meet fox

In the evening of June, the wind was filled with the green smell of grass and trees, and a young man in green clothes walked out from a weedy corner under the mountain depression. He was about sixteen or seventeen years old. His face was slightly reddened by the heat, but his eyebrows She looks a little delicate in between.He put the burden on his shoulders, and looking around, he saw that there were quite a lot of houses on the road ahead, but they were all shabby houses with broken tiles and ruins, and there was a house beside a locust tree not far away. The situation is the best, but the broken bricks and tiles can only shelter from the wind at most. I think this place is a deserted village that has been abandoned for a long time.The desolate scene made the young man frowned. The sweat on his forehead condensed into water droplets and he didn't have time to pay attention. He just sighed lightly: "It seems that I really went the wrong way."

Thinking that the two-day itinerary turned out to be useless, the young man couldn't help feeling a little discouraged.It was getting late at this time, recalling that he had never seen a single foothold covered by tiles along the way, the young man couldn't help shaking his head and gave up the idea of ​​turning around and going on the road.He went straight to the dilapidated locust tree house, and saw more than a dozen lush green cannas growing beside the moss-covered well beside the house, so he casually tore off six or seven clean banana leaves and spread them under the locust tree, and beat them again. Put half a bucket of water into the bamboo tube that I carry with me.The young man sat in the shade of the green tree and opened his bag and picked up two pieces of cake bait. The banana leaves under his body felt very refreshing. While eating, he looked at the clouds in the sky that were dyed a little or two orange-yellow. It's dilapidated, but fortunately the mountains are open and the breeze is smooth, so why not just sleep under this locust tree for one night, the evening breeze is cool and there are stars to admire.Since the young man left home to join the army, he has traveled day and night with little rest, and whenever he rests, he feels sleepy.After eating the cake bait, he tidied up his bundle and lay down on his head as a pillow. Thinking of going to sleep first, he slowly closed his eyes.

There was a rustling sound in the light dream, and a strange breath slowly entered his nose. The vigilant boy's eyelids moved slightly and he immediately woke up from the dream. He felt that someone was approaching on tiptoe, and he narrowed his eyes slightly. There was a slight gap, but suddenly he heard a low cry, and hurriedly closed his eyes again, but at the glance just now, he had already seen clearly that the person who came was a fox with fiery red fur, and he heard the childish voice just now. Whispering, I think this fox is still a child.Not knowing what the child wanted to do, the boy who wanted to wake up changed his mind and fell asleep motionless.

The little fox wanted to approach the boy quietly, but accidentally kicked a sharp stone under the banana leaf. The pain hit him but he didn't dare to yell out loud, so he grinned and gasped. Gently took out a small paper bag from his small satchel, shook the small paper bag away while moaning silently, and murmured in a low voice, "Hmph! You came here by yourself, Ben The uncle will show kindness to you and give you a happy one!"

The sleepy teenager heard the self-proclaimed "Master Ben" from the mouth of a little fox who hadn't finished changing his teeth, and he couldn't help secretly feeling funny.He pretended to turn over unintentionally, and after turning his head to the other side, he couldn't help but smile, but he suppressed the smile immediately.

Seeing the boy turn over, the little fox couldn't help being stunned, shaking his paper-wrapped paws, his heart pounding, but seeing that the boy didn't move after turning over, he tiptoed around to the boy's front again, looking at the boy. His sinking face was finally relieved.For some reason, the little fox stared at the boy's face for a while, and gradually showed a hesitant look.In the end, as if he had made up his mind, he pinched his right arm with his left claw, and said to himself like a mosquito: "Zhuang Xiaomiao, you can't be cowardly!"

The boy sleeping on the ground smelled the sweet and fragrant smell in the air, and felt that the smell was a little familiar. After a little thought, he recognized what the little paper bag in the hand of the little fox named Zhuang Xiaomiao was—it was a kind of Mongolian sweat medicine called peacock powder. When I was young, every snow-covered boy would sweep a clean field in the snow, and use peacock powder mixed with wheat grains to sprinkle on the ground to trap snowbirds. It is a kind of medicine that can communicate for people Birds are extremely spiritual, and only the colorless and odorless perspiration medicine of peacock powder can cure them.But this little fox's peacock blue tastes so sweet... I think it must have expired for several years, the peacock blue will start to smell sweet after a long time of deterioration, but the powder shop has this kind of spoiled peacock powder for making Flavor powder, but one can imagine that there is no toxicity at all.

