A long, long time ago, before the appearance of Fengsan Middle School, which has been running for more than 40 years, before these high-rise buildings were lit up, when Fenghua City was still a remote mountain village, when this small courtyard was still a green willow farmland. In order to eat rice, that man opened a rice shop here.

It's not a big deal, and by this point, no one remembers...... Perhaps.

Regardless, this little-known shop has survived.

There are not many customers in the store all year round, although this rice shop is no longer enough to sell rice for the family, although in the eyes of the neighbors, this rice shop should have closed a long time ago...... The store is not busy during the day, and when no one is around, Zhou Yu, as the store manager, always likes to lean back on the chair and take a nap with the old fan on his face.

If no one had bothered us, it would have been a quiet day.

However, there are always people who disturb people and are idle, just like mosquitoes in summer, and the buzzing sound makes people feel annoying!

"Yo, uncle, is this month's protection money ready!" A group of young people gathered, their hair yellow, green, blue and white, colorful. Some of them, with thick sticks in their hands, knocked on the counter of the shop with sticks and shouted, "If you weren't ready, you wouldn't have to mess around here!"

"That...... In two days, there has been little business recently, and there is not much money. Zhou Yu sighed quietly and took the fan down. He spoke in a good tone and patiently explained.

In life, low-key can live for a long time. Zhou Yu, who pursues this kind of thinking, has always been able to do less than one thing, and he will not participate in any event that may cause waves in the Yang World. Because of this, although his luck has been bad, he has survived the death of many people.

Zhou Yu has always felt that keeping a low profile is his only choice, and everything is for a quiet life.

"No!!" the yellow-haired man spat his cigarette on the ground and yelled, "You useless thing, other shops can, why is there no business in your shop." Such a big person, there is no point in it!"

"Uncle, I don't have any money, you still have a wool in this store, and you're not afraid of being embarrassed!!" Behind the yellow-haired young man, another person with messy hair, dark circles under his eyes, and a person who didn't wake up looked like he hadn't woken up, he scratched his head irritably, seeing that Zhou Yu didn't plan to give money, he kicked the candy tray at the door of the store away.

"Heh, hehehe......" was yelled at like this, and Zhou Yu's pretty good mood suddenly sank. Seeing him kick the candy, he stopped laughing. The smiling face has been given, since these guys don't want it, that's it. No matter how low-key it is, the blood that belongs to the demon has never been abandoned.

It is true that he doesn't want to cause waves in the Yang World, but the little shrimp in front of him is obviously not up to the scope of waves. Since he is embarrassed, he can only calm things down quickly, and the boredom of the province will not be peaceful. Thinking of this, his eyes widened and he yelled: "Don't think that Lao Tzu is easy to bully, Lao Tzu just doesn't like to be troublesome, no matter how dare to compare, believe it or not, I'll cut you now!!"

As he spoke, he took out a two-foot-long watermelon knife from under the table, and with a fierce swing, he split the ten-centimeter-thick wooden board in front of him into two pieces, and sneered: "Hmph, if any of you take one more step and try, Lao Tzu will definitely make him not see the sun tomorrow!!"

"Hey, hey!!don't mess around......"

"Don't mess around, be careful of the knife, it will kill you if you encounter it!" The yellow-haired young man immediately coaxed when he saw Zhou Yu draw the knife, and the gang of thugs behind him also changed their faces, and hurriedly took a few steps back. , why didn't I know that this unpromising guy was so powerful, the board looked more than ten centimeters, and it was cut off in one fell swoop, how much strength is this?

This guy has been trained! Maybe it's one of those hidden masters in some novel...... Unlucky!!

"Big brother, you are ruthless, we just admit it, as for the desperate!" The man with black circles under his eyes stepped back again and again, looking at the corner of the knife's eyebrows, he tried to appease the madman in horror: "Big brother, I have something to say!"

"Let's go, this is a madman!"

"Brothers, let's go, don't worry about madmen. Damn, for a few dozen dollars!?" In a series of abuses, a group of young people also left. This group of young people just wants to collect some protection money to go out and have fun, and they are not hot enough to fight with their lives!

"Well, how can you be unlucky!"

Zhou Yu stretched out his hand to caress the high-grade peach plank that he had carried out from the deep mountains, and said affectionately: "Old man, you have lost me for more than ten years and are finally leaving me...... I'm also confused, I cut you down in a moment of anger, you say it's okay, I'll cremate you at night, and then scatter your ashes under the jujube tree in the backyard. Just like Xiao Yi, we will always be together ......" Zhou Yu, who had a brain pump, talked about his feelings on a wooden board, and then put away the two pieces of wood with great importance.

