linked to the collar

Hearing about the Jia family's incident, there was actually quite a commotion.

The year before, that is, the first year when Xiao Ran left, during the Hungry Ghost Festival, the boy named Jia Lan went to the night market with his elder brother and sister. Unexpectedly, he got separated from his family on the way and disappeared for three days. Well, the Jia family mobilized everyone to look for it all over the city, and reported to the officials the next day. A large number of yamen servants helped to search together. They searched the mountains and fields outside the city, but there was not even a single clue. Can't find it.

But in the early morning of the fourth day, when the sky was still only a little dark, the gatekeeper suddenly heard someone knocking on the door. When the door opened, he saw a comatose person lying at the door. Looking again, Isn't that exactly Jia Lan?

At that time, he didn't think about who would knock on the door, he was too busy to move the young master back into the room.

A doctor was invited to come for a good examination, but he said that he was in good health and did not see any injuries. It seemed that he had been drugged, so he fell into a deep sleep.

When Jia Lan woke up in the afternoon, the family naturally wanted to ask what had happened in the past few days, but Jia Lan hesitated and couldn't explain clearly. When asked urgently, she burrowed into the bed and refused to hide under the covers. come out.

The members of the Jia family had no choice but to see that Jia Lan didn't seem to have suffered any harm, so let's forget about it. They just thought they were robbed by bad guys and frightened by the government's movements, so they secretly sent her back.

But since then, the servants serving Jia Lan have noticed that the young master has been sleeping late lately, talking to himself from time to time, and sometimes giggling suddenly, as if someone was telling him a joke.

The servants did not dare to conceal this strange incident, so they informed Mr. Jia.Master Jia was worried about the child, and also worried that those gangsters would come and pester him endlessly, so he ordered at least three people to accompany the young master every night. .

The servants became more and more panicked, not to mention sleeping with the young master, even the courtyard where Jia Lan lived was rarely left at night.

It is said that what the young master met was not a gangster at all, but was confused by something unclean. Master Jia thought that this is not the way to go, and the servants can be replaced, but if it spreads, it will damage the face of the Jia family, and even worse. What's more, can a father watch his beloved son weaken day by day because of not sleeping well?

So I invited some mages, Taoists, abbots and immortals, and they all came to see. The practice of Fushui, chanting scriptures, and chanting Buddha were very lively.But it's useless, at night, they still go back to their old ways, even if these strange people who are said to have strange magic stay in Jia Lan's yard overnight, they will fall into a deep sleep without knowing it, and outsiders will hear the young master alone The sound of muttering, laughing and cursing, even a few times... someone heard moaning from inside the room that made people blush and heartbeat...

If only this is the case, it seems that there is only Jia Lan’s commotion in the yard, but after that, strange things start to happen in other people’s rooms, things suddenly disappear and then appear suddenly, people will fall down inexplicably, and ghosts and wolves howling outside the house can be heard in the middle of the night, etc. wait.

As soon as Hu Huo said, there was an uproar, and the neighbors around knew about it more or less.

The Jia family was disturbed day and night, and finally had no choice. Mr. Jia sold the shops in the city and moved his family to Taiyang City, a neighboring county.

The house was vacated, but Leng Fengyin said that the neighbors around can still hear people laughing in the yard in the middle of the night until now.

"You said, if there were no problems, such a good house would be sold so cheap?" Leng Fengyin took a sip of water and wine slowly, raised his eyes, and aimed at Bai Ye clearly provocatively.

Although Xiao Ran didn't believe in these things, but just now when Leng Fengyin said it so vividly, his heart always shivered, and he couldn't help pulling Bai Ye's sleeve twice. "Bai Ye, the house price was said to be very cheap at the time, is there really any problem?"

In fact, Bai Ye really wanted to hug Xiao Ran at this moment.This man was already blushing due to the smell of alcohol, his hands were tightly clutching Bai Ye's cuffs, his eyes were full of uneasiness, no matter how you look at it... it seems like he is seducing someone...

He coughed twice in a low voice, boldly covered Xiao Ran's hand with his wolf paws, and smiled consolingly, then forced his head to cover up his excitement and chanted to Leng Feng as naturally as possible: "Master Leng is joking. It’s true that I don’t know the details, it’s all being handled by my subordinates, but even if the price is cheap, I don’t think it’s a surprise, after all, this is what I want.”

