The return of the son-in-law

Because Huo Yu was supposed to marry a wife today, two large round tables were specially set up, and two cold dishes were already placed on them - sauced duck and distiller's lees chicken.

Ever since Tiger Village occupied this hill, it has never successfully robbed a single family or business traveler.

Then Tonghua County is too poor to uncover the pot, and the county magistrate is also a county magistrate who has no money.Although every family can always spend a few pennies, Huo Dashan was a self-proclaimed hero, robbing the rich and helping the poor, so how could he value such a small amount of money?How to grab the only life-saving money?

Fortunately, there are many birds and beasts in the mountains, all of them are fat, and there are many mushrooms and shepherd's purse growing in the mountains. Huo Dashan and Sun Lao have cultivated two or three plots of rice and vegetables behind the stockade. From time to time, the boss and the others would also carry the unfinished game to Yong'an Mansion to exchange for medicinal materials, clothing, rice and other things. Life in the cottage is not bad.

It's just that this group of people are used to being bandits, and they are used to robbery, which is a free-for-all activity. If they are asked to go hunting in the mountains or work in the fields, they will complain endlessly.

Huo Dashan had great prestige during his lifetime, and no one dared to cry out in front of him.But when he passed away and Huo Yu became the new head of the village, the voices of opposition grew more and more.

If it wasn't for Huo Dashan's remaining prestige and his kindness in saving the lives of Boss Liu and the others, I am afraid that Huo Yu and Lao Sun would have been kicked out of the village long ago.

At this time, Huo Yu, the nominal head of the Tiger Village, with an old gold brocade bag hanging around his neck, wearing a red padded jacket, and a pair of red cotton shoes on his feet, was happily sitting on the chief seat, stretching his neck and looking at the Mrs. An brought over a pot of hot Sanxian soup.

The red prawns are plump, the chicken is fresh and tender, the green vegetables are dripping green, and there are a few snow-white fish balls floating on it, which makes people move their index fingers.

Seeing Huo Yu's gluttonous appearance, Aunt An couldn't help laughing and said, "Yu'er, you eat first, wait a minute, there's still bacon."

"En!" Huo Yu nodded emphatically.

However, he was not in a hurry to eat by himself, but took out the only few vegetables in the three fresh soup, added some more soup, and then pushed the bowl in front of Old Sun: "Grandpa, eat first."

Elder Sun stroked Huo Yu's head lovingly: "Good boy, I'm not hungry, you eat first."

Huo Yu wrinkled his nose and said, "Grandpa eat first."

Elder Sun was relieved and sad at the same time. Although they had a lot of imitation game, they had very few vegetables.As the saying goes, what is rare is the most precious, Huo Yu has always left him the most scarce things.

The grandpa and grandson were giving way to each other when they heard a noise coming from the door. It turned out that it was Boss Liu and others who brought Guo Zhanan in.

Boss Liu asked someone to tie Guo Zhanan to the pillar, while he sat down on the other side of Huo Yu, poured himself a bowl of wine, drank three gulps, and said, "Good village master, this time is It’s not our fault that we actually robbed a man and came back to be your daughter-in-law. I’m here to make amends for you. Tomorrow, I’ll grab another woman and come back to be your wife, okay?”

Huo Yu turned his head and looked at Guo Zhanan who was tied to the pillar, a little strange: "But I think he is very good-looking, and I want him to be my wife."

Elder Sun quickly covered Huo Yu's mouth: "Tong Yan Wuji, how can this man be your wife? Yu'er, don't talk nonsense."

"Why not?" Huo Yu pouted, "Who says a daughter-in-law has to be a girl?"

Old Sun was speechless.

There are only two women in this tiger village, Mrs. Sun's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhou, and Mrs. Ge's daughter-in-law, Mrs. An.He disliked the rude and offensive words of these bandits, and never let Huo Yu get along with these people for too long, lest he learn such vulgar words as "his mother's" and "Ge Laozi's".

As the saying goes, those who are close to vermilion are red and those who are close to ink are black. Old Sun worried that Huo Yu would grow up in this environment and follow his father's old path. Most of what he taught Huo Yu was the words of a sage.

In addition, he himself has never married a wife, has no children, and has never cared about men and women. When he asked to educate Huo Yu, he naturally ignored this aspect of education.

It turned out to be a good thing, let Huo Yu say this dumbfounding thing today.

Boss Liu had had enough laughing at the side, so he took out four bowls, placed them in a row in front of Huo Yu, and said, "Village Master, today, let me teach you what is the difference between men and women."

He didn't wait for Elder Sun to stop him, opened a jar of wine again, and stood up: "This man, it's this jar of wine, and this woman, it's these bowls."

