Fisherman

After returning to the house, I asked the doctor to come over, and after changing the gauze and prescribing the medicine, Zhao Qian looked at the re-bandaged leg and breathed a sigh of relief. Brother Zhou's scratched leg was also the same one. There is also a scar, which he looks very distressed.

"Keep it well, don't move it and hurt your feet. It wasn't bandaged well before, and the bones are a little long. I'll come back for a follow-up visit in two days." The doctor picked up the medicine box and confessed a few words.

"Xiao He, see the doctor off."

After the person left, he sat by the bed and took Brother Zhou's hand. Seeing that the person on the bed had lost a lot of weight, he couldn't help feeling uncomfortable: "Does it hurt?"

Brother Zhou looked a little pale, but shook his head. Actually, it hurts, but after knowing Qiu Erlang's lies, he focused more on his lies. He sighed, if he was really deceived, What should be the consequences? Now that he can lie safely in a familiar place, he is already very content.

Seeing that the person didn't speak, Zhao Qian knew that he still had lingering fears, so she rubbed his hair and comforted him: "Don't worry, I will never let anyone who hurt you go away. I have already checked it out. If you send it away, I will definitely make him pay the price."

Brother Zhou moved his body, resting his chin on his shoulder, his voice was a little trance, he vaguely knew that he was kidnapped because of someone Zhao Qian offended in business, he didn't want to dwell on the past, he was afraid that when the time came Zhao Qian was also hurt: "Let him go about the past, now I just want to be with you and never be separated again."

"Okay." Zhao Qian stroked his thin back: "I will never leave you an inch from now on."

Brother Zhou laughed, "Where's Mu Yu?"

He was always thinking about the child in his heart, Zhao Qian raised his eyebrows, the two of them haven't been together for a while, and this is going to be a baby.

"I'll ask the nanny to bring the baby, you are here."

Brother Zhou nodded obediently.

"Daddy."

The little cub walked into the house in the arms of the nanny. As soon as he entered the door, he turned his head away and looked at Zhao Qian in a restless manner. During the days when he was learning to speak, Zhao Qian was by his side, and he would spit out a few words and screamed daddy.

The nanny said that if the child speaks early, he must be very smart in the future.

He walked over and picked up the cub that was longer than his calf, it was so soft that it made people feel soft in their hearts: "Look who's back?"

Mu Yu opened his mouth and didn't say anything, but the saliva flowed down his mouth and onto his arm first, he raised his hand to wipe his mouth that couldn't stop drooling, and said helplessly: "You child, where is there so much saliva? Keep."

The nanny smiled and said, "The young master has teeth, and he loves to drool at this age."

He lowered his head when he heard the words, pinched the little boy's mouth, and Mu Yu was forced to curl his mouth, revealing a few white teeth: "Daddy"

Zhao Qian let go of his hand, but the little boy buried his head on his arm. He was wondering what the little boy was doing, when suddenly his arm hurt, and he frowned: "You have learned to bite, haven't you?"

Brother Zhou couldn't move because of his leg injury, so he had to watch the father and son quarreling again. Zhao Qian carried the child to him, and he touched the child's soft face with a gentle expression. When he rolled down the mountain, he thought I can never see Mu Yu again.

After all, it's my dear father, although I haven't hugged him for three months, but after playing with him for a while, I became very affectionate, and the deep-rooted family affection should never be underestimated.

With bubbles in his mouth, Mu Yu giggled at Brother Zhou...

The four seasons change, and the time is like a white horse passing by.

two years later...

Zhao's house bought a new little maid into the house, about twelve or thirteen years old, with two ox horn braids, timidly followed Xiao He, and went to the room where the servants lived to get clothes.

Suddenly there was a sound of kicking in the quiet small courtyard, Xiao He was an old man in the house, she had always put on a prudent air, and at this time, she didn't care about her dignity in front of the newcomers, she shouted in panic, and left behind her inexplicable words. The little servant girl ran over quickly: "Young master, why are you climbing a tree again! Did you fall? It's such a tall tree!"

At this moment, a figure climbed up on the grass in the yard, grinning and patted his sore buttocks. Seeing Xiao He approaching, he looked up with a harmless face: "I just want to see the nest in the tree." Are the birds out?"

Xiao He took out a handkerchief and squatted down to wipe the face of the little cat, and said earnestly: "Young master, if you let the master know that you didn't listen to the master, and ran out to touch the bird's nest, then you should be beaten again."

Zhao Muyu rolled his eyes, stood up from the ground, put his hands behind his back in a dignified manner, and muttered something: "The reeds are green, the white dew is frost, the so-called Iraqi people are on the side of the water"

After reciting it, he pointed to the little maid who was cowering aside.

