The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

Most of the fish in the lake were river carp, with a few crucian carp and bream. Zhao Chuanxin tried his best to pick the big ones to catch.

There is air inside the blue ghost armor to isolate the cold temperature, but over time, you will still feel cold.

In addition, because Zhao Chuanxin had to work and had little clothing, he couldn't bear it anymore.

Persisting in catching enough fish, he finally spotted two Aohua flowers living at the bottom of the lake.

The famous Three Flowers and One Island outside the customs.

The three flowers are the aohua fish, the bream flower fish, and the crucian carp fish, and Yidao refers to the island fish.

Among these fish, some are big and some are small, some are good and some are bad.

Among them, Zhao Chuanxian preferred Aohua.

In fact, it is the mandarin fish from Guanwai.

In cold water, mandarin fish grow slowly, but the meat is more delicious.

The snot-nosed kids outside were so happy that they had a frozen fish each, and they were as happy as if they were celebrating the New Year in advance.

Then there was a "boom" from the lake water, and Zhao Chuanxin rushed out.

Isn’t that what Neptune likes to do? Today he also relied on the blue ghost armor for a while.

After landing, no water will stick to your body.

Defu was not as cheerful as the other children. Instead, he approached Zhao Chuanxin, who was ashore, and whispered mischievously: "Uncle, I want to learn magic from you! I also want to avoid getting wet."

The other snot-nosed kids were stupid, and they were overjoyed when they caught the fish.

Of course, the essence of Defu, who has seven exquisite orifices, can be seen at a glance. It is better to fish with people than to fish with them.

After learning the magic, can you catch as many fish as you want?

Zhao Chuanxin was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "You can't do it, you are all fake spiritual roots, and I, Uncle Qi, am a rare spiritual root genius who is rare in ten thousand years! Moreover, I took the Foundation Building Pill, Spirit Gathering Pill and Tonic Pill the day after tomorrow. With the heavenly elixir, my body was strengthened. I also experienced great and great calamities, and withstood the bombardment of ninety-nine and eighty-one thunderbolts. Not only did it not shatter my physical body, it actually gave me the power of thunder and lightning!"

I am Cao!

Defu was dumbfounded.

You may want to say nonsense, but Zhao Chuanxin opened his mouth and spoke without tying his tongue.

Telford had never heard any of these words.

But just listening to it sounds amazing, unparalleled in the world. Spiritual roots, spiritual elixirs, and thunder, are these things he can listen to without spending money?

Defu said blankly: "Uncle, can you tell me about the fairy world?"

I don't know when, Zhao Hongzhi also came up: "Yes, tell me too, I am also imbued with immortality."

Zhao Chuanxin pointed at Zhao Hongzhi: "When I met you and your father, I've already got the 'immortal energy', why do you want to get it again?"

Zhao Hongzhi sniffed and didn't understand.

No longer paying attention to them, Zhao Chuanxin roared: "Take the fish and get them out of the way now. I will continue to cut the ice. There are big fish below, bigger than the boat. Whoever falls in will be safe." It will definitely be swallowed by a big fish."

What do children know?

When they heard that there was a fish bigger than the boat, everyone was shocked and retreated in panic.

Humph, I can’t cure you?

Zhao Chuanxin chiseled out a pile of ice, tied it with ropes, and dragged it up to the lake shore piece by piece.

This is when the benefits of being strong become apparent.

Those snot-nosed babies grouped together in groups of seven or eight, with red faces and thick necks, were not as fast as Zhao Chuanxin alone.

He strode forward, turned around and mocked: "Look at you, you look like a group of cocoons, chrysalis, chrysalis!"

All of them are wearing loose cotton-padded jackets and their bodies are round, don’t they look like cocoons?

One snot-nosed kid was dissatisfied: "You are an adult. When I grow up to your age, I will definitely be stronger than you!"

