Chapter 305 Li Hanlin returned to his hometown, and Xu Fengnian met a blue bird by chance
Xu Xiao nodded, “The lychees left the branches, I heard people say that they change their color in one day, two days, and lose their fragrance in three days. After four or five days, they lose their color in four or five days, and they are even more disgusting after half a month. They are not as good as watermelons that cost a few cents a pound of Beiliang. Lizhi, this name is good and ironed, and only scholars can think of it. 』
A rare guest visited the small village of Pure Land Mountain with willows planted everywhere. The man in white, who was the master, stood at the door of the village. When he saw the hunchbacked old man walking down from the carriage, he showed a rare knowing smile from the master of the village. He quickly walked forward and respectfully called him “Enterprise Father.”
The old man nodded, looked around for a while, and said with a smile: “I only realized that there is such a beautiful place on the border of Beiliang.”
If the old man’s eldest son was present, he would definitely refute the nonsense of saying that the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and there is not even half a stream. It’s not a good thing. In the eyes of outsiders, such a tepid adopted father and son really cannot connect them with the names of King of Beiliang and the villain. The people who are older in the city always mistakenly think that once these two princes of Hell gather together, they will always eat large pieces of human flesh and drink blood and yell to kill tens of thousands of people tomorrow. But at this time, Xu Xiao just asked some questions about whether the supply of meat and fruits and vegetables in the village is troublesome and how to escape the summer heat. Chen Zhibao also smiled and answered one by one. This is the first time Xu Xiao has set foot in Xiaozhuangzi. The servants in the village have lived a short-lived and stable life under the protection of Chen Zhibao. There are few people who are keen on Xu Xiao’s identity. Fortunately, Xu Xiao is not the kind of person who likes to grasp his identity and does not care about the clumsiness of the people under Zhuangzi. If it were the first snobbish figure of Li Gongde, the first snobbish master of the Liangdao in New Taipei, he would definitely want to cut out the eyes of those servants to feed the dogs. Chen Zhibao was calm and did not even deliberately say the previous sentence, from entering the village to sitting in a willow shade, he never revealed Xu Xiao’s identity from beginning to end.
There are no high walls outside the Zhuangzi, and under the willows, the father and son can see the boundless yellow sand at a glance. A well-behaved maid brought a basin of iced lychees, and the ice cubes were knocked down by small hammers from the ice cellar. Litchi, a rare fruit that is said to only grow in the miasma in the southern border, is sent to Zhuangzi every once in a while, but Chen Zhibao rarely tastes it and is distributed to the servants. Invisibly, the girls in the Zhuangzi are very tricky and have a proud eye and conversation. Occasionally, they go out to Zhuangzi to play, go to spring or enjoy the lanterns. Not to mention the jaspers in nearby prefectures and counties, even the ladies of the rich will feel ashamed of themselves when they encounter these maids who should be inferior. The old servant, who had to worry about the trivial matters of Zhuangzi, had mentioned it to the general, but the master with a good personality would just laugh it off again and again, and it would be left alone. The old manager chats with young young men or daughters in the village in private, and always reminds us that our general is extremely strict in governing the army. You have good luck. If you go to the Beiliang military, you will have peeled off a few layers of skin. Never seen a general’s angry servant, especially a girlThey always laughed and said that they were willing to be beaten to death by the general. While the old manager who retreated from the Northern Liang army was helpless, he was also relieved and happy. After teaching a few words of sternness, he turned around and smiled brightly, thinking that it was a great blessing for us servants.
Xu Xiao picked up a lychee with the alias “Lizhi”, peeled it, put it in his mouth, and asked the delicate maid who didn’t want to leave immediately, “Little daughter, how old is it?”
The maid was originally peeking at the general in Kejin’er, but was shocked by the old uncle’s question. There were few guests in Zhuangzi, and she couldn’t understand the identity of the old man. She couldn’t guess whether he was the current general in the Northern Liang army or the official master in the prefectures and counties. She just felt that she was kind and friendly. Besides, no matter how big the official hat was, she would not dare to come to Zhuangzi under the general’s name. She was not afraid at all. She hurriedly smiled, “When uncle said, it’s the New Year, it’s the sixteenth.”
Xu Xiao swallowed the lychees whole, and did not vomit cores. He laughed loudly, “Where is there any lover? If there is, let you General Chen be a matchmaker.”