"Is this little fox going to catch me as a snowbird?" The boy felt a little amused, and at this time Zhuang Xiaomiao had already held up the bag of peacock powder with his paws, and he carefully poured the peacock powder into the bamboo tube that the boy held water Shake it lightly, then pinch a piece of grass stalk from Zhongtong, and drop the "sweat medicine" in the bamboo tube into the boy's mouth drop by drop.This process was cumbersome and slow, and it was difficult for Zhuang Xiaomiao to persevere.

After feeding all the "Mongolian medicine", Zhuang Xiaomiao breathed out as if he was done. He approached the boy and asked softly, "Hey! Are you awake?" No one woke up for a while, so he shouted a little louder, There was still no movement for a long while, and he shouted again at the top of his breath: "Hey! Are you awake!!"

The boy lay on the ground thinking that the little fox was too noisy, but fortunately he didn't continue to shout.Zhuang Xiaomiao then squatted down and pulled up the boy's hands and put them on his weak shoulders, pulling his thick neck and gathering enough strength to carry the boy on his back.After only two steps, his thin body shook away like chaff. "Fuck your grandma! The boy is still quite strong! I'm going to die of exhaustion!" Zhuang Xiaomiao gritted his teeth and supported the boy on his shoulders, and continued walking like chaff.

He carried the boy into the dilapidated house, and unloaded him on the ground like unloading cargo, "I'm so exhausted!" Panting heavily, he turned his shoulder joints and lifted a teapot from the table I poured two sips of water down my throat.

The young man who was dumped on the ground wondered what he was going to do weirdly. He squinted his eyes and saw Zhuang Xiaomiao squatting in front of him after drinking the water.He lowered his head, bit his lips and said earnestly: "I know it's wrong to do this, but I have to do it. I'm sorry... I'm really sorry..." After finishing speaking, he raised his paw, showing the whiteness between the paws Sharp hooks.

He stroked the young man's body with his paws a few times, as if hesitating how to do it, the young man had opened his eyes leisurely at this moment, he looked at Zhuang Xiaomiao who was gesticulating on his chest with his head down, and kindly suggested: "Look Can you do something about the left side of the heart?"

With a "bass" he jumped up and hid beside the table, Zhuang Xiaomiao, who was frightened by the person who woke up in front of him, his tail stood on end, asked in a trembling voice, "You, you, you... didn't you faint!"

Only then did the young man see that Zhuang Xiaomiao's eyes were wet, and he was crying. It was the first time he had harmed someone and was not mentally prepared, and he still felt a little guilty.He gathered his clothes, stood up and patted the dust on his body: "Little boy, the medicine you took has expired, be careful next time." Zhuang Xiaomiao hurriedly wiped the moisture from his eyes, and raised his white paws He said fiercely in front of him, "But you obviously fainted! You didn't even get up when I called you!"

The boy gave him a cool look: "I'm going to lie to you for fun. It's been a long time since I teased a child. Why do you want to eat me if you stun me? Do you have all your teeth?" Zhuang Xiaomiao felt caught in front of him. He raised his paws forward a little bit, with a ferocious look on his face: "It's your honor to be eaten by this uncle! You bumped into this uncle yourself!" from the Dongfu!"

Looking at the dilapidated little house, the young man twitched the corners of his mouth speechlessly: "You call this dilapidated den a cave, you fox bastard, it's quite interesting to talk..." Zhuang Xiaomiao grinned: "Hmph! On my site! On my site, what I say counts! Now I say that I want to eat you!" As he spoke, he bared his teeth and clawed at him.

The boy didn't expect him to pounce on him, but he still picked up his big red tail and hung him in the air with quick eyesight and quick hands.Seeing his claws slashing back and forth in the air, the boy put the index finger and middle finger of his left hand together and chanted a binding spell on his lips.Zhuang Xiaomiao saw his hook claws disappearing little by little, and the soft claws scratched in the void, and finally let go. He humiliated his neck so as not to look at the opposite face: "Kill me if you have the ability !"

