Sword comes

Chen Pingan brought water back to Liu Xianyang's yard, poured it into the kitchen tank, then ran to the door and shouted, "Liu Xianyang, I'll use your firewood, oil and salt to make up for Miss Ning's stewed fish soup. body, okay?"

Liu Xianyang, who had fallen asleep and returned to the cage, was woken up and roared, "Chen! Are you bothered, I just dreamed that Zhigui smiled at me! Give me a Zhigui!"

Chen Pingan shook his head, remembered something, and apologized: "I really met Zhigui at the iron lock well just now, but I was interrupted by Granny Ma and forgot to send you a message. I'll go to Ning later. When the girl delivers the fish soup, I promise to help you with the words."

Liu Xianyang kicked a carp, quickly put on his clothes, ran to the threshold outside the main room and sat down, looking at the emaciated figure busy in the kitchen, he smiled and said, "Wait, I'll bring the fish soup with you, by the way, Did Zhigui wear that bright red pomegranate dress today? Or the light green one? Well, when I save another [-] pennies, I can buy that silver powder box with more than [-] Nianlong, I know she likes it It's been a long time, but I'm reluctant to buy it. It's all my fault for Song Jixin, that stinky poor and stingy, who dresses like a cat and a dog from Fulu Street. Poor Zhigui doesn't have many new clothes all year round, so I'm her young master. , I promise to let her buy whatever she likes, and be richer than the daughter of Fulu Street, to be the eldest Miss Wanjin!"

Chen Ping'an ignored Liu Xianyang's crazy dreams. He really didn't understand why Liu Xianyang liked Zhigui. Of course, it wasn't that he looked down on her as Song Ji's maidservant, nor did he think that Zhigui was not good-looking, but he always felt that she was with Liu Xianyang. , it doesn't look like a marriage.

Chen Ping'an asked curiously, "Why do you call her Zhigui instead of Wang Zhu?"

Liu Xianyang grinned and said, "I know that you don't know how to write the word 'Zhigui', then I don't care."

Chen Ping'an said helplessly: "What's the use of you compared with me, compared with Song Ji's salary, Zhigui is not my maid."

Liu Xianyang sneered and said, "That guy isn't better than you in every way. For example, who has he called 'father' and 'mother' in his life? No, isn't it better than you, Chen Ping'an? No wonder Gu Can's mother, There are also mother-in-law Ma and those mother-in-laws who have poisonous mouths, Song Jixin, who is not a pure and innocent family, otherwise why not live in that supervising government office, but go to your mud bottle alley to suffer. Days? How dare this guy like dogs to look down on people, so he deserves to throw dirty water on people and scold wild breeds."

Chen Pingan stood up and walked to the door of the kitchen, "Liu Xianyang, although Song Jixin and I are not friends at all, but you say that..."

Liu Xianyang hurriedly raised his hands, determined not to let Chen Ping'an continue to ramble, and said slyly: "I won't say it, okay? Chen Ping'an, you have a bad temper, who do you want? My grandfather said, your parents Everyone is good at talking, especially your mother, who speaks softly and likes to laugh. Her temper is so good that she has nothing to say. My grandfather also said that in the early years, mother-in-law Ma almost scolded people in the nearby alleys, but only Seeing your mother, not only is she not picky, but she also has a smile on her face."

Chen Pingan laughed hard.

Liu Xianyang waved his hand to chase people away, "Hurry up and make soup for your little daughter-in-law."

Chen Ping'an rolled his eyes, "If you have the ability, say it in front of Miss Ning?"

Liu Xianyang smiled and said, "You're stupid, but I'm not stupid."

Soon after, Chen Pingan held out a small pottery pot, and the two locked the door of the house and courtyard, and walked towards Mud Bottle Alley together.When he arrived at the door of Chen Ping'an Courtyard and saw him knocking on the door stupidly, Liu Xianyang realized that this guy had left all the house keys to the girl in black. Liu Xianyang felt that this guy was really hopeless.

The black-clothed girl didn't wear a hat when she was at home, but when she opened the door, she showed a fresh face. Liu Xianyang was a little afraid of this unsmiling girl. The tall boy didn't even know the reason. Even more than that, Liu Xianyang has the same courage and shameless face. If it is because the girl in black hangs the sword, it is not right. Even if Liu Xianyang confronts the children of Gaoliang on Fulu Street, even if he chases and blocks them a few times, he flees like a bereaved dog, but the young man is not. In fact, I didn't panic from the beginning to the end.

But he was a little bit afraid of a foreign girl named Ning Yao.

The girl in black sat at the table and opened the jar. After smelling the fragrance, she narrowed her long and narrow eyes slightly, nodded and said softly, "Thank you."

