"I don't want to rest, let's go back to the study."

Fang Yan was weak to speak, and Xiao Yuanzi and Lao Liu had no choice but to rely on him. When he arrived at the study, Fang Yan was still sitting on his special chair, and Lao Liu and Xiao Yuanzi were not polite, so they found a seat and sat down.

"Little Garden, let's talk about the situation over there."

Fang Yan was still thinking about the autumn wind, and in view of the performance of the autumn wind on this day, it proved that there was something wrong with this person. After hearing this, Xiao Yuanzi deliberately coughed twice, and then told the story of the incident.

"I, it was a horse-drawn cart and a donkey cart, and it took more than three days to reach their village in the autumn wind. At that time, the sun had set. There were not many families in the village, and it was a very depressing scene! I walked around the street for five or six laps before I finally saw a man on crutches come out......"

"Less verbose, concise and concise exposition is sufficient".

Before Xiao Yuanzi could finish speaking, Fang Yan eagerly interrupted him. Xiao Yuanzi paused for a moment, and finally deleted some unnecessary words when he spoke.

"After asking the old man, I finally knew the direction of the Autumn Wind house."

Xiao Yuanzi paused for a moment when he said this.

"Go on".

Fang Yan urged.

"That's ......"

The little garden was fully engaged and reminisced......

"Thank you"!

Xiao Yuanzi thanked the old man, and then walked towards the village, the northernmost alley.

A low loess courtyard wall, with a fence gate made of planks and wattles, surrounds a dilapidated courtyard. Several thatched huts of that family are clearly visible. In fact, the so-called courtyard walls and gates can't block the view at all.

At dusk, there is no light in this house. The little garden hesitated for a moment outside the fence door, and finally raised his right hand to knock on the door. In his left hand, he clutched a hiking stick, which he had bought on the road. It's not for mountain climbing, but for dog hunting, or for self-defense in case of an accident.

After the knock on the door, no one responded, but the dog barked frantically. According to the sound, it should be at the southeast corner of the courtyard. The little garden looked around, and sure enough, he saw a low thatched hut. A big yellow dog was curled up in the grass with a collar around his neck, attached to a long iron chain. The other end of the chain is tied to a small tree.

This dog is either too old or extremely lazy. After hearing that there was something unusual in the house, it actually only turned its head for a moment, and then it barked wildly with a mouth to bluff people.

Before the night was fully opened, the little garden noticed a detail. That is, there are several black nests around the dog, which indicates that the family is inhabited or has been visited recently. At least someone is helping Autumn Wind to feed the dog.

Xiao Yuanzi then knocked on the door, but there was still no response. Looking back, the lights of the nearby houses were on.

"It's strange, is the family asleep? Can't you hear a knock on the door, can't you hear a dog barking? It seems that the ears should really be repaired"!

Xiao Yuanzi was muttering to himself, and before he could finish speaking, someone suddenly kicked him in the leg from behind him.

"Ahh Xiao Yuanzi screamed, and at that time, almost all the pores were oozing sweat. The loafing stick in his left hand was quickly handed over to his right hand, and he subconsciously raised it above his head.

"What? Do you want to hit someone? Look at me...... Can you resist the thump of your blow"?

A somewhat immature voice came.

Xiao Yuanzi searched for the source of the sound, but found nothing at first sight.

"Ahh Are you a human or a geysm? Don't scare me, I'm not...... By...... It's not scary"!

Xiao Yuanzi had obviously begun to tremble when he spoke, but his mouth was still unconvinced.

"I'm here! Hahaha, look at how scared you are? With the guts of you, why do you go out alone? Aren't you afraid of encountering bobcats and monsters? Even if you meet bandits, it's enough for you to drink a pot"!

Xiao Yuanzi carefully discerned again, and finally found the person who sneered at him. In the face of that person, he could only bend down and look down, because it was a little girl who was about a meter tall and looked weak. He looks less than ten years old, but when he speaks, he looks like an adult.

"Who are you? At a young age, he speaks the words of adults".

"Who are you? A foreigner, but he doesn't know how to be polite at all"!

The little girl asked the little garden, and then took out a key and unlocked the fence door.

"This is your home"?

Xiao Yuanzi asked suspiciously.

"Nonsense! It's not my family, is it still your family? Don't scream!"

As she spoke, the little girl had opened the door to the fence.

"Why are you talking so badly? I'm talking to you well, how can you say I'm called?"

Xiao Yuanzi's brain twitched for a while, misunderstanding the meaning of the little girl.

"You're mistaken, I'm talking about it! I've been raising it for almost ten years, and it's getting lazier and lazier, and it's eating more and more."

The little girl said, gesturing to the dog lying in the grass. Xiao Yuanzi showed an embarrassed expression, and in an instant he looked at the little girl in astonishment.

"What did you just say? Have you had this dog for ten years? Hehe, is there any mistake? How old are you?"

Based on the little girl's appearance, Xiao Yuanzi took it for granted that she was at most ten years old.

"Uh...... How old are you"?

The little girl also looked at the small garden roughly and asked rhetorically.

"I'm eighteen"!

Xiao Yuanzi's voice was raised, as if this number made him proud.

"Haha, in that case, you should call me sister."

"What do you say? Hey, hey, hey! Little girl, don't you make such a joke?"

Xiao Yuanzi didn't believe in such a thing at all, thinking that the little girl was deliberately finding fault and wanting to take advantage of her seniority.

"I'm nineteen, I was born on the first day of the new year, and my nickname is the first day of the new year. I have a sister named Qiu Feng, who is thirteen years older than me."

"Ahh Wouldn't it"?

Xiao Yuanzi felt more and more incredible, he came all the way to come, why did he encounter such a strange thing?

"Look, what a country boy who has never seen the world! I know, you're here to find my sister, right?"

"Oops! You're a god! Just for the power of your unpredictable prophet, hehe, I believe that you are nineteen years old for the time being."

Xiao Yuanzi finally believed a little, and at the same time expressed admiration for the girl's ability.

"Hehe, that's pretty much it! Let's go, sit in the house".

The two talked for a long time, and the girl named the first year of junior high finally welcomed the small garden into the thatched house. Found a match and lit a kerosene lamp hanging on the wall.

"Little brother, please sit down."

The girl pointed to a broken bamboo stool less than half a foot high at the small dining table, and invited the small garden to sit down. Xiao Yuanzi sat down and began to observe the situation in the house. In the dilapidated thatched hut, there is only a bed, a table, a broken stool, and then there is a compartment without a door. Faintly, there are pots and pans there, it should be the kitchen.

"Little brother, you wait, sister will pour you a bowl of water"!

This voice of "little brother" made Xiao Yuanzi more and more awkward the more he listened.