The wind and snow suddenly stopped, and the full moon was like a disk. The entire city was shrouded in snow and moonlight, and the sky and earth were indistinguishable.
The moonlight shines on the snow, appearing brighter than before. From time to time, there is the sound of snow falling on the ground under the big sycamore trees. Chang'an Lane is quiet. Every household has closed the door and bed early because of the cold. From time to time, there is the sound of a man coughing.
The sound of a woman scolding a child could be heard, and the volume was too loud for the TV to adjust when changing channels.
Brother Zhang sat under the big sycamore tree and told Jin Mei about the seven hundred years of Chang'an Lane.
Seven hundred years is just a short moment to Our Lady of Yaochi, but to any ordinary person, this is a story that begins a long, long time ago.
"More than seven hundred years ago, after the Battle of Yashan, Chang'an Lane existed. At first, the Holy Lord of that generation saw that many people were suffering from hunger and cold on the way from the north to the south, so he began to give them porridge and food in this place.
This habit of eating rice started at the beginning of winter that year. From then on, everyone lived here, including ordinary people, demons and practitioners. Chang'an, Chang'an, is not only their attachment to their hometown of Chang'an, but also their long-term well-being.
Looking forward to it, generation after generation, until today. Chang'an Lane is still Chang'an Lane, and Chang'an Lane is always Chang'an Lane."
Brother Zhang was holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, and his eyes were fixed on my moon in the night sky: "Over the past seven hundred years, many people have come and left here. This phoenix tree was also planted here at that time. It is similar to Chang'an
Lane is the same age."
Following his voice, the leaves of the sycamore trees behind him rustled, as if in response to his introduction.
Jin Mei stood up and patted the big sycamore tree behind her: "So this place has always been like this?"
"More or less, although Chang'an Lane can be noisy, it is probably one of the few places where you can stay open at night." Brother Zhang gently folded a leg on his knee: "I also grew up here,
When it was hot in the summer when I was a child, the children in the alley would sleep under the big sycamore trees. Sometimes one person would share a bamboo bed, and sometimes two or three people would squeeze into one bamboo bed. During the Chinese New Year, one family would eat two bites and another family would eat two bites. The children here
That’s basically how they all came together. So everyone has a good relationship. But it’s very strange. Although boys and girls grow up together, there are very few successful matches in Chang’an Lane, almost none.”
"Maybe it's because we are too familiar." Jin Mei's tone was actually filled with envy. She had never experienced such a lifestyle. She had long been accustomed to dealing with others in a superior way over the long years.
, I have long forgotten the time when I ran around with people naked buttocks.
Brother Zhang took a sip of tea and continued to look up at the moon in the sky. Jin Mei didn't have anything to talk about, so she sat there quietly. Although she didn't speak, she put her arms on her knees and supported her chin.
He looked at Brother Zhang's side face.
The snowy sky was particularly clean, and meteors streaked across the sky briefly. The two people, who were not afraid of the cold, sat there and chatted until late at night.
Chang'an Lane is indeed a bit outdated in this era, because no matter how it is, it is just a microcosm of the rural system. In other words, Brother Zhang is the owner of Chang'an Lane, and anything he says here
, the effect exceeds the law. This is actually wrong, but everyone has a tacit agreement not to mention it, and silently continues to operate according to the rules from many years ago.
Brother Zhang knows that maybe one day Chang'an Alley will fall apart, because if he has no descendants, then this connection that has lasted for many years will suddenly break, and in the future this alley will change with the ever-changing world.
And gradually melted into the vast world.
But who cares, even stars have lifespans, right?
"The moonlight is so beautiful tonight." Jin Mei raised her head and looked at Brother Zhang's profile: "I haven't looked at the moon for a long, long time."
Brother Zhang hummed, then took out a hard-boiled egg from his pocket: "Would you like eggs?"
"Where did you take it out... No, why did you take out this thing? It ruins the atmosphere."
Brother Zhang lowered his head and looked at the eggs in his hand, and recalled briefly: "I cooked them for Nian Nian in the afternoon, but she refused to eat them, so I put them away."
"It's not good for children to be picky eaters." Jin Mei took the eggs and started to peel them: "Actually, I don't like eggs very much. They smell like chicken cake."
Brother Zhang said oh and stretched out his hand: "Then give it back to me."
"No!"
Eating eggs while admiring the moon and snow is probably one of the myriad customs in the world. Even when she returned to her room, Jin Mei laughed out loud thinking about the eggs just now.
Early the next morning, everything was as usual, except that the ticking sound of melting snow was a bit annoying. Brother Zhang got up early, cleaned the yard, and then started the day after day cycle again.
In the morning, Wu Genshui came to Brother Zhang with a few scripts and asked him what kind of roles he wanted to play. He said that these roles were basically tailor-made for him, but Brother Zhang finally declined.
