Chapter 2 of the novel "The Blacksmith's Overnight Stay (Revised Edition)".

In the middle of the south fence, there is a fence gate, which is woven with wattles, which has been eroded by the wind and rain, and has been loosened, and it does not look very strong, but it is just pretending to be there. Diagonally opposite the gate of the fence is the gate of the old woman's house, about a hundred steps away.

Zhang opened the gate of the fence and pushed the wheelbarrow into the yard. He put down the car, pushed open the door, and found that the house was safe with doors and windows. It's just that there is a mess of firewood and grass and a pile of wheat straw that has been rolled by stones. He thought to himself, this pile of soft wheat straw is just right to put on the bed to sleep. Zhang Jiuzi was very satisfied with this garden house, so he started to clean it up.

Let's say that the old woman and the young woman's family were also a wealthy family in the village. However, both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have bad lives, both lost their husbands, became widows, and now depend on each other.

The old woman's husband's name was Niu Deli, and he was a merchant of mountain goods. Niu Deli followed his father to sell mountain goods in the county since he was a child and learned some experience. After his father died, he didn't expect Niu Deli's business to get better and better, and he made a little money. Niu Deli has a brother named Bu Shiren, who sees that the mountain goods are very profitable, so he proposes to follow the school to do business. Niu Deli is a kind and honest person, so he agreed. Bu Shiren first followed Niu Deli to learn to do business, and later the two of them partnered to start a business selling mountain goods. They collected the mountain goods from the villagers, transported them to the county town with a mule team to sell, and then bought back some agricultural tools and daily necessities commonly used by rural people, and then sold them to the shops in the village. In this way, as soon as you go out and you go in, you will earn some money.

They have been doing business together for more than ten years, both of them have made a lot of money, and the Niu family and the Bu family have built a large house in the courtyard, and in this way, these two families have become solid families in the village. Unexpectedly, one year, Niu Deli and Bu Shiren were on their way back to their hometowns, and they encountered a heavy rainstorm that had not been encountered in the stone castle for a hundred years, according to Bu Shiren, when the two of them crossed the river, Niu Deli stepped on the empty feet, fell into the torrent whirlpool, and was washed away by the flood.

After Niu Deli was swept away by the flood, Bu Shiren settled the money they earned from their partnership and gave the Niu family fifty taels of silver. Whether this is more or less is not clear. Although the people in the village have some irresponsible remarks on this matter, they have no evidence, and the Niu family is orphaned and widowed, so they have no way to care. In this way, Niu Deli's daughter-in-law took a five- or six-year-old son, Niu Jifa, and lived on some of her previous savings. Since then, the Niu family has been getting worse every year, but the Bu Shiren family has suddenly become rich. Later, Niu Jifa grew up and teamed up with Bu Shiren's eldest son Bu Dagui to do business, and the family situation improved again.

said that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Niu family came into the courtyard, and the old woman immediately closed the door. The young woman saw her son and daughter playing in the courtyard, clamoring that she was hungry and wanted to eat. So the young woman hurried into the dining room with the firewood and grass and began to cook. When she was done, the young woman said to her mother-in-law, "Mother, it is not easy for that strong man to come to our door by rail, I am afraid that there is not much to eat and drink, so I will send him some water and food." When the old woman heard what her daughter-in-law said, she remembered that it was not easy for her husband and later her son to trade in mountain goods, so she nodded her head in agreement, and said, "Go and come back quickly." ”

The young woman went out of the gate, took a big stride, and came to the fence gate of the garden house in a hurry. No, the strong man Zhang Boxzi is scrubbing his upper body with cold water at the door of the garden house. The muscles on his chest and arms, pimple after pimple, bronzed and shiny, let the young woman see it right by the moonlight.

Zhang Jiuzi twisted a handful of cloth towels to wipe his body, and when he looked up, he suddenly saw a woman standing at the door of the fence, and immediately flashed into the house, and asked, "Who is standing at the door?" Answer: "It's me, my mother-in-law asked me to bring you water and food." The young woman of the Niu family suddenly felt a "boom" on her face, and her mature woman's cheeks burned red as if they were on fire. The young woman's heart was suddenly excited, and her chest was like a fierce horse galloping, and the "sound of horses' hooves" was about to rush out of her throat. She hurriedly put the rice at the door of the fence, and said to the strong man's question: "I will put the rice at the door of the fence for you, you can get it yourself later." When the young woman had finished speaking, she quickly turned and returned.

