Zhang Fang served tea to Zhixian and Zhang Xiaochuan, and then stepped aside. Zhixian took a sip of tea and said to Zhang Fang, "Li Zhang's sit down and talk!" Someone moved a stool for her, Zhang Fang was willing, she asked cautiously, "I don't know what the two adults have to order?" "Li Zhang's!" The Zhixian's face suddenly changed very grim, and Zhang Fang hurriedly replied, "The little one is here." "Let me ask you, why did you falsely accuse General Zhang, and who instructed you?" Zhang Fang heard this, and knelt down with a "plop". "The adults are discerning, how dare the little ones falsely accuse General Zhang. The villain was not instructed by anyone, but he didn't know that he was General Zhang, please forgive me!" "Since General Zhang has already stated his identity, why do you still report to the official?" "This 。。。。。 Zhang Fang's brain was racing. "Back to my lord, I haven't seen General Zhang for many years, and General Zhang has changed his appearance again, and the villain is really difficult to recognize, so he made this decision. After hearing her, the magistrate's face turned slightly pale. "Well, it's no wonder that General Zhang has always been low-key, and this trip in micro-clothes is even more admirable. Half of this sentence was said to Zhang Fang, and half to Zhang Xiaochuan. Zhang Xiaochuan hugged his fist slightly to the magistrate and said, "The magistrate has won the award." Na Zhixian replied with a smile, "General Zhang is too modest, you are young and promising, and you should have returned to your hometown." The magistrate said, "Li Zhang, do you know what rank General Zhang is?" "Well, you don't know the amount, so the county said that you know, you can listen well. "Yes, yes, yes. Zhang Fang said three "yes" in a row. "General Zhang is the martial champion of the dynasty, with outstanding merits, and now the official worships General Yipin. Zhang Fang listened resignedly, both shocked and afraid, shocked that Zhang Xiaochuan had done such a high position at a young age, and was afraid that if Zhang Xiaochuan wanted to take revenge on himself, he didn't need to do it at all.

"Li Zhang, get up and speak. "The little ones don't dare. "What kind of person General Zhang is, he has a lot of adults, how can he care about you, you still get up and talk conveniently. Zhang Fanghe had seen such a battle, and when she knew that the county and Zhang Xiaochuan came together, she trembled and was uneasy, and Zhang Xiaochuan also intended to let her be frightened and didn't say much. After hearing what Zhixian said, Zhang Fangcai peeked at Zhang Xiaochuan, and Zhang Xiaochuan said with a smile, "Aunt Li, it's still convenient to get up and talk." Seeing Zhang Xiaochuan say this, she stood up tremblingly. Na Zhixian said again, "General Zhang thought of the feelings of the old man, and returned to his hometown, so he came to visit you and wait, but he didn't want to give birth to such a big misunderstanding, Li Zhang, you may make up for it?" "Please rest assured, the villain will definitely make up for it." Zhang Fang immediately made a guarantee. "The old house has been destroyed, General Zhang is frugal by nature, and he doesn't want to build a new house after working hard and hurting money, but General Zhang deeply misses the feelings of the old man, and he can't bear to leave, what do you say?" "Back to my lord, this is easy to do, General Zhang grew up in Qingshuixi since he was a child, and our two families are quite close, so I asked General Zhang to take the humble house as his home, I don't know what the adults want?" Zhang Xiaochuan nodded, and the magistrate said, "This is very good! It is your and my honor for General Zhang to come here, and Li Zhang's family must not be neglected!" "Please rest assured, we will do our best to serve the general!" "Very good, you go to pack up and settle first!" Zhang Fang was relieved and went out to prepare.

The magistrate talked to Zhang Xiaochuan for a while, and ordered someone to move the cage and other items in, and these items were piled up on the ground, and the magistrate resigned only after Zhang Fang arranged the room. parting with Li Zheng and Qi Chang, and finally said to Zhang Xiaochuan, "General Zhang has an order, and the subordinate will not give up." Zhang Xiaochuan humbly conceded, and the magistrate led the crowd away.

