"What does it mean to be exactly like your old lady?" Xing Ruyi stopped all the movements in his hand and looked up at the middle-aged man who was still standing at the door wearing a robe.

"I don't know." The man suddenly crouched down, and the water that fell from the robe formed a puddle at the door of the rouge shop. "I don't know if there's something wrong with the flowers or if there's something wrong with my eyes."

"So, when you bring these roses, you don't really want to sell them to me, but you want to ......"

"Yes!" The middle-aged man nodded without denial: "As the shopkeeper said, I did come with such a purpose, but when I walked to the door of this rouge shop, I hesitated a little." Although I don't pay attention to these women's household things, I also understand that whoever opens a rouge shop must have his own craftsmanship in making rouge. It is not difficult for the shopkeeper to make all kinds of rouge gouache from these flowers I sent. I had the heart to help me verify it with the shopkeeper's hand, but I was afraid that those who used these rouges would all become my mother's appearance. ”

Xing Ruyi looked at his fingers, the tips of which were stained with the juice of fresh roses, even if he didn't have to put it under his nose to smell, he could smell the rich fragrance of roses.

"Shopkeeper, you throw those things away, I can't hurt people, and I don't want to hurt people." The middle-aged man in the lily robe suddenly stood up, turned around and rushed into the rain.

"Hey, wait a minute." Xing Ruyi lifted the corner of her skirt and also got into the rain: "Did you just give up like this?" Don't want to figure out what happened to your? ”

"I think, but after thinking about it, I still feel that I can't hurt others."

"It doesn't have to be harmful." Xing Ruyi raised his hand and blocked it in front of him: "If you can trust me, let me go back with you and look at the flowers planted in your yard." ”

The middle-aged man hesitated, didn't speak, and turned around and left.

Xing Ruyi looked at the middle-aged man's back, put his hand down at once, and muttered, "What's the matter?" It was you who came to send flowers, you were the one who asked me to make rouge, and now it is you who say I don't want to throw it away. Throw it away, it's a big deal, it's just that I've been busy for a while, but you can't just let me listen to half of the story, right? After listening to half of the story, it's like watching half of the play, when I think about it, I am scratching and scratching, and I feel uncomfortable. ”

After complaining, I saw the fox standing behind the shop. With a joy in his heart, he ran back with the corner of his skirt.

"Are you the old fox of Qingqiu?"

"It's a nine-tailed fox."

"Almost, the nine-tailed fox is also a fox. Those who can cultivate into human form have to live for hundreds or thousands of years. According to the myth, if it takes a hundred years to grow a tail, it will take you nine hundred years to grow nine tails. The fox who has lived for nine hundred years is not an old fox? ”

He didn't like to hear the three words of the old fox, but he didn't want to quarrel with Xing Ruyi, a noisy woman, so he turned around coldly and didn't pay attention to her anymore.

"That's angry? Aren't you nine-tailed foxes? I've lived for nearly a thousand years, why is my heart so small? I don't call you an old fox anymore, I call you a good fox, a beautiful fox, how about a handsome fox? It's really not good, I'll be wronged and wronged, how about calling you a fox by myself? ”

The fox glanced back at her, his eyes full of disgust.

"Lord Fox, Fox...... Fox Husband? Xing Ruyi casually found the words to try, and finally as soon as the two words came out, the little short legs of the fox who were stepping stood up.

"Fox Husband?" Xing Ruyi screamed tentatively again.

The fox looked at her, and there was less disgust in his eyes.

"Oh my God, you don't really want to be my father-in-law, do you?" Xing Ruyi put down the corner of her skirt and ran directly to the fox: "You shouldn't be so discerning, right?" You are a fox who has been cultivated for nearly a thousand years, your appearance is handsome and invincible, and you are also a 100% beautiful man when you transform into a human, what do you like about me? I'm not ugly, but I'm not so beautiful that even the nine-tailed fox can be charmed by the city, right? ”

The fox gave her a blank look and turned again.

"Okay, okay, I know, you're a lover. Anyway, if you like me, I won't lose. Xing Ruyi shook his head indiscriminately: "For the sake of you liking me, and I also allow you to like it, can you help me see these roses?" ”

The fox didn't bother with it, but jumped on the table where she had made half of the rose rouge. The rose petals had been crushed into mud, but through the fox's eyes, he could see many things that Xing Ruyi could not see. For example, the red smoke that wafts away.

"See what?" Xing Ruyi leaned over, and his face was right next to the fox's.

"It's a grave flower."

