Chen Ping'an is very familiar with this kind of look, just like when he was a child, Liu Xianyang was the same as when he was a child, Liu Xianyang at that time was the child king in the area of Xinghua Lane Mud Bottle Lane, catching snakes, catching birds and fishing, as if there was nothing in the world that Liu Xianyang would not know. Later, some of the peers who originally followed Liu Xianyang's ass as followers, some also went to Longyao as apprentices, and more of them went to various grocery stores in the town as buddies, or helped relatives manage accounts, and as Song Jixin said, the most unproductive people would go to the crops to eat, and in the end, he was the only one who was mixed with Liu Xianyang.

Chen Ping'an skewered the three slate fish given to the girl, strung them together with a few dog's tail grass through the gills of the fish, and handed them to the girl. She took the string of fish and carried it, it was a little light, it didn't feel like she could make up a plate of fried fish with green peppers, so she tilted her head and glanced at the puddle of the stream, full of anticipation. Chen Ping'an understood and said apologetically: "I want to make soup for my friend to replenish the fish I caught next, so I can't give it to you." ”

The girl pointed to the open package not far away, signaling that those pastries could be exchanged for fish, Chen Ping'an shook his head and smiled: "No, the pastries are delicious and can fill your stomach, but it is not as good as fish soup to raise people." ”

The girl nodded, there was no difficulty for the strongman, she sat back in place silently, carefully put the fish at her feet, and then continued her great cause of "sitting and eating nothing".

Although Chen Ping'an was curious about her identity, he didn't ask much, looking at her dress, she didn't look like the ladies on Taoye Lane on Fulu Street, but a little like the childish gui of the next-door neighbor, who was delicate and didn't like to talk. Chen Ping'an was suddenly a little worried, she wouldn't be a little maid who stole things from the house and came out to eat, I heard that the rules in those mansions are very powerful, Liu Xianyang and Song Jixin always like to talk in reverse, but this matter is an exception, but Liu Xianyang's statement is very scary, saying that the maid and maid are in those houses with high courtyard walls, and if she walks in the wrong posture, she will be sent by the housekeeper with eyes as good as snake catchers to break her legs and throw them to the street outside the wall to die. Song Jixin said that Liu Xianyang was not so exaggerated because of false rumors, but the maids and grandmothers in everyone's portal did walk like cats, and they couldn't hear any sound. At that time, Liu Xianyang caught a glimpse of the servant girl Zhigui who was stealing music on the side, and immediately became angry, and scolded Song Jixin goose What kind of goose, can your goose speak?

Chen Ping'an finally caught seven or eight slate fish, the bamboo basket was staggered by them, the pale young man knew that he was almost the limit, the water cold in the spring, is the kind that drilled into the bones, the most important thing is of course the injured left hand can not stand, Chen Ping'an went ashore for the last time, quickly jumped off the cyan stone cliff, drilled into the grass by the stream, made a rustling sound, it didn't take long to pull out three or four kinds of grass, a lot of grass roots with soil, a big grasp in the palm of the hand, picked up an ordinary stone, back to the stone cliff, found a palm-sized natural small pothole on the stone cliff, wiped it clean, began to gently pound the herbs, and soon turned into a ball of cyan pasteThe juice exudes the unique fragrance of spring waterside weeds.

With his back to the girl, Chen Ping'an took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and began to disassemble the cotton cloth in his left hand, and sweat soon oozed from his forehead, covering the cold stream water that slipped from his hair. The bloody wound, although it was better than the white bones before the bandage, was still shocking. Chen Ping'an didn't expect that his left hand would touch the stream, so he didn't prepare cotton strips, before his mind was full of snake gallstones to make money and catch fish stewed soup, at this time he realized that he had made a big mistake, the young man was a little confused, suddenly a palm appeared in front of him, spread out a few dry and clean cloth strips, it turned out that the girl in Tsing Yi didn't know when to tear off a sleeve, Chen Ping'an smiled miserably, didn't care about being polite to the girl, smeared herbs on the wound of the palm, approached the mouth, bit one end with his teeth, pulled the right hand tightly, tied the knot after two circles around the back of the hand, a series of actions, orderly, and like a butterfly around the branches, so that the onlookers were dazzled。

After the binding was completed, Chen Ping'an slowly raised his right arm to wipe the sweat on his face, and his two arms trembled and were not controlled at all.

The girl in Tsing Yi who was squatting nearby stretched out a thumbs up towards Chen Ping'an, with a very powerful expression on her face.

Chen Ping'an pointed to his eyes with his right hand and said with a wry smile: "Actually, it hurts so much that my tears come out." ”

The girl turned her head and glanced at the big basket and green bamboo fish basket that the boy had woven herself, and was a little puzzled.

