The snow stopped, and Xiao Jing looked out the window with a faint smile on her face, but she couldn't hide it.

This winter, after severe cold and heavy snowfall, and winter thunderstorms, it has finally cleared up in recent days.

After a while, Xiao Jing finally came back to her senses, took out the damp quilt in the house, and put it in the yard to dry. It would be a shame if the quilt was not dried in such a good weather, and if there was another snowfall, it would be uncomfortable to sleep on the quilt.

The quilt was hung up, Xiao Jing walked into the room, cleaned the room a little, and began to take out the textbook to read.

Although the grades are not bad, it is always good to work hard, after all, I will be in the third year of junior high school from the next semester. If I don't do well in the high school entrance examination, my sister will definitely be disappointed.

With that in mind, she pulled out a folder from her bedside bag, which contained a thick stack of volumes.

Rummaged through the schoolbag, found a few exercise papers from the textbooks of each subject, and Xiao Jing knocked on the pen in distress.

"Is it true that the time of the holiday is directly proportional to the number of exercise papers......

Although she can't compare to a monster-like guy like Rin, Xiao Jing's grades have always been at the top of her class. The exercises weren't too difficult for her, but ah...... That's a lot!

Looking at the mountain-like exercises, Xiao Jing decisively took it back to her school bag.

“...... The fire burned down, or did it fall off?" whispered in her mouth, and she shrank into the quilt as if nothing happened: "Sure enough, the fire burned this reason......

......

For some reason, the business of the small temple has been continuous recently, which makes her extremely happy.

She nestled in the quilt, only stretched out her hands, stroke by stroke, quickly swiped in the cold air, thick and uneven, but with a hint of metaphorical lines were outlined. Because this is something she has been doing since she was a child, she looks extremely skillful, and within a few minutes she has drawn a dozen or so pictures.

Although I am not interested in the overly large number of exercise papers, these amulets are different!

When Xiao Jing was concentrating on the talisman paper in her hand, Yuqing, the nominal supreme owner of this temple, pushed the door in, looked at her curiously, and found that Xiao Jing ignored herself, she got into the quilt, nestled in Xiao Jing's arms and whispered: "Xiao Jing, what is this, it looks so strange?"

"Huh, isn't this a talisman?" Finding Yuqing in his own nest in his arms, Xiao Jing gently hugged this little body: "Hehe, didn't Yuqing say that he was a god, wouldn't the gods know such a thing as rune paper?" Haha, is it that my drawing is too complicated, or I will draw something simpler." ”

Although after Yuqing came, due to the relationship with one more person, the family's expenses were inevitably larger, and there were more inconveniences for her to get along with her sister, but Xiao Jing didn't hate the little girl that her sister picked up...... Of course, you can't say you like it.

For her now, this little girl is just someone brought home by her sister.

Because she is my sister's guest, I should take good care of her, that's all.

"Talisman?" Yu Qing's tender red cheeks were a little puzzled, blinked, looked at Xiao Jing puzzled, and said, "I remember that the talisman was not like this before, and it ...... Shouldn't all rune paper and everything be drawn on cinnabar yellow paper?"

Hearing Yuqing's words, Xiao Jing immediately became serious, and Xiao Jing deeply realized that she had to correct Yuqing's unhealthy concept. Cinnabar is much more expensive than red ink...... She straightened her face, stretched out her hand to break Yuqing's little face, and said solemnly: "Yuqing, you have to remember what Sister Jing said below!"

After seeing Yuqing nodded, Xiao Jing began to educate: "It's not ancient now, there are very few demons and monsters, by the way, I haven't seen any fairies and monsters at all except for you, a little fairy, so it's useless to protect yourself or something, and it gives those people a comfort in their hearts." ”

looked at the pair in front of him for the most critical reason: "That, and...... And cinnabar is more expensive, and red ink is cheaper, which is very important!"

"Oh~~" Hearing Xiao Jing's explanation, Yuqing's face was stunned.

Xiao Jing continued to make amulets, and Yuqing was bored for a while and left.

-- Yuqing is a fairy, and her sister introduced her like this when she took her home.

'Okay, let's just take it as such~' Looking at the girl who was bouncing away, Xiao Jing couldn't connect the image of the fairy who had formed a beautiful and intelligent image in her mind since she was a child. But since my sister said it, let's treat her as her~ Anyway, this little thing eats very little, and it is not noisy, and it is very easy to raise.

