Sorry, changed it twice, even later. The last chapter of the Ice and Fire Chinese, please support ...... While watching the letter burn to ashes, Master Zhou thought that if the old man was really that powerful, he would not rise and fall a few times.

Bury the chess pieces, bury the chess pieces, the world is unpredictable, there will be no Jining Hou, there will be others, no matter what Zhang Yang and Zhao Yun do, they will inevitably experience struggles and setbacks, if they can't deal with it, life and death are fate.

Besides, what will happen in the future, how can the dead Jining Marquis be accurate? Among the variables, even he, a living person, could not predict, let alone a dead person.

Thinking of the gourd and chestnut, as well as the soybean, Zhou Fuzi smiled slightly-the fruits and vegetables of the Zhang family and the Zheng family have all grown up.

Suddenly thinking of King Ning again, he couldn't help but sigh, even if there was no such thing, he and Jining Hou would not be able to escape this ending.

Unless they make other arrangements. Judging from Jining Houxin, there is really this possibility.

Chrysanthemum learned about it in May.

Because the Cao family was about to give birth, Zhang Dazhuan and He also wanted to have a younger son, so in early March, the old couple took red peppers and potatoes and went to Sanyuan County to live for more than two months.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, Huaizi personally went to pick them up.

After He came back, he told Chrysanthemum that Aunt Gao was also sick and died, and Aunt Liu didn't know why, she recited Buddhist scriptures all day long, and she didn't come out to see people, so Aunt Wu was still a little alive, "If it weren't for the second daughter-in-law who gave birth to peanuts, I would be happy in my heart, and I wouldn't want to live there." ”

Seeing her sighing, Chrysanthemum obviously didn't know the inside story, and said vigorously that she would help Yang Ziduo burn a few sticks of incense in front of his ancestors, bless the safety of his house or something, and pulled Chrysanthemum to mutter for a long time.

Chrysanthemum had no choice but to comfort her carefully, remembering the few fresh women at the beginning, she was also stunned and had no way to comment.

After this incident, Huaizi discussed with Chrysanthemum that he wanted to go to the north to develop.

He heard Qin Feng say that the Yunwu Mountain in Yunzhou also stretched for hundreds of miles. There are also oak trees growing there. So they want to go there and buy some properties, anyway, they are familiar with it. In addition, the imperial court also issued an edict to encourage the people to go to the bitter cold land north of Yunzhou to reclaim the wasteland, the land price is extremely cheap, and there is no need to pay taxes in the first three years. He saw it as an opportunity.

Chrysanthemum agreed, and she also felt that it was not good to put all the industries in the open, and it was time to expand outward. The cunning rabbit has three holes.

So, Huaizi took the black skin to Yunzhou, and the family was handed over to Chestnut to be in charge, Zhang Dazhuan and Uncle Liu were on the side, and Chrysanthemum was behind him to supervise.

Since then, the Zhang family and the Zheng family have expanded outward little by little. Didn't go except to the west, to the north. To the south, to the east, almost all of them are full of industry.

In the north, oak trees are planted in barren mountains to raise fungus mushrooms, and acorn flour is produced; The south side is mainly farmed to grow crops and raise chickens, ducks and fish; In the east, most of them set up shops in major cities and towns, selling their own products, and gradually developed into Yasukuni's leading grain, oil, and meat eater.

Time passed, the vicissitudes of the world, and after several ups and downs, the Zhang family, the Zhao family, and the Zheng family finally entered the court. From a grassroots family to a powerful family, the power has been tilted towards the government and the opposition for more than 100 years.

In the twenty-fifth year of Yongping, Zhang Yangguan went to the Criminal Department to be the secretary, and the juniors of Zhang Zheng's two families were also like the rice harvest that was tasseled, and they came up one after another, so they moved their families to the capital.

Ten years later, the 52-year-old Mrs. Zhang was impatient with the bustling disturbance of the capital, and returned to the ancestral house of Xiaoqingshan with Mrs. Zhang to grow vegetables and fish in Peach Blossom Valley. Enjoy your old age in peace.

Same. Prime Minister Zhang Yang said goodbye to the old man and made way for his son and nephew. Returned to Castle Peak Academy as the head of the mountain.

Twenty years later, Zheng Juhua, the white-haired old lady of the Zhang family, seems to be more and more energetic, she has to serve vegetables herself every day, likes to use shrimp nets to catch fish and shrimp, and especially likes to go to the forest to pick up mushrooms.

Early one morning in late June, when the sun had just risen, Mrs. Zhang and the old lady first ate some vegetables and dried porridge at random, and then led their great-grandson Little Sparrow, and the girl Qinghe followed with the basket and walked to the back garden together.

Over the decades, the garden has added a lot of fruit trees and green bamboo, and it has become lush. On the leaves of flowers and trees, and on the vegetables in the middle of the garden, the dew drops are crystal clear. As soon as the sun emerges from behind the ridge, they disappear.

The three-year-old sparrow was very naughty, refusing to walk on the gravel path, and insisted on stepping on the grass next to it. First he ran after a butterfly, and then looked up at the bird jumping and chirping among the branches and leaves of the jujube tree, and after a while, the black shoes embroidered with red tiger heads were wet, and a few drops of dew fell on the hijab of the pestle, and a strand of soft hair was wet.

