Movie: Get Alpha Dog at the start

Chapter 1243 The wedding night.

When Qin Hao pushed open the wooden door of the dormitory, the afterglow of the setting sun was shining through the window lattice onto Lu Zhaopeng's back as he worked at his desk. Five classmates gathered around the desk and turned back at the noise. Someone shouted "Bai Hao is back" first, and everyone gathered around him.

"It's really you!" Zhou Mingrui, who was wearing round-framed glasses, grabbed Qin Hao's bag and said, "I waited for you at the school gate early in the morning, but I didn't see you until noon. I thought you would come back later."

Li Zhiyuan, who looked like a nerd, gave a thumbs up: "The Qinfeng Daily published the story of the security team's suppression of bandits. They can use their pens to bring peace to the world, and their martial arts can determine the outcome of the world. Isn't that amazing?"

Qin Hao laughed and said, "You are totally flattering me. They are just a few gangs of bandits. Do you think they can decide the fate of the world right away? That's a bit too petty."

"No matter what, you led your regiment to wipe out the bandits that the government was powerless to deal with. For this alone, no one in our school would be dissatisfied."

"That's right. If anyone refuses to obey, they can set up a security team and fight the bandits."

Everyone started praising him again. During the chat, Qin Hao also learned from everyone that during the six months he was away, Lu Zhaopeng became a celebrity in the school. Not only did he have excellent grades, he also became a special contributor to the Qinfeng Daily and published many influential articles.

They chatted for about another hour until Lu Zhaopeng reminded them that it was getting late and time to rest, and then everyone left.

By the time we saw off our classmates, the moon was already high above the willow branches. Lu Zhaopeng bolted the door and asked with concern, "Is my grandfather's backache getting better?"

"Mr. Leng prescribed a plaster for me, so I can go out to harvest the wheat now."

Qin Hao handed over a blue cloth bag: "These are the cotton shoes your mother brought."

Lu Zhaopeng stroked the dense stitching on the sole of his shoe and suddenly lowered his voice: "I plan to start my own newspaper. I've even thought of a name for it. It's called Qin Jin."

Qin Hao asked in confusion: "Haven't you been publishing articles in Qinfeng Daily? Why did you suddenly think of starting your own newspaper?"

Lu Zhaopeng then explained the reason. It was mainly because his current articles were a bit radical and were often rejected by Qinfeng Daily. So he discussed with a few "like-minded" friends about starting a newspaper of his own.

They even invited Qin Hao to invest together, but Qin Hao refused without a second thought. He thought that publishing articles was fine, and at most he could just change his pseudonym, but the risk of investing was too great. The "like-minded" friends mentioned by Lu Zhaopeng were most likely "comrades", and they would inevitably be liquidated by "Chang Kai-shen" at that time.

Although Lu Zhaopeng was unwilling, he couldn't force it.

When the fragrance of locust flowers wafts in the air, the results announcement office at Guanzhong University is crowded with people.

Someone shouted: "Bai Hao and Lu Zhaopeng won!"

Lu Zhaopeng was being congratulated by progressive students. Although the magazine "Qin Jin" he edited had only been published for six issues, it had already been secretly circulated in various schools in Xi'an, overshadowing Qin Hao for a while.

Qin Hao didn't care about this at all. It would be better not to attract attention.

When Lu Taiheng learned that his grandson had been admitted to Guanzhong University, he held a banquet in the village to celebrate while Lu Zhaopeng was visiting his relatives in Bailu Village.

During the dinner, Lu Taiheng's face was beaming as he looked at his grandson who had grown into a handsome man. It seemed as if the haze that had shrouded the Lu family since his son was imprisoned was about to be swept away.

However, someone suddenly asked, "Zhao Peng, can you become an official after attending this university?"

Lu Zhaopeng answered in detail: "No."

"Can I get food and salary?"

"Neither."

Immediately, some villagers sneered: "There is no benefit in this. What's the point of going to this university? It's not worth having a banquet."

Lu Taiheng's face suddenly turned very ugly, and it was Bai Jiaxuan who smoothed the situation over so that Lu Taiheng was not too embarrassed.

While the ancestral hall was toasting, the Bai Xiaowen brothers were standing under the old locust tree at the edge of the yard, staring at the candy figurine-selling pole. Old man Wang was shaking a rattle, and on the straw handle were lifelike rabbits, monkeys and other things.

"Brother, I want that big cock." Bai Xiaowu pulled at his brother's clothes. Bai Xiaowen also swallowed his saliva, but after searching his pockets, he didn't find a single copper coin. Then he remembered that he had changed his clothes when he went out today.

"Go home and ask your mother for money."

The weather was too hot, and Bai Xiaowen was too lazy to go home. He was also afraid that his brother would not want to go, so he rolled his eyes and said, "I'll stay here and watch over the rooster for you."

"Hey, second brother, I'm going right away. Don't let anyone buy the rooster." Bai Xiaowu was really sincere and disappeared in a flash.

