Twilight has arrived, and the wind and sand are quietly dancing.

The shopkeeper closed the doors and windows of the inn tightly.

The boy's mother nervously searched for her child in the inn, "Xiaotong, Xiaotong......"

Chu Jiu stopped the hand that was pouring tea, looked at the boy who was lying on the table next to him and pretended to sleep, she pushed him, "Are you looking for you?" ”

The boy also seemed to hear the woman's scream, and he looked up.

The woman also saw her child at this time, and she hurried to the child's side, looking nervous, she slapped the boy's head and scolded viciously: "Don't go around, I will look for you everywhere, you know? ”

The boy was beaten with tears in his eyes, and Chu Jiu couldn't bear to interrupt the woman, "It's good to find the child." ”

The woman glared at Chu Jiu, dissatisfied with her meddling, "Come back to the room with me." The woman picked up her child and told him, "Don't talk to strangers when you're away......

"I've found Xiaotong!" A man appeared, it should be a woman's father-in-law, he saw the child in his wife's arms, and his tense mood relaxed a little, "Lady, you are weak, let me hold Xiaotong." ”

The woman pushed away the man's courteous hand and said impatiently: "I'm not going to be like this, it's still okay to hold someone." ”

Chu Jiu withdrew his gaze from looking at them and continued to drink the warm tea in his cup.

"Knock knock—"

At this time, there was a knock on the door of the inn.

The shopkeeper, who was napping, was awakened, and he stood up suddenly, "Here, here!" ”

He ran to the door, picked up the deadbolt, and revealed a crack in the door, and the wind and sand outside blew in through the crack in the door.

"Man, open the door, we're staying overnight."

The wind and sand made the shopkeeper unable to open his eyes, but in the end, the shopkeeper opened the door and let them in.

Because this crack in the door is opposite the position of the ninth month, the wind and sand blow directly to the table of the ninth day and fall on the tea water. Chu Jiu put down the teacup, a little disgusted by the sand in the tea.

The guests who entered the door were four men.

One of them took out a bit of broken silver and threw it to the shopkeeper, "Come to two rooms." ”

"May I ask the four guest officers, do you want to go to Meizhuang?"

The other man said in a bad tone, "Knowingly, where else can you go here besides going to Meizhuang?" ”

"Ren Hua, don't be rude." The slightly older man at the head reprimanded Ren Hua.

Ren Hua bowed his head to the shopkeeper, "I'm sorry." ”

The shopkeeper waved his hand, not caring, "It's okay, I think it's very tiring for the guest officer to travel a long way, I'll take you to your room to rest, and when the wind and sand stop tomorrow, our shopkeeper will show you the route to Meizhuang." ”

Chu Jiu just looked at the group of men curiously, but they found it, so she avoided their eyes and looked around, only to realize that there was a young strange man sitting at the table behind her.

This young man was dressed as a scholar, and he was drinking tea alone like Chu Jiu, but he was disturbed by the wind and sand blowing in from the door just now, and he put down the teacup unhappily.

The man seemed to feel Chu Jiu's gaze, he raised his head and looked at Chu Jiu, his beautiful and deep eyes flashed a hint of wariness.

Chu Jiu nodded slightly to him as a sign of apology for looking directly at him.

Looking at the dust on the table and the filth in the teacup, Chu Jiu had no desire to drink tea, but she felt that her empty stomach was squirming, and it was a feeling of hunger. So, she sat back in her place, dangling her feet, wanting to wait for the shopkeeper to come back and see if she could order something to eat.

After a while, the shopkeeper returned.

The young man took the lead and stopped the shopkeeper, "Man, do you have anything to eat?" ”

"Yes, there is, but there are some pastries left, because our chef is resting, so I can only go to the kitchen to heat up these pastries and take them out for the guest officer."

"As long as there's something to eat."

Chu Jiu doesn't mind, as long as it's food. She swallowed her saliva and obediently called the shopkeeper, "This big brother, I want pastries too!" "Chu Jiu thought that everyone's housing money and food were recorded in the morning and evening snow account, and at this time, he didn't eat for nothing.