Qinghe just looked at it with a smile and didn't stop it. The brothers and sisters of the Zhang family are very happy, and the old lady does not let them be pampered, saying that they should let them run more and be better for their bodies.

"Sparrow, come here. Get out into the sun. The shoes are wet again, and your mother should talk about you when she sees it. Chrysanthemum couldn't see it, but she still screamed.

Zhang Huai seduced: "Ouch! This cucumber can be eaten. The water is tender, I'll pick one and taste it first. ”

Sure enough, when the little baby heard this, she ran over, and Zhang Huai and Chrysanthemum looked at each other and smiled.

Zhang Huai is also full of white hair, his face is thin, and he has lost two teeth, but his spine is straight, and he looks strong, unlike other old people who have a stiff back. He only grew a short beard because Chrysanthemum said it was too cumbersome to wash.

The two of them took the little sparrow to the cucumber shelf, and picked up the vine leaves, and sure enough, some of the cucumbers were already half a foot long, turquoise, full of thorns, and with goose yellow flowers on the top.

When the chrysanthemum saw that his hands were itchy, he picked two long ones.

Qinghe knew that she wanted to eat, so she hurriedly came over and said, "Old lady, let the slave maid take it and wash it." ”

Chrysanthemum nodded, and the pool was in front of it, with wells and tap water from the mountains using bamboo.

Waiting for Qinghe to wash the cucumber and bring it, the chrysanthemum and the little sparrow were separated, and the locust also ate a small piece, and the rest was handed to Qinghe. He lost two teeth, and it was a bit of a struggle to eat this.

After chewing the cucumber, the chrysanthemum went to pick the pepper.

"I still eat meat and chili peppers at noon." Zhang Huai squatted in the ditch, pulling the weeds in the pepper field while saying to the chrysanthemum.

Chrysanthemum nodded and said, "Hey!" I thought so too. Now the chili peppers are tender and the taste is fresh. ”

As she spoke, she picked the tender green and yellowed half-sized peppers and put them in the basket.

Zhang Huai said that the meat chili pepper is to wash the tender chili pepper, pinch the chili stem and send it forward, remove the core of the chili scallop, and then stuff the flavored minced meat into a long strip into the chili pepper empty stomach, fry it on high heat, put a little salt, and then simmer it for a while over low heat.

Because I use young chili peppers that have not yet grown, there is less meat stuffed in them. Extremely easy to cook. It's also easy to taste, and the young chili peppers are very fresh and not so spicy, so the whole family loves to eat them.

This is based on the stuffed chili peppers, which are fried in oil, and the chili peppers used are slightly larger. There's a lot of meat in it, so the taste is different.

She quickly picked half a basket with her hands, and asked Zhang Huai again: "Yesterday you said that you went fishing with Old Man Li, did you still go?" ”

Old man Li is Li Changyu. Yesterday, I brought Mrs. Li Gao to touch the cards, and the four of them mixed for a day, and he said that he would come today and go fishing in the front pond with Huaizi.

Zhang Huai said: "Why don't you go?" Didn't I ask people to call the big brother, there were more people. "Now that they're older, they're old people who want to have fun all day long, and live more freely. Save yourself from causing trouble to your children and grandchildren.

At this time, Qinghe took a short hoe from the small shed next to the vegetable field and handed it to the old lady, while also squatting down to help pull the grass.

Chrysanthemum nodded, thinking that she would also go to the peach forest when the time came.

She said: "I asked people to net some small miscellaneous fish and shrimp, and I used this tender chili pepper to cook casually, and the soup was very fresh." ”

They have their own small kitchen, and they don't eat together with the big kitchen, so they have to discuss the topic of what to eat and drink every day, and then go and get it themselves. Let the kitchen do it, this day is the same as usual, it tastes very good.

Zhang Huai was really happy when he heard it: "I said yesterday that I wanted to eat small miscellaneous fish." ”

The two chatted for a while, picked some cowpeas and other vegetables, and made a large basket.

Qinghe hurriedly said, "Old lady, old lady go first." Let the slave maid carry this dish. ”

Chrysanthemum nodded, and was about to turn around, when she suddenly saw Zhang Huai staggering up, looking unsteady. Taken aback. Hurriedly stepped forward to support him and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Zhang Huai seemed to turn his head with difficulty. grinned at her and said, "Chrysanthemum ......"

Chrysanthemum chuckled in her heart, and hurriedly said to Qinghe: "Go and call someone." ”

Qinghe also noticed that something was wrong with the old lady, so he hurriedly dropped the basket and ran forward.

Here, Zhang Huai grabbed the chrysanthemum's hand with the withered palm that was still stained with soil, and his lips trembled and squirmed for a long time before he spit out a sentence: "Chrysanthemum, don't be afraid!" I'll watch you every day. You...... I can see the ...... when I go down and take a walk and net the fish."

He turned his head to face out of the courtyard wall, which was the ancestral cemetery of the Zhang family.

