The oil on the face burned quietly, and the interior lights were dim.

A young man in a long robe and in his prime, sitting upright at the table, and a cheongsam wearing a cheongsam that showed off his figure, standing behind the door of the cedar house, neither entering nor retreating. The faces and figures of the two are different shades of light and dark in the light. Time seems to have stopped, and a man and a woman seem to have become two wax figures, frozen in an oil painting made in the midsummer of the 24th year of the Republic of China.

After a long time, the young man at the table broke the silence first, only to see his figure moving suddenly in the lamplight, his movements were agile and alert, like a fierce beast full of strength, staring at the soft prey close at hand, about to pounce, but suddenly he was afraid of scaring her away, so he had to choose to slow down.

"Ha, I can't imagine it, I can't think of it, I wear it, I wear ......it" Xie Yucheng leaned on the edge of the table, slowly arched his body, his eyes were blazing, "I can't think of you, what are you wearing...... The clothes are all good-looking! As he spoke, he struggled to stand up, while trying his best to suppress his heavy breathing, and reluctantly raised his hand to beckon to her, and his originally bookish face showed a hungry wolf-like smile, "You, you come here!" ”

Perhaps, his fake smile is too hypocritical. Perhaps, it was his pretended calm look that betrayed him. In short, the graceful lady at the door was like a weak and beautiful animal, instinctively sensing danger before she stepped into the trap. Seeing that she couldn't help but be afraid, her two slender arms seemed to be afraid of the cold, quietly crossed and slowly wrapped around her shoulders, her red cheeks showed a state of panic, and her bright autumn eyes began to dodge, as if trying to avoid the prying eyes of the attacker.

At this time, the man opposite spoke again: "You, you come here!" "The content is bland, but the tone is gentle and very demagogic. She hesitated and was about to take a step, but suddenly she was awake. The whole person was like a leaf in the cold wind, suddenly shuddered, and the delicate face like mutton fat and jade looked confused, and the head covered with cloud green silk shook slightly, and it was extremely difficult to spit out, and it was difficult to say a sentence: "No...... No......! ”

Seeing that she was unmoved, the man in front of him was a little stunned, in order to cover up, he turned his face away, took two cups from the tea tray, put them on the table, and smiled lightly: "It seems that the tailor is expensive, one word: value!" After a pause, he added, "It's been a few days since we came out, and if you think about it, is there anything else missing?" If not, then early tomorrow morning, we will climb back to the mountain! ”

The man in front of Qiao Feiyan returned to normal again, his expression suddenly relaxed, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but somehow, in an unknown corner of his heart, there was a faint trace of disappointment. At this time, she listened to his words and was about to answer, when the door behind her suddenly slammed, and she was so frightened that her whole body almost bounced.

I heard Lu Ting's little girl's voice ringing outside the door: "Xie, Brother Xie, is my sister here?" ”

Qiao Feiyan listened, a pair of sheared autumn eyes, as if she had turned alive again, she exhaled, twisted her waist, turned around, and opened the door, "Ting girl, aren't you asleep, why did you get up?" ”

Lu Ting's little girl's white and tender face came in, glanced into the room, raised her head to look at her suspiciously, and blinked: "Sister, you are in Brother Xie's room... What to do? ”

"You girl, what do you care about me?" Qiao Feiyan said angrily, and after speaking, she felt that it was inappropriate, and while opening the door and letting her in, she said in a slow tone, "We're going back to the mountain tomorrow, we... Let's discuss something. ”

"Sister, I sleep alone, I, I'm afraid!" The little girl pouted, got into the house, looked up at Qiao Feiyan, took two steps inside, and saw Xie Yucheng at the table picking up the white pottery teapot, and blinked her eyes as if she suddenly realized, "It turns out that you are drinking tea!" ”

After pouring the tea, Xie Yucheng put down the teapot, looked at her sideways, and smiled bitterly: "Yes, we are drinking tea!" Would you like a drink? If you drink it, you may be less afraid. ”

The little girl put on a new top and skirt of a schoolboy outfit, white socks and black cloth shoes on her feet, blinking black eyes, and raising her head in a childish voice. The expressions and postures of the two sisters are quite cool, if it weren't for the little girl's small body being a little thin, then the whole person would be a miniature version of Pretty Feiyan.

