Mi Li'er and Xu Sanxiao walked into the village hand in hand. It was almost evening, and braids of dried mugwort were lit under the big locust tree. The smoke that came out had the effect of repelling mosquitoes. People chatting in the shade could hear Widow Mi's voice in the distance.
The person in front of the canteen shouted loudly: "Sanwazi has brought the rice grains back. Auntie has baked egg pancakes for you, so you can eat the polenta."
Xu Sanxiao held a pheasant in his hand and handed it to Widow Mi, saying: "I caught it from a yellow tiger on the road. I'm too lazy to cook it alone. You can give it to the stew pot."
Widow Mi happily took it. Xu Sanxiao and Mi Lier did not rush into the house, but sat down on the blue stone at the door to rest.
Under the big locust tree, Da Lanzi called out from afar: "Hey, Sanwazi, no wonder you want to send away your aunt in the city. It turns out that you still like Erya. Give me a nice call and I'll protect you as a matchmaker."
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Xu Sanxiao and Mi Lier looked at each other and smiled, then raised their heads and said, "What's a nice name? How about I call you mom? Just don't think it's unlucky." Without waiting for Dalanzi's agreement, he added, "I'll call you father-in-law."
I call you brother, and I call you mom, because I’m afraid your butt will explode when you go home tonight.”
Everyone laughed in unison, and Dalanzi laughed and shouted: "You don't need to worry about my butt. You kid, be careful that Xiaomi Li'er spanks it until it blooms at night."
Mi Li'er's big eyes were staring at Xu Sanxiao, as if she had something to say. Xu Sanxiao said, "What are you going to say?" Mi Li'er hesitated for a moment and asked quietly: "Are you really planning to take our twenty
Are we going to exchange acres of good terraced fields for those fast-growing woodlands on Yeboar Ridge that are not allowed to be cut down?”
Xu San smiled and said: "If you believe me, just trade that piece of land for the mountainous land on the north slope of Wild Boar Ridge. Do it with me. I guarantee you won't regret it."
Mi Li'er said: "My mother didn't plan to plant that land in the first place. As long as you keep your word, you can do whatever you like."
People were laughing and chatting under the big locust tree. Dalanzi wanted to make some jokes about Xu Sanxiao and Mi Lier, but suddenly he looked up and saw the village chief Meng Erqiu appearing on the village road, wearing a single coat and having a shaved head.
With his arms raised, he looked directly in the direction of the canteen from a distance.
Xu Sanxiao also noticed the village chief. This Bailihou usually looked majestic in front of the villagers, but he was a bit wary of Xu Sanxiao. Firstly, the legend about Xu Sanxiao revealed evil nature, and secondly
Later, he still owed Zhou Zhirou a sum of money, and even if he died, Zhou Zhirou was gone, but the receipt for the loan was still in Xu Sanxiao's hand. Meng Erqiu swayed towards the canteen and said to Xu Sanxiao: "
Sanwazi??????"
"It's okay if you don't call me uncle, why can't you even call me by your famous name?" Xu Sanxiao said expressionlessly.
Meng Erqiu frowned and cursed the little bastard in his heart, but said: "Brother Sanxiao, the old man has been traveling to the immortal world for such a long time, and we are not much different in age. My uncle is really a bit embarrassed.
Why don't we treat each other as brothers?"
Xu Sanxiao turned around and said to Mi Li'er: "Go and make two bowls of tea. Bring the tea to my house." Then he handed the key to Mi Li'er.
Mi Li'er took the key and felt sweet in her heart. Xu Sanxiao's tone of voice clearly did not treat her as an outsider. She was either an outsider or an insider. The little girl stood up and left with a smile, regardless of the protests of her sore calves.
