Chapter 5: Brave ()

This is not the first time Zhang Xiaohua has come to this Lu Town market. After all, it is the most lively time every year and the most lively place in a radius of dozens of miles. He has been here every year since I can remember it. But when he came before, he remembered the sugar people, pastries and food. Without other content, he never thought that crowding, or that shuttles through the crowding was a game that made him fun when he was young. This time, when he stood at the north entrance of the street, looking at the crowded crowd, and looking at the street selling various shipments, things, food shops, and stalls, Zhang Xiaohua only wished he had a few more eyes.

Zhang Cai and his family followed the crowds and walked slowly deep into the street from the north entrance. Every time they walked past a shop, they would squeeze in and take a look. Whether it was the silk, antiques, or even a pharmacy, they stopped for a while. The three of Zhang Xiaohua and his brothers were not only looking at the things they were selling, but also paying attention to the crowd around them. When did they see so many people in the small mountain village on weekdays, especially the beautifully dressed and gorgeous girls, which attracted the attention of the young man. It’s a pity that the three of them looked ordinary and dressed simply, and they looked like people living in the mountain village.

The girls' eyes slipped past them, far from staring at people like them. Occasionally, some girls felt their scorching gazes, so they naturally left shyly, and some looked at them in reverse, which made the three of them blush and unnatural. Zhang Xiaohua only saw more fresh than childhood, and the brothers Zhang Xiaolong and Zhang Xiaohu looked more about the future. Perhaps they wanted to meet a girl they met and find their own happiness, but seeing that most girls didn't pay much attention to their eyes, they didn't know what the little brothers thought.

There is a large storefront in the center of the street, with a sign "Qian Family Fabric". When Zhang Cai saw it, his eyes lit up and greeted the three Zhang Xiaolong brothers, and walked in first. A friend stood at the door of the shop. When he saw Zhang Cai coming in, he quickly met him and greeted him: "Customer, please come in, what do you want to see?" He didn't seem to pay attention to Zhang Cai's crampage and his not brand new clothes.

After Zhang Cai walked into the fabric store, he did not go directly to the counter, but stood beside the door, looking at the many male and female customers and running men in the store, not knowing how to do this. He came to his senses when he heard the greeting of the guy and said embarrassedly: "This, pull some clothes for the children, and buy a piece of cloth for the children's mother." While speaking, the three Zhang Xiaolong brothers and three others also came in. After all, they rarely entered such a big shop. It was fine to take a look just now, but now they want to buy things by themselves, but they don't know how to speak, and they all shrank a little. The guy disregarded his strangeness and still gave them a smile, saying to them: "Then please come here to see if there is any suitable fabric."

As he said that, he took them to a corner of the counter and showed them the fabric placed on it. There were obviously fewer people in this corner of the counter. Two groups of people came first, one was two young girls, who were looking down and picking colors, the other was a family of three, with children, and they also picked up the fabric. Someone was packing them. Except for this corner of the counter, all the colorful bright silk and other good fabrics were placed, and there were also many brightly dressed people commenting and picking around. It seemed that the shop’s shop also had good training and knew the needs of customers. After looking at the clothes of Zhang Cai’s family, they knew that what they needed was durable, rather than fancy surfaces.

Although the guy was already very considerate and brought Zhang Cai and the others to the right place, Zhang Cai was still embarrassed because in the past, when he came to such places to buy cloth, he always had the children's mother's decision. Zhang Cai didn't worry about what to buy or what color he bought. This time, because of his grandmother who was with his children at home, Zhang Cai came to buy cloth. Zhang Cai didn't think so much. When he arrived at the store, he didn't know what to buy. Looking at the guy's ugly face, Zhang Xiaolong was quick to tell, and quickly walked up and said to the guy: "Let's take a look first, and you can greet other guests first."

After the guy walked away, Zhang Cai couldn't help but regretfully said: "Look at my brain, I didn't ask your mother what kind of cloth to buy when I left. Now, we guys are going back empty-handed."

It was a coincidence that the two girls who were just picking the fabric were a little taller. They walked behind Zhang Xiaolong, picked up a piece of navy blue fabric on the counter, and heard Zhang Cai's words, and walked back to his companion, looking at Zhang Xiaolong again, as if he had discussed it, then walked over and said to Zhang Cai:

"Uncle, let me discuss something with you."

Zhang Cai said puzzledly: "What's the matter? Girl?"

The tall girl said, "Uncle, I was about to pick a piece of clothing for my brother, but he didn't come. I think it's similar to this elder brother. I wonder if I can ask him to help me try it? I heard you have no fabrics and no one to refer to. In return, my sister and I will give you some references."

