"Liang~! Treasure~! Zhang Jiao got out of the car and shouted to the two teenagers riding on the back of the ox in the distance.

Many people gradually walked out of the car in the open space, looking at this strange land.

The two teenagers on the back of the cow in the distance heard the sound and hurriedly jumped off the back of the cow, looked in the direction of Zhang Jiao, and then the two jumped excitedly, threw the straw hats on their heads into the sky, and ran towards this side.

The quicker to react than the two children was the thin white dog, which galloped towards it as soon as it heard the sound, its sturdy figure streaking across the yellow earth like a white lightning bolt.

Zhang Jiao squatted down to greet him, and he quickly ran to Zhang Jiao's body, threw himself into the boy's arms, and kept licking Zhang Jiao's cheek with its tongue, making a "whine" sound.

"Ah Fei, you've lost weight!" Zhang Jiao got up and looked at it and said with some distress. The thin dog was jubilant in Zhang Jiao's arms for a long time, and then wagged his tail around Zhang Jiao.

"Big brother! Big brother, you're back! Zhang Bao was the first to run, wearing a wide linen coat on his body less than six feet tall, wearing coarse cloth shorts, his cheeks were red, and he ran to Zhang Jiao excitedly.

Zhang Liang is still a four- or five-foot-tall doll, and he is also covered with a wide gown, which is extremely incongruous with his body, and he is also wearing open shorts.

"Yo Yo Yo, little doll, hehe, come to Uncle." Zuo Ci looked at Zhang Liang who came and liked it very much, squatted down and opened his arms to hug him. and shamelessly coaxed the child with a young face, calling himself an uncle.

"Who are you? Don't want you! I want my big brother to hug. Zhang Liang's little face shook his snot, and he looked at Zuo Ci vigilantly with a frown.

"Go, Ah Liang, he is my senior brother, but he is a powerful immortal! Just call him big brother, let the big brother hug him, he has sugar and jerky there. Zhang Jiao touched Zhang Liang's little head.

"Big brother hug, Ah Liang wants to eat jerky!" Zhang Liang obviously had no position, and as soon as he heard that there was dried meat, he took the initiative to walk towards Zuo Ci. And stretch out your hands for a hug.

"Haha, you stinky doll!" Zuo Ci picked up Zhang Liang and hugged him on his left arm, and did not dislike Zhang Liang's snot, and directly reached out to help him blow his snot to the ground. He stretched out his white right hand and shook it in front of Zhang Liang's eyes.

"Look, Purr... Change! Two pieces of jerky appeared out of thin air on Zuo Ci's hand. A smug face. One piece was stuffed for him, and the other piece was handed to Zhang Bao, who was watching and drooling from the sidelines.

"Big brother is so powerful!" Zhang Liang's eyes lit up, and after taking the jerky, he hurriedly stuffed the piece of jerky into his arms, and stared at Zuo Ci's right hand.

"Big brother still there? I want to leave this piece for Daddy and Auntie. "Zhang Liang is very thick-skinned at a young age.

"Yes, yes, haha! You stinky doll! We have prepared other gifts for your Daddy and Auntie, these two pieces are for you, eat. Zuo Ci scratched Zhang Liang's little nose and said with a laugh.

"Bao, take us home quickly, is Daddy at home?" Zhang Jiao took Zhang Bao's hand and walked in the direction of home.

"Daddy went out to see a doctor, and soon came back, and Auntie was peeling and washing willow bark at home." Zhang Bao is very well-behaved, although he is holding the jerky, he is still reluctant to eat it, and wants to take it home to his mother.

They descended on the field at the west end of the village, because Zhang Jiao's home was at the west end of Yuanping Village. Zhang Jiao didn't want to be known to everyone as soon as he went home.

After walking for less than a quarter of an hour, a hut came into view, with barren weeds growing on the earthen walls on the periphery, a fence made of branches ajar, and a ditch a hundred paces south of the hut that had dried up for an unknown amount of time. Looking inside, the courtyard was empty, except for a small clearing where some herbs were drying in the ground. The thin dog, Ah Fei, was the first to rush into the yard.

"Ah Fei, why are you back?" A woman's voice came from inside the courtyard.

"Auntie! It's me back, Auntie! Zhang Jiao's eyes were sour, tears welled up, and he shouted at the yard.

"Is it the boss? Did you come back from collecting medicine? "Behind the fence gate appeared a woman, her face was pale, her body looked unhealthily puffy, and in her thirties her hair was gray with many gray strands. The woman looked excited, looking towards the door.

"It's me, A-Niang, Jiao'er is back!" Zhang Jiao was excited and stepped forward to support the woman.

"What are these? Is it your friend? How many people. The woman looked behind Zhang Jiao, and then at the dozen or so carriages that accompanied her. I thought my son had made a great friend.

"These two are my brothers, and those people are the refugees that my brother rescued on the road." Zhang Jiao took the woman's hand and introduced her.

