CHAPTER XXIX
"His second aunt, eldest nephew, remember to call me as soon as he came back...... It's so much fun! The third aunt leaned against the door and told the Zhang family for the third time.
"Gotcha! No one can be without you, the third aunt, you can rest assured. Zhang replied with a smile, and saw that the third aunt was still leaving, so he slowly closed the door.
Turning back to the courtyard, looking at the big stove where the fire was gone, the pieces of paper and tobacco scattered on the long table, and the small bowl containing fish maw glue, Zhang inexplicably felt a sense of loss and expectation.
Chu Fan did all this, she couldn't understand it at all.
But this does not affect her unreserved trust in her son!
She is an ordinary woman, just the daughter of an ordinary fisherman, and when she is at home, her day is her old father who went to the sea for three or five days to eat; After marrying Chu An, her god is this bold and straightforward husband; Now, Chu An is gone, and Chu Fan has become his entire sky!
Whether it is the dull little Xiucai in the past, or the clever and sensible quasi-maritime merchant now, this is her whole day!
This is her only reliance, the future she hopes for, and the lifeblood of her care.
The unexpected arrival of the sailor that day made her, a country woman who did not have much knowledge, at a loss, and felt that the sky was about to fall, but fortunately, at the most critical time, she chose to believe in her son, and it turned out that she chose the right one!
She is very proud, for Chu Fan, and for herself.
Now, Chu Fan is doing this strange thing, she still doesn't understand, just like she couldn't understand Chu Fan's conversation that day, but her intuition tells her that her son is doing the right thing, and her son is fighting for this family.
That's enough.
"Niu Niu, that's lime, put it down!" Chu Fan's shout came from the wing room on the north side, which woke up the Daze Zhang, she walked over quickly, only to see Chu Fan covered in white ash, walking out with Niuniu in his arms, Niuniu's hands were also covered with lime, and he giggled under his brother's armpits.
Zhang's anger was not in one place, he reached out and took Niuniu, and slapped her little ass twice, "You dead girl!" Your brother is doing something, so you can make trouble...... See if I don't kill you! ”
"Wow!"
Niuniu opened her mouth and howled, and her little face, which was still sunny just now, was immediately covered with dark clouds, Chu Fan couldn't help laughing, and shouted at Zhang, who was carrying Niuniu to the well, "Mother, she has lime on her body, wipe her clean and wash it again." ”
Turning his head back to the north wing, Chu Fan continued to move quicklime blocks into the house until the four corners were full.
In this room, he had worked hard for the past two days, more than 76,000 cigarette rolls, neatly stacked in wooden boxes, and in order to prevent moisture, he remembered to dry them with quicklime.
Out of the wing, Chu Fan patted the lime crumbs on his body, and Xian Cha quickly took a cloth towel to help him wipe it, and it took a long time to clean it.
When I returned to the house, there was a furoshiki spread out on the table, on which were neatly stacked two shirts, a few small clothes, two belts, two pairs of cloud shoes, and a face towel for cleaning the face...... Even the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone were specially packed, and Chu Fan knew that this was the bag that Xian Cha prepared for himself to go to Zhangjiawan.
"Young master, this time I went to Zhangjiawan, and the servant can't follow you, you have to take care of yourself...... Don't go to bed at night when you burn your feet, and no matter how tired you are, don't go to bed with your shoes kicked...... This clothes and maid have some cotton, it's cold, don't freeze you......" Xian Cha was checking things and chattering on the other hand, but she chattered Chu Fan not only didn't feel annoyed, but was very warm.
wanted to express his feelings with a skin-to-skin blind date as before, but Chu Fan hesitated and didn't dare to make a move - I don't know if the girls in the Ming Dynasty are the same as Xiancha, anyway, every time Chu Fan expresses it in this way, it always backfires, and every time he attracts the angry eyes of Xiancha, he even scared Xiao Nizi into crying a few times.
So now Chu Fan doesn't know how to express his admiration - grandma's, I couldn't understand women in my previous life, and I'm still like this in this life!
He was still thinking about it there, Xiao Nizi had already walked to the side of the small bed, pulled out a bag from under the pillow and said, "Young master, it turned out that your blankets, sachets, jade pendants and so on, were all searched by those heavenly killers on the day of the raid...... The maid pondered that it was really inconvenient to have no bag, so she rushed out after a few days, and finally did not delay. ”
Chu Fan took it and took a look, but saw a green and green lotus embroidered on the bright red bag, his heart moved, and he raised his eyes to look at the shy and timid Xiancha and was just about to say something, when he heard a shout outside the door, "Little Fu'er!" ”
As soon as he heard this title, Chu Fan knew that Liu Zhongwen was coming, and when he went out, he saw that he was carrying a big bag on his shoulder, and he was walking towards him through the courtyard.
"Did your father and mother agree?" Chu Fan asked overjoyed.