Zhang Xiaochuan stayed, and within a few days, he became famous in Siye, and everyone in the four miles and eight townships knew that there was a big general in Qingshuixi, and he lived in the house of "Tofu Xishi". There are a lot of people who come here, all want to see Zhang Xiaochuan's demeanor, everyone spread the word of mouth, and then come to the meeting, Zhang Xiaochuan said that he is like a god, Li Dachun is often in front of the water, and the tofu business is better than before. Zhang Fang's family was so happy that they couldn't close their mouths, and their faces were infinitely beautiful, but Zhang Fang had been tightening a string in his heart.

Since the age of twelve, Zhang Fang has been very close to Li Xueyao, preventing her from running away with the children in the village, especially the boys. Li Xueyao suddenly had such a handsome general brother coming out, and I saw that he was full of energy, and his gestures revealed an indescribable charm, which made Li Xueyao willing to be close to him in his heart. Although Li Dachun is not good at talking, his happiness is often on his face, and Zhang Fang is even more happy all day long, and he also accepts praise and flattery from others. Too many people, too many praises, Li Xueyao has an indescribable joy in her heart. She often pestered Zhang Fang to ask this and that, and asked about Zhang Xiaochuan's situation when she was a child, and Zhang Fang occasionally told her about it.

On this day, Li Xueyao suddenly asked Zhang Fang why Zhang Xiaochuan came back in disguise as a Huazi that day. Zhang Fang thought about it and said, it may be that the rivers and lakes are sinister, and people are unpredictable. Zhang Xiaochuan had just come back from outside, and he happened to hear the conversation between the two of them, so he picked up the conversation. "Aunt Li is right, the rivers and lakes are sinister, and people's hearts are unpredictable, so we have to guard against it!" Li Xueyao is kind-hearted, very simple, and has no concept of good and evil in people's hearts, everyone is a good person in her eyes, she looked at them suspiciously. Zhang Xiaochuan said, "When people sit at home, disaster comes from the sky, and the heart of harming people is indispensable, and the heart of preventing people is indispensable." After listening to him, Li Xueyao asked innocently, "Is there really anyone who would harm people for no reason?" "Why not, do you say, Aunt Li?" Zhang Xiaochuan asked, Zhang Fang knew that Zhang Xiaochuan meant something else, and she had no deep meaning, her expression was not embarrassed, fortunately, Li Xueyao only looked at Zhang Xiaochuan and spoke. Zhang Fang replied vaguely, and changed the topic with an idea. "Your brother Xiaochuan is well-informed, you will accompany him more in the future, walk with him more, and learn more from him how to behave and do things. When Zhang Fang said this, Li Xueyao was surprised and happy, and hurriedly asked Zhang Xiaochuan, "Brother Xiaochuan, is it okay?" Zhang Xiaochuan looked at her sparkling eyes, her eyes were full of expectation, how could she bear to refuse, and immediately agreed, Li Xueyao happily said to them, "Thank you, Brother Xiaochuan, thank you, mother!"

At this time, it has just entered the wax moon, although it is deep winter, it is like autumn, but it is slightly cool. Zhang Xiaochuan remembered that when he was young, he often went to the river to put shrimp pots in this season, and he suddenly became childlike, and he couldn't find shrimp pots in Li Dachun's house, so he walked out of the door. Li Xueyao thought that he was going out again, and remembered that her mother asked her to go with him more, so she shouted loudly, "Brother Xiaochuan, do you want to go out?" Zhang Xiaochuan shouted, and when Li Xueyao came out to see, he was already gone. After a while, Zhang Xiaochuan came back with two shrimp pots. Li Xueyao exclaimed in surprise when she saw it, "Brother Xiaochuan, are you going to put shrimp pots?" Zhang Xiaochuan smiled and nodded. "Can you take me with you?" These interesting things have never been taken by anyone to Li Xueyao, and her heart is full of longing. Zhang Xiaochuan looked at her cute appearance and said happily, "As long as you are willing!" "I am willing, I am willing." Li Xueyao said twice, "I am willing." ”

The two of them greeted Li Dachun and Zhang Fang, and walked towards the river with shrimp pots. Li Xueyao talked and laughed excitedly all the way, and jumped up and down from time to time, her innocent and romantic appearance made Zhang Xiaochuan feel warm, and having her by her side also evoked many good memories of Zhang Xiaochuan's childhood.

