17 Chapter XVII
Cui Wu, as a catcher, is far more agile than the weak chicken Cui Yaoguang, and before he could react, he bent down and picked up the book.
The wind stirred the leaves, and in the depths of the alley, there were the cries of children, the creaking of doors and closings, the shouts of doing business, and the greetings of acquaintances.
Cheng Zi'an clearly heard Cui Wu's gradually coarse breathing, and on his face, he saw the most wonderful expression in his life.
Partial birth, Cui Yaoguang was stupid in a hurry, and blurted out: "Daddy, your birthday is coming, this is my birthday gift for you." ”
Cheng Zi'an couldn't hold it back, and he almost laughed out of his snot bubbles. Cui Wu's face was like the sky before a midsummer thunderstorm, dark clouds swept over, black and dark, and the sky and the earth were instantly dim.
Cui Wu touched the saber on his waist, the cold scabbard, let him keep the only bit of sanity he had, stepped forward to grab Cui Yaoguang, and scolded angrily: "Lao Tzu is going to pick off your skin today!" ”
Cui Yaoguang was trembling with fright, begging for mercy with a white face, and cast a distressed gaze at Cheng Zi'an for help.
Cheng Zi'an couldn't watch his partner being beaten, so he jumped forward and hugged Cui Wu's arm, pleading: "Second uncle, third brother is your biological son, your subordinates are merciful!" ”
Cui Wu's arm was raised, and Cheng Zi'an was entangled like a monkey. Cui Wu was about to laugh angrily, glared at him and said, "You kid doesn't study well, people the size of beans, follow to read the messy books, carefully I tell you Daddy, even you clean up." ”
Dead friends don't die in poor ways, Cheng Zi'an immediately let go of Cui Wu and gave Cui Yaoguang a look of self-begging.
Cui Wu took Cui Yaoguang back home, the Fang family was arranging lunch, heard the movement outside, hurriedly walked out of the stove room to take a look, and immediately said in surprise: "His father, what's wrong?" ”
"What's wrong, this bastard is cowardly, he doesn't learn well!" Cui Wu didn't stop, he kicked and stared at Cui Yaoguang into the main house, turned back to Fang Shi, who was not at ease and followed him: "Don't come to persuade you, it's useless for anyone to persuade today, I will definitely clean him up!" ”
The door slammed shut in front of him, and the Fang clan stood in front of the door, hesitating in a hurry, not daring to enter the house.
Soon, there was the sound of sticks falling on the meat in the house, and Cui Yaoguang cried and cried out in pain. Fang Shi was anxious and distressed, and hurriedly pulled Cheng Zi'an on the side and asked, "Zi'an, what did your third brother do?" ”
Cheng Zi'an replied: "The third brother went to the study to buy a book, and when he came back, he met the second uncle. The second uncle found the book and got angry. ”
Fang Shi was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he was so angry that he said: "You don't need to work hard to study, you are afraid of hardship and tiredness when you go to study in the house, in this life, you will definitely not be able to count on it." ”
Cheng Zi'an's mind turned, and he roughly understood the meaning of Fang's words.
Cui's family is now a family of small officials, and the officials and officials seem to be very close, but there is an unfathomable and difficult gap in the middle.
Although the Great Zhou soap officials are not lowly statuses, their lives are far more comfortable than ordinary people, but people are always used to looking up.
Cui Wu couldn't be an official in his life, so the Fang family put their hopes on Cui Yaoguang, hoping that he could win glory for him in high school.
After Fang Shi finished speaking, he turned around and left, and before leaving, he also glanced at Cheng Zi'an meaningfully.
The corners of Cheng Zi'an's eyes twitched, he was also an unsuccessful person, and he was disgusted by the Fang family.
If you dislike it, you dislike it, Cheng Zi'an doesn't have so much burden in his heart. Cheng Zhen's coercion was useless, let alone the Fang clan.
Inside the house, Cui Yaoguang was beaten and screamed.
Cheng Zi'an listened to it with sour teeth, and he thought that Cui Wu was purely making a fuss. At Cui Yaoguang's age, he must also be curious about the books on goblin fights, and he has secretly read them.
Parents are really amazing, obviously they themselves are young. As soon as the identity of the character changed, he immediately changed his face.
Cheng Zi'an rolled his eyes, leaned on the door and looked in through the crack in the door. The door was not bolted, and he lay down, and the door opened. Cheng Zi'an didn't pay attention, and planted himself from the threshold.
Cui Wu's raised hand stopped in mid-air, and even Cui Yaoguang's cry temporarily stopped, and the two looked at Cheng Zi'an who was chrysalis on the ground.
Cheng Zi'an cried with a sad face, and simply lay on the ground, ouching and crying out in pain.
