Section 5 The First Shadow of the Dragon's Back

Xu Yun thought that he was an adult, no matter how he thought about it, he shouldn't be so fragile, and he even cried his nose.

But the exhaustion of continuous overtime and the inexplicable crossing after waking up, as well as the miserable survival status of this body, still smashed his adult soul and heart.

The gradually subsiding fire slowly gathered the warmth from himself, re-wrapped the cold chill of his young body, and pulled him out of the depression and grievance that he had immersed in his heart, and wiped the nose on his lips with the thin cuffs that could not be seen in the original color, and the rough fabric rubbed a little painfully. He let go of his curled hands and feet, moved his body and picked out two thicker sticks of firewood from the pyre, and threw them into the hearth.

The ice and snow that filled the iron pot had already melted into water unconsciously, and the pale heat was slowly rising and drifting away. Stretched out a finger into the pot and tried it, the water temperature was slightly hot.

"At least there is a hut that can shelter from the wind and rain, and you can boil a sip of hot water to drink, which is not too miserable." He smiled bitterly, "It's not time to despair, since the traveler can come to this world, it's not impossible to find a way home." ”

After graduating from college, he found a job in a small Internet company with a low salary, but he didn't expect that this entry was endless meetings, chicken blood, and overtime serial bombing, which was two years, and tortured him, a sunny young man who had just entered the society, into a hair loss uncle.

If it weren't for the clean-looking and majestic female boss hanging up, she would have wanted to run away a long time ago.

"It's okay now, I've crossed over, see how you still deduct my salary for being late, not only did I not clock in to work today, but I didn't even ask for leave, how can you drop? Big breasts, huh? If you have the ability, you chase me and arrest me and go back to work. Hum hum hum · Hehehehe··· Hahahahahaha~ (Laughter gradually evil and middle two)"

Thinking of the expression on the female boss's face when she couldn't see herself clocking in to work in the office, didn't receive a leave message, and couldn't contact herself, Xu Yun grinned, and a snot bubble blew out of his left nostril, and a soft snap exploded in front of his eyes.

The fire in the hearth filled with firewood ignited vigorously again, dispelling the chill around it. Xu Yun scooped out hot water with a wooden spoon and put it in a wooden basin, and then went outside to fill the pot with snow.

The pore of the entire face opened under the stimulation of the hot water, and the scalp that had been soaked by the melting snow that had fallen on the top of the head and was numb from the cold wind gradually regained consciousness.

Grunt, grunt.

If you drown...

The thought crossed my mind.

But where is it so easy to suffocate yourself by holding your breath? When the suffocating sensation reached a critical point, he jerked his face out of the basin of water, and with a bang, hot water splashed the ground.

Taking a deep breath of the stinking and cold air in the room, the whole person came to life again.

"Since the monsters have failed to take Lao Tzu's life, why should I die myself?"

"Jack also said that since I can understand the divine script, it is a matter of time before I awaken the Vision of God, and after having the Vision of God, my identity and status will be different, and I will no longer be just a civilian wild boy in a mountain village."

"Teyvat is so big, since it has crossed over, how can those beautiful landscapes that have been seen before not be revisited on the spot? Maybe I will meet the partners who used to be on an adventure with the team, and the wives must still be waiting for my uncle to be lucky one by one. ”

He stretched out his hands and slapped them on his cheeks fiercely, but the strength of his small firewood-like arms was far greater than Xu Yun expected, and he almost fainted without pain.

"Teyvat, I'm here, feel the horror of the Teyvat hoe!!" Xu Yun pointed to the sky with one hand and shouted loudly with high morale.

Chirping~

The grinding sound of the shoddy wooden door opening and closing reached the ears.

Xu Yun suddenly turned his head and saw a pair of big crystal eyes looking at him with a strange gaze from the crack in the open door.

The atmosphere was very awkward for a while, at least Xu Yun himself thought so.

The cold wind that blew in through the crack in the door stimulated the skin of his face that had just been warmed by the hot water, and made him shiver.

