The plan of the year lies in the spring. Spring is coming, and it's time for the ground to be planted.

Ma Xiaopiao, who has been looking for Niu Jianwen for nearly two years, rushed back at this time, just to help Niu Jianwen's family farm.

As soon as Xiao Piao entered the door, he was seen by Xue Chunyan. Xue Chunyan saw a person coming in, thinking it was a wild boy, but was startled by his shabby appearance.

When the man called out to his aunt, she heard Piao'er's voice. She shouted Piao'er's name, held her in her arms and cried. Xue Chunyan saw that Xiao Piao was made into such an embarrassed appearance, and said sadly: "Child, why are you so troubled! You are so honest, you have already done the matter of taking care of his parents for my son, and people have gone to find it." Child, you don't owe him enough meaning. It's time for you to go back and take care of your daddy. ”

Xiao Piao wiped the tears on Xue Chunyan's face and said, "Auntie, I'm not dead yet! I still want to go out and look for Jianwen again." ”

"Forget it, kid! we can't drag you down any longer. You should also think of yourself. You should have the right to be loved. Go find someone who loves you and cares for you! Don't let my son delay your marriage. Xue Chunyan persuaded bitterly.

"Auntie, listen to me, I volunteered to take care of you. I said this, and I can't go back on it. What I say is worth it. ”

That night, the whole Niu family gathered around to listen to Xiaopiao tell about his experience of finding Jianwen. The more everyone listened, the more moved they were, and they were moved to tears.

Niu Chongtian wiped his eyes and said to Xiao Piao: "Child, it was my mistake to oppose you marrying Jianwen at the beginning. Really, I regret it so much, I regret it to death. ”

Jianbin cried even more, and his tears dripped down. He wiped his face a few times and smiled.

He wanted to surprise everyone, and said on a whim: "Don't cry, there is still hope." I think, Sister Piao, you may have missed a good opportunity. ”

Xiao Piao listened to Jianbin's words and happily asked, "Little brother, what are you talking about? Some people were robbed, and when they were in danger, some people jumped out to help kill the bandits. I thought the guy who jumped out to help was my big brother. "Ahh I regret that I didn't follow the chase.

It's bad, Jianbin, this bear child, I persuaded Miss Piao to say a word for a day, and he nullified all his words. But Jianbin also has a point. However, in order to persuade Miss Piao not to persist anymore and not to delay her youth. She wants to deny her son's claims.

"I don't believe it, how can it be so coincidental. Xue Chunyan objected.

Jianbin quickly reflected and realized what the consequences of his words would be.

So, Jianbin said: "I'm also talking nonsense, that kind of situation is less than one in ten thousand, and there is no drama." ”

Niu Chongtian nodded. Xue Chunyan even agreed with what he said. Ma Xiaopiao didn't object, but she still had that little bit of luck in her heart.

One day, everyone was working in the fields. At noon, Xue Chunyan went to bring them food.

As she walked down the road, she met a matchmaker. "Sister-in-law, where is the food? Let me tell you something, someone has taken a fancy to you the girl Xiaopiao. I'll start with a message. Achievement, if you don't succeed, you can't give a reply early. ”

Xue Chunyan thought: This is a good thing, and said, "Okay! I'll discuss it with her when I go back, and I'll tell you when I get back, okay?"

"Okay, I'll wait for your reply. Go ahead and get busy with you!" said the matchmaker and left happily.

Xue Chunyan had already delivered the rice to the field. Everyone was eating, Xue Chunyan came to Miss Piao and told her about the matchmaker on the way here.

Xiao Piao refused without listening to her words, she said: "Mother! I told you, I will not marry anyone except Brother Jianwen." ”

"Child, my son has not heard from me so far, how can I marry you!"

"Mother, if Jianwen doesn't come back for the rest of my life, then I won't marry for the rest of my life. ”

Speaking of the third eldest Niu of the Niu family, he is still secretly waiting for Ma Xiaopiao!

Many years later, with the help of Xue Chunyan, Niu Zaiwang and his two elder brothers found a wife. They lived their own lives, and their little lives were quite good.

As he gets older, Niu Chongtian's mood of missing Jianwen is getting heavier and heavier.

Niu Chongtian often sits on the edge of the big stone trough used to feed livestock under the old snake girl locust tree more than ten meters west of the small wooden bridge at the west end of Suozigou.

He looked at the big ditch in front of him lying in the middle of the village, which flowed east-west.

The ditch has a strange appearance, in the shape of an ancient loom's shuttle. It is more than 200 meters long, with two pointed ends and a small ditch like a belt at each end.

The middle part of this large ditch is twenty-five or six meters wide at its widest point. At that time, it did not have a name, but later people named the shuttle ditch after its legend and the shape of the ditch.

The water in the shuttle ditch is from the northeast direction of the belt ditch, from the east end of the shuttle ditch through a small wooden bridge slowly into the ditch.

The water in the shuttle ditch flows from the west end of the shuttle ditch through another small wooden bridge and flows out from the belt ditch in the southwest direction. There are the same small wooden bridges at both ends of the shuttle ditch, which are specially built for people on both sides of the strait to communicate with each other.

This ditch is peculiar in that it is hidden in dense bushes and grass, making it difficult for people to approach, let alone cross it.

