This is the first snow after the beginning of winter, and the snow is also unexpectedly wide, covering almost the entire territory of Xizhou, the northeastern part of Huazhou and the northern part of Xiangzhou.

Since the last time Dou Jianzhang welcomed the broken sword back to Xiangzhou in the hands of Hua Hateliu, it was the second time in three months and the third time in half a year to Xizhou.

The three times are the same thing, but he has already made up his mind that no matter how many times he comes, the answer he gives is no different from the beginning, and he said it cleanly and neatly with only three words: can't do it!

Yesterday, he had once again shown his attitude to Yang Jiuguan and the others, in his opinion, although Yang Jiuguan, Yang Wu and others were his elders, but some things did not mean that what people said when they were older must be correct, and no one could prove that what they said at this time was necessarily correct for future things, and second, what they said was ...... Who's to say that what seems to them to be right must be recognized as correct when it comes to them?

Originally, after talking about the matter last night, he was going to leave Xizhou City and return to Xiangzhou, and the old man of the clan was very satisfied with him welcoming back the sword of the same sect, but this was a trivial matter compared to knowing the name and surname of the same sect. Three months ago, this group of old-fashioned people began to prepare for the ceremony to welcome the same clan to the ancestral hall, and now everything is ready, just wait for him, as the patriarch, to return and preside over the ceremony.

It's just that the plan is not as big as the change, he woke up early in the morning to find that a heavy snow has quietly fallen, I don't know when the snow has fallen lightly, and now the snow on the ground can reach the ankles, but still has no intention of stopping, and continues to spread on the ground layer after layer, very much like the salt flowers sprinkled on the layers when those old people pickle pickles.

He remembered Hagiwa.

Hagi Ruo is a child from the famous Smoke Willow Lane, and if it weren't for the fact that he strayed into the Smoke Willow Lane, which he has always regarded as a filthy place, that day, I am afraid that he would not have seen Hagi Ruo.

Hagi is not good-looking at all.

As the saying goes, "one white covers a hundred ugliness", and when it comes to Hagi Ruo, you have to say it - in all fairness, Hagi Ruo is actually still very good-looking, but because she looks a little darker than ordinary girls, that is "one black and a hundred ugly", even her big eyes and neat row of small white teeth that smile openly look weird against the background of this skin tone.

He ransomed her for ten taels of gold, and even if he was the head of a clan, he had to follow the rules of the circle when he arrived in a certain circle. There was no marriage, let alone a glamorous marriage, others only thought that he had a special fetish for a twelve-year-old girl, but in fact he took her home as his own sister, and insisted on pulling her into the family tree despite the opposition of the other elders.

How could he alone be able to defeat the opposition of the whole clan? Besides, this woman's background is also unlucky, no matter what he says, the old people in the family stick to this bottom line, and in the end, he has no choice but to give them a good face and fight with them.

However, that group of old people has lived a long time, what has not happened? His face is ugly, his speech is ugly, and even when he directly deprived several elders of their power because of his personal anger, they didn't say anything, all according to his temperament.

There is only one thing: this Hagi Ruo, don't want to join my Dou clan!

Dou Jianzhang didn't know how to explain this kind of thing to Hagi Ruo, so when she asked, "Brother, when will I tell people that my surname is Dou?" ”

He could only glare at her viciously and said, "You are too dark, they think you have joined the clan and smeared the clan...... You'd better get up white first! ”

Although Miss Hagi felt aggrieved in her heart, she thought that it was not up to us to decide whether this life was black or white...... But since it's her own reason, then she needs to make some efforts herself, and it's useless to always let others - in fact, there is no one else, just her newly recognized brother - to help you worry!

She asked people everywhere about ways to become white, and someone told her that she could become whiter by eating aloe vera, so she asked Dou Jianzhang to help him buy a yard of aloe vera in the name of planting flowers - the reason why she bought so much was because if it was less, she would be found out if she ate some secretly, she didn't want him to know that she was thinking about how to become white, she thought to herself that if she was white, she would definitely be overjoyed when Dou Jianzhang saw her again.

However, the aloe vera in the yard did not grow as fast as she ate, but in half a month, the original pots of lush aloe vera were only left with young shoots less than an inch high in the middle.

Others don't know the reason, they all privately praise this girl from a bad background, but her heart is still very good, although it is an extremely rare thing to be able to "raise the aloe vera all over the yard" to death, but you look at her haggard appearance, isn't it just sad for this aloe vera?

However, in fact, this is not the case, she eats aloe vera too much, and she has to vomit and diarrhea many times a day, this haggard appearance is not sad for the matter of aloe vera.

There is only one thing that can make her sad, and that is the method taught by others, and I think it can't cure her "blackness".

Dou Jianzhang finally knew her private efforts.

However, he knew that it was not because of the aloe vera, but because of another incident half a year ago.

Hagi girl didn't give up because a method didn't work, she also tried a lot of methods, such as soaking in milk baths, although it didn't work, but after that, it made her have a lingering smell of milk, which seemed to others to be a magical thing, but Hagi girl was sad, and complained: What's the use of incense? Those old stubborns are not a group of old blind people! Are they different or can they see that I'm black?