"Hmm...... My mother agreed, or can I come out smoothly? A trace of embarrassment flashed on Liu Zhongwen's face with the national character, and then he became arrogant.
Chu Fan hesitated, no matter how much he wanted Liu Zhongwen to go with him, he didn't want to abduct Liu Zhongwen so inexplicably.
After pondering for a while, he finally shook his head and said, "Black Bull, this can't be done!" ”
"Why not?" Liu Zhongwen glared and asked, it was so easy for him to say that he would move his mother, but Chu Fan didn't admit it when he got here, so he couldn't help but be in a hurry.
"Hei Niu, you know that I wish I could have been with our brothers, but no matter what, I have to go through Uncle Shi's nod, otherwise if there is a good one, let alone me, even our family will not be able to see Uncle Shi in the future?" Chu Fan's words were tactful, but his tone was very resolute.
"Brother Wen, Fan'er is right, if your father doesn't speak, Fan'er won't dare to take you to sea...... You slapped your ass away, what should you do if your father comes to me to find someone to ask me for? Zhang stood at the door of the main room and listened for a long time, and then spoke.
Liu Zhongwen saw that the Zhang family was like this, so he picked up the burden like a frosted eggplant and put it on his shoulders and said, "Okay, I'd better go back, my father's place...... I can't really count on it. ”
Chu Fan looked at his lonely back, and felt strange in his heart, thinking about it and shouting, "Black Bull, you wait." Then he hurried after him.
"I'll go back with you, I'll try my best to persuade Uncle Shi...... If he doesn't let go, then I can't do it. Chu Fan said as he opened the door.
"It's still interesting for me to be a brother," Liu Zhongwen put his arm around his shoulders and laughed, "Whether it works out or not, my brother remembers your affection!" ”
Chu Fan pursed his lips and smiled, got on the mule without saying a word, and walked towards the outside of the village with Liu Zhongwen, without taking a few steps, Liu Zhongwen turned his head and said seriously, "Little Fu'er, there is something I am very curious about, why do you feel that you have become a brother during this time, and I am like a little brother?" ”
Chu Fan laughed so much that tears were about to come out, and he joked, "Then you will change your name to Brother Fan." ”
When the two of them arrived at the entrance of the village with laughter, they saw several figures walking on the road, and the one who hit the head was Chu Meng, who was shaking his shoulders.
"Brother Eleven! I was about to go looking for you, but I happened to run into it. As soon as Chu Meng saw Chu Fan, he beckoned, and Chu Fan quickly stopped the mule and jumped down.
"Yo! Brother Wen, I haven't seen you in a few days. Only then did Chu Meng notice Liu Zhongwen and greeted him with a smile.
Liu Zhongwen didn't get off the horse, whipped him with a horsewhip, and scolded with a smile, "You kid, will you think of me until you are beaten to the ground?" The three of them have been playing together since they were children, and whenever Chu Meng is deflated, he will go to Liu Zhongwen to help him out.
After the three of them laughed for a while, Chu Fan asked Chu Mengdao, "Thirteenth brother, you just said that you have something to do with me?" ”
Chu Meng nodded proudly, stretched out his hand into his arms and pretended to be mysterious, "Brother, guess what?" ”
Chu Fan shook his head, only to see Chu Meng take out ten hundred taels of silver tickets from his arms and put them in a fan shape in his hand.
"Brother, let's go to Sun's house every day these days to make trouble, oh, it's finally done today." Chu Meng was proud.
"Wow! Old Thirteen, you can really get it," Chu Fan smiled, and then immediately thought of a question, "So, then Sun Zhenwu was released?" ”
"Yes, this old dog will settle the account in person today," Chu Meng finished speaking, took Chu Fan's hand, and stuffed the silver ticket into his hand, "Brother, this money will be paid by the Sun family." ”
"Huh? How's that going to work? Chu Fan was still thinking about Sun Zhenwu, but he didn't react, so he was stunned and hurriedly handed it back to him, "This is what you have earned so hard, how can you give it to me?" ”
Chu Meng didn't follow and insisted, "The person surnamed Sun has harmed your family so badly, I am terrified when I look at it...... This is a business without capital, brother, you can accept it...... I know that you are going to sea, and you are short of capital. ”
The two pushed back and forth for a long time, but Chu Fan really couldn't shirk it, so he had to accept eight hundred taels of silver tickets, saying that he would borrow Chu Meng, so he gave up.
After parting ways, Chu Fan sent Liu Zhongwen straight home, and met Liu Zhiyang to express his feelings, I don't know if it was the Liu family's aunt's pillow that the wind blew well or Chu Fan's persuasion, in short, Liu Zhiyang finally agreed, and asked Liu Zhongwen to follow Chu Fan to Zhangjiawan the next day.
"If you want to break in, you have to have a way of breaking through!" When Liu Zhiyang said this to Liu Zhongwen, Chu Fan vaguely saw tears in the corners of his eyes.
Licking calves is deep, and dads of any era are the same.