Chapter 21: The Palace Fan Dance

The weather was gloomy and the wind was biting, and the people on the road were wrapped up in their clothes, refusing to show their fingers.

Shi Shu pulled the hat on the cotton coat again, and immediately put his hand back in his pocket.

Qiu Huan is still in that spirit, as if all this cold snap can't hurt him.

When he got home, Shu hurriedly chopped his feet at the door, and shivered before he felt warmer.

"Is Shi Shu back?"

The sound of Xiaoyun hearing movement outside came from the kitchen.

"Yes, Auntie."

Shi Shu hurriedly put the schoolbag in his hand on the cabinet, planning to go to the kitchen to help his aunt.

Qiu Huan has no interest in these, in such a cold weather, it is more comfortable to be bedded.

It snapped, stretched, and jumped down the staircase pole into the room on the second floor.

"Aunt Xiaoyun, I'll pick vegetables for you." As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves, and quickly took the little green vegetables from Aunt Xiaoyun's hand and washed them.

"This kid, add some hot water, don't freeze!" Xiaoyun picked up the kettle, poured the water inside along the edge of the basin, and watched the heat come out before stopping.

"It's not cold at all." Shi Shu smiled and put the dishes in his hand into the basin and washed them.

"That's good, it's freezing, it's going to happen every year, you have to pay attention." Xiaoyun said very seriously.

After a while, the cabbage was poured into the oil pan, and with a stinging sound, in the winter, it immediately looked extraordinarily hot, and the smell of fireworks filled this small kitchen.

"I'm back, what to eat tonight, you two will cook it together." Lin Yu put his bag in the room, he wanted to find Xiaoyun directly, but when he walked to the kitchen, he saw that both of them were there, and this harmonious atmosphere made him unbearable.

"Hurry up and wash your hands and eat, I stewed some beef with radish today, and drinking it in winter is good for your health." Xiaoyun picked up the pot and shoveled the vegetables into the plate, the green vegetables don't need to be fried for a long time, otherwise they will be bitter.

"Shi Shu, you also go and bring down the steamed buns, go to pick up and leave school every day, you are really a responsible guy." Lin Yu washed his hands, helped put the dishes and chopsticks away, and said to Shi Shu, who was serving the dishes.

"Okay uncle, I'm going to call it up."

"Well, go ahead, I love to hug my nest on such a cold day." Lin Yu sat down and poured himself a glass of wine.

Unconsciously, the family is already familiar with the existence of steamed buns, and they can't forget one of them for three meals a day.

After dinner, Xiaoyun said to Shi Shu that it would snow tomorrow, and that was the first snow of the year.

At first, Shi Shu didn't believe it, but the next day he opened the curtains and saw that although it was still early outside, the lights in the distance were shining on the ground.

That's snow.

The first snow of the year fell today, and the snow is always so mysterious and romantic, you can't help but look at it for a while.

The sprinkling snow has not stopped, and when you look at it from the second floor, everything is white, and there are deep and shallow footprints near the door of the house, which are left by busy people in the morning.

"Shi Shu, are you up?"

Aunt Xiaoyun's voice brought Shi Shu's thoughts back to reality.

"Ah, Auntie, I'm already up." Leaving from the window, he trotted to open the door for Aunt Xiaoyun.

"Shi Shu, it's cold today, wear a few more clothes, don't give you a cold." Xiaoyun said and put the sweater in his hand on the bed, and put a white scarf of the same color.

"Auntie, this?" Shi Shu picked up the clothes on the bed and gestured on his body.

"I knitted one for you all some time ago."

"We also have new clothes for steamed buns." As he spoke, he took out a cute little dress from the bottom, which looked like Qiu Huan's size.

After Shi Shu changed the sweater, while tying the scarf, he saw the steamed bun succumb to the dog's clothes.

Not to mention, it fits quite well, and the hat on it is sewn with two ears.

After breakfast, Shi Shushen walked forward in the snow with one foot and one foot shallow, and Qiu Huan next to him also followed, at this time, it was short, and it looked a little funny.

"Poof." Shi Shu couldn't hold back his laughter.

"Little ghost, stinky Shishu!" Qiu Huan's voice was quite gnashing.

"Why are you coming along, such a big snowfall, not lying in the bed, do you care about me?" Obviously, this is not a question sentence.

"Hmph, you long-winded little ghost, you really hate it to death!" As he spoke, he quickened his pace and soon opened a peculiar path.

"Wait for me..."

The girl held an umbrella and chased the small mass in front of her in the snow.

After the two classes in the afternoon, the next one is the physical education class.

At noon, the snow slowly became lighter, and by this time it had stopped, leaving only snow all over the ground, and even the branches were piled with heavy snow.