Chen Ping'an looked embarrassed, "Those stones can make money, and catching fish is also very important." ”

The girl was ignorant, but she still didn't speak, her eyes were a little empty, and she turned her head to look at the sparkling stream.

The babbling stream rattled against the rocks that were out of the water.

At that moment, the starry sky was bright, the world was lonely, and there seemed to be only a pair of teenagers and girls in the world.

Chen Ping'an's body gradually quieted down and stabilized, and the original rapid breathing began to subconsciously slow down and turn into a long one.

It's like a stream that has gone from a flash flood to a stream that is dry in spring and autumn.

This kind of quiet change, the boy himself didn't care about it at all, it was natural, and it came naturally.

Chen Ping'an knew that he was wet and couldn't be blown by the cold wind of early spring for too long, so he had to hurry back to the town to change his clothes. Teenagers naturally don't understand the health and pathologies in medical books, but the teenagers who are most afraid of getting sick in this life have long cultivated a keen intuition about the changes in the four seasons and the adaptation of their own bodies. So he quickly put on straw sandals, tied a fish basket around his waist, carried the basket, waved to the girl in Tsing Yi, and said with a smile: "I'm leaving, girl, you should go home early." ”

Chen Ping'an couldn't help but turn his head and remind as he walked down the stone cliff: "The water on the side of the bridge is very deep, be careful not to slip on the soles of your feet." When you go home, it's best to lean on the side of the paddy field, even if you fall, it's better to be covered in mud than to fall into the stream......"

Chen Ping'an said and spoke, and suddenly realized that what he said was a little unlucky, it didn't sound like a good word, but it was the kind of bastard words that Gu Cang and his mother in Mud Bottle Lane were best at, Chen Ping'an quickly closed his mouth, stopped nagging, quickened his pace, and ran north towards the town.

The basket was heavy.

But the straw sandals boy was very happy.

After untying the knot in his heart, Chen Ping'an felt for the first time that he wanted to live well, well.

For example, to have money!

If you can afford to buy Spring Festival couplets with a unique ink fragrance, paint the door gods, and eat the meat buns of Mao's family's shop, it is best to buy another cow, like Song Jixin next door to raise a nest of chickens......

The girl in Tsing Yi is still tirelessly "digging the mountain", her expression is serious and serious, and every time she picks up a new pastry, it seems that she is dealing with a great enemy of life and death.

When she was struggling with a piece of peach blossom cake, her body suddenly stiffened, and when she realized that something was wrong, instead of running away, she opened her mouth wide, swallowed most of the pastry, and then clapped her hands and sat on the spot to be killed.

I don't know when there was an extra man, not tall, but it gave a feeling of being thick and strong, but it would not make people mistake him for a village farmer, because the man's eyes were too dazzling for people to dare not face it.

The man looked at the broken pattern wrapping that only left the "foot of the mountain", his face was full of helplessness, he wanted to teach a lesson, but he was reluctant, and silently looked at his daughter's stubborn appearance that I would admit punishment when I made a mistake, and he was even more distressed, as if he was the one who made the mistake.

The man really wanted to say something to ease the atmosphere, such as girl, if you are hungry, just eat at the sword stove hut, and after eating, your father will go to the town to buy it for you tomorrow.

But when the words came to his mouth, the man who was introverted by nature couldn't say it, as if he had a thousand words, he pressed his tongue tightly, and he didn't know how to comfort his daughter.

At this moment, the man felt that he was not as capable as the straw sandals boy, so his daughter didn't have to be so nervous.

The girl in Tsing Yi suddenly raised her head and asked, "Dad, why didn't you accept him as an apprentice at that time?"

The girl took the initiative to speak, which made the man feel relieved.

Although the man had a straight face, he was already sitting next to his daughter and explained: "That baby has a good temperament, but the bones are too bad, even if his father accepts him, he will be distanced by the brothers all of a sudden, no matter how hard he tries, he can only watch the gap get bigger, in case there is another senior brother Liu at that time, why bother." ”

The girl in Tsing Yi had a gloomy face, and she didn't know if it was because she heard the "Senior Brother Liu", or because the straw sandals boy passed by.

The man hesitated, but he still didn't plan to hide it, lest she go astray or spoil the sage's plan, "Besides, this young man is too ordinary, and in a small town, he seems very special. Xiu'er, you probably don't know that this baby's natal porcelain was broken very early, so it became a lonely ghost-like goods, not protected by the shadow of the ancestors, and at the same time, there will be all kinds of strange things that are not easy to detect, which is also the reason why Song Jixin and the woman chose to be his neighbors, otherwise with Song Jixin's identity, he would not even be able to live on Fulu Street? ”

The girl thought for a moment, "Dad, are you saying he's a bit like bait?"

