The sun was shining in the sky, and the midsummer sun was particularly dazzling and enthusiastic, Xiaoyaozi furrowed two slender eyebrows, raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat droplets on his forehead, and hurried away exposed to the sun, but it was a chore.

Xiaoyaozi has never ridden a horse, because if you ride a horse, you have to raise a horse, since his name is Xiaoyao, how can he waste time waiting for a beast.

So every time Xiaoyaozi uses two legs, seeing that today under the scorching sun, Xiaoyaozi is really annoyed in his heart why he hasn't raised a few horses in the valley in the past few years.

The tempting aroma of braised meat and pickles wafted out from the tea house on the side of the road, Xiaoyaozi glanced at the red silk signboard floating outside the tea house, sniffed, and said to Xiong Chen: "Xiong Chen, haven't you eaten breakfast this morning?" Come on, come on, don't hurry up, go inside first, sit inside, and hide from the sun." ”

Xiong Chen shrugged, raised his eyes to look at the sun on the top, and then looked at the fine beads of sweat on the master's forehead, he wondered a little in his heart, the master's martial arts are so powerful, why are he still afraid of the sun?

He laughed and said, "Master, you are old, and you are still afraid of the sun." ”

Xiaoyaozi couldn't help but hold back Xiong Chen's glance when he heard this, this kid was really not bragging, under the scorching sun, he didn't sweat at all.

Xiong Chen did not avoid Xiaoyaozi's surprised eyes, and said lightly: "I was used to walking under the sun many years ago, and in terms of hardship and hard work, you are definitely not as good as me." ”

There was a layer of forbearance in his handsome eyebrows and eyes, and the six years of hard years as a slave in Jiudao Villa were churning in his mind, and his heart was throbbing and aching, when he was fourteen years old, he was with the male slaves in the villa, carrying one or two hundred catties of mud, walking on the rugged and muddy path of the mountain behind Zhuangzi, going back and forth dozens of times from morning to night.

The days in those years were very hard, but he hid a warm corner in his heart, this warmth, like a light in the dark night, gave him hope and longing, but unfortunately now...... That warmth has disappeared, and the person who made him unforgettable has become a cloud of smoke.

Xiao Lan, Xiao Lan, Xiong Chen called softly in his heart, and when he glanced back before leaving Jiudao Villa, I saw a flesh and blood blur Xiao Lan who was not in human form, although my footsteps were moving at that moment, but my heart was already dead,

Jiudao Villa..... I hate it!

Xiaoyaozi was choked by the apprentice, and he didn't think he was angry, but he walked quickly into the tea house, found a table of eight immortals by the main road and sat down, and said to the old man who came forward with a rag: "Brew me a pot of high-grade Longjing, cut two catties of braised meat, six braised eggs, and a plate of pickles." ”

The old man of Chaliao carefully wiped the table of the Eight Immortals, and his wrinkled cheeks were full of flattering smiles: "This uncle, we only have boiled water and ordinary green tea here, there is no high-quality Longjing, and there are braised beef and pork in braised meat, which one do you want?"

Xiaoyaozi heheed, took out a piece of broken silver from his arms, and threw it to the old man in the tea house: "Forget it if you don't have it, let's put two pots of boiled water, beef and pork each cost two catties, and put more chili rings in the sauce, let's go." ”

The old man of the tea house walked to Zhang Luo under the stove with the silver fart in his hand, Xiong Chen put the package on the bench beside him, and sat down beside the master.

Today's business in the tea house is very good, the fifteen tables are all full, on this avenue leading to the county seat, there are not many places to give passers-by from the south to the north to rest, so this tea house since it opened twenty years ago, the business has been good, the old man of the tea house with this fine water and long stream of business, even made a considerable amount of silver, three years ago in the county to buy a big house. He originally wanted to close the tea house and enjoy the beautiful life of the sunset, but he was reluctant to receive ten taels of silver every day, so he gritted his teeth and pulled his wife, who was still quite tough.

The boiled water braised pork was quickly delivered, Xiaoyaozi took a sip of the sea bowl, picked up a piece of beef and put it in the sauce bowl and dragged it, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly, this taste is really good, no wonder the business of this tea house can be prosperous for more than ten years.

"Master, you often come here to drink tea?"

"I don't come often, I came once in eight years, and at that time, the hair of the old brother was still black, and now it is all white. ”

The corners of Xiong Chen's mouth curled, and he sighed in a low voice: "Actually, master, you have grown a lot of gray hair on your head. ”

Xiaoyaozi seemed to be choked by the water, and he clenched his fist and put it under his nose and coughed a few times.

"Bear boy, can you say two heartwarming words to the master? ”

Xiong Chen nodded seriously, and his tone was very pertinent: "The disciple is telling the truth, although he doesn't like it, but this is the truth." ”

Xiaoyaozi stared at Xiong Chen with a pair of slender phoenix eyes, and really wanted to run this kid to the middle of the road to bask in the sun with one hand.

Xiong Chen picked up a piece of beef and put it directly into his mouth, he only likes the original food, and if he puts too much seasoning, he will only take away the original umami of the food.

Xiaoyaozi looked at the apprentice with a tense face: "People live a lifetime, they must combine work and rest, they can't always do the same thing like a cow, when appropriate, they must learn to relax, learn to be leisurely, and learn to deceive themselves, when you reach the age of the master, you will understand that relaxation is a supreme realm." ”

Xiong Chen took a sip of water and said: "At that time, because you felt that you were old, you had a lot of feelings in your heart, but when you were young, you must have been high-spirited, thinking only about how to become famous, how to stand at the top of the industry, isn't it?"

Xiaoyaozi was silent for a while, and then picked up another piece of beef.

"I'm old? Let me think about it, what else is there to do?"

There was a crisp luan bell on the avenue, and a white horse carried a red cloud...... No, it was a young girl in a red dress, running slowly from the west side of the avenue.

The passers-by who were eating tea did not pay attention to the sound of the bell hanging from the horse's neck striking it, such a sound that almost every horse would make when it ran by, and in their hearts, there was nothing to make a fuss about.

The white horse trotted to the front of the tea house, the horse was panting heavily, and saw a few plates of water next to the well outside the tea house, so he couldn't help but bow his head and drink it in a big gulp.

The old man of Chaliao stepped forward, stretched out his hand to pat the horse's head, and solicited business with a smile on his face: "This girl passing by, you see that the horses are also tired, why don't you just rest here, drink a sip of water and then hurry?"

The girl in red on the horse did not shirk, jumped off the horse with a good word, handed the reins to the old man of the tea house, and walked to the tea house, the sun above her head was too fierce, she ran under the scorching sun for three hours, and she already felt dizzy.