"Brother, how long is it before I get to Tianfeng City, I'm hungry. ”

The sky was already dark, only the faint moonlight shone on the mountain road, and the outline of the road could be roughly seen, but fortunately, the old horse knew the way, although the speed of this road slowed down, but there was no need for Duan Jiu to show the horse the way or even get out of the car to lead the horse.

Ling'er, who hadn't eaten all day, was already hungry and "cooing", at first she still had the strength to complain that Duan Jiu didn't keep her promise, she was a big bastard, a big bastard, and a bad brother, but slowly, she was hungry and listless, and she didn't even have the strength to say more.

Duan Jiu saw that the lights of Tianfeng City were gradually emerging in front of him, and he comforted: "Come on, Ling'er can bear with it for a while, my brother will definitely take you to eat delicious food later." ”

"Hmph, my brother is a liar, I don't want to believe my brother, I'll starve to death. "After getting the sweetness, Ling'er didn't sell it, and pouted and said with a small mouth.

Duan Jiu heard Ling'er's angry words, although he knew that it was her nonsense for a while, but the words were pierced in Duan Jiu's heart, Duan Jiu felt very guilty and ashamed, and said gently: "Ling'er, it's my brother who is sorry for you, my brother always fails to do what he promised you, you are right to complain about your brother, my brother doesn't blame you, all these years you have been following your brother to fight in the north and south, running around and working hard, my brother has not taken care of you, and my brother has made you suffer." ”

After Duan Jiu finished speaking affectionately, he thought that Ling'er would at least say "um", but he didn't want the carriage to be as quiet as water, Duan Jiu lifted the curtain and found that Ling'er had fallen asleep with a pillow.

Duan Jiu smiled and reached out to cover Ling'er with the small quilt folded in the carriage. Pillows and quilts, as well as some small puppets and books, paper, pen and ink are all prepared for Ling'er. This carriage is almost a home for Ling'er, eating, sleeping, reading and writing, and Ling'er has spent three spring and autumn periods in it.

The carriage "clicked" forward, the breeze blew gently, the grass and trees rattled, and the surroundings were so comfortable and beautiful.

For more than half an hour, the carriage rushed into Tianfeng City in the last quarter of an hour of Guancheng.

More than half an hour later, the carriage finally stopped at a very old-looking inn called "Evening Mo Gui", and the owner was an amiable old man, with a white beard and a purple cotton jacket. It must be someone who knows Duan Jiu, starting from Jiangcheng, Duan Jiu put back the white mask all the way, and when he entered this house, Duan Jiu put down the white mask again.

"Grandpa Wei, I'll leave my horse to you to take care of for me, and give me two bowls of egg noodles first. Duan Jiu led the carriage to the stable, and said with a smile.

It turned out that this old man's name was Wei Buya, and he had known Duan Jiu since he was a child, and since Duan Jiu put on the mask, this inn had been his transfer point. Before entering the inn, Duan Jiu was a cold-blooded and ruthless Duan Jiu, and when he came out of the inn, Duan Jiu was a flesh-and-blood Duan Jiu.

Wei Buya nodded and smiled: "Don't worry, you must be tired, go to the store and sit, the egg noodles will be there soon." ”

Duan Jiu nodded, gently woke up Ling'er in the carriage, and said, "Ling'er, eat noodles, let's sleep when you're full." ”

Ling'er rubbed her eyes and said, "Can you eat?"

"Hmm. ”

"Great, I'm starving!" Ling'er was so excited that she jumped out of the carriage.

Wei Buya saw that Ling'er was so lively, and naturally he was also infected, and couldn't help laughing happily, and sighed: "Ling'er, this girl is really getting more and more cute!"

Duan Jiu smiled, there was no time to greet Wei Buya, because Ling'er had already jumped to the inn hall alive. Duan Jiu followed out, found a place to sit down, and waited quietly for the egg noodles.

There were no other guests around, and it seemed deserted, but in the morning, the inn was going to be overcrowded. In the past three years, in order to facilitate Duan Jiu, the inn was closed as soon as it was dark, and the guest rooms were rarely rented, and he only relied on the small restaurant on the first floor to make a little money. Every time Duan Jiu came over, although he gave Wei Buya two silver taels, he was mostly pushed back. Duan Jiu was helpless, so he entrusted all the money to Wei Buya, nominally asking him to keep it, but in fact, he wanted you to find funds in time to relieve the siege when you were financially tight.

