Chapter 15 Silence for the Second Uncle
After seeing off my uncle and second uncle, the huge Wang family was the only one left in the old Wang family, and three old men. The yard was so big that it was empty. Only Wang Luoxiang and Wang Ningze had no scruples anymore. They ran around happily, freely and were so happy.
Old Mrs. Wang was in a bad mood and the family fell apart, which made her feel sorry for her dead husband and her son who died in battle. The Wang family was really defeated. This is a sentence that the old lady often talks about.
Especially when Wang Liangjing found her and told the old lady that he was going to go to Cangzhou to find some work, make more money, and support his family, the old lady was even more sad.
"Xiao Si, even you dislike grandma? You don't want to be at home anymore? Okay, let's go, let's go, I'm left, I'm the only one who is alone, I'll die soon!"
Faced with the increasingly unreasonable old lady, Wang Liangjing had no choice but to persuade her carefully.
"Grandma, don't people often say that if you are poor, you think of change? If the land alone cannot support our family, the grandson will have no choice. To earn more money, it is better to respect grandma and mother."
Old Mrs. Wang leaned against the bed and gave Wang Liangjing a back. After a long time, she waved her hand angrily.
"Do whatever you like, be careful not to lose all your last little wealth!"
Old Mrs. Wang always thought that studying and plowing the fields was a serious business. Uncle Third went out to do business, and the old lady was so angry that she wanted to expel him from the Wang family. When she arrived at her father, she was not even more open, but she had no choice. The eldest and second brother left, and Wang Liangjing was the pillar of the family. The old lady was really hard to stop what he knew. Children and grandchildren had their own blessings and could not control them!
For the first time, Wang Liangjing felt the dark clouds above his head dispersed, and he could finally breathe free air. It was not easy for a person in his thirties. But soon he felt the pressure of the head of the family, and Wang Liangjing hurried to the room of his old servant Wang Zhong.
Wang Liangjing chatted with him for more than an hour and asked Wang Zhong to take good care of his grandmother and mother. In the end, he even took out 800 coins of copper coins and handed them to Wang Zhong.
It was the previous breakup meal. Wang Ning'an's usual money earned from Han Haoma was completely defeated.
Wang Ning'an was extremely depressed when he finished his meal. He swore to God that he would have to build a big vault in the future. It felt so uncomfortable to be penniless.
The next day, it was a nice sunny day. The family got up early. Bai prepared food for the two old men, steamed a pot of pancakes, put them in a basket, and wrapped the family of five into a big bag.
"You still have to bring Xiang'er and Ze'er?" the father exclaimed.
"Yeah!" Bai said with a dark face: "One time, it was enough to teach a lesson. No one is as good as his biological parents. I don't dare to throw them both at home."
Wang Liangjing had no choice but to nod. He found two baskets, put on straw, carried them on a shoulder pole, Bai's clothes on his back, and Wang Ning'an followed him, and the family left Tuta Village and headed towards Cangzhou.
Yesterday, my second uncle was picked up by two chariots. When he arrived at him, he could only rely on his legs. Wang Ning'an felt that they were not like they were going to the city to do business, but more like refugees who fled.
"I think we should hire a carriage, at least we should build up the momentum and not be underestimated." Wang Ning'an said while resting.
Wang Liangjing sat on the big stone, ate all the cakes in three bites, then reached out and picked up Wang Ningze, stuffed it into Wang Luoxiang's basket, and pointed to the empty one.
"Get in, Dad is picking you!"
Wang Ning'an's face turned black in an instant. It would be better to kill him than to let him sit in the basket! Isn't the cheap dad quite kind? Why are he treating his son so many tricks! The laughter of Wang Ningze and Wang Luoxiang came from behind him. The two little ungrateful ones will love you in vain!
Wang Ning'an walked away in anger and left the others behind. He happened to be at an intersection and ran over a donkey cart from the other road. Wang Ning'an hurriedly dodged, but heard someone exclaiming on the donkey cart.
"Oh, isn't this Wang Erlang?"
When Wang Ning'an looked up, he also recognized that it was the one Han Toad who bought his own story.
"Ah, it's Lao Han!"
Wang Ning'an grinned and smiled, "Didn't you tell me?"
"I said it!" Han Haoma smiled, pointed to the donkey cart, and said with a smile: "Guess, how did this come about?"
Wang Ning'an casually said, "It can't be rewarded by others, right?"
"Erlang guessed it right." Han Hama said proudly: "Zhang Da Qiang of Sanhe Village celebrated his fiftieth birthday and invited more than a dozen singers, magicians, stories, and operas. That scene is so big! But Zhang Da Qiang Da Qiang is born to not laugh, and it is useless for anyone to go on stage. I, the old man, came on stage and said a while, Zhang Da Qiang laughed so hard that he fell back and forth. Now, his son gave the old man a donkey. I thought about it, how can he have a donkey but no car? I spent another 300 yuan to buy a car from the Zhang family, saying that it was a buy, but it was actually a half-buy and a half-get."
