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Cheng Lianan got up and said: "The situation is not bad, everything is done when the opportunity is seen, and seeing the scene is love, I have to reply to my godfather, let's meet again another day."

Qin Juexiang said: "You just say that I have a weird temper and moody I hit a soft nail under the temptation, and I didn't say anything deeper" Cheng Lian'an groaned and nodded After sending him away Qin Juexiang came back and pondered: "Feng Bao came forward for Zhang Juzheng to persuade me Since I am breathing out from the nostrils of the people on the hill From the eunuch, the cabinet minister to the head of Shaolin It can be said that the three points of the forbidden palace, the imperial court, and the rivers and lakes are coherent and supported together This can not help but admire Lao Zheng The bureau is really tight and neat Fortunately, I rushed and hit him by surprise Otherwise, it will be slow to infiltrate by careful touching." Wouldn't it be easy to win the Hundred Swords Alliance, hey, this is really providential."

He was afraid for a while, a moment of rejoicing, and a moment of pride It was expected that the reason why Feng Bao would send Cheng Lian'an was somewhat unaware of himself Cheng Lian'an went back and said this He must have made some calculations in his heart Feng Bao is the most powerful person in the palace He is closest to the core of power Now only the eldest brother can contact him Everything is not easy to talk If he is interested in coming out to contact one or two, then he will have the opportunity to weave the network of relationships broken by the death of Lord Zheng again and hold it in his own hands

Originally, Chang Sihao and Feng Bao had a good relationship If he was willing to build a bridge from it With Cheng Lian'an's relationship, everything would be easier But the eldest brother is either going north or south There are also many affairs in Beijing There has been no time to spare effort This time I have to tighten up anyway After waiting for a while, Chang Sihao still didn't see Chang Sihao turn around, so he sent someone to Changping Daying to pick him up In the evening, Chen Zhibin came to report that Hou Ye had left Beijing alone

He heard Liu Ye's eyes: "What, the eldest brother is gone, you heard it right."

Chen Zhibin said: "That's right, it's what Lord Qi said personally."

Qin Juexiang sat back in the chair with a slightly straight gaze Chen Zhibin raised his face: "Master Hou received the secret order to do things, and it is reasonable that he doesn't want anyone to say goodbye with great fanfare" Qin Juexiang glanced at him and really wanted to scold: "You are confused, what is the relationship between our brothers, the emperor's secret is not a secret order, and he is a old man, "He is Nuan'er's father, he can't go too far, he pressed it, waved his hand, and said: "I know, you go down."

Chen Zhibin answered yes lowered his head and retreated, Nuan'er didn't dare to squeak, and watched quietly in the corner I saw Qin Juexiang sit for a while, stood up and walked slowly to the wall, pushed the window and looked south, her eyes were straight and faint, and her little face was full of worry She looked worried for a while, her little lips opened slightly, and she finally didn't know what to persuade Lowered her head gloomily

The heart of the sky hangs in the old moon, and a stream is broken and yellow

The grass house under the moonlight is still quiet and serene

The red pepper skewers swayed lightly under the window, like rows of upside-down candlelight

A bamboo row with the rolling leaves down the river Slowly holding up and stopping on the bank of the grass house A fisherman with high trouser legs and a straw hat on his head carried a fish basket on his toes and jumped down to the shore and walked towards the grass house and called out: "Xiaoxiang, I'm back."

There was no light, no fire, and no movement in the cottage

The fisherman shook his head and smiled, and muttered to himself, "I must have drunk too much again," and walked to the door with the fish basket, picked the grass and hung it under the eaves, opened the door, and said, "Today's harvest is not good, and I only caught one mile."

