The door of Xing'er's house was kicked open, the oil lamp in the house was dim, and a middle-aged man with a stubble beard stood drunk, carrying a belt in his hand, and the fragments of a green clay pot on the ground. ”

The man stared at Chen Zikun at the door with drunken eyes, tilted his head and looked at Chen Zikun at the door for a while, and shouted, "Who are you?" What's the matter with you! As she spoke, she waved her belt again, and Xing'er screamed and threw herself on her brother, protecting Guo'er with her own body.

The belt was not taken off, and the hand was firmly grasped by Chen Zikun.

"Boy, let's call the board, let you taste Uncle Chen's awesomeness!" The man was about to go crazy, when he felt that his body was light, and he was grabbed by the collar and lifted up, and then with a voice in his ear, "Go you!" The whole person flew out, and the ground in the yard was so hard that his butt could be broken into two pieces.

Fortunately, the cotton jacket and cotton pants worn in winter are thick, otherwise this ass pier can throw people to death, the man sizzled and snorted, got up and scolded: "Who the fuck are you, be careful of trespassing on the house, I will sue you!" ”

Chen Zikun came out of the house, the light of the oil lamp casting an orange-red edge on his figure, and the Xing'er siblings hid behind him, looking at their father with resentment.

"Lao Tzu Xing will not change his name, sit or change his surname, Chen Zikun!" Saying that, he took two steps forward, so frightened that Xing'er's father hurriedly retreated, his mouth was still tough: "Where did you come from, dare to kick our door, and dare to beat me, the neighbors have taken a look, the bandits have entered the city!" ”

Chen Zikun shouted: "It's light to beat you, whoever dares to bully my godmother, I will scrape him alive!" ”

The man was stunned, and suddenly smiled: "Who should I be, it turned out to be Xing'erniang's godson, then I will be your godfather." ”

"You fucking deserve it!" Chen Zikun stepped forward and grabbed the front of the man's padded jacket, lifted him up with one hand and pulled him into the house, and closed the door with a bang.

The neighbors who silently watched the excitement at the door of their house became excited, and came over to squat under the corner to eavesdrop, Xing'er's father is called Chen Baipi, he is a famous drunkard, and he will go crazy when he drinks two taels of yellow soup, beating his wife, beating his children, smashing things, and a good family will be defeated in his hands, at first the neighbors also persuaded, and then this guy even scolded the neighbors, and everyone didn't dare to care.

"Chen Zikun's temperament is stronger than mine." Zhao Dahai sighed with emotion, picked up Baoqing, who was left on the ground, and went into the house to settle down, but Xiao Shunzi followed everyone to listen to the corner.

In the house, Chen Zikun brought Chen Baipi in, threw him on the ground like a dead dog, didn't speak, first took out a bayonet and threw it on the table, the sharp bayonet pierced more than an inch deep, the handle of the knife was still shaking, and the liver of Xing'er's father trembled.

"Kneel down for my godmother and kowtow to apologize!" A thunderous roar came out, and the neighbors couldn't help but snicker, Baipi was cured this time.

Chen Baipi's neck stiffened: "Kneel and kneel, I'm afraid you won't make it!" ”

Saying that, he knelt on the ground with soft legs, kowtowed to Xing'er Niang, and said in a low voice: "Child, I know it's wrong, I won't dare next time." ”

Xing'er Niang couldn't cry or laugh, and sighed: "Forget it, get up." ”

Chan asked Xing'er: "Why did he beat people and make trouble?" ”

Xing'er said: "It's not that I'm drinking and making trouble, the New Year is coming, the tavern collects the bills, he goes home and asks for money, instead of forcing his mother to pay him back the money for buying medicine, Guo'er said a few words, and he was smacked." ”

Look at Guo'er, there are really five finger marks on her face, and there are tears in the corners of her eyes.

"How much do you owe?" Chan asked.

"Not much, five cents." Chen Baipi was a little twisted, he usually drank the worst quality sweet potato roast, and he could drink it for two months for five cents.

Chen Zikun took out two silver dollars and threw them on the table, Chen Baipi's eyes immediately widened, this is two yuan, you can drink a few jars of good wine!

"Xing'er, you take this money, pay off the debt to your father, buy a few more chicken stews for my godmother to drink, the knife hurt the vitality, and I have to make up for it."

Xing'er hesitated and didn't dare to take it, Chen Baipi swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "I'll take it for the child." He reached out to get the money, but caught a glimpse of the glittering knife, and his hand retracted.

"Xing'er, take it, your brother's filial piety." Xing'er Niang said that this sentence is equivalent to admitting Chen Zikun's confession.

