little fox demon

It was not until a few days later that Chu You completely released Bai Zhi from the house.

Anning Village is beautiful in winter. The whole village is covered in white, with smoke rising from the kitchen, just like a beautiful landscape painting.During the day, Chu You was afraid that Bai Zhi would be too bored at home, so he took him for a walk in the village, and sometimes took him to the villagers' homes.Within a few days, Bai Zhi had almost gotten to know the people in the village.

When Chu You wanted to take him out again, Bai Zhi refused: "Brother Chu, it's not long since I left Chun, and you've already wasted a lot of time by patronizing me these days. I can go out and play by myself. You don't have to be with me all the time."

Chu You thought for a while and didn't refuse, just told him: "Be careful, and come back early when it's time for dinner."

Bai Zhi smiled and agreed, and went out happily.

Who are you looking for?Bai Zhi stood outside the gate and counted the people in the village from the east of the village to the west of the village. He looked like a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old, but most of the men at this age had already married and still took care of their wives and children at home. It's hot on the kang, so I can't play with him.Looking for younger kids?Bai Zhi still felt embarrassed.After much deliberation, Bai Zhi decided to find Xiao Qi.Xiao Qi is an adult, yet so pitiful, he is always alone and needs someone to accompany him.

After making up her mind, Bai Zhi walked to Xiao Qi's house.

Xiao Qi was looking in the direction of the village entrance at the door of his house, and when he saw Bai Zhi coming, he just smirked.

"Xiao Qi, what are you looking at?" Bai Zhi followed his gaze, and there was only a lonely willow tree at the entrance of the village, covered with white snow.Xiaoqi's house is the third one at the entrance of the village. Anyone who comes to the entrance of the village and what animals pass by can be clearly seen from the gate.

"Wait for him, wait for him." Xiao Qi replied foolishly, his eyes still staring at him blinking.

"Who are you waiting for?" Bai Zhi asked curiously.

Xiao Qi stopped talking, just stretched his neck and watched.

"Are you cold?" Although Xiao Qi was already wearing a thick cotton coat, no matter how thick he was wearing at this time of year, it would still be cold outside, but he didn't know how long Xiao Qi had been standing here.

Xiao Qi did react to Bai Zhi's words. He rubbed his hands together, stomped his feet and said, "Cold."

"Come in the house when it's cold, it's warm in the house." Bai Zhi pulled Xiao Qi's sleeve to bring him into the house.

"No, no." Xiao Qi shook his arm and broke away from Bai Zhi.

Bai Zhi said helplessly: "Aren't you cold? Let's go inside to warm up before coming out."

"Wait for him, wait for him." Xiao Qi still couldn't bear to move his eyes away from the entrance of the village.

Bai Zhi had no choice but to squat on the ground and wait with him with her chin in her hands.

"Is he waiting for someone?" Bai Zhi said to herself, "Is it the man who came with him and disappeared inexplicably?"

Bai Zhi was thinking ecstatically when she suddenly saw Xiao Qi running towards the entrance of the village, shouting loudly while running: "Xiao Qi! Xiao Qi!" Bai Zhi hurriedly chased him, but saw a person coming from the entrance of the village. He knew that it was Dr. Zhou from Anning Village.

Xiao Qi ran up to him and obviously recognized Dr. Zhou, with a look of disappointment on his face: "No, no, it's not Xiao Qi."

"Doctor Zhou, where have you been?" Bai Zhi greeted Doctor Zhou.

"Yo, it's Bai Zhi." Doctor Zhou said, "I went to town, and I just came back."

"Doctor Zhou, you cured my illness, I haven't thanked you yet." Bai Zhi bowed deeply to Doctor Zhou.

Doctor Zhou smiled and waved his hands: "It's okay, it's okay, we all live in the same village, and we will see each other after we say thank you. Besides, curing diseases and saving lives is what I should do as a doctor."

"Doctor Zhou, do you know what kind of illness Xiao Qi is suffering from?" Bai Zhi looked at Xiao Qi's leaving back and asked, "I heard that he was not like this."

"I showed him when he first got sick. His illness is not in his head," Doctor Zhou pointed to his heart, "it's here."

"In your heart?" Bai Zhi frowned and asked again, "He is always looking at the entrance of the village, but is he waiting for someone?"

"Since the day he became ill, he has been like this. Whether it rains or snows, he stands there and looks at the entrance of the village. No one can persuade him to go back." Speaking of this, Doctor Zhou's face was also covered with tears. With a sad face, he sighed, "It should be the man who came with him."

Bai Zhi's heart was stuffy, she didn't know what it was like, should that man be to blame for abandoning Xiao Qi?No, maybe that man died in an accident, and Xiao Qi couldn't bear the blow, so he became like this.

