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It is said that Bai Feng's arrival and his conversation with Yang Ji made Yang Ji enlightened. The memory that Yang Ji could bury came to mind again after many years. At that time, he was as ambitious as the young man in front of him and his dreams were as high as the sky. But after experiencing the reality, he had already lost his spirit. He once thought that being able to earn three meals a day would be enough to live a decent life. Living like this, I have completely forgotten the love between husband and wife and my hometown! Yang Ji felt ashamed and told Bai Feng all his debts.
The two former compatriots met so late that they chatted happily beside the field and in front of the hut, and gradually forgot about the time. After a while, when Mrs. Yang went outside to ask, she saw the bitter look on her face and expressed a little doubt. Yang Ji then relieved his burden and returned his thoughts to this peaceful town. He asked his wife to prepare the meat and wine vessels needed for worship and sacrifice, and to cook a light meal for the visitors. Mrs. Yang's eyes twinkled, and after asking a few more caring words, she stepped back to do her work.
After seeing Mrs. Yang leave, Yang Ji's face was filled with sadness again. He lamented how virtuous his wife was now, and how despicable he was, he was not worthy of her. At the same time, he repeated the sentence more than once: "If he had the courage to go back and see Chun'er when Yangcheng fell, would things have changed? Is it different?"
The young man in white was speechless, only thinking silently in his heart: Will he do something he regrets and then spend his whole life to repay it?
After a while, everyone moved the tables and chairs outside. Because the space in the thatched hut was too small to stretch out, the Yang family set the dining table outdoors. There are only three dishes and one soup on the menu: fried red amaranth, steamed egg custard, braised duck meat, and a pot of freshly cooked chicken soup. Just when everyone was about to use their chopsticks, Murong Yan and Yang Deqing were still teasing the baby in Mei Niang's arms. Especially the two girls, when Mrs. Yang started preparing the dinner, they were taking care of the baby girl like a mother.
"It's time for me to hug you! Sister Mei Niang!" Murong Yan begged.
"Wait a minute!" Mei Niang's face was particularly rosy this morning. She leaned next to Qian Xi and said, "Master, look at how cute this child is!"
Seeing that the other person who had been falsely alarmed last night was so happy with a child, Gan Xi felt much better and said, "Yes! I hope our children can be so cute!"
"Hehe..." After Mei Niang smiled a little stiffly due to her worries for days, she put the child into Murong Yan's arms. Murong Yan picked a bright yellow wild chrysanthemum and waved it left and right in front of the baby's eyes. The baby cooperated and moved her chubby little face left and right, with a "hee hee" smile on her face, which looked very funny.
"Ahem... Yan'er, please return the child to Mrs. Yang..." Bai Feng felt that this was against table etiquette, so she scolded Murong Yan in a low voice.
When Mrs. Yang saw that her child was having so much fun, she covered her mouth, smiled gracefully, and said, "It's okay! Seeing that Mr. Bai and my husband are chatting so well, he hasn't seen anyone from his hometown for a long time. , you should keep in touch with each other more in the future!"
Murong Yan got the support, "hum" as a joke to Bai Feng, and went to play with the children again.
"Madam..." Yang Ji stared at his wife with tears in his eyes, who nodded slightly in response. Afterwards, Yang Ji put away his sad face and once again called everyone to take up their chopsticks to eat. At the foot of Qingliang Mountain, in the green fields, in front of the simple hut, the people at the table enjoyed the natural scenery and ate a meal of practice, without any discomfort or sorrow at all.
After the meal, Yang Ji carried the sacrificial wine prepared by Mrs. Yang for him and prepared to bring guests up the mountain. During this period, Yang Deqing also requested to go up the mountain many times, but due to a foot injury, his cousin Mrs. Yang refused. Therefore, Yang Deqing was entrusted by Bai Feng to be the messenger to convey the information about going up the mountain to Zhao Kuo, Ajuan and Zhao Xiaomei who were still resting in the inn in the town.
Yang Deqing looked at his sick leg and walked down the long street, thinking that he had accidentally stepped on that weird trap that night. The street was still lively at this time, with people coming and going, so no one would notice his embarrassment, which made him feel better. In order to feel better, today he wanted to walk across the covered bridge on the cool lake, so that the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers could please his body and mind. Unexpectedly, not long after walking onto the covered bridge, Yang Deqing seemed to have stepped into a trap again, and two men blocked the way, one behind the other.
They pressed each other tightly, half pushing Yang Deqing and half forcing him to the edge of the covered bridge. A tall, muscular man wearing a blue shirt and a blue hairband on his head, with handsome features, threatened: "Little Curly, are your legs okay?"
Yang Deqing didn't know what the situation was, so he hesitated and said: "It's... not bad..."