The young man sent a trace of spiritual power into Zhuang Xiaomiao's body, probed it for a while and said, "No wonder you said you wanted to eat me, you just made gestures on my body to dig out my inner alchemy and eat it. So it's a little spirit Little monster with no strength, I said why you can’t even transform into a shape, why don’t you work hard to fight against these demons and crooked ideas, do you think other people’s inner alchemy is so delicious?”

Hanging in the air, Zhuang Xiaomiao still said viciously: "I want you to take care of it! I can afford to lose, and since I was caught by you, I will give it a good time!" The boy stretched out his left hand and slapped him on the head hard. Beng, after thinking about it, it is better to reason with him, and let him go.Zhuang Xiaomiao took a quick bite on the boy's thigh as soon as he hit the ground, then hurried to the corner, picked up the broom in the corner and shielded himself in front of him: "I, I, I... I warn you not to come here! Come here and I will bite you to death!"

The muscles on the boy's thighs twitched. He frowned and looked at this little fox, who was strong on the outside but hard on the inside, thinking that he should tie up the little bastard and beat him up.

At this time, there were two coughing sounds from outside the house, and Zhuang Xiaomiao's spine tensed instantly as if holding a broom, and his eyes became truly panicked.Then there was the sound of dry firewood being unloaded on the ground outside the house, and footsteps got closer and closer: "Xiao Miao, are you cooking?"

The door opened with a creak, and a lean, lean old man with a very kind face appeared at the door. Zhuang Xiaomiao called out nervously as his eyes flickered: "Grandpa... Grandpa..." The old man was surprised when he saw the young man inside the house. He asked, "Is he a passing guest?" Seeing the panicked look in the little fox's eyes, the young man understood a little bit. He cupped his hands and saluted, with a decent smile on the corner of his mouth: "Excuse me, old man. Yu, I was passing by your place on my way, and it was getting late, I saw a house here and wanted to stay for a night, so I came to knock on the door, and I was discussing with this little brother just now."

"If Mr. Sang doesn't dislike the humble house, you can stay here. You're welcome, Xiao Miao, go and tidy up the side room for guests to live in. I'll cook dinner." The old man said kindly.Sang Yu thanked the old man, and asked a few more words, only to realize that this place is called Linlang Mountain, and it is a barren mountain where no one lives except their father and son. The aunt who showed him the way two days ago should be his The Linyang Mountain that he asked was heard to be Linlang Mountain, which caused him to go the wrong way. The old man showed him the way to Linyang Mountain, and then he followed Zhuang Xiaomiao to the side room.

As soon as he entered the side room, Zhuang Xiaomiao quickly closed the door and stared at Sang Yu with fierce eyes again, but this time the fierceness was obviously less confident than before: "What are you going to do? My grandfather didn't want to harm you, he You don't know anything at all, you come to me for everything!" Sang Yu watched him raise his paw and patted his thin body, and said with an inscrutable expression: "What do you want me to do? I want you to tell your grandfather what you want to do!" Let's see how he reacts, or I hope I will arrest you and your grandfather..." "No! My grandfather has nothing to do with you! If you want to arrest me, you can arrest me! If you want to kill me, kill me!" Zhuang Xiaomiao excited interrupted him.

Seeing the little fox defending his grandfather so much, Sang Yu felt a little soft in his heart, and his tone softened a little, "Then you should hope that I'm just staying overnight, you and I will be safe tonight, and I'll be on my way tomorrow."

Zhuang Xiaomiao blinked and couldn't believe it: "Then you really don't have any crooked ideas and leave tomorrow, and you won't tell my grandpa." Sang Yu was a little speechless: "Obviously you hit me with crooked ideas! Also, I won't beat you up." You are because of your uncle and my ancestors who practiced medicine for generations are the most benevolent to others, and because of your grandfather's face, but if I don't tell your grandfather to let him discipline you, what will you do if you hurt others in the future?"

"Didn't I harm you... No! You said that your family has practiced medicine for generations and you are a doctor!" Zhuang Xiaomiao suddenly jumped in front of him, and pulled his arm with shining eyes: "You are really a doctor!" Doctor?!"

