Because Xiao Ran was called away by Hu Bugui's predecessors, only Xia Xiao and Ah Candle followed Li Lunming to the nine-story Senran Pagoda this time. Although Xiaoran was a little unhappy, she only agreed, and did not play a little temper. She felt that Hu Bugui's predecessors were creating opportunities for Xia Xiao and Ah Candle, but it was really convenient.

Back in the dormitory, packed up their things, Xia Xiao and Ah Candle waited for their seniors. When they came, they left the town together, stepped over the meadows, and left the square at the foot of the hill. In anticipation, they arrived at a small mountain village by the nameless mountain stream a quarter of an hour later.

This place is so remote that even though the Great Xia Dynasty had set up many military camps in the west, it was not found that there was a small mountain village with a few families living in it. This kind of place, which is difficult for iron cavalry and soldiers to break into, is regarded as a natural obstacle by the soldiers, and is only considered in the blocking plan, without further consideration.

After entering the bridge, he entered the village, but Li Lunming stopped in front of him and said:

"Go and stay for the night, and we'll go again tomorrow." ”

Before knowing the situation, Li Lunming didn't know why he came now, instead of going to the nine-story Senran Pagoda to solve the problem, so that he could have more time. But on the way, Xia Xiao said that in order to make up for Ah Candle, she should have come back a long time ago. As for your own business, don't be in such a hurry. Although Scourge is not in good shape, he is only in bad spirits, and there is no pain. Ah Candle also said that she only wanted to see her grandmother, and she didn't have to stay for a long time, and if she left after a long time, her grandmother would be even more unaccustomed to it.

The two children who are about to be seventeen years old stand together, adding up to only half their age, but in Li Lunming's eyes, they have matured and are no longer immature. Xia Xiao and Ah Candle looked like they were carrying bags, and there was even a kind of vicissitudes of wandering for a long time, like being in the vast world for many years, and they didn't know what tomorrow would be.

It's normal for Xia Xiao to have such a temperament, after all, he has a bad fate, but the vastness revealed by Ah Candle is only a second, which makes Li Lunming see the reincarnation of countless worlds. Li Lunming was surprised for a moment, but he laughed at himself, the eternity he thought was probably just a small inadvertent action of Ah Candle.

Li Lunming really felt wrong, Ah Candle just hadn't come back for a long time, so he shrugged his shoulders excitedly and wet his eyes. But more than sixteen years in the vast wilderness is only the shortest trip in Ah Candle's life, she doesn't belong here, she has experienced much more than Xia Xiao, and even more than anyone in the Great Wilderness. But she doesn't know who she is, and she doesn't bother to recall, and now she is back in the small mountain village, just her grandmother's good granddaughter.

After crossing the bridge, the first courtyard in the village is his own home, but this home is much more beautiful than when Ah Candle left. Although the spacious courtyard is still followed by a clay tile house, and the dwarf ones are so low that people have to lie on the ground to enter, the earthen walls are free of cracks, and the tiles are very neat, and there are no longer a few missing pieces or broken tiles as before.

The new tiles add color to the earthen house, and the new doors and windows have changed their faces, and the people of the Xia family have never cut corners. By a wooden door, there are dried buns of red peppers, and two bundles of garlic have been pulled out, and it is estimated that they will be used for stir-frying at noon. Not far away, under the eaves, an old woman lay on a delicately made wooden chair, basking in the sun.

The old woman closed her eyes, did not have a sad face, nor raised her eyebrows with joy, just basking in the sun plainly. The afternoon has to be spent like this. At her age, many things are downplayed, but she can smoke and drink no alcohol every day, and she can eat three meals without meat, as long as she lives. As long as you live, when you see that Ah Zhu has become a cultivator, gruel and pickles can also be counted.

"Grandma, I'm back!"

A cheerful voice with a faint cry suddenly broke into the old woman's ears, but she didn't open her eyes, but felt that she was hallucinating again. Since Ah Candle left, she has not heard such a voice, she was ecstatic at first, but now she is unmoved. But when her wrinkled old hand was grabbed by a small slippery hand, she suddenly got up and saw Candle's long chestnut hair and fair face.

Surprise, doubt, uneasiness, and many emotions broke into the old woman's mind, but her first reaction was to hold Ah Candle's hand and ask her:

"How did you come back?"

Did Ah Candle encounter something wrong, couldn't practice, or did she get into trouble outside? The old woman was ready to face everything in an instant. As long as she returns to this small mountain village, no matter which god he is, even if she dies, Ah Candle will be fine, but when she caught a glimpse of Xia Xiao behind Ah Candle, she hurriedly bent her old legs and was about to kneel.

"I can't do it. ”

Xia Xiao stretched out his hand, and Ah Candle had already held his grandmother, but the latter pulled Ah Candle, and his words were full of gratitude.

"My lord can come back with you, which means that you must not cause trouble, and I don't thank you much? My lord is ready to take me to the imperial capital, but the old woman is short-sighted, and only wishes that the leaves will return to the roots, and refuses the kindness of the adult, and I hope that the adult will not be surprised, and thank you for giving the old woman a strong house. ”

"Grandma, you don't need to call an adult, his name is Xia Xiao!"

Ah Candle was naturally unhappy when he saw his most respected and beloved grandmother groveling so much, but the latter said angrily:

"Ah Candle, don't be rude! You can get out of the mountains all thanks to this adult's mercy, I am also taken care of by adults, and the food and vegetables at home are constant, and I am not polite!"

