26. Tea
When the pastoral dog gently bit the corner of Lin Ziyue's clothes, with a playful light in his eyes, and Lin Ziyue couldn't move, the old voice came from the house again: "Ah Fei!"
The pastoral dog let go of the corners of Lin Ziyue's clothes and snorted from his nostrils, but his eyes were still staring at Lin Ziyue, the restraints on Lin Ziyue's body were still not untied, a figure flashed out of the house, and after dragging Lin Ziyue away from the pastoral dog's side, he pointed at the pastoral dog with a dagger, and the pastoral dog jumped over, and before the shadow dance could react, the masked black cloth had been put in the mouth of the pastoral dog, and the pastoral dog spit out the black cloth to the side, baring his teeth and roaring at the shadow.
"I ...... It's okay, let's go inside, I want to meet the owner here. Lin Ziyue pushed the shadow that wanted to speak into the house, took out a candy from his pocket and put it at the door.
The pastoral dog tilted its head, its eyes kept watching Lin Ziyue enter the door, the door curtain was blown in the wind, and with a shallow layer of yellow sand floating on the candy, it grinded its teeth, picked up the candy paper with its paws, and held the sugar in its mouth.
"What a nostalgic taste...... I don't know what happened to the hostess now......"
When Lin Ziyue entered the door, a jingle bell sounded by the door, and there were many ornaments hanging on the ceiling of the store, Lin Ziyue looked up in a daze, until the shadow grabbed her arm and pulled her into a fireplace in the house, Lin Ziyue came back to her senses and sat between the bun and the shadow, the chair was a dozen hay tied together, and it was hard to sit up, and there was a whole layer of thick hay on the ground, and there was a white flame burning in the fireplace, which was emitting a burst of cold.
"It's amazing...... Lin Ziyue immediately got up from the chair, walked to the stove, and stretched out her hand to touch the white flame, but was picked away by a sword by the stove with a scabbard.
"Don't touch it, the center is warm enough to freeze the bad man's fingers, and they can fall off when you touch them. Yijian said.
"Little girl...... Haven't you seen the cold flame......" The old voice sounded in the corner of the wall, Lin Ziyue turned his head to look, an old man wrapped in linen cloth and wearing a veil, trembling and walking over with a tray, on which were placed six teacups with lids and a small teapot.
"Sit back, although the old body is old and useless, it's still okay to serve a cup of tea!" The old man snorted and glared at Lin Ziyue, who wanted to come over to help, Lin Ziyue had to sit back on the haystack, Baozi leaned over and said in Lin Ziyue's ear: "That old woman is very powerful, she just cut off a sword with two fingers, don't underestimate her too much......"
"How could she fight with a sword......
"Because a sword touched her dreamcatcher, she got angry, and then she ......"
Lin Ziyue felt very speechless, just because she was angry because she touched the next dream catcher? and almost got into a fight? This shopkeeper seemed very strange. Thinking of this, Lin Ziyue raised her head again and stared blankly at the hanging ornaments hanging above her head.
"Moon Shadow. The sound of the bun sounded, Lin Ziyue came back to her senses, the old man was handing a teacup to him, the smell of tea came from under the lid of the cup, the rich fragrance made her feel relaxed all over, after saying thank you, Lin Ziyue couldn't wait to take the teacup, took a deep breath after lifting the lid of the cup, and felt that the fragrance of tea seemed to penetrate her soul, and the rich taste wafted in the room.
"One bowl of throat kiss moist, two bowls of broken loneliness. Three bowls of dry intestines, only 5,000 volumes of words. Four bowls of light sweat, life injustice, all to the pores. Five bowls of musculobones clear,
Six bowls of fairy spirit ......"
In the old man's melodious singing, everyone picked up their cup of tea.
"Hmm!!" a sword shattered the teacup on the ground, and in the astonished eyes of everyone, he rushed out in a panic holding his head.
