On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the year of the year, Huojia Village is particularly lively today, a few days ago a heavy snow will completely seal the road into the mountain, the villagers have nothing to do left and right, so they go from house to house, talking about idle articles, drinking wine, and playing chess.

Li Qing lit the stove in the house, steamed buns, Erya, and big snot sat around the stove, and after the New Year, the big snot will go to the county to participate in the spring test of the county school, the father of the big snot broke his leg while hunting in the mountains in his early years, and his mother was infected with damp and cold two years ago, and the family relied on the big snot to participate in the hunting team to share some food to survive. Although the villagers deliberately shared more prey, they were retreated by the big snot, no matter how they persuaded them, they just insisted on not being able to, and the villagers were quite helpless. This time, I knew that the child was going to take the spring test after the New Year, so I gathered some belongings together, and asked Li Qing and a few people to persuade the big snot to bring it, after all, going out is not as good as being at home, if there is really a difficulty, how can I have no money?

Several teenagers have been persuaded for a long time, and they drank pot after pot of tea, which finally made this stubborn young man reluctantly agree.

After the New Year in a blink of an eye, there were still more than a month before the examination date, and the white lotus came to the village early, urging the teenagers to set off, saying that it was still early, and they could go to her house to stay for a few days, visit Dingbian County, and then go to Shanwu to take the exam. In the past few years, the White Lotus has always come two or three times a year, and every time she comes to pick up Bai Zhan, only this time she is alone, and the villagers only know that Bai Zhan is passing by here, because there is something important, she will be put down alone, saying that she will go back with a few teenagers. The young people and the White Lotus have long been acquainted, and they have never been to the county seat, but now that they have heard the invitation of the White Lotus, they are all full of thoughts, and they all want to leave early.

After the beast attack a few years ago, the teenagers in the village are all practicing martial arts, and several teenagers are even more diligent. Only Erya is a little lazy, since the training of Geng Golden Wing, there is nothing to do to dig out bird eggs, as if practicing this Geng Golden Wing is for bird eggs, but Er Ya is younger than several teenagers, and she doesn't have to go hunting in the mountains, and no one cares about her, but she is worried about her mother, thinking about what kind of family she will find in a few years to get married.

A few teenagers said to the adults in the family, the adults got together to discuss, the children are old after all, a few teenagers are fifteen or six, the youngest is also thirteen, perennial martial arts, the height is not shorter than the uncles and uncles in the village, go out to see and see, just send the lotus back by the way.

The teenagers got the consent of the adults, and happily packed their bags, and several mothers chattered and sent them for miles, and turned around in two steps.

It was the first time for the teenagers to go to such a distant place, and they were really excited, and even the mountains they were accustomed to seeing on weekdays became brighter along the way. After walking more than ten miles out of the village, the originally blue sky suddenly became gloomy, and the wind suddenly rose, blowing the trees to sway, as if they were about to break at any time.

The teenagers were accustomed to seeing such weather in the mountains, and knew that the rainstorm was coming, so Li Qing led them to the nearby mountain temple. Before entering the temple gate, the heavy rain poured down, and the white lotus patted her chest, glad that everyone ran fast. Turning around, he was about to find a place to rest, when he suddenly saw a person sleeping under the shrine, and there was thunder and lightning outside, but he couldn't hide the snoring in his face at all. When the teenagers took a closer look, it turned out to be Xiaobo. In recent years, this old man Shenlong has not seen the head and the tail, and often he can't find anyone, and he suddenly appears out of nowhere.

When the old man woke up, he couldn't help but be overjoyed to see the young people, and when he saw that the heavy rain outside the temple did not stop at all, he pulled the young people to play games. In recent years, as the teenagers have grown up, the cultivation has gradually had some foundation, and the more and more I feel that the footwork of the old man is very profound, every time I feel that I have learned, there is still something novel in the next time I play, and I have played for a few years, and I still often lose to the old man.

The old man knew that the young people were going to the county seat, and they were also arguing to go, at first the young people thought that it was a long way to go, and the old man only knew how to eat, drink and play all day long, and it was nothing in the village, if he was still like this in the county, wouldn't he make people think of him as a madman, and he would cause a lot of trouble to the white lotus, so he just refused. When the old man saw that the young men refused to take him, he did not eat, he did not sleep, he did not play, he sighed all day long, and he was listless. The young men had no choice but to agree, and the old man became alive again.

Since the old man was played, everyone was not lonely all the way, there were new ways to play every day, but the birds and beasts in the mountains were suffering, and they often acted as the old man's mount or playmate, and the strange thing was that they went to the county seat for more than 1,000 miles of mountain roads, and they did not see a fierce beast.

