Chapter Eighty-Three: A Trip to Visit My Mother
ββYingchuan County, Changshe Countyββ
When he came to the gate of the county seat, Shan Fu did not rush home to visit his mother, but pulled his group of brothers who had met outside the city to a secluded place outside the city, and solemnly revealed a secret hidden in his heart to them.
"Actually, my real surname is Xu, and my single name is a blessing character, that is...... Xu Fu. β
When he spoke, Shan Fu, no, Xu Fu should not dare to look up into the eyes of the brothers, for fear of seeing the look he was afraid to see.
Thinking about it, everyone in the Black Feather Crow is like brothers, but who knew that Xu Fu actually concealed his real name, which is simply an unforgivable deception.
Xu ...... Good fortune? β
As Xu Fu expected, the black feather crows looked at this long-known brother in amazement, and they were speechless for a long time.
"I'm so sorry!" Xu Fu lowered his head and said guiltily, "I left Yingchuan County at that time, just to rely on the talent in my chest and a single sword in my hand, to make a fortune in this world and make some names, but I was worried that if I continued to use my real name and surname, in case one day when I became famous in the world, my mother learned from others that I had resigned from Yingchuan Academy, so I changed my surname and changed 'Xu' to 'Shan'...... Later, when I met the leader and Ah Dao, I originally confided the truth, but ...... But because of all kinds of concerns, it has been concealed until now, which is really ...... I'm really sorry! β
As he spoke, Xu Fu bowed and apologized to his brothers.
Looking at Xu Fu's appearance, the other four Black Feather Crows looked at each other. Otherwise, they are indeed a little angry in their hearts, after all, brotherly friendship is in the heart, if it is not even convenient to disclose their real names, how can they talk about trust? But looking at Xu Fu's guilty face, the dissatisfaction in their hearts quietly dissipated, but they didn't know how to speak.
The black feather crows didn't speak for a long time, and Xu Fu's head was lowered to death, and as time gradually passed. Beads of sweat began to ooze from his head.
Suddenly, a hand hooked his shoulder, and he laughed in a tone full of disdain but with a hint of concern, "Just you? Still famous all over the world? Just by virtue of your martial arts at the bottom of our Black Feather Crows, if you can be famous all over the world, I'm afraid that our brothers will already be invincible in the world! β¦β¦ I said Xiaofu, I think you should put away your unrealistic delusions, and obediently be a foil by your brothers' side, maybe in the future, your brothers will become famous, and you can also be promoted. β
This kind of arrogant tone is thought to be no one else except Li Tong. After Li Tong finished speaking. Chen Dao, Zang Ba, and Tai Shici laughed and ridiculed Xu Fulai in unison.
"This is like a human saying!" Chen Zhi pursed his lips and said lightly, attracting Li Tong's angry eyes.
"I said military advisor, you can give a good plan......
"As trillion said, when we become famous, it's not that we can't carry it......" Zang Ba and Tai Shici glanced at each other and said with a laugh.
Xu Fu's tearful eyes were full of emotion, how could he not know that this was a change of way for the brothers to comfort him. But even so, he still had some trepidation in his heart. After all, Zhang Huang has not yet expressed his position at this time.
"Leader......" Xu Fu looked at Zhang Huang with apologetic and guilty eyes, and the rest of the black feather crows also stopped joking. After all, it was Zhang Huang who pulled them into the team of Black Feather Crows one by one, and he had the absolute right to say whether the members of the team would go or stay.
But to everyone's surprise, Zhang Huang just patted Xu Fu on the shoulder. grinning, "Everyone has their own secrets, it's not that we can't be brothers if you hide secrets in your heart." I think it's brothers. It is necessary to tolerate the brother's qiΔ...... Do you remember when we dealt with Huang Luo and his gang? At that time, Ah Zhi almost didn't me off, but I didn't leave him in the middle of the road, did I? β
"Boss......" Chen Zhi looked at Zhang Huang with embarrassment, for fear that Zhang Huang would shake out all the stupid things he had done before.
"And trillions. Have you forgotten how many times we gnawed on the hard ground like a stone, gritted our teeth, and when the trillion fell asleep, he knocked him unconscious with a stick, snatched all the silver tickets in his bag and went to a nearby county town to eat a meal as revenge? β
"And this?" Li Tong, who looked nervous, glanced at his brothers vigilantly, quietly took a step back, and subconsciously covered the position of the money bag hidden on his chest with his right hand. It wasn't until he suddenly realized that the money he had hidden had already been spent that he was relieved. But after this incident, I am afraid that he will be more alert when he sleeps.