"Timmy, my family baked some wheat cakes today, and my mother asked me to bring you two." The short figure at the door spoke, his voice crisp and childish. "She asked me to tell you by the way, it will take a few days to borrow your axe, anyway, you won't go into the mountain when it snows these days, and I will definitely pay you back before the snow stops."

"Oh." Xu Yun couldn't recognize who this little guy was, and this face was completely unfamiliar to him. I could only respond perfunctorily. "Come in and cook the fire for a while and then go back." it's so cold, don't keep standing in the doorway, you've let out all the heat in my house. ”

"Ah, I'm sorry, I saw that you were a little scared when you yelled just now, and you forgot about it." The short figure hurriedly opened the door and dodged into the wooden house, closing it very skillfully.

This is a child about the same height as Xu Yun, who can't tell male or female, his cheeks and nose are red from the cold wind when he enters, and his half-length unkempt hair just covers his ears, and a layer of snow is piled up on them.

He patted off the snow that had piled up on his head and shoulders at the door, stamped his feet, shook the snow out of the cracks in his sandals, and then hurried to the fire, sat down on a wooden mound, and stretched out his feet to roast by the fire.

Although his clothes are full of patches, they are thicker than Xu Yun's, and judging from the neckline, he has two or three layers of wear, so he won't be too cold on his body. Only his feet are wearing the same open-toed straw shoes as Xu Yun, which are definitely breathable and comfortable to wear in summer, and can only be frozen in winter. So a pair of little feet stretched out to the edge of the fire, the toes were redder than the top of his head and nose.

He took out two wheat cakes the size of an adult's palm from his arms and handed them to Xu Yun, who was sitting next to him. Xu Yun looked at the clothes on his chest that were stained with an unknown number of stains, and he couldn't see the original color of the fabric, and he didn't believe it if it was dirty.

Even if we order takeout, we will only find stores certified by the Health Administration?

This is probably the most hygienic and quality takeaway he has ever received.

Because he had eaten a big meal at Tima's house, and even had some support at this time, these two wheat cakes could not arouse his appetite at all, so he casually put the wheat cakes on the dilapidated cabinet next to the bed, next to the apple pie.

When I turned around, I saw that the child was secretly swallowing.

"What did you eat at night?" Xu Yun's eyes rolled, and he asked casually.

"Wheat cakes," the child rolled his eyes, and then brought you wheat cakes, isn't it superfluous for you to ask?

"Of course I know there are wheat cakes, but what about the others?" Xu Yun smiled, put his feet into the wooden basin, and quickly washed it while the water was still hot.

It's a pity that the water temperature is not hot enough, otherwise you can warm it up, and burning your feet is the only way to relieve fatigue. ’

I don't know how long this body hasn't taken a bath, and my body is dirty and smelly, and it itches from every corner of my body from time to time. I don't know if there are any fleas on my body.

"Others? There were baked potatoes, grilled mushrooms, and mom also stewed a pot of radish and mint soup with wild boar bones.

She said that the two wild boar legs that had been smoked would be sold in the town after the snow had stopped, and that the sausages would be kept for the Winter Snow Festival, so we had to be vegetarian during this time. The child snapped his fingers and recalled.

"Is that all you like mint? On this cold day, how can you do it without eating something spicy? "Xu Yun's can't see it, your little guy has a lot of supplies at home."

"Spicy?"

"Chili, oh~ That's right, you call it Jueyun Pepper here."

"Jueyun Pepper? It's a specialty of Liyue, and I've heard that only people from the city can buy it from merchants. How could there be in our village. The child was stunned, and then looked at Xu Yun's movements with strange eyes.

Xu Yun thought that soaking his feet in half-warm water was not refreshing, and his body was itchy, so he simply didn't soak it, so he took off his shirt and used a small piece of coarse cloth found in the straw pile as a towel, and began to scrub his body.

