Chapter 17: In a fit of rage
Under the introduction of Wu San and his second brother Wu Zhongqing, he not only successfully visited Wang Yutang, the chief helmsman of Ya'an Hongmen and a master of the "benevolence" generation, but also established a business partnership with Wang Yutang's third son Wang Qian, and successfully reached a variety of business cooperation including kerosene and industrial products.
After all the negotiations were completed, the small teapot was warmly retained by the enthusiastic Wang family father and son and the apprentices, and the banquet lasted for two consecutive days, and the small teapot was drunk in the dark and miserable.
The sincerity and politeness of the small teapot are very different from ordinary people's words and deeds and extraordinary vision, and naturally overflow with an indescribable unique temperament, which is deeply liked by the old man Wang Yutang.
At the dinner party before leaving, Wang Qian earnestly proposed to worship his brother with the little teapot, and the little teapot had great respect for this strong martial arts man, who had studied and practiced martial arts since the age of five, and naturally agreed and shouted on the spot.
Wang Qian and the small teapot knelt in front of the statue of Guan Erye, kowtowed and drank the blood wine, and became a worship brother, so that the Wu brothers and hemp poles who watched the ceremony on behalf of the Chengdu Elder Association were envious.
The next morning, before parting was another banquet, after the wine and food were full, the old man Wang ordered the eldest brother of the small teapot to lead a group of brothers to send ten miles, and when parting, he brought four good horses that had just been tamed, and gave the small teapot to the three of them to walk, so that the little teapot was so grateful that he couldn't speak.
The official road from Ya'an to Chengdu is 300 miles long, all the way through the famous mountain, Pujiang, Xinjin and Shuangliu four counties, the small teapot and the line hurry up, when the sun sets, they arrive at Xinjin County, fortunately, there is a familiar kerosene dealer She shopkeeper in Xinjin City, the four people took out some gifts brought back by Ya'an, went to visit, under the warm hospitality of the host, eat and drink well, if it were not for the small teapot resolutely refused, I am afraid that the shopkeeper She would have pushed his adopted adopted daughter of Shui Lingling into his room.
The next morning, the little teapot thanked the host and hurried away.
After all, it has been six days since they left home, and many things need to be done by Xiao Teapot and his brothers, relying on horsepower, they walked very fast, passing by Shuangliu County, just resting the horses for a while, so that the horses were full of food and drink, and immediately hurried, so the eighty-mile journey was completed in just over four hours.
Just after noon, the Wanli Bridge outside the south gate of Chengdu is vivid, because the entrance of the Wu family is in the most lively Dye Indigo Street outside the south gate, Wu San and his second brother are anxious to show off their horses and the harvest of this trip to Ya'an to the eldest brother and a group of brothers and sisters, and they broke up with the small teapot before they reached the bridge.
The small teapot and hemp pole came to the bridge and dismounted, led the horse side by side across the crowded and lively Wanli Bridge, but when they entered the city gate, they were unexpectedly stopped by the officers and soldiers guarding the city.
Seeing the greedy eyes of the officers and soldiers when they looked at their two horses, Ma Pole immediately realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly leaned into the small teapot and reminded in a low voice.
The sturdy and bearded man shouted at this time, pressing the handle of the knife with his hand and domineering: "Who are you two turtle sons?" Where did the horse be stolen? Honestly! ”
The little teapot hurriedly showed a smiling face: "The military master said that he was joking, the two of us are Jetta cars, and we just came back from the countryside on errands, and I asked the military master to make it convenient." ”
"Jetta car dealership?"
The shed seemed to hesitate, but he still couldn't resist the temptation of the two healthy horses, tilted his head, spat out thick phlegm, and pointed to the dusty and crumpled small teapot and scolded:
"Lao Tzu doesn't care what you do, in Lao Tzu's territory, you have to abide by Lao Tzu's rules, I suspect that these two horses were stolen by you...... Come! Handcuff these two grandsons to me! ”
A group of guards shouted in unison, as if they had been trained countless times, and in the blink of an eye, the four soldiers pressed the small teapot and the hemp pole respectively, and the two of them led the horses and hurried to the city gate cave with a smile.
The little teapot was annoyed, struggling and loudly defending at the same time, and the surrounding pedestrians were so frightened that they hurriedly avoided and watched from afar.
Seeing that the little teapot was articulate and extremely stubborn, if he was allowed to continue talking, it would definitely attract the criticism of the people, so he took a step forward, slapped the small teapot twice, and slapped the small teapot twice.
The two soldiers let go of their hands tacitly, and Shedme then flew up and kicked at the stomach of the small teapot, instantly kicking the small teapot two meters away, rolling a few times in a row, and his body curled up into a ball, panting desperately.
The two soldiers who let go surrounded them and kicked the small teapot on the ground.
The hemp pole suddenly broke free, threw himself in front of the shed, hugged his legs and wailed loudly: "Please don't beat my eldest brother...... Don't fight, sir, we don't want anything, just ask the official to give me a way to live, please, sir, the little one kowtows to you......"
The head of the hemp pole kept hitting the bluestone slab, and it broke through the door of the head in two strokes, and blood splattered, which frightened hundreds of onlookers to exclaim.
The kind-hearted old man and the woman, who could not bear to witness the tragic situation, also stepped forward to intercede on their behalf, and then he snorted twice from his nose, drank his men, dragged the unconscious teapot and the hemp pole with a bloody face into the city, and threatened to lock the people on the stake outside the sentry by the door, and throw them into the squad room without the guarantor to give him money to ransom.
