The courtyard was very small, a small square table was placed in the courtyard, the woman wiped it on the two low stools next to the table with her sleeve, and said to Xiao Shiyu and Chu Xiaoyue, "Please sit down, I will go and make water and tea for my benefactor." ”

It is said to be a courtyard, but in fact there is only one room, and there are scattered bud valleys hanging on both sides of the door, and the door is ajar, so that you can see that the ground is full of messes, and it looks like it has been looted.

The young boy ran over with a small bowl in his hand and said a little crampedly, "Dates are delicious, benefactors eat them." ”

Chu Xiaoyue looked into the small bowl, and several red dates seemed to have been torn by hand, stacked in tatters.

"There are no insects, Ah Zhu has picked it!"

The little boy's eyes were wet, and when he saw that Xiao Shiyu ignored him, he looked at the jujube tree in the courtyard thoughtfully, and his small mouth was deflated, and tears gathered.

Chu Xiaoyue hurriedly picked up a red date, took a bite, and rubbed his little head.

"Well, these dates are so sweet. ”

The little boy burst into tears and smiled, revealing two rows of small white teeth.

The woman ran out with two small bowls, put the water on the table, looked at the miserable red dates in the bowl, and pulled the child, "The child is not sensible, don't be angry, don't be angry." ”

She was still cautious, the two small bowls on the table only had white water, and she said a little embarrassed, "It's really rude, there is no tea at home, please don't mind......"

Xiao Shiyu shook his head, walked to the door and said, "Can I go in and have a look?"

The woman felt a little strange in her heart, this young man was of extraordinary skill and noble temperament, but he seemed to be very interested in her family.

In any case, she didn't dare to refuse, and hurriedly said, "The house is messy, I'll clean it up, and the benefactor will sit for a while." ”

"It doesn't matter. ”

Xiao Shiyu walked in, the room was dim and chaotic, everything in the household had been stolen, and only a few pieces of furniture remained.

An offering table, a desk, and a low bed.

The red paint on the bedpost had peeled off, and the drape that covered it was beige, half hung and half hung.

There used to be a blue bed curtain here, and my father was a Jindan monk, so he didn't need to sleep, and at night, he slept in the bed, and my father meditated and practiced at the end of the bed.

On the other side, the case had been overturned, and he remembered that his father often used it to write letters, and when he had finished writing one, he would put it aside to dry the ink, and sometimes he would write several copies at a time, and then find a place where no one was there to send them out after nightfall.

Directly facing the door was an offering table, and he stretched out his hand to set up the tablet of immortality that had been upside down.

"The ancestor of the founding mountain, the Xiao family, has a long life. ”

The immortal tablet of the ancestor of the Xiao family will be enshrined by the descendants of the Xiao family.

He picked up the incense burner that had fallen on the ground and placed it in front of the tablet of immortality.

The offering table shook slightly, and he remembered that the offering table had a corner that was a little shorter, and it used to be cushioned with small stones.

The incense ashes in the incense burner were scattered all over the ground, but Xiao Shiyu didn't care at all, knelt down with the corner of his robe, and made a big salute to the immortal tablet of the ancestor of the Xiao family.

When the woman saw this, she took the child and knelt down.

"Your family worships the ancestors, is your husband's surname Xiao?"

"If you return the words of the benefactor, it is exactly. The woman replied, "But it is not of orthodox blood, for the first few generations have been farmers, and it is said that there have been monks among the relatives, but the blood is faded, and I have never seen it." ”

Xiao Shiyu stood up, and he didn't know what the robe was made of, but it was spotless.

"How old is Azhu?"

"Six years old. ”

Oh?

He looked at the little boy, wondering if it was because of malnutrition, the child looked like he was only four or five years old.

"Can you test the spirit?"

The woman shook her head and said, "Not yet, it should have been measured, but when this kind of thing happened at home, I really couldn't take care ......of it."

Yes, the family has encountered a great disaster, and the soul test, which should be the most important test for a child, is insignificant compared to the uncertainty of the father's life and death.

Chu Xiaoyue took out a palm-sized crystal from the storage bag, beckoned to Ah Zhu, and said, "Come, look at whether this marble looks good." ”

The woman was shocked, although she did not have a spiritual root, but she had also experienced spiritual testing when she was a child, although this crystal was not as big as the spiritual crystal she had seen, but it was not a mortal thing at first glance.

Xiao Shiyu was also a little surprised, "You also carry this thing with you?"

Chu Xiaoyue smiled, "It doesn't take up space, take it for fun, won't this come in handy?"

As she spoke, she put the little crystal in the little boy's hand, and the three colors of red, yellow, and white suddenly lit up, and the woman screamed and hugged the young child, "My son, you are going to be a monk!"

The little boy also reacted, grinning happily, his little face flushed with excitement, and he held the crystal in both hands, "Ah Zhu is going to be a great monk! Ah Zhu wants to protect Ah Niang and protect Daddy!"

The mother and son were excited for a long time, the woman cried and laughed, bowed to Chu Xiaoyue and bowed to Xiao Shiyu, the little boy carefully returned the crystal to Chu Xiaoyue, and suddenly knelt in front of Xiao Shiyu, with a childlike voice, but said very seriously, "The benefactor saved A-Niang, A-Zhu has grown up, and he will be a great monk and repay his benefactor!"

When the woman saw her son like this, tears rippled in her eyes, "The little woman dares to ask her benefactor for her great name, although I am only a mortal fetus, but I am willing to be a cow and a horse to repay your great kindness!"

Xiao Shiyu looked at the child, as if he saw a silent little boy who depended on his father.

Standing here, standing in this room, repeating cultivation day after day, repeating hatred, from time to time in my heart I would fantasize about a fire and burn this Xiao City clean, and sometimes I would look forward to the fact that my grandfather would find him one day and tell him that my grandfather was not dead and that he could go home.

He would open his eyes in the middle of the night and look at his father's back meditating, thinking in his heart how good it would be if Zhao Pinsheng died, maybe Zhao Pinsheng would be killed by the enemy tomorrow, maybe Zhao Pinsheng was eaten by the demons in his heart, maybe Zhao Pinsheng died when he was training, how good it would be.

Or one day, a powerful Yuanying monk descended from the sky, maybe it was his father's elder, maybe it was his grandfather's best friend, no matter who it was, he came to kill Zhao Pinsheng for them, killed the second elder, killed the sixth elder, killed all the rebellions in the clan, and led him out of this dark place.

"You guys, are you willing to go to Xiao's house with me?"

The woman was stunned, and even the little boy was stunned when he heard this.

"Xiao, Xiao family, that is, that Xiao family?"

"Well, it's the Xiao family. ”

The woman was completely stupid, she thought that it was the children of the powerful in the city who saved her today, but she didn't expect it to be the Xiao family!

"Tomorrow, with your husband and Ah Zhu, come to Xiao's house to find me. He paused, "Tell the guard, just come to find Xiao Shiyu." ”

Everything had passed, and he suddenly felt that he didn't need to look or think anymore.

He's broken free, and it's time to say goodbye here.

For the rest of the road, it's time to set off.

He turned his head to look at Chu Xiaoyue, and his tone unconsciously relaxed.

"Look, there's really no good scenery, are you hungry? I'll take you to dinner. ”

The girl nodded, and the boy picked her up and walked out together.

By the time the woman reacted, the two had already left.