Xia Rou took Chen Yinian's hand and walked to the backyard of Zhang's house. In the backyard sat a shabby oak table under a willow tree, which looked a little old, and the wind and sand of the years had melted the red paint of the legs. On the table, there are several side dishes in an orderly manner, such as "braised pork", "sweet and sour fish", "crispy bamboo shoots and bean sprouts", and a large bowl of "tomato and potato soup". "The names of these side dishes are cheesy and cheesy, but the color and flavor are not sloppy. The soup of the braised pork is shiny, adding a bit of color to the lean and fat braised pork, and the air is filled with an appetizing aroma of meat. In the front yard before, the meat fragrance was not strong, but in the backyard, it seemed that the meat fragrance was solid, which was refreshing. In addition, the sweet and sour fish, the thick soup is poured over the crispy pine fish, and the unique aroma is fascinating. The other two vegetarian dishes also have their own merits.

Everyone sat down step by step, all scrambling to pick up chopsticks to pick up the braised pork from the old man's hand. The little girl didn't move, but Chen Yinian moved. Every time it's like this, Chen Yinian can't figure out one thing. Along the way, the little girl ate too little, and ate a little bit at a time. said that he was lucky to catch a rabbit in the field last time, Chen Yinian originally thought that the little girl would snatch half of his rabbit, but who would have thought that this little girl who showed off her martial arts on weekdays would not be able to nibble on a rabbit leg. This is to make Chen Yinian happy, and he and the old donkey enjoyed most of the rabbit.

Let's say that Zhang Wuxiong took a piece of braised pork and put it in his mouth, and after chewing it for a while, he said, "Old man, your braised pork is getting better and better." After that, Zhang Wuxiong took a piece of braised pork and put it in Chen Yinian's bowl, "Little brother, the taste of this braised pork is really good, can you taste it?"

"Hmm", Chen Yinian responded, and was about to pick up this piece of braised pork and send it to his mouth, but was interrupted by a clear cough. The little girl Xia Rou coughed a few times, and Chen Yinian remembered the day after she met the little girl, because Chen Yinian first ate the fruit picked from a tree with a crooked neck that day, and the little girl Xia Rou ignored him for a long time. Later, the little girl learned from the officials of the law department in the city in a good way, and promulgated a "rule" that made Chen Yinian cry and laugh. That is, the boy will eat with her in the future, and he only eats later, so he must let her taste it. The young man couldn't resist the little girl, and the second was simple, so he thought it was nothing, so he agreed. It's just that he has been tired from running around for the past few days, and he finally saw the meat, and the braised pork is too tempting, and the original rules have long been thrown out of the Nine Heavens Cloud by him.

Chen Yinian put the meat handed to his mouth into the little girl's bowl like a child who made a mistake, and the little girl said "um" with satisfaction, then picked up this piece of braised pork and put it into her mouth, and after a few chews, the little girl's face showed a satisfied look. She used chopsticks to pick up a small piece of braised pork and put it in Chen Yinian's bowl.

"Hey, Chen Ersilly, this is a reward for you, my aunt and grandmother are happy today, and if there are big fish and meat in the future, I will let my aunt and grandmother eat it first, do you know?" ”

Chen Yinian really had a black line on his face, and he didn't make a sound.

"Did you hear it, do you kid want to rebel", the little girl saw that Chen Yinian didn't react, and shouted again, "Did you hear what I asked you just now?"

"Got it," Chen Yinian responded.

"It's good to know", the little girl listened to this and continued to eat vegetables with satisfaction, and from time to time Chen Yinian also sandwiched a few pieces, just like a small jasper.

The other three people at the dinner table all had smiles on the corners of their mouths, and looked at the young man interestingly, as if they were saying to Chen Yinian, "Little brother, you are a master who is afraid of his wife."

The initiator of this table of dishes is the old man in front of him, who is a little kind-eyed, which is very different from the stern appearance in the front yard before. The old man's name is Zhang Qingchu, and he is the grandfather of Zhang Wuxiong and Zhang Wenxiong. The Zhang brothers' parents died of illness 20 years ago, leaving the Zhang brothers in this lonely world. Zhang Qingchu, an old man, was supposed to live in his hometown for a long time, but his son and daughter-in-law were gone, leaving two grandchildren, and he, Zhang Qingchu, naturally had to take on the work of being a father and a mother.

