Volume 3: Dragon and Snake Movement Chapter 447 Hanging oneself on a southeast tree
You lunatic who tells lies with open eyes, where did I say that? I didn’t say that!
Before Zhang Shou could even curse, Hua Qi, who had come without a trace, disappeared without a trace. He was immediately furious. It was only then that he realized for the first time that the madman that Ah Liu had always called was indeed a real madman. If he could do such a thing as spreading rumors, what else could he not do?
If he lets this kind of person help train staff, will he train a bunch of crazy people at home?
After this sudden thought came to his mind, he became more and more worried. When Ah Liu came back, he simply told him about what Hua Qi had said and done after he came over. Sure enough, even the little monster-like Ah Liu couldn't help but frown, and then he complained in a low voice: "Master, I'm enough here, why did the emperor send that crazy guy here?"
"I think so too, but the emperor probably thinks that the lunatic has stayed in Yingying's house for too long, so he might as well marry her off. Of course, more importantly, you only have one Ah Liu, and you can't take care of him in two places."
Zhang Shou finally recovered and said to the depressed boy jokingly, "If there are two of you, I will keep one at home and take one with me, then everything will be fine. If there are three of you, I will keep one at home and take another with me, and send another one out to build my foundation, then I will never have to worry about food and money for the rest of my life. So, if you give me a bunch of Ah Liu, it is not a dream to conquer the world."
For Ah Liu, this was the greatest compliment. The boy smiled faintly, and then said gloomily, "It's a pity that there is no clone technique in the world... I wish I had a few brothers and sisters!"
Zhang Shou had never expected that a joke could actually inspire Ah Liu to think seriously. He could not help but laugh and cry. He patted the boy's shoulder and said with a smile: "There are nine kinds of dragons, each different. Even if you have brothers and sisters, they have their own temperaments and hobbies. How can they be the same as you? They are not clones, and they all have the same virtues as you!"
He was used to being careless , and he didn't notice his slip of the tongue after saying this. He turned around and left, but who knew that he would hear Ah Liu's voice behind him: "What is a clone?"
Zhang Shou stopped walking for a moment, then slapped his forehead and said, "I'm really out of my mind to be telling you this!"
He wanted to change the subject, but when he turned around and saw Ah Liu staring at him intently, he could only sigh and say, "A clone is a person who is exactly the same as you in terms of physiological characteristics. There is no such technology in the world today, so just give up." Even if I had such technology in my previous life, cloning people would be prohibited, not to mention that memories cannot be copied.
As for copying temperament, that's even more impossible. It only exists in science fiction novels... Why did he want to do that? Did he really want to copy a bunch of Ah Lius? Really, they were all led astray by that damn lunatic Hua Qi!
Zhang Shou was helpless about his overly divergent thinking, while Liu was regretting that he had no brothers or sisters and did not know how to clone himself. He never thought that if this could really be realized, it might turn into a horror movie.
The master and servant and Peanut soon reunited, but Zhang Shou discovered that the four of them seemed to be completely unaware of the farce that had just taken place. When he asked again, he was even more amused.
It turned out that while the four of them were left alone, Xiao Huasheng sang the "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" in front of Xiao Cheng, who always felt inferior to him in the past, as if to show off. He also claimed that he had memorized the lyrics after listening to them only once. However, Xiao Cheng did not believe him at all, and the two of them, one big and small, started arguing.
Finally, the two kids even made a bet to see who could recite a long poem faster. However, for the two of them who had very limited knowledge of poetry, finding a poem to test their memory became a problem.
Therefore, when they saw Zhang Shou at this moment, they all asked him to be the judge. It was rare to see the poor student Xiao Huasheng competing with the studious student Xiao Cheng, and Zhang Shou immediately found it very interesting. So he pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Then let's recite "The Peacock Flies Southeast". Let me tell you about this poem along the way, and then when you two get home, you can try to see who can recite it faster."
By the way, Peanut, don't be so proud of just reciting "Song of Everlasting Sorrow". I was distracted just now, and I don't know why you are missing words or sentences! Also, you have to know that you have heard the tune of "Song of Everlasting Sorrow", but although there are certainly opera troupes that have changed the lyrics of the long narrative poem "The Peacock Flies Southeast", you have never heard it, Peanut, so you have to make it up yourself!
When I come back to recite the poem... No, when you lose to Xiao Cheng in singing the poem, just don't cry!