The hot egg noodles were quickly served, two large poached eggs floated on the noodles, the noodles were small and slightly yellow, it looked very simple, but it was Ling'er's favorite. Ling'er doesn't like to eat meat, but she loves eggs. Such a simple noodle is often eaten with relish.

"I'm sorry, Xiao Ling'er, today's vegetables are all done, there is only a big basket of eggs in the kitchen, you can't eat enough, Grandpa Wei will give you a few more?" Wei Buya said with a smile.

"No, no, Grandpa Wei, go and rest, I'll have to eat a lot of delicious food with my brother later, I'm too full to eat, and my stomach can't be stuffed." Ling'er said as she gestured with her hand how big "a lot" was.

This innocent and innocent appearance can make Wei Buya amused, and said: "Oh, so that's the case, then Ling'er will have to eat your brother poor." ”

"That's not good, I still have to eat for a lot of nights, and my brother can't buy me delicious food when he has no money. Ling'er said with a serious face.

"Haha, you're such a shrewd little ghost. ”

"I'm not a ghost, my brother said I'm a little fairy, I'm the cutest little fairy in the world. ”

"Haha, Ling'er is really not ashamed, do you know what the little fairy looks like?"

"I don't know, my brother said to be like me......"

“......”

Wei Buya teased Ling'er and chatted for half an hour, and finally Ling'er finished eating the noodles and kept making a fuss about going out, so Wei Buya had to let him go obediently. Before going out, Duan Jiu asked Ling'er to take a shower, changed his clothes, and washed himself and changed into a set of gray long clothes.

The night street of Tianfeng City is particularly prosperous and lively, this mile of long street, all the way is full of red lanterns, red light and yellow light reflected on everyone's face. The street is full of stalls of all kinds of snacks and toys, and these stalls will be busy until the third watch at the latest. The smell of delicious food and the smell of rouge powder waft through the air, and the sound of shouting and selling is also ringing in your ears.

There were too many pedestrians on the street, Duan Jiu was afraid that Ling'er would get separated, so he held her little hand all the way, Ling'er was a child who loved to move, she ran to this stall for a while, ran to that stall for a while, and pulled Duan Jiu up and down, back and forth, Duan Jiu's tired legs were sore, but she was still fierce.

"Brother, brother, look at this jade pendant, it's so beautiful. Ling'er pulled Duan Jiu to a stall selling jewelry and said in surprise.

Duan Jiu followed the gesture she pointed to, and saw a piece of green jade, only the size of a peach pit, polished like a mirror, against the light. It was an ellipse, with the word "Ling" engraved in the middle, and there was no other pattern, and the texture was very simple.

Duan Jiu knew that Ling'er must have taken a fancy to the word "Ling" in the middle, and there were many words engraved with "Yi", "Xin", "Ying" and so on. The person who carved the jade pendant took a fancy to the girl, and this kind of psychology wanted to leave a souvenir when he saw that he was related to the name.

Duan Jiu didn't refuse, he directly paid for it and hung it up for Ling'er. Ling'er jumped up happily and shouted, "Brother is the best, brother is the best." ”

There were people coming and going on the street, Duan Jiu was shouted by her, but he was uncomfortable, and grabbed her and said, "Don't shout, look at what else you want, my brother bought it for you." ”

"No, I'm going to watch slowly, carefully, I can't finish it tonight, I'll watch it tomorrow night. Ling'er pouted. After speaking, she really picked up the jade bracelets one by one and looked at them in a good way.

A cool breeze blows at night, the moonlight is gentle and beautiful, people have a small life of fighting, the night street of Tianfeng City is the epitome of prosperity and beauty in this world.

Duan Jiu looked at the carefree Ling'er as if he saw his eight-year-old self, at that time, he was also holding his father's hand like this, and he was also excited because a small request was met.

"It's so good", Duan Jiu couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Then, after being stunned for a while, he was pulled to the next stall by Ling'er.

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