The old man looked at his grandmother and continued: "I remember that it was half a year after my master died, when I was still young, and people did not recognize me when I came out to tell fortunes, so I naturally had no food, it was the winter of fifty years ago. Fire? However, the text is ? ???．? ｒ ａ ｎ?ｅｎ`ｏｒｇ”

It was particularly cold, and the young Huo Yan was walking alone in the ice and snow, wearing a shabby yellow uniform full of patches. Wearing a pair of worn out old cotton shoes on his feet, and carrying a large yellow bag behind him, in which was placed the magic weapon left by the master to catch ghosts.

The cold wind was blowing, and the cold wind blew from the outside of his shabby clothes to his body, and the cold wind made the flames turn blue. Huo Yan was walking on a path, and his physical strength was almost at the limit. At this moment, it suddenly snowed, and the snowflakes were very large and fell from the sky.

Huo Yan saw the snow, which was undoubtedly painful for him, and he had not eaten for a day. He was cold and thirsty. He had also walked for a long time, and the snow in the sky was getting heavier and heavier, and the ground was already white. At this time, Huo Yan suddenly saw a village in front of him, Huo Yan suddenly became happy, and hurriedly ran towards that village.

This village is not very big, there are more than 30 families, most of the houses here are dilapidated, Huo Yan knocked on the door, but no one came to open for him, just when Huo Yan knocked on the last one, the door was opened, and a boy about 20 years old came out of it.

After the boy opened it, he squinted his eyes and looked at Huo Yan carefully, "Who are you?" ”

Huo Yan hurriedly said: "The donor is disturbed, Poor Dao is a Taoist priest who travels, I haven't eaten for a day, and I ask the donor to make it convenient." ”

After the boy heard Huo Yan's introduction, he immediately laughed, he pointed at Huo Yan and said, "Aren't you just a little Taoist?" Are you on your own? Huo Yan nodded.

The boy said, "Then come in quickly!" With that, he let the flame into the courtyard.

The boy walked into the house with Huo Yan, and Huo Yan saw that there were actually two coffins in the yard, and looking at the coffins, it seemed that they had been placed for a while. Even though it was snowing, you could still smell the stench coming from inside the coffin.

The boy brought Huo Yan into the house, and Huo Yan saw that the house was very poor, with a few things, but the house was very warm, and there was a large stove with burning firewood.

The boy stepped aside and brought a glass of water to Huo Yan, brought it to Huo Yan, and said to Huo Yan: "Come, little Taoist, drink a cup of hot water to warm up first, and I'll cook for you." ”

Huo Yan nodded, looked at the boy and said, "Donor, thank you so much." ”

The little boy shook his head with a smile and said, "Nothing? I'm going to cook, you go and lie down on the kang for a while! I see your shoes are wet. Huo Yan nodded, he walked to the earthen kang, took off his shoes, and sat down on the earthen kang. The burning on the kang was unusually warm, and the flame slowly felt the lost physical strength in his body, and slowly returned.

Huo Yan sat on the kang and looked at the boy. The boy was holding a cauldron and placing it on the stove, and the boy took out a packed hare from the side and put it in the cauldron. Put some more water in it and finally close the lid of the pot.

The boy then walked over to the kang and sat down, and he took off his shoes. Sitting cross-legged on the bed, he looked at Huo Yan and asked, "Little Taoist, what's your name?" Don't you have a master? How do you wander out alone? ”

Huo Yan looked at the boy and said, "My name is Huo Yan, and my master died half a year ago. I'm traveling alone. ”

By this time, it was almost dark outside. The boy looked outside and said, "I'll go and close it, it's not very peaceful here at night." With that, he put on his shoes and walked out.

After a while the boy returned, and he filled the stove with some more wood. Finally, he took off his shoes again and went to the kang. The boy pulled out a quilt from it and covered it over Huo Yan and himself.

Huo Yan looked at the boy and said, "Are you the only one in your house?" The boy nodded.

The boy looked at Huo Yan at this time and said, "My name is Wei Feng. My mom and dad died a few years ago, and now I'm here by myself. ”

Huo Yan looked at the boy and asked, "When I knocked on the door in the afternoon, no one in the village opened the door. Is there no one living in the village? ”

Wei Feng said: "There are a total of 30 families in our village. More than 20 moved away a year ago. Now there are only four families left in the village. I'm one of them. They don't welcome strangers very much, I'm different, I'm alone, and I just want to find a companion and you come. Little Taoist, you will live in the future! I will raise you in the future, you see that you are still so young, and now the world is not peaceful, you are alone outside, maybe you will ...... at any time" Wei Feng did not continue.

Huo Yan smiled and said, "I know what you mean, I also want to have a home, but I have followed my master since I was a child, and I have no family, I have always been at home with my master all over the world." ”

Wei Feng looked at Huo Yan with a distressed expression, and he said to Huo Yan: "It's okay, anyway, I'm alone now, you can stay!" I happen to have someone to keep me company. ”

Huo Yan said, "How can this be? I really don't want to bother you like that. ”

Wei Feng said, "How are you little Taoist? I kindly kept you, but you dragged it out, no, since you entered the door of my house, you have to stay, or I will drive you out now. ”

After Huo Yan listened to Wei Feng's words, his eyes suddenly filled with tears. Since his master died, he wandered outside alone, without suffering, and no one had ever been so kind to him except his master. Huo Yan nodded with tears in his eyes.

Seeing that Huo Yan agreed, Wei Feng quickly laughed and said, "This is really good, I won't need to be alone in the future." At this time, the water in the pot boiled, and a "gurgling ......" sound was made, and the aroma of meat came out of it. Huo Yan smelled the smell of meat and immediately swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Wei Feng laughed when he saw him like this, and asked, "Can you, a little Taoist, eat meat?" ”

Huo Yan nodded and said, "If our sect doesn't fast, I can eat meat." ”

"That's good, you'll have to eat a little more later, I've got a whole bunny. At this time, I was hunting in the mountains two days ago, and the harvest was very good that day, and I hit several in a row, and it seems that God knows that my family is coming to have guests. Hahaha...... "Listening to Wei Feng's words, Huo Yan also laughed. Wei Feng then kept talking to Huo Yan about the funny things that happened in their village.

It was getting dark, Wei Feng jumped off the kang and said to Huo Yan: "Huo Yan, I'll go light a kerosene lamp and put some salt in the pot by the way." Huo Yan nodded. Wei Feng came to the table and lit the kerosene lamp on the table, and the room suddenly lit up. Wei Feng came to the stove again and filled the stove with a few pieces of wood. He took some more salt and put it in the pot, and he brought in a basin from the outside, put it in place, and then closed the house tightly, and put a few sticks beside it.

At this time, he returned to put it on and said to Huoyan, "Huoyan, it's in the basin when it's convenient." (To be continued.) )