Sword comes

Chen Ping'an is very familiar with this kind of look, just like when he was a child, he looked at Liu Xianyang as the same. At that time, Liu Xianyang was the king of children in the area of ​​Xinghua Lane and Niping Lane, catching snakes and birds and fishing. There is nothing that Liu Xianyang can't do.Later, some of the peers who originally followed Liu Xianyang's buttocks as attendants, some also went to Longyao as apprentices, and more scattered into various grocery stores in the town to work as assistants, or help relatives to manage accounts, just like Song Jixian. It was said that the most unpromising person would go to the crops to shave and eat, and in the end he was the only one left with Liu Xianyang.

Chen Ping'an strung together the three slate fish given to the girl with a few dog's tail grasses through the fish's gills, and handed them to the girl.She took the string of fish, carried it, and it was a little light. It didn't feel like she could fit a plate of fried fish with green peppers. She tilted her head and glanced at the puddle of the creek, full of anticipation.Chen Ping'an understood and said apologetically, "The fish I catch next, I want to make soup for my friend's body, so I can't give it to you."

The girl pointed to the open package not far away, indicating that the pastries could be exchanged for fish. Chen Ping'an shook his head and smiled and said, "No, the pastries are delicious and can fill the stomach, but it is not as good as fish soup."

The girl nodded, without any difficulty, she silently sat back to her original position, carefully placed the fish beside her feet, and continued her great cause of "sit and eat".

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 like Chigui from the next door neighbor. I don't like to talk.Chen Ping'an was suddenly a little worried. She couldn't be a little girl who stole things from the house and came out to eat. I heard that the rules in those mansions are very strong. Liu Xianyang and Song Jixin always like to talk in reverse. There are exceptions, but Liu Xianyang's statement is very scary, saying that the maids and maids in those houses with high courtyard walls, if the walking posture is wrong, the housekeeper who is as good as the snake eagle will send someone to break his leg and lose it. To die in the street outside the wall.Song Jixin said that Liu Xianyang used falsehoods to spread falsehoods, which is not so exaggerated, but the maids and maids in everyone's door really walked like a cat and could not hear the slightest sound.At that time, Liu Xianyang caught a glimpse of Zhigui, the maid who was stealing the music, and immediately became angry. He cursed Song Jixin goose, what kind of goose, can your goose talk?

Chen Ping'an finally caught seven or eight slate fish, and the bamboo basket was swayed by them. The pale boy knew that he was almost at his limit. The cold water in spring is the kind that burrows into his bones, and the most important thing is of course his injured left hand. Unable to stand it, after Chen Ping'an went 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 kinds of grass, many grass roots. Holding the soil, grasping it in the palm of my hand, I picked up an ordinary stone. After returning to the stone cliff, I found a small natural pothole the size of a palm on the stone cliff. After wiping it clean, I began to gently pound the herbs. Turned into a cyan paste, the juice exudes the unique fragrance of spring waterside weeds.

With his back to the girl, Chen Ping'an took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and began to disassemble the cotton cloth in his left hand. Sweat quickly seeped out of his forehead, covering the icy stream that fell from his hair.The bloody wound, although it was better than the bones before the bandage, was better, but it was still shocking.When Chen Ping'an came, he didn't expect to touch the stream with his left hand, so he didn't prepare a cotton cloth. Before, his mind was full of two things: snake gallstone can make money and catching fish to make soup. At this time, he realized that he had made a big mistake. The teenager was a little stunned when suddenly a palm appeared in front of him, with several dry and clean cloth strips spread out. It turned out that the girl in Tsing Yi tore off a sleeve at some point. After smearing herbal medicine on the wound on the palm of the hand, close to the mouth, bite one end with the teeth, pull the right hand tightly, and tie the knot around the back of the hand twice.

After the binding was completed, Chen Pingan slowly raised his right arm to wipe the sweat on his face, his arms trembled uncontrollably.

The girl in Tsing Yi who was squatting nearby stretched out a thumb to Chen Ping'an, with the expression of you being very powerful on her face.

Chen Pingan pointed his right eye to his eyes, and smiled bitterly: "Actually, the pain made me cry."

The girl turned her head and glanced at the big basket and the green bamboo fish basket that the boy had woven, feeling a little puzzled.

Chen Pingan looked embarrassed, "Those stones can make money, and catching fish is also very important."

