HPDBC Chapter 1616 Uninvited Guests in the Capital
Chapter 1616 Uninvited Guests in the Capital
Chapter 1616 Uninvited Guests in the Capital
Zhao Jun and his companions were tired after running in the mountains all day. When they got home, they just wanted to lie on the warm kang, warm their waists and backs, and relieve their fatigue.
But there was a patient lying in the east room of the Zhao family, and that patient had a strange temperament. Zhao Jun and the other two would feel uncomfortable lying with him.
As for the two old people and one young person in the west room, Xing San and the old lady would be fine, but the key is the young girl Li Tongyun, which is really inconvenient.
So Li Baoyu called Zhao Jun and Jie Chen to his home in the west courtyard to rest.
When the three of them were walking out of the house, Xing San suddenly appeared at the door of the west room and called Zhao Jun, "Boy, come here, I want to tell you something."
"Hey." Zhao Jun responded, and then said to Li Baoyu and Jie Chen: "Baoyu, Xiaochen, you two go over first."
As he spoke, Zhao Jun and Xing San went into the west room.
Seeing Zhao Jun coming in, Li Tongyun smiled at him, which counted as a greeting.
"Come, little one." When the old lady saw Zhao Jun, the smile on her face came from the heart.
At this time, the old lady and Li Tongyun were sitting cross-legged on the kang, both holding embroidery in their hands. It was said that Li Tongyun was good at surface work, not only did she write beautiful words, but she also had rules for embroidery.
Seeing Xing San sitting on the edge of the kang, Zhao Jun pulled over a four-legged stool and sat down, then asked Xing San with a smile, "What's the matter, Third Uncle?"
"Well..." Xing San hesitated for a moment before saying, "Mrs. Jiang and I have discussed this. Starting tomorrow, we will not come here."
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was stunned when he heard this, but the moment he heard Xing San's words, an absurd thought flashed through Zhao Jun's mind: "Are these two old men going to live together?"
But Zhao Jun didn't dare to say anything because he felt something was wrong. Instead, he asked carefully, "Uncle, what do you two mean? If you two don't come, what are you two going to do?"
"In a few days, your wife's family will do the work, and then your family will do the work." Xing San said with a wry smile, "Mrs. Jiang and I are not perfect. We won't get involved, so as not to treat you badly."
"Quanhuren" is a term used in some places in Northeast China. The so-called Quanhu means that both the husband and wife are complete, and all the children are complete.
An old widow like Xie Sun was not a perfect person either. But Xing San's words were not directed at her, but at himself and the old lady, who had no children.
Xing San couldn't just say that he was a member of a family with no descendants and that he was not a complete person.
In the old customs, people like Xing San and the old lady had to avoid weddings in the village. Not only could they not eat at the wedding banquet, they could not even help.
Therefore, Xing Cai just discussed with the old lady that given their relationship with the Zhao family, Wang Meilan and Zhao Jun might feel embarrassed to chase them away. It would be better to shave it yourself.
After hearing what Xing San said, Zhao Jun understood what he meant. Zhao Jun frowned slightly and looked at the old lady.
Seeing Zhao Jun looking at her, the old lady smiled at him, but there was some bitterness in that smile.
She was different from Xing San. Xing San had been in the mountains for many years. Except for the death of his nephew Xing Zhiyong, he did not participate in other weddings or funerals. Of course, he did not exchange gifts with others.
But the old lady was different. She and Old Jiang lived in this village. But when someone had a wedding, the old couple would only give gifts but not sit at the table.
She could go to funerals, but the more she did so, the more depressed the old lady felt.
Now it is Zhao Jun's family's turn to get things done. The old lady really wants to witness the major event in Zhao Jun's life with her own eyes, but she is afraid that she will really bring some bad luck to Zhao Jun's marriage.
Just as Zhao Jun was about to say something, the door to the outer room was pulled open.