"In the next number for the Wujiao Daoist, by the order of the teacher, to protect the little brother to go home to visit relatives, the first time we meet, please accept this gift, talk about our master's heart." Zuo Ci was very shameless, reached out and dragged down the bag on Ji's waist, and politely handed it to Zhang Jiao's mother.

"Daoist?" The woman took the bag and frowned, puzzled.

"Oh mother, let's go home and talk first!" Zhang Jiao said and took his mother to take the lead into the courtyard.

"Everybody wait here." Yu Ji turned his head and commanded the women and children behind him, and followed Zuo Ci into the courtyard.

"Ah Bao, you hurry up and go outside to pick some wild vegetables, Ah Liang, you go to your third uncle's house to call your father back, saying that your eldest brother has brought two guests back, remember to let him go to the village Zhao's house to buy some more millet rice." Before she took two steps, Zhang's mother hurriedly arranged for her two younger sons. Want to entertain guests.

"Don't go, come back. Bao, just go and call Daddy back, just say I'm back, let Daddy go home quickly. Zhang Jiao hurriedly stopped.

"Okay!" Zhang Bao answered, and jumped and ran towards the door.

"What is this doing, you child, you are not sensible, how can you not entertain the guests when they come to the house?" Mother Zhang said angrily.

"Auntie, pour out the contents of that bag and take a look. Just pour it like that. Zhang Jiao winked at his mother.

"What is it, you kid, you have learned to be pimpy after going out, why don't you hurry up and invite the guests to sit down." Mother Zhang glanced at him and felt that this child was inexplicable.

"Huh." Zuo Ci flicked his hand when he heard this, and a large piece of land in the courtyard instantly raised a smooth wooden floor, and there were more than a dozen brocade cloth mats scattered on it. Then he pointed to the mat and said, "Let's just sit here, just sit here." ”

Zhang's mother was stunned.

"Ah Niang, Ah Niang, the eldest brother's senior brother is a powerful immortal! You see, this is the jerky he gave me. Zhang Liang took out the jerky like a treasure and ran to his mother.

"This ...... Ah! Immortals! Zhang's mother was terrified and looked at her eldest son nervously.

"Mother, pour out the contents of that bag and look at it." Zhang Jiao hugged his mother, patted his mother's back, and signaled her not to be nervous.

Zhang's mother did as she said. Then stand on the spot again.

In front of him, a large pile of things appeared out of thin air, like a small mountain, all kinds of meat, vegetables, herbs, and grain, and even a small pile of gold and silver treasures.

The thin dog Ah Fei reacted very strongly when he saw the meat, but he didn't dare to step forward and bite it, only staring at the meat with drooling behind Zhang Jiao, and shaking his tail vigorously.

At this time, Zhang Bao and Zhang Huailin also came in from outside the hospital. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they were all stunned.

"This ...... This is ......" Zhang Huailin was a little frightened, he looked at the goods piled up in the yard, then at the raised floor, rubbed his eyes, and pinched his thighs. Suspect that you are in the wrong house or that you are daydreaming.

"Daddy, this is a gift from the two senior brothers. They're immortals! When Zhang Jiao saw his father, he hurriedly ran to his father's side and explained to his father.

"Immortals?" Zhang Huailin was stunned again.

Zhang Jiao: "............." ”

It took a long time for Zhang Jiao to tell his parents about his experience during this time.

"My hard-working child, I said I wouldn't let you go out, although our family is a little bitter here, but we can barely survive, you don't listen, if you are not fortunate to be saved by the immortals, you will not become a lonely ghost!" Zhang's mother Liu Yue'e finally came back to her senses, and after listening to Zhang Jiao's words, she was very distressed by Zhang Jiao's experience and began to cry.

"Oh, what does it look like to cry and cry, isn't the child back well, and we are blessed to be a disciple of the immortals, we should be happy!" Father Zhang scolded lightly. Although Zhang Huailin's eyes were also faintly visible crystal tears, they did not flow out, making his eyes look extremely bright, as if there was starlight, looking at Zhang Jiao with burning eyes, extremely loving.

"I'm relieved when the child comes back, boss, you take good care of the two senior brothers, and your aunt and I will clean up the meals and wash the dust for you!" Zhang Huailin pulled up Liu Yue'e and was about to prepare.

"No need, just leave this kind of trivial matter to me as a junior brother, the junior brother has just returned home, you just have to enjoy the joy of family." Zuo Ci smiled and politely said to Zhang Huailin. The foot kicked Yu Ji in the back without a trace.

"How can you bother the immortals to do it!" Zhang's father and Zhang Liu's said in unison.

"It's okay, it's okay! It's just a gesture for us. Yu Ji also came up to express his position.

"Let's help the little brother repair the house first!" Zuo Ci's body suddenly rose from the ground, hung three or four feet high, waved his hands, and then threw a token and inserted it in the yard, and sowed a few seeds, chanting words in his mouth.

The original thatched hut was instantly replaced with a tall wooden hut, two or three times larger than the original, and it was equipped with all kinds of daily necessities. The earthen wall has also become a stone wall, and the courtyard has become two or three times larger, the ground of the courtyard has become a flat bluestone, and more than a dozen large wooden tables have appeared in the courtyard out of thin air. Outside the courtyard there was another small courtyard, with a row of stables clinging to the walls, and a dozen houses in the other. There are also piles of hay in the yard.

