Willow Branch looked at him as if he had never seen him before, and when he looked at him carefully, he only felt that there was a completely different taste from the past, and a trace of it lingered in his heart. Of course, Brother Xiaochun is very good, so other girls come to him with grease and powder; Thinking about Feng Jiaojiao again, she said shamelessly, "Oh ho, Brother Xiaochun is already very much like an adult, he looks good, especially his waist-"

His fruit was coveted, and a flame of jealousy in his heart rose slowly, Brother Xiaochun is mine, so no one is allowed to touch it. The willow branch was close to him, as if to show her ownership, she put her hands around his waist and touched his waist socket, hey, it was really like Feng Jiaojiao said that there was a pair of dimples, and she had never paid attention to it.

She rubbed his waist hard, poking it from time to time, as if she wanted to get back what she hadn't touched before. This position is really terrible, Li Chun didn't dare to stop it, only bit his lip to control himself.

The two of them have been misunderstood for so long, and these trivialities are not in their hearts, and Liu Zhi pretended to be angry and talked about it, just snuggled in his arms and continued to talk.

"Then if you follow this Bai Qiye, will you go to Nanquan? Or even going to sea? "It sounds like these places are too far away.

"I don't know, but businessmen and traders are just going around. There are so many big merchant ships coming and going on the Qingshui River, full of sails and full of goods, copper from Yunnan, mercury from Bashu, and seafood from the mountains in the north and the sea in the south. The people on the merchant ship talked to me about how big the outside world was, that a wave on the sea was as big as a hill, that there were man-eating fish in the sea, and that there were pearls and corals, and that ambergris floated on the surface of the sea, and that if you were lucky, you could pick it up; They also said that there was a country on the other side of the sea, and that the people of the people were red and golden, and that their eyes were green and blue. ”

Liu Zhi could hear the excitement and yearning in his tone, he was a boy, and he should have great ambitions. But if he leaves at this time, she will be very afraid, what if his father and mother marry him to someone he doesn't know.

Liu Zhi swallowed: "Brother Xiaochun, can you not go outside first?" You can take me with you when I'm a few years older. Soon. "I'm so afraid of losing him, he must not leave.

When she heard him answer without hesitation, Willow Branch's cheeks were hot, and she buried her head in his arms, shy and grateful, and a little inexplicably sad. I used to think that he was closer than others, but now I don't know why I am getting more and more greedy, I just want him to stay away from him. I've been angry enough in the past ten days, and I want to die too.

Li Chun saw the power from the domineering official ships in Yunnan, the wealth from maritime merchants like Bai Qiye, and he saw the estrangement of Xiaozhi's father and mother from him. But he doesn't blame Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu, if he is a father, he is afraid that he is reluctant to let his daughter follow an orphan who has nothing.

People like themselves can only win a place for themselves by going to the wider world. But Xiaozhi told himself not to go, then he didn't go. Those treasures that have crossed the ocean are not as precious as she is alone.

Xiaozhi, she is the most beautiful little girl in the world, wearing a rhododendron or a peach blossom pollen is ten times better than others. She is also the kindest little girl in the world, her heart is so soft-hearted, cats and dogs are reluctant to bully, and she is even more kind to him; Always carried her delicate little bamboo basket, turned out a lotus leaf bag for herself, everything, brown sugar steamed bun meat bun, Qingtuan hemp ball egg cake, inch gold sugar, walnut crisp, sesame oil chicken, hibiscus duck, sauce meat and bacon grilled glutinous cake.

For the sake of such a good little girl, he is willing to stay in Huashi County, as long as she says a word, he is willing to continue the life of a broken boat and a drunkard. I want to fly high for her, and I am willing to fold my wings for her.

"Xiaozhi, I like you" Li Chun finally dared to say it. He hugged the soft and small body of the willow branch, she was warm and fragrant, like a sweet rice ball; He wanted to crush her and swallow her in one gulp. Every time he saw her, he felt hungry, from the bottom of his heart.