Meng Erqiu squinted his eyes and said in a neutral tone: "Brother Sanxiao is so good at both wealth and wealth??????" Xu San's smiling face turned cold. Meng Erqiu smiled dryly and changed the subject, "Mi
The land of the widow's family is about to expire. The twenty acres of good terraced fields were contracted by carpenter Mi when he was still alive. It was supposed to be returned to Murakami for redistribution when it expired, but there was a priority contract clause in the original contract. I was wondering
In the past few years, Widow Mi’s thoughts have been focused on the small shop and the illness of rice flowers, and there are no male laborers in the family, so it is unlikely that she will continue to contract the twenty acres of land. Now it seems that I have overthought it."
Xu Sanxiao said bluntly: "You are indeed overthinking. I have no intention of taking this land. If you want to take it back, simply exchange it for all the wasteland on the north slope of Yeboar Ridge."
Meng Erqiu's eyes lit up and he asked quickly: "How to change it?"
Xu San smiled and said: "Murakami came up with a contract document and completely contracted the northern slope of Yezhu Ridge to me. All the tree stumps and rotten rocks on the mountain will be mine."
Meng Erqiu was overjoyed when he heard this, and thought to himself: All the mature trees on Yezhu Ridge have been cut down long ago. The remaining trees, whether wild or fast-growing, are prohibited from felling by the county forestry bureau. Helicopters come here every year before and after the Qingming Festival.
I came here to check it out, and the wild trees that are still alive are still decades away from becoming useful. The fast-growing forests are worthless. The round table-thick tree stumps all over the mountains are hard and shapeless. No one even likes to use them to make fires. Xu San
He laughed at how weird this kid was, not doing his job all day long. He wanted to contract the Wild Boar Ridge mostly because he wanted to make hunting easier. Meng Erqiu secretly laughed in his heart, can farmers do it without leaving the land? Hunting? Occasionally, it's okay to satisfy their cravings. The animals in the mountains these days are basically
There are only a few. Except for the hares and pheasants that can be seen occasionally, the rest are all protected animals. Who knows the law would dare to carry a national second-level protected animal to the market to sell?
Meng Erqiu said: "Brother Sanxiao is the godson of the old man. Your brother must take care of your affairs first. Let's settle this matter first." He raised his head and glanced into the canteen room. Widow Mi was wearing a suit.
She was busy working by the stove in the main room wearing a vest, holding a towel in her hand to wipe sweat, and her snow-white skin was slightly reddish from the steam. This girl is really greedy. Meng Erqiu thought about it and said: "When will we, brother?"
If you feel regretful, you can come to my brother at any time. As long as it is your matter, we can discuss it easily."
Xu San smiled and said, "Once this is done, I'll give you all those IOUs."
Meng Erqiu was overjoyed and his eyes lit up: "Oh, that's great! Then let's make it a deal. My brother will definitely handle this for you."
Xu Sanxiao bared his teeth and said, "Then I'll wait for your good news. The sooner this happens, the better."
Mi Li'er came back with tea leaves, went into the house and brewed two large bowls, and placed them between Xu and Meng. Xu Sanxiao picked up a bowl and took a sip. Meng Erqiu picked up the bowl and looked at Mi Li'er suspiciously.
I want to ask if you will spit in it? I found Mi Li'er staring at Xu Sanxiao without blinking. She felt bored and simply stopped drinking the tea and stood up to leave.
Meng Erqiu walked forward, and Huo Yugui, the old party secretary, arrived behind.
In the past, there were only three people in the village that Xu Sanxiao could respect. With the death of the old blind man Zhou Zhirou, there are now only two left. The tough and intelligent Widow Mi and her daughter are one, and the old party secretary Huo Yugui and his wife are the other two.
There is no need to elaborate on the cleverness and perseverance of the rice widow mother and daughter. Xu Sanxiao, who is said to have a tail that is smarter than a monkey, fell into their honey trap. He only ate the little suckling pig with grains of millet.
After offending the local Marquis Meng Erqiu of Baili, he became the patron saint of their family for three years.
Huo Yugui's wife is a kind-looking old lady. Zhou Zhirou once swore to tell Xu Sanxiao that this old lady used to be a famous golden voice in Xiema Town. Unfortunately, Xu Sanxiao has not been able to eat this old lady since he entered the village.
