A day later, when he arrived in Qindong Town, Tongguan, Hu Sanniang said: "Shizun has been away from home for many years, and now he should prepare some gifts when he returns to his hometown to visit relatives." Zhou Tong nodded yes, and at that moment, Sanniang took out the gold and silver given by Shi Jinxiang to purchase some melons, fruits, wine, cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks in the town, rented a mule cart in the town and loaded a large cart, and the master and apprentice came to the south village of Zhennan.

To the side of Jiaxiang Village, the hometown of Zhou Dong, Sanniang's hometown revisited, only to see here: the front of the Jingcheng Ancient Road, the back of the loess Xigang. The surroundings are green like smoke, and the sky is blue and the water is clear. The horns of the house are full of cattle and sheep, and the wheat field is full of geese and ducks. The countryside is vast, and the country is longitudinal and horizontal. Exactly: a group of villages with thick soil, it is difficult to say goodbye to the hometown.

Sanniang clapped her hands and praised: "It's really a good scenery, but it's more wonderful than only the loess wind and sand after a few hundred years." I can't imagine that I won't come for a few years, but the scenery here is still average. ”

Zhou Dongqi said: "After a few hundred years, how can there only be loess wind and sand? ”

Sanniang stuck out her tongue and smiled: "It's nonsense." ”

While the master and apprentice were gossiping, they drove the mule cart into the village, and some children from the village had already come to follow and play. Sanniang took out the candy she had prepared and distributed it, and the children in the village were all happy. The children made a fuss, alarming the village and bringing a few villagers to greet them. Zhou Tong and Li Zheng knew each other in their early years, and after a few words, he instructed Sanniang to hand over all the prepared gifts to Li Zheng and distribute them to the villagers.

Everyone received the gifts, and they all came to invite Zhou Dong home for dinner, but Zhou Tong only said that he would go home to visit first, and then come back to disturb him another day.

Bidding farewell to the villagers, the master and apprentice returned to Zhou Dong's house, and Zhou Dong's wife Meng Cuiying got the news, and led the housekeeper, the maid, and the domestic servants to stand against the door and greet them. Sanniang saw that her master Meng Cuiying was still generally kind, and there was not much change compared to when they met a few years ago. Zhou Dong still has an only son, named Zhou Yunqing, under the command of the old man of the border court of Yan'an Mansion, he has started a family a few years ago, and now the furniture is in Yan'an Mansion, and only Meng Cuiying and several domestic servants and maids live in Tongguan's hometown.

Meng Cuiying stepped forward to give Zhou Dong a blessing salute, and then she was a little surprised to see Sanniang: "This Sha Mo is the little girl that the master brought back?" ”

Hu Sanniang smiled and stepped forward with a generous Wanfu salute and said, "Master Niang is fine, I am the Sanniang of the year." ”

Meng Cuiying said: "Aya, they are all so big, and they are getting more and more handsome as they get older. Why are you still wearing men's clothes? Come into my room and talk, and change your clothes with you. At that moment, he pulled Hu Sanniang and left.

Zhou Tong smiled and said, "Your master is still anxious, but you forgot about her husband." ”

Meng Cuiying is also a strong female hero, in the past, she set up a ring to recruit her husband, and Zhou Tong married her only after winning the fight. Although she is now over half a hundred years old, Meng Cuiying is still heroic and uninhibited, pulling Hu Sanniang to go first, only to turn around and say: "Master, please freshen up first, and talk to the master later." After that, he took Sanniang and left, and Zhou Dong had his own old housekeeper to serve him and go to freshen up first.

After Meng Cuiying talked to Sanniang in the house for a while, she opened a mahogany trimmed cabinet, took out a set of plain cloth skirts, and said with a smile: "This is the dress of the old and young people, and Sanniang has changed it." ”

Hu Sanniang blushed slightly at this time and smiled: "Master, I have been used to wearing men's clothes since I was a child, so I don't have to change it." ”

Meng Cuiying said gently: "If you say that you are walking the rivers and lakes outside, eating and sleeping in the open, it is more convenient for men, but now that you are at home, you should change back into your dress, unless Sanniang feels that your master's home is not like her own home." ”

Hu Sanniang smiled reluctantly, so she had to listen to Meng Cuiying's words and get up to change the dress. Meng Cuiying combed the bridle headdress for Sanniang again, and when she got up to look at it, she saw it: Su Hai obliquely inserted the clouds and sideburns and willows, covering the dark clouds and pretty eyebrows; The green sleeves are skillfully cut into the plain skirt, and the waist of Ruixue is slow. The cherry mouth is light and red, and the spring bamboo shoots are hand-picked and delicately jade. Slender waist, green skirt; The body is light and red-embroidered. The face is piled with delicate flowers in March, and the eyebrows are swept in the early spring tender willows. The fragrant muscles flutter Yao Taiyue, and the green sideburns are pine Chu Xiuyun.

