The incident of "handing over farmers" has been talked about hundreds and thousands of times, and finally became indifferent. The noise about the white wolf stopped, but then the sound of the tengu spread again. It is said that the white wolf originally appeared somewhere.
, the tengu’s cry rang out there. People who heard the tengu’s cry puckered their lips and imitated: “Yoo yo, yo yo, yo, yo.” The thin, high-pitched cry was the same as the bark of the Shiba Inu raised by the villagers.
The barking of barking is very different. Even if most people hear the barking of "yoyo", they will not associate it with the barking of dogs. However, dogs can understand it. Whenever they hear the barking of "yoyo"
, as if he had heard the horn and received an order, he started to bite like crazy. The dogs in the whole village and even several neighboring villages started to bite together, and the white wolf did not dare to enter the house and jump in circles.
Bailuyuan has restored its usual order of life. The oxen pulling the large wooden wheel with a ring of pig iron crunched over the deeply rutted dirt road, walking leisurely between the fields and villages with unhurried steps.
Back and forth, heavy loads of manure were carried from the farm to the fields in winter and spring, and harvested wheat sheaves or ears of grain were transported back to the farm from the fields in summer and autumn. Bai Jiaxuan also quickly transferred his energy to household chores and
The family affairs are in order.
In the more than a year before and after the "handover" incident, the provisions of the "Township Covenant" were relaxed, and gambling dens appeared in the village. The owner of the den was Bai Xing'er of the bank. There were also more people smoking opium.
Two of the smokers had gone bankrupt, and the woman led her children everywhere to beg. He rang the gong, and all the men gathered in the ancestral hall. Bai Xing'er, who had never been qualified to enter the ancestral hall, and the group of gamblers also
The two smokers could no longer hide their dejected ugliness, with their mouths open and salivation, their shoulders slumped and their hips standing behind the people. Bai Jiaxuan lit the candle, put in the purple incense, and asked Mr. Xu to read some
The provisions and precepts of the "Country Treaty". Bai Jiaxuan said: "People who gamble and throw dice have a disease in their hands, and people who smoke heavy cigarettes have a disease in their mouths. If there is a disease in the hands, let's treat it. If there is a disease in the mouth,
If there is something wrong, let's treat his mouth." Bai Jiaxuan called Bai Xing'er's name first. Bai Xing'er knelt down in front of the altar table in the ancestral hall and said, "I won't gamble anymore. If I don't gamble anymore, I'll bet and throw dice again.
Take off my wrist." Bai Jiaxuan said: "Get up and follow me -" Bai Jiaxuan called Bai Xing'er to the locust tree in the courtyard of the ancestral hall. "Turn your back and raise your hands." Bai Xing'er leaned against the locust tree and raised his hands.
, people clearly saw the duck web-like skin between Bai Xing'er's fingers. Bai Xing'er usually hides his hands under his clothes and is ashamed to show his ugly face. Bai Jiaxuan named seven more people in succession, including those with the surname Bai.
There were also people with the surname of Lu, both young and middle-aged, all leaning against the locust tree with their hands raised. Bai Jiaxuan tied the eight hands to the locust tree with a hemp rope, and then whipped them with a dry jujube thorn brush.
, the eight people cried together with thick and thin voices. Bai Jiaxuan asked: "Everyone should tell how much he won and how much he lost." Bai Xing'er and the seven people all cried and reported the number truthfully.
Bai Jiaxuan calculated silently and found that the winning and losing numbers were roughly consistent, which proved that they had not lied yet, so he said: "Those who lost money stayed, and those who won money went back to withdraw money." Bai Xing'er and the other two winners
The son was untied, and then he ran home to get the money and came back again. He took out the silver coins and put them on the table according to the patriarch's eyes. Bai Jiaxuan said: "Whoever loses can take as much as he wants." The five losers were untied.
Never in his wildest dreams did he think that he would recover his lost money. He tremblingly counted the silver coins on the table. Not caring about the pain in his bloody hands from being beaten by the thorns, he lay on the ground and kowtowed: "Brother Jiaxuan, I'll do it again."
No..." Bai Jiaxuan scolded with a cold face: "Get up, you eight people have remembered it now. Who dares to believe it? Bring the pot over -" Several people brought a big iron pot over.
, the pot was filled with boiling water that had just been set up with hard firewood. Bai Jiaxuan said: "I only believe whoever said they put their hands in after writing it down." Several losers gritted their teeth and put their hands into the boiling water, and they were immediately burned.
Jumping on their feet and waving their hands, they were spinning around in the yard. Bai Xing'er and the two winners also put their hands into the boiling water pot, which was so hot that they screamed "Dad". Bai Jiaxuan said: "I said this, you will never remember it again.