She made cornmeal and sour soup, but she never heard her say a word. Huo Yugui told him that his wife was a guerrilla leader when he was young, and his throat was pierced by a 38-year-old boy, and he has been mute ever since.
Xu Sanxiao felt respected for this. Later he also heard that this old lady had single-handedly sneaked into the Japanese Gendarmerie in Xiema Town, killed the Japanese squadron leader Niwa Guiyi with a kitchen knife, and rescued Huo Yugui who was in jail.
Xu Sanxiao had a villainous element in his heart that doubted everything, and he never took the legendary story seriously. Until that time Huo Yugui caught a bad cold, and there were old birds chattering outside the house. The old lady felt it was unlucky, so she sat in the house and picked up the knife from the top of the kang.
38 big cover, after shooting down the old bird with one shot, Xu Sanxiao no longer had any doubts. From then on, he respected Huo Yugui and his wife.
Huo Yugui is eighty-eight years old this year, but he looks younger than when the old blind man was not found to be terminally ill. In terms of seniority, he and Xu Sanxiao are the same generation. They usually call each other brother, but Xu Sanxiao has always been
I want to call him grandpa like Mi Lier. This old man is upright, and having some relationship with him will make Xu Sanxiao feel proud and noble.
Huo Yugui has an average appearance but good-looking bones. Zhou Zhirou commented that people born with this kind of bones are cruel and ruthless people. Huo Yugui is worthy of the old blind man's evaluation. His actions when he was young definitely deserve the word ruthless.
Sixty-eight years ago, when he was twenty years old, the Japanese invaded China. They attacked all the way from North China to the South. Before they reached Huxiao Village, the people in the village had already heard about it. Huo Yugui was extremely skilled in boxing and kicking. He was the leader of the village.
He was the best young man in the country at that time. He specially prepared a machete to kill the Japanese. He waited and waited for the Japanese to knock on the door and kill them. After waiting for half a year, the Japanese did not come, but they did.
A group of panicked party and country defeated soldiers rushed into the village to rob and kill. Huo Yugui saw the posture and thought it was the Japanese who were coming, so he rushed forward with a machete. He was as fast as the wind and could move the knife as fast as the wind. He was dressed in a black robe.
Wearing it, it was as if the black whirlwind came to life. Thirty-eight cowardly heads were chopped off and placed at the entrance of the village. It actually frightened the small group of Japanese soldiers who came to cover up and killed them. They thought there was an ambush and did not dare to enter the village.
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After that, he waited expectantly for the reward from above, but when he received a wanted warrant with a reward, he realized that those soldiers and bandits with southern accents were also authentic Chinese compatriots. Feeling ashamed, he simply rushed down the mountain and took advantage of the night.
He made a sneak attack and entered Xiema Town. With a machete and snowflakes flying, he killed more than 40 puppet soldiers and a small group of more than a dozen Japanese soldiers. He also accidentally saved a man who would become famous in the future.
The famous anti-Japanese general in China turned to join the Eighth Route Army with that man. Later, when the civil war broke out, Huo Yugui thought it was pointless for his own people to fight his own people, so he simply put down his gun, picked up his hoe and went home to farm.
As Huo Yugui has gotten older in recent years, he has become less and less meddlesome. He believes that the terraced fields in the village will be just like that no matter how much they are cultivated. He has led hundreds of villagers to work for decades, and his greatest wish in his life has been
It was to build a road for the villagers to lead to the outside world so that the carts could run down, and to connect the electricity below to the mountain. Unfortunately, no matter how heroic he was and no matter how hard he fought, he could not change the natural steepness and majesty of the mountain.
If he wanted to build a road out of Huxiao Village, he would definitely not be able to do it with a foolish spirit. Without a road, there would be no electricity. So these two wishes of his could only stay in his mind. He refused to obey the old man but had to give in to the human heart.
Want to change, feel discouraged.
