On the seventh day of November, the beginning of winter.

Before dawn, Wu Qianyuan, escorted by several henchmen, secretly went to the shore of Crescent Lake, more than 20 miles east of Taiping Town.

It is a living lake surrounded by a sea of bamboo.

It's not big, but it's seventeen or eighteen acres.

But the victory is in the beautiful scenery, and the surrounding people are private enough.

At first, he found this lake, and made a small shed on the edge of the lake, and brought some oil and salt from his home to prepare it in the shed, making it the same as a child's wine.

It wasn't until Zhang Chu accompanied him to the mountain that he admired this lakeside after seeing it, so he ordered someone to build a fine house here, so that he could bring his family to stay for a few days and breathe fresh air in his spare time.

This time, the Taiping Society and the Wan's Heavenly Daomen tore their faces, Zhang Chu was not worried about leaving Zhiqiu and them to stay at home, so Zhiqiu took the initiative to mention that he would come here to live for a while.

This small stay is a month......

When Wu Qianyuan came, Xia Tao was helping Zhiqiu to take a walk by the lake.

Li Youniang took Xiao Jintian and followed the eldest sister from a distance, not daring to approach.

Stone carrying his pair of drum urns and golden hammers, sitting in the pavilion on the edge of the house, the corner of his eyes has been paying attention to the path into the mountain, Wu Qianyuan has not yet walked out of the bamboo sea, he has already rushed out with the hammer, seeing that it is him, he stopped, embarrassed to put away a pair of bucket-like sledgehammers in his hands.

Knowing that autumn is approaching, everyone is very nervous.

Including herself.

Especially at this critical time, she is afraid of receiving bad news in her dreams.

She knew she wouldn't be able to stand it.

She doesn't care what she does, but she must leave a wisp of incense for the old Zhang family.

Seeing Wu Qianyuan, she felt a little relieved.

She was afraid to see the mules.

Especially the forced calm mule.

But since it's Wu Qianyuan, it means it's okay.

If there's anything, the mules won't let anyone here.

She forcibly squeezed out a smile and greeted gently: "Uncle is here, it's not easy to walk in the mountains, thank you for your hard work." ”

Wu Qianyuan pointed to the chicken coop in his hand, and said with a warm smile: "Today's Lidong, remembering that you can't eat mutton, I searched for a few good black chickens and white phoenixes and sent them to you." ”

"I'm sorry for your trouble, Peach, quickly beckon Uncle to come into the house and sit down, young lady, send the black chicken and white phoenix sent by Uncle to the room to make soup." “

Although Zhiqiu is pregnant, the aura of the eldest woman is increasing unabated.

"Okay, sister. ”

"Yes, big sister. ”

The two girls came up, but Wu Qianyuan didn't hand him the chicken coop, but shook his head slightly and said, "Shen, show me where the room is, and I'll send it over." “

Li Youniang hurriedly led the way and led Wu Qianyuan to the room.

Wu Qianyuan sent the chicken coop into the room, wiped his hands and came out, Xia Tao was already waiting by the lake with a tea cup.

He took the teacup that Xia Tao served, glanced at Zhiqiu's stomach, and said with a gentle smile: "How are you doing lately?

The three sisters in the house, he only has a smile on Zhiqiu.

Because in his cognition, only Zhiqiu, who broke the flesh and blood of the old Zhang family, can be regarded as a member of the old Zhang family.

Xia Tao and Li Youniang, no matter how much Zhang Chu spoils them, they don't count!

Zhiqiu has seen his stinky problem more than once, and now he is not surprised, and when he heard this, he gently supported his big belly and smiled: "Yes, Dr. Xu has been staying here, and he diagnoses the concubine's body every day, and he said that the concubine's body is quite neat, and the fetus in the womb is also healthy." “

"Which Dr. Xu is a good doctor?"

Wu Qianyuan still felt uneasy and asked.

In fact, if it weren't for the mule's stubbornness to let him come alone, he would have come here today with a complete set of cooks, servants, stable women, doctors, and guards.

He hadn't discussed it with Zhang Chu.

But the child in Zhiqiu's womb must be his righteous son!

Well, if it's a girl, it's his daughter-in-law!

Always, Zhang Chu is a father, and he must be a father too!