"Does drinking tea work? Then pour me a glass," the little girl approached the table and looked up at Xie Yucheng, her eyes sparkling, "Brother Xie, don't laugh at me." Don't...... You sleep alone, aren't you afraid? ”

"Yes, I'm just like you, I'm scared!" Xie Yucheng leaned over and moved the teatray on the table, took out another teacup, set it up, and picked up the teapot, "The difference is that you have a sister who is very good at kung fu, and I don't." ”

"Brother Xie, it turns out that you don't have a sister. Isn't it pitiful to be bullied when you were a child? The little girl tilted her head, looking very surprised, and after a while, as if she remembered something, "But it doesn't matter now." The little girl blinked her dark eyes, raised her little fist, and said crisply, "You are with us, and no one will dare to bully you in the future!" Because, because of my sister and my brother, they ...... It's all amazing! ”

"Okay," Xie Yucheng picked up two cups of tea and handed one to her, "Come, let's have a cup of tea, something will happen later...... I'll just ask you for help, how about it? ”

"No problem!" The little girl took the tea and drank it, pinched the cup, looked at Xie Yucheng, suddenly smiled slyly, and asked softly: "Brother Xie, let me ask you, do you want my sister to sleep with you tonight?" ”

Xie Yucheng was carrying a clay pot, preparing to pour the two empty cups, and couldn't help but be embarrassed when he heard the words, the light breeze just now suddenly disappeared without a trace, and his face turned into a pig's liver color.

Qiao Feiyan by the door was also stunned, and suddenly turned into a wax beauty again.

The little girl was unconscious, only to see her blinking her eyes, looking at this, looking at that, looking very proud, suddenly got up, went to get another cup of tea on the table, and did not forget to stretch out her little hand, patted the back of his hand gently, and comforted softly: "It's okay, Brother Xie." Tonight, both of us can be with you so you won't be scared! ”

Xie Yucheng finally eased up, "No, don't ......," picked up the white pottery teapot again, and wanted to pour the cup, and the tea poured out shook into an amber curve under the lamplight, and it was easy to fill it, and he picked up a cup of tea by himself, raised his neck and drank it, and smiled at Qiao Feiyan by the door, "It's late at night, drink a cup of tea and rest early, Ming'er...... I have to get up early and go back to the mountain. ”

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The next day, the horse team packed up, and at this time, the city gate was still not open, and I asked the innkeeper to know that it was the beginning of the month, and it would be half the night to open.

Xie Yucheng saw that there was still no fire in the kitchen, so he asked everyone to take turns to go outside to eat breakfast on the street.

Lu Qing and a few other cottage brothers were a bunch, they went to eat first and came back, Xie Yucheng and Qiao Feiyan pushed Zhu Deshui out of the door, Lu Ting's little girl jumped and followed behind, and the group came to the mouth of the hemp oil workshop, sat in front of a steaming noodle stall, and each ordered a bowl of noodles.

At this time, there were already a lot of pedestrians on the streets, and carts carrying baskets appeared one after another in the streets and alleys, and the whole city quickly became noisy.

After a while, the noodles were served on the table, Xie Yucheng couldn't help but pick up the chopsticks, took the lead in gobbling it up, and was eating, when suddenly a clangling gong sounded on the nearby street, and a hoarse voice shouted from a distance: "All the old and young masters who get up early are lucky and shining, you have to come and see me to play a joke, it's better than the teahouse storytelling, it's funnier than the harlequin in the theater, don't order tea, don't buy tickets." If you like it, please reward some money, and if you don't like it, you might as well scold and laugh ....... ”

As far as I looked, I saw a middle-aged man with a monkey and a dog on the street, and he was performing arts. I saw him wearing a gorgeous costume, a shabby Western hat, carrying a small gong, and turning in circles with exaggerated steps, talking and talking, and knocking on it twice from time to time. The dog was dragging a small rickshaw like a horse trailer, following him in an unhurried circle, and the nimble monkey wore a black gauze hat with small wings dangling on both sides, jumping in front of and behind him, sometimes holding a big top, sometimes making a face, sometimes jumping to the little rickshaw, and the big horse put on the score of the Qing official and the old man's travel.

His style of conduct quickly succeeded in attracting the attention of passers-by, and in a short time twenty or thirty people gathered in a circle of people who were not very close. As time passed, there were more and more passers-by watching, and the performances of one person, one monkey and one dog gradually disappeared, and only the crowd resounded with cheers one after another.

"Monkeys drive horses and dogs to tow trucks!" Lu Ting's eyes sparkled, and she hurriedly took a few bites of noodles, then said that she couldn't eat it, put off her chopsticks, and was about to run out. "Sit down!" Qiao Feiyan glared at her, glanced at her bowl, and found that she had only eaten half a bowl of noodles, so she said coldly, "If you don't finish the noodles, don't think about anything!" ”

"Ugh." Lu Ting rolled her eyes, reluctantly retracted back on the bench, picked up the chopsticks again, and kept moving her body as if she was sitting on pins and needles while eating noodles.