"It's shameful enough for a man to not make money to support his family, and he still reaches out to his family to ask for money, let me see it next time, and beat him to death!" Chen Zikun pulled out the bayonet nailed to the table and glanced at Chen Baipi coldly.

Chen Baipi shivered, and saw this fierce boy go out, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Xing'er Niang: "Where do you know your godson, even your godfather?" ”

Guo'er couldn't help but say, "Brother Chen didn't recognize you." ”

Chen Baipi glared at his son and stretched out his hand to his daughter: "Bring the money." ”

"Don't give it!" Apricot hid her hand behind her.

Chen Baipi was just about to grab it, when he suddenly heard a dry cough at the door, so he quickly stopped and went to find a cat.

……

Chen Zikun moved back to Xiaoshunzi's house tonight, because last night was too noisy and he couldn't sleep well at all.

Entering the house, Xiao Shunzi was sitting cross-legged on the kang, and on the kang table in front of him was his foreign iron bucket, and he grinned: "When did you recognize Aunt Chen as your godmother, why don't you know." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Don't say that, how can I meddle in other people's housework, how can Xing'er father be so virtuous?" ”

Xiao Shunzi said: "Uncle Chen used to be very good, but then he was framed for stealing money while working, and he was beaten half to death, and then it was like this, drinking all day long and playing with money to beat his wife and children." ”

Chen Zikun said: "If he dares to go wild in the future, I will kill him and throw him into the Yongding River to feed Wang Ba." ”

Xiao Shunzi said: "You are so ruthless, you killed your father-in-law before you got married." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Who is my father-in-law?" ”

"Don't you see that Xing'er is interesting to you, tsk, you are so blessed, Baoqing has liked Xing'er for many years, and he wants to ask Xing'er to be his daughter-in-law, it seems that there is no play." Xiao Shunzi ran the train with his mouth full, while pouring all the cigarette butts in the foreign iron bucket on the kang table, and took out a pack of cigarette paper from the kang head, dismantled the cigarette butts one by one, gathered the tobacco into a pile, and re-rolled the cigarette into a paper cigarette with the cigarette paper.

Apricot has a crush on Lao Tzu? Chen Zikun blinked, the apricots grew well, with a goose egg face and big eyes, long braids, and she was always dressed up cleanly, but compared to Miss Lin, it was still a little worse after all...... Well, this is probably the temperament that the old man of the second cabinet said.

Seeing that Chen Zikun was stupid, Xiao Shunzi smiled again: "Anyway, the fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, and Xing'er will not suffer if she follows you." ”

"No, I already have someone in my heart." Chen Zikun said with a straight face, he knows very well in his heart, even if he doesn't have Miss Lin in his heart, he can't rob the daughter-in-law of the Baoqing brothers, we don't want to do the matter of digging the foot of the wall.

"Oh, maybe it's a family engagement." Xiao Shunzi said, I regretted it as soon as I exited, which pot was not opened, Chen Zikun was an orphan, where did he come from.

Fortunately, Chen Zikun didn't care, picked up the cigarette on the table and said, "That's what you do when you pick up cigarette butts?" ”

"yes, my Dashun brand cigarettes. The price is cheap and the portion is full, and it is more enjoyable than the old knife brand. Xiao Shunzi said with a big grin.

"That's how much money you can make." Chen Zikun burped, and suddenly said strangely: "Xiao Shunzi, you drank a lot today, why aren't you drunk?" ”

Xiao Shunzi said proudly: "Our Li family used to open a wine shop, I have been drinking since I was a child, and I have not two catties but one and a half catties of wine...... Alas, don't mention it, sleep. ”

After saying that, he fell asleep, and Chen Zikun saw that he didn't seem to be willing to mention his own affairs back then, so it was inconvenient to ask, so he lay down and slept.

The next morning, the sky was just bright, the yard was shrouded in a layer of mist, Chen Zikun got up with a bone, and said badly, he had to rush to the Lin Mansion at half past seven to work, this sleep was dark, I don't know if it was late, if I delayed my daughter-in-law to go to school late, it would be a big sin.

Dressed and brought to the yard, Zhao Dahai had already gotten up, and was lying on the ground doing push-up exercises, Chen Zikun shouted: "Brother Dahai, what time is it?" ”

Zhao Dahai said: "The pocket watch is in the pocket of your clothes, you can see it yourself." ”

Chen Zikun took out Zhao Dahai's silver-shell pocket watch in the past, and was relieved to see that the hour hand was pointing at six o'clock, the silver-shell pocket watch was exquisite, and the lid was engraved with a locomotive pattern, and a few words were also engraved: Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway Commemoration, Zhan Tianyou gift.

