Chapter 8: Mei Xue
Jingcheng, "Prepare the horse, let's go to Jiangcheng." "My lord, have we been to Jiangcheng?" Is it because of the father-son thing? ”
"There is a big fish, let's go and find out." "Yes, sir."
Jiang Cheng, Jiang Da Hammer specially went to the street today to buy half a catty of pig's head meat, and then bought two catties of braised edamame at the end of the street. Stir-fry a plate of peanuts and greens with a shredded potato and cook a cabbage tofu soup.
"Wow, Dad, is this the New Year?" The riverside came back from outside, and his face was covered with dirt and dirt.
"I'm going there again, you're going to play crazy, look at how dirty you are, like a mud monkey, hurry up and wash your hands, and go and call Uncle Liu and Fat Tiger to come over for dinner."
"Okay, Dad." For Jiangban, it is enough to have food, so it doesn't matter who he eats with.
After washing his hands, he happily jumped out of the door and came to the fat tiger's house. "Knock knock" Riverside knocked on the door. "Fat Tiger Fat Tiger, open the door quickly, I'm Jiangban."
With a "squeak", the fat tiger's round head poked out of it. "Why are you on the riverside, now I" "My father will definitely not let me go out to play, I have to eat." ”
"Oh, I didn't ask you to go out to play, my dad asked me to come over and ask your dad to go to my house with you for dinner.". Fat Tiger pushed the door open, "Then I'll call my dad." "Let the latter slip in.
After a while, Fat Tiger and his father Liu walked out with one hand. "Jiangbian, your father told me to come over for dinner?"
"Yes, uncle." "Okay, let's get over then."
The three of them came to Jiang Dazhui's house, and Jiang Dazhui had already set up the dishes and chopsticks on the temporary table. "It's so rich, Brother Jiang." "It's not hearty, it's not hearty, isn't this looking for Brother Liu to have two drinks?"
When it came to wine, Liu Yishou shouted, "Oh, I forgot to take the wine, I have a burning knife." I'll go back and get it later. ”
"Don't get in the way, I have dirt to burn." Jiang Dazhui said.
"It's okay, soon." After saying that, Liu Yishou ran outside.
Jiang Pan and Fat Tiger have already sat down, especially Jiang Pan, they have already moved their chopsticks, Jiang Sledgehammer slapped the back of Jiang Pan's hand, and said, "The guest hasn't arrived yet, it's rude." ”
"Oh~" Jiang Ban replied sullenly and silently put down his chopsticks.
Liu walked in with his burning knife in one hand. Jiang Dazhui hurriedly asked him to sit down, and poured a bowl of wine first. Jiang Dazhui took a sip, "Tsk, ha." He pursed his lips and said, "It's delicious, Brother Liu bought it there." ”
"It's delicious. At the Hua Granny's house in Erjiao Lane, they have been making wine for 30 years, so drink more if it's delicious. ”
"That's a good feeling, I'll go to her house to try it when I go back."
"It's good and affordable. By the way, Brother Jiang, how did you escape last time? ”
"It's hard to put into words, that day we went out from the North City Gate, and we were chased by those soldiers all the way, and then we were caught up by them in the woods, and we fled again, and then we followed Li Yuanwai and them to Wuling County."
Jiang Pan was burying his head in eating, and he didn't care what Jiang Da Hammer said at all. Fat Tiger is also burying his head in hard work, and the two of them are eating with their mouths full of oil.
"As the saying goes, if you don't die in a catastrophe, there will be a blessing in the future, isn't Brother Jiang back safely? I will be blessed in the future. ”
"Who's to say it isn't! Brother Liu will take care of his brother more in the future. After speaking, Jiang Dazhui raised the bowl, Liu Yiyi also raised it, and both of them dried the wine in the bowl in one gulp.
The sky gradually darkened, Jiang Dazhui took out the candle, and the two of them talked and laughed under the candlelight, Jiang Pan and Fat Tiger didn't know where to run to play. Liu Yishou and Jiang Dazhui were full of red light.
"Brother Liu, what about you raising fish, not a brother, I look down on you, you... It's too unusual, do it, I'll fill it up for you. Jiang Dazhui shouted.
"Brother Jiang, you look down on people, whoever raises fish, you are the one who raises fish, you punish yourself first."
Pushing the cup and changing the lamp, the eyes of the two were confused, and they were a little drunk. It's loud. Jiang Pan and Fat Tiger went out to play around and came back, went out and came back again, and the two adults were still drinking.