Shadow put down the teacup and frowned, and reluctantly swallowed the tea in his mouth in pain, Sanqian immediately spit the tea in his mouth back into the cup, covering his mouth and seeming to have the urge to vomit, after drinking the bun, he seemed to be unsatisfied, and then raised his head and poured the whole cup of tea, and then put the cup to the side, and lay down on the haystack and fell asleep, muttering "This is really what I have drunk...... The most exciting thing ......", Lin Ziyue tasted her cup shallowly, a bitter and sweet taste lingered on the tip of her tongue, she couldn't say whether it was good or not, she wondered why everyone's reaction was so strange.
"You're ...... Drink it so easily......" Sanqian and Shadow, who were still sober, both looked at Lin Ziyue with fearful eyes.
"Actually, it's not bad, huh?" said this, under the frightened gaze of Sanqian and Shadow, Lin Ziyue took another sip before putting down the cup.
"I'm going out to see a sword, right? Judging by your reaction, I suspect he went out and threw up. Lin Ziyue said, pushing the bun next to her, the bun was already asleep, Lin Ziyue had no choice but to go out by herself, the shadow waved at her again and again to signal her to go quickly, but his own face gradually turned blue, obviously the sip of tea was a little uncomfortable in the stomach, and Sanqian had already begun to retch on the side.
The old man kept watching a few people in the corner of the house, and it wasn't until Lin Ziyue chased out the door that she had a little disdain on her face, and whispered to herself: "Why bother......
Lin Ziyue rushed out of the door and found that the pastoral dog at the door was wandering vigilantly at the door, and when she saw her come out, she bared her teeth and showed a "smile": "Are you looking for something? ”
"Thank you. Lin Ziyue then said, immediately turned to the back of the house, and sure enough, she saw a figure leaning against the edge of a well.
"Yijian, you're okay......" Lin Ziyue was walking towards the well, and was stopped by Yijian in a few steps.
"Don't come here!" Yijian's hand moved away from his forehead, and Lin Ziyue saw two goat horns shining with purple light, slowly extending from Yijian's forehead, and there was also a slender black tail behind him, which flicked irritably in the air, and every time he scratched the ground, he would pull out a trace and bring up the yellow sand, and the ground next to Yijian was already full of scratches.
"Why do you react so much to that tea? It doesn't taste like that, does it...... Dute meow nonsense!" With Lin Ziyue's words, everything around him froze for two seconds, and the purple light on the sword also flickered for a moment, and then the tail on his body disappeared, and he sat down with the wellhead like a sword prostration, rubbing his temples and taking a long breath.
"It's finally quiet...... Thank you, I didn't know there were skills that could be used in this way. Yijian watched Lin Ziyue walk to his side, nodded at her, and after speaking, he took off his glasses that were wet with sweat, rubbed his eyebrows, and looked extremely tired.
"That ...... It's your transformation state, right?" Lin Ziyue scooped some water into the bucket by the well and handed a sword.
Yijian took the water bowl and said, "It's a ...... Can you not tell anyone about this?"
Lin Ziyue laughed: "It's just a transformation skill, are you so nervous?" I won't say it, but you have to answer me a question." ”
Yijian drank a mouthful of well water, and the horns on his head gradually retracted to his forehead: "What's the matter?" ”
"In the house just now, Baozi fell asleep after drinking tea while talking about the delicious taste, Sanqian spit it out without even swallowing it, and the shadow looked very ugly after taking a sip, and you too, why did you react so much to that tea?"
Yijian touched his forehead and confirmed that the horns were all withdrawn before he sighed: "Alas...... How can I explain it to you, the owner of the shop is a witch, and the tea is similar to Meng Po soup, but because it uses another preparation method, it just condenses life in a cup, and does not forget the effect of reincarnation, but for me, for those who have unpleasant memories, it tastes very scary, even no less than poison. ”
"That's why you're in so much pain, and to tell you, you seem to be disgusting when you drink it. Lin Ziyue looked up at the sky, and there were a few floating clouds floating overhead.
