Chen Pingan is very familiar with this look, just like when he was a child, he looked at Liu Xianyang the same way. At that time, Liu Xianyang was the king of children in Xinghua Lane and Mu Ping Lane, catching snakes, birds and fish, as if There is nothing in the world that Liu Xianyang cannot do. Later, some of the peers who originally worked as followers behind Liu Xianyang also went to Long Kiln as apprentices, and more of them worked as clerks in various grocery stores in the town, or helped relatives with accounting, such as Song Jixin It was said that the most unpromising person would go to the crop fields to dig for food. In the end, he was the only one left hanging out with Liu Xianyang.
Chen Pingan took the three stone fish given to the girl, strung them together with a few pieces of dogtail grass through the gills, and handed them to the girl. She took the string of fish and carried it. It was a little light and didn't feel like it could fill a plate of fried fish with green pepper. She tilted her head and glanced at the creek puddle, full of expectation. Chen Ping'an understood and apologized: "I want to make soup for the fish I caught next to replenish my friend's health, so I can't give it to you."
The girl pointed to the open package not far away. , indicating that those pastries can be exchanged for fish, Chen Pingan shook his head and smiled: "No, the pastries are delicious and can fill the stomach, but they are not as nourishing as fish soup."
The girl nodded, not forcing anyone to do anything. , silently sat back down, carefully placed the fish at her feet, and then continued her great cause of "sitting back and eating the mountains."
Although Chen Ping'an was curious about her identity, he didn't ask too much. Looking at her dress, she didn't look like a lady from Taoye Lane on Fulu Street, but she looked a bit like the young girl next door. , showy and delicate, and don't like to talk. Chen Ping'an was suddenly worried. She couldn't be the little maid who stole things from home and went out to eat. I heard that the rules in those big houses were very strict. Liu Xianyang and Song Jixin always liked to talk in opposite directions, but in this case This was an exception, but Liu Xianyang's statement was very scary. He said that in those houses with high walls, if a maidservant walked in the wrong way, the butler with an eye like a snake-hunting hawk would send someone to have his legs broken, and he would be thrown into disgrace. Go to the streets outside the wall and wait to die. Song Jixin said that Liu Xianyang spread rumors, which was not an exaggeration. However, the maids and grandmothers in our family really walked like cats and could not hear any sound. At that time, Liu Xianyang caught a glimpse of the maid Zhigui who was having fun at the side, and immediately became angry and cursed Song Ji Xin Goose, what kind of goose is it? Can your goose talk?
Chen Pingan finally caught seven or eight slab fish, and the bamboo basket was shaken by them. The pale boy knew that he was almost at his limit. The spring water was so cold that it penetrated deep into his bones. Of course, the most important thing was that his injured left hand couldn't bear it. After Chen Pingan came ashore for the last time, he quickly jumped off the blue stone cliff, got into the grass by the stream, made a rustling sound, and soon pulled out three or four guns. I picked up a piece of ordinary stone in the palm of my hand. After returning to the stone cliff, I found a small natural pothole the size of my palm on the stone cliff. After wiping it clean, I began to gently Pound the herbs and they will soon turn into a green paste, and the juice exudes the unique fragrance of spring waterside weeds.
Back to backLooking at the girl, Chen Pingan took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and began to dismantle the cotton in his left hand. Sweat quickly broke out on his forehead, covering the cold stream water that fell from his hair. Although the bloody wound was better than the visible bones before bandaging, it was still shocking. When Chen Ping'an came, he didn't expect that his left hand would touch the stream, so he didn't prepare cotton strips. Before, his mind was full of two things: snake gallstones can make money and catching fish to make soup. Only then did he realize that he had made a big mistake. The young man was a little confused when suddenly a palm appeared in front of him, with several dry and clean strips of cloth spread out. It turned out that the girl in green had torn off a sleeve at some point. Chen Pingan smiled miserably, not caring to be polite to the girl, and went to After applying herbs to the wound on the palm of your hand, bring it close to your mouth, bite one end with your teeth, tighten it with your right hand, circle it twice around the back of your hand and tie a knot. This series of movements is methodical, like a butterfly winding around a branch, which dazzles onlookers.
After the binding was completed, Chen Pingan slowly raised his right arm to wipe the sweat from his face. His two arms were shaking uncontrollably.
The girl in green squatting nearby extended a thumbs up to Chen Ping'an with a "You are awesome" expression on her face.
Chen Pingan pointed to his eyes with his right hand and said with a wry smile: "It actually hurts so much that I shed tears."
The girl turned her head and glanced at the large basket that the boy had woven by himself. and green bamboo fish basket, some doubts.