"I know." Xing Ruyi nodded: "The person who just sent this flower also said that the flower was plucked from the grave of the lady who died of illness." What is the purpose of this grave flower? ”

"It can evoke the memory of the deceased."

"What if the living use it? For example, make this flower into rouge and rub it on your face? ”

"I don't know." The fox threw three words directly.

"Don't know?" It was these three words again, and Xing Ruyi's little temper came up instantly: "You are a fox who has lived for nearly a thousand years, how can you tell me these three words." ”

"There is no grave in Qingqiu, and there is no grave flower if there is no grave, I said I don't know, is there anything unusual?"

"There is no grave in Qingqiu? Then you people of Qingqiu—" Xing Ruyi stopped halfway through his words.

The people of Qingqiu must all cultivate immortals like foxes, and if they become immortals, they are afraid that if they can't cultivate, they will also end up scattered, and their bones will be gone. The souls are gone, the bones are gone, so why bother to trim any graves. If there is no grave, there will naturally be no grave flower. Then it's normal for it to say that it doesn't know, isn't it? It's normal, but what reason do you have to lose your temper with others.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know there was no grave in Qingqiu." Xing Ruyi sincerely apologized: "The person who sent the roses just now also said that he didn't know. You know me, curiosity is heavier, and gossip is stronger. Suddenly I heard an interesting thing, but halfway through it, the other party said I didn't know, and you said that you were not angry. ”

"He'll come back." The fox said, jumping down from the table: "This grave flower can be found but not sought, once you have it, you can keep it." ”

"You mean, let me make this rose rouge water? What if what he said is true, and I get this rose and become his lady? If she is born more beautiful than me, it is okay, but if she is born more ugly than me, then I will not lose a lot. ”

"I'm here, I won't." The fox wagged its tail arrogantly and walked away.

Xing Ruyi pursed his lips, returned to the table, and continued to tinker with his rose rouge water.

The rose rouge made from the grave flower was placed in an unnoticed corner by Xing Ruyi. The fox is right, this grave flower can be met but not sought. If it really has that magical power, it can just help those poor people who have broken their faces because of accidents.

The next time I saw the middle-aged man in the robe, it was already a month later. It was almost exactly the same as the last time I saw him. It's still noon, or just seeing off a wave of guests, and he is still standing in the same place, wearing the same robe, and he is still soaking wet.

"Are you here to send roses again?" Xing Ruyi stood at the door of the shop, "I made the rose you sent last time into Rose Rouge Water, if you like it, you can bring it back." If you don't like it, or don't want it, I'll pay you for a rose. ”

"The shopkeeper made that flower into rouge water?"

"yes."

"What's the shopkeeper ...... I see, the shopkeeper just made the flowers into water, but didn't use it. Seeing that the shopkeeper was safe, I was relieved. These days, I'm always worried, worried about whether the flower I sent will hurt the shopkeeper. ”

"It's okay, there's something better in my family." Xing Ruyi made a gesture of invitation: "It's raining outside, big brother, if you have anything to say, let's come over here." ”

"My lady has become more terrible than before."

"What does it mean to be more terrible?"

She ...... She seems to have turned into a youkai. The middle-aged man clenched his fist vigorously and let go: "I remember when I came back, I told the girl that my previous lady had to die of illness." ”

"That's what I said."

"I picked up that lady on the side of the road."

"What?"

"I mean, I picked up my previous lady on the side of the road." The middle-aged man stood under the eaves, raised his head, and looked in the direction of the city gate: "I am a car driver, and my daily life depends on helping people transport goods to survive. It was a rainy day, and I helped the owner of Xie Kee Winery in the east of the city to deliver some wine to Zhuangzi outside the city. She was wearing filial piety clothes, and because of the rain, the filial piety clothes were stained with a lot of mud. When I helped her up, I only felt that her whole body was cold and her face was extremely ugly.

The Bodhisattva said that saving a person's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter. I immediately took off the water bag hanging from my waist and fed her a few sips of water. Seeing that she had not yet woken up, he carried her into the car. Later, I took her home. ”

"And then?"

"I thought I'd send her home when she woke up, but she said she had no home, and if I didn't dislike it, I'd leave her to be a lady."

"You can be regarded as a good person with good rewards, and you picked up a lady for nothing."

"Yes!" The middle-aged man nodded: "I also grew up with the help of people in the village when my parents died. She is connected to my fate, and we are both poor people. After struggling a little, I approached the village chief and asked him to help us witness the marriage, and in the presence of the whole village, I married her back home and officially became my wife. After I got married, she not only helped me with housework, but also followed me to deliver goods in her free time. The husband sang and the wife followed, but he really lived a few years of happiness and happiness. ”