Meng Cuiying looked at it and cheered: "What a handsome daughter, whoever marries in the future will be a great blessing." ”

Sanniang's face was slightly red, and after picking up the bronze mirror and looking at it, she frowned and said, "It's too beautiful, I'm afraid I'll have to find a mask to bring in the future." ”

Meng Cuiying snorted and laughed: "What stupid things are you talking about? Which daughter is reluctant to be more beautiful? Men's clothes are used to wearing, do you really think you are a man? The two maids also covered their mouths and laughed.

After the girls laughed for a while, Sanniang took out the rouge gouache and cloth jewelry she bought in the town and handed them to Meng Cuiying, only to say that the master bought them and gave them to the master.

Meng Cuiying chirped: "How could the master have been so careful? Sanniang is what you bought yourself. Sanniang insisted that it was not.

Meng Cuiying said: "Okay, if you do a favor for your master, I will accept it." It's not early, and I'm going to prepare food and drinks for the master. After that, he got up and took the maids Xiaohuan and Xiaocui to prepare the meal.

Hu Sanniang also followed the cooking, Meng Cuiying didn't allow it, but Hu Sanniang said with a smile: "Shizun always said that he wanted to try Sanniang's craftsmanship all the way, but he rushed all the way, and there was no place to cook. ”

At the moment, Meng Cuiying had to follow her, the four girls were busy in the kitchen for a while, Sanniang made a few exquisite side dishes, and the three flavors of chicken, duck and fish were also complete, and then they came out, and the fragrance suddenly overflowed.

Zhou Tong has finished freshening up, is drinking tea and reading in the study, smells the fragrance, index finger moves, to the handmaiden to call, he hurried to the table.

Just before entering the table, Zhou Tong was slightly taken aback when he saw Hu Sanniang, who was wrapped in women's clothes. After a while, Zhou Dong coughed lightly and said: "I didn't expect Sanniang to change back into women's clothes but you are such a talent, I am afraid it was a big mistake to teach you martial arts back then." Since Sanniang has changed into women's clothes, it is not easy to sit at the same table, so it is better to open another seat in the inner hall. ”

Sanniang bit the jade chopstick lightly and smiled: "Where did the master say it?" The master is like a father, and the master is like a mother, why should the family have another table when they eat? Meng Cuiying also said: "Master, in the past, you boasted that you regarded the great defense of etiquette and religion as dung, how did you care about it when you got old?" ”

Zhou Tong bowed slightly, stopped talking, and immediately sifted the wine and started the banquet. After tasting Sanniang's craftsmanship, Zhou Tong praised: "Compared with a few years ago, there has been a great improvement in cooking skills. Then he glanced at Meng Cuiying and said, "It's a few points better than your master's cooking skills,"

Seeing Meng Cuiying's uncertain face, Sanniang sifted a bowl of wine for Zhou Dong and said with a smile: "Where did the master say?" You haven't been at home for many years, and I'm afraid that Shiniang's craftsmanship has long been forgotten, and tomorrow's chef will naturally be better than Sanniang's. ”

Meng Cuiying also said: "Exactly, tomorrow I will ask the master to correct the cooking skills." Zhou Tong laughed a few times and then lowered his head to drink and stopped talking, but Hu Sanniang and Meng Cuiying chatted while eating, and they both talked about some things on the rivers and lakes, but they also surrendered.

After the dismissal, the maid Xiaohuan and Xiaocui came to clean up, Zhou Tong ordered Hu Sanniang to follow him to the inner room weapon hall, and turned into the inner room weapon hall, only to see that the hall was full of weapons and armor, and the eighteen kinds of blades were all neatly on the shelf, and a few pieces of boring armor were supported on the wooden frame, and the hall was in the middle of the table, and the two good bows were offered there.

