lying down

All the way west from Panshang Village is a town called "Zuoyun".There are six to seven hundred households in the town, and all kinds of businesses are prosperous in the town, including teahouses, restaurants, rice shops, pawn shops, brothels... everything is available.

Every episode of "Wu", every market day, medicine farmers, hawkers, and various craftsmen from all directions come in an endless stream, bustling and lively.

In a secluded place near the mountain in the east of the town, there is a blacksmith's shop called "Juxin", with a three-bay shop facing the street.The outside room is tall and bright, with three hot stoves, the fire is blazing every day, a few masters and a dozen apprentices are sweating like rain, and the sound of tinkling can be heard endlessly.

The second entrance courtyard is the living place, warehouse and dining room for everyone.

Beside a fire in the outside room, "Ah! Ah~~Ah!" Goro was swinging a huge hammer to build something, but the sudden sneeze almost made him dodge.

He hurriedly handed the hammer in his hand to the fourth senior brother who was watching him forging, rubbed his nose, and muttered to himself: "Mother, don't scold me, you can scold me when I work, so I won't let you sneeze and sneeze!" Waist, how can I give you a grandson in the future."

The fourth senior brother heard his muttering and wanted to laugh, kicked his ass, "Get out, there are children with wives and no mothers."

Goro pretended to be aggrieved, and his dark face was misunderstood: "Who doesn't know that I'm a bachelor? How can I have a wife?"

The fourth senior brother put down the hammer in his hand, and made a gesture to leave.

"Hey~ hey~ what are you doing, fourth brother?" Goro was puzzled.

"Go and tell my little junior sister that a certain person doesn't want a wife and is nicknamed 'Bachelor'!" the fourth senior brother said and walked out.

When Wu Lang heard this, he became anxious, and picked him up from the back of the fourth senior brother, walked to the door of the blacksmith shop and said, "You choose, drink or be thrown away by me!"

The fourth senior brother couldn't laugh or cry, the fifth senior brother, who is already in his thirties, is still playing like this, so he had no choice but to surrender, "Okay, I choose to drink, but I'm going to Xingchun Tower!"

Goro put the body of the fourth senior brother, and said with a smile: "No problem, but I'm going home today, and next time I drink it will be my wedding wine, haha~"

The old lady was discussing Wulang's matter with everyone in the house, when a rough and honest voice came through the door, "Mother, I'm back! Seventh brother, younger sister, I'm back!"

"But Goro?" Li Wang asked.

"Mother, it's me." As the voice approached, a burly man strode into the house.

Ouyang Yu raised his eyes and looked towards the door, what a man!

I saw that the person was more than five feet long, with a leopard's head and eyes around him, a swallow's jaw and a tiger's beard, and his voice was like a bell!The footsteps "kuang, kuang, kuang" walked in like smashing stones.What a reproduced version of Meng Zhang Fei.

This person is Goro Li Zhengshuo, who is thirty and three years old.

Before the people arrived, the voice came first, "Qilang, you did a good job! I heard about your deeds of fighting tigers in Zuoyun Town. When I mentioned that I was Qilang's brother in that Panshan Village, hey, don't mention that there are many people in that village. Enthusiasm!" There was a hint of pride in the voice.

When everyone stood up to greet him, Goro walked in like a gust of wind.When everyone sat down at the ceremony, the old lady scolded: "Your seventh brother got the plaque from the magistrate of the county, and there is also a reward of ten taels of silver. You don't need to bother!" The old lady pointed to the plaque at noon, and took it out of her arms. A buckskin was opened, and inside was an ingot of twelve taels of official silver.

Wulang stretched his head and saw that it was really ten taels of silver. A slap the size of a cattail fan slapped Qilang on the shoulder, "Hey! I haven't heard of this until now, maybe it hasn't been spread to the town yet. Seventh brother, Awesome! My brother is happy for you!"

As soon as the old lady saw Wulang, she fell into a heart attack, frowned, pointed at Wulang with one hand and said, "Let's not talk about your seventh brother, you hide yourself as a mother every day, so you should hide away? Last time you Do you like the third girl from your aunt's house? When you let mother watch you marry a daughter-in-law, mother will be relieved, and she will be able to go down to see Li's ancestors with peace of mind."

