Going out with Jiang Xi, Chang Ning is still the first time, it is inevitable to be uncomfortable, he has a habit developed since he was a child, and he always has an alienated precaution against the so-called "serious" women, although his opinion of her has changed a lot recently, but it is still a little awkward, fortunately, Shichen Village is next to Shuiyang Street, and it will take a few minutes to arrive.

When he arrived at the door, Chang Ning stayed outside the door, and Jiang Xi took the lead in the door.

Finally, Jiang Xi came out with an old lady in his arms, "Secretary Chang, this is my mother." Chang Ning said respectfully: "Hello Auntie, I wish you a happy New Year and all the best." The old lady smiled kindly, looked at it and said, "Thank you, thank you, Secretary Chang, I wish you a happy new year." Jiang Xi said: "Secretary Chang, please come in." The old lady also said: "Secretary Chang, don't be afraid of him, it's that weird problem." ”

When he entered, Jiang Xi whispered beside Chang Ning: "My mother said that my father used idioms, and he always understood them literally and explained himself. ”

Chang Ning was happy when he heard this, that is, to make his own book for ten thousand years, we can't do anything else, but I am the best at doing this.

The yard is simply a world of stones, half of which is still processed, and it seems that the stone monster is really not idle.

But seeing that Shi Lao Wei was like an old monk, sitting cross-legged at the table of the eight immortals in the middle of the hall, with reading glasses, white hair and white beard, closed eyes and lowered eyebrows, and a demeanor of an immortal outside the sky, it was a pity that the furnishings of the huge hall were too simple and shabby, so that Chang Ning did not smell a little scholarly atmosphere.

The old lady walked up to Shi Xiu first and said, "Old man, don't be embarrassed with the baby." "After saying that, I went into the back room to make tea.

Jiang Xi also came to the table of the Eight Immortals, grabbed Shi Xiu's arm affectionately, and said flatteringly, "Dad, I brought the permanent secretary here." ”

"Hmph." Shi Xiu made a sound in his nostrils, but he still closed his eyes and did not move.

Chang Ning smiled slightly, took out a black gravel the size of an egg from his pocket, walked up to Shi Xiu, bowed slightly, and said respectfully: "Old man Shi, I wish you a happy New Year, everything goes smoothly, and the younger generation is ugly." ”

Shi Xiu opened his old eyes slightly, and his eyes fell on the black gravel in Chang Ning's hand, and after a while, he stretched out his hand and took the stone, thought about it carefully, put it on the table of the eight immortals and tapped it lightly, and said lightly: "It is worthy of being a little half-immortal in Shiao Village, a trick to throw stones to ask for directions, and to use the metamorphos, one of the three gemstones of the water and ocean, as a gift, you are not afraid that the stone will sink into the sea, and the stone will rot and the sea will wither?" ”

Chang Ning said solemnly: "Old man Shi is really golden and unswerving, no wonder others say that you are a little bit of a stone into gold, the younger generation is not self-sufficient, the dragonfly shakes the stone, and I hope that the old man will forgive his sins." ”

Shi Xiu opened her eyes and said with a slight smile: "For the New Year's holiday, don't talk about old accounts, you bought medicine for me back then, and today you gave me a stone, for my daughter's sake, I won't care about you." ”

Chang Ning secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Old man, you really have a good memory. ”

Jiang Xi shook Shi Xiu's arm next to him and said, "Dad, thank you." ”

Shi Xiu frowned and said: "What a stupid girl, what are you thanking for, people are killing two birds with one stone, and they are tricking you and me with gold and stone, it should be people who thank me." ”

Jiang Xi's face turned slightly red, and at this time, the old lady brought tea over, and complained to Shi Xiu: "When you see the stones, you are still embarrassed to let the family thank you?" He said to Chang Ning again, "Secretary Chang, please take a seat, I'll go to the soup garden, and we will have breakfast together later." ”

After the old lady went in again, Shi Xiu smiled and said: "The name of the little half-immortal is like thunder, the old man has returned to his hometown for more than half a year, and he has heard and witnessed it, all of which are the extraordinary experience and tricks of your little half-immortal, today I will not be fooled by you, and I will resolutely not chew the words with you, you sit down, and tell you honestly, the old man will start from the second watch today, and I have been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Chang Ning walked to the other side of the Eight Immortals Table and sat down, glanced at Jiang Xi, and smiled bitterly in his heart, what a stone old monster with clear lungs and a clear heart, he actually turned the revolutionary achievements that everyone tossed in the middle of the night into useless work.