......

Outside the window, the winter snow stopped for a few days, and the snow on the pine trees in the courtyard quietly melted under the sunlight, wisps, and from time to time a water drop fell down the treetops, shining rainbow spots in the sun.

Yuyu was drinking tea while looking at the computer she had recently bought because she had made a lot of money.

There were so many people who came to sell amulets or make vows in the last period that in just one week, this small temple had earned several years of worship...... Haha, this is so blissful!

Just as Yu Yu was secretly intoxicated, her Immortal Master had already quietly walked in.

"Yuyu, what is this, why do people have this little box??Spells?Mirror Shadow, Sound Transmission, Soul Arrest Magic, this seems to be a mixture of several spells...... It's strange, I can't actually feel the breath of magic?? It seems that the immortal who made this magic weapon is quite clever!" she said enviously, touching the screen of her computer

Then, she frowned, "Strange, what are those particles gathered around this artifact?"

She reached out and teased the particles, and on the computer where she was playing, the screen shook for a while: "I haven't seen these particles before, by the way, I've seen some of them when they flashed." ”

“......... Electromagnetic waves, electrons, photons?" After listening to Yuqing's words, he looked at the screen that had returned to normal again, and his words were silent. Hehe, who understands these things!!!

"Smack"

Taking a deep breath, Yuyu closed the computer.

I looked out the window, and the snow was melting a little, and it was shining in the sun, 'Ah, I haven't been out for a long time, it's so beautiful outside.' ’

"Also, didn't you say that there are no immortals in this world, why do you have such an immortal weapon?"

“.........”

"Yuyu, you're not lying to me, it's not right, I'm the god you worship. You can't lie to me~" Seeing that Yuyu opened his mouth and didn't say anything, Yuqing was a little angry.

'Damn, I'm your master, don't ignore me!!'

“.........”

"Yuyu, don't ignore me, you said you want to take care of me. "Teary-eyed......

"........." finally knew how terrifying a little fairy with poor knowledge was.

In order not to explain too complicated, she rolled her eyes and rolled her eyes very simply.

"Hey, Yuyu, don't faint!"

In Yuqing's anxious shout, Yu Yu jumped up, picked up a coat and ran out of the door: "I'm going to catch rabbits, don't you come over!"

............

It was almost noon, and Xiao Jing started cooking.

"Sister, there is not enough rice......"

"Is lunch enough?"

"It's barely enough at noon, but there is absolutely no rice for dinner!" Even if Yuqing eats less, the rate of rice consumption still increases, which leads to a slight discrepancy between the time of buying rice this time and Xiao Jing's estimated time.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll buy it after lunch. ”

Because I have made a lot of money recently, I have a lot of confidence in speaking!

"I'm here to help, too!" Yuqing hurriedly ran out: "Yuyu, I'll go out for a while and come back soon." ”

With that, she rushed out of the mountain gate and ran down the snow-covered stone steps.

"Sister, now that the snow is melting and so slippery, is it okay for her to go out like this?"

"It's okay, it's okay, Yuqing is also an immortal no matter what he says, don't worry about ......"

"Sister, it's impossible to be a fairy...... I originally wanted to say, 'Immortals don't exist', but Xiao Jing saw her sister's look of 'you don't believe me', and immediately changed her words: "Okay, okay, but even if it's a fairy, it'......s a little child!

"Don't worry, it's okay......" waved his hand indifferently, looked at the only little bit of rice left in the rice bag, and said: "These still don't seem to be enough, I'm going to work now, and I'll buy it back by the way when I come back at night." ”

After saying that, she carried her bicycle out of the small temple.

The two of them left, Xiao Jing returned to the house alone, and somehow, she was always a little uneasy when she thought of Yuqing running out alone. Sister is really, to put it lightly...... In order to divert her attention, Xiao Jing went to the kitchen to boil a small pot of boiling water.

Holding the hot tea that had just been brewed, she sat on the edge of the bed by the window, looking out the window.

The warm teacup in her hand was pleasantly hot, but her mood was not warm at the moment.

Fifteen minutes later, Xiao Jing put down the teacup.

"Why haven't you come back yet?"

Thirty minutes later, Xiao Jing walked out of the room worriedly.

