Chapter 49: Sleeping in the same bed
After settling Shen Shangzhi, Fang's asked Third Uncle Ma in a low voice, "Dafu didn't come back with you?" ”
Third Uncle Ma smiled, "He has something to do with Gao Sanhu, and he will be back soon." ”
Something?
Seeing that Third Uncle Ma was smiling like an old fox, Lin Ruyu's eyes turned and said in a low voice, "The jar on the water was thrown by the third uncle?" ”
Uncle Ma's smile widened, "The name Dafu is really not for nothing!" After he went out, he said that he was looking for salt, but I didn't believe it, but I didn't expect him to find a wicker box floating on the water, and there were eight jars of tofu in it, because there was a straw, and none of the jars were broken! I brought back a jar, hid a jar, and when I went up the mountain and entered the temple, Dafu and Gao Sanhu were thrown into the water. ”
Thinking of the scene at that time, Uncle Ma exclaimed twice in a row before continuing, "I originally thought to bring back four cans and divide them into one courtyard, and the remaining four cans were properly hidden. But when I saw Ma Er's blind men paddling ashore with wooden planks from afar, I had an idea and thought of such an idea. ”
"It's still the third uncle who is smart!" Lin Ruyu stretched out her thumbs in her heart and gave two big praises to Uncle Ma.
That's a good idea. Because it is summer, there are delicious wild game in the mountains after the flood, but there is no substitute for salt, which is indispensable for the human body.
Everyone wants to live. The dozens of people who lived in the Guanyin Temple would be afraid and tolerate because of the notoriety of Ma Er's blind gang, but they would definitely not give these six jars of tofu to Ma Er's blind man. Most of the people who can survive the flood are young and middle-aged, as long as dozens of people are in a group, Ma Er's blind gang is not enough evidence.
The development of things turned out as Uncle Ma expected. After the work of two incense sticks, Gao Sanhu ran back to the temple with Dafu, gloating and telling everyone, "Six jars of tofu and milk are scooped up and five altars, and the people of Ma Er and the blind are used to being domineering, so they will grab it and break an altar, and the people in the temple will fight with them, and finally someone will come forward to pull it together, and each side will get two altars." ”
Zhao Lu was distressed, "Floating away from that altar can save your life no matter who picks it up, why did you break a jar?" ”
"So everyone is annoyed," Gao Sanhu said, "but what can be put away if it is broken has also been taken back." ”
This morning, the fragrance of tofu wafted everywhere in the Guanyin Temple, and the people in the second courtyard and the main hall of the east and west were satisfied, laughing and laughing, but the backyard was quiet, and no one dared to speak loudly, for fear of angering the blind man of Ma Er and being beaten.
Filling his stomach with the snatched tofu dipped in the snatched raw bamboo shoots, the anger of the blind man still couldn't be extinguished.
After the flood, Ma Er blind man took his men to hide on the second floor of the gambling house, the water level rose and the second floor was flooded, they had to climb to the roof, reflecting the courage to hide for a day, hungry and thirsty to hold the wood to the fire viewing platform, robbed the food of the people inside and boiled for two days, and finally stayed up until this morning to clear up, only to hold the wooden plank and float desperately for a few miles to come to the Guanyin Temple.
This temple is what he has been in love with a long time ago!
If he hadn't been swept away by the flood, how could he have lost face one after another!
"Second brother-" He Fatzi rushed in from outside,
"If you fucking quarrel again, Lao Tzu will cut out your tongue immediately!" Ma Er, who was blind and had nowhere to sprinkle, picked up the coarse porcelain bowl on the table and smashed it.
"Smack!" The porcelain bowl smashed on He Fatzi's shoulder and bounced back, falling to the ground and breaking into several petals.
He San's fat flesh was thick and didn't hurt, but he was so frightened that he shrunk his neck and didn't dare to say anything.