He refused because he had a premonition that if he continued acting, he would become a first-tier actor. The days of a first-tier idol would not be so leisurely. Just look at Xiaoxiao and you will know that.
During this time, Xiaoxiao will still chat with Brother Zhang and share her current life. She said that she is really busy now, so busy that she may have to go back and forth between two or three sets every day, and sometimes she even has to work until two in the morning.
At three o'clock, the next day I had to start work again before seven o'clock in order to catch up on a scene.
Although the income was indeed more than she could have imagined before, Xiaoxiao could not help but start complaining about life.
Xiao Xiao's cheerful personality has become like this. Brother Zhang feels that if he really reaches that point, he may not be able to persist for a day. After all, persistence is difficult, and giving up halfway is too easy.
But to be honest, because of the momentum created by Wugen Water Company, Xiaoxiao’s popularity is really high now. She may not be the most beautiful, and she may not even be outstanding among female celebrities, but her eyebrows are curved when she smiles.
The familiarity brought by her curvy and small stature, and the vitality of a energetic girl suddenly made her become the hottest female star in recent times. You can even see her starring in a famous director's movie next May.
, this is like watching a pheasant turn into a phoenix, but her attitude is very low every time she goes on camera for interviews, which directly causes people across the country to have a very favorable impression of this quirky girl.
Of course, this is also the reason why Brother Zhang is now resisting making movies, because whether he is an Internet celebrity or a star, there are too many things he has to face after becoming a public figure. This is not what Brother Zhang wants.
He saw it, so it was enough to just play for once, and he didn't want to go any further.
Wugen Shui didn't get a positive reply, so he had nothing to be disappointed about. After all, the Holy Lord's hope was his goal. It wasn't a big deal if he didn't take pictures if he didn't want to. But when he saw Lei in the spirit state,
Long Shi seemed a little surprised.
"To be honest, when I first saw you, I was actually moved. Your soul is so perfect. If you can become a demon, you will be the best in the world."
This is what Wugenshui said to Thunder Dragon.
Thunder Dragon asked him to roll as far away as possible. However, Wugen Shui didn't pay much attention. He just studied Thunder Dragon back and forth and said: "Generally speaking, the remaining soul can be recovered within seven days. If there are no special circumstances,
, even if it is a huge injustice, it should be resolved, but your soul has been condensed for such a long time and can even be seen by ordinary people. This shows that your soul is strong, otherwise you simply don’t have a body.
Now, I want to become a spiritual practitioner. I happen to have a spiritual practice method, but my soul energy is far inferior to yours, so I can’t use it at all. Once you are freed from the shackles of the body, you will soon be able to get a glimpse of the great road."
"You are as far away from death as you can give me." Thunder Dragon said angrily: "Being a ghost cultivator is already disgusting, but also being a spiritual cultivator. Then won't I have to be a eunuch in this life?"
"That's not what you're saying... Eunuchs had this function before but didn't have it later. Spiritual cultivation doesn't have this function at all."
Thunder Dragon interrupted Wugenshui impatiently, and then told him to get lost again.
Brother Zhang didn't pay attention to them. He just sat behind the counter and played with a puzzle piece with his head lowered. Although he was usually a serious person, he was actually a person who was too weak to stop, whether it was playing cards or playing cards.
What, as long as he has it in his hands, he can play it all day long. This time he is playing with a piece of jigsaw puzzle, which is known as the epic difficulty of White Hell. It is a mini version with a thousand pieces. Ordinary people will basically go blind after playing for a while.
, but Brother Zhang has been playing all morning.
And just as they were quietly enjoying the most peaceful morning in Chang'an Lane, the Mr. Wei from yesterday came again. There were not many people around him today, and he only brought two or three entourage with him. He opened the door and looked at it carefully.
After learning about the decoration and furnishings in the room, he said to the entourage: "This place will be completely renovated by then. The current decoration is too old-fashioned and not upscale enough. Then it is best if you can tell me a story, so that you can
Let’s talk about the history here.”
He just spoke like this and came to Brother Zhang. After seeing Brother Zhang, he sat directly on the chair opposite without any politeness. He smiled and nodded to Brother Zhang: "We met yesterday.
.”
"Hmm." Brother Zhang raised his head and glanced at him, then asked, "I'm sorry, it's not open yet."
"It's okay, I rarely eat at roadside stalls." Mr. Wei said with a smile: "I'm here this time just to talk to you about the transfer of your store. The price is negotiable. I see your location and so on.
It’s all good, so I can relax the price a bit.”
Brother Zhang paused for a moment and then said: "This place cannot be bought or sold."
