Tongli Village has few households, and it is a small village with only about 20 households and less than 100 people.

The village chief is called Tongli, surnamed Guo, an old man in his fifties, laughing and laughing every day, visiting the door, and the parents talk non-stop, although he likes to nag, but he is a competent village chief.

It is said that when the village chief Guo was in his prime, he was assigned to hard labor, and in order to avoid the disaster of labor, he simply moved to the mountains with his wife and children, and lived there.

With the passage of time, many people slowly moved here, and finally it became such a small village today, and the name of Tongli Village was given after the name of Village Chief Guo.

Located deep in the mountains, there is no suffering from labor and taxes, although life is a little harder, but it allows some people who are fed up with the chaos of the outside world to have a place to live.

Leng Xia moved here two years ago, and Ah Xiu in the village saw him unconscious from a small river, so he rescued him back at home and took care of him, and finally the two fell in love for a long time and became husband and wife.

Ah Xiu Ben has an old father and a younger brother. The elder father died in the cold winter last year because of his weak body, unbearable cold, and disease, and his younger brother was young and vigorous, unable to endure the hardships of the mountain village, regardless of the obstruction of his family, he went out of the mountain in the spring of this year, and has not yet returned.

Today, on the outermost side of Tongli Village, a new earthen house has been erected.

The village chief smiled and watched as a group of villagers came to help, plasterers and carpenters went into battle together, and simple houses were built at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He likes people to move in, and there are many people! It also shows that he, the village chief, has a good eye and chooses a good place.

"Ziang, what kind of craftsmanship do you have?"

"Old Guo, I will do some medical skills. ”

Chen Ziang was boiling hot water with Su Qiao'er on the side, preparing to eat, and replied to Village Chief Guo with a smile.

"Yes, yes!"

Guo Tongli patted his forehead, the folds on his face were almost squeezed together, and said with a smile: "Look at my memory, isn't Xiao Xia's leg disease what you are optimistic about?"

"Now it's okay, our village has a medical center, and almost everything that should be there is complete!"

Chen Ziang smiled and nodded, and Leng Xia and his wife Ah Xiu also rushed over with some rice noodles.

"Brother Chen, let's help!"

Leng Xia is a hunter in the village, although his meridians are broken, but after all, he has polished his body well, and his swordsmanship also makes him look good, although there are some problems in his legs, but in this poor country, it is more than enough to be a hunter.

"Okay!"

Chen Ziang nodded, and at the same time glanced at several villagers in the distance, intentionally or unintentionally.

"Everyone, let's eat next!"

"What do you tell them to do? They didn't do anything!"

Guo Tongli pretended to be dissatisfied and glared fiercely into the distance.

"Village Chief Guo, don't confuse me with them, I'm a teacher in our village, and I don't have the strength to help if I want to!"

A thin middle-aged man wearing a scarf and a dark green robe walked over with a smile, this is Mr. Li Yun, a teacher in the village, I heard that there are still words, but no one has called him, they all see him directly to teach Mr.

There are many such cases, the blacksmith is called the blacksmith, the village chief will see the village chief, and Chen Ziang will probably be called a doctor in the future, as for what your original name is? No one cares!

"I still have half a leg of mutton that the students respect, and I will use it to get together later, which can be regarded as a new person to our village. ”

"Leg of mutton?

"Oh oops, it's been a few days, and half of one is good!"

Li Yun patted his hemp leg and shouted, with an indescribable grievance.

"Half is half a half, wait for you to count one. ”

Guo Tongli glared at him a few times before he waved his hand and made a decision for Chen Ziang.

Chen Ziang just smiled and continued to lower his head to burn the fire, but when he looked at Li Yun's legs, he paused slightly.

'Good effort!'

Although this teaching gentleman hides it very carefully, he can't escape Chen Ziang's eyes, although he can't see his specific cultivation, but the kung fu on his legs is definitely not low!

Not only this Li Yun, but there are several other people in the village who have hidden strength, just like the village chief Guo beside him, no matter how his voice changes when he speaks, his breathing is always steady, and his breath is hidden but not revealed, and he is not a simple person.

With the improvement of Chen Ziang's strength, his vision has also begun to rise, and it is not easy to get his evaluation, which is already a good player level on the rivers and lakes.

