Chapter 640: Hands-on (Two Chapters in One)
The autumn of the nineteenth year of Yongning.
It's winter again, the snow is coming, the pavilions and water pavilions are covered in silver, and the heavy snow has fallen for seven or eight days, and the sky and the earth are plain white, and at first glance they are so clean that people panic.
In the eyes of the rich and noble, there is no flavor to it, and the poor must do their best to earn a way to live in such a day.
In the past two years, the world has been really bad, the drought has been accompanied by a great flood, the imperial court has paid taxes for a load, the four borders are uneasy, thieves are rampant, and it is difficult for the people to sell their children and daughters.
Even the prosperous Nan'an City is not very peaceful, the tea houses and restaurants are quiet, and the diners have a little more sadness on their faces.
On the side of the road, a scrawny donkey pulled a flatbed cart with seven or eight corpses piled on it, and drove slowly out of the city.
The old man Qu, who was selling wontons, sighed: "It's Haikou again!" ”
Passers-by have some relatives on their faces.
Of course, no matter how many corpses are outside, it will not affect the richest man in Nan'an City, the Xu family's Yingge Yan Dance.
Accompanied by the sound of silk and bamboo, only a layer of tulle is covered from head to toe, and the dancers who are half-covered and half-concealed are very amorous, and their eyes are flying.
Xu Dafu, the eldest man of the Xu family, was holding a lively beauty in his arms, leaning against the soft cushion of mink, a slightly rounded face showed a little comfort, turned his head and rushed to the half-lying and half-paralyzed brother, squinting and patting the brother, and smiled: "I heard that my brother and sister gave you another one a few days ago?" ”
The others also giggled: "How many are these?" ”
"This month alone is three, second brother, you are now a groom every day, amazing, amazing!"
"Ahem, Madam is really virtuous, very virtuous!"
"Second child, you are really blessed, my mother-in-law even slept with me, and she had to be vinegared for half a month."
"I heard that the Fang clan I wanted to ask you for a while ago is so good that the old lady directly stuffed it into the sixth child as a mother-in-law, the quality is high enough?"
The person who was teased didn't even raise his head, and rolled his eyes at them directly, just because of this incident, everyone thought that the Xu family brothers were fighting for women, and God was pitiful, he didn't even know whether the woman was black or white before.
Xu Dafu suddenly remembered: "The sixth little bastard is not at home?" As soon as his mother married him a wife, she threw a good woman at home to be a widow, and you two brothers also said a few words about him. ”
As he was talking, he heard a commotion outside, and the elder of the second master rolled in with Zhou Li, and said loudly: "Master, second master, Haikou has entered the city, quickly, quickly......"
"This season?"
In winter, it was rare to see pirates.
The faces of several people present changed suddenly, and the eldest man Xu Dafu, who was sitting leisurely on the rattan chair, got up instantly, pushed the beauty in his arms to the ground, and regardless of her crying, he ordered repeatedly: "Close the doors of each room, close the door, Xu Lin, Xu Jian, you two brothers take people to protect the old lady." ”
"Second brother, pack up those important things and send them to the cave."
"The third child, you go to protect the female dependents, sisters-in-law, sisters-in-law, and your nephews and nieces will be entrusted to you."
Xu Dafu stretched out his hand, pulled out the long knife in his waist, and went straight to the main gate at a speed that did not match his body size, climbing the stone stairs to the top of the wall, and he could already hear the ghost crying wolf howling outside.
A fire broke out in the east, and a large cloud of black smoke enveloped half of the city.
Xu Dafu was nervous, and his palms were sweaty.
"Master, report from outside, General Xue blocked most of the Haikou at the west gate, and the north gate was broken, and a hundred and ten people broke in......"
Xu Dafu's eyes darkened, don't look at the fact that there are only one hundred and ten people, but Haikou is fierce, I am afraid that he will suffer heavy losses.
"General Xue must have sent someone to negotiate, and Haikou is just asking for money...... Out of the way, out of the way. ”
Xu Dafu is not a person who can't afford things, as the head of the family, he has no ability, but he can't afford to support such a big family business, but he can't be afraid.
Those Haikou are not human beings at all, they are more animals than animals, the Xu family has a big business, and the foundation is in Nan'an City, so they really can't afford to provoke, but fortunately, it is not the first time to deal with it in the city.
In the past, the pirates would make trouble several times a year, but it was rare that when it was so big, they usually pretended to attack the city and asked for some benefits.
Just thinking about it, Xu Dafu glanced outside the door, his eyes were dark, and his hands trembled: "Then, is that Mrs." ”
The black and strong entourage beside him glanced at it and couldn't help but exclaim: "Ah! ”
Not far from the outside, a carriage turned a corner and galloped wildly, and was about to run to the door, when the horse suddenly stumbled, and in an instant it fell down, and several women rolled out of it.
