Chapter 13 Spring Goes and Spring Returns Flowers Bloom Again

The Yangtze River not only witnesses the changes in the history of the dynasty, but also witnesses the changes of ordinary fishermen on the edge of the Yangtze River.

Ah Wei's family is one of ordinary fishermen, with his father fishing in the river and his mother and grandmother taking care of the housework at home. Although life is poor, the family gets along harmoniously.

Ah Wei's mother, Tong Jingwen, was born very beautiful and was a famous beauty on the Yangtze River.

The only thing that makes people feel a little regretful is Ah Wei's appearance, which makes people feel incredible, how could such a beautiful mother give birth to such a good-looking son.

Ah Wei's appearance is very funny, like a cartoon character drawn by a naughty boy at random, with a head like a big and long winter melon, a wide and large mouth, fat lips like a fish, and a loyal and silly expression.

Feeling a little sorry for this family, other fishermen, Ah Wei's parents don't seem to have regrets, and the husband and wife love their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in harmony.

The other fishermen were very envious of Ah Wei's family.

Ah Wei's parents saved some money to open an inn for merchants from the north and south to rest. Ah Wei's father helped the business at the inn and no longer went out of the river to fish.

Ah Wei's mother is very business-minded, the business of the inn is gradually booming, the material conditions of the family have improved significantly, and the family does not have to worry about food and clothing.

Ah Wei feels that he is the happiest person in the world.

Life is changing, and people are changing imperceptibly.

Ah Wei's mother, Tong Jingwen, has become cheerful and beautiful, and it takes a lot of time to apply grease and powder every day, and her main focus is no longer on business.

Ah Wei's father, Zhang Shaojie, was very disgusted by this, and Tong Jingwen's excuse was to solicit business and still insisted on going her own way.

The family began to become restless, and the parents had to engage in heated arguments almost every day.

The two sides accused, insulted, and hurt each other, and the once loving husband and wife turned out to be strangers.

The husband and wife do their own thing and do not interfere with each other, and there is little verbal communication between them.

Both parties eventually become exhausted and despair of their marriage, and little peace is restored to their home.

This tranquility, like the dead silence of a tomb, terrified Ah Wei, and he had a premonition that something unknown and terrible was about to happen.

This incident really happened, Ah Wei was five years old at that time, and he could still remember the situation clearly.

The snow that year was particularly heavy, with heavy goose feather snow for three or four consecutive days, and the crystal ice edges were hanging by the eaves, and the ice and snow blocked the river.

originally thought that there would be no business, Zhang Shaojie and his mother took care of the house.

Tong Jingwen took Ah Wei to stay at the inn to keep warm, and the door of the inn was hidden.

"Crunch-" The door of the inn was pushed open, and a gust of wind swept in with a bitter cold air, and a man appeared at the door.

This is a very spacious middle-aged man, wearing an extremely expensive mink coat, the fluff appears smooth and supple, a Chinese character face is revealed under the hat, the slightly slender cheeks reveal a trace of indifference, the thick eyebrows are a little sparse, the eyes are looking forward to the spirit, which makes people feel a little frivolous and affectionate, this person is handsome and dignified.

When he and Tong Jingwen looked at each other, the two sides were stunned for a moment, and their eyes revealed mutual envy and hatred for each other. They have a good heart when it comes to mood.

The middle-aged man pretended to be calm and took off the hat and put it on the table, unbuttoned his clothes, held the collar in both hands and constantly shrugged his shoulders to shake off the snowflakes stuck to the leather coat, and commanded boldly, "Boss, serve me good wine and food, the weather is too cold!" He continued to rub his hands to get hot.

Tong Jingwen smiled like a flower, took the mink coat and hung it on the hook of the house pillar, and greeted the guests warmly: "Guest officer, you bake the fire first to drive away the cold, and I will go and prepare wine and food." ”

At the same time, she also had ulterior motives to support her son Zhang Wei to go home to get the pickled muntjac.

