Jincheng flower hour

It was late at night in the mansion, and several lights in the courtyard were brightly lit. Zhuang Bing and Zhuang Yang stood at the gate of the courtyard to see the guests off respectfully.

Wu Tingchang was so drunk that he put his arms around Duan Guangzong and said: "Da Lang, you have to go to my house for a drink, and you will go tomorrow."

"Go, go, definitely go."

Duan Guangzong responded, lest he keep talking.

Fortunately, there are guests from the same village as Chief Wu Ting, who will help him drive the ox cart back.Wu Ting was so drunk that if he wanted to drive the cart by himself, he might even drive the ox cart into the ditch on the way.

"I'm leaving now. When I'm free, I'll go to Xigu Mountain to hunt wild game together. Recently, there are wild boars in the mountains, but they are good things. Take the grill with you, and you can also barbecue."

Duan Guangzong bid farewell to Zhuangjia brother. He is a good hunter, and Xigushan is in Laili.

Zhuang Bing knows how to hunt, and in previous years he and Duan Guangzong went to Xigu Mountain to hunt wild deer. This was just a game in the countryside.

"Okay, but I haven't gone hunting with you for a long time."

Zhuang Bing said with a smile that he had nothing to do during this period of time at home, and he would not go out with his uncle again until autumn.

"No need to send it, you have to remember to come here."

Duan Guangzong got on his horse and galloped away under the moonlight without talking nonsense.The sound of horseshoes rattled, rattled, faint, and then disappeared.

In the middle of the night, the dog lying down in the dormitory was awakened by the sound of carriages and horses. He stood in the cool breeze and looked at the guests of the farmer leaving from the opposite bank. Slowly in the dark.Only one person was seen riding a horse. It was a tall man, majestic, galloping under the night, the moonlight was bright, and the object on his back seemed to be a bow.

Who is this person?

Before dawn, Gouzi picked up the bamboo basket and headed for Luwei Lake.He often hangs around the Reed Lake, and Quanzi built a small hut by the lake. All his fishing tools are kept in the hut.

Fishing for the farmer, Quanzi was diligent and fearless of hard work, because this was what Erlang entrusted him to do, and he was paid a lot.

Riding a self-made whole wooden boat, cast a net to catch fish in the reed lake, and the dog's not tall body was bathed in the morning light.

Send a big fish to the yard of the dealer. Before the dog got close to the yard, he heard the sound of the piano.Following the source of the piano sound, Quanzi raised his head and looked at Zhuang Yang's bedroom on the second floor.

Quanzi doesn't know the rhythm, but he thinks the sound of the qin is very beautiful.

"Ah Hong, why are you in a daze here?"

When Ah He came out of the kitchen, he happened to see Gouzi looking up in a daze.

"fish."

Quanzi handed the two big fish in his hands to Ahe.

"You child, you can speak only one word."

As usual, Ah He counted the money and gave it to Quan Zi, Quan Zi picked up the money, stood there and listened to the sound of the piano for a while, and then planned to leave.

"Brother Hong."

"Brother Hong, my eldest brother is looking for you."

A Ping stood on the wooden corridor on the second floor, waving at Quanzi, and A Li was standing beside him.

Ah Ping didn't go to Zhang's house to study this day, but played chess with Ah Li at home.

Gouzi went upstairs, A Ping and A Li surrounded him, even the omelets wagged their tails at him.Ah Li said: "Brother Hong, Ah Ping has chess, do you want to play?" A Ping said: "Brother Hong, elder brother gave me chess, we will play later, elder brother is looking for you." "Yeah." Quanzi nodded, followed Behind A Ping, he came to Zhuang Bing's bedroom.

Quanzi stood at the door and did not go in.Quanzi saw Zhuang Bing sitting kneeling in front of the book case, on which there was a bamboo slip with densely packed characters, and beside the silk book was a handful of counting chips, probably he was trying to settle accounts.

"Brother, Brother Hong is here."

Zhuang Bing raised his head, and the dog standing at the door was neither humble nor overbearing, so he stepped forward to salute.

"Is there anything Dalang wants from me?"

"Ah Ping and the others said that you are good at archery, who did you learn from?"

"Master's name is Wang Ji. He is a hunter and lives in Fengxiang."

"I'm going to go hunting in Xigu Mountain tomorrow, are you willing to go with me?"

"willing."

The dog replied without thinking.

Zhuang Bing actually half-believes the descriptions of his younger siblings, but sees Gouzi speaking calmly, not like an ordinary child.

"Well, let's set off at dawn tomorrow. Can you ride a horse?"

"will not."

"It's okay, just bring your bow and arrow tomorrow."

Zhuang Bing's implication is that he is in charge of food, drink, and car.

"it is good."

Quanzi nodded and exited the room.

"Will you go hunting tomorrow?" On the wooden corridor, Quan Zi asked A Ping and A Li.

"Brother won't let us go." A Li shook his head, although he begged Zhuang Bing, but Zhuang Bing still didn't agree.

"I'm not allowed to go, I'm afraid my mother will worry." A Ping returned helplessly, he also wanted to hunt and go for a run.

"Is Erlang going?"

The sound of the piano in Zhuang Yang's room had stopped at this moment, and Quan Zi cast his gaze towards his room.

"Brother will go, I heard that Duan Youjiao and Wu Tingchang will also go, there are quite a few of them."

A Ping frowned slightly when he mentioned Wu Tingzhang. This man was so vicious that he was scary.

A Li said, "Brother Hong, there are wild boars and big deer over there, it's very dangerous."

A Ping warned: "Brother Hong, you have to be careful tomorrow."

"Okay." Gouzi nodded.

"Brother Hong, let's play chess together and help me defeat Aping."

A Li tugged at the dog's sleeve.

