Patriarch, he doesn't want to take the imperial examinations

Chapter 31

The father and son came out of the house, got into the carriage, and arrived at Nanguan Street two quarters of an hour later.

There were several officers and soldiers surrounded on the street, and many people waited and watched with their necks stuck, discussing something noisy.

Meng Zhen got out of the carriage with the help of Meng Hong, and just squeezed in front of the crowd, when he suddenly heard an officer and soldier yell at him: "Scatter, all scatter."

The crowd immediately made way for a passage, and two officers and soldiers came out carrying a stretcher. Meng Zhen, accompanied by his sons, took a closer look and saw a man with a bloody face lying on it.

"It's Ah Xing." Meng Hong said first.

Ah Xing is the boy next to Meng Qing. This morning, he drove Meng Qing and Wang Xinyu to Wang Xiucai's house. When they passed a fork in Nanguan Street, a carriage came rushing from the side and knocked them over. .

It's just that Ah Xing was unlucky. He was hit badly and passed out directly. The carriage containing Meng Qing and Wang Xinyu rolled in the snow. Because the impact force of the shield of the carriage was not so strong, the two only suffered a little. Abrasion outside the skin, speech and action are not affected.

Over there, Meng Qing limped and said something to the officers and soldiers. Wang Xinyu followed behind with her messy hair, and there were slight abrasions on both sides of her cheeks.

There were two broken carriages lying in the snow, and many gifts for visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year were scattered all over the place, except for the horses pulling the carriages, which must have been taken away by someone.

After Meng Qing finished speaking with the officers and soldiers, he was led out of the crowd by the officers and soldiers. When he passed by his father and several younger brothers, he froze at first, and then stopped.

"Father, you take Xin Yu home first, find a doctor to treat the wound, and I will go with the official to the county office." The two cars collided, and no matter it was an accident or other reasons, he had to go to the government. Make some statements about what happened at the scene.

"Brother, I'll be with you." Meng Hong said as he stepped forward to support him, his brother must have scratched his leg.

After the two brothers went with the official mission, another stretcher came out from the crowd. The person lying on the stretcher was in almost the same condition as Ah Xing, and was also seriously injured. It should be from the other carriage that collided. driver.

The two wounded were about to be sent to a nearby hospital, Meng Zhen quickly ordered Ah Qing to follow, so that he could report Ah Xing's situation to his family at any time.

Afterwards, he drove Wang Xinyu to another medical clinic by himself, but since he came to this world, he has never been to other places except the academy and county office at home, and he rarely goes out on weekdays, so he is not familiar with the location and structure of this county. Familiar with each other, so I don't know where the medical center is.

When he was in distress, Mengze lifted the curtain and came out of the carriage, sat beside him, and said, "Just now I saw my sister-in-law's injury, it's just some scratches on the skin, it doesn't matter, I'll take care of it when I get home Just fine."

Mengze has been studying medicine with an old doctor since he was ten years old. He has practiced medicine for many years, and it is easy to see a doctor and treat wounds.

Meng Zhen nodded: "That's fine, I'll listen to you." Then he pulled the reins in his hand, and the carriage stopped suddenly.

Just because there was a dead end ahead, they seemed to be going the wrong way.In the past, Mengzhen was always driven by Ah Qing, but now he did it himself, only then did he realize that he was blind.

"Father, let me come." Monze took the reins from him, the carriage turned around, and walked slowly on the way it came.

When they arrived at the mansion, Mengze took out the medicine box to treat the scratches on Wang Xinyu's face, while Meng Zhen and Meng Che sat at the door and waited.

"Father, brother, he's going to be all right." This trip was too hasty, and Meng Che was a little worried when he saw his brother limping along with the officers and soldiers.

"No." Meng Zhen replied, "Your eldest brother is the victim, and he will go to the county government with the official to explain what happened at that time, and he will come back later."

"That's good." Meng Che leaned against the door pier, looking at the whitish sun in the sky, a little dizzy.

The whole family waited for Meng Qing and Meng Hong to come back at home, and there was no one there until after noon, but Wang Xiucai came.

Wang Xiucai knew that his daughter and son-in-law were going back to her natal home today to pay New Year's greetings. He waited all morning but no one came. He wondered if there was some delay. Two horse-drawn carriages collided, and people and vehicles were knocked into the air. The scene was so horrible that people couldn't bear to look directly at it.