Coincidentally, an old policeman from the Beizheng Branch of the Patrol Police Bureau happened to be out of the city, and he was startled when he saw the small teapot that seemed to be familiar, and hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the head of the small teapot, pinched and splashed water, and finally woke up the small teapot, but the small teapot was beaten to delirium, his face was swollen, and his head was still hanging weakly.
The old policeman hurriedly ran to negotiate with the guards of the city, and soon ran back to stop a passing carriage, and together with the hemp pole, he carried the small teapot to the cart and rushed to the hospital.
At night, the little teapot woke up slowly, and saw a group of people such as Sister Yi, Shopkeeper Deng, Luo Laosi and Wu brothers standing by the bed who were anxious and crying, as well as the hemp pole with a sad look on his head, he couldn't help but snort bitterly, gritted his teeth and spit out a sentence: "Third child, when I'm ready, I will practice martial arts with you......
Sister Yi cried bitterly: "Turtle son, don't talk about it, if you have three long and two short, who will your sister and a large group of people rely on......"
There was a burst of sobbing in the room.
Shopkeeper Deng sighed: "There's no way, in this world, even Xiucai has to walk around when he sees those officers and soldiers, what can we do?" I only complain that our lives are not good, and we deserve this catastrophe in our lives, and we can't hide if we want to! ”
Wu Lao Er was furious: "Brother Xiao, you take care of your injuries, wait for a while when things are dull, Lao Tzu took a few brothers to make the shed surnamed Jiang in Nancheng, Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, there is no place to go to reason, we can't take revenge?" ”
The little teapot showed a miserable smile with difficulty: "Second brother, it's not worth exchanging your life for his life, we remember this hatred, let's call it Fang Chang." ”
"Alas......"
Wu San stomped his feet fiercely, turned to his second brother, and begged loudly: "Second brother, you accompany me tomorrow to beg Uncle Liu and his old man, begging him to accept me and my eldest brother as apprentices, we must honor his old man, practice martial arts well, and never let people bully him again!" ”
Wu Lao Er shook his head in embarrassment: "It's difficult! Uncle Liu doesn't even give our dad face, can we invite him to the old man? Since the shipwreck of his son and daughter-in-law's family, he hasn't walked out of that courtyard for five or six years. ”
Wu San refused: "Master Tan can only play tricks, and he doesn't have any real kung fu, no!" ”
"Okay, don't fight, it's late at night, let's all go back, I'm fine...... It's really fine, don't worry, just have my sister with me. ”
The small teapot persuaded everyone to come.
When everyone heard him say this, they had no choice but to say goodbye worriedly.
Shopkeeper Deng stepped forward to hold the hand of the small teapot and asked in a low voice, "Why don't I go and ask that Mr. Luo Baiting tomorrow morning?" We don't dare to hope for anything else, at least we have to have an explanation to get those two good horses back. ”
The little teapot had a plan in his heart and swallowed his throat:
"No need, uncle, if Luo Baiting really comes forward, what do you think the people in the whole city will think of us? Don't say anything else, you can't escape the phrase "dog fights human power", don't look at foreigners have face, the government is afraid of them, but what the people do to foreigners in their hearts, you also know it in your heart, so ah, even if you are seriously injured, you can't take the road of self-respect by foreigners!
"What are we afraid of doing business? I'm afraid of ruining my reputation! Although we have cooperated with foreigners in many places, we still have a good reputation in the hearts of our neighbors and poor people, so we have to be more cautious, at least we can't be confused in major matters! ”
"Alas! Or you are more knowledgeable than me, even if I didn't say that you should have a good rest, don't worry about the car dealership and the shop, and me. The shopkeeper Deng departed, and the other brothers took their leave.
Sister Yi brought cold salt water again, soaked a towel, and carefully wiped the wound on the small teapot.
The small teapot waited for her to finish wiping, gently grabbed her sister's hand, and held it in the palm of her hand: "Sister, I'm causing trouble for you again." ”
"I don't blame you, I've heard about it, if you want to blame it, blame the officer and soldier who killed a thousand knives, blame this ghost world, sister doesn't blame you, it's too late to hurt you......"
Sister Yi's sad tears flowed down again.
"Sister, don't cry, it's all flesh wounds, just raise them for a few days...... I'll discuss something with you, you quit the job of teaching people to play the piano at the 'Baicui Building', okay? Moving in and living together, with you by my side, I feel more at ease, and there are people in the family who are also in charge of the small family, and someone teaches them to read. The teapot pleaded in a low voice.
Sister Yi was silent for a long time, but she still shook her head:
"Didn't you say you would wait a few more months and bring it up at the end of the year? It's too sudden to leave now, for so many years, Boss Xiong and Lu's mother have been very good to me, if it weren't for their care, my sister wouldn't want to live six years ago, when my sister offended the Taoist son, although he splashed his face with boiling water, and he was disfigured, but he was almost stabbed to death by his sister with scissors, alas...... Don't talk about these sad things, my sister has nothing to ask for in this life, I just ask you to be safe, marry a good mother-in-law as soon as possible, have a few children as soon as possible, inherit the incense of your Xiao family, and when we die, some people will go to the grave to burn paper......"
"Sister, sister, don't cry, okay, don't ...... like this"
Sister Yi covered her face and ran out, the small teapot that was struggling fell down, her fists were already white, and the two lines of hot tears that she couldn't bear anymore erupted, and her clenched mouth overflowed with red blood......
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