At this time, the uncle and nephew had already come to the courtyard of the old man Sun, and saw that the courtyard was very lively, many women were busy preparing dishes, and the men were standing outside the courtyard talking and laughing with the soldiers and cavalry.

The soldiers brought out by Yang Yanlang were as approachable as him, and they didn't have the slightest shelf of soldiers.

Among them, the happiest is the old man Sun, pulling Sun Longhu to show off in the neighborhood, and his rickety waist is straight.

Although Zhong Ming heard the general's words, the general's eyes were full of people, and the young man did not see who the general was referring to.

Zhong Ming looked at it for a while, Yang Yanlang was also stunned for a while, and the young man couldn't help but ask, "Uncle, who are you looking at?"

It wasn't until the young man asked questions that the general came back to his senses, shook his head and muttered, "It's okay, I thought I had met an old man, maybe I recognized the wrong person." ”

How could the sharp-eyed general recognize the wrong person, knowing that the general didn't want to say it, the young man didn't ask more.

Yang Yanlang stood with his hands in his hands, looked at the small courtyard and said, "I think they are almost ready, why don't we two uncles enter the table first?"

"It's fine. ”

The young man responded, and the uncle and nephew went to the courtyard.

As the uncle and nephew walked through the crowd, the general glanced at Hu Orion, intentionally or unintentionally.

Hu Orion was a bearded man, eight feet tall, half a head taller than ordinary people, standing in the crowd with an unusually eye-catching body, his body strong, his thin sackcloth half-open, revealing a strong chest.

When Yang Yanlang walked past Hu Orion, Hu Orion stared at Yang Yanlang closely, and the two just collided with each other.

The general's expression was indifferent and swept away.

Hu Orion's eyes were cloudy, and he turned around and walked out, taking a few steps into the courtyard next to him.

In Old Man Sun's courtyard, the general and the young man seemed to be in no know, chatting and laughing with the villagers of the mud village.

And Hu Orion walked into Carpenter Li's house, bent down into the thatched house, and closed the door with his hand.

As soon as you enter the door, you can smell a fragrance, which is the fragrance of sandalwood sachets in the corner of the house.

The low thatched hut was quite crowded, and there were a few benches and a table of eight immortals in the originally small room.

There was an oil lamp on the table, and the bean-sized flames lit up the room, but it was still a little dim.

The table of the Eight Immortals was full of people, and the beautiful woman Zhong Ming had seen before was holding the baby boy in swaddling clothes, perhaps the child was startled by the sound of Hu Orion entering the door, and cried non-stop, and the lady of the Li family could only stand up and sing songs to the baby while walking.

"The leaves are pale, the white dew is frost, the so-called Yi people, on the water side, ......"

The masterpiece of the former Chen poetry master, and then composed by the famous singer in Kyoto, the Li family lady sang it euphemistically and movingly.

There was also a boy about eight or nine years old sitting in front of the table of the Eight Immortals, holding in his hand the "Collection of Chen Poems" written by everyone in the previous Chen Collection, shaking his head and reading aloud.

Opposite the child was a fair-faced man with a sackcloth robe draped over his shoulders, his face was quite handsome, and there was a noble air between his eyebrows, even if he was dressed in sackcloth, sitting in this desolate thatched house, he could not hide his graceful and luxurious posture.

This is the owner of this small courtyard, Carpenter Li.

There was also a boy of four or five years old in Carpenter Li's arms, sitting in his father's arms, watching Carpenter Li carving gadgets.

Li carpenter is holding a carving knife, carving a person, a scholar's long shirt, a bun on his head, it is the young man in linen Zhong Ming, the carpenter is skillful, and the carving is lifelike.

Seeing Hu Orion entering the house, Carpenter Li was not distracted, lowered his head and carved the last feet, then blew the sawdust, and said to his son: "Ye'er, look, is this Brother Zhong Ming." ”

"It's Brother Zhong, it's Brother Zhong, the real image carved by my father, I'm going to show it to Brother Zhong. ”

Li Wangye, who was a child, immediately clapped his little hands, took the wood carving from his father's hand, and was about to run out, but was grabbed by Li Carpenter, and he said to his son with a smile: "Ye'er, don't worry, my father will accompany you later." ”

After speaking, Carpenter Li carried his son to the bench, asked him to sit down, and then advised: "Ye'er stay obediently, my father will tell Uncle Hu something, and I will take you to see Brother Zhong later." ”

"Okay, father, you have to hurry up, maybe it's too late, but you won't be able to change to crispy cakes. ”

It turned out that this Li Wangye was thinking about the crispy cake with today's Fei Da ingredients, and wanted to take the wood carving to Zhong Ming to exchange for pastries to eat.

Carpenter Li responded with a smile, turned around and beckoned to Hu Orion, and the two entered the inner room one after the other.

There was only a large wooden bed in the inner room, and Carpenter Li sat on the edge of the bed and said to Hu Orion, "What did you find?"

Hu Orion knelt down on one knee and said in a low voice: "Lord, just now I went to Village Chief Sun's house and saw that the general of the fine scale cavalry here is Yang Yanlang. ”

Carpenter Li looked surprised, and then said calmly: "I should have guessed that it was him, except for General Yang, who dared to shout a fine scale dragon head when the soldiers rode first, and I should have guessed when I heard that shout this morning." ”

"Lord, since it's him, then you should not show your face at this dinner today. ”

Hu Orion had worry in his eyes, and he looked up at Carpenter Li.

Carpenter Li smiled slightly and said, "Why don't you go, there is wine and meat, it's not too much of a pity not to go to such a good thing." ”

"But you're ......," Hu Orion's eyes hesitated.