.........

The annoying flies disappeared, and Zhou Yu tidied up the messy storefront.

He picked up the candy scattered all over the ground and wiped them clean one by one. After putting it back on the plate, he picked out a few candies with broken skins, sat down on a bag of rice, and ate them one by one.

The afternoon passed like this, and until five o'clock, there were no customers in the store.

Just as he was about to close the door, a girl about 14 or 5 years old in a school uniform ran over: "Uncle, bring me five candies!" She was wearing the school uniform of Fengsan Middle School, her skin was fair, and there was a narrow scar on the left side of her smooth cheek, which ran from the top of her left eyebrow to her left cheek.

Maybe it's a scar left a long time ago, except for some red marks, which are not very obvious if you don't look closely. This little ghost is calm, he doesn't make bangs, and directly ties all his hair into a high ponytail repeatedly, looking really strong and confident.

Her voice was very loud, just like her image, strong and confident: "As long as five, I have no money today." ”

"Good, your sugar. ”

The girl was one of the few regulars here, and Zhou Yu skillfully selected seven of the various candies in the candy plate. Three milk candies, three pineapples, plus a chocolate.

“...... Uncle, I really don't have any money," the girl said, her eyes fixed on the chocolate.

You must know that this is super expensive, one costs a dollar, and her pocket money is not enough to buy it.

"The candy just fell to the ground, don't you mind?"

After hearing this, the girl's originally happy face was stunned, and she really put the candy in her hand in the palm of her hand and looked left and right, and only breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that the packaging of the candy was still complete: "Haha, fortunately, the packaging is not broken, if it is broken, I will not eat it, and I will have a stomachache after eating...... And chocolate, lucky"

"Uncle will drop it again tomorrow~" Putting the candy in her pocket, she said to Zhou Yu with a smile.

"Eat yours, if you don't eat I'll take it back. ”

"Hehe, stingy, no wonder the uncle can't find his wife"

“...... Gee, did I just give an extra chocolate?"

"I'm wrong, I'm wrong~" Pretending to be scared, the girl pretended to cover her pockets. She looked at the time, suddenly hurried out, and only when she went out did she shout: "Uncle, I'll go first, next time I'll remember to bring money." ”

After the guests arrived, Zhou Yu also closed the door.

Come to the backyard, open the door of the yard, and cross a realm.

It's an amber realm that separates the outside of the door from the inside of the door. Outside the door is the old shop, but behind the door, there is a beautiful and fantastic jujube tree, the thick body of the tree needs several people to wrap together, up to dozens of meters, and the flourishing branches and fruits cover half of the yard.

She straightened her knee-high hair to her side and sat quietly in the doorway.

The yard is not large, there is no manicured lawn on the ground, only a few sparse and sparse weeds.

In the east corner of the courtyard, the beautiful jujube tree has lush branches, and there are a few jujube trees jumping in the wind.

It's only early summer, but it doesn't conform to the rules of the season, and the jujubes are full of green.

"Xiao Yi, do you know......" Zhou Yu picked up the dates that fell beside him and stuffed them into his mouth: "You are a liar." ”

"These dates are not sweet at all, you lie. ”

Fifty years ago, Xiao Yi, who was still a girl, picked her up from her serious injuries and dying.

At that time, she often fed it the dates that grew on the tree, which were not very sweet, but very crisp. At that time, Xiao Yi always liked to be like himself now, when he had nothing to do, he would move a chair and sit in front of the door, looking at the jujube tree blankly.

......

In the orange dusk, she stood under a tree.

She was a little more mature than she had been and gently kicked the date tree.

I vaguely remember that it was also dusk.

At that time, they were like this, standing quietly under the tree. At that time, Xiao Yi was sixteen or seventeen years old, with a soft face and delicate facial features, and her eyes were always bent into small crescents with a smile, and she looked expectantly at the jujubes that grew on the tree. At that time, she grimaced at Xiaoyi and kicked the jujube tree angrily.

She is even younger than Xiao Yi, only fourteen or fifteen years old, but she has a little more dream-like illusory beauty than that young and soft girl......

Zhou Yu stared blankly at the tree in front of him.

Just like it was fifty years ago.

Apart from...... Less that person, less that smile.

For a long time, she set her eyes on the small grave bag under the tree.

"Xiao Yi, I remember everything you said. ”

She walked out of the small courtyard, crossed the realm set for her by Xiao Yi, and became the same Zhou Yu again.

Xiao Yi is right, this look can really save a lot of trouble. There are fewer people who used to trouble her and Xiaoyi, and when they grow up, grow old, and die, no one cares about them anymore