The seventh day of the ghost snow closure of the town.

The snow was getting thicker and thicker, and I looked at the old willow trees in the yard, the branches were crushed a lot, and the whole tree waist was getting more and more inclined. Jiang Qixi and I had no choice but to think of a way to clear the snow from the front and back of the house.

The fifteenth day of the ghost snow closure of the town.

There were already intermittent people in the town who had stopped eating, and my mother was so sad that she had to cook the porridge thinner, and thinner.

On the twenty-third day, another old man froze to death, and in the past, if anyone died in the town, he was carried to the grave on the back hill and buried. It's just that now, the path in and out of the back mountain is also suppressed by the ghost snow.

Wang Shigui asked the corpse to be moved to the snow, and a fire burned it, and it burned with a "sizzling" sound.

Jiang Qixi and I rarely go out, hiding in the house all day long, around the fire, what worries me is that Grandma Zhou's body is getting weaker and weaker, and she will cough for a few minutes from time to time.

"Jiang Qixi, it's been almost a month, and this ghost snow hasn't turned into water yet." I gritted my teeth.

Jiang Qixi was silent for a moment, "This ghost snow, I'm afraid it won't melt in a month." ”

Two months? Trimester?

I am a little irritable, the food at home has become less and less, and it is estimated that in less than half a month, I will run out of food.

As she spoke, my mother came out of the kitchen with a pot of gruel sprinkled with pickled radish.

Jiang Qixi picked up the bowl, only drank two sips, then shouted that he was full, and then walked out.

My mother sighed, and I looked at Jiang Qixi with some distress.

I don't know how long I can survive, but the entire Sifang Town has fallen into an unprecedented catastrophe, which is extremely miserable.

"Jiang Qixi, if it kills me, will the ghost snow stop?" I asked Jiang Qixi.

When Jiang Qixi heard this, he suddenly became angry, pointed at me and shouted, "Chen Xichun, you say these words, do you think you are a hero!" Don't you remember your godfather! I've tried my best to protect you for ten years, and now, what are you going to do! Then you go, go out for a few laps at night, and it won't find you! Don't wipe the ash of the incense burner, it's useless anyway! ”

Jiang Qixi shouted for a long time, and when he was tired, he finally squatted on the ground like a little girl, covering his face, and cried.

This is the first time I have seen Jiang Qixi crying, my heart is sore, and I am a little helpless.

"Don't cry." I reached out and patted her on the head.

Jiang Qixi knocked my hand off at once.

"Don't cry, A-Niang will beat me when she sees it." I continued.

Jiang Qixi ignored me.

"Daughter-in-law, don't cry." I said this by God.

Jiang Qixi finally raised his head, and after looking at me with red eyes, he suddenly burst out and grabbed my ears, pulling higher and higher.

"Next time I say these things, I'll hang you up and smoke!" Jiang Qixi said viciously and let go of his hand.

I rubbed my ears and smiled wryly and said I got it.

When night came, Jiang Qixi made a mattress as usual and kept me to sleep.

"Jiang Qixi, it's cold on the ground, otherwise you can go to bed too."

Jiang Qixi didn't look back, and said that he was not cold.

"I know now that it's not so easy to have a baby!" I continued.

"Shut up! Chen Xichun! Jiang Qixi replied viciously.

I immediately stopped my mouth, and my ears still hurt faintly.

In the middle of the night, I suddenly heard a strange shouting in my ears, like the slightest sound made by the radio when it was tuned to a non-frequency channel. I couldn't hear what was being said, but I was sure it was calling me.

It's weird that you don't call my name, but I know it's calling me.

I shook Jiang Qixi awake and told her.

Jiang Qixi thought about it, his face suddenly turned pale, looked at me and said seriously, "Chen Xichun, don't respond, remember, don't respond!" ”

"What if so?" I asked rhetorically.

"I'll tell you not to do it! Yes, you're going to die! Got it! Jiang Qi said angrily.

Looking at Jiang Qixi's solemn appearance, my scalp tingled for a while, and I hurriedly spoke, "I shouldn't shout death!" ”

Jiang Qixi breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "Don't respond, I remember Chen Xichun." ”

......

During the daytime on the second day, the old mayor Zhou Zhiping called people to come and told us to go to the ancestral hall.

After Jiang Qixi and I ate something, we walked through the thick snow and walked towards the ancestral hall. As soon as I walked to the ancestral hall, I heard the sound of shouting and shouting from inside.

Jiang Qixi and I looked at each other.

When I walked into the ancestral hall, I saw Zhou Zhiping directing the manpower and making holes in the ancestral hall.

Seeing us coming, Zhou Zhiping smiled and walked over.

I guess it must have been before, Jiang Qixi and I killed the old snake with the flower skin, which impressed him, otherwise with a town mayor, he would not be so polite to the two teenagers.

"You're here, look, I've come up with a good way to make a hole! From the ancestral hall, all the way to the outside of the town, although it is said to be farther, the hard work pays off. Zhou Zhiping played an official tone, and his somewhat sallow face was full of joy.

"Old town, you called us, is there something wrong?" I asked.

"Something." Zhou Zhiping rubbed his hands, "When I was digging a hole yesterday, I encountered a nest of mice, you know, I don't have much to eat now, so I caught a few and stewed them." ”

I knew that Zhou Zhiping had something to say, so I didn't interject.