Don't say it, this coarse cloth is used to rub the bath, and the effect is unexpectedly good.

"Taking a shower on such a cold day, are your brains frozen to death Timmy?"

"But I'm itchy now, do I have to wait until the winter is over to wash it? Wouldn't that be dirty to death! ”

"But that's how we all come over in winter, last year you learned that wild boars were covered with mud, and I insisted on not bathing for a longer time."

Xu Yun rolled his eyes: "I must have frozen my brain at that time." ”

"But you said that wild boars are wrapped in a layer of mud, and in winter they are equivalent to an extra coat to withstand the cold."

"And then?"

"Later, when the mud wrapped around your body dried, it broke into slag and fell off, falling off as you walked, like a snail, leaving a trail along the way. Jona laughed at you for three days about it. The child seemed to think of something happy, a bright smile bloomed on his red face, and the little pockmarks on his nose seemed to come to life, shaking up and down one by one.

“··· I knew it was going to happen. Xu Yun muttered, quickly scrubbing his body with a strip of coarse cloth dipped in warm water. The layer of ash accumulated on the surface of his skin was rubbed into a roll of ash by him, and it fell off in a row.

"You're laughing too, aren't you?" He asked casually

"What's the matter, I also learned that you were covered in mud, and you were beaten by your mother when you came home, did you forget?"

'Ahhh Of course I forgot. I don't even know what your name is, how can I remember? Xu Yun thought a little apologetically.

"Wash my back, my arm can't reach it." He handed over the coarse cloth, "As a reward, this apple pie that Lady Ruth just baked today will be given to you." ”

"Really, Timmy you've done the best for me." The child had already found the pie that was placed side by side on the bedside table with the wheat cake, but he was too embarrassed to ask for it. He happily took the coarse cloth strip handed over by Xu Yun and started his temporary part-time job.

The child's strength is really not small, and the strength of the cloth strip rubbing the skin on his back makes Xu Yun almost think that he might rub off a layer of skin.

It turns out that the child's grasp of strength is still a little measured, although after the scrub, the back is hot and painful, but the skin is not broken.

Watching the child finish the apple pie with a happy face, Xu Yun also completed his cleaning business, and the water in the pot was just boiling.

The two of them soaked their feet together in hot water, and at the same time let out a pleasant moan and moan.

The good times always pass in a hurry, and the hot water that was still a little hot when I was down soon cooled down.

"It's late Timmy, it's time for me to go home." It may be the reason why the whole body is warm, or it may be the relationship that has finally eaten enough, the tired child who occupies the high ground again yawns, he stretches, and his slender body writhes like a worm.

"Then I won't send you, it's too cold outside, and I don't want this little bit of heat that I just accumulated to be blown away by the cold wind." Xu Yun's ruthless send-off was exchanged for an angry glare from the little guy.

"I'm still going home in the cold wind and snow, don't remind me of such a cruel thing before I go out.

You guys are so nasty. ”

"Hahaha, that's what I want." Xu Yun watched him heartlessly put on the dry and warm straw sandals that had been roasted by the fire.

"Actually, you can come to my house at night, my dad was dragged away by a monster today, and the vacant space in the bed at home can sleep one more person. And my quilt is better than your straw. ”

Xu Yun was silent, it turned out that his father was one of the corpses dragged away by the bleeding dog during the day. He wanted to be comforted but didn't know how to speak, and it was clear from the way he looked that he didn't realize how serious the loss of his father was.

"Your mom is sad, isn't she? You should go back and spend more time with her. After a long moment's hesitation, he said in a low voice.

"Why be sad? Mom said that Dad would go back to bed by himself in a few days, and every time Dad used to go up the mountain to hunt, he would disappear for a few days and come back suddenly, and the people in the village said that he was the best hunter.

So you can come and stay for a few days while he hasn't come back yet. ”

'Your mom lied to you. 'Xu Yun is full of black lines, how can he feel like he has been pulled up... Forget it, how can children understand this.

