Great Wei Nengchen

There are very strict rules in the Liang Mansion. When the head of the family is drinking alone, no one, including his wife, concubine and children, should be disturbed easily, but there is one exception. An old figure walked in from the courtyard door. The heavily armed guards did not stop him at all, because they all knew that this old man in his sixties was the number one confidant of Liang Wanwan and the chief steward of the Liang Mansion---Cui Laifu.

No one knows the real background of Butler Cui, but he grew up in the Liang family since he was a child, a few years older than Liang Wanwan, and has been running around for the Liang family's business all his life. It can be said that he is loyal. Half of the business was driven by Cui Laifu, so much so that Liang Wanwan called him brother in private, and those young masters and ladies who usually looked up to him would call him Cui Bo respectfully when they saw him!

Quickly came to Liang Wanwan, and shaved a letter, the opening of the letter had been opened, obviously he had read it beforehand, and he was probably the only one who dared to open the letter privately in such a large Liang residence.

Instead of answering the letter, he signaled Steward Cui to sit down first, and then poured a glass of wine for him. Liang Wanwan said, "What did Lao Jiu say in the letter? Did you agree to my conditions?"

"Returning to Master, Ninth Young Master refused to agree to your request for the method of making 'Wu Shou Liquor'." After a pause, Butler Cui continued: "Ninth Young Master also said that the recipe for 'Wu Shou Liquor' is from a man named Xiao Yi's young man gave it to him. Because of the reputation of a businessman, he cannot betray his partner, and because of the trust between friends, he will not betray his friend. If you want to punish the master, he will come back to accept the crime in the future. But without the approval of that friend, he would never hand over the secret recipe."

It turned out that when Steward Cui brought back Liang Xiaoyu's filial piety - dozens of jars of "no worries wine", Liang Wanwan didn't care at first. He was the largest wine merchant in Youzhou. He didn't drink it, but it was his son's filial piety, so he had a drink at random... Then, he immediately gave his son an order from the head of the house, and sent someone to Crouching Tiger Pavilion to ask for the secret recipe of wine making.That's how Liang Xiaoyu's reply came.

"Okay! Very good! This little fish has finally grown up!" Liang Wanwan, who thought he would be furious, turned from white to black, then from black to yellow, and finally turned red again, which was beyond Mr. Cui's expectation. Say this sentence.

"A businessman is based on honesty, and a man is based on loyalty! Xiaoyu did the right thing this time. It seems that I did the right thing when I sent him to the most difficult place to hone; but this "no worries" is a cornucopia." , Pointing to the wine jar on the table, Liang Wanwan continued: "It's completely overkill to put it in his place. Fangzi must be brought here. Can you see if there is any way?"

"Master, since the secret recipe belongs to the young man surnamed Xiao, then we have to make decisions on this person. It happens to be your 55th birthday next month. Then why not call all the young masters who are in charge of affairs in other places and give it to you. Congratulations, ask Xiaoyu to come back, and by the way, ask him to invite his friend surnamed Xiao, as long as he arrives in Ji County, the rest will be easy.

Thinking that Xiao Yi is several years younger than the Ninth Young Master, young people are not strong-willed, and when the time comes to throw down a lot of gold, silver, treasures and beautiful girls, are you afraid that you won't get the secret recipe in his hands?Moreover, I think this person is first-rate both in terms of his craft of brewing wine and his creativity in running a restaurant. Nowadays, Master Nine's 'Wuchouju' business is so booming, it all depends on this person's advice and advice. He is definitely a first-class business talent. Just now The "no worries" that the master said is a cornucopia, I'm afraid he is not talking about no worries wine, but Xiao Yi, right?

As long as he comes to Ji County, are you afraid that you won't be able to subdue a young man with your means?At that time, my Liang family will not only get the secret recipe but also get another help, so killing two birds with one stone is what you really think, sir, right? "

"Haha!..." Liang Wanwan let out a burst of hearty laughter: "There are more than a thousand people in the entire Liang family, and you are the only one who knows my heart best."He patted Director Cui's shoulder and continued: "Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. I also want to examine the ability and disposition of this young man surnamed Xiao. If he is really a good talent, then he will recruit him at all costs. Cultivate well, and he will be able to assist the future head of the Liang family in the future."

"Oh! The master wants to take this opportunity to inspect the abilities of the young masters and choose the future head of the Liang family?"

