One afternoon, every household in Liwen Village posted Spring Festival couplets written by Li Yanqing. He had hundreds of Spring Festival couplets in his stomach, and every household could be different. The Spring Festival couplets he wrote were both novel and auspicious. The news spread quickly and caused a sensation in all villages. There were endless families who came to ask for Spring Festival couplets, and Li Yanqing did not refuse and agreed to whatever he asked.

Even shops in Lushan Town came to ask Li Yanqing to write Spring Festival couplets for them, but Li Yanqing was not polite to the shop and asked for a fee for money. He wrote more than a dozen good couplets in one go at a price of 500 cents per company and made a fortune for the New Year.

As the New Year comes, the biggest thing for every household is to prepare for worshiping ancestors. Although the small family does not build a ancestral temple like the Li family, almost every household has cleared out the main hall, put on the ancestor's spirit tablet, put chickens, ducks, fish, and a few snacks, burn incense and light candles, and the whole family is preparing to worship their ancestors on the first day of the first lunar month.

On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, every household was busy making New Year's Eve dinner. The smoke from cooking was curling, and the village was filled with the fragrance of bacon and rice wine. Li Daqi was called by the clan leader to help the ancestral hall. There was never a New Year's Eve dinner in their family. Li Yanqing would go to Uncle Hu's house to have dinner at night.

Li Yanqing was bored in the backyard and practiced gravel shooting alone. A copper coin was hung on the jujube tree. He stood three meters away and used a stone to hit the copper coin. Da Hei was busy picking up the stone for him. He dug out a stone, Da Hei rushed over and took the stone back and placed it at his feet. From time to time, the sound of jingling copper coins came from the yard.

Suddenly, Dahei yelled at the outside of the wall. Li Yanqing was surprised in his heart. There was something going on outside. He climbed up the wall and saw a man coming from the woods in the distance. He was tall and burly, wearing a Fan Yang hat, a short soap coat, carrying a whistle stick on his shoulder, and a small bag and a wine gourd on his whistle stick.

This outfit looks very much like Lin Chong on Water Margin. However, when this person approached, Li Yanqing's first feeling was that this person was not a good person. He had dark skin, a long thin face, a two-inch long scar on his cheeks, and a pair of triangular eyes that were particularly cold.

At this time, he also saw Li Yanqing. He was afraid that Li Yanqing would run away, so he asked from afar: "Brother, is this Li Wen Village?"

His accent is not a local, but he has the same accent as the shopkeeper of the tavern. He is from the capital. Li Yanqing said, "This is Li Wencun!"

"Is there a man named Hu in your village?"

There is no surname Hu, but there is a homophonic name Hu. Li Yanqing's heart moved. Could it be that he is here to find Uncle Hu?

He immediately shook his head, "There is no one named Hu in the village. Uncle has made a mistake!"

The man walked ten feet away and asked, "It's right that you are Liwen Village, Xiaohe Township. Maybe he changed it to another name. He is a very strong man, in his thirties, looking like a bear, as tall as me, and has great martial arts skills. Think about it, is there anyone there?"

Isn’t this Uncle Hu? Li Yanqing felt a little wary. This person doesn’t look like a good person, so he is here to trouble Uncle Hu!

Just as he was about to deny, Hu Sheng's voice came from the path next to him, "Bian Laosan, how do you know I'm here?"

The big man turned around and his face was filled with surprise, "Brother Hu, I finally found you."

Hu Sheng was not happy and said coldly: "You haven't answered my question yet."

The man was a little embarrassed and replied after a while: "Last year, someone saw his brother in the town."

"Hmph! I even figured out which village I live in. You really have the intention!"

"Brother, don't say that, Master Fang admires him too..."

"shut up!"

Hu Sheng stopped the visitor. He glanced at Li Yanqing who was sitting on the wall and said coldly: "Since you have arrived, then go to my house to talk!"

The big man quickly clasped his fists and thanked him, walked up and smiled, "How is the aunt's health? Will the old injury still occur in winter?"

"Let's talk about it when you go back!"

The two of them walked down the path, and Li Yanqing on the wall looked surprised. Master Fang, was it Fang La? Isn’t Fang La the leader of the Manichi?

This year was 1111. Li Yanqing remembered a major event that happened this year. The Song Dynasty was in a tight financial situation. Emperor Zhao Ji appointed Yang Jian to set up a "land scraping house" east of the capital this spring, forcibly occupying land and levying taxes. He destroyed his family everywhere, and countless unjust cases were numerous.

At the same time, the "Suzhou-Hangzhou Yingfeng Bureau" was established in the southern Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, collecting various flowers, stones, trees and rare treasures from the people, and transporting them to Bianjing by large ships. Each ten ships form a tuan. This is the famous "Flower and Stone Division".

These two things were the fuses of the uprising of Song Jiang and Fang La, but they had not yet revolted, but they had already started to prepare for the secret.

