On the way down the mountain, Meng Shu remembered a sentence, his hometown is where the smoke rises.

She saw from a distance that every house had smoke coming out of the chimney, and the smoke was different from house to house. Due to the different moods of each household when cooking, some cooking smoke is soft and gentle, while others are heavy and hurried.

And the smoke from the house by the pond belongs to the former. Obviously, the two old men are calm and leisurely when cooking.

Meng Shu inexplicably felt a sense of belonging in her heart, because she knew that Yi Zhan's grandparents were under the soft wisp of green smoke, silently waiting for Yi Zhan to go home with her.

Yi Zhan beside her came from the top of the mountain, still savoring the song "Three Inches of Daylight" she sang, and the smile on her face had been in a non-astringent state.

Although the scenery on the way down the mountain was beautiful, the physiological backache still made Mengshu's tone reveal a trace of exhaustion.

"Ah Zhan, tomorrow I want to go back to Xiahe Village to see Uncle Li and Aunt Li."

"Okay, I'll send you there." Yi Zhan was full of interest and nodded vigorously.

"Well, then let's go to the city tomorrow morning to buy some gifts, and visit them in the morning."

"Okay, I'll pay."

"No, you don't." Meng Shu said, "When I was young, I didn't have many friends, and my parents were busy with work and didn't have time to accompany me. Uncle Li and Aunt Li were very good to me, teaching me how to cook, how to fish, and how to play chess. Now that I have worked on my own, it is up to me to honor them. ”

"Then I have to say it, they taught my girl so well, cooked so deliciously, had such high fishing skills, and could beat grandpa in chess."

"Draw, draw."

"You're too modest. I've heard that after you get out of the car and jump off the horse, what chess player can't see that you've won? ”

"Is it so obvious?"

"Yes." Yi Zhan said angrily and not funny, "Grandpa dominated the chess world in Lanxian County when he was a teenager, and he was called the young Jiang Taigong, and now he is old and is called Yi Taigong." Although he has passed his prime, even if Commander Hu in the glorious period plays chess with him and secretly releases water, it is impossible for him not to see it. In terms of taking 10,000 steps back, even if you didn't expect the eight or nine steps of the chain of lethal killings after the galloping horse, you chose to slow down the horse, and let the chess game evolve into Grandpa's three British battles with your Lu Bujia assistance, Grandpa still can't fight you. You abandon the artillery and cut the horses, which is very obvious to release water. The chess game continues to evolve, grandpa double-cannon single-elephant, you bicycle soldier like all, as long as you spend a lot more effort to cut off the wings and use a white face to kill, grandpa can't hold it. You have the advantage to take the initiative to make peace, and this time the water release is quite atmospheric. If you continue to go down, Grandpa will definitely admit defeat. ”

was solved by Yi Zhan, and Meng Shu had to quietly stick out his tongue.

"But then again," Yi Zhan said with a smile as he swapped the pickaxe on his left shoulder to his right, "how did you practice such good chess skills?" I grew up playing chess with my grandfather, and until now, it is still difficult to beat him in three out of ten games. ”

"You and your grandfather have played chess for many years, and they know each other very well, and your grandfather is more experienced than you, as long as you have one more soldier or pawn, you can basically only barely keep the peace. Uncle Li's chess skills are very strong, he is good at attacking and killing, setting traps, and setting up ecstasy arrays, and people who don't know him will be careless even if they are careful. ”

Yi Zhan nodded, "Indeed, grandpa is such a cautious person, and he still follows your way." ”

"When I was a child, Uncle Li used to play chess with some old grandfathers under the tree, and I watched from the sidelines. When he saw that I was interested in playing chess, he smiled and said to me that if I could learn how to play chess in one day, he would give me a pair of chess and teach me how to play chess. ”

"I see. I always thought that girls weren't very interested in chess, and they weren't even more likely to play chess. Why don't we play a few rounds another day? ”

"Yes! I'm not going to release any more water, though. ”

Seeing the magnolia-like smile of the girl beside him, Yi Zhan suddenly felt that the hastily pickaxe on his shoulder did not exert so much pressure on him.

After unloading the two grain handles from the pickaxe and putting them in the warehouse, there were still four grain handles to be transported down the mountain.

Yi Zhan didn't have time to rest, put down the bamboo cart leaning against the warehouse, loaded the axle, and said to Mengshu, who was already exhausted: "Why don't you take a shower and rest for a while, I'll go alone." ”

Meng Shu put down the kettle and stood up, scribbling the water from the corner of his mouth, "It's getting dark, I'll go with you." You go to the mountains alone, it's not very safe. ”

Yi Zhan put the strap on his shoulder, "Then let's go." ”

"How many pounds can you pull with a cart?" Meng Shu patted the bamboo cart, she hadn't seen this kind of old-fashioned bamboo cart that could be pulled and pushed for many years, and she really felt novel.

"When I was a teenager, I was able to pull a cart up the hill and carry a cart full of firewood home. Although I don't have as much strength as before, the four Gu handles are still a little bit of a problem for me. Yi Zhan turned his head and smiled at Meng Shu and said, "Why don't you sit on it and try it?" ”

"No, you save some effort first, it takes a lot of physical effort to pull the cart up and transport the grain down."