From the garden house to the gate of her house, the distance of one hundred and ten steps, the young woman of the Niu family felt that the road was so long. She felt her presence like a frustrated person, and she forgot how long she had walked to get to the gate. When she entered the gate, she immediately turned around and closed the door tightly, and then she gathered her hair, touched her fleshy face, felt less hot, and then walked into the hall.

Mother-in-law and children are having dinner. When the mother-in-law saw that her daughter-in-law was a little strange, she said, "You're back so soon?" The daughter-in-law said, "I have put the rice at the gate of the fence, and he is... I asked him to come out and get it himself. The daughter-in-law didn't say the words, and the mother-in-law quickly swept the daughter-in-law from the corner of her eyes and said, "It's not early, let's eat quickly." ”

Let's say that Zhang Boxzi wiped his body a few times in a panic, put on a coarse cloth coat as fast as he could, threw the long braid on his head back, and went to the gate of the fence to retrieve the food. When the meal was over, he was so tired that he fell asleep on the wheat shop.

Zhang was in a daze, feeling that he was still pushing a wheelbarrow over the mountains and mountains, crossing bridges and rivers, and constantly moving forward. When he came to a black pine forest, he was suddenly chased by someone who wanted to rob him of his blacksmith's stove. This blacksmith's stove is the foundation of Zhang Box's life, how can he lose it, so he pushed the cart and ran away, no matter how he ran, the people who chased him still followed him closely. As he was running, a river crossed in front of him, but he saw that the river was surging, the mud and sand were rolling, and the stone bridge on the water was looming, and it was about to be submerged by the river. As soon as he reached the middle of the river, his pursuers caught up, and the man threw out his long braids, and at once hooked Zhang Box's neck, pulling him into the boiling flood.

Zhang Zhizi shouted: "Help! He sat up from the wheat shop. The dream frightened him so much that he couldn't sleep. He thought of the young woman, and he felt embarrassed, he never dreamed that the young woman would see his naked upper body, and the young woman's surprised gaze and stupid posture could not be waved away in his mind.

It was the dead of night, the wild cats outside were howling, and the young woman of the chaotic Niu family couldn't sleep even more, and she remembered her husband Niu Jifa. Niu Jifa was eighteen years old that year, and Bu Shiren's son Bu Dagui teamed up to go to the mountains, she remembered that it was one day in the month of Layue, the snow closed the mountain, Niu Jifa and Bu Dagui also knocked on her door in the evening. When Daddy heard a knock at the door, he shouted, "Chrysanthemum, go open the door and see who is coming on this snowy day." When she heard her father tell her to open the gate, she hurried out of the hall and opened it. No, there were two handsome little men standing at the door, and her face turned red all of a sudden.

Chrysanthemum hurriedly called her father: "Daddy, take a look." Daddy Chrysanthemum immediately stopped clearing the snow, and turned his head to see that they were two young people in their early twenties, covered with snowflakes, their bodies were a little shrunken from the cold, and they were carrying a bulging coarse cloth on their shoulders. Busy asked, "What's the matter with the two of you?" This snowy day? ”

The descendant standing in front said: "Uncle, we are from the stone castle, my name is Niu Jifa, my brother is called Bu Dagui, we are going to go to the mountains, we want to go home after the account, I don't want to snow so much, there are more than ten miles of mountain roads, I can't go back, I want to spend the night at your house, I don't know if it's convenient?" ”

Daddy Chrysanthemum knew that their Liujiazhuang was the only way to the stone castle, and then it was all a rugged mountain road, and this foot of snow was really impossible to walk. Then he said, "If you don't like it, let's spend the night with my son in the west wing." Seeing that her father agreed, Chrysanthemum let the two of them into the yard.

In this way, Liu Juhua met Niu Jifa and Bu Dagui. Niu Jifa spoke kindly, with long eyebrows and clear eyes, and was very clever, which left a very good impression on the sixteen-year-old chrysanthemum. Later, in order to thank the Liu family for their grace in the snow, Niu Jifa went to leave some mountain goods for the Liu family whenever he passed by Liujiazhuang, and the Liu family also treated him warmly, letting him rest and drink some hot water. After a long time, the Liu family saw that Niu Ji had the heart to repay his kindness, and the young man was also thoughtful, and the etiquette was in place, and the whole family fell in love with him. Niu Jifa liked chrysanthemums even more, so he asked his mother to ask the matchmaker to come to Liu's house to propose marriage. Of course, this is a matter of wishful thinking, and the pro is decided. The next year, Chrysanthemum married Niu Jifa at the age of seventeen. Liu Chrysanthemum thought about the past over and over again, and fell asleep unconsciously.

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