"You don't feel anything after drinking that, do you?" Yijian put down the water bowl and looked at Lin Ziyue in surprise.
"Some bitter, some sweet...... It's not good, but I think it's pretty good. Lin Ziyue said with a smile.
"yes......"
"Let's go back, or the others might be worried. ”
Yijian nodded: "It's okay, although I don't think those people look like they're worried." ”
Lin Ziyue patted Yijian on the shoulder: "I always feel that the old lady has some hostility towards you." ”
Yijian smiled bitterly, and didn't answer Lin Ziyue's words, how could a witch or a witch have a good face for a demon.
The two returned to the front of the house, and as soon as they took a deep breath and walked into the house with their front feet, a voice came from Lin Ziyue's ears: "Little girl, if you are so close to the demon, you are not afraid of being targeted?"
Lin Ziyue glanced at the pastoral dog by the door, which was grinning and pulling out a human-like smile.
"I don't understand what you're saying. Lin Ziyue dropped this sentence and entered the house.
In the room, three thousand and the shadow were nesting side by side in the corner, the two of them made a retching sound from time to time, the bun was sleeping soundly, covered with an old blanket, and even a slight snoring sound, the old man was sitting next to the bun, holding his cup of tea, humming softly in his mouth, with a peaceful smile on his face, looking at Lin Ziyue and Yijian who walked in.
"Little girl, have you ever wondered why other people's tea has such a strong reaction when you drink it, but your tea has no reaction?"
Lin Ziyue also walked over and sat on the other side of the bun, picked up the teacup she had just drunk a few sips, and shook her head at the old man.
"Ann learned that millions of lives were lost, and she fell on the cliff and suffered. The old man whispered, and Lin Ziyue looked at her puzzled, "Little girl, my tea, the important thing is not how the tea itself is, but what people think when they drink it, how you think of yourself, what your tea tastes like." The old man took a sip of his tea, and Lin Ziyue saw tears glistening in her eyes.
"If it's painful, don't drink it...... Isn't it okay?" Lin Ziyue tasted her tea again, and the bitter and sweet taste made her enjoy it very much.
"People can run away, they can run away for one lifetime, they can run away for the next life, and then they can't face their own life, and they won't change for a few lifetimes. A sword answered Lin Ziyue's question, picked up his cup again, and drank it all.
"Oh, good courage, such a courageous demon, are you really a demon?" the old man squeezed out a smile on his wrinkled face as he watched the sword's move.
"A sword...... You don't have to force yourself so much......" Lin Ziyue looked at the sword that trembled all over her body, and said worriedly.
A layer of purple light loomed on the body of a sword, but it was quickly pressed back by him, and he stared at the old man arrogantly and said, "Of course, it has been since birth." ”
"Well, it's interesting, it's really interesting, I saw a lot of amazing characters today...... Little girl. ”
"Ah, yes, yes. Lin Ziyue was distracted by the conversation between the two just now, and was suddenly called out by the old man, and she responded after a pause.
"There is no one who can drink my tea calmly who has not become a big man...... I hope you don't let me down. ”
Lin Ziyue said helplessly: "If you tell me like this, I can't predict the future." ”
"It would be nice to be tested and then reborn...... the old man said, trembling to the cabinet next to him, taking out a small dreamcatcher net, and handing it to Lin Ziyue, "I wish you a good dream forever." ”
"Thank you......"
"Don't let the devil touch this thing, the demon's power will destroy it. Speaking of this, the old man glared at Yijian, and Yijian had no choice but to push his glasses to hide his embarrassment.
"You seem to have always felt ...... A sword is a demon?" Lin Ziyue asked, hearing her words, Yijian's face was still cold and calm, but his hand was on the hilt of his sword.
"Hehehehe...... The little girl obviously chased her out and saw the true body of the demon, right?, will there still be such doubts?" the old man said as he took the empty teacup from Lin Ziyue's hand.
