Chapter 55: Disaster is coming?
The news of an accident at the pier attracted the attention of many people. The waiters in the teahouse nearby even threw their towels over their shoulders and listened attentively.
Liang Qu frowned and asked, "Uncle Chen Yi, something big happened? What big thing happened?"
"I don't know. It looks scary. A master in blue clothes comes to your door in person. He is wearing silk and satin! And there is one person kneeling at your door! Ah Shui, have you gotten into trouble?"
Before Liang Qu could react, Chen Qingjiang was the first to yell and spit at Chen Yi: "Bah, what kind of trouble can Ah Shui cause? Chen Yi, what nonsense are you talking about?"
"How should I know? But I saw the dress with my own eyes. It was so smooth and bluer than the sky. It looked expensive. How could an ordinary person afford it? I think one foot of cloth cost at least one tael of silver! One tael of silver!"
Chen Qingjiang was much better at fishing than Chen Yi, and he had two sons. Although they were from the same clan, Chen Yi was weaker in every way. After being scolded, Chen Yi lowered his voice but still remained stubborn. He raised a finger, turned it around for everyone to see, and used all the words in his life to describe the luxury of the visitor's clothes.
The surrounding fishermen were all in an uproar.
"One tael of silver, that piece of clothing would cost at least four or five taels, right?"
"Strange, what you are wearing is not clothes, it is clearly silver."
"Did Ah Shui offend some important person?"
Seeing this, Chen Qingjiang shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about? Who could Ah Shui have offended? Since he's kneeling, he might be here to apologize!"
Chen Yi was now bolder: "Ha, apologize to a master? Chen Qingjiang, are you crazy?"
"What are you yelling about? We'll know whether it's true or not if we go over and take a look." Liang Qu put down the oars and asked Uncle Chen to stay and watch the boat while he sold the catch.
"No, I have to go and see. If something happens, one more person will help."
"Alright." Liang Qu couldn't resist and turned to the fishing pole and shouted, "Song Bao, can you help me watch the boat?"
"Okay! Don't worry!"
Lin Songbao had been standing by the door watching the show. When he heard what was happening, he responded and came down, not panicking at all about the so-called disaster.
After last night's meal, he finally understood what his father meant by "great success".
Lin Songbao knows better than Chen Qingjiang how valuable Master Yang's disciples are. How could anyone in the two remote places of Pingyang Town, Yixing City, threaten Liang Qu?
Unless some imperial envoy suddenly goes crazy and wants to come to the Jianghuai wilderness to see the scenery, and Liang Qu also happens to go crazy and talks back at him, Yang Dongxiong might not be able to handle it.
Liang Qu jumped ashore and walked at the front, followed by Chen Qingjiang and Chen Yi. Behind them were many villagers who were watching the fun, some of whom were gloating, while others were worried.
Many people heard the noise and came out of their houses, asking what had happened, making the team even bigger.
A house on the street secretly opened a crack, and several eyes appeared in the gap. The tallest eye saw the crowd passing by and narrowed it slightly: "That kid, I really thought he would have a bright future after going to the martial arts hall, but in the end, I said he would cause trouble, and look, he has come to my door."
The second eye suddenly widened: "No, when did you say that?"
Liang Guangtian was dissatisfied: "I told you, but you don't remember. That kid made a lot of money, but even your uncle didn't come to see him. How can he be a good person? He doesn't understand the ways of the world. I told you that he would cause trouble. See."
"Then didn't we lend him food before? How could he still come to see you?"
"Then, how can they be the same? Can the borrowed grain be returned? You know nothing!" Liang Guangtian became angry and embarrassed, and his words were incoherent. He left after saying that women know nothing and stormed out.
"Boss, where are you going?"
"I'll go over and take a look. Don't let this kid make a big fuss and implicate me."
"Hey, wait, I'll go too."
"What are you doing? Aren't you going to make dinner?"
"You won't starve to death if you come back later, so why are you in such a hurry?" Xue Chengquan paced in front of Liang Qu's house, glancing at the shabby adobe house from time to time, and was shocked.
After becoming famous, many people tend to describe their past as extremely miserable.
Xue Chengquan thought that what the servant said was an exaggeration and was passed from person to person, but he didn't expect it to be so shabby and shabby.