Chen Ping'an's observation was meticulous, and he knew that this should mean that the indifferent girl was in a good mood.

Chen Ping'an helped her cook a pot of porridge and let her pay attention to the heat, and then said to Liu Xianyang, "You wait for Zhigui to go out by yourself? I have to deliver the letter."

Liu Xianyang was sitting on the threshold, pricked up his ears to listen to the movement over there, lest he would hear a bit of a fight between gods and gods, the tall boy who was in a bad mood said impatiently, "You are busy!"

When Chen Ping'an left the yard and was about to reach the intersection of Mud Bottle Alley, he suddenly found that the vision in front of him had dimmed. When he looked up, it turned out to be a tall man in a snow-white robe. On the white jade belt, look into the distance.

Probably realizing that he was blocking the path of the narrow alley, the man smiled slightly and took the initiative to make way for Chen Ping'an.

Chen Ping'an was full of doubts, quickened his pace and left the Mud Bottle Alley, looking back, the man had slowly entered the Mud Bottle Alley.

Even at a glance, Chen Ping'an saw that on the spotless snow-white robe, there were thin gold threads embroidered on the front, back and back, vaguely forming two patterns, as if there were living creatures wandering around. Among the mountains, fog and clouds, it is very wonderful.Chen Ping'an didn't think about it anymore, he just thought that he was a foreigner like Fu Nanhua, and he was going to Ni Pingxiang again to find an opportunity.After walking through the bottom of the old locust tree with Mr. Qi that day, the straw-shoe boy was not too worried. He always felt that as long as Mr. Qi was in the town, he would take ten thousand steps back and say that even if something really happened, he would be able to ask for someone. justice.

When Chen Ping'an trotted past Xinghua Alley, he saw the girl in Tsing Yi he met last night, sitting at a wonton shop there, with a chopstick in each hand, standing on the table, tapping lightly, the whole picture was slightly childish and fat. Her round face was full of energy, her eyes were full of wontons being boiled in the hot pot over there, and she didn't notice Chen Ping'an who was five or six steps away.

For the girls in Tsing Yi, when the food is falling, they have to finish eating before running away!

Chen Ping'an admired this strange girl sincerely, did not disturb her, smiled and continued to run to the east of the town.

Some people and things, even the scenery along the road, can still make people feel very beautiful just by looking at them.

When Chen Ping'an came to the east fence gate, the sloppy man stood on the stump, tiptoed and looked east, as if waiting for someone important.

Chen Pingan used to listen to the old people chatting at the old locust tree, and said that when the current superintendent entered the town for the first time, there was a lot of ostentation. "Pick up" at the east gate of the city, but after waiting for a few hours under the sun, the last officer of the government office ran to the east gate in a hurry, saying that the superintendent had just woken up from a nap in the backyard of the government office, and asked everyone to go directly The meeting with the government office is to make those rich and noble men so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven,

However, it is said that after entering the gate of the government office, no one dared to fart, one by one who smiled like a good grandson.

Chen Ping'an has always been surprised. Those old people said it as if they had seen it with their own eyes. Every time they talked about the gossip on Fulu Street and Taoye Lane, it was more true than the truth. For example, the second aunt of the Lu family and the nursing home. The teacher became a good friend, and when someone broke the door, even the second aunt, in a panic, said a lot of details about how to pack up her clothes to cover her plump breasts. The head teacher himself.

Liu Xianyang was drooling every time he heard it. Song Jixin also went there occasionally. He didn't bring Zhigui and smiled more implicitly than Liu Xianyang, but when he was secretly coaxing with everyone, he worked extra hard and read the book of sages twice in the morning and evening. Be louder.

Chen Pingan squatted beside the tree stump, waiting patiently for the town janitor.

The man scolded his mother, jumped off the stump, and after seeing the boy with straw sandals, he did not speak, and went to the yellow mud thatched hut to get a stack of letters, six letters from the family, and only five copper coins of one penny.

Chen Ping Ontario turned over the letter address, but didn't say anything, because there were two letters from the next-door neighbor on Fulu Street, and Chen Ping'an was unwilling to take advantage of it. Of course, if a man had an unprecedented kindness, he would have given six cents of money at first, Chen Pingan will never push money out.

After Chen Pingan thought about the order of delivery, he asked casually, "Wait for someone?"

The man glanced at the spacious avenue to the east, and said angrily, "Wait for Uncle!"

Chen Pingan didn't want to stay and be a punching bag, so he ran away.

The man laughed angrily: "Yo, he still has some eyesight."

The man glanced at the sky, and the sound of the rolling thunder was long gone, and the low-hanging clouds that seemed to be almost pressing down on the eaves had gradually dissipated.