Wang Xiucai was startled, Meng Mansion just passed through Nanguan Street when he arrived at his house, could the carriage that was hit be...

Bah, bah, how could he have such an idea.But he was very flustered in his heart, so he stepped forward and asked the speaker which family in the county the carriage was hit by.

One of the men waved his hand: "Who knows, we're just hearsay, how can we know whose house was hit."

Wang Xiucai was bored, but his heart couldn't calm down for a long time, his eyelids twitched violently, and he always felt that something bad happened.

He was really worried, and explained a few words to his wife, and then the Meng family investigated.

When he got to the door, he went straight into Mengzhen's courtyard. Seeing someone sitting in the courtyard with a listless look, he hurriedly asked, "My father-in-law, where is my son-in-law? Didn't he say he went to my house this morning to pay New Year's greetings? When people come, I’m in a hurry.”

Meng Zhen gave him a rough account of what happened on Nanguan Street in the morning, and said that Meng Qing was invited by the official to go to the Yamen to make a statement, and he has not returned yet.

"Where's that person? My aunt didn't get hit." Wang Xiucai was frightened and worried.

Meng Zhen glanced at him, and said: "No, I suffered some minor injuries on my legs, but it doesn't affect my walking. I'll be with Meng Hong, so don't worry about it." Meng Qing couldn't stop asking questions, but his own daughter didn't care about it. It's really puzzling how this father behaves.

Wang Xiucai put a smile on his face: "That's good, that's good. Hey, what about Xin Yu, let's be good."

Meng Zhen lowered her eyelids and said without a good voice: "Okay, it's in her own room now, you can go and have a look."

Wang Xiucai smiled shyly: "As long as she's better, I won't go to see her. I'll stay with you and wait for my son-in-law to come back, otherwise I won't be at ease."

Meng Zhen didn't say anything else, it was cold outside, he asked Wang Xiucai to come in and wait.

There was a charcoal fire in the room, and while the two were warming up the fire, they chatted about the imperial examinations to pass the long and boring wait.

About an hour later, Wang Xiucai couldn't sit still anymore, stretched his neck out, and asked, "My father-in-law, how long has it been? It takes so long to make a statement?"

Meng Zhen was also a little impatient while waiting, and said impatiently: "Who knows, we are not the magistrate, why don't you go and have a look." I also have to give three points of courtesy.

It's just that he is cowardly, he doesn't want to go to the yamen for nothing, and he can hear the teasing from the truth, so he doesn't take it seriously, just smiled and said: "My father-in-law is joking, I'll just wait, he can't never came back."

Hey, coincidentally, just as Wang Xiucai finished speaking, a voice came from outside: "Father, we are back."

Meng Zhen and Wang Xiucai hurriedly got up and came out of the house, and saw two brothers Meng Qing and Meng Hong standing in the yard, Meng Ze and Meng Che leaned forward to ask questions.

"Hey, my uncle is back, and he's in good health." Wang Xiucai had already stepped over, with concern in his eyes.

Meng Qing limped forward a few steps, but before he could say anything, Wang Xiucai was surprised again and said: "Young master's leg..." Why is he limping.

Meng Qing replied: "It's not a problem, it's just a few scratches, how did my father-in-law come here?"

Wang Xiucai smiled: "I saw that the two of you didn't come for a long time, and I was a little flustered for some reason, so I came to have a look."

Meng Qing quickly said: "Father-in-law is interested, it's cold outside, let's sit in the room and talk."

Several people entered the house from the outside, and the servants immediately brought out the prepared tea and snacks.

When Meng Qing talked about the incident that the carriage was hit this morning, his eyes dimmed, and he still felt lingering fear.

When Ah Xing was driving his carriage through Nanguan Street in the morning, the horse neighed suddenly. Before he could react to what was going on, his body was thrown out.

At that time, Wang Xinyu was snuggling in his arms, and he instinctively protected it. Fortunately, the snow was thick on the ground. When they fell out with the carriage, his leg was crushed by the car. Wang Xinyu suffered some minor injuries on his face, but his body was no problem.

Later, he was taken to the county government to give a statement about what happened. After the statement was recorded, the county magistrate did not let him go. After noon, an official came to report that Ah Xing and another injured person who had been sent to the hospital woke up. The wounded man drank too much alcohol. Although he was awake, he was still not sober. He babbled nonsense, answered irrelevant questions to the official's words, and even cursed.

