Jincheng flower hour

Liu Hong's pig was not slaughtered at the beginning of the year, and it is now an old pig.

Now that he has decided to go to Jinguan City with Erlang, the animals of the Liu family should be slaughtered.

Before dawn, Liu Hong went to Wu's store to find someone to buy a pig. He helped him tie up the old pig, put it on a cart, and gave the pig a ride.

The big pig hummed all the way, arching the beam of the cart with its nose. It seemed to know that this journey would never return. more firmly.

The butcher slaughtered the pig and handed Liu Hong the money. Liu Hong took it, and then handed over a piece of pork belly and a pork leg—the part that Liu Hong wanted to keep for himself.

Putting the pork on the horse and pocketing the money, Liu Hong rode back to Zhuli.

Throughout the year, the Liu family seldom ate pork a few times, which was regarded as a reward before leaving Zhuli.

Accompanied by the spring breeze all the way back, and the horseshoes were rushing, Liu Hong felt at ease.

Back at the farmer, Liu Hong brought the pork and money to Mother Liu, and before taking a breath, he went to the utility room to get a hoe and a bamboo basket.He is going to dig bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest.

"Hiro, where are you going?"

Zhuang Yang heard Liu Hong's voice and came down from the second floor.

"Digging bamboo shoots."

"I happen to be going too."

Zhuang Yang and Liu Hong left together and walked towards Zhushan.

Mother Liu came out with a knife and board, and seeing their companions, Mother Liu went to fetch water and clean the pork. When the dog came back from digging bamboo shoots, she happened to make a stewed pork soup with bamboo shoots.

Liu Hong was looking for bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest, Zhuang Yang was looking for bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest, Liu Hong was looking for tender shoots, and Zhuang Yang was looking for a big tapir.

When he found new shoots, Liu Hong dug them with a hoe, and when he picked three, he gave up.Although Zhushan has an inexhaustible supply of bamboo shoots, he never wastes them.

Zhuang Yang peeled off the shells of the bamboo shoots, patted the sand on the bamboo shoots, and put them into the basket.

The two were about to go home when they heard the tapir's voice behind them. Turning around, a big tapir walked towards them, it was bamboo shoots.

Liu Hong carried a basket containing bamboo shoots and walked in front. Zhuang Yang walked side by side with him. Behind them was a big tapir. Behind them was a lush bamboo forest, and in front of them was a winding mountain road.Although this picture is a bit weird, it is quite harmonious.

When the two returned, Mother Liu had already cut the pork belly and blanched the pig's trotters.Hearing noises from outside, Mother Liu poked her head out of the kitchen and saw a big tapir swaying past, shaking its round buttocks, while Zhuang Jia Erlang and her son were by the well, Liu Hong was carrying water, Zhuang Yang was washing bamboo shoots, The two looked at each other and laughed, and Liu's mother was not surprised when she saw it, and went back to busy in the kitchen.

Liu's mother is very good at cooking, and the smell of the stewed pork fills the courtyard, making the omelet barking excitedly outside the kitchen.

At dusk, the three of them had dinner together. Liu Hong personally served a bowl of broth to Zhuang Yang, and he watched Zhuang Yang eat it gracefully.Even just watching Zhuang Yang eat is a kind of enjoyment.

"Don't stare at it all the time, go and eat your bowl quickly." Mother Liu instructed Liu Hong, Liu Hong was obedient, picked up the broth in front of him, and ate and drank.Seeing his obedient appearance, Zhuang Yang smiled slightly. "Erlang, there's still broth, I'll make another bowl for you." Mother Liu treated Zhuang Yang with much gentler words. "Mother Liu, I'm full, it's delicious, thank you." Zhuang Yang put the chopsticks neatly on the bowl and got up to salute.

After Zhuang Yang left, Liu's mother, who never gossiped, said to Liu Hong: "Erlang is a kind-hearted man, with outstanding appearance, and a good family background, but I don't know what kind of woman is worthy of him."

Zhuang Yang has reached the age of marriage this year.

Liu Hong bit his chopsticks and said nothing.