"Where is the little brother from and where is he going?" Zhang Qingchu asked gently while eating vegetables.

Before Chen Yinian could answer, the little girl interjected, "This is my little brother, I am here to find my brother, and he is to protect my safety on the road and do chores for me." ”

The ancestor of the Zhang family was happy when he heard this, and said in his heart, "Little ancestor, don't be poor, just that Haoran sword qi hidden in the Mud Pill Palace, who would dare to touch you, those who have knowledge are not in a hurry; "There was a rumor that if the Haoran sword qi was cultivated to a very high level, it could be shot by flying arrows thousands of miles away, which is the so-called "a little Haoran Qi, a thousand miles of fast wind". Previously, on the small dirt slope outside Longjing City, Zhang Wenxiong recognized the heroic sword qi on the little girl's body, so he grabbed his brother Zhang Wuxiong. Haoran sword qi comes from the Haoran Sword Palace in the Central Plains of the Great Xuan. Haoran Sword Palace is the bull ear of the Central Plains Sword Dao, which is famous all over the world and has many disciples. Cultivation is not only to practice the exercises, but also to cultivate the mind. Haoran Sword Palace emphasizes the meaning but not the form, the disciples practice a variety of sword moves, and there are strange paths and righteous paths, but their cultivation of the mind is the word "Haoran", only by cultivating the state of mind to the superior realm, can the Haoran Sword Qi be filled with Haoran Sword Qi, as for the Haoran Sword Qi grafted onto others for body protection, the entire Haoran Sword Palace can do so much, but the number of hands. Since the little girl has Haoran Sword Qi on her body, although she has never heard that Haoran Sword Palace has recruited female disciples, this little girl must have some relationship with Haoran Sword Palace.

"Grandpa Zhang, I'm from Xishu, and I want to go to Jiangnan to have a look, so I've come all the way", Chen Yinian said word by word, his voice was flat, as if he was narrating an ordinary thing. In fact, there is a poem "Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky", the West Shu Road is extremely dangerous, there are pedestrians buried in the depths of the clouds all the year round, the middle of the mountain stream, and the Shu Road that is just three miles away, Chen Yinian spent six hours.

"Ambitious", Zhang Qingchu said, "But since I went to Jiangnan, I will also go to the Central Plains in the future, and the Central Plains Taiping City is much more magnificent than Lin'an City in the south of the Yangtze River." The old man not only mentioned these two cities, but a trace of sadness crossed his eyebrows.

"Hmm", Chen Yinian nodded, at this time, the little girl stretched out the white lotus lotus and patted Chen Yinian's head, "What are you, the Central Plains is not a good place, you don't spit out bones if you eat people, don't listen to this old man's nonsense, just stay in Jiangnan and Lin'an City." ”

The little girl was talking to herself, when the young man suddenly turned his head, stared at the little girl with straight eyes, and said word by word, "Xia Rou, are you from the Central Plains?" The young man's eyes were clear, he thought that since the Central Plains in Xia Rou's mouth was so bad, it would definitely be impossible to go, but how could the little girl Xia Rou know so clearly. Chen Yinian was not stupid, and after thinking about it, he figured out the joints, so he asked.

"The ghost is the Mile of the Central Plains, you give me a good meal", Xia Rou dropped a sentence, turned her head away, and didn't look at Chen Yinian.

Chen Yinian still said bluntly, "Even if you are from the Central Plains, then you don't want to go." I don't know what the Central Plains is, but since it's not good there, then you can go to Jiangnan with me. ”

Xia Rou was silent, and Chen Yinian didn't know what to say. He was afraid that the little girl would not be silent. He blushed, but in the end he said something ridiculous, "I can learn how to make braised pork from Grandpa Zhang, I think there is definitely no braised pork like Grandpa Zhang in the Central Plains." ”

The young man turned his head to look at the old man again, "Grandpa Zhang, can you teach me how to make braised pork." ”

The old man nodded, and Chen Yinian replied with a heavy "um". Chen Yinian didn't see that there were a few points of sparkle in the little girl's eyes. The little girl, Xia Rou, cried.