In the end, the county magistrate made a final decision: the injured drove drunk, improperly controlled the horse, and hit another carriage, causing damage to people, horses and property. He should bear full responsibility for the traffic accident and compensate the victim for medical expenses and losses. item fee.

Meng Qing is a kind person, since the county magistrate has made a verdict, he can go home, and he will not pursue the matter of medical expenses and loss of items.

The identity of the drunk driver was also investigated by officials. He was a townsman in a certain town in the county.

After leaving the county office, Meng Qing went to a nearby medical clinic to treat the injury on his lower leg. After returning home, he sent someone to the medical clinic where Ah Xing was located to send some money there. He would pick him up after Ah Xing recovered from his injury .

Such an unfavorable thing happened at the beginning of the new year, Meng Qing always felt that this year would not be peaceful, and his mouth was a little dry after talking for a long time, so he quickly picked up a cup of tea and drank it.

Wang Xiucai saw Meng Qing's uneasy expression, so he hurriedly found words to comfort him: "Since my uncle is back, don't think about those unpleasant things anymore, it's serious to take good care of your body."

Meng Qing said: "Father-in-law said, I'm going to see Xin Yu, father-in-law and dad are sitting and chatting here, I'll come back later."

After Meng Qing left, Wang Xiucai sat down and talked with Meng Zhen for a while, the sky was getting dark, he couldn't stay for a long time, thanked Meng's family for dinner, and went home by himself.

Because of the collision between the two carriages, Meng Qing and Wang Xinyu suffered some minor scratches, and it is not convenient for them to visit relatives to pay New Year's greetings for the time being, so they delayed going to Wang Xiucai's house for a while.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the injuries on the two of them got better, and they went to Wang Xiucai's house early in the morning to pay their respects for the old age.

Meng Zhen was sitting in the study, leading Meng Chewen to write the article. An hour passed, Meng Che's wrist was sore and numb, and he said to his father with pursed mouth: "Father, my hand hurts, can I take a rest?"

Meng Zhen looked sideways at him, saw that he looked pitiful, and couldn't bear it, so he said: "Since you are tired, let's rest for a while, and you will recite the first half of "The Analects of Confucius Xue Er Pian" to me later." listen."

A few years ago, Meng Che suffered a broken arm, and Meng Qing invited a gentleman to teach him at home. The husband taught several pieces of "The Analects of Confucius" and part of "The Book of Songs".

In the past few days during the Chinese New Year, he just had fun, and he completely forgot what his husband taught him years ago.

The so-called learning and learning from time to time, reviewing the past to learn the new, if you don't review the knowledge you have learned, you will forget it after a long time.

After waking up early and having dinner, Meng Zhen called Meng Che to his room, the school will start in a few days, take advantage of these few days to take care of this kid, so that he can quickly adapt to school when school starts.

However, Meng Che was young, unable to concentrate, and he hadn't touched the book for a long time, so the handwriting was crooked, and he couldn't write after a while.

Meng Zhen asked him to rest for a while, he looked left and right, propped his head on his right hand, and asked, "Father, when will Second Brother come back?"

Early in the morning on the sixth day, Meng Hong and Meng Ze went to the capital together. When they left, Meng Che was still asleep. When he woke up, he couldn't see his two elder brothers. He was very disappointed. He was absent-minded and depressed for two consecutive days.

He has been taken by his second brother since he was a child, and he has the closest relationship with his second brother. He didn't leave him a word when he left, and he felt sour in his heart.

Through the half-open window, he saw a few ice cones under the eaves under the sunlight, snapping to pieces on the ground.

For some reason, at such a young age, he felt a lot of sadness and loneliness in his heart for no reason.

Meng Zhen saw that he was out of his mind, and stroked his head lightly, "Your second brother and third brother have their own careers to do, how can they stay by your side all the time, you are here to accompany dad to study, don't you?" happy?"

Meng Che smiled: "Of course Che'er is happy with Daddy, but she's too tired from studying, so Che'er wants to go out to play." He wants second brother to take him out to play.

Meng Zhen said: "You memorize the first half of "The Analects of Confucius·Xue Er Pian", and I will take you out to play after memorizing it."

"Really?" Meng Che's eyes twinkled with little stars, "I want to go to Xingxianglou to eat apricot goose, and dad will take me there after memorizing."

