When he arrived at Shi Daban's house, it goes without saying that his family treated Yin Manyuan warmly. Yin Manyuan walked around his house and saw that it was a uniform blue brick and tile house with an upper and lower hall with a patio in between. Lanterns were hung in the corridors of the house, making it as bright as day. After supper, Shi Daban accompanied him for a walk. He saw Shi Daban's old father Shi Shuoyun, an old man in his fifties, taking out a few eggs from the bag, cracking them, cooking them, and turning them into fragrant poached eggs. , put in a bowl and served to a big fat pig. He chuckled and sighed, "Daban, other people's pigs eat pig grass, but your pigs eat eggs. Their lives are better than those of ordinary people."
Shi Daban shook his hand and said, Magistrate Yin, listen to me. There is a reason why we give pigs extra food today to improve their lives. I bought these bags of eggs from the street because my pig has horns. The male pig will be taken to Gong Zhuangjun's house in Gongjiafan Village tomorrow to be bred with his sow. If the nutrition is not good, not only will it have no energy, but even if it is bred, the physical condition of the breeding pig will not be good.
oh! For this reason, I have never seen breeding between horned pigs. Yin Manyuan said casually.
If you want to see something strange, I will take you to see it tomorrow. As soon as Shi Daban said these words, he felt a little regretful: Will the dignified magistrate of Shapo County see this kind of despicable thing? He was afraid of offending Yin Manyuan, so he immediately acquiesced and said, "Yin Magistrate, I'm sorry, I said it wrong. There is nothing good about breeding horned pigs."
You're right, I really want to see Xiqi. I'll stay at your house tonight, and tomorrow I'll go with you to Gong Zhuang's house in Gongjiafan Village to watch your horned pigs breed with his sows. After watching, we'll go back to the county government together. Yin Manyuan Zhengerba said.
That can. It's just that your beautiful wife might be looking forward to your coming home, so it won't affect it, right? Shi Daban said.
It’s not like you don’t know that beautiful lady, she has a lump on her left eyelid, which makes her look ugly. Yin Manyuan said somewhat pessimistically.
oh! I remembered, not long ago, you were still asking doctors with superb medical skills from all over the county to cure your wife's illness? Shi Daban asked.
Yin Manyuan kept shaking his head while walking on the edge of the patio.
Of course you are welcome to stay at my house, but if you don’t have a good rest, I will neglect you. Shi Daban said politely.
where? To be casual, I, Yin Manyuan, am not an outsider. Yin Manyuan said this like a man of good temperament, and he really didn't have the airs of a county magistrate.
But Lu Hu's ghost, who had been following him, pointed at him and cursed, Damn it, you are so bad and you are so good at pretending.
Early in the morning, Shi Shuoyun drove the big-horned pigs out of the pen. When he passed the stone road in front of the wing where his son and Yin Manyuan slept, he raised his head and said to the window, "Daban, I will take the horned pigs to Gong Zhuangjue's house in Gongjiafan Village for breeding. You and Yin Zhixian will go over to see it later. He heard Shi Daban say "hmm" and led the horned pig away.
They walked through several farmyards without any problems, but when they passed the farmland road in front of Shujiazhuang, the horned pig refused to go in the direction he led him, and instead walked towards a fork in the road. Shi Shuoyun pulled hard on the thick rope around its neck and cursed, "You're dying of plague, where are you going to catch the knife?" But when he continued to drive the horned pig toward the dirt road in Gongjiafan Village, it stood still.
Beating it with a bamboo tip, the horned pig grunted and turned around a few times, but still refused to move. As soon as the rope was loosened, it scurried down the side road. Of course Shi Shuoyun didn't allow it.
He suddenly remembered that this fork in the road was leading to a house in the east of Shujiazhuang. Last month, Shi Shuoyun took the horned pig to that house for breeding. Could it be that he was still thinking about the sow? Shi Shuoyun was a little helpless. He beat him with a bamboo branch and cursed, but it didn't help.
On the opposite side of the field, an old man who was riding on the back of his cattle after getting up in the morning saw this scene. He raised his voice and said to him, "Uncle Shuo Yun, where do you take the horned pigs for breeding?" Shi Shuoyun replied, go to Gongjiafan for breeding. The horned pig will not leave when it gets here, but will go to the house in front. After asking about the situation, the old man said, "Uncle Shuo Yun, please take this horned pig to meet the sow of the house in front of you!" Maybe after meeting each other, it will leave.
