As spring goes and autumn comes, the scenery on Luogu Mountain changes again and again. Four years in the mountains seem to be a long time, and it seems like a blink of an eye.

There are not only a few families living in the valley now.

In the past four years, those who fled one after another to the foot of the mountain were brought back to the mountain by Qu Zhong.

After coming and going, there are now two hundred people living on the mountain.

The valley has also been fully planted.

A small house was built not far from the backyard of the Qu family.

This is the school where the children in the valley study.

This humble school now has two teachers.

Qu Xiuyan, who taught the elementary class, and Qu Zhong, who taught the Five Classics, plus the children of later generations.

Now there are nearly forty children in this school.

"School is over, you are not allowed to leave the cave."

Putting away the book in his hand, Qu Zhong exhaled, and inserted the ruler into the belt behind him.

"Master, go slowly."

The children got up and watched Qu Zhong walk out of the room before they scattered.

"Let's go, today we're going to explore the western hillside." Among them, Qu Xiuqi was obviously the leader of the group.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, after thinking for a while, he decided where he was going to go this afternoon.

"oh oh..."

The surrounding children booed and surrounded Qu Xiuqi, and a large group of people walked out of the door.

Qu Xiusui, who was sitting in the first row, shook his head speechlessly: "Stupid"

Dad just said that he can't run far, but this idiot brother didn't seem to hear.

It is spring now, the most aggressive season for wild animals, and meeting a roe deer is enough for these people.

"I'm sure I can't escape from the palm of my father."

Counting secretly in his heart, Qu Xiusui pushed Qu Xiuming who was still writing beside him: "How long did you say."

"Ten times..."

Without raising his head, Qu Xiuming buried his head and silently wrote what Professor Qu Zhong said today.

"Qu Xiuqi... come here."

Outside the house, Qu Zhongdi's voice sounded, mixed with the voices of other children who rushed away.

The two looked at each other, and lowered their heads at the same time dumbfounded.

They still overestimated Qu Xiuqi, and he was caught before the count started.

Outside the courtyard of the Qu family.

Qu Zhong also looked at his silly son quite speechlessly.

I have been typing this for several years, but my memory still hasn't improved at all: "Have you finished memorizing the book?"

"It's over."

"Then I told you not to leave the cave, where are you going?"

The ruler on the belt has never left his body these years, and for the convenience of carrying, Qu Zhong cut it in half.

It is now conveniently pinned behind you at any time.

While asking, Qu Zhong gently pulled out the ruler and patted it on his hand.

"Father, I was wrong..."

15-year-old Qu Xiuqi is now standing up to Qu Zhong's ears, and looks like an adult.

But when facing Qu Zhong, he was still subconsciously afraid, admitting his mistake faster than anyone else.

"Since you have nowhere to vent your energy, go plant rice seedlings with grandma now."

Qu Zhong said, pointing at the people bending over to plant rice seedlings by the side of the valley.

"I, I,..."

After thinking for a long time, I couldn't find an excuse.

Qu Xiuqi had no choice but to move over there dejectedly.

People who have been restless in the past few years have found a piece of land in the valley, and started a life of sunrise and sunset.

The same goes for old man Qu and old Liu.

I found a small piece of land near the spring to plant some fine grains.

"Hey."

Seeing that the person had come to the old man Qu, Qu Zhong turned and entered the yard again.

This silly son doesn't say anything else, but he is obedient.

A strange fragrance came from the yard, causing Qu Zhong to turn around and walk around to the kitchen in the backyard.

In the kitchen, Qu Xiuhe was concentrating on carving something on the chopping board.

And the steaming food in the pot is the source of this strange aroma.

"What are you doing?" Qu Zhong asked, standing at the kitchen door with his hands behind his back.

"Father, I have improved the braised pork you taught, come and try it."

Wiping the sweat from his brow with the cloth towel around his neck, Qu Xiuhe smirked and lifted the lid of the pot.

After walking a few steps forward, Qu Zhong immediately saw the things on the chopping board.

It was a small radish, but it was carved into the shape of a bird.

"Who taught you this.."

He was definitely not capable of teaching it. Qu Zhong looked at the bird in amazement, as if he had discovered a new continent.

"It was taught by the master."

The kitchen was filled with heat, and with just such a movement, the sweat on Qu Xiuhe's face came out again.