"OK, I know. But don't worry, my people have already started working on it. You can rest assured that the price I will give you is definitely something you will never earn in your lifetime." Wei
The gentleman said, patting his head: "By the way, my surname is Wei, Wei from Lu Buwei, Wei Shenhao. You can call me Mr. Wei."
Brother Zhang smiled and nodded: "Mr. Wei, let me tell you, not only can this place not be bought or sold, but it will also not be sold, so I can only apologize."
"Oh, little brother, think about it carefully, I really like this place of yours, just think of it as the beauty of an adult." Wei Shenhao waved his hand grandly: "Don't worry, I won't demolish the house. This place is basically the same.
It will remain as it is. I plan to build a brand new tourist street here. I think this place is really suitable and antique."
Brother Zhang pursed his lips and smiled but did not speak. He continued to lower his head and play with the puzzle. However, Wei Shenhao gradually lost his patience and frowned and said: "Brother, I will come to talk to you about this matter in person.
You came here with sincerity, you can't let me go away disappointed, right?"
After hearing these words, Brother Zhang slowly raised his head and said in a steady tone: "But you should also understand that there is no such thing as everything going as planned in this world."
Brother Zhang's words immediately amused Wu Genshui who came to watch the excitement. He turned sideways and suppressed his laughter, but Wei Shenhao was a little angry: "Just make a condition, I want this place.
deal."
Brother Zhang shook his head, and at this moment, the confused swordsman Chen Shi came wandering over. He came to Brother Zhang, and ignored Wei Shenhao sitting next to him, and put the wine bottle he carried with him.
Brother Zhang said in front of him: "Boss, it's all over."
"good."
Taking the dirty wine gourd with a smile, Brother Zhang began to pour wine for Chen Shi. While waiting, Chen Shi noticed Wei Shenhao next to him. He looked around this man with an impatient face.
The man then burped and patted Wei Shenhao on the shoulder: "Boy, did you go to the grave to dance? There is a dead air about you."
"What does it have to do with you?" Wei Shenhao seemed to be very taboo about mentioning this, and immediately scolded him: "I won't be polite if you talk nonsense again."
"Hey, you're still rude to me. I can't see through this world with my eyes, so I can't see through this little kid like you?" Chen Shi is not only a gangster, but he is also a super boss who has physically endured the end of the Dharma era. Listen
After hearing Wei Shenhao's words, he immediately laughed: "I'm being polite when I say you dance on the grave. With the smell of death in you, either you are raising brats like others at home, or you are robbing graves.
Either you have caused something unclean. Otherwise, a normal person would not have such a strange smell like you even if he slept in a coffin for three years."
Chen Shi gradually became merciless when he spoke, and Brother Zhang also prepared a drink for him. Chen Shi raised his head and drank most of the bottle. He was still somewhat sober.
At this moment, he was completely confused. He ignored Wei Shenhao and walked away swinging the wine gourd. As he left, he sang the kind of ditty that could only be found in the world of martial arts, and it was obscene.
It's greasy, and it doesn't look like a master at all.
At this moment, Wei Shenhao was upset by what Chen Shi said. He simply slapped the agreement in front of Brother Zhang: "You take a look at the agreement first. I'll come back in two days. If possible, we can sign the contract directly."
Sign it. As for your worries about the house and land, don’t worry, the development rights will come within a few days if nothing else happens.”
After saying that, he left the place with his hands behind his back. When Brother Zhang saw him leaving, he raised his hand and threw the agreement in front of him into the trash can, and then continued to puzzle, but then Wugenshui came up and asked:
"What's that person's background?"
"He? I don't know, he must be a nouveau riche." Brother Zhang replied calmly: "Maybe he just likes my family and is attached to him."
"No, I'm talking about that sloppy man who drank." Wugenshui took a deep breath and said, "I didn't feel it before he said it. After he said it, I looked around carefully and found that it was really what he said.
The nouveau riche really has a deathly aura about him, but he hides it very well. I, a ghost cultivator, almost didn't notice it, but that drunkard..."
"Oh, Jiu Sword Immortal." Brother Zhang still had the same plain expression and tone: "He is a person who has withstood the age of the end of the Dharma with his body."
"No wonder, it turns out that there really is such a person in the world." Wugenshui suddenly laughed: "Holy Lord, what do you think that upstart would be like?"
"I'm not interested in knowing." Brother Zhang put down a puzzle piece and compared it for a long time before taking it away: "Anyway, it won't be sold here."
Wugenshui nodded. Since the Holy Lord didn't care, he naturally wasn't too interested. After all, he was just an ordinary practitioner. Although his hiding ability was excellent, after careful observation, he found that his ability was just like that.
He was not worthy of being called an opponent, but that drunkard was rather interesting. Wugenshui had already felt a murderous aura even before he got close to him. This murderous aura was not in harmony with his sloppy appearance.
