Spring goes to autumn, and three years of time pass by in a snap of a finger.

The immature face of the past became more and more calm, the thin body became stronger, holding a sharp axe, the arms were raised high, falling quickly and powerfully, and with several swings, the trees with the thickness of the bowl fell in response. Look at the young man again, dressed in coarse linen clothes, and his facial features are not very delicate, but he definitely makes people like it when they look at it.

Pulling the water bag across his waist, he took a few sips. The sharp axe in his hand swung again, and it didn't take much effort, and the originally lush branches broke away from the trunk. The young man used both hands and feet, and quickly tied the felled branches with ropes, and selected a trunk of suitable thickness and size, which was used as a flat pole.

The soles of your feet are windy, and the rugged mountain roads have long been adapted. Three years of martial arts training experience is also somewhat useful, although the three-legged cat's kung fu has not been learned at all, the weak physique has changed a lot, and it can be regarded as a gain. Compared to three years ago, it's like two people. For Lao Chen and his wife, it doesn't matter whether the child has really learned kung fu, as long as the seven-foot boy in front of them is healthy and healthy, the old couple has nothing else to ask for.

"Daddy, I'm back. Chen Yichen piled the two loads of firewood on his shoulders in the corner and simply cleaned it up by himself.

"Brother Yichen, I'm tired!" A fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl walked out of the room, wearing a blue long dress, her hairpin was high and her shoulders were scattered, her delicate skin was touchable, and she was holding a bowl of warm tea in her hand, and she slowly walked in front of Yi Chen, smiling, and the shallow dimple at the corner of her mouth made the girl look even sweeter. said: "Brother Chen, drink water." ”

"Sister Juan'er, why are you here. Yichen took the tea bowl in the girl's hand and drank it all.

The girl in front of her is General Li's daughter, Li Wanwan. No one would have imagined that with Li Liang's appearance, five big and three thick, he would give birth to such a daughter of a water spirit. If it were a few years ago, she would look quite similar to Li Liang, but everyone knows that the eighteen changes in the female college are really getting better and better.

"Daddy didn't go to Liuhua Town outside the mountains a few days ago, but he came back today and brought you a new set of clothes, let me send them to you, by the way, see if you have been lazy these days. Li Wanwan didn't know what to take out from her pocket, clenched her little fist, shook it in front of Chen Yichen's eyes playfully, and said, "Close your eyes and open your mouth." ”

"What, so mysterious?" Regarding Li Wanwan's words, Chen Yichen has never refused, of course, he also knows that Li Wanwan will not harm him.

"Sweet or not?" Li Wanwan looked at Chen Yichen with a smile, as if she was happier than eating it herself.

"Sweet. Is this fruit candy?" Chen Yichen tasted carefully, this was one of the few memories.

"Pretty smart, yes, it's for you. Li Wanwan couldn't help but put all the more than a dozen pieces of fruit candy in Chen Yichen's pocket, grabbed his arm, and continued: "Let's go, go and see if the clothes that Daddy bought for you are suitable." ”

Chen Yichen came out of the house, wearing a blue coat brought by General Li from Liuhua Town, a hundred miles away, standing in front of Wanwan, and said with a smirk: "Sister Wan'er, you are so good to me. ”

"Fool, I'm not good to you, who is good to you!" Wanwan's cheeks flashed a hint of redness, turned around and ran out, and said, "Okay, I'm going home, my father and mother are waiting for me to go home for dinner." ”

"Juan'er, let Yichen send you home after eating. Seeing the figure of Wanwan running out, Chen's mother, who was preparing dinner, leaned out half of her body.

"Aunt Chen, don't ...... it"

By the time she walked out of the courtyard, Li Wanwan had already disappeared. turned around and returned, and said to Yi Chen in the courtyard: "Silly boy, what a good girl, why don't you know how to take the initiative." ”

"In my opinion, I should have done this marriage earlier. Lao Chen, who was polishing the axe on the side, finally spoke, only to see him smile and say: "The child is indeed older, and it will be difficult if you don't marry a daughter-in-law." ”

"Dad, mother, I just regard Wan'er as my sister. Hearing his parents discuss his marriage, Chen Yichen's head was a little big, and as for getting married and starting a family, he never seemed to have considered it.

