Chapter 70: News of the Dead
Seeing Tao'er's sincere words and frankness, Lin Fan was a little ashamed, but in comparison, he seemed to be a little twisted, a fake and serious hypocrite, a villain's heart, and a head full of dirty ideas.
Lin Fan's stiff body slowly relaxed, how could he not be a modern person without an ancient woman thinking thoroughly?
Rubbed a little in the middle of the bed, put on a comfortable posture, abandoned the messy thoughts in his head, and simply regarded Taoer as his friend of the opposite sex, like a confidant, and the two began to talk and laugh.
Although Lin Fan is young, the power of the Internet allows him to know the world without leaving home, and he has told many new and interesting stories, and Tao'er has a very high emotional intelligence, and when communicating with people, he subconsciously flatters him, which makes Lin Fan quite satisfied.
The estrangement between the two gradually dissolved, and they chatted until late at night, Lin Fan was talking and finding that Tao'er was asleep. He closed his mouth in obsession, and the room began to fall silent.
Listening to the sound of Tao'er's even breathing, looking at the sleeping face of the beauty close at hand, thinking of those lively and lovely children, Lin Fan actually had an illusion, as if he had married Tao'er and lived a harmonious and happy life with children at home. This feeling of quiet years made Lin Fan yearn for it.
got up and covered himself with the quilt, and by the way helped Tao'er tighten the quilt, Lin Fan glanced at it lovingly, and Tao'er, who was sleeping with him in the same bed, turned his head and blew out the candle, lay down again, and slowly fell asleep.
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The taste of the Chinese New Year changes from strong to light, from sweet to astringent, and people always try to keep the feeling of the past, but the pace of time is so fast that people can't keep up with the rhythm.
Firecrackers crackle in the courtyard, and from time to time there are children's screams, a few children, running and jumping in the courtyard, watching the fireworks blooming in the night sky, listening to the dense sound of firecrackers on the ground, several children are very excited, and after a while, they will run one by one sweating and red-faced, and have a lot of fun.
In the dining room, Tao'er used a rolling pin to catch the dumpling skin, while Lin Fan was on the side, using the adjusted dumpling filling to wrap out dumplings of different shapes and strange shapes, which made Tao'er laugh at him for a long time.
Lin Fan was annoyed and angry, grabbed a ball of flour, and rubbed it on Tao'er's face, leaving several white fingerprints on her charming face. Not to be outdone, Tao'er also grabbed a handful of flour and pasted it on Lin Fan's face, making him instantly turn into a little old man with a white beard.
The two fought for a long time, until Lin Fan first said, "Okay, okay, can't I be wrong?" Hurry up, you can't eat yet! ”
When the children had had enough, they ran back to the house panting one by one, and Lin Fan and Tao'er's dumplings were also wrapped and were being boiled in the pot. The children stared at them with their eyes and picked up their chopsticks and tapped them on the bowls.
"Be honest! You can't knock the bowl with chopsticks, there are no rules! Peach frowned and reprimanded fiercely.
A few children put down their chopsticks stupidly, playfully stuck out their tongues, and then lowered their heads and waited quietly for dinner.
"Here come the dumplings!" Seeing that the atmosphere was a little dull, Lin Fan picked up a plate of dumplings that had just come out of the pot and put them in front of the children, teasing them and letting them eat them first.
Tao'er glanced at him helplessly, and said helplessly: "You just spoil them, wait for you to go and see them..."
This Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, in addition to the children's heartless food, Lin Fan and Tao'er are a little unate, because they all know that after this year, Lin Fan will leave for Shaanxi, and they don't know what year and month it will be when they meet next time.
Lin Fan pinched his fingers and calculated the time, if he was tight on the road, and then went to buy a horse to hurry up, and then delayed it for a few days, it should not be a big problem, so he stayed and lived for three days.
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Tao'er kept Lin Fan for lunch, afraid that it would be unsafe for him to travel at night, so she waited for the children to take a nap and quietly sent Lin Fan out.
Outside the house, both of them were a little dull, and finally Tao'er spoke first: "Lin Gongzi, thank you for helping me take care of these poor children during this time, and thank you for accompanying us for a decent year. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will come back to see me and my children. She smiled as she spoke, but tears glistened to her eyes.
Lin Fan rubbed his nose, pursed his lips and nodded, thought for a while and said, "No, hire a maid at home, you haven't been there for a long time, and it's still not safe for the children to be at home alone, and it's a trouble to bump into a sick person or fall down." ”
Saying that, he took out some silver taels and handed them to Tao'er and continued: "When the children are older, they should find a gentleman to teach them to read and write, it's not always okay, and let Pingping also learn together, you and I are both Jianghu people, so we naturally know what kind of woman is virtuous if she is talentless, it's pure fart!" ”
Tao'er was not polite, naturally took the silver tael, and whispered: "I don't know, but I always don't worry, now the people of this world are not ancient, I am afraid of finding a servant at home, and I have been absent for a long time, if I have bad intentions, it will hurt the child." ”
Lin Fan nodded understandingly, there was no good way, but when Tao'er was looking for a candidate, she would investigate the person's background and conduct more, and then arched her hand, sighed and turned to leave.