As he spoke, he raised the wine jar, poured the wine into four bowls one by one, and then said: "A man just wants to give his things to women. For example, the emperor in the palace has three thousand wine bowls." , but have you heard that he has three thousand wine jars? The wine jars are pouring over each other, so do you want to drink?"

Although Mr. Sun didn't have a wife, he had experienced this kind of affair when he was young. When he heard Mr. Liu's vulgar words, his face flushed with anger and he trembled all over: "What nonsense are you talking about! How could you say such a thing in front of Yu'er? Rude words!"

Boss Liu smiled complacently, and said nonchalantly: "Old man, the village owner is 13 years old, and he should have understood these principles long ago. If I don't teach him, one day, the village owner will really find us a male Mrs. Yazhai." , this Huo family is about to die! Hahahaha."

Everyone at the banquet also laughed together.

Huo Yu didn't understand what Boss Liu said. He picked up a bowl, walked up to Guo Zhanan, and asked him with a smile, "Are you thirsty?"

Guo Zhan'an's hands and feet were tied to the pillars, and he couldn't move. Hearing this, he smiled: "Of course I'm thirsty."

Huo Yu seemed very satisfied with his answer. He carefully placed the bowl on the ground, brought a stool from the round table, picked up the wine bowl himself, stepped on the stool carefully, and tiptoed the bowl to Guo Zhanan's mouth. Bian: "Come on, I'll feed you."

This wine is from Boss Liu's newly opened wine jar. At this time, Boss Liu is drinking another bowl of wine poured from this wine jar. Guo Zhan'an is not afraid that they will be poisoned, and he is indeed thirsty, so he is generous. Fang Di lowered his head and drank.

"Hey, I didn't expect this guy to be quite courageous." Boss Liu stared at Guo Zhan'an with his eagle-like eyes while drinking, watching Guo Zhan'an drink up the bowl of wine and wiped his mouth, "It's a hero!" hero!"

His wine is not comparable to the fruit wines he snatched from the county, it is very strong!

Guo Zhanan licked the wine stains on the corner of his mouth: "That's all."

Elder Sun got up and hugged Huo Yu off the stool: "Hey, too, come on, it's time to eat."

The other dishes were served one after another. Mrs. An and Mrs. Zhou wiped their hands and sat down beside their husbands.

They were all bandits in the past, and they have long been used to the fact that people are still tied to the pillars next to them, so they ignored Guo Zhanan at all, and just punched themselves, drank and ate meat.

Huo Yu, on the other hand, seemed to be really interested in him as a "male daughter-in-law". He brought a bowl of meat to feed him every now and then, and kept asking him, "Is it delicious? Are you full? What else do you want to eat?" ?”

Guo Zhanan saw that the others did not express strong objections, and he was hungry all by himself, so he was happy to let this little devil pick up vegetables for him. In the end, he asked Huo Yu to pick up the only green vegetables on the table for him.

There is no way, this table is full of greasy meat dishes, and Guo Zhanan feels sick to his stomach.

This meal without a bride was very enjoyable.

Except for Old Sun Huo Yu, the two ladies, and a night watch brother, the rest of the people here drank a lot of wine.Especially Boss Liu, whose face was flushed from drinking, and finally went back to the room with the support of his two brothers.

The people in the hall gradually dispersed, and the night watchman also went to the hall, only the two dragon and phoenix candles were still emitting a faint light.

Guo Zhanan tried to stretch his five fingers, only to find that his hands were numb due to the long-term binding.

A good county magistrate was robbed by bandits as a bride before he took office.

Guo Zhanan couldn't laugh or cry about what happened to him. He raised his feet in turn to avoid becoming stiff due to standing still for a long time.

The dragon and phoenix candles in front of him were almost burnt out, Guo Zhanan leaned on the pillar and tilted his head.

He felt that his head was hurting and hot, and his eyes were blurred, but the voice of his mother when he was a child came from his ear.

"Zhan'an, after I leave, you have to listen to your father."

"Zhan'an, your father will definitely continue, you have to protect yourself, you know that?"

"Zhan'an, there is no mother. The Jiang family is suspected by the emperor. The empress and the third prince are having a difficult time in the palace. You must remember that you must not add trouble to them."

"Zhan'an..."

"Zhan'an..."

The mother's exhortations sounded again, one after another, Guo Zhan'an couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Mother, you think about your father and the Jiang family so much, but have you ever thought about me?

"What are you doing?"

An immature child's voice sounded, and Guo Zhan'an only felt that the voice was like a beam of light, shining on himself in the chaos.

The headache was not so painful, and the brain was not so hot. With the last ray of candlelight, Guo Zhan'an saw the face of the other party clearly—it was the original "bridegroom officer" today.

Guo Zhan'an knew that this kid was just the village owner in name only, but even if he was the real village owner of the bandit village, he had no reason to shy away from it.