The girl was ignorant, but she still did not speak, her eyes were a little empty, and she turned her head to stare at the sparkling stream.

The gurgling stream rubbed against the stones that came out of the water, making a rattling sound.

At that moment, the starry sky was bright, the world was lonely, and there seemed to be only a pair of young girls in the world.

Chen Ping'an's body gradually calmed down, and the previously rapid breathing began to subconsciously slow down, and turned into a long, continuous breath.

It's like a stream from a flash flood to a stream with dry water in spring and autumn.

This kind of quiet change, the young man didn't care about it at all, it was natural, and it happened naturally.

Chen Pingan knew that he was wet and could not be blown by the cold wind of early spring for too long, so he had to go back to the town to change his clothes quickly.Teenagers naturally do not understand the health preservation and pathology in medical books, but the teenagers who are most afraid of getting sick in this life have long developed a keen intuition about the changes of the four seasons and the adaptation of their own bodies.So he quickly put on straw sandals, tied a fish basket around his waist, carried the basket on his back, waved to the girl in Tsing Yi, and said with a smile, "I'm leaving, girl, you also go home earlier."

While walking down the stone cliff, Chen Ping'an couldn't help turning his head and reminded: "The water over the covered bridge is very deep, be careful not to slip your feet. When you go home, it is best to lean on the side of the paddy field, even if Falling down, it's better to be covered in mud than to fall into the stream..."

As Chen Ping'an was talking, he suddenly realized that what he said was a bit unlucky. It didn't sound like a good word. Instead, it was Gu Can's mother-in-law in the mud bottle alley. Shut your mouth, stop nagging, quicken your pace, and run north to the town.

The basket is very heavy.

But the straw-shoe boy was very happy.

After unraveling the nearly dead knot, for the first time, Chen Pingan felt that he had to live well, well.

Like having money!

If you can afford Spring Festival couplets with a unique ink fragrance, painted door gods, and eat meat buns from Aunt Mao’s shop, it’s best to buy another cow, and like Song Jixin next door, you can raise a nest of chickens…

The girl in Tsing Yi is still "digging mountains" tirelessly, with a serious expression, every time she picks up a new cake, she seems to be dealing with a life-and-death enemy.

When she was competing with a piece of peach blossom cake, her body suddenly stiffened. When she realized that something was wrong, instead of running away, she opened her mouth wide, swallowed half of the cake whole, clapped her hands, and sat on the spot waiting to die.

I don't know when there will be another man. He is not tall, but it gives a solid and solid feeling, but it will not make people mistaken for a villager and peasant, because the eyes of the man are too dazzling, people dare not face it.

The man looked at the broken patterned package with only the "foot of the mountain" left, his face was helpless, he wanted to speak a lesson, but he was reluctant, silently watching his daughter's stubborn appearance that if I made a mistake, I would admit the punishment, he was even more distressed. , as if he was the one who made the mistake.

Men want to say something to ease the atmosphere. For example, if your daughter is hungry, you can eat at the sword stove thatched hut. After eating, Dad will buy it for you in the town tomorrow.

But when the words came to his mouth, the introverted man couldn't say it again, as if every word was crucial, he pressed his tongue tightly, and he didn't know how to comfort his daughter.

At this moment, the man felt that he was not as capable as that straw-shoe boy, so his daughter didn't need to be so nervous.

The girl in Tsing Yi suddenly raised her head and asked, "Father, why didn't you accept him as an apprentice?"

The girl took the initiative to speak, so that the man was relieved.

Although the man had a stern face, he was already sitting beside his daughter and explained: "That baby has a good temperament, but his roots are too bad, even if his father accepts him, he will be pulled by his brothers and sisters all at once. Keep a distance, no matter how hard you try, you can only watch the gap grow bigger, if there is another Senior Brother Liu, why bother."

The girl in Tsing Yi's face was gloomy. I don't know if it was because of hearing that "Senior Brother Liu", or because of the youth with straw sandals passing by.

The man hesitated for a moment, but still didn't plan to hide it, lest she go astray or ruin the saint's plan, "Furthermore, this young man is too ordinary, but in a small town, he seems very special. Xiu'er, you probably don't I know, this baby's natal porcelain was smashed a long time ago, so it became a ghost like a ghost, not under the shadow of the ancestors, and at the same time, there will be all kinds of strange things that are not easy to detect, which is also the reason The reason why Song Jixin and the woman chose to be his neighbors, or else, as Song Jixin, would not even be able to live on Fulu Street? Obviously impossible."