Yi Zhan looked ahead and smiled slightly, "For men, physical strength is very important. ”

Meng Shu's cheeks became hot, but because the sky was a little dark, Yi Zhan didn't notice it.

When the two of them returned all the grains to the warehouse, with the sound of frogs one after another, the night enveloped the entire Yijia Village.

"Xiaomeng, you have worked hard today, eat more!" Yi Zhan's grandmother knew the hard work of doing farm work, and kept putting vegetables in Mengshu's bowl.

Meng Shu smiled and said, "Thank you, grandma, but the work is all done by Yi Zhan." ”

"He used to go to the mountains with Lanxi to cut rice, and neither of them had any ghosts, and neither of them wanted to work more, and it would take two or three days to cut such a small piece of land."

Yi Zhan stopped spitting and swallowing, and there was a bit of complaint in his tone: "Grandpa, it's obviously Sister Lanxi who is lazy, and she will only let me work under the tree." ”

The crowd laughed.

After the meal, Yi Zhan took Mengshu's hand and went out for a walk together, Mengshu raised her head from time to time to admire the bright starry sky, and Yi Zhan kept looking at her side with a smile on her face.

"Yo, Xiaozhan, how about a walk with your girlfriend?"

Meng Shu Xunsheng looked to the left, it was a couple, and it seemed that they were older than her mother.

Yi Zhan stopped and replied with a loud laugh: "Yes, second uncle and second aunt, have you come back from your walk?" ”

In addition to the questions you know and I know, there are also ridicules in the dialogue between the countrymen meeting.

"Well, you two seem to be quite right, when are you going to drink your wine?"

Yi Zhan clenched Mengshu's hand, "When the time comes, you can drink more with my dad!" ”

There was an even more hearty laugh from there, "Okay! ”

"Okay, second uncle and second aunt, let's go ahead first."

"Well, stay safe!"

"Hmm."

After walking for about a minute, Meng Shu finally couldn't help but speak first: "Ah Zhan? ”

Yi Zhan returned to reality from longing, "Where are you?" ”

"I remember that my uncle is my grandfather's second son, who was my second uncle just now?"

"Oh, he's my clan uncle. The grandfather is the fifth of the five brothers, and he is the second eldest in the uncle's family. When he was young, he did special work and was expelled from the family. After the mission ended, he was investigated again, and only a few years ago he returned to Yijia Village to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors. ”

Meng Shu was in awe, "Second Uncle is a real hero!" ”

"Well, although the hero is not so easy to be, the second uncle still managed to do it."

Meng Shu heard the heaviness in Yi Zhan's words, and understood that it was inappropriate to ask again, so he had to change the topic: "I remember when I was a child, after it got dark, there was no one on the road, and everyone rested early. How come there are so many square dancers and so many people walking now? ”

"Oh," Yi Zhan explained slowly with a smile, "we only go once or twice a year, and we feel fresh, and we have the strength to come out and enjoy the night in the countryside after a break." But the villagers in the past were different from us, everyone was exhausted after a day's work, and went to sleep after dinner to see the weather forecast. And at that time, there were no street lights in the countryside of Lan County, and the lights were blind, so naturally no one came out for a walk. Now people live a rich life, they don't have to do so much heavy labor and farm work, and the street lights are also installed, so they can have a little nightlife. ”

"Yes, such a beautiful starry sky, there should be more people to appreciate it."

For many days and nights, she had given the warning to the starry sky in the dead of night, hoping that it would bring her own words to Yi Zhan.

"Girl, do you remember when we made a wish together under the stars?"

Meng Shu nodded slightly.

It was the day before the college entrance examination, the stars were brilliant, and the senior high school students of the whole school made a wish together under the starry sky. Such a scene is one of the most beautiful memories of her youth, how can she remember?

Yi Zhan smiled and asked, "Do you know what wish I made?" ”

"The title of the gold list, the Toad Palace is crowned?"

Yi Zhan shook his head, "Neither." ”

Meng Shu turned his head to look at Yi Zhan, and there was a sea of stars in his eyes.

"I hope to confess to you after the college entrance examination, and you can promise me to be my girlfriend."

Meng Shu smiled, "The wish I made at that time was the title of the gold list, but the object of my prayer was not me, it was you." ”

Yi Zhan circled Mengshu into his arms, and Mengshu struggled as usual.

"You're so good to me, should I reward you?"

"Then let me go first, there are still people on the way?"

"Don't let go."

Yi Zhan lowered her head and struck her lips.

Meng Shu opened his eyes in confusion and saw several jagged figures in front of him, so he had to break free from his embrace, and his face was still slightly flushed after kissing.

"There's a child coming from behind, let's go quickly."

"Eh," Yi Zhan shook his head and said with a smile, "Girl, who in Yijia Village doesn't know that you are my girlfriend now, what are you afraid of?" ”

"But they're still kids."

"Okay, let's move on." Yi Zhan stretched out his hand, "Now, let me go forward with you, tomorrow, I will always accompany you, and in the future, I will always accompany you." Whatever you want to do, I will accompany you to do it. ”

"Thank you, A-chan."

Meng Shu looked at the road ahead and the bright starry sky, and clenched Yi Zhan's hand.