Qi Zhiqiu walked into the city with a small leaf, and the city was very different from the twilight outside the city.

There are lights in the city, there are restaurants grinning, and there are storytellers talking about the heroic deeds of Wencheng not far away......

Xiao Yezi looked at these various states, his heart was a little warm, a little steady, and he felt inexplicably warm.

"There's a candy man stall over there, buy one and go back?" Qi Zhiqiu asked.

And about ten meters away from the two of them, there is a sugar man stall, those sugar people are in different shapes, there are high-ranking and noble sugar people who are proud of the sugar, and there are also sugar people who look like ladies are fascinating.

Xiao Yezi has walked through most places in Wencheng since he was a child, and he also knows what the stalls of all sizes are selling, and since then, when Qi Zhiqiu's words fell, he glanced at the candy man stall a few meters away.

Xiao Yezi replied in a childish voice: "Buy one and go back, but I want to eat double." ”

Qi Zhiqiu smiled when he heard this, and said, "It's not good to eat too much sweet at night." ”

"Oh, good horn. Xiao Yezi muttered.

Xiao Yezi ran over with light steps, and Qi Zhiqiu followed unhurriedly behind.

Xiao Yezi ran to the candy man stall, only to see an old man with his back to a sugar man stall, he wiped the occasional beads of sweat, looked at all kinds of sugar people, and couldn't help swallowing, and the old man inside heard the voice, turned around, and saw a small head looking at him brightly.

"It's Xiao Yezi, I haven't seen you here for a long time, so I'll give you a sugar man." As the old man spoke, he stretched out his trembling hand to take a candy man and handed it to Ye Yan.

The old man's hair is gray, the wrinkles on his face are also faintly visible, and when he just spoke, he didn't see a few front teeth, but the eyes, the eyes were bright, although the eye sockets were deep, the eyes could be as black as two small wells, and the black light flashed deeply, which showed that when the old man was young, his demeanor must be the best among his peers.

"Grandpa Gu, what's the use of me coming, every time I come, you don't give me candy, this time I brought my husband here, and you gave it to me. Xiao Yezi pouted.

Xiao Yezi looked at the sugar man stretched out by the old man, close to him, and stretched out his hand to catch the sugar man, but remembered what Qi Zhiqiu had told him: Outsiders, if you have a clear conscience, you can take it.

Thinking that Qi Zhiqiu was behind, when Xiao Yezi wanted to turn around and ask for advice, for some reason, he found that he couldn't turn his head, not only that, but he felt that he had entered a strange world, that sugar man, in that world, was so big that it covered the sky, and his whole body was unconscious except for the hand that wanted to catch the sugar man.

However, Xiao Yezi can still think, and he finds that in this world, it seems that there is only him and the incomparably huge sugar man.

In that world, when Xiao Ye was about to touch the handle of the sugar man, strangely, he withdrew his hand.

The old man moved, and silently took the sugar man back.

At this time, Xiao Yezi, who was only a small head taller than the sugar man stall, put down his hand, his eyes were dull and motionless.

"Smack!"

A white hand patted the shoulder of the godless little leaf at this time, and in the other in that wonderful world, he seemed to hear the sounds of heaven, and his figure turned into particles and gradually dissipated.

"Whew, whew!"

At this moment, Xiao Yezi came back to his senses, panting heavily, visible sweat flowed down his cheeks like rain, and looked at the owner of the white jade hand, naturally Qi Zhiqiu, his face was blank, and asked, "Mr. Qi, I ...... just now?"

Qi Zhiqiu's face was blank, staring directly at the old man, and at the same time answering Xiao Yezi's question: "Floating life is like a dream, it is empty, you are in good health, don't pay attention to it." ”

"Oh. ”

Qi Zhiqiu took a step forward, arched his hand, and turned his gaze to the sugar man again, and after some selection, he chose a sugar man who looked like a beggar, and said, "Ancient senior, that's it." ”

The old man who was called an ancient predecessor by Qi Zhiqiu, in this city, is also the oldest generation, as for the deeds, it is just ordinary, later he opened a sugar stall, the shape is strange but fascinating, the children in the city love to eat, slowly, his stall has a little fame, however, the city does not know his full name, only knows the surname Gu, out of respect for the elder and young, the people in Wencheng will respect him as an "ancient senior".

The old man glanced at the beggar-like sugar man, and then glanced at Xiao Yezi, who remembered what had just happened, and now he was so frightened by the old man's glance that he hurriedly ran behind Qi Zhiqiu, revealing only a small head.