"Mother, look at what you said, don't be in a hurry about your son's marriage, the son knows it well..." Goro said with joy, but when he heard his mother start nagging him, he became bitter.

The old lady turned her ear to Wu Lang's side, and asked happily: "Wu Lang, my mother heard something in your words, but whose daughter did you like? Tell me quickly, so that my mother can be happy."

"Then what... yes, I like it, but..." Goro, a rough man, lowered his head and blushed.

The old lady saw his gruff look, and feigned anger and said: "You are such an adult, if there is anything you can't say, just say it, and make the decision for your mother!"

"It's the youngest daughter of the master's family. I have a little interest in her...she treats me." At the end of the sentence, the voice was inaudible.The whole family couldn't help laughing.

Hearing this, the old lady was overjoyed and said hastily: "Well, since the husband is in love with the concubine, I will ask the matchmaker to bring a gift to propose marriage tomorrow, so that you can make your wishes come true!"

Goro smiled wryly, and slowly talked about the twists and turns inside.

It turns out that Chu Tian, ​​Wulang's master, is a descendant of the great blacksmith of the former dynasty. Because of avoiding the war, he has lived in seclusion in Mengshan, near Zuoyun Town, dozens of miles away from Panshan Village. The loss of this skill made him want to recruit apprentices.So he traveled around the surrounding counties and found five apprentices to pass on the mantle.Among them, the senior brother Fu Sheng, the fourth senior brother Zhu Ran and Wu Lang have a very good relationship.Goro is the youngest, and has been studying with his master for ten years. He is very popular with his master, and he has passed on all his skills to him.

Goro stays by Master's side all year round, and has grown affection with Master's youngest daughter, Chu Xiang. Master sees this and intends to betroth this youngest daughter to him this year.Who ever thought that God's greatest hobby is to insert a stick horizontally to cause some twists and turns.I don't know where Liu Ziming, the son of the county magistrate, heard that Chu Xiangsheng was as beautiful as Diaochan, and he was also obsessed with her.At the beginning, he was able to compete fairly, but later he found that he couldn't impress Chu Xiang, and was instructed by the usual gangsters, so he threatened his father with official threats, but he didn't dare to go too far.

It's just that Chu Tian was so embarrassing to death, as the saying goes: the county magistrate who destroys the family, the Ling Yin who destroys the family.If the son of the county magistrate went back and begged his father Liu Yuanshan to intervene in this matter, it would be hard to say.If he made a wrong step, maybe even his beloved apprentice and even his family would be involved, that would be bad.

As a last resort, Chu Tian said a few days ago that if he wanted to marry his youngest daughter, Chu Xiang, he would set up a competition at noon on the first day of the lunar new year two months later.There is one essay topic and one martial arts topic in the arena, and it's time for civil and military engagement.This is also a helpless move, and Goro hurried back for this matter.

"How about Wenbi? How about Wubi?" Qilang asked eagerly.

"Wen Bi is a pair, but there are two people to help out. Wu Bi has to compete in archery in person. If one wins and one loses a draw, he can bring a craftsman for comparison. Master is a descendant of a master craftsman. This arrangement It's quite appropriate. In fact, the master's arrangement is already biased towards me, otherwise Wenbi would not be able to call for help." Wu Lang said helplessly. "I'm not afraid of archery. I haven't stopped practicing for ten years. But it's difficult for me to compete with craftsmen for a while!"

"My son, don't be embarrassed, isn't there a two-month appointment? Think about it for your mother, and let's come up with ideas together." The old lady had no choice but to comfort her.

"Mother, seeing that New Year's Day is here, I don't know if the second brother will come back. It's good that the second brother is here. I always see a lot of the world and can set the tone. If it doesn't work, I will borrow a horse and go to Bingzhou to find him." Shichiro said sadly.

When it came time for dinner, the whole family was thinking hard and had no interest in talking, so they all rested early.