Sang Yu felt strange when he saw him suddenly jumping to his side without thinking, but his fur paws grabbed his soft ground, he couldn't help itching, and stroked the little fox's head. He didn't care, he turned his head forward, and asked again: "Are you really a doctor? You know how to see a doctor, right?"

"Yes, I can see a doctor, but I'm not a doctor. My ancestors were doctors, and I'm going to be a soldier." Sang Yu wanted to stroke the fox's head again, but restrained himself and put it down.

Hearing that Sang Yu said that he could see a doctor, Zhuang Xiaomiao moved his head closer, and looked at Sang Yu with glowing eyes: "You know how to see a doctor, I will ask you to see someone for me. If you see a doctor, I will never see you again." Don't hurt anyone, okay?"

Sang Yu had already guessed that he was talking about his grandfather in all likelihood. If the old man was sick, he would definitely be obliged to do so, but he wanted to tease him, so he turned his head away and ignored him: "I Why do you want to see a doctor for you? How much money can you give me for the consultation if your family is so poor? There are many ways to prevent you from harming others. At worst, I will cripple your hand."

The light in Zhuang Xiaomiao's eyes dimmed, the paws resting on him paused, then suddenly turned around and opened the door and jumped out. After a while, he brought out a crumpled book. He put the book on a small table in the room, and then Turning around and closing the door tightly, he finally pointed at the book and said solemnly: "If you help me see a doctor, I will give you this book. This book is very valuable, and you can't even buy it!"

Sang Yu jokingly picked up the two books, saw the words "Ling Fei Jing" written mottled on the cover, and pretended to say with disdain: "What money is this broken book worth? I think it's rough to wipe my ass with it." Well, brat, who are you bluffing..." As he spoke, he leisurely flipped through two pages, his eyes flicked casually, his movements suddenly stopped, and his expression suddenly became very solemn.

Sang Yu stared closely at Zhuang Xiaomiao, his eyes suddenly turned cold: "Where did you steal this book from?" "Where did you steal it! This is something from my house! I swear! I didn't steal anything!" Just say whether you want to do it or not," Zhuang Xiaomiao asked eagerly.

Sang Yu turned a few more pages, looked at it carefully for a while, raised his head and said to him, but his face was full of disbelief: "You said this book belongs to your family, so why don't you have any spiritual power? Even if you pick up this book The simplest mental method in the book should be able to transform into form after three to five months of practice, let alone the slightest bit of spiritual power."

"I haven't practiced this scripture...it's useless to practice..."

"Cultivation is useless, could it be... Could it be that you are a cripple?" Sang Yu saw the little fox with his head buried in the ground, and he understood it all at once.

He had also heard before that some monsters were born with disabilities and could not form inner alchemy. Without inner alchemy to store spiritual power, naturally they would not be able to practice spells.If you were born in a wealthy family, buy more magic tools with modest and peaceful spiritual power, and then ask an expert to transfer the spiritual power in the magic tools to him. If you are lucky, you can transform into a human form, but there are still not enough people who can fully transform into a human form. One, often either the claws or the tail still retain their original shape.But Zhuang Xiaomiao just wanted to poach other people's inner alchemy and eat it himself, but no one has tried it. It's not because it violates morality, but because monsters have different physiques. It may be because the inner alchemy is not compatible with itself, and it is backlashed and damaged itself.If an ordinary monster that can form inner alchemy itself eats other people's inner alchemy, although it is dangerous, there is a six to seven percent possibility that it will really increase its spiritual power, but if a monster that cannot form inner alchemy by nature swallows other people's inner alchemy There is only one or two possibilities, and the backlash will be more violent, and sometimes even explode to death.

At first, Sang Yu thought that Zhuang Xiaomiao was just a whimsical and daring kid, so he did something like poaching Neidan, but looking at it now, his previous behavior can no longer be described as whimsical and daring.If Zhuang Xiaomiao really dug out Sang Yu's inner alchemy, Sang Yu's chance of surviving was higher than his chance of surviving, then it was purely courting death.

Sang Yu was angry and funny: "Do you know the consequences of swallowing other people's inner alchemy for a monster like you? You will be dead sooner or later if you do this kind of thing that hurts others and does not benefit yourself!"