When the two of them arrived at the river, the stream flowed, and the water and grass were green, Zhang Xiaochuan found a place where the water was gentle, carefully put a shrimp pot into the water, and then tied one end of the shrimp pot to the bank. Li Xueyao also followed Zhang Xiaochuan's example, put away the other scare cage, and smiled happily. They stared at the shrimp cage, and after a while, a few small shrimps got into the cage, Li Xueyao looked at it, with indescribable joy and excitement on her face. "Brother Xiaochuan, there are shrimps. Li Xueyao shouted happily. Zhang Xiaochuan put his index finger to his lips, "shhhhhh Zhang Xiaochuan looked at her cute appearance, couldn't bear it, pointed to the shrimp cage, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

Zhang Xiaochuan knew that he would have to wait for an hour or two to catch enough shrimp, so he wanted to walk around, but Li Xueyao saw him walk away, so he followed. Unconsciously, Zhang Xiaochuan came to the bamboo forest, remembering that day when Xiao Yezi watched him practice swords, Zhang Xiaochuan casually folded a thin bamboo and danced. At first, he danced slowly, although Li Xueyao didn't understand, I saw that he had a beautiful posture and a smart body, and he couldn't stop applauding him. Later, Zhang Xiaochuan remembered the sad past, dancing faster and faster, and his body was like flying, Li Xueyao was only dazzled, and suddenly fainted to the ground with a muffled snort. Zhang Xiaochuan was startled and hurriedly stopped. He helped Li Xueyao up, and she said shyly, "Okay, why did I suddenly faint." Zhang Xiaochuan knew that this was because she didn't cultivate her concentration, so she smiled and said, "After a while, it'll be fine." "Brother Xiaochuan, are you dancing the sword just now?" "Well, this is the free sword technique created by my uncle. "You're dancing so well!, dance a little longer!" Zhang Xiaochuan knew that she couldn't watch anymore, so he asked, "How do you feel?" Li Xueyao shook her head and said, "I'm okay now, I don't know what happened just now, there has never been such a situation, and I made a fool of myself in front of Brother Xiaochuan." She laughed as she spoke, Zhang Xiaochuan looked at her innocent appearance, and suddenly felt a sense of pity. "Let's just go for a walk. Li Xueyao nodded, naturally grabbed Zhang Xiaochuan's arm, and the two of them walked along the path of the bamboo forest.

There was a concave ground in front of him, Zhang Xiaochuan stopped, and said to Li Xueyao, "Sister Xueyao, I'll make a trick for you, do you want to watch it?" "Hearing him say that he wants to play tricks, how can Li Xueyao let go of this opportunity. Zhang Xiaochuan leaned down, dug a round pit more than a foot deep with a bamboo stick in the sunken place, and then leaned in with both hands, and with a twist, there was one more thing in his hand. "It's winter bamboo shoots, this is a rare delicacy, Brother Xiaochuan, how did you know that there are winter bamboo shoots here?" Zhang Xiaochuan smiled and said mysteriously, "The secret of heaven must not be revealed." Zhang Xiaochuan handed over the winter bamboo shoots to Li Xueyao and continued to walk forward. Li Xueyao hurried two steps to catch up with him, "Brother Xiaochuan, can you teach me to find winter bamboo shoots?" Zhang Xiaochuan looked at her with a smile and didn't answer immediately, Li Xueyao saw that he didn't speak, just smiled at himself, so he grabbed Zhang Xiaochuan's arm and shook his arm to plead. "Okay, Brother Xiaochuan. Zhang Xiaochuan looked at her delicate appearance, listening to her sweet voice, her heart was instantly drunk, and she was about to melt. "Okay, good, I'll teach you now!" "Thank you, Brother Xiaochuan." Li Xueyao was very cheerful.