The smell of blood and the smell of wine came to his nose, and he was taken aback, and his eyes swept wide, and he saw that the piano on the wall was crooked, the pipa fell to the ground, the tables and chairs in the room fell sideways, and the left and right pools on the floor were full of dark blood, and there was a broken wine jug, and Shui Yanxiang leaned against the window, and her hair was scattered, and she was silent

He hurriedly threw the fish basket over, pounced on it, and said, "Xiao Xiang, Xiao Xiang, what's wrong with you, what's wrong?" The only little fish flipped out of the basket and jumped on the ground

Shui Yanxiang was woken up by him in a daze, her brows immediately furrowed, and she waved her hand and said, "Stinky ...... Stinky stuff, stay away from me, "The words are quite unclear

The fisherman pushed open the window and let the moonlight illuminate his face: "It's me, Xiao Wai" Seeing that her body was covered with blood, he couldn't care much about it, and reached out to look around for injuries Shui Yanxiang struggled in annoyance, waving his hands wildly, and couldn't help but flick his wrist: "Don't touch me, it's all fishy, it stinks to death" A smell of wine rushed to people in his mouth The eldest grandson smiled and touched her body There was no wound on her body A little relieved of his heart The house turned around and made sure that there was no enemy lurking Only then did he go to the back kitchen to clean his hands Just scooped a scoop of water in the basin He heard the uproar of the firewood behind him He didn't have time to think about it Suddenly turned around and swept out with one leg

The firewood branches flew and scattered all over the ground, and when I looked closely, I saw a white rabbit lying on my stomach in the dry yellow grass used to light the fire behind me

The little rabbit dragged a wounded leg, the fluff was stained with blood, his body was shrunken, his eyes were gloomy, he was dying, and he had no strength to escape

The eldest grandson Xiaochi realized when he saw it: This rabbit was caught by himself in the forest yesterday Presumably Xiaoxiang wanted to kill it to make dinner for herself As a result, he failed to kill it with a knife Two frightened The rabbit ran around In order to catch it, the house was full of mess and blood He looked at the chopped green onions and ginger on the board next to him Imagining the scene of the world's first beauty tremblingly chasing and killing the rabbit Involuntarily smiled on his face

He stuffed some firewood into the bottom of the stove Add two spoons of oil to the pot A stretched hand to catch the rabbit Twisted the neck bone Stretched out his index finger and inserted it in the leg wound Left and right opened the skin film Grabbed it and tore it Half of the rabbit skin was peeled off Two or three times and the other half was peeled off Removed the intestines The meat was thrown on the table Quick knife cut into small pieces At this time, the oil in the pot was already sizzling He swept the minced green onion and ginger into the pot Waited for the fragrance to come out slightly, then swept the meat pieces in and stir-fried it slightly twice, added water, covered the pot, added a long firewood under the stove, and cleaned his hands again I grabbed a handkerchief and went back to the house with a washbasin

Shui Yanxiang was still leaning against the window without opening her eyes, her hand grasping weakly in the air, and she called out, "Wine...... Wine ......"

The eldest grandson Xiaochi approached and put the basin on the ground, lit the pine oil lamp and hung it on the wall, came back and grabbed her hand, gently wiped the blood stains for her with a wet hand towel, and coaxed: "Come on, come on, wipe it clean and drink it again, okay" Shui Yanxiang withdrew her arm in disgust: "Wine, wine" The eldest grandson smiled and said: "Okay, good" pulled up a chair and put a handkerchief on it, found a bowl and squatted down by the barrel, opened the lid and took a look, it was empty, and it was already bottoming out, and before she went out to fish at noon, there should be about ten catties left in the barrel Presumably, half a day's work These wines were drunk by her I had to turn around and say, "The wine is gone, I'll go to the town tomorrow to buy it."

