"Xiaoxiang is dressed beautifully today." The fourth uncle followed up with a compliment, and Liu Ruxiang, who had kept a straight face for a long time, also smiled slightly.
Following the fourth uncle, we arrived at his house on the east side of the village.
It was my first time to come to the Fourth Master's house, but as soon as we arrived, we found someone standing in front of the door.
The sixth uncle was carrying a plastic bag filled with braised vegetables bought from the town. When he saw the fourth uncle coming back, he came over with a smile and handed over the cigarette: "Fourth, why are you going out to pick up someone?" Still lock the door?"
"I'm guarding you," the fourth uncle put away his cigarette. Although he still had a straight face, at least he didn't curse.
"Hey, they are all from the same village. What are you talking about? I know that your family doesn't cook much food, so I made a trip to the town."
"You, you go out, my daughter bought a box of good wine, and you tricked her into drinking it all."
"Hehe, I still have one bottle left."
The fourth uncle and the sixth uncle quarreled. After arguing for a while, they finally let go.
Uncle Liu said that instead of drinking the good West Wind wine, he would drink the useless Sanshojiu. Only then did the Fourth Master allow him to go in.
At this time, a table of delicious dishes was already placed in the living room.
There are braised pork, salted fish, a stewed chicken and two freshly fried vegetarian dishes.
The sixth uncle consciously went to the kitchen to fetch soju. After all of us were seated, he clinked two glasses with the fourth brother.
At this time, the fourth uncle began to talk about the past stories with the Chen family in Shuanghu Town.
It is said that seventy or eighty years ago, it was still a period of war and the new country had not yet been established. Naturally, bandits were rampant, warlords were fighting, and foreign enemies were invading. Even the Liu family of Yumen, a wealthy local family, lived a very difficult life.
But, the Liu family in Shuanghu Town is in full swing.
At that time, the patriarch of the Liu family had a daughter who had been smart since she was a child. She could memorize Qianjia's poems at the age of three, and she could take the test papers for other people's hometown exams at the age of seven.
However, as a woman, there was no way to gain fame, and the latest new school was still in the provincial capital, so the Liu family could not afford to support her.
There was no way, such a good seedling couldn't be wasted. Under the strong opposition of other tribesmen, the then head of the Liu family felt sorry for his daughter, so he taught the family's master's method to his daughter, directly breaking this tradition. Men do not pass down the rules to women.
At that time, the Yumen Liu family was still a big local force, but the Liu family in Shuanghu Town was in a miserable state. Without the blessing of the ancestral dragon energy of the Liu family, they almost lost the ancestral master's law and could only rely on He makes a living as a peddler and a pawn, and has little land.
But as luck would have it, there was a young man from the Liu family in Shuanghu Town. He was a gentleman, as gentle as jade, and treated people like a spring breeze.
By chance, at a market, the daughter of the patriarch of the Liu family accidentally met this handsome man from the Chen family in Shuanghu Town. She fell in love with him at first sight and begged her father to never marry him except this man.
The Liu family was in a dilemma at this time. After all, she was the daughter of the patriarch, and everyone liked such a smart little girl. However, the social atmosphere at that time was there, and the water thrown by the married daughter was... He is a member of the family, and many of the spells he has learned are from the Liu family's unique scriptures and chants.
If you live there for a long time, can you really keep it secret and not tell your husband's family there?
That's definitely impossible. But think about it, if all the spells she learned in the Liu family were passed on, what would happen to the Liu family? The two families are already close to each other. They are two neighboring counties, so they would compete for each other's business. Trouble! This is the foundation of the Liu family.
There was no other way. The patriarch made a rule here and put his biological daughter under house arrest, shelving her in a closet and not allowed to go out.
But I couldn't bear the girl Sichun, and I didn't know what tricks the woman used, or maybe it was her father's soft heart, so he really let her escape and ran all the way to the Chen family in Shuanghu Town.
The Chen family in Shuanghu Town was overjoyed. They arranged the marriage in secret. There was no grand ceremony and no relatives or friends were notified to attend. After they got married, they went out of town. The Liu family in Yumen wanted to trace the past, but they had already gone. The building was empty and no one could be found at all.
At that time, the head of the Liu family was criticized by his clan members, so he resigned from his position as clan leader, entered the ancestral land early to seek death, and ended his life.
When I came back a few years later, what was incredible was that the Chen family of Shuanghu Town came back in a mighty manner with a big warlord behind them and armed with men, horses and spears.
It turned out that after the daughter of the Liu family got married, she couldn't stand the deception. It didn't take long for the Liu family to learn many of the martial arts that were uniquely inherited by the Liu family. Shuanghu Town, which had lost a lot of its inheritance, The Chen family was revitalized in this way, and became prosperous in the provincial capital. Relying on the Liu family's signature bridge-building and flower-seeking skills, they made friends with the upper class in society and easily curry favor with a warlord.
Here, the Liu family's daughter was defeated and the Liu family's daughter succeeded. Because the Liu family's daughter acted as an intermediary to persuade them, the warlords who captured several nearby counties gave up their decision to confiscate the Liu family's homes in Yumen.