The two of them continued to walk forward, Zhang Xiaochuan saw a bulge on the ground, and he said to Li Xueyao, "Yao, it's up to you to do the trick this time." He pointed to the bulge, and Li Xueyao stepped forward, following Zhang Xiaochuan's example, and dug a round pit around the bulge with a bamboo stick. She carefully cleaned up the floating soil on the bulge, revealing a clump of winter bamboo shoots, and she shouted happily, "I found it, Brother Xiaochuan, come and see, there are a lot of winter bamboo shoots here!" Zhang Xiaochuan saw that there were seven or eight winter bamboo shoots, and he smiled and gave Li Xueyao a thumbs up. Li Xueyao smiled happily, she followed Zhang Xiaochuan's example to spin and spin, but the winter bamboo shoots didn't move at all, but she hurt her delicate little hands. She changed to a bamboo stick to dig again, but it didn't work. She frowned slightly and looked at Zhang Xiaochuan, and the meaning of asking for help was very obvious. Zhang Xiaochuan stepped forward and got a winter bamboo shoot with a twist, and after a while, this clump of winter bamboo shoots was all taken down by Zhang Xiaochuan. "There are a lot of bamboo shoots today, let's dig them another day, Brother Xiaochuan. Zhang Xiaochuan nodded, and the two of them hugged the winter bamboo shoots and walked in the direction of the shrimp pot.

When they arrived at the river, they put down the winter bamboo shoots, and two people went to carry the shrimp pots, and one person brought one out, only to see that there were a lot of shrimp in it. "Today's harvest is really not small, can we go back, Brother Xiaochuan?" Li Xueyao's face was full of happiness. "Well, let's go back. The two of them carried shrimp pots, hugged bamboo shoots, and walked home with a smile and a smile.

After entering the house, Zhang Xiaochuan was busy washing the shrimp, and Li Xueyao also happily helped him. Then Zhang Xiaochuan scalded shrimp and fried shrimp, and Li Xueyao happily watched him do all this. Zhang Xiaochuan fried the shrimp, imagined what it looked like when he was a child, wrapped the shrimp in paper, and gave Li Xueyao a pack, Li Dachun a pack, Zhang Fang a pack, and kept a pack for himself. The four of them pinched the shrimp and ate it, it was crispy and delicious, Li Xueyao had never had such an experience, and she ate it with relish.

In the evening, Zhang Fang made them bacon and winter bamboo shoots, three silk of winter bamboo shoots, winter bamboo shoots and mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots chicken soup, the bamboo shoots are delicate, white as jade, the fragrance is pure, and the chicken soup tastes even more delicious.

Since then, Li Xueyao has begged Zhang Xiaochuan to catch shrimp and dig bamboo shoots every now and then, no matter where Zhang Xiaochuan goes, Li Xueyao follows him closely, and with him, she feels unprecedented fun, indescribable happiness.

It didn't take long for the street to spread that Zhang Xiaochuan had a special plan for coming back this time, and he was specially for "Sai Xishi". Of course, Li Dachun and Zhang Fang have also heard of it, and whenever people talk to Li Dachun, he just smiles honestly. Zhang Fang was in an extremely complicated mood, she thought that although Xue Yao was good with Zhang Xiaochuan, she would definitely suffer a lot of grievances. It would be nice if they could really be together with Hemei, so they also went to a piece of their own heart.

Suddenly, one day, Xiao Yezi's mother also came, she praised Zhang Xiaochuan to Zhang Fang, saying that Xue Yao, the child, is outstanding, smart and kind, and it is really a blessing. In the end, he instructed Zhang Fang, "Aunt Li, you must not make a mistake, the fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, you are the first to get the moon near the water, and others are not comparable." Zhang Fang listened with a smile, and Xiao Yezi's mother sighed and left after speaking. Zhang Fang looked at her rickety figure, knowing that she had not been comfortable all these years, and she was aging quickly, and she had mixed feelings in her heart, and she didn't know why.

