64. Two pick-ups
In the early morning, the wind was tighter, the snow was heavier, and the Kunlun peaks seemed to be shrouded in a miserable white.
Icy cold without a hint of temperature.
There is also a thick layer of snow on the roof tiles in Taixuanzhuang, and several icicles hang under the eaves of the corners.
When the wind stops and the snow stops, the snow occasionally melts and turns into water, which flows down the eaves, and when the wind and snow fall, the snow water has not had time to stop and is slowly frozen into icicles.
There are already servants sweeping snow in the village, and the snow on the ground is actually no longer snow, the snow is gentle, and the snow on the ground is almost turning into ice when you don't know it.
But the servants still moved quickly, but for a moment, there was no clear snowflake on the road in front of and behind the houses in Taixuanzhuang.
In the early morning, most people like to drink a cup of clear tea soup, and some people like to drink warm water, and then eat it slowly with a few snacks, killing time.
Once, Jiang Xiyi liked to do the same, but now it's not.
Now she drinks wine, and she drinks wine that she brews herself.
This jar of wine was buried in the ground three years ago, yesterday back in the village, she personally dug it out, today will be sealed mud slapped open, sure enough, the wine color is clear, the aroma of wine fluttering, the only pity is that the wine taste is not thick enough, light.
When everyone drinks, they always like to find some reason, find some reason. Some people drink freely for happy things, and some people borrow wine to drown their sorrows for the sake of being difficult to pass by, but Jiang Xiyi is just because she wants to drink, it's as simple as that, and there is no other reason.
Because of this, she can't get drunk.
When drinking, if a person wants to get drunk, then he must get drunk quickly, but a person who can drink, if she doesn't want to get drunk, then no one can pour her, not to mention, she is still drinking alone at the moment.
It's really boring to drink alone, but Tianshu Tianliang and they won't drink with her, over the years, Jiang Xiyi has already learned to drink with her alone with the wind and snow.
After a few rounds of drinking, her eyes were still so bright, no, brighter than before.
People who drink alcohol in this world can be roughly divided into two kinds, one kind of people will become hazy and bloodshot after drinking, and most people belong to this type.
But she is different, after a jar of wine is empty, her eyes are as bright as stars, so that people dare not force them to look.
This kind of person is not much, not too little, Xiao Feng, Tie Zhongtang, and Hu Tiehua are all this kind of people.
Jiang Xiyi put the wine jar firmly on the table, closed his eyes, and slowly exhaled a long breath. A white arrow seemed to shoot slowly out of her mouth, then slowly dissipated, and when she opened her eyes, there were still traces in the air.
Then, she got up and gently pushed the door open and walked out slowly.
As soon as the door opened, the wind rushed into the house, blowing up the sleeves of her clothes at the door, and even poured it in from the mouth of her dresser, but Jiang Xiyi didn't even shake, she didn't seem to feel the cold wind.
The morning light is sprinkled between heaven and earth, and the vitality brought by it is swept away by the north wind, covered by the cold, and the wind in Kunlun calls day and night, like a whimper, like a wail.
In this wind, a person is independent, hunting with his sleeves, and his black hair is flying.
Jiang Xiyi was dressed in white and blended into these few feet of snow, but she looked extremely eye-catching, making people see and notice her at a glance.
Since the morning wine is finished, it is natural that it is time to practice.
As the saying goes: "100 days to practice the knife, 1000 days to practice the gun, 10,000 days to practice the sword." "The sword moves are ever-changing, the swordsmanship is even more profound and profound, what is the peak of the sword path, no one has been able to understand it so far, even if Jiang Xiyi has been thinking about it for hundreds of years, he has never been able to understand.
She slowly walked towards the water white jade on the edge of the cliff, her body was light, as if she would be swept away by the wind in the blink of an eye, but the fact was that the arrogant cold wind still couldn't take her away, she walked on the snow unhurriedly, but she didn't leave a single step.