"Bullshit!" Zhao Chuanxin said disdainfully: "When I was your age, I already had the power to throw elephants!"

Pure bragging without blinking an eye!

"What is the power of throwing an elephant?"

"The power of throwing an elephant is to throw the elephant away!"

Xin said that although pigs and elephants are not the same ancestor, they both have long trunks. In this way, wild boars are almost equal to elephants.

"Uncle Chuanxin, what is an elephant? Is it as big as a dog?"

"An elephant weighs almost as much as five hundred dogs, what do you think?"

"Wow……"

A group of snot-nosed kids exclaimed.

Damn, education has a long way to go.

The "Lugang Town Journal" should be allowed to publish a book popularizing the world's animals to prevent these children from sitting in a well and watching the sky.

It's just that we don't have the conditions to build a zoo now. After all, the food is not enough for people to eat, otherwise it would be a surprise for them.

When these ice blocks are transported ashore, it will naturally not be possible to haul them in one trip.

Zhao Chuanxin put the fallen baby on the sledge and drove the carriage towards the small square.

When they arrived at the small square, Zhao Chuanxin said to the drowned snotty baby, "I'll take you home first."

"Uncle, I'm not going home, I want to play here."

Zhao Chuanxin saw that he was not feeling any physical discomfort and was still very energetic, so he said, "Then you go home wearing this down jacket and come back with another set of clothes. We have to make many trips."

"That's okay."

After going back and forth many times, the sledge is actually more labor-saving for horses than the two-wheeled carriage.

The wooden base can bear all the gravity, and the horse only needs to bear the pulling force.

Just then, a horse and a dog came running from a distance.

It’s dry rice and rice mountains.

It turns out that Zhao Chuanxin asked Dayasu to let Mishan out for a walk every day.

As long as there is dry rice, Mishan can't run far.

Today, Ganfan brought Mishan to Zhao Chuanxin.

When Mi Shan saw the horse-drawn sledge, he came over excitedly and bowed to Zhao Chuanxin.

"What's going on? I can't bear to let you pull the sledge, but you still ask for work? Then you can do it."

Seeing that it was eager to try, Zhao Chuanxin simply let go of the previous horse and lassoed Mi Shan.

Mishan pulled the sledge as lightly as nothing, and ran forward happily, kicking and tapping.

After a few more trips, all the ice was brought back.

This year's project volume is relatively large.

Therefore, you can't just do it by yourself, these snotty babies also need to exercise their hands-on skills.

"Defu, divide these saws. You can direct them to cut according to the specifications of this piece of ice. Don't be afraid of damaging the cut. Just go ahead and do it!"

As he spoke, he took the elf carving knife, and the blade widened imperceptibly to the naked eye, and pushed it across the ice.

After going back and forth several times, one side of the ice cube will become neat and smooth.

Make a sample and give it to Telford.

What he has to do is delicate work.

The hexagonal mage Zhao Chuanxin can kill enemies when mounted, engage in art when dismounted, and can cut ice with a group of little ones in winter.

Some people who were walking in the small square saw him, laughing and pointing at him from a distance, muttering something unknown.

Zhao Chuanxin ignored it completely and concentrated on carving.

Those people came closer to take a look.

"Hey, what is this carving? That long nose!"

"This is an elephant! Captain Zhao's sculpture is so vigorous, this is what a real elephant looks like."

"Captain Zhao still has such ability?"

"You must be ignorant. Captain Zhao takes these little kids to make ice sculptures every year."

Carving animals is actually very simple, carving flowers is more laborious.

After Zhao Chuanxin carved out the elephant, he dug in from the elephant's back to find a space for the lamp.

Continue to carve monkeys, rhinos, antelopes, crocodiles, dolphins...

This year, there will be a special animal show to let the snotty baby learn about the world.

Li Anyang and Jiang Mingxin also came.

"Uncle."

"Dad, I'm coming!"