Zhang Cai was overjoyed and said, "It's great, very good."

So Zhang Xiaolong acted as a clothes rack and helped the two girls try several clothes, so he bought them satisfactory. Zhang Cai's wish was better satisfied. The fabrics and colors the two girls chose for them made Zhang Cai's family very satisfied. Even the shop's shop felt that the girl had a good vision. The only thing that made Zhang Xiaolong dissatisfied was that when the guy helped them wrap the fabric, the two girls had gone away and had not found their names.

Zhang Xiaolong was depressed and followed Zhang Cai forward. When he was about to look at the farm tools in the roadside shop, he suddenly heard a sound of gongs and drums. When Zhang Xiaohua heard it, she said excitedly:

"Dad, hurry up, the show is about to begin, let's go and watch the show first."

Just as Zhang Xiaohua called Zhang Cai, the crowd at the market also heard the sound of gongs and everyone rushed over. Zhang Cai quickly greeted Xiaolong and Xiaohu and walked over quickly with the crowd.

There is a custom in Lu Town’s New Year. A large stage will be placed in a corner of the market. Every day there will be a troupe performing on it until the end of the market. This is also a highlight of the New Year for farmers who have no entertainment. No wonder Xiaohua is so happy.

When Zhang Cai's family arrived at the stage, the drama on the stage had already begun. There were already people on the inside and outside. Fortunately, the stage was high enough, and the people in front did not block their sight. Although there were many people watching the show, they all held their breath and listened carefully, not like the noisy and noisy he had when he was in the store just now.

The stage was a popular story among the people. Everyone watched with relish, and Zhang Xiaolong gradually forgot the regret he had just now.

Just as everyone was watching the fun, a noisy sound suddenly appeared on the other side of the stage, and it became louder and louder, but there were many people separated and they could not hear it. However, Zhang Xiaohua could hear that a girl was very familiar with her voice. Could it be someone she knew in her village? There was a tree not far away from her. Zhang Xiaohua climbed up and saw it. Oops, she really knew her. He said to Zhang Xiaolong loudly: "Brother, it's the sister who picked our clothes just now! She's in trouble."

When Zhang Xiaolong heard this, he didn't bother to tell Zhang Cai. He quickly pushed away the people next to him, squeezed away the crowd, and walked towards the other side of the stage. Zhang Cai quickly pulled Zhang Xiaohu, shouting Zhang Xiaohua who came down from the tree, and following behind.

When Zhang Xiaolong tried his best to squeeze through the crowd and came to the other side of the stage, everything in front of him couldn't help but make his blood surge.

The stage was built against a high wall. At this time, under the high wall were two lonely little women, holding each other, their faces red, and there were two small packages thrown around them, some clothes scattered from it, probably the clothes I bought in the cloth shop just now. There were two short and fat men with folding fans standing in front of them, with bright clothes. They were muttering, and touching the two girls while forcing them to flash under the high wall.

.Around the two fat men, there were seven or eight tall servants wearing thick cloth clothes, separated the crowd of people watching the show. A few of these vicious servants looked at their son's ugly behavior with a smile, and a few turned back to stare at the crowd watching the show, giving threatening eyes from time to time to prevent anyone from breaking in. Although some people wanted to help the two bullied village girls, they were all frightened by the formation of these evil servants and could only look over there with unwilling eyes.

After Zhang Xiaolong rushed over, he saw these formations and was thinking about how to deal with them, but he saw the tall village girl looking at this side with pitiful help. Although he didn't look at him, he couldn't help but rush forward regardless. At this time, Zhang Xiaolong was pulled by the people behind him. When he looked back, it was his family who followed him, and Zhang grabbed his arm. Zhang Xiaolong became anxious and said, "Dad..."

Zhang Cai whispered: "Xiaolong, don't be impulsive, we can't beat them."

Zhang Xiaolong said: "But if we don't help, those two girls will be bullied."

Zhang Xiaohua also said: "Yes, dad, that sister helped us just now."

Zhang Cai said: "Of course you can help, but you can't help, but you can't help yourself. Look at the person wearing black clothes and holding a big knife."

The three brothers of the Zhang family followed their father's gaze. Sure enough, there was a big man in black uniform standing on the side of the servants. He held a big knife in his left hand, crossed his hands in front of his chest, leaning against a tree, squinting his eyes, as if he was asleep. It seemed that he was the two hooligan bodyguards.

It seems that many people dare not come forward, and a large part of the reason is the knife in the hands of this bodyguard.

What should I do? Zhang Xiaolong was a little anxious.