Chen Pingan looked embarrassed, "Those stones can make money, and catching fish is also very important."
The girl was confused, but still did not speak, her eyes were a little confused Letting go, he turned his head and stared at the sparkling stream.
The gurgling stream rubbed the stones above the water, making a splashing sound.
At that moment, the starry sky was bright and the world was lonely
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It seemed that there was only a pair of boys and girls in the world.
Chen Pingan's body gradually became quiet and stable, and his originally rapid breathing began to slow down subconsciously and turned into long and continuous breathing.
It’s like a stream that has experienced flash floods and turned into a stream that dries up in spring and autumn.
The young man himself didn’t pay attention to this quiet transformation at all. It happened naturally and naturally.
Chen Pingan knew that he could not be blown by the cold wind of early spring for too long while he was wet, so he had to quickly return to the town to change his clothes. Naturally, the young man would not understand the health care and pathology in medical books, but the young man who was most afraid of getting sick in his life had long developed a keen intuition about the changes in the seasons and his own body's adaptation. So he quickly put on his straw sandals, tied a fish basket around his waist, carried the basket, waved to the girl in green and said with a smile: "I'm leaving, girl, you should go home early."
Chen As Ping An walked down the stone cliff, he couldn't help but turn around and remind: "The water is very deep on the covered bridge, so be careful not to slip on your feet. When going home, it's best to lean on the side of the paddy field, even if you fall If you fall down, it’s better to be covered in mud than to fall into the stream..."
As Chen Pingan was talking, he suddenly realized what he had said.It was a bit ominous. It didn't sound like a good word, but it was the kind of curse words that Gu Can's mother in Mud Bottle Lane was best at. Chen Pingan quickly shut up, stopped nagging, and quickened his pace. Run north towards the town.
The basket is very heavy.
But the boy in straw sandals was particularly happy.
After untying the almost dead knot in his heart, Chen Pingan felt for the first time that he wanted to live well and well.
For example, you need to be rich!
If you can afford Spring Festival couplets with the unique fragrance of ink, painted door gods, and meat buns from Mao’s shop, it’s best to buy a cow that can raise a litter like Song Jixin next door. Chicken...
The girl in green is still "digging" tirelessly, with a serious look on her face. Every time she picks up a new pastry, she feels like she is dealing with a life-or-death enemy.
While she was competing with a piece of peach blossom cake, her body suddenly stiffened. After realizing that something was wrong, instead of running away, she opened her mouth wide and swallowed most of the cake. Then she clapped her hands and sat down. The ground is helpless and waiting to die.
I don’t know when a man appeared. He was not tall, but he gave a strong and solid feeling, but he would not be mistaken for a village farmer, because the man’s eyes were too dazzling. , people dare not face it.
The man looked at the broken-patterned package that only had the "foot of the mountain" left, with a helpless expression on his face. He wanted to teach her a lesson, but was reluctant to do so. He silently looked at his daughter's stubborn look like "I will admit punishment when I make a mistake." , he was even more distressed, as if he was the one who made the mistake.
The man really wants to say something to ease the atmosphere. For example, if you are hungry, my daughter, just eat over there at the Jianluo hut. After you finish eating, your father will go to the town to buy some for you tomorrow.
But when the words came to his lips, the reserved man couldn't say them out. He held his tongue tightly as if every word was critical, and he didn't know how to comfort his daughter.
At this moment, the man felt that he was not as capable as the straw-shoe boy, but at least his daughter didn’t have to be so nervous.
The girl in green suddenly raised her head and asked, "Dad, why didn't you accept him as an apprentice?"
The girl took the initiative to speak, which relieved the man.
Although the man had a straight face, he had already sat down next to his daughter and explained: "That kid has a very good temperament, but his bones are too bad. Even if dad accepts him, he will not The distance between me is being pushed away by my brothers. No matter how hard I try, I can only watch the gap widen. If there is another Senior Brother Liu, why bother?"
The girl in green looked sad. , I don’t know whether it was because of hearing about “Senior Brother Liu” or because the straw-shoe boy passed by.
The man hesitated for a moment, but still did not intend to hide him, lest she go astray or ruin the saint's plan, "Besides, this young man is so ordinary, but in a small town, he seems very special. Xiu'er, you probably don't know that the porcelain of this child's destiny was broken very early, so he became a lonely ghost, without the protection of the ancestors. At the same time, he willThere are all kinds of strange things happening that are not easy to detect. This is why Song Jixin and the woman chose to be his neighbors. Otherwise, with Song Jixin's status, he would not even be able to live on Fulu Street? It's obviously impossible. "
The girl thought carefully, "Dad, are you saying that he is a bit like fishing bait? "
The man touched her head and said, "Absolutely. ”
Then he smiled and said: “If we, father and daughter, were not the most careless swordsmen in the world about external objects, chance and luck, maybe dad would have let him stay with us to see if we could. Give you more benefits. "
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The girl in green clothes is a little depressed and in a bad mood.