"What chess pieces do you play?"

Dogs have no toys since they were young, and they can't play.

"Brother Hong, it's this pawn, it's fun."

"A Ping, brother Hong may not be free, so don't talk about him."

"It's alright, let's take a look."

Quanzi saw other people playing chess in Wu's store, and he thought it was quite interesting.

There is too much farm work to do every day, and Quanzi didn't stay at the dealer for long. After Aping taught him how to play chess, he learned it, and after playing a game with Aping, he left.

I haven't seen Zhuang Lan much in the past two days. I heard from Aping and the others that Zhuang Lan has been with her sister-in-law recently, and her sister-in-law also helps her make clothes and tie her hair.Also a strange thing.

Also a beautiful sister, Zhuang Lan is very resistant to Zhang Xiang, and doesn't want to stay with her for a quarter of an hour.For the gentle sister-in-law, she likes it very much, and she feels very happy just by her side.

One day the dog came to the farmer's house, and Zhuang Lan and his sister-in-law Lin Qiang were at the house of the farmer's mother.Lin Qiang and Zhuang's mother were doing needlework together. The difference was that Zhuang's mother was wearing shoes, while Lin Qiang was embroidering a small ribbon and a pair of beautiful bells on the ribbon.Zhuang Lan lay on the couch and watched her sister-in-law embroider beside her. She held her chin up and raised her calves, feeling very comfortable.

"Sister-in-law, the thread is gone, let me thread the needle for you."

"Sister-in-law, can I embroider a fish? Embroider one here."

"Sister-in-law, you are so kind, the fish is so beautiful!"

"Alan, go outside and play, don't disturb your sister-in-law."

Even if it was his own, Zhuang's mother felt that the child was too noisy.

"No, I'm not arguing."

Zhuang Lan got up from the couch and stretched.

Quanzi stepped down to the second floor and was about to go home when he was called by Ahe.

"Ah Hong, don't go yet."

"Oh."

Gouzi stood in the courtyard obediently, watching Ahe enter the kitchen.

No way, Ah He came out, holding a wooden bowl in his hand, and there was soup in the bowl, he didn't know what it was.

"Erlang said he would give you a bowl of meat soup."

There was a lot of food left over for the banquet last night, not to mention that the host and guest had delicacies to use, even the servants of the dealer had a good meal.

"Take it away, so I don't have to go to the West Bank."

A-He pushed the bowl of meat soup into Quanzi's arms, and Quanzi took it.

"You don't know where the luck came from, let Erlang take care of you like this, this is meat soup, but it's a good thing!"

A'He shook his head, as servants, they still can't eat meat soup, but this Liu family boy is lucky.

"..."

Gouzi held the meat soup and said thank you.

Quanzi's impression of eating meat soup is far away, he had it once when he was young.At that time, he had been ill for several days, and my grandfather bought a very small piece of pork and asked my mother to make meat soup for him.It was delicious and still tastes great after all these years.

At night, Quanzi told his mother that he would go hunting with Zhuang Dalang and Erlang tomorrow, and Liu's mother told him to be careful.For Gouzi's outstanding archery skills, Liu's mother is more worried than happy.But since she was going up the mountain with the Zhuang brothers, she was more at ease.

"Mom, the money for selling fish today."

Quanzi took out several copper coins and handed them to Mother Liu.

"Keep it for yourself, and my mother will ask you to get it if needed."

From Mother Liu's point of view, Quanzi can stand alone, and she even thinks that when Quanzi becomes an adult, the family might be able to live a prosperous life.

Gouzi went back to his room, he put the copper money into a bamboo tube with a cover on it.

Recently, Gouzi occasionally went to Wu's shop to sell dried fish and saved a few copper coins.Liu's mother doesn't accept the dog's money and lets him save it himself.Gouzi cut off a bamboo tube and made it into a storage container for copper coins.

Then, he took a pair of bows and arrows from beside the bed, and went out of the house to practice bowing in the yard where the target was hung.The arrows flew out one by one, so fast that people couldn't see clearly, almost instantly, the arrows in the quiver were shot empty.Gouzi walked up to the target with a blank expression, pulled out the arrow, put it in the quiver, and continued to practice bowing.

Before dawn on the second day, Gouzi took his bow and arrows and went to the farmer's yard.The yard was brightly lit, and two carriages were waiting to set off.Zhuang Bing had already gotten into the car, talking to the driver.Seeing Quanzi approaching, Zhuang Yang beckoned to Quanzi, and said with a smile, "Ah Hong, get in the car."

It seems that it has been a long time, and I haven't said a word to Zhuang Yang, Quanzi nodded happily.

This hunt, in order to avoid delay, is without servants.Gouzi is young, so I'm afraid he can't keep up with the team, and he is not a servant of the dealer, so he doesn't have to serve behind the car.

Quanzi handed the bow and arrow to the carriage, and he turned over and boarded the carriage.

He sat beside Zhuang Yang happily, smelling the faint fragrance from Zhuang Yang's clothes.

Yi Sou flicked his whip, Gouzi seemed excited or nervous, and clenched his hands on his lap.

"First time in a car?"

"Ah."

"Don't worry, it'll be there soon."

The corners of Zhuang Yang's lips were raised, and the morning wind was blowing on his pretty face and a few strands of hair around his ears.Gouzi lowered his head and sat upright, not daring to look around.

The carriage was galloping, and Quanzi showed surprise expressions all the way. He had only been in a slow ox cart, and sitting in the carriage had a sense of pleasure of charging into battle.

"Erlang, where is West Drum Mountain?"

"In Lai."

Zhuang Yang looked at Gouzi's excited look, thinking that he had excellent shooting skills, but he didn't know who was better than Duan Guangzong, the wanderer of Laili.