Shui Yanxiang's body shrunk into a ball, and she said weakly in her mouth: "I want you to buy it now, you go to buy it......" The eldest grandson smiled late and saw that her face was red and swollen, knowing that she was drunk and drunk, and came back and squatted down and coaxed: "The collection is scattered, I promise you, I will sell fish in the town tomorrow, and I will definitely buy more and come back, okay" Shui Yanxiang shook her head and was tired: "You go to find a chatterbox and ask him for ...... Go, go, go......" kept pushing him on the thigh

The eldest grandson smiled and pushed away the long bangs that covered her eyebrows Seeing that she looked like a kitten who had just been born She was so drunk that she couldn't even open her eyes The long eyelashes were formed into a line The yellow eye droppings on the corners were like two millet grains In a daze, she just pushed with both hands and couldn't help laughing, and she took off a small straw stick stuck in her hair with her fingers, pressed the hand towel on the corner of her eyes, and gently rubbed and rubbed it for her, and said: "Still looking for a chatterbox, he gave us so much wine for nothing, and he has been driven away by the boss, why did you forget?"

Shui Yanxiang became irritable: "I don't care, I want to drink, you go to buy, you go to buy"

The eldest grandson Xiaochi knew that he couldn't argue with the intoxicating person and didn't answer anymore and continued to wipe her face Shui Yanxiang stretched out his hand and kicked it out with one foot Just kicked over the basin The water was like a flowing wave and spread all over the ground The eldest grandson smiled and said: "Look at you are drunk like this, if you drink it again, you will have to 'a good mountain and river' again" Shui Yanxiang waved her arms and said loudly: "You lied to me You said that you wanted me to have fine clothes and food, and the scenery is infinite, but now you can't drink some wine Every day, you have to light the fire, do laundry, cook, wipe the house, brush the toilet, pickle vegetables, and kill live fish and rabbits I don't want to kill I don't want to kill " She roared and roared His eyes glistened with tears and he began to cry again

The eldest grandson was stunned for a long time, leaned forward, knelt down on his knees, stretched out his hand to hold her into his arms, and said softly: "It's me who is not good, I will do these things in the future, I will kill the fish, okay?"

He shook it lightly After waiting for a long time There was no response When he looked down, his nose was flapping and he was breathing evenly He was already asleep again

The breeze blew through the cracks in the window, and the flames in the pine oil lamp jumped a few times like soybeans on the ground

Shui Yanxiang's face was soaked in the weak light, warm and red, and peaceful like a child

A kind of sadness with a smile floated in the expression of the eldest grandson Xiaochi, and he slowly lowered his head and kissed her messy hair

A faint smell of grass and wood ash enters the nostrils

Shui Yanxiang stretched her legs slightly, turned around, and snuggled into his arms like greedy warmth, the white gauze rolled in the light with the movement, and the corners were dirty, and there were already a few hooks and holes on it

The rough floors, the burrs of the wood, the work to be done at will, each of which seems to have a resistance and hatred for delicate fabrics, can always scratch and scratch them inadvertently

The few holes that there were showed that she was careful enough

Hunan skirt fireside soap beauty annoyed ......

The eldest grandson Xiaochi's arms tightened slightly

At the beginning, 300,000 taels of silver were given to his brother Longqing, and the shares withdrawn from Dubaolou belonged to the public funds of Juhao Pavilion, and they were also returned to Zhu Qing and Jiang Wan, and when they took her on a trip, they were almost empty and had nothing, relying on pawn jewelry, and the two came all the way to Yibin to the bank of this green creek

I still remember when I was drinking water by the stream, I was suddenly stung by the light flowing in the water, and when I looked up, the sun was clear and colorful with six edges and colors, and the sky was a refreshing blue

At that time, her eyes were crooked, her smile was full of happiness, and she pointed to the sky and said, "Look, the grass in the sky is blue......."

Amakusa Blue ......

Then the white clouds are just lovely sheep

At that moment, the sound of the stream was so clear and clear, as if it was flowing between two hearts

So he decided to stay and cut the wood, cut the grass and build a small home for only two people with his hands

When the grass house was built, she clapped her hands and stood by with her chest and waist crossed to watch the results, and she gently passed a bamboo cup full of stream water, looked at the spire of the house, and said, "Xiao Ai, what should I name our home?"

At that time, I thought about it for a while, and replied with a smile: "The sky can shepherd the clouds, and we, the layman, can only shepherd the stream around us."

