Chapter Twenty-Five: Strange Things Happen
Why do you want to say that Master Liu and Ma Dongfen's family are inextricably linked? That has to start with Sun Yifu just graduating from university. His father, Sun Yuqing, lives in Yangji Street. He was a well-known landowner in the neighborhood. After the dredging between him and Master Liu, he got acquainted with the official Ma Degui through Ma Niangniang. and became a secretary by Ma Degui's side. And Ma Degui's niece Ma Dongfen, after several twists and turns, finally found her uncle. Since then, he has been taken in by Ma Degui and arranged to work in the official inn next to him. Sun Yifu is diligent in his work. Ma Dongfen is quick with hands and feet, and he works diligently. Ma Degui saw it in his eyes, and always wanted to give Ma Dongfen a safe home. As a dignified local official, he failed to fulfill the wishes of his brother Ma Dewang and sister-in-law Zhang Zuozhi.
The only nephew, because he was looking for him, was plotted by the villain to become a bandit. A niece, who died nine times in her life, became the daughter-in-law of the bandit leader's son. Although he didn't know whether his brother and sister-in-law were dead or alive now, his brother and sister-in-law spent a lot of money and sent him to the south to study, so as to train his younger brother to glorify his ancestors. This scene has always been in his mind, lingering.
Therefore, with guilt for his brother and sister-in-law, he vowed to train Ma Dongfen to be a lady. What no one expected was that Ma Dongfen, due to her long-term wandering in the world and mixing in bandits' dens, she was originally stubborn, and her wild personality was uncontrollable. Anyway, the genes of my brother and sister-in-law are still there, and Ma Dongfen has not changed the inheritance of dancing and writing and dancing with knives and guns. And this point is beyond the reach of the nerd Sun Yifu. He has been timid and afraid of things since he was a child, and he is also afraid of people plotting when he walks on the street. Finding a lady who can be literate and martial arts as a bodyguard is Sun Yifu's dream. In addition, Ma Dongfen is slender, and he is lively and cute, with a cheerful personality.
So, Ma Degui took advantage of his friendship with Master Liu in Liujiazhuang to send a message to Ma Niangniang at the cost of improving Sun Yifu's position. asked Master Liu to go out of the mountain to protect the media, in exchange for Sun Yifu, and proposed to his niece Ma Dongfen's missing knees. The two witnesses are Ma Degui and Liu Zhichao himself. The marriage is handled by Ma Degui alone. Perhaps, only by doing so can he have a little comfort in his heart. Of course, Liu Zhichao actually knew this family business for a long time. Because, after all, Sun Yifu is the nephew of his third wife, Sun Xiufang. With Ma Degui in the backstage, Ma Dongjun, the leader of the Wujindang bandits, did not dare to be unscrupulous against Liujiazhuang.
Ma Dongfen and Sun Yifu, on the wedding day, Liu Zhichao took his two wives and Sun Yuqing to sit at the same table. It's just that Ma Niangniang, the younger brother of Ma Dongjun, the leader of the Wujin bandits, failed to arrive as scheduled. The reason is that he is afraid that the two of them, with their legendary background, will have a negative impact on their uncle Ma Degui. As a local parent official, there is actually such a close relationship between the bandit nephew, what will the officials think of him Ma Degui when they know it?
As for why Ma Degui's two nieces and one nephew fell into such a rotation, I will slowly explain it in the next chapters. The time was close to twelve o'clock in the afternoon, and the seven aunts and eight aunts, the neighbors were full of friends. Those who came gave gold and silver, and presented countless people to the ocean. Rings, bracelets, gold necklaces, pearl agate and jade carvings. There are all kinds of strange shapes. Some even take out family heirlooms. Visitors from all directions, each in place, Dong Minfei looked around. He came to Liu Zhichao and whispered: "Master, all the people have arrived, you should say a few words to show your condolences!"
So, Liu Zhichao came to the middle of the hall of the compound on crutches. He stood on the chair that Dong Minfei held for him, and waved his hand around: "The big guy is quiet, recruit the big guy in today, and organize the funeral for the house slave Geng Sanqi, delaying the time, is it the old man's." It's just that Geng Sanqi, a child, was brought up by me Liu Zhichao since he was a child. Since one dark night twenty-three years ago, I couldn't see my fingers. My eldest wife, Guo Dongmei, and I heard the cry of a baby at the gate outside, so we hurriedly got up to check. It turned out that someone had sent the little boy to the gate of our house and wrapped it tightly.