Normally, there will be no physical education class in this case, and after the teacher gathers for roll call, everyone will be free to move.

Shi Shu, who had no friends, walked on the snowy campus, and unconsciously came to the small garden at the back.

There are not many people passing there, and there are no footprints on the snow at this time.

Shi Shushen walked under the largest plane tree, the tallest trunk of the tree had been cut off, and the leaves had already fallen off, and it looked bare.

However, there was a strange bird standing on it, with its back to Shi Shu.

At first, Shi Shu thought it was just a pile of snow, but the snow-white tail feathers shook from time to time to determine that it was a bird.

Suddenly, the bird seemed to feel something, flew up, and the moment it turned around, it just met Shi Shu's eyes.

"Human, can you see me?"

Surprisingly, the bird flew back and asked Shi Shu.

“…”

Is it a monster again, at this time, Shi Shu hurriedly lowered his head and pretended not to see.

"Human, you can see it." The youkai continued to ask, reluctantly.

Shi Shu still didn't dare to care, in order to pretend to be a little more like, he still looked around.

At the moment when Shi Shu pretended to look to the right, suddenly a face came up.

"Ah~"

Shi Shu fell into the snow in surprise.

"Sure enough, human, you can see it." The monster looked at Shi Shu with a firm gaze, as if he didn't want to get a positive answer, so he wouldn't let her go.

"Hmm."

After a long time, Shi Shu still compromised, she was really not good at this kind of thing.

"So human, can you do me a favor?" The bird flew up and landed on the tree, its two beautiful long tail feathers fluttering lightly in the air.

The slightest movement shook the snow off the trees a little.

"Well, I don't know anything, I'm afraid I won't be able to help much." Shi Shu said softly.

"Human, you underestimate yourself too much, obviously so powerful, it's just a small favor." The bird straightened its white feathers with its beak.

"Huh?" Shi Shu didn't understand the situation a little.

"Lord Shi Yan, although it has been many years, I still can't forget your beautiful long hair, and I still want to know about the child's situation this time." The bird said in a calm voice, with a hint of pleading in his words.

"Long hair? Delay? I think you may have misunderstood, my grandfather has been dead for many years. Shi Shu explained.

"Grandfather? It seems that humans are really fragile. That she's not there anymore. "This time the bird was a little sad.

Then, it flew down again, this time with some excitement and earnestness.

"Please help me, I want to see her, even if it's just the grave."

"She? Well, calm down first, maybe you can tell us who she is. ”

Two long trails of footprints are particularly noticeable in the snow.

"That's why you took this monster in? Shi Shu, you always bring strange guys home, don't you know that monsters love to eat children. Qiu Huan walked next to Shi Shu.

It is said that the white peacock that followed them was a yokai dying of old age, and before it died, it wanted to meet the human child who picked up its fan many years ago.

"It knows my grandfather, and besides, it's hard to refuse."

Before leaving, a life asks to see the last concern in the world, this bond, how to refuse.

This little girl who carries the last wish of a youkai has now lived in a tombstone...

As people step on it, the ice and snow gradually melt into streams of water, and walking becomes extremely difficult, and from time to time you will get wet and dirty shoes and socks.

"I'm really sorry, Lord Shishu, I still need your help in this weather." The peacock flew beside Shi Shu, watching Qiu Huan shake off the wet water on the soles of his feet, and couldn't help but apologize.

"It's okay, if you've promised someone someone something, you should do it." Shi Shu carefully avoided the sewage as much as possible.

Crossing the muddy path, they eventually came to the town next door, which was not much different from where they lived, and it was said that they met the little girl under the big tree at the entrance of the town.

"Remember her name?" Shi Shu waited on the side of the road for a while, but the monster hadn't smelled the person she wanted yet.

"Xiaoya, those kids call her that." The white peacock replied very seriously.

"Little... Lesser? ”

Although the name is so true, isn't it too strange to ask a grandmother named Xiaoya?

Qiu Huan snickered beside her, calling this girl like to meddle!

After Shi Shu cheekily asked several people, he finally had some clues.

"Ah, you're talking about Jinya, she lives in the second row of houses on the slope over there." An enthusiastic old man showed them the way, smiled and waved his hand away.

"Let's get over there."

Shi Shu said to the white peacock with some joy, this is what she asked a grandmother named Xiaoya very rudely, and she was a little excited at this time.

"Well, can we come back in a few days? I..."

Before he could finish speaking, the peacock suddenly flew up and turned to them.

"Thank you, Lord Shishu, but I think I'm not ready to meet her yet, so please go back first."

Seeing this, Shi Shu and Qiu Huan didn't know what to say, so they had to go home first.

I seem to see you, but I'm so scared, even if you can't see me now, that mood hasn't diminished in the slightest.

Lesser...