The White Snake

Li Fan thought to himself, I am not stupid.

Immediately afterwards, Xiuhua ran over panting: "Mother, go and have a look, our family has a group of people who say they want to propose marriage, and they lead a fool, I was almost scared to death. "

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly saw Li Fan, and she couldn't help but froze.

"Li, Li Fan, why are you also—"

Hearing Xiuhua's words, Li Fan was already furious, and gave Widow Zhang a hard look. He thought it was Widow Zhang's idea again.

Widow Zhang saw what Li Fan meant, ignored him, and took the embroidered hand and said, "Don't be afraid, go back with your mother and have a look."

"I'll go too!." Li Fan yelled and followed.

When they passed by the river, they suddenly saw that the water in the river had swelled a lot. It used to be only half waist deep, but now it could reach the neck.

What's going on here, is the water released upstream? .

In the past two days, there have been many strange things. Either someone was bitten by a snake, or a mouse ran around. Now the water in the river has risen again. Is there really something big going to happen in the village? .

Li Fan thought to himself, when he returned home with Widow Zhang, mother and daughter, as soon as they arrived at their house, they saw many people standing in the yard of his house.

Among them, there was a fool standing in the crowd. He laughed when he saw the embroidery, and his saliva flowed down the corner of his mouth.

There was a young man standing next to him. The two looked somewhat similar, but this man seemed very shrewd.

In front of them stood a middle-aged woman, but her face looked very old, her mouth was that of a matchmaker.

"Mother Xiuhua, I brought Erhan here, you have a look too." The matchmaker hurriedly smiled and said, "Ergan's brother just said that as long as you agree to this marriage, their family is willing to pay 10 yuan." bride price."

Widow Zhang knew about marriage proposals for a long time. She had only heard of silly two silly fools before, but she didn't expect that this person would be so stupid.

Originally, when she saw this fool, she wanted to say no, but when she heard the 10 yuan gift, she hesitated.

"Aunt Zhang, although my brother is a bit silly, he is not really a fool. As long as Xiuhua is willing to marry into our family, I guarantee that she will have food and drink, and she will never have to work in the fields again." At this time, The young man standing beside Silly Erhan said.

He is none other than Zhu Yudao, the silly brother, known as Zhu Papi.

Because, he would try his best to skin all the pigs that passed by him.

What's more, this kid is not bad, he married a beautiful daughter-in-law at home, and made trouble outside. This time, he heard that the embroidered flowers are beautiful, so he followed because he had his own purpose.

Chapter 30

To be honest, Widow Zhang was really moved at this time. Although Silly Erhan is a fool, but his family is rich, if he marries him, her daughter won't have to suffer with her for the rest of her life.

The most important thing is that she herself can get a bride price of 10 yuan.

But Li Fan was still by her side, so she didn't dare to respond in front of Li Fan, otherwise she would be in big trouble if she would offend this kid and expose the matter between herself and the village chief.

"Let the two children meet today first. I have to discuss the details with Xiuhua, and I will give you a letter later." Widow Zhang rolled her eyes and said with a smile.

Wang Po is a matchmaker. This old woman is over 50. She likes to match the rich. She doesn't care if you are suitable or not. You have ruined your reputation.

"All right, today is just a meeting, this kind of thing can't be so fast, right?" Wang Po is very smart, she saw what Widow Zhang was thinking, and hurried forward to say.

"Wang Po, you should let them take those gifts back. We can't accept them until the matter is settled." Widow Zhang saw several boxes of gifts in the courtyard and said again.

"Aunt Zhang, there is no reason to take back the gift from our Zhu family. You can accept it. It will be better if this marriage is successful. If it fails, I will be filial to you." Zhu Yu said that he was quite eloquent.

At the same time, Li Fan was furious and gave Zhu Yudao a hard look.

Xiuhua hid behind him, too scared to say a word.

Zhu Yudao already knew the relationship between Li Fan and Xiuhua from Wang Po's mouth. Seeing Li Fan's messy attire, he sneered and walked out.

Unexpectedly, just two steps away, Li Fan suddenly blocked his way with his hand, and said coldly: "Take away your pile of rotten things, my aunt will not care."

"I, Zhu Yudao, have never taken back the things I sent out." Zhu Yudao looked at Li Fan with a disdainful smile and said, "You must be Li Fan, right? I've heard of you, but let me tell you , These days, if you don’t have money, you’re not a wife, haha——”

While talking, he pushed Li Fan's hand away, laughed, and walked out.

Wang Po glanced at Li Fan, showed a disdainful expression, and pulled Silly Erhan out.

I saw Silly Erhan looking at the embroidery, smirking all the time, drooling, and stretching out his hands, showing a gesture of grabbing something, and shouting: "Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law——."

Scared so much that Xiuhua pulled Li Fan's clothes tightly, only glanced at Silly Erhan, then buried her head and dared not look at him again.

"Li Fan, I, I'm scared." Xiuhua hid behind Li Fan, her face full of panic.

"Don't be afraid of me." Li Fan patted her hand lightly.

