Poor Family

  Chapter 65 Lushan Spring Club (Part 2)

  Li Yanqing rushed to the archery range, and saw that Wang Gui had finished archery, leaning against a big tree with a dejected face, and Tang Huai was shooting arrows in the archery range.

   "Old Gui, what's going on?"

Wang Gui muttered something, but Li Yanqing didn't hear it clearly. A villager next to him laughed and said, "This little official hit the blue circle with the first arrow and won five hundred coins, but the second arrow and the third If the arrows fly, the fourth arrow will not be able to pull the bow, and the five hundred coins will be lost in vain."

  Wang Gui said bitterly: "These two men are cheating, saying that it is a special bow for the army, but it is not at all."

Ruan Xiaowu, who was squatting beside him, had very long ears. Hearing Wang Gui's complaint, he quickly smiled and said, "This little official has to speak with his conscience. We didn't say it was a special eight-double bow for the army. The eight-dou bow and arrows are exclusively used by the army, and so many villagers around can testify that we, the Ruan brothers, have been in the world for many years, and we earned our reputation by relying on our reputation."

  Li Yanqing's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself: 'Could it be that they are the three brothers of the Ruan family in Liangshanpo? '

Li Yanqing knew that among the thirty-six members of the Songjiang uprising in history, there were indeed three heroes of the Ruan family, but they were not necessarily masters of water. These two people were most likely two of the three heroes of the Ruan family, so he asked with a smile: "Are you Xiao Ruan?" Two, Ruan Xiaowu? Or Ruan Xiaoqi?"

  Ruan Xiaowu pointed to his elder brother and said, "My brother introduced me just now. I am Ruan Xiaowu? He is Ruan Xiaoer."

   Speaking of this, Ruan Xiaowu was stunned for a moment, he looked at Li Yanqing in surprise, "How do you know there is Ruan Xiaoqi?"

  Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "I don't know, I just asked casually."

  Ruan Xiaowu was even more puzzled. When his brother introduced him just now, this little official hadn’t come yet. Now he not only knows his name and his brother’s name, but also Ruan Xiaoqi. Could it be that he has heard of Brother Ruan Jiasan? It’s almost the same on Jingdong East Road, but here is Hebei West Road!

At this moment, everyone hissed regretfully, Tang Huai's fifth arrow passed by the target, and almost hit the target, Tang Huai's expression was ugly, he shot five arrows, but failed to hit the target , the grades are not as good as Wang Gui's, and Wang Gui's energy is also coming, he is not the worst, and Lao Tang is at the bottom!

  Ruan Xiaoer picked up the last arrow and handed it to Tang Huai, "This is your last chance!"

  Tang Huai's arms were sore and weak, he couldn't draw the bowstring even after three times, so he had to put down the bow, "I'm dead!"

  He walked in front of Li Yanqing and Wang Gui, shook his head and said, "It's strange, I hit seven out of ten arrows at home, why can't I hit a single one here?"

  Wang Gui curled his lips, "I hit ten arrows out of ten at home! Who can brag."

   "I'm not bragging!"

   "Hey! You two."

  Ruan Xiaoer shouted: "If you want to **** the last arrow, I can make it clear. If you give up, I won't refund the money."

  Wang Gui pushed Li Yanqing, "Old Li, go shoot the last arrow, you are better than us."

Li Yanqing has also practiced archery in Wang Gui's home in recent years. Just as Hu Sheng said to him, he has a special talent for hitting rocks, which can be extended to archery. His literary archery at the boy's meeting has already demonstrated his archery. In just one month, his archery skills far surpassed those of Wang Gui and Tang Huai who had practiced for several years.

At this time, Li Yanqing suddenly saw a burly old man standing in the crowd, with white hair and beard, and strong arms. It was Master Zhou they met by the river that day. At that time, Li Yanqing suspected that he was the iron-armed Zhou Tong, but I don't know why he came to Xiaohe Township?

Seeing the old man squinting at him, Li Yanqing's eyes were extremely sharp, as if he could read people's hearts, a sense of bravery was ignited in his heart, and without delay, he stepped forward to pick up the bow and arrow, he looked at the archery target and the side frame. Hanging a piece of silver, he asked proudly: "So what if I shoot down the silver?"

  Ruan Xiaoer's eyes showed surprise, he took out another ingot of ten taels of silver, and said to Li Yanqing: "If you can shoot down the silver, I will double the lottery, twenty taels of silver."

  The surrounding villagers exclaimed, twenty taels of silver can buy ten acres of good land, everyone's eyes showed envy, and they only hated themselves why didn't they practice hard in the bow and arrow club? An opportunity to make a fortune was lost in vain.

  Li Yanqing smiled lightly, "Then it's a deal!"

  He stretched out his bow and put on an arrow. He drew the bow like a full moon, and when the string was loosened, the arrow shot out like lightning. He only heard 'pop! ’ With a sound, an arrow hit the silver ingot. The arrow was so powerful that the rope was torn, and the silver flew out together with the arrow.

   "Good arrow skills!"

The surrounding villagers suddenly burst into thunderous applause. The villagers had never seen such a brilliant arrow technique. They were so excited that they shouted loudly. , the sense of loss they felt just now was washed away by Li Yanqing's arrow.

Zhou Tong on the side also stroked his beard and nodded. This boy is not only good at swordsmanship, but also good at arrows. More importantly, he is very smart. He only said that he would shoot down the silver, but he didn't say that he would shoot the rope. The Eight Dou Bow, but it didn't say that the Eight Dou Bow was used exclusively for the army, and it was used so quickly.