Zhang Shou thought so in his heart, but he smiled and told the story of the Peacock Flies Southeast. As expected, the story of Jiao Zhongqing and Liu Lanzhi, which was passed down through the ages because of the Peacock Flies Southeast, was not heard by Xiao Cheng and Xiao Huasheng. One was because they were too young to read a long narrative poem like the Peacock Flies Southeast, and the other was because they were not serious about studying.
Besides, most people would not tell this kind of story to children, so when Zhang Shou told the story so vividly, even though Xiao Huasheng and Xiao Chengdu were still young, they all had tears in their eyes. He cursed the wicked mother-in-law and wicked brother, and even Yang Hao and Zheng Dang, who had never been interested in reading, felt their eyes a little sore and their noses a little blocked.
"Liu Lanzhi is so pitiful!" Yang Hao said in a muffled voice, "Why didn't she meet a mother-in-law like my grandmother? My grandmother was so nice to my mother! Whenever my father and mother quarreled, my father would be scolded by my grandmother! My grandfather was the same. He got angry at my mother just because my father was in a bad mood and beat my father several times! Ouch!"
As soon as Yang Hao finished speaking, he was hit hard on the head by Zhang Shou.
"After your grandfather married your grandmother, your great-grandfather beat him whenever he treated her badly. When your father married your mother, your grandfather beat him whenever he spoke a little louder to her. Your grandfather always said outside that the ancestral precept of the Yang family is that after marriage, if the young couple does anything wrong, they should beat their son!"
"Your grandfather once said that no matter whether you are rich or poor, it takes a lot of money and effort to marry a daughter-in-law! If the daughter-in-law is not good, then of course she should be disciplined, but if a good daughter-in-law is forced to leave because of her son's ignorance or her parents-in-law's ignorance, then she is asking for trouble! I don't know where he heard the story of the Peacock Flying Southeast, and when he saw me at that time, he told me that Jiao Zhongqing's mother was mentally ill!"
At this point, Zhang Shou thought of the old man Yang, whose voice was getting louder and louder, and couldn't help but smile. This old man, who already had two sons and several grandchildren and was highly respected in the whole village, was a very clear-headed guy. Therefore, when he said this, he glanced at Yang Hao with a half-smile.
"Yang Hao, when you get married in the future, you will experience the power of your father's fist!"
Yang Hao, who had never thought about getting married, suddenly started to smile foolishly. Zheng Dang, who was standing by, couldn't help but cover his face when he saw his stupid look. "You haven't even got married yet, why are you smiling foolishly?"
Xiao Cheng and Xiao Huasheng were talking back and forth, both scolding Jiao Zhongqing for being useless, unable to protect his wife and control his mother, and finally hanging himself, which was so stupid. In the end, the little guys, who were originally incompatible, actually held their hands tightly together.
Faced with such a situation, Zhang Shou was speechless. When he arrived at Xiao's house, he found the "Taizu's Imperially Approved Collection of Long Ancient Poems" among the pile of enlightenment books he bought for Xiao Cheng on the bookshelf, and found the poem "The Peacock Flies Southeast".
Thanks to Taizu, he ordered that several poems that were not related at all, but had a distinct feature, that is, they were too long and very famous, such as "Mulan Ci", "The Peacock Flies Southeast", "Spring River Flower Moon Night", "Dream Wandering Tianmu Chanting Farewell", etc., were all included in one poetry collection. Otherwise he would not know where to find "The Peacock Flies Southeast" in various poetry collections of that year!
It couldn't be that he had specifically written it out for the two of them to see?
At this moment, Zhang Shou first read the book to the four little ones. Seeing that Yang Hao and Zheng Dang, two young men from Rongshui Village who were very enthusiastic when listening to the story just now, had their eyes turned into mosquito-repellent eyes when listening to the long poem, he drove them away in a bad mood. Then he found that Liu had slipped away quietly without knowing when.
Zhang Shou did not plan to teach the two children to recite poems all the time. After two times, he gave the book to Xiao Huasheng, who could recognize words, and asked him to teach Xiao Cheng, who could not recognize all the words, to read it carefully. As for the results of reciting poems, he would come back the next day to check, and then left irresponsibly. Anyway, he planned to leave Xiao Huasheng in the Xiao family so that the two competitors could promote each other.
When the group returned to Zhang Garden, it was already evening.