"Okay, two guest officers, please wait a minute!"

Before leaving, the shopkeeper saw that the desktop of the two of them was covered with sand and dust, and hurriedly took off the cloth on his shoulder to wipe the tabletop.

After the shopkeeper left, the lobby was quiet for a while.

The young man took out a book from nowhere and was looking through it carefully.

Chu Jiu was lying on the table, and she touched the teacup with her right hand, which was still the cup of tea stained with sand. In addition, when I opened the teapot, I found that there were some unidentified objects with scattered dust particles floating at the bottom of the teapot, all of which were unclean tea. She saw that the man next to her was completely immersed in the book and did not know how to look up, so she walked lightly to the counter, and she found two small jugs of wine lying on the counter.

When the lid of the flask is opened, a faint aroma of wine comes to my nose. It's wine. Chu Jiu smelled it again, and felt that this wine tasted so light, it should not be a strong wine, she took out a clean teacup, poured a small glass of wine and drank it. There is a small floral aroma in the wine. What kind of floral fragrance is this? Chu Jiu racked his brains and thought about it for a long time.

"Bang-" There was a sudden noise from the second floor.

Chu Jiu was frightened by the sudden sound and let go of the wine glass in his hand.

"Bing Zero—" The wine glass fell on the table with a loud sound, and the young man raised his head and looked at Chu Jiu with a frown.

"I'm sorry." Chu Jiu apologized, then picked up his cup in a panic, wiped the spilled wine on the counter with a cloth hanging on the wall, and sat back at the table as if nothing had happened.

After a long time, the shopkeeper came back with a tray and hot pastries.

"Guest, I've been waiting for a long time."

Chu Jiu looked at the delicate pastries placed on the table, her appetite was suddenly opened, and she happily picked up the pastries with her hands and ate them.

Suddenly, she remembered the tea, "This big brother, do you have clean tea?" The tea just now has sand. ”

"I'm really sorry, but I'll change the small one for you with a clean pot." The shopkeeper picked up the teapot in front of Chu Jiu and the man and went to the kitchen.

Chu Jiu can't drink, just two sips, at this time her alcohol came up, she felt a little dizzy, in order to alleviate this feeling, she actually thought about constantly changing different seats, and finally found that it didn't have much effect and lay directly on the table, she turned her head and looked straight at the young man, her face was a little thicker than usual.

The man also felt Chu Jiu's straightforward gaze, he stood up in a displeased mood, but found that Chu Jiu's face was red, his eyes were full of water, and his eyes looked at him as if he was affectionate, he coughed unconsciously in embarrassment, and felt strange when he saw that Chu Jiu was still so silent, he walked to Chu Jiu's side, and then he found that Chu Jiu was drunk.

When the man just wanted to reach out and push Chu Jiu, Chao Duxue walked down from the upper floor, and when he saw this man with bad intentions towards Chu Jiu, he was a little violent in an instant, so he took out a small piece of broken silver and dislocated the man's wrist.

The man covered his injured right hand, looked at the angry man who had injured him, didn't bother to bother with him, and then took back his book and went back to his room.

"You're really not worrying." Twilight Xue rubbed Chu Jiu's head, "Sure enough, there are wild bees and butterflies everywhere!" ”

"It's you—" Chu Jiu opened his eyes and saw the morning twilight snow in a daze.

"You're drinking." Seeing that Chu Jiu was confused, Chao Duxue approached her face and sniffed it.

Chu Jiu rubbed his face against Twilight's cheek, like a small animal approaching his master.

Twilight froze awkwardly, and then his hand carefully fell on the back of Chu Jiu's neck, reluctant to kiss him, "Do you know who I am?" ”

"You, you're a ...... Morning and twilight snow ......"

"It's enough that you still recognize me." Twilight Xue hugged Chu Jiu, "Come, I'll send you back to your room, it's uncomfortable to sleep here." ”

Chu Jiu nodded, and fell asleep against Chao Duxue's chest. It's just a pity that she fell asleep, otherwise she would have been able to hear the rapid heartbeat of Chao Duxue at this time.