Sister Xue tossed the weight of the mud through the cloth, tentatively buckled it a few times with her hands, and then broke it vigorously, breaking off a large piece from it, revealing the original objects inside.

"What is this, real ice?" She threw the mud aside, put her cold hand on Ah Qiu's arm and rubbed it, and the temperature of her hand eased down a little.

"Sister Xue, what are you doing! So icy, don't touch me. Ah Qiu was touched like this, jumped up, avoided Sister Xue's hand, and reached out to rub his frozen arm.

"Let me warm my hands, you won't have a girlfriend if you're so stingy, I'll tell you." Sister Xue glanced at Ah Qiu, sighed at her hands, and padd it with a cloth again, continuing to remove the remaining mud from the object.

Three times five divided by two, the mud was almost gone, and a complete statue appeared in front of everyone, only to see that the whole statue was about twenty centimeters high.

Sister Xue pointed it at the sun's rays, and under the sunlight, although there was still some dirt left in the cracks of the statue, and there was still dust on the surface, it still couldn't block the light it emitted.

The whole statue is carved very exquisitely, it is a man, he combs his hair in a bun, his facial features are delicate, he is wearing a robe, he has a jade pendant hanging on his waist, he is holding a fan in one hand, and he is behind his back with one hand, looking ahead, smiling, the statue exudes a burst of cold air, his whole body is crystal clear, and there is no impurity in it.

"Who is this carving?" Sister Xue looked at it in the sun and said to herself.

Hearing Sister Xue say this, the three of them turned their eyes to the statue, and after a while, Brother Cheng noticed that the ragged man was still half-sitting in front of the store, "Why are you still sitting here, get up quickly, come in and say." He picked up the man, helped him into the store and sat down, and motioned for Ah Qiu to pour a glass of water.

"Where did you get this object?" Brother Cheng glanced at the statue in Sister Xue's hand, turned his head to look at the man and asked.

"Who is this carving?" Ah Qiu turned his head and said casually while pouring water.

"I, I don't know. I dug in the fields a few years ago, and it wasn't so icy. The man kept his head down, he shook his head, his eyes stayed on the statue in Sister Xue's hand, and continued: "I washed it and put it at home, but in half a day, the home became as cold as the ice cellar, I thought that this object must be a treasure, but it suddenly became so cold that I couldn't hold it with my hands." ”

Ah Qiu took a cup of tea, walked to the man, and put it on the table, "Don't worry, drink saliva and speak slowly." ”

The man picked up the teacup and took two sips of water, "I pasted it with mud, wrapped it in several layers of cloth, and buried it in the yard. Speaking of this, the man suddenly knelt down again, grabbed Brother Cheng's hand, and looked very excited, "I heard that our trading house will accept any item!" This ice sculpture must be a treasure! I, if I hadn't been able to hold it at home, I wouldn't have sold it! ”

After that, the man raised his head, looked at Brother Cheng pleadingly, and said timidly: "I, can I exchange more money?" Please. ”

"You get up first, our trading house has taken your ice sculpture." Brother Cheng sighed, helped the man kneeling on the ground up, turned his head to Sister Xue on the side and said, "Xue, bring more money." ”

"Okay." Sister Xue stuffed the ice sculpture in her hand into Ah Qiu's hand, turned around and walked to the counter, and returned to them with some money after a while.

She handed the money into the man's hands, "Collect the money, and our deal will be completed." ”

"Thank you, thank you." The man kept bowing gratefully, Sister Xue helped him up, sent him out of the store gate, turned to look at Ah Qiu, who was grinning on the frozen ground, and laughed, "You, you can't stand this cold." ”

She walked up to Ah Qiu, took the ice sculpture, and said to the two, "I'll go wash it first." With that, he walked to the backyard with the ice sculpture.