"Then you help me treat my grandfather's illness, and I won't harm anyone after I'm cured! I swear!" Zhuang Xiaomiao grabbed his sleeve again, his eyes full of expectation.

Sang Yu was speechless for a while: Forget it, although I don't know why this kid would do such a stupid thing, but as long as he doesn't do it anymore, it's not a loss to get this "Ling Fei Jing" anyway, and the matter of joining the army will come later It doesn't hurt to push a little.He immediately made up his mind and agreed to Zhuang Xiaomiao.

That night, Sang Yu checked the pulse of Zhuang Xiaomiao's grandfather, and asked a few more questions to get a general idea of ​​the situation: Zhuang Xiaomiao's grandfather was old and frail, and he was usually overworked, causing lung collateral damage, visceral qi and blood deficiency, and leaving the meridians The blood gathered into stasis, and it has become a chronic disease over time. If you want to recuperate, it really takes a lot of effort. Sang Yu thinks that he will stay here for a long time.

The old man coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood when he was taking the pulse. Zhuang Xiaomiao was so frightened that he shook his big tail and filled his eyes with water vapor, but he didn't dare to show his fear. Lost is a good boy.

He poured out a list of medicines that night, and then knocked on Zhuang Xiaomiao's room next door and told him to go to the nearest medicine shop here tomorrow to get them. Zhuang Xiaomiao's expression became a little strange: "Go get the medicines yourself tomorrow..." Sang Yu It's a bit strange: "I'm a foreigner and I don't know the way, you want me to go." Zhuang Xiaomiao insisted quite naturally: "In short, you have to go by yourself..." Sang Yu was a little speechless, but still said: "Okay... don't bother with you Okay...then you give me the money, I'm not greedy for your money, don't worry." Zhuang Xiaomiao blinked, as if remembering something: "I don't have any money...but our family has grown a lot of vegetables and melons. Beans are delicious! I'll pay you with vegetables!"

Sang Yu rubbed his forehead, but when he thought of the "Ling Fei Jing", he felt that he was a little bit of an advantage for getting such a treasure because of a doctor's treatment. After counting the money he brought when he left home, he was quite ample, so he said: "Who wants your food... Forget it, I'll get the medicine myself and you don't have to worry about it. You take good care of grandpa at home and don't let him do too much work."

So Sang Yu went to a nearby town to buy medicine the next day. Last time he was busy on his way, he didn't pay attention to the situation along the way. When he recovered, he found that he had gone the wrong way. It was found that Zhuang Xiaomiao's house was too far away, he walked for a long time before seeing them, and it was already a moon in the west mountain to go back after buying medicine.After returning, he told Zhuang Xiaomiao to make the medicine, and he himself took out the "Ling Fei Jing" from under the pillow and read it from beginning to end.

The life of all things is endowed with aura, and all cultivators, no matter spirits or monsters, practice the spells of absorbing and manipulating aura. What they absorb is the aura of the world, the sun, and the moon, and what they manipulate is the aura accumulated in their own inner alchemy. Manipulate it well Then you can prolong your life and defend yourself against enemies.What is recorded in this "Spiritual Flying Sutra" is also the technique of absorbing and manipulating aura, absorbing the aura of heaven, earth, sun and moon, but what is manipulated is not the aura that exists in oneself, but the aura of all things and spirits.There are different aura hosts in the world, some exist in mountains, rocks, water, flowers, plants and trees, and some exist in birds, beasts, insects, fish, people, goblins and monsters. The former aura is attached to dead objects and is easily absorbed by other hosts; The species is difficult to circulate because it will fuse with the host's body, and it will gradually dissipate only when the host dies.However, the essence of all auras in the world is the same. This "Spiritual Flying Scripture" not only records how to manipulate the former aura, but also how to suppress and mobilize the latter aura through the host's shell , using one's own spiritual energy as a guide to drive ten times or even a hundred times of one's own spiritual energy.All in all, if this book is thoroughly studied, all auras residing in dead creatures can be absorbed, and all auras residing in living creatures can be manipulated.