"Look, I can recite it!"

Hearing her young master reciting poems, Xiao He's expression was not very good: "Master, I'm afraid Master didn't teach you to recite this poem, did he?"

"Xiao He, you are really getting more and more verbose. If this continues, I will ask my father to arrange a family for you, and get married early!"

"Hmph, if I leave, let's see who will intercede for you and who will be scolded for you every time you are beaten." Xiao He said angrily.

Zhao Muyu frowned, a bit like Zhao Qian raised his eyebrows, but a tender face naturally couldn't compare with Zhao Qian's majesty, he lowered his voice and said in front of Xiao He: "You can't be in front of the beautiful young lady Save some face for me in front of me."

The little maid on one side was amused by him, she covered her mouth and snickered, but she didn't dare to laugh blatantly, her pretty face turned red.

"Okay, young master, I'll go to the room and change your clothes. Look, it's all covered with mud. When the master sees it, he should be scolded." Xiao He shook her head, but the young master didn't know who she followed. With his temperament, he pinched the corner of his clothes and patted the dust. It was impossible to pat off the stains on the branches and the mud on the ground.

"I can go by myself, what should you do?"

After saying that, he jumped to his room, and just happened to bump into Zhao Qian who looked majestic in the past, his heart skipped a beat, thinking something was wrong, he turned around and wanted to run, but was caught by the old father who came up in three steps one is right.

"Zhao Muyu, what are you doing today!"

"I just came back from my master. Of course I was writing and reciting poems." Being led by the collar, he couldn't run, so he had to admit it.

Zhao Qian raised her eyebrows: "Can you make yourself look like a mud monkey by reciting poems?"

Zhao Muyu curled his lips, without any quibbles, thinking that the master must have filed a complaint, and as expected, he received two slaps on his buttocks immediately, and he suddenly felt a burning pain, and hurriedly covered his own buttocks with his little hands, wailing and struggling. : "Daddy doesn't love me at all, he just hits me! I'm going to tell daddy."

Hearing this, Zhao Qian felt angry and annoyed. He always made mistakes and never corrected them. He also liked to move Brother Zhou out, but he was afraid that the child would make a fuss: "Your father is taking a nap, don't bother him!"

He let go of his hand and put the cub on the ground, Zhao Muyu became angry again as soon as his feet touched the ground, every time he moved out his daddy, the custodian daddy would stop the fire when he got angry again, this trick has been tried time and again.

Zhao Qian looked at the boy who was taller than the average child, and the older he grew, the more he looked like Brother Zhou. He knew that the tears hanging on the child's face were fake, but he still couldn't handle him.

"Okay, don't go to the house and change your clothes, hurry to the master's place, I won't see you there when I come back later, see if I want to beat you up."

"Oh." Zhao Muyu responded obediently, then watched his father walk out of the house, and when he disappeared, his heart jumped for joy, first he went to the house as he said, and after changing clothes, where did he go? Master, sneaked into Brother Zhou's room. Ever since Dad had a baby, he had to take a nap every day, and he slept for a long time. Listening to Dad's steady breathing, he closed it lightly. He opened the door, ignored Zhao Qian's words, and slipped out of the house quietly.

The bazaar that has been developed for several years now looks like a big county town. Zhao Muyu is familiar with strolling in the streets. There is no small street or alley that he has not strolled. He has a habit of going out, that is, he is determined not to go to the busiest Yongning Lane, that area belonged to the family, he went there three times, twice was caught by Zhao Qian on the spot, and once was arrested by the shopkeeper, all of which were not very good memories.

He likes to go to some small streets and alleys, where there are few people, and there are many children of the same age to sneak around and play together, not to mention how interesting it is.

"Hey, Young Master Zhao." The candied haws peddler just happened to go out, and when he saw the bouncing Young Master in Huayi, his face immediately burst into a smile.

"It's so early today." He greeted familiarly.

The peddler nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, look at the candied haws just made, do you want to buy a few bunches?"

Zhao Muyu was holding a stick of candied haws, filled with bright red candied haws, all of which were round hawthorns. He had eaten many candied haws, but this vendor had the best one. The soup was very sweet, and the hawthorns were also delicious Not particularly sour.

"I want it, as always, go to Yongning Lane to get the money, don't go to my father!" Zhao Muyu's eyes widened.

The peddler nodded understandingly: "Look for Wang Tian, ​​Boss Wang, right?"

"Yes, let's find Brother Wang Tian."

"Okay, take it slowly!"