When Li Yanqing contacted the man just now, he vaguely guessed that it was very likely that Fang La was coming to recruit Uncle Hu.

However, from their words, Li Yanqing felt that Uncle Hu's life experience was not simple.

Li Yanqing could no longer sit still, so he jumped off the wall and ran towards Uncle Hu's house.

Li Yanqing ran into Uncle Hu's yard and saw Xiao Qing'er squatting next to the vegetable field and playing with mud. She was a little unhappy and pouted, ignoring Li Yanqing.

When Li Yanqing saw that the west room was closed, he probably said Uncle Hu and the big man were talking in the west room.

At this time, Li Yanqing heard Aunt Hu talking in the kitchen, so he quietly walked towards the kitchen. It turned out that Aunt Hu was talking to his daughter-in-law.

"Mother-in-law, who is that person? He is so generous, he will be fifty taels of gold."

Li Yanqing thought to himself that fifty taels of gold are five hundred taels of silver, which is not a small number anywhere. This person is recruiting Uncle Hu!

"We can't ask for gold, Dalang will definitely return it to him. Wife, this person is not a good thing, we have to be more alert."

"Mother-in-law, why haven't you heard from you?"

Qing'er's nun's surname is Zhang. Li Yanqing has always called her Aunt Zhang. Her mother's home is in Daming Mansion and is not from the same local area as Uncle Hu. Li Yanqing heard Aunt Hu talk about her, but even Aunt Zhang didn't know what Uncle Hu did before, which shows that Uncle Hu's origin is mysterious.

"Didn't I tell you at the beginning? Dalang was originally a martial artist in the capital. He injured people and fled to Tangyin County."

"But I don't feel like that. The person just now was clearly called Dalang Erwang, mother-in-law, tell me the truth, did Dalang before..."

Li Yanqing became more and more curious. Did Uncle Hu be a robber who once occupied the mountain and became the king?

Aunt Hu was a little unhappy, "You have been married for five years, and Qing'er is three years old. Do you still have to ask Dalang what he did in the past? Is he not good to you?"

‘Bang!’ Aunt Hu threw the pot heavily and turned around and walked out of the kitchen. Li Yanqing was so scared that he quickly lay down and dug the dredge on the ground.

Aunt Hu walked out of the kitchen and happened to see Li Yanqing. She was stunned, "Qing'er, what are you doing here?"

Li Yanqing squeezed out an innocent smile, "Auntie, I'm playing with Qing'er!"

"Oh! When will your father come back? We're going to have a New Year's Eve dinner early."

"Auntie, I forgot to say that Dad will stay with the clan leader in the ancestral hall tonight and will not come back for the New Year's Eve dinner."

Aunt Hu smiled, "It seems that your patriarch valued your father very much. This is a good thing. Then go wash your hands quickly. Qing'er, you can wash your hands with your second brother, too."

Li Yanqing stepped forward and took Qing'er's hand to the well. At this time, both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law did not speak, and each carried the vegetables to the main hall. The west room door suddenly opened, and Hu Sheng said coldly: "You go after dinner! For the sake of brothers' love, I won't turn against you today, but don't disturb me again in the future."

"Brother, why are you so stubborn? Do you have to persuade the leader to persuade you?"

"Shut up. If he dares to come, I will report it to the official!"

"Don't you even want gold?"

Then he slapped the table with a 'bang!' and Hu Sheng said angrily: "Take the gold back, I don't want it!"

The man was also angry and shouted, "I'll advise you the last one, Master Fang respects you, don't toast or eat and drink!"

"roll!"

Hu Sheng was furious and pulled the man into the yard, "Get out!"

The man was also furious and grabbed Hu Sheng's neck with his backhand. The two rolled into the yard and started to fight.

Li Yanqing hurriedly pulled Xiao Qing'er over to protect her, but unexpectedly, Xiao Qing'er, who was usually weak, suddenly became extremely fierce when she saw someone bullying her father. She rushed over like a little tiger, hugged the man's thigh, and bit it hard.

The man screamed in pain, Hu Sheng took the opportunity to throw him away, pulled his daughter over and handed it to Li Yanqing, "I'm watching her!"

Li Yanqing hugged Xiao Qing'er tightly, feeling that she was struggling desperately to help her father fight, just like the courage in her bones was aroused at this moment.

At this time, Aunt Hu also rushed out of the kitchen with a knife, pointed it at the man with a knife and scolded: "Bian Laosan, today is New Year's Eve, I don't want to turn against you. I have never forgotten the past. If you dare to come again, we will settle the new and old accounts together."

The scarred man did not continue to fight in the end. He looked at the mother and son, then looked at Li Yanqing and Xiao Qing'er, restrained his anger and said, "Since that's the case, I won't force it anymore. I will go back and report to the leader truthfully and let the leader make the decision! We will have a date later."
Chapter completed!