"This kid isn't going to play. ”

Forty minutes later, Xiao Jing had reached the edge of the snowy stone steps......

"It's going to be fine!"

An hour later, she was getting more and more anxious, and finally she couldn't wait any longer.

"No, we have to go find her!"

Xiao Jing hurriedly put on her warmest clothes in the cannon fodder room and walked out of the house.

'Immortals?...... Don't laugh, it's a modern society now, even if the family is a temple, no one will take it seriously!' Although accommodating her sister, Xiao Jing did not refute it face-to-face, but in her heart, Yuqing has always been a little girl adopted by her sister.

My sister was just afraid that I would oppose the adoption of her, so she would come up with such an unreliable excuse. If that little girl was the god she worshipped, she wouldn't be able to find an excuse to oppose it...... Really, stupid! As long as it's my sister's decision, I won't object to it...... My sister is such a stupid !!

"Yuqing, Yuqing...... Come back soon!"

There was snow everywhere, and my steps had sunk more than ten centimeters, making it a little difficult to walk.

"Don't play anymore, let's go home!!"

She shouted loudly into the woods, hoping the girl could hear.

Half-ringing, no response.

She walked farther and farther, deeper and deeper, and inadvertently, she had reached the depths of the mountains and forests. Surrounded by pine trees covered in thick white snow, the white snow covers the verdant green of the past. Deep in the mountains, alone, deserted and exceptionally quiet, and there seem to be some insects crawling on the ground under the slightly melted snow.

"Yuqing, Yuqing!!Did you hear that, I'm really angry if I don't come out again...... Yuqing, Yuqing!!" A piece of snow fell from the tree next to her, startling Xiao Jing. She looked around with some wince, making sure there was nothing before she wanted to go deeper into the forest.

At this point, the sunlight gradually dimmed, and the surrounding trees gradually became denser.

There are spots of light in the forest, which are not very eye-catching.

Except for the rustle of footsteps in the snow, the whole world was almost frozen silent.

Gradually, gradually, a chill grew in Xiao Jing's heart......

How long have you been walking, half an hour, or an hour?

She doesn't remember, but she's sure she's been gone for a long time. When I got here, it was already deep in the forest, and even I, who had grown up in this forest, felt a little scared...... What about Yuqing?

I'm scared, I'm scared!

The surrounding snow-soaked forest is not very friendly, and the almost frozen environment is terrifying, and the darker environment is more like a shadow hiding an indescribable horror. Such a small girl must have been hiding in fear.

"Yuqing, Yuqing...... I'm Sister Jing, so I'll go this way when I hear it!!"

.........

A little-known and inaccessible place in the forest.

A crystal clear mountain spring emerged from two huge spiritual veins underground. The spring is surrounded by a pool of more than a meter, and the underground rocks are charred and smooth, and the land around the pool is covered with a circle of dwarf plants, bracken, mostly edible wild plants. A little farther away from a dead tree, a plump gray-white mushroom grows.

The plants here were all planted by my grandfather a long time ago, but now I don't know how many years or generations of these things appear in front of my eyes. The plants and fungi here have not increased or decreased at all.

Under the influence of some wonderful force, it remains at a constant number.

"Only here hasn't changed at all. ”

Squatting down by the clear pool of Na Tan, Yuqing picked some bracken, and then picked the mushrooms that grew on the dead wood next to it. The water is so hot that plants can only grow at most by the edge of the pool, they never grow their roots into the water, they only absorb the water that seeps out of the land.

"Grandpa always said the water was hot, but I never felt the same way as him. ”

Sticking her little hands into the water, the water was gentle to her, but it was no different from the ordinary river water to her.

With a nostalgic look, she turned away,

......

......

Xiao Jing knew that today might be the last time she would see the world.

Although I am so nostalgic for this world, I am so reluctant to take care of my sister who has been taking care of her since her parents left. I told my sister before that when I grow up, I will make a lot of money, and I don't have to shrink in the quilt and starve and freeze anymore.

'Before I can help my sister, I left willfully, my sister will be angry. ’

Take two steps back with difficulty until your whole body is leaning against the tree. She slowly squatted down and pulled out a dead branch from the wet and cold snow, Xiao Jing's eyes were unprecedentedly condensed, her pupils spread, and a faint blue gray loomed in her pupils.