Wang Meilan walked into the room, looking for something. When she passed the door of the west room, she saw Zhao Jun, Xing San, and the old lady sitting in the west room. Wang Meilan smiled and asked, "Don't just chat, have some sunflower seeds."
"Mom, come here." Zhao Jun called Wang Meilan in, stood up and gave the four-legged stool to Wang Meilan to sit on, and then said to her: "My third uncle told my grandmother Jiang that they will not come over these few days."
"What?" Wang Meilan was also stunned, blinking her eyes and asked, "What are you going to do?"
"I..." Xing San was about to open his mouth when Zhao Jun interrupted him and said, "They just kept making trouble with me, saying that they were not perfect and so on, and then they stopped coming.
"What kind of talk is that?" Wang Meilan frowned when she heard that. She said to the old lady and Xing San, "We don't have those kinds of talk. What's the point of saying complete or incomplete? What can we do about it?"
Then Wang Mei said to Xing San alone: "Brother, others may not know, but you should know. When my father was alive, he would specially call those incomplete people in the village for help when our family was doing things."
It should be said that Wang Daba Zhang was a well-known good man in the surrounding villages. He was generous and generous. He had a good reputation in the area.
Hearing Wang Meilan's words, Xing San frowned and said, "Your father hosted a party the other day, but there was no wedding ceremony?"
This is true. Wang Meilan's elder brother died before he reached adulthood. When Wang Meilan and Zhao Youcai got married, it was a special period. There was no big ceremony, just a few tables and invited relatives and friends. When Wang Qiang got married, Wang Daba Zhang was no longer there.
"This..." Wang Meilan didn't know how to defend herself against Xing San's words.
Seeing Wang Meilan didn't say anything, the old lady said, "My dear, your family treats us two old people well, and we know it in our hearts. But marrying a wife is a lifelong event, and you can't let us be incompetent."
"What do you mean by not working well?" Wang Meilan asked, "If you don't come, how can we feel good? Then we only need you two?"
"Oh!" The old lady forced a smile and said, "We won't come here these few days. We will come again after February 3rd."
"Okay." Wang Meilan wanted to persuade him again, but was interrupted by Zhao Jun. Zhao Jun said to the old lady and Xing San, "We don't have those nonsense things to say. Besides, you two are not guests, you two are my family. What's wrong with you two not coming to my wedding?"
After saying this, Zhao Jun waved his hand and said, "That's enough. Stop thinking about this mess, and come tomorrow as scheduled."
After saying that, Zhao Jun stood up and walked out of the house.
"Did you hear that?" Seeing Xing San and the old lady in a daze, Wang Meilan smiled and said, "My son has made the decision, so listen to him."
After Wang Meilan finished speaking, she went to the outer room to look for the scissors. In the west room, the old lady's cheeks twitched slightly and she shed two lines of tears. Seeing this, Li Tongyun quickly hugged the old lady's shoulders and wiped her tears with a handkerchief.
At the same time, Li Tongyun secretly looked at Xing San, only to see the old man slightly raising his head and staring out the window with wide eyes.
Li Tongyun knew that Xing San did that to prevent himself from crying.
At this moment, Xing San seemed to have noticed something. His eyes suddenly became sharp and he turned his head to look at Li Tongyun.
Li Tongyun lowered her head quickly and comforted the old lady softly, "Grandma Jiang, why are you crying? Isn't this a good thing? When the time comes, we will have a feast."
While Li Tongyun was talking, Xing San stood up and walked out. He was going to go out to help cut the meat. Seeing the old man leave, Li Tongyun secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although his mandarin duck legs were unique in Yong'an, they could not stop the sharp knife.
Xing San, who went out for some fresh air, happened to meet Wang Qiang and his six companions returning from Ma's house. Not long after Wang Qiang entered the house, Zhao Weipeng and his son Zhao Jinhui came back in a jeep.
The father and son should have returned yesterday, but they could not resist Chu Anmin's repeated requests and stayed in the county town for another day.