"You don't have to worry about this, I still did this master, you just treat her as a sister, and this matter must be arranged by me and your father. The order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, if you don't listen, you are unfilial. Chen Niang glared at him fiercely, and then Lao Chen's words said: "His father, you will go to Sister-in-law Wang in a while and let her be this matchmaker. ”

Lao Chen gently stroked the blade of the axe with his hand, hesitated for a moment, and said, "It's okay to find Wang's sister-in-law to talk to the matchmaker, but I don't know if General Li will agree." ”

"Dad, you're stupid. Lao Chen's daughter-in-law put the prepared meal on the table in the courtyard and continued: "The whole village can see that General Li intends to marry his daughter to Yi Chen, and he usually takes a lot of care for him, you see that there are so many young people in the village, why did General Li bring a set of clothes to Chen Er, isn't this an obvious thing, this matter, we are men, we have to take the initiative, we can't wait for the girl's family to catch up." ”

"What you said makes sense, in this case, I will go to Sister-in-law Wang after eating in a while, how about bothering her to go to the media early tomorrow morning?"

Lao Chen put aside the sharp axe in his hand, washed his hands and prepared to eat. But I saw Chen's mother untie the apron around her waist and said, "Don't wait a while, let's go now, don't eat a meal and don't starve to death." ”

"Okay, okay. Listen to you. Lao Chen has no opinion on his daughter-in-law at all, compared with the two, of course, his son's marriage is much more important.

"Well, that's too sudden. Looking at the two people who left in a hurry, only Chen Yichen was left standing alone in the courtyard, wanting to stop it, but he didn't dare to disobey his parents' orders, just thinking that Wanwan would become his wife, he was unconsciously a little nervous in his heart.

For love, Chen Yichen doesn't understand. has always regarded Wanwan as a sister, and never even thought that she could marry Wanwan as a wife. But for Wanwan, Yi Chen likes it in his heart, but he can't tell whether this kind of liking is love or not.

Things were as expected by Lao Chen and his wife, and the matchmaker Wang went to General Li's house to protect the matchmaker the next day. General Li and his wife did not make much excuses, and after a symbolic refusal, they agreed. The other young people in the village didn't dare to say it, but Li Liang still knew more about Chen Yichen.

After all, Chen Yichen has followed him for three years, although he has not learned kung fu, at least the current Chen Yichen is no longer the sick look. What's more, compared with the young people in the same village, he is much more diligent and down-to-earth. Living here, I don't want my daughter to be rich and rich, I just want to live a down-to-earth and safe life.

Since General Li accepted this marriage, Li Wanwan can be regarded as a famous flower, and the marriage date of the two was chosen after the twenty-eighth year of Wanwan, and there was only one year of prosperity. A year's time, fast and slow. For Yi Chen, time flies quickly, since the two made a marriage contract, every time they see Wanwan, they will be inexplicable*. For Lao Chen and his wife, they can't wait for their two children to get married tomorrow and hold their big fat grandson the day after tomorrow.

In the early spring, when everything was recovering, the wedding date of Chen Yichen and Li Wanwan was only one month away, and the wedding room had been prepared, and the decoration in the house was basically complete. The marriage has been decided, and it stands to reason that everything should be settled, just wait for the wedding date to come as promised. However, just a month away from the wedding date of the two, a sudden change made all this unexpected.

"Dad, mother. I want to ......"

"Chen'er, what's wrong??" Chen's mother looked at Chen, who wanted to speak and stopped, and asked, "Is Chen'er nervous because she wants to marry a daughter-in-law?"

"No, it's not. Chen Yichen put down the chopsticks in his hand and continued: "It's just, just because the wedding date is approaching, I want to go to Liuhua Town with Sister Wan'er tomorrow to have a look." ”

"Go, should go. Lao Chen put down the dishes and chopsticks, took a sip of the wine glass, and said, "Mother, you and I will go to the village to have a look after dinner, see who has scattered silver, and exchange some furs for it." ”

"Chen'er, wait for my mother. Mother Chen turned around and left and went to the back room, not much effort, holding a small cloth bag in her hand, which was full, gently placed on the table, and said with a smile: "Yinzi Niang has already prepared, even if you don't say it, I will let you take Wan'er to buy some jewelry." ”

"Haha, it's still your mother's heart. Looking at the small cloth bag on the table, the old monk Chen Zhanger was puzzled and muttered: "When was this prepared, why don't I know anything about it?"

"No more, no less, ten taels. Chen's mother proudly poured the contents of the cloth bag on the table, and there were many copper plates mixed with the scattered silver of the white flowers.

"This is silver?"

Chen Yichen's eyes widened, and the largest piece of loose silver on the table was only the size of a finger knuckle. It was the first time I had seen silver so big. You must know that the villagers who live here usually barter for goods, and the only place to use the money is to go to Liuhua Town, which is hundreds of miles away.

"Damn, you are really amazing, I didn't expect our family to be so rich, ten taels of silver, I'm afraid this is the biggest wealth I've ever seen in my life. Lao Chen looked at the silver on the table, and his heart was very shocked, he would never have thought that he would see so much silver in his lifetime.

