There are flowers floating on the water and the shadows of trees across the bank. The area around the small pool is completely undisturbed.
A bamboo basket filled with mulberry leaves was leaning against the tree alone. A figure was stepping on the petals in the water, walking freely back and forth in the pool. The ripples touched by the toes made the petals ripple in red waves, layer upon layer, and the photo was taken.
Toward the waterfront.
After several consecutive days of practice combining work and rest, the progress was indeed extraordinary. It was no problem to jump out once and fly in this small pool for a few breaths. At most, the feet were slightly wet, and it was enough to light a fire to dry them. It was better than the previous few days.
The day was miserable, but it was much better.
A man with a bun and a hoe came over. When he got close, he said: "Lao San, I am the eldest brother. Where have you been these days? Call me eldest brother and I will find a good meal!"
Yang Zhaoxi heard the voice and recognized the person. However, his breath was not chaotic, and with a few more flutters, his body jumped out of the pool and landed in front of him: "Boss Sun, you came alone? Did you come here?"
Do you want to talk about looking back together?"
Sun Hunian pondered the words: "Third brother, there is no rush to look back. If we leave in two days, the visitor will not punish us... On the other hand, the four of us brothers have not had wine at the same table for a long time... Now
It's rare to get together the 'Four Beasts of Mang Mountain', so tonight I will make a treat and invite the three of you to my house for a drink. You must come..."
Yang Zhaoxi said indifferently: "Boss Sun, I think you opened your mouth and had good intentions, and I, the third child, will be your companion. It's just that some people have stopped treating me as a brother... Why should I put a hot face on a cold butt?
So, should you drink this 'Hetou wine' or not? It's no longer necessary."
Sun Hu Nian pondered for a moment, and then said: "Third brother, let me tell you the truth. My brothers know that your resentment is difficult to quell, so they asked me to be the mediator. Whether it is misunderstanding or hatred, it can be done over a drink."
It’s over. If you’re happy then, drink a few more bowls! If you’re still not happy, grab one and beat it up, and I won’t stop you. How about that?”
Yang Zhaoxi sneered and said: "From this point of view, this is not even a 'Hetou wine', but a 'Hongmen Banquet'! They are in a hurry to end it, just because they are afraid of my martial arts and do not want to 'guard against thieves for a thousand days'. Now
The Guan and Niu families are married, and both will be harmed. Which one do I dare to kill? Even if I fly away, what will my mother be like in this village?"
Sun Hunian was sweating: "Brother, I didn't think so much...or maybe you are just too worried. I have been thinking recently, how could the brothers of the 'Four Beasts of Mang Mountain' end up in such a situation? That's it.
If you can't drink the "Hetou wine", you should have a "dispersion meal". If we don't meet again in the future, we will live in peace with our destiny..."
By the time he said this, Sun Hunian's eyes were already red. Tears and hot sweat were mixed together, and his mood was ups and downs for a long time.
Yang Zhaoxi was silent for a long time, and then said numbly: "That's up to you. Let's have a meal and drink, and from now on... we won't owe each other anything!"
After hearing this, Sun Hunian muttered for a long time, but finally said nothing more. He sighed softly and left immediately.
At dusk, red clouds piled up, like wine lees that could not be dissolved. The warm evening breeze blew into the hearts of the four of them three parts of anxiety, three parts of apprehension, and three parts of trance. The remaining part was just silence.
In the courtyard of Sun Hunian's house, a square table was set up with a lot of dishes on it. Mountain rabbit, pheasant, wild boar, wild deer and other meats were cooked thoroughly. A porcelain bowl on the side was filled with salt for dipping.
Pepper and other seasonings. In addition, a large bowl of snake soup was prepared. The delicious aroma came from it, which made the four of them look at each other in silence, but it added a little more to the embarrassment.
The four of them are all practicing martial arts and usually eat a lot of food. At this moment, they are looking at the table full of food, but they all have their own concerns and cannot bring up the slightest appetite.
After a while, Mrs. Sun brought over a coarse porcelain wine jar. The mud stains on the jar were still there, and she must have just dug it out of the soil. Mrs. Sun shoveled off the mud seal and pried open the lid of the jar, and the rich fragrance overflowed.
It has been treasured for many years!
Guan Hu'er couldn't help but praise: "Aunt Sun's hidden treasure of good wine! The aroma of the wine entered my throat and made me drunk for three minutes. Is it a good Xinfeng bar?"
Mrs. Sun smiled and said: "Hu'er knows the goods! When my aunt was young, she worked as a bartender and sold wine in Chang'an. Later, she became pregnant with fantasy and returned to Luoyang with her father to return to her roots. The owner of the wine shop gave me a jar. I have never been willing to drink it.
, I was waiting to use it when Hu Nian got married, but today I have made it easier for you guys!"
Sun Hunian's face turned red: "Mom, what are you talking about? We, the 'Four Beasts of Mang Mountain', have a small friendship, but it's not worth a jar of wine?"