Somehow, that scene when I was a child came to me from the depths of my heart......

It's been a long time, seven or eight years.

That's what happened when I wasn't in school.

I remember that it was also a snowy winter, and although I didn't want to be so weird and cold this winter, it was the most unforgettable winter for myself and my sister.

That year, Mom and Dad left one after another, and my sister refused to be adopted by my Mom and Dad's former friends.

With the help of my parents' former friends, I and my sister had a difficult life. I remember that in the first two months of my mother's departure, Aunt Xiao and Aunt Li and several other aunts took turns living here, taking care of themselves and my sister, until they were sure that my sister could take care of herself and my sister, they left one after another.

The painful and difficult autumn is finally over, and in this sad autumn my sister has learned to cook, learn to do laundry, learn to put herself to sleep, and learn the sacrificial etiquette that she didn't like before...... Learned a lot, a lot.

But ah, my sister is not a fairy after all, she can't spell, and she can't conjure rice.

It has been snowing for three days, and the rice at home was finished yesterday. The rice and food that Uncle Zhang sent some time ago should have eaten himself for a while, but one night, the rice was scattered by himself, and only one night, the rice was actually eaten by the rats. Why didn't you pick it up?

That's right, at that time, I always thought that it would be good for my sister to do these things, and only by waiting until tomorrow, my sister can do everything. That's what I thought at the time. How ...... What a sad thought!

After the rice was eaten, the snow was too big to get out, and I was hungry and cold.

My sister could only hug herself and hide in the thick quilt.

......

"Are you going to eat me before you do that?"

Looking at the black, thin and thin wild boar in front of her, with a hungry blue glow in her eyes, Xiao Jing gritted her teeth and glared at it.

Compared with Xiao Jing's anger, the wild boar in front of him who had just woken up from hibernation was obviously only happy. It's a blessing to be able to find such huge food at such a time. Awakened by hunger and the strong sunlight of the past few days, the snow-covered pine forest in front of him was clearly not the spring it was looking forward to.

In these weathers, all the food you can find is worth hunting, whether it's bugs crawling under the snow or grass roots in the soil...... Or maybe it's the guy in front of you!

The boar's hooves kicked and slipped in the snow, and its sharp fangs slammed into its prey.

Narrowly rolling to avoid the sharp fangs of the wild boar, Xiao Jing poked the dead branch in his hand at the wild boar. The intense pain made the wild boar howl, and the howl became even more ferocious. He arched himself and ran towards her.

After a winter, the dead branches have long since decayed, and with a little force, the dead branches will break in two.

After rolling a few times in the snow, he finally managed to avoid the fangs of the wild boar. But the weapon of resistance had been broken, Xiao Jing's face was angry and mixed with some wonderful blue gray, and the pupils in his eyes were dilated more and more. She clenched her fists, her fingers sinking deep into the flesh, red marks and a few traces of blood.

"Stand down!"

A crisp sound came from the depths of the forest, and Qing Yue's voice echoed in the forest.

"Yuqing?!" Xiao Jing, who was surprised and delighted, looked from the direction of the voice, and saw a small figure coming out of the shadows, slowly, slowly, and the darkness of the deep forest seemed to have a halo under that small figure.

"Stand down. ”

Repeatedly, the hungry boar actually left in a reluctant gaze.

"Immortals?" Xiao Jing got up from the snow in embarrassment and looked at her suspiciously.

"Immortals. Yuqing nodded and pointed at herself.

"Sister, I'm cold. ”

When, when?

I just feel like I've been like this for a long, long time, next to that familiar person.

"Don't be afraid, my sister will go to find the quilt again. ”

In the haze, I heard a familiar voice in a ball.

"Sister, I'm thirsty and want to drink water. ”

"Well, my sister will help you get water, don't get out of the bed, it's cold outside. ”

Outside the window, the snow was falling heavily, and through the crack in the door, the howling wind carried away the temperature of the room.

After adding a quilt and drinking water, the cool body next to me became warmer.

“...... It's so warm. ”

The warm man hugged her tightly and slept soundly.

ps: The mountain temple is over, but the story is not over.

After such a long time, another volume is finally over, and Nanhua has a lot to say, but he doesn't know how to say it, so let's not talk about it...... Thank you for still watching.

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