Jiyan City is in the extreme east of the Dongsu Kingdom, because of its proximity to the sea and shipping, but it is an exaggeration to say that it is a city, compared with the northern region or the Central Plains, it is a prosperous town at most, and the population is pitiful.

The environment here is good, but from the moment Su Jue entered the city, he felt strange, there were many cracks in the surrounding houses, and the pedestrians on the road were all looking down and just wanted to go home quickly. After asking several people, Su Jue asked for a way to the harbor, since he was going to sea, he naturally had to find out the location and ship of the sea.

When he arrived at the beach, Su Jue really saw some ships moored in the shallow sea, but the number was sporadic and judging from the scale, it really couldn't be said that they were used for fishing, could this be the place famous for seafood? Su Jue, who was suspicious, found a few fishermen on the shore to ask about going to sea, but he didn't expect those people to talk about it, and they all quickly avoided it when they heard that they were going to go to sea, and they simply regarded Su Jue as a plague god.

What is going on? Su Jue thought to himself, after many attempts, it was a result, no one here was willing to go to sea at all, let alone know about Zuzhou. Seeing that it was getting dark, it had taken Su Jue more than ten days to rush here from Mirage City, and that moon spirit grass would grow when the moon was full in this month, his time was running out, and if he missed it, he would have to wait another year. Su Jue was depressed, and walked aimlessly to the north of Jiyan City, where there were some people.

It turned out to be a market in the city, and because it was getting late, the vendors had already begun to pack their things and prepare to go back. After picking a few people with hot faces, Su Jue inquired about Zu Zhou and going to sea again, but there was still nothing to gain, everyone answered in unison, there is no Zu Zhou here, let alone Moon Spirit Grass.

Could it be that Jiang Yan gave the wrong direction, and he shouldn't have come to Jiyan City at all?

"I said, you little girl, I have already given you two glutinous leaf cakes, what are you still standing here? Do you want me to give you a third or fourth? I also want to earn money to support my family, and seeing that you are not wearing coarse linen clothes, why do you just fall in touch with me?" A young voice came to his ear, and the man continued to whisper: "If you let you go home, you won't go back, you won't reply when you ask you, and you won't buy you with silver, and now you have to rely on me, what do you mean?" If you can't go, I'm not welcome if you stop me from doing business again, can you go?"

This increasingly fierce voice attracted Su Jue's attention, and he turned his head to see a stall not far away, the man who spoke was a man less than thirty years old, and in front of him stood a young girl, the child was wearing a prominent green coat, and her long hair was tied in a bun with a hairrope at the back of her head. She was holding her fingers in her mouth and staring at the fragrant pastries on the spread.

"Do you not understand what I am saying, or are you deliberately pretending not to hear? If you are from a big family, don't pretend to be pitiful and beg for food, there are still people in my family waiting for me to feed? If you don't get out of the way, I can do it if you block my guests again!"

The little girl didn't seem to hear it, her eyes were round, the smile on her face was simple and lovely, and the next second she actually stretched out her finger and pointed to the pastries in the cage drawer, and said, "I want this, and I want four more pieces." ”

The peddler couldn't bear it anymore when he heard this, and he came over and was about to grab the little girl's clothes, but he was stopped by Su Jue before he could touch the child.

"It's just a child, why do you still care about her?"

The man glanced at Su Jue, sneered and replied: "I just knew that she was a child so I didn't bother with her, otherwise, I would have been angry with her to stand with me for more than an hour, this child is insatiable, I gave her a glutinous leaf cake and she still wants the second, I gave the second and she will be the third, just now, it's good, as soon as I open my mouth, I want four from me! If she is a beggar or a child of a poor family, I will do a good deed, but you see that she is wearing a dress, obviously a young lady still wants to eat and does not give money? I think this child is used to being too good and delicate, and I don't know what kind of tutor or what kind of parents. ”

While the vendor was talking, the boy reached out and took a glutinous leaf cake from the cage drawer and put it in his mouth to eat.

"Eh, I said you really kicked your nose in the face, you go and call your parents, you have to give money for this! If you can't get me, you can learn to take advantage of the opportunity to grab it, right? I'm not done with you today, how to teach children!"

"Give. Su Jue listened and took out some copper coins from his arms, "Are these enough?"

"Yo, there's a nosy one out there. ”

Su Jue added several times the amount of money and said, "Can you buy a few more of these?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" the man laughed suddenly, and took out the remaining glutinous leaf cakes from the cage drawer, "I'll close the stall and go home just after the sale, this is hot, and the guest officer has put it away for you." ”

Su Jue took the things, turned around and squatted down before saying to the little girl, "Are you still hungry?"