Xu Dafu was startled when he glanced over: "Madam! ”
The one with his head full of beads and emerald was not his wife.
Don't look at how much he usually behaves like to mess with flowers, but for the lady who is marrying Ming Media, it is definitely a pain on the tip of his heart.
At home, he didn't even have half a concubine, and he didn't sleep with a girl.
"What are you doing in a daze, don't open the door yet, go out to save people!"
Seeing that a half-bald human head was exposed, at least a dozen of them, Xu Dafu almost fell headlong into the wall.
A group of housekeepers hurriedly opened the heavy door, grabbed their knives and rushed out.
But when I climbed high and looked far away, I felt that it was very close when I looked down from a high place, and I knew that it was powerful when I really ran...... The family members used their strength to feed, but they couldn't catch up at all.
Seeing that Haikou had already laughed and rushed to the side of the female dependents, like a mouse, surrounded the people, all of them were fierce and vicious, Xu Dafu trembled all over, and couldn't spit out a word.
Finished!
Xu Dafu insisted on not closing his eyes, and looked over with wide eyes, and saw that the pirates had reached out to grab the women who were covered in dirt and dust on the ground, and the women were crying.
In an instant, a flash of light flashed.
A black shadow suddenly jumped up on the ground, and the Haikou led by him was startled, and as soon as he lowered his head, he saw a stream of blood spurting out of his horse's belly, and he couldn't control it, and even the horse and people were planted on the ground, and he was furious in his heart, and as soon as he raised his head, his neck was twisted, and he lost his breath.
The pirates were stunned, raised the spear in their hands, and looked fixedly, but they didn't see who did it.
In a flash, another Haikou was strangled by the neck, and he didn't even say a word, and he also lost his life.
The spear in his hand also pierced the chest of the other pirate.
In the blink of an eye, three people died.
A group of pirates were full of shock, their eyes were confused, and they were all on guard, and only then did they see clearly who was doing it.
It was a woman with a green cotton shoulder and a silver hairpin to pull her hair.
The body was extremely thin, and she looked definitely no more than fifteen years old, but at this time her face was white, but her expression was very calm, and she casually threw down the broken golden hairpin, and clamped the body of the horse between her knees, and the front hooves of the horse under her seat jumped high, and at once the chest of the other Haikou was crushed.
"Four!"
There are six left.
By this time, the Xu family's family had already arrived and killed them desperately, all of them were not afraid of death.
These pirates are also extremely fierce on weekdays, but when they met such a thin woman today, they were stunned.
was frightened on the battlefield, and as a result, he lost his life in a daze.
Xu Dafu couldn't care so much, panting and rushing out of the door, picking up his daughter-in-law, checking up and down, and seeing that there were only a slight abrasions on his knees and forehead, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, fortunately, if something happens to you, won't it kill me!" ”
Fortunately, he looked up to see his daughter-in-law's life-saving benefactor, and he couldn't help but be surprised.
The life-saving benefactor had already dismounted, his pale face, his panting slightly, and his eyebrows and eyes soft.
How does he think that the woman in front of him is a bit like the daughter-in-law that his mother snatched from the sixth child from the second child?
No way...... bar.
Fang Ruohua also hoped that it was impossible, sighed in his heart, moved lightly, took three breaths in one step, and slowly approached forward: "Big brother is polite." ”
Xu Dafu: "......? ”
"The situation outside is unknown, and my sister-in-law is also injured, why don't you send my sister-in-law back first?"
Fang Ruohua lowered his head slightly, and said in a ven manner.
Only then did the family members come back to their senses, and hurriedly helped the ladies into the courtyard gate, and closed the courtyard door again, and everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Fang Ruohua silently took the handkerchief handed over by the maid, wiped her face slightly, and her brightly colored clothes were also stained with a little blood, but in fact, it was not much, and she avoided most of the blood stains when she started.
She can cope with this small battle in front of her, and she has fought more battles, and her ability to kill people without blood is getting stronger and stronger.
If it weren't for the body right now, it wouldn't work......
Fang Ruohua sighed faintly, all kinds of people in the courtyard were busy, she straightened her clothes, silently followed behind Xu Dafu and the others, and walked out of the gate.
She did cross over again.
The day she came, it was also a day ...... 'singing and dancing'.
……
The silk and bamboo in the garden sang and danced, laughing and laughing.
Xiuyingzhai at the east end of Xu's house, there are red lanterns hanging on the door, although they are bright, they also vaguely reveal a trace of sadness, the candle shadow is swaying, and there are faint bursts of laughter and conversation outside the window.
