The huge force of the wind forced her to separate from Xuegu, and Xihe swirled wildly with the whirlpool, making her dizzy, her stomach nauseous, the wind and sand squinting, and the constant whistling in her ears, she could neither see nor hear everything around her.

Just as she was praying in her heart for the sandstorm to pass quickly, a hand suddenly reached out from the gray dust and held her firmly, she looked up through her messy hair, and said in surprise, "Lord Mountain Ghost, you're okay." ”

The mountain ghost lowered his eyes, helplessly looked at her squinting and smirking, used the red shake fan to make a path in the wind and sand, turned in, in the wind and sand, Xi and vaguely saw the figure of Xue Gu struggling in the air, and shouted, "Lord Mountain Ghost, Xue Gu is there!" ”

After breaking through the sand, the mountain ghost jumped down with her waist around her waist, grabbed Xuegu's arm and led them out of the sandstorm, and fell back to the ground unharmed.

All of a sudden, the mountain ghost just wanted to let go of the hand that was holding Xihe's waist, but Xihe softened and fell to his chest, physically and mentally exhausted, and said for the rest of his life, "It's dangerous, it's dangerous." ”

She turned her face with difficulty, looked at him, and pulled out a dry smile, "Lord Mountain Ghost, it's good to have you this time, otherwise...... I don't know when I'll have to stop. ”

A sandstorm passed, the dark clouds disappeared, the sky brightened a little, and only a trace of the remnant sun was left in the distance, and the continuous colorful clouds reflected half of the sky.

They continued to walk in the direction of the finger needle, and finally met a color other than the yellow sand, their eyes lit up, and Xi He pointed to the tree not far away and said, "You rest here for a while, and I will go and pick some fruit for you to come back and taste it." ”

Xue Gu followed with her sword in her hand and said, "I'm with you." ”

So, the three of them came to the tree together, but they found that there were not many leaves on the tree, and even the fruits on the branches were scattered so much, the size of dates, not enough to stuff their teeth.

"Can you eat this fruit, why is it so small!" Xue Gu looked at the three or two fruits and couldn't help but pout.

Xihe smiled and said, "Pick a few and taste them first, it's better than not having to eat them." ”

After saying that, Xi and nodded and flew up to the treetops, picked three fruits in a row, she chose one of the larger ones, wiped them with a clean sleeve, handed them to the mountain ghost beside her, and said, "Lord mountain ghost, you taste it first." ”

Xue Gu consciously took another fruit from her hand, looked at the fruit in the hand of the mountain ghost, and said in a cool tone, "Hey, it's only been less than a month, and my status in your heart is not as good as before." ”

Xihe heard the sour taste in her words, hugged her arm and smiled, "Aunt Xue, you will always be second in my heart." ”

"And who's the first one?" She asked.

"Master, of course."

"Even if you have a conscience, you haven't forgotten the master and her old man." She raised her hand and tapped her forehead.

"Look at what you're saying." As she spoke, Xihe wanted to send the fruit in her hand to her mouth, but at this time, the fruit in her mouth was suddenly knocked to the ground by a stone, Xue Gu immediately turned around, pulled out half of the Mingyue Sword in her hand, put it on her chest, looked at the person, and asked sharply, "Who are you?" ”

The person who came was an eight-foot-tall young man, with a round neck, a long robe and a red robe, a robe with only half a sleeve collar, a circle of snow-white fox velvet around his chest, and a half circle of animal skins tied around his waist, and a piece of transparent peiyu on his waist, which was shaped like a snake.

His eyes were very clear, and when he smiled, two small tiger teeth appeared on his face, innocent and harmless, he looked at the fruit that was knocked off the ground, and arched his hand and said, "In Xia Yujingzi, it is a local native, I just want to remind you that the fruit of this dry pear tree will have diarrhea if you eat it." ”

"Dry pear trees?" The mountain ghost glanced at the fruit in his hand that had not yet moved, then at the tall tree beside him, and then said, "So this is the dry pear tree. ”

"Mountain ghost-sama, do you know this tree?" Xihe asked.

He nodded and explained, "The dry pear tree is the lifeline tree for the village to survive in the desert land, like the previous storm, if the ordinary houses were swept away long ago, the dry pear tree is known for its tenacity and wind resistance, and it only grows in the desert, so it is perfect for building houses." ”

The young man laughed clearly, "I didn't expect this brother to know a lot." ”

Xi He faintly felt that she seemed to have heard his voice somewhere, she took a step forward and blocked in front of Xue Gu, she asked with a smile, "This friend, we have lost our way through here, and seeing that it is already dark, can we make it convenient to spend the night?" ”

He smiled heartily at Xihe and replied, "Of course." ”

The leeward of the village, built on the leeward of the dunes, each tent is buckled on the surface, the interior is built with dry pear wood as the main beam, and the exterior is wrapped in a thick cowhide cloth to prevent sand and dust, they followed Yujingzi into a small courtyard, and when they walked to the door, Yujingzi shouted into the house, "Mother, there is a guest at home." ”

A lady with half a silver thread came out of the house, still holding a rag in her hand, and after looking at them for a while, she greeted them into the house with a smile.