But what does this matter to you?

Since they are willing to hide their cultivation, they obviously don't want to be involved in the disputes above the rivers and lakes, why shouldn't they?

At noon, the cold wind could not interrupt the enthusiasm of the villagers, and a group of people squatted next to the earthen house that had just reached half a person high, swallowing a bowl of steaming rice porridge and broth.

The laughter never stopped.

Su Qiao'er held a shabby pottery bowl, her eyes were bent into a pair of crescents, and Ah Xiu chatted with each other, looking at the crowd in a circle not far away, and paused slightly on the back of one of them, and the smile on the corner of her mouth was even more obvious.

Winter goes to spring, time passes, and the small mountain village seems to be cut off from the outside world, living its own unique calm and peaceful life.

"Uncle, uncle!"

The little girl Cheng Han looked at the clay pot in Chen Ziang's hand with an eager face on her tiptoes, and her eyes were about to burst into flowers.

And her younger brother Cheng Kang was even more throat turning, constantly swallowing saliva.

"Don't worry, a small glass per person, all of them, all of them. ”

Chen Ziang smiled and pulled over a chair, took two more small cups, and then slowly poured out the honey in the clay pot.

"Drink slowly, if you drink fast, you'll be gone. ”

The younger brother Cheng Kang took the cup and was about to pour it into his stomach, but when he heard the words, he paused, and was reluctant to pour half of it, leaving half of it to taste it slowly.

And her sister Cheng Han smiled and squinted, licking little by little, as docile as a kitten.

"You two, I guessed that you came to your Uncle Chen's house! I really don't have a long memory, I haven't remembered the last beating?"

A middle-aged man of medium stature and linen ran in from outside, and when he saw his two dolls here to please food, he was angry.

"Daddy!"

My sister was startled, and quickly poured the honey in the quilt into her mouth, and shrank behind Chen Ziang, looking at her father with a scared face.

But Cheng Kang didn't care, licking his cup back and forth, leaving no trace of honey.

"Brother Cheng, don't blame them, I just got some honey and specially called them over. ”

Chen Ziang waved his hand at Cheng Bantian, who had an angry face, and took the matter on himself.

"Hey, they're just naughty, they're really causing you trouble!"

"What's polite, Hanhan and the two of them are very cute, I like it very much. ”

Chen Ziang smiled, and at this time, Su Qiao'er also walked in from outside, said hello to Cheng Bantian, and smiled at Cheng Han's sister and brother.

"Why didn't you two go out, didn't you hear the voice of the merchant Zhao Xiaoer?"

"Is the merchant here?"

"yes!"

Cheng Han's eyes lit up, and his younger brother had already rushed out of the house, and there was wind under his feet, which provoked Cheng Bantian to scold angrily.

At this time, Zhao Xiaoer, a merchant dressed in gray cloth armor, was pulling his donkey cart and stopped at the door of the village chief.

"Uncle Guo, what else do you want to see? I'll bring it to you next time. ”

Zhao Xiaoer squatted on the doorrail, looked sideways and looked back, and yelled loudly.

I happened to see Uncle Shi, a blacksmith in the village, who was holding his dry tobacco gun for tobacco, and the red smoke pot made people feel hot even if they saw it, and the stout Uncle Shi really deserved to deal with fire all year round, and he pinched the smoke pot with his big hand and picked it out, not afraid of burning himself at all.

"Uncle Shi, I still have a pack of shredded tobacco here, I'll get you these dolls later." ”

"Nothing to do, either a traitor or a thief!"

The blacksmith did not know his name, and the villagers called him Stone, and although his hair was gray, he still wielded his hammer every day, and his voice was not at all like that of an old man, and his voice was loud.

"Hey......

Zhao Xiaoer was not shy, and smiled back cheekily.

"I don't have anything else to piggyback on, but where did you get this news from?

Guo Tongli, the village head, stroked his beard and frowned at the tattered paper in his hand.

"Uncle Guo, this thing of mine was removed from the notice board, is it really fake?"

"You're bold!"

Guo Tongli glanced at the other party.