Leng Fengyin chuckled, and this topic seemed to be over.

Xiao Ran did not really believe in such strange things, but he mentioned it again on the way back, saying that it would be more at ease to ask around.

But Bai Ye didn't think so, and laughed with Xiao Ran, saying, if you are afraid and come to squeeze a quilt with me in the middle of the night, I won't despise you.

This incident seems to have passed like this, and the days are still peaceful.

Xiao Ran guarded his small shop, smiling happily every day.As soon as he was happy, Bai Ye, who followed him, was naturally in a good mood. As long as the Tianxuan Tianmen came to ask about these things, as long as they were not too outrageous, he would answer them one by one.

The villagers had discussed with Xiao Ran before, if they were free, whether they could spare some time to teach the children in the village, and they didn't ask for too much, as long as they could understand some truths, they were all farmers' children after all.

In fact, this matter really needs to be calculated, if the crops sent by the villagers are not counted, then Xiao Ran is working for free.What's more, not to mention the lateness of Xiao Ran's return, he may often live in the city, so he really can't make time for it.

But Xiao Ran is Xiao Ran. After the old village chief found dinner time to visit several times, Xiao Ran thought about it for a long time, and said, come to my shop every two days in the afternoon. Anyway, there are not many children in the village, and there just happen to be there. Tables and chairs pen and ink.

Therefore, every few days in Xiao Ran's Qingfengzhai, a group of little radish heads would appear with snot and saliva wiping their saliva, holding scrolls and shaking their heads. Tired?

However, persuasion of this kind of thing will definitely not be fruitful, Xiao Ran will not feel that he is wronging himself by doing this, so Bai Ye can only control the time for Xiao Ran by himself, and when he thinks it is almost time, he gets up and blasts the group who are unwilling to leave after class Little boy go home.

The house had already been decorated in sevens and eights, Bai Ye pestered Xiao Ran to inscribe "Baifu" on him, found good nanmu to make a plaque, and hung it on the gate himself.

Hehe, he and Xiao Ran did this together, this is their home in the future.

Bai Ye stood at the gate, looking at the two characters and smiling happily, not caring about the cold eyes of passers-by.

After the completion of the project, Bai Ye began to urge Xiao Ran to move into the new house quickly. Xiao Ran was so quarreled by him that he finally dragged him back home early one day, and the shop troubled Mr. Liu.

After cleaning up, looking at the somewhat empty room, Xiao Ran stood there in a daze for a while, until Bai Ye who was waiting in the outer room couldn't bear to call him, and then slowly came out.

It was getting late, not to mention that there were still some ingredients sent by the villagers, Xiao Ran thought, these would not be taken away together, but he didn't want to waste them, so he asked Bai Ye to have dinner first.

Naturally, Bai Ye was willing, so he had to rush back to the city to drink.

Xiao Ran lit a fire and scrambled eggs for Bai Ye.

Chop the pork into puree, pour cooking wine and salt and knead it into balls with your hands, put it aside and wait for the meat to wake up, then stew a pot of pork rib soup on the stove.

It happened that the fisherman in the village came back from fishing in the back mountain and saw Xiao Ran's family coming in to inquire about writing a letter from home, so he gave Xiao Ran two grass carp that were still alive and kicking.

He promised the fisherman to go to Qingfengzhai tomorrow to get the family letter. After sending the fisherman away, Xiao Ran killed the grass carp, removed the viscera, washed the blood, and cut three horizontal cuts from the back of the fish to the belly with a knife, then put it on a plate. Sprinkle with some salt flowers and set aside to let it taste.

After slapping the garlic and cutting some ginger, Xiao Ran looked at the heat of the pork rib soup.The color of the soup was already turning white, so Xiao Ran took a spoon and scooped up the turbidity on the surface of the soup carefully.

At this moment, Bai Ye also came back, holding a pot of Hua Diao that Xiao Ran loved to drink in his hand, and an oiled paper bag in his other hand.

Xiao Ran, I bought you the last bit of the old Liu's braised beef that you love.

