Song You was woken up by the sound of gongs and drums outside.

When I opened my eyes in a daze, it was the first day of the first month of the seventh year of Mingde.

The banging outside continued.

Song You took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it, the air was cold, the temperature was extremely low, and this kind of weather should be nested in the quilt for a while.

Still, he lifted the covers.

The three-flowered cat shrank next to his thigh, lying on her stomach and burying her head deeply, her ears trembling slightly with the rhythm of the beating outside, especially the piercing gong cymbal, obviously she had also been woken up, but she still crouched and refused to get up, thinking that she was very tired last night.

“……”

Song You couldn't help but lean over, approached the cat, and took a deep breath on her.

As expected, there was a warm smell of brine.

Turning his head again, he scanned the room, and found that the small movable stove in the room had changed its position slightly, and had been moved back somewhere, and a small pot was placed on the table, cleaned, and as long as it could not imagine what it had experienced last night, none of those things had happened.

At this time—

The cat didn't know if it was because of the departure of the quilt, the cold replaced the warmth, or because the Taoist was puzzled by the action of sniffing on his body, so he finally raised his head, sleepy-eyed, and stared at him with a puzzled face.

"It's okay......"

As soon as the Taoist let go of his hand, the quilt fell, and the whole cat of Sanhua was covered tightly.

It's a cold morning in the north.

Exhaled, it was a rich white, and when the Taoist got out of bed, he quickly wrapped himself in a paper coat, and then came to the window, pushed open the window and looked down.

Although the town is small and there are not many people, the atmosphere of the New Year is not light at all.

The Taoist looked at the window for a long time.

Retracted her gaze and turned around, but saw that the cat on the bed had a head out from under the quilt, and only one head had been drilled, to be precise, only her facial features were exposed, and her chin was attached to the mattress, which made people imagine her body posture in the quilt, her eyes were half-squinted, and she was sleepy, but she kept staring at the Taoist.

Seeing that the Taoist looked over, she asked:

"Is it New Year?"

"yes."

"Is it another year?"

"yes."

"Is it spring?"

"There are still a few days before spring begins."

"When are we leaving?"

"It's too much snow in the north, so I'll leave when the snow melts."

"Are you going out?"

"Go out and buy some steamed buns." The Taoist said to her, "Do you want to eat Sanhua Niangniang?" ”

"Sanhua Niangniang seems to have just eaten it."

“……”

"The rats here are so small, only ......"

When the three-flowered cat spoke, the quilt shook for a while, and stretched out a small paw of white gloves, as if he wanted to compare the size of the northern mouse, but found that only one paw could not be compared, and it felt inconvenient to send two paws, so he retracted and continued to stare at the Taoist:

"Anyway, it's very small, Didi'er is big, oh, it's about the same size as a pastry, it's round, Sanhua Niangniang can eat several at a meal, but Sanhua Niangniang made a lot of them last night, and they all kept them, and the Taoist priest doesn't need to call Sanhua Niangniang to eat these days."

“……”

The Taoist wanted to speak and stopped, and in the end only left one sentence: "Last night was really hard Sanhua Niangniang." ”

"It's not hard."

"Then I'm out."

"You get out."

The three-flowered cat still maintained its posture, only revealing a cat face from the quilt, and its eyes were staring at the Taoist.

The Taoist shook his head and went out to go downstairs.

The three-flowered cat also retracted its head.

The shopkeeper has been waiting downstairs for a long time.

"Sir?"

"Up."

"Auspicious New Year!"

"The store is also auspicious."

"By the way, sir, was you cooking that braised pork in the room last night?"

"Nope."

Song You could only answer truthfully.

Then he nodded to the store and went out to the street.

A swallow flew in the sky and followed him.

The street on the first day of the first month is really lively, this kind of excitement has little to do with whether it is prosperous or not, it is a rebound of cold and depressed accumulation for a year, and it will last at least until the first few days.

Except for the day of the beginning of spring, the Taoist realized the spirit of the beginning of spring overnight, so he still did not practice much, only spent his time and energy on studying and eating, and went out of the city to listen to books next door when he was free. In the first few days, I could meet the young man named Xu Qiu'an every day, but the Taoist asked him to sit with him again, but he refused, and in the next few days, Xing started working again, and he couldn't meet him.

The inn's business is slowly getting better.

Song You lived here for a month.

The weather has warmed up, but the snow has not subsided outside the city.

Song You adheres to the concept of "the money carried is the hard-earned money of Sanhua Niangniang, and it is necessary to save", and negotiated with the store to continue to live here until the snow melts outside the city, and the price follows the monthly package, but the money for one day is charged for one day, which is equivalent to cheaper.

The store is honest and agreed.

It's just that this gentleman has made the store anxious and confused for a while.

Anxiously, since the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, people have kept asking what was cooked at the inn that day and whether it could be eaten in the store, but although this gentleman has also made braised meat twice these days, who would have thought that the pot of brine could be reused? He wanted to steal and didn't have a chance, so he was anxious.

Then there were a few times when the incense came in the middle of the night, and once the shopkeeper turned on the lantern and searched the front and back of the house, but did not find the source of the fragrance, and I couldn't help but wonder.

Fortunately, after each midnight incense, the brine in the cauldron is less, and the water line drops significantly. But now, the brine is running out, and the gentleman seems to be leaving, and I wonder if I can see him with the brine again.