The house is about two miles away from the inn, and there is still goose feathers and snow blowing outside to hunt the north wind, not to say that the five-year-old child is unwilling, even the adult is not willing to go out.

This mother-in-law is really ruthless, just for her own pleasure, she even changed her way to drive her son to the ice and snow regardless of life or death.

Unless he is mentally retarded, everyone knows that it is cold outside, Zhang Wei is naturally extremely reluctant to go out, his small mouth is pouted, and he muttered in a low voice: "Isn't there pork in the store, why do you want muntjac meat?" He referred to the marinated pork. Don't look at the child is small, the heart has many miles.

The middle-aged man already understood what Tong Jingwen meant, and helped coax the child. He half-squatted down in front of Zhang Wei, and said with a pleasant face: "Good boy, uncle loves to eat fresh and tender muntjac meat, uncle gave you this piece of peiyu, can you give it to your uncle to eat?" He glanced at Tong Jingwen meaningfully.

She couldn't help but have a lustful vein on her face when she heard it.

Zhang Wei couldn't resist the temptation and went home to get muntjac meat with joy.

What Zhang Wei didn't know was that as soon as he got out of the inn, he couldn't wait to bolt the door, and the lonely man and widow had already been burned.

The old mother persuaded her son Zhang Shaojie earnestly at home that as a husband, he should know how to tolerate his wife and not worry about everything.

The door of the house was pushed open by Zhang Wei, and the little guy was so cold that his nose was red and his hands were swollen and covered in snow, and he even stomped his feet and shouted cold.

Zhang Shaojie said with disgust and pity: "Why are you running around on such a cold day, why don't you stay honestly in the inn?"

Zhang Wei intermittently and truthfully stated what happened.

The old mother and Zhang Shaojie gradually frowned when they heard this, their faces became solemn, and they had an ominous premonition.

Could it be that what I have been vaguely worried about is finally going to happen?

The matter goes back to six years ago, there is a girl Jingwen in the fishing family surnamed Tong, with a face like a rose, a beautiful smile, bright eyes and bright teeth, and she is a famous beauty on the edge of the Yangtze River.

There are hundreds of women in the family, not to mention a rare beauty. There is an endless stream of people who come to ask for relatives, and there is no shortage of children of rich families and official eunuchs.

Among them, there is a family surnamed Yu, whose grandfather was a waiter in the Ministry of Rites during the Yongle period, and his family is well-off. Yu Ziqun, the son of a foreigner's family, is a talented person, but he is idle, and he has a bad reputation.

Hearing Tong Jingwen's fame, Yu Ziqun peeked at the appearance of the beautiful woman and indeed lived up to her reputation, and she salivated more and more, begging her father to go and ask for her husband.

Yu Yuanwai privately thought that the door was unworthy but doted on his son, and finally asked the matchmaker to go to Tong's house to talk about family affairs.

Tong Jingwen had seen Yu Ziqun's appearance, and she already liked it in her heart.

However, Tong Jingwen's father has an upright temperament, does not like to be inflammatory, and attaches great importance to the character of his future son-in-law.

Yu Ziqun's embarrassing reputation was outside, and Tong Jingwen's father categorically rejected this family business.

At that time, there was a child's marriage that depended on the etiquette of the parents, and Tong Jingwen was very helpless and depressed for a long time.

Yu Yuanwai pushed the boat down the river and did not force the Tong family, and Yu Ziqun was sick and bedridden for more than half a month.

Yu Ziqun later went to the capital to develop and found an important position in Jinyiwei in the West Factory.

Later, he was transferred to Gao Sheng, and he was sent to Tianhu Island, a secret base in Xichang, as the leader, and became famous, nicknamed "Red Bee Ronin".

The child's father has a soft spot for Zhang Shaojie's honest character, but he asked someone to go to Zhang's house to match relatives and did not ask for too much dowry.

This is no less than pie in the sky, the Zhang family readily agreed, so the two families got married.

Tong Jingwen and Zhang Shaojie are young husband and wife, respect the old and love the young, and live a plain and warm life with peace of mind.