"No, but, sooner or later, he can't avoid it, besides, he's only a hundred horses, how can he stop you. ”

At this point, Hu Orion didn't refute again, but said, "I'll go to my home to get the Star Xuan Iron Bow." ”

"I don't know what he wants, you don't have to take the bow, and if you fall out, it's not too late to take it. ”

Carpenter Li still smiled and shook his head, got up and was about to walk out, and said, "You and I will meet him first, and see what he says." ”

Then Carpenter Li and Hu Orion walked out of the inner room before and after, during which Carpenter Li also picked up his second son Li Wangye, and the three of them walked out.

The lady of the Li family looked worried, and before leaving, Carpenter Li advised: "Husband, be careful." ”

His eldest son, who was studying, also raised his head, stopped reading, looked at his father and said, "Father, can you not go to this feast?"

Carpenter Li looked at his wife and children gently, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it'll be fine." ”

The three of them walked out of their yard and walked towards Old Man Sun's courtyard.

By the time the three of them came, it was already a lively scene, with several large wooden tables in the courtyard, and tables piled up outside the courtyard, filled with the smell of meat and wine.

Liang Yu and the others had already returned from the city, and used a cart to pull back rice wine, a cow, a pig, and a few large bundles of vegetables.

Zhong Ming's brocade box contained five ingots of silver plus the one on Liang Yu's body, all of which were exchanged for wine and food, which was enough for a hundred soldiers and horsemen to eat.

The soldiers and horsemen sat around the table, and the men of the mud village were accompanied, and those who did not have seats stood at the table to talk and laugh with everyone, and no one cared whether there was a place or not, and they were very happy to talk and laugh.

Half-grown children scurried around the crowd, begging for a piece of meat from some kind soldier.

Carpenter Li walked through the crowd, and from time to time someone greeted him and Hu Orion, and the two of them were also celebrities in the village because of their craftsmanship.

Walking into Old Man Sun's courtyard, several of the tables were filled with famous generals in the soldiers and horses, or famous people in the village.

Zhong Ming, Liang Yu, Yang Yanlang, Old Man Sun, and Sun Longhu were sitting at the table in the middle.

It just so happened that there were still a few places in this place, and when Old Man Sun saw Carpenter Li coming, he immediately shouted with a smile: "Carpenter Li, you came just in time, come and have two drinks with me with the captain." ”

It was a famine year before, there was no wine to drink, and ordinary people didn't drink a few taels, if you accompanied the captain to drink, two glasses would fall, it would not be a joke.

Old man Sun had heard Carpenter Li say that when his family was still well, he often drank alcohol, and the amount of alcohol was not bad, so he thought of letting him accompany him.

"Okay, here we go. ”

Carpenter Li replied with a smile, and Old Man Sun also politely gave up his position and let Carpenter Li sit on Yang Yanlang's right side.

Carpenter Li put down Li Wangye, and Li Wangye ran to Zhong Ming with the wood carving, threw himself into the young man's arms and whispered.

And Carpenter Li was not polite, and sat next to the general.

Hu Orion followed closely and sat down beside Carpenter Li.

Since the two of them walked into the courtyard, Yang Yanlang stared at the two of them intently, and after Carpenter Li sat down, the general said in a low voice: "I didn't expect you to be here, and you are bold enough." ”

Hearing this, Carpenter Li smiled and said nothing, while Hu Orion squeezed his fists, and had a posture of flipping the table if he didn't agree.

"Do you think you can drink the wine of this feast today?"

Yang Yanlang didn't seem to see Hu Orion's movements, and just asked Carpenter Li.

Carpenter Li still smiled and said, "Why can't you drink it?" As long as Lord Yang doesn't mention the past, but only the present, I think we can have a good time drinking this wine today." ”

"Don't talk about the past, just talk about the present! You can drink this wine today!"

The general laughed loudly and beckoned, "Pour wine for this one!"

As soon as Yang Yanlang's words came out, Hu Orion's fist was released, and Sun Longhu's nervous expression eased.

And Zhong Ming was still in the dark, the words of the two just now were strange, and they seemed to know each other before.

In addition, the young man had long felt that Carpenter Li was eccentric, and he was even more sure that this person had an extraordinary background.

It's just that the current situation doesn't allow the young man to ask questions, so he didn't say much.

Here, Yang Yanlang and Carpenter Li have already drunk the wine with a cup of wine, the wine is turbid rice wine, the quality is low, and the taste is not very good, so it can only satisfy people who want to get drunk.

The two of them drank happily, a plate of rice wine, and both of them drank it all.

"Happy!" Yang Yanlang wiped his mouth.

"Then come again!"

Carpenter Li tightened the robe draped over his shoulders and personally got up to pour wine for Yang Yanlang.

This Zhong Ming was full of doubts in his heart, if it weren't for Li Wangye in his arms talking to him, the young man didn't know how long he would see these two strange people.

Li Wangye got into Zhong Ming's arms, held the wooden carving and said, "Brother Zhong Ming, can I exchange the little wooden figure that carves you for a piece of crispy cake?"

The young man looked down at the innocent child in his arms and smiled dumbly.

Pinching Li Wangye's little face, Zhong Ming said: "This crispy cake brother is gone, how about I exchange my big chicken leg for your little wooden man?"

As he spoke, the young man took a fat chicken leg from his plate and handed it to the child.

Li Wangye tilted his head and thought about it, this big chicken leg smelled fragrant, although it may not be as sweet as the crispy cake, it smelled like a good choice.

"Well, it takes two big chicken legs!"

Li Wangye turned his head and saw that there was still a piece on the plate, and thought of his brother and mother at home.

Zhong Ming smiled, handed the piece to Li Wangye and said, "Okay, it's all up to you." ”

Then the boy exchanged the wood carving for two chicken legs and ran to the house in a hurry.

The young man was stunned when he looked at the lifelike wood carving in his hand, who is this Li carpenter?