Seeing this, my eldest wife and I hurriedly picked up the child and quickly returned to the room to check, but there was no note in the package except for the child. Later, because my third wife, Sun Xiufang, was giving birth to Liu Zhaodi, we handed over the little boy to the third wife to feed. During the day, the eldest wife and I took turns to take care of Geng Sanqi, and at night, the third wife took care of it. We didn't treat him as an outsider, and always thought that he was a member of Liujiazhuang. I don't want to, why are the Wujindang bandits fighting later than my Liujiazhuang. Geng Sanqi unfortunately encountered bandits and shot indiscriminately, and drove the crane west, and the old man was sad that the white-haired man sent the black-haired man!
Therefore, in handling Geng Sanqi's funeral, I, Liu Zhichao, were grief-stricken. From now on, the Wujindang bandits and my Liu Jiazhuang are incompatible. Geng Sanqi's death, the people of Liujiazhuang will not stop there. To avenge Geng Sanqi, we share the same hatred. As you know, I, Liujiazhuang, have never been enemies of others. Treat merchants and friends with sincerity, but Wu Jindang has repeatedly been in trouble with my Liujiazhuang. Since the fourth lady passed by the Qinggou fortress in the morning, they blocked the road and set up cards to charge. went to Yandang Mountain to set up an ambush, intending to harm my Liujiazhuang people. and then in the middle of the night, Sangen, and fought with me Liujiazhuang in Erlang Mountain. Searching again and again, I Liujiazhuang can't bear it.
The people of Liujiazhuang do not cause trouble, but they are never afraid of things. Since the Wujindang bandits forced Liujiazhuang to marry with them, we Liujiazhuang people had no choice but to accompany them to the end, and had no choice...... "After a burst of mourning, the funeral procession followed behind the coffin, blowing and beating along the way...... At this moment, in the Maleang Temple in the southwest corner of Liujiazhuang, a young man dressed in incense, wrapped in a blue cloth on his head and carrying a blue cloth package on his back, was secretly looking at the funeral procession. He is none other than Xiao Ji who came out of Sun Dajiao's house. I came to Maleang Temple to burn incense and to regret it.
Seeing Liujiazhuang funeral for Geng Sanqi, Xiao Ji knew in his heart that he would be incompatible with Liujiazhuang in the future. Forming a feud with Liujiazhuang, Xiao Ji is not very afraid. Because, Liu Jiazhuang and Wu Jindang originally did not have a deep relationship. However, every time the Liujiazhuang fleet passed by Wujindang, it was always extra careful. It is said that the Liujiazhuang fleet is not simple. Go south and north, mighty. Never encountered pirates and water bully robbery. Because, a fleet of nearly twenty large ships, with three guns on one ship, is more than sixty guns. One salvo, and you have to fall again. The team of water bandits did not have such a great organizational ability to resist them. Therefore, every time the Liujiazhuang fleet passed through Wujindang, the bandits could only watch and sigh.
Xiao Ji shook his head, he was also wronged! I Xiao Ji didn't want to marry Jin Lan forever in Liujiazhuang, but I couldn't help myself. You said that you would go to Zhang Yafang's house, and it would be smooth. I just want to go back to Wujindang and not be counted down by the boss Ma Dongjun. Who came to Erlang Mountain after eating enough, and encountered a catastrophe caused by the Liujiazhuang nursing team. Isn't that all his grandmother's chicken-thighed ghost lost! Really, good things don't come together, and bad things come together!
The depressed Xiao Ji left Maleang Temple and went straight to Wu Zhengqing's house. Because they know that the only ones who can be frightened by Xiao Ji this time are these Jianghu artists. Perhaps, only they can save themselves. Otherwise, if he collected thousands of taels of silver within a month, Xiao Ji would have a real buffalo eating watermelon, and he would have no way to eat. Therefore, he left Sun Dajia Station and went straight to Sanqiuzhuang, where Wu Zhengqing's family was stationed. When passing by Erlang Mountain, he saw Maleangji Temple and hurriedly changed his mind. First go burn incense and kowtow, and send away the bad luck of losing your armor because of the ghost in the night.