"Second Uncle, this is the cold noodle I made, do you want to try it too?"

Suddenly, another voice appeared from under the stove, which startled Qu Zhong.

Taking a closer look, it turned out to be Luo Yongming who was squatting in front of the stove and lighting the fire.

"Yongming, you are always here."

"I've been, just peeling garlic."

Holding a large bowl of mashed garlic in his hand, Luo Yongming smiled, showing his white teeth.

These two kids...

Seeing Qu Xiuhe hospitablely holding up his chopsticks, Qu Zhong could only smile helplessly, and put a piece of braised pork into his mouth.

"It tastes really good."

Even Qu Zhong, who was picky, couldn't help feeling that the braised pork was soft, sweet and glutinous, with an excellent taste.

"Then what about my cold noodles, Second Uncle, try it quickly."

Seeing that Qu Xiuhe was praised, Luo Yongming handed over a big basin not to be outdone.

"Your food is sweet and sour, and it tastes better than the land sold in the town."

After chewing twice, Qu Zhong praised him.

These two children are indeed very talented, but they are not talented in reading but in cooking.

Among the old people Luo Zheng and he rescued from the town back then was an imperial chef who had returned home.

Mr. Zhong has a weird temper. When he came to the valley, he didn't like to talk, and he didn't even eat much.

Apparently, he became desperate after being abandoned by his family.

Only Qu Zhong took the chessboard he made to play chess with him and told him stories.

And in order to listen to books, Qu Xiuhe and Luo Yongming also came to chat with the old man every day.

After a long time, Mr. Zhong saw that the two children were interested in eating.

Finally able to lift up his spirits, Qu Zhong'er unexpectedly held a teacher apprentice banquet and accepted two people as disciples.

In the past few years, Qu Zhong has been like an errand boy.

If Mr. Zhong wants any ingredients, write a list and give it to Qu Zhong to find a way to get it.

Qu Zhong is suffering...

But he didn't dare to say it out at all, because Mr. Zhong finally wanted to live, and he couldn't tear down the table.

The second is to see that the two children really want to learn this craft.

So no matter how difficult it is, as long as Qu Zhong gets the list, he will use the ones in the space to deal with it.

If there is nothing in the space, he can only go down the mountain at the risk of danger.

Simply because he has good skills, he can come and go freely in these places.

Last time, in order to buy handy knives for the children, I even ventured to the county town.

For this matter, Mr. Zhong is now clamoring to adopt Qu Zhong as his adopted son, with the idea of ​​summoning him every day.

However, after going to the county town several times, Qu Zhong also gradually discovered that the situation in the city obviously began to improve.

The magistrate's yamen in the county town has already started working. The last time he went to the county town, Qu Zhong saw some yamen servants patrolling.

"That's great, I'll take it to the master to taste." With a swish, he withdrew the chopsticks from Qu Zhong's hand, and Qu Xiuhe took the bowl and ran away.

Luo Yongming followed, not to be outdone, and the two laughed happily.

Seriously hurt Qu Zhong's heart...

I pay for all the materials you cook.

I also bought your knife for cutting vegetables.

I even bought the obscene pants you wear.

Shaking his fist at the two people who ran away, Qu Zhong stepped out of the kitchen indignantly.

He now wants to take care of the elderly at the top and raise the children at the bottom.

The money earned from selling bread in the past few years has long been spent. After all, it is a troubled time now, and if there are people who can open the door to do business, the price of this thing has also doubled many times.

"Thank you for the heroine of the first book."

Putting his hands together, Qu Zhong bowed to the sky.

Thanks to the gold in the space, he exchanged a lot of silver, and now the expenses are all paid from the silver.

Counting with his fingers again, Qu Zhong realized that this battle should be over soon.

"Finally it's almost over..."

With his hands behind his back, he looked around the yard where he had lived for four years.

The yard is full of vegetables, and the eyes are full of green vegetable seedlings.

The backyard, which was built at the beginning, is now fed with a few pigs, and now they are also grunting and eating the wild vegetables dug from the mountain.

Next to them is the old cow who followed them up the mountain, but now it has become an old cow.

The air is full of all kinds of smells mixed together, and to be honest, it doesn't smell that good.

But Qu Zhong just felt very satisfied, this kind of life was built up by them bit by bit.

"It's almost over..."

"Uncle Zhong..."