She heard that people can "cover white", this method is also simple, no need to buy aloe vera, fresh milk, etc., and there is no need to worry about others can see it, it is indeed a light and feasible method.

If you want to "cover white", you just need to put on a few extra clothes when it's hot, and then sweat.

Hagi girl turned white, it was the weather in June, even if she wore a thin dress, it was inevitable that sweat would flow out uncontrollably. She went even more extreme, hiding in the house alone, closing the doors and windows, sealing the gaps with cotton, lighting a stove in the house, and lighting one in each of the four corners and the middle hall...... This is not counting, the previous ones can only be regarded as a foreshadowing, which is useful for creating "heat", but for "whitewashing", it has little direct effect.

She wrapped herself in three quilts, and began to plan her "white" cause in the house early in the morning, and at noon she was tired and sweaty, and directly endured the desire to take a bath and rinse, and refused to come out after getting into the quilt.

At first, she was holding herself up against running out, but after a while, she was overjoyed, thinking that her patience was effective after all, and she didn't want to run out anymore.

Later, she didn't know what was going on, probably asleep, or if she had reached the state of "self-forgetfulness" as the storytellers said, and she closed her eyes anyway and didn't know anything.

Dou Jianzhang came back a day earlier than originally planned, he looked for a long time and didn't see Hagi Ruo, and at first he said that she ran to where to play, but no one came back until the afternoon, so he panicked and sent people around to find him.

The man did not run far, and his dwelling was only separated by a wall, and when he found it, and opened the tightly closed door, the heat wave hit his face, and he almost fainted from the heat.

He went in to look for someone, but where did he find anyone? After a while, his mouth was dry, and after he fumbled around the room, he saw a big "zongzi" on the bed.

Zongzi is a kind of glutinous rice, jujubes, red beans, etc., the face is filled, wrapped in leaves on the outside, and in order to prevent it from falling apart, it must be tied with a thin rope at the end.

Hagi girl not only wrapped herself like a big zongzi, but also became a zongzi in danger.

Tomb robbers know that if you say zongzi, it means that the tomb looks relatively well-preserved, and there is no decaying corpse.

Hagiruo girl wrapped herself in a big zongzi, and Dou Jianzhang was the unlucky ghost who "touched the big zongzi".

When he took people out of the futon with all his might, Hagi's entire body was significantly lighter because of the lack of water! Later, I heard the doctor say that if he was a little later, then Hagi Ruo would really become a real "zongzi".

The kind that is buried in the grave.

Dou Jianzhang was going to cut down alive the person who sued the girl for "covering up" the girl, but fortunately, the old diehards also saw the determination of the brother and sister, and after compromise, they got a statement that both parties were more satisfied with.

People, Dou Jianzhang can not kill, but one life for one surname, no matter what, it is a sure profit for the Dou family; And the group of elders also knew that everything could not be too much, so they promised: as long as Dou Jianzhang did a major event that was recognized by the main clan, they would agree to this "one life for one surname" - of course, before Dou Jianzhang did a big thing, the people who supported him had to continue to live, and the girl Hagiruo had to continue to be people who could not call themselves "Dou clan".

Welcoming back the Zhengrong Sword and taking back the name of the same clan is such a major event that can be recognized by the people. Dou Jianzhang was in a hurry to go back, not caring about the so-called ceremony, just because after the ceremony, he could write Hagiruo's name in his father's name, and after that, Hagi Ruo's girl became "Dou Hagiruo".

The "whitewashing" is not without good results. After that, Hagi Ruo probably knew that she couldn't mess around, otherwise Dou Jianzhang would really cut down those people who were kind enough to give her ideas, who else would she go to for help in the future? Therefore, after this incident, she has also become a lot more settled, she does not do things that fight for her life, and now she likes to buy all kinds of rouge, which is the kind of powder that has a strange taste, but can make people red and white when smeared on people's faces, she thought at first why buy those things, flour can also dye people white! But since she tried it once, she knew that it did look white on her face at that time, but the flour was not blown or sweated, and when the wind blew, a burst of white powder drifted away, making her clothes everywhere, and when she sweated, it was like a big water irrigating a dry canal, and a face was divided into several pieces vertically, and it didn't look a little beautiful.

What's even more terrible is that when you want to remove these powders at night, you can't wipe them off on your face, and sometimes you will drag your face to pain, so you have to wash it many times.

All things considered, it is more convenient to use rouge gouache.

Looking at the snow falling layer by layer in front of him, Dou Jianzhang remembered the Hagi girl who was holding the powder box and had to sprinkle a layer of powder on his face from time to time, and his idea of returning to Xiangzhou became more determined.

"Young Master...... Just now, Yang Jiuguan came there again, saying that you should come over in the afternoon. The old man waited quietly behind Dou Jianzhang for a long time, and through the slightly moving skin of Dou Jianzhang's sideburns that could be faintly seen from the side behind him, he could tell whether the face of the person who was facing away from him at this time was worried or happy, whether he was stunned or thinking about something important.