After everyone had dinner, Chen Yinian wanted to take the little girl Xia Rou to take a look on the streets of Longjingcheng, but the little girl said that she was tired and had to give up. Zhang Wenxiong took the two to a small room in the backyard, which was the guest room of Chen Yinian and Xia Rou. If there are scholars here, they will definitely say a few words seriously, "men and women do not kiss", and what "do not speak and look at incivility". But there are not so many rules between the little girl and the boy. First, the boy didn't understand this, and secondly, there was always a time to sleep in the wild along the way, and the little girl set a rule that the boy should not come within a foot of her at night. She said that this was what her mother told her, and the young man was really simple, and he didn't know the reason for this, but he felt confused and inexplicable, so he immediately agreed.

In another room in the backyard, Zhang Qingchu sat on a broken Taishi chair with his eyes closed, and Zhang Wuxiong and Zhang Wenxiong stood on both sides. Zhang Wenxiong said in a strange tone, "Brother, what did you stop that wooden stick for in the afternoon, grandpa didn't stop it." I just want to see if the boy and the little girl are all the way, and I was going to try it out, but you're good, the old man taught you "two finger power" is used to deal with your younger brother. ”

Zhang Wuxiong's face was calm, and he said, "That young man is just an ordinary person, born in an iron shop, you also know that there is no sign of qi surging on his body, but the internal muscles and veins are not extended, and there is external force accumulation, he was bullied when he was a child, and he injured his foundation, where will he be the same person as that little girl." If I don't stop you, with the qi of the pear wood staff, if this young man has no way to resist, half his life will be surrendered to this staff. ”

The tiger-bearded man looked at Zhang Qingchu again, "Old man, why are you messing around with Wenxiong's temperament, if that little girl really has something to do with this simple young man, with my Zhang family's current thin background, I can't withstand the destruction of that Haoran sword qi." ”

"If it doesn't matter, then it's really great", Zhang Wenxiong said, "With that little girl's qualification background, there must be a lot of background, I heard that the city lord of Longjing City has an only son, but nine years old, he took two steps on that road, and recently there are cultivators on Fulong Mountain who want to take him back to Fulong Mountain to practice, if the involvement of the young man and the little girl is passed on to the city lord's family, and as a favor, my Zhang clan can also be regarded as able to gain a firm foothold in this Longjing City." ”

When Zhang Wuxiong heard this, he was furious for a while, and when he was about to roar out, someone was one step ahead of him and slapped Zhang Wenxiong's delicate face, leaving a blood-red slap print. This person is Zhang Qingchu.

"Bastard thing", Zhang Qingchu's face was gloomy, and Zhang Wenxiong was embarrassed and indignant, "Grandpa, why are you beating me." ”

"The old man is beating you who doesn't know how to be shameless", Zhang Qingchu became more and more angry the more he said, "I, Zhang, have been among the families since Daxin, and I have never done such a strong thing against heaven." How can my Zhang family have such an indiscriminate thing as you, have you been eating all these years of morality and righteousness?"

Zhang Wenxiong was still unconvinced, although the old man was strict on weekdays, he had never said such heavy words to him, "But what has become of my Zhang family now, guarding the set of the ancestors, my Zhang family has now become the laughing stock of those families in Longjing City." If it weren't for the city lord who had been reciting that meager incense all these years, the three of us ancestors and grandchildren would have been driven out of this house, and we wouldn't even be able to keep the house, and what face would we have to face the ancestors of my Zhang family. ”

"But that young man is an innocent person, even if he is an ordinary person, you want to take his luck, what is the difference between this and those you hate," Zhang Wuxiong scolded.

"This world is originally the law of the jungle, I am not taking this young man's luck in vain, giving him a bag of "gold, jade and copper coins" is enough for him to squander for the rest of his life and become a rich man", Zhang Wenxiong talked eloquently, "Of course, with his knowledge, he naturally does not know the value of this "gold, jade and copper money", but it doesn't matter, I just need to say that this thing is more valuable than gold, that kid has suffered so much, he will definitely not be able to hold it, and if he asks for this bag of copper coins, then my Zhang family will not treat him badly." ”

Zhang Wuxiong wanted to say something, but Zhang Qingchu waved his hand to stop him, "Old man, I have survived until now, that is, I promised your father and mother that I would pull you up and raise you well." Xiao Wenzi, you disappointed me too much. ”

After the old man finished speaking, he was silent for a while, and then his god was furious, and he roared angrily, "Zhang Wenxiong, have you used the chivalrous courage of my Zhang family's ancestors to feed the dogs!"

At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door. The Zhang brothers were suddenly shocked, there were only a few people in the ancestral house of the Zhang family, and when they were talking, they covered the room with a qi machine, and ordinary people couldn't hear the sound at all.

