Zhang Jiuxin was just about to go to the room, but saw that in the room of the second aunt Du Shi in the right wing, an old man and Du Butcher sent Guo Langzhong out.

The old man is Zhang Jiuxin's grandfather Zhang Shigui.

The old man was in his early fifties, of medium height, with gray temples, a thin face, a very pronounced forehead wrinkle, but piercing eyes, and a carefully trimmed beard on his chin.

He was wearing a set of gray-white robes, stepping on dove-headed shoes, and his wide clothes and wide sleeves looked very elegant. It's hard to imagine that he used to be an old dart master who played a game of darts.

"Take these two packs of medicine, take one internally, and apply the other externally."

Guo Langzhong handed the prepared herbs in the box to Du Tuhu, took out another medicine bottle and handed it to him, stroked his beard and said:

"This is a medicine for bruises. When you turn around, apply the powder to the Duchenne wound and change the dressing every morning and evening. When the scab is over, take the external medicine I prescribed in the morning and evening, and it will be cured. ”

After Guo Langzhong was discharged from the hospital, Zhang Jiuxin ignored Butcher Du's unkind gaze, and stepped forward to greet the old man with a smile: "Grandpa, you are finally back, how was the harvest of this hunting?" ”

The old man didn't even look at Zhang Jiuxin, and directly led Du Tuhu to the living room of the upper room: "In-laws, let's sit inside." ”

Zhang Jiuxin was stunned!

Du Shi was first beaten by Yingniang with a sack, and then he was only half a breath by Qian, and he froze all night in the cold dark room of the ancestral hall, and his injuries were naturally not light.

But.

What Zhang Jiuxin didn't expect was the old man's attitude towards Du's family, not only invited Lang Zhong, but also treated Du Butcher very politely and warmly, but ignored her completely.

Zhang Jiuxin couldn't understand, but the old man's shouting came from the upper room:

"Bolt, go to your grandmother Qian to get some money, go to Widow Zhang's grocery store to make an altar and burn a knife for me, and come back, I want to have a drink with my father-in-law today."

Hearing this, Qian came out of the kitchen, smiled mockingly at Zhang Jiuxin, who was standing in the courtyard, and said in a low voice: "Hmph, short-lived ghost, aren't you thinking about complaining to your grandfather?" Now, your grandfather is sitting in the hall, go, why are you standing stupidly? ”

Zhang Jiuxin was silent.

Seeing that Zhang Jiuxin was deflated, Qian sneered a few times, and gave the plug an extra twenty yuan in a good mood: "The father-in-law is so able to drink, how can one jar be enough, buy one more jar, go quickly, and the rabbit meat will be cooked in a while." ”

Qian Shi turned his nostrils to Zhang Jiuxin: "Why are you stunned, you have to be busy with a lot of work in the kitchen, do you want me, an old woman, to serve you as a junior?" ”

Zhang Jiuxin glanced at the old man and Du Butcher who were talking happily in the hall, and had a bold guess in his heart.

The lunch prepared by Qian was very hearty.

In addition to fungus yuba rabbit broth, braised rabbit meat, there is also a fried eggplant box, that is, the meat is cut into minced meat, seasoned with flour, salt, and peppercorns to make the filling, and the large tender eggplant is made into an eggplant box, which is fried in an oil pan.

Then there is a cold dish, one mixed with three shreds: shredded dried tofu, shredded carrots, shredded green radish, and mixed into a sour and spicy taste. In addition, he told the bolt who had returned from buying wine to go up to the roof and take down a bundle of peanuts, peel out the kernels of the peanuts, fry them in oil, and sprinkle them with salt.

In the kitchen, it was busy, but the living room was a different scene.

The old man let the Du Butcher to the back chair of the upper seat, filled the Du Butcher with a bag of cigarettes, and slowly lit the fire.

"Brother, don't you dare, I'll just come by myself." Du Butcher was a little flattered.

His daughter almost killed the lone seedling in someone else's long house, I thought that the old man was going to ask the teacher to ask for guilt, but he didn't want the old man to never mention it, but treated him much more enthusiastically than before.

Du Butcher's heart is very weak:

"Brother, blame me for teaching my daughter, I ......"

The old man glanced at Du Butcher, and without speaking, Du Butcher's face was a little red, trying to explain: "Actually, in fact, that stupid girl in my family, her original intention was good, and she was originally just ........"

"Brother Du, how did we meet, do you remember......" The old man intercepted Du's words and talked about the two of them in the past.

When the old man was young, he went out to run a single gang and did a lot of livelihoods, including selling horses on the steppes further north, selling silk and cloth south of the Yangtze River, and even doing a business of illegal salt. The last dart game was opened, and at that time, Du Butcher was still working as a butcher shop in the county, and the two got to know each other after coming and going.

"We love to be relatives, I am running the rivers and lakes, I admire your chivalrous spirit the most, at that time you broke into the door, saying that my second son ruined your daughter, so that she was pregnant before she got married, I didn't say a word and immediately beat him half to death, let you send the yamen, but you are not to blame in the past, and you married your daughter to my family."

"I have always remembered this kindness, for this reason, over the years, how many disasters the Du family has caused, I have turned a blind eye, and I will regard it as returning the kindness of Brother Du......"

The old man didn't mention Zhang Jiuxin's affairs, but only chatted with Lian Du Butcher about the things of the two of them when they were young. Du Butcher listened with shame and gratitude, and the more the two talked, the more dense they became.

Before the dishes were ready, the burning knife drank a jar.

Zhang Jiuxin and the bolt were not yet old enough to accompany the guests, so they listened to Qian's cynicism in the kitchen and went back to their own room.

"Xiao Jiu, what do you say grandpa?" As soon as I entered the house, the bolt couldn't hold back:

"When I went to buy wine, I specially went to Guo Langzhong's house to ask, Guo Langzhong obviously told his grandfather about the matter on the mountain, why didn't grandpa punish the second aunt, but entertained her father with good food and wine."

Zhang Jiuxin had a smile on his face: "Brother Bolt, let me tell you a story about the release of military power with a glass of wine." ”

The bolt was stunned: "Xiao Jiu, why is your heart so big, you have suffered so many grievances before, you almost lost your life, why are you still in the mood to tell a story!" ”

The bolt was angry: "I don't listen. ”

"Hahaha" Zhang Jiuxin felt that the bolt was very cute, and pretended to be mysterious: "Brother bolt, you can rest assured, the grandchildren of the Zhang family, except for the sixth brother, only me and you are left, do you say that grandpa will easily let go of the second aunt?" ”

"Really?" The plug was skeptical.

Sure enough, half an hour later, there was the sound of Qian's babbling and beating in the upper room, as well as the whimpering sound from Du Shi in the right wing, and the scolding of Du Butcher.

Zhang Jiuxin leaned on the window and looked out, only to see two strong men carrying spring stools outside the chai door to come in, Du Butcher helped the crying Du Shi up, carried a pair of cages on his shoulders, arched his hand to the old man, and left.

"This ...... What's going on? The plug was stunned.

"The second aunt shouldn't be back for a long time." Zhang Jiuxin closed the window.

"Why? Did grandpa divorce her? ”