The hawker sold out as soon as he went out on the street, and happily went to Yongning Alley.

Zhao Qian was walking from Yongning Lane at the moment. Liu Zhong was suppressed by merchants in the county town. After two years, he was exhausted. The tea shop in the market has been cleaned up now, and the shopkeeper returned the key to the shop. on his hand.

He weighed the key and said to the shopkeeper, "Say hello to Boss Liu for me."

The shopkeeper knew that the owner could not be good. In the past two years, the Wei family and the Zhao family were fighting each other to the death, and the rest of the merchants in the county were secretly suppressing them. The shops here were squeezed out by Zhao Qian, and there was no way to get rid of them, so they had to watch them close. The shopkeeper knew that he couldn't compete with these big merchants, so he just felt that it was a pity that the tea shop in the market was closed. After all, the money here was very profitable, and the market was developing rapidly, and the prosperity of the market was about to catch up with the county town. , the original small market has more than doubled in size.

As a small shopkeeper, he doesn't know what happened between these big businessmen.

Back then, Zhao Qian and Wei Zaichang talked for a long time. He kept Wei Shan from doing anything. He had only one request, that the Wei family take action to bring down Liu Zhong. It’s just a small property of the Liu family. The main business of the Liu family is still in the county seat. The market is far away from the county seat. When Liu Zhong wanted to frame Wei Shan, they did it not only to avenge him, but also to vent their anger on themselves.

In order to help the Wei family, he also contacted Zhuang Youcheng and the Liu family, and together they worked together to exclude the Liu family. He wanted to see with his own eyes the pain Liu Zhong felt when he lost the thing he cared about the most, and let him experience what he had experienced. everything.

After dealing with these things, he was about to go back. Brother Zhou was pregnant, and he wanted to be by his side all the time, so as not to miss the moment when Shaoyu needed him the most like when he went to the county town.

As he walked outside, he thought, it would be great if the second child was a girl or a brother. The son is too difficult to raise, with a dull temperament like Shao Yu, somehow he gave birth to a noisy and naughty cub like Zhao Muyu.

When he remembered that the first complete sentence Mu Yuhui said was that this sister is so beautiful, he couldn't get angry at all, and he didn't know who his temper was following!

Annoyed, when he passed by the barbecue shop and wanted to meet Wang Tian face to face, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a somewhat familiar figure, and he slowly approached.

"Boss Wang, Young Master Zhao also bought a whole bunch of candied haws on sticks today."

Wang Tian, ​​who was already a handsome young man, raised his eyebrows: "Bought so many again?"

"Yes!"

Wang Tian sighed helplessly, and handed over the money to the peddler. As soon as he left, he saw Zhao Qian with his hands behind his back and a pale face.

He smiled resentfully: "Master..."

"You're used to it. I came out on my front foot, and this brat ran out in the back street."

"Children are young, it's natural to love to play, and Mu Yu is born smart, how can he stay at home, master, calm down."

Zhao Qian waved his hand: "Come on, I'll look for him in the alley."

Zhao Muyu, who had no idea that he was going to be caught, was running around in the alley with candied haws on his shoulders. After a while, a group of children ran out from every house. He was handing out candied haws one by one, and met a pretty little girl , The little brother gave two strings, which can be said to be very caring for the weak.

After a while, the candied haws on a stick were all distributed, and in the end I didn't have one left.

"Master Zhao, I have two here, let me share one with you." The little girl who spoke was watery.

Zhao Muyu showed her small tiger teeth: "No, you can keep it for yourself, I don't like it, sticky teeth."

With candied haws, everyone happily chased and played around in the alley. Zhao Muyu inherited the genes of Zhao Qian and Brother Zhou's height, and his legs were longer than other children. Sahuan was the fastest runner, but often he didn't. He ran up heartlessly and bumped into someone.

The person who was bumped was wearing a bamboo hat and was short in stature. He slammed into him so violently, staggered, and the bamboo hat on his head fell to the ground. Zhao Muyu knew that he had caused trouble, so he quickly picked up the bamboo hat, respectfully Handed it back to the owner, and apologized weakly: "Sorry, I bumped into you."

He raised his head, blinked his eyes and pretended to be pitiful as usual, and most people would not care about him as a child, but today he forgot to pretend to be pitiful, because when he looked up, the person who was hit also looked at him , looking at each other, he let out a scream and almost blurted out, why are you so ugly!

But he hastily stopped the words: "You, your bamboo hat."

"Who told you to overturn my bamboo hat? You're as disgusting as your father!"

The man said in a low voice, then covered Mu Yu's mouth, put him under his arm, and hurried out of the alley.