Zhao Chuanxin stood up, straightened his back, beat his back and said, "It was already dark, so you two came here. Do you see how much fun we had?"

Jiang Mingxin pursed her lips and said, "You don't call me when you come out to play!"

Zhao Chuanxin tightened her down jacket and scarf: "The little girl can't stay outside all the time. She will get a stomachache if she gets cold."

Li Anyang stood aside with a sullen face. Seeing Zhao Chuanxin treating Jiang Mingxin affectionately, his face was expressionless but there was some envy in his eyes.

This little emotion cannot escape Zhao Chuanxin's discernment.

He asked in surprise: "Anyang, what's on your hair? Shocking, you have an elephant growing on your head!"

Li Anyang was so frightened by his panic expression that he reached out to touch his hair.

Zhao Chuanxin said: "Don't move, let me do it!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand.

Pretending to pull twice, he put his palm in front of Li Anyang: "Look, just what I said, there is an elephant in your hair!"

This is an elephant god carved with antlers.

It has four arms. The lower left hand is holding a bun; the upper left hand is holding a tobacco pipe; the lower right hand is raised, making a "really love you" gesture; the upper right hand is holding a broom.

She looks cute, but her gestures and the things in her hands are very funny.

Especially those things are made of different materials. The bun is carved from a small piece of gold, the tobacco pouch is made of wood and silver, and the broom is made of a small piece of red coral.

This is a small gadget he carved in his spare time when he was staying in Japan.

Li Anyang was very surprised. How could he have this thing on his head?

Zhao Chuanxin frowned: "Here, give it back to you quickly."

Li Anyang roughly understood that this was something Zhao Chuanxin gave her.

"Thank you, uncle."

It was the first time in his life to receive such a precious and fun gadget, and Li Anyang was pleasantly surprised.

When Jiang Mingxin saw it, her little mouth pursed.

As a child, you have a strong sense of comparison.

When Zhao Chuanxin saw it, his expression changed drastically. He pointed behind Jiang Mingxin and said, "Where did that toad come from? It wants to bite you."

Jiang Mingxin turned around in shock, only Ganfan sat on the ground and looked at her innocently.

"..."

When she turned around, she saw Zhao Chuanxin holding a small golden toad pendant in his hand and holding a rope in his mouth. The rope was covered with auspicious clouds and was carved from pine stone. The beads are southern red, the small ingots are gold, and the tail pendant is a silver lotus pod inlaid with agate.

This time, the two little girls were settled, and everyone was happy.

Zhao Chuanxin said with a serious face: "All my treasures are given to you two. When you marry a rich family in the future, you will return your capital to me with interest."

Jiang Mingxin raised her little face and said, "Sir, I will spend it on you when I earn money in the future!"

Li Anyang said with a sullen face: "Uncle, I will help you kill the Japanese devils!"

These words shocked Zhao Chuanxin.

At such a young age, how could he be as murderous as Gao Li?

"You'd better study hard. Uncle asked you, the elephant god has four hands. If you add two more hands, how many hands will it have in total?"

And Li Anyang bit his lip again: "Eight!"

"..." Zhao Chuanxin said angrily: "Come on, tell me who your math teacher is. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and uncle must find him to settle the accounts."

"..."

Although the carving has not yet been completed, in order to highlight the atmosphere of the upcoming New Year, Zhao Chuanxin went to Liu Baobao's department store tonight to buy candles and lit them in the ice lantern.

This group of snot-nosed babies immediately got on top of them, and their parents couldn't pull them back even if they raised their ears.

Many people also came to see the ice lanterns. In an era when there was little entertainment, everything was strange.

Zhao Chuanxin was very tired, so he took Jiang Mingxin and Li Anyang to a restaurant to drink sheep soup cakes, and then sent Li Anyang home.

Gao Li is the most low-key among the core members of the insurance team.

He has no property of his own, and his house is not big, with only two rooms and one living room.