The Ruan brothers looked at each other, both of them thought that the young man was going to shoot the rope, but they didn't expect that he shot the silver, and the silver was also shot down, Ruan Xiaoer suddenly became angry, he has been in the rivers and lakes for so many years, and he has never been hit by a trick , This time, he was tricked by a country brat. He is so useless. If Brother Song finds out, he doesn't know how to laugh at himself.

   Without waiting for him to speak, Li Yanqing asked with a smile: "The two elder brothers have been in the world for many years, didn't they earn their reputations?"

  Ruan Xiaowu blushed, as if he had been slapped across the face, Ruan Xiaoer had a gloomy face, a little embarrassed to get off the stage.

  At this time, Li Yanqing laughed, arched his hands and said: "The arrow just now doesn't count. We all understand that it was actually my opportunism. I should shoot the rope. Can the two brothers let me shoot another arrow?"

Ruan Xiaoer snorted heavily, and went down the steps Li Yanqing gave them. He picked up an arrow and handed it to Li Yanqing, "I also thought you were going to shoot the rope, so I bet you, since you also admitted that it was opportunistic , that arrow doesn’t count.”

Just as Wang Gui and Tang Huai were about to clamor, Li Yanqing turned around and stared at them fiercely, the two were speechless, Li Yanqing put on the arrow and said with a smile: "If you want me to shoot the rope, I really can't do it, but the archery target I practiced it!"

  He drew the bow again and shot the arrow. This arrow was as fast as a shooting star and hit the bull's-eye. The cheers rang out again, and even Zhou Tong couldn't help applauding.

  Ruan Xiaoer knew that he had met a master today. Not only did his arrow hit the target, but he could also hit the silver ingot with one arrow. Even they might not be able to do it.

And the other party has saved face for them, how could he not know, Ruan Xiaoer stepped forward to pick up ten taels of silver, handed it to Li Yanqing with a smile and said: "Since our brothers have made a bet, we admit the bet and admit defeat. Little officials are good at arrows." Fa, as expected of a young man born a hero, I wonder if Ruan Xiaoer can climb up to the top and make friends with the little official?"

  Li Yanqing clasped his fists and said with a smile: "I, Li Yanqing, have heard about the names of the three heroes of the Ruan family for a long time, but I didn't expect to meet in the Spring Club today. It is Li Yanqing's honor."

Ruan Xiaoer is also a bold person. He saw that although Li Yanqing is young, but he is very good at dealing with others and taking care of his own face, he laughed and said: "Okay! It is also our honor to meet Li Shaolang at the Spring Society , I invite Li Shaolang to drink a glass of water and wine."

  Li Yanqing pointed to the big shed in Li Wen Village and said with a smile: "You two elder brothers, why not go to the shed in our village, eat and drink to your heart's content!"

   "Since this is the case, it is better to obey orders than to be respectful. Let's pack up our things and come right away."

  Li Yanqing returned the ten taels of silver to them, but the two refused it desperately, saying that Li Yanqing's refusal to accept it would damage their reputation, so Li Yanqing had no choice but to accept it.

At this time, the sound of the bell was heard in the distance, and the spring club dinner bell rang. The climax of the spring club finally came. Let's have a drink together.

  Li Yanqing searched around, but Zhou Tong was nowhere to be seen. Feeling strange, he asked Wang Gui and Tang Huai, "Did you see the old man you met by the river last time?"

  Wang Gui and Tang Huai looked at each other in blank dismay, they only watched Li Yanqing shoot the arrow, they didn't pay attention to the old man.

   "Old Li, you must have misread it. It's true that the instructor Zhou is in the county. Why did he come to our place?" Wang Gui insisted that Li Yanqing was delusional.

  Li Yanqing searched around again, but still didn't see Zhou Tong, so he had to let it go. At this time, both Wang Gui and Tang Huai's grandfather sent people to look for them, and they went back to the shed.

  In the shed of Liwen Village, there was a lot of voices and laughter, and it was very lively. The two long rows of tables were full of villagers. Except for a few people who were out of town and had no time to get back, the whole village gathered together.

  At this time, Li Yanqing brought Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu to Baozheng Li Dayin and said with a smile: "These two are my friends, and I have all the money for their drinks on my head."

Although the Spring Club is the most lively and festive time of the year, there are also rules. Every household has to contribute money, with the head as the share. There will be subsidies so that everyone can have fun.

  Li Dayin chuckled, "Welcome to Li Wen Village, please sit down wherever you want!"

Although Li Yanqing's father is not around, there are quite a few people in the family. The loyal uncle and old couple, Jusao and her daughter, plus Xi Que and Li Yanqing himself, there are six people, and now including the Ruan brothers, there are eight people Yes, it occupies quite a large table.

But the Spring Club just wants to be lively, the more people the better, the women brought up bowls of cooked dishes, and a few young men also slapped open the mud seal of the wine jar, poured wine into everyone's bowls, Bao Zheng Li Dayin held it up Jiuwan smiled and said: "The new year's farming is about to start, everyone gets drunk and starts working tomorrow, come! Let's drink."

  The villagers cheered, raised their wine bowls high, drank heartily, and began to eat and drink.

  The Ruan brothers were in great spirits, chatting with Li Yanqing and Uncle Zhong while drinking in a big bowl, but Magpie pulled A Tao to sit beside her.

  The wine was half drunk, Ruan Xiaoer smiled and said: "To tell you the truth, my brother, we came to Lushan Town this time to find someone, an old brother we had lost for many years."

  Li Yanqing drank two sips of wine, said with a smile: "Tell me, folks in the big hometown, who are you looking for, maybe everyone knows."

  Ruan Xiaoer pondered for a while and said, "Do you know a man named Hu Cheng? He is about forty years old and looks very strong."

  【Piao Piao is a bit weak, and I beg everyone to fully support Lao Gao and write this book well】

  (end of this chapter)