The twelfth year of Tianfu, March.

When Bai Jiujiu and Ye Yuxuan crossed Qingjiao Mountain and really stepped into the boundary of Xuzhou, their hearts that had been hanging really let go. In late spring in March, the warbler flies and the grass grows, the scenery south of Qinggao Mountain is completely different from the north, even the newly extracted shoots, look at the green a few points, the air is filled with a fragrance of jasmine, as far as the eye can see, the mountains are full of newly bloomed jasmine, and the tea flowers that hint at the end.

Bai Jiu climbed the tallest tree, and looked into the distance, except for the mountain, it was still a mountain, not to mention people, and even a little cooking smoke could not be seen. So Bai Jiujiu climbed down from the tree again and said to Ye Yuxuan, "It seems that we still have a long way to go." ”

Ye Yuxuan nodded, signaling that she had heard, and then she stood behind Bai Jiu Jiu as always, waiting for Bai Jiu to lead the way in front.

Bai Jiujiu looked up at the sun, sighed softly, and said, "Let's go, let's see if we can climb over the opposite mountain today." ”

......

At sunset, they finally crossed the mountain.

Bai Jiujiu originally thought that he would have to spend the night in the mountains and forests today, but he didn't expect that at the foot of that big mountain, there was a small village.

"I can finally have a hot meal." Bai Jiujiu looked at the village at the foot of the mountain and couldn't help but smile.

Ye Yuxuan followed behind him and muttered in a low voice, "I think your roasted rabbit is quite delicious......

Unexpectedly, Bai Jiujiu actually heard it, he turned around, glanced at Ye Yuxuan, and said, "My little princess, rabbits are not so easy to catch, besides, I have long been tired of eating those things, and now I just want a bowl of sweet white rice." ”

"It's still delicious to roast rabbit." Ye Yuhui looked serious.

Bai Jiu smiled bitterly and sighed, and said, "Yes, then after this village, I will go and catch rabbits and roast them for you to eat." ”

"Hmm!" Ye Yuxuan was overjoyed, and even began to jump when he walked, and his steps couldn't help but become brisk.

Finally, when it was dark, the two arrived at the small village.

There are only about fifty or sixty households in the village, all the way from the entrance of the village, I asked several families, all of them said that the house is small, it is inconvenient to receive guests, and Bai Jiu makes a scolding and scolding, but Ye Yuxuan, all the way to look east and west, one will count the stars, one will pick two morning glories from the fence of others and pin them behind the ears, that look, not like a fourteen-year-old girl, but like a five or six-year-old child.

asked a few more houses, still the same result, Bai Jiujiu began to be a little impatient, he didn't ask door to door, simply looked for those who had yards and many houses to ask, and after a while, he really found one.

The old man who opened the door was an old man, the old man was rickety, with gray hair, but a pair of eyes were extremely bright, and his legs and feet were still numb, and when he heard Bai Jiu's shout, he walked out of the house, opened the fence gate, and asked, "I don't know the two, what are you doing?" ”

Bai Jiujiu saluted the old man, and began to repeat the words that he had just repeated I don't know how many times, "My sister and I are passing by here, the night is cold, I don't care, I'm just afraid that my sister will freeze, so I take the liberty to disturb, I hope the old man can make it convenient for me and my sister to stay here for a night." ”

The old man nodded and said to Bai Jiu, "It's cold outside, the two of you come in and talk." ”

"Thank you

。 "Bai Jiu hugged his fists.

The old man turned around and led the way, waving his hand slightly.

A big yellow dog was lying in the yard at the moment, and when he saw Bai Jiu and Ye Yuyi coming in, the big yellow dog usually barked a few times when he saw people from the same village who often passed by, but he didn't make a sound, just lying on the ground, and he didn't even raise his eyelids.

"Ah, this yellow dog of mine ......" The old man was about to remind something, but when he turned his head, he saw that Ye Yuxuan was already squatting in front of the yellow dog, and raised his hand to touch its head.

"Not good!" The old man shouted.

Bai Jiujiu reacted immediately, he turned around suddenly, and his movements were as fast as when he was killing, but when he came to Ye Yuxuan's side, he was stunned, only to see the yellow dog lying motionless on the ground, no matter how Ye Yuxuan touched its head and teased it, it was indifferent, like ...... An adult, facing a child who is joking with himself.

Bai Jiujiu smiled awkwardly, turned around and asked, "Old man, you just shouted badly, is it ......?"

The old man was also surprised, and when he saw Bai Jiujiu asking himself a question, he laughed again and said, "This yellow dog in my family is very fierce, usually the neighbor passes by the yard, and it barks a few times, I don't know what's wrong today, but it's not fierce to the son's sister at all." ”

Bai Jiujiu scratched his head and smiled bitterly, he didn't know what to say for a while, the old man turned around again, and said as he walked, "Come on, go into the house." ”

"Sister, don't tease it, let's go inside." Bai Jiuyue is very proficient in playing the identity of this "brother".