Chang Ning said: "Old man, I'm sorry, then I'll get straight to the point." ”

"Don't worry," Shi Xiu waved his hand again and again, "Let's talk about the stone first, I have been back to my hometown for more than half a year, and I have heard a lot of legendary stories from your permanent secretary, but I am very puzzled, why do they all say that you are the person who knows the most about stones in Shuiyang Township, hehe, of course, before the return of the old decay, is it true that your little half-immortal is really an immortal?" ”

Chang Ning was happy in his heart, and dared to love this old man Shi is jealous of our reputation, "Don't dare to deceive Old Man Shi, I have indeed seen three kinds of gems in our Shuiyang Township, and I also have some samples in my hand, because of the forced livelihood and heavy study, plus I don't have professional knowledge in that area, so I just know a little bit about the skin, please don't laugh when I say it." ”

At this time, the old lady came out of the back room, carried four bowls of steaming soup garden, put them on the table of the eight immortals and greeted, "Secretary Chang, please eat soup garden." ”

The speaker has no intention, the listener has a heart, Chang Ning and Jiang Xi's faces are red, it turns out that this is the old custom of Shuiyang Township, eating Tangyuan on the morning of the first day of the New Year, it is the enjoyment of the family behind closed doors, Chang Ning wants to eat Tangyuan, and he has become a member of the Shi family intentionally or unintentionally.

Shi Xiushi's old monster couldn't take care of these, and urged vigorously, "Secretary Chang, come, please eat Tangyuan, and talk while eating." ”

Chang Ning glanced at Jiang Xi, and clearly saw a certain expectation and acquiescence, and when his heart was horizontal, he opened his mouth to be a soup garden.

"Old man, the legendary three gems of the water and the ocean, the soft stone and the incense stone, the soft stone is born at least 100 meters deep underground, the soft stone is also called jade or jade, it is formed in the stream ditch of the Daqing Mountain, the fragrant stone is named because of a certain fragrance, only exists between the stone and soil in the Daqing Mountain, among which the soft stone is everywhere, and there are several places in the origin of the stone, only the fragrant stone, which is unique to Shuiyang Township, so in ancient times, Shuiyang Township was also called the land of Xiangyang."

"Not bad, not bad," Shi Xiu leaned on the edge of the table, his eyes a little greedy, "Secretary Chang, how about we make a deal?" ”

Chang Ning smiled: "Old man Shi, please speak." ”

"The husband is not guilty, he is guilty, the old man doesn't want to know where those gems come from, you just want to say, I don't dare to listen, but I will accept your stone, and ...... Hehe, please give me another piece of soft stone and a piece of incense stone, I here, after the eighth day of the first month to move, will never delay you to build the road, in addition, I heard that the stone carving factory in your township is about to open, I promise you, as a technical consultant of the stone carving factory, unreservedly teach the stone carving technology to the workers. ”

"Old man, your proposal is worth considering," Chang Ning smiled, "However, that incense stone is now in my grandfather's hands." ”

"Don't come to my mother-in-law's mother," Shi Xiu scratched her ears and scratched her head, and suddenly said, "My family has nothing valuable, otherwise, you will think that you will suffer a loss, I will give you my precious daughter, what's the matter?" ”

Chang Ning was stunned, almost choking Tang Yuan in his mouth.

Jiang Xi's face turned red, and he picked up the bowl and ran to the kitchen.

The old lady glared at Shi Xiu, "Secretary Chang, don't take it to heart, he has such a strange temper that talks nonsense all day long, and he is not at ease on the first day of the new year." ”

But seeing that Shi Xiu was even more serious, the old waist straightened, straightened his neck and said, "What's the matter, what's the matter, old woman, don't you see that Secretary Chang also likes our girl?" People say she's a goblin, that's not a scolding, Shuiyang people only call beautiful girls goblins, that's a pot word, your old woman doesn't have this qualification. ”

Chang Ning was happy in his heart, but he didn't dare to say anything, and squinted at Jiang Xi in the kitchen, secretly admiring his embarrassment.

I saw Shi Xiu put down the bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth, pulled Chang Ning's right hand on the table, patted it with his hand, and said with a smile:

"Even if this is a word, no one is allowed to cheat, your little half-immortal is going to send what I want before the eighth day of the first month, and my baby daughter will officially belong to you, you will take her away now, I am a little annoyed with her, hehe, but you have to promise me, you have to meet her three requirements, what requirements? You kid ask yourself, where is the girl? Drop off for me. ”

Chang Ning was completely speechless, but there was a strange feeling in his heart, this New Year was really off to a good start.