Winter mornings are bitterly cold, and although the sun has crept up into the sky, it is still still a warm room that is more attractive for most people. And at this moment, a bullock cart came far away on a wilderness road leading to Hangzhou City, driven by an old man in his fifties, he put his hands in his sleeves, and did not wave a whip to drive away, let the old ox pulling the cart walk slowly.

Interestingly, in addition to the cart full of hay, there was also a young girl. She looked fifteen or sixteen years old, and she wore a thick light green velvet cloak, and wrapped herself tightly in it, and her face never showed a bit, as if she wished that the wind could not penetrate at all.

"I said, little girl, what are you going to do when you go into the city so early in the morning on such a cold day?" The old man stopped humming a country tune and asked the girl with a smile. He was also curious, he was going to go into the city to deliver forage to the owner, but he met such a little girl when he walked on the road for a short time, walking alone on the road, looking pitiful, and knowing that she was also going to enter the city, he kindly took her for a ride.

The girl saw the old man asking, so she had to reluctantly loosen a gap between the cloaks, and suddenly the cold winter wind rushed in along the gap, knowing that she couldn't help but sneez, "Uncle, I'm going to visit relatives in Hangzhou City", rubbed her nose that was still a little itchy, this should be an indecent action in her but it was extraordinarily cute, some like a lazy cat with a small paw to rub her face.

"Oh, then how can you go on the road alone, you are a little girl's house, it is not safe to walk on such a remote path, a few days ago I heard that the daughter of the Wang family in the neighboring village got up early to go to the city, but this time she never came back, the family is reporting to the official and begging for someone, I heard that they all asked to go to the Bai family, and there is no news, alas! O iniquity! The old man gushed endlessly, probably because he was too bored to go into the city alone all the year round and didn't speak, but now he couldn't help but open the conversation box when he finally saw one.

The girl didn't seem to be asleep, listening to her head little by little, and finally a cold wind blew, which made her wake up a lot later, and then she remembered to reply: "Uncle, there is such a thing, thank you for reminding me, I will be careful next time." Her voice was low, but not dull, but a little like the sound of a mountain stream slapping against the bluestone, which was very beautiful.

"Don't thank me, my youngest daughter is as old as you this year, and the surrounding areas of Hangzhou have not been peaceful recently, and my wife and I don't dare to let her go out." The old man shook his head and said, in the past month or so, there have been seven or eight lost women in Hangzhou City, which is not very peaceful!

"I don't think you look like the daughter of a poor family, why can the family rest assured that you will be on the road alone? You don't want to sneak out without telling your family, do you? The old man thought about it and asked, although he was just an ordinary old farmer, but he often ran around to send things to the owner, and he had also seen many nobles.

"Uncle, you're wrong, I didn't sneak out, but was kicked out by my family, otherwise who would want to go out on such a cold day?" The girl said with a smile, very indignant in her heart, but she was not driven out, or she was driven out defenselessly.

She said this casually, but the old man was startled: "Oh, how did you say this, I don't look at you like a naughty mischievous person, how did you get kicked out by the family, if you do something wrong, go back and admit your mistake, as the saying goes, how can father and daughter have an overnight feud, you admit a mistake and apologize, when parents don't hurt their children, my little one doesn't often make me and my wife angry, I am used to playing a little pet, this grows up and I don't like to be obedient, let her feed the chickens and she goes to herd sheep, let her learn to cook, She wants to learn from female celebrities again, so let her ......"

"Hey, uncle, did you just say that the Bai family in Hangzhou City is Baichuan Villa?" Seeing that the old man was going to continue talking, and there was no sign of stopping at all, the girl quickly changed the topic.

"Oh, you said the Bai family, of course it is the Bai family of Baichuan Villa, there is no second Bai family in Hangzhou City. If you want to say that the owner of the white village, he is really a good person, last year there was a big flood, half of the river embankment collapsed, and the farmland near this was flooded, thanks to the owner of the white village kindly exempted us from rent, and also gave a lot of food and clothing, otherwise, more than half of the people around this Hangzhou city have to drink the northwest wind to go! The old man said happily, his family planted the Bai family's land, and the owner family was good, and their farming days would be better.

"Old man Bai is so good, he has to be blessed and live a long life to be worthy. Then again, on the way here, I heard that the Bai family is going to hold a birthday banquet for Old Man Bai today, is it really fake? The girl asked with a clever smile.

The old man looked at her movements and laughed: "How can you little girl not be frozen, the young lady of a big family is more delicate." ”

Hearing him say this, the girl smiled helplessly, she didn't know why she was so afraid of the cold, obviously she had practiced martial arts, but she was still afraid of the cold, and she couldn't help but slander when she thought of it, it must be that some unscrupulous master taught it was not good, otherwise why did others practice martial arts are strong and healthy, and it doesn't work at all when it comes to her.

At the same moment, a blue-shirted man sitting by the warm stove drinking tea and playing Go made a loud sneeze, attracting a puzzled look from the person opposite. He hurriedly put down the teacup and touched his nose, and said with a smile: "It must be my apprentice who misses me." ”

The person on the other side was noncommittal, got up and down, and said lightly: "You lost." ”

The man in the blue shirt looked at the chessboard in disbelief for a long time, and screamed: "Impossible! How can it be! You must have taken advantage of my distraction. ”

The person on the other side didn't care what he said, and asked directly: "You have lost three games in a row, but you still want to continue?" ”

"Yes! Absolutely! I don't believe I can't win you! ”

And at this time, the girl on the ox cart was still asking the old man: "I'm naturally afraid of the cold, uncle, don't laugh, go on, I'm curious." ”

"It's true, Old Man Bai celebrated his fiftieth birthday this year, and invited heroes and heroes from all walks of life to celebrate, and I heard that several big officials were invited to come. Moreover, the third lady of the Bai family is also about to get married, I heard that the old man Bai specially invited a lot of young talents to come, I am afraid that he also wants to find a fast son-in-law who rides the dragon! Oh, it's not for me to say, Miss Bai is a famous beauty in Hangzhou, I heard that she has a good temper and is knowledgeable, but I don't know which son's son can have this blessing! The old man said with a smile.

At this time, the sun is getting higher, and once the sun rises in winter, the sky is not so cold, not to mention that the spring in Jiangnan is not much cold. Although the ox cart was slow, it had already gotten out of the path and onto the official road, and it would not be long before it reached the city. Hangzhou is a big town, there are only more people coming and going, so there are many tea houses and shops that open early next to the official road outside the city for pedestrians to rest.

The girl's eyesight is good, and at this time, she saw the snow-white steaming buns in the shop from a distance, and suddenly came to her senses, "Uncle, I'm hungry and looking for something to eat, you go to the city first, don't wait for me", then took out two coins of silver and put it on the car, and flipped over and flew out in the air with a light tap on the wheels of the car with her toes.

The old man who drove the car didn't expect that this delicate-looking little girl was still a practitioner, and he was stunned for a long time before he saw the silver on the car, and hurriedly picked it up and shouted at the girl's back: "Hey, the girl will pay you back the silver, my old man didn't want money to carry you!" Hey, girl, wait! ”

Seeing that she was gone in a few steps, he had to hurry to send forage to the owner, so he had to collect the silver first, and thought that if he had the opportunity to meet again, he would return it to the girl.

It's just that he didn't expect to see the girl again in the future, and the girl did him a great favor, but that's another story.