The man touched her head, "Almost." ”

Then he smiled and said: "If our father and daughter are not the sword cultivators in the world who are the least particular about external objects, chances and qi, I can't say that my father will let him stay by his side to see if he can give you more benefits." ”

The girl in Tsing Yi was a little sullen and not in a good mood.

The man sighed: "Xiu'er, Dad's words are not rough, don't be unpleasant." ”

The girl in Tsing Yi is still sick and can't lift her spirits.

The man thought for a moment and pointed to the covered bridge in the distance, such as the black dragon Hengxi water, "The construction of that covered bridge is the great effort of the Dali Dynasty to spend countless efforts, just to suppress that inconspicuous iron sword. Just imagine, three thousand years later, a broken and gone-free sword of the primordial god, after more than three thousand years, in order to suppress its remaining power, a dynasty still needs to pay such a huge price, and all it asks for is still just to let it rest for a while......"

The girl sighed, drooped her head, kept glancing at the foot of the mountain, and echoed absentmindedly: "Awesome, awesome." ”

The man couldn't stop laughing and rubbing his forehead.

The world is big, and the food is the biggest.

But the child's mother is not such a woman, so whose temperament is this girl?

The man patted his daughter's shoulder and said softly: "Dad go to see someone, you can eat slowly, no one will rob you." ”

The girl raised her head suddenly, grabbed the man's arm, and a red bracelet on her wrist shone brightly, showing the posture of a dragon with a head and tail.

Like a living flame wrapped around the girl's wrist.

The man was relieved: "Finally, I still have a little conscience, okay, don't worry, my father is going to see Mr. Qi." ”

The girl let go of her hand, immediately grabbed the pastry, and devoured it.

The manly spirit is not in one place, and he has endured a lot of hard work until now, and finally can't help muttering: "Eat, eat, eat, the rabbit cub surnamed Liu is not fake, but he really didn't say the wrong thing, sooner or later he will eat into a fat fat girl! Who will dare to marry you as a daughter-in-law when the time comes! Is it possible for my father to rob a son-in-law?"

The girl stopped eating, holding the pastry in both hands, and wanted to cry.

The man ran away, and he didn't forget to slap himself with his back to his daughter.

It's like this every time, and it's a failure.

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In the middle of the night, Chen Ping'an ran all the way back to Liu Xianyang's house, and when he unlocked the lock, he could hear the guy's thunderous snoring.

The heart is really big.

If it were him Chen Ping'an, he would definitely not be able to sleep well tonight.

First put the basket and fish basket in the stove room built in the courtyard, and went to the right side room that Liu Xianyang vacated for him, Chen Ping'an quickly changed into clothes, and then returned to the courtyard stove room, and began to deal with those slate fish, disemboweled, washed and put in a clean porcelain plate, and then covered with another saucer, so as not to seduce snakes, rats and insects.

Chen Ping'an picked out five or six of the most eye-catching snake gallstones from the basket and moved them to the side room where he slept.

I glanced at the long sword that Miss Ning put on the cabinet by the way, and it was still lying quietly there.

After doing all this, Chen Ping'an was finally able to lie in the quilt, and his body gradually warmed up, but the young man's eyes lit up.

On the one hand, there is a tingling pain in the left hand, and on the other hand, there is no drowsiness.

But the real reason is that Chen Ping'an knows more about the "unreasonableness" of those foreigners than Liu Xianyang.

The boy didn't dare to sleep and die.

So Chen Ping'an didn't sleep all night, and always paid attention to the movement of the courtyard gate and the house door.

At dawn, Chen Ping'an got up and came to the stove room, picked up the burden, and prepared to go to the iron lock well in Xinghua Lane to pick up two buckets of water and come back.

The sleepy-eyed Liu Xianyang hid in the quilt, only revealing a head, and after hearing a slight sound, he shouted in a daze: "Chen Ping'an, get up so early, why are you going?"

Chen Ping'an said angrily: "Carry water!"

Liu Xianyang shouted again: "If you meet Zhigui, say hello for me." ”

Chen Ping'an didn't bother to pay attention to this guy.

Just as he was about to walk out of the small courtyard, Chen Ping'an suddenly heard Liu Xianyang say: "Chen Ping'an, as long as you are willing to help, I will help you go to the puddle to touch the stones when you turn around!"

Chen Ping'an smiled brightly, "Okay!"

Liu Xianyang rolled his eyes, even retracted his head into the quilt, and muttered: "The guy who has no righteousness knows that this trick works." ”

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On the stone steps of the covered bridge, there was a middle-aged Confucian sitting alone, who sat until dawn.

The first rays of dawn appeared in the opening of the day, he looked up and laughed softly: "The thousand-year-old dark room is bright as soon as the light is bright." ”