Han Toad was blushing and proudly patted Wang Ning'an's shoulder and asked, "Wang Erlang, guess which paragraph I was talking about?"
Wang Ning'an looked at his appearance and didn't know where he was, "It's not "Huang Banxian"!"
"Hehe, I really let Erlang say it right. It's this part! You didn't see it. After I finished speaking, the whole hall of lottery was off the stage, and everyone else gave thumbs up!"
"Then congratulations to Lao Han."
Han Hata suddenly sighed again, "Erlang, the old man won't hide it from you. This "Huang Banxian" is good, but it won't work if you say too much. Do you still have any jokes?"
"Yes!" Wang Ning'an laughed and said, "Didn't I tell you, big jokes are three hundred and six, and small jokes are like cows!"
"Hurry, tell me two!" Han Haoma was so excited that he was at a loss and hurriedly reached out to pay in his arms, "I won't ask for it for nothing. I'll never give it back!"
"Hahaha." Wang Ning'an's eyes rolled, and his father and the others also caught up, and smiled and said, "It's done, you can send our family to Cangzhou, I'll give you two jokes."
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"The story I told is called "Pearl Shirt". It shows that the cycle of cause and effect is unhappy..."
Wang Ning'an told Han Toad a story along the way, a total of two paragraphs, "Pearl Shirt" and "Locking the Case".
"Pearl Shirt" comes from "Yu Shimingyan" by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty. It tells the story of a businessman, Jiang Xingge, who went out for two years to do business. His wife Wang Sanqiao found a new love and fell in love with Chen Dalang. When they parted, Wang Sanqiao gave Chen Dalang the pearl shirt as a souvenir. Later, Chen Dalang met Jiang Xingge by chance and took out the pearl shirt. Jiang Xingge was angry and gave Wang Sanqiao aside.
Unexpectedly, Chen Dalang died of illness and his family was in decline. His wife Ping had to marry again. After being introduced by the matchmaker, he actually married Brother Jiang Xing.
The ancestral treasure pearl shirt actually returned to Brother Jiang Xing's hands. At this time, Brother Jiang Xing was involved in a murder case. County Magistrate Wang, who was in charge of the interrogation, took Brother Jiang Xing's ex-wife Wang Sanqiao as his concubine not long ago.
Wang Sanqiao knew that his ex-husband was wronged and tried every means to save Jiang Xingge. After Magistrate Wu learned about their relationship, Zhou Quan and his wife reunited...
As for "The Lock of the Case", this story is a famous Peking Opera section, which tells the story of a wealthy lady Xue Xiangling sheltering from the rain at the Spring and Autumn Pavilion. Miss Xue sympathized with the other party and gave her a Lock of the Case full of treasures as a dowry. Several years later, Xue Xiangling went home to visit her relatives, encountered a flood, and was left as a slave. Unexpectedly, the hostess of this family was Zhao Shouzhen, who had received her favor from her back then. The two met again and felt a lot of emotion. Xue Xiangling's family reunited and formed a family with Zhao Shouzhen, and they all became happy.
These two stories are not surprising at all in later generations, but in the Northern Song Dynasty, they are definitely a big imagination! They are fascinated by Han Toad. The funny jokes like "Huang Banxian" are suitable for talking on birthdays and festive days. These two stories are family matters and cause and effect, just right for the woman's taste. If a noble lady invites a meeting and talks about it, she may be happy, and the reward may be more generous than that of Zhang Da Qianzhu's family!
Wang Erlang is really stocked!
Han Haoma asked carefully and carefully recorded the key points of the story. Wang Ning'an also casually asked about the situation in Cangzhou while explaining.
He was always curious about which adult was interested in his second uncle and had to work hard to ask him to be his master. It was really interesting!
"The new magistrate from Cangzhou is named Bao, what is Bao Zheng?"
puff!
Wang Ning'an was drinking water to moisten his throat and sprayed it out in one sip.
"Wang Erlang, what's wrong with this Lord Bao?"
"No, nothing." Wang Ning'an said casually, and his heart was pounding. Bao Zheng turned out to be Bao Heizi! Isn't he the prefect of Kaifeng? Why did he come to Cangzhou?
Wang Ning'an was shocked. In fact, there was no doubt. The prefect of Kaifeng was not a small official. Bao Zheng also rose step by step. Half a year ago, he had just returned from a mission to the Liao Dynasty and was familiar with the situation of the Liao Kingdom, so he was sent to Cangzhou to rectify defense.
Wang Ning'an was very sure that Bao Zheng should be the legendary black old Bao! The reason is very simple. When I go to pick up the second uncle's husband, Gongsun, most of whom I am good friend of Lao Bao, and his hardcore partner Gongsun Ce!
Wang Ning'an always suspected that his second uncle had stole his own method and turned over. He was still angry and wanted to settle the score with his second uncle. However, after he knew that his second uncle had deceived Bao Zheng, Wang Ning'an had no idea of taking revenge.
The fake ones are fake after all. After all, the second uncle fell into Bao Heizi's hands, so it would be better to observe a moment of silence for him for three minutes!
Chapter completed!