The other one was wearing a felt hat, with fierce eyebrows, and two mustaches bulging out of his mouth. He yelled angrily: "This brat, doesn't he understand the rules of the world? He didn't even bow to us 'Three Swallow Heroes' when he saw them. Put our third brother in jail!" As soon as he finished speaking, he made a move to push Yang Deqing to the bottom of the lake.
Yang Deqing did not dare to act rashly due to the injury on the sole of his foot. He retreated timidly to the point of no return, and saw that he was about to be pushed into the lake. Another man in blue suddenly reached out, grabbed his collar, pulled him back to a safe area, and asked: "Little Curly, do you still want to cripple the other foot? Do you really think you will?" Someone put a trap on the roadside?" After that, the man stretched out his foot and kicked Yang Deqing's sick leg, causing him to scream in pain, and continued: "We just want you to live longer, but in the end You're not living up to expectations and you have to come back as a witness! Oh...you better think about it now, how long will it take to soak this leg in water before it rots?"
"It turns out it was you ruffians who hurt me!" Yang Deqing was furious, got rid of the hand holding his clothes, and punched the man in front of him who was half a head taller than him: "Watch the move!"
The man easily waved his hand and took it, and then kicked Yang Deqing's sick leg. This time Yang Deqing was kicked directly to the ground. The man in blue shirt mocked: "Nobody, my name is 'Tongtian Arm'" The number is not for nothing!"
Yang Deqing stroked his injured leg and frowned ferociously. At this moment, he just wanted to have a bow and arrow on his back, but unfortunately he didn't go out with a bow and arrow. Pedestrians who knew Yang Deqing came up to take a look, but when they saw the two hooligans, they ran away. Those who didn't know Yang Deqing didn't even look at them. They didn't want to offend the local gangsters. Disaster.
Just when Yang Deqing thought he was about to be thrown into the lake, he lost all hope. Zhao Kuo, who happened to be taking his little sister and Ajuan out to play and go shopping, appeared at the covered bridge. When Yang Deqing saw it, he shouted for help: "Mr. Zhao! Help! I'm here!"
Zhao Kuo and others followed the sound and confronted the two gangsters for a while.
"What's going on?" Ajuan asked.
"I don't know what's going on, but my friend is being bullied, and I, Zhao Kuo, have to step forward!" Zhao Kuo was eager to give it a try.
Zhao Xiaomei also said in agreement: "Well, you are a hero!"
"You women, stand aside. This is our men's business." Zhao Kuo stepped forward and protected Ajuan and his little sister behind him.
Seeing Zhao Kuo's gorgeous clothes, the "Tongtian Arm" thought he was a publicity-loving young master from an aristocratic family, and sneered: "Young Master, how can this little curly-haired man be able to reach someone like you! I advise you not to do the same thing." We "Three Swallow Heroes" are against each other. This is a political matter, not a 'little girl playing house'!"
After Zhao Kuo heard this, he was furious. He stepped forward and got entangled with the "Tiantian Arm". Another felt-hatted hooligan saw the two beauties standing in front of him. He became lustful and immediately threw Yang Deqing aside. He approached the little sister and Ajuan with a lewd smile and said, "Hey, hehe... little beauties, Let my brother come and accompany you!"
"Hey! It's shameless to molest a decent woman in the street! Come at me if you dare!" Yang Deqing sat on the ground, unable to get up.
Ajuan used to walk on mountain roads all day long, so her legs and feet were nimble and she could escape relatively quickly, so the gangster turned to attack the little girl. Zhao Xiaomei was forced to the edge of the covered bridge, and she was about to be hugged by the gangster. In an instant, another cyan figure passed by in an instant!
There was only a sound of "plop" in the lake, and only a felt hat was left where the gangster had been. What followed was a series of calls for help coming from under the covered bridge: "Help! I'm not familiar with water, please help me!"
The little girl thought she was blindfolded, so she wiped it with her hands and saw clearly that the young man in green in front of her was none other than the "big thief" Su Qing! Su Qing turned around and smiled frivolously at her little sister. In a blink of an eye, she was next to the "Tiantian Arm" who was entangled with Zhao Kuo. She turned around and kicked him under the bridge.
In the blink of an eye, two different calls for help overlapped in the air. Obviously, no one would care about them. Finally, when they were about to run out of energy, they were fished out by an official. The few people who met Su Qing again on the bridge realized what had happened after meeting the eyes of this mysterious young master.
Su Qing looked at Yang Deqing's injury, and after confirming that it was not serious, he turned to his younger sister and asked with a smile: "Miss Zhao, are you okay?"
The little girl saw Su Qing's beard. Although it was much neater than the gangster just now, she was still a little timid. Moreover, she was very dissatisfied with Su Qing's disdainful attitude before, so she angrily replied: "I'm fine, I don't want you to worry about it." !" After that, he pushed Su Qing away and went to his brother's side, murmuring: "We just beat away two little hooligans, and now a big hooligan is here! It's really disappointing, let's go!"
Su Qing twirled his beard, smiled "haha" and watched the other party leave.