The man sat down on the stump and sighed, "When gods fight, mortals suffer."

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There are six letters, one for each of the four surnames Lu, Li, Zhao, and Song from Fulu Street, and two in Taoye Lane. Coincidentally, one of them was the letter from the kind old man before, and it was a coincidence that he opened the door. The person who received the letter was still an old man. After seeing Chen Ping'an, the old man recognized the straw-shoe boy and joked, "Child, you really don't want to come in for a drink?"

Chen Pingan smiled shyly and shook his head.

The old man was not surprised, he just took out a handful of copper coins from his sleeve and handed it to Chen Ping'an, he smiled and explained: "Today there is something good at home, this little bit of money is good for those who see it, it's just for luck, not much, just ten A few pennies, so you can take it with confidence."

Chen Ping'an just took the copper coins and said with a smile, "Thank you, Grandpa Wei!"

The old man nodded and suddenly said, "Child, recently, when you have nothing to do, you can often go to sit under the locust tree, and if you see locust leaves, locust branches, etc. on the ground, you can take it home and put it there to prevent ants. The centipede's, how good it is, and you don't have to spend money."

Chen Pingan bowed to the old man at the bottom of the steps.

The old man Xin smiled, "Go, go, spring is the plan of the year, it must be a good thing for young people to exercise their muscles and bones more."

The teenager ran away from Taoye Lane on the bluestone street.

The old man stood at the door of the house for a long time, looking at the peach trees on both sides, a graceful young maid came to the old man and whispered, "Ancestor, what are you looking at? It's cold outside, don't freeze."

The maid has been serving the old man for several years. Knowing that the old ancestor is a bodhisattva, and the young girl has no fear of the old man, she smiled and asked playfully: "The old ancestor, did you remember the girl you met when you were young? That girl was at that time. Standing under the peach tree?"

The white-haired old man smiled and said, "Taoya, you are also a 'caring person' just like that young messenger."

The maid was praised and smiled charmingly.

The old man suddenly smiled and said, "A distant relative is coming to visit in the past two days. When the time comes, Taoya, you will follow the children at home and leave the town together."

The maid was stunned for a while, her eyes suddenly turned red, and she cried, "Old Ancestor, I don't want to leave here."

The old man, who has always been very talkative, waved his hand, "I'll watch the scenery of the alley for a while, you go back first, Taoya, be obedient, otherwise I will be angry."

The maid had to leave timidly, turning back three steps.

The peach leaves in Taoye Lane are lush, but there are no peach blossoms.

The old man let out a soft breath, crossed the threshold, walked down the steps, walked to the nearest peach tree, stood under the tree, the old man said sadly: "The peach is young, it's scorching. I really will never see you again. reached."

The old man glanced back at his house and murmured: "The small town is blessed by nature, it is not in line with the avenue. It was changed by the sages and enjoyed a full 3000 years of great luck. People who have walked out of the small town in the past are mostly in the entire East Aquarius. The island is blooming, but God is so shrewd, so it's time to settle accounts after the autumn and collect our rewards. You children, don't get out of here quickly, don't you follow our broken old porcelain and wait to die together? You know, death is divided into big and small, there are thousands of people in our small town, this death is a big death, and even the next life is gone."

"So, now, while God is still opening one eye and closing one eye, one more person can be one person."

The old man stretched out his dry palm and supported the peach branch, "There are people who have a heart and a heart, I hope I can live up to this."

I don't know when, the grandmother of the young scholar Zhao Yao, the old woman leaning on crutches has approached here, "The old man who is about to go into the ground is so innocent, like an old lady smearing rouge, it is really disgusting. Disaster, is it your kindness that can change the slightest?"

The old man's eyes were a little dazed. Looking at the old woman with the same snow-white head, he inexplicably said, "You're here."

The old woman was stunned for a moment, then immediately became angry, and hit her with a cane, "You shy thief, you are so old, how dare you talk about it?!"

The crutches rained down on him, and the old man had to run away, but laughed.

The old woman stood under the peach tree, still annoyed, regretting that she should not be soft-hearted, and she made a trip to Peach Leaf Lane.

Finally, the old woman raised her head and looked at the peach leaves that were pulling out their buds.

The old woman walked back to Fulu Street step by step, and the crutches tapped again and again on the bluestone slab.

A peaceful town that has been prosperous for thousands of years. I never thought that in the end, there are all poor people who have no afterlife.

Is there really no chance of life?

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The water of the stream is getting shallower, the water of the well is getting colder, the old locust tree is getting older, the iron lock is rusted, and the big cloud is low.

This year, the peach leaves will not be able to see peach blossoms.