In the early hours of the morning, the east had just revealed a touch of fish white, and the sky was not yet bright.

A middle-aged man, who had already finished washing, came out of the room and walked straight to the west of the village. There are very few pedestrians on the road, and only occasionally you will meet a few villagers who go into the mountains to hunt.

"Lao Sun, hurry up, count you the most grinding, you can get a little more money today, if there is no prey in our trap this time, our family will have to drink the northwest wind..."

"It's not like that, I don't know what happened recently, there are unusually few prey in the mountains, and I hear the terrifying roar of beasts in the middle of the night from time to time......"

"Hey, isn't that Lao Chai?" said several of the village hunters, walking briskly, their faces sad, and still complaining about something. One of the villagers walking in the head inadvertently saw a person walking across the opposite side, with an axe pinned to his waist, also in a slight hurry, the sky was not yet bright, but it could be seen from the figure walking that the person who came was Lao Chai.

"Lao Chai, I really haven't seen you come out for a few days, it's so early today, are you going to chop wood?" met Lao Chai again, as if he was a little surprised.

"It's not...... Ah, yes, yes" Lao Chai wanted to go out early, but he didn't expect to meet the villagers, and he was obviously a little incoherent for a while, after all, the place he was going to was not so understandable.

After a few brief greetings, they started to hurry again.

When I walked about a dozen steps, I could still vaguely hear the whispers of several people, but this time the focus of the discussion changed, "Hey... Lao Chai is also a hard-working person, he came here unclearly, and then he had an extra child in a daze, and he had someone as a companion... It's a good thing."

"It's a pity that I just raised it, and I sent it out to read something, and I'm left alone......

"Who said it wasn't, it seems that the two of them have never been separated, and I don't know what Lao Chai has done, God wants to punish him like this......"

"Oh, don't talk nonsense, everyone knows Lao Chai's personality, what can you do to hurt the heavens and reason, don't guess, hurry up, don't we have enough to worry about our own affairs, by the way, Lao Chai shouldn't chop firewood go with us, how did he go in that direction......" A few people discussed with me word by word, walking faster and faster, and gradually disappeared into the hazy fog of the morning.

On the other side, Lao Chai also stepped up his pace, and gradually the sun had completely risen, and wisps of warm sunlight fell on Lao Chai who was hurrying through the woods. Unconsciously, Lao Chai's pace began to slow down, and when he looked up, an endless forest appeared in front of him, and under the sunlight, the leaves showed a deep dark green, as if they had been deliberately dyed.

"Fifteen years... Let's meet again Lao Linzi" Lao Chai stared at the forest in front of him for a long time, and muttered to himself.

According to the picture in his memory, Lao Chai walked forward along the 'old road' fifteen years ago, and he didn't know how long he walked, and he walked next to a huge dead tree that he didn't know how long it had fallen. Lao Chai stopped, and the past was vivid, as if it happened yesterday as clearly visible. Nothing has changed here, as if the footsteps of time have stopped here, and the time of fifteen years has not changed anything here, not even a single fallen leaf is still the same as it has been for fifteen years.

The only difference is that there are no ghosts or babies here at the moment, and Lao Chai slowly walked towards the dead wood, walking slowly around it several times. His eyes wandered aimlessly back and forth at the dead tree, and finally his gaze stayed on the place where the baby had been lying in the first place. The wind and sun were already rough hands gently caressing the place, eyes moistened for some time, and the mouth was whispering something.

"Fifteen years......"

The scene of that year seems to have appeared in front of me again...... A blue-hued humanoid spirit hovered beside the dead wood, and a baby wrapped in animal skin lay silently on the dead tree.

"Take him away......" The blue soul, which had not spoken all this time, suddenly 'spoke'. The voice is low and empty, and it makes people not only stand upside down.

"What?!Take him away?Who?...... Who is he...... Are you ...... again Who" After Lao Chai heard this, his head was like exploding, frightened, scared, and at a loss, and countless questions flashed in his heart, and he said hesitantly.

