In late January, in the middle of winter, the Green Snake Village was covered with snowflakes in the light rain.

Although the Central Plains region is known as one of the eight southern provinces, because most of the area is north of the Huai River, the Central Plains should belong to the northern region, with occasional snow and a temperature of around zero degrees in winter.

In less than a week, it is Chinese New Year's Eve.

The young people who have been living in the Ruan family's mansion for three whole days, every day before dawn, they will go out, find the carpenter in the village to buy some tools, and some wood, and do not invite anyone, but carry it back by themselves, under the porch of the left wing of the house, set up a coal-burning stove, while lighting a fire to keep warm, while using the sorted wood, to repair the doors, windows, chair legs, table legs, bed counters that have fallen into disrepair for a long time, repair here and make up there, although the craftsmanship is not very good, but at least it can be guaranteed that it is not ugly.

When he was in the town, he and Shui'er guarded the dilapidated earthen house, in the first few years, the house was broken in some places, and the kind-hearted carpenter Zhou Dabin and Uncle Zhou would always come over to help repair it, and later Zhou Dabin was beaten into a madman by the Su family, and he couldn't take care of himself, and Li Changjing had to complete all the work of repairing the house by himself. came and went, but also figured out some doorways.

I heard Xia Keke say that Zhou Dabin is no longer a carpenter, but has gone to learn more advanced interior decoration, opened a decoration shop in the town, and his life is very prosperous, and he has become a big celebrity in the town.

When Li Changjing heard it at the time, he was very happy.

After repairing the doors and windows of the Ruan family's mansion, Li Changjing climbed onto the roof again and patched up the cracked tiles or leaking places, attracting many onlookers in the village.

At first, the villagers thought that he was plotting against him and was full of hostility towards him, but later they saw that he really had no bad intentions, so they let down their guard, and some kind-hearted people would send him materials to repair the house, and some enthusiastic women even gave him a lot of home-grown vegetables, fruits and vegetables, which flattered Li Changjing.

Because the news of the snake plague has always been famous, the villagers are actually very afraid of the big house, except for the very old people in the village, who swear to see the blue snake, the vast majority of young people are just hearsay, plus in recent years, many outsiders run into the house in the name of catching snakes, short half a day, long a day, will always be beaten to the head bloody, scaly wounds all over the body, even rolling and crawling out of the ground, the villagers see their miserable appearance, combined with the legend of the snake, the legend of the snake is more true, No matter how brave a person is, he usually doesn't dare to get half a step close to the house.

But since the young man named Li Changjing came, the originally lifeless mansion has become a little more alive, in the early morning and evening, there will always be a faint smoke rising in the direction of the kitchen, and at night the mansion will also be lit up with dim lights, no longer as deep and quiet as before, which makes people shudder.

A week later, all the parts of the mansion that should have been repaired have been repaired, and all the places that should be cleaned have been cleaned.

The old house, which has been abandoned for decades, is not to mention a new look, but at least it is clean and tidy, especially the tables and chairs in the main hall, which have been wiped clean and shiny, and the dust is not clean, and it has more or less restored the atmosphere that a large family should have.

It's just that there are still very few people, only one.

After cleaning every day, Li Changjing would always open the gate, and then move a chair to sit outside, watching the pedestrians coming and going in the village, watching the drizzling rain, and watching the dusk and dusk evening.

At that time, the Ruan family, as a large landowner, never bullied the weak and humiliated the poor, was very kind to the villagers, and opened the granary to the fleeing refugees, which was famous far and wide.

At that time, there was a young lady in the Ruan family, who knew books and etiquette, and captivated the country and the city, everyone knew it, and there were many suitors.

At that time, the Ruan family, whether it was a young master, or when they went out, they were always respected and had an excellent reputation.

Such a scholarly family, because he met an unreasonable rich man, was slaughtered all over the house, except for a pair of brothers and sisters who studied abroad, no one was spared.

Later, the brother and sister endured the humiliation and burden, and finally grew up to be independent, and when they were about to take revenge, they found that the former Zhang family had become more prosperous, and the family moved to the northwest, not to mention, they used insidious means to force the brother and sister into a desperate situation, one committed suicide, and the other died of depression in prison.

How similar is this to when Li Changjing met the unreasonable Xu family and the Su family in the town in the town?

First of all, the Xu family's barbaric divorce, without warning, without reason, put Cheng Ruoshui in the courtyard, and only threw down the sentence "Li Changjing's marriage contract with my young lady has been canceled, and the new child daughter-in-law has been brought, you have to ask for it, and you have to ask for it." ”

The second was the lawless Su Bowen of the Su family, who broke Shui'er's backbone, and Li Changjing, who was still a teenager, returned the color, but dozens of Su family members broke into the door that night and beat his father to death.