"After eating, a little strange, the hole only hit more than 20 meters away, today when a few villagers went down the hole, was taken away by a rat, I thought, is it to eat the nest of rats, is it its descendants or what, like revenge, when we originally punched the hole, but did not see this rat."

Jiang Qixi sneered, "You eat someone's nest, and it's normal for people to eat you." ”

"Eh, you also know that now that you don't eat much, you can't care about any rats, snakes and rabbits, and everything you can catch must be eaten in a pot of stew." Zhou Zhiping said.

"So, you're coming to us and let's help catch mice?" I laughed.

"Yes, yes, you two babies, you have a lot of ability, help!"

Jiang Qixi didn't speak, and turned his head to look at me.

"I want three pounds of rice." After thinking about it, I spoke.

Three catties of rice is not much, and now the people in the old ancestral hall basically handed over all the things they could eat and piled them up in the corner of the ancestral hall, and Zhou Zhiping sent a few people to guard them.

In fact, I vaguely felt that I was dragging down the whole town, and I didn't want to ask for it, but suddenly I thought that Jiang Qixi only drank two mouthfuls of gruel every day, and I felt distressed.

Simply, take three catties of rice and let my mother, Grandma Zhou, and Jiang Qixi have a full meal.

Zhou Zhiping frowned when he heard this, I guess in his heart, he originally wanted us to help selflessly.

"Tiger boy, load three catties of rice for the two masters." Zhou Zhiping thought for a while before he spoke.

I took a small bag of rice, and Jiang Qixi had already taken a step and walked towards the cave.

I followed behind Jiang Qixi with the bag, Jiang Qixi glanced back at me, but didn't say anything after all.

In the cave, it was very dim, and every few meters, there would be a handful of torch heads, and the light was faint. The cave is very long and narrow, and there are many big Confucius on the cave wall, and I guess this must be a small hole made by a rat.

Jiang Qixi squatted down, grabbed a handful of dirt, put it under his nose and sniffed.

"It's nearby."

I nodded, to be honest, I have some sympathy for the rat in my heart, it was supposed to be a good nest in the hole, but the family was suddenly caught and stewed and eaten, and it is normal to be angry.

"Jiang Qixi, if you catch it, what are you going to do?"

"Naturally, it's a killing." Jiang Qixi said lightly.

I sighed, stopped talking, and with one hand the rice bag I pulled out the lightning strike wood.

When the cave was about to come to an end, Jiang Qixi stopped, turned his head to look at a big hole in the cave wall, looked at it for a long time, and took out a small wooden sword to gouge the cave wall.

The small wooden sword is cast from a thousand-year-old peach wood heart, which is naturally extremely hard, and it didn't take long for the holes in the cave wall to be cut wider and wider.

I looked in curiously, and suddenly I saw a pair of green eyes blinking at me.

I was startled and hurriedly took a few steps back.

Jiang Qixi calmly took out another talisman from the small flower bag and pasted it on the hole.

The talisman burned, and only a terrible howl could be heard from the depths of the hole, and a gray rat jumped out of the hole.

The big gray squirrel was at least the size of a dog, and was bending its paws, squatting on the ground, constantly begging Jiang Qixi for mercy.

"You're smart, you know that you can't fight, and you're starting to beg for mercy!" Jiang Qixi sneered, "When you ate people, did you ever think that there would be today. ”

The big squirrel listened and chirped with some anger.

Jiang Qixi sighed, "They ate your children and grandchildren, of course, it is wrong, but you should never have taken revenge on eating people." ”

The big squirrel suddenly raised its paws and pointed into the hole.

Jiang Qixi was stunned for a moment, looked into the hole, and I also stepped forward.

"Hey, Jiang Qixi, there seems to be someone in there who is still moving, as if he is not dead!"

"Hurry up, drag him out!" Jiang Qixi shouted.

Not long after, the villagers who were brought in the hole were dragged out by me and Jiang Qixi, but fortunately there was still a snort.

"Jiang Qixi, let it go, it didn't eat people." I persuaded.

Jiang Qixi turned his head and glared at me, "Master has said that demons and ghosts will be punished!" ”

"It doesn't seem bad......" I continued.

The big squirrel bowed gratefully to me.

Jiang Qixi frowned, "Chen Xichun, have you forgotten the text we learned, the story of Mr. Dongguo and the wolf, have you forgotten?" ”

"Jiang Qixi, you have to think about it, now that the ghost snow is sealing the town, if it wants to do evil, you can take advantage of the chaos to go out and eat people. Ganzu also told me many stories, such as the white crane repaying the favor, the koi turning into a dragon to save people, all things have spirits, and their nature is different. ”

"It's rare for you to say that." Jiang Qixi pursed his lips, then bent down and looked at the big squirrel, "I don't punish you today, it doesn't mean that I won't punish you in the future, don't do evil again, retribution is always bad, they owe you, I will help pay it back, you know, Taoist reward is for great good." will give you a title, just call it Mo Evil. ”

After Jiang Qixi finished speaking, the big gray squirrel suddenly became excited, happily waved his front paws, and kowtowed to me and Jiang Qixi.

I was stunned for a moment, I had only heard of weasels begging for a seal before, but today I have seen it, and there is a reward from Xiaodao Aunt.