Shi Shuoyun said, then I will listen to you. Shi Shuoyun actually belonged to Yijiao Zhu and walked towards the fork in the road.
He feels that this is not as smooth as leading a cow. When leading a cow, if the cow is disobedient or wants to be aggressive, he will pull the rope hard and the cow will stop being stubborn and follow the person obediently. This is because the cow rope is strung on the wood of the cow's nose. If it feels painful, it will not dare to commit evil. Pigs are different. A rope is put around their necks, and they walk with people or are led by people, or even driven. If they do something wrong and refuse to go, it's really a bit futile. Because no matter how you pull the rope, it will not feel any pain because of its thick skin. It wants to play against you, and you have to avoid it or go along with it.
At this moment, Shi Daban, who had already gotten up to take care of Yin Manyuan and washed him, was about to go out and ride with him to watch the breeding of horned pigs. The ghost of Lu Hu, who had been following Yin Manyuan and waiting for revenge, left early and was also preparing to go to Gong Zhuang's house in Gongjiafan Village. waiting. But when he walked to the middle of a bed, he saw Shi Shuoyun leading the horned pig to the side road. He was a little puzzled, so he asked the road god who was shaking his long face like a road, what was going on? Lu Shen smiled slightly and vividly told the reason why the horned pig wanted to go along the fork in the road to the house in front to see the sow: in the past life, this horned pig was a very wealthy member of the Communist Party of China. He married a real wife and raised three children. A concubine.
Among them was a concubine who was as beautiful as a flower and whom he particularly doted on. The sow in that family now is the reincarnation of his beloved concubine. Because love is too persistent, even if you turn into a pig, you still think about it. Lu Hu smiled and said, it’s really strange! Lu Shen said, it’s not surprising that there are so many such things! Not surprising. It is a pity that many living people do not do good deeds in life, but blindly do evil, and then become beasts after death. It is really sad!
Yin Manyuan and Shi Daban rode horses and rushed to Gong Zhuang's house in Gongjiafan Village, but Shi Shuoyun was nowhere to be seen, let alone the horned pig. Gong Chuangfa suddenly saw two men on horseback coming. He didn't know what happened, so he timidly asked, "Where are you from?" Who are you looking for? Just as Shi Daban was about to answer truthfully, Yin Manyuan leaned closer to him and whispered: You can introduce other situations. Don't say that we are here to see horned pigs for breeding, otherwise people will laugh. Shi Daban nodded, raised his head and smiled calmly, looked at Gong Zhuangguan and said, I am Shi Shuoyun's son. I heard that my father drove horned pigs to your house for breeding. I was looking for him for something.
Gong Zhuangjue said, yes, we made an appointment yesterday and said we would come this morning, but for some reason, we haven’t come yet. At this point, he looked at Shi Daban, who was dressed in plain clothes and had an inverted splayed eyebrows and eyes like copper bells, and continued, I heard that Shi Shuoyun's family has a good son, who works as a catcher in the Shapo County Yamen, are you? Shi Daban cupped his hands and said, "That's it." He glanced at Yin Manyuan, who was also wearing casual robes, and introduced that this was Yin Magistrate from the Yamen of Shapo County.
Oops, you are not wearing official uniforms, so I can’t recognize you, but you are all very angry and have extraordinary appearance, and you are coming on horseback. You can tell at a glance that you are not from ordinary backgrounds. At this moment, Gong Zhuangjue said more and more politely, "Forgive me for being ignorant and offending me."
There is no need to blame ourselves. We usually go out incognito so as not to disturb the people and to get closer to them. When I came to your residence today, I felt so offended and deeply ashamed. Yin Manyuan talked eloquently, looking sanctimonious.
where? where? Gong Zhuangguo greeted the two of them and welcomed them into the middle hall to sit down. He looked at the embroidered building and shouted, "Juzi, come here and bring tea. Two distinguished guests have come to the house."
Oh, coming soon. A sweet female voice came from the embroidered building. Yin Manyuan and Shi Daban were chatting, when they suddenly heard a female voice, they both looked up in unison, but saw no one. From the corner of their eyes, they saw a woman squatting down in the aisle of the nave and stroking a fat black pig lying on the ground.
The woman suddenly turned her head, looked here and asked, "Master, has Shi Daban driven his horned pig here?" Gong Zhugege replied, don't worry about this. When the woman found two strangers sitting in the central hall, she became silent.
