The three boats were moored, and Ruan Xiaoer helped Wu Xuexuu ashore. The four of them crowded into the hotel and went to the water pavilion to pick up a pair of red oil tables and stools. Ruan Xiaoer said: "Sir, Don’t blame me and the other three brothers for being cliché, but please ask the professor to sit down.”
Wu Yong smiled and waved his hands and said, "But I can't."
Ruan Xiaoqi was straightforward and said: "We are all acquaintances, why are you so verbose? Brother, you just took the main seat and asked the professor to take the guest seat. My two brothers took the seats first. Otherwise, if you continue to be so polite, it will not be enough." You have to stand still,"
Wu Yong smiled and said: "Qilang is still quick-tempered. Second brother, you should take the seat."
At that moment, everyone followed Xiaoqi's instructions. The four of them sat down and asked the bartender to bring a bucket of wine.
The waiter placed four large lamps in a row, laid out four pairs of chopsticks, placed four plates of vegetables, and put a bucket of wine on the table. Ruan Xiaoqi looked at it and asked the waiter, "Xiao Er'er." Brother, what snacks do you have here, bring some for us to eat,"
The second brother chuckled slightly and said, "Today I slaughtered a new ox, and the cake seems to be very fat."
After hearing this, Ruan Xiaoer said: "Pick up the large pieces of beef and cut it into ten kilograms."
Ruan Xiaowu smiled honestly at Wu Xuexuan and said, "Professor, don't joke, there is nothing good to entertain you in this mountain village."
After hearing this, Wu Yong quickly said: "I'm here to bother you. I'm afraid I'm going to trouble you. I'm already uneasy. How can I dislike food and wine?"
Ruan Xiaoer also said politely: "Professor, please don't say that." After that, he urged the second brother to just sift the wine, cut the beef into two plates, and put them on the table.
The three Ruan brothers asked Wu Yong to eat first. Wu Yong had something on his mind and couldn't eat anymore after a few pieces. Then, the three wolves and tigers ate the food once.
Ruan Xiaowu asked: "What is the professor doing here?"
Ruan Xiaoer stopped the beef in his hand and said: "Professor is now working as a concierge in a rich man's house. I'm here today. I want to find dozens of golden carps, weighing 14 to 15 kilograms. I came here especially to find them." us,"
After hearing this, Ruan Xiaoqi seemed to be a little embarrassed. He only heard him say slowly: "If it were normal, there would be thirty or fifty, let alone ten or more, and my brothers would be able to handle it. But, Nowadays, it is rare for someone to weigh ten kilograms."
Ruan Xiaowu said: "If the professor comes from afar, even if it is difficult, we can still find a dozen or so weighing five or six pounds to send him off."
Wu Yongdao: "Young students have a lot of money here. Doing things for others, how can your hard work be in vain? However, this fish must be used as a memorial. It doesn't need to be small. It must weigh fourteen or five kilograms."
Ruan Xiaoqi felt troubled when he heard this, and said: "Professor, if this is the case, there is really no way to get it. Even the five or six kilograms promised by the fifth brother is not enough. I have to wait for a few days to get my boat." There is a bucket of small turtles in it, so I will cook some for the professor to eat." After that, Ruan Xiaoqi went to the boat to get a bucket of small fish, which weighed about five or seven kilograms, and arranged it on the stove by himself. Serve it and put it on the table.
Ruan Xiaoqi said: "Professor, just have some wine," so the four of them ate again to see how it was getting late.
Wu Yong wanted to talk about getting Ruan Xiaowu to join the gang, but he secretly thought in his heart: "It must be difficult to talk in this hotel. I must stay here tonight. We can wait until we get there to talk about it."
At this time, Ruan Xiaoer also said: "It's getting late tonight, Professor, please stay overnight at my house. Let's discuss it tomorrow."
Wu Yong said: "Xiaosheng, it is very difficult to come here from Shijie Village. Fortunately, your brothers are hosting you today. Seeing that this banquet is not willing to ask Xiaosheng to pay back the money, and you are very tight on money, it is better to do it today. In the evening, I would like to borrow Erlang's house to rest for the night. Xiaosheng has some money here. Xiangfan will buy a jar of wine in this shop, buy some meat, find a pair of chickens from the village, and get drunk at night before resting. What do you think, brother? "
Ruan Xiaoer laughed after hearing this and said: "Since we are all on the ground of our brothers, there is no rule about asking the professor to pay for the money. Our brothers can take care of themselves, so we don't need the professor to worry about it."
Wu Yong said: "I am here to treat you three to a drink. If the brothers don't want to live in this niche, then I will have to leave now."
Seeing this situation, Ruan Xiaoqi didn't want to be stubborn anymore and said: "Since the professor insists on doing this, we brothers have no choice but to have a meal."
Wu Yong said happily: "Qilang is still straightforward and straightforward." Wu Yong took out a tael of silver and paid it to Ruan Xiaoqi. He asked the host to buy a jar of wine, borrowed a big jar to hold it, and then bought twenty kilograms of raw and cooked food. Beef and a pair of large chickens.
Ruan Xiaoer said: "I will pay you back the wine money later."
The shop owner chuckled and said, "This is the best, the best,"
The four of them immediately left the hotel, got off the boat, put all the wine and meat in the cabin, untied the rope, and rowed away until they reached Ruan Xiaoer's house.
The three speedboats arrived in front of the door, and the four people went ashore, moored the boats to the pilings, and got some wine and meat. The four people all sat in the house and ordered the lights to be lit. It turned out that there were three Ruan brothers. Only Ruan Xiaoer has a child; Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi have never been married.
