But complaining is complaining, Handan Chun, as an old Jianghu, almost glanced at the note, and there were many fewer stones in his heart. It's just that this carved hu rice is the only one, but he is a little muttering.

Those who don't know may be confused by the three words of carved hu rice, thinking that since it is carved hu rice, it must only be produced in the Western Regions, and it can only be eaten in the counties of the Western Regions. But as long as anyone who has eaten it knows, in fact, on the contrary, this carved hu rice that seems to be far away and windy and snowy, is actually from the picturesque water town of Jiangnan. It is precisely because of this that Handan Chun kept cursing Liu Yu in his heart all the way.

"This yellow-mouthed child, with no hair on his mouth, I don't know where to hearsay, he must be using this old man to eat and entertain him."

He has eaten carved hu rice, and as a traveler, he also knows a little about the preparation of carved hu rice. Although this thing is not a big meal, it is not something that ordinary people can make lightly. And he traveled south and north, but this Western Regions was the place he set foot in the least.

This time, he sacrificed himself to accompany Cai Zhonglang to find a girl, this poor mountain and bad water, whether he carved Hu rice or not, he was really a little weak.

No matter what, let's look for it first, and at least get the other good ones first. In the end, if there was really no such carved rice, the old man would go back and throw these three words on the little child's dough.

Not to mention, the old rivers and lakes are the old rivers and lakes, just two days, most of the items on the note were included in Handan Chun's pocket.

It's almost the same, plus I have asked almost all the shops and friends, and I only heard the sound of carved Hu rice here. So Handan Chun decided to go home, so he rushed back to the inn to smack the kid.

On this day, he finally returned to Dunhuang in the dust, passed through the city gate, threw a few cents of toll to the soldiers at the city gate, and then beckoned the temporarily hired porter to follow, through a familiar shortcut, in a cramped alley left and right, hurried slowly.

Suddenly, in the midst of a hidden gate, a shadow suddenly flashed,

Well, Handan Chun, who has long been nervous by carving Hu rice these days, suddenly stood still, and then involuntarily touched his chin and recalled:

"Neighbor Girl Night Tsubaki?"

Thinking about it, I quickly took out the crumpled note and looked at it, and sure enough, there were four annotations of "Neighbor's Girl Night Tsubaki" written next to "Carved Hu Rice".

Handan Chun suddenly lifted his spirits, and hurriedly listened with his ears pricked up, and in the courtyard gate, there was indeed a faint knocking sound intermittently.

"Stop, stop, wait and stay, wait here, the old man will go and come back."

Handan Chun stopped the porter, looked at the courtyard gate on the side of the road, shouted twice, saw that no one answered, and then pushed the door straight in, and swaggered in with a pair of oily robe sleeves.

Following the sound to a corner of the courtyard, I saw the busy back of a graceful girl from a distance, holding a mallet, pounding in a stone cellar.

"Neighbor Yechun, stinky boy, could it be that he really has a pair of clairvoyance, and he has ears to the wind!"

Handan Chun touched his chin, squinted and admired it, and then coughed lightly: "Ahem." ”

The girl was startled when she heard this, and when she turned around and saw a stranger in the dust, she immediately panicked, threw away the mallet in her hand, and ran towards the room in the center.

"Daddy, Daddy—"

In the midst of the screams, a middle-aged man ran out with an abacus in his hand, and bumped into Handan Chun head-on, first stunned, and then said angrily:

"Who are you, uninvited, how can this be reasonable, don't quit quickly!"

Handan Chun glanced at his master, suddenly nodded thoughtfully, and then said in his mouth:

"Outside the city of Wu County, call friends, ride a projectile bow, and knock in black and white."

When the master heard this, he was shocked, hurriedly took a few steps forward, looked at Handan Chun up and down, and then shouted:

"Oh, it turned out to be Uncle Zi. You, why did you get to the Western Regions, hurry, drink tea in the hall! ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand to rebuke and came out, and the family members holding sticks comforted the girl with their eyes, and pulled Handan Chun affectionately to go to the house, but Handan Chun was pulled by him with a smile.

"Don't worry, Brother Chengye, it's you, I haven't seen you for a few years, and you actually appeared here. And it seems that it is not a guest house, could it be that there is also a Li family industry here? ”

As he spoke, he looked around unceremoniously.

It turned out that this person was a wealthy Jiangnan businessman named Li Chang whom he befriended when he traveled around Jiangnan, and he was also an important branch of the Li family in Longxi in Jiangnan. Because he loves chess very much, he hit it off at first sight.

Li Chang met his old acquaintance in another country, and when he heard the words, he laughed, nodded and agreed, and then looked at Handan Chun again with feeling:

"Since Uncle Zi doesn't even drink tea, it seems that there is something wrong, so you might as well talk about it."

Handan Chun groaned for a moment, and then briefly explained the ins and outs of the whole thing.

By the time he said the three words of carving hu rice, Li Chang was already stroking his palms and laughing, beckoning the girl and saying:

"I and Uncle Zi, it seems that there is really a fate. And you said that it was a coincidence, not sooner or later, today I was hungry for the bowl of carved rice in the south of the Yangtze River, and as a result, Uncle Zi came looking for this carved rice. Not to mention, I have lived in Dunhuang City for several years, and I have really not heard of any carved hu rice on weekdays. ”

"It seems that the old man really came to the right place, but I didn't expect to find this thing here from Brother Chengye."

Handan Chun was overjoyed, and hurriedly flattered him, and then looked at the girl on the side and said, "I don't know if this is-"

Oh, Li Chang slapped his head and immediately commanded in an orderly manner:

"This is the little girl Li Lian, and she is the only one in the whole house who can make this hand-carved Hu rice. Lian'er, hurry up and pack up those ingredients, bring your things and follow me to the Dongcheng Inn immediately. Haven't you always admired the name of Cai Gong, and today I can teach you to get what you want. ”

"Li Qing, bring a few clever housekeepers, and find another cook to be a helper for the young lady. Go quickly, by the way, take a look at the barn, what lake dried sheep, roasted goose, wolf, Tongma wine to take some. ”

Seeing that his old friend Li Chang didn't say anything, he began to arrange for the carving of Hu rice, and even went directly to the inn with people and things.

"Hehe, I almost forgot, that stinky boy confessed and confessed, if you find the person who carved Hu rice and made it, you must give this thing. Lian'er, the old man and your father have a heart-to-heart relationship, and you are no different from my daughter. This thing, the right to borrow flowers to offer the Buddha as a meeting gift. ”

Ah, Li Lian saw a pair of wrinkled, oily hands grabbing it, and instinctively shrank in fright. However, these scary hands were held high and lightly, and they didn't touch themselves at all, and there was an extra thing in their hands.

When I looked down, the appearance of the thing in my hand was colorful and round, which made people like it at once. The heart that was about to shirk suddenly burst into flames.

"Take it, Lian'er, Mr. Uncle Zi is not an outsider."

Li Chang took a look at it and knew that his chess friend was a strange person, and there were always strange people and strange things, and it was not a problem to give a strange thing.

Li Lian agreed, completely relieved, and clenched the thing tightly in her hand, and was even more happy in her heart:

I don't know what it is, it's so beautiful!