Not negotiable!

Whoever dares to talk about it, he will beat him!

The same goes for Zhang Chu!

Zhiqiu looked at the old-fashioned white-haired man in front of him, and his heart was helpless and happy.

Unfortunately, this man was even more old-fashioned than she had seen before.

Fortunately, his own man is not as old-fashioned as him.

She opened her mouth gently, but her words were very strong: "Dr. Xu has been treating the people in the house for some years, and when my mother was still in the past, he gave me any headaches and brain fevers." ”

She lifted Zhang's head out, and Wu Qianyuan really had nothing to say.

He took two sips of tea, handed the teacup back to Xia Tao, who was waiting for him, and asked without giving up, "Is there anything missing here?" You tell me, I will send someone to prepare it after I go back, and let the mule bring it to you. “

Zhiqiu shook his head: "Uncle Xie is kind, everything here is well prepared...... Uncle, can you tell the concubine what the situation is outside, and why hasn't my lord returned home?"

She knows her man.

If it had been all right, he would have come to pick them up and take them home.

"I'm here to tell you about the situation, lest you think crankily and don't recuperate well, and hurt the fetus. ”

Wu Qianyuan's spirit perked up, as if he had only found the meaning of this trip until now: "Now the situation is in a stalemate, our opponent can't help us, we can't help the opponent for a while, everyone is trying their best to find each other's flaws, so that one blow kills, the second child is circling outside, attracting the attention of the opponent, just for fear of affecting you, you have to believe your husband, so many winds and waves he has broken through, a martial artist, can't hold him!"

Zhiqiu listened to him carefully, but his gaze staring at Bihu gradually lost focus.

Believe?

Of course she believes in her own man.

But believing doesn't mean not worrying.

It doesn't mean that you don't miss it.

During the holidays, they lived in a lakeside house, eating, drinking, and dressing, and they also knew how he was doing on the outside, and whether he could have a hot meal......

"Uncle, what do you say my master is doing now?"

She stared at Bihu and asked stupidly.

Wu Qianyuan thought for a while and said with a smile: "What else can you do in winter, you must be eating mutton." ”

......

Zhang Chu smelled the strong smell of sheep in the air, looked at Da Liu, who was busy in the room, and wanted to stop talking, stopping and talking.

Da Liu, let's not be embarrassed about mutton?

It's tried its best, but it's really not what you want it to be!

Let's let it go, it's okay to go out to eat, it's not bad for those two money......

These words went back and forth in his heart.

But he looked at the foolish man who didn't say a word, but in fact he was full of interest, and he couldn't say these words......

In all fairness, in order to take care of his daily life, Da Liu has really used the power of the wilderness.

However, the ruler is longer and the inch is shorter.

The craft of cooking is the same as sound, some people are born with incomplete tones, and some people are not born with ingredients to enter the kitchen.

Da Liu is obviously the latter, and he belongs to the kind of player with great imagination and creativity.

The more complex the dish, the more creative he can be.

Now, he's preparing a feast of all sheep.

Just as Zhang Chu was thinking about whether to burn down this room, not only to preserve his sense of taste, but also to save Da Liu's face and dignity, someone suddenly rang the courtyard door three times.

Two short and one long.

Zhang Chu's eyes moved slightly, and he reached out to wipe his hands on the apron, and Da Liu, who was about to come out to open the door, got up and went over to open the door in person.

"Squeak".

The door opened.

A simple man wearing a bare sheepskin jacket and wrapping his hair in a white or gray Han scarf, standing outside the door with two bundles of wood, said with a smile in the local dialect of Taoyu County: "Gentlemen, do you want firewood?

Zhang Chu looked at this simple man with interest, and said, "Oh, how did you sell it?" ”

"Two bundles of dry pine branches, you can look at it, just give me four big money!"

Zhang Chu turned sideways: "Throw it in the courtyard, is there any, send me two more bundles later, it's still at this price." “

"The gentlemen are arrogant, but I want to go home and eat sheep's head meat with my mother-in-law and aunt, so I won't come out to do business!"

The simple man picked up the firewood into the firewood pile under the eaves, Zhang Chu took out a silver horn and handed it to him, and when he took it back, there was already a paper ball in his palm.