"No, my straw is warm to sleep, and I don't have to squeeze in a bed with a few of you, let alone sleep by myself." He perfunctorily refused.

"Cut~ Sleep alone, be careful to scare you to death when you encounter ghosts at night." The child stuck out his tongue.

After sending the child away, Xu Yun threw three unsplit logs into the fire, and with the warmth on his body that had not yet dissipated, he got into his haystack.

"Gan! This hay is not warm at all when it is windy on all sides, and the predecessor was probably frozen to death when he slept last night, right? ”

The faint grumbling sound rose and fell lonely in the cabin, and the only thing that responded to it was the sound of falling snow coming from the cracks in the door panels.

Next

Xu Yun, who was awakened by the cold, came out of the haystack and filled the embers in the fire pit with new firewood.

The wooden house had no windows and no chimneys, and only dug this open fire pit in the middle of the room, and it was a miracle that he did not suffocate to death due to lack of oxygen that night because he filled the fire pit with three coarse firewoods before going to bed.

With all these things in his mind, he sat by the fire and waited for the dawn in a half-asleep dream.

The rekindled fire quickly dispelled the chill in the wooden house, and also revived Xu Yun's half-dead body.

"Speaking of which, at the end of the day, I don't even know what that little guy's name is." He muttered and touched his belly, and it began to gurgle again.

Pushing open the wooden door, I saw the world outside the door, the earth was almost filled with white, but the sky was still dark, but I could already see a few stars, and I thought that the clouds in the sky should have dispersed.

After brushing the pot with snow, Xu Yun took the clean snow and stuffed it with clean snow and took it home and hung it on the stove to boil water. Picked up two potatoes and threw them into the ashes at the edge of the fire pit and buried them. He cut a small hole in the wood and brought the wheat cakes that had been frozen and hardened, and brought them to the flame to be roasted and hot.

Breakfast was just a mess.

There is no salt, and even if the wheat cake becomes soft and fragrant after being baked, it is really tasteless to eat so dryly.

While nibbling on the baked potatoes, Xu Yun missed the old godmother very much, it was cheap and delicious. During my internship, I helped myself through the most difficult month.

Finally peeking through the crack in the door that it was dark outside, Xu Yun couldn't wait to push open the door, stretched his neck to look in the direction of Tima's stone house, to see if the chimney of his house had been floating smoke, in case he ran over so early, and people hadn't woken up yet, wouldn't he just stand outside the door and freeze?

Before he could see the smoke, a beautiful aurora suddenly appeared in the air, and a beautiful aurora that spanned the entire field of vision rushed into Xu Yun's field of vision.

Behind the aurora, the towering snow-white mountain shadow seemed to pierce the sky, and the clouds of thunder from time to time could only wrap around its waist two-thirds like the brim of a hat.

Dragonspine Snow Mountain!

On the second day after Xu Yun crossed over, it lifted its own veil of mystery.

From time to time, the aurora twists its bewitching curves, the Dragon's Back Snow Mountain becomes its backdrop, and the bright stars form the curtain of its stage. The white belly of the fish in the east slowly climbed into the air, but it was not as bright as the brilliant brilliance brought by the aurora.

Xu Yun looked far away, looking at the highest place of the Longji Snow Mountain, through the gap where the brim-like clouds occasionally flashed, he vaguely glimpsed the mystery of the highest place, and the nail of the cold sky had not yet risen.

"Maybe in the future, if you have the opportunity, you can go to Longji Snow Mountain to explore and hunt for treasures. I just don't know if there are any treasure chests in this world. Xu Yun said to himself.

The temperature after the snow is not so cold because the snow has not yet begun to melt. Xu Yun admired the aurora for a while, and before the coldness reoccupied his body, he retracted into the wooden house to roast the fire. When his body warmed up again, he went out to check the smoke of Tima's house.

Finally, when he probed for the third time, the stone chimney floated out of the blue and white smoke, and when he saw it, Xu Yun actually felt a little kind and moved.