The old man said: "You can choose a more exquisite one, that one is just a failure that I have at hand." ”

It can be said that the beggar-like sugar man can't be said to be a failure, because it's not even a failure, and the workmanship of each part is also very different from the most ordinary sugar man on the sugar man's stall.

Xiao Yezi raised his little hand and said seriously: "Grandpa Gu, since it is a failure, why are you still in the stall." With that, he retracted his hand and shrunk his head at the same time.

The old man didn't say a word, Qi Zhiqiu picked up a more exquisite sugar man with his other hand, turned around and squatted down, put the beggar-like sugar man not far from Xiao Yezi's face, and said softly: "Xiao Yezi, look, is this one a little more material than this exquisite sugar man." ”

Xiao Yezi kept looking at it with his head in his eyes, and finally came to a conclusion: the amount of the beggar-like sugar man is indeed more than that of the exquisite sugar man.

"Then I want this candy man," Xiao Yezi pointed to the beggar-like sugar man.

"Good. ”

Qi Zhiqiu got up, and when he was about to put the exquisite candy figure back, the old man suddenly spoke: "Since you have taken it down, take it away." ”

Qi Zhiqiu didn't shirk and said, "Then thank the old seniors." ”

The old man didn't say much, and he didn't collect money from Qi Zhiqiu, he just sat down, picked up a thin stick, and made a new sugar man.

Qi Zhiqiu took out two copper coins from his cuffs, gently placed them on the table, and then leaned over, handed the beggar-like candy to Xiao Yezi, and said, "Put the other one here first, or that sentence, you shouldn't eat too much sugar at night." ”

Xiao Yezi agreed, stretched out his little hand, and took over the beggar-like sugar man, after he took the beggar-like sugar man, Qi Zhiqiu straightened his waist and said, "Let's go." ”

This time, Qi Zhiqiu was not only intentional or unintentional, but always a few steps faster than Xiao Yezi, which made the latter have no time to look at the beggar-like sugar man, although he remembered the road of the private school, but he was afraid that if he looked at the sugar man, Mr. Qi in front of him would disappear.

In the back, there is the candy man stall, in front, there is Mr. Qi, and in the middle is Xiaoyezi.

"A, a. ”

Qi Zhiqiu stopped, in front of him, there was a courtyard that was only a few tens of meters away, and next to the gate, there was a stone of 'Teaching Private School'.

"Mr. Qi. Xiao Yezi also walked over at this time, and faintly, there were transparent beads of sweat flowing down.

Qi Zhiqiu said: "Let's go in." ”

After saying that, he walked over and pushed open the yellowed wooden door, and of course, there was a small dot behind him.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw that there were about ten stone tables and stone benches placed in the middle of the courtyard, which was where Qi Zhiqiu usually taught.

Qi Zhiqiu walked through the middle of the courtyard, came to the door of a room at the back of the courtyard, pushed open the door, and it was also very monotonous, only a table, a bamboo pole to hang clothes, and a bed that was barely enough for two people to sleep.

After Qi Zhiqiu lit the lamp, he said, "Xiao Yezi, you sweated too much today, go take a bath first, I'll cook, and after you take a bath, you can come directly to eat." After speaking, he walked to the bamboo pole, took the latter's change of clothes tonight and put them on the table.

That little bit is naturally Xiao Yezi, Qi Zhiqiu adopted him and let him live together to avoid living on the streets.

Xiao Budian walked over, stood the sugar man on the table, picked up his clothes again, and said, "Mr. Qi, I want to eat braised eggplant tonight." ”

With that, he walked out of the house.

"Good. Qi Zhiqiu nodded and responded.

Little Leaf skillfully walked into the backyard, over there, there was a well, and there was a towering tree, with red leaves, maple.

Walking past the well, picking up a bucket of water, and after lifting a bucket of water, he walked into the bathroom in the backyard, which had a large bathtub, enough for an adult man to bathe and change clothes.

After repeating it several times, when the water was about the same, Xiao Yezi took off his clothes with a little sweat smell and got into the bathtub, only exposing the place above his nose, and his small mouth was spitting bubbles at this time, remembering the strange thing that happened at the candy man stand, although Qi Zhiqiu told him that it was a dream, but he still had palpitations, he could feel that if there was no shot from Mr. Qi at that time, he might never come back.