In the following years, the Chen family in Shuanghu Town was completely outstanding.
And the old patriarch of the Liu family at that time, who is now the old patriarch of the Liu family, was a young man who had a crush on his cousin in the clan. As a result, he also had a grudge against the Chen family in Shuanghu Town.
After settling down later, it was a well-known situation. The once prosperous Chen family in Shuanghu Town was directly killed because of historical issues in the past. There was nothing left. Those who should be shot were shot, and the woman married by the Yumen Liu family was also died.
This is that dusty history, the fourth uncle said with a smile on his face.
"You all don't know that this is the reason why the old patriarch has never married. Also, the reason why Liu Ruxiang, a female generation, can learn magic scriptures in the clan is actually indispensable for that woman."
Speaking of this, Uncle Liu couldn't help but look at Liu Ruxiang: "It's so similar. The old patriarch also missed people when he saw things. He thought of his former cousin, so he learned the spell."
Listening to them talking about this, I couldn't help but widen my eyes.
I used to wonder why Liu Ruxiang, a daughter, could learn from the Liu family's master-legacy inheritance.
It turned out to be for this reason...
At this time, the fourth uncle winked and told me: "Xiaoxiang wanted to learn magic back then. Almost everyone in our clan opposed it and didn't allow it. It's very simple. Such a thing happened decades ago. Everyone was disgusted with it, and it was against the ancestral precepts. There was no way, the old patriarch overcame everyone's opinions, and Xiaoxiang swore by himself back then, signed and pressed his fingerprints, and said that he would not marry anyone else. Us oldies agree.”
When the Fourth Master said this, Liu Ruxiang's face turned ugly.
"At that time, I remember that you, the sixth one, were the most opposed." The fourth uncle said at this time, turning to look at the sixth uncle making a fool of himself.
The sixth uncle saw the malicious gaze of the fourth uncle, and rolled his eyes and said: "I am so confused. I am blinded by lard. I am so stupid that I don't let our Xiaoxiang learn magic. Alas."
The sixth uncle sighed, raised the cup in his hand and stood up: "Xiaoxiang, I have always kept this matter in my heart. Over the years, I have always felt sorry for you. Maybe I didn't object back then, and you did too. There is no need to sign that letter of guarantee. If you meet a young man you like in a few years, you can still marry..."
After that, he toasted Liu Ruxiang and drank it all in one gulp.
Liu Ruxiang watched him finish drinking, with a sheepish smile on her face, but she was also very happy in her heart: "No, no, you're welcome. Today I'll have tea instead of wine, and I'll give Uncle Liu a glass in return."
But before she finished speaking, the cup was held down by Uncle Six.
"Xiaoxiang, how can we use tea? Just wait, I'll get the wine."
The sixth man's eyes were shining. He stood up from the big bench and hurriedly walked to the front room.
The fourth uncle was eating peanuts at this time, but he stared at the plate of braised pork head for a while, and then stood up from the chair.
At this time, he turned around and saw the sixth uncle walking out of his room, holding a red porcelain bottle in his hand, a sly smile on his face, and then opened the bottle of good wine with a twist.
"Oh, you bastard who deserves to be killed!" The fourth uncle stared with blue veins popping out in his eyes, and was about to go up and grab the bottle of wine.
The sixth uncle stretched out his hand to block him and said: "Fourth brother, Xiaoxiang came to your house for dinner. It's his turn to drink. Why do you let people drink that strong shochu? How can you be so embarrassed? This is your hospitality." Way?"
The sixth uncle asked this question, what a good person to borrow flowers to offer to Buddha.
The fourth uncle couldn't just brush off Liu Ruxiang's face and just stood there blankly.
Looking at the scene in front of me, I almost couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The Sixth Master tried his best, and I think he most probably said it on purpose. Even when he stood up to offer Liu Ruxiang a toast and apologize, it was all planned, so that he could wait for Master to return the favor.
What a mature person.
The sixth uncle smiled shamelessly, got another wine cup for Liu Ruxiang, and poured a small cup of wine into it.
Of course Liu Ruxiang knew that his "wanting to wake up was the wine", so she responded with a dry laugh, and this was the end of the change.
At this time, the fourth uncle still wanted to take it, but it was already too late.
Anyway, you must drink the wine once it is opened, otherwise you will get angry and all kinds of nonsense will happen. This bottle of good wine was drank by the two uncles in a short time.
I held my rice bowl and ate without thinking, thinking about what the fourth uncle had just said, feeling uncertain in my heart.
Because Liu Ruxiang signed that letter of guarantee, it was impossible for her to marry outside, but... wouldn't she never get married in her life?
"Probably not. From time to time, I can even recruit a wife." Thinking of this, I felt a little inexplicably irritable. I seemed to be thinking that if Liu Ruxiang really found a husband in the future, then I...
Then where will I live in the future? After all, Liu Ruxiang's house only has two rooms with beds.