Just as Bai Xiaowu ran away, Old Man Wang suddenly staggered a few steps and fell to the ground. Bai Xiaowen stepped back in fear and saw the old man curled up on the ground with a pale face, breathing heavily from his throat.

The deserted yard was eerily quiet. Bai Xiaowen approached the sugar painting stall cautiously, the sweet aroma of syrup wafting in his face, and he somehow pulled off two sugar figures and left quietly.

This scene happened to be seen by a middle-aged man passing by.

The man stepped forward, untied the water bag around his waist, poured the water into the old man's mouth, and pinched the old man's philtrum. Seeing that the old man had no response, he quickly called two villagers passing by to carry the old man to Mr. Leng for treatment.

After Mr. Leng treated the old man, he was obsessed with his sugar painting stall and did not care about his tired body. He hurried back to the ancestral hall. However, he found that not only the sugar paintings he had made were gone, but even the copper coins he had earned from selling the sugar paintings were gone.

"My money!"

Xu Xiucai glanced at the plaque "Benefiting the Hometown" hanging at the entrance of the ancestral hall, dragged the old man to the ancestral hall, and shouted loudly: "Is this how you, Bailu Village, benefit the people?"

Suddenly, countless pairs of eyes glared at Xu Xiucai viciously.

Seeing that Xu Xiucai had an extraordinary demeanor, Bai Jiaxuan hurried forward to inquire about the situation.

"Are you in charge here?"

"I am the chief of this clan. Sir, if you have anything to say, just tell me directly."

Xu Xiucai flicked his sleeves and told the old man what had happened.

"Investigate! Investigate immediately, I want to see who did this wicked thing!" Bai Jiaxuan's roar startled the sparrows on the eaves of the ancestral hall.

At the same time, in the Bai family yard.

Xiancao was not at home, so Bai Xiaowu asked Qin Hao for some change and was about to go back to buy some sugar paintings. However, as soon as he reached the door, he saw Bai Xiaowen coming back with two sugar paintings.

"Second brother, where did you get this sugar painting?"

Bai Xiaowen stammered, "The old man gave it to me."

Qin Hao felt something was wrong, and after asking him, Bai Xiaowen finally told the truth. Qin Hao quickly took Bai Xiaowen to the ancestral hall, only to find that the peddler had been rescued. Bai Jiaxuan was so angry when he learned that his son had actually taken the peddler's candy man that he raised his hand to slap him.

Qin Hao stopped him, and after seriously asking Bai Xiaowen why he did not take the vendor's money, Qin Hao paid the vendor double the money for the candy man.

The old man kept saying, "No."

"You must take this money, otherwise our family will feel guilty."

Seeing Qin Hao's firm attitude, the old man wiped his tears and accepted it, muttering: "What a good family."

Qin Hao found these words extremely harsh, so he pulled Bai Xiaowen to him and said, "I can let you off the hook for stealing the candy man, but you watched someone fall to the ground without rescuing him or warning him, and almost killed him. I'm going to punish you today. Do you believe me?"

Bai Xiaowen sobbed timidly: "Brother, I won't dare to do it again."

Qin Hao was unmoved and still slapped him on the palm five times: "I'm not hitting you to punish you, but to remind you that no one is perfect. Minor mistakes can be corrected, but human life is at stake. Once a big mistake is made, there is no turning back."

Bai Xiaowen covered his swollen hand and nodded with tears in his eyes: "Brother, I know I was wrong."

After punishing his brother Bai Xiaowen, Qin Hao said to the villagers, "Everyone makes mistakes. Whoever took the vendor's money and came to the Bai family tonight will be forgiven. If he persists, he will be severely punished according to the clan rules. Don't think that no one saw it. God is watching you. If you do something wrong, there will always be clues left."

Bai Jiaxuan admired Xu Xiucai very much and invited him to his home for noodles. Xu Xiucai happily went. After learning that Qin Hao was Mr. Zhu's disciple, his eyes changed: "Are you so confident that the man will return the money?"

Qin Hao looked at Bai Jiaxuan: "Da, if no one sends money tonight, what will you do?"

Bai Jiaxuan said without hesitation: "Since the person was stolen in Bailu Village, it means that I have failed as the clan leader. I will compensate the vendor for the money."

Xu Xiucai did not agree with Bai Jiaxuan's approach and was about to refute him, but Mr. Zhu, who learned that his classmate had come to Bailu Village, also rushed over. The two chatted until late at night before going to Mr. Zhu's house to sleep together.

The next morning, a blue cloth bag was placed at the door of the Bai family, and inside was the copper coins that the peddler had lost.

In front of everyone, Bai Jiaxuan returned the copper coins to the old man and gave him two bags of food out of his own pocket.

Afterwards, Bai Jiaxuan wanted to keep Xu Xiucai in the village to teach, but Qin Hao quickly told him to give up the idea. He had never been against Confucianism, but having someone like Xu Xiucai, who had conservative ideas, as a teacher was completely misleading for the students.