When the idiot passed by Li Fan, he didn't know whether Li Fan did it on purpose, or if the idiot didn't see it, he stepped on Li Fan's lap and fell like a dog gnawing shit.

"Ah! Brother, I fell down, woo woo..." Silly Erhan actually started crying.

When Xiuhua saw it, she suppressed a smile and held Li Fan's hand tightly.

Because she knew that Li Fan was standing up for herself.

"Second brother, second brother—." Zhu Yudao outside saw this, and hurried back to help up the silly Erhan.

"Li Fan, what do you want to do? Why did you trip up my brother?" Zhu Yudao said angrily, staring at Li Fan.

"Which way did you see that I tripped him? He kicked my leg, okay? I didn't say it hurt, but you hit me instead. It's really ridiculous." Li Fan said disdainfully.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's not intentional." Wang Po hurriedly persuaded her as a peacemaker.

Zhu Yu said he had no other choice, so he led his stupid brother away.

After they left, Xiuhua said: "Mother, I, I won't marry that fool." After finishing speaking, she ran into her room.

"Tsk, you child, mother didn't tell you to marry."

"Auntie! Since you don't want Xiuhua to marry, why do you accept gifts from others?" Li Fan asked lightly.

"Didn't you hear it just now? I didn't want to accept it. He insisted on keeping it." Widow Zhang hurriedly argued.

Li Fan smiled wryly and shook his head: "Auntie, I hope you mean what you say, and I will collect the gift money as soon as possible." After speaking, he left without looking back.

He was very angry because he could tell that Widow Zhang cared about the 10 yuan. If she hadn't been there, she might have agreed to the marriage.

It seems that I must become the captain of this road construction team as soon as possible, otherwise, the embroidery will be snatched away by a fool. If I lose to a fool, I might as well be killed by a headshot.

He lowered his head and was thinking about this while walking, but he was about to turn into the alley when he suddenly heard someone calling him in the alley.

"Xiaofan, Xiaofan——."

Li Fan looked up and saw Aunt Su, and saw that she was walking towards him leaning on a cane, so he hurried to meet her.

"Ma'am, are you calling me something?"

"I can't call you if I have nothing to do." Aunt Su said with a smile on her face: "I have been to your house several times, and your house has been closed all the time. Where did you go this afternoon?"

"No, I didn't go anywhere, I just went out and wandered around." Li Fan didn't want to mention that troublesome thing, so he forced a smile and said, "By the way, is Auntie Xiao'e awake?"

"I woke up early, she woke up not long after you left." When this matter was mentioned, Aunt Su said with a smile on her face: "She heard that you saved her, so she insisted that I invite you to my house for a light meal. I was afraid that you would be embarrassed, so I called Dakang and the others."

Originally, Li Fan wanted to refuse, but when he heard that Su Dakang was there, he changed his mind immediately.

Because he was worrying about being the captain of the road construction team, so he just took this opportunity to mention it.

But he still pretended to refuse a few words, and finally Aunt Su forcibly dragged him away.

When I came to Aunt Su's house and took a look, I saw three or four people sitting in the room, among them was Su Dakang, and the others were the elders of the Su family.

It seems that Aunt Su gave Li Fan enough face, not only invited Su Dakang, but also invited so many elders to accompany him.

"Li Fan, come and sit down quickly, I'll be waiting for you." A bearded man waved his hand at him and said, "Your aunt said, you can't serve food if you don't come, I'm almost starving."

"Yes, sit down quickly, today you are a great hero of our Su family." Another old man echoed.

Li Fan came over and said embarrassedly: "In such a big scene, you are all elders. As the old saying goes, father and son are at different tables, and uncles and nephews don't drink at the same time. I'll stand and pour you drinks."

"Okay, when did you ever obey the rules, please sit down." Su Dakang pointed to the seat for him and said, "Today I mainly invite you. If you don't sit down, we won't have dinner."

Li Fan saw that Su Dakang had spoken, so he sat down.

Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Su asked someone to serve the dishes, and several people started to drink after switching cups.

Not long after drinking, they suddenly heard a muffled thunder outside, and everyone was stunned for a while and didn't care.

Chapter 31

But Li Fan noticed. Last night, Bai Shanshan told him that there was going to be a mountain torrent in their village. He didn't believe it before, but now there are signs that there is a possibility of a torrent.

"Li Fan, in our village, you can be regarded as a poor household." Su Dakang drank a glass of wine and said, "Tell me about any difficulties, and I will help you solve them."

Li Fan was in a daze, when he suddenly heard Su Dakang's words, he suddenly regained his energy, because he was waiting for these words.

"Uncle, now I really want to tell you something. It's not about my difficulties, but about the life and death of our whole village." Li Fan said seriously.

Hearing this, several people looked at each other in blank dismay, they were all stunned, put down their chopsticks and stopped eating, and all looked at Su Dakang and Li Fan.