"Uncle Yang......" Dou Jianzhang was slightly startled when he heard this, and after distinguishing the person's voice, he greeted with a chuckle. He respected the housekeeper in his house since he was a child, and knew that the old housekeeper had a great relationship with his father, even when he arrived in Xizhou, which was full of Yang family names, he also called the other party "Uncle Yang", which seemed cordial, and then he didn't believe that anyone else dared to respond to the "Uncle Yang" he shouted.

"As soon as the snow falls, there is no day or night that cannot be stopped." Yang Wei chuckled and took two steps forward, but still did not stand side by side with Dou Jianzhang, but kept a step away from him, "When I was young, I was often taken by my eldest brother to play in the mountains, to set a set of rabbits and catch a few hungry birds. ”

"Are you ......" Dou Jianzhang didn't understand why he suddenly heard Yang Wei say these words, but out of respect, he still wanted to stop talking, and listened to the old man continue.

Compared with Yang Wu in terms of maintenance, Yang Wei can be said to be different from cloud and mud. Although he and Yang Wu are the same mother, but just looking at his face, he is more than ten years older than Yang Wu, in the eyes of those who don't know, it is more like Yang Wei is the eldest brother and Yang Wu is the younger brother.

At this time, he didn't pay attention to Dou Jianzhang's words, in fact, there are not many times when this situation occurs between the two, in the past two years, Dou Jianzhang still remembers that the most recent time was after Yang Wei rushed back to Xiangzhou with him, he asked the other party the reason for coming back, and the other party didn't pay attention to him.

This time it was similar to the last time, so Dou Jianzhang listened more attentively.

"When it snows heavily, it's the easiest time to catch birds, and it snows for a day and a night, and the birds are so hungry that they can't stand it, and when the snow stops, they always have to come out to find something to eat, and this is the time when the opportunity comes." Speaking of catching birds, Yang Wei seemed to have returned to his childhood for a while, immersed in memories: "I brought a small bag of food with my eldest brother, the eldest brother was stronger than me, and the dustpan with a big lid was carried by him, and I followed him behind him with a rope, and held up the dustpan early on the mountain, and sprinkled some grain - at this time, you can't put too little, the birds eat a few bites and leave, people don't have time to pull the rope, you have to put more food, and when it eats to the fullest, forget it, this is the best time to catch, the line is pulled, Birds are absolutely winged. ”

"That year was such a snow ......" Speaking of this, Yang Wei's face darkened, Dou Jianzhang was about to say comfort, but he heard Yang Wei continue: "I went to the mountains with my eldest brother as usual, he carried a dustpan, I held a rope, I don't know why, we didn't meet many birds that day, and after waiting for a long time, I didn't have the patience to go home first, and the eldest brother continued to guard on the mountain, so I had to wait for the bird to throw himself into the net......"

"After that, we haven't seen each other for decades......" Yang Wei chuckled, turned his head and asked Dou Jianzhang: "Do you know what the first thing I asked after meeting my eldest brother later?" ”

"Huh?" Dou Jianzhang was slightly stunned, not understanding what Yang Wei meant by asking him this question, he smiled awkwardly, and admitted truthfully: "Jianzhang doesn't know ......"

"Hahaha!" Yang Wei heard him say this, laughed out loud, and said proudly: "I can't guess you." After speaking, he paused, as if recalling the tone of his speech at that time, and after a moment of silence, he said in a deep voice: "Did you catch a bird?" ”

"Huh?" Dou Jianzhang was stunned again, and when he saw Yang Wei smiling, he realized that the first thing he said when he met Yang Wu at that time was "Did you catch a bird?" ”

"He said, 'I caught a big bird when it was dark, and I didn't have enough food in a bag of food, so I put the dinner ration in to get it ......out.'"

"This ......" Dou Jianzhang was surprised, if it was really as Yang Wei said, Yang Wu was not only extremely patient, but also from the fact that he gave up his rations, it could be seen that if he decided to do something, he would really be willing to give up his "blood capital".

"At the end of the afternoon, don't forget to ...... then" After saying this, Yang Wei bowed lightly, and then turned around and went to the side, leaving Dou Jianzhang alone standing in place in a daze.

Uncle Yang came over, is he here to tell a story about the past for himself?

He was suspicious in his heart, and always felt that it was more important to come to tell him about the afternoon discussion...... However, if this is the case, what does the bird hunt mean? It's not going to relieve your boredom, is it?

Well...... Bird hunting?

Dou Jianzhang suddenly figured out something, he recalled what Yang Wei had just said, but found that whether it was the story Yang Wei told or the things he was going to discuss in the afternoon, they were all inextricably linked to this "bird hunting".

Yang Wu is good at catching birds, and this time the "food" he prepared in order to catch "birds" is indeed sensational...... Dou Jianzhang can tell whose role is the "dustpan" and whose role is the "rope", but the key is who the "person" who pulls the rope to catch birds?

Dou Jianzhang frowned and looked at the snow that continued to fall in the yard, but he chuckled in his heart, thinking about the black girl in the distance, and complained: That's it, I can't care who this "person" is, but Hagiruo, I'm going to be used to make this rope......