The night mist in Yue'er Valley surrounds it, and the silver mist rises and falls, which can't help but make the people in it feel a little cold. Looking up, golden rays of light poured out halfway up the mountainside, entangled with the mist that filled the mountains, relying on each other and being inseparable.

It is not as powerful as the mist covering the valley, and the golden light is blocked by the stone gate halfway up the mountain, and it is impossible to see the whole picture. Inside the stone gate, a man dressed in a silver-patterned python robe on a black background, sat cross-legged on a carved stone.

There were two inner pills circling in front of him, and the golden light in the cave flowed from one of them.

The other Neidan was wrapped in layers of golden light, different from the golden Neidan, which was full of light, it was dark gray as a whole, and there was a fragment of black spots on the edge.

The man closed his eyes like this, and repeatedly washed away the dead air on the gray Neidan day after day, and sat silently in the cave. Until the black spot was completely dissolved by the golden light, a lowest-level spirit inner pill quietly took shape.

At the same moment, the man withdrew the Jin Dan, which had become a little dull due to the long-term operation of spiritual power, and he suddenly opened his eyes and caught the round object that had fallen without support. The golden light in the cave disappeared, and his already pale face added a touch of misery, and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood, his brows furrowed as if he could ignore the sharp pain in his body.

He raised his hand and wiped it casually, the blood stains on the corner of his mouth blurred to his cheeks, and then gently rubbed the Neidan on his hand, and whispered, "Go, I'll accompany you to do it all over again." As soon as he finished speaking, the stone door opened automatically, and Nedan leaped out of the man's hand and disappeared.

In the ninety-eighth year of the reign of Jingguo, in the middle of winter, the north wind howled.

Ji Liu carried a basket of yams, accompanied by the sound of "Rub ~ Rub ~" in his ears, and walked slowly on the mountain road connecting Zhaofeng County and Lianhua Village.

It was too cold, she couldn't help rubbing her hands, and the voice of Ji Liu cheering herself up came from the jade and silver mountains: "If you can sell it for a good price today, you can buy a new jacket for grandpa, the old one is too worn and not warm." Little did he know that his shoes had been soaked because they had been buried under the snow.

"Hehe, go buy some minced meat and stir-fry to eat. Go back to the pheasant nest in the back mountain, and maybe you can get two eggs. After remembering Liu Nian, he felt that his body was warmer, and his steps became more and more energetic, and he arrived in the county in advance of the time of a cup of tea.

When she finally walked to the county seat, there were already people in the market who had set up stalls and sat there and dozed off.

Because it was the first time she came, Ji Liu didn't know the rules, even if there were a lot of empty seats, she didn't dare to sit down at will, if she provoked any Earth Dragon King, she might have to be beaten back.

After looking around with almond-like eyes for a week, she cautiously walked over to an aunt who was lowering her head to sort out the purple persimmon on the spread, looking round and big, and seductively salivating.

She squatted down and asked her aunt, "Auntie, this purple coffin is really good, but it's a lot of money, right?" "Ji Liu hasn't seen a purple cuspon a few times in Chunxi Town, this thing is very expensive, and she wants to buy it every time she sees it. It's just that even if she sells all the yams in her hand, she may not get two in exchange, she is reluctant.

The aunt who sold the purple persistent raised her head, and in the dim environment, the first thing she saw was the bright and flexible eyes, which seemed to hide endless happiness.

She unconsciously liked the girl in front of her, and replied with a smile: "Yes, just such a little money from the sale is enough for the family to eat for half a year." ”

Ji Liu heard that she could make so much money, and she was really envious, she suddenly remembered the mountain behind her treasure, so she set up a topic: "I also have this purple tree over there, but the purple tree that grows is small and astringent, let alone selling, it is uncomfortable to eat it yourself." ”

While speaking, Ji Liu took down the basket, put it next to the aunt, and asked, "Auntie, can I sit next to you?" Just chatting. ”

The aunt nodded and smiled: "Of course." My surname is Zhang, and the little girl can call me Aunt Zhang. ”

But when she saw Ji Liu put the basket on the ground, she directly squatted down on her knees, and asked with doubts: "Didn't you bring a small stool?" I'm going to be numb by squatting all the time. ”

Ji Liu sighed, and said helplessly: "The basket is too small, I want to decorate more yams, the road is also far, it is inconvenient to hold the stool." Aunt Zhang, who is fine, simply stayed up for a while and passed. ”

She spoke lightly, but it was a little distressing to stay in Aunt Zhang's ears. This girl looked only fifteen or sixteen years old, and although she was tall, her body was unusually thin, and she seemed to be about to be blown away at any time under the cold wind.

Aunt Zhang thought about it and gave her her low stool, but Ji Liu kept refusing to ask for it, only saying that she was young, and this bit of suffering didn't matter.

The helpless Aunt Zhang could only watch Ji Liu squat tired, so she sat down directly on the ground, even in such an environment, she still looked at the yam in the frame with a smile.

As the sky began to lighten, some vendors came to the market one after another, but no one had come to buy anything yet. The two sat side by side and chatted idly.