"Yes." He touched his temples, where a few white hairs had grown out at some point, and Liang Wanwan said with a little melancholy: "You and I are getting old, and it is difficult for the Liang family to be reborn in our hands." There is a greater development, and now it is an eventful and changing season. I sent all my sons out to practice and let them fight each other. I just wanted to use the method of raising Gu to select the strongest son and lead the Liang family to forge ahead. , now is the time to harvest."

"The master has a long-term vision, and this slave admires it. I'm going to write a letter and tell the young masters in various places that I will return to Ji County next month to celebrate the master's birthday!" After finishing speaking, Steward Cui got up and left.

Looking at the back of Steward Cui, who was also old, and looking at the reply letter in his hand, Liang Wanwan closed his eyes and pondered for a while, finally heaved a sigh of relief, smiled slightly, and threw the envelope into the burning charcoal fire At the same time, he pointed to the wine and meat on the table and said to the two beauties beside him: "Give me all these things, and cook another bowl of corn porridge for the master. Remember, the porridge must be thin..."

29. Chapter 29 Everything Grows

Spring is warm and flowers are blooming, everything grows, Xiao Yi's body also begins to develop, and now his height has reached seven feet, he has the body of a tiger, the arms of a monkey, the back of a wolf, the waist of a bee, and the strength of hundreds of catties with the swing of his arms.And according to the law of energy conservation, the performance of Xiao Yi's strong body is his infinite thirst for food. In fact, the young men in the Taoist temple are just at the age of youth. Coupled with the daily martial arts, they exercise a lot. In terms of appetite They are all edible, but Xiao Yi has to add the word "very edible" in front of "eatable" - very edible!

A meal of several liters of rice and several catties of meat is already commonplace for Xiao Yi. As the appetite grows, his strength will naturally also soar. The 3-stone strong wind and strong bow can now be easily pulled in Xiao Yi's hands In the shape of a full moon, the stone lock weighing hundreds of catties can be easily lifted with one hand. In terms of strength, even the strongest bull among the partners is no match for Xiao Yi. The only one who can compete with him is that 'Cabbage', a horse that also grows fast and has amazing powers, so that Xiao Yi's favorite game when he is bored now is to wrestle with 'Cabbage'; , that is to increase the amount of medicated bath every night by [-]%.

The puberty of the body has arrived, and the spring of love has also arrived. The first person to welcome the spring is the most simple and honest big cow. This is beyond everyone's expectations, but fate sometimes favors those simple people. , when Daniel went for a walk by the river alone, he saw the clothes washed away by the river, which made the little girl cry. For a poor family, every piece of clothing is precious. , especially in families with many children, it is often the older ones who wear them and leave them for younger brothers or sisters to wear.Da Niu, who was eager to help others, rode his horse into the river and helped pick up the clothes.

The result was that Daniel foolishly returned to the Taoist temple, causing everyone to think that he was sick or possessed by a goblin, and almost resorted to the way he had dealt with Xiao Yi at the beginning——boy pee.It is said that the most indispensable thing in Taoist temples now is boy urine, not only Xiao Yi and the other four young men, it is said that the old Taoist 'Chuchenzi' is also a boy's kung fu.

The condition of a big cow has the following characteristics:

First, he would often giggle, regardless of time or place, and suddenly burst out laughing in the middle of the night several times, scaring Ma Liu, who was sleeping in the same room, half to death.

Second, the number of times to go to the riverside has increased significantly every day, rain or shine, if you can’t see Daniel in the Taoist temple, it must be right to go to the riverside to find him.

Third, he started to pay attention to his appearance, he was so careless before, he wanted to change his clothes three times a day, and washed his feet more times a day than in the previous year combined.

In the end, Daniu was dissatisfied with his name, thinking that the name Daniu was too vulgar, and he was 18 years old this year, so it was time for him to choose his own name.

"Book of Rites · Qu Li" says: "Men have twenty crowns and characters", "women have fifteen crowns and characters". Generally speaking, a man will wear a crown at the age of 20, which marks that he has grown up and can Exercising the rights and obligations of an adult man, and most poor people often advance the crown ceremony by one or two years in order to let their sons grow up earlier.

The purpose of choosing characters is to make people respect him and be called by others.In Chinese etiquette, once a man has a character, he can no longer call his name casually, and if he has a name, he can no longer call his character directly.

