A man in his teens calls a teenage boy "big brother". This scene... is actually not strange.
Being a "big brother" does not necessarily depend on age, but you must have strength.
If you have strength, you are the eldest brother. If you don’t have strength, you are the younger brother. There is no point in being older. You are nothing more than an old brother.
So when Zeng Dabao comes in front of Sun Yixie, he will naturally become his younger brother.
Now, the eldest brother wants fifty taels from your younger brother, will you give it? If you don't give it, the "younger brother" lying on the ground will suffer a lot.
There is nothing Zeng Dabao can do. Who could let him catch up with such a brother...
He must have saved some savings after working as a head catcher in Lin'an for so many years. Come back, everything is explained in it.
Of course, Sun Yixie did not use their brothers' money in vain: these fifty taels were considered a "sale", as if Capt. Zeng paid for his brother's purchase of Xue Tui's home. shop, this place will belong to Zeng Erbao from now on.
Everyone...this is a very clever decision.
Do you think these Zeng brothers have any crimes that warrant death? No, there were a lot of people like them in those days, and they just did what they were doing, so Sun Yixie wouldn't drive them all away.
But it would not be appropriate to simply beat Zeng Erbao to a semi-disabled state and then force Zeng Dabao to pay a sum of money to Xue, Yuan, and Zhang...
Although this may seem like venting one's anger on a friend and punishing a bad person, in fact it does not change anything. Instead, it will intensify conflicts and turn them into hatred.
But now Sun Yixie's method is very good.
First of all, when it comes to people, they don’t beat you to death or maim you, they just slap you a few times; for the ruffians, this is nothing, and it doesn’t even count as losing face, maybe. From now on, these gangsters will go out and brag, "I was once whipped by Sun Yixie."
Secondly, in terms of money, this shop gave fifty taels to you Zeng brothers. Even if you lose a little, it’s not much, and you still get a share of the industry.
Thirdly, Sun Yixie told Zeng Dabao that this store was for Zeng Erbao, which Zeng Dabao could understand - let your brother do some serious business from now on, and stop doing random things. As for you, you have already spent so much money, and I don’t need to tell you that you will take great pains to take care of him.
As for Xue Tui, Yuan Fangzhi and Zhang Ergui, Sun Yixie has other plans. He has asked them to pack their luggage tonight and take them back to Hangzhou tomorrow. From now on, The three of them just ate from the Sun family.
To make a long story short, forget about this matter today.
Even the Zeng brothers had no complaints afterwards. After all, Zeng Erbao offended Sun Yixie's friend. They were very lucky to have such a result in the end.
The next day, Sun Yixie hired two carts and took Chef Yuan, Chef Zhang, and Xue Tui's family to Hangzhou City.
Sun Yixie didn’t keep a penny of the fifty taels of silver he got yesterday, so he gave it to Xue Tui and the others. He said it was for settling-in expenses, but in fact... he later entered After arriving in Hangzhou City, Sun Yixie had arranged a place for the three of them to live, so they didn't need to settle down on their own.
At this time, Brother Sun had already made up his mind. He thought to himself: Since I have obtained these three talents this time, I must recruit them carefully and then use them for my use.
He was inspired by the "No Return Building" in Luoyang and planned to build a unique luxury restaurant in Hangzhou. He had already thought of a name, so he called it "West Lake Elegant Restaurant" and opened it directly in West Lake. On the other side, the price is as expensive as possible, just to make Kaizi's money.
However, it will take a lot of time to get this matter sorted out, so let’s split the topic and take a look at the situation over Huang Donglai’s side first...
Let’s talk about Huang Donglai After leaving Wuchang, he headed all the way to his hometown in Fushun (now Zigong).
Of course, what Li Taibai said is right - the road to Shu is more difficult than reaching the sky.
Originally, the distance from Wuchang to Fushun was farther than to Hangzhou, and the road to Sichuan was not easy to walk. Huang Donglai had to travel more than ten days longer than Sun Yixie before he got home.
Unfortunately, during the few days he came home, his father just went out to do business. In this case, Huang Donglai simply didn't stay at home any longer; he wrote a letter to the family and told the housekeeper. After a few oral messages, they set off again.
