"Chu Ge, you have to be taller, and when you are fifteen or sixteen years old, you will be like that prince. The old grandmother pouted her toothless mouth and said, "You will live like your grandmother until you are a hundred years old, and then you will live another twenty years." She still sewed straw sandals in her hand, and among the women of the crowd, her hunchback was the most powerful, and even if she was dizzy with old eyes, she never stopped sewing straw sandals.

"Like you, live to the point where you don't remember your age?Live to Alzheimer's and your body is as strong as a cow?" Chu Ge chuckled, "Grandma, save it, I don't want to live to your age, if I live to your age, I won't die of old age, I will die of sorrow." ”

"Dead girl, I pray that the gods will bless you, that you will live at least a hundred years old, and that you will grow as tall as your father. ”

"Grandma, don't be superstitious, okay?" Chu Ge said, "What heavenly gods, Buddha bless, if the heavenly gods can bless everyone, why do so many people have no food and clothing, the war has displaced people, there is no home, and we have to live in this cave with no peace for the rest of our lives." ”

"God is very kind to me, you see that I am still alive and well. ”

"Hehe!" Chu Ge rolled his eyes, "You continue to be superstitious, I won't tell you." ”

In the distance, six children of all sizes were playing, and Snow lay on the stone slab where they were sewing straw sandals, holding his head in both hands, listening to them talking, not so much listening to them as observing Lao Tie. He had been observing all the time, Lao Tie and a group of old people had already cut a bunch of arrows and bamboos, and Snow had never seen Lao Tie open the door. Half a month has passed, and the food stored in the Batu Caves is enough to eat for two or three months, but the meat has been broken several times, and everyone does not complain if there is no meat to eat.

Chu Ge walked towards him, he squinted one eye into a slit and looked at her, first, he could pretend to sleep, and second, to see what she was doing.

"You've been lying here all morning, Brother Prince. Chu Ge also sat on the stone slab and looked at him.

Xue Nuo opened his eyes and forced himself to smile at Chu Ge, "Why don't you lie down, I haven't eaten meat for many days, and I feel dizzy when I get up." ”

"Want to eat meat?" Chu Ge asked teasingly, "Wait, I'll go and tell Uncle Lao Tie to send someone out to hunt a few pheasants and hares." After speaking, she walked towards Lao Tie and said a lot of words, Lao Tie turned around to look at Snow, and Snow responded with a smile.

Lao Tie got up, patted the bamboo stick fragments on his body, called two people, took out a key from his waist, put the key into a small hole in the stone slab at the door, and twisted the stone door several times before it was opened. Before going out, he told the two men to clean up the footprints in front of the stone door, then closed the stone door again, and put the key in his coat pocket.

When Lao Tie turned his face to Snow to look at him again, he was still lying on the stone slab, with Erlang's legs crossed, whistling, pretending to be absent-minded and humming a song, but secretly thought, "There is a key on the stone door." Excitement flooded his cheeks, and he secretly pulled out a bag from his body, "It's okay, I have this." She clenched her grip and whistled again.

The men sent out to hunt by Lao Tie came back very late, carrying a large push of pheasants and ducks on their backs, and all the torches in the Batu Cave were lit, and they ordered the prey to be roasted and stewed. Nearly a thousand people divided six hares and twelve pheasants, which were pitiful, and each person had a small piece of meat, and Snow was reluctant to eat it, so he had to give it to the snow wolf, but he drank several bowls of broth and a few flatbreads.

Lao Tie also brought wine, women never drink alcohol, older old people can't drink, there are only a dozen people who can drink, and Lao Tie, Snow, Mo Da, and a fourth-degree cripple without legs, he is only in his thirties. It is said that he was sawed off by the enemy on the battlefield fifteen years ago, and escaped from Fengwei City by crawling, and was finally rescued by the herdsmen of Fengwei City.

Lao Tie poured wine into the wooden bowl on the table, and he handed the wine to the people who could drink in front of him, "Fifteen years ago, Niu Tel slaughtered our family, killed our king, made the souls of more than 20,000 people in Fengwei City whimper, and made us lose our relatives, children, and mothers, and even the children in our mother's womb. Now our great family, as well as the king of Luobu City, led the army to Fengwei City, and it has been half a month to meet the enemy in front, we can't get any news, we raise a glass tonight not to celebrate, but to wish, I wish the war ahead to victory, I wish them can kill Niu Tel, and return a pure land to the herdsmen of Fengwei City. As he spoke, he let out a long sigh, "Prince, you must stay here and wait with us for news of victory." ”

"Well said. Mo Da answered, "Let's all raise a glass together." ”

Everyone raised the wooden bowl, Chu Ge also poured wine in his own bowl, Snow snatched the bowl from her hand, and the wine was sprinkled on the table, "Girls should learn embroidery and needlework, learning to drink is really not a girl's behavior." With that, he drank both bowls of wine into his stomach.

"I just wanted to take a sip. Chu Ge said unhappily with his mouth exposed.

"Not a bite. ”

"Are you in charge of me?"

"I don't bother to care about you. As he spoke, Snow poured a glass of wine, picked it up, and handed the wooden bowl to the person holding the glass in front of him, "Uncle and Master are fighting in front, and I am going to die here, and my mood is like a burning fire." ”

"Each of us is in the same mood as you princely. Lao Tie said, "There is no other way but to wait patiently." ”

"I understand. Snow nodded, and he melted his pent-up emotions into his wine and drank it into his stomach, thinking to himself, "I can't just wait for that." Everyone drank the wine from their bowls, and when Snow counted to three, everyone fell on the table, and the women fell to the ground one by one. Chu Ge saw a faint smoke floating up not far from the table, and ran into the distance with his mouth covered, "Brother Prince, you are cheating." ”

Snow covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief and removed the key from Lao Tie's waist, and Mo Da struggled with the last shred of strength and said, "Prince, no. He covered his mouth as he spoke.

Snow didn't look at him, took the key and walked into the stone slab to open the door, he twisted the key twice like Lao Tie, and after a sharp "squeak" sound, the door was opened, and the dark world was dead and silent, the moonlight sprinkled on the grass covered with thick fallen leaves, casting speckled moonlight, and the infinite darkness in front of him reached the depths, he turned around and threw the key to Chu Ge, "Close the door and take care of them." ”

"You should stay here in peace. Chu Ge chased after him and stopped in front of Snow.

"Nope. Snow stubbornly said, "I should go to the battlefield, please get out of the way." ”

"I know you're not going to push me away. ”