Chapter 18 0018

Ye Ye had checked that such an animal was raised by his own family, and among the nephews of the long family, it is impossible for anyone to secretly inform Judge Zhu Si.Although the fourth judge was forced to leave by Guan Baye this time, there is no guarantee that he will not make a comeback, so despite the freezing weather, he used to be on guard with the gun team with Young Master Gu, beating gongs and making patrols every night. But Wan Hanying can ignore these things. The days in the high-walled compound are like a pool of still water. During the day, sitting by the brazier embroidering something, the red and green are all the shadows of the distant world. The sound of the gong was knocked one after another, and each time was more bitter and cold, and each time was more bleak.She couldn't understand, why Guan Baye declined this marriage? ...Before meeting Baye Guan, her life was peaceful. She was watering flowers and weeding in the courtyard, doing needlework with the women in the neighborhood while chatting casually about some homely things. She cut window grilles from shoe patterns, and wiped tooth cards in front of candlelight; in spring and autumn, she would help Master Zhen, who was in charge, ride a horse to the farm in Shahekou, collect rent and calculate food, and allocate some acres of land for various crops. During the conference, she always tried every means to make Qifang's conference team dress up brightly, perform brilliantly, and win applause and huge bonuses at the conference.But after meeting Baye Guan, she became tired of everything in life.

Master Zhen knew that this temperamental younger sister was difficult to take care of, so he persuaded: "Fifth younger sister, the older brother didn't make this marriage a success. It's strange, but I'm the one to blame; He is a chivalrous man, he is used to wandering from south to north, and now he is leading the Liuhe gang to make their way in the rivers and lakes. He refuses to agree, and there are actually difficulties for him..." "It's a joke, do you think I'm worried about this?" The little aunt really got angry: "In the future, don't mention the word Guan in front of me, he is him, and I am me!  … ...Since he has difficulties, is it possible that he is still implicated and dependent on him?"

That being said, after Master Zhen left, Wan Hanying closed the door, hugged the pillow and wept, half of the pillow was wet with tears. In the Wanliang shop on East Street, Aigu, who was called Wan Xiaoniang, was even more sad.Wan Liang rescued her from the fiery pit of prostitution in the salt market. Even though she didn't have a name, she was satisfied. She knew that Wanjialou in Dangnan was an important place frequently visited by the Hanyan Gang, so she visited with peace of mind. There will always be news about her father and Baye Guan; although the people in Wanjialou despise her and laugh at her as a prostitute, Wan Liang is kind and considerate to her, and her sister-in-law Wan Hanying's protection makes her feel so happy. She was able to live without waves in Wanjialou, and she didn't ask God for anything.A little woman with a miserable fate, what more could she want?The string of years in the past frightened her, not because she couldn't bear to look back, but because she didn't dare to look back.Beside her pillow, she told Wan Liang about those villains, Bian San Mao Liu Crooked Eyes and Four, how they deliberately cheated and betrayed her when her father went to Kanto, but kept her in the dark; She was coaxed to go to Jinguli on the southeast of the Yellow River in the old city of North Xuzhou, saying that she was staying at the house of a godmother of Bian San. Liu Qiang poured her strong alcohol... She was only fourteen years old that year.She became a residual flower at the age of fourteen.She said that in the days of Fengyuetang, the embroidered soles were not stained with mud, and when they were out, they were all carried on the shoulders by the assistants. She sang, persuaded to drink, and stayed with her. .

She recounted those, like recounting a stranger's story, among those sisters in Fengyuetang, who didn't have a lot of blood and tears?If there were not so many tragic events in the world, it would not be possible to show such a powerful man as Guan Baye.In front of Wanliang, she didn't mention the word Guandong Mountain. She was afraid that Guandong Mountain would tarnish his vigorous name through her mouth...In Wanjialou, no one believed her blood-and-tear-stained experience, no one believed her own life experience spit out by a whore, they always thought that way-the words of a bitch are all deceitful.

She fell silent. She lives with Wan Liang peacefully, she is a peaceful person, she no longer looks back at the wind and dust.On the night of the Wanjialou Grand Tournament, she accompanied her little aunt and grandma Wan Hanying, and heard the name she had buried in her heart for a long time under the gate of Master Zhen's house. She had to see him, ask about her father's whereabouts, and cry about what happened after the farewell; she knew that Guan Baye would wash away the humiliation in her heart and punish those villains; but when she squeezed back with the crowd, When she was in the shop, Guan Baye went to the square again, and she squeezed into the square again, just as Judge Zhu Si's gangsters were shooting.

The scene of that night was terrifying; gunshots came from all directions, bullets whizzed and whizzed past people's heads, there was a sound of explosions on the street houses, and the crowd watching the game was like a blown barrel, screaming in panic People push people, people step on people, people rush here and there.The flames shot up into the sky, reflecting the shadows of the crowd running around on the street wall, and the abandoned lantern torches were burning among the street corridors.She squeezed out of the crowd with great difficulty, was trampled off her shoes, stomped into the alley, and ran back to the shop from the back street.Unexpectedly, Wanliang Shop was occupied by bandits under Judge Zhu Si, and they crowded into the living room in front of them to fill the fire. She slipped from the bandits into the back room, hid in an empty wine jar, and waited until After the third watch, the clerk called her out, saying that the men from the Liuhe Gang repelled the bandits and secured half of the street.