How can the store not be in a hurry?

There is still a doubtful place -

On the first day he moved in, the gentleman said that he had two friends in the city, and had seen them in the inn these days, one was a very beautiful little girl, and the other was a young man who was extremely beautiful, and he did not look like a mortal, and after a long time, he found that these two often only went in and did not go out, and often did not go in, but came out of the inside.

At the same time, when Mr. Na went out, he was often followed by a three-flowered cat and a swallow-like bird.

The shopkeeper often talks to his wife at night and talks about this.

I also had whispered conversations with relatives.

I only know that this gentleman is not ordinary, and he should also be a master of cultivation with a lot of skills.

Gradually, it was the beginning of February.

The Taoist walked out of the inn again, followed by a little girl on the left, dressed in tricolored clothes, and a young man on the right, dressed in black and white.

"Sir is out again?"

The shopkeeper greeted him, but his eyes couldn't help but look behind him.

"yes."

"Where are you going?"

"Go out of town, it seems that the snow is starting to melt these days, go for a walk by the river." The Taoist smiled at him, "Maybe in a few days, it's time to say goodbye to the shopkeeper." ”

"The ice on the river is very unstable in February, but be careful, sir, it falls every year."

"Thanks for mentioning that."

The Taoist thanked him and walked out.

The shopkeeper was still staring at them.

I just thought that my eyes were vague and I didn't expect to be discovered, but the little girl who was carrying a blanket next to the person turned back from time to time, and also looked at him curiously, and several relatives said that the little girl was probably a cat, so the shopkeeper had to hurriedly withdraw his gaze and look away casually.

The Taoist went out of the city and went to the river.

There is a river outside the city, called the Ink River, and it is said that the ink bamboo of this Mozhu County is drinking the water of this ink river to grow a black jade-like color.

In winter, the river is frozen.

Throughout the winter, people can go.

Just a month after the beginning of spring, the ice surface quietly thinned and became dangerous.

The three figures soon reached the surface of the river.

The little girl glanced left and right, and then took out a dagger from her blanket, and then saw her holding the dagger, and the tip of the knife was pointing down on the ice on the river to draw a circle, silently, and there was no miracle, and there was a circle on the ice, which was smoother than the saw.

The little girl put a little more effort into it, and soon there was a hole in the ice.

Then the little girl put away her dagger, and no longer moved, but squatted down, staring intently at the entrance of the cave.

She had been here with a Taoist priest before.

It's so cold here, the whole river is frozen up, and the fish are suffocating underneath, and if you open an opening, after a while, fish will swim over. Sanhua Niangniang is very capable, they caught a lot last time, not only did they eat a lot, but also took more to sell on the street, and gave one to the store.

Sanhua Niangniang likes the feeling of catching prey, and prefers the feeling of catching prey and feeding it to Taoist priests, if it can still be sold for money, it simply can't be more liked.

This time I waited a little longer than last time.

From time to time, Sanhua Niangniang turned her head to look left and right, looking at the Taoist priest walking around on the ice, and at the swallow boy who was following behind her but did not dare to approach, wondering if they had scared her fish.

It didn't take long for the fish to arrive.

“！”

Sanhua Niangniang's expression froze slightly, and the person also retreated a little, hiding behind the ice and quietly aiming at the water.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, there were more pointed hook nails on his white and tender little hands, which were crystal clear, and the middle was pink, like a fine ice seed pink jade carving.

"Brush!"

Lightning-fast and accurate.

"Poof......

Only the slight sound of the water was heard, the splash of the water splashed, and when the little girl's hand left the water, she had already caught a big fish in her hand, and with a wave of her hand, the fish fell to the ice.

It's really hard to compare with the cleanliness of people.

"Bang Bang ......"

Fish struggle and swing on the ice.

Sanhua Niangniang immediately turned her head-

The Taoist priest was turning his back to him, looking into the distance, not knowing what he was looking at, really.

Sanhua Niangniang had no choice but to twist her head to the other side again.

The swallow boy in black and white clothes stood a foot away from him, facing his side, but looking at himself.

Sanhua Niangniang stared at him tightly.

“……”

The swallow boy couldn't help but take half a step back.

Sanhua Niangniang continued to stare at him.

“……”

The swallow boy was even more uncomfortable.

“？”

Sanhua Niangniang's brows furrowed slightly.

“！”

The swallow boy's expression froze, he was scared for a while, and his brain was running rapidly, and then he remembered and hurriedly said:

"Sanhua Niangniang is amazing!"

“……”

Sanhua Niangniang took a long breath, showed a satisfied expression, withdrew her gaze, and continued to look at the hole in the ice, waiting for the next unlucky fish to be delivered to the door.

The swallow boy also hurriedly came over, holding some kind of rattan grass in his hand, putting the fish on and putting it beside him.

Then the little girl kept waving her hand and catching the fish, and as soon as she caught the fish out of the water, she threw it aside casually, and did not look at it, but continued to stare at the water at the mouth of the hole. The swallow boy hurriedly went over, carefully picked up the fish and put it on a straw rope, and didn't dare to get too close to her.

The Taoist still looked into the distance.

……

Golden Jasmine has launched a plan to save you from expired monthly passes-

It's the end of the month again, and the monthly pass in your hand is about to expire, so it's a waste not to vote, so it's better to vote for Jasmine! Every month ticket babies want to have a home, everyone come and save them!

(End of chapter)