The little girl with a melon-shaped face and beautiful embryo was thin-skinned. She deliberately applied light rouge powder and blushed and said shyly, “No.”
Chen Zhibao was obviously in a very good mood and joked for the first time: “Green Qi, I will match you one day.”
The little maid whose whole heart was hanging on the general didn’t know how to hide her emotions and thought that the general was going to drive her out of the village. Her eyes suddenly became moist, and she didn’t dare to show it in front of the guests, but she was just a delicious look that she was about to cry. Xu Xiao felt that his little daughter was lively and vivid, and laughed loudly, while Chen Zhibao shook his head and smiled. The maid named Luqi was overwhelmed by the two laughing, but she was no longer embarrassed. She stretched her eyebrows and smiled again. After Xu Xiao smiled, he seemed to be interested in taking the exam. He picked up another full lychee and asked, “Green Lacquer Girl, do you know what this is?”
A 28-year-old woman standing tall and graceful under the willow tree, who is suitable for the willow tree, and replied with a smile, “Lychee.”
Xu Xiao nodded, “The lychee of Lizhi, I heard people change color in one day, fade fragrance and lose taste for three days, and lose taste after four or five days. After four or five days, it is even more disgusting. It is not as good as a watermelon that costs a few cents a pound of Beiliang. Lizhi, this name is better, and it is indeed only a scholar who can think of it.”
The maid who was afraid that the customers would underestimate the things in the village quickly retorted, “Uncle, our lychee is very fresh!”
Chen Zhibao ignored the words and waved his hand. The little maid did not dare to act rashly and stepped back obediently, but she still felt a little childish indignation on her cheeks.
Chen Zhibao waited for her to stay away, and then said slowly: “The southern post road built by his adoptive father back then, except for the transportation of royal trees such as red sandalwood and yellow, as well as lychees and delicacies of mountains and seas, they were still unobstructed, and the rest were not worth mentioning. If Zhang Julu had not personally supervised the peace, the beacon tower would have been almost abandoned.”
> Xu Xiao glanced at the ice plate, like fresh lychees that had just picked out the branches, and smiled, “Being prepared for danger in times of peace is as difficult as being content and always being happy.”
Chen Zhibao suddenly said, “Enjoyed father, this year’s New Year’s Eve, why don’t you come to this small village with His Royal Highness to have a New Year’s Eve dinner, I personally cook some specialties.”
Xu Xiao said slackenedly: “After all, I want Weixiong to eat your dish.”
Chen Zhibao smiled helplessly.
It takes an hour and a half to set the sunset in Beiliang to the south, but no matter how late it is, there will still be a time to set. The father and son looked at the setting sun. Xu Xiao felt affectionate and said softly, “It’s hard for you all these years.”
Chen Zhibao was about to speak when he heard Xu Xiao ask with a smile: “I have fought two consecutive games with the bronze master of the chess and sword Yuefu and the martial arts genius Hong Jingyan, how about it?”
Chen Zhibao smiled and said, “Although the outside world is so amazing, I have never fought with them, so I have no chance to use that plum wine.”
The famous general in white frowned and frowned and said, “The Hong Jingyan is a character. The battle with me is just a means to accumulate reputation. When he enters the army from the rivers and lakes, he is destined to be the enemy of Beiliang.”
Xu Xiao rubbed his hands and sighed, “Bei Mang is full of talents.”
Leading troops to fight wars is inevitable, but Chen Zhibao has never been reported to have any cliques in the political circle of Northern Liang. Whether it is Li Gongde, the official glutton who plucked his hair through the geese, or Yan Jiexi, the governor of the state who had a high reputation at first, and even many literati and scholars, Chen Zhibao ignored it. He left the army of Jinjiejie and iron horses to come to the quiet village, and they all thanked guests in the closed doors, let alone who went to make friends with him. It can be said that there is no flaw in the slaughter of his adopted son Chen Zhibao. In private, he is even more pure and silly, without desires and no desires. Such a person with a close personality makes people sincerely admire him and makes some people feel even more terrible.
Chen Zhibao looked at the sky and whispered, “Enjoyed Father, it’s cold.”
Xu Xiao nodded, stood up and shook his head and said, “I’m so old.”