For example, Zhuge Liang, word: Kongming, Taoist name: Wolong.Everyone generally respects him as Mr. Wolong, and only some relatives and friends call him Kongming directly, and the title of "Liang" is Zhuge's self-proclaimed title only when meeting elders or monarchs!

Xiao Yi was very enthusiastic about naming people, but everyone looked at the pony 'Cabbage' who was having fun in the yard, and unanimously rejected Xiao Yi's help, thinking that it would be more solemn to invite the old man 'Chu Chenzi' to help.This incident made Xiao Yi sad for several days, and since then, he has developed a habit. In the future, as long as the family of a soldier under his command "Great Wei Shenwei Tiance General" gives birth to a child, Xiao Yi will definitely be there to congratulate him. Giving a name to a child, almost no one in the entire Wei Dynasty dared to refuse the general's request, and would feel very honored, so various strange names appeared: "Potatoes, pineapples, peanuts, dragon fruit...".

The later "Three Kingdoms-Wei Shu" records: General Shenwei Tiance likes to name children for fun, and the name is so weird that people don't know what it means. What is the dragon fruit? ?

The coming-of-age crowning ceremony for a man is very solemn, a good day must be chosen, an auspicious day must be picked, and a group of relatives and friends must be invited to watch the ceremony, so the blacksmith couple, cobbler Zhang Ji, Liang Xiaoyu and others all came up the mountain.

On the day of the coronation ceremony, the old Taoist "Chuchenzi" first devoutly offered incense to the statue of Laojun and worshiped it. Then Daniel and Ma Liu took a bath and changed clothes, and then changed into grand Han family dresses. The hair is tied into a bun, and the crown hairpin is solemnly put on. From then on, the two can marry a wife and have children, and officially become a man.

After the crowning ceremony, the old Taoist gave words to the two respectively:

Daniel, named: Niuwei, word Zhenyuan.The old Taoist hopes that he will be able to conquer the distance in the future and show me the glory of a great man.

Ma Liu, named, Ma Ning, the word Zhiyuan.The old Taoist told him to avoid haste and impetuosity, be indifferent and show his ambitions, and be quiet and far-reaching.

After listening to the words given by the old Taoist, Xiao Yi began to seriously suspect that he is also from the time-traveling clan, and he must be from the Beiyang Navy...; as for Liang Xiaoyu, who was watching the ceremony, his eyes were full of envy, especially when he thought of his own words: "Little Fish', I can't wait to bang my head against a tree; it's a pity that the word is bestowed by parents and elders, once it is given, it will never be changed, so he can only be called a little fish for a lifetime.

As for Xiao Yi... or Xiao Yi, the old Taoist called him 'Wu Chouzi', and the others in the Taoist temple called him 'Senior Senior Brother' at first, but he always felt that this was the title of 'Brother Monkey' in Journey to the West, so he refused with all his strength Well, then he simply asked them to call him the boss, which is a more prestigious title.

As for outside, because Xiao Yi is young, wise, handsome, and has brought so many benefits to the people of Crouching Tiger Pavilion, everyone respects and kindly calls him Xiao Lang!Lang is an ancient name for a handsome young man, so this name began to spread slowly.

For Daniel's luck, Ma Liu congratulates, Zhang Yan doesn't care, Liang Xiaoyu has nothing but money in his eyes, and Xiao Yi is nakedly envious, there is no way, a bachelor for two lifetimes!Moreover, I am actually the oldest mentally among the four people. Adding my previous age, I am almost 30 years old, and I am in the 21st century, which advocates late marriage and late childbearing. I am old enough to be a husband and a father.

If you want to meet Aventure, you must not sit on the sidelines in the Taoist temple, and the young Taoist priest who has already been excited decided to take the initiative. Since you can find Aventure by the river; then...

Since then, Xiao Yi has acquired another hobby---fishing. In his words, fishing is also a skill to cultivate people's eyesight, patience, and agility. Now the cobbler Zhang Ji no longer teaches him how to shoot arrows. The practice is up to the individual, &039;whether he can become a Condor Archer depends entirely on his own good fortune.And fishing can also improve Xiao Yiyu's food in Xiaodao Temple.

Fishing rods, hooks, and fishing gear are all ready. These things are no problem for Xiao Yi, who is now rich and powerful. He moves a homemade ponytail and sits by the river. Blowing noodles is very leisurely, just wait for the fish to take the bait!

