After eating, Zhang Fan went out of the house alone, and saw that his hut was surrounded by trees, so he walked towards the grove.

The grove is densely populated with trees several meters high, and the branches of the trees are intertwined to form a green canopy. The warm sunlight shines through the gaps between the leaves and hits the ground, forming dappled shadows, the breeze blows, the light spots sway, and the gray curtain paved with dead branches and leaves seems to be showing a movie.

Walking through the woods, Zhang Fan found a small river flowing from south to north. The river is flowing in a hurry, the sun shines on the clear water, breaking apart, and several small fish jump up from the surface of the water, splashing small splashes, which is the creation of nature. Looking along the river, Zhang Fan found that the river flowed from south to north, hundreds of meters upstream, a wooden bridge several meters wide spanned the river, and a gentle area thousands of meters away downstream, there was a lake with a radius of several miles, many lotus flowers grew around the lake, lotus leaves connected to the sky, and in the middle of the lake, several fishing boats were floating in the wind

After enjoying the scenery for a while, Zhang Fan walked back, but did not go home, but walked along the path next to the wooden house. He found a deep bamboo forest behind the house, and a two-zhang wide path in the bamboo forest zigzagged and stretched into the distance.

Walking along the trail, a quarter of an hour later, Zhang Fan came to a north-south direction, dozens of zhang wide carriage and horse avenue. There are many families on both sides of the avenue, a row of houses are located on the broad land, each of them is a high-walled compound, blue bricks and red tiles, a warrior is like a loyal dog guarding on both sides of the vermilion gate, and groups of maids and maids are clustered in and out of Miss Gongzi. On the avenue, luxurious carriages and groups of peddlers and pawns came and went

As the avenue extends north, there are more houses and pedestrians. The small roads from the villages converge together to form a big road, and the big roads converge together to form a big road, and the avenues are horizontal or oblique, connected with the central carriage and horse avenue, forming intersections, avenues and paths, and pedestrians are endless.

After a while, Zhang Fan finally came to the entrance of the town and found that on the left side of the road stood a huge bluestone tablet that was almost 100 meters high, engraved with three gilded characters of "Wanjia Town". Beyond the stele, Zhang Fan saw the most prosperous commercial area in Wanjia Town, and saw that on both sides of the street, shops were neatly arranged, inns, restaurants, butcher shops, animal skin shops and medicinal herb shops, etc. The streets are full of traffic and people. Inside and outside the store, customers come and go, three teachings and nine streams, and so on. Dressed in coarse cloth shirts, the peddlers and pawns who walked in a hurry, the little maids who stood at the door of the shop and greeted the customers who entered the shop from time to time, the stall owners who shouted and spoke loudly, the gorgeously dressed and wearing hostas and jade pendants, and a large group of family members surrounded the young ladies and sons who were slowly talking, etc., together formed a picture of a prosperous market. The crying of babies, the bargaining in the shop, the chatter of pedestrians, and the neighing of cows and horses all make up the unique melody of this town. The whole town, up and down, inside and out, is bustling with activity, and it's a blockbuster movie.

Zhang Fan swam for most of the day, passed by hundreds of shops, and saw that it was getting late, and he was almost gone, so he hurried back slowly.

In the following days, Zhang Fan did not go out, but stayed at home. "Zhang Fan Zhang Fan" On this day, Zhang Fan was running in the yard, and suddenly, a shout came from outside the yard. Zhang Fan stopped running, turned around, looked at the courtyard gate, and saw a young man about 1.5 meters tall, with dark skin and wearing a blue robe, standing at the gate of his courtyard.

As soon as he saw the person, Zhang Fan thought that he had seen a black African, but he couldn't remember who this young man was, so he greeted the young man while searching his memory: "Come in, do you have something to do with me?"

"Zhang Fan, are you sick?" the swarthy young man said with some surprise, "A few days ago, I heard that you were sick and wanted to come and see, but my parents wouldn't let me come." I heard that someone had seen you in town this morning, so I sneaked out without your parents noticing. ”

At this time, Zhang Fan recalled that this young man's name was Zhang Jucai, and his nickname was Dog. Zhang Jucai is the youngest son of Zhang Fugui and the only son of Zhang Fugui, he has two older sisters, no official name, and the family is very rich. Zhang Fugui is not only the village of Zhangjia Village, but also the son-in-law of the Lin family in the neighboring village, there is a shop in Wanjia Town, there are tens of thousands of taels of silver income every year, and he is so rich that he is rich, but the heirs are not prosperous, he married a wife and a concubine, before Zhang Jucai was born, he gave birth to daughters, and when he was fifty years old, the concubine gave birth to Zhang Jucai such a son, and after Zhang Jucai was born, he loved Zhang Jucai very much. Zhang Fugui was born white and chubby, but his son Zhang Jucai was born black, and he was very playful, often going to the river to catch fish and shrimp.