Sang Yu took a deep breath. Yesterday he flipped through a few pages in a hurry, and only glanced at a few pages about how to absorb spiritual energy. He felt that this book was worth more than a thousand gold. Now that he read it carefully, he realized that he had taken it. The little fox is so big and cheap... He couldn't help but wonder why there was such a Shuzhuang Xiaomiao who lived in seclusion with her grandfather here and lived in such poverty, and then contacted this deserted village. Other families have moved away The grandparents and grandchildren didn't move away, and Zhuang Xiaomiao's attempt to snatch others' inner alchemy was obviously harmful to others and himself... I really think it's strange... I have to find a chance to ask clearly...

But when he touched the book in his hand, the doubts in his heart could not help but be replaced by a yearning and excitement for power. Sang Yu put the "Ling Fei Jing" back under the pillow, thinking that he would get up early tomorrow to practice spells.

The next morning, after practicing a section of "Ling Fei Sutra", Sang Yu decided to help Zhuang Xiaomiao's family with something. It would be too unreasonable to take advantage of others and not get much in return.The structure of Zhuang Xiaomiao's house is still solid, the foundation is solid, and the beams are also firmly erected, but the roof tiles are broken by the wind and rain, and the rain leaks from the east and the wind leaks from the west.After breakfast, Sang Yu collected several piles of intact tiles from other abandoned houses and moved them over. He planned to cover the loose parts of the roof.

Although Sang Yu said hello to Zhuang Xiaomiao that he wanted to repair the roof, Zhuang Xiaomiao thought that he was only repairing the room he lived in, and then watched Sang Yu flipping over the roof and repairing the whole roof. Zhuang Xiaomiao's expression became a little weird.Seeing him holding his big red tail under the shade of the locust tree and looking at him with a complicated expression, Sang Yu raised his head and said, "Little fox, go and make a cup of tea for brother."

"Go by yourself!" Zhuang Xiaomiao twisted his neck and left.Sang Yu shook his head, thinking why he should rely on him, so he continued to fiddle with the tiles.

After repairing the roof, Sang Yu flew down from the roof, shook the dust off his clothes, and went into the house to pour water.As soon as the water was poured out of the teapot, hot steam would disperse, and the temperature of the newly boiled tea could be felt from the fingertips. Sang Yu looked at the green mint leaves calmly inside the cup, and a smile slowly appeared in the corners of his eyes.

Ever since Zhuang Xiaomiao knew that part of his grandfather's illness was due to fatigue, he never let his grandfather go up and down the mountain. Grandpa saw his grandson carrying a backpack bigger than himself to pick up firewood on the mountain, and wanted to take the backpack away with distress. Come here: "Grandpa is fine! Grandpa can still move!" Sang Yu walked over and snatched the pannier and carried it on her body and said, "Don't worry, I'll go with Xiao Miao, you can just rest and concentrate on taking care of your body." It's business."

Seeing that both Sang Yu and Zhuang Xiaomiao insisted, the old man couldn't object, so he had to tell them to be careful.After that, apart from studying the "Ling Fei Jing", Sang Yu planted vegetables, chopped firewood, hoeed the fields and irrigated the fields. The old man never did any heavy work. At most, he went to a small river not far away to catch two fish and cook them.

At first, Sang Yu thought that Zhuang Xiaomiao must be a mischievous troublemaker with such a tricky mouth, but then he discovered that he was just mean-spirited, hard-working and careless, especially obedient to his grandfather, and he was so sensible that he couldn't believe it.Thinking about how he and his grandfather lived alone and alone in this remote and deserted village for so many years, Sang Yu gradually forgot what this little fox did to him.

The second time I went to the town to buy medicine, Sang Yu saw Zhuang Xiaomiao hiding behind the locust tree and staring at him in a daze, eyes full of yearning, Sang Yu smiled: "Do you want to come with me?" Zhuang Xiaomiao Looking at his toes and shaking his head, Sang Yu asked again: "If you really don't go, you're bored at home every day, don't you panic? There are sugar kneaders in the town, and there are also sugar cake sellers." Zhuang Xiaomiao's eyes flickered, The yearning inside was a little stronger, but he still shook his head like a rattle.Sang Yu had no choice but to turn around and leave by himself. Feeling the eager gaze behind him, he turned his head and confirmed again: "I really don't want to go, I see you clearly want to go, don't you?" Zhuang Xiaomiao's eyes darkened He turned dark, then shook his head firmly, scratched his head, and left inexplicably.