The father and son did not return empty-handed. They brought a basket of vegetables, including cucumbers, leeks, celery, and garlic sprouts. Although they did not buy baskets of vegetables one by one like Zhao Jun did, what they bought was enough for the Zhao family to eat for a few days.
Since they were so familiar with each other, Wang Meilan didn't say anything polite. She just said to Zhao Weipeng who was carrying the basket with Zhao Jinhui: "Brother, just put down the vegetables. You two don't have to worry about it after that. We will clean up and you can go upstairs and rest for a while."
"Hey." Zhao Weipeng and Zhao Jinhui responded in unison. But as soon as he took a step, Zhao Weipeng stopped and turned to Wang Meilan and said, "Sister-in-law, I have something else to tell you."
"Ah? What's the matter?" Wang Meilan asked. Zhao Weipeng said, "Old Chu, that's Director Chu from the Forestry Bureau. We went to his house for dinner the day before yesterday, and he told me about it. He will come when our family gets married."
"Ah?" Wang Meilan was surprised when she heard that, and then she said happily, "Come on, it's better to come."
Wang Meilan did things for the sake of excitement. If Chu Anmin could be present on that day, the Zhao family would be very proud.
"Well...his old lady and his daughter also want to come." Zhao Weipeng said so, and Wang Meilan said without hesitation: "Then come, no matter how many people come, we can accommodate them."
"The key is that Old Chu won't let us." Zhao Weipeng said, "I think he is embarrassed. What am I thinking about? Sister-in-law, please ask my eldest nephew to call him and invite him and his whole family to come."
After saying these words, Zhao Weipeng asked again, "Sister-in-law, do you think this is okay?"
"Okay, that's great." Wang Meilan said with a smile, "I'll ask your nephew to make the call right away."
As she spoke, Wang Meilan was about to climb over the wall to Li's house to find Zhao Jun.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law." Zhao Weipeng saw this and quickly stopped Wang Meilan and said, "Don't let Xiaojun go today. Let's go tomorrow. Just before I came back, I passed by the garrison and saw Zhao Guofeng closing the gate and going back."
"Oh, that's fine." Wang Meilan smiled and waved her hand, saying, "We have a phone at home, just call."
"Hmm?" Zhao Weipeng was stunned when he heard that, then smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, has the phone been installed?"
"It's installed." Wang Meilan said. "Brother, it's convenient for us to make phone calls now."
"That's one thing." Zhao Weipeng said with a smile, "The point is that you are too awesome. I have been working for so many years and I still can't get a phone."
"Haha..." Wang Meilan, who has always been a little vain, felt happy after hearing what Zhao Weipeng said.
"Okay, brothers." Wang Meilan said to Zhao Weipeng and Zhao Jinhui, "You two should go upstairs and rest for a while. You must be tired after driving for several hours. After that, I will call your nephew."
Wang Meilan was about to run to the wall again, but was stopped by Zhao Weipeng again.
"Sister-in-law." Zhao Weipeng said with a smile, "I haven't finished talking yet, why are you so anxious?"
"Brother, tell me." Wang Meilan suppressed her desire to climb over the wall and listened to Zhao Weipeng. "My nephew doesn't watch TV anymore? He was even reported in the newspaper."
"Yes!" Wang Meilan nodded heavily upon hearing this, her face full of pride and honor.
At this time, Zhao Weipeng continued, "I heard from Lao Chu that a leader of a certain song and dance troupe wanted to take the words my eldest nephew said on TV and turned them into lyrics."
"Lyrics?" Pop music was not popular at the moment, or perhaps not popular enough in the mountainous areas of Northeast China. Wang Meilan could only sing some red songs and Errenzhuan.
Although Wang Meilan thought Zhao Jun was very good, she felt that although the words her son said were very good, they would not work whether they were adapted into red songs or crosstalk.