Xue Chengquan did not look down on him. On the contrary, he did not dare to underestimate this little fisherman from Yixing City.
What is a fisherman? It’s a lowly job that is even worse than that of a farmer!
The lifelong dream of most fishermen is to save money to buy land and become a farmer!
At such a young age, he was able to go from being a commoner to being Yang Dongxiong's disciple. What will happen to him in the future?
If I make friends with you now, how can I repay you in the future?
Thinking of this, Xue Chengquan couldn't help but slap Xue Dingyi's head hard on the back, making a loud bang.
Rebellious son, rebellious son!
He's making enemies with me before we even have a good relationship with him. He's so good at dealing with people that he's been able to develop the family business to where it is today, but how could he create such a thing that bullies people not for money but just for fun?
Even his father thinks he is a beast!
Xue Dingyi knelt on the ground, his head tilted left and right from being hit, and he remained silent. His buttocks were now rotten and he was in excruciating pain.
The neighbors all secretly opened their doors to look in, and A-Di was no exception, but she did not dare to go out, for fear that her gaze would displease the important person.
Dense footsteps appeared on the bluestone street. Xue Chengquan looked up and saw the most eye-catching boy in the crowd. He praised him loudly, "What a handsome man! What a handsome man! As solemn as the wind under a pine tree, high and slow, no wonder he can become Master Yang's top disciple!"
Liang Qu was stunned. He felt inexplicably that he had heard these words somewhere before and forgot what he wanted to say.
However, he saw Xue Dingyi kneeling on the ground, still with a bruised face.
In the martial arts arena, he hit Xue Dingyi in the face with a stick, and the injury has not healed yet.
Fortunately, even in the blur, one can still see that Xue Chengquan and Xue Dingyi have similar faces, and one can roughly guess the identity of the man in front of him.
Xue Chengquan bowed and saluted: "I never thought that my good-for-nothing and rebellious son would do such an ugly and dirty thing. It's really my fault for not teaching him well. I came here today to ask Master Liang to teach him a lesson. No matter whether he is beaten or scolded, I will let him take it. Even if Master Liang wants to beat him to death, I will have no complaints!"
Xue Chengquan held a piece of bramble that he had taken out from somewhere and presented it to him with both hands.
The onlookers were in an uproar.
Chen Yi was even more confused. What was going on? Why was it completely different from what he had imagined?
The one kneeling on the ground is the son of the master in blue, but why is the master in blue so respectful to Liang Qu?
Liang Guangtian was stunned in the crowd and quickly asked others if he had missed something.
The bystander glanced at Liang Guangtian and said, "Liang Guangtian? Isn't Ah Shui your nephew? You don't even know him, and you come to ask me?"
Liang Guangtian looked embarrassed and said, "That boy is so heartless and has never interacted with my family. How can I, as his uncle, know about this?"
"Come on, Ah Shui took out a stone of rice to save Chen Qingjiang's family during the autumn tax period. Didn't you see it? Don't you know? I think you are the most heartless and ungrateful. Everyone knows your character. Even without the officials watching, you dared to mix rice bran into the grain tax. You have money to drink, but you don't have money to borrow grain."
"You! Why are you talking like that?"
Unexpectedly, the man no longer paid attention to Liang Guangtian and went to the front to watch the fun.
"Dad! Dad! Stop it, stop hitting me. I know I was wrong. I really know I was wrong."
Xue Dingyi's ghost, kneeling on the ground, was horrified. After beating him at home, he had to fight him outside?
He quickly moved his legs and hugged Xue Chengquan's thigh regardless of the pain in his wound. His butt was really going to rot. If he hadn't applied medicine and wrapped it with gauze this morning, it would still be bleeding, and he wouldn't have dared to touch the ground.
But Xue Chengquan remained unmoved. He bent down and waited for Liang Qu to reach out and take the bramble.
Xue Dingyi burst into tears and could only crawl and hug Liang Qu's thighs: "Brother Liang, Brother Liang, I beg you, I beg you, I really know I was wrong, I really know I was wrong, I will be your slave in the future, please forgive me this time, please forgive me this time, I really won't dare to do it again."
(End of this chapter)