Ah Zhu couldn't resist grandma, and she didn't want to pull with grandma anymore, lest she get hurt, so she glared at Xia Xiao, feeling that he was cheap, and then obediently knelt on the ground according to grandma's request. Ah Candle kneel, but let the old man kneel, Xia Xiao couldn't help it, he hurriedly helped him up, and said:

"Grandma is welcome, in fact, Ah Candle and I are students of the same year, with the same status, and there is no distinction between adults and inferiors. ”

Although grandma said that she was old, she was not confused, and asked Xia Xiao.

"Your Excellency is a cultivator, and so is Ah Candle?"

"That's right, grandma, so you don't have to do this~"

Ah Candle helped her up, and when Grandma sat on the wooden chair, Ah Candle squatted at her feet, so that she could see herself, and she was well-behaved like a little milk dog who didn't know anything.

"Grandma, I'm also a cultivator now, look!"

Ah Zhu spread out his hand, and the vitality of heaven and earth floated, like wisps, gathered into a small ball. Grandma opened her eyes, oh yo was surprised, and stared at it for a long time. Although grandma can't understand it, there is an extremely mysterious aura in it, and it seems that it is not in the same world as herself. It's close, but you can't understand it, and this feeling makes Grandma believe that Ah Candle has become a cultivator. She was stunned at first, then hugged Ah Candle and cried with joy.

Grandma didn't expect her child to become a legendary cultivator so quickly, and immediately felt that she had done the right thing, she wanted to know Ah Candle's life this year, hoping that it would not be as bad as she imagined. The first thing to ask is about Ah Candle's realm at this time.

"My lord, Ah Candle's current strength, which level is in 369?"

"A total of nine grades, five for me, and three for a candle. ”

Grandma smiled, but her heart was already ecstatic, and her palm touched the top of Ah Candle's head, making her feel at ease. The years are the most unforgiving, and when grandma is free of illness, she is satisfied.

"Thank you for taking care of me, otherwise my family would definitely not have achieved such an achievement. Are adults hungry? I cook for adults and Ah Candle. ”

Xia Xiao hesitated for a moment, thought for a while, and said:

"Grandma, I won't eat noodles this time. ”

Grandma laughed, embarrassed, but understood what Xia Xiao meant. This young man looks about the same age as Ah Candle, but he is actually much smarter than Ah Candle, she felt that the young man was not a bad guy more than a year ago, and she was not mistaken, it can be seen from his clear conscience eyes and Ah Candle's reaction. But she also saw something, that is, the way this girl looked at him, some girl's special feelings.

"My lord, you rest in this room first, and I'll make tea for you. ”

Grandma was too polite, and Xia Xiao was embarrassed, so she had to do it. Grandma pushed open a side door, and Ah Candle found that the once dilapidated earthen tile house had been cleaned up into a new room, although it was not spacious, but there were all the bedding inside, and it was good to spread it a little. Ah Candle went to see her grandmother and her big bed, and the quilts on it were all new, so she was relieved.

"My lord, you drink tea, and I'll take care of the kitchen with Ah Candle. ”

The grandmother who walked out of the door pulled Ah Candle over, walked into the kitchen and asked:

"Where's the girl next to the adult?"

"Passed away. ”

Grandma frowned, but she stretched again, and asked Ah Candle while busy with the work in her hands.

"Does she have a sweetheart?"

Ah Candle felt that goodness was not counted, so he shook his head. Xia Xiao once rejected her, saying that he and Shangshan had a bond of desolate lines, but now that the daylines have been broken, and Shangshan has left Xia Xiao and chose to wander in the Great Wilderness, I don't know where he went.

"Then you'll have to take advantage of it. ”

"Grandma, what are you talking about? We're just friends. ”

"Although grandma is old, she is not confused, how can there be pure friendship between men and women? Those who can come together and walk side by side must have a good feeling. Now it's a friend, but because I don't have enough favor, the time hasn't come. When the opportunity is enough, what should be done will be done naturally, and there is no way to escape. You are a girl, you can not take the initiative, but you can't be stupid, if you are not a partner now, you can't care too much, even if you are in the future, you can't manage too much. A wise woman should not be too strict with her husband, on the contrary, she should be more supportive, or she will be abandoned like me. ”

Grandma spoke seriously, but Ah Candle lowered her head and was ashamed of her husband. She can't help but look forward to it, she always feels that the future will be very beautiful, but she doesn't know if it will come true, but she hopes to come true, and she longs to come true!

"Grandma, tell me about the past year!"

After grandma finished speaking, Ah Candle knew how good Xia Xiao was. So when she talked about her past year, she always rubbed shoulders with Xia Xiao, which made her good impression of him rise again, to another height that only Grandma and the others were compared.

In order to leave space for Grandma and Ah Candle, Xia Xiao sat on the roof of the house to bask in the sun, and the sun gradually went down and became a burning cloud. Under the warm lamps and candles, the tables and chairs are very new, the dinner is sumptuous, the dishes are full of color and fragrance, and the dishes of the farmhouse always have an extraordinarily fresh taste and extraordinarily fragrant. A meal of cabbage vermicelli and chicken stewed radish is no longer like the bowl of egg noodles that day, so Xia Xiao relied on persistence to finish eating.