The little girl nodded hurriedly, grabbed the glutinous leaf cake with her hand and ate it. Su Jue watched from the side, and unconsciously a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Be careful of the scalding, there's still a lot of it, you eat slowly." ”

The more the peddler looked at the side, the more wrong it became, and before leaving, he glanced at Su Jue strangely and asked, "Guest officer, listen to the accent, you are not from our Jiyan City, right?"

"Yes, I'm from the north. ”

"North?" the man didn't ask him for what he meant, but said, "Then you know this little doll?"

"No, we don't know each other. ”

"That'...... You are so good to this little doll, how good are you ......?" he pondered and said, "What kind of heart is An? You don't want to kidnap her as a girl, or trick her back into being a girl, do you?"

"What?" Su Jue looked up, revealing a slightly surprised expression.

"This girl doll is very cute, but don't be bad, if she takes away her father and mother for you, she won't be able to live. ”

It turned out that the man was worried about this. As the saying goes, nothing is courteous, either a traitor or a thief, he is right, it seems that this person just doesn't listen to what he says, just now he must have seen that the child was cute and gave her glutinous leaf cake, and later said that those are nothing more than trying to scare and scare the child, so think about it, his heart is not bad.

"Don't worry, I'm here to find the sea vessels, and I have nothing to do with this child, and I won't think anything about her. ”

"You...... You're going to sea?"

"Yes, little brother, do you know where the boatman has agreed to go to sea?"

The man's face immediately changed when he heard this, and he immediately waved his hand and said no, no, and then hurriedly walked away, Su Jue felt extremely deflated at the moment, it seems that he can't find any clues today.

"Big brother......" The child's sweet and soft voice sounded in his ears, and as soon as Su Jue turned around, he saw the glutinous leaf cake held up in front of him, "Big brother, this is delicious, you can eat it too." ”

"Eat yourself, I'm not hungry. ”

"You can eat even if you're not hungry, I ...... I'll leave it for you to eat. ”

Su Jue had no choice but to take a bite, in fact, he didn't like sweets, but looking at the little girl's happy expression, he still ate the whole thing.

"That's right. ”

Su Jue smiled and shook his head, "Little sister, where is your home, is it okay for my brother to send you home?"

"What's that, can you eat it?" the kid frowned in confusion.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Su Jue guessed, "Are you separated from your family?"

"Family? what, family?"

"Well, it's your parents and brothers, the people who have always taken care of you and been with you. ”

A full smile immediately appeared on the little girl's face and said, "Daddy...... It's Daddy, I have Daddy. ”

"And what about your father, where is he?"

"He ......" The kid shook his head and put on a lost expression: "Daddy, go buy candy man." ”

Later, after some questioning, Su Jue was sure that the child was separated from her family, and the strange thing was that she could not say her father's name, nor could she describe his appearance, and it was impossible to say where the monk was.

Although this child is young, she is about ten years old in terms of body size and appearance, how can she not be able to tell the names and surnames of her parents and family? She spoke without a beginning or an end, as if she couldn't understand Su Jue's meaning at all. This kid is a little different, and to put it simply, a little silly. In this way, it will be more difficult to find her family, but Su Jue just can't ignore her. It's getting dark, so you can't leave her in this bazaar.

"Big brother will take you to Daddy, okay?"

"Looking for Daddy?" the little girl looked up, "Daddy, I'm still waiting for the cicada's glutinous leaf cake." ”

Su Jue stretched out her hand to hold the little girl, the female doll's palm was soft, just like the glutinous leaf cake she liked, and the two of them walked on the market where they would rest, one big and one small, one high and one low, looking at an indescribable warmth from a distance.

In the early days, he and Lingxi also traveled to the night market in Xiling City, and at that time he was also a young boy, only a head taller than Lingxi. Now Su Jue is holding the child next to him, and there is an inexplicable brother-like taste in his heart, this feeling is really nostalgic.

"You're obviously very nosy, why do you have to pretend to be so cold. Yue Qianlong, who was standing not far away, clasped her hands around her chest, her face was smiling, her eyes kept following the figure of Su Jue in the market, and she said to herself: "I insisted so much when I was in Mirage, and now I have picked up a small oil bottle, I think you want to take her to the sea together, or count the days to help her find her father and mother." ”

Yue Qianlong followed from a distance, and there was a lot of meaning to see the excitement.

She had never been out of the Nuwa Divine Realm before, and following Su Jue all the way down made her see enough of the scenery in this world, from the magnificent Mirage City in the north to the Jiyan Town in the far east, it was really a scene with its own strengths, but she didn't know what Zuzhou looked like.