Zhao Muyu considered himself a little demon king, but he didn't expect that one day, besides his old father, someone could hold him like this. He was full of resentment, feeling that his self-esteem had been hurt, and he bit the hand that controlled his mouth.

The man obviously didn't expect the child to be so wild, so he threw him away from the pain in his hand, and Mu Yu fell to the ground, without caring to catch his breath, he yelled: "Help! Help! There's a bastard here who wants to catch me!"

The children who were playing wildly stopped when they heard his shout, calling for their parents. Suddenly, many adults appeared in the alley. Seeing that the situation was not good, the person who caught Mu Yu wanted to drag him away. He followed Mu Yu to walk, but Mu Yu ran away, took out the slingshot at his waist, and slammed it at that person.

"I still want to catch me! Let you try how powerful the slingshot my father gave me!"

The man was hit by the stones shot by the slingshot and ran away, turning around and trying to run, but was held down by Zhao Qian who was looking for the child.

Seeing that the bad guy was subdued, Zhao Muyu jumped happily and rushed to Zhao Qian.

"Run out again, see if I don't beat you later!"

"Hmph! This bastard almost captured me. If I am captured, there will be no one for you to beat up in the future."

Zhao Qian was annoyed, but even more puzzled who dared to touch his little boy in the market.

"Who are you! You are too courageous!" Zhao Qian clasped the man's hand and pulled his hair, forcing him to raise his head. When he saw the face clearly, his eyes darkened.

"Qiu Erlang!"

"You really don't want to die!" Zhao Qian gritted his teeth, "Did you really think I was afraid of you when I let you go?"

Qiu Erlang's face was ferocious: "I want to see Brother Zhou!"

"See him?" Zhao Qian suddenly laughed, "Are you worthy?"

He didn't want to hit someone in front of the child, so he just kicked him twice, then he winked behind him, and two Lianjiazi came up to pick up Qiu Erlang.

"This person wants to abduct and sell children, so go and hand them over to the government!" He patted the dust off his hands. The person he handed over with his own hands may never get out in this life.

He happened to settle Liu Zhong's sub-shop in Yongning Lane, but he didn't expect another thorn in his heart to be pulled out, and he couldn't help but feel a lot more relaxed.

Seeing that the bad guys were brought to justice, the children in the alley slapped their hands. Seeing this, Zhao Muyu sneaked into the crowd and ran away. Unexpectedly, he was caught under his arm again after a while.

"You brat still wants to run away! If I didn't see the peddler going to ask Wang Tian for money again today, I would have found out, otherwise let's see who will save you today!"

"Daddy, it's alright if I'm wrong! Let me down!"

"Your two running legs will have to be tied up sooner or later!"

Zhao Muyu knew that he was doomed today, so he simply kept his mouth shut.

When he returned to the house, he was not only greeted by his father, but also Xiao He and his wife, so he was dragged in like that.

He sneaked out and was beaten again, and Xiao He was also scolded. He still felt a little bit sorry, so in order to make his annoying old father suffer, he had an idea.

"Father, I want to sleep with you tonight." After dinner, while the old father was not in the room, he took Father's arm and shook it over and over again.

Brother Zhou frowned: "How old are you, and you still want to sleep with Dad."

"It's windy outside, there will definitely be thunder and rain at night, I'm afraid to fall asleep alone~"

"When you bullied the master and contradicted your father, you were quite courageous."

Zhao Muyu conceded defeat, and still pestered: "Can it be the same!"

"And I want to sleep with the baby too."

"Really?" Brother Zhou asked.

Zhao Muyu was serious: "Of course! Could it be that daddy won't love me after having a baby?"

Brother Zhou shook his head helplessly: "Okay, I'll sleep with Dad tonight."

Seeing that he let go, Zhao Muyu was secretly delighted, and asked cautiously, "Where does daddy sleep?"

"Daddy sleeps in the guest room."

He almost jumped up, and hurriedly said: "I'll go out and wash right now."

When Zhao Qian entered the room, she had a heart-warming smile on her face. After a busy day, the daughter-in-law was warming up on the kang, and there was no annoying kid. It was the most comfortable moment.

He took off his coat and hung it on the hanger: "Shaoyu, why don't you go to bed?"

"Brother Zhao..." Before Brother Zhou could say anything, Zhao Qian had already arrived at the edge of the bed, and was about to get into bed with the quilt lifted, and a baby was already wrapped in the quilt.

Zhao Qian's eyes widened: "If you don't go back to your room, what are you doing here?"