"Xuangao too, every night I go to sleep, I like to put my legs on you, and I grit my teeth, hateful that after you were kicked by him in the middle of the night several times, I can't wait to tie him up with a quilt and hang him up and beat him violently......"
"Huh?" Zang Ba was slightly stunned, and glanced at his brothers in dismay, but saw Li Tong, Chen Zhi, and Tai Shici looking away separately.
"So, you're not a big deal." Patting Xu Fu on the shoulder, Zhang Huang chuckled and said, "Okay, let's enter the county seat!" β¦β¦ You'd like to see Reedo-sama sooner, right? β
Xu Fu looked at Zhang Huang for a long time in surprise and nodded heavily. At this moment, he has disappeared in his heart, and he can't wait to return home immediately.
"Then ...... Walk? Looking back at the brothers, Xu Fu took a deep breath, posed for a few drivers, and sang, "Hey, hey! Farewell to my hometown and return today, I want to see the high face...... Yikes! I'm stepping on and on...... One step, two steps, two steps......"
As if there was no one around, Shan Fu walked into the city gate with a happy step, causing many county soldiers and passers-by at the city gate to look at them in astonishment, the kind of stunned, dazed, as if looking at a fool's gaze, made the black feather crows except Xu Fu blush, followed closely behind Xu Fu with their heads down, and entered the city in a gloomy manner.
"I think it's still a ...... of this question," Li Tong muttered in a low voice with shame on his face under the gaze of countless strange eyes.
As soon as the words fell, Chen Zhiyi gritted his teeth and said hatefully, "Compared to this, it is nothing for him to conceal his real surname and real name...... Why didn't the boss just take the opportunity to change this bad habit? β
"I forgot ......" Zhang Huang let out a wry smile, which made Zang Ba and Tai Shici cry and laugh suddenly. Thinking about it, after all, Zang Ba and Tai Shici had not been joining the Black Feather Crow for a long time, and they had not really appreciated the trouble that Xu Fu's grotesque behavior would cause to them sometimes.
Fortunately, although Xu Fu is known to be quick-witted, this kind of freshly composed singing song is not enough to last too long, and after singing four or five sentences, Xu Fu got stuck because of the lack of words, which made the black crows secretly happy in their hearts. After all, if they don't, they will be embarrassed.
I walked for about an hour. Xu Fu finally led several brothers back to his incomparably familiar home.
Not as big as Zang Ba's big house in Mount Tai, Xu Fu's home is very ordinary, roughly no different from the ordinary houses nearby, and the small courtyard covers an area of only four or five zhang from north to south, and three or four zhang from east to west. Through the fence wall, everyone found a few chickens and ducks in the yard. When they looked closely, they suddenly saw a middle-aged woman in plain clothes drying clothes in the courtyard.
"Daifuku, that ......" Li Tong pointed to the inside of the fence.
"Shhhh At this time, Xu Fu didn't care about Li Tong once again violating his taboo and calling him Dafu, so he covered Li Tong's mouth and made a silent gesture towards the black feather crows. He lowered his voice and admonished, "Try not to talk as much as you can when you go in." β¦β¦ Weapons. Put away all your weapons. As he spoke, he nervously snatched the Wu Hook Sword from Zhang Huang's hand and stuffed it into the pyre outside his yard.
"This ......" Zhang Huang looked at Xu Fu in amazement, and was about to ask, but saw that Xu Fu was far more agile than usual, and quickly handed over the spears of Chen Dao, Zang Ba, Tai Shici and others, stuffed them all into the pyre, and carefully covered them with hay, then turned around and said to everyone nervously. My family discipline is very strict, and my mother has never allowed me to be in the company of people who are not careful, if my mother sees the weapons in your hands, I am afraid that we will all be driven out by my mother......"
[No three, no four......]
The black feather crows gritted their teeth and looked at Xu Fu. If it weren't for the fact that today was the day when Xu Fu went home to visit his relatives, they really wanted to beat up this open-mouthed guy severely.
"What about yours?" Zhang Huang kindly reminded Xu Fudao, after all, Xu Fu's saber was still hanging on his waist.
"It's okay, the scribes of Yingchuan have become a custom to wear swords." Xu Fu explained simply. Then he took a deep breath and stood outside the courtyard, pushing open the courtyard door with trembling hands.
"Huh? Gone? Chen glanced around the courtyard. only to find that Xu's mother, who was still in the courtyard just now, was gone. Come to think of it, most of that Mother Xu has gone back to the house after drying her clothes.
"Go!" Li Tong urged Xu Fu, who was standing at the gate of the courtyard like a stake.
