The heavy linen clothes were already heavy, but now they were even more bulky after being soaked in water. They looked like heavy armor when worn on the body.
Brother Zhao finally climbed ashore after exhausting his strength, his lips turned purple from the cold, he was shivering in the cold wind, and his upper and lower teeth kept chattering.
"Are you okay..." The little girl's voice was soft and soft, with a hint of crying in it. Her two bright eyes were now red from crying, and there were two tear stains on her face, which was stained with black soot. Like a tabby cat.
Brother Zhao smiled when he saw her tense expression.
"Why are you so weird? You're even wet and you still laugh?"
"I'm fine, just a little cold, haha."
Zhaodi Leng was not happy, but he just giggled.
"You come with me."
The girl grabbed Zhaodi's clothes, pulled him to the wall of the house, and said to Zhaodi: "I dare not bring you into the house. You are leaning against this wall. Behind this wall is the calciner. The temperature is But it’s too high, just stick to it for a while and then you’re done, I’ll go in and make you another bowl of tea.”
After the girl finished speaking, she turned around and trotted into the house, but no one was seen.
Brother Zhao did as she said and pressed his body against the wall. The temperature was really extremely high and warm, but half of his body was blown by the cold wind and half of it was warm. The feeling of the two worlds of ice and fire was not pleasant. Putting your ear gently against the wall, you can still hear the whirring sound of the bellows inside.
The girl quickly came out of the house again, holding another iron bowl in her hand, which contained rich ginger soup!
"Quick, drink this while it's hot to drive away the cold, be careful not to get cold!"
Brother Zhao hesitated for a moment, then took the bowl of steaming ginger soup with both hands and took a sip. The hot soup flowed down his throat and made his whole body come alive again!
"Really, it's just a bowl. The water is so cold. What if you get cramps in the water?"
"It'll be okay." Zhaodi said firmly, raised his head, and then lowered his head to drink his own soup.
This soup is ordinary, but in my heart it tastes better than the precious brown sugar water! Is this what love feels like?
"Let's go after drinking and drying out a little. I still have to help my dad!"
The two of them squatted at the base of the wall, one sipping ginger soup and the other waiting patiently.
"Do you live here?"
Zhaodi asked tentatively.
"Yes, my father and I guard this shop."
The little girl didn't know why, but she opened her heart after recruiting her brother.
"Then can I come here to see you again next time?"
Zhaodi asked weakly.
"You...what do you want me to do?"
The little girl's voice became a little nervous.
"I threw a bowl for you. I was in a hurry today and didn't bring any money, otherwise I would definitely have to compensate you."
"No... no need, that bowl is for me to play with, and it's not worth much."
"Whatever you want, by the way, where is your mother?"
The little girl's eyes became a little dim, and she said with a low eyebrow: "My mother passed away after giving birth to me, and my father and I lived together."
"I'm sorry for reminding you of these sad things. Actually... I am the same. I don't know what my mother looks like. From the time I can remember, I can't remember what she looks like. I have a father. , but my father doesn’t care much about me... I also have an older brother above me.”
Recruiting a younger brother is like applying for a household registration, pouring out the family affairs like beans. At this moment, the distance between the two people who have been without a mother since childhood seems to be much closer.
"What's your name? We've been talking for so long and I still don't know your name?"
The little girl felt much better when she saw Zhaodi. He had the same life experience and was equally simple. She blinked her eyes and said, "My name is Fang Wan." After saying this, the girl's face turned red.
Brother Zhao couldn't hold it back, he burst out laughing and said, "Do you like bowls so much that you even made an iron bowl yourself?"
Zhaodi was unknowingly influenced by Liang Chuan, and his mouth began to become unforgiving.
Fang Wan gouged out his eyes, stretched out her hand and pinched Zhaodi hard on the lower back! Fang Wanping doesn't go to the ground, but he does all the heavy-duty work such as blacksmithing. Although his hands are small, they are covered with calluses, and his strength is amazing!
In one fell swoop, Zhaodi was so twisted that he almost rolled his eyes and fainted. The power was too great!
"Miss Wan, please spare me, I was just joking..."
Fang Wan's good impression of Zhaodi disappeared instantly without a trace because he was joking about the only thing his mother had left for him. He grabbed the unfinished ginger soup bowl from Zhaodi's hand and went home without looking back.
Fang Wan's name was given to her by her mother when she was dying, and it was her only memory of her mother.
Brother Zhao hates himself for being so mean-mouthed, making jokes with others even though he is not familiar with them yet, now it's okay, they ignore him.
Zhaodi could only go back to the store bitterly.