"Hmm," she nodded with happiness in her eyes and said with a smile, "Then let's call it Muxi Xiaozhu."

There were no maids, no dowry, no blessings, and the simple grass house was in her hands, but the windows and chairs were clean, and it was extremely warm

She was used to no powder, no aromatherapy, no osmanthus oil, used to shampooing her hair with plant ash, and cut off her long, useless nails

However, she refused to change the clothes on her body with coarse cloth

Burning wood can pick up dead branches, water can be used by the stream, but it is impossible to avoid everything, you need salt, you need rice, you need wine, you need tea, and when you run out of savings, you have to go hunting, you have to go fishing, you have to earn money to support your family

When everything goes according to plan, life seems to become monotonous and repetitive

Before she knew it, she was drinking more and more wine, and she was talking less and less

The riches and glory are gone...... A cut of green silk tossed to the clouds, combing inexhaustibly, three thousand troubles......

Xiaoxiang: Are these clothes that are not suitable for work your last self?

"Flutter"

With a soft thud, the little fish, which had struggled to become weak, opened its lips around the crooked basket, and finally slapped its tail with all its might

The next morning, Shui Yanxiang was still hungover, and the eldest grandson Xiao got up early to cook a meal, stuffed himself in the pot, carried the fish basket out, stretched out the raft upstream, and collected the net along the stream

This stream is seldom visited, and it is the golden autumn season, and the fish are plump, and the net that had been laid down the day before, and after a night, it was already full, and he bent down and pulled the net up, and it was so heavy that the raft was full of water, and there was a creaking sound

In the past, he only picked the big ones and left the small ones to release, but today he did not hesitate to pour them all into the fish basket

After re-laying the net, he pouted some wicker from the river, and like eyelashes, he stuck a row on the edge of the fish basket, and lifted the penny, and the bamboo raft was like a piece of paper across the stream, and it was as elegant as flying, and went straight downstream

In the lower reaches of this stream, there is a small town not far from Yibin City, where the open-air market is not very lively, but it happens to be low-key and safe, and when he reaches the place, he ties the raft to the shore and gets ashore, and it is still dark and dreary in the four fields, and he carries a full basket of fish, and walks forward on the muddy path, and gradually the east is white, and the rooster crows

When he came to the market, some people had already arrived earlier than him, some were busy laying straw mats on the dirt floor, and some were already putting goods out, because they often met, they were already very familiar with each other, and as they walked by, they all greeted each other, and a woman with blushing cheeks and a scarf on her head put down the polished wine jar, raised her head, and said with a smile: "Yo, isn't this Sun Xiucai?"

The eldest grandson smiled Chi He smiled Although he is tanned from fishing every day Now he still can't change that calm temperament The surrounding vendors saw that he was a man who knew how to write and ink Occasionally he had to write a letter or come to him on behalf of a book He was happy to write In this rural town, the "dragon-shaped wild grass" is not needed Fortunately, he also has a deep foundation in regular script Xingshu and Lishu can write well and do not charge money So he is very popular and has such a talent number

He replied: "Ah, the fourth sister is also out of the stall."

"Yes" Fourth Sister Yu stretched her neck and looked: "Yo, you can make a lot of fish in this basket today, at least you can sell three hangs and five hangings" The eldest grandson smiled and said with a smile: "How much to sell before leaving, I didn't send it to you, just let's exchange the goods for this fish for you, I will directly carry two jars of wine back Yu Fourth Sister smiled: "Yo, I can't eat those ones I don't have anything at home, just me alone, the fish is not happy without water, and if you can't let it go, it should stink" The eldest grandson smiled and said: "You can live for a few days in the water tank You can eat it fresh at any time Yu Fourth Sister said:" That's what I said, but I'm alone at home It's far away from the river, I'm a woman, it's not easy to get water, how can I pick it up," the eldest grandson smiled chi, turned around and continued to move forward

