Section XIII
The dusk of the twenty-second day of the lunar month finally descended to the backing mountain. Marin walked out of the twilight door again, with two bright guns stuck in his waist. He walked to Geng Laoba's house in the west of the village, and when he fought fiercely with Lu Da and his gang a few years ago, Geng Laoba made great contributions. He remembered that Geng Laoba had two muskets, and that time when he beat Lu Da, Geng Laoba's muskets rang out and were accurate, and one shot overturned a mustache, and another shot knocked down a horse that rushed over. A few years ago, in less than a bag of cigarettes, only one mustache and the injured Lu Da ran away, and the corpses of the other mustaches were thrown in the field outside the backing mountain, and later they were pulled crazy by hungry wolves and vicious dogs.
That time he had a big fight with Hu Zilu, clean and neat. A few years have passed, and Marin's gratitude to the villagers is still in his heart, and that time, Marin did not feel that he was helping the villagers to remove their beards, but was grateful for the scene where the villagers cheered for him together. At that time, not to mention a group of Lu Da, even all the beards entrenched in the area of Gushantun came, and they didn't want to get a little bargain in front of Gushantun.
Marin's lonely footsteps resounded on the streets of the village, and he walked towards Geng Laoba's house. The words that Qiu Ju had said to him in the afternoon were still ringing in his ears. He knew that Lu Da had been preparing for revenge for several years, and Lu Da at this time was no bigger than Lu a few years ago, Lu Da wanted to extinguish the prestige of the fast gunner last time, and this time Lu Da wanted Marin's life. Marin also knows: it is difficult for a good man to resist a pack of wolves, and a good iron can't hit a few nails. To defeat Lu Da and eliminate Lu Da, it is very difficult to rely on Marin himself.
Geng Laoba's house was darkly lit, and there was no movement inside or outside the house. Ma Lin was banging on the door, patting for a long time, and finally a dim oil lamp lit up in the room, and then the door squeaked open, and Geng Laoba half stood in the light and half in the darkness. He quickly saw Marin standing in front of him, and an object in Geng Laoba's hand fell to the ground.
Ma Lin said: Uncle Geng, Ma Lin came to see you.
After speaking, Marin squeezed into the house from Geng Laoba's side.
Everything in Geng Laoba's house shocked Ma Lin, and the scene he had seen at Mr. Qian's house during the day was repeated in Geng Laoba's house. Ma Lin didn't understand that on the twenty-second day of the lunar month, there were so many people in Gushantun who were rummaging through boxes and cabinets, and the black lights were still tossing.
Ma Lin asked: Uncle Geng, wow, what are you doing?
Geng Laoba first stood in the middle of the house, and after listening to Ma Lin's question, he squatted down, squatting into a black shadow, and his head was deeply rooted in his crotch.
Aunt Geng was originally sitting on the kang and sorting out a well-laid burden, but at this time she also twisted her body and turned her back to Ma Lin, who seemed to understand, but didn't seem to understand anything. He stood there stunned, not knowing what to do for a moment. After a while, he said: I won't leave when I come back this time. He also said: Lu Da will come to me tomorrow to avenge the revenge of a few years ago, and this time I promise not to let Lu Da go out of the backer.
Geng Laoba finally raised his head and said in a dumb voice: "Big nephew, don't blame you Uncle Geng for not being righteous, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you this time."
The crazy woman Geng Lian had fallen asleep in another room just now, and woke up when she heard someone talking, she pushed the door naked again and walked in, and said to Marin suspiciously: You me, you want to me?
Geng Laoba stood up like crazy, he danced with both hands to push his daughter out, Geng Lian didn't follow, and tore with his father, still saying in his mouth: Dad, don't care.
Geng Laoba became angry, waved his hand and slapped Geng Lian twice, but Geng Lian didn't cry, covered her mouth that was hurt and said: Dad, what are you hitting me for? I'm going to dry with my beard.
Geng Laoba squatted on the ground again, and said like a wolf: Oh my God, I, Geng Laoba, really lacked great virtue in my previous life.
Aunt Geng, who was sitting on the kang, shrugged and cried.
Marin stood there, not knowing what it was like for a moment.
He said: Uncle Geng, it's me who can't stand you.
After saying that, he felt that he had no reason to stand any longer, and he walked out.
Uncle Geng said behind him: "Big nephew, Uncle Eight can't stand you."
Ma Lin also heard Geng Laoba say: "Big nephew, you will hide tomorrow."
Ma Lin understood everything, and understood what he saw at Mr. Qian's house and Geng Laoba's house.
Marin stood on the street again, on the night of the twenty-second day of the lunar month, there was a waning moon hanging in the sky, shining coldly, the surrounding snow fields were miserable white, and a sneer flashed at the corner of Marin's mouth. The sound of lonely footsteps sounded again, and the snow creaked at his feet, and he walked towards the fox Yu's house. The fox Yu's house was in the street, and before he entered the door, he saw the fox Yu coming out of the door of his house in a panic, holding something in his arms, and walking to the backyard.
Uncle Yu, it's me, Marin. Marin said this and walked over.
The fox hurried back into the house like a tiger at the sight of a tiger. Marin heard a commotion in the house, and soon the fox came out again. The fox who came out folded his hands as if nothing happened, and closed the closed door with his body. The fox was already smiling, he put his hands on his chest, and said with a smile on his face: It's the eldest nephew of the Ma family, you look at this whole thing, I heard that you are back, and I haven't taken the time to see you, so I asked you to come to see your uncle, how bad is this matter.
Marin doesn't want to go around in circles with the fox, the fox is not Geng Laoba, and the person who deals with the fox all the year round is more shrewd than the fox.
Ma Lin stood on the snow of the fox Yu's house and said bluntly: Lu Da is coming tomorrow.
The fox said, "Yes, why haven't I heard about this?"
Ma Lin said: The current Lu Da is not the same as the Lu Da of a few years ago, they have more people and more guns.
The fox Yu said again: He, what is he doing here?
Marin said: He came to me to take revenge a few years ago.
The fox Yu smiled, still cloaked his hands, and said with a very sorry look: You see this whole thing, it's really not a coincidence, tomorrow the second child of his aunt's family will get married, or your uncle can't see the joke about it.
When Marin heard this, he didn't want to say anything, and a sneer flashed at the corner of his mouth.
The fox Yu Chong Ma Lin's back said: "Big nephew, if you don't do that, you will hide tomorrow and avoid this formation."
Marin walked down the cold streets. He knew that no one would believe that Marin would be able to defeat Lu Da. He was going to go down one by one, but now there is no need for that. In a time of despair, Marin returned to his hometown full of hope, but what did his hometown give him?
On the night of the 22nd day of the lunar month, the famous fast gunner Marin felt more lonely than ever. With a sneer on the corner of his mouth, he walked towards his home in a blank way. At the door of the house, he saw Qiu Ju standing in the shadows, Qiu Ju had been standing in the shadows for a long time, and when Marin walked past her, he felt the cold air emanating from her body from the inside out. It was at the moment when he passed by that he saw the teardrop in the moonlight in the corner of her eye. Marlin's heart tugged again.