Xingxianglou is a restaurant opened by his second elder brother. The second elder brother often takes him to eat there.

"Recite!" Meng Zhen said, and Meng Che immediately stopped thinking about it, straightened his chest and back, and memorized the book obediently.

The Master said: "Study and learn from time to time, isn't it easy to talk about it? Isn't it a pleasure to have friends come from afar? Isn't it a gentleman if you don't know it and don't feel stunned?"

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The Master said: "Don't worry about what others don't know, and worry about people who don't know."

Mengzhen asked him to recite the first half of the Xueer article, but he memorized the whole article.

The recitation is fluent, word for word.

Meng Zhen nodded after hearing this: "I have a good memory. As a father, let me ask you: When the father is alive, watch his aspirations. When the father is gone, watch his actions. If you haven't changed your father's way for three years, you can be called filial piety. What is the interpretation of this sentence?" ?”

Meng Che said without even thinking about it: "I know this. Mr. Confucius said that this sentence is about filial piety. Whether a person has filial piety depends on his ambition when his parents are alive, and secondly, his behavior after his parents pass away. If, in the years after his parents are dead, his conduct is as virtuous as when his parents were alive, then he is considered filial."

Meng Zhen said: "It's not bad at all. As a father, let me ask you again, what do you think a person should do when his parents are alive to be filial."

"Hmm..." Meng Che rolled his eyes, "Be obedient, Che'er thinks obedience to parents is filial piety."

Meng Zhen: "What if you just obey?"

Meng Che: "If you blindly obey, then it is not true filial piety. Didn't it say in the "Disciples Regulations" that if you have a relative, you will be more remonstrated. I am happy with my face and soft with my voice. Let us cry, don't complain. When parents make mistakes, we, as children, should patiently persuade them to correct them. If they don't listen, then we can persuade them when they are happy. If they still don't listen, we will cry with emotion. , Even if you are beaten by them, you must have no complaints."

Meng Zhen nodded, this kid's comprehension is really good, he can apply what he has learned, draw inferences from one instance, it is a piece of material for reading.

"Father, is there anything else? If you ask me anything else, Che'er promises to answer it well. Of course, if I can't answer or give the wrong answer, father just don't kill me."

Meng Zhen didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "When did your father kill you?"

Meng Che said with a smile: "That's not true. But you are more fierce than the second brother, I am a little scared."

This is true, but it is not Meng Hong who is the real culprit, it is the original body who often admonishes him.

But since he has occupied the original body, he will naturally have to bear the blame.

Anyway, I have memorized a lot, and this one is not bad.

Meng Zhen thought about it, and said to Meng Che: "Don't worry, father won't kill you."

Meng Che said happily: "Father is so kind." Blinking his eyes, "Will Daddy still slap me?"

Without waiting for Mengzhen to answer, he stretched out his hand to touch his stomach again, "Che'er is hungry and wants to eat Xinghua goose from Xingxianglou, dad will take me there."

In Mengzhen's eyes, he was obviously acting like a spoiled child. Mengzhen couldn't help him, closed his book and stood up, "Let's go, since you mentioned it, why should Dad not?"

"Yeah!" Meng Che cheered and jumped out of the door.

The two of them had just stepped out of the gate, and Deng Yuming walked in with a birdcage before they moved their feet.

"Yo, come out to bask in the sun." Deng Yuming hung the birdcage on the jujube tree in the yard, and hummed a little song twice.

Meng Zhen actually didn't like the original owner's friend very much, but he couldn't drive him away when someone came, so he said coldly, "Why are you here?"

Deng Yuming said: "What do you think, it's natural to wish you New Year's greetings. It doesn't seem like you have no conscience. If I don't give you New Year's greetings, you don't know how to greet me."

As he spoke, he took out a red envelope from his bosom, and handed it to Meng Che, "Come on, kid, buy candy and eat."

Meng Che took it and said happily: "Thank you, Uncle Deng, happy new year!"

Deng Yuming laughed and said, "Happy New Year!"

"Where are you and your father going?" He asked while touching Meng Che's head.

Meng Che replied: "Go to Xingxianglou to eat Xinghua goose."

"Go out to eat, take me with you." Deng Yuming turned to Mengzhen and said with a deadpan face.

Meng Zhen didn't want to take him with him, so he pulled Meng Che and walked out.