"Poof. ”

There were many bubbles in the bathtub, and the more Xiao Ye thought about it, the more she couldn't figure it out, what was going on?

A moment later, Xiao Yezi stepped out of the bathtub, picked up a bath towel and wiped her body, and then changed into clothes.

Xiao Ye walked out, and outside, a bright white moon also rose, and the moonlight was so bright that it could be seen clearly.

"Goo~"

A voice came from Xiao Yezi's small belly, and although there was no one around, he still scratched his head embarrassedly.

Xiao Yezi walked back to the main courtyard, bursts of fragrance came to his nose, and in the main courtyard, that is, next to Qi Zhiqiu's teaching, a square stone table of a certain scale was placed in the open air, and there was a tall figure next to the square stone table, it was none other than Qi Zhiqiu.

Xiao Yezi rushed over, not caring about the bath just now.

At this time, Qi Zhiqiu also set up the last dish, four dishes and one soup, and when he heard the movement from behind him, he turned around and said, "Little Yezi." ”

Xiao Yezi stopped in front of Qi Zhiqiu and said childishly: "Mr. Qi, I'm hungry." ”

Qi Zhiqiu smiled, nodded, and said, "Okay, let's come and eat when you're hungry." As he spoke, he motioned for Xiao Yezi to sit down, and then, he brought out the rice, steaming, and handed Xiao Yezi a bowl of rice first, the latter picked up the chopsticks, but did not move, just waited.

When Qi Zhiqiu sat down, he sandwiched a piece of braised eggplant for Xiao Yezi, and the latter moved his chopsticks and picked up the first bite of rice.

At first, Qi Zhiqiu admitted that Xiao Yezi's eating appearance was relatively calm, but later, he could only smile all the time.

"Hiccup~"

Xiao Yezi burped, Qi Zhiqiu put down the dishes and chopsticks, handed a bowl of soup to Ye Yan, and said, "Drink some soup, it's good for digestion." ”

"Oh, good. Xiao Yezi took the bowl of soup, "gurgling" a few bites, it was gone, and he hiccuped again.

Qi Zhiqiu said: "The sugar man in the room can be eaten with it." ”

Xiao Yezi touched his slightly bulging belly, and clenched his small fist again, he could still eat.

So, Xiao Yezi walked back to the room, and the beggar-like sugar man was still standing on the table, picked up the sugar man, walked out, walked to the main courtyard, and sat down at a stone table.

Before, Xiao Yezi didn't have time to look at the beggar-like sugar man, but now, after the meal, he put the sugar man against the moonlight, which was a little transparent, and there was nothing except the amount that Mr. Qi said.

The little leaf took a bite, sweet, like a maltose-like taste.

Xiao Yezi continued to eat, and soon, he finished eating the sugar man.

Qi Zhiqiu walked over from behind, his hands were a little wet, which was the water stain left by the dishes and chopsticks he had just cleaned up.

Qi Zhiqiu said, "Do you feel anything?"

Xiao Yezi muttered: "The sugar man is very sweet, and my little belly is already supported, I have to rest for a while, I won't learn that kind of literature tonight." ”

Qi Zhiqiu nodded and said, "It's okay, then you can move in the yard first, and then go to bed when it's almost over." With that, he walked back to the house.

Xiao Yezi did not move, just raised his head, looked at the full moon and the endless starry sky, and saw it very attentively, until he felt a little sore in his neck, he came back to his senses, walked around in this courtyard, and saw a firefly When the time came, he chased the firefly all over the yard, but in the end he still didn't catch the firefly, and could only watch it fly over the wall with two eyes.

Xiao Yezi sat down again, looked up at the starry sky again, and was fascinated, thinking: How big is this world?

"Little Yezi, it's not early, go back to the house and sleep. Qi Zhiqiu's voice came.

"Oh!"

Xiao Yezi stood up and walked back to the house, he saw that on the table, there was also a beautiful sugar man, Mr. Qi bought a total of two sugar figures, he ate one, this is the other.

Xiao Yezi took off his shoes and lay down on the bed, while Qi Zhiqiu also took off his shoes after extinguishing all the lights, sat on the edge of the bed, and said softly: "Xiao Yezi, go to sleep, you should be able to have a good dream." ”

In the dark, Xiao Yezi nodded, and suddenly, he spoke: "Mr. Qi, how big is this world?"

After a while, Qi Zhiqiu's somewhat lazy voice came: "This world is big, big. ”