The belt ditch brings infinite vitality to the shuttle ditch, and it is also a very beautiful scenery here. The water in the shuttle ditch is deep blue, and the shallow place is clear and the bottom can be seen, and there is light in the shallow. Niu Chongtian often stroked the tree beside him, missing a small half of the trunk, and there were still remnants of the charred and blackened body that had been burned by lightning strikes. That is, the old tree that was revered as the snake locust by later generations.

Whenever he touched it, he couldn't help but think of it, remembering the tragic scene when Liu Er was dying, and aroused his infinite pain.

Niu Chongtian hated this ditch, that was because the queen mother's shuttle exterminated the She family, but he was reluctant to leave this place. That's not allowed by feelings. Emotional matters are so complicated and helpless. Today, his son is adrift. He blamed all his sins on the ditch in front of him. The more I miss my son, the more I hate Suozigou, especially the imaginary whistleblower on the other side.

The thoughts, grief, and hatred in Niu Chongtian's heart did not disappear with the passage of time, but became more and more complicated. These complex emotions are, in the final analysis, inseparable from the shuttle ditch. Niu Chongtian's entanglement is accompanied by the annual rings of time, and when the tenth circle is drawn, another strange thing happened between the Niu family and the Shi family. It is it that breaks the situation that the two families of Niu Shi have been frozen and hate each other.

This matter is related to his smart and studious son Niu Jianbin.

Speaking of Niu Jianbin, Niu Chongtian and his wife have always favored this little son, never let him get in touch with farm work, and let him study, hoping that he can get a reputation in the future. This year, it was the time of the local township test. Niu Jianbin is seventeen years old, and Niu Chongtian asked him to take the exam.

When he sent his son out, he instructed his son: "Don't worry about it, just go back quickly after the exam!"

"If you want to find a better inn to live in, eat well, don't be willing to spend money. Xue Chunyan told her son.

Niu Jianbin lived in a good inn when he arrived in Dengzhou, and as soon as he settled down, he paid close attention to studying, and often forgot to sleep and eat. When the innkeeper found out, he often came to remind him that he was going to eat.

One day, while eating, Niu Jianbin heard that Lord Yin Li of Dengzhou Mansion recruited people to frame him and put him in prison. Madame died of anger that day. The whereabouts of their daughter, the first beauty in Dengzhou Mansion, are unknown.

An old man said: "I know that Master Li is a good official, and a good family will be finished in a blink of an eye." ”

"I heard that it was because I rejected someone else's proposal that I ended up like this. The man at the next table whispered.

"Miss is missing, was she snatched by the people who framed her father?"

"Who knows!"

Xiao Er walked over and reminded everyone, "Guest officer, be careful of the trouble that comes out of your mouth!"

When Niu Jianbin heard this, he was so angry that he couldn't eat. I thought: Lang Lang Qiankun was framed, and it was really bold to take the opportunity to rob someone else's daughter.

If I become an official, he won't dare to think about it anymore. The person who can get Lord Fu Yin in prison is not trivial.

The exam was over, and Niu Jianbin felt good. On this day, the weather was good, but he was not in a very good mood. Several classmates who lived in the same inn asked him to go to the suburbs to enjoy the scenery. Niu Jianbin agreed.

They rented a carriage and set off with food and drinks. Among the people who went with him, Niu Jianbin was the youngest, the other three were older than him, and the eldest one had wives and children.

Along the way, everyone talked about the exam. They all said that Jianbin's younger brother did the best in the exam.

Niu Jianbin knew that he would do better than them, but he still had to be humble.

He said: "The younger brother is not talented, there can be better than a few brothers!"

They came out of the city, and set up the food and wine in the pavilion in the woods. Everyone drank and watched the surrounding scenery.

Wang Gongzi, who is much older than Niu Jianbin and has a wife and children, said: "Little brother Jianbin, there should be no poetry for such a good wine and beautiful scenery today." I'll wait for you to write the best poem among the four, how about one?"

Niu Jianbin has always been haunted by the fact that Master Li was framed and Miss Li's whereabouts are unknown. At this time, the mood is not very good.

Niu Jianbin listened to the words of his son Wang Huashan, put down his wine glass, looked into the distance, and looked close, thinking of the hateful evil forces.

He chanted these four lines of poetry: The mountains are far away, the sky is wide and cloudless, and the eyes are full of lush greenery and intoxication. Just wait for the nomination of the gold list, and there will be nowhere to escape. Wang Huashan was the first to speak: "This poem not only writes the scene, but also lyrical words. Good, admire, admire!"

Zhang Zhi, the tallest of the four, said: "As far as the first sentence is concerned, the distant mountains are far away, and the other is not so bright because the sky is too wide, and there are often clouds covering it.

Therefore, it is rare to see the mountains on the horizon. At the moment, there are no clouds in the sky, the genius is wide, and the distant mountains can also be seen at this time. Wonderful, wonderful!"

"There's nothing to say about this poem. The poem reflects the ambition of the younger brother to be a big official, and he is still a young official. One day, you are in power, don't forget to mention me Li Antai.

I can see that these days, the younger brother Jianbin has been indignant about the fate of Master Li's father and daughter, and has been worried about the safety of the eldest lady of the Li family!

I think, this can only be just talk, how easy it is to get rid of the filth!" Li Antai, who was the fattest of the four, said with emotion.