Chapter 7 Hometown
The tiger is not powerful, you treat me as a sick cat?
In that case, then I will exert my power and let you guys who sit in the well and watch the sky, and only have a wide vision, take a look at what is really terrible......
Qu Menghu's face turned dark all of a sudden, and then he raised his right hand above his head.
And at this moment, from the back of the crowd, a person came and shouted at Qu Menghu: "Wait......"
Qu Menghu looked up and saw that this person was Qu Tonghui's father.
Old patriarch.
The old patriarch was very old, and he was sick, and he had been sitting on the chair just now, drowsy, as if he was in a grave outside the matter, but at the most critical moment, he stood up directly from the chair and staggered to Qu Menghu.
The old patriarch had dark bags under his eyes, panting, and said word by word to Qu Menghu, who was about to become powerful: "Give me a quarter of an hour, and one hundred thousand oceans will be delivered on time." β
Qu Menghu saw that the old man hiding behind him spoke, and did not continue to attack, but said slowly: "It's not 100,000 oceans, it's 150,000 ......."
The old patriarch didn't speak, and someone next to him couldn't help but shout: "Why? β
Qu Menghu said to the old patriarch: "One hundred thousand oceans is the large sum of money that was swallowed by you at the beginning; As for the latter 50,000 yuan, it is the money to buy your son's life - the matter of betraying me can't be ended so simply, right? β
Qu Tonghui, who was kneeling on the ground, was shocked, and subconsciously opened his mouth, but did not say any words.
He felt like he was being seen through, as if he were undressed.
This Qu Menghu is much more shrewd and powerful than his old man.
How did the good old man give birth to such a good man who was like a cub?
Facing Qu Menghu's lion with his mouth wide open, the old patriarch did not dare to bargain, but agreed and said, "You evade it a little, and after a quarter of an hour, all 150,000 oceans will be offered......"
Qu Menghu glanced at the old patriarch, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll give you this face." β
After speaking, he let go of the control on the "second uncle", turned around and walked to Qu Pingjin, who was covered with scars on the ground, and stretched out his hand: "Brother Pingjin, are you okay?" β
Everyone present regarded him as an enemy, and only this scarred man said a word of justice for him.
Qu Menghu remembered his favor.
Qu Pingjin stretched out his hand, and after being pulled up by Qu Menghu, he was a little flustered, lowered his head, and stammered: "No, it's okay......"
Qu Menghu helped Qu Pingjin out of the ancestral hall, and saw many people watching here in the distance, most of their faces were numb and vigilant, and Qu Pingjin next to him was also cautious and extremely worried, and couldn't help laughing.
This place is the hometown where he was born and raised.
It's also a hometown that can't be returned.
Looking at Qu Pingjin, who was like an ant on a hot pot, Qu Menghu persuaded him: "Brother Pingjin, you don't have to worry about anything - the people in the ancestral hall are all people who bully good and fear evil, if I ignore you, they will inevitably trouble you and insult you afterwards; But I am cold to others, but when I am polite to you, they will look up to you, and they will not embarrass you because you have spoken for me, and they will even turn around with you......"
He saw human nature very thoroughly, and analyzed the hearts of these people like this, which made Qu Pingjin, who was originally anxious, breathe a sigh of relief, and his waist straightened a lot.
Qu Pingjin, who was relieved, stretched his brows, and said to Qu Menghu: "Meng Hu, I'm sorry, you Brother Pingjin doesn't have any skills, and he is also soft-spoken in the clan, whether it was before or now, there is no way to help you speak......
Qu Menghu said: "Your heart is towards me, I am already very grateful; As for helping to speak...... This doesn't matter, I, Qu Menghu, never need charity from others - it's my things, I just take them myself. β
Qu Pingjin smiled from the bottom of his heart: "Yes, yes, Meng Hu, you have the ability now, you don't need to be bullied by these guys, I'm really happy for you." β
The two chatted here, and after Qu Menghu asked a few words about Qu Pingjin's recent situation, the two chatted about things when they were children, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed, and then Qu Menghu pointed to the little carpenter next to him and said, "Brother Pingjin, do you remember him?" Gan 13 is the primary apprentice who followed the master overseer when my family built the house......"
Qu Pingjin looked at it carefully for a while, and said with some surprise: "Oh, yes, yes, I remember, but the change is really big......
The little carpenter watched from the side and recognized Qu Pingjin.
The only man in the Qu family who helped Qu Menghu "speak up", like Qu Pingliang, was doing things in Qu Menghu's family back then.
However, he is the little master of the winery, his status is stronger than Qu Pingliang, he is honest and hardworking, which is quite appreciated by Qu Menghu and his father......
This is a sincere person, and it is no wonder that Qu Menghu will look up to him.
The three of them chatted, and after Qu Pingjin put down his psychological baggage, he spoke more, and between Qu Menghu's eyebrows, a heartfelt smile appeared for the first time after returning to his hometown......
People always have a hometown complex, and no one wants to return to their hometown, a stranger, and hostile eyes everywhere.