Zhao Muyu rolled his big black eyes, and said proudly: "It was Dad who let me sleep here."

Zhao Qian turned back to look at Brother Zhou who was beside him.

"Just let him sleep here for the night."

"What are you doing sleeping here?" Zhao Qian was dissatisfied, she reached into the bed to grab Mu Yu out, but Zhao Muyu rolled to the other side of the bed, wrapped in the quilt, unable to survive.

"You child, you are getting more and more outrageous! You still want to be beaten today, don't you?"

"Daddy, look, Daddy wants to beat me up again!"

Brother Zhou sighed, and took Zhao Qian's hand: "Okay, Brother Zhao, let Mu Yu sleep here."

"How can this bed sleep three people?"

"Go to the guest room and sleep."

Zhao Qian pointed to her nose: "I still have to go to the guest room?"

I'm really having a hard time!

Brother Zhou pulled him and walked outside: "Why are you angry with the child?"

Zhao Qian cursed and was pushed to the door. He squeezed Brother Zhou's hand, wrapped his arms around his shoulders, and kissed him lightly on the forehead.

"Then I'm going."

"it is good."

At this moment, the little boy pouted on the bed and poked his head out to look at Zhao Qian.

Zhao Qian secretly gritted her teeth: Wait with me!

After seeing him leave, Zhao Muyu said cheerfully: "Father, come quickly!"

After a night of fun, he couldn't laugh the next morning.

After lying in bed for a while, after Dad cleaned him up, he went to study as usual. When he arrived at the room taught by the master, he suddenly found that there was no one in there today, and there was another person with a white beard like the master.

"Zhao Muyu, today is half an hour late!"

"Come on, let me introduce you, this is the new master."

Sitting on a small chair, he exclaimed, "What master! Don't you already have one!"

"Disrespectful! How did you talk!"

Zhao Muyu still got up from the bench, and respectfully saluted the new Master: "Hello, Master."

"Well, not bad."

The old master said: "This is also my former wife, Mr. Zhao, who invites you to teach you now. It can be said that he has given you great expectations, so the young master must not disappoint Mr. Zhao's intentions, and stay in the house to study in the future." Poetry and prose, you will get fame in the future, and you will honor your ancestors."

Zhao Muyu almost fell asleep after listening to this set of rhetoric, he knew that his old father must be deliberately trying to get along with him, and now it's really miserable.

The grievances and resentments between the father and son had been accumulated early on. Back then, Zhao Qian threatened to find more wives, and the two were just the beginning.

Zhao Muyu was guarded by two old-fashioned wives, and it was silent for half a month, but half a month later, Wang Tian was going to get engaged, which was a happy event in the family, and Zhao Qian specially allowed him not to study for a day.

He cheerfully ran to join in the excitement of Wang Tian.

Wang Tian is already 15 years old. Although he is not that old in Zhao Qian's eyes, Wang Tian grows faster, is taller, and his face is not as childish as his age. next marriage.

Zhao Qian thought that people in ancient times got married relatively early, and he couldn't use his set of ideas to restrain his apprentices. It's a good thing to meet a girl he likes and settle things down early, so he checked the auspicious dates with Brother Zhou and decided next day.

The girl Wang Tian fell in love with was the only daughter of a family that had recently moved to the market. Her father was a scholar. Although her family background was average, she was considered a scholarly family. The girl was taught by her father since she was a child, and she was deeply influenced Temperament is very gentle, conversation is extraordinary.

After Zhao Qian and Brother Zhou met, they were quite satisfied.

Not only were they satisfied, but Zhao Muyu also opened his mouth wide when he saw it, and tugged at Wang Tian's sleeve: "Brother Wang Tian, ​​you have a good eye! My sister-in-law is so pretty."

Wang Tian blushed: "Shut up, calm down today, or I will punish you!"

Zhao Muyu was a little hurt, thinking that brother Wang Tian was always obedient to her in the past, but now that she has a sister-in-law, she forgets about him.

He was crying, wanting to go to Zhou Ge'er's place to find a sense of existence, just happened to walk over, Zhou Ge'er, who was originally fine, suddenly covered his stomach, and his face wrinkled into a ball.

"Father, what's the matter with you!" He hadn't passed yet, but Zhao Qian was the first to carry him out of the hall, and shouted while running, "Please doctor!"

"Brother Zhao, maybe it's about to give birth!"

"Oh! Call, invite the midwife, hurry up!"

Zhao Muyu was stuck in place, and everyone was in a mess. He suddenly realized seriously that he was about to fall out of favor!

Dad and Dad have a baby, and Brother Wang Tian has a sister-in-law, so what should he do!