Zhou Tong pointed to the iron tire bow in his left hand and said: "This dragon head iron tire bow is a relic of Yang Lao Linggong, and it was given by a friend when he was a teacher in the Jingshi Imperial Boxing Gym. Then he pointed to a short golden bow in his right hand and said: "This bow is a golden eagle beast horn bow, which was purchased by a foreign merchant in Cyprus, and according to legend, it is a great food treasure bow in the Western Regions." ”

Zhou Tong took off the golden eagle beast horn bow, sank his waist and horse, and then pulled the bow to a full moon and said: "The iron tire bow requires five stones of strength to be opened, and this golden eagle beast horn bow only needs three stones of strength, and the bow body is short, so it is especially convenient to open the bow immediately." ”

Hu Sanniang didn't know why Zhou Tong talked about the bow, but listened to Zhou Tong continue: "The old man is known as an iron arm, and other kung fu is also enough, and the most proud thing in his life is this archery." Sanniang, you are a daughter, and your martial arts are also pure, but in the end, you can't compare to the strength of a man, and the strength of this golden eagle bow is just right. Sanniang, you have followed me to practice martial arts for many years, and now you have become a teacher, and today you will give this golden carving bow to Sanniang, and the right to be a gift of the teacher. ”

Hu Sanniang sighed lightly, but she was not hypocritical, and took the golden eagle bow after bowing and thanking her, Zhou Tong then said to Hu Sanniang: "Give the bow to you, but I have never instructed you in archery, Sanniang has doubts in her heart?" ”

Hu Sanniang smiled slightly and said: "Master's mind Sanniang understands that Sanniang is the body of a daughter, who has followed the master for many years, and only learns the method of foot combat, but the art of arching and horses has not been taught at all. I think the master thinks that Sanniang can learn some martial arts and self-defense, and there is no need to learn the art of arching horses. ”

Zhou Tong bowed his head slightly and smiled: "Sanniang always knows the intention of being a teacher. After a pause, he continued: "When I was a teacher, I saw that you were smart and clever, and you were very suitable for the teacher's spleen and stomach, so I accepted you as an apprentice." I want you to be a girl, just learn some martial arts to defend yourself from being bullied. But I never thought that after nine years of hard work, almost all my skills as a teacher were hollowed out by you. As for the art of arching horses and the kung fu of spears and halberds on horses, the teacher has never taught them at all. ”

Sanniang blinked slyly and said: "The apprentice knows that the kung fu of the bow horse and the spear and halberd on the horse are all used when he is a general and a martial artist in the imperial court, so he has not passed it on to the apprentice." ”

Zhou Tong glared and said, "Do you still know this truth?" Girl's family, practicing martial arts and fitness is nothing, if you still want to go out of the cabinet to pay respects, it is whimsical. As a teacher, I thought that if I didn't teach you, I would be fine, but I knew that you went to worship Wang Jin as a teacher, and learned from him the art of arching horses and the kung fu of spears and halberds on horses, right? ”

Hu Sanniang stuck out her tongue and said, "I can't hide anything from you." ”

Zhou Tong had a straight face, knowing that his apprentice was the best at gags, if he smiled, it would be difficult for this little monkey to climb up the pole, and he said warmly: "But all women, it's good to teach your husband and children at home, you learn these things, do you really want to go out of the pavilion and worship?" ”

Sanniang bit her red lip and said: "Master, don't be angry first, you also know that our Hujiazhuang has been bullied by Zhujiazhuang for many years, and in the boundary of Jizhou, Song and Liao have intersected with swords and soldiers all year round. Otherwise, if you really wish the Jiazhuang or Liao soldiers to come to disturb you one day, you won't be able to outrun those soldiers on horseback with short legs. Paying homage to the imperial court, Sanniang is still afraid that she won't be able to stand the filth of those traitorous ministers, and she will never have such thoughts, so you can rest assured, Master. ”

Zhou Tong's face relaxed slightly: "There is some truth in saying this." Then he sighed and said: "Well, from tomorrow onwards, I will teach you the art of arching horses, and I will save Wang Jin from knowing that my apprentice of Zhou Dong went to him to steal the teacher, and passed it on, and it is not good-looking on the face of the teacher." ”

Hu Sanniang clapped her hands and laughed and said, "Thank you, Master." Then he blinked and said, "Master, in fact, you gave me a bow just now, and I knew that you wanted to pass on my bow and horse skills." ”

Zhou Dong said: "You bad apprentice, you will be angry with you sooner or later as a teacher." ”

Since the beginning of that day, Sanniang has lived in Zhou Dong's mansion, and Zhou Dong teaches eighteen kinds of horse martial arts and horse arching techniques every day, one by one from the beginning, which is more upright than Sanniang's peeking at Professor Wang Jin.

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