The girl thought for a while, "Dad, do you mean he's a bit like a bait?"

The man touched her head, "Almost."

Then he said with a smile: "If we, father and daughter, are not the sword cultivators who don't pay much attention to foreign objects, chance and strength, maybe father will let him stay by his side to see if it can benefit you more." Tsing Yi The girl was a little bored and in a bad mood.

The man said with emotion: "Xiu'er, father's words are not rough, don't think it sounds bad."

The girl in Tsing Yi still looked ill, unable to lift her spirits.

The man thought for a while, and pointed to the covered bridge above the black dragon Hengxi in the distance, "The construction of that covered bridge was a big effort of the Dali Dynasty, just to suppress that humble iron sword. Just imagine For a moment, after 3000 years, a sword without a master whose original spirit is broken and exhausted, after more than [-] years, in order to suppress its remaining power, a dynasty still needs to pay such a huge price, What I want is still to let it rest for a while..."

The girl snorted, drooping her head, staring at the foot of the mountain out of the corner of her eyes, and absent-mindedly echoed, "It's amazing."

The man didn't know whether to laugh or cry, rubbing his forehead.

The world is big, and the food is the biggest.

But the child's mother is not such a woman, so whose temperament is this girl?

The man patted his daughter's shoulder and said softly, "Dad, go see someone, be yourself, eat slowly, no one will rob you."

The girl suddenly raised her head and grabbed the man's arm. A crimson bracelet on her wrist was shining brightly, showing the shape of a dragon with its head and tail connected.

Like a lively flame of a small flood dragon wrapped around the girl's wrist.

The man said with relief: "I finally have some conscience, okay, don't worry, Dad is going to see Mr. Qi."

The girl released her hand, immediately grabbed the cake, and devoured it.

The masculinity didn't show up, and he endured all the hardships until now, and finally couldn't help muttering: "Eat, eat, the bastard surnamed Liu deserves to be beaten, but he really didn't say anything wrong, sooner or later he will eat it. Become a chubby fat girl! Who would dare to marry you as a daughter-in-law at that time! Could it be that Dad still wants to snatch a son-in-law?"

The girl stopped to eat, holding the cake in both hands, she was about to cry.

The man ran away, and he did not forget to slap himself with his back to his daughter.

This is the case every time, and it falls short.

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In the middle of the night, Chen Ping'an ran all the way back to Liu Xianyang's house, and when he unlocked the lock, he could hear the guy's thunderous snoring.

The heart is so big.

If it was Chen Ping'an's words, he would definitely not 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. Fish, dissect the belly, wash it, put it in a clean porcelain plate, and cover it with another plate to avoid attracting snakes, rats and insects.

Chen Pingan picked out five or six most eye-catching snake gallstones from the basket and moved them to the side room where he slept.

I took a look at the long sword Ning had placed on the cabinet before, and it was still lying there quietly.

After doing all this, Chen Ping'an was finally able to lie down in the bed, his body gradually warmed up, but the boy's eyes lit up.

On the one hand, the left hand is tingling, and on the other hand, there is no sleepiness.

But the real reason is that Chen Ping'an knows more about the "unreasonableness" of those outsiders than Liu Xianyang.

The young man did not dare to fall asleep.

So Chen Pingan didn't sleep all night, always paying attention to the movement of the courtyard gate and the house gate.

At dawn, Chen Ping'an got up and went to the kitchen, picked up the burden, and was going to pick up two buckets of water from the iron lock well in Xinghua Lane.

The sleepy-eyed Liu Xianyang hid under the duvet with only one head exposed. Hearing a slight noise, he shouted in a daze, "Chen Pingan, are you up so early? What are you doing?"

Chen Pingan said angrily, "Carry the 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 Ping'an suddenly heard Liu Xianyang say, "Chen Ping'an, as long as you are willing to help, I will help you go to the puddle and touch for rocks when you turn around!"

Chen Pingan smiled brightly, "Good!"

Liu Xianyang rolled his eyes, even retracted his head into the quilt, and muttered, "You ungrateful guy, you just know that this trick will work."

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On the stone steps of the covered bridge, there was a middle-aged scholar sitting alone, and he sat till dawn.

The first ray of dawn appeared in Kaiqingbai that day. He looked up and laughed softly: "A thousand-year-old dark room, a light is bright."