The burning knives brought by Liu Yishou had already been drunk, and what they were drinking now was Jiang Da Hammer's soil roast.
No matter how much you can drink, you can't stand the bowl by bowl. In the end, the two of them were finished with soil burning.
Fat Tiger called his mother and helped Liu away with one hand, sometimes looking apologetic.
Jiang Dazhui fell asleep on the bed, and the snoring sound was earth-shattering.
The weather is getting colder, the snow seems to have never stopped, the days are getting shorter, and the nights are getting longer.
The riverside is round, wrapped in three layers inside and three layers outside, and his face is red. That morning, Jiang Dazhui received a letter from Wuling County.
Wuling County? Jiang Dazhui was puzzled. I just wanted to see it when I opened it, hesitated for a moment, and let it be seen by the riverside. Jiang Pan was puzzled, "Dad, can't you just see it?" "Nonsense, if my father knows how to read, will you still show it?" Jiang Dazhui said angrily.
"Brother Jiang personally opened, I haven't seen him for months, and I miss it very much. Is it warm and cold, but is it healthy? I thought of Brother Jiang for a long time, and I regretted that I didn't have any spare time. A few days ago, I got a book and told Brother Jiang. Brother Jiang decided to return to Jiangcheng to return to his roots, brother, and persuaded him to no avail. Only help. Today, the brother gave the restaurant the title deed to the Jiang brother, and the brother had to consult the housekeeper, and the housekeeper was in Jiangcheng. Brother Jiang must discipline Jiangban and make him a talent. Brother Wangjiang takes care of his body and treats him for a good time. ”
"Tell Daddy what you mean." Jiang Dazhui plucked out his ears, wore a big cotton jacket, and sat down lazily.
"Master Li said that he was very concerned about you and asked you to take care. Then he transferred the title deed of his restaurant under Jiangcheng to you. And to make you good to me. "Speaking of the riverside behind, it's a little weak. Jiang sledgehammer cast a suspicious look at the riverside.
Jiang Pan stiffened his neck and said, "I don't believe you, find someone to ask." Jiang Dazhui reluctantly believed it, and then scratched his head and said: "Is Li Yuanwai joking, isn't it waiting for the restaurant to close down at a loss?" I know how to eat three meals a day, drink porridge and eat big steamed buns, where do you know how to do business. ”
"Dad, tomorrow you go to the housekeeper's house to ask the housekeeper, the original housekeeper is still in Jiangcheng."
"Okay, ask him tomorrow and let him take it back." Jiang Pan said depressedly.
"Dad, what did you do before, how do you know martial arts?" Jiang Ban asked curiously. "Little rabbit, why are you asking about this, it's useless to ask, I don't want to talk about your father." Then Jiang Dazhui clasped his hands on his chest and looked at the river proudly. "Then Dad tell me about my mother, I haven't seen my mother since I was a child."
Jiang Dazhui's eyes instantly softened, "Your mother, she is beautiful and kind, and she is smart, there are few people in the world who can compare to her." "How did that mother die?" Jiang Ban asked cautiously. "Just know, your mother is sick and died."
"Didn't you take your mother to the doctor?"
"Look, the doctor said that he couldn't save it, this is probably a shameful life." Jiang Dazhui sighed.
Jiang Pan didn't understand what it meant to be a thin face at all, and when he saw Jiang Dazhu's appearance that he didn't plan to answer at all, he didn't ask.
The next day, Jiang Dazhui searched for a long time, but he found Fushou housekeeper in a store. "Sledgehammer, your clerk told me about the letter from outside, and I arranged it for you." Then he pulled out a stack of house deeds over the counter. Jiang Dazhui hurriedly arrived: "I just came to the housekeeper to persuade the staff to take back my life, give me a rough person, sooner or later I will be defeated, I only know how to live my duty." ”
Jiang Dazhui wanted to continue to say something, but the housekeeper of Fushou stopped and said: "The staff made this decision, so he has his own considerations, so there is no need to say more." "But I really don't care about this business."
"In this way, I will take care of it for you, can the profit be yours?" Fu Shou said thoughtfully. "That.. All right. Jiang Dazhui continued: "But this housekeeper is not at a loss, there is no salary for just working, you can start the work, I will take 100 yuan, and the income will be stored for Li Yuanwai." ”
The housekeeper of Fushou still didn't give up when he saw Jiang Dazhui, so he said in another way: "Okay, listen to you." In fact, Fu Shou has already made up his mind in his heart, the money is still Jiang Da Hammer's, he will help keep it first, and then give it to him later.