The room that was originally used as a study room was transformed by him and served as Li Anyang's bedroom.

Every month, I live paycheck to paycheck. The bonus is the reward for performing meritorious service on a mission.

Although it is quite a lot, compared with Shuangxi who runs a teahouse and restaurant, Zhang Daquan who runs a barber chain store, Er Fatzi who works in a grain store, Liu Guogui who works in a department store, and Zhao Zhongyi who works in a clothing factory, the salary in Goryeo is simply not enough.

But he was accustomed to living frugally and spending very little.

Maybe with the addition of Li Anyang, buying her clothes and food would be a big expense.

"You go inside first, and I'll have a few words with your uncle."

"oh."

Seeing this, Jiang Mingxin followed Li Anyang in with a "swish".

Gao Li said with a smile: "This girl is taciturn, which saves her worries."

Zhao Chuanxin lit the cigarette, took a puff and asked, "How are you going to get a wife with this oil bottle? You can't give her to my family to keep."

"Oh, why don't you take the oil bottle with you?"

Our eldest brother, please don’t laugh at your second brother, okay?

"How can I drag the oil bottle? You don't understand. I look ordinary, but in fact I have amazing ability to eat soft food. Let alone one or two, I can lead a football team to drag the oil bottle. Get a wife.”

Seeing his seriousness, Gao Li didn't want to talk for a moment.

Looking outside, he said: "It's getting late and Ming Xin is sleepy. Take her home quickly."

Damn it, you will fall out when you say it, you are a dog!

Zhao Chuanxin shouted: "Ming Xin, go home, you are so stupid."

Jiang Mingxin ran out again quickly.

Children are like this, they will get bored after three to five minutes.

Gao Li waited for Zhao Chuanxin to leave and got water to wash her daughter's feet.

When the little girl fell asleep after a tiring day, he saw a delicately carved gadget on the bedside table.

The posture is weird, and the style looks very Zhao Chuanxin.

I saw all kinds of precious materials including gold, silver, coral, etc. The worst thing was the tobacco pipe stem, which was made of small-leaf red sandalwood.

Gao Li smiled and shook her head, placed the elephant god on the table again, closed the door and went out.

"Passing down the salary, children are really rare."

…

Miao Cuihua saw Zhao Chuanxin coming back carrying Jiang Mingxin on his back.

He said, "I'm not young anymore. Don't spoil her anymore and let her go on her own!"

Jiang Mingxin was already asleep, so Zhao Chuanxin didn't reply for fear of waking her up, so he just bared his teeth in amusement when he heard the words.

Zhao Chuanxin sent her back to her room and closed the door.

After coming out, he found Miao Cuihua still standing outside.

"What are you doing?"

"What are you not doing?"

Miao Cuihua's face was innocent. She was wearing loose pajamas, and the hem of her pajamas made the top of her body dangle.

The material of those pajamas is a bit thin!

"What are you doing here waiting for the wind? Sister Hua, listen to my brother's advice!"

Miao Cuihua was stunned: "What are you trying to persuade?"

"Listen to my brother's advice - staying up late will really cause spots! Okay, go to sleep."

"whispering sound……"

Miao Cuihua's inner core has been upgraded, and her methods are no longer blatant teasing.

The more subtle it is, the better and more exciting it will be.

It took three days for Zhao Chuanxin and Sniffy Baby to complete the ice sculpture in the small square.

There are also igloos and ice slides.

For each stack of ice bricks, Zhao Chuanxin would level them with an elf carving knife and pour water into the gaps between the ice bricks to make them adhere firmly.

He cut grooves on both sides of the slide and on the roof of the igloo, where candles could sit.

At night, he put some wax on the ice sculptures regardless of the cost. The ice cubes refracted the candlelight and made them colorful.

Not only has it become a playground for children, but at night, people in Lugang Town are also willing to put on thick cotton-padded jackets to visit the ice scene.