Liu Zhaodi, who sent Geng Sanqi to the funeral, was also recalling: You said that you heard a gunshot in the middle of the night, and you seemed to be dreaming as if someone was saying in your ear: Miss Four, get up quickly. There are bandits coming from Erlang Mountain. So, when he was awakened, he immediately heard a series of gunshots. At that time, I thought that this dream was really amazing. I don't want to, when I lost Geng Sanqi, the fourth lady knew that she was impulsive and gave Geng Sanqi's life in vain. It's just that the people of Liujiazhuang don't lose anything, because they got all the collections of Zhang Yafang and their family that the bandits robbed.
What celebrity calligraphy and painting, Tang Dynasty pottery pots, Ming Dynasty blue and white porcelain, Song Dynasty Wuding, bronze pottery and so on. Coupled with gold, silver and jewelry, Zhang Yafang's life savings were all laundered by the Wujindang bandits. And these things, all of them are not bad and returned to the hands of Liujiazhuang people. Although, one died and one was injured, but in exchange for a lot of money, Liu Jiazhuang actually only made money and did not lose. However, Liu Zhaodi couldn't understand why she had such a dream? Could it be that she had the function of predicting everything that happened in Liujiazhuang in advance? In the past, when big and small things happened, why didn't she feel it.
In fact, the strange things that happened in their family were just unbeknownst to their family. You are like something strange on a small western-style building, and the bystanders are clear. As long as it is a sunny day, the people in the distant villages will see a group of girls playing the piano and dancing on their small western-style building every night. And the people of Liujiazhuang were indifferent and didn't know at all. After my sister-in-law gave birth to Liu Xueyou, a lot of incredible things happened intermittently in the family. For example: the manifestation of Guanyin Bodhisattva seen by her mother, the nephew Liu Xueyou born to her sister-in-law who can speak when she is born, and the white fox fairy Yu Panxin Dashen sword addition, etc., all of this, including her own dreams at night, are coherent, and the fourth lady always feels that there is a force behind her, supporting Liujiazhuang.
You just said that when I was in Yandang Mountain for a while today, the bullets of the Wujindang bandits whizzed past their ears, but everyone didn't even scratch their skin. And at night, the bandits shot indiscriminately, but the gun hit Geng Sanqi's heart. The fourth lady was puzzled, and she was deeply guilty of Geng Sanqi's death. After all, Geng Sanqi is his childhood sweetheart. I grew up drinking the milk of the same person, and I ate another pot of rice. Geng Sanqi died, and the fourth lady was very embarrassed. Because, Geng Sanqi is an orphan.
But this time, Miss Four didn't know that Xu Guoliang, the chef who was busy in the kitchen, also encountered something strange. Looking at the courtyard, everyone came back from the funeral and sat down, eating and drinking one by one, and in the kitchen, the cook Xu Guoliang was busy. Large pot dish, large spatula, extra spoonful. A pot is fried and burned, and the hands and feet are numb and sore. There are nearly 100 tables of dishes, and he is in charge alone, which is indeed a bit far-fetched. Although he has a big belly and a round waist, he is rough and bold. But because there are many people, there are many tables. There are many dishes and varieties, not only the speed must keep up. The taste has to be grasped well. Give him a few more people, that won't be enough. Because of the work of cooking and stir-frying, it is necessary to master not only the heat, but also the seasoning matching, which is difficult to adjust!
As time progresses, the dishes become less and less. Xu Guoliang was also exhausted. He wanted to sit down and take a break. But from time to time, a few dishes have to be served. Stir-frying, stir-frying, he suddenly found that the spoon of the stir-fry would automatically stir-fry the ingredients in the cauldron according to his wishes, and he didn't even need to take the spoon handle. Hey, what's going on? He stared into the cauldron with wide eyes, looked at the spatula, and fried the dishes in the pot as well as he did. I'm dripping obediently, God! Could it be that I have become an immortal, or have I become an immortal with an iron pot and shovel? Xu Guohao is strange!
But he didn't dare to say anything, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad. Alas, there are some things that can only be seen but not said, and there are some things that can only be said but not seen. Wouldn't it be a blessing to have someone stir-fry and cook for yourself? You must not tell anyone about this. The so-called heavenly opportunity cannot be revealed, once you say it yourself, lest good things be grinded and self-defeating. Since Master Liu's family gave birth to a talking grandson, the Liu family's compound has been full of strange things. said that he would go out, whether it was good or bad, whether the master was happy or taboo, Xu Guo's conscience did not have a bottom. So, in the next step, in the process of cooking each dish, he just had to pay attention. The rest is left to the iron pot and spatula. Even the plates for the dishes do not need to be taken by him.