"Don't ask, you just have to do a little bit, raise him for fifteen years, and in the future, his creation will depend on his own life......" The hollow voice sounded again.

"Fifteen years? Why me? You make it clear......" Lao Chai didn't understand what he was talking about at all, and only blamed himself for being unlucky in his heart, he had to come here, now it's okay, not only did he not get rich, but he also encountered this kind of thing.

"It's not you, it's our ......"

"We, what are we...... We know each other?"

"There's only so much we can do...... Remember that there are only fifteen years, and after fifteen years, he must be allowed to leave here" Just as Lao Chai was still struggling with why it was 'us', the blue ghost continued.

"There's only so much I can do, and the rest of the debt can only be repaid......" The blue soul bent down, as if staring at the baby in front of it, and said a few words without a trace, and at this moment, the blue soul began to dim and blur, and finally disappeared, leaving no trace.

"Hey...... You can make it clear......" Before Lao Chai could react, the blue ghost disappeared without a trace in Lao Chai's stunned gaze. At this time, only the old firewood and the baby on the trunk were left......

......

"Fifteen years have passed, and I have sent Tian'er away as agreed...... If you can hear it, please bless him with all the best outside, I don't ask for anything else, please be satisfied to see him again in my lifetime......" Lao Chai looked at the dead tree trunk in front of him stupidly, and tears could not be suppressed......

Yunxia Town, a hundred miles away.

"I said young master, wake up quickly, don't you look at what time it is, the sun is drying your buttocks...... Zixiu" After Yuntian sent away Lao Li, the coachman who came to investigate, he turned around and came to Zixiu's bed, shaking Zixiu who was still snoring and said.

"Wake up, Lao Li has been here three times, if you don't get up again, you won't be able to leave today......" Yuntian shook his head helplessly, thinking, if he couldn't still hear the snoring, I'm afraid someone would believe him when he died.

"Don't shake, don't... Shake it, I can't sleep well after sleeping......" Zixiu didn't open his eyes yet, and he complained unclearly.

"Hey, you're awake, young master, you're awake" Yun Tian smiled, he couldn't say anything, after all, he was really tired in the past two days, and where did such a young master suffer this crime.

The two of them ate something casually, and met with Shen Linfeng and Xu Lao in the hall. "Hahaha...... Xiu'er, I won't stay for a few more days, I was too busy a few days ago to take care of you, don't blame me as Uncle Shen" Shen Linfeng said apologetically, but the overall mental state was really different from when he came. People are in good spirits on happy occasions, and this is not wrong at all.

"Uncle Shen, you are too out-of-this, if it weren't for Lao Li telling me yesterday that the enrollment of Huacheng Academy ended a few days earlier, I would definitely have played here for a few more days" Zixiu replied as if he was still unsatisfied.

"Hahaha... Okay, when you go home, pass by here, you must stay for ten more days," Xu Lao said again. A few people said a few more words, during which Lao Li came to urge again, and finally the two sides reluctantly said goodbye.

The men set off again, and the carriage galloped all the way to the city gate, and in a short time disappeared from view.

"Brother Li, where is our next stop?" shouted Yun Tian in the carriage.

"I came out late today, and I originally planned to pass through the forest in front of me in the evening, but now it seems that I have to spend the night in the forest," Lao Li also replied loudly.

"Spending the night in the woods, camping, yes, yes, since I spent the night outside hunting with my father a few years ago, I haven't spent the night outside" After Zixiu heard this, he instantly became passionate.

"No, it seems that we were still spending the night in Fengkun Mountain the night before yesterday......" Yun Tian thought to himself, 'Isn't this talking nonsense with his eyes open', this eldest young master is really forgetful.

"Can that be the same? I was always scared at the time, and I didn't have the leisure time to enjoy this beautiful wild scenery, hehe" Zixiu retorted, and the two of them just talked and laughed.

"That's not necessarily, two little masters, the forest in front is not peaceful, and I won't choose to stay in this forest overnight unless I have to......" Just when the two were laughing, Lao Li suddenly said outside the car.