7. Reminiscence

After crying for a while, the emotions of the two calmed down a little. Zhang Lingling stopped her tears and struggled to get off the earthen kang.

Chen Qingtang asked in surprise, "Senior brother, what are you going to do?"

"Hold me and follow me. Zhang Fuling was sick and weak, and her body couldn't help but tremble, but her two eyes emitted a strange light.

Chen Qingtang helped his senior brother to the courtyard, Zhang Fuling picked up a shovel, staggered to the flower bed under the window, he pointed to a withered moon flower and said, "Senior brother, dig here." ”

Chen Qingtang was confused, seeing that his senior brother's eyes were blazing, he couldn't resist his intentions, took the shovel, and dug a pit more than a foot deep in a moment.

"Senior brother, what the hell is in here?" As he spoke, the shovel touched a hard object and made a crisp "click". He put down his shovel and brushed the dirt with both hands, revealing a celadon jar.

"Move out, move out. Zhang Fuling shouted.

Chen Qingtang dug out the wine jar from the soil, placed it on the stone table in the courtyard, scooped two scoops of well water, and rinsed the porcelain jar. Zhang Fuling held a small wooden hammer in her hand, smashed the cement sealing the wine jar, carefully tore off the sealing paper, and a faint aroma of wine slowly wafted in.

Chen Qingtang's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but blurt out: "Luzhou Laojiao." ”

Zhang Lingling handed over a porcelain bowl and said, "Drink a bowl." ”

Chen Qingtang took the porcelain bowl with both hands and poured a bowl full of wine, only to see that the color of the wine was slightly yellow, thick and crystalline. Take a sip, the wine is full of aroma, soft but not spicy.

"How?" Zhang asked with a look of anticipation, coughing violently.

Chen Qingtang didn't answer, raised the wine bowl, drank it all, wiped his lips, and laughed: "Happy like a fairy." ”

"It's worth it, it's worth it, this jar of wine weighs my brother's mind, it's worth it, it's worth it. With that, tears flowed down his face again.

"I'm afraid this old cellar in Luzhou has been buried underground for more than fifteen years. Chen Qingtang said with some emotion: "Senior brother, I'm distracted." ”

Zhang Fuling was a little excited, and said happily: "This jar of wine was bought by me for twenty taels of silver on the day you left Rong Ruotang ten years ago. The shopkeeper of the Drunken Immortal House said that this jar of wine is a treasure for wine lovers. When I bought it, it was said to have been buried in the ground for eight years. Today, it seems that the shopkeeper did not deceive me as a nerd. ”

"Twenty taels of silver?" Chen Qingtang said in surprise: "Where did Senior Brother go to find so many silver taels?"

Zhang Fuling smiled wryly: "I took the Eight Treasures Qiankun clothes that Master gave me. ”

Chen Qingtang put down the wine bowl and said with a guilty face: "That year, the master took you to Lanruo Temple to fight with a group of thieves, and you single-handedly suppressed more than a dozen people, fighting for Rong Ruotang's face. How can you say it for the sake of a jar of wine?"

Zhang Fuling laughed miserably and said, "Master is feathered, Rong Ruotang is ruined, people's hearts are scattered, and the senior brothers are scattered." What is the use of keeping a piece of clothing? Senior brother, do you know that in the past ten years, senior brother has lived as a dog. “

"......" Chen Qingtang was speechless for a while, not knowing what to say.

"Senior brother. Zhang Fuling broke the silence and asked, "Where have you been in the past ten years?"

Chen Qingtang smiled bitterly and said: "Traveling all over the world, wandering everywhere, leaving here, I went to Qiyun Mountain to practice for two years, Wudang Mountain for two years, Qingcheng Mountain for two years, and went to Zhongnan Mountain for another year, and I received your letter, I am in Laojun Mountain." “

Zhang Fuling nodded and said: "If you are poor, you will read 10,000 books, and if you are poor, you will travel 10,000 miles." Very good, very good. After walking for so long, how do you feel?"

Chen Qingtang looked up at the sky and sighed: "Between people, it doesn't matter what matters, I'd rather lose than win." ”

Zhang Fuling heard this and muttered: "Ten years ago, if you had understood this truth, how good it would have been!"

Chen Qingtang shook his head and said, "The detours that should be taken in life are actually indispensable. ”

The two were silent for a while, Zhang Lingling coughed violently again, and Chen Qingtang supported his senior brother and returned to the house.

Zhang Fuling lay on top of the soil pit, with tears in her eyes, and said in despair: "My illness, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive the spring next year." ”

Chen Qingtang grabbed his senior brother's hand, held back his tears and said, "Senior brother, say it, you may not believe it." There is a crane song mountain in Chengdu, Sichuan, the mountain shape is like a crane, there are three palace temples on the mountain, Taiqing Palace, Yingxian Pavilion, Zhang Daoling once preached and practiced there, and got the Yellow Emperor Jiuding Dan Law. When you raise a month and get better, I'll find you a little donkey, let's go there and have a look, believe me, that beautiful scenery is rare in the world. ”

Zhang Fuling smiled bitterly, shook her head, and said: "Senior brother, don't comfort me anymore, I invite you back this time, there is something to ask for, if you agree, I will die." ”

Chen Qingtang asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhang Fuling took a few breaths and said: "I have a son, named Zhang Qingyin, who is stubborn by nature, and has been causing trouble everywhere since he was a child. I wonder if my junior brother can agree?"