"Hey...... Isn't it a waste to stick it on it? I'd better just take it over again than I could do it anyway. ”

"In the past, it was a small thing that no one looked at, but this time it is different. ”

Mr. Li Yun also squatted in the village chief's house, looking at the words on the paper carefully.

"What's the difference, I don't know what it's written yet?"

Zhao Xiaoer took out a few jelly bean-like things and handed them to a doll, exchanged them for a copper plate, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and he even replied to the back.

"You lazy fellow, you're not illiterate. ”

Li Yun shook his head helplessly and continued: "It is said that General Zhao has been promoted again, and he has already pushed back the Wei army to the north of Luocheng, and most of the country has been recovered!"

"Cut! We already knew the news, and when the news came down, the county was bustling for several days. I heard that now that they have all been beaten to Changzhou, maybe General Zhao can directly destroy the Wei Dynasty, then we will have a good life in the future!"

Talking about this, Zhao Xiaoer was also in good spirits, and his body stood up from the doorrail.

"General Zhao is indeed heroic!"

It was the pig killer in the village who spoke, Hu Buwei, who was full of fat, and he occupied the territory of two people alone, and opened his mouth in a humble voice.

"Hmm!"

Several people in the room nodded at the same time and sighed deeply.

The country has good generals but no good ministers!

"But what's the matter with this Nine Emperor Princes? Doesn't it mean that the emperor loves him the most?"

Guo Tongli pointed to a place on the paper and frowned.

"Haha, you don't know about that, do you?

Zhao Xiaoer, who was outside the door, patted his body, saw that no one came over again, and turned around and walked towards the house.

"It said that the prince was not filial, had a grudge behind his back, discussed state affairs in vain, and imprisoned the Zongren Mansion. ”

Mr. Li Yun just read it once, and he had memorized the words on it like a stream.

"What is unfilial, let me tell you, this Nine Emperor Princes is not born to the emperor at all!"

Zhao Xiaoer's words were amazing.

"Nonsense! How is this possible?"

Li Yun attaches the most importance to ethics, and he suddenly changed color and shouted!

The other people glanced at each other and motioned for Zhao Xiaoer to continue.

"How is this impossible? This matter has been personally confirmed by the personal guard commander around the emperor, the virtuous concubines have all been sent to the cold palace, and it is estimated that the Nine Emperor Princes will not be able to leave the Zongren Mansion!"

"Is the Nine Emperors the one who loves apricot blossoms alone?"

The blacksmith stone suddenly spoke.

"That's right, Xinghua Yanyu Building. Hehe......"

Village Chief Guo Tongli let out a meaningful sneer, but his voice was very low, except for a few people around him, Zhao Xiaoer couldn't hear it clearly.

"Xiao Er, where did you hear this? Talking about the inner palace in vain is a big crime!"

Li Yun paused, and looked at Zhao Xiaoer with a puzzled face, although Zhao Xiaoer was not small, it was impossible for him to make up these things, so he naturally heard it from other places.

"Everyone knows what it has to do with it. ”

Zhao Xiaoer shrugged his shoulders, looking like I also have a way.

And he didn't notice that the few people in the room all frowned and thought when they heard this.

"By the way, Uncle Shi, this is your tobacco leaf. ”

Zhao Xiaoer saw that several people were silent, and hurriedly took out a tobacco bag from his arms and handed it to the blacksmith.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

The stone sniffed deeply at the tobacco bag, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face, before he looked up at Zhao Xiaoer.

"That...... What, it's about the wine brewed in Brother Chen's house, I took two jars out last time, and the guests thought the wine was good, so they asked me to bring a few more jars, but Brother Chen's bite is two jars, you always tell me?"

"Hey...... , the kid is cunning, I know it's not good. ”

Shi shook the tobacco bag in his hand, sighed again, and said: "Chen Xiaozi's wine is not only good, as long as you drink his wine, and then drink the others, it will all become bland and tasteless." ”

"I can help you talk about it, but don't blame me if it doesn't work!"

"How so?

Zhao Xiaoer was overjoyed, and his eyes began to glow, which showed how much surprise Chen Ziang's wine brought him.

"Let's go, let's go to Mr. Chen's house now, and see if we can get rid of my wine worm by the way." ”