Hearing these words, Lin Mao seemed to have blocked the heart of the stone before he could breathe, looking at the filial piety and progress in front of him, Lin Mao only felt that his old eyes were a little cloudy, and as his thoughts slowly drifted away, he seemed to see Lin Xiujin in a robe, and in the corner where everyone admired, Lin Zhonglian, who was hesitant, was looking at himself expectantly...

In the spring and summer of the Northland, the heavy rain came violently, it fell heavily, but it went very slowly, this thunderstorm hurrah and fell all night, the water of many ponds overflowed, the next morning, the rain went to the clouds, and the sun with a layer of fog veil could be regarded as climbing over the mountain, and when the thin cold fog dissipated, a brilliant rainbow hung in the sky. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After getting up early for dinner, Lin Xiu explained to the second elder and went out to visit his friend Li Hu, whom he hadn't seen for two years. Since wearing open crotch pants, Lin Xiu has been friends with Li Hu, in addition to a black thin man Zhao Yuan, the three of them were notoriously bad in Linshui at that time, stealing chickens and touching dogs, picking melons and fruits. For this reason, Lin Xiu was beaten a lot, but no one expected that the ruffian in the words would turn his temper one night, and then won the first place in the county examination and was admitted to Shengde Academy.

"Huzi, the sun has passed early, open the door for my brother." Lin Xiu stood in front of Li Hu's house and shouted one after another, his fist banging on the door, and those who didn't know thought that the robbers had come to the door.

As the whistling voice drifted in, a lazy reply came from inside the door: "Who, what kind of door to hammer early in the morning!" "The complaints are really prominent.

With a "squeak", the door opened, and Li Hu, who was sleepy-eyed and confused, appeared in front of the visitor like a hill.

"I heard that you are already a big fat man, this brother who has seen it with his own eyes, and he has stood up in your pigsty!"

Li Hu was yawning, hearing such a familiar voice, he rubbed his eyes vigorously, so that Hou Xiao's eyes opened widely, and after being stunned for a moment, Li Hu hugged Lin Xiu into his arms with a bear hug, and shouted happily: "Brother Xiu, when are you coming back, why don't you tell me, I'll pick you up." ”

originally thought that his seven-foot body was already a lot taller, but looking at the big fat man who was close to nine feet, Lin Xiufang knew that he was growing slowly: "Loosen up, let go, I'm about to strangle me." ”

Hearing this, Li Hu scratched his head embarrassedly, and smiled: "Brother Xiu, I miss you all the time, I haven't seen you for two years, and I was so excited just now." ”

Lin Xiu relieved himself and slapped Li Hu on the shoulder: "Good guy, such a porcelain, I came back yesterday, but the rain was too heavy, so I accompanied the second elder at home, I heard my father say that you are a fat kid, and I came to you early in the morning." ”

"Brother Xiu, don't stand, come into the house, let's have a drink!"

Seeing Li Hu pull gently, Lin Xiu involuntarily walked forward, and at this moment, Li Hu's strength was inadvertently revealed.

After entering the house and sitting down, Li Hu skillfully took out a jar of old wine from the box, Lin Xiu smelled it, and said with a smile: "Huzi, this is your father's, if we drink it, you probably won't have to beat it." ”

Li Hu didn't care, waved his big hand, and put out two bowls: "Brother Xiu, we're all used to it!" As he spoke, he patted his body vigorously in a pretended posture: "With this figure, my father can't beat it at all!" Even if he fights, he is tired. ”

While the two were drinking and talking, Lin Xiuwenzhi's other friend Zhao Yuan's father let the horse thief kill the year before last, his mother couldn't afford to be sick, and without his father's care, Zhao Yuan couldn't support the family's leather business alone, so he simply closed the door, apprenticed to the blacksmith in the village and county, and learned some ironmaking skills to make a living.

After listening to Lin Xiu's heart, the sourness stimulated his nerves like an old vinegar punch, Li Hu took a big sip of wine and said: "Brother Xiu, it's okay, Brother Yuan's family has been okay in the past two years, this kid is really not covered, the knives he played are very ruthless, my knives are all single-handedly beaten by him, and every once in a while I send some meat to his family to make up for it, you don't know, he used to be black, and now he is even blacker." Speaking of this, Li Hu leaned forward and pretended to exaggerate: "At the beginning of last month, I delivered meat to the fifth aunt in Xitou at night, and the black light was blinding, and I didn't see him walking next to me, which scared Lao Tzu." ”

Then the two drank a lot, and Li Hu calculated that his father would come back soon, so he hurriedly slipped away and pulled Lin Xiu to find Zhao Yuan.

When you come to the famous Niuji Iron Shop in Linshui County, you can feel a heat wave coming from the shop, and the air is filled with dry fire-like scrap iron turbidity, which makes people's throats tighten and uncomfortable.

Master Niu is only fifty years old, at this time he is standing in front of the stove, he is shirtless, a leather coat is loose hanging on his chest, his strong arms are sometimes tight and loose, one hand is wheeled with an iron hammer, the other hand is tightly grasped by the iron clamp, every three times the hammer falls, he will use the iron clamp to clamp the red iron felt into the water tank next to it, so as to quench the toughness and hardness of the iron.

After about ten rounds, Master Niu stopped and rested, took the wine gourd from the pillar next to him to moisten his mouth, and when he looked up, he saw Li Hu's chubby face.

Li Hu took a step forward, hooked his head and laughed: "I'm here to disturb Uncle Niu's business again, I'm sorry, if you don't rest, I'll try." ”

I saw Master Niu put down the wine gourd, smiled, and scolded: "Monkey spirit, get out." When he turned his gaze to Lin Xiu on the side, Lin Xiu stepped forward and bowed and said, "Uncle Niu, do you remember me?" ”

Hearing this, Master Niu was puzzled for a moment, as if he had no impression, after all, there were so many guys in the village, Lin Xiu had been out for a few years, and Master Niu didn't think about it for a while.

Li Hu immediately interjected: "Uncle Niu, he is Lin Xiu, we are the top student in the examination of the twenty-eight counties and counties in the four cities of the Northland, Uncle Niu is really a noble person." ”

As soon as he said this, Master Niu let out a long "oh": "It turned out to be that kid from the Lin family, yes, yes, he knows etiquette." ”

At this time, a tall black man came out of it, and when he saw the person in front of him, he was stunned for a moment, and then his joy burst out: "Ah Xiu, when are you coming back?" ”

Lin Xiu looked at his childhood friend, and sighed indescribably in his heart, Zhao Yuan, the least talkative but most reliable brother among the three, thinking that the three of them were bad together, every time something happened, it was this black man who went up to the top, and now he is a blacksmith, the original slightly yellow complexion has become dark, the emaciated face seems to have shown the tempering of the years, a pair of clear eyes are still so bright, and the exposed chest and arms highlight the outline of the muscles.

Li Hu also spoke from the side: "Brother Xiu, Brother Yuan, our brothers can be regarded as together, let's go, we have to take some action today, otherwise the villagers near the water will forget about us." Hearing Li Hu say this, the three of them immediately laughed, and their expressions had returned to the original childish era.