At this time, Su Dakang was also stunned. He felt that Li Fan had helped save Yue Xiao'e, so he had to express it no matter what. Since he didn't want money, let him make a request, or take care of him when the land is divided next time. If not, I will apply for a subsistence allowance for him, but I didn't expect Li Fan to say such a thing.

"Li Fan, look at your serious face, what can happen to our village?" Su Dakang said disdainfully: "It's also about the life and death of the whole village? Let me tell you, if you talk nonsense, don't look at you saving the little girl." E, I have to punish you too."

I am used to being a leader, and punish anyone at every turn.

"Uncle, how dare I talk nonsense." Li Fan said seriously.

"Okay, say it!"

Li Fan saw that Su Dakang had spoken, and then said: "Everyone heard the thunder just now."

Everyone nodded, and he continued: "When I came back from the field in the afternoon, I saw the river swell, and there was another vision last night. The chickens, ducks, and geese in the house were screaming, and the mice were running around. There are signs that we There is going to be a major event in the village, and, according to my observation, there is a high possibility of flash floods."

He didn't dare to say that he had a dream at night, and he dreamed of what Bai Shanshan said to him.

When the old men heard this, they couldn't help but gasped.

Because, among these old people, some people have really experienced mountain torrents.

"Li Fan, you didn't drink too much, did you?" Su Dakang glared at him and said, "Okay, how could there be a flash flood? Besides, the rainy season is over, so where did the flash flood come from?"

"Uncle, I'm not afraid of [-], just in case." Li Fan glanced around the crowd and explained: "You said, there are thousands of people in our village, and we are so close to the mountain. If there is a flash flood, I'm afraid I won't even have time to run .”

At the same time, there was another muffled thunder outside, followed by light rain.

Hearing the thunder and rain outside, the old men were not in the mood to eat anymore. They glanced at Li Fan, and the bearded old man asked, "Xiao Fan, do you have any basis for the outbreak of the mountain torrent? It's because the river has risen." Did you just say that?"

"Yeah, didn't blind Geng forget it last night? He didn't calculate the mountain torrent either." Another old man echoed.

Li Fan thought, how about it?I know they won't believe it easily.

"Uncle, uncle, I'm telling the truth. Think about it, why are the mice running around? I went to the field this afternoon, and even the running mice in the field ran away." Li Fan said again.

The bearded old man thought for a while, took a sip of wine and said, "The last time we had a flash flood was 40 years ago. I remember when I was young, some people said that our village was going to have a flash flood, and there was a vision at that time. At that time, people in the village didn't understand, so they didn't care, and many people drowned in the end, I think Li Fan's words can be trusted."

The other two old men shook their heads and said, "I'm talking about Su Huzi. You are the only one who is timid. We are all over [-] years old. Are we still afraid of death? I think it's okay. It's fine. How could there be a flash flood?"

"Why am I timid, I'm thinking of the big guys, you're just out of tune, you forgot how your parents died." The bearded old man said angrily.

"Originally, what about torrents if you are not afraid of death." Another old man retorted: "Besides, let's discuss the facts. What do you think my parents are doing?"

It turned out that the old man's parents died in the flash flood that broke out 40 years ago.

Before they could say anything, the two old men started arguing, and no one could persuade them.At this time, Mrs. Su just walked in with a bottle of wine, and seeing the two arguing so hard that their faces turned red and their necks were thick, she couldn't help coughing twice.

"Cough-cough--"

Seeing Mrs. Su coming, the two glared at each other, snorted coldly, and neither of them spoke.

"I said what's wrong with you two? The combined age of the two of you is more than 100 years old. Why are you acting like children? You even got into a fight at the wine table." Aunt Su said, glaring at them.

This is the wife of the old village head, her words are weighty and majestic.

"Brothers and sisters, you don't know. Just now Xiaofan said that there was a mountain torrent in our village. I just kindly persuaded everyone to leave. Su Buerfei said that I was timid. Brothers and sisters, do you think I am a coward?" How high is the beard pouted, said angrily.

Su Buer was the old man who had just quarreled with him, because he always said the same thing to everyone he talked to, so everyone who knew him called him Su Buer. As for his name, he was long forgotten.

"Originally, when did he, Su Huzi, ever be bold? He has been timid and fearful since he was a child." Su Buer said indignantly: "When the mountain torrents broke out, he ran fast."

"Okay, okay, look at the two of you, you are still like a child at such an age." Aunt Su sighed helplessly and said, "So do you, Su Huzi. Death reason, what is the truth with him?"

"Exactly!" Su Buer echoed.

"What is it?." Before Su Buer was happy, Aunt Su glared at him again and said: "Knowing that I admit death, but still insisting that I am right, tell me how many things you have done right in your life."

Don't look at Su Bu'er who dares to quarrel with Su Huzi, but dare not talk back to Aunt Su. Who let him be the village head's wife.

Seeing that these two people were treated like grandsons, Su Dakang and Li Fan secretly laughed in their hearts. They never thought that these two people were so afraid of Aunt Su.

"Dakang, I heard them talking about mountain torrents just now, what's going on?" Aunt Su asked.