Turning around the vegetable garden, Qu Zhong saw Mr. Zhong sitting on the rocking chair and nodding at him: "I said this battle should be over soon."

"Oh? How can you see it?"

The rocking chair swayed, and Mr. Zhong comfortably held the small purple sand pot and drank tea from the spout.

Seeing these things, Qu Zhong remembered how he broke his leg just to buy this purple clay pot.

In order to buy this purple clay teapot, Qu Zhong even went to the county town, and almost walked all over the city.

In the end, I asked a lot of people and found a big family. Although the owner escaped, there was still a housekeeper left behind.

The housekeeper found out and sold the owner's purple clay pot to Qu Zhong at a high price.

In order to coax the old man, Qu Zhong bought a cigarette holder made of gold at a high price.

This made the old man Qu very happy, now he carries his golden pipe everywhere, but he is reluctant to smoke, and he has almost quit smoking in the past few years.

"I went to the county a few days ago and found that this yamen has started patrolling the streets."

Seeing Mr. Zhong put down the teapot, Qu Zhong immediately poured boiling water into it from the small clay stove next to him.

"Then I guess the court won."

Putting his hands into his cuffs, Mr. Zhong replied lazily.

"Didn't the children go looking for you? Why didn't I see anyone?"

Recalling the excitement of the two children just now, Qu Zhong asked hastily.

Could it be that these two people went outside with their bowls to find someone...

Then there is still left after this end?

He glanced suspiciously at the gate of the courtyard twice, as expected.

Two little fat men with drooping eyebrows were walking in, their faces full of expressions of whether they were going to cry or not.

"These two idiots..."

Mr. Zhong couldn't help laughing, and even shook his gray beard a few times.

really stupid....

Looking at the two gloatingly, Qu Zhong also smiled in agreement.

The dozens of children outside here are all bottomless pits, especially that stupid son Qu Xiuqi.

As long as he speaks, it's not bad if he can leave a bowl for the two of them.

"Master, I was robbed."

The two people holding the empty bowl wept and turned the bowl over to Mr. Zhong to see, with remorse on their faces.

"Then make some more. Anyway, your father has money and buys a lot of meat."

Looking lightly at Qu Zhong, Mr. Zhong asked, "Qu Zhong, do you think so?"

"Yes, yes, you two just go ahead and do it, isn't it just meat, and if you buy it again, it's just..."

With a heroic wave at the two of them, Qu Zhongda felt like a nouveau riche.

After the two ran away happily, they lowered their eyebrows and begged Mr. Zhong for mercy: "Uncle Zhong, please let me go."

Every time he said that, Qu Zhong knew that Mr. Zhong was going to buy something weird again.

"Qu Zhong, by the way, why are you so kind to me, an old man?"

This is also what Mr. Zhong couldn't figure out.

Qu Zhong can be regarded as responsive to his needs, which is not far behind his own father.

"It's just that you and I are very close, and it's good for the children."

With a smirk, he picked his cheek, and Qu Zhong stretched out his hand to help him pull up the blanket.

The children must be part of the reason.

But he can't tell the old man that he looks very similar to his grandfather in his original world.

Moreover, people are emotional animals, and after getting along for a long time, they will have real feelings.

"For you kid has eyes..."

After saying the last sentence, Mr. Zhong closed his eyes and stopped talking to Qu Zhong.

"Then you rest, I'm going back to my room."

Thinking about his next plan, Qu Zhong shrank his chilly body and walked back to his room.

When he turned around, he didn't see Mr. Zhong's eyes suddenly opened.

There was a trace of scrutiny in the eyes, but more of them were full of smiles.

***

May sixteenth.

Qu Zhong went to the town and brought back good news.

The four-year battle between the court and King Anbei finally came to an end. King Anbei's 20 troops were wiped out except those who surrendered.

The Kaiwen Dynasty finally took back all the counties.

Along with the posting of the notice of victory, there is also an announcement that the imperial court will reopen Enke.

All men who have reached the age of eight can participate in the child birth test held by the court.

Those who have achieved fame can also take other corresponding examinations.

Excitedly running all the way back to the mountain, Qu Zhong didn't even take a breath.

He didn't forget that his purpose in coming to this world was to be an old man.

Now's your chance....

"Why are you so happy?"

Old man Qu, who was sitting at the gate of the courtyard and chatting happily with other old men, asked.