"I know," she smiled, her eyes wide.

"Yes, it's the kind of liking that your father likes your mother. I also want to ask you to be a lady and live with you for the rest of my life. He said it in one breath, even if he was slapped and scolded by her, he recognized it.

Liu Zhi was still very confused: "But I have always wanted to marry you." She was so startled that she almost bounced off his lap, "You never thought about marrying me before?" ”

He hurriedly distinguished: "I just don't think I deserve you, you are so good" and he said incoherently, "I will be good to you, I only like you." ”

She smiled, "You've been very nice to me already. The voice was soft and glutinous, sweet and silky, so entangled that he struggled and was willing to drown in it.

Suddenly no longer confused, no longer anxious, compared to the innocence and transparency of childhood, a new feeling of tenderness and depth spread, enveloping the two of them. It doesn't matter if you don't see each other often, because each other's hearts are clear and unwavering.

Li felt that his eldest daughter seemed to have really grown up, became calm, and no longer easily quarreled with her father. She talked to Li's mother, and Li's mother comforted her: "This is a good thing, does my wife still hope that the eldest girl is not sensible." ”

"I just don't think it's weird. Hey, by the way, Xiuxiu hasn't been here for a while, Mama Li, you have to go to Luosi Lane to see if she is sick, and by the way, buy two catties of snacks and bring some white fungus jerky. Alas, Xiuxiu, I felt distressed when I saw this child. ”

Willow Branch pulled up her sleeves and marinated the pork belly in a wooden basin with coarse salt, and Li bitterly advised her not to touch these pickling work, but she didn't listen, she liked to eat. Yesterday, Mama Li met Hu Butcher to deal with meat cheaply, and all the bags came back, and it was just right to make wind-blown meat at the end of the year.

She wore an old dress, a blue cloth headscarf wrapped her hair, and when Mama Li came back, she processed all the meat in a wooden basin, and Mama Li held her wrinkled and white hands and felt distressed. When rubbing clam oil on her, Mama Li couldn't help but say: "Big girl, you haven't been out for a few days, do you want to go out for a walk" and added a sentence that covered her ears and stole the bell, "Go and play with Miss Feng." ”

Liu Zhi smiled and said, "When I dry all the snow mushrooms in the past few days, I will go to find Jiaojiao." ”

Now my mood is different. Even if he and Brother Xiaochun haven't seen each other for five or six days, although they are worried in their hearts, they are no longer in a hurry, because they know that the other party will not change, and they will definitely wait for each other in the same place.

She no longer pleases Yang Xiuxiu. When she said that she gave all the jewelry to Yang Xiuxiu in exchange for the two of them to meet, Li Chun felt uncomfortable, and only said, "If you are like this again, I might as well go with Bai Qiye, at least I can go outside to earn silver and buy jewelry for you." And he said, "Xiaozhi, I will earn you a lot of money and come back, and buy a lot of gold bracelets and golden hairpins, so that you can't wear them all." ”

Winter is coming unhurriedly. The snow in the south of the Yangtze River is not as majestic as in the north, but it can be fine and stretching for a day, and this season is the most suitable time for girls to embroider flowers, knock melon seeds, and grind teeth around the brazier in the room.

In late autumn, Li Chuntuo Feng Jiaojiao sent a basket of chestnuts to the willow branches, all of which he picked from the mountains, and selected them one by one, all of them were round and big, and none of them had insect eyes. Liu Zhi boiled a big bowl of osmanthus syrup chestnuts and gave them to Feng Jiaojiao, she was dazzled and smiled, and the two of them made an appointment to roast chestnuts together on a snowy day. As a result, he didn't pay attention to ask Li to take half of it and give it to Yang Xiuxiu, Liu Zhi was so angry that he dried the rest and put it under his bed, and at this time he just took it out and buried it in the charcoal fire to roast and eat.