The Zhang family had heard about the matter between Tong Jingwen and Yu Ziqun before marriage, and they had been faintly worried that Yu Ziqun would not die, and one day he would come back to entangle Jingwen or the old relationship between the two would rekindle.

Hearing his son Zhang Wei's description, the middle-aged man is very similar to the "Red Bee Ronin" Yu Ziqun.

Zhang Shaojie was both angry and frustrated: what he had been worried about all along, Zhang Jiu still happened. It was almost certain that it was Yu Ziqun, and he deceived himself and secretly prayed that it was a mistake. He didn't want to see such an embarrassing thing happen.

He hastily took the muntjac meat, and hurried to the inn in the wind and snow.

The door to the inn was bolted, and he tried to force it but didn't push it open.

All the truth is beyond doubt. Tears of humiliation and anger suddenly filled his eyes, he really wanted to catch the rape on the spot by his temperament to vent the evil anger in his chest, if he did this, he knew that he would lose his wife forever and completely, and Tong Jingwen's mind might not come back because of annoyance.

One day husband and wife, he still has feelings for his wife, and hopes that Tong Jingwen can change her mind. Whether it's a quarrel or a cold war, it's because there are still ardent expectations for the other side.

He tried his best to suppress his anger and calm down, deciding to give both sides a chance to choose.

Hanging the muntjac outside the door, he left the inn without alarming the couple and the man.

This is a bet made with five years of youth, family affection and affection as bargaining chips, there is no better choice, whether he wins or loses, he can only gamble with all his might.

Although his heart was on fire, he came back in front of his mother as if nothing had happened, so as not to worry about his elderly mother.

For the first and last time, the wife did not come home for the night.

Zhang Shaojie spent a sleepless night anxiously and tossing and turning, and in the morning he couldn't wait to rush to the inn, the door was wide open and empty.

The bet cost him his marriage and his wife.

Seeing his wife drifting away but unable to do anything about it, Zhang Shaojie was extremely distressed and frustrated.

The personality is introverted, and after this incident, he has become more and more reticent, often alone, and he is still deeply attached to his wife in the depths of his heart.

Since then, it has been sluggish, and he is not good at and has no intention of running the inn, and the inn is soon closed.

He often drank and got drunk, and soon his house was sold to someone else, and he was forced to return to his old business and make a living as a fisherman.

The old mother understood Zhang Shaojie's distress, never said a word of blame, and looked at her son with a worried and distressed gaze all day long.

Zhang Weiren didn't know how to read when he was young, and often pestered adults to find his mother, grandma often said "Your mother doesn't want us anymore", and Zhang Shaojie often said "I can keep people, but I can't keep my heart".

Zhang Wei felt that his father's words were really difficult to understand, how could people live without their hearts?

Zhang Shaojie is a person with a rough character who is not very careful, and he is still unable to control himself in the grief of losing his wife, so he can't care about spending more time on his son's body, so that he can grow up naturally.

Zhang Wei, who lacked maternal love, gradually developed an introverted and eccentric personality, and he didn't like to talk much when he saw people, and he seemed to be preoccupied.

Children without mothers always have to be bullied more by their partners when they are outside, Zhang Wei scolds and fights, and has nowhere to tell if he is wronged, grandma and father never take the children's affairs as one thing and just ignore them.

When other children's children wear new clothes, when other children's children eat delicious food, when other children's children go to private school, when other children's children are coquettish in their mother's arms, Zhang Wei can only watch silently with hunger and envy, and now all this is a luxury for him.

There was a voice in his heart calling deeply: Mom, why don't you want Ah Wei? I will definitely be a good boy in the future.

Zhang Wei thought it was his own problem, but he didn't know that it was an adult's problem.

For ordinary fishermen, this day is a very ordinary day in the fishing time out of the river.

For Zhang Wei, this day is unforgettable for him, his father has not returned for three years after his fishing boat ran aground, and his grandmother has gradually lost her sight with tears.

Fortunately, the sincerity of the stone is open, and my father miraculously came back half a month ago.

