Peach wood

Everyone's name probably has some special meaning. Shuhuai asked the name of Tong Xin's mortal mother, only then did he know that Tong Xin took his mother's surname, and his mother's name was Tong Lan.

The word "Lan" often makes people have all kinds of wonderful associations. It is cloud and mist, and it is like mountain wind, with a natural hazy meaning.Shu Huai chewed the word carefully, not noticing that he was about to follow Tong Xin to the gate of his house.Standing in the middle of the alley, Shuhuai looked up at the light-colored high wall, and found that there were weeds growing on the top of the wall, but there were scattered flowers among them. Living here is probably quite comfortable. Although you can't enjoy the glory and wealth, it's just plain The is also very good.

The snow was slippery, and the old cow was walking tremblingly. Shuhuai always felt that it was about to fall, so he moved away from it in fear, and held Tong Xin's hand tightly again.Tong Xin only felt that this young man was gentle, but he didn't know his background, he didn't dare to offend him casually, he hurriedly broke away, lest he would stain the snow-white cloak, but Shuhuai remained motionless, still holding his hand, face There is still a smile on the face: "what are you afraid of, it's just a suit of clothes, just wash it if it gets dirty."

"It's nice to say, it's not your fault anyway." Mo Yun sneered at the side.

Indeed, ever since he and Mo Yun got together, Shuhuai never washed a piece of clothing by himself.Mo Yun took the initiative to take over the job, and along the way, he even washed all kinds of clothes for the snow clothes - later on, Wan Zhu competed with him for the work, and from then on, he was only responsible for managing the book pockets.

Shuhuai picked up a good obedient boy, and every time he talked about it, he would smile happily. Mo Yun felt that he was a bit annoying, and took the opportunity to expose his old background, as if to let people, gods, demons and ghosts all over the world know about Shuhuai. How lazy Huai is.

Shu Huai didn't care about his vengeful behavior, anyway, no matter how much he tossed about, he would still wash the clothes.

So Shu Huai happily answered: "That's right, I don't touch the spring water with my ten fingers, and I stay in my boudoir, and I am very leisurely."

"You haven't been...pretending to be a big girl with yellow flowers?" Mo Yun was about to say something when he caught a glimpse of Tong Xin still in the corner of his eye, and immediately changed his words, making him laugh out loud.

Tong Xin heard something was wrong, blinked his smart eyes, the more Shuhuai looked at him, the more he liked him, so he stretched out his hand and pinched his face.

Mo Yun became jealous, and started to make trouble for Shuhuai again: "If you act recklessly, I will go on strike."

"It's as if I'm afraid of you. Whether you like to wash or not, I'm not without hands and feet, so I can't wash clothes by myself." Shuhuai used a aggressive trick to deliberately provoke Mo Yun.Mo Yun knew it was a trick, but he still took a step forward and stepped into the center of the trap. Then he looked at Shuhuai again, intending to drag this person into the water: "I am indeed the child you picked up."

"Inexplicable, what nonsense are you talking about?" Shuhuai was puzzled, thinking that he was angry, and his attitude softened, "Where did I pick you up, how did you get here, don't you know in your heart?"

Tong Xin was confused, and felt that the relationship between the two young masters was really wonderful, like father and son, not like brothers at all.

Seeing him staring at Shuhuai intently, the little demon king was so angry that he almost burst into flames, he took a step forward, clasped Shuhuai's shoulders, and asked forcefully: "Always keep my brother busy, where are you enjoying your leisure time?" , won't your conscience be disturbed?"

"No. You come and touch it, it's alive and kicking." Shuhuai said with a playful smile, "A brother is like a father, of course you have to serve me like a father."

Mo Hui has always done his own thing, so he won't bother his young son. In the whole Three Realms, Shu Huai is probably the only one who can support Mo Yun so relentlessly, but Mo Yun is willing to work hard for a bite of meat. No matter how tired you are, you are happy.

"If it's a younger sister, would you order her like this?" Mo Yun let go of Shuhuai's shoulders, and gently pinched his earlobe.

Shuhuai frowned and avoided his hand, and glanced at him slightly dissatisfied: "Of course she ordered me, what are you thinking?"

It turns out that this is called differential treatment. Reminiscent of Shuhuai's attitude towards Xueyi, Mo Yun felt more and more that he really picked it up, and he didn't feel bad when it was worn out.