So, he replied generously: "I'm tied up, what do you think I will do?"

Huo Yu was wearing a thick red padded jacket, which made his movements less agile and flexible.He carefully moved a stool from the side and sat in front of Guo Zhanan: "Why are you a man?"

What is the problem?

Guo Zhanan looked at the stubborn kid in front of him, and asked him, "Why am I a man?"

"They said, you are my daughter-in-law, how can a daughter-in-law be a man?"

Guo Zhan'an was a little helpless: "They robbed the wrong person, I'm not your daughter-in-law."

"Okay." I didn't expect that although this kid was stubborn on some things, he was very open-minded. Hearing what Guo Zhanan said, he stopped pestering him and asked another question instead, "Then what are you doing here? ?”

Guo Zhan'an was vigilant. Could it be that the bandit stockade specially asked this kid to question him, so that he could show his feet when he relaxed his vigilance?

"I was originally from Tonghua County. I studied abroad all the year round. It was almost the Chinese New Year. I didn't go home for several years. I missed my family very much. That's why I came to Tonghua County in a snowy day."

Huo Yu nodded. He took out a warm sweet potato from his bosom, broke it in half, compared them together, and took a bite of the bigger one. Qingdi asked, "Do you want to eat?"

It was a cold day, and Guo Zhanan was not hungry at first, but he was also hungry after being asked by Huo Yu's words, so he nodded immediately: "You untie me, I am delicious."

Huo Yu shook his head, and said solemnly: "No, you are tied up by the boss, and I can't untie the rope."

This was beyond Guo Zhanan's expectation.

In his opinion, this brat is young and his brain is not bright enough. If he cheats a little more, he might be able to cheat successfully. He didn't expect it to be so difficult to cheat.

Huo Yu didn't untie Guo Zhanan, jumped off the stool by himself, moved the stool closer to Guo Zhanan, stood up on it, and put the sweet potato in his hand to Guo Zhanan's mouth.

Guo Zhan'an took a bite. The sweet potato was sweet but not greasy. It was soft and delicious.

Huo Yu kept staring at his expression, and when he saw this, he said with a smile, "It's delicious. This is a trick I found with great difficulty. The baked sweet potatoes are delicious."

Seeing Huo Yu's heartless appearance, Guo Zhanan asked with a thought, "How long have you lived here? It's so cold here, why don't you make more stoves?"

Huo Yu didn't think much about it, and replied, "I don't know how long, but I remember that I lived for a long time, and many people left. Grandpa said, they can't afford to suffer, and we don't want them."

It seems that many people have left this cottage.

Guo Zhanan silently recorded Huo Yu's answer in his heart, and asked him again: "Do you like sweet potatoes very much? You also eat sweet potatoes at night."

"As long as it's delicious, I like to eat it!" Huo Yu's eyes lit up when he mentioned food, "There are also deer in the mountains, roe deer, rabbit meat is too dry, full of oil, it's not good! "

"I eat meat anyway, don't you like vegetables?"

Huo Yu wrinkled the bridge of his nose unhappily: "Of course I don't like it, it's not tasty, and it takes a long time to grow."

"Do you grow it yourself?" Guo Zhan'an was a little surprised. In Yong'an Mansion, he only heard that there were bandits doing evil near Tonghua County, but he didn't expect that the bandits would grow their own vegetables and hunt.

"What else can we do? We have no money." Huo Yu ate all the remaining sweet potatoes, clapped his hands, and said, "What about you? What's your name? Where did you come from? Is it fun there?"

Deliberately ignoring the previous question, Guo Zhanan replied, "I'm from the capital, and it's fun there. Have you ever been to the capital?"

Speaking of this, Huo Yu became less excited: "I haven't been there, grandpa said, I'm young and I'm not in good health, so don't go out to play casually."

"Really? I think you have a tiger's head and a tiger's brain. How old are you?"

"Thirteen." Huo Yu pouted, "How old are you? I'm the same age as you, can I go out and play?"

Thirteen?

Guo Zhan'an looked at the child in front of him with some surprise. The child's figure was only ten years old, with a fair face and fleshy hands. He was actually 13 years old?

Thinking back to the conversation between him and the child, to put it bluntly, it was innocent, but to put it bluntly, it was heartless and brainless. Perhaps it was a deficiency that affected the child's growth.

"May I ask you, how old are you?" After all, Huo Yu grew up in a cottage. He didn't wait for Guo Zhan'an's answer for a long time, and immediately became angry, "How old are you?"

"Eighteen," Guo Zhanan replied in a low voice, "Don't talk, listen, it seems that someone is coming."

When Huo Yu heard this, he immediately fell silent. His eyeballs rolled and the corners of his mouth turned up, obviously thinking it was a game.

But Guo Zhanan knew that someone had sneaked into the village in the middle of the night.