The man sighed: "Xiu'er, Dad's words may be rough or rough, but don't think it's unpleasant. "
The girl in green clothes still looked sickly and couldn't cheer up.
The man thought for a while and pointed to the covered bridge in the distance above the stream like a black dragon, "That one The construction of the covered bridge was a major undertaking of the Great Li Dynasty, which spent countless efforts just to suppress the inconspicuous iron sword. Just imagine, three thousand years later, a dynasty still has to pay such a huge price in order to suppress its remaining power, more than three thousand years later. All she wants is to let it rest for a while..."
The girl let out a sigh, drooped her head, glanced at the foot of the mountain from the corner of her eyes, and echoed absently: "It's awesome, it's awesome. . ”
The man couldn’t laugh or cry, rubbing his forehead.
The world is so big that eating is the biggest thing.
But the child’s mother is not such a woman, so this girl Whose whim are you following?
The man patted his daughter on the shoulder and said softly: "Dad, go see someone. You can eat slowly, no one will compete with you. ”
The girl suddenly raised her head and grabbed the man’s arm. A red bracelet on her wrist shone brightly, showing the shape of a dragon connected from head to tail.
Like a vivid The little flame dragon wrapped around the girl's wrist.
The man said happily: "I finally have some conscience, okay, don't worry, dad is going to see Mr. Qi. "
The girl let go of her hand, immediately grabbed the pastry, and wolfed it down.
The man was so angry that he couldn't help but murmured after all the hard work. "Eat, eat, eat, that little brat named Liu deserves a beating, but he really didn't say anything wrong. Sooner or later, he will eat up and turn into a fat girl! Who dares to marry you as a wife then? Doesn't dad still want to get a son-in-law? "
The girl stopped eating, holding the cake in both hands, and was about to cry.
The man ran away, turning his back to his daughter, but he did not forget to give himself a slap.
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It was like this every time, failing every time
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In the middle of the night, Chen Pingan ran all the way back to Liu Xianyang’s house and when he unlocked it, You can hear that guy's thunderous snoring.
It's so heartbreaking.If it were Chen Pingan, he would definitely not be able to sleep well tonight.
First put the baskets and fish baskets in the kitchen built in the courtyard, and then went to the side room on the right that Liu Xianyang had vacated for him. After Chen Pingan quickly changed into clothes, he returned to the courtyard. In the kitchen, we began to deal with the stone fish, disembowelled them, washed them and put them on a clean porcelain plate, and then covered them with another plate to avoid attracting snakes, rats and insects.
Chen Pingan picked out five or six of the most attractive snake gallstones from the basket and moved them to the side room where he slept.
I took a look at the long sword that Miss Ning put on the cabinet before, and it was still lying there quietly.
After doing all this, Chen Ping'an was finally able to lie in bed, his body gradually getting warmer, but the boy's eyes were bright.
On the one hand, there is a tingling pain in my left hand, and on the other hand, I feel no sleepiness.
But the real reason is that Chen Pingan knows the "unreasonableness" of those outsiders better than Liu Xianyang.
The young man did not dare to sleep to death.
So Chen Pingan stayed up all night, always paying attention to the movement at the courtyard door and the house door.
At dawn, Chen Pingan got up and went to the kitchen, picked up the burden, and prepared to go back to the iron lock well in Xinghua Lane to pick up two buckets of water.
The sleepy Liu Xianyang was hiding in bed, with only his head exposed. After hearing a slight noise, he shouted in a daze: "Chen Pingan, you got up so early? What are you doing?"
p>Chen Pingan said angrily: "Carry water!"
Liu Xianyang shouted again: "If you meet Zhigui, say hello for me."
Chen Ping An was too lazy to pay attention to this guy.
Just as he was about to walk out of the courtyard, Chen Pingan suddenly heard Liu Xianyang say: "Chen Pingan, as long as you are willing to help, I will help you go to the puddle to touch the rocks later!"
Chen Pingan Ping An smiled brightly, "Good luck!"
Liu Xianyang rolled his eyes, even shrank his head into the quilt, and muttered: "You guys with no loyalty will only know that this trick works."
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On the stone steps of the covered bridge, a middle-aged Confucian scholar sat alone. He sat there until dawn.
When the first ray of dawn appeared in the sky, he looked up and chuckled: "A thousand-year-old darkroom can become bright with just one light."
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