A quarter of an hour passed quickly, and then Qu Tonghui came out and asked Qu Menghu to go in.
Qu Menghu asked Qu Pingjin to go home first, leave things alone, and then returned to the ancestral hall with the little carpenter, and saw that there were fewer people in the hall, but the old patriarch and several main figures were there.
On the table of the Eight Immortals, where the offerings were placed, there was a box, some boxes, and some bits and pieces.
When the old patriarch saw Qu Menghu coming in, he stepped forward and said to him: "Menghu, count it, there are 60,000 checks here, you can take them out from the bank in Jinguancheng or Yucheng, and the big yellow croaker and small yellow croaker in this box add up to 660 taels of gold, which is equivalent to 55,000 oceans, and there are 18,005 oceans here, adding up to a total of 133,500 oceans, these are all the cash we can scrape together, and there is also a jewelry box here, gold and silver jewelry, jewelry, and jade pearls, The combined value is more than 20,000 yuan, which is considered to make up the final payment, what do you think? β
He is not stingy in doing things, and he makes up the difference sufficiently, so that Qu Menghu can't find any reason.
The little carpenter next to him looked surprised.
This person from the Qu family is really rich.
Qu Menghu glanced at it, but he didn't count it carefully, and with a wave of his hand, everything on the table of the Eight Immortals disappeared.
Looking at the surprised crowd, Qu Menghu said to the old patriarch with a smile on his face: "Are you distressed? β
The old patriarch said very shamefully: "These are all things that the clan owes to your family. β
The money is spent, and if you say something irrational, it will be in vain, so the old patriarch's speech is still quite likable.
Qu Menghu was no exception, he nodded, and said, "It's good to think so, old patriarch, you can be regarded as saving your son's life - however, this matter is not ......over."
The old patriarch was not the slightest annoyed, but asked, "You say." β
Qu Menghu stepped forward, tapped his chest with his fingers, and pointed to a few clan elders with gloomy faces next to him, and then said: "Everyone present should know that no matter how beautiful your words are and how carefully you do your accounts, most of my family's assets have gone into your pockets, so when I come back this time, I will let you spit out the money; The thing is returned to the original owner, this is a truth that makes sense in the world, but if you add the money I took away to others, let the people of the entire Qu family clan curse without knowing the truth......"
He paused, pointed to the dirty head on the ground, and said, "You can scold me, but if you scold my father, then you can't bear itβMa Rujun scolded, so he died, and if you let me know about it, think about it yourself......"
The old patriarch immediately said: "This money, how we divided it up at the beginning, how to spit it it out, it has nothing to do with other people in the clan, and we will never let the people in the clan pay for subsidies under the guise of this matter afterwards." β
Qu Menghu was very satisfied when he heard that he agreed so decisively and simply.
He stared at the old patriarch, and after the two looked at each other for a long time, Qu Menghu nodded and said, "Very good, very good, since the old patriarch has said so, then our past grievances will be written off." I don't want the next time I come, I'm going to have a fight, and I don't want to kill anyone in the room - after all, anyway, we're all relatives after all, and we can't write two words in one stroke, right? β
After he finished speaking, he laughed a few times, and then led the little carpenter out of the Qu family ancestral hall.
Then the two of them turned over their horses and walked towards the outside of the village.
The "second uncle" who almost died waited until the figures of the two disappeared into the night, and then he dared to stand in front of him, and said with a foul mouth: "This little king and eight lambs, I'll go to his uncle's ......"
He was about to scold, but the old patriarch next to him snorted and said coldly: "If you want to be safe and stable and die without a problem, then say a few words." β
The second uncle was very unconvinced, and asked, "Tonghui and his father, are you going to admit it like this?" β
The old patriarch walked out on crutches, and when he walked to the door, a sentence floated in: "It is natural to repay debts, if you insist on dying, I will not stop ......"
With that, he left the ancestral hall.
On a hill a few miles away from the village, where the mountains and rocks are strange and the forests are forested, it is the Qu family's grave mountain, and Qu Menghu came here with a little carpenter, and then walked to a huge tomb.
He reached out and grabbed it, but the mound began to wriggle as if it had come to life, and then a huge pottery urn emerged from it.
When Qu Menghu and his family were in trouble, the enemy killed people and set fire, others did not dare to save them, and after the fire was extinguished, many people's bones turned into ashes, and what remained was not the same.
When the clan relented, they put the bones of his entire family in this clay urn and placed them in a burial mound.
Qu Menghu knelt in front of the pottery urn, and after kowtowing three times, he touched the soil on it and whispered, "Father, mother, eldest brother, second brother, third sister...... The eighth child is back, I'll take you to a different place to settle down, and find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers and good feng shui......"
The little carpenter next to him was silent, and when he saw this always optimistic brother, there were tears in the corners of his eyes.
I can't go back to my hometown, so let's change places......
Qingshan is full of loyal bones, a place of peace of mind......
That is, hometown.