Volume 1 The Boy Who Went Up and Down Chapter 2 The Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell
Xu Changan did not stop listening to the book because of Uncle Shi's anger.
Anyway, he was used to Uncle Shi, who was hot and cold, and he didn't pay attention to it at all. Every day, when Uncle Shi went to the private school, he ran to Dechun Building to listen to a book as soon as he slipped a cigarette.
The storyteller has already told the story from the war of the Northern Barbarian Expedition to the whimsical cultivator.
Those cultivators who are high up and look up to them.
It's just that the people of this small town are used to contentment.
They like to spend the afternoon drinking a big sip of sweet soup and resting on a bamboo chair, and they like the sunset in the evening, saying hello to the women in charge, and the men make an appointment to play mahjong.
For them, what flying away is too ethereal, it is better to go home and drink sweet soup and play mahjong in circles.
Therefore, the bustle in the Dechun Building is like a stone thrown into the lake, stirring up a circle of ripples, and then it will return to calm.
The shopkeeper of Dechun Building was naturally anxious, and kept urging the storyteller to tell a few more stories about the war, but it was really impossible to make up a few.
The storyteller cocked his beard, pointed at the shopkeeper and scolded, saying that what he said was a true story, and that there had been such a war in the past ten years, and it would be an insult to his personality to make it up.
Seeing that the storyteller insisted on talking about the cultivators, the shopkeeper had to give up, and the business was not bad anyway. Moreover...... The ladies in the kiln and the bustard have been smiling a little more when they see them recently. Probably because there are fewer people listening to books, and their business is better, so they don't see themselves as they used to. Moreover...... The girls seem to be working harder, too.
Thinking of those girls, the shopkeeper went to the storyteller.
Xu Changan prefers the current Dechun Building, every time he goes, he can have a seat, and he doesn't have to be squeezed into the corner like in the past.
glanced at the water clock, and estimated that Uncle Shi was about to go home, Xu Changan was about to slip away, but was stopped by Mr. Storyteller.
"Chang'an, don't be in a hurry today, Mr. Shi has encountered a good thing, and he won't be able to go home for a while. Because Xu Changan comes to listen to books every day, he is also familiar with Mr. Storyteller.
"What's the happy event?"
The storyteller said as he cleaned up his things: "A big pie fell from the sky and smashed on your Uncle Shi's head. ”
Xu Changan put his chin in both hands and leaned his head over: "Brag, my uncle's luck is that he has to fall a big heel when he picks up money." Besides, you're all talking about books, how do you know about my Uncle Shi?"
The storyteller smiled: "Yes, the big pie did smash your Uncle Shi a big heel." I'm a storyteller, and there's always someone who tells me something interesting. ”
Xu Changan rushed to the house in disbelief, and the storyteller's hearty laughter came from behind him.
Seeing that the door was hidden, Xu Changan secretly glanced inside, only to see a figure shaking inside, presumably Uncle Shi. Xu Changan was about to enter the house, when someone covered his mouth and pulled aside.
Xu Changan turned his head and saw that it was Uncle Shi!
Uncle Shi packed up some things and pulled Xu Changan straight to the south of the city.
The south of the city is the territory of the most powerful Wang family in the city, and the Wang family is in Weicheng, rich and powerful.
Uncle Shi went straight to the Wang family's mansion, to Xu Changan's surprise, the Wang family actually put up lights, and many people entered the Wang family with congratulatory gifts, and those rich people in the city saw Uncle Shi and nodded slightly.
"Remember, no matter what happens, don't panic, remember that there is a letter under your bed. Uncle Shi greeted Xu Changan in a low voice.
Although Xu Changan was a little surprised, he still nodded, he had listened to Uncle Shi's words since he was a child. What surprised Xu Changan even more was that when he saw Uncle Shi, a group of handymen rushed up and welcomed Uncle Shi in, leaving Xu Changan sitting alone and restlessly outside.
The guests were saying what to congratulate the Wang family on having a good son-in-law, Xu Changan pricked up his ears and listened carefully, and finally knew what was going on.
Miss Wang, who is in her thirties, threw hydrangeas in Wanhualou today to find a good son-in-law, Uncle Shi happened to pass by, and she couldn't avoid it, and the hydrangea fell steadily into Uncle Shi's arms.
Xu Changan finally knew what Mr. Storyteller said "a big pie smashed a heel".
Miss Wang is in her thirties, and she is already an old girl at this age.