As soon as he took two steps, he seemed to remember something, he suddenly turned around and asked: "Miss Tao'er, you know, I have a sworn brother named Zhuo Yilong in Hangzhou, and now that the Giant Whale Gang has fallen, his whereabouts are unknown, in the end it is a brother who knocked his head down, he is not sorry for me in the slightest, and now he is in distress, my conscience is uneasy, you use your intelligence network, help me pay attention, if there is news, remember to write to me, I am in Huashan Sword Sect." Oh yes, and Ling Anshi, that brute, also help me find it, thank you. ”
"Don't say it, I really have news about them, you didn't ask before, and I don't know if you cared about it, so I didn't mention it, after Zhuo Yilong's father died, most of the members of the Giant Whale Gang disagreed with him, and it didn't take long for them to go their separate ways, and those who stayed were all idle and waiting to die, and the people at both ends of the snake and rat were eaten and wiped clean by the Four Seas Gang not long after. Zhuo Yilong left the territory of the Giant Whale Gang with his money and prepared to start a new business on his own. However, you know his ability, and the people who followed him in the end were all bought by the Four Seas Gang a long time ago, cheated him out of his money, and went to the Four Seas Gang. Now Zhuo Yilong is still in Hangzhou and refuses to leave, waiting for the opportunity in the name of beauty, but in fact he is giving up on himself. Relying on his father's friendship with the beggar gang, the beggar gang saw him as pitiful, so he occupied a small ruined temple in the city, and now lives by begging. As for Ling Anshi, if I remember correctly, he should have defected to the Four Seas Gang. ”
"Thank you so much!" When Lin Fan heard the news of the old man, he arched his hand to Tao'er, turned around and left again and went straight to Hangzhou.
In a wine shop in Hangzhou, a man in ragged clothes and hair with a stench suddenly broke in. Where did the stinky Hanako come from, and I asked for food on the side! ”
"Hey! How dare you talk to me like that? Do you know who your grandfather and I are? The man screamed with an arrogant face, pushed the shopkeeper away, pointed at his nose and scolded: "You dog looks at the low-level miscellaneous pieces, call your shopkeeper to come out, let him see who the uncle is!" ”
"This..."The shopkeeper was frightened by the man, and he couldn't figure out his details for a while, so he didn't dare to make a decision without permission, so he had to reflexively go back to the wine store and ask the shopkeeper to come out.
"Who dares to come to me to make trouble?" After a while, the shopkeeper of the wine shop walked out, watched the man carefully identify for a while, sneered, and said disdainfully: "Who am I, isn't this Zhuo Gongzi, why did you come to me." ”
The man was Zhuo Yilong, who was already down, he laughed and said: "It's easy to say, nothing else, I forgot to bring money when I went out today, come and get some wine and food from you, you quickly get it for me, put it in the account, and I'll give you double when I get back." ”
"Phew!" The shopkeeper spat at him and sneered, "Are you really still the eldest young master now?" A few dishes are drunk like this, I haven't woken up, if you want food, you have to have a posture of asking for food, you kneel down and beg me, I may be soft-hearted for a while and may reward you for eating, you shouting five and drinking six, you should get out of here! ”
"Fart! You bastard! Ungrateful dog thing! Zhuo Yilong was furious and scolded. In the past, when I was beautiful, I didn't reward you with less silver, and those extra rewards were enough to buy your broken shop, but now I'm just experiencing some difficulties, so you turn your face and don't recognize people? It's okay if you don't take credit, and return the tips I gave you in the past! ”
"Unreasonable, don't mess around here, Xiao Er will kick him out for me!" The shopkeeper didn't know whether he knew that he was at a loss, or he didn't want to waste words with him, so he didn't pay attention to him and turned his head to enter the store.
"Stop! What are you hiding from an old bastard! Don't forget, even though I'm not there, but I haven't lost my kung fu, if you don't follow me today, beware of me demolishing your shabby shop in a rage! Zhuo Yilong stared at the shopkeeper of the wine shop viciously, and threatened fiercely.
"Shhh The shopkeeper gasped, how could he forget this stubble, this Zhuo Yilong is no matter how waste, but he still knows some three-legged cat kung fu, if he splatters it regardless of it, I am afraid it will be difficult to end.
The shopkeeper swallowed his saliva, and warned with a strong stubble: "Zhuo Yilong, I warn you!" Don't mess around, don't forget that there is no Giant Whale Gang anymore, and you are not a Jianghu person, if you dare to cause trouble, the government will arrest you! ”
"Hahahaha! Wouldn't it be beautiful to catch it, and if I catch it, I will have free food to eat and a free bed to sleep in? When I come out, I will come and smash your store, anyway, I don't have the money to compensate you, and I don't have a bad life if I ask for money! Zhuo Yilong laughed unscrupulously.