After Wei Shenhao returned, he immediately became furious with his subordinates, and then pointed at the entourage around him and said: "You, go and throw that drunk lunatic into the river. You have seen him. Do it beautifully, don't let it happen."
I'm disappointed."
After he finished speaking, the door behind him suddenly rang, and then a little old man walked out. This little old man was wearing a Tang suit, cloth shoes on his feet, and bracelets hanging on his wrists. He looked like an outsider.
After he came out, he sat down on the main seat with a piece of tortoiseshell in his hand. The skinny little old man raised his eyelids and asked in a tone of voice: "What happened? You look so anxious."
"Holy Master... I have taken a fancy to a place, which is exactly what you call a place where gold and silver are intertwined. I was planning to negotiate terms with the boss there, but suddenly a drunkard lunatic came out and said that I must either rob tombs or raise imps.
, if I hadn’t reacted quickly, this deal would have been ruined, so how could I not be in a hurry? I have disturbed the Holy Lord, please forgive me..."
"Is there such a thing?" The little old man raised his eyebrows and said, "Where is that place? Take me to see it."
"It's just in the north of the city. If the Holy Master wants to go, I'll take you to have a look. But that drunk maniac..."
"Hey, I don't like killing evil people, so let them be."
"Yes...the Holy Lord is merciful."
Wei Shenhao called the Holy Lord affectionately, and the little old man agreed naturally, and it seemed that it was really the case. After the two chatted for a while, Wei Shenhao suddenly smiled most flatteringly.
He said: "Holy Lord, look at all the hard work I have put in over the past few years, when will you give me my spirit to return to my rightful place?"
"It depends on the opportunity. You can't rush this kind of thing." The little old man opened his eyes slightly: "Go and do your work, and take me to see that treasure land tomorrow."
"I understand, thank you Holy Lord."
At this time, Brother Zhang was starting to receive customers one after another. The trees were wet with melted snow today, so no one could sleep, so Brother Zhang called Xu Wei to call the old drunkard Chen Shi to the store.
Inside, he was asked to go to the back to take a shower and change clothes. Although Brother Zhang suggested that he should shave his beard, Chen Shi refused to do so... Brother Zhang had no choice but to give up.
Chen Shi, who had changed his outfit and taken a shower, seemed to be much more energetic. When he came to the store, he leaned against the window as usual and did not take up the seats of other customers. He held a small handful of peanuts in his hand.
It was his snack, and after drinking, he sat on the floor, leaned against the wall, took out a cold white steamed bun, and drank it with tap water from a mineral water bottle.
He looked like a harmless person, but sometimes Xu Wei saw that he was pitiful and would always pack up the unsoiled food left by the guests and give it to him. Chen Shi didn't mind either and would get drunk.
He praised Xu Wei for being a kind-hearted person and that she would definitely marry into a good family in the future.
But there was something unusual about Chen Shi today. When he leaned there, his face became obviously not very good-looking. About half an hour later, he was clutching his abdomen and turned pale. Luna God Xiao Hei was the first to notice something was wrong and quickly went up to check, but this
Then he found that Chen Shi had fainted.
Brother Zhang quickly called 120 and sent this legendary swordsman to the hospital. After an examination, the hospital discovered that this guy... was healthy all year round, but he had gallstones due to irregular work, rest and diet all year round. Today
The gallstone happened to block the bile duct, and he fainted from the pain.
"This is a cruel person." After the rat rushed over to help Chen Shi go through the formalities, he handed the bill to Brother Zhang and said with a smile: "Look at the picture, the stones are almost as big as an egg.
He can actually resist."
"Still silent." Brother Zhang shook his head and said, "Can such a person also get stones?"
"Anyone who eats whole grains will not get sick, and gods are no exception. Except for being like you, they just eat out of interest." The mouse smiled and said: "Let's go, he should enter the operating room."
Regardless of whether a swordsman or a hero should pretend to be dead or not after falling ill, Chen Shi woke up once after being anesthetized and pushed into the operating room, but he seemed to know that he was treating himself, and he hummed twice.
He didn't say anything else. It wasn't until Chen Shi came out of the operation and was lying on the hospital bed that he said to Brother Zhang who was waiting outside: "I can actually use my internal force to shatter..."
"Come on." Mouse said with a smile beside him: "Why are you shaking? Just enjoy modern science honestly. Brother Zhang will pay for your hospitalization expenses and so on, so you can recuperate in peace."
Brother Zhang also smiled and said: "Sword Immortal, you don't want your Taoist friends to know that you fainted from the pain of gallstones, right?"
Chen Shi's face immediately changed and he shook his head hastily: "Please..."
"Then just stay here peacefully for a few days." Brother Zhang chuckled and said, "Stop being so cool and running around."