So Wang Meilan didn't seem to be very interested in this, and only asked Zhao Weipeng: "I know, brother, well... do you have anything else to say?"
"Huh?" Zhao Weipeng was startled when he heard that. He was wondering why Wang Meilan was not excited. Zhao Weipeng shook his head and said, "No, sister-in-law, go and greet my nephew. I'll talk to him after that."
Zhao Jun, who had just laid down at Li's house, was called up again. On the way out with Wang Meilan, Zhao Jun heard Wang Meilan tell him to call Chu Anmin.
After leaving Li's house and climbing over the wall to return to his own home, Zhao Jun greeted Zhao Weipeng and Zhao Jinhui, and when Zhao Weipeng told him about the lyrics change, Zhao Jun's expression immediately changed.
The two sentences he said during the interview were the lyrics of a song he heard in his previous life. That song is very popular and is well-known to everyone. The key is that it was even performed on the Spring Festival Gala.
For a moment, Zhao Jun felt a little guilty and thought about pushing the matter to Chu Anmin, otherwise it would be too embarrassing.
Zhao Jun came out of his house and walked slowly towards his new house. When he got there, he took out the key from his pocket and was about to open the door when he heard crying coming from the side of his own pile of firewood.
It’s a good thing it happened during the day, otherwise it would have given the Zhao army a scare at night.
Zhao Jun walked over following the sound and saw a man squatting under the wall of his house, wiping his tears.
Zhao Jun took a closer look and found that it was Gu Yang.
"Brother." Zhao Jun stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"Brother Jun." The man saw Zhao Jun and continued to call Zhao Jun with tears in his eyes, "Brother Jun, Brother Jun."
Gu Yang cried out three times in a sobbing voice, and even shouted out a melody.
"What's the matter?" Zhao Jun asked, and then he heard Gu Yang say, "Brother Jun, I can't find a wife."
"What?" Zhao Jun was confused by what Gu Yang said and asked quickly, "What's the matter? Why can't you find a wife?
"I have no money left." After Gu Yang said this, he sat down on the ground and cried loudly.
"What did you say?" Zhao Jun was a little helpless, but thinking that Gu Yang had been good to him in his previous life, he immediately reached out and pulled Gu Yang's arm and said, "Alright, stop howling outside. It's embarrassing. Well... let's go inside and talk."
Gu Yang stood up sobbing and followed Zhao Jun into the courtyard. Looking at the magnificent Zhao family compound, Gu Yang's tears flowed even more fiercely and could not be stopped.
"What's this for?" Zhao Jun was speechless and took Xie Chen into the house. There were benches on the floor inside and outside the house, but no one lived in the house all winter, so it was colder inside than outside.
"There's nothing in this room, and I don't have anything to treat you." Zhao Jun said to Gu Yang, "Just tell me what you want to say. What's the matter? I don't have the money I gave you anymore?"
"Yeah, Brother Jun. Besides what you gave me, there's also what I earned from weaving baskets." Gu Yang couldn't stop crying as he spoke.
"Ah?" Zhao Jun frowned and asked, "Where's your money? How could you not have it?"
"My money...is lost." Gu Yang said so. Zhao Jun sighed and said, "Why didn't you be more careful?"
As soon as Zhao Jun said this, he heard Gu Yang say, "I lost it at home."
Zhao Jun: "..."
Zhao Jun curled his lips and asked, "You lost it at home... Was it your mother's hands, or your eldest brother's or eldest sister-in-law's hands?"
"I don't know." Gu Yang sobbed, "My uncle Zhao taught me to sew money into my cotton-padded jacket, but I didn't expect that my clothes got ripped that day, so I didn't want anyone to see the money. After that, I had a drink, and when I got up after drinking too much, the money was gone."
Zhao Jun was speechless. He didn't expect that his troublesome father was involved in this. But Zhao Youcai gave Gu Yang advice out of kindness.