After dinner, Liu Hong went to the yard to look for Zhuang Yang, but he didn't see him, but saw bamboo shoots dangling in the yard.Liu Hong walked over to touch its head, and asked it, "Where is Erlang?" The bamboo shoot man immediately hugged Liu Hong's waist, wanting to play with Liu Hong. , pulled the bear paw of the bamboo shoot away, and trained it: "Don't arrest people again, last time I caught Erlang's clothes, I haven't settled with you yet." Bamboo shoots hummed. "That's good, go play over there." Liu Hong patted the head of the bamboo shoot, turned and left.

Zhuang Yang was not in the courtyard, and there was no sign of him under the pool or under the camellias. Liu Hong went upstairs, thinking that he was in the dormitory.

Since living in Zhuang's house, Liu Hong would go to Zhuang Yang's room from time to time. Zhuang Yang's room was as familiar as his own bedroom.

Walking to the door of Zhuang Yang's bedroom, he saw Zhuang Yang writing in front of the case.Liu Hong tiptoed into the bedroom and sat beside Zhuang Yang, who watched quietly.

Liu Hong has a rough understanding of characters, but Zhuang Yang can read and write, which is always very profound to Liu Hong, and he cannot understand.Even so, Liu Hong still likes to watch Zhuang Yang write. Zhuang Yang, who is upright with his pen, is dignified and beautiful, which fascinates him.

After Zhuang Yang finished writing, he put down the brush and looked up to realize that Liu Hong was beside him.He didn't want to be startled, he looked at Liu Hong and asked him, "When are you coming?"

Liu Hong stuck to Zhuang Yang's back, held Zhuang Yang's hand and said, "Just come."

Mother Liu never went up to the second floor, and her range of activities was very small.In Zhuang Yang's room, Liu Hong could hug Zhuang Yang, but between the two of them, it was just hugging.

"Erlang, what are you writing?"

Liu Hong wanted to understand it very much. His living conditions did not allow him to spend time reading books like Zhuang Ping did. He could barely read, but he couldn't understand the meaning of poems and prose.

"A poem."

"What did you say?"

"Ah Hong, it's very long, 'The worry in the heart is like a bandit washing clothes. Quietly speak and think about it, and you can't fly.'"

Zhuang Yang chanted two lines, his voice was beautiful, even if he didn't know the meaning of the lines, Liu Hong still thought they were extremely beautiful.

"The heart is worried, like a bandit washing clothes, calm..."

Liu Hong studied and followed Yong Song.

"Speak quietly and think about it, but don't fly hard."

Zhuang Yang taught, and Liu Hong studied.Liu Hong put his arms around Zhuang Yang's waist and leaned his chin on Zhuang Yang's shoulder. He was not thinking about poetry, he was thinking about it.He inhaled the fragrance of Zhuang Yang's body, and a fire was burning in his chest.

Turning his head slightly to look at Zhuang Yang, the charming eyebrows, the straight but delicate nose, the elegantly contoured chin, the soft lips, and the part under the neck covered by the collar... Dominated by evil thoughts, his lips touched Zhuang Yang's ear, and the warm and moist touch conveyed, Zhuang Yang closed his eyes and endured it.Only then did Liu Hong go one step further, touching Zhuang Yang's lips with a gentle movement, and after a little taste, Zhuang Yang opened his eyes, facing Liu Hong's face and affectionate eyes that were close at hand.Zhuang Yang turned his face away and pushed Liu Hong away. He said in a barely audible voice, "This will never happen again."

Zhuang Yang stood up, straightened his sleeves, walked out of the dormitory, and stood outside to let the night wind take away the heat from his ears and cheeks.

Like a child who has made a mistake, Liu Hong knelt on the mat, motionless.He likes Erlang, he knows that this liking is wrong, but he just likes him.

In Dongcun, Fengxiang, a Xuan car, which is extremely rare in such a rural area, appeared at the head of the village.Behind the car, there are many servants, and their attire is also a bit special.As soon as Xuan Che entered the village, some villagers rushed to call Li Zheng. Feng Township has been restless recently, and they were afraid that something serious would alarm the county officials.

Lizheng led the villagers to meet him, greeted him warmly, and asked this senior official what he wanted to do in Dong Village.

"Is the surname here Dong?"

Liang Yu opened the curtain and asked the villagers, and the villagers said yes in unison.

"I came here to find someone, do you know where Dong Yan is?"