"Ah, that," Lin Ziyue rubbed her hair helplessly, "I've actually seen that state a long time ago, but I don't think it's anything." "It's just a transformation, Lin Ziyue sighed in her heart, is this group of system NPCs too serious.
"The little girl has no idea of herself, old woman, don't preach, how many years has Rory been chattering......" The pastoral dog came in, walked to the fireplace and lay down, "Ah, it's much cooler...... The sandstorm is coming in the middle of the hour, so it's better not to move on for a while. ”
"Shadow, are you two better?" Lin Ziyue looked at the two people huddled in the corner.
Sanqian turned his head, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he had to cover his mouth and lower his head again.
The shadow eased down, he looked at Sanqian, who was still retching, and slapped him on the back, and after Sanqian coughed, the nausea stopped, and the two of them finally sat back by the fireplace.
"That tea, vomit...... Ahem, ahem, what the hell!" sat powerlessly by the fireplace.
"People with malicious intentions and dark lives can't stand that smell, of course. The country dog lying in front of the fireplace snorted.
"It's not so exaggerated, what kind of life is dark...... Whoa, this dog is talking!?" Sanqian was frightened by the pastoral dog, and hurriedly moved the fireplace several meters away, trying to stay away from it.
"Hehe, with malice, I don't think you can stand this tea. The shadow sneered, "You just had bad intentions outside the door." ”
The Pastoral Dog bared its teeth at the shadow, then closed its eyes and ignored anyone.
For a moment, all that was left in the hut was the soft snoring of buns.
Lin Ziyue suddenly received a few secret chats, and when she opened it, she saw that it was Su Jiujiu.
Su Jiujiu: Ah me, I suddenly remembered that there was something, I have to go down first, you play first
Su Jiujiu: If only we could play together earlier
Shu Jiujiu: I'll probably come back the day after tomorrow! I'm level 15 today, hehe, I'm amazing, right?
Moon Shadow in the Forest: So suddenly, then you should be careful all the way, do you want me to send you off?
Shu Jiujiu: No, no, it's not far from the city, I'll go down first
Moon Shadow in the Forest: Alright, let's go out when you come back
Su Jiujiu: Well, go to the amusement park!!Do you want to ride the Ferris wheel with me!!
Moon Shadow in the Forest: Okay, as long as you accompany me on the roller coaster
Su Jiujiu: Oh, I don't listen
"What? You're giggling at the air. Shadow's words interrupted Lin Ziyue's secret chat with Su Jiujiu.
Lin Ziyue laughed a few times, played with the dreamcatcher net in her hand, touched the soft feather on it and said: "It's a classmate of mine, I travel everywhere now, and occasionally I come back to the city where I live for a few days. ”
Shadow's eyes widened: "Hey, you still have such a close friend, I'm surprised." ”
"What do you mean!" Lin Ziyue glared at the shadow angrily for a while, and then a sense of powerlessness came up, "Originally, my best friend in college was not her...... But something happened, and she and I were the only ones who were still in constant contact with her. ”
"By the way, do you have any other classmates, what happened?" Shadow asked.
What happened...... Lin Ziyue's hand holding the dreamcatcher trembled.
"It happened...... A lot of things, in retrospect, seem like a nightmare. Lin Ziyue smiled bitterly at the shadow.
"If it's so difficult, forget it, everyone has things that are hard to remember. Three Thousand interjected.
Yijian stretched his waist: "If you don't want to mention it, forget it, I have to go offline...... Well, relax at work. What kind of eyes do you have......"
"I ...... I don't know anyone who can take work as relaxation. Lin Ziyue said dumbfounded.
"A sword, you are really ...... Unique hobbies. Sanqian also looked terrified.
Instead, the shadow raised his eyebrows: "He's always been like that, you just get used to it." ”
"Work to relax...... Is there something wrong?" Yijian frowned in confusion.