Suddenly, Zhao Jun frowned. He grasped the key information in Gu Yang's words and asked, "Who arranged the wine for you?"
"No one arranged for me to drink." Gu Yang said, "When I go home and see my elder brother drinking, I drink too."
Zhao Jun smacked his lips, looked at Gu Yang helplessly, and said, "I gave you the money long ago, and the village chief also approved the land for you, why don't you hurry up and build the house?"
Gu Yang continued to sob and said, "My mother told me to save up two more children, and then she and my eldest brother will give me two more, and then I can build three rooms."
"You... hehe..." Zhao Jun was amused to hear this, thinking that this time you can add more money, and all your money will go into other people's pockets.
Zhao Jun had no choice but to look at the pitiful Gu Yang. Provoking a fight between a mother and her son, or a brother, would be a big loss. Once the news got out, Zhao Jun would become notorious.
Moreover, Zhao Jun didn't think he could teach Gu Yang clearly.
"Ah!" Zhao Jun sighed along with Gu Yang and asked, "What did your mother and your eldest brother say afterwards?"
"I did." Gu Yang wiped his tears and said, "They said that my family's former wife, the old Guan family's daughter, is very nice and asked me to marry into their family."
The old girl of the Guan family was Gu Yang's wife in Zhao Jun's previous life. That woman was so powerful at home that she made Gu Yang submit to her.
But it was just as good, the old Guan family gave a high betrothal gift. In 90, they gave the Gu family a betrothal gift of yuan, which was enough to marry a daughter-in-law, and marrying a son-in-law was the first in Yongan Forest District.
But the Guan family did not lose out at all. They married Gu Yang and brought him home. Every day, Gu Yang fetched water, cooked, herded cattle, and served the three members of the Guan family.
After Zhao Jun was reborn, he really wanted to help Gu Yang. After killing the black bear, Zhao Jun directly gave Gu Yang a discount and dividends.
Later, Zhao Jun arranged for Gu Yang to work in Jiezhongleng Field, but the boy got involved with Zhang Yuanmin. In the end, he came back with no missing limbs, which was considered a blessing for him.
Zhao Jun looked Gu Yang up and down. The boy was nearly 1.9 meters tall, second only to Li Baoyu in height in Yongan Forest District.
This boy is good-looking, has a nice face, and looks honest.
If his family wasn't so poor, Zhao Jun would have wanted to introduce him to Li Dazhi as a son-in-law.
Seeing Gu Yang's tears falling again, Zhao Jun couldn't help but feel overwhelmed. Thinking about the many things he still had to do, Zhao Jun said to Gu Yang: "Okay, brother, don't say anything. If you need anything, I will lend you money, whether you want to build a house or get married."
When Zhao Jun said this, Gu Yang looked up in surprise and blurted out, "Really?"
"Really..." Zhao Jun just opened his mouth, but before he could finish his words, he heard Gu Yang say, "I can't afford it."
Zhao Jun: "..."
"Oh!" Zhao Jun sighed heavily. After his rebirth, the only person who could make things difficult for him, Zhao Jun, apart from Zhao Youcai, was probably Gu Yang in front of him.
"Then you can pay it back slowly." Zhao Jun said, "Next year I will arrange a job for you, loading and unloading, and you just need to do it well. No matter how much money you owe, I won't rush you. You can pay it back in ten years or twenty years."
If the money is really delayed until 20 years later, it will be no different whether it is paid back or not. What are the prices now? What will they be in 20 years?
But Zhao Jun didn't care. He said and did this just to help Gu Yang.
"Okay, Jun." Gu Yang wiped his tears with the sleeve of his cotton jacket again and said, "Then I'll lend you 1000 yuan, but don't give it to me now. I'll come back to you when I need it later."
Zhao Jun felt relieved to hear Gu Yang say this. As the saying goes, every failure is a learning experience. After losing the money, Gu Yang has become smarter.
