Mrs. Liu asked: "Guo'er, what is that Xue Rengui you are talking about? Who is he?"
Sheng Guoer smiled and told Xue Rengui's story.
After Xue Rengui came down from the mountain to study with Li Jing, he found a coolie job in his hometown of Liujiazhuang, Longmen County. Member Liu had a daughter named Liu Yinhuan, who was very beautiful, well-educated, gentle and virtuous. She was attracted by Xue Rengui's extraordinary temperament and ability. She was convinced and finally committed to marrying. Liu Yuanwai was naturally unwilling and broke off all contact with her daughter in anger.
After that, Liu Yinhuan and her husband Xue Rengui lived in a cold kiln. Xue Rengui also ate a lot. In order to give his wife and children a good future, Xue Rengui joined the army and finally rescued the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty Li Shimin. He was granted the official title of "King of Side by Side" and took charge of his hometown state. Mansion.
After Xue Rengui returned home, he was so glorious that Liu Yuanwai almost committed suicide in shame and anger. If it were not for Xue Rengui's benevolence and righteousness, even if Xue Rengui did not pursue the case, I am afraid that the Liu family would have been sanctioned by the local government.
Upon hearing this, Ms. Liu was thoughtful, and Sheng Guoer said patiently: "I think this Hu Yanxin was a famous general in his ancestors, and his abilities are the best among men. He will not be inferior to others for a long time. But If we really want to recruit him as our son-in-law, we are afraid that he will miss his rich family and not make progress, so we have to act expediently and encourage him to make progress without offending him!"
Mrs. Liu said with admiration: "With you, it will be difficult for our Meng family not to prosper!"
Sheng Guoer said humbly: "Second Aunt is overly praised. Now we have to play a white face and a red face. Naturally, the second uncle will do the white face. Anyway, he is already a white face. As for the red face Son, you have to do it. After all, I am my sister-in-law. No matter how much I help, she will remember my good deeds. It’s not okay if she doesn’t remember your good mother-in-law. In the final analysis, aren’t you still a family? Don’t you want to get along with each other in the future? "
Mrs. Liu nodded and said, "It's rare that you are not greedy for merit and always think about us. Okay, but I also have to see it and give this Huyanxin a try!"
Sheng Guoer asked curiously: "Second Aunt, how do you want to test him?"
Ms. Liu smiled and said, "Of course it's beauty, money and power?"
Sheng Guoer smiled slightly and said, "Then we have to let him grab the hydrangea first!"
Meng Zixuan shyly hid aside.
Sheng Guoer said: "When the time comes, you have to be more accurate and don't miss it!"
But Meng Zixuan said with some worry: "Sister-in-law, what if I throw it wrong?"
Sheng Guoer sighed helplessly, and suddenly she had a flash of inspiration and said, "Come here with Shaoyao, I want you to tell the servant to do something!"
Shaoyao ran in and asked, "What is it, young lady?"
Sheng Guoer smiled and said, "Basketball hoop!"
basketball?
Everyone looked at each other.
Sheng Guoer gave the drawings to the servants and told them to draw the three-point line of the basketball court in the center of the yard and so on.
After everything was ready, Sheng Guoer said: "Get me into short game clothes!"
After a while, Sheng Guoer and others were seen changing into bunts. Sheng Guoer switched the hydrangea with his left and right hands and said, "This is called basketball. It is similar to Cuju, but it is played with hands instead of feet. This hydrangea has no elasticity. We will study another elastic ball in the future."
One of the servants raised his hand and said: "Just soak it in pig urine!"
Hahahahaha. Everyone laughed.
Sheng Guoer also smiled and said: "We'll talk about it later. By the way, let's practice shooting now!"
Meng Zixuan asked curiously: “Sister-in-law, why do we practice this?”
Sheng Guoer raised his eyebrows and said, "To practice your accuracy!"
Sheng Guoer calculated the distance at this time and thought that the distance from the embroidered building to the ground was roughly the distance for shooting a three-pointer.
So Sheng Guoer asked Meng Zixuan to stand in the three-point position and said: "Listen to me, your wrist must be loose, and there must be an arc when throwing it, that is, bend it into the basket, remember to aim before shooting!" You just think that’s Hu Yanxin’s arms!”
Meng Zixuan said: "Sister-in-law, this feels a bit like a game of pot throwing!"
Sheng Guoer said in her heart, it turns out that basketball is learned from our Chinese game of throwing pot. Chinese culture really spreads all over the world!
"That's right, that's right. How was your pot throwing game?"
Meng Zixuan said proudly: "It's okay, just watch!"
Before he finished speaking, the hydrangea drew a perfect arc in the air and then fell straight into the basket!
Three points!
Sheng Guoer groaned, and then gave Meng Zixuan a double high-five. Meng Zixuan said: "My sister-in-law taught me better!"
Ms. Liu also said, "Yes, if Guo'er hadn't come up with such a good idea, we wouldn't have known what to do."
Sheng Guoer said: "If you rely solely on Hu Yanxin's martial arts, it shouldn't be difficult to grab a hydrangea, but this will be obvious to others, and it won't seem like fate, so Zixuan has to really hit Hu Yanxin." Believe me, this is fate!"
However, before that, Liu still wanted to try this Huyanxin.
Mrs. Liu prepared some gold and silver and placed them in a bright place on the construction site. He hid aside and asked the maid to tell Hu Yanxin to go to the construction site.