But it's strange to say that Xiao Yi's eyesight, wrist strength, endurance, and agility are all first-class, but he can't catch fish well. There are often people from small fishing villages by the river who come to fish, and basically they all return with a full load. Only Xiao Yi goes out early and late. Go back, go with an empty bucket, come back with an empty bucket, and never catch a single fish. Not only that, but all fishermen around him will be very miserable, and none of them can catch any fish. As time goes by, people will leave when they see him fishing. far away.In later generations, when Xiao Yi never caught fish, a literati wrote a poem to explain:

A few feet of silk fell into the water,

The golden hook is thrown away forever;

It's not that Xiao Lang lacks fragrant bait,

Fanyu dare not see the evil dragon!

Xiao Yi also felt a little embarrassed when he couldn't catch any fish, "It's okay, since you can't catch any fish, then go buy it, anyway, I'm a rich man now."Therefore, people near the Crouching Tiger Pavilion often see a strange thing. At sunset, there will always be a cute little Taoist priest with a dark complexion and two big dimples when he smiles, carrying a long fishing rod, carrying a With an empty wooden barrel, the thief ran to the market outside the town to buy fish.

Fortunately, people seem to like him very much. There are always old fishermen giving him fish, and even some beautiful girls in fishing villages will wait for him at the market with golden carps they have caught, all of them smiling happily... …

Handsome Xiao Lang, who doesn't love him!From then on, Xiaodao Temple finally drank fish soup...

30. Chapter 30 My name is Queen

The sun was shining brightly today, Xiao Yi, who didn't care about food and vegetables, nor wanted a big house facing the sea, carried his fishing rod and went fishing by the river with his pony 'Cabbage'.

Xiao Yi is very satisfied with his current pastoral life. He has always firmly believed that without ambition, there will be no troubles. The outside world is too dangerous, so let's enjoy our little life with peace of mind. Thinking of his pride, Xiao Yi began to hum the self-made Xiaoqu: "There are no dark clouds in the sky, why don't you see beautiful women..."

The Panlong River has plenty of water, and there are large areas of crabapple trees growing on both banks. In spring, the crabapple flowers are in full bloom, like a sea of ​​clouds and waves. The whiteness is like a fairyland on earth, which makes people obsessed. Inadvertently, the luck that Xiao Yi has been looking forward to has finally arrived. , but the one who came here didn't seem to be lucky...

While admiring the beautiful scenery, Xiao Yi with sharp eyes suddenly noticed that not far away there was a crabapple tree with intertwined roots that looked like a horned dragon. The dense branches had already extended to the river surface. On the white crown of the tree was a small red figure standing on the ground. Trying to climb up, I took a closer look and found that it was a little girl of seven or eight years old who was climbing a tree. It seemed that she wanted to pick the most beautiful crabapple flower on the top of the tree. Little!" Just when Xiao Yi wondered whose girl was so mischievous, he heard "Ah!...Plop!", that red shadow suddenly fell from the tree and fell directly into the river...

"Beautiful posture! The movement of entering the water is natural, and the splash is still small, 10 points!" After admiring the perfect live-action version of falling into the water, Xiao Yi finally came to his senses: "Ah!...No, someone fell into the water! Help me!" !

It's a pity, because of his bad fishing luck, all fishermen within a kilometer around Xiao Yi regarded it as a restricted area. With the fishing rod, Xiao Yi dashed towards the upstream of the place where the little girl fell into the water, and rescued people in the turbulent river. Never enter the water at the place where the person fell into the water, because the turbulent river will wash you and the person you want to rescue away more and more. The farther you are, the more you have to run upstream and use the power of the water to swim to the drowning person, so as to save the person.

In his previous life, Xiao Yi still had some liking for swimming, but it was only limited to a few splashes in the swimming pool in summer, and he was definitely not proficient.He quickly ran to the upstream position, took off his coat, jumped into the water, and tried his best to swim to the place where the little girl was up and down. He can also surpass him for a long distance while sleeping (the water is the home ground of the tortoise, okay! Xiao Yiyu), the slower he swims, the more anxious he is. I forgot my swimming posture...

At the critical moment when he was likely to become the first "martyr" of the time-traveling clan, (the rescue failed, he was drowned instead, I don't know if Xiao Yi will be named a martyr) a black shadow jumped into the river In the process, like a black bolt of lightning, he swam towards the little girl in waves. Xiao Yi took a closer look, and found that the hero who went into the water to save the beauty was the horse 'Cabbage' who followed him to fish by the river (you never I haven’t caught any fish, okay, the author said).