Raiders, loyal dog

When Qiao Zhibai woke up, it was still dark.Get out of bed, open the window, a gust of cold wind blows in, making people shiver involuntarily.

It's almost winter.Qiao Zhibai slowly stroked the carvings on the wooden window with his hands, his expression a little heavy.It has been 29 days since he came to this place.In other words, tomorrow should be the deadline.

Thinking of this, Qiao Zhibai paused for a moment, and looked back at Ling Zixiu who was still sleeping soundly on the bed, feeling a headache.In fact, when it comes to the future arrangements, Qiao Zhibai feels that everything he can do has been arranged as well as possible.But the most important problem has not been resolved yet, that is...he has not sought the opinion of Ling Zixiu, the righteous master.

Qiao Zhibai sighed slightly in his heart. He didn't know if it was his own illusion. These days, he felt that his children were becoming more and more clingy to him. Except for the few hours when he had to be separated from studying, he wished he could go to the school for a while. You have to follow up when you go to the toilet.

If he left for half a stick of incense without saying hello, it would be a disaster, Ling Zixiu could turn all the places he might go to inside out.Moreover, every time he was found, the little guy would keep his big eyes wide open without saying a word, with tears in his eyes, turning and turning in his eyes, even an iron man can kill you My heart is melted.

What's more, that was the child he liked the most since he came into contact with him, so he was even more reluctant to part with it.

However, the deadline has come, and there is no way to delay it even if I don't want to talk about it.

On the other end, Ling Zixiu, who was sleepy, stretched out his hand, and felt around the bed, but found that he didn't touch Qiao Zhibai's person, his nerves tensed suddenly, and he immediately woke up.

"Brother?" He sat up suddenly from the bed, and it was not until he caught sight of Qiao Zhibai standing by the window that Ling Zixiu's heart calmed down a little.He stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes, his voice still sounded soft after waking up, "What are you doing up so early? Well, come here quickly, it's so cold outside, stay by the window for a long time, be careful to catch a cold."

Qiao Zhibai reached out and closed the window again, walked over and rubbed Ling Zixiu's head, and said with a smile: "Xiaoxiu, I see that the weather should be good today, why don't you take a day off from school today and go out with me for an autumn outing?"

"Autumn outing?" Ling Zixiu didn't think there was anything fun to do in this season, but since Qiao Zhibai made a suggestion, he wouldn't object.Moreover, taking a day off from class means that he can spend a few more hours with Qiao Zhibai. Thinking of this, Ling Zixiu became happy, "Then I'll get up and wash up right now." , let the little brother in the store help pass a message to the master later."

Qiao Zhibai looked at Ling Zixiu's cheerful expression, and his expression was slightly complicated, but in the end he could only smile, patted Ling Zixiu's head lightly, and said, "Then you move quickly, I'll go and order Xiao Er to send you to wash up. Bring up the utensils."

"Understood, brother." Ling Zixiu smiled childishly, quickly lifted the quilt, found out his clothes, and quickly put them on.

Qiao Zhibai saw that Ling Zixiu had already started to move, so he turned around and went downstairs to find Xiao Er, and together with Xiao Er, they went upstairs with two pots of hot water.After Qiao Zhibai and Ling Zixiu cleaned themselves up, the sky began to light up faintly.The morning market has already started, and through the windows, you can hear the characteristic cries of street vendors, sometimes it is quite interesting to listen to.

"Guest officer, what do you want?" When Qiao Zhibai took Ling Zixiu downstairs, Xiao Er, who had been waiting for a long time, hurried over and handed over a package, "It was packed before dawn. , very fresh, please rest assured, guest officer."

Qiao Zhibai took the package, nodded to Xiaoer, and said with a smile, "I can trust the reputation of Baiweilou. Thank you."

"Hey, where is it!" Xiaoer smiled, "If the guest officer is okay, then the little one will go to the building to clean it first?"

Qiao Zhibai responded, and said, "Then I won't bother you." Then, he took Ling Zixiu out of Baiweilou together.

"Brother, what's that?" Ling Zixiu asked, tilting his head to look at Qiao Zhibai.

"Well, let me keep it a secret for now. Anyway, it's a good thing." Qiao Zhibai half-bent down and scratched Ling Zixiu's nose, then stretched out his hand to help him adjust the bandage on his left eye, "Xiaoxiu, what's up?" , are you uncomfortable?"