Her voice floated from afar, "This ice sculpture is the only decent treasure we have received in our store in the past few months, and it is not easy." ”

Sister Xue took the ice sculpture and walked to the pool in the backyard, she squatted on the ground and held it with one hand and the other hand to wash it carefully, paying attention to whether its size had changed while washing, and her hands were red from the cold. "You're not an ice cube, are you? It doesn't seem to change much when it comes to water, but it's so cold. ”

She tapped lightly on the ice sculpture, but found that there was no sound, and said to herself, "Uh...... Solid. ”

Seeing that this ice sculpture was getting more and more icy, Sister Xue gradually couldn't hold it with her hands, she washed her left and right hands back and forth a few times, and suddenly an idea popped up in her mind.

She placed the ice sculpture next to the pool, crouched down beside it, and said to it, "I wonder what happens when you wash it in hot water?" Figurine, you're so cold, you're freezing me to death. With that, she stood up, turned and walked towards the kitchen, ready to boil some hot water, and then came back to wash off the mud that had not been washed in the crevices.

"Nope." Sister Xue had just taken two steps when a deep male voice suddenly sounded from behind her, she stopped and turned her head, "What?" ”

"You can't use hot water, I'm afraid of getting hot." The voice was magnetic, and Sister Xue looked around and saw that the entire backyard was empty.

She blinked and looked around again, her eyes finally returning to the ice sculpture, she walked back to its side and crouched down, "It's you, talking?" ”

"Who else could it be." The ice sculpture replied crisply.

"Who are you? The original spirit of this ice sculpture was fused with it? Sister Xue picked up the ice sculpture and leaned against a stone by the pool, sat on the stone herself, and continued to ask.

"It's always been here." The ice sculpture replied.

"Hey, can you please say a few more words, so precious words are like gold." The ice sculpture was still showing a burst of cold air, and Sister Xue felt that the stone was gradually becoming cold and couldn't sit still, she stood up, rubbed her arms with both hands, and stood next to the statue.

"Say what?" The statue asked rhetorically.

"Tell me what your name is, where you live, how long you've lived, and whatever." Sister Xue looked at the statue with a curious expression.

"My name is Suai. Have I lived for decades or centuries? It seems like I'm missing a piece from my memory, I don't remember. After a brief silence, the ice sculpture then spoke, "Home? I didn't have a fixed place to live, they picked me up and threw me, and wherever I fell, it was my home. ”

"How can they do this." Hearing it say this, Sister Xue suddenly felt a little sorry for this Xiaoice sculpture, she paused, as if she was talking to the statue and as if talking to herself, "Our people here are very good, Zicheng, Ah Qiu, they are all very good, just like my family, there are many spirits like you." ”

"Where is this?"

"This is the trading house at No. 13 Tonglin Road, and we are here to make deals with people and spirits." Sister Xue explained.

"Psychic? What to trade? ”

"I know what you mean, we're not psychic." Sister Xue pointed to the direction outside the back wall, and then said: "At the end of our road is a small forest, so it is called Tonglin Road, which means leading to the woods. The shop is number 13 on this street, hence the name. ”

Sister Xue paused, and then explained, "As for making a deal. It is to collect from people all kinds of objects that have not yet died out of the attached spirits, such as yours, and then help them find a home again, and at the same time make deals with some spirits to help them fulfill their wishes. ”

"Well, in that case, I'll still be thrown away." The ice sculpture sighed, a sense of disappointment in his words.

"No, no, no, it's not throwing it away." Sister Xue waved her hand and hurriedly explained: "We will find you a new home, I can guarantee that your next home will be your permanent home, and it will not be thrown away, believe me." Sister Xue looked at the ice sculpture with a firm look in her eyes.

"Suai! I'll take you to meet my family now, you'll be happy to stay here. Sister Xue took a few breaths of hot air on her hands, but the moment she picked up the statue, she was still frozen, "It's a little more cold!" She poured her hands back and forth a few times, took her arms in her arms, and ran to the store.