This must be the secret blessing of the fairy brother, otherwise why did he meet him, and his dream happened to come true.

Brother Immortal is the best person, but I don't know when I can see him again, Zhang Wei began to miss him very much.

Others said that the fishing boat ran aground, but only Zhang Shaojie knew that he was framed.

After sailing far away from the river for fishing, Zhang Shaojie found that the hull of the ship was a little seepage, and quickly checked the reason carefully, only to find that there was a deep crack in the hull that was artificially hewn out with wax.

After a period of heating and water pressure, the candle wax began to melt, and the river water became more and more turbulent from the larger and larger cracks, and it was even difficult to stop.

Zhang Shaojie was in a hurry and wisely tied all the rudder and oars together with fishing nets, hugged them and abandoned the boat into the river.

He didn't know how long he had been adrift, but fatigue and hunger had caused him to lose consciousness.

He wakes up to find himself drifted on an unknown island.

On the island, he had an adventure and learned a set of unparalleled knife skills.

In the past three years, he has been meditating on his mother and son, worrying about the living conditions of the old and the young, blaming himself for not fulfilling his filial piety and fulfilling his duties, and all of his tears are like streams.

The island is located in a remote and rarely human track, and it is rare to see merchant ships passing by.

A month ago, a merchant ship accidentally anchored on the edge of a small island in a panic to escape a hurricane, and Zhang Shaojie had a chance to return to his hometown by boat.

Home is still the incomplete home, the dilapidated house, the old and the young who depend on each other, but it makes him feel warm and guilty.

Three years is a matter of people, the moment they meet, there is the slightest strangeness between father and son, and they dare not recognize each other rashly, the son is nine years old, skinny, and unclothed.

The old mother is blind, hunched over, with gray sideburns, and her face is full of deep and shallow furrows and ravines, flowing with the vicissitudes of time and the hardships of life.

The once young and tough mother has become so old in just three years, you can imagine how cruel and ruthless the mother's body and mind have endured in the past three years.

Zhang Shaojie couldn't help sobbing and knelt on his knees in front of his mother with mixed feelings.

When the mother heard her son's voice, her body trembled as if she had been struck by lightning, and she groped with her hands in disbelief to find the face of the person who came, and beat Zhang Shaojie's shoulder with love and hate, and couldn't help but sobble and said: "Why did you come back? Where have you been in the past three years? I thought it was a white-haired person sending a black-haired person." ”

The mother and son hugged each other and cried to comfort the pain of long-term longing.

The life of his grandchildren was so poor, Zhang Shaojie unbelievably saw a gold ingot at home.

The old man told the origin of the gold ingots.

Although she was too poor to open the pot, the old man never planned to use the gold ingots she had obtained by accident, and she hoped that one day she could return it to the kind man, even if she was poor, she had to have backbone.

There is no merit and no luck, the gentleman makes money in a good way, and although the old man is a woman, he does not dare to forget the ancient precepts.

Once again, three generations are in the same house, and everyone cherishes this hard-won family affection.

Zhang Shaojie minimizes the time he spends when he goes out to meet his friends in martial arts, and spends most of his time at home to take care of the food and daily life of his relatives, and uses teaching young people in nearby villages to practice martial arts as a means to earn some silver taels to support his family.

Life is uneventful, but fulfilling and warm.

The son often shows off how magical the fairy brother is, and the mother often says that the donor of the gold ingots is a good person.

It can be inferred that the guest they are talking about is definitely a chivalrous and courageous martial arts master, Zhang Shaojie already has a hobby of meeting friends with martial arts, and has become more and more interested in the mysterious guest who has never been masked, and even has a feeling of not seeing the comfort of life.

The scattered firewood for cooking at home is almost exhausted, and there are some miscellaneous wood that needs to be split. Zhang Shaojie and Zhang Wei moved the firewood that needed to be chopped outside the house, Zhang Shaojie rounded his arms and turned the tree pole into pieces, and Zhang Wei spread the scattered firewood evenly to dry it in the sun.