Looking at Bai Ye's smiling face and the beads of sweat on his forehead, well, Xiao Ran can't say it, but it's actually your favorite food.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Xiao Ran went into the kitchen again, first sandwiched the previous minced meat among the fresh lotus roots, wrapped the coat with flour, put them one by one into a pan filled with hot oil, and fried them one by one. It's golden and fragrant, and it makes people's index fingers move when they look at it.

Xiao Ran slowly slid two grass carp into the hot oil left over from frying lotus root, fried them until both sides were golden brown, then picked them up again, put minced garlic and ginger that had just been cut into the oil pan and heated them up Put the grass carp in again, add a small bowl of water after adding the soy sauce, cover the lid and let it simmer and taste.

When the smell of fish was overflowing, Xiao Ran opened the pot and put the two fish on a plate with the billowing heat.

If it were two years ago, Li Ran would be busy setting up the bowls and chopsticks after cooking for Uncle Bai, and would have to call that old man over for dinner when he was done.

But now, when he put the braised grass carp in braised sauce on the table, Bai Ye had already put away the bowls and chopsticks, put the stewed beef in a bowl, and found out the small wine cup. He didn't forget to tell Xiao Ran that the soup was hot, let him to end.

After taking a sip of Huadiao, he ate a piece of stewed beef under Bai Ye's earnest gaze, and praised the taste for its good taste. Seeing Bai Ye's smile was a little satisfied, Xiao Ran picked up the lotus root with his chopsticks.

Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, the meat is fragrant with the crispness of lotus root, Bai Ye squinted his eyes and praised the taste.

Xiao Ran served Bai Ye a bowl of pork rib soup, but he couldn't eat it anymore.

After all, it is sorrow.

This room contains too many memories, his and Qionghua's... Xiao Ran subconsciously prevents himself from recalling the past with Bai Ye here, his and Qionghua's memories are enough for him not to forget give up.

I remember that at that time, he and Qionghua had just arrived in this village, and after selling all their valuables, they built these huts. The joys and sorrows of him and Qionghua were all staged here.

There is no passion like fire, but every day's warmth, Xiao Ran thought, he will never forget it in his life.

Qionghua, Qionghua, she always smiles gently, when she is free, she likes to sit under the big tree in the yard and mend clothes, and she is gentle enough to comfort crying children who lose in fights.

The dishes made by Qionghua always reminded Xiao Ran of his mother. Although it couldn't be said how delicious it was, Xiao Ran would feel warm every time, every bite.

Later, what Qionghua was doing originally became what he was doing and she was watching.Some people in the village joked that Xiao Ran was not like a man, and a kind aunt came to persuade Xiao Ran to take a concubine so that he could take care of the two of them.

Qionghua agreed to the aunt who came to persuade her, and at night by candlelight, Qionghua smiled and said to Xiao Ran, Mr., Qionghua can't take care of you in this body now, and if you want you to take care of me instead, Qionghua feels uneasy at all.The big flower in the village is fourteen this year. His family said that he does not seek wealth, but only seeks a caring man, a husband...

Qionghua smiled meekly, but Xiao Ran saw her trembling eyelashes.

He hugged her and swore to her that Xiao Ran would never marry again in this life, and that Xiao Ran's wife was only you, Qionghua.

Qionghua likes the sun in winter, it is so warm.Xiao Ran also likes Qionghua basking in the sun, she seems to be full of vitality and she can't see her sickness.

Every winter, Xiao Ran would move the bamboo deck chair out and put it in the yard, let Qionghua lie on it, and put a thick coat on her knees to prevent her from catching cold.

If Qionghua could hold on, she would still mend Xiao Ran's clothes.Xiao Ran's clothes are always easy to be torn, and when the children go crazy, it doesn't matter whether it's serious or not.Every time Qionghua mended clothes, she would smile. Once Xiao Ran felt sorry for Qionghua, and said, let it go, I can do it myself, don't be tired.

Qionghua shook her head, unwilling to let go of the half-stitched clothes.

That's what they like about you, my husband. I really like to see them frolicking around you, treating you like a family member.

Xianggong, if they are all our children, how great would it be?