"Hey," Deng Yuming called to stop him, "Old Meng, this is how you treat guests? I'll come to your house to give you New Year's greetings, and it's fine if you don't give me some tea. Why don't you even care about people? Been estranged for a year."

Meng Zhen stopped in his tracks and turned to look at him, "I'll take Che'er out for dinner right now, and I'll entertain him another day." He just wanted to send this person away as soon as possible, why would he entertain him again, otherwise he would wait for others to make jokes Woke up, not knowing how to dirty his ears.

Seeing that he was about to walk away again, Deng Yuming quickly stepped forward and grabbed him, "Old Meng, what are you doing? I won't waste your money in vain. I, Deng Yuming, have a lot of money. Let's go Let's go, I'll treat you." Holding Mengzhen's shoulders and walking forward, Mengzhen dismissed him and brushed him away.

"Uncle Deng!" Meng Che said suddenly, covered his mouth and said with a smile, "My second brother opened that restaurant, you can eat whatever you want, and you don't need money."

"Really?" Deng Yuming froze for a moment, then laughed loudly, "That's really great. Since your family opened it, then I have to wait for this meal."

After finishing speaking, regardless of Meng Zhen's willingness or not, he pushed people all the way out of the door of Meng's house, and then got into the carriage and went to Xingxianglou.

Xingxianglou is a restaurant opened by Meng Hong. It is located in the most prosperous area of ​​the county——Zhengxing Street.

When the three of them arrived, it was time for dinner, and the building was full of guests and guests, and it was very noisy.

The waiter knew that Meng Che was their boss' younger brother, and with a smile on his face, he politely invited them to sit in the hall.

"I'm really sorry." The shop waiter held the menu, bowed his waist and smiled, "I don't know how many people came, the box is full of people, I feel wronged and just sit here and make up for it."

Deng Yuming waved his hand first: "It's all right, it doesn't matter where you sit, as long as the food is delicious."

The waiter in the shop hurriedly smiled again: "Don't worry, my lord, the food in this shop is delicious, and there is no other place in the county that is better than this place."

Deng Yuming laughed: "Then bring your signature dishes here."

Xiaoer smiled and said: "Okay! Our signature dish here is Xinghua Goose. Please wait a moment and I'll serve it to you right away." Then he turned to Meng Zhen and Meng Che, "What else do you want?"

Meng Che came here just for the Xinghua Goose, he didn't want anything else, and Meng Zhen also said that the Xinghua Goose was fine.

Xiao Er looked at the old and the young at this table, with a friendly smile on his face, and said: "The portion of Xinghua Goose is enough, enough for the three of you, and I will send some fruits and snacks here, and the three of you will sit down for a while, and it will be soon." Come."

After Xiaoer left, Deng Yuming looked around, and saw that there was a lot of noise, and it was very noisy.

"Old Meng, your family, Meng Hong, is fine. He has become a restaurant owner at a young age. The future is bright and promising."

Deng Yuming's eyes turned back from the surroundings and landed on Mengzhen. Seeing that Mengzhen was silent, he moved closer and said in a low voice, "I'm talking about Lao Meng, whether the marriage between my family Zhao Zhao and your family Meng Hong is still going on or not." Count, you should give me a word."

Meng Zhen took a sip of tea from the teacup at hand, and said angrily, "Didn't you say earlier that his marriage is his own decision, and I will not interfere. So, don't ask me."

Deng Yuming also picked up the teacup, drank it in one gulp, then dropped it heavily on the table, pointed at him with two fingers, "I've never seen you being a father like this, so let's change our identities."

But Meng Zhen said: "It's beautiful to think about!" His father who was picked up for nothing, his sons are all filial, he lives very comfortably, no matter who you are, you won't change anyone.

Unexpectedly, Deng Yuming got angry, and said angrily: "Huh, you only thought of beauty, but I don't want it. Just like your dry firewood, I won't change it if I give it to me for nothing."

Meng Zhen glared at him immediately: "Pay attention to your words! I haven't said that you are fat and have a big belly, but you're starting to dislike me."

Seeing that they were about to quarrel, Meng Che suddenly shouted: "Uncle Deng! You've run out of tea, I'll fill it up for you." Standing up, he picked up the teapot and filled Deng Yuming's cup with a cup of tea.

Deng Yuming immediately smiled, picked up the newly filled tea, and said meaningfully: "Oh, boy Meng Che is still sensible, much better than you stupid father. If I have such a son, I can laugh in my dreams Awake."