In order to make Zhang Wei happy, Zhang Shaojie often showed his son a few tricks, and he unconsciously used his knife skills in life.

A true master can integrate kung fu and life together, kung fu comes from life, life embodies kung fu, and the idiom of approachability accurately interprets the essence of it.

Zhang Shaojie's unique skills are indeed wonderful. Excerpt two of the hands to get a glimpse of the leopard. The first hand "splits Huashan" with the first hand is to erect a dead tree about two or three meters thick with a rolling pin, and then jump up with an axe in both hands to divide the dead tree into two from head to toe;

Zhang Wei cheered and clapped his hands again and again.

"Good!" was an unfamiliar man's voice.

Zhang Shaojie didn't notice when this person appeared while juggling, and couldn't help but be a little annoyed, there are usually two explanations for this situation, his own alertness is dull or the opponent's kung fu is extraordinary.

It was a simple young man, dressed in a blue-gray robe, with an oversized wine gourd pinned to his waist, and a long sword carved with a plum blossom carved on the hilt.

The appearance is also ordinary, a pair of eyes are almost squinted into threads, the eyes are red and swollen, and it seems that he may fall asleep at any time, and he is a drunkard who is addicted to alcohol!

Zhang Wei shouted with joy: "Brother Fairy, Brother Fairy!" He held Xie Chenfeng's hand without recognition and was reluctant to let go, as if he was afraid that Chenfeng would fly away.

Xie Chenfeng is really concerned about the living conditions of the two grandchildren, and he has the heart to come to visit them.

Chen Feng was infected by the child's affection and picked up Zhang Wei, hooked his fingers and scraped the bridge of his nose, and said teasingly: "It's getting more and more naughty, do you often make grandma angry?" Zhang Wei quickly shook his head like a drum.

Zhang Shaojie had a good impression in his heart, and came over with a smile on his face: "My mother and my son are talking about your good almost every day." At the same time, he feigned anger and scolded his son for getting off the guest.

The child also knows how to look at his face, and knows that his father is fake, but he naughtily hugged Chenfeng's neck and refused to come down, "I like to be with my fairy brother, how about it! ”

Zhang Shaojie shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands helplessly, and Chong Chenfeng smiled kindly.

Zhang Wei introduced: "This is my father Zhang Shaojie, he came back from a catastrophe, and my wish has finally come true." ”

What wish?Zhang Shaojie looked at Xie Chenfeng suspiciously.

The child winked at Chenfeng slyly, "This is my secret, I won't tell you." He ran into the house in high spirits and reported to his grandmother the good news of the visitor.

Xie Chenfeng said admiringly: "The name of the 'Golden Knife Hero' has already been thunderous in the next place, and none of the eight major leaders have been defeated. ”

"The Golden Knife Hero could also be someone else?" Zhang Shaojie teased.

"A few tricks that were inadvertently revealed when splitting purple under your feet, the exquisite knife techniques contained in them, looking at today, who else is the hero of the golden sword?"

Hearing such a compliment, Zhang Shaojie's face was gloomy and he didn't say anything more. If you repeat it, it will be hypocritical.

After three years of studying art, Zhang Shaojie's skills and knowledge have increased greatly, and Master has mentioned the Wuji Sword.

He had already heard the sound of lightning and thunder, and knew that the "ruthless swordsman" in front of him was the world-famous "ruthless swordsman", and he was secretly happy and happy, but he did not expose the identity of the visitor.

"I don't think I'm an idle person, I don't know if I can teach you a lesson or two?"

Chen Feng said yes or no, the blind old man was dragged out of the house by Zhang Wei and heard Zhang Shaojie's words, and couldn't help but blame his son angrily: "The erector is in Fan Hun again, he only thinks about finding someone to compete all day long, and the distinguished guests don't know how to entertain him, go and prepare wine and good food, and sincerely entertain Engong." "The old man has regarded Chenfeng as a benefactor in his heart, although she never planned to use the gold ingot, but she wants to receive Chenfeng's affection.

Zhang Shaojie is a filial son, he didn't dare to disobey his mother's wishes, and hurried to prepare wine and food to entertain guests.