"Father, the court has won, we can go back to the village..."

Qu Zhong happily told everyone about the obituary he read in the town, which attracted a lot of cheers.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

It only took a moment for the news to spread to every family in the valley.

Many old people even cried with snot and tears.

Although the life in the valley is very good, it is still not as good as the old house where I lived for decades.

"Father, take it easy."

Qu Ren hurried to help the old man who stood up suddenly, for fear that he would fall again if he didn't pay attention.

"It's okay, it's okay, let's go back to the house."

Patting the back of Qu Ren's hand reassuringly, old man Qu was about to step into the gate in a hurry.

In the past few years, his legs and feet have been bad, and he has never been down the mountain once.

He didn't know what the situation at the bottom of the mountain was like. Now that he heard that he could go home, he subconsciously jumped out of the old courtyard.

That night, the Qu family packed the entire main room.

Everyone discussed when to go down the mountain.

Qu Xiuyan is already [-] years old this year. For this age, let alone taking the imperial examination, even getting married is too late.

So this year's Enke Composer must not be missed.

And there are also 17-year-old Qu Chun and 15-year-old Qu Xia, both of whom are old enough to say goodbye.

"Bring some personal items first, and don't take some."

This is Qu Zhong's opinion. Anyway, now that the mountain road is familiar, there will be plenty of time to move slowly in the future.

"No, take them all away."

Old Liu's eyes turned sideways, and he twisted Qu Zhong's arm to rotate 180 degrees.

"Move, move, move."

After only persisting for a blink of an eye, Qu Zhong compromised.

In fact, his arms were not made of iron, so he couldn't stand Old Liu's iron sand palm.

full of laughter..

"Father, shall we go back to the town?"

Among the laughing crowd, only Qu Xiuming shook Qu Ren's arm worriedly.

"This..."

For a moment, even Qu Ren was a little embarrassed. He didn't live at home more than ten years ago.

What's more, they are father and son now, there is no place for them to live in the Qu family's yard.

"You're being silly, where do you live at home..."

Old Liu gave the hesitant Qu Ren a blank look, and then added: "Let your second uncle go back and build our yard bigger."

Qu Zhong: ......

Qu Zhong, who has been wronged, can only nod in agreement: "At that time, we will repair our house."

"Oh, oh. I just knew that Uncle Er would be fine."

Cheering and holding Qu Zhong's arm, Qu Xiuming wished he could jump up and kiss Qu Zhong's cheek right now.

Qu Zhong: ..I'm really too kind.

"Okay, then go back to the house and pack up the things you want to take away first."

Old man Qu waved his hand with a smile all over his face: "Second brother, you stay here first."

"Dad, what's the matter?"

I don't know why old man Qu kept himself, Qu Zhong asked.

"Then what about Brother Zhong?"

They have been together for more than four years, and both of them are called brothers and brothers.

As soon as he thought of going down the mountain, old man Qu immediately thought of the lonely old man Zhong.

"correct."

With a sudden slap on his thigh, Qu Zhong remembered this.

How could he forget Mr. Zhong.

"I'll ask."

After clapping his hands, Qu Zhong turned around and went to Mr. Zhong's room.

No wonder the old man hasn't shown up since the afternoon, maybe he's hiding somewhere to feel sad.

"Uncle Zhong."

After lightly knocking on the door a few times, Qu Zhong waited for the people inside to respond.

Mr. Zhong has strict rules, you must knock on the door first when entering, if someone is not welcome one day, you will not be able to clean your ears that day.

Over time, everyone would knock on the door first when entering his house.

The room was pitch black, and Qu Zhong felt that the old man must be sad in the room.

"come in."

There was finally light in the dark room, and there was the sound of chairs being dragged.

crunch--

Pushing open the wooden door, Qu Zhong was taken aback by the figure sitting under the oil lamp inside, his nose sore.

This feeling of loneliness from the inside out rushed straight into his eyes.

"I'm going down the mountain tomorrow, you pack up the things you need to bring tomorrow."

Subconsciously lowering his voice, Qu Zhong raised his lips and smiled.

"I won't go down, I'm a lonely old man, I have no home."

With only a slight lift of his silent eyebrows, he returned to calm again. Mr. Zhong sighed, just stared at the table and didn't speak.

"Who says you have no family? Aren't you my adoptive father? I'll support you."