It can be seen that Xu Fu is indeed very nervous, rubbing his slightly trembling hands, sweating all over his head, but he does not take a step, as if his feet have been firmly rooted here.
Seeing this, Zang Ba chuckled lightly and deliberately coughed heavily.
"Who?" There was a suspicious inquiry from Xu's mother in the room.
[β¦β¦ Zang Xuangao! ]
Xu Fu gritted his teeth and glared at Zang Ba, and hurriedly replied, "Mother...... It's ...... me."
The door creaked open, and Mother Xu appeared in the door, looked at her son standing in the courtyard in surprise, and said happily, "It's my family Fu'er who is back......"
"Fu'er...... Burst! β
Li Tong couldn't help laughing, and the rest of the people also forced themselves to laugh.
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If the corner of the eye could kill people, I'm afraid that the black feather crows would have been 'killed' by Xu Fu dozens of times. Taking a deep breath, Xu Fu walked a few steps to Xu's mother, fell to his knees with a thud, and cried softly, "Unfilial son kowtowed to my mother." β
"What's wrong with my son?" Mother Xu hurriedly helped her son up with a puzzled face, and then noticed Zhang Huang and the others, and asked in surprise, "Fu'er, these are ......?"
Hearing this, Zhang Huang stepped forward, clasped his fists, and called respectfully, "Senior Zhang Huang, I've seen Aunt Xu!" β
Following Zhang Huang, Li Tong, Chen Dao, Zang Ba, and Tai Shici also saluted and greeted each other, behaving extremely respectfully. After all, they are like brothers to Xu Fu, and Xu Fu's mother is naturally just like their mother.
"Get up, get up...... Mother Xu was a little flattered, and hurriedly waved her hand to help everyone, and then asked Xu Fudao suspiciously, "Aren't these my son's schoolboys?" β
"Huh?" Xu Fu was stunned, and immediately judged that his mother probably didn't know that he had left Yingchuan Academy, and mistook Zhang Huang and the others for her son's classmates in the academy, so he nodded and said vaguely, "Hmm, yes, yes......"
When Mother Xu heard this, the smile on her face became stronger, and she greeted Zhang Huang and the others, "It's cold in the yard, come here, come to the house, come to the house, come to the house......" As she spoke, she warmly welcomed Zhang Huang and the others into the house.
I have to say. Xu Fu's home is quite simple, although it is not enough to say that the family is surrounded by four walls, but in addition to a table, a bed, a large cabinet, and a few stools, there is no other furniture in the house, and what is even more embarrassing is that there are only four stools in the room, and Zhang Huang and his party even if Xu Fu is excluded, there are still five people.
"Sit all down." The enthusiastic Xu Mu waved her hand and beckoned everyone to sit down, she didn't seem to notice that the stools in the room were not enough for everyone to sit down. After noticing, Xu Mu's face suddenly showed an embarrassed expression.
See here. Lao Cheng's solemn Zang Ba hurriedly said, "Aunt Xu, sit down, it's been very cold outside these days, just come over, our hands and feet are almost frozen, and let me wait for the activities first." As he spoke, he gave Tai Shici, Chen Zhi and Li Tong a look, and the four of them moved away from the table very tacitly, standing at the door of the house and pretending to move their hands and feet.
Xu Fu glanced at Zang Ba gratefully. After helping his mother sit down, he raised his hand and said to Zhang Huang, "First ...... Ahem, Brother Zhang, please. β
"Thank you." Zhang Huang arched his hand. He sat down.
Mother Xu looked at Zhang Huang with some surprise, because in his opinion, among his son's group of 'students', it seemed that Zang Ba and Tai Shici were older. But as the 'backbone', it seems that the half-grown doll in front of her, who looks only sixteen or seventeen years old, is even more surprising to her. She found her son Xu Fu and was quite convinced of this person.
"Xiaohuang...... Where are you from? Xu Mu asked.
[Xiaohuang ......]
Li Tong and the others, who were standing outside the house with nothing to do, almost burst out laughing when they heard this.
"Jizhou Julu people ......" Although Xu Mu's voice was a little speechless, Zhang Huang did not show the slightest expression on his face, and replied respectfully.
"Jizhou...... That's a long way off. Xu Mu said in surprise, "How did you think of coming to Yingchuan?" β
[Oops......]
Xu Fu secretly screamed in his heart, and was about to round the field, but saw Zhang Huang smile and said, "I have heard that it is hard to study for thousands of miles. β¦β¦ If you want to do learning, how can you hinder hard work? Only perseverance! The students heard that the literary style of Yingchuan was prevalent and well-known in the world, so they traveled a long distance to Yingchuan. β
When speaking, Zhang Huang changed to 'student' as his self-title, which made Xu Fu happy, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly praised in his heart: At a critical time, the leader is still reliable! Look at the ...... that don't work.