Xu Sanxiao always respected him and hurriedly got up to greet him. The old party secretary came closer, sat down on a stone, picked up Meng Erqiu's remaining tea bowl and was about to drink it, but Mi Lier stopped him with a smile like a flower.
He said, "This bowl is dirty. I'll make another bowl for Grandpa Party Secretary." Huo Yugui said no. Mi Li'er didn't agree, so he took the bowl and turned around and entered the house.
Xu Sanxiao said that the bowl of tea was for Meng Erqiu. Huo Yugui smiled knowingly and said, "This ghost girl."
Xu Sanxiao asked: "I haven't seen you for a while, why are you free to come see me today?"
Huo Yugui said: "It's okay for you kid to not go out for a few days. What are you doing at home these days?"
Xu Sanxiao chuckled, "What can I tinker with? The old man left a few books for me to study blindly."
Huo Yugui nodded slightly and said: "Reading is good. I have been at a disadvantage in my life because I have read less. Otherwise, the roads in this village would have been repaired long ago." The conversation changed and he suddenly asked: "Why did the aunt you married go away? ?I personally carried Nizi back to you. You all bowed down to her and she was sent away without saying a word. What was going on?"
Xu Sanxiao knew that talking about the law with this lawless old man, who just a few years ago led the villagers to smash the county government building, was like playing the piano to an ox, so he reasoned: "I didn't originally want to bring happiness to the old man, but in the end, I was happy for him." He drove to the west, okay, the whole thing was in trouble, it would be unlucky to keep it, so I sent it out."
Huo Yugui said: "You just gave away thousands of dollars. No wonder people say you are a prodigal."
Xu Sanxiao actually regretted not being able to study Fang Zhongshu together with Li Yan. What the old party secretary said reminded him of that smiling face, a very good memory. What if she hadn't been abducted?
Xu Sanxiao said: "You are an old party member and you should know that buying people is as illegal as selling them."
Huo Yugui raised his eyebrows: "Who dares to go into the mountain to catch me?" He added: "Besides, strictly speaking, that girl cannot be considered as bought by me."
Xu San smiled and said: "My adoptive father bought it, and you helped get it into the mountain. You are at least an accomplice. By doing this, I can atone for your sins."
Huo Yugui frowned and asked, "The old man didn't tell you how you got that girl?"
Xu Sanxiao asked curiously: "What? Is there anything fishy here?"
Huo Yugui was silent for a while, "I followed the old man's instructions and went down to the designated place to bring this girl into the village. I didn't have any contact with anyone during the whole process. I just left the five thousand yuan there. As for who would come to collect it?" I don’t know anything about money.”
Xu Sanxiao was slightly moved after hearing this, but he didn't expect that there was something fishy about this matter. He had always known that Zhou Zhirou was one of the highest-ranking practitioners in contemporary Xuanmen. Although times have changed, and Jianghu sects are gradually declining, Xuanmen's stuff But it has been passed down from generation to generation. Xuanmen is divided into three schools: the orthodox, the left, and the evil. Among them, the people of the authentic Xuanmen study martial arts and physical training to form the golden elixir avenue, the left practices five miscellaneous arts to seek the Tao, and the evil Xuanmen I like to study some evil medicines that can catch ghosts, induce ghosts, and enchant the mind.
When Xu Sanxiao followed Zhou Zhirou around the world, he had seen with his own eyes that the old man had an authentic Xuanmen disciple who could knock a big man away several meters away with just one finger. This is absolutely true. From this we can know that the old blind Zhou Zhi Although Rou has lived in seclusion for many years, he is still an organized person, and the things he sent the old branch secretary to do have a bit of a Jianghu atmosphere, and I am afraid that most of them are related to Taoism.
Huo Yugui said dissatisfied: "Now that your adoptive father has left, and you have let that girl go, why are you still thinking about this? Let's talk about your future. I won't go around in circles with you. I just came here to think about it." Let me ask you, now that the old man is gone, what are your plans for the future?"
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