As soon as they entered the house, the cold on their bodies suddenly dropped by half, they sat down around a charcoal basin, and the eldest lady took a single-spout pot and poured tea for the three of them, "Drink some hot tea to warm up." ”

Xihe held the teacup in the palm of her hand, leaned her face to the teacup, and was edified by the heat, she thanked her, "Thank you, auntie." ”

"Then I'll go cook first, and I'll let Yujingzi come in to accompany you."

After speaking, the eldest lady lifted the curtain and walked out, and then walked in with Yujingzi holding a plate of dim sum.

He sat down next to Xihe, handed the electric heart in his hand to her, and said, "This is the milk cake made by my mother herself, you can taste it." ”

After thanking him, he picked up one and took a bite, sweet and glutinous.

Yujingzi put the plate in front of them, looked at Xuegu and the mountain ghost, and said, "You can taste it too." ”

After Xue Gu took one, Xi and the mountain ghost didn't move, suddenly thought of something, and turned out a bag of squeezed bags from the bag, she opened the wrapping paper little by little, and the candied fruit in it was already pasted together, she held her mouth and said apologetically, "I originally wanted to give it to you to eat, but I didn't expect it to be squeezed." ”

The mountain ghost saw the formless candied fruit in her hand, raised her eyes to look at Xi He, who pouted her mouth, and an imperceptible fluctuation crossed her eyes, Xi He pinched half of it and put it in her mouth, and smiled sweetly, "It's not bad, it's still sweet." ”

The mountain ghost chuckled softly, pinched a piece of candied fruit from her bosom and ate it, and nodded approvingly.

Xihe handed the candied fruit to Yujingzi and asked him, "Do you want to taste it?" ”

"No, I don't like sweets very much." He said.

Yujingzi pushed the plate in front of her to the mountain ghost, and asked with a smile, "Doesn't this friend taste it?" I think you like preserves, maybe you'll like this milk cake. ”

The mountain ghost stared at the plate in front of him, but still didn't move, but Xue Gu unceremoniously took another one from the plate.

There was silence for a while, and there was a strange atmosphere circulating in the air, Xi He sat between the two, in order to break each other's embarrassment, she took a piece of milk cake and stuffed it into the mountain ghost's mouth without saying a word, bending her eyebrows, "Lord Mountain Ghost, this milk cake is also very sweet." ”

When the mountain ghost reacted, the milk cake was already in his mouth, he looked at the smiling Xihe, took another bite, deliberately took it from her fingers, Xihe choked for a while, immediately withdrew his hand, put his thumb in the palm of his hand and clenched it tightly.

The fire in the charcoal basin gradually faded away, but Xihe felt that it was getting hotter and hotter, she covered her hot face, her mind was blank, Xue Gu looked at her with a red face, and asked, "Xihe, what's wrong with you?" Why is the face so red. ”

She stood up and replied weakly, "It's a little hot in the house, I'll go out and get some air." ”

After saying that, he hurried out.

The mountain ghost watched the thin figure run out, the smile on his lips deepened, and he gently tapped the fan in his hand, making a clicking sound in the palm of his hand.

Yu Jingzi carefully looked at the man in front of him, although he looked gentle and polite on the surface, but in the dark he always exuded a chilling and strange aura, which made it difficult for people to approach and unpredictable.

Especially the fan in his hand, it is extremely weird, purple and golden, the mouth looks ordinary, but it is actually extremely sharp, the small bones of the lower body are shaped like a bend, and the fan nails are like eyes shining with golden light, I think this fan is also extraordinary.

Yu Jingzi didn't ask much, and after retracting his gaze, he turned around and went out.

Seeing Xi and a person standing next to the bullpen in a daze, he walked over, still smiling, "Sister, what are you doing here?" ”

Xihe was pulled back by his voice, she looked at the young man in red walking towards her, smiled, and said, "It's okay, I'm just going out for a walk and taking a look." ”

"Sister, where are you going? In this desert, very few people pass by. He asked.

After thinking about it, Xihe replied, "South." ”

He asked, "Then what are you doing in the south?" ”

This time, Xihe didn't answer directly, but just said, "Anyway, it's just that there are important things." ”

Without waiting for him to speak again, Xi Hexian asked curiously, "I just saw that there was only your mother in this courtyard, why didn't you see your father?" ”

Yu Jingzi touched the old cow in the cattle pen, a faint smile on his lips couldn't hide the sadness on his face, and his voice was a little lower, "My father let the cattle out on my tenth birthday, and he never came back. ”

"Didn't come back?"

He raised his face to look at her, and said with a wry smile, "I heard that you also encountered a sandstorm when you came, in this wasteland, there are always a few times a year when there will be a sandstorm, whether you can escape depends on God's mood, my father must have encountered God's temper on the day he went out, so unfortunate." ”

"I'm sorry, I don't know...."Before Xihe finished apologizing, he was dragged into his arms by Yu Jingzi and hugged tightly, a faint fragrance penetrated into his nose, and he was a little addicted after smelling it.

She heard a deep magnetic voice in her ear say, "It's okay, my mother said it's okay to hug when you're sad." ”

Will it be fine if you hug it?

The first time she heard that, she hesitated for a moment, she sighed, raised a hand and patted him on the back, really coaxing like a sister, "Don't be sad. ”

At this time, Xihe's ear suddenly heard the voice of the eldest lady talking, "Du Gongzi, aren't you cold standing outside the door?" It's about to be eaten, let's come in first, it's warmer in the house. ”