It wasn't until noon the next day that the group really arrived in Xihe Town. What Xing Youyou didn't expect was that this was an ancient town, with rows of ancient small buildings stretching out directly in front of her along the bluestone paved path, the small buildings were mottled and the eaves were upturned, making the two-story small buildings look slim, and the green tiles and carved pavilions on the roof were full of old atmosphere.

Pedestrians come and go on the street, some carry flat poles, some carry hats, some walk quickly, some form a group of threes and twos, some pedestrians whisper, and some merchants sell along the street. On the street, there are teahouses with sheds, shaving masters with chairs, merchants patrolling the streets, and firewood sellers with sweat towels on their shoulders.

At this moment, Xing Youyou felt that she didn't know where she was, it was in the 60s, or she had gone to ancient times at all, this feeling was too novel, she couldn't help but want to run wild on the street, and wanted to visit the entire ancient town.

"Yoyo, don't run around, there are a lot of people, I won't be able to find you later. Xing Youliang worriedly caught Xing Youyou, who wanted to run forward, in his hands.

Xing Youyou thought about it, after all, he was not familiar with life now, and he didn't have such a convenient communication tool as a phone in hand, so he had to follow the team honestly.

The group was strolling around the street, the sky slowly darkened, Xing Youqian's stomach was also hungry, and he took Fu Xiaojian's big hand and refused to go anymore.

"Uncle, I'm hungry. ”

"I'm hungry, I don't know where to stay at night, and I don't have a place to cook, so I think we'd better find a place to deal with tonight. ”

Xing Youliang was also worried, and said,

"I was looking for a place to eat and sleep all the way, but I couldn't find it, and last time I saw a restaurant on the east side of the town, but it was also closed. ”

"Isn't that empty, how did you find a place to live last time you went to the county seat?" Fu Xiaojian asked.

"That's luck, there happens to be a lot of house for the eldest sister who has a bed next to her, and we don't need to look for it. ”

When everyone was at a loss, Xiao Wu picked up the basket on the ground and put it on his back again, and walked outside the town, Xing Youliang felt that Xiao Wu's behavior was a little strange, so he asked,

"Little Wu, where are you going?"

"There's a dilapidated house up ahead, I'll take a look. ”

The remaining four didn't want to stay where they were, so they followed, and after walking for about a quarter of an hour, Xing Youyou saw that Xiao Wu really stopped in front of a house.

The house is not lit, it is a little dark, the house is not big, the white wall is very conspicuous in the evening night, but the wall is dilapidated, revealing the bamboo and mud inside, the tile on the roof is incomplete, and the complete estimate is not known who took it to make a new house, the stone road in front of the house is covered with moss, it can be seen that there seems to be no one living here for a long time.

Xing Youliang was worried that the sky was too dark and he would not be able to see the road clearly, so he turned to Xing Youyou and said,

"Come, come to the eldest brother's back, there is a lot of moss on this stone road. Xing Youyou was not polite, and he lightly crossed onto Xing Youliang's back, and it seemed that this action was already very skillful.

The mottled wooden door of the house was missing a large piece, and there was no lock, Xiao Wu gently pushed it, and then squeaked open, kicking up a burst of dust, and grabbing the people behind him coughed.

"Ahem, cough, this house has not been inhabited for a long time, so much ash, and it is so broken, look at it, the three legs of the broken chair, the broken table and the broken legs, and even the stove are such big cracks. Fu Xiaojian covered his nose and complained.

"Uncle, we're just staying temporarily, let's settle for now, and we'll talk about it tonight. ”

The layout of the house is also different from that of a thatched house, with a large room at the entrance, which is more like an open kitchen in modern terms, with a stove in the upper left corner near the innermost point, and a broken door to the right of the stove, which leads to somewhere. In the middle of the room was a table of eight immortals, but unfortunately the table was rotted by insects, and the bench was the same, full of insect eyes and sawdust gnawed by insects, and there was nothing else.

Except for Xiao Wu, everyone is not satisfied with today's residence, which Xing Youyou can obviously feel now. In fact, she had been curious in her heart from the beginning, they had never been here in this direction, how did Xiao Wu know that there would be an empty room here? And now he left the big house without even looking at it, and went directly into the room on the right.

Xing Youyou felt even more strange, and followed him into the room on the right, which should be a bedroom, a large large bedroom, rectangular, with two carved ancient beds, but there was no bed board, it looked like it was space, and there was no life.

The two beds, both against the wall, one on the top and one on the right, were also empty. Despite this, Xiao Wu took off his coat and cleaned up the ashes on the bed frame as if he was looking at a relative he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Little Fifth Brother"

Xiao Wu raised his head and looked at Xing Youyou, thinking that Xing Youyou was going to say something to him, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't see her speak, so he lowered his head again and started cleaning.

Xing Youyou really wanted to ask, asked him if he had been here, but he stopped, even if it was, these are other people's privacy, it is better not to inquire.

After walking around for a while, Xing Youyou felt that this house was really not small, in addition to the bedroom on the right-hand side, there was a big house on the left-hand side, and this big house was quite interesting.

Because the innermost part of the house is actually a granary, a brick granary, against the inner wall, lying in a rectangular shape, half the height of the house, but it only occupies one-third of the area of this room, of course the inside is empty, the left side of the granary is a narrow stone staircase, leading to the top of the granary, the top is very flat, paved with bluestone bricks, the overall area is larger than a bed.

"Okay, don't look at it, come out to help, today's dinner hasn't been settled yet. Fu Xiaojian took out a small iron pot about thirty centimeters from the back basket and handed it to Xing Youliang.

"Go get some water, it's not far from the West River, fill the pot. ”

The people who fetched water, collected firewood, and washed rice were all assigned work, and Fu Xiaojian set up a temporary stove outside the house to make a fire. After the five of them were full of food and drink, they crowded into the two sheets that Xiao Wu had cleaned up and were ready to sleep, but as soon as Xing Youyou looked up, he saw the starry sky, took Xing Youliang's hand, and sighed,

"What a beautiful star~"

Then a very disappointing voice sounded from the other bed,

"It's an empty roof, the tiles are all gone, don't rain tonight. Fu Xiaojian glanced at the roof, plucked out his ears, turned over and closed his eyes and fell asleep, and after a while, Xing Youyou's ears were snoring like thunder.

Early the next morning, all five of them got up, and even Fu Xiaojian didn't sleep lazy.

"Uncle, why did you get up so early today?" Xing Youqian said curiously with his hair unkempt.

Fu Xiaojian squatted at the door of the house, digging his nostrils with relish and said lazily,

"I'm going to have to find a house today, I don't want to stay here again tonight. ”