As soon as the official's words fell, the villagers talked about it. It seemed that no one knew about it. They probably thought that they were looking for a man named Dong Yan. The woman's name was not taken seriously, and few people knew about it.During the discussion, Rhubarb's wife Ayun whispered to her husband, "Isn't he looking for Ayan?" Rhubarb said, "What is he, a high-ranking official, looking for?"

"Is there a Liu Hong here?"

Liang Yu traveled all the way to this impoverished village. He didn't know the way, so he asked all the way, and experienced many twists and turns. Now that he arrived at Dong Village, he was eager to find it, and for a while he forgot the skills of asking.

The villagers still looked at each other in blank dismay, until a young man said, "Is it Liu Quanzi? He seems to have named himself Liu Hong again."

"It's a dog."

"I'm looking for Liu Quanzi."

The villagers whispered to each other, and there was an uproar.

"It's not a changed name, it's Liu Hong."

Liang Yu deeply felt that he couldn't find out what was going on with these villagers, but he should have found the right place.

"Old man, 16 years ago, there was a woman named Dong Yan who married a cavalry chief named Liu and gave birth to a boy."

Only then did Liang Yu ask Lizheng for the detailed information.

Hearing this, Lizheng was so excited that his voice trembled, and he replied, "Yes, yes."

At this time, the villagers started to yell, some said I knew it, some said that his uncle's house was just ahead, and some said that the dog had moved to live in Zhuli now.

"Then where is he?"

"We'll take you there. He moved to Zhuli two years ago, not far from here."

The young and strong are willing to serve and are full of enthusiasm.They didn't ask what they were looking for Liu Quanzi for, and they didn't care whether it was good or bad.

"Does Shi Jun want to invite Liu Hong to be an official? Or is it the father of his cavalry chief who sent someone to look for him?"

Li Zheng struggled to keep up with the carriage and talked with Liang Yu.

"I really want to invite him to be an official, old man, you have encountered a great miracle today!"

Liang Yu found it inconceivable, 16 years of isolation, the world has changed several times, he didn't want to find it all at once when he arrived in Fengxiang.

Liang Yu didn't know that Liu Hong was well-known in Fengxiang, even in Linqiong.

A mighty group of people, as many as 50 to 50 people, followed a carriage to Zhuli.Soon, the team of more than [-] people became more than a hundred people, densely packed, and surrounded the farmer's yard tightly.

Liu Hong happened to be away, so he went to Luwei Lake to catch fish.

Seeing such a scene, Zhuang Yang was not stage frightened, he came out to meet Liang Yu, and calmly asked why he came here.

Liang Yu originally thought Feng Township was full of rustic poor peasants, but when he suddenly saw such a gentle and handsome man in brocade clothes, he was very happy and asked with a smile, "Is Liu Hong here? I have a big happy event to tell him." .”

Hearing these words, Zhuang Yang was shocked. He looked at Liang Yu's official uniforms, which were obviously different from those of Shu officials.

"Your envoy is from Sizhou?"

Zhuang Yang bowed and asked.

"Exactly. I was entrusted by my lord to come here to ask you and mistress to go back."

Zhuang Yang's face looked a little pale, he took a deep breath to calm his emotions, his voice trembled: "Dare to ask the name of the envoy?" Liang Yu shook his sleeves, and said quite proudly: "Grand Sima Liu Gong."

The conversation between the two caused the crowd to be in an uproar, discussing intensely.

"I am so grateful that you have come from afar, may I ask you if you have any tokens?"

A calm female voice came out, and Mother Liu appeared in the courtyard.She was in the weaving room just now, when she heard the commotion outside, she had already heard the conversation between Zhuang Yang and the envoy.

"This is Mother Liu." Zhuang Yang introduced.

"There is a token, which is a wooden grate."

Liang Yu saluted Mother Liu with great respect. He took out a wooden box from his bosom, opened it, and handed over a painted comb.

Mother Liu took it, trembling all over, crying like rain.

At this time, some people had already gone to Luwei Lake to call Liu Hong, and there were quite a few people who went, they were people from the night watch team.Liu Hong was collecting fishing nets by the lake, and when he saw a large group of people coming to look for him, he was quite puzzled, then he heard Dachun shouting loudly from the bank: "Liu Hong, what kind of fish are you catching? A happy event has fallen from the sky!"