Seeing that he was full of evil spirits, Shuhuai feared that he would scare the kitten, so he took Tong Xin's hand, pushed it behind him, and turned to Mo Yun with a smiling face: "It's just a joke, don't bother!" Seriously, my heart is full but I pretend to be you, aren't you satisfied?"

When Tong Xin, who was hidden behind him, heard this, his face burned red, and even the base of his neck was red. In this cold winter day, he looked like a small stove that stood out.The old cow casually glanced at the little master, lowered his head and continued to step on the snow under his hooves slowly. Tong Xin's mind was confused, and the soles of his feet suddenly slipped, and he threw himself on the lower back of Shuhuai.

Shuhuai couldn't help laughing, and saw that the child was coming home soon, so he said: "Your cow is already waiting for you at the door, we two brothers still have something to do, let's go first, and come to find you tomorrow."

After thinking about it, he glanced at Mo Yun, and continued to talk: "My younger brother thinks gold and silver are burning his hands, and he is eager to use them to do some good deeds, but my friend's charcoal has already been bought, so I have to find another way." , to let him have fun. It’s good that my little friend is still waiting for me at noon tomorrow, I have something to tell you.”

Tong Xin was trembling, fearing that they would abduct and sell the child, but anyway, since he had money to take, he agreed to it first.He scratched his head, thanked shyly, turned and ran to his cattle.Mo Yun held on to Shuhuai's sleeve, and took a step back at the same time, the cold wind whizzed past, rolling up a piece of snow foam, Tong Xin looked back, there was no one in the original place, only two footprints were still left on the snow inlaid.

If he had looked carefully, he would have found that the two strings of footprints had only come forward, but not retreated. However, at this moment, the sky began to snow again, and his feet were so cold that he had no choice but to run home first, and then to the backyard. Lock up his cattle.

The woman was sitting in the room, holding a bowl of steaming water, waiting for the child to come home.She is not in good health and cannot do heavy work, her husband left early, and the only sustenance in her life is on this son. Fortunately, Tong Xin is sensible and knows how to work hard to support the family, otherwise the family will not be able to survive.

"Mother." Tong Xin went home and called his mother first as usual, and when Tong Lan answered with a smile, he took the bowl of hot water from his mother and drank it.Tong Lan looked at him with a smile, and teased him that it was a good thing it wasn't tea, otherwise if he drank it like this, wouldn't it be a waste of good things?

That's what they said, but their family didn't have any spare money to buy any tea, even if they wanted to buy it, they could only buy the worst ones.Tong Xin has grown up so much, he only remembers the taste of white water. In the past, he drank mountain spring water, but later he drank the water boiled by his mother. It seems that there is no difference. Water, always tastes softer.

The boy drank the water in the bowl, licked the corner of his mouth, looked at his mother and smiled again.No matter how difficult life is, this smile seems to have never been less.Tong Lan patted his head and asked, "How come that pile of charcoal is sold out?"

Tong Xin's eyes lit up, and he described today's experience vividly. Tong Lan heard it strangely, and wondered when such a noble person came to this small place, but his face remained calm, and he only praised Tong Xin with a slight smile.Without saying a word, she coughed again, and Tong Xin quickly helped her to sit down, and patted her on the back to comfort her.Tong Lan's problem was only a few years ago, and it will flare up in autumn and winter. She went to see the doctor but it didn't get better. She was afraid that she would use up the little money left at home, so she didn't even go to the pharmacy afterwards.

Although she said that she was fine, Tong Xin, as a monster clan, of course knew that her calmness was just an illusion. Thanks to the monster clan's keen senses, he was able to perceive a lot.

If it was the Tong Xin from before, maybe he wouldn't even know that his mother was dying.

But he is not the former Tong Xin, he can fight with his own life before his mother's condition worsens.

"Mother." Tong Xin called again, "The cow is old and can't pull the cart anymore. I'm afraid I won't be able to pull things to sell in the future, but don't worry, I'll go out again tomorrow to find some work in the city Do."

"Small business is an unstable business after all, but since your father passed away, the family has no land to grow, and even if you want stability, you can't ask for stability." Tong Lan sighed softly, "Mother is not in good health, and can only embroider one or two flowers." Hua, you can't even wash your clothes, so these years have dragged you down."

"When my son was born not long ago, he was the real burden. My mother has kindness to me, and I will remember this kindness forever." Tong Xin saw that she was relieved, and took back the light pat on her back. hand.He still didn't dare to tell Tong Lan about meeting those two sons, he was afraid that Tong Lan would worry about it.