Then he looked at Meng Zhen again, not very angry, "You just don't know the blessings in the blessing, and your sons are better than each other, but you don't look like a father."

Mengzhen doesn't like to hear these words, even though he is not a perfect father, he thinks that he is good to his sons, so why is he not like a father.

Deng Yuming explained to him: "You don't have to worry about the eldest brother who has been married for a long time but has no children. The second child has reached the age of starting a family but you let him go. And the third child, if I'm not wrong, your leg was disabled by your beating."

The implication of these words is that the unsatisfactory things of the sons are all his fault.

Meng Zhen can't rely on it, and is not happy: "You can eat things indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately."

Deng Yuming groaned, but wanted to say: "I didn't talk nonsense, this is the truth."

"Wow, the Xinghua Goose is here!" At this moment, Meng Che yelled again, rubbing his little hands together, his saliva was about to drip down.He didn't understand why his father and Uncle Deng quarreled as soon as they met, and couldn't eat well.

Xinghua goose, that is, apricot-flowered goose breast, is also known as rouge goose breast because its meat is carmine-colored.

Rouge Goose Preserved was originally a royal delicacy, and was later introduced to the common people, and was loved by diners. However, because of its high-end ingredients, ordinary people could not easily enjoy it, and those who could eat it were mostly dignitaries.

Therefore, most of the people who come to Xingxianglou are rich people.

Deng Yuming looked at the fresh and juicy goose breast in front of him, salivating for a moment, completely forgetting the unhappiness of Fang Cai and Meng Zhen.

Holding up the chopsticks, he took a piece into his mouth, chewed it slowly, and said, "It tastes good, and it's worthy of being the signature dish in the building."

Mengzhen also put a piece of goose breast into his mouth, it was delicious, fat but not greasy, and articulate.

Can't help but think, Meng Hong is not in good shape on weekdays, but the food in the restaurant is quite good.

"I watched Menghong grow up. He has good looks and a very good temper. Lao Meng, the father is the father of the daughter here. You are his father. Now you have appointed him a marriage. How can he still be married?" Can't you refuse?"

Meng was really about to pick up the second piece of meat. After hearing what Deng Yuming said, he stopped his chopsticks. He couldn't understand why these people were so keen on talking about their relatives. Children, regardless of their age, all talk about marriage.

It seems that there is nothing to do in this world except matchmaking.

"Hey, I want to ask you something." Seeing that the person was silent, Deng Yuming pushed his arm, "Or is it that Cui Dazui has already talked about your Menghong?"

Cui Dazui is Cui Matchmaker.Because of his big mouth and love to talk everywhere, people gave him the nickname "Cui Dazui".

Meng Zhen said: "Didn't I say it a long time ago, I don't make decisions about Meng Hong's marriage. If you want to marry him, just ask him directly, why bother to drag me to ask things, ask for a long time Can't ask why."

"You, you, you..." Deng Yuming pointed at him, coughed twice, and was obviously suffocated again, "I said you don't look like a father and you still refuse to admit it, just what you said just now, listen to yourself Listen, is this what a father should say? You really..."

Pointing to Meng Zhen's hand and putting it down, he hated iron for being weak: "If Meng Hong can't marry a wife in the future, I will blame you for being a father."

Mengzhen was a little annoyed, and took a spoonful of soup into his own bowl, "You are wrong, he can't marry a wife, he can only blame himself for his incompetence, how can he blame me, I didn't stop him He married. Moreover, based on Meng Hong's appearance and family background, it is impossible for him not to marry a wife, it's just that he wants to, you say no!"

Deng Yuming let out a "hum", and his face was not in a good mood.

Meng Zhen didn't say any more, took a bowl of soup from the bowl in front of Meng Che, and said in a warm voice, "Che'er is here to drink the soup, this old duck soup tastes good."

"Thank you dad!" Meng Che picked it up and took a sip, "Well, it's really delicious, dad should drink more, it's cold, so drink it to warm you up." When he got up, he wanted to scoop up soup for his dad, but Meng Zhen stopped him Stay, "Sit down and drink your soup, as long as Dad comes by himself."

The picture of the father and son getting along warmly fell into Deng Yuming's eyes. Deng Yuming felt sore in his heart, and pushed the bowl to Mengzhen, "I want it too."