"Really... What a fairy! Zhang Huailin sighed.

Then Yu Ji also showed his skills, and the herbs and gold and silver were put into the treasury and sorted out. All kinds of meat and grains under the pot, turn the pot and turn the boil. Most of it was made into jerky, packed into boxes, and sorted into its own categories. Soon the meal was ready.

Later, the carriage and the puppet warriors were parked in the courtyard next door, and the homeless people outside were also invited into the courtyard of Zhang Jiao's house for dinner.

Zhang Huailin and his wife looked at their new home excitedly, very emotional in their hearts, and constantly thanked Zuo Ci and Yu Ji.

During the meal, Zhang Huailin was constantly toasted by Zuo Ci and Yu Ji. Poor Zhang Huailin didn't drink a few times, and after only a few drinks, his face turned red, and his two eyes became bigger and smaller. He smirked, with tears in the corners of his eyes, and said something auspicious to the immortals, my son is blessed.

"Where's the little sister?" Zhang Jiao chatted with his mother.

"I went to the Guo family to accompany Miss Guo to study. Then Miss Guo is a beautiful lady and kind to others! Liu Yue'e replied.

"Has anything changed in the village lately?" Zhang Jiao asked again.

"The children of several families in the south of the village were stolen two days ago, and it was useless to report to the government, and it may not be necessary to be secretly eaten by some wicked people, alas! Pity those little babies, so recently, I don't dare to let your two younger brothers go out, and I don't dare to let them leave five miles away, and I have to let Da Fei follow. Mother Zhang said leisurely while looking at Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang.

"Alas, but these days, if you don't go out, you can only wait for death! Two days ago, the old ox of your third uncle's house in the east of the village was somehow drugged to death at night, and when I saw the cow again, there was only a cow head and some skeletons left. When the old man Xu heard the news, he hanged himself that night. Your third uncle Xu learned that his father had died the next day, and he fainted with grief, no, your father went to see him today. Liu Yue'e held her eldest son's hand and still talked to herself.

"And the willow forest in the north of the village, the bark of the trees has been stripped clean as soon as the buds have emerged a few days ago, and it seems that they will not live next year, and will probably become a barren forest. There are also two elderly people in the north of the village, who don't want to add a burden to their families, so they run away alone and disappear. Some unconscionable young people blame their parents for this, kick the helpless old father and mother out of the house, and then no one will see the old people again. There is also the cemetery on the east side of the village, many of which have been excavated, and even the coffins for burial have been stolen, leaving some skeletons exposed. There are even some of the ones that have just been buried in the past two days, and even the corpses are gone..."Liu Yue'e said as she spoke, leaving tears in her eyes. looked at Zhang Jiao with teary eyes, and silently stroked Zhang Jiao's face.

"My mother knows that my son is blessed, and he has won the mercy of the immortals and has become a disciple of the immortals, and my mother is really happy for you. But when you are outside, you must take care of yourself, have two more eyes, don't trust others too easily, and listen to the words of the teacher when you go out. That's right, don't make up your own minds, ah. Liu Yue'e burst into tears, looked at Zhang Jiao carefully, and felt that she couldn't see enough.

"Got it, mother." Zhang Jiao's heart was sad, his eyes were red, and his throat seemed to have a hard lump, sliding hard.

"My mother has nagged you so much, don't be annoyed by my mother, my mother doesn't want you to be dressed and fed, majestic and majestic, my mother only wishes you to live peacefully. You know, your mother and your father's hope in this life is your brother. You don't know how worried your mother is about you in the past few days. Liu Feng'e kept wiping her tears with one hand, and with the other hand, she was holding Zhang Jiao's hands and refused to let go.

"Alas, you woman, what are you crying on this happy day?" Zhang Huailin walked over with tears in the corners of his eyes, blushed with a red face and a body of wine, helped Liu Yue'e up, and walked to the inner room.

When everyone finished eating, Yu Ji went down to the courtyard under Zuo Ci's arrangement and laid out some deceptive formations outside the courtyard.

The two younger brothers had already gone back to their rooms to rest, and everyone outside the courtyard was temporarily arranged by Zuo Ci to rest in the room next door. Zhang Jiao walked into the courtyard, looked at the half-round waning moon in the sky, sat on the mat and burst into tears, picked up the wine glass and drank it to himself.

"Little junior brother, what's going on?" Zuo Ci and Yu Ji sat next to Zhang Jiao with their cups.

"It's nothing, I've returned to my hometown. I just felt a little emotional. Zhang Jiao drank half a glass of wine, and sprinkled the remaining half a cup on the bluestone on the ground, Zhang Jiao looked down, and the miserable white moonlight was refracted to Zhang Jiao's face through the wine on the bluestone slab, Zhang Jiao smiled bitterly, and then sighed leisurely: "Alas...... Old... Village... Yes.... ”