She had arrived early enough, the sun was still in the east, at least she could be sure that she had risen earlier than many others, but before she reached the edge of the cliff, she saw a man in the distance beside the white jade.
A child who doesn't seem to be ten years old.
It was the one she brought the other day.
After returning to Taixuanzhuang, the child almost walked all over the village, and every day when she practiced, he would hide in the pine and bamboo forest and peek from afar, but she still didn't know.
Jiang Xiyi had actually found out a long time ago, but she didn't have any thoughts and rules in her heart that she needed to avoid others when practicing martial arts, so the child didn't say anything, and she didn't know it.
Unexpectedly, today he was standing by the water white jade, as if waiting for her.
The clothes on his body have been changed into new thick cotton clothes, even if Huang Sheng politely refused Jiang Xiyi's kindness at the beginning, but Kunlun is too cold, splashing water into ice, even if it is a fire and the house with a charcoal basin, the cold can still penetrate from the ground, it is cold and dry, and it almost tears people apart.
Huang Sheng has deep internal strength, not afraid of cold and heat, and he can't help him with the severe cold, but his great-grandson can't withstand this harsh winter.
Jiang Xiyi has already seen that his great-grandson may not even have entered the martial arts entry, and he is afraid that he is having a hard time and his health is not good, if he insists on refusing, his great-grandson may fall this winter.
She didn't know why Huang Sheng didn't pass on this child's martial arts, when this child acted, she had seen it, his roots were good, he was obviously a martial arts talent, but he didn't have a trace of martial arts, but this was always a matter of others, and she didn't want to ask.
The kid waited in the cold wind for a long time, and when he came every day, Jiang Xiyi had already started to practice in the water white jade, so today, when the white dew was not dry, when the genius was bright, he wrapped his cotton clothes tightly and ran here to wait for Jiang Xiyi.
The wind was strong, cold, and unforgiving.
He tugged into his cuffs and tugged at his neckline tightly, but the cold wind could still pour in from somewhere. His face was pale and miserable, almost the same color as the snow on the ground, not even a trace of blood, in fact, he could choose to go to the pine and bamboo forest, there were trees to block it, and these winds would not be so uncomfortable on him.
But he still chose to wait by the side of this water white jade.
Waited until Jiang Xiyi came.
By the time the snow had already accumulated on his head and shoulders, Jiang Xiyi had finally arrived.
His eyesight is not at the level of ordinary people, he has been frozen for a long time at the moment, and he is hindered by the wind and snow, but he sees a figure calmly coming through the wind and snow, a trance immortal, and like a snowflake in the wind and snow, but he is already overjoyed in his heart, and he believes that this person is Jiang Xiyi.
He was not disappointed, because it was Jiang Xiyi who came.
In the blink of an eye, Jiang Xiyi stood in front of him, raised his head and helped him pat the snow off his head and shoulders, and asked, "Are you waiting for me?" ”
The child felt strange in his heart, he thought that he was already frozen and would not have any other senses, but when Jiang Xiyi's hand reached over, he still shrank a little, as if her hand was colder than snow. After hearing Jiang Xiyi's words, he wanted to open his mouth to answer, but after opening his mouth, his throat was extremely dry, presumably hoarse, so he nodded vigorously as an answer.
Jiang Xiyi continued to ask, "What are you waiting for me to do here?" ”
He coughed twice, cleared his throat, and said, "I want to learn martial arts from you!" ”
He spoke very loudly, as if he was afraid that his voice would be muffled by the wind, and even more afraid that he would be rejected.