Sang Yu came back in the evening this time. Not only did he buy enough medicine for half a month, but he also brought back two packs of mung bean cakes that were soft, glutinous and easy to digest and threw them to Zhuang Xiaomiao.Zhuang Xiaomiao gave a portion of the mung bean cake to his grandfather, and then ate two pieces by himself. Looking at the remaining two pieces of cake, he swallowed, but still packed them up and sent them to Sang Yu's room.Sang Yu went back to the room and looked at the oiled paper bag containing the cakes on the table and smiled, picked up Zhuang Xiaomiao's door and said with a smile that he had already eaten, and threw the paper bag back to him.

After the tomatoes in the field behind the house were ripe, Zhuang Xiaomiao picked a few and washed them clean, then hung them in buckets and hung them in the well water to keep them cold. In the evening, he picked up the tomatoes and packed them in a small satchel, then climbed to the big locust tree Sitting on the bed, eating tomatoes while blowing the evening breeze.Sang Yu just came back after picking up firewood. He looked up and saw Zhuang Xiaomiao sitting on the locust tree, so he flew over and sat next to him.Zhuang Xiaomiao didn't look at him, but took out a big, red tomato from her small satchel and asked him if he wanted it. Sang Yu took it and took a bite.

At this time, the sun is setting, and the eyes are a golden and red intertwined clouds and rays of light. The tired birds in the forest are flying across the long sky. The dusk is deep and the evening wind is rustling. The plants and trees near and far are swaying in the wind, with the bitter smell of plants Passed on by strands.

Sang Yu suddenly said: "Tomatoes are still delicious mixed with sugar." Zhuang Xiaomiao tilted his head and glanced at him, and he showed him a bright smile: "It's delicious if you eat it this way, but I like sweet ones." Zhuang Xiaomiao Xiao Miao stopped chewing and thought for a while and said, "The pumpkins we grow are very sweet, but we haven't planted them this year, so we can't eat them." Sang Yu smacked his lips: "That's a pity, I liked to eat sweet ones when I was young. I still have to eat with a mouth full of decayed teeth, and I can't change it when I grow up."

Zhuang Xiaomiao took a bite of the tomato and asked, "Well... what are you going on your way to do? When will you leave?"

"I'm going to join the army. The Demon Emperor Helian Jing is tyrannical. All over the Central Plains are crusading against him. As a man, it's better to go to the battlefield and fight for the people of the Li people than to live in the countryside all his life. My trip is to join the rebel army Yes, but don't worry, I'll help you cure your grandpa first before leaving." Sang Yu swallowed the remaining tomatoes in one gulp, and Zhuang Xiaomiao handed him another one.

He looked at the faint shadow of the distant mountain, his whole body was bathed in the warm light, and felt that this moment was a good opportunity, so he brought up the long-standing doubts in his heart, and asked, "Why did you become a deserted village here? Why didn't Grandpa move away? And that book..."

"It has nothing to do with you!" Zhuang Xiaomiao interrupted him impatiently.Seeing that he obviously didn't want to talk about these issues, Sang Yu said, "Forget it, I'm just curious, you don't want to say that I won't ask any more questions in the future... Let's talk about other things... For example... you What do you want to do when you grow up?"

Zhuang Xiaomiao gradually calmed down, she tilted her head and thought for a while, and a small spot of light lit up in her eyes: "I want to go to the Lantern Festival! I went to Wuling City once when I was two years old, but I don't remember clearly. ...I just remember it was very, very beautiful, and I want to see it again!"

"It's that simple." Sang Yu was very surprised. He remembered that he had been to Wuling City before. It was not far away, and it was not a very prosperous place. It is conceivable that the Lantern Festival in such an ordinary place would not have any surprises. Surprisingly, he was amazed that Zhuang Xiaomiao's dream was so simple.

"Well... Actually, I don't want to see the lanterns, I can see anything, as long as I can look around..." Zhuang Xiaomiao raised his head and looked into the distance thoughtfully.