The day Huang Donglai left home was October 23rd in the 18th year of Yongtai. The almanac said: Heavy snowfall, year old evil, I don't ask for divination, I can't travel far.
As for Huang Donglai, it happened to be the door he left at the same time.
Of course, because it rarely snows in Sichuan, although the solar term on this day is "heavy snow", it actually only rained a little bit.
In this cold winter rain, Huang Donglai, wearing a bamboo hat and raincoat, rode an old horse along the muddy road and embarked on his journey to the west.
Winter is getting deeper, the days are shorter and the nights are longer.
Since the days were getting shorter and shorter, and it was difficult to travel at night in ancient times, he was delayed on the road for another ten days.
Fortunately, he arrived at the foot of Wawu Mountain three days before the winter solstice.
But when he really got here, he was in trouble.
This tile-roofed mountain is intertwined with forests and ravines, with steep cliffs and misty clouds, mysterious and deep... The most important thing is that there is no village in front and no store in back. Where can he find the "Xuanqi Sect of Shushan"? "The mountain gate?"
Forget about looking for a mountain gate. He couldn't even find a place to stay in this barren mountain. This rhythm was about survival in the wilderness.
But there was nothing Huang Donglai could do. He had already come, so he just kept looking for him no matter what.
There is a saying that when Heaven is about to entrust a great responsibility to this person, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, and starve his body and skin... In the past three days and three nights, Brother Huang walked and walked in the mountains. , look for a rest, eat some dry food you brought with you when you are hungry, drink when you are thirstyA few mouthfuls of icy water from the mountain stream, and when he was sleepy, he would find a sheltered place to lie down and sleep for a while... That is to say, he was young and good at martial arts. Most people would have frozen to death in the mountains long ago.
Just like that, it’s the morning of the winter solstice.
On this day, the sky was gloomy, and the wind in the mountains was like a knife, making it difficult for anyone to lift their heads.
As early as noon yesterday, Huang Donglai had finished all the dry food. Once this person has no food in his belly, he has no calories, so he was cold and hungry last night, and he didn't sleep at all. good.
Some people may ask, why didn’t he kill the horse he rode on? Is that enough for him to eat for several days?
What a pity, because the mountain road is really difficult to walk, he lifted the saddle and let the horse go on the first day here. Now he has nowhere to catch him even if he wants to eat.
Even survival was a problem, so let’s not talk about anything else. Huang Donglai was not a very determined person to begin with. He immediately wanted to retreat, but he thought it was better to withdraw.
However, when he wanted to go back, he found that it was not that simple - he was lost.
Even though Huang Donglai felt that he had a good sense of direction, and he had carved marks on the tree trunks along the way, after walking for three full days, the marks had long lost their meaning... He After turning back, he could only find the previous mark. He couldn't remember the approximate direction of the previous one, let alone find the path he had taken in the previous two or three days.
Seeing this, he could only bite the bullet and "follow his feelings."
In this way, he wandered around for most of the day in a state of hunger and cold. Seeing that the sun was about to set again, Huang Donglai finally couldn't hold on any longer.
"What a chicken... I'm in trouble now." He looked at the mist-shrouded mountains and forests in front of him, and an ominous premonition suddenly arose.
As a martial arts practitioner, Huang Donglai is relatively clear about the limits of his body. He understands that when his strength is exhausted, it is not possible to withstand it with spiritual things.
Just as the despair in his heart gradually rose, he suddenly saw something vaguely on a mountain wall in front of him.
At that moment, he quickly set up an arbor and looked intently with his somewhat dim eyes, and then he was sure... there should be words engraved on the wall.
He became more energetic now, because the word means someone has been here. Maybe this is the "mountain gate" he is looking for, and that word is the name of the sect.
Thinking of this, Huang Donglai took a few deep breaths, then took another breath and walked quickly towards the mountain wall.
But when he got closer and saw the words on the mountain wall clearly, his heart sank back to the bottom of the valley.
It turns out that what was engraved on the mountain wall was not the name of any sect, but two lines of words that looked very unlucky - the most unlucky place in Wawu Mountain, the gate of hell on the road to the world.