Zhao Peiqing, who was serving dishes on the table on the side, looked at his man, and fried a dish after a while. Always, standing and waiting for herself to bring the prepared dishes, she began to feel furious: his grandmother is a bear, stir-frying, and in turn waiting for me to serve the side dishes. I still don't believe I can't keep up with him. Mrs. Zhao Peiqing was so angry that her hands and feet sped up. On her nimble "dong dong" board, the cutter kept making a rhythmic sound. The five maids, assigned by her, were called by her in a hurry. After a while, he called: "Qiuyue, quick, get me a radish." Xiao Qiuyue replied: "Alas, Sister Zhao, I'm here!" After a while, she kept holding the knife in her hand, and called out in her mouth: "Xia Mei, take the winter melon, I want to have pork ribs and winter melon soup." Xia Mei heard the cry and hurriedly replied: "Alas, here it is, Sister Zhao!" But at this moment, everyone was busy working, and no one noticed that Brother Xu Guoliang knocked on Erlang's leg and was proud.
Seeing that his wife and maids were busy, she picked up a towel and wiped the sweat on her forehead. Zhao Peiqing concentrated on his work, but he was afraid that people would disturb him. Therefore, she glared at Xu Guoliang angrily, and scolded in her mouth: "Get out of the way, the old lady is busy, I don't need you to pat the ass." After speaking, she turned her face to look at Xu Guoliang: Alas, he is a stir-fryer, not on the pot, what is he doing here?
It doesn't matter if she doesn't look at it, she was so scared that she couldn't speak for a long time. Because, she saw that the spatula on the wok, kept stir-frying in the big iron pot. And his man, Xu Guoliang, although fiddling with the rag in his hand. No wonder he can't keep up with the side dishes, but someone really has someone to help him stir-fry the chef. Who is it? Zhao Peiqing stopped the knife in his hand and stared intently, but he couldn't see Mingdang. I was so angry that I secretly scolded in my heart: Grandma is a bear, why is there no one to help me? No wonder some people say that the Liu family's compound is so strange, every day there are beautiful women singing and dancing on the small western-style building, and I also scold people for being insane. Until, Xiao Er told her again that she saw a piece of the word in the ledger being erased for no reason, but she couldn't find a figure anywhere. Could it be that the Liu family's compound is really a little weird.
I don't believe what others say. This time, when it was your turn to witness it with your own eyes, do you still think people are talking nonsense? Thinking of this, Zhao Peiqing was not only not happy, but also "chuckled" in his heart. On the contrary, he was a little scared: Mom, in this way, what people outside see is true? Then the Liu family's compound, isn't it a hell? Zhao Peiqing's heart suddenly looked like fifteen buckets of water, seven up and eight down. She didn't dare to look up at the pot, for fear that a ghost would stare at her. I didn't dare to look at it, and I didn't dare to talk about it. Although, I have never seen any ghosts. In hearsay, in people's impressions, what they have in common is that they are very vindictive, afraid of getting into trouble, offending ghosts, and showing their true faces to scare themselves to death, isn't the gain outweighing the loss.
We say, "When a man has something in his heart, his hands and feet begin to be restrained." I didn't dare to look at it in my heart, but my eyes were a little unconscious, and I didn't seem to listen to it. I couldn't help it, and from time to time, I glanced at Xu Guoliang's big iron pot a few times. Really, he just sat and didn't move. The stir-fry in the pot, the water, the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar are matched, and there is a pair of invisible hands that are helping him to do it. It's just that the spatula is flying, and the sound of the iron pot colliding with the spatula is exactly the same as the rhythm of his man Xu Guoliang. And all this, his man Xu Guoliang, seems to be completely ignorant of it. Seeing Zhao Peiqing, I felt more and more that something was wrong. In her mind, a huge question mark appeared in front of her: Why do these invisible hands want to help their man? Is there any purpose?