They had a full meal at noon and would not feel hungry for the whole day. At least he and Ah Liu, Yang Hao and Zheng Dang, who were still growing, wandered around outside for the whole afternoon and even sneaked around the Wanping County Government Office. They found that the government office was in chaos from top to bottom because of the sudden case, so they left with satisfaction. But now they all felt that they had not digested the delicious food in their stomachs.
At this moment, Zhang Shou, who had just entered the room, was greeted by a mysterious object flying at high speed. Before he could react, Ah Liu jumped forward and was about to intercept it with his quick eyes and hands, but the boy saw the angry man behind the flying object and forgot his movements in a moment of shock. As a result, the shuttlecock hit him on the forehead.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Ying was stunned at first, then she crossed her arms and asked angrily: "Ah Liu, you can obviously dodge it, you can also stretch out your hand to push it away, why are you just standing there?"
Ah Liu said without thinking, "If you dodge, you will hit the young master. If you push it away, you will be unhappy."
"You only know how to protect this piece of wood, Shou!"
Seeing Zhu Ying stamp her feet in anger and looking at her slightly upturned mouth, Zhang Shou knew that she was actually very satisfied with Ah Liu's answer, and that she was just being angry out of habit. Of course, he knew what she was angry about , because he went to Xinglong Tea House to join in the fun without bringing her along, so the young lady was unhappy.
Ah Liu, who had noticed that he had been hit by a shuttlecock, waved to Yang Hao and Zheng Dang, and rode away directly. Old Liu asked the doorman to close the door, and then he walked up to Zhu Ying and said seriously, "I went to see how Lu Sanlang was doing today. I thought the first day was a mess, so I went alone and planned to take you with me next time. Sure enough, there was a big mess in the end!"
The scene he caused at the Xinglong Tea House was so big, and then there was an even more outrageous one at the nearby Caishi Street. The South City bully, Mr. Wang Si, was sent to the Wanping County Court like a dead dog. How could the Zhaoguo Mansion not know about such big news?
Zhu Ying was shocked because she heard the news. She ran to Zhang Garden to ask what happened, but Zhang Shou didn't come back for a long time. She waited until the evening. No matter how good her temper was, she couldn't stand it any longer, not to mention that she has never had a good temper.
But at this moment, Zhang Shou directly talked about the scene at that time. She was suddenly startled and subconsciously forgot her previous anger. She hurriedly asked: "Those bastards didn't hurt you, right? You should have called me. What are you afraid of? I have seen the biggest chaos! If I was there at that time, I don't think anyone would dare to attack you!"
Yes, although I am conspicuous alone, but with a few harmless boys, it is easy for people to think that I am an easy target. But as long as you, Miss, are included, even the greediest people will think twice. By then, the first shot of South City will not be fired in such an unexpected way, and the result will not be like this!
You should know that such a drama was not prepared in advance. He just wanted Ah Liu to beware of various cases of varying sizes that might occur when there were many people around, and to make corresponding plans. Of course, small matters such as his meeting with Magistrate Song that day and the small cases of bullying the good people that Lin Lao Hu witnessed were the easiest to handle. In the end, because of that explosive accusation of humiliation, it was not used at all!
Zhang Shou thought so in his heart, but he also knew that if he really said this to Zhu Ying directly, he would be able to hang himself. So, he could only cough and say, "I know Yingying, you are not afraid of these little troubles, but I am. Since we met, how many dangerous things have you been involved in? So, I want to eliminate those unsettling factors before you go."
"Otherwise, it will ruin the view, won't it?"
Zhu Ying was stunned when she heard the words "a real spoiler". She stared at Zhang Shou for a long time, and when she came to her senses, she said angrily, "Really, Ah Shou, what do you think of me? How can you say that I was involved in so many dangerous things? It's obviously me who hurt you so many times! It's been so long, why do you still keep a clear distinction between you and me!"
Zhang Shou did not argue any more, but smiled at her. Sure enough, after just a moment, Zhu Ying turned away like a whirlwind, and then muttered in a low voice: "You are obviously free these days, but you just wander around outside. You just perfunctorily answer me when I ask you."
Knowing that Zhu Ying was just complaining, Zhang Shou naturally went forward and held her hand. He found that the young lady shook his hand without hesitation, so he knew that she had actually calmed down at this time, so he talked about the unlucky repeat offenders today as he walked. When he mentioned that these people had kidnapped countless people in the outer city with such means, Zhu Ying exploded.
"Those who are just sitting there doing nothing should hang themselves! Just like the Guanglu Temple, kick them all out!"