After a while, Ma Er's blind man commanded gloomily, "Say!" ”
"Yes." He Sanpang lowered his voice and said in a proper manner, "I inquired clearly, in addition to a few from Wantou Village and Zhaojiawan in the east courtyard, and the two dart masters of the Shun Dart Bureau, there are also two girls, two children, and a fool." Which little lady has a large birthmark on her right eye, just like the girl who went to Taojiazhuang the day before the flood, this little lady rescued a girl and a five or six-year-old child from Taojiazhuang, and took them to the pharmacy of Lao Zhuangtou to grab medicine and see a doctor. ”
Ma Wang, who was standing next to Ma Er's blind man, took over the conversation, "The person behind Taojiazhuang is Hu Dingcun, the owner of the Siman pawnshop in Qi County, and Hu Dingcun is the lackey of Dong County's order. More than 20 people in the village were all cut down, and the chief of our Hao Lianzhai didn't even dare to let go of a fart. What does this mean? It shows that the backers of the people in the East Courtyard are tougher than Dong County's order. ”
"Backer? Hum. Ma Er snorted with his nose, and stared at the head on the roof of the Guanyin Hall with a gloomy gaze, "Lao Tzu is afraid of him!" Tonight, they sent someone to investigate, snatched all the guys and money in their hands, and burned the matter! ”
After nightfall, Xiao Ah Heng, who had practiced sticks for a day, lay on the bed in the east wing and slept sweetly. After Zhao Lu and the six people lived in the east courtyard, Xiao Aheng moved to the wing room to live with his mother and sister, and the rest of the people crowded the kitchen and the main room.
Because of the guessing that Ma Er's blind man would come over tonight to find trouble, although Fang and Lin Ruyu were lying on the bed, they couldn't sleep soundly, and there was a slight movement in the courtyard, so the two of them would open their eyes and look at the window of the east wing.
I don't know how long it took, Fang yawned and said in a low voice, "Jiaojiao, sleep, I'll be busy tomorrow." ”
"Okay, my mother will sleep too." Lin Ruyu answered, and looked at the window again.
Old Man Shen speculated that the blind man in the backyard would send someone to visit the east courtyard at night, and the person sent would come down from the roof in the second half of the night.
Therefore, the focus of tonight's defense is that in the second half of the night, when the people are most asleep and the night watchers are the most sleepy and tired, they will not be able to hold out at that time.
The stars shifted, and in the second half of the night, the Guanyin Temple was silent, and there was only the sound of flowing water and bursts of frogs between heaven and earth.
"Click."
The roof tiles swayed slightly, and Shen Shangzhi and Shen Ge opened their eyes at the same time and looked at the roof.
Listening to the sound of tiles on the roof of the Dongli room, Shen Shangzhi pressed Shen Ge who was lifting his sword with his bow and motioned him to open the window. Shen Ge lifted his sword, silently stepped forward to open the window, and when he came back, he helped Shen Shang sit upright on the bed, staring out the window.
Soon, one leg hung down from the roof, and the gesture was to jump onto the east wall. Before his other leg could also fall, Shen Shangzhi raised his hand and bent the bow, and shot a bamboo arrow with a "whoosh", hitting the calf of the person in the house.
"Whew-"
"Smack!"
"Who?!"
The people in the house screamed miserably and stepped on the roof tiles, which alarmed Uncle Ma San, who was on night duty in the courtyard. In the east wing, Fang's and Lin Ruyu were also awakened, and they got up with sticks.
After a while, Third Uncle Ma came to the window of the east wing and said in a low voice, "Sister-in-law has woken up?" It's okay, sister-in-law can sleep in peace. ”
"It's hard work third uncle." Fang's replied lightly, lay back on the bed with his daughter, and whispered, "Old man Shen is really accurate, let's sleep Jiaojiao." ”
In the east room of the north courtyard, Shen Ge looked at Shen Shangzhi with burning eyes, and his admiration was beyond words.
Shen Shangzhi smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "There will be nothing to do tonight, if there is anything you want to ask, lie down and let's talk slowly." ”
Tonight, Shen Shangzhi and Shen Ge slept together.