There is an old man selling dog meat opposite the fourth sister Look at this scene Two fingers tapped the lid of the pot and made a sound of "knock bang" Hum a small tune to tease his grandson: "Hey, they all say that the fish and water are deep In the end, it's not a pot to boil water to stuff the fish It's a pity that this fish has the heart to play with the water Flowing water it is ruthless and sad to kill people "Yu Fourth Sister squatted back and said: "I don't know which one walks East Street, West Lane, and the old thief who is not in shape eats too much and stuffy meat, drinks too much dog ** soup, and suffocates a hammer to knock on the belly Bang only cares about the sound day and night The old man clapped his hands and laughed:" Knocking loudly It's a hard hammer Others don't know what I am The miscellaneous grains are soft I often eat dog meat to get rid of all kinds of diseases The man eats the pillar optimus The woman eats the dew small slit "He said and patted with both hands Making a crisp "pop, pop" sound The rhythm is not hurried or slow With a certain ambiguous meaning The little grandson next to him seems to understand whether he understands or not Follow the clapping and grinning with his teeth to eat and laugh Fourth Sister Yu listened to it and blushed How many years have everyone set up a stall opposite each other Know each other This old man is called "Dog's Mouth Sun" A twisted tongue Two rows of sharp teeth When he is young, he often carries the burden to sell on the street Can make the widow happy and the pious woman useful If you turn your face, you can't be forgiving when you turn your face, and you scold the old with a shy smile at the moment, and you won't provoke him

The eldest grandson smiled late to the stall where he often squatted, put down the fish basket, laid a straw mat on the ground, picked out a few big fish, and neatly stacked them on the left, and found that there was the largest one, which was five or six catties, so he put it horizontally on the outermost, and the rest of the medium-sized yards were in the middle, and then the worse ones, try to pick a similar head, and put them on the right, and the remaining small fish were not picked, but poured out some and piled them up in small piles on the mud floor, and the rest were still left in the basket and did not move

At this time, there were few people buying vegetables, and he was idle and looked left and right on both sides of the street, and saw that the red beef and mutton were hung up in the morning light, and the big white steamed buns were steaming hot, and they picked up the steamer, and the tofu was stacked high on the table, and the fritters were glowing with golden light, and they were foaming in the pot

He looked at it in his eyes and thought in his heart: If you can really sell three hangs of money today, it will cost you one and a half hangs to buy wine for Xiaoxiang, and the remaining part will buy salt and rice, and the wine will inevitably hurt the liver. Buy some kudzu cabbage to solve the problem The weather is getting colder, and she should also add some clothes, especially when it is cold by the stream, can she not be cold...... Well, that's not enough, so buy shoes first this time, and add clothes next time, or add clothes first, and buy shoes next time...... But it's not necessarily the biggest one, if there is a buyer who likes to give them more money, maybe it will be enough......

Counting and calculating, he suddenly laughed

Juhao Pavilion controls the Yangtze River waterway Rijin Doujin In the past, as the owner of the pavilion, everything was taken care of by subordinates, everything that was served to eat must be delicious and delicious, and everything that was sent over and worn must be considerate There has never been a need to pay attention to this Now you need to do everything yourself, but you have gradually become accustomed to it

If you think about it, the only thing that hasn't changed is that I rarely touched money in my past and present life

In the past, you didn't have to touch it, but now you can't touch it, because the fish that you have spent a day trying to catch can only be exchanged for a few strings of copper plates

With the number limit, there is a trade-off, there is a calculation

A little more trade-off, a little less freedom Unconsciously reduced the chic when he just retired to the rivers and lakes

But the morning light, the smiling faces, the muddy streets, the vulgar slang, the smell of fishy meat, the crowing of chickens and insects, everything is so real, vivid, vivid, it gives people a great sense of existence, and it is as if they are really living in the world, and they are one of the many beings, and whenever this feeling arises, the embarrassment seems insignificant, and it is no longer worth thinking about it at all

He smiled and looked at the ease of enjoying the moment, and saw that at the end of the side street, someone was slowly walking towards this side in the thin mist