It's not that she doesn't marry, it's just that this young lady of the Wang family has a big waist and a round waist, and she is very fierce, and her weight alone is worth four or five men.
It stands to reason that with the financial resources of the Wang family, it should not be worrying about marrying a daughter. However, after a few hydrangea throws, all the men who married Miss Wang died mysteriously that night. Therefore, there will be a situation where Uncle Shi can't avoid being hit by a hydrangea.
Uncle Shi and the bride walked out of the lobby together, and many people looked at Uncle Shi with sympathy in their eyes, as if Uncle Shi was already a dead man at this time.
"Have you heard? Three months ago, on the wedding night of the son-in-law of the Wang family, he fell and died. ”
"Also, the son-in-law of the Wang family was found hanging from a tree on the second day of his marriage half a year ago. ”
"I really don't know how this bridegroom officer died?"
It is extremely evasive to say these things in other people's happy halls, but what happened to this Miss Wang is too evil. The mouth grows on others, and the Wang family can't say anything.
"Hey, little brother, how many more hours do you say this groom can live?" Xu Changan felt his shoulders sink, and looked at the young man lying on his body with black lines on his face.
Xu Changan glanced at the drunken and slightly drunk young man, and took away the hand on his shoulder with disgust.
The young man didn't care, and immediately put his hand on Xu Changan's shoulder again.
"Let me tell you, my cousin has been married a dozen times, and the oldest one lived for twelve hours. ”
As he spoke, he counted on his fingers: "Three of them died at the wedding feast, five or six hours...... I see that this uncle is thin and a little elegant, and it is estimated that he will be killed by my cousin in less than three hours. Otherwise, let's make a bet. The young man didn't seem to notice Xu Changan's gradually darkening face, and he was still chattering.
"That's my uncle!" Xu Changan grabbed the young man's collar and raised his fist.
"What's wrong with the groom!" A burst of exclamations came, Xu Changan put down the young man and immediately squeezed towards the inner hall.
Xu Changan didn't squeeze into the crowd, but he saw that there was still white foam at the corner of Uncle Shi's mouth from a distance, so he was carried out, and the people of the Wang family skillfully cleaned up the house.
Xu Changan quietly touched the backyard of the Wang family, holding back his sorrow, but found that a group of black-clothed handymen carried away Uncle Shi's body, so he slowly followed behind the group of handymen.
The Wang family put Uncle Shi into the pit that had been prepared a long time ago, and buried Uncle Shi at night. Xu Changan was a little angry, thinking that the Wang family had already known that Uncle Shi would have an accident and had to let him get married, so he remembered that when he entered the backyard just now, he found that this backyard was a mourning hall, covered with white cloth.
What Xu Changan didn't know was that this was not deliberately caused by the Wang family, since the Wang family recruited a son-in-law and died, the old lady Wang made up his mind to find a hard-hitting person for his daughter, but how could this person be so easy to find, it can only depend on fate. So every time they get married, the Wang family is a red thing in the front yard and a white thing in the back yard. Mrs. Wang likes to set up this white thing in the mourning hall one day, but unfortunately, this backyard has never disappointed Mrs. Wang.
After the people of the Wang family hastily buried Uncle Shi, Xu Changan went to the tombstone that didn't even have a name, looking at the quiet tombstone, Xu Changan suddenly remembered the companionship of more than ten years, and couldn't hold back anymore and cried loudly.
"Uncle Shi, you like grilled catfish the most, I'll cook it for you another day. Uncle Shi, what should I do if you leave, as soon as you leave, the widow at the entrance of the village will definitely not wait to see me. ”
Xu Changan sobbed and said while wiping his tears, but if Uncle Shi really heard this, I don't know if he would jump up and give him a few slaps.
Xu Changan suddenly heard a noise, and Xu Changan immediately went into the grove next to him.
In the bright moonlight, the small tree casts a shadow.
"Is the old man a rat? ”
"At this time, the old man's best thing is the golden cicada shelling, otherwise we wouldn't have looked for him for so many years. Xu Changan lay cautiously in the grass, not daring to take a breath, looking at the few black-clothed people who dug up the grave.
"Then the Wang family should deal with it. A man in black said, gesturing his neck with a knife.
"Forget it, our goal is this old man, not to cause too much movement. With that, a group of men in black sneaked into the night and disappeared.
Xu Changan couldn't hold back any longer, and ran to Uncle Shi's grave to take a look, only to see that there were only a few groom's clothes in the coffin, Xu Changan thought about it, covered the coffin, buried it, and returned home with full questions.