After she came back, she first asked Shen Yuzhen what girls like. Shen Yuzhen not only knew men but also women. Ordinary women like jewelry, gouache and the like, but that would be troublesome for an unusual woman. If she wants stars, you have to Not even for the stars or the moon!
Zhaodi thought for a moment that Fang Wan must be a very ordinary girl, so he rummaged through the cabinets and found out the personal money he had saved. All of this money was paid to him by Liang Chuan. He rarely used money except when he went back to pay for the New Year. He gave his father a little money and basically saved the rest.
Zhaodi ordered some, and there were dozens of them. He took the money and went to the gold building in Qingyuan to buy jewelry.
The jewelry store in Qingyuan is bigger and more elegant than the one in Xinghua. Once you enter the store, the jewelry is so dazzling that you don’t know where to look.
The store owner was enthusiastic when he saw Zhao brother's timid appearance. He came over to say hello and asked, "What do you need, little brother?" Ancient jewelry was all handmade.
How could Zhaodi understand? He couldn't answer it for the moment.
The shop owner smiled and asked in a different way: "Little brother, do you use it yourself or give it to others?"
"It's a gift." Zhaodi replied cheerfully.
"I wonder if he is a brother, a girl he likes, or a relative?"
Zhaodi's face turned slightly red and he said, "Girl..."
"Oh... Haha." The shop owner laughed heartily, "I know, little brother, come with me." The shop owner led Zhao Di into the house and took out an exquisite and gorgeous hairpin. .
"The best thing to give a girl is this." The shop owner said confidently.
Brother Zhao looked at the fine workmanship of the hairpin, and even he was fascinated by it. If it were on Fang Wan's head, it would definitely look beautiful. I was moved, and Miss Fang had no reason not to like it.
Without saying a word, Zhaodi took out all his savings. This hairpin is made of gold. There are several taels of gold in it, and it feels heavy in the hand. Zhaodi happily ran to the Linzhang Gate, next to the blacksmith shop where he fell into the water yesterday.
"Is there anyone here, asking for a drink of water!"
He repeated his old trick of recruiting his younger brother, standing at the door and shouting, touching the warm hairpin in his hand, nervously looking forward to giving Fang Wan a surprise.
The door creaked open again, and a burly man with a body twice as wide as his younger brother walked out. Except for his beard, which was a little whiter, he could be compared with Liang Chuan in other aspects. He was just as tall and mighty.
"You come here every day to beg for water. Do you think we are selling water here?"
A fierce man came out that his younger brother never dreamed of seeing. This man was probably Fang Wan's father. The voice was rough and powerful, and there was no trace of water anywhere. This aura scared Brother Zhao to hide the hairpin deeper and he didn't even dare to take it out.
"Misunderstanding, it wasn't me who yelled..."
Zhaodi dare not disobey this great god. This is his future father-in-law. If he offends him and leaves a bad impression, everything will be ruined.
"You are the only one here, how can you be a ghost?" Fang Wan's father's eyes widened with anger, coupled with the voice as loud as thunder, Zhaodi was already guilty, but now he has even lost the last bit of courage, and can only feel dejected. Come back.
In the days that followed, recruiting a younger brother was like being a thief. He wandered outside Fang Wan's house every day, not daring to shout, and could only wait and wait for this little white rabbit to appear.
At first, Fang Wan was still angry and turned a blind eye when he came out. Later, he realized that something was wrong. Why did this kid come to the door every day? What if his father knew about it? .
She hurriedly came out to recruit her younger brother, but this time she even had a hairpin tied to her. She was so determined to get involved with Fang Wan after eating the scale, how could she give up so easily? Once the brown sugar sticks to it, it cannot be peeled off.
After working hard every day, Zhaodi really made some progress. Every day, Zhaodi would hang out by the blacksmith shop, and then Fang Wan would find a reason to run out, and the two of them would simply and cherish each other for a short period of time.
Zhaodi brought out the dishes cooked by Zhao's mother from the store and ate them with Fang Wan. Poor Fang Wan has been following this rough man's father since he was a child. The food he eats is based on the standard of filling his stomach. He never knows what delicious food is. To capture a man's heart, you must first capture his stomach. This sentence also applies to women.
Zhaodi would occasionally go under the banyan tree or even Yuehua Restaurant to buy those exquisite meals. The two of them would sit next to the wall and eat quietly. The time was sweet and beautiful.
Picking up girls requires costs. Gradually, the money to recruit younger brothers began to become shy. Fortunately, Fang Wan is also an extremely kind-hearted girl. He knows that these delicious foods cost a lot of money, and he will not let his brother buy them once or twice, which is a waste of money.
Zhaodi is young and energetic, so he can give up when he hears these words. No matter how down he is, he can't lose face in front of women, right? .
So he came to Liang Chuan to borrow money. .
