Youjia Inn

There was a cloud of lead in the sky, and the temperature dropped below freezing.Everyone was wrapped in thick cotton clothes and sat around the fire, talking and laughing while drying their hands.

The fire inside the house is booming, but it is snowing everywhere outside.It is a rare heavy snowfall. It is said that there will be a good harvest next year.

After drinking a little rice wine for dinner, Father Chen's face was flushed, and his usual serious expression was replaced by a smile at the corner of his mouth. He looked at the family surrounded by the stove kindly and happily.

"No, these sweet potatoes are ready." Father Chen pulled out three charred sweet potatoes from the stove with a wooden stick, "This one is for Dani, this one is for Er Ni, and the biggest one is for you. little guy."

Sanwazi took the sweet potato happily, and couldn't wait to break open the sweet potato. The sweetness and aroma of the sweet potato suddenly burst out, and the golden color made Sanwazi's appetite greatly increased, so he took a big bite immediately.

Delicious, yummy, yummy, and baked sweet potatoes are the best.A three-year-old child still feels that it is not enough, and he looks at the sweet potatoes of his two sisters.The two sisters looked at each other and smiled, and each broke half a sweet potato for San Wazi.

Why is my sister back? Isn't my sister married?Oh oh today is New Year's Eve, is it New Year's Eve?

Sanwazi ate sweet potatoes, not even letting go of the charred skin, and even the skin and meat.

"Come, come, give out red envelopes, everyone has them, everyone has them." Chen's mother had three identical red envelopes in her hand, her eyes curled into crescent moons with a smile.

"Creak." The wooden door was pushed open, and the wind and snow outside the house had long been white. A thin child in thin black clothes stepped in carrying the wind and snow. He turned around and closed the door, shaking the snow on his body. , sat down opposite San Wazi, showing a shy smile.

Who is this little brother? Shouldn't he be at home at his thirties? Why did he come to my house alone?Sanwazi tilted his head and thought for a while, but he couldn't figure out who it was.

"My name is Li Jinshan." The child's voice was very familiar, "that is, Xiao Hei."

"Wow, Xiao Hei!" San Wazi's eyes widened, "How did you become a human?"

"Hey, I have a name. Call me by my name. Last time I talked to you, I didn't have time to introduce myself. This time I can finally have a good chat."

The child stretched out his hand to warm himself by the fire, "Can you change the season, it's too cold in winter!"

"Ah?" Sanwazi looked at the child in front of him in bewilderment.

"This is your dream, otherwise, do you think I dare to come to your house?"

The child poked the charcoal in the pot with a wooden stick on one side, and a small cluster of flames "chuckled" up.

Sanwazi looked at the scene in front of him suspiciously, and suddenly remembered that the two sisters lived at their husband's house even in their thirties, so how could they come back.It is indeed a dream, it should be autumn now, it has not been winter yet.

Thinking of this, Sanwazi stood up and opened the door, the wind and snow stopped, the sun was shining outside, and only Sanwazi and the child were left in the house.

"Why is Li Jinshan such an elegant name? I think Xiao Hei is pretty good." San Wazi sat back beside the child.

"I have a name, how ugly it is for you to call me Xiao Hei." The child protested in a childish voice.

"Besides calling your full name more common, I feel uncomfortable calling it, but Xiaohei sounds nicer, and I'm used to it." Sanwazi said.

"Call me Li Jinshan." The child said angrily.

"Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei. Can you respect the opinions of people who are a hundred years older than you?" the child said with a dark face.

"Xiao Hei, Xiao Hei."

"Oh, forget it, I won't quarrel with you." Xiao Hei curled his lips, "It's business, you let me go the other day, I seemed to hear a large group of people looking for you, I was very worried about you, just practiced this dream The law is here to find you, are you alright?"

Sanwazi was stunned, his eyes were blank, he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Hey, are you okay?" Xiao Hei waved his hand in front of San Wazi, seeing that San Wazi ignored him, he could only continue, "Actually, I also came to say goodbye to you today, there is no dragon king here, at least a severe drought 3 In [-], the water in Longtan will dry up sooner or later. I am very grateful to you for taking care of me in Longtan, giving me a little warmth in my life of being excluded and neglected all day long. Thank you even more for letting me go and letting me live , Sanwazi, I have to go, you are my only friend here, I have to go, goodbye."

After Xiao Hei finished speaking, he stood on tiptoe to give Sanwazi a hug, and it was really cold in his hands.

"What's wrong with you!" Xiao Hei reached out and touched San Wazi's forehead, it was extremely hot.

After a whirlwind, the scene in front of Xiao Hei's eyes changed dramatically.

San Wazi was lying on the bed weakly and drowsy, trying to open his eyes, but his eyelids seemed to be sewn shut, and it was useless to open them.

Sanwazi's father and mother stood beside the bed anxiously, a doctor with a goatee frowned and felt his pulse.After a while, he put down Sanwazi's hand and shook his head at Sanwazi's parents.

"Oh, I didn't expect it to turn out like this, but I have tried my best." After speaking, he began to pack the medicine box on the side without even opening a prescription.

Mother Chen's voice trembled, "Doctor, take a look again, there is only one son in my family."

"Well, prepare for the funeral." The doctor waved his hand and left.

"It's all your fault. This is the only son in our family. Why did you do it? You hit me with such a heavy hand. Why didn't you hit me? Just beat me to death." Mother Chen released his life cry.