However, Bai Jiaxuan said that the previous teacher in the village had passed away, and someone had to teach. Qin Hao thought about it and decided that he could recruit two students who had not attended university from the new-style school in Xi'an to teach the children in the village. Not to mention how much knowledge they could teach, at least they would not turn people into hypocrites.

In Qin Hao's opinion, half of Bai Xiaowen's tragedy in the original drama was caused by Bai Jiaxuan, and the other half was the "credit" of Xu Xiucai.

At the same time, in the main room of the Lu family, Lu Taiheng smashed his hookah on the table and said, "You said in front of the whole village that you can't become an official after going to college. Isn't this a slap in the face of our Lu family?"

"Sir, this is no longer the era of the imperial examination. Going to college is to learn new knowledge, not to become an official," Lu Zhaopeng defended.

Lu Taiheng was heartbroken: "Son, since you went in, how many people outside have been waiting to see our family make a fool of themselves? If no one comes out to support our family, when I die, everyone will eat me to the bone. What will your mother and your brother Zhaohai do then?"

Lu Zhaopeng was not interested in these "trivial matters" in the village at all. His mind was focused on "national affairs". He returned to Xi'an after only two days at home.

Leng Qiu Shui was very dissatisfied with this. She and Lu Zhaopeng were engaged, but when Lu Zhaopeng came back this time, he didn't even visit the Leng family, let alone bring any gifts.

Leng Qiu Shui insisted on breaking off the engagement with Lu Zhaopeng, but was scolded by Mr. Leng. Leng Qiu Shui felt very aggrieved and ran out crying. Leng Qiuyue chased after her to comfort her sister.

Leng Qiushui stopped her steps, turned around and said stubbornly: "Sister, you have such a good husband. The eldest young master of the Bai family never forgets to bring you gifts every time he comes back, and he writes to you every month, but what about me? He has never even looked at me straight in the eye."

Leng Qiuyue didn't know how to comfort her for a moment.

Leng Qiushui said coldly: "If Lu Zhaopeng doesn't treat me sincerely, I will never marry her. I don't want to be a widow all my life."

Mr. Leng couldn't resist his second daughter's crying and came to Lu's house. His words and deeds were meant to remind Lu Taiheng when the two families would fulfill their marriage contract.

Lu Taiheng had no choice but to resort to the tactic of procrastination, saying that his grandson was still in school and that he would marry Leng Qiu Shui home in a sedan chair as soon as he graduated.

After getting the promise, Mr. Leng left satisfied.

Lu Taiheng was getting more and more angry the more he thought about it, and he vented his anger to his daughter-in-law Lu Heshi: "It's all your fault! What has this kid become now?"

Lu He wiped her tears and said aggrievedly: "Dad, you know Zhao Peng's temper."

"Hey, why did this kid become like this?"

Lu Taiheng felt like crying but had no tears. His grandson and the eldest son of the Bai family had been classmates since childhood and received the same education. Logically, there shouldn't be such a big gap between them. Why couldn't he just give him some peace of mind?

At the same time, Qin Hao was testing the results of the security team's training over the past six months. Heiwa did not disappoint her and did not slack off in training.

The only regret is that all the bandits in Zishui County have been wiped out, and the newly joined regiment warriors have no experience in seeing blood, and there is a certain gap in combat effectiveness compared with the older batch of regiment warriors.

Just as Qin Hao was discussing the next training plan with Heiwa, Bai Xiaowu came running over.

"Brother, Da asked you to go back quickly."

Qin Hao rubbed Bai Xiaowu's head: "Did Da say what it was?"

"I don't know, but it looks like he's in a hurry."

Qin Hao had no choice but to say to Hei Wa: "I'll come find you in the evening."

"it is good."

When he got home, Qin Hao found out what had happened. Although Bai Jiaxuan spoke very cryptically, his meaning was very clear. Mr. Leng became a little anxious and asked when he could marry Leng Qiuyue.

"Since the Leng family is anxious, the sooner the better. How about next month?"

After being stunned for a while, Bai Jiaxuan and Xiancao were overjoyed. They were afraid that their son would accept new ideas outside and look down on the arranged marriage. Lu Zhaopeng was the best example. You could see how anxious Grandpa Lu was.

"Okay, next month is a good time. I'll ask someone to pick an auspicious date for you."

By mid-July, the Bai family had already decorated the house with lights and lanterns. Bai Jiaxuan led the clansmen to clean the ancestral hall before dawn, while Xiancao led the women to steam wedding buns and cut window decorations.

The auspicious time was approaching. Qin Hao, wearing a dark red gown and a gilded wedding flower on his chest, led the young and strong men of the security team to the Leng family with gongs and drums.

Mr. Leng, who was usually serious, couldn't stop smiling at the banquet, and Bai Jiaxuan accepted all the toasts.

It was late at night and everyone was asleep. Qin Hao lifted the veil and saw Leng Qiuyue lowering her head and twisting her handkerchief. Her originally cold face was now as rosy as a ripe apple.

"Ms. sir..."

Before Leng Qiuyue could finish her words, she was picked up by a pair of strong arms.

...(End of chapter)