"Then will his illness recover?" Bai Zhi asked.

Dr. Zhou shook his head: "It's hard to say, maybe he will be fine when he sees that man, and maybe he will be fine suddenly one day." Maybe it will never get better.

"I see, thank you, Doctor Zhou." Bai Zhi saw off Doctor Zhou, and when she walked back to the village, she still saw Xiao Qi standing at the door of her house looking around.

Bai Zhi's nose was a little sore, she couldn't bear to watch it any longer, and ran back to her home.

"Why did you come back so early?" Hearing the sound of the door opening, Chu You put down his book and came out to read. He saw the sullen little fox at a glance, "What's the matter? Who made you unhappy?"

"No one." Bai Zhi whispered, "It's just that I suddenly feel uncomfortable, it's Xiao Qi." He added.

Chu You took him back to the house and rubbed his cold hands: "Xiao Qi has been like this for a long time."

"Actually, Xiao Qi isn't his name, is it?" Bai Zhi recalled the phrase "It's not Xiao Qi" that Xiao Qi said disappointedly after meeting Dr. Zhou, "Xiao Qi is that man's name, right?"

"I think it should be that man's name." Bai Zhi's hands were no longer cold after Chu You's rubbing, and Chu You poured him a cup of hot water to warm his body, "He gave everyone who passed by the village entrance They're all called Cheng Xiaoqi, but none of them."

Bai Zhi still remembered that when he first met Xiao Qi, he asked him what his name was, and he said Xiao Qi.He forgot his own name, but only remembered that person's.

Bai Zhi's heart became more and more uncomfortable, and a thought was about to break out: "If I know what that person's name is, I might be able to find out where he is." Seeing Xiao Qi like this, he really felt uncomfortable, he I want to help him, he is a demon, although he has never tried the spell of finding people, but there is always some hope of finding people.However, he only knew that his name was "Xiao Qi", so he couldn't find out no matter what.

"Even if you can find out, don't look into it." Although Bai Zhi's sad look made Chu You feel heartbroken, there are still some things that need to be told to him, "It's fine if that person is dead. If he doesn't die, it's him." After abandoning Xiao Qi, even if we find him back, what's the use of it?"

Bai Zhi remained silent, Brother Chu was right, if he really abandoned Xiao Qi, how could he come back?After so many years, if you want to come back, you should come back a long time ago.

Bai Zhi unconsciously put her arms around Chu You's waist, listened to his strong heartbeat, felt relieved, but still asked uncertainly: "Brother Chu, will you not want me?"

Chu You smiled helplessly, you little fool.He hugged Bai Zhi tightly and filled his chest to the brim, his voice was a little hoarse: "I'm afraid you won't want me."

"No, Brother Chu, I want to follow you forever." The little fox hurriedly defended himself.

Chu You smiled: "Will you follow me when I become an old man?"

"I will be with you—" Bai Zhi swallowed the words of becoming an old man. He is a demon and will not grow old. When, even wanting to grow old with that person is a kind of Extravagant hope, "Brother Chu, you are really old, and I will not dislike you. If one day you die, I will wait for you to enter reincarnation and find your reincarnation before looking for you."

Chu You's nose was sore, and tears almost flowed out. He looked up at the ceiling, blinked hard, and smiled again: "Then will I be a man in my next life?"

"No, how could such a good brother, Brother Chu, fail to be a man." Bai Zhi quickly retorted, "However, it doesn't matter if you really can't be a man, since I'm not a man anyway."

This fool, do you have to make him cry?

Chu You was very satisfied in his heart, and he would not waste his life if he could get the little fox's words.It's not too early after all, Chu You whispered in Bai Zhi's ear, "Are you hungry? Let me cook. I have ribs to eat today."

"Really?" Bai Zhi's eyes were shining brightly, and the haze on his face was swept away, "Then let me help Brother Chu light the fire." Bai Zhi loves meat, not like other foxes who only love chicken, he I am willing to eat any kind of meat, and of course it is especially made by Brother Chu.

After night fell, Bai Zhi went to bed early.Chu You didn't want to sleep, so in order not to let Bai Zhi be alone, he put the oil lamp on the edge of the kang above his head, and lay down on the kang under the quilt to read a book.

At the beginning, Bai Zhi was still sleeping obediently in her quilt, but then somehow, arching and arching, she lifted off the quilt on her body and got into Chu You's quilt, her hands hugged his quilt tightly. Waist, face rubbing against his body.

Chu You couldn't read the book anymore, so he blew out the candle, lay down gently, and held Bai Zhi in his arms until dawn.

Bai Zhi was awakened by the smell of rice again. Before going to bed every day, he reminded himself to get up early the next day. He wanted to cook for Brother Chu and give him a surprise, but he couldn't do it every day.You obviously got up very early on the first day when you first arrived, what's going on now?Bai Zhi sighed, tomorrow, tomorrow he must get up early.

