In the cold winter morning, the cold fog fills the air.

Jiang Ming looked at his yard with some suspicion, that's right...... This is it.

But what's wrong?

The front of the door is clean, there are no weeds and no dead leaves...... Cleaner than when he stayed at home.

Even the wooden door that he didn't know was kicked by someone when he ran away overnight has now been repaired and reinstalled, and it is quite strong to the touch, much stronger than before......

"Could it be that someone has occupied the magpie's nest?" Jiang Ming said to himself, isn't the reputation of Jiang Da's wicked people bad?

But when he opened the door and walked into the courtyard, just as he had first imagined, there were dry grass everywhere, and several layers of rotting branches and leaves were piled up.

"Looks like I'm overthinking......"

At this moment, a voice of speech sounded not far away.

"Dad, the meal is ready."

"Don't panic, wait until I fix this chair from the old king's house......"

Jiang Ming turned his head to look, and in another small courtyard next to him, a young girl in coarse cloth clothes, with a somewhat delicate appearance, was bringing the food under the eaves and handing it to an old man with gray hair.

The old man's body was clumsy, his hands were full of calluses, and he looked like he had worked hard all his life, and he was burying his head in a broken wooden chair......

"Huh? Where do you live? Jiang Ming raised his eyebrows.

Jiang Ming learned from the memories of his predecessor that the yard next door had not been inhabited for more than ten years, and it was so dilapidated that no one was willing to clean it up even if it was newly moved to the town, so it was better to build a house again.

At this time, the girl also noticed Jiang Ming, and hurriedly waved her hand and said, "We are newly moved here, my name is Li Qingqing, this is my father...... Please forgive me if it disturbs you. ”

Jiang Ming smiled: "I also want to thank you for helping me clean the front of the door and repair the courtyard gate." ”

The neighbor on the other side was a fat woman, but she didn't have the kindness to do this, and it was okay not to take out the garbage at Jiang Ming's house......

"Well, how do you know we did it?" Li Qingqing was surprised, and then smiled embarrassedly:

"We cleaned up after we moved in, and we saw grass growing in front of your house, so we just cleaned it up, but I didn't dare to enter the yard, for fear that the owner would come back and get angry......"

"And that door, my father repaired it, okay?" Li Qingqing said as he spoke, his tone inexplicably proud.

"It's amazing." Jiang Ming praised seriously, said a few more polite words, and finally sent some sun-dried wild mountain mushrooms to express his gratitude......

There was a mess inside and outside the house, Jiang Ming simply didn't bother to clean it up, and went out as soon as he threw the medicine basket.

The town is full of lively scenes...... The people in the city have the laws of the people in the city, and the people in the town have the laws of the people in the towns......

A pig is divided into fine pieces, some people only need half a catty, some people only take pig skin, and some buy some fat and are satisfied......

More of them are wild vegetables in the mountains, sun-dried and pickled...... Steaming, steaming, boiling and boiling are several dishes, as for stir-frying...... That's what people can afford to do......

Whoever can put a few dried hares and pheasants at this time is enough to occupy the highest point of the chain of contempt among the neighbors......

After all, it is said that the mountain eats the mountain, but not everyone can mix in the mountains......

……

The tavern, as always, but seems to be more run-down.

Old Zhou Tou looks even older, and now he can't even drink the "running tongue", he can only drink a cup of medicinal wine to nourish his body, and then be carried home by his granddaughter.

"Hey, that's how to practice martial arts, when you get old, it's a disaster of life and death in winter......" There was no one in the store, old Jiang Tou got up and sat at a table with Jiang Ming, and sighed: "I hope Lao Zhoutou can live a few more years......

"I think back then, Lao Zhoutou and I could drink ten catties of ......"

The old ginger head chattered, kept talking about the past, and blew the cowhide whether it was true or false...... Jiang Ming didn't say anything, and drank the wine one by one.

It's not easy for an older generation to meet someone who can listen to him...... At this point, just listen.

As he spoke, the old ginger got a little drunk and fell asleep on the table......

Ah Fei carried a towel on his back, cleaned up a few wine tables and walked over, shook his head helplessly: "Several old people have walked this winter, and Jiang Ye's spirit seems to have gone for most of ......."

The two of them worked together to lift the old ginger head to the bed in the inner room, and sat back down at the wine table.

"How's the marriage going?" Jiang Ming asked.

Ah Fei smiled: "On the nineteenth day of the lunar month, just set up two tables of dishes in my yard, Brother Ming, you must come!" ”

Jiang Ming slapped his chopsticks: "What kind of, can you still go if the money is gone?" You want to be greedy for my fish......"

"How dare the little one?" Ah Fei played with the treasure, and then said: "By the way, your new neighbor, have you seen it?" ”

Jiang Ming nodded: "The person is good, he has repaired my door." ”

"Who says it's not, Lao Litou's carpenter's craftsmanship has spread all over Ping'an Town, and many people have asked him to repair woodware and make furniture."

Ah Fei shook his head: "And his daughter, Li Qingqing...... I'm not going to get married soon, so I'm going to have a banquet a day later. ”

Ah Fei said his name again, Jiang Ming has met a few times, not very good, but quite honest.

Life in the town is like this, there is no such thing as picking, and it is almost okay......

……

As the days approached the end of the year, Jiang Ming also completely relaxed, pulling weeds at home when he had nothing to do, and went to the town to buy some wine and meat to prepare for the New Year.

They get along very well with their new neighbors, and Lao Li Tou and Li Qingqing often come to help Jiang Ming clean the yard.

Jiang Ming is also very interested in Lao Li Tou's carpentry work, and in his spare time, he will follow Lao Li Tou to walk the streets and alleys to learn carpenter work......

For Jiang Ming, it is too boring to only practice on the road to immortality, and learning some skills can be regarded as adding a little fun, and he even plans to find an opportunity to learn the brewing techniques that Lao Jiang Tou has privately hidden......

The nineteenth day of the lunar month.

Ah Fei officially got married, wore a dress without patches, covered the bride's head with a red cloth, and sent her into the cave room lively.

Old Zhou was sick in bed and couldn't come to drink the wedding wine, so Jiang Ming paid the money for him.

Twentieth of the twentieth month of the lunar

Jiang Ming and Ah Fei came to Lao Li Tou's house together, ready to drink Li Qingqing's wedding wine, that young man has no father and no mother, and he can be regarded as joining the Li family.

Everything was normal at the banquet, Jiang Ming also met Li Qingqing's brother, I heard that he was a servant in a big family in Fucheng, and today he specially asked for leave to come back for his sister's marriage.

But her brother only came out and showed his face, toasted each table, and soon disappeared again.

"Why is this brother so mysterious......" Ah Fei said curiously.

Jiang Ming was about to speak, when there was a sudden noise outside the courtyard, followed by a scream.

"Murder, murder!"