"That's not all, I've accumulated a total of fifteen taels over the years, and the remaining five taels are ready to be used as a dowry for Wan'er. Mother Chen smiled and put the money on the table into the cloth bag again, and said, "Chen'er, you take this money, and tomorrow you will go to Liuhua Town to see what Miss Wan'er likes, and you will buy her whatever she likes." ”

"Thank you, mother, but it's too much, Sister Wan'er said that her father gave her a tael of silver, which is enough. Chen Yichen held a heavy cloth bag in his hand, and for him who was not deeply involved in the world, he had no idea how much ten taels of silver was.

If you put it in the flower world outside, there are really not many taels of silver, but in a place like Lingshou Village, ten taels of silver is simply a huge wealth, and more importantly, even if you have silver, there is no place to use it.

"Your mother will let you take it, don't let her down. Lao Chen took the wine glass and drank it all, and said with a serious expression: "One thing you have to keep in mind, this money can't be spent indiscriminately, although I haven't been to the outside world, but I heard that it's very messy, you must be extra careful with Wanwan." ”

"Dad, mother, don't worry, not only me and Sister Juan'er, but also Doctor Zhang, he wants to go to Liuhua Town to buy some medicinal materials for backup, with Doctor Zhang's company, General Li agreed to Juan'er's request. ”

On the second day, Chen Yichen got up early, saying that he got up, and almost stayed awake all night, after all, he was really excited to go out for the first time, and he has always been in a state of half-asleep and half-awake.

At sunrise in the east, the two families stood at the entrance of the village and repeatedly told the two of them, thanks to the follow-up of Dr. Zhang, they reluctantly watched the three of them leave.

The open-top carriage swayed from side to side on the rugged mountain road, and even so, it was a novelty for the two sitting in the body, and even the birds and wildflowers they saw felt different from those in Lingshou Village.

The distance of more than 100 miles, if it is Yangguan Avenue, it will naturally not be long, but the speed of the carriage in the rugged mountain road will naturally slow down. When the sun sets, there is still a distance of twenty miles from Liuhua Town.

By the time we arrived at Liuhua Town, it was getting late. Don't look at it as just a town, but it is quite prosperous, located at the junction of the two countries, and there are countless merchants. There are six main streets in Liuhua Town, three or three criss-cross, although the sky is dark, the six main streets are still brightly lit, the street shops are tall and pretty, the candle lights in front of the door are high, and the people who call to buy and sell come and go, so it is not lively.

All this was a novelty for both of them, and the tiredness was swept away. Dr. Zhang deliberately slowed down the speed of the carriage, and introduced the business scope of each shop to the two of them as he walked.

Turning left and right, wandering around the town for most of the hour, Dr. Zhang drove the carriage into a slightly remote alley. The mouth of the alley is a tall candle lamp. Through the dim light, you can see two words written on the disguise, inn.

"Phew. Dr. Zhang grabbed the reins with both hands, turned to the two people in the carriage and said, "Okay, we have arrived at the place, we will stay here for the time being today, and I will take you around early tomorrow morning to see what you need." ”

"Yo, isn't this Dr. Zhang? But I haven't seen you for a while, and today I'm here to buy medicinal herbs. "The people in the inn heard that there was movement outside the door, and came out to watch, and they really knew each other.

"Yes, yes, it's good that the shopkeeper is here, and he's causing you trouble again. "Dr. Zhang and the shopkeeper are old acquaintances, and they have been friends for decades, and they always stay in this inn temporarily every time they come to town.

"It's all good, it's all good. Yo, I don't know who these two are?"

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce you. Dr. Zhang waved his hand, motioned for the two to come down, and said, "These two are a couple of newlyweds in the same village, and they will get married next month, so I just took them here to have a look." ”

"Yo, congratulations to both of you. The shopkeeper clasped his fists with both hands to congratulate, and then said to Dr. Zhang: "Dr. Zhang's ancient and warm intestines, if I remember correctly, this should be the tenth pair of newcomers you brought." ”

"Hehe, the shopkeeper has a really good memory. Dr. Zhang took a bag from the car and said, "This is a little mountain goods from a little mountain, give the shopkeeper a taste." ”

"Yo, Dr. Zhang is so polite every time, so the old man will not shirk. The shopkeeper gladly accepted and shouted to the store, "Second son, don't hurry up and lead the carriage to the backyard." ”

The shopkeeper let the three of them into the hall, and Chen Yichen saw the shopkeeper's appearance clearly. The inn was not very large, there were three tables in the hall, and on one side of the doorway was the counter, and on the side of the counter was a staircase leading to the second floor, and the doorway below the stairs led to the backyard.

The shopkeeper let the three of them to a relatively clean table, made a pot of tea, and after a few polite words, turned around and went to prepare the dish.