Niu Pang'er also echoed: "Auntie, please don't feel bad. If Mr. Sun marries his wife, I, Niu Pang'er, will send ten jars of good wine to congratulate him, and I will ensure that everyone in the village will have a great time drinking it!"
Mrs. Sun smiled and said: "Auntie has taken note of this and will go to your house to get it someday. There are some corn cakes and steamed cakes on the stove. Auntie will go get them now. You brothers can eat and drink..."
After that, he turned around and went to the kitchen.
Sun Hunian, however, had already opened his Ge towel, sifted the scooped out wine pulp into four large bowls, and pushed it in front of everyone one by one: "Three brothers! In the past, we gathered soil to make incense and used water instead of pulp to become brothers of the opposite sex.
What did you say at that time, do you still remember?"
Yang Chaoxi, Guan Hu'er, and Niu Pang'er saw his serious expression and couldn't help but replied intermittently: "Huang... The yellow sky is above, and the thick soil is below! The four brothers are sworn to Jinlan and share their blood as an alliance! May you be blessed in the future.
We share the benefits and share the hardships! If you recite these words, arrows will pierce your body, and you will not die easily!"
Sun Hunian said again: "Brothers are like hands and feet, and wives are like clothes. When clothes are torn, they can still be sewn! When hands and feet are broken, can they be repaired? Now, if there is any dissatisfaction, brothers will fight against each other. Let us ask ourselves, can we live up to what we swore on that day?"
Guan Hu'er stood up with a glass of wine and faced Yang Chaoxi. Sun Hu said to her, "Brother, third brother, I feel guilty!" After speaking, he raised his head and drank the whole drink.
Niu Pang'er also stood up with a wine bowl, facing Yang Chaoxi and Sun Hu said: "Brother... Third brother, I can't feel sorry for you in my heart... I am the culprit. If these brothers can't stand it, I'll beat you or not."
I will accept the punishment with all my strength..."
After saying that, he was about to drink the wine. Suddenly he stretched out a big hand and sealed the bowl tightly: "Don't rush to drink wine, I have something to say."
Sun Hunian and Guan Huer were both stunned, but the person who spoke was Yang Chaoxi, who had never spoken since coming here.
Niu Pang'er's face moved slightly, but he didn't dare to make any mistakes. He just held the wine bowl in his hand like that, neither up nor down, and he was in a dilemma.
Yang Zhaoxi said indifferently: "Fourth brother, there is a saying that 'it's hard to recover when you overturn the water'. Do you know? You like Lin'er, and I also like Lin'er. There is no distinction between good and bad, good or bad. Everything depends on her decision-making. I have no choice.
You can talk.
What makes me sad and resentful is that you first... defiled her body before marrying her! When you did this, did you ever think about brotherly love? You and your shameless
A father who is not ashamed is a man of ordinary virtue!"
Listening to what he said, Niu Pang'er gradually felt ashamed in her heart. But after he said the last sentence, Niu Pang'er's heart felt like water droplets dripping into boiling oil, and she suddenly burst into flames: "Yang! What did you say?
?!"
Before he finished speaking, the wine bowl in Niu Pang'er's hand was like an ax and sickle, and he smashed it towards Yang Chaoxi's face!
Yang Chaoxi was as fast as the wind and suddenly stepped back two feet. The wine bowl fell not far in front of him, spun a few times, and landed on the ground. Only a little wine pulp splashed onto his robe.
Sun Hu Nian and Guan Hu'er quickly stood up and grabbed Niu Pang'er's shoulders, blocking his forward momentum.
Niu Pang'er made a move and was about to fight back against the two of them, but Guan Hu'er slapped him in the face: "Are you going to shake things up!"
Niu Pang'er covered his face, his eyes were red, and he pointed at Yang Chaoxi and said: "He insulted my father, but he shouldn't! I need to ask for an explanation!"
Sun Hunian also turned his head and said in a deep voice: "Lao San, you have indeed spoken out. Even if brothers are at odds with each other, they should not insult their elders... It is rare for us brothers to get together tonight, just to drink, not to talk.
Gratitude. If you still recognize me as your big brother, then sit down and finish your drink in peace. If you still want to pay for it tomorrow, you must change places! I will never care if you are beaten to death or crippled!"
Yang Chaoxi and Niu Pang'er glared at each other, but they suppressed their anger and sat down again.
Niu Pang'er opened his bow left and right, dipped the game on the table in seasonings, and chewed it with his mouth open, as if to vent his frustration.
Yang Zhaoxi ignored him and just exchanged cups with Sun Hu Nian and Guan Hu'er. They drank heavily and teased the wild monk who lived in the middle of the mountain. Most of the wine in the jar was gone.
At this moment, the four people at the table were all 70 to 80% drunk, and their words were no longer coherent.
Sun Hunian found Gejin again, sifted out four bowls of wine, took one of the bowls for himself, stood up and staggered and said: "Third... Oldest! Are you the only ones who like Lin'er? I, Sun Hunian, also fall in love with Lin.
Son sister!