"Brother Dahai, you're not bad." Chan flipped his pocket watch and thought to himself if only I had a watch that could keep track of time.

Zhao Dahai got up from the ground, wiped his sweat with a white towel and said, "That's a serious American product, a Hamilton railway pocket watch, given to me by Chief Engineer Zhan." ”

Chen Zikun returned the pocket watch to Zhao Dahai and asked, "Brother Dahai, what kind of exercise did you do just now?" ”

Zhao Dahai said: "That's push-ups, a Western-style exercise method, which is more scientific and civilized than lifting a stone lock or something, I'll teach you to do it." ”

Chan said, "I've practiced this before, but it's not the same as you. Saying that, he also lay on the ground and did push-ups, his two arms were violently pushed on the ground, and he quickly high-fived his head once, and when his body had not yet fallen, he was propped up on the ground again.

Zhao Dahai said with a smile: "Who taught you, this hand is very high, but if you think that I have that move, you will underestimate Brother Dahai." As he spoke, he also lay on the ground, and used two fingers instead of palms to support his body.

The big rooster on the wall sang loudly, and the old man Zhao came out in his clothes, and saw them doing push-ups together, and scolded: "The earth in the early morning, don't you get up to chop wood and boil water to feed the children." ”

Zhao Dahai was scolded by his father, and quickly got up to work, Chen Zikun also washed his face with cold well water, and went straight to the back house alley of Shijuma Street without breakfast.

After coming to the Lin house, after waiting in the lower room for a while, the young lady and the young master came out, the young master wore a brand-new checkered tweed suit, covered with a herringbone coat, dressed like a little adult, Miss Lin wore the Yin Dan Shilin blue cloth cotton robe when they met for the first time, the sister and brother got into the foreign car, Chen Zikun first sent the young master to a kindergarten a street away, and then pulled Lin Wenjing to the direction of Peking University.

Finally found a chance to be alone, Chen Zikun pulled the foreign car and ran around, and was about to say the long-brewing accosting words, when suddenly a foreign car came out of the alley next to him, Wang Yueqi sat in the car and shouted: "Lin Wenjing, what a coincidence." ”

"Hello sister!" Chen Zikun gritted his teeth, but he was helpless, so he had to pull all the way to Peking University in Wang Yueqi's noise, and saw the two girls jumping into the Red Mansion. ”

When I turned my head, it was the coachman of President Xu's family.

"It was your young lady who went in just now?" The man accosted.

"yes." Chen Zikun said that he secretly said in his heart that it would not be long before he was my daughter-in-law.

"My name is Xu Er, what's your name?" The coachman seemed to be in a good mood to talk.

"My name is Chen Zikun, and my name is Kunwu." Chen Zikun finally had a chance to show off, and said proudly.

Xu Er was stunned for a while, as if he was a little deflated, and then asked unconvinced: "Then will you write your name?" ”

"Will you?" Chan asked rhetorically.

Xu Er picked up a dead branch, drew two crooked words "Xu Er" on the ground, clapped his hands, and looked at Chen Zikun triumphantly.

Chen Zikun took the dead branch and wrote his name on the ground, followed by the words "Peking University", "Library", "Dong'an Market" and so on.

Xu Er was not convinced, and said: "I will memorize the three-character scripture, the beginning of people, the nature is good, the sex is similar, and the habits are far away, will you?" ”

Chan said, "Not only can I write, but I can also write. As he spoke, he wrote these words on the ground.

Xu Er's face turned red, and he said angrily: "Our lord is Deputy Chief Xu of the War Department, where is your lord?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "Compared to writing, it is better than writing, what kind of ability is it compared to the master, no matter how good your master is, it is not your awesome." ”

Xu Er was about to refute, when suddenly there was a cheer from behind: "This worker said it well." ”

The two looked back and saw an old man with yellow hair and concave eyes standing there, wearing a square horse coat with large sleeves in red Ningxi, a small hat with melon skin, a dry tobacco pouch in his hand, and the school emblem of Peking University pinned to his chest.

"Boy, have you ever been to a private school before?" The old man poked Chen Zikun with a dry tobacco bag.

"No, I just memorized it and wrote it out." Chan said.

"I'm missing a teaching aid, it's you, come in with me." The old man said.

Chen Zikun hesitated slightly, and the old man took out an ocean and threw it over: "Don't do it in vain, give money." ”

"Okay." Chen Zikun grabbed the ocean and followed the old man into the Red Mansion.

Xu Er swallowed his saliva and stared at their backs with envy, with a yellow pigtail hanging from the back of his old head, which was particularly eye-catching on the campus of Peking University.