That common man dared to hope that he would suddenly become rich one day, and he didn't dare to think about it. When they really suddenly became rich and did not dare to accept it, the honest people only believed in their own hands, only believed that what they created was their own, and they all understood that they did not succeed.
Jiangcheng is in a state of reconstruction, and everything is in ruins. Therefore, many foreign businessmen come here, hoping to show their skills and become rich. There are also many outsiders who want to live and work here in peace and contentment. As for the original residents, they have a wait-and-see attitude and maintain their original living conditions.
Several waves of scholars came to Jiangcheng, and several colleges were also opened. Li Yuanwai solved all the problems of reading on the riverside. Jiang Pan pulled his face and went to the school reluctantly. There are all fresh faces in the school, and I don't know anyone except Fat Tiger Jiangban, so that Jiangban and Fat Tiger are getting more and more familiar, and they have to stick together for everything, so good that they almost wear a pair of pants.
That afternoon, because the master of the school had something to do temporarily, he gave the riverside a half-day off. Jiang Pan and Fat Tiger each have a cloth bag, they are all round, and they are wearing a hat, and their red faces look cute and vivid. Jiang Pan proposed, "Fat Tiger, let's go fishing," he said, pulling out the hook and line from the cloth bag. ”
Winter fishing has actually been thought about by the riverside for a long time, since the last time I came back, I saw the river sledgehammer on the lake and never forgot it. So much so that the riverside carries a fishing hook and a fishing line every day.
"On the riverside, in winter, how can you catch fish?" Fat Tiger asked.
"Yes, I see my dad fished, really, lie to you as a puppy." Riverside swore to speak. The fat tiger was skeptical, and said, "But where can we go to find the beads?" ”
"There is a Song master in our school, let's go and cut down a tree." Jiang Pan looked at the fat tiger and said seriously. Master Song, do you dare to go? I'm afraid. ”
"My dad said that wealth is in danger, come with me." Jiangban ran out first. The fat tiger followed with fear. The two returned to the school again and went straight to the courtyard of Master Song. Looking at the familiar road by the river, it seems that it has not been a day or two with bamboo.
The reason why I didn't dare to come in front of me was because there was no one to accompany or have no accomplices. Now with Fat Tiger, it's definitely different. Jiang Pan skillfully took out the knife that had been prepared from the cloth bag.
Quickly cut down two bamboos. In the small courtyard, Song Fuzi was reading a book, and the sound of wind and snow was the same outside. Suddenly, I heard a rustling sound. Song Fuzi walked out and saw two children cutting the bamboo he had worked so hard to plant, and he was immediately angry.
"Stop, stop, follow me to your elders." Song Fuzi shouted. The round body of the fat tiger on the riverside was frightened. When I turned around, I saw the imposing Master Song rushing towards the bamboo garden. Jiang Pan hurriedly shouted to the fat tiger: "Run." "Don't forget to hold the bamboo when you run. The fat tiger also did the same, ran out quite a long way, and found that no one caught up. The two of them stared at each other and laughed.
Two carrot-headed children, each carrying a fishing rod, swaggered along the country road. The snow was falling, and the two children were not afraid of the cold at all. Only two pairs of little red hands tell people how cold it is.
The two of them walked towards the outskirts of the South Gate, and there was a small abandoned pond. All the way is a snow-white world, and the trees next to it have already shed their yellowed leaves in late autumn, leaving only bare trunks and branches, and until the beginning of spring next year, it will be full of trees and grass.
Fat Tiger and Jiangban chased me to the pond, surrounded by bare trees, only the pines and cypresses were still strong. On the opposite side of the pond, there are plum blossoms. Jiangban hurriedly ran to the lake, "Fat Tiger, look at me, I'll teach you how to do my father's business." Then, according to the recollection of Rie's sledgehammer, he smashed a hole in the ice with a stone and put the hook with the bait down.
The strange thing is that the two of them didn't put anything in the ear hooks, so they waited quietly, but no fish came for a long time. Fat Tiger couldn't help but say: "If you lie to the riverside, there will be no fish at all." "I didn't lie to you, that's how my dad got it." When the two were still arguing, a voice suddenly came from the shore: "How can you fish without bait?" ”
Hearing this, a middle-aged man with a pink carved boy stood under the plum blossom tree, and there was a grandfather-like person standing next to the two. "Do you know how to fish, uncle?" The middle-aged man smiled and said, "I don't understand." ”
Jiang Pan wondered: "To understand is to understand, not to understand is not to understand, where to understand and not understand." Only then did a large number of middle-aged people be carefully raised.