The days passed quickly, and before I knew it, it was the twentieth day of the lunar month, and seeing that the New Year was approaching, every household was busy preparing for the New Year. In the afternoon, Li Zheng came with a group of people, carrying seven or eight large boxes. After meeting Zhang Xiaochuan, he said to Zhang Xiaochuan that this was the intention of the county magistrate, and the county magistrate specially prepared New Year's goods for Zhang Xiaochuan. Li Zheng especially emphasized that there is a gift here is even more special, the county magistrate has found a skilled craftsman, he is good at making all kinds of fireworks, ordinary people can't ask for it, the magistrate specially gave General Zhang the fireworks he made, General Zhang will definitely like it. Zhang Xiaochuan was very happy to hear this, rewarded everyone, and instructed Li Zheng to thank the magistrate on his behalf, and they went.

When the neighbors saw that the county magistrate had sent so many gifts, some were envious and some were complimentary, Zhang Fang felt that he had a lot of face, and he became more and more determined in his heart to let Li Xueyao and Zhang Xiaochuan be together.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, after the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Zhang Xiaochuan and Li Dachun carried the fireworks out, put them on the street, and laid them out one by one. Li Xueyao and Zhang Fangle watched them prepare for fireworks. Their family has never bought fireworks, and even the big families in Qingshuixi have hardly seen many fireworks. People have already spread the news that fireworks are going to be set off here, and they all call friends to come and watch, and everyone is looking forward to it, waiting for the wonderful moment.

"It's on, it's on. The children shouted excitedly, Li Dachun lit the first fireworks, the fuse burned out with a "snort", and with a "snap", a rocket took off into the sky and exploded in the night sky, blooming a big chrysanthemum. The petals of the chrysanthemum slowly spread out, turning into countless small stars tumbling down, and people cheered.

Zhang Xiaochuan lit the second firework, and with a "pop" sound, another rocket rushed into the sky, this firework was as dazzling as a sapphire, and turned into a magnificent peony in the night sky, and the night sky was instantly brilliance. In the third fireworks, five or six golden dragons sprang out, as if the clouds were driving through the fog, rushing to greet people for the New Year. Zhang Xiaochuan was playful, unfolded his body to light all the fireworks that had been placed, and for a while, the sound of "popping" was endless, and colorful flowers were competing to bloom in the sky. There are golden dandelions, purple morning glories, fiery roses, gorgeous and colorful, some like fairies scattering flowers, some like peacocks opening the screen, and some like butterflies flying. The whole night sky is full of color, and the whole village is drawn to see the fireworks. Admiration, surprise, cheers, one after another, this feast of fireworks has reached **. Zhang Xiaochuan stepped aside to look at the night sky, and suddenly, a warm hand shook it. Zhang Xiaochuan saw Li Xueyao's beautiful face filled with a happy smile. Zhang Xiaochuan's heart moved, Xue Yao is so beautiful, she looks even more charming when she laughs, giving people a strong and strong appeal, I must make her laugh often, Zhang Xiaochuan couldn't help but say to himself in his heart.

This night, Zhang Xiaochuan woke up countless times, dreamed of Zhang Fang for a while, and dreamed of Li Xueyao for a while. Li Xueyao woke up laughing a few times in her dream, and Zhang Fang heard her whispering, "Brother Xiaochuan, the fireworks are so beautiful!"

On the night of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Xiaochuan and Li Dachun set off all the fireworks, and everyone had another carnival. Since the second day of the Lunar New Year, some people in the village have begun to compete to invite Zhang Xiaochuan to their home for dinner. Zhang Xiaochuan couldn't refuse, so he agreed, and two families ate every day until the fifteenth day of the first month, and people were still sending out invitations. Li Xueyao couldn't see Zhang Xiaochuan's shadow for a day, and she couldn't tell the loss in her heart, Zhang Fang couldn't help shaking her head and smiling bitterly when she saw it in her eyes. Before Zhang Xiaochuan went out every day, Li Xueyao was extremely reluctant, and when she came back in the evening, she waited at the door early, how could Zhang Xiaochuan be indifferent, in addition to happiness, he was still happy in his heart.