"Girl, where are you from?" Aunt Zhang's question made Ji Liu unconsciously remind him of the first time he went to the town to sell vegetables. Eight-year-old she, carrying wild vegetables dug from the back mountain in the cold winter, staggered step by step to Chunxi Town to sell, the picture is that the old men in the town want to eat some fresh goods.

Because only in this way can you sell at a high price and give a certain medicine to Ji.

"I'm from Lotus Village, what about you, Aunt Zhang?" After Ji Liu answered, he was too busy to spread out the topic.

"I'm from the county seat of Zhaofeng County, go there through two alleys to the end, and my house is on the right hand," Aunt Zhang stretched out her hand and pointed forward, and then asked: "You girl lives in Lotus Village, why don't you sell yam in Chunxi Town?" It's a long way to the county seat. ”

Now there is a halo in the sky, Ji Liu stretched out her head along her hand and looked at it, and the alleys were full of blue brick houses, one after the other were clearly visible. The pattern of the blue-tiled houses is very similar, and it is obvious that people who have no ideas and savings will not be able to live in them.

"Usually I sell it in Chunxi Town, and recently I heard from people in the town that someone in the county offered a high price to collect yams. Thinking that I could make a little more, there were just some wild yams growing in the back mountain, and I had all shaved them over. Ji Liu remembered that the uncle who sold vegetables in the town two days ago said that the owner of the yam collection was from other places and only stayed in Zhaofeng County for a few days, she couldn't help but be a little worried, and she didn't know if the person was still there.

Aunt Zhang doesn't often come to the market to sell goods, because many situations are not clear, she stomped on her frozen feet, and said with pity in her heart: "What about the family? Now that it's snowing heavily, it's not easy to come out for a trip, isn't there anyone with you? ”

"When I was very young, I also encountered a cold winter, and the snow was heavier than this year, and my grandfather rolled down the mountain and broke his leg in order to go out to buy me stuttering," Ji Liu remembered the old man at home who often had a cold face and was extremely good-looking, and ironed in his heart: "Although it is cured now, once the sun is wet and cold, my body is always sweating painfully." ”

"What about your father? No...... Is it there? When Ji Liu heard Aunt Zhang's question, she instantly quieted down, and it seemed that she often asked the same question as her grandfather.

Many years ago, Ji Liu was not as tall as her grandfather's legs, and the boys around her often laughed at her for being a wild girl without a father and a mother, she would run back crying at that time, and asked Ji over and over again: "Grandpa, where is my father?" Why do other boys have fathers and mothers, but I only have grandfathers? ”

Every time Ji encounters a question that cannot be answered, he always likes to put on a face. He stretched his face and didn't speak, he had a momentum on his body, and whenever the young Ji Liu Dan saw his stinky face, he would snort and retract his crying.

Slowly, Ji Liu stopped asking. When she grew up, she knew that not everyone in this world has a father and mother.

"How do you sell this yam?" The sudden strong voice pulled Ji Liu back to reality, she looked at the strong man in front of her, her brain was a little knotted, and she was stunned for a while before she whispered: "Two coins of silver for a catty, there are twenty catties in it." ”

As soon as Ji Liu finished speaking, Aunt Zhang pinched the corner of her clothes and put it in her usual life, and it was estimated that it was only worth one or two silver when she sold it all in this basket.

The strong man didn't ask much after hearing this, and directly stretched out his clenched fist towards Ji Liu.

Seeing this situation, Aunt Zhang was inexplicably a little nervous, she resisted the urge to pull Ji Liu behind her, and heard an impatient voice from the strong man's mouth: "Here are ten taels of silver, all of them." Help Lao Tzu deliver things to the ferry, and someone will look for you to pick up the yams. Then he threw out a piece of silver in his hand and smashed it straight into Ji Liu's arms.

After speaking, the strong man turned around and walked towards the depths of the market, muttering as he walked: "I want less this year, and I don't know how much oil and water I can eat...... and then go farther, Ji Liu couldn't hear clearly.

"Ouch, I'm scared to death," Seeing that this person was gone, Aunt Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, and pulled Ji Liu and couldn't help but count: "You girl, the lion doesn't ask for a price like this, you have to lose this man regardless of the price, otherwise you will suffer." ”

Who would have thought that at this time, Ji Liu's heart had been filled with silver, she was full of regret, what did she not ask for more? Why was he frightened by that man's figure? If she directly asks for one tael and one catty, will she receive fifty taels of silver?

Ji Liu was a little pity, she opened the placket of her clothes and received the silver in her arms, the cold touch stimulated her chest to shrink suddenly, but this feeling made her steady. Then Ji Liu turned around, stared at Aunt Zhang and asked, "Auntie, where is the ferry?" ”

Ji Liu has never been to the county seat since he was a child, and even the location of the market is still told by an aunt and uncle who sells vegetables in the town.

She has a good memory and a good sense of direction, so she arrived at the county seat safely with these two points and successfully found the market.

"Girl, listen to my aunt's advice, let's find a man, give him some money, and let him send it to you," Aunt Zhang never went to the transition, but the things there were one after another, and they were pickled, and she was in a pang in her heart, so she leaned her head over and couldn't help persuading: "The ferries in Zhaofeng County are mixed, and even men don't go there easily." ”