…

Near the end of the year, Naoko Yuka and Shinoda Haruse said goodbye.

Shinoda Haruse has a wife in Japan, and he even originally planned to take his wife over to live with him after the Tongyao Police Station was set up.

However, Naoko Yuka appears.

"Yuxiang, have you...ever considered changing your job?"

The best cover identity is nine true and one false.

Naoko Yuka bluntly said that she collects intelligence for Japan, surveys the terrain, and carries a camera wherever she goes. Taking pictures is her main task.

Need to travel all over Asia.

After a brief understanding of the investigation, Shinoda Haruse was convinced of this.

It turns out that Naoko Yuka is a spy, but there is no way to find out!

After Naoko Yuka heard this, she was slightly startled: "Shinoda-kun, why is this?"

During this period, Naoko Yuka defined the relationship between the two as male and female besties, just like Zhao Chuanxin taught.

Sure enough, Shinoda Haruse always wants to sublimate pure friendship, intentionally or unintentionally.

Seeing Naoko Yuka who clearly has a gorgeous appearance but a cheerful personality, Shinoda Haruse really wants to confess her love, but she is always worried, fearing that Naoko Yuka will reject her.

Because Naoko Yuka knew that he had a family, if he refused, he was afraid that even a pure friendship between the two would be difficult to maintain.

Naoko Yuka is elegant in conversation, advanced in aesthetics, and extremely beautiful. However, she has no airs in her personality and is considerate. She doesn't mind listening to him complain about work matters.

He is simply the perfect match for Shinoda Haruse.

Seeing that he was hesitant to speak, he finally seemed to back down.

Naoko Yuka immediately thought of Zhao Chuanxin's other plan: indecisiveness.

She smiled slightly and stepped forward to smooth Shinoda Haruse's cotton coat. Although her movements were intimate, they were not ambiguous.

Her tone changed from bright to gentle: "Shinoda-kun, you have to take good care of yourself, Yuxiang will remember you."

Shinoda Jisaku, who was originally shrinking, heard this and immediately felt an impulse in his heart: "Yuka, please come again next year. Our Empire of Japan has sufficient intelligence personnel, and I think you deserve a better position."

"Shinoda-kun, this..."

"Yuxiang, remember, you must come, this is very important!"

"Actually, I have been very happy during this period. Shinoda-kun is a very good friend. From you, I have experienced the thoughtfulness and care that men nowadays do not have. Thank you, Shinoda-kun. When I go back, I will Seriously consider it.”

With that said, he bowed deeply to Shinoda Haruse.

Then, with a smile on his face, he picked up his suitcase and got on the train.

Compliments, men cannot refuse compliments from women. Especially the praise for his heart and behavior made Shinoda Haruse mistakenly believe that this friendship can definitely be sublimated.

Shinoda Haruse looked at her back infatuatedly and did not move for a long time until she got on the train, and the train whistled and made a rumble of wheels and rails.

Snow began to fall in the sky in response to the occasion, and the scattered snowflakes were mixed with a touch of sadness and longing from Haru Shinoda.

He really can't forget this woman!

However, Naoko Yuka did not go to any superior to report her work, nor did she return to Japan where she had no friends.

She got off the train halfway and took another train to Lugang Town.

The first mission was a complete success, which made Naoko Yuka particularly excited.

Like many men and women who have clearly seen the true nature of love, Naoko Yuka now finds it difficult to have feelings for someone.

Every move of Shinoda Harice was in her expectation, just like Zhao Jun expected, it can be said that he was manipulated in the palm of his hand.

This kind of thing will give people an indescribable achievement, which is the pleasure of manipulating people's hearts.

Along the way, this excitement never disappeared.

In this way, we arrived at Lugang Town.

It was getting dark now, and she saw the colorful ice lanterns in the small square, the bustling people, and the group of snot-nosed kids who couldn't get enough of playing.

This place really seemed like a paradise, which always made her feel relaxed and happy.