A worker discovered gold and silver. He was so happy that he wanted to keep it for himself, so he hid it quietly.
At this moment, Hu Yanxin came to the construction site. When he saw the worker taking a bag of gold and silver, he asked: "Old Wu, what did you get?"
Old Wu hesitated and said: "This is just my own package!"
After finishing speaking, Old Wu was about to leave, but the sharp-eyed Hu Yanxin stretched out his arm to stop Old Wu, looked at him with lightning eyes and said: "Don't fool me, you are a poor worker, how can you have such a brocade package?" !”
Old Wu said: "This, this is a family inheritance, isn't it?"
Hu Yanxin sneered and said: "As far as I know, Lao Wu, you are an orphan! You don't even have a family, where do you get family traditions!"
After finishing speaking, Hu Yanxin snatched the package and opened it. He saw a lot of gold and silver jewelry inside, and one of the most conspicuous hairpins had the word "Meng" engraved on it!
Hu Yanxin picked up the hairpin and said, "You old boy, your surname is Meng!"
Old Wu hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "Brother Huyan, please don't say anything. I was also greedy for a moment. Anyway, their Meng family spends a lot of money and has no limit to making money. With the golden mountain of Sheng Guoer, they are full of money." It wouldn’t be a pity to throw ingots on the street. You also know that I haven’t said anything about my marriage, so I just used this money to find a wife!”
Hu Yanxin kicked him away and said, "You can't use ill-gotten gains. If you want to marry me, I can give you all the money I earn, but you can't touch other people's money!"
Lao Wu asked: "You, you want to lend me money?"
Hu Yanxin laughed and said: "Although I don't have much money now, I am not a stingy person. If you really want to get a wife, just treat it as a gift from your brother!"
After finishing speaking, Hu Yanxin took out a worn-out money bag from his arms, threw it on Lao Wu and said, "See if it's enough. If it's not enough, I and my co-workers will get it together for you!"
Lao Wu said gratefully: "Brother Huyan, it's not easy for you either. Even if I borrow this money from you, when I have the money, I will definitely pay it back to you!"
Hu Yanxin said with a smile: "You can pay back the money anytime. It doesn't matter if you don't! But there's one thing, you can't hack other people's money!"
Old Wu nodded and said: "I was also fooled by lard, don't blame me!"
Hu Yanxin clenched his fists and said, "If you sincerely repent and don't make any more mistakes in the future, I will forgive you. If I see you sneaking around again in the future and taking other people's property as your own, you should be careful with me." This pair of iron fists!"
Old Wu nodded repeatedly.
Mrs. Liu signaled the maid in the dark to take away the package. The maid stepped forward and said, "Hu Yanxin, can you ask me to give this package to the Second Madam?"
Hu Yanxin said: "No, I will go with you!"
The maid said angrily: "Don't you even believe me?"
Hu Yanxin sneered: "Knowing people, knowing faces, but not knowing hearts. A general should consider the overall situation and not miss a single detail! Let's go, I'll go with you!"
Madam Liu nodded with satisfaction, turned around and left the dark side room, while the maid took Hu Yanxin to where Madam Liu was.
Mrs. Liu came to her room in advance to arrange everything, and said to her nephew Meng Mingyang: "You can tell him later that he should be an official and give up his marriage to Meng Zixuan. I will see how he is and whether he is a good person." People who are greedy for power!”
Meng Mingyang said: "Don't worry, Second Aunt!"
Mrs. Liu hid aside again.
After a while, the maid and Hu Yanxin came to Liu's courtyard.
Hu Yanxin saw Meng Mingyang and handed the soft brocade package wrapped with gold and silver into Meng Mingyang's hands.
Meng Mingyang said in surprise: "Oh, I didn't expect you to be a righteous man! Well, I know Mr. Zhao Mengfu, and there is a shortage of governors in the village. If you like it, I will recommend you to become a governor. What do you think?"
Hu Yanxin said: "I have not made any achievements in the Dasheng Dynasty, so I got an official position rashly. I am flattered, but I am afraid that I will not be able to bear it!"
Meng Mingyang said: "As the saying goes, a big man can't live without power, and a little girl can't live without money. You are so old, and you have strong martial arts skills. Wouldn't it be a pity not to become an official?"
Hu Yanxin said: "If I rely on connections to get to the top, wouldn't I be insulting my ancestors and mentors? I'm even more insulting myself! Master, please forgive me for not obeying my orders!"
After saying that, Hu Yanxin was about to leave. Meng Mingyang looked at the young man with satisfaction from behind, but he still said: "If you don't want to be an official, then you can marry my sister. If you want to be an official, I will let you Go and suppress the bandits, but after you succeed in suppressing the bandits, you cannot marry my sister!"
Hu Yanxin said strangely: "Are you really surprised that I can't marry your sister despite my fame?"
Meng Mingyang smiled and said: "Of course, when you become an official, you will naturally climb up. If you marry my sister, won't you be climbing the high branches of my family? What if you use the strength of my family to do some bad things? What should I do? Why don’t you just try to grab the hydrangea? It would be great to be a door-to-door son-in-law!"
These words made Mrs. Liu feel really heart-wrenching, and she said to herself: "This Meng Mingyang speaks so cruelly, isn't this irritating Hu Yanxin?"
I thought Hu Yanxin would be furious, but what Hu Yanxin did next was beyond everyone's expectations.