Sure enough, Zhang Huang's words moved Mother Xu, and she looked at Zhang Huang and nodded frequently. Suddenly, she asked, "I wonder which of the Magi students of the academy Xiao Huang is?" β
Zhang Huang was stunned when he heard this, how could he answer this question?
Seeing this, Xu Fu hurriedly said, "Mother, why did you forget that the teachers in the academy don't just teach one student, they teach dozens of students at the same time!" β
"But didn't that Xun Wushuang take a fancy to my son and accept my son as a formal student?" Xu Mu said puzzled.
[Xun Wushuang?] Who's that? ]
Zhang Huang thought for a long time and didn't think who Xun Wushuang was talking about, but he noticed that Xu Fu's expression became slightly gloomy after hearing this.
"Mother...... That's the case, Brother Zhang is still in the 'big house' for the time being, but he is also quite popular...... Master Xun takes a fancy to it, maybe he will be promoted to the 'small house' ...... in the future."
"Uh-oh." Mother Xu looked at Zhang Huang more enthusiastically when she heard this, nodded and said again and again, "Teacher Xun Wushuang takes a fancy to it, and Xiaohuang's talent in his chest must not be inferior to my son." β¦β¦ You also have to work hard, Master Xun is a knowledgeable person! β
Zhang Huang was very curious about which 'Xun Shi' was in the mouths of Xu Mu and Xu Fu, but at the moment he was obviously not easy to ask, so he could only nod his head again and again.
After that, Xu's mother asked Xu Fu and Zhang Huang about the recent situation of Yingchuan Academy, how did Zhang Huang know this? had to say it vaguely, but fortunately, Xu Fu stayed in Yingchuan Academy for a while, and he was deceived and confused, and finally coped with it.
"By the way, my son, what are you going to do when you go home today?" After asking Zhang Huang, Xu's mother asked Xu Fu again.
Xu Fu thought for a while, hesitated and said, "I haven't seen my mother for a long time, and I am worried about it, so I ...... Go home and have a visit. β
Mother Xu's eyes showed displeasure when she heard this, and she reprimanded lightly, "You also heard what Xiaohuang said, you scholars do learning, don't be distracted." β¦β¦ For my mother's hands and feet, I don't need you to worry about family affairs, you just need to focus on learning......"
"Mother rest assured, the child will definitely be famous all over the world and shine on the lintel!" Xu Fu said in a deep voice.
After glancing at her son, Mother Xu shook her head and said earnestly, "Our family is not a famous family, my mother and your father don't know a few big characters, and they can't even write their own names." At the beginning, the family lost more than a dozen acres of land for no reason, all because Sun San from the neighboring village bullied me and others for not being able to read big characters, and your father was so angry that he fell ill in bed. Later, I got up for the third watch of my mother, walked more than ten miles to the college in Yingyin County with your black light, and begged the master in the academy to make decisions for my mother, so that the government returned the more than ten acres of land that was deceived by Sun San in the neighboring village to my family. At that time, I thought to my mother, I will forget about my mother and your father in this life, but our sons must study in the future, so that they will not suffer......"
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Zhang Huang looked at Xu Mu in shock, and was speechless for a while.
"Son," gently stroking Xu Fu's cheek, Xu Mu said earnestly, "For my mother, I don't ask you to become a high-ranking official in the future, and I don't want you to be famous all over the world and glorify the lintel...... As a mother, I only hope that you will succeed in your studies in the future, don't learn from Sun San, and bully me and other people by relying on your own literacy. To be a man, you must be as upright as Xun Wushuang and worthy of heaven and earth! β¦β¦ If you can do this, you will be content for your mother! β
"Child...... The child understood. Xu Fu sobbed.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the house, and then, a cry of surprise came into Xu Fu's ears.
"Aunt Xu, do you have a guest today? β¦β¦ Hey? Yuan straight? β
Xu Fu subconsciously turned his head to look, and happened to bump into a scribe wearing a Confucian robe standing outside the door of his house, and suddenly, the blood on his face seemed to be removed, and it became pale and terrifying.
However, the Confucian scholar didn't seem to notice that Xu Fu's body was trembling slightly, and he stepped forward a few steps forward and grabbed Xu Fu's hands, and said happily, "When did Yuan Zhi come back?" It's really easy to find! β
Secretly glancing at his mother with a puzzled face, Xu Fu's face was as pale as earth, and his sweat was like pulp. (To be continued......)