After seeing Gu Yang off, Zhao Jun returned to the room, picked up the phone and dialed the switchboard, asking for Chu Anmin's office at the Shanhe Forestry Bureau.
At this time, Director Chu had not yet finished get off work. When he heard Zhao Jun's voice on the other end of the phone, Chu Anmin asked directly: "Zhao Jun, have Fatty Zhao and his father gone home?"
"Yes, Director Chu." Zhao Jun responded. "My uncle Zhao and his friend are back."
"That's fine." Chu Anmin replied casually, and then talked about the Yong'an Spring Hunt, and even praised Zhao Jun and said: "Zhao Jun, I heard from Lao Zhou. You handled the matter of the black bear kicking people very well, and it was very timely.
You are about to get married and you are still working so hard. You deserve praise."
Even though Zhao Jun was quite thick-skinned, he still felt a little guilty when he heard Chu Anmin praising him like that, because he didn't work properly all day.
Chu Anmin really thought highly of Zhao Jun. After talking about the spring hunt, he asked about Zhao Jun's marriage and said, "Zhao Jun, how are your family affairs arranged? Is there anything I can help you with?"
"Everything is ready, Director Chu." Zhao Jun said somewhat flattered: "Director Chu, I'm calling because I want to invite you and your family to come to my wedding."
When Chu Anmin heard this, he knew what Zhao Weipeng had said. While secretly blaming Zhao Weipeng for not keeping his mouth shut, Chu Anmin said, "That's terrible, Zhao Jun, I can go there myself when the time comes.
"Anything else, Director Chu." Zhao Jun advised, "There aren't many people at our house on the day of the event, so you can bring someone from your family here to help make it more lively."
Chu Anmin on the other end of the phone couldn't help curling his lips when he heard this, thinking: Fatty Zhao said that your family will host about a hundred tables that day, how do you want to make it lively? If it's more lively, we will have to set up a buffet for three days.
But Chu Anmin knew that Zhao Jun wanted his family to go as well. Thinking of the expectant eyes of his mother and daughter, Chu Anmin hurriedly took advantage of the situation and said, "Okay, Zhao Jun. Then we will go there when the time comes, as long as we don't cause you any trouble."
"No trouble, no trouble." Zhao Jun said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, otherwise our family would also take care of it."
"Oh? That's right." Chu Anmin suddenly remembered something and said to Zhao Jun, "Did Fatty Zhao tell you? The head of a song and dance troupe wants to change your TV interview into lyrics."
"Director Chu, I don't care about this." Zhao Jun said hurriedly: "They can change it however they want, I don't care."
There is no concept of copyright these days, and even if there was, Zhao Jun would be too embarrassed to ask for it.
"He has finished revising it." Chu Anmin said with a smile on the other end of the phone: "He called me at noon and hummed a few lines to me. I thought they were really good. Then he said what he meant. He wanted to come over to see you."
"Ah? What do you want to see me for?" Zhao Jun felt a little flustered when he heard that.
"He said he wanted to come and see what a guy who could say such words looks like." Chu Anmin said this, and Zhao Jun felt even more confused, but he couldn't say that he had modified the lyrics from his previous life.
"Director Chu, don't let him come." Zhao Jun said, "My family is going to have a spring hunt, and after that I'm getting married. I'm very busy."
"It's okay, that's okay." Chu Anmin said with a smile: "After that, you can hold a banquet at your house and leave four or five seats. Then they can go over and have fun."
"What?" Zhao Jun was shocked when he heard this. Just as he was about to refuse, Chu Anmin said, "Oh, okay, wait a moment."
This was not said to Zhao Jun. Chu Anmin then said to Zhao Jun: "Okay, Zhao Jun, I have something to do. I'm going to quit now."
After saying that, Chu Anmin didn't give Zhao Jun a chance to speak and just hung up the phone.
Zhao Jun put down the microphone after a while, and blinked his eyes, wondering what to do.
(End of this chapter)