Just as Zhang Xiaolong was hesitating, the situation on the high wall became even worse. The two short and fat young men had already pulled the two village girls away and were dragging them hard to the alley at the corner of the high wall. Zhang Xiaolong could no longer help him. He shook Zhang Cai's hand and ran over quickly. The evil servants also thought that the crowd next to him had been scared by them. Seeing that the "good show" was about to start, they all moved closer to the alley. They didn't expect anyone to rush over at this time. Zhang Xiaolong rushed to the next two village girls, first reached out and grabbed the arms of the two girls and pulled them to him. How could the two short and fat young men compare with him who worked in the fields all day long? He was pulled over by him at once. Taking advantage of their stunned kung fu, Zhang Xiaolong said loudly:

"What are you going to do?"

The two short and fat young men looked very angry when they saw the prey they had taken away by someone. Their eyes were in opposition. One of them, who was wearing orange clothes, said: "What are we not doing. Who are you? What are you going to do?"

Zhang Xiaolong was stunned for a moment and then said, "I am their cousin, why do you want to pull them? Be careful that we will sue the official."

Another man in black clothes said, "Say the official, okay, let's go together. In Lu Town, you master, I am the official. Your cousin just stepped on my shoes. I want her to compensate me for my shoes. I want to see if the official is looking at you or me."

At this time, Zhang Cai and the others rushed over. Zhang Cai quickly bowed to the two of them and said with a smile: "Two uncles to relieve the fire. I, two girls, are ignorant. You see, you stepped on your shoes and we will compensate. Today is a good day to go to the market. You are a lot of people, raise your hand and you will get good rewards this year."

The man in orange clothes smiled and said, "It's okay, you old man is tactful. Just me, I'll do it. I'll pay for my shoes."

Zhang Cai was shocked and said carefully: "Then how much copper coins should I accompany you?"

The man in the orange clothes stretched out a slap. Zhang Cai breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It turned out to be five cents, I'll give it to you now."

Zhang Cai took out five copper coins from his arms and handed them over. The man in the orange clothes couldn't see the five copper coins that were stretched in front of him. He slapped them on the ground and said viciously: "You country bumpkin, do you think it's the straw sandals you are wearing. My shoes are worth five copper coins. You can hear it clearly, five taels of silver!"

Zhang Cai was so sad that he immediately laughed and said, "Master, you are joking. My family's annual rations are only three taels of silver. Are your shoes worth so much?"

The man in black said, "Are you young man doubting our integrity?"

At this time, the village girl behind Zhang Xiaolong had recovered and poked her head out from behind Zhang Xiaolong and said, "Uncle, they wronged us, we didn't step on them at all. We just watched the show and were surrounded by them before we even arrived."

Zhang Xiaolong also said angrily: "Dad, they are obviously blackmailing us. Let's take this girl to the government to sue them as soon as possible."

The man in black laughed and said loudly: "You guys, you guys, have never seen anything that you have never seen before, don't even recognize you, Mr. Zhao, so why do you still tell me if you sue the official? Young people, come and tell them what an official is."

Mr. Zhao waved his hand and the servant who was standing beside him watching the fun immediately rushed around. Zhang Cai saw that something was wrong and said to Zhang Xiaohua: "You find an opportunity with these two girls to run out, and we will protect you." After that, he brought Zhang Xiaolong and Zhang Xiaohu to fight with the servants who were surrounding him, and Zhang Xiaohua also pulled the two girls to run into the crowd watching the show.

Zhang Cai, Zhang Xiaolong and Zhang Xiaohu, although they are strong laborers in the countryside, have some strength, one-on-one, but the heroes cannot resist the number of people. After a few rounds, they were overturned to the ground by a few evil servants. The fists and feet of the servants were hit like raindrops. Seeing the three of them, they were injured on their faces. Zhang Xiaohua and two village girls were clever at the beginning. They avoided a few servants and were about to rush into the crowd, but unexpectedly they were blocked by the bodyguard in front of them. After several twists, they could not escape the bodyguard's figure. The bodyguard did not take action, just blocking it.

They walked forward, waiting for a servant to chase after him, and then stood aside, watching Zhang Xiaohua and two village girls being blocked back to Zhang Cai and others. Zhang Xiaohua saw her father and brother being beaten to the ground, and rushed to save the person, but was kicked on her chest and fell on the ground with a back, covered in mud. She was about to struggle to sit up, and two servants came over and pressed against the wall, slapped a few times, and blood flowed out from the corner of her mouth. Seeing that Zhang Xiaohua was still young, the two servants stopped doing anything, but just held his body to prevent him from moving.
Chapter completed!