"That's very simple! Another month will be the Qiqiao Festival, and there will be lantern festivals everywhere. I'll take you to see it."

"No need... let's not talk about this... By the way, I haven't seen your original form yet, what kind of monster are you?"

"Guess what?" Sang Yu smiled slyly, and stuffed the tomato into his mouth.

"People describe ugly eating as gobbling. If you eat so ugly, you are probably a wolf!"

"Why not a tiger?" Sang Yu didn't realize the disgust in his words.

"Because the tiger has the word king on its head, but you don't!"

"Who said that a tiger will also have the character king on its head? You can't have red skin if you have red hair, can you? But your eyes are blue, maybe the eyes after transformation can also be blue Yes." Sang Yu couldn't help but began to imagine what Zhuang Xiaomiao would look like after transforming, he thought, after practicing this "Ling Fei Jing", maybe he could find a way for Zhuang Xiaomiao to transform.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, Sang Yu stayed at Zhuang Xiaomiao's house for more than a month. He had eaten five or six racks of beans, and he had also practiced the chapter on driving spiritual energy in "Ling Fei Jing". Lingqi rushed to Zhuang Xiaomiao's house.Sang Yu thought: When he drives all the aura around Linlang Mountain to Zhuang Xiaomiao's house, the old man will get better even if he doesn't need to take any more medicine - then he can leave soon.

He went to the town to buy medicine for the last time. In the evening when Zhuang Xiaomiao was decocting the medicine, he leaned against the door and gnawed an old cucumber: "After you boil the medicine, go to the place where we often rest when we collect firewood." Come over to the big stone, and I'll show you something." Zhuang Xiaomiao looked up, "What is it?" "You'll know when you come." He turned around and showed his back.

An hour later, Zhuang Xiaomiao climbed halfway up the hillside suspiciously, and saw Sang Yu lying on the bed-sized white stone with a piece of dogtail in his mouth. The cool moonlight shone on him, making the boy's face a little transparent.

"Hey, what do you want me to see?" Zhuang Xiaomiao asked.

Sang Yu stood up and pulled him up, with a smile illuminated by the moonlight on the corner of his mouth: "You wait!" Sang Yu turned around and raised his left hand and put his index and middle fingers on his lips. He calmly drew a talisman in the void, and those runes secretly glowed with a faint blue light in the air. He suddenly shot out the light, and instantly the vegetation near and far swayed rustlingly.

The long wind blows across the hills, and there are spots of light rising from the grass near and far away, one point, two points, three points... ten points... hundreds of points... tens of thousands of points... as if splashed on the world. The Milky Way, like fragments of moonlight cracked all over the place.They are wrapped in the mighty evening wind and dance, shining like stars in the cool moonlight.

After Zhuang Xiaomiao lost his mind for a moment, his pupils gradually dilated, and then he remained motionless.Sang Yu suddenly yelled "Ah!", turned down from the other side of the stone and took out a paper-made Kongming lantern and said, "I bought this for you! Didn't you say you want to go to the Lantern Festival? I might not have time to take you After seeing them, I had to take you to see the fireflies. Although this light is a little smaller, there are so many! I think it’s pretty pretty, right?”

He handed Zhuang Xiaomiao the Kongming Lantern and fire folder in his hand to light it up. Looking at the warm and bright Kongming Lantern in his arms, Zhuang Xiaomiao looked up hesitantly and asked him, "Can I hold it for a while longer? I want to put it on later." Sang Xiaomiao Yu rubbed his head and smiled and said, "Of course you can! Whatever you want!"

Zhuang Xiaomiao sat down holding the lantern. He looked at the dots of light wandering around him and asked Sang Yu, "Are you leaving?" Sang Yu sat beside him with an "um" and said, "Grandpa's body is no longer big enough." Come on, he won't cough up blood anymore, I plan to leave in five days." Zhuang Xiaomiao lowered his head, and Sang Yu rubbed his hair again: "You have to take good care of yourself, and grandpa."

Zhuang Xiaomiao raised her head, looked at the bright and soft Kongming lantern in her hand, and suddenly let it go, the Kongming lantern rose up, and soon flew into the night sky to become a small dot.Zhuang Xiaomiao looked at the misty night sky and said, "You go! If you are outside