If you bet again, next time it won’t be boiling water but frying oil.”
Then the two smokers were called in front of everyone, and they were already shaking with fear. Bai Jiaxuan asked in a very tactful tone: "Where are the people in your house and the baby?" The two of them stuttered for a long time, lowered their heads and muttered, "
"I'm going back to my parents' home." "I'm going... to beg for food." Bai Jiaxuan frowned and said in pain: "One led the baby back to her parents' home, and the other led the baby to go begging along the street. Think about it, a married woman
What does it smell like when a woman leads a baby back to her parents' house to make a living? What does it smell like when a young woman leads a baby to rub against someone else's door frame during the day and sleep on the temple platform at night?" Bai Jiaxuan was already moved and sad when he said this, the corners of his eyes were wet, and his voice was choked with sobs.
Everyone was silent, and even the soft-hearted people began to sob and wipe their tears. Bai Jiaxuan said: "I have already sent people to find your women and dolls. You guys come here -" Everyone was surprised to see two people of about the same age.
The woman dragged her children out of Mr. Xu's room and stood in front of everyone in shame. The begging woman's clothes were in tatters and her face was haggard. Many people couldn't stand the stimulation and shouted: "Beat these two smokers to death," Bai Jiaxuan said
: "Women and children will suffer countless crimes when they meet this man. I think these two women will not only lose their own face, but also the face of all the people in Bailu Village. I propose that the official land of the ancestral hall be disgraced."
Save a few bushels of grain for their family... Everyone is happy or unhappy." The happy people first expressed their happiness, and then criticized the smoker's immorality; the unhappy people first reprimanded the smoker for his prodigal behavior, and then
He then said that there should be no sympathy at all, but after all, there were not many people. The two smokers were ashamed and ashamed. They knelt down in front of the crowd and couldn't raise their heads. They shouted: "Chief, you use a jujube brush to beat me. It's shameless."
If I continue to smoke heavily, you will put me in the pan." Countless rumors about smokers' humiliation and moral depravity made him not believe in these oaths at all. He had never heard of a smoker who was not forced to do so.
He consciously gave up this bad habit. He immediately changed his face: "I just said that the problem between you two is in your mouth, and it needs to be cured. I will buy you two a good medicine to cure your heavy smoking addiction. Bring it here
——" Before any good medicine could be brought through the door, a suffocating stench spread into the courtyard of the ancestral hall, and everyone was in an uproar. It's shit. Later, the two smokers actually quit smoking and stayed in Bailu Village for a long time.
An enduring joke.
On a cloudy and rainy afternoon, the sky opened, and a shy ray of sunshine leaked out from the clouds and sprinkled on the wet roof tiles, which made people feel better. Bai Jiaxuan tied his wooden mud sandals on his feet and went out of the street.
The mud in the street buried the wooden legs of the mud clogs. He walked over carefully, with his hands behind his back, and took off his mud clogs when he reached the door of the traditional Chinese medicine hall in the town. When they met, Mr. Leng sighed: "Oh, we just met today.
People in the sun are almost going moldy." Bai Jiaxuan said: "This year's cotton is white." After sitting down, Mr. Leng said: "I was just going to find you. It's raining so hard that people can't go out. I have one thing to ask of you.
"Bai Jiaxuan said: "As long as I can do it, what else is there to say?" Mr. Leng thought for a moment and then told him bluntly: "Zilin wants to get engaged to Zhaopeng and asked someone to find out about our real background.
I want to marry our eldest daughter. Do you think this can be done?" Bai Jiaxuan said unequivocally: "What does this mean? As long as the eight characters are in harmony." Mr. Leng said: "I pinched the eight characters in secret first, and they are in agreement. If you
If I think it can be done, I have to ask you to come forward and make the matchmaking." Bai Jiaxuan politely said: "There are matchmakers in the village who specialize in matchmaking, but I have never done anything like this." Mr. Leng insisted.
"I'm annoyed by the matchmaker's nonsense. I just find you suitable." Bai Jiaxuan declined and said, "It's a rare opportunity for brothers to arrange a match for you, but this is a matter for both parties. Is it easy to talk about Zilin's side?"
"Mr. Leng said: "To tell you the truth, I asked you to be the matchmaker. I didn't dare to bother you, it was Zilin's intention." Bai Jiaxuan was no longer embarrassed to make excuses, so he played the role of matchmaker.
In the leisure time before the busy season of autumn harvest and sowing, the marriage was arranged in accordance with the popular wedding customs and etiquette.
In the warm October morning after the autumn harvest and autumn sowing, before the ground is frozen and covered with dung, the early-sown stubble wheat is seen jumping up and down, and the farmers use oxen and green mules to hitch the small rocks in the field to crush it.