Li Changjing knew that when his mother first got married, she was a well-known beauty in the town, and many men were jealous of his father to the core, so after the Li family was dismissed, these men especially liked to fall into the well and scold their family.

In the end, Li Changjing's mother, depressed, emaciated all day long, couldn't afford to be sick, and died that winter.

Li Changjing and Cheng Ruoshui, who were still young at the time, were like the brother and sister of the Ruan family, who were struggling to survive, and were rejected by everyone in the town.

Although life was difficult, Li Changjing and Cheng Ruoshui survived.

But what about the Ruan family? There was no one left.

There really isn't a single one left.

Li Changjing Huo Ran raised his head, looked at the thick black clouds in the sky, opened his hands, and roared loudly: "I don't know if it's right for me to do this, but my father said that if you think it's right, don't regret doing it!" So I won't regret it, come on! ”

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In a hotel in Xuchang city.

"Brother, the New Year is still a week away, and we have two days to go home, why are we staying here?"

Bai Yueling looked very irritable, walking around the room, chattering non-stop, "That little white face surnamed Li wants to live in that dilapidated house, then it's up to him, anyway, I won't go back if I am killed!" ”

Bai Baihua shook his head and said helplessly: "Xiaoling, you settle down, Brother Changjing saved your life anyway, and now he is left alone in the Ruan family's mansion, there must be a reason for something, maybe there will be danger, as friends, if we just leave, it's too unusual." ”

"And what do you want us to do?" Bai Yueling was dissatisfied: "Could it be that he has to live in that snake house, we can't persuade him, and we have to stay with him to feed the snake?" ”

"What Xiaoling said is not unreasonable." Liu Hui echoed: "That Changjing brother knows that there is danger, and he still has to live in the Ruan family's mansion, this is his own problem, no wonder others"

"Look, Brother Hui thinks I'm right." Bai Yueling crossed her waist and stood beside Liu Hui, holding her head high, looking victorious.

Bai Tianhua frowned, and said to Lu Li, who was standing at the window watching the scenery next to him: "Brother Lu, how many times have you been to that house in the past few days, have you found any problems?" ”

"I didn't find anything, Brother Li lived very comfortably alone, the Ruan family's mansion was renovated by him, it was very magnificent, if it wasn't for being hit by something that night, I would have liked to stay and live with him."

"Then you go!" Bai Yueling sneered: "That night, I was obviously hit by a big snake with its tail, I still touched it, it was slippery, full of scales, disgusting and dead, I wouldn't live there if I paid for it!" ”

Lu Li didn't bother to argue with her, called Bai Baihua over, pointed in the direction of Green Snake Village, and said with a solemn face: "Brother Bai, have you noticed it, the black cloud in the sky of Green Snake Village is a little strange, it has not dispersed for so many days, and it is getting thicker and thicker." ”

Bai Baihua nodded and said in a deep voice: "I also noticed that the reason why Brother Changjing stayed in Green Snake Village would not have anything to do with that cloud, right?" ”

Lu Li vaguely thought of something, and just wanted to speak, but heard a "bang", the door of the room was kicked open, and Xu Huairou, still wearing a red dress, appeared at the door.

"The white-haired one, come out for me." Xu Huairou nodded Lu Li with her slender fingers and said expressionlessly.

"You called me?" Lu Li was a little incredulous, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"Less nonsense!" Xu Huairou said arrogantly: "Give me out within three seconds, otherwise Miss Ben will ask someone to throw you down from this third floor!" ”

Lu Li was taken aback, but he had heard Li Changjing say some things about Xu Huairou's past, this eldest lady, even the master of the mortal realm was her mount, and the family could even occupy half of the sky in Daye City, and take revenge on him, a little alchemist, wouldn't it be easy?

Thinking of this, Lu Li walked out of the room with a nervous mood, Xu Huairou crossed her waist, looked him up and down, and pouted: "What is your relationship with the surname Li?" ”

Lu Li was stunned for a moment and replied, "It's good, we are iron buddies." ”

Xu Huairou sneered, "Since the relationship is so good, are you willing to die for your iron buddy?" ”

Lu Li's face changed, "I don't quite understand what you mean...... Brother Li, did he encounter something difficult and couldn't he do it? ”

"Let's go, don't ask too much." Xu Huairou snorted and walked downstairs first, "I can only tell you that if no one dies for him, then he will die himself." ”