Children are sensible and report good news but not bad news, so parents can naturally worry less.However, where they couldn't see, the silent child carried all the burden on his shoulders. The weight he was bearing was no less than half the weight he had been bearing before, and even because of that unspeakable secret, his heart began to tire.

But he still chose to conceal it, and buried everything he didn't want his mother to know.

The snow fell quietly, and the old cow raised his head to look at the sky, and the sky full of snow was reflected in his cloudy eyes.It turns out that there is also snow in the southern country, but the snow is not as heavy as usual. What happened to the weather this year?

In other words, at the junction of the north and the south, one has to face some weird weather and some weird creatures.

Shu Huai's body was clean, without any stains. Mo Yun stared at the fluff on his collar, and felt that this guy was covered in white, and with fluff on his body, he looked more and more like an old fox.Shuhuai noticed that Mo Yun was looking at him, so he lifted his hat and turned to look at him, with doubts written in his eyes.

"You'll be in a daze all day long. It's cold, and it froze your head?" Shu Huai softly knocked on the top of Mo Yun's head, without much strength.Mo Yun grabbed that wrist with his backhand, rubbed it lightly for a moment, but smiled: "It's really interesting."

"What's interesting? What's interesting?" Shuhuai shook his head, shook off the layer of snowflakes, withdrew his hand, and put the hat back on.As soon as he moved, the circle of fluff shivered in the cold wind, as if he came alive.

"Old fox." Mo Yun commented, "The old fox still has charm."

"Who taught you to speak like this?" Shu Huai turned around and gave him a kick. Mo Yun hurriedly jumped away, raised his index finger to instruct him to lower his voice, and then laughed: "The wording is not appropriate, it should be a vixen." 'Thousands of charms' is right."

Shuhuai held back his laughter when he heard the words, couldn't hold back for a long time, and let out a breath of white air: "I think your head is really frozen. Recently, you have always been glib and incoherent. You say I am like a fox, how much am I I can guess some reasons, but I want to tell you that Wen Yanzhi is more like an old fox than me. You turn around and say to Yanzhi that he is charming, and you can see if he can beat you."

Mo Yun was just making himself laugh, Shuhuai knew it in his heart, but with a smile, his voice gradually dropped.Mo Yun still wanted to say something, but suddenly he heard him sniffling, and saw him stepping a little further away from the wall, stomping his feet in the snow: "It's so cold. Let's go."

"Is it cold? I don't think it's too cold anymore." Mo Yun took three steps in parallel to catch up to the book pocket in front of him, holding the stove with one hand, and dangling it in mid-air.Shuhuai glanced at him, telling him to be careful not to break the heater, and then he stopped, holding the little thing that was constantly heating up in his arms peacefully.

The heater dutifully warmed everything around it, Mo Yun stared down at it, and suddenly felt that its shape was like a round cat's head.The heads of cats seem to be round and round, different from dogs. Mo Yun looked sideways at Shu Huai, and lightly poked his waist: "Do you like cat heads or dog heads?"

"What?" Shuhuai really thought that Mo Yun's head was frozen to death this time, so he answered casually, "I like your head. Do you want to take it off?"

"I'm afraid you won't be able to bear such a heavy gift." Mo Yun felt that the small heater took up too much space in his hand, so he stuffed it into Shu Huai. Shu Huai took the opportunity to touch the back of his hand, and immediately reacted Why doesn't he feel how cold it is.The hands that were already frozen would naturally not feel. Mo Yun's paws were numb from the cold, and he didn't know how to run his spiritual energy.

It's true, the brain is broken.

Take off his head another day, and give Wen Yanzhi a repair.

Shu Huai was so angry that his mouth was bitter, but he still had to put on a good look on the surface: "Why don't you use the spiritual energy? Your hands are already frozen."

"Ah? The little demon is right next to him. Of course I have to keep my breath away, otherwise what should I do if I scare him? My hands are numb from the cold, and you are hot. Give me a couple of hands... Yes, my legs are too. It hurts from the cold, and when I return to Hades, you have to warm me up." Mo Yun leaned over with a shy face, and put his hand into the cloak of the book pocket again.Shuhuai shuddered all over, and suddenly realized that this little wolf cub was fishing for big fish with a long line, and he had planned a path from the beginning, waiting for him to finish the journey in a safe and sound way, and finally fell hard into the deep pit.

It's a pity that he thought he could clearly observe all kinds of thoughts in Mo Yun's mind, but he never expected that he capsized in the small ditch.