Generally speaking, Qiao Zhibai would only put bandages on Ling Zixiu's eyes when his master was teaching him lessons. If he took him to the streets occasionally, he would put on black colored contact lenses.But for some reason, Qiao Zhibai suddenly wrapped a bandage around Ling Zixiu even though he was going out for an outing today.Although Ling Zixiu thought it was a bit strange, he didn't think about it too much, he just thought it was Qiao Zhibai who did it.However, I have never tried to go out like this, and the vision of seeing people with one eye always feels very strange.

"No, brother." Ling Zixiu shook his head and said obediently, "It's just that I'm not used to it, but it should be fine in a while."

Listening to Ling Zixiu's words, Qiao Zhibai touched his bandage again with some distress, and muttered to himself: "It's always like this, and it's not good for the eyes. What if I get myopia in the future? Tsk , isn't there a way to have both?"

Ling Zixiu didn't fully understand Qiao Zhibai's words, but he also understood that he was caring for him, so he didn't make a sound, but just gently rubbed against Qiao Zhibai's palm.

"Hey, let's go out to play today, let's not talk about these unhappy things." Qiao Zhibai was a little sore by Ling Zixiu's little action, but in order not to continue to affect the mood of the two of them, he could only pull himself together and pull Ling Zixiu's. hand, smiled and said, "Okay, let's go."

Ling Zixiu hurriedly followed closely, and replied with a slight smile, "Okay."

Although they were going to the outskirts of the city, the place was not very far from Baiweilou. The two of them passed the city gate and walked for another half an hour before arriving at their destination.The location of Mingyin City is very good, the city gate is tall, and the construction is extremely strong. There is also a natural moat surrounding the city.Qiao Zhibai took Ling Zixiu to the upstream of the river, found a place, spread coarse cloth, and sat down comfortably.

Although it is almost winter, most of the trees here are still green and lush.Occasionally, one or two small fishing boats rowed by on the river, just watching quietly like this, I suddenly felt that my heart was at peace.

Qiao Zhibai opened the package in front of Ling Zixiu, and saw a packed chicken and a part of rabbit meat wrapped in greased paper.In addition to the oil paper, there are also some divided bamboo tubes and a few small white porcelain bottles scattered around.

"Brother wants...to barbecue?" Ling Zixiu blinked and asked curiously.

Qiao Zhibai nodded, pointed to the things in the package, and said, "This is used to make beggar chicken, and the bamboo tube is used to make bamboo tube rice. The small porcelain bottle has already filled the seasoning, and it can be used directly when the time comes. Well, these things taste very good after they are done, I thought that Xiaoxiu probably hadn't eaten like this before, so I specially brought you here to eat."

Ling Zixiu was a little happy at first, then looked at Qiao Zhibai with some worry, and asked in a low voice: "Brother, you... really know how to do it?"

Qiao Zhibai raised his head proudly: "We went camping with those people in the department, we did it many times!"

Ling Zixiu's eyes lit up, and he said, "Brother is really amazing!"

Qiao Zhibai smiled even more heartily, completely ignoring the fact that he just beat the chef for a while.

So, after half a stick of incense.

Qiao Zhibai looked sadly at the dry straw that could not be ignited, then looked at the stone in his hand, and muttered guiltyly: "Isn't it said in the book that sparks can be produced by rubbing stones? It's a lie. ?”

Ling Zixiu looked at Qiao Zhibai who was frowning, and said cautiously: "Brother, I think you can let me try."

"You? How can you do it? Don't make trouble, I'll fix it right away..." Qiao Zhibai said halfway, and then his voice stopped abruptly.

"Brother, it's on." Ling Zixiu looked at Qiao Zhibai flatteringly and said.

"..." Qiao Zhibai hesitated for a moment, then looked at Ling Zixiu with a troubled face, and asked, "How did you do it?"

Ling Zixiu raised the little thing in his hand, and said as if offering a treasure: "I heard that my brother said that he was going on an outing, just in case, so I brought a fire bag before I left... Huh? What's wrong with you, brother?"

Qiao Zhibai weakly supported his forehead, and said tremblingly: "It's nothing, it's just expressing condolences for Mr. Zhishang who has abandoned me."

☆、Does Xiaoxiu know?