And the simple man's face has not changed at all from beginning to end...... I didn't even blink an eyelid.

Hearing the movement in the firewood, Da Liu, who took off his apron and hurriedly walked out, glanced at the firewood pile that was piled up and burned until next year, and he didn't even blink his eyelids, and went straight to the simple man to make a "please" cleanup.

"Bang dang. ”

The doors of the courtyard were closed.

Da Liu continued to go back to the room to manage his all-sheep feast.

Zhang Chu sat in the courtyard and opened the paper ball.

There are two sentences on the paper ball: Lidong dismissed the servants to visit relatives and bought ten catties of fine mutton.

A headless and brainless sentence, but Zhang Chu understood the meaning of this sentence in an instant.

Today's winter solstice.

Xiao Fengxian sent the maid home to visit relatives, but she went to the market to buy ten catties of fine mutton.

The thin corners of his lips slowly raised, and a sneer appeared on Zhang Chu's face...... It's really a festive season!

He got up slowly, walked into the room, and threw the paper ball into the burning stove and burned it to ashes.

However, when he turned to come out, he was surprised to find snowflakes like fine salt falling in the sky.

He was stunned, feeling that this picture seemed familiar.

He, three years ago...... Well, it must have been four years ago.

That winter solstice four years ago.

There seemed to be a little salt in the sky.

He went to the Liang Mansion to meet the little old man.

Li Zheng followed behind him with two legs of mutton.

Yu Er held a whistle stick in one hand and walked beside Li Zheng.

They chatted about Li Zheng's story of "bitch with dog, for a long time", and agreed to go together to see and see each other another day.

At that time, they were poor, and they could earn two or three taels of silver a day, and they felt that there was hope for thieves in the future.

Now look at the contradictions and conflicts that annoyed me at that time, and those hurdles that I felt that I couldn't overcome at that time, they are as worthless as a child's house......

He suddenly wanted to laugh.

But the muscles on his face seemed to have forgotten how to laugh, crooked, and he knew that he must be smiling ugly without looking in the mirror.

It turns out that it's been four years?

It turns out that it's only been four years?

If Li Zheng was still here, what would he be doing now?

How do you want to cut down the big snow mountain?

Hug Xiao Jintian and run around the yard, being a bear child father and son?

He thought for a long time, as long as people live, everything is possible, and there is no certainty.

However, before he came to this conclusion, he smelled the strong smell of sheep again.

It dawned on him.

If that guy is still here, he must be kicking Da Liu out of the room by now, and forcing him not to go near the room again in his life......

The muscles in his face finally remembered how to laugh.

So, he laughed.

......

"Run!"

"Bloodfiend!"

Another convoy carrying the flag of the Great Departure Script broke up in the wind and snow.

The panicked crowd scurried all over the grassland, like a flock of sheep driven by hungry wolves.

An old swarthy herdsman, dressed in a filthy sheepskin jacket, knelt on the ground and wailed to the gloomy sky: "Almighty eternal God, what has your slave done wrong, and you are going to punish him like this......

A brilliant glow like a sunset swept over the old herdsman's old and dirty body, his wailing came to an abrupt end, and his frightened facial expression froze.

Around him, those trendy men and women who wore Beiban animal skin jackets on the outside but lined with Dali deep clothes on the inside, creating a contemporary north-south mix and match style, were also frozen in the shroud of the glow.

The first few convoys, which were still chaotic with a snap of their fingers, quickly fell silent, leaving only the north wind "whining".

In the center of this brilliant blood-light light, a shirtless man stood on a carriage, his head tilted, his arms outstretched in a posture embracing the sky.

In the brilliant glow, it poured out of his body.

With the bodies of the trendy men and women around him, there were traces and wisps of blood-red gas, which swirled and poured into his body like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.

When the glow dissipates, the surrounding men and women who are still alive, can walk, run and cry have become a dry corpse that seems to have been dried in the wind and sand of the desert for countless years, and a corpse standing on the grassland, like the remains of a dead old tree in the night.

I don't know how long it took, but the sturdy man finally opened his eyes.

In the cold and bright red eyes, there were tyrannical, vicious, chaotic and other emotions.

Like a raging lion.

Like a lame old wolf.

Only...... Not like people.