Jiang Xiyi's eyes did not show a trace of surprise, and his expression did not change at all, he did not answer his words, but asked, "What's your name?" ”
He was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that although he had known her for a few days, he had never told her what his name was, and he said: "My name is Huang Liang, the Liang of 'Liang Li can rush to the city'." ”
Jiang Xiyi nodded and said, "You have read the Nanhua Sutra." Then he said, "How old are you?" ”
Huang Liang said: "I am seven years old this year, but I will be eight years old in five months. ”
Jiang Xiyi said: "If you want to learn martial arts, why don't you go to your grandfather, but come to me?" ”
Huang Liang looked at Jiang Xiyi's gaze, opened his mouth, lowered his head again, seemed to think of something, and said: "Grandpa Tai didn't teach me, he said that these martial arts will harm people, and if he teaches me, he will harm me, and it is because of these martial arts that we will escape all the way here." ”
Jiang Xiyi originally thought that this great-grandfather and grandson came to escape the war, but when she heard what he said, she realized that she was probably hiding from the enemy, and she said: "What about the rest of your family? Only you and your grandfather are left? ”
Huang Liang nodded lightly and said: "There are no other family members, one night a group of people broke into our house, saying that my grandfather killed their family, and they were going to kill us to avenge the family, at that time we all wanted to escape, but the doors everywhere were blocked, my mother hid me, did not let those people find out, they killed a lot of people, saw that there was no one alive, and left without a careful inspection, I have been hiding and not daring to come out, a few days later, I saw that my grandfather came back, I dared to come out, and then a few years, My grandfather took me out and walked all the time, and then ...... And here we are. ”
Jiang Xiyi nodded slightly, she finally understood why the lingering sorrow and occasional hatred between Huang Shang's eyebrows were now, and she suddenly said, "Your grandfather wants revenge?" ”
Huang Liang nodded vigorously.
Jiang Xiyi continued: "So, you also want revenge? ”
Huang Liang paused, his eyes showed a sad expression, but he didn't move for a while.
Jiang Xiyi turned around and walked towards Shui Baiyu and said, "If you want to take revenge, then don't tell me to learn martial arts, I won't teach you." ”
Huang Liang was stunned for a moment, and said loudly: "But, Sister Jiang ......"
Jiang Xiyi interrupted: "Don't call me sister, I'm afraid I'm a lot older than your grandfather." ”
Huang Liang was stunned, and then said loudly: "Master Jiang, I want to be a hero to protect my grandfather!" In this way, every time someone comes to us, Grandpa Tai doesn't have to shrink back because he wants to protect me, and get hurt, just like the swordsman named Dugu I met before, I don't have to hide, I can protect Grandpa! ”
Jiang Xiyi was about to step on Shui Baiyu's footsteps for a moment, turned to look at Huang Liang, and said, "You say, you want to be a hero?" ”
Huang Liang looked at Jiang Xiyi without blinking his eyes, and nodded vigorously.
Jiang Xiyi said: "But I'm a swordsman, not a hero, and I can't teach a hero." ”
Huang Liang hurriedly said: "But if you hadn't made a move that day, my grandfather would have ...... Only...... As long as I can protect my grandfather, it's enough! ”
Jiang Xiyi said: "Even if you can't be a hero? ”
Huang Liang nodded vigorously again.
Jiang Xiyi asked, "Have you ever known internal strength?" ”
Huang Liang shook his head.
Jiang Xiyi asked again: "Have you ever known martial arts?" ”
Huang Liang shook his head again.
Jiang Xiyi continued to ask, "Have you ever been able to do light exercises?" ”
Huang Liang continued to shake his head, and then said loudly: "I don't know, but I can learn, I can learn internal martial arts, light skills, I can learn it!" ”
His gaze passed through the wind and snow, and he looked closely at Jiang Xiyi's eyes, and at this moment, his eyes were brighter than the tip of the best sword Jiang Xiyi had ever seen.
Jiang Xiyi didn't answer, he turned around and stepped on Shui Baiyu, sat down cross-legged with his heart facing the sky.
The expression on Huang Liang's face became more and more desperate, and suddenly, Jiang Xiyi's voice was sent into his ear drum with the cold wind, and she said, "You can still come at this time tomorrow, you and I will talk about this matter again." ”
Huang Liang turned from sadness to joy and said with a smile: "Yes! ”