Chapter 16: A fool doesn't want to marry a daughter-in-law
Under the old locust tree in the small garden, Zhang Cheng's mother and aunt looked shocked. They looked at Zhang Cheng who was laughing alone, looking at a loss.
It turned out that Zhang Cheng had this problem since July of the 11th year of Chongzhen, when his uncle Zhang Yan was so angry that he beat Zhang Cheng with a military stick until he fainted and died.
From time to time, he would be alone in a daze, indifferent to many things around him. He would either be in a daze alone, or cry alone, or laugh alone, which made the whole house stare at him every day to prevent him from doing anything radical.
matter.
Moreover, he immersed himself in a large water tank and almost suffocated to death, jumped from a tall building, and even dug a deep pit to sleep in, almost burying himself alive.
All the doctors in the town were invited, but they were unable to do anything, until a wandering Taoist priest passed by the town. He had something magical, so Zhang Yan went to invite him in person.
Only then did he tell everyone that Zhang Cheng was suffering from the syndrome of leaving the soul. If it was not solved early, his body might be taken over by a wandering ghost.
When he said this, everyone was frightened, especially Zhang Cheng himself.
He saw that what the Taoist priest said was serious and clear. In addition, he had just traveled through time and was unfamiliar with everything around him. Although he had received atheistic education since he was a child, he still had no idea what the world he was in now was like.
unconfirmed.
He was really afraid that the Taoist priest had the ability to drive him out of the body he had just occupied and turn him into a lonely ghost wandering in this strange world.
However, I was afraid, but I was unable to stop the Taoist priest from doing what he did. I could only be tied to a chair like a child, and was at the mercy of the wandering Taoist priest.
He personally saw the Taoist priest opening the altar and was busy all afternoon. He chanted incantations and waved the mahogany sword around until it got dark, and finally gave Zhang Chengqiang a bowl of talisman water.
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Strange to say, Zhang Cheng became much clearer after drinking the bowl of talisman water. His mother and aunt were overjoyed, and his uncle Zhang Yan even thanked the wandering Taoist priest with generous gifts.
But how did they know that all this was actually Zhang Cheng's pretense?
He traveled through time and didn't understand anything. He had already exposed many flaws, and he couldn't help but feel frightened. He was afraid that if someone saw through him, he would be treated as a monster, so he pretended to be insane to cover up his flaws.
After his injury healed and he could walk, he pretended to be crazy and stupid for more than a month. Just when he didn't know how to end it, the Taoist priest appeared. After the bowl of talisman water was forcefully poured into his stomach, Zhang Cheng returned to normal.
At this moment, his mind was filled with the dirty pictures he had imagined, but his mother and aunt across from him thought that he had suffered from the soul-leaving syndrome due to the death of his uncle and because he had been overworked recently.
They were all extremely nervous, but finally Aunt Zhang Han took the courage to reach out and gently push Zhang Cheng: "Cheng'er...Cheng'er..."
Zhang Cheng, who was immersed in a daydream, was suddenly awakened by his aunt's gentle push. He couldn't help but shuddered. This move was seen by his mother and aunt, and it further confirmed that he was suffering from Lean Soul Syndrome.
evidence.
Zhang Cheng calmed down and said softly to his mother: "Mom, aunt, Cheng'er understands what you are thinking. You were too playful before, and you did go too far.
As for the matter of getting married, it is entirely up to grandma and aunt to make the decision. Cheng'er has only two requirements. First, Cheng'er must take a look at the bride before she goes through the door.
The second is that the military situation is urgent. I might not go to Shangbei Road to take up my post until after the wedding. I'm afraid there will be inconvenience. As long as everything is confirmed here, Cheng'er will go to his post. When the wedding day comes, he will come back to get married."
These words really surprised his mother and aunt. They thought they heard wrongly and actually looked at each other to confirm whether what they just heard was true.
Mother Zhang Yang turned back, held Zhang Cheng's hand with some excitement, and said: "Cheng'er, my Cheng'er, don't worry, I will obey you."
He looked at his son in front of him, his eyes full of love.
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Zhang Cheng chatted with his mother and aunt for a while and then left. He was cursing as he walked: "I'm really sick. If I don't marry a wife, then what fun is there in life? I'm not a fool. Not only do I want to marry a wife, I also want to marry a wife."
It also takes up space!
Back in the front yard, he asked someone to call Chen Zhong, and the two started talking in the room.
"Chen Zhong, Su Yiyang and Liu Youhao are in the escort team now. Pay more attention to them and arrange for people to train them so that they can become more capable. After a while, I am considering placing them in the second place.
people."
Chen Zhong still stood and replied respectfully: "Yes, General."
Zhang Cheng raised his foot and kicked a chair next to him, and said: "Come, sit down and talk. From now on, when no one is around, you can sit down and chat with us. Don't always stick there like a piece of wood."
Chen Zhong smiled, scratched his head and said, "We are not used to standing, but sitting down in front of the general would be uncomfortable."
"Idiot, you feel great standing, but I feel uncomfortable. Do you want me to stand with you?"
Chen Zhong saw this and said hurriedly: "Don't dare, don't dare, if you dare, let the general stand with me."
After saying that, he sat down on the chair that Zhang Cheng kicked just now, and heard Zhang Cheng say: "In the evening, there will be a banquet at Yang Junmen, just ask Xiao Linzi to follow us."
"Yes."
"Go find Diao Dacheng and ask him to wait at the house tomorrow. We have something to arrange for him to do."
"good."
"Those craftsmen, you go there in person tomorrow and see what their needs are. I have great use for these people, so I can't wrong them. You bring some money and give each household one tael tomorrow to let them enter the town.
Take a walk.”
"Master General, if I give one tael to this household, is it too much?"
Zhang Cheng raised his head and looked at Chen Zhong, suddenly stretched out his hand and flicked his brain, and said with a smile: "You stingy guy, I've come all the way here, leaving my family and work to follow us to this borderland thousands of miles away, you can't do that."
So stingy, not to mention, we are not short of money now."
"By the way, go take a look and buy some gifts for us. We don't dare to go to Yang Junmen's banquet empty-handed tonight."
Chen Zhong was a little embarrassed and said: "General, why don't you just bring the two hundred taels of silver? What are you preparing for?"
Zhang Cheng was also in a dilemma. He had only been here for a short time, so how could he know what to give?
After thinking about it, he finally said: "As for the armor on Ma Zhan, go and prepare it. We will bring it to Yang Junmen in the evening."
When Chen Zhong heard this, he was a little reluctant to give up. He just refused to get up and muttered: "General, if you really want to send Yang Junmen to you, he will be a first-class soldier!"
Zhang Cheng was a little angry. He stood up and kicked Chen Zhong again and cursed: "You miser, you are taller than that old man. You belong to Pixiu. You only eat without vomiting."