Chrysanthemum suddenly panicked, and said in a dumb voice: "Brother Huaizi, you don't speak." Come, rest by me. You...... Uncomfortable, isn't it? It doesn't matter, I think it's because I've been squatting for a long time and I'm dizzy. Qinghe went to call someone, and the doctor was in the village, and he called quickly. ”

Zhang Huai shook his head, he seemed to feel that his body was like a sieve, and the strength and heat of his body were leaking one by one.

Finally couldn't hold it anymore, the body slid down, soft like a rice bag, even the chrysanthemum couldn't carry it, the two fell together, sat in the ditch, overwhelmed several pepper seedlings, and Huaizi still grabbed the chrysanthemum's hand.

The little sparrow ran over from the ridge of the ground and shouted in panic: "Old ancestor, old ancestor! ”

Qinghe's movements were also very fast, and a group of people rushed in from the front, carrying a deck chair, and shouted, "Old lady, the old man is here." ”

But Zhang Huai couldn't say a complete sentence anymore, he didn't care about anything else, just looked at the chrysanthemum, and said with difficulty: "Chrysanthemum...... Flowers, Mo ...... I'm afraid ......"

He's about to leave her, why should he go ahead of her?

He rolled his cloudy eyes, his vision blurred, and in a hazy sight he saw a large crowd rushing towards him. Yes, with so many children and grandchildren, chrysanthemums won't be lonely, right? Besides, even if he left, he didn't leave her far.

It's just that I am reluctant in my heart, and I refuse to let go of that hand.

Chrysanthemum saw Zhang Huai close her eyes, and the arm that grabbed her hand was also relaxed, but her five fingers were still clasped, and she was at a loss: Brother Huaizi is gone!

Her ears were full of all kinds of voices, crying, screaming and comforting her, men and women, old and young, but she didn't feel anything, it seemed that the whole world fell silent, and only Brother Huaizi's advice was left in the world: "Chrysanthemum, don't be afraid of ......"

Huaizi is gone, the world suddenly loses its color, and all the pleasures of life are gone.

She is like a passer-by in life, she has completed her mission, whether it is the crying little sparrow, or the sad chestnut, he has just returned to his hometown to serve his father and mother, and she will not be tempted again, even if there is another fire in Yongping for seven years, which burns down this house, she will not frown.

That's for these children and grandchildren.

The edge of the dust is gone! I see.

She lowered her head, looked at Zhang Huai's clasped five fingers, and thought funny: Let me not be afraid, it means that I want to live well, so why don't you let go?

The poor son Chestnut is also in his fifties, kneeling in front of his father and crying, and he was afraid that the old mother would hurt her body by sitting on the mud floor, and if there was a good one, it would be even worse, so she endured her grief and carefully broke her father and grabbed her mother's hand.

However, Zhang Huai's body gradually became colder, and his fingers became tighter and tighter, and Chestnut wondered if he would break his father's fingers if he was too strong.

Chrysanthemum didn't hear her son's cry, she indifferently swept the pepper field, cucumber stand, these can't make her like it, the little miscellaneous fish actually has nothing to eat, and the children and grandchildren are no longer worried.

It turns out that death is like this.

She heard Chestnut howl miserably: "Mother-father-"

Then, her body floated lightly, and she was stunned when she looked at the chaotic crowd on the ground, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a person beside her, startled, and looked at it, it turned out to be a locust child, hazy, faintly with some figures.

She suddenly rejoiced, and leaned over, wondering what was going on, could they still cross over? If this is the case, she must hold Brother Huaizi tightly, she doesn't want to go to a strange place alone.

However, when the two approached, they passed by. It turned out to be formless and insubstantial, and they couldn't be carried together at all. When he opened his mouth to speak, he had no voice, and he could only be relatively speechless.

Huaizi was stunned for a moment, carefully approached her again, and smiled at her.

Chrysanthemum also smiled at him, and her heart was inexplicably full, as if she had the feeling of living her life again, no longer the same as just now, empty, and all thoughts returned to the land.

The two looked at each other silently, and at the same time looked down, only to see more people rushing into the vegetable garden, crying and screaming around the two corpses, and the people below were also running back and forth.

The chief housekeeper Liu Heipi was at the scene, instructed people to go to the academy to deliver letters to the Zheng family, and arranged for people to decorate the mourning hall, and then asked people to carry the remains of the two elders back to the main courtyard.

It was easy to get up in an orderly manner, and only then did he wipe his tears and comfort the chestnut: "The old lady and the old lady have ascended to heaven, please mourn the old man!" We still have a lot of work to do. I had to hurry to the capital to deliver a letter, and I had to send a letter to a few aunts and grandmothers, and I had to prepare for the funeral. ”

Dead, a hundred!

Just bury it directly, it's so troublesome.

The two retracted their gazes, although they didn't speak, they seemed to have a clear heart, and they both knew what the other party thought.

"Ancestor!"

A young woman was crying sadly with a one-year-old baby in her hands. The baby opened her dark and clear eyes, looked at the chrysanthemums and Zhang Huai in the air, grinned, and waved to them at the corners of her mouth.

Huaizi couldn't hold the chrysanthemum, so the two clung to it, smiled at the baby, and floated into the woods.

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