It's just that... the beauty of a gentleman's adulthood should not be taken away from others! I will give it... to you! Who would have thought that you two dogs would... fight over a woman, brothers killing each other... Dogs! A bunch of dogs
…”
After hearing this, Yang Zhaoxi and Niu Pang'er both lowered their heads and drank, not daring to look at him.
Guan Hu'er hurriedly came up to support him: "Brother, you drank too much..." He took the wine bowl from Sun Hunian's hand and drank it all in one gulp, "Lin'er is lucky to be favored by three brothers... I...
Being an elder brother is nothing compared to being honored...well, being an elder brother is nothing like being honored!"
Niu Pang'er grasped the wild boar meat in one hand and the wine bowl in the other, and staggered closer to Guan Hu'er. Most of the wine in the bowl had flowed out, but he still touched Guan Hu'er's empty bowl: "Done! Big!"
Uncle... sister Lin'er has followed Niu Pang'er, I promise... I promise not to let her suffer any injustice..."
Yang Zhaoxi ate half a bowl of snake soup, wiped his mouth, but took the wine bowl and saluted Sun Hunian: "Boss Sun, I will obey you as the third child! You can be both civil and military, and you can be both coarse and fine."
...It’s just that I’m afraid we won’t have much time to meet each other in the future.”
Sun Hunian raised his head with drunken eyes: "Lao San, what do you mean by this? We will look back together in a few days, where else can you go... We are Jinlan brothers who kowtow to each other and become sworn brothers... One day is
Brothers, we will be brothers forever..."
In the middle of the sky, the outline of a pinched crescent moon is eye-catching, the stars are scattered on the blue and black dome, and the outline is indescribably clear.
The four of them drank until the porcelain jar overturned and the wine bowls were all over the table. Only then did the "hetou wine" come to an end. Sun Hu Nian and Guan Hu'er folded their arms and fell asleep on the square table. From time to time, they jumped out
Two words of gibbering. Niu Pang'er lay slumped on the bench with his back, snoring like thunder, and his chest was torn open to relieve the heat.
Yang Zhaoxi stood up, stretched his muscles and pulled out his bones, the acquired energy circulated, and a layer of fine sweat precipitated from the pores all over his body, exuding a strong aroma of wine. The drunken state just now was gone, and his eyes opened and closed, and he was all clear.
Shooting, the robe was flipping, showing off his heroic spirit. When he saw Mrs. Sun coming out to clean up the dishes, he said goodbye, picked up Guan Hu'er and Niu Pang'er one by one, and walked out of the courtyard.
After walking for more than a hundred steps, I turned around a fork in the road and found the new thatched cottage with wooden fence. A beautiful figure stood beside the road. Just by looking at the figure, I knew it was Guan Lin'er. Yang Zhaoxi's steps stagnated slightly, and then he walked again.
He returned to normal. When he passed by Guan Lin'er, he pushed Niu Pang'er into her arms, and then dragged Guan Hu'er further towards the night road.
Guan Lin'er frowned slightly, bit her thin lips, and looked slightly absent-minded as she looked at the familiar figure going away. Just now, their eyes met for a moment, but they both had mixed feelings in their hearts.
With just a slight touch of gaze, they all tacitly avoided it and turned to look at the drunken person next to them. However, somewhere in Guan Lin'er's heart, there was a "pop", and an inexplicable pain arose, which made people a little angry.
Knot.
Niu Pang'er was quite heavy, like mud at this time, lying on Guan Lin'er's shoulder and calling "sister".
Guan Lin'er helped him back to the ear room with some difficulty, pushed him on the kang, undressed him and wiped his body. Looking at the drunken husband in front of him, for a moment, a trace of disgust surged in his heart, but soon
Suppressed by the sober reality.
When he woke up the next day, Guan Huer felt dizzy and had nausea in his chest. He pushed himself up and saw that Guan Dashi was training with the training team at the valley school field again, so he made some soup and drank it.
A lot.
At this time, Sun Hunian shouted in the courtyard: "Second brother, have you sobered up?"
Guan Hu'er responded and said in a loud voice: "Brother, I'm still feeling a little uncomfortable. Is there something wrong if you come here so early?"
Sun Hunian's expression was complicated: "The third child has left. I heard Aunt Lu said that he went back to the Taoist temple. We all drank a lot last night, and the fourth child hasn't gotten up yet. He is the only one who acts like a normal person and even treats you two."
He sent him back. Judging from this alone, he still cares about the brotherhood in his heart, but we villains have the heart to judge the heart of a gentleman, and his actions seem to be very different."
Guan Huer's feet were still a little weak, and he pondered for a long time before saying: "I came back from the farm holiday this year, and this happened unexpectedly. As a man, who wouldn't be angry and mad? Because Lin'er, the fourth child hurt him too much. He
To be able to do this is to be considered as the most benevolent and righteous person."
Sun Hunian sighed: "That's all we can do now. To eliminate these grudges, the two of us need to look back and slowly break up with him."
Guan Huer nodded in agreement. However, the two of them did not expect that it would be a long time before they saw Yang Chaoxi again.