The four of them sat down on the water pavilion behind Ruan Xiaoer's house. Ruan Xiaoqi slaughtered the chicken and asked his sister-in-law to arrange it in the kitchen. After an appointment, the food and wine were brought out and placed on the table. .
Wu Yong persuaded his brothers to have a few drinks. Seeing that there was no one around, he gave Ruan Xiaoer a look. Ruan Xiaoer understood, so he put down his glass and said, "Wu Lang, I said during the day that we are discussing Qilang and I are both willing to do this. We have promised to be a professor a long time ago, and now we want to see what you mean."
When Ruan Xiaowu heard this tone, he knew it was not a joke, and he immediately became serious and said: "What is it? I didn't mention it when I saw you in the hotel, for fear of being crowded, so you can talk about it now, as long as I come here It’s not harmful to nature, and secondly, it’s not harmful to morality. As long as it’s what the professor said, I’ll do it. Besides, if you all agree, then I don’t have any objections.”
Ruan Xiaoqi immediately said: "Of course this matter will not break the rules of our brothers, that's what happened..." So Ruan Xiaoqi immediately told the Chao family's humiliation one by one, Hearing this, Ruan Xiaowu felt very unhappy and stared, very angry.
When Ruan Xiaowu heard this, he slapped the table and said angrily: "How can you bully people like this? We can help with this matter."
Wu Yong was overjoyed. He immediately picked up a bowl of wine and said, "Okay, with you three brothers here, at least the Chao family will not collapse. Let's do it." So everyone raised their glasses together and drank happily. Drink it all in one gulp.
Wu Yong had decided on the important matter, so he brought up the matter of buying fish again and said: "You have such a big place to go, but why are there no such big fish?"
Ruan Xiaoer sighed and said: "To be honest with the professor, such big fish can only be found in Liangshan Boli. The lake beside my water moor is too small to support such big fish."
Wu Yong was a little strange and asked: "Here and Liangshan Water Park are within sight, and they are not very far apart. They share the same water supply. Why don't we go there to get some?"
When Ruan Xiaoer heard this, he felt as if he had touched a sore spot. He sighed again and said, "That's not the way to say it."
Wu Yong asked again: "Why does the second brother sigh so much?"
Ruan Xiaowu took up the conversation and said: "Professor, you don't know something. Originally, this Liangshan Park was the territory of my brothers, but now we absolutely can't go there."
Wu Yong was shocked and said: "Liangshanshuibo is such a big place. After all, it is not forbidden by the officials to catch fish."
Ruan Xiaowu said: "The government dares to come and ban fishing, even if the prefect comes, he can't even think of banning it."
Wu Yong said: "Since there is no official ban on it, how can there be no reason to dare to go?"
Ruan Xiaowu said: "Professor doesn't know, I'll just tell the professor." Ruan Xiaoqi was a little embarrassed, but after a pause, he continued: "This Liangshan Po used to be the place where our three brothers lived, but now there is a new one in the Pozi." A group of strongmen have taken over and we are not allowed to fish."
Wu Yongdao: "This... Xiaosheng really doesn't know when Liangshanshuibo was occupied by strongmen, but I have never heard of it."
Ruan Xiaoer shook his head and said helplessly: "That group of strong men: the leader is a failed scholar, called Wang Lun, the scholar in white; the second is called Touching Tian Du Qian; the third is called Yunli Jingang Song Wan , there is a Dryland Hulu Zhugui, who now opens a hotel at the entrance of the Li family road, and is dedicated to inquiring about things. It is not very powerful, but relying on the large number of people, we brothers have limited helpers and cannot handle others; now the new arrival A good man is the instructor of the Tokyo Forbidden Army. Lin Chong is a leopard-headed man who is very good at martial arts. These thieves and men gathered five to seven hundred people to rob houses and rob houses and take away guests. We have not gone there to fish for a long time, and now we are here. A water fort was built in the village, all the main roads were blocked, and our food and clothing were cut off. It’s really hard to say.”
Wu Yongdao: "Xiao Sheng really didn't know about this incident. Why didn't the government come to arrest them? Hasn't there been a big incident in Huazhou recently? The whole Song Dynasty must eradicate the strongmen from all over the country to eliminate future troubles."
Ruan Xiaowu said: "Nowadays, the government officials are all big men who bully the people and arrest the grandsons of strong men. How can the officials of the imperial court do anything to capture them? It turns out that the superior officials of the government sent a group of arrest officials to come and enter the scene where they were killed in the water." There is no return, everyone is scared to death, who dares to come again?"
Ruan Xiaoer also continued: "In this way, although we can't catch big fish, the officials dare not come, but we have also saved a lot of excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes."
Wu Yong said: "So, those guys are in a happy situation."
Ruan Xiaowu was a little indignant, but also a little jealous and said: "They are not afraid of the sky, not the earth, let alone the government. They wear silk brocade just like they weigh gold. They eat wine in jars and eat meat in large chunks. What do you think? How can we not be happy? Alas, we three brothers have no skills, how can we learn from them?"
Ruan Xiaoqi also felt emotional when he heard this, and then said: "'In life, grass grows only in autumn.' We just make a living by fishing. It would be great if we could learn from them,"
Wu Yong smiled and said: "It's no wonder. It's just that we don't have this opportunity right now. If there is a chance, will you be willing or not?"
After hearing this, Ruan Xiaoqi immediately said: "If we really have this opportunity, then the few of us will go in water and fire, and if we can enjoy the scenery of that day, we will have an open mind even if we die. "
Wu Yong smiled and said mysteriously: "Now I have a person who can take you on this road."