Cui Wu threw away the stick angrily, slipped up Cheng Zi'an before he came up, and said with a straight face: "You bastard, why are you so careless?" ”
Cheng Zi'an took advantage of the situation to hug Cui Wu's arm and cried: "Second uncle, I fell and injured myself. ”
Cui Wu immediately became nervous, groped him up and down, and said worriedly: "Where did you fall, show me quickly." ”
Cheng Zi'an kicked his legs, moved his arms again, his eyes gurgled, and said, "My hands and feet are hurt, and my whole body hurts." ”
Cui Wu couldn't care about Cui Yaoguang, who was sobbing, scooped up Cheng Zi'an's trouser leg and looked at it carefully. Seeing that there was not even a red mark on his white and fat legs, and the same was true on his arms, he couldn't help frowning, and said suspiciously: "I don't see where the injury is." ”
Cheng Zi'an's face did not change, and he opened his mouth and came: "I hurt my bones, internal injuries." Second uncle, I'm hungry, let's eat first, and only when I'm full can I have the strength to heal my injuries. ”
Cui Wu let go of Cheng Zi'an slowly, leaned at him, and scolded with a smile: "You bastard, don't make trouble with me." ”
Usually when he is busy, Cui Wu and his colleagues eat casually in the tea shop. When you're not too busy, go home and eat.
Cui Wu had to go to the yamen on an errand after eating, and now Cui Yaoguang's books were confiscated, and he was beaten up, and said sharply: "Go back to the house and reflect, when is it good to reflect, when to eat again!" ”
Cui Yaoguang cried and chirped, staggered like a crab, and returned to his house.
Cheng Zi'an stared at Cui Yaoguang's back, speechless and staring at the sky.
If it were him, he would definitely admit his mistakes immediately, make deep reflections, and eat first.
After lunch, Cui Wu went to the yamen. Before going out, he also solemnly instructed the Fang family not to secretly send food to Cui Yaoguang, and he must let him remember it for a long time.
The Fang clan didn't dare to disobey Cui Wu, and after lunch, he told Cheng Zi'an to go to a lunch break, and he also took Cui Yu to rest.
It was hot at noon, and the servants and servants were resting in the house. Cheng Zi'an took the opportunity to sneak out of the door, came to the deli shop at the mouth of the alley, and used the remaining money to buy a bag of pig's head meat, and hid it and smuggled it to Cui Yaoguang.
Cui Yaoguang's buttocks were beaten and swollen, and he lay on the head of the bed, stuffing pig's head meat into his mouth, while vaguely grateful: "Zi'an is really righteous, only you are the best for me." ”
Cheng Zi'an glanced at him with disgust and said, "Third brother, you eat carefully, don't drop the pig's head meat on the bed." The second uncle is a fast catcher, and when he comes back, he can see at a glance that I found out that I bought you meat, and he will never give me pocket money in the future. ”
Hearing the money, Cui Yaoguang was so distressed that he twitched, he stretched his neck, tried to swallow the meat, and said bitterly: "The book is gone, and the silver I have worked so hard to save is gone, why is my life so bitter!" ”
Cheng Zi'an wanted to laugh, he casually opened Cui Yaoguang's "Spring and Autumn" on the desk, and laughed out loud.
As in later generations, Cui Yaoguang painted a portrait in the blank space of the book, and Cheng Zi'an guessed that he was a certain saint who was painted.
Before, he claimed to be a painter, but he was still modest. The saint was painted by him as Li Kui, grinning and ugly.
Cui Yaoguang heard Cheng Zi'an laughing, tilted his head to look, saw that he was reading his book, and said hatefully: "Spring and Autumn Spring and Autumn, Spring and Autumn that I can't finish reading, it's really annoying." ”
Cheng Zi'an put down the book and asked curiously: "Second brother, if you don't pass the imperial examination, what do you want to do when you grow up?" ”
"If I can't pass the test, hehe, look at what you said, I definitely won't pass the test." Cui Yaoguang was amused, and simply said neatly: "I don't want to do anything, so I rely on my father to raise me." ”
Like-minded people!
Cheng Zi'an showed appreciation, Cui Yaoguang's face fell again, and he said depressedly: "A-Niang talks to me all day long, asking me to have a good time, study hard and take the imperial examination, and after becoming an official, I can earn her a wife." In the future, my sister can also rely on me and marry a good family. My mother's brother has the ability, and my sister will not be bullied if she gets married. ”
sighed sadly several times, Cui Yaoguang's eyes lit up, and he squeezed his eyes at Cheng Zi'an: "Wait a minute, let's go find the eldest brother, the eldest brother is rich, maybe, hehe....."
Cheng Zi'an blinked, and immediately saw Cui Yaoguang's careful thoughts.
It seems that Cui Wu is still light!