Meng Zhencai ignored him lazily, and refused: "Myself Sheng, I'm not your father."

"You..." I don't know if it's because people get angry easily when they are older, Deng Yuming said "you" for a long time, holding his breath in his chest, and finally turned into a curse, "The little old man has been studying for a few days, and his temper has grown , if you don’t give it to me, I don’t care.”

He snatched the spoon from Mengzhen and was about to serve himself a bowl when a voice suddenly shouted from the next table: "Big tree, here!"

This shout was too loud, Meng Zhen and the others turned their heads to look at the same time.A young man with gauze wrapped around his head and leaning on a cane came over and sat down on the next table.

"Sitting in such a corner seat makes it easy for me to find." The man complained as soon as he sat down.

"Just be content. This store is often overcrowded. It's good to have a seat. Why are you so picky." The man who was waiting replied with a very displeased face.

Then he shouted again: "Xiaoer, serve!"

Soon all kinds of dishes were brought to the table.

The man called Big Tree devoured the food on the table, and said, "Bring the rest of the money."

The man said: "I brought it, but my master said that you were not good at doing things. You failed to seriously injure or kill someone, and I will only give you half of the remaining money."

"What!" Dashu stared anxiously, threw his chopsticks on the table, pointed to his injured leg and said, "I almost died because of this little money, and you only gave half of the money, believe me or not Now go to the government to report the good deeds you have done."

After saying that, he really got up and wanted to leave, but the man quickly pulled him back, "Okay, keep your voice down, lest others can't hear you yelling."

Then he lowered his voice and said, "I mean, I will give you the remaining half first, and after a few days you will help me with some work, and then I will give you the rest."

"Do the work for you again? You treat me like a three-year-old child!" Dashu snorted, "I'm afraid I will die by then, and you won't be able to give me the rest of the money."

The man smiled and said, "What are you thinking about? It just so happens that the village will start work in a few days. When you come to pull a few shipments, the rest of the money will be paid to you."

Dashu snorted and said, "You think it's beautiful, it's useless to use my body to give you free labor, and you don't even open your eyes to see, my leg has been knocked like this, can I still be used as a cow for you. "

The man said again: "It's just a temporary injury, and it's not useless. It will recover after a few days..."

"Don't talk nonsense here!" Da Shu interrupted the man, "You have to pay all the money today, otherwise I will report to the official and tell the official about how you murdered the Qing couple."

"Hush...keep your voice down..." The man squeezed Dashu's mouth. If this person hadn't insisted on coming to Xingxianglou, he would never have come to such a place to make deals with people.

There are too many people, and it is easy for people to listen to private words, and it will cause disaster if it is not guaranteed.

This will be listened to by Mengzhen's table.

Deng Yuming opened his eyes straight: "Old Meng, your family is clear..."

"Hush..." Meng Zhen winked, telling him to shut up.Then turned to Meng Che, "Che'er, have you eaten well? Let's go home after eating."

"Eat well, dad." Meng Che rubbed his swollen belly, got up and walked out with his dad.

Deng Yuming stretched out his hand and shouted from behind: "Why are you leaving in such a hurry!" He looked down at the dishes on the table, there were still a lot of dishes left, it was a pity to leave them like this, so he called Xiaoer to pack them so that he could take them back to his house An old dog eats it.

Coming out of Xingxiang Building, the three of them got into the carriage. In the carriage, Deng Yuming said: "Old Meng, I heard that your family Mengqing was hit by a carriage a while ago. It was originally said to be an accident. I heard from that person just now." It turned out to be murder. This is terrible, you guys have to go to the police."

Meng Zhen's eyes were deep and said: "I'm going to report to the officials, let Meng Qing go by himself."

After arriving home, he read in the study all afternoon. When the sun was about to set, Meng Qing and Wang Xinyu came back from Wang Xiucai's house.

After the family had dinner, Meng Zhen called Meng Qing to the study, and told him verbatim what he heard in Xingxianglou in the morning.

After Meng Qing heard this, his eyebrows could not be stretched.When he was taking statements at the county government on the second day of the Lunar New Year, he had doubts about why the carriage appeared just as they were passing by and hit them, and the driver was so drunk.

So many coincidences overlapped, but it turned out that someone had premeditated it.

He has been in business for many years, and he thinks that he hides his sharpness and rarely offends others. Whoever wants to murder him.

"Father, I want to report to the police."

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