Although Zhang Fan's family belongs to Zhangjia Village, it is a little far away from Zhangjia Village, so Zhang Fan has no friends when he is a child, Zhang Jucai is one of his few friends, he met when he went to sell medicinal materials with his father, and since then the two have also had contacts from time to time, but not too many times.

Zhang Fan asked: "Dog, what is the matter this time?" Zhang Jucai scratched his head, a little embarrassed, and reluctantly replied: "Fanzi, I came to ask you to go with me to catch fish in the lake, today I made an appointment with several people, and I also brought a roast chicken, do you want to go?"

Zhang Fan was a little helpless when he heard the dog's words. I thought: "If it was Zhang Fan in the past, if his parents were still there, he would definitely go." However, the family is almost out of the pot, so you should practice martial arts well, exercise your body, and prepare to go into the mountains to collect medicine in a few days. So he replied, "Dog, I'm sorry, I just got sick a few days ago, and if I go into the water, I'll get sick." This time, I'm not going. ”

Seeing this, Zhang Jucai was unwilling and said, "Fanzi, go." In the past few days, the fish in the lake are fat, and there are lotus canopies to eat, five or six of us, in a small boat, it doesn't take long to catch a few big fish, and we can drink a bowl of delicious fish soup at night, okay?"

Zhang Fan listened to Zhang Jucai's words and felt that he could let Xue'er eat a meal of fish, so he said to Xue'er: "Xue'er, there is nothing to do today, I and the dog will go to the lake to fish, and we can eat fish and meat at night." You tidy up at home, and I'll be back in a minute. ”

Xue'er thought that Childe was going out to play again, so she said helplessly: "Childe, then you must go early and return early, remember to come back for dinner." ”

After Zhang Fan heard this, he said: "Then I'll go, and I'll be back in a while." Then, he went to the east side room and took a bamboo basket, went out, and said to Zhang Jucai: "Dog, let's go." ”

Zhang Jucai looked at Zhang Fan coming out and said happily: "Let's go, we will definitely catch a big fish this time." Then the two of them went out of the courtyard together and went out. didn't see Xue'er at the door staring blankly at the back of Childe's departure.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Fan and the others came to the lake, and saw that the four teenagers and several servants were already waiting there, and there were several small boats anchored by the lake. At this time, Zhang Jucai shouted to the others: "Swans, field chickens, water ducks, flower cats, we are here." ”

Zhang Fan had a large number of four people, and knew that several of them were children of big families, the swan was called Lin Xiaotian, the field chicken was called Tian Ji, the water duck was called Li Yang, and the flower cat was called Huarenfeng. Several children are teenagers who often play together, and Zhang Fan has a good relationship with them, and he also greeted them.

Zhang Fan and the six of them got into the boat, and then the boatman drove the boat to the vast lake.

On the boat, Zhang Fan and the six of them chatted while eating roast chicken. Suddenly, Lin Xiaotian asked: "Fanzi, I heard that your parents went to collect medicine a few months ago, and they haven't come back yet?" Zhang Fan scolded in his heart: "Dog's day, which pot is not opened." But he still replied: "Who said that my parents have gone to the 100,000 mountains, and it will take more than a year to go back and forth, how can they come back now." Seeing someone talking about the 100,000 mountains, the flower cat on the side interjected: "I have also heard about this matter, the king of Zhennan organized hundreds of medicine pickers to go to the 100,000 mountains to find a hundred years of ginseng and give people a birthday." Tian Ji said with envy on his face: "Yes, it seems to be from the capital." Seeing this, the dog wiped the oily corners of his mouth, and said with a longing on his face: "If only I had a hundred years of ginseng!" When they came to the bow of the ship, they heard one of the servants say, "Sons, don't worry. We're watching, so you can play with confidence. Then several people talked about some trivial things in life.

Before I knew it, it was getting late, and the dog said, "It's time to go back, let's go and see if we catch any fish." So a few people came to the bow of the boat, and Lin Xiaotian asked, "Lin San, how many fish are there?" A short-shirted servant replied: "Childe, we have a good harvest today, not only have we caught twenty-eight big fish, but also nearly a hundred small fish." The cat said, "Yes, let's divide the fish, let's go home, otherwise we will be scolded again." The dog, the field chicken and the duck also felt the same way and echoed a few words. So a few people divided the fish, made an appointment for the next time they came out to play, said goodbye one after another, and hurried back.

When Zhang Fan returned home, it was already dark, and seeing that Xue'er had already prepared the meal, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty, thinking: "I shouldn't stay outside all day and leave Xue'er at home alone." Then the two of them ate in a hurry, killed the fish and salted it, washed themselves, and went back to the house to sleep.