Chu You was busy in the kitchen, and Bai Zhi couldn't help, so he went to the yard to see if the chickens had gained weight. Well, the main concern was whether they could lay a few more eggs.

There are several small wooden planks of the same length scattered about in the yard, and there are several large logs beside the wooden planks, with a plane on it, which seems to be unfinished.

"Brother Chu, what are you doing?" Bai Zhi shouted into the room.

Chu You opened the door and waved at him: "Come and eat, and I'll tell you when I'm done eating." He knew this fox too well, and if he told him now, he would be too excited to eat well.

Bai Zhi was obedient, she sat down and quickly finished her meal.

After eating, Bai Zhi and Chu You came to the courtyard, and Chu You continued the unfinished work with a plane.

"Did you see the sledge?" Chu You asked.

Bai Zhi nodded: "I've seen it before, Brother Chu, are you going to make a sledge?"

"Do you want to play?" Chu You asked again.

Bai Zhi said honestly: "Yes, but we don't have horses or dogs."

Chu You smiled: "Who said that horses and dogs have to be the ones who pull the sledge? When I was young, I often played with the children in the village pulling the sledge. There were so many people at that time, so we divided them into two groups, and one group sat on the sledge. , the other group pulled the rope to pull it. From the east end of the village to the west end of the village, and then back again. Then the person who was pulling the sledge sat on the sledge, and the person who was sitting on the sledge before was replaced by the person pulling the sledge. gone."

When talking about childhood, Chu You always had a faint smile on his face, and it can be seen that it was indeed a good time.Although he has no brothers and sisters, he did not live alone in his childhood. There are still children in the village who can play with him.

"Sometimes there are too many children to sit on the sledge, and some children simply stand behind the sledge and hug the waist of the person sitting in front," Chu You continued, "They can't fall down, even if they fall, it's nothing serious , the snow is thick, and there are many clothes, and it doesn’t hurt to fall on the ground. Sometimes the child who falls will make a snowball and throw it at everyone, and then everyone will throw him back. At this time, playing on the sledge somehow becomes It's a snowball fight."

Bai Zhi couldn't wait to hear it, and just squatted on the ground with her cheeks in her hands and stared at Chu You without blinking.

"Is it cold?" Chu You asked with concern when he realized that the little fox hadn't spoken for a long time.

"It's not cold, it sounds like I'm playing with brother Chu when I was a child, my body is warm." Bai Zhi moved her legs, squatting a little numb, "Brother Chu, are you going to drag me to play?" ?"

Chu You touched Bai Zhi's hand anxiously, and finally believed his words warmly: "Yes, it will be done in a while, I will tie a rope in front, you sit on it, and I can play with you. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the snow will melt soon after spring, so I will show you more while the snow is still there."

Bai Zhi was very moved: "Brother Chu, why are you so kind to me?" Well he wanted to cry.

Chu You smiled and didn't answer him, but instead said: "Go inside and wait a while, it's cold outside, it will get colder if you don't move."

Bai Zhi shook her head: "I don't want to go, I just want to watch brother Chu here."

Chu You couldn't help it, so he had to say: "If it's cold, you have to go into the house, don't freeze anymore."

"I see," Bai Zhi replied with a smile. He pointed to the unfinished sledge again and said, "Where are we going to play when it's done?" He didn't want to play in the village, although he wanted to let everyone Everyone has seen how brother Chu treats him well, but it's not good to let a big man like Chu brother pull him by the rope and let others see.

Chu You said: "Let's go to the back mountain. The back mountain is not far from the village. Although it snows, the mountain is not closed. Occasionally, there will be hunters hunting on the mountain. There is also a long steep slope, and we will play there. By the way, there are a lot of pheasants on the back mountain, maybe we can still meet them."

As soon as he heard the pheasant, the saliva in Bai Zhi's mouth could not stop flowing out. The pheasant is much more delicious than the domestic chicken. If you get a few back, one will be braised in soy sauce, one will be boiled in soup, and the other will be roasted over fire. Go... Kill all the ones that can't be eaten, drain the blood, remove the fur, freeze it outside, and take it into the house to melt it when you want to eat it.

But if only one came back, should it be braised in soy sauce or boiled in soup?Bai Zhi was worried, her eyebrows were tightly knit together.

Chu You was amused to see him like this, and scratched his little nose with the back of his index finger: "Why, are you thinking about pheasants?"

His mind was exposed, Bai Zhi felt embarrassed, he hurriedly turned his back, wiped the drool that was about to flow out with his hands, and laughed a few times: "Well, Brother Chu, you do it first, I'll go into the room to have a look. "

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This chapter is actually two chapters put together.