Zhao Peiqing is not afraid of herself, but about whether her man will be entangled by these invisible hands from now on. In the world, pie never falls from the sky, whether it is a ghost or a god, help him do good deeds, not for no reason. Or, it is not known, but there must be clues in it. As the saying goes, there is a debtor who is wronged, and there must be a cause and effect to do a good deed. Or, because his man used to help them. Today, seeing that he is busy and tired, in order to repay his kindness, so, help him?
It is true to say that he is a man with a good heart, and he is not bad at work, but he is lazy at home and diligent outside. You see that he is in the Liu family compound, his hands are not stopped, his feet are not messy, he is diligent, hard-working. Once back at home, he put on a show. Two taels of wine every day, and you have to bring water to help him wash his face and feet after drinking. That's all. The most unbearable thing is that he always likes to take care of the little young woman when he goes to the street every day to buy vegetables. People give eight taels a catty, and he comes to pay the bill with a smile. Looking back on the road, I was sure which little girl I saw. Zhao Peiqing was afraid that he would be half-hearted. If you divorce yourself, make an adult's stomach, and make him restless, that's called a disaster. My God, Mo Fei, his man was taken by some female ghost, female devil, female fairy, then their family is over!
The kitchen is like this, and then come to the courtyard to admire. Xiao Er took five men, each of whom packed ten tables, responsible for serving the dishes and removing the empty plates. It's strange to say, one blue and five dishes. No matter how light it is, it has fifteen or sixteen pounds, and it is carried by one person, and it is laborious and does not dare to run fast. Today, with a breeze in my hand, the vegetable basket flutters, find the table by myself, and open it by myself. Xiao Er looked at himself and at others. Hey, a couple of buddies are just like him, one by one, effortlessly. He remembered that if the words in the ledger were erased, there must be that great god behind his back.
It's not easy to say that Xiao Er, his parents died when he was a child, and it was all up to the master's family to adopt him. Master and his wife taught him by word and deed, and he was never bullied as his own son. For ten years in the cold window, the master is alone. The bag reflects the snow, and the master and wife serve tea and pour water at night, and accompany herself to read. Recently, for some reason, there are always people who inexplicably help themselves. Could it be that God casts a spell to save the suffering, but my shopkeeper, how can He De be taken care of. The master's family, the great kindness is not grateful, it is better to be a relative than a relative. When you come out one day, you must not forget the kindness of your master and wife.
Xiao Er Zhang Qihua is indeed a loving and righteous person, because the last time he told people that he had discovered a strange phenomenon, no one trusted him. Anyway, it's not a bad thing. If you know it yourself, then call it an line. No one believed it when he said it, and he scolded himself for not being good at it. If you have something in your heart, don't let others know that you have been bored alone. When the time comes, it will be a blockbuster, and people in the world will not be able to accept it. Xiao Er made up his mind to work hard in the Liu family's compound. The master intended to marry his daughter to him, and Xiao Er's heart was happy, and at that time, the master and I were a veritable family.
Xiao Er, thinking about it while doing it. No, two hours passed in a flash. Most people just go to see monks and nuns doing dojos. Monk dojo, erhu, flute and Xiao, gongs and drums and furniture are knocked together. caused everyone to stand on tiptoe and stretch their necks to watch. Those in the know gave a thumbs up to Master Liu. Geng Sanqi is blessed! His father and mother are alive, and they may not be willing to spend money for him, so ask a monk to do such a dojo. While giving a thumbs up to Master Liu, people did not forget their resentment against the Wujindang bandits. And this is the real effect that Master Liu wants. It has aroused the public indignation of the whole people against the bandits, and even if the bandits are exterminated in the future, people will not feel sorry for the bandits.
Ordinary people, there are too many indiscriminate. Good things and bad things are easy to be taken advantage of. It is difficult for them to make the right judgments, and most of them follow the trend. People are the same, and people are the same. It does not arouse their public anger against the bandits, because their families have not suffered from the scourge of bandits, and some people even think that the bandits are robbing the families of powerful and bad people, and some people even think that the bandits are killing the rich and helping the poor. In fact, it is not, bandits are self-respecting, where are the heroes of the green forest, what the people of the rivers and lakes say. Regardless of your bullies, landlords and old merchants, whoever has money will rob whomever they have. Therefore, in the minds of ordinary people, there is often a misunderstanding about bandits. Pu Pian believes that bandits only rob the rich, not the poor. They don't know that bandits have to rob the rich because the poor have nothing to rob.