After stopping and doing this, I arrived at the county seat in ten days.

This county town is very different from the imagination of several teenagers, the city walls on both sides are low, and some places can still see the traces of repair, there is a gatehouse built of rough stone, which is engraved with two big characters of "Dingbian", which is considered a city gate, but the soldiers under the city gate are in good spirits, such a cold day, still wearing a cyan armor, holding a spear in his hand, and the javelin generally stands on both sides. There were soldiers patrolling back and forth in the gatehouse. It's just that the people who come in and out are rarely stopped and checked.

Several teenagers had never seen soldiers before, and they were all a little restrained, and they were led into the city by the White Lotus in an orderly manner. The old man looked at it strangely, and wanted to come closer, but the soldier stood there, letting the old man watch and play, but he didn't move. The young men came back and hurriedly pulled the old man in. Along the city gate is an alley, but a hundred and ten meters long, and the rows of houses on both sides are closed doors, Li Qing looked all the way, these portals have accumulated a lot of dust, as if they have been uninhabited for a long time.

Li Qing was curious in his heart, and asked the White Lotus in a low voice, it turned out that this was what Lord Jian of the county meant. Dingbian is a small border county, which has been stable and prosperous a lot under the rule of Master Jian in recent years, but it is still unable to repair the city defense on a large scale. In the past two years, many people who had fled abroad heard that their hometown was Ningding, and gradually returned to their homes, but there were still many empty houses, so Lord Jian moved the people on the edge of the city to live close to the city, and during the war, the streets and alleys and houses on the side of the city would become a position against the enemy, Li Qing was greatly impressed when he heard it.

Around two streets, there is an arch in front, and after the arch is faced with a two-storey restaurant, the first floor of this restaurant is made of thick stones, only the second floor is a wooden structure, but the windows are very narrow, and I don't know why the owner of this restaurant wants to design like this.

Several teenagers hurried for days, and it was past noon in Dingbian County, Huo Zhanpeng had eaten the oil cakes left over from the baggage of several people, but his stomach was still thundering. The white lotus walked in the front, heard the sound of the steamed bun in the belly, smiled slightly, and greeted the young people: "Don't look simple in this restaurant, but the soup cakes here are among the best in our Dingbian, it just so happens that I am also tired from walking, do you want to rest here and try the soup cakes here by the way?" For the amount of food of this fat boy, several partners have long been accustomed to it, since the little beast has been beaten, the amount of steamed bread is getting bigger and bigger day by day, and the cultivation is better day by day, the little beast has traveled all over the years, and the people in the village have almost eaten it, but they have not grown up, and these days have somehow, since they left the village, this little beast has hidden in the steamed bun body, and never came out again.

After a while, Xiao Er sent the food to the table like a flowing water, and the large piece of mutton just out of the pot was served with garlic juice and red dipping water, which was full of aroma but had no fishy smell. Several large bowls of blue and white lamb soup were filled with clear mutton soup, with white noodles as white as jade, green green onions, and red braised pork slices. The aroma of the mutton soup is spicy, refreshing. On these nine cold days, several teenagers were sweating profusely and feeling comfortable. Uncle Xiao smiled even more, he couldn't be happy, and before leaving, he wrapped a few pieces of mutton and a few cakes.

After eating a full stomach, the steamed bun carried the burden of several people together, and strode out of the restaurant, everyone looked at me, I looked at you, looked at each other and smiled.

In front of the restaurant is a wide street, called Fuqian Street, the county government is on this street, the White Lotus took everyone to walk along the long street, there are many shops, wine shops, medical halls, inns on both sides, but the White Lotus is not familiar with many shops along the way.

The teenagers have known White Lotus for a long time, and know that White Lotus is in poor health and rarely goes out. So when I saw which store she said more, she came to the interest one by one, and asked the east and west, if the girl in front of the store was a little hesitant, the young people walked over quickly. The girl has been with them for a long time, so she naturally knows her intentions, and listens to the laughter of the young people all the way, with a sweet smile on the corner of her mouth, and she also interjects a few words from time to time.

After the county government, the front is the county school, both are the most important places in this Dingbian, but they are also generally simple and simple, the county government is just a three-entry courtyard, in addition to the lobby, there are only a dozen rooms, fortunately, the county Junjian is still alone, and there is no family, although the county government is not spacious, but it is enough. The county school occupies a larger area, except for the couplets and plaques at the gate that are often taken care of and painted to look magnificent, although the materials used in other places are excellent, the decoration is very simple.

Huo Dameng stood in front of the county school and stood for a long time.