Qu Zhong, who was originally unwilling to recognize Mr. Zhong, immediately answered the conversation anxiously.

He didn't want to leave too many entanglements in the world of missions, so that he would be more sad when he left.

But seeing old man Zhong's sad look now, Qu Zhong thinks it's better to keep it.

Although he can travel to different worlds, he is just an ordinary person after all.

"I knew you had to say that a long time ago, and everything is packed."

After stroking his gray beard, Mr. Zhong raised his eyebrows proudly, and held up the oil lamp behind him for him to see.

Qu Zhong: ...

He was even faster than them, and he didn't see the bundles piled up behind him when he entered the door.

unwise.....

"You go out first, I'm going to bed, and I'm on my way tomorrow morning."

As if the excitement wasn't enough, Mr. Zhong waved his hand at Qu Zhong in disgust.

Qu Zhong, who was speechless again, saw clearly that the old man was wearing outer clothes.

The lover has already fallen asleep...

"Got it, I'm going out first."

Feeling being slapped hard, Qu Zhong closed the door dejectedly.

In this family, he can subdue others, but Mr. Zhong crushes him in terms of IQ.

The old Liu also crushed him by force.

Hey...

With a long sigh, Qu Zhong looked at the sky speechlessly.

***

This time down the mountain, there was another long line of people.

Compared with the apprehension of going up the mountain, the smile on the big guy's face has not been broken this time when going down the mountain.

It wasn't until entering the village that the smile suddenly stopped.

"who are you..."

The door panel that was removed by Qu Zhong had been replaced with a new one, and an old woman sitting at the door picking vegetables yelled at them.

The Qu family who rushed home excitedly were dumbfounded.

"This is my home, who are you?"

The old woman hurriedly got up and brought down the little Maza who was sitting.

"Your house, are you joking, this is the old house of my Qu family, you say it's your house?"

Old Liu exploded, and immediately pushed the old woman through the door.

The old woman was about to cry, but Xu and Zhu pushed her to the door with one arm crossed.

"My God, someone is robbing."

Just lying down, the old woman kicked her legs on the muddy floor and cried loudly.

"who are you?"

As soon as he entered the gate of the courtyard, a few men with hoes rushed out, probably four or five.

Old Liu didn't hesitate at all, pointed at a few people's noses and scolded them away.

"You robbers...you who kill a thousand swords..."

Rude words spewed out of Old Liu's mouth as if he didn't want money.

Qu Zhong quickly walked a few steps, walked behind old Mrs. Liu, and looked at the few people with unfriendly eyes.

"This house belongs to us, you should leave quickly, or don't blame us for being rude"

One of them, a middle-aged man in a short jacket, showed his muscles and stared at them viciously.

"I'll give you half an hour to leave my house, or don't blame me for being rude."

Returning the words to the people on the opposite side, Qu Zhong pulled the corners of his lips, and pulled out the ruler around his waist with a half-smile.

"Old man, come in quickly, someone is robbing our house."

Old Liu was worried that his son would suffer, so he shouted loudly to everyone who was still outside the yard.

hula--

As soon as the sound fell, a large group of people poured into the yard, filling half of the Qu family's yard.

As the children grow up, there are now more than a dozen men in the Qu family who can be in charge, and it is a bit scary to line up like this.

"I'm going to tell Village Chief Liu...you..."

Obviously also frightened, one of the older men stuttered a little.

"Village Chief Liu..."

Qu Zhong sneered, and almost in the blink of an eye, the ruler was thrown on the face of the young man who was about to strike.

Village Chief Liu..

The former village head of Qujia Village, the village head Liu who has always been at odds with the Qu family.

"Okay Liu Wu."

Upon hearing this, old Liu became angry, and was about to go out with his sleeves rolled up.

To let outsiders live in their house, Liu Wu is obviously playing a crooked idea.

Qu Zhong, who just stopped, nodded towards Qu Xiuyan and Qu Xiuwen, watching them catch up with the old Liu.

Then he turned around and kicked another person who rushed forward.

"Brother, go and see your mother too, don't let her be bullied."

Without looking back, Qu Zhong continued to give instructions, and Qu Zhong grabbed one of them by the bun and threw it to Qu Hou.

"The other kids stand back."

After twisting his neck twice, Qu Zhong raised his leg.

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