"Third boy, dad can't help it, dad, oh, dad, I'm sorry!"

"How did this happen?" Xiao Hei looked at the drastic change in front of him in astonishment. He pushed away the virtual image of Chen's father and mother in front of him, came to the bed, and asked anxiously, "San Wazi, what's wrong with you? It's only been five days, why are you so sick?"

"Xiao Hei, my head hurts, I did nothing wrong, I let my friend go, why, no one believes what I said, I don't want to die, I just want to live happily with my parents, dad, Dad, don't hit me, I was wrong."

A huge resistance pushed Xiao Hei out. He grabbed the door frame and shouted loudly to the inner room, "Wait for me! Wait for me! I will find a way to save you!"

Xiao Hei, who was floating in the Longtan, came back to his senses, and swam towards the center of the pool as soon as he swung his tail.Turned around at a constant speed in the center of the pool for a few times, and spit out a few strings of bubbles very regularly. A vortex formed at the bottom of the pool and sucked Xiao Hei in, and the surface of the pool returned to calm.

"Huh? Who—" An old and hoarse voice echoed in the cave, and the words dragged out, slow and long, with a kind of calm and composure in front of a big landslide without changing his face.

Xiao Hei quickly swam to the depths of the cave and slapped the water surface with his tail.

"I can't take shape yet."

A white light like moonlight shone on Xiao Hei. Xiao Hei floated up from the water and landed on the ground like a feather.

A strange itching and warmth lingered on Xiao Hei's small body. After the white light passed, Xiao Hei looked at his open and closed hands in surprise.

"Okay, don't look at it, this is a temporary transformation and will change back in a while, you come here first, let me see, who else is still here."

Xiao Hei got up and took a slow step, but as expected, he fell down.

"Hold on to the stone wall over there, be careful, don't fall again."

Xiao Hei supported the wall as he said, and walked in cautiously.

The inside of the cave is five times larger than the entrance. The 20-meter-square cave is arranged into a simple living room with stone beds, stone benches, and stone tables.

An old man was lying peacefully on a chair, with white beard and hair, long eyebrows and beard.

Especially the eyebrows are so long that they are mixed with the beard, fluffy and white, hanging on the chest.

Beside him was a tortoise shell as tall as a grown man.The moonlight leaked from the zenith, just enough to shine on the turtle shell and the old man at the same time.

"Come in, let me see clearly." Xiao Hei walked a few more steps while supporting the wall.

"Hello, Prime Minister Turtle." Xiao Hei said hello respectfully in a child's voice.

"Okay, okay, okay." Gui Cheng said three good ones in a row, opened his closed eyes, and looked at Xiao Hei in front of him, "Are you a literate person?"

"No, the junior is Li Jinshan from the brocade generation." Xiao Hei replied.

"Jinzi's generation, how come they don't even know how to change form? Jinzi's generation has been practicing in Longtan for more than a hundred years."

Prime Minister Gui looked at the thin and small child in front of him, raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Besides, I haven't seen you before."

"Well, junior, your aptitude is too poor, and, again, you are born with a black body, so you are not qualified to come here to meet the prime minister." Xiao Hei's voice gradually dropped.

"Oh, the whole body is black? It's also rare. I haven't seen Jinyun and the others mention you. Alas, they must be a group of brats who have united to snub you." Prime Minister Gui looked at Xiao Hei who bowed his head and continued, " Alas, the fish that can come to this Longtan are all of extraordinary aptitude, don't underestimate yourself, there have been a few black dragons since ancient times."

"Those, aren't those all directly born by dragons." Xiao Hei muttered softly.

"Oh, you can't say that. You can get results after you practice hard." Prime Minister Gui comforted, "By the way, why don't you leave? Longtan may be killed at any time, Jinyun and the others , After the Dragon King left, he left one after another the next day, what are you doing here alone?"

"Save people." Xiao Heizi said firmly, "Besides, I'm not alone, Prime Minister Gui is also staying here."

"Oh, I'm too old to walk anymore, besides, I've stayed in this Longtan for too long and I've been with the three Dragon Kings. My bones, flesh and blood have long been fused with everything in this Longtan. We live and die together, so don't leave. Already." Prime Minister Gui said, "Also, we want to cut off the mortal ties in cultivating immortals, and saving people will only increase karma."

"That man has saved the younger generation." Sanwazi's eyes were still firm, "What's more, that man has also been to Longtan."

"Oh, that's someone who is destined to be immortal." Prime Minister Gui continued to ask with great interest, "What's wrong with him?"

"Seriously ill, the doctor told the family to prepare for future affairs." Xiao Hei said, his voice low again.

"Serious illness, that's easy." Prime Minister Gui smiled, "Thousand-year Ganoderma lucidum and thousand-year-old ginseng can both live and die."

"Prime Minister Turtle, please tell me how to get the medicinal materials. No matter whether it is going up the mountain of swords or down into the sea of ​​fire, I will try it." Xiao Hei asked urgently in a milky voice.

"Don't be so troublesome, don't be so troublesome." Prime Minister Gui smiled even more intensely, "Four days later, the dragon gate that comes out once in a hundred years will appear, and there is a Ganoderma lucidum on the fairy mountain behind the dragon gate that just happens to be the year. Next."

"This, this, can I do it?" Xiao Hei had a bitter expression on his face.

"If you don't try it, how will you know? If you pass it, it will benefit the land and water."

"Just in case, there is no one in a million." Xiao Hei sighed and echoed in the cave.