"Is anyone there?", a crisp voice came from outside the house, it was the voice of the little girl Xia Rou. The little girl's voice was very soft, but it was also very cold, and it was a little creepy, even Zhang Qingchu, who was sitting in the chair, couldn't help but shiver after hearing the voice. Zhang Wuxiong felt even stronger, although the little girl didn't say a few words in a day, but Zhang Wuxiong could still hear the little girl's emotions before, but the little girl said this sentence was cold and indifferent, and there was no emotion at all.

Zhang Wenxiong didn't move, Zhang Wuxiong pulled up his legs and walked to the door, opened the door, saw the little girl, forcibly squeezed out a smile on his face, and said, "Little girl, why are you here? Little brother, isn't he with you?" ”

Xia Rou said coldly, "He's asleep, I'm looking for the old man, is he there?"

"Yes," Zhang Wuxiong replied.

When Xia Rou heard this, she smiled unprecedentedly, stared at Zhang Wuxiong and said with a smile, "Thank you in the afternoon, big brother." ”

When Zhang Wuxiong heard this, he was not a little happy in his heart, but even more frightened, it turned out that the little girl already knew her brother's idea at that time, but fortunately he made a quick decision and stopped the pear wood flying stick, otherwise the consequences would be really unimaginable.

Zhang Wuxiong came back to his senses, Xia Rou was looking at him, "Big brother, what are you thinking, don't you want me to go in." ”

Zhang Wuxiong smiled awkwardly, "It's okay, it's okay, please come in, please come in, the old man is inside, come with me." ”

Xia Rou followed Zhang Wuxiong into the house. The room is not big, take a few steps inside, and when you turn around, you can see the old man sitting on the chair, Zhang Qingchu.

Xia Rou walked in front of Zhang Qingchu step by step, and she walked about seven steps. In these short seven steps, Zhang Wenxiong's eyes have been on the little girl, but Xia Rou doesn't look at him.

The little girl Xia Rou looked at Zhang Qingchu, "Grandpa, how much does it cost to teach my family Chen Ersil to make braised pork?"

Zhang Qingchu was shocked in her heart, the little girl asked like this to draw a clear line with them, and then settle the account after the autumn. He hurriedly said, "No money, no money." Isn't it just a dish, where to collect any money, the old man must teach the child with his heart and discipline him well. ”

"That's not good", the little girl's tone was flat, a little better than the previous coldness, "That stupid boy thinks your braised pork is just ordinary and ordinary braised pork, but this can't hide it from me." The beauty of this braised pork lies in its heat, the mastery of the heat is the mastery of the qi, and when it comes to the quality of the qi, it depends on the quality of the exercises, your braised pork is in my hometown, and it can also be ranked in the top ten, your exercises must be very precious, right?"

Hearing this, the corners of the three ancestors and grandsons of the Zhang family twitched. Among the top ten? Zhang Qingchu's inner family cultivation is well-known in Longjing City, if you talk about the depth of qi alone, Zhang Qingchu said that no one dares to say first. It is precisely because of him, an old immortal, that the Zhang family, which only has three grandparents and grandchildren, can still preserve the name of the "family". Zhang Qingchu thinks that he is putting it in the whole world, and his book "Yi Ren Qi You" can also be ranked among the top three, the little girl actually said that he can only be ranked in the top ten, and it is naturally his cultivation that he says, but he feels that he is not bad, but how powerful the people in the little girl's hometown are, he dare not think. Zhang Qingchu hurriedly recited silently in his heart, it must be that he did not practice this exercise to the extreme, and he was looked down upon by a little girl today, if he let the ancestors and ancestors know, he might not even be able to cover the coffin board.

Although he thought so in his heart, Zhang Qingchu didn't dare to say this, "Where, where, the old man's exercises are just ordinary goods, not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning." ”

The little girl Xia Rou is very shrewd, but she is not as easy to fool as Chen Yinian. She took out a copper coin from her bosom, which was the size of a little girl's thumb. The copper coin is round on the outside and on the inside, and there is a layer of delicate and transparent purple jade embedded on the very edge, if you look closely, you can find that there is some purple gas around the purple jade.

"Is this copper coin enough?" the little girl put the purple jade copper coin on the table. The faces of the three grandparents and grandchildren are really wonderful. Their eyes were straight.