The wheat is prosperous in winter, but not in spring. Up and down Sichuan, in the green wheat fields, cattle are leisurely, green mules are hurrying, and the melodious "luantan" tune of farmers can be heard. Bai Jiaxuan is alone, shouting green mules on the road
The wheat fields in the south were spinning in circles, and the sound of wheat seedlings being crushed kept coming from under the rocks. Lu Zilin turned around from the road and walked over on the wheat seedlings. In October, he walked without asking the way, and the wheat was trampled on by people and livestock.
Gnawing. Lu Zilin stood at the edge of the field. Bai Jiaxuan turned around, drank the livestock, and squatted down with Lu Zilin at the edge of the field. Lu Zilin spoke cheerfully: "Brother Jiaxuan, I'm here to return the gift to you." Bai Jiaxuan said solemnly.
Said: "How can I be polite and kind?" Lu Zilin said enthusiastically: "You tell us Zhaopeng a good relationship. A drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring. What's more, this is a lifelong event." Bai Jiaxuan is still not there
Lu Zilin smiled contentedly. Lu Zilin continued: "Brother Leng also has a second daughter, and he intends to give it to Xiaowen. I recommended myself to Brother Leng and wanted to match him. I have also pinched all the horoscopes, and there is no Mada. It depends on what your brother wants.
..." Bai Jiaxuan was speechless as he squatted there. It happened so suddenly. He said: "This matter is revealed for the first time today. I have to tell the old man first... I will give you an answer in three to five days.
"
With Lu Zilin as matchmaker, the matter of connecting Mr. Leng and Bai Jiaxuan as in-laws went equally smoothly. When a fierce northwest wind brought a foot of heavy snow, it immediately ended the Yangchun weather that gave the winter wheat the illusion of spring turning green.
In the freezing mornings when the ground is frozen and the weather is cold, cows pulling dung carts or oxen carrying freeze-dried dung bags spray white mist between the farmyard and the wheat fields. Mr. Leng’s second daughter is engaged to the Bai family.
But it was not the eldest son Xiaowen, but the second son Xiaowu. Mr. Leng’s eldest daughter was betrothed to Lu Zilin’s eldest son Lu Zhaopeng. Bai Jiaxuan felt that his eldest son was a bit wrong when he betrothed Mr. Leng’s second daughter, so he proposed the second son
Xiaowu. The original words he replied to Lu Zilin were: "I want to marry an older daughter to Xiaowen. The reason why we are so anxious to find someone in our house is to have a grandson early. Brother Leng's second daughter is too young."
Yes. If the horoscopes are a match, I’ll give it to Xiaowu." Lu Zilin was eager to talk about the marriage, and without thinking too much about Bai Jiaxuan’s other intentions, he told Mr. Leng. Mr. Leng agreed.
Mr. Leng was very satisfied with the arrangement of his two daughters’ life-long affairs. He was not interested in the wealth of the Bailu family. In terms of wealth in Bailuyuan, neither the Bai family nor the Lu family were considered wealthy; he liked their family.
The son also respects their family ethics and is a serious farmer; more importantly, because of his long-term plan to practice medicine in Bailu Town, whether it is the Lu family or the Bai family, if he offends any family, he will rarely be there.
He may not only be able to see with his cold eyes, but also feel with his cold nerves the rift between the Bailu family that cannot be healed after the "Jiao Nong" incident. He is like mixing a prescription.
Leng designed and implemented his own reconciliation plan. It didn't matter whether Bai Jiaxuan or Lu Zilin really hated the fake love in their hearts. Even if they maintained a superficial harmony and intimacy, it was good. After the two marriages were completed, Mr. Leng, on a winter night,
We ordered the food, warmed the wine, invited the two in-laws, and said with rare enthusiasm and emotion: "If you don't get married, you will be two families, but if you get married, you will be one family. I am short of words and don't know how to turn around. In the future,
No matter who we have any disagreements with, we should make it clear to each other face to face, and don’t keep it in our stomachs. I am dry noodles and seasoned with salt. The words and salt come first. Between the three of us, how old am I? We have the right to be a pronunciation expert.
, to say a few old words: I think Bailu Village cannot lack brother Jiaxuan, nor can it lack brother Zilin. The two of you can work together well. I admire the character of your two families, and it is not just a matter of trying to build more houses.
There is only one "Benevolence and Righteous" village in Bailuyuan, and don't forget that the county magistrate personally wrote the monument..." Therefore, the bad blood between Bai Jiaxuan and Lu Zilin caused by the "Nongnong" incident cannot be ignored.
Speaking of resolving it, in short, it was voluntarily and deeply hidden by them. In fact, both of them needed to maintain this situation.