother, have to express it?"
"Well, it should."
"When we got married, my grandmother only gave two futons, and your mother gave three pieces of cloth, this is all our belongings, what do we say when we get married?"
"It's okay," Ya'er's big sparkling eyes blinked twice, "Don't we have a few old hens?" I'm going to start saving eggs right now,
Then go to the market to sell, and you can save some money when it comes to the beginning of spring. ”
"Saving eggs to sell for money? Hehe" Zhao Yunwu touched Ya'er's hair and smiled: "That's only a few dollars?" ”
"It's not a lot of money, but grasshopper legs are also meat, and there's no other way."
"Brother Wu Zhanshan marries his sister, why do we have to get some bride price, right? My grandmother was frugal and didn't have much money on hand. Alas, it's all a thing. I'm the boss, I'm very worried. ”
"Yunwu, you are so good to your grandmother and brother, you think of everything. Don't be too yourself, take your time. ”
"Alas, it's really sad to have no money."
"Hehe, we have hands and feet, I don't believe in a bad life? Don't worry, huh? ”
Although Zhao Yunwu's family is a good family in Tunzi, they can't come up with money in case of trouble. Zhao Yunwu was the pillar of the family and began to plan for the family's livelihood.
Zhao Yunwu lay on the kang and pondered: "Why don't you sell the gun?" And then use the money from the sale of guns to do some small business or something? ”
Zhao Yunwu, who loves guns like life, really can't think of any other tricks.
For the sake of his younger brother, Zhao Yunwu wanted to sell his beloved sleeve gun for money. That is, he didn't want to carry a gun anymore.