Ye Yuxuan touched the yellow dog's head one last time, smiled at it, stood up, and trotted into the house.

When they were seated, the old man asked, "Have you eaten?" ”

The two nodded vigorously together.

The old man laughed and said, "There are still some leftovers and cold dishes at home, and if you don't dislike it, I'll go and heat it for you." ”

"Thank you." White September holds his fists.

"Thank you, grandpa!" Ye Yuhui smiled sweetly.

The old man got up and left his seat and went to give them both a hot meal.

When the old man served the meal, he ate with the two of them while cooking at home, Bai Jiujiu also knew from the old man's mouth that this village is called Chami Village, because the tea mountain against which he is backed has tea flowers all over the mountain. The old man has a son, his wife died three years ago, and the son has a shop in the nearest Langya County, and these rooms are also repaired by the son, and the son originally wanted to take the old man to Langya and enjoy the blessings there, but the old man was unwilling, saying that all his thoughts in his life were left here, and what was good about going to that county town? It's better to be in the village, talk to the neighbors, and fiddle with those few plots of land in your spare time.

The old man asked Bai Jiuyue why the two of them crossed the mountains and mountains at a young age, and where they were going, Bai Jiujiu only said that the life of the family could not go on, and they wanted to go to Guangling, Xuzhou, and go to the second uncle.

Speaking of this, the old man just sighed, so he didn't ask any more, and after Bai Jiujiu and Ye Yuhui finished eating, the old man packed up the dishes and chopsticks, took them to the side house, left them an oil lamp, and returned to his room.

At night, Bai Jiu blew out the lights, Ye Yuhui walked for a day, closed his eyes as soon as he touched the bed, curled up in the quilt, Bai Jiu smiled helplessly, sat on the ground next to the bed, and closed his eyes, but how

I can't sleep either.

At the beginning, he took this little girl away from Yingzhou on a whim, and broke with the organization for this, and now, Bai Jiujiu's heart is also a little ...... Tangled, regret can't be talked about, he never regrets doing things, and he is not afraid of the people sent by Xu Muzhi in Yingzhou to pursue him, let alone because of the break with the organization, but he doesn't know where to take this little girl, it's always bad to leave her alone in the barren mountains and mountains, he has had this idea several times in his heart, and finally gave up.

For example, one time, Bai Jiu said to catch a rabbit for her, let her stay where she is, don't run around, this time, it's a whole day, it's not that he caught a rabbit and caught it all day, he actually came back early, or rather, he didn't want to come back, he is a person who is born free and casual, even an organization like "Hunting Shadow" can't restrain him, with Ye Yuyi, he always feels that he has invisibly added a shackle to himself, so that day, he has been in the dark, holding two fat and oily rabbits in his hands, observing Ye Yuyi.

Ye Yuyi is really like what he said, he has been waiting in place, looking around from time to time, sitting for a long time, he will stand up and stretch his body, but he will never move, for a whole day, he watched her sit down and get up, get up and sit down, keep looking around, occasionally fall asleep, but soon wake up, the first thing to wake up is to look around, whether there is a shadow of Bai Jiu, and her eyes have never revealed expressions like "anxious" and "disappointed", some are just looking forward to it, It seemed that no matter how long she waited, she was looking forward to Bai Jiujiu suddenly appearing, putting the rabbit in front of her, and saying, "Little princess, come and eat the roast rabbit." ”

In the end, when the sun was about to set, Bai Jiujiu still appeared, he sat next to Ye Yuyi, who had already fallen asleep, quietly watched her for a while, silently lit the fire and roasted a rabbit for her.

And after Ye Yuxuan opened his eyes, he just smiled and said, "Are you back?" ”

Bai Jiujiu just said "um" lightly, and then stopped talking, and after a while, he somehow suddenly burst out again, "If you are sleepy, sleep for a while, and I will call you when the rabbit is ripe." ”

From that day on, the chain seemed to bind him, the ...... Chains of his own creation.

That girl, as if he regarded himself as a very important person, he couldn't bear it, he really couldn't bear it, and he couldn't bear to disappoint the girl who had expectations for him no matter what, no matter how long.

But it's impossible to keep her by her side all the time, a person like herself may die one day, and she is really not an insurance solution by her side.

You have to plan for her future, Bai Jiujiu sighed softly.

The sleepiness hit little by little, Bai Jiujiu stopped struggling, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

......

Bai Jiu opened his eyes suddenly, his dagger was already out of the sheath, he immediately changed his movements, squatted on the ground with a short body, and carefully looked around.

This was his instinct as an assassin, he had already slept very lightly, and any wind and grass would wake him up, he subconsciously turned his head to look at Ye Yuyi's situation.

Luckily, she's still asleep.

But when he turned his head, there was a fire and shouts outside the window.

This is...... What's wrong?

Bai Jiujiu subconsciously asked in his heart.