I saw the middle-aged popularity Yu Xuanang, sword eyebrows and starry eyes. It's not very good-looking, but the temperament of "being the best" is very impressive, and you can't pay attention to it. He was dressed in a pleasant white outfit, the same color as snow.
A pair of thick white boots, and a large coat of black on the outside and white velvet on the inside, look clean and comfortable. Temperament seems to know that everything is either rich or expensive.
The old man next to him spoke next to the middle-aged man, his lips moved slightly, but the riverside couldn't hear it, and he could only see the middle-aged man shaking his head.
Jiang Pan shouted: "Hey, uncle, what are you looking at?" "Look at the plum blossoms, don't you think the plum blossoms are beautiful in this snowy season?" Jiangban shouted: "You are talking nonsense. When the old man next to the middle-aged man heard this, he immediately wanted to scold, but was stopped by the middle-aged man.
"What did the little brother say?" The middle-aged man said suspiciously.
"When the snow falls, the plum blossoms also bloom, and they are just as beautiful, otherwise they would all be together in winter." The middle-aged man was stunned: "Can you explain it like this?" ”
Jiang Ban continued: "Snow is like plum blossoms, plum blossoms are like snow, and they are just as beautiful as they are not. The middle-aged man was silent for a while before he said, "Little brother has a point, what's your name?" ”
"I'll tell you the name, you're going to teach me how to fish, promise?" Jiang Pan squinted at the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man laughed: "Okay, I agreed." Jiang Pan shouted: "Whoever deceives people is a puppy." ”
The old man beside the middle-aged man turned pale: "You..." The middle-aged man held him down and said, "Tong Yan is unscrupulous." The little boy covered his mouth and smiled.
Jiangban patted his chest, and just as he wanted to speak, he heard the fat tiger shouting: "Jiangban Jiangban, I caught a fish, come and help me, I can't pull it up." I don't know how the fat tiger made a fuss, but while talking to people on the riverside, he actually caught a fish. Looking at the fish tumbling in the ice cave, Jiangban ran over excitedly.
As a result, his feet slipped and hit the fat tiger, and the two fell into the ice cave together. Neither of them could swim and could only struggle in the water. The icy water squeezed the riverside deeply, and the riverbank felt like it was going to suffocate, trying to get up but couldn't catch anything. Seeing that the light outside the cave was getting farther and farther away from him, Jiang Pan stretched out his hand desperately to the outside of the cave.
By the lake, the middle-aged man was also startled when he saw this scene, and hurriedly asked the old man around him to go down to save people. The old man made a dragonfly-like movement, came to the edge of the cave, and stretched out his hand to pull the riverside and the fat tiger up.
Jiangban lay on the ice panting, soaking wet and shivering. "Boy, see if you dare to speak wildly and don't know how to be polite." Jiang Pan didn't notice what he was talking about at this time, and this experience of escaping death made him palpitate.
"Go back quickly, little brother, it's not good to catch the wind and cold for a while." Only then did Jiangban react, trembling and helping up the fat tiger next to him like mud, and walking towards the lake. After walking some distance, his teeth chattered and he turned around and shouted, "My name is Jiangban." The middle-aged man looked at the back of the riverside in the distance, with a smile on the corner of his mouth. The little boy next to the middle-aged man looked at the riverside in the distance for a while, and looked at the middle-aged man for a while, a little incredulous, how could his father talk so well to an unknown person.
The middle-aged man looked down at his son's unbelievable appearance, and said with a smile: "Are you very confused? The little boy bowed and said, "Father, please." "My father saw in them the innocent and romantic appearance of his childhood, and people couldn't help but miss it. Walking the rivers and lakes to have more kindness to others is to protect one's own life. Don't be stingy with praise without cost, believe that good words can make people happy all day, and the same will make you happy all day. The middle-aged man touched the boy's head and said again: "It's okay if you don't understand, remember it first, and then you will understand it slowly." ”
The middle-aged man folded off a plum blossom, put it on his nose and smelled it, and sighed: "The plum is white and the snow is white, but the snow loses the fragrance of the plum." ”