Reaching out and pressing his head with severe pain like an explosion, he half-leaned on the bed, took two deep breaths, only to feel that his chest hurt badly, and his whole body was weak.
She silently recited a few words of mantra and calmed down, which was only slightly better, but she still felt that her hands and feet were not her own.
Through the red hijab, he touched the bed under him without a trace, and the mattress on the surface was quite smooth, and a bed of peanuts and longan was laid.
Looking down, a pair of embroidered shoes, red.
Bright red socks, a large skirt, slender fingers, and a pair of golden bracelets on his wrists, although the bracelets are not very fine, they are full of weight.
Listening to the two broken-mouthed mothers-in-law outside, this bracelet seems to have been selected from the man's dowry. She is now a bride, and she has just been brought to this family by three media and six hired people today.
It should not be a poor family, nor does it seem to be a big family, it should belong to the category of nouveau riche.
Fang Ruohua casually opened the live broadcast, glanced at the name of the live broadcast room, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.
It's a piece of gibberish that doesn't make any real sense.
There are more than a dozen sailors in the live broadcast room who have nothing to do to play on the screen, and they can't help but laugh when they see her: "Yo, the third sister is married?" ”
"This opening is interesting, third sister, I haven't seen you for a long time, do you want us to add something to you?"
"But which one is live this time?"
Fang Ruohua shook his head and replied-"I don't know, I'm broadcasting randomly, you guys are watching randomly." ”
A group of sailors: "......"
Fang Ruohua blinked, she really didn't know, it's just that it seems that she has come to all kinds of inconvenient ancient times, which is quite annoying.
Slowly receiving the memory of her mind scurrying around, making her upset and just wanting to hit someone, Fang Ruohua exhaled softly, sighed faintly, and couldn't help but be furious: "Bastard bastard, what the hell!" ”
The mother-in-law guarding the door was startled and stunned.
In the live broadcast room, the water friends were also frightened.
I couldn't help but slander in private: "Are the screenwriters playing with our three sisters casually?" ”
"Does the screenwriter have that much courage?"
"Anyway, I think the choreographers and directors in this live broadcast room are all eating bear heart and leopard gall, and they entertain the boss all day long."
Fang Ruohua didn't bother to pay attention to it.
The original owner of her crossing this time has no name, and her family calls her eldest sister, who was originally the daughter of the small owner of a tofu factory in Nan'an City.
In addition, she also has an identity - a reborn professional household.
God doesn't know if he likes the original owner too much, or if he just wants to fix her, and gave her two chances to start over.
The small owner of the tofu shop is surnamed Fang.
Sister Fang is the eldest daughter of the small boss, and she has been raised finely since she was a child, although she has not read any books, she has learned a few words with her mother-in-law, who is the daughter of a child.
When he was fourteen years old, when he reached the age when he should say goodbye, he married the youngest son of Zhao Yihan, a small teahouse in Nan'an City, and he was a good match.
According to common sense, the combination of two small families should be firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, and their lives will be dull or have some twists and turns, and it will just pass.
But the development of things is not very common sense, quite dramatic.
Not long after the marriage was made that day, Zhao Yihan went to the Jingfeng Temple in Nan'an City to ask for a signature.
A master gave him a command, saying that Zhao Yihan could not marry early in his life, and he must be over twenty-five years old before he could be married, otherwise he would inevitably lose his longevity.
The news spread so much that the Zhao family didn't seem to believe it at first, but a fortune teller popped up and paid a direct visit, bluntly saying that if Zhao Yihan married early, I am afraid he would not live to be twenty.
The Zhao family is very sorry, but they can only withdraw from their relatives, and they can't delay the eldest sister.
Their family's posture was very low, and they didn't want any dowry, they only said that they would give their eldest sister a dowry, and they also gave a lot of compensation in private.
At this moment, it is indeed impossible to retreat from Qin, Sister Fang is the same age as Zhao Yihan, Zhao Yihan is twenty-five, and Sister Fang is also twenty-five.
At present, girls get married early, and it is normal to be a mother at the age of fifteen, let alone twenty-five, and if you don't get married after the age of sixteen, you have to pay a large fine, and if you can't pay the money, the government will give a forced marriage.
The little owner of the tofu shop is reluctant to pay so much money to his daughter because of this, and he is also afraid that his daughter will become an old girl. When the time comes, let the government come forward, then I don't know if the marriage is black or white, whether it is a human or a ghost.
The Fang family weighed the pros and cons, but they still withdrew, re-prepared a generous gift to find the matchmaker, and prepared to tell the girl in the family about a good family.