Xie Chenfeng found a warm and familiar feeling of home here, he took Zhang Wei to help wash the vegetables and add fire, the old man was familiar with oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and he was very capable of taking charge like a clear-eyed person.

It seems that after a while, Zhang Shaojie came back from buying wine, braised vegetables, and white-cut dog meat, and all the vegetarian dishes at home were fried and served on the table.

They were very humble to each other, and everyone ate happily around the table.

The old man got off the table first after eating, groped to find the gold ingots, stubbornly returned the objects to the original owner, and said a lot of grateful and polite words to Chen Feng.

As long as there is wine, food and topics between men, they generally get along well. If there are any more beauties, then it is speculation.

Xie Chenfeng and Zhang Shaojie got along very well, and their topic was nothing more than martial arts and anecdotes.

The "Soul Chasing Order" reappeared in the rivers and lakes, and the "Heartless Swordsman" appeared in Liujia Village, a paradise.

Liu Xing, the "Wind and Dust Piano Saint", and Ma Wanqiu, the "First Beauty in Jinling", lived in seclusion for several years, and reappeared in the rivers and lakes to take refuge under Ma Shiying.

Yu Ziqun, the former owner of Tianhu Island, "Red Bee Ronin", died mysteriously, and the little-known "poppy fairy" Tong Jingwen replaced him.

"Holy Hand Scholar" Ye Xue lost her inspiration, and only painted a portrait of Tong Jingwen every day, but never finished it.

"Useless scholar" Bai Tongsheng revised the "Famous Score of Martial Arts Weapons" and rearranged the ranking of weapons.

Dolgon spared no expense to buy people from the Central Plains to work for him.

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"Golden Sword Hero" Zhang Shaojie seemed to say intentionally or unintentionally: "Wuji Sword, the sword is ruthless, a sword comes out, and a meteor dies, what a shocking thing it should be! His eyes were filled with infinite longing and loneliness.

Xie Chenfeng enlightened: "Nine times out of ten, life is unsatisfactory, but when everything goes well is the end of the time, in my opinion, the foot is indeed a blessed person, there will be a blessing after the catastrophe does not die, and the joy of family reunion is extremely enviable." ”

Zhang Shaojie pondered for a moment: "What Engong said seems to have some truth, if there is no pursuit in the world, wouldn't it be as fun as walking as a walking corpse, I only have such a hobby as martial arts, I don't know if I can teach a lesson or two?"

It's really an authentic martial idiot who lives up to his reputation, which makes people helpless and headaches.

Chen Feng had to patiently explain the truth thoroughly: "You and I are not enemies, we have feelings, we will not do our best, it is difficult to see the real chapter, such a discussion is indeed a superfluous move, why do you know that it is impossible to do it? If you try your best, you will not feel guilty if you accidentally hurt the other party?"

Zhang Shaojie tasted a little scoundrel, "You and I can just order it, in case it hurts, I won't blame you." ”

The old man couldn't listen to it anymore, so he reprimanded his son with an angry face, and forced Zhang Shaojie to swear: You must not use force with Engong in this life.

Zhang Wei hid behind his grandmother's back and echoed: "Yes, yes, yes! Hurry up and swear that you will not use force against Engong in this life." ”

It is indeed difficult to quit addiction, smokers quit smoking, drunkards quit drinking, gamblers quit gambling, and lustful ghosts quit sex, most of them are difficult to change by nature, and the old disease will recur soon.

Zhang Shaojie is already addicted to finding a master to compete, not to mention that he is a rare master. Now to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Zhang Shaojie has a heart-wrenching pain, but his mother's fate is difficult to disobey and he has to swear.

sighed that he left endless regrets in this life, but Zhang Shaojie would never go back on his word as a man.

Xie Chenfeng secretly admired the old man's deep understanding of righteousness, and he had the idea of getting out quickly, too lazy to entangle with others and cause trouble.

He said that he had something important, thanked the family for their warm hospitality, and hurriedly said goodbye.