"Can you see Master Guan?" She asked a man in the Liuhe gang tremblingly, "Where is Master Guan?" "Ba Ye is over there in the square." The man said. She really wanted to find Wan Liang and ask him to lead the gun team to the ancestral hall to rescue the trapped Guan Baye. She was anxious to see him.When Guan Baye was imprisoned in North Xuzhou Prison, even though she was still a thirteen-year-old girl, she fell in love with him precociously.Dad often told her about the heroes in the book, Guan Baye was such a hero in distress, at that time she just loved him secretly, but she never thought of talking about it.After many years, that friendship has become a fantasy, but she didn't think of herself when she was in danger, and she only cared about Guan Baye.

She never dreamed that Guan Baye, who was trapped in the Wanjia Building, was not injured at all, but on the fourth watch, he brought the news of Wanliang's death.When Baye Guan chased the thief in the dark and brought back seven heads, she couldn't flock to the square to meet him like the others. She just put on filial piety and guarded the mourning hall.Wanliang died, and the bright future she had just seen turned into a big black hole, making her dare not imagine the days before her eyes and the spring blossoms she had released long ago. Guan Baye left, he walked so fast that she didn't even get a chance to see him, in Wanjialou, during Wanliang's funeral, she couldn't leave the mourning hall and go to Yeye's house Paying respects to Guan Baye, although there is a past in North Xuzhou, but Guan Baye is not my kind of relative after all.

Wanliang shop was temporarily closed in Jizhong, and the mourning hall was set up in the back house. She watched the lights on the mourning hall all day and all night. Maybe it was because she cried too much, or she was sick. The spirit lamp was in front of her eyes. The light inside is miserable green, and the flame is covered with a black and flickering halo.An outsider without a name has no status in the family as usual. Wan Liang did not leave a daughter-in-law, and the Wan Liang shop was handed over to Wan Liang's nephew near the house, eight-year-old Wan Liang. Governance succession.

And she's just a nameless widow with an idle job. She waited, she could only wait, when Baye Guan led the salt cart through Wanjialou again, she must find out the whereabouts of her father, and she was wholeheartedly willing to return to his lap to serve her for the rest of her life. "Ba Ye, where are you?" She often asked in her heart. The first snow fell in the sky, and the big snowflakes fluttered, turning Wanjialou into a silver-white world. She sat beside the fire, and the blazing fire could never warm the desolation in her heart . Wanliang was seven years old, and the family opened the ancestral hall for a meeting. She was summoned, and the patriarch, Ye Ye, told her: "Mother, old nephew Wanliang has already been buried in the earth. You are young, your eyes are dark, and your mother's family is still alive." If no one comes forward, would you like to marry or keep? It’s up to you to decide. Although the rules in the clan are strict, they don’t force unnamed survivors to observe festivals, but once you make up your mind, it’s hard to change.”

After two years in Wanjialou, it was the first time Aigu stepped into the gate of the ancestral hall. The main hall of the Wanjia ancestral hall is majestic enough. The tiger-yellow mantle hangs obliquely, and the ancestral tablets on the shrine are stacked one after another. Mountain-like piles are piled up to the top of the beam, and the color of those memorial tablets becomes darker as they go up, as if they were old people sitting with stern faces; The sticks of incense were burning vigorously, and bursts of fragrant smoke spewed out from the blooming red incense heads, which surrounded the huge brown beams. The chairs of the patriarchs and deacons were arranged in a horseshoe shape, and each face was like a mask. Apply a layer of frosting. She had already heard about the family rules of the Wan family from Wan Liang, the dead ghost.She hesitated a little and knelt down in front of her elders. Guan Baye's shadow appeared in the smoke, but she gritted her teeth and said, "I wish...to guard..." Master Ye looked at her with pity, and sighed with half admiration. "Wanjialou was robbed by bandits this time, I didn't think it would involve you." Master Zhen said, "Since you wish to defend, you have to take care of the reputation of Wanjia..." "I wish...to guard..." Aigu said, she raised her head, her expression was firm and sad: "I ask the clan to allow me to adopt my step-son Zhibang." "I want to adopt her to rule the country, who in the clan has something to say?" Ye Ye asked the deacons in each house. "That can't be done." A voice broke out in the silence: "Yeye, you are here, I am Zhibang's biological father, I can't hand over the child to a woman with an improper background. I mean that Zhibang inherits the property, Wanliang Shop should be supervised by me, and handed over to Zhibang when he becomes an adult. As for the young lady, she should share some land and let her live by herself." The shadow of Guan Baye is still floating in the smoke, only he can believe his tragic experience, only he can stand up and testify, but where is he? ...The four words of "improper background" pierced her heart and lungs like a sharp knife. Ai Gu's face turned pale, and tears welled up in her eyes. On both sides of the main hall, people from various clans were discussing...