It was easy to eat, so she happily put down the dishes and chopsticks, and looked at Qiao Feiyan with a blank eye, Qiao Feiyan said angrily: "It's useless to ask me, the leader of the horse team is Commander Xie, you have to ask him!" ”

She turned her little face again, looked at Xie Yucheng with a blank eye, and pretended to be well-behaved: "Brother Xie, I know that you are the best, just let me go and have a look, just look at it for a while, just for a while." ”

Xie Yucheng raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and found that there was still half an hour before the opening time that the inn guy said, so he smiled and nodded: "Okay, let's go and see it for a while......"

Zhu Deshui reminded: "It's okay to watch, it's okay to reward a little money, but pay attention, if you sell medicine to solve it, don't believe it." ”

"What does it mean to sell medicine to dissolve? Selling counterfeit medicines? Master Zhu. Xie Yucheng paid the bill and pushed Zhu Deshui up, and at this time, the Qiao Feiyan sisters had already rushed over, and in a blink of an eye, they blended into the crowd of onlookers.

"It's not even a fake medicine," Zhu Deshui snorted as he looked at the crowd of onlookers in the distance, "They sell miracle medicine...... For example, after eating the powerful pill that is infinitely powerful immediately, eating the Shaohuan Pill that can rejuvenate and rejuvenate, and eating the Yang Grass that immediately rejuvenates the wind......"

"Does anyone believe this, does anyone fall for it?"

"Yes, there are many people who have been deceived! Let's take a look and open your eyes. ”

As expected, when the two of them approached, they heard the hoarse voice in the crowd, and laughed loudly: "This old brother is a knowledgeable person, but the money is really less." Anyway, meeting is fate, this Xiongfeng Pill, brother should give it to you. When you know the beauty of it, you can come to me again, and you will have to spare the money that you have been asked to ...... Come, but I will take you. Don't dare to eat on this street, you were scratched by the daughter-in-law and the eldest girl, but don't blame the brother for not reminding you......"

As he said this, the crowd of onlookers burst into laughter again.

When Xie Yucheng heard this, he thought to himself that Lu Ting was young and ignorant, how could she still listen to this pretty big girl in charge? You are not the target customer group of people at all, so you took your eyes to the crowd to search for the figure of the Qiao Feiyan sisters, but at this time, I saw Qiao Feiyan hurriedly coming around from the periphery, looking panicked, seeing the two of them, I walked over quickly, the willow eyebrows were twisted, and I stumbled:

"Fish, fish, Master Zhu, Lu and Lu Ting are gone! Quick, find it! ”

"What?" When the two heard this, they were shocked, Zhu Deshui immediately made a decision, and asked Xie Yucheng to go around to the left of the crowd, and Qiao Feiyan, who was in a panic, went around to the right, turned around, and saw no trace of Lu Ting, and after two circles, she was still nowhere to be seen.

Xie Yucheng couldn't help but push through the crowd and rushed in, only to see that the trick-trick man was selling magic medicine to an old man in a long shirt and carrying a birdcage, and the clever monkey was holding a bamboo stick, jogging to drive the dog around. Several children squatted in front of the crowd, holding their cheeks, watching intently, not even realizing that saliva was dripping down.

After getting along for a period of time, Xie Yucheng knew that although Lu Ting's ghost was very naughty, and she was always drilling around in the mountains alone, but these days when she entered the city, in an unfamiliar environment, her temperament was still much more restrained...... It is impossible for a person to run too far for no reason...... Thinking of this, he felt that something was wrong, and he hurried out of the crowd, but now there were more and more onlookers, and the circle of people became more and more dense, and he saw that there were fewer people on the side against the wall, so he wanted to get out of there.

Who would have thought, at this time, the man who sold medicine to solve the problem, but regarded him as a young man who wanted to buy a miracle medicine for great prosperity but couldn't wipe his face, saw him turn left and right, and finally didn't speak, but wanted to leave, for fear of losing business, so he stepped forward to stop him, knocked the gong twice, cleared his throat and said: "This brother, a good knife is not sharpened, and a good gun does not dare to fight on the battlefield...... Today, we happen to be fated ......"

Xie Yucheng was impatient to listen to his nonsense, waved his hand and plucked it violently, lifting him off and staggering into the crowd, the man screamed, the gong in his hand fell out, and spun straight in front of Xie Yucheng, Xie Yucheng stepped over, and met the monkey who drove the horse and dog trailer to him, and did not hesitate, flew up and kicked it

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