"Daoist, you woke up so late today."

"It's hard to get peace of mind."

"Rare peace of mind~"

"Scholars."

"Scholar essence~" Sanhua Cat said again, and then said, "Do you want to wipe your face?" Sanhua Niangniang wants to bring you water, but there is no water at home, so she has to spend money to buy it or go to the well over there to fetch it. ”

"Don't worry."

"Do you want to eat? Sanhua Niangniang is going to buy you steamed buns. ”

"There's no hurry."

"There's no hurry~"

"Then ask Sanhua Niangniang to turn into a human form."

"Humanoid ......"

The cat repeated and looked at him suspiciously, then jumped off the table and landed on the ground as a girl.

"Please take off your shoes and stand over here."

"Hmm!"

Sanhua Niangniang looked in the direction he pointed, and suddenly saw the wooden wall separating her neighbors, and there were hooks on the wall that used to hang paintings, as well as traces carved by Taoists.

The little girl immediately understood, and immediately shook her foot to let the shoes run away automatically, and then stepped on the cold wooden plank with her bare feet, and walked over to stand with her back to the wall.

Instantly try to straighten your waist and hold your head high, as if you want to lengthen your body.

At the same time, a pair of eyes quietly aimed at the Taoist.

"Sanhua Niangniang, don't tiptoe."

"Sanhua Niangniang didn't tiptoe."

"Sanhua Niangniang lied."

"No......," the little girl bent down to look down, "it stood on its tiptoe." ”

"Put it down."

"It doesn't listen to Sanhua Niang."

“……”

"Hey, it's going to go back on its own!!"

"Maybe it heard what we said."

As he spoke, the Taoist bent his legs slightly to keep him at about the same height as her, and his gaze was level above her head—although it was a simple matter, he was still serious and solemn.

The scale of three years ago is no longer visible, and it is blocked by the head of Sanhua Niangniang.

"You're so comparable!"

"Whatever is as much as you want."

"It's a good comparison!"

“……”

The Taoist stretched out his hand and moved over the top of her head, his movements cautious, and a slight scratch on the wall made an additional mark.

"Alright."

“！”

The little girl suddenly took two steps forward with her bare feet and turned to look.

There are two marks on the wall, one high and one low.

Song You stretched out his hand and gestured.

The tall ones are a little taller than the short ones.

The little girl also did the same when she saw it, learning him to open his five fingers and put his thumb on the lower scale, and wanted to learn from the Taoist, so he put his middle finger on the upper scale, but soon found that because his hand was smaller and his fingers were not long enough, he couldn't put it down at all, and when he put his middle finger on the upper scale, the thumb ran away from the lower scale.

This made her a little distressed.

"In three years, Sanhua Niangniang has grown so much taller."

"So much!"

"Yes."

"Is it much?"

The little girl stared at him with a pair of inquisitive eyes.

"That's a lot of cats that have grown up." The Taoist replied truthfully.

"What about people?"

"There are a lot of people who have grown up." The Taoist still replied truthfully.

"What about those who haven't grown up?"

"Not at all."

"Is that less?"

“……”

The Taoist didn't answer, just smiled and touched her head, and said to her: "It's a wonderful thing for Sanhua Niangniang to grow up without knowing something......

"How wonderful?"

"It's that no matter how fast you grow, until you grow up, you will feel slow. No matter how slow you grow, when you grow up, you will feel fast. The Taoist said to her, "Besides, Sanhua Niangniang has a long lifespan, so there is no need to worry about this at all." ”

“……”

The little girl also stared at him with her head held high, blinking her eyes.

How can a child understand this?

It's just that the Taoist told her that she was willing to listen, and the Taoist said that there was no need to worry, and she was willing to believe it.

"Let's go."

"Where to go?"

"Let's go to the well and wash up, and then go have breakfast. After breakfast, we went to find the official business of the store, and they left a house for us, so we want to express our gratitude. And send the horses out of the city, where the houses are too small to live in. ”

The little girl followed him downstairs.

Became a human form, but did not change the nature of the cat, did not walk in front of him, did not walk behind him, knew that the stairs were narrow, but wanted to squeeze beside him, and asked while squeezing:

"But why is Sanhua Niangniang growing slowly?"

"The growth of the monster after the transformation is related to the heart, and the three flower girls grow slowly, which shows a little ......"

"A little!"

"Sanhua Niangniang has always been happy."

"Very happy......

The little girl thought about it seriously, and then looked up at him:

"That's right!"

The bucket opened the door, and in the morning of Changjing, it was already bustling outside, full of fireworks in the world.

The neighbors outside, the merchants who opened the shops, and the vendors who set up their stalls at the door couldn't help but be surprised when they saw the figures of the Taoist and the girl at the door.

"Is the gentleman back?"

"When did the gentleman come back?"

"This girl is beautiful!"

Song You nodded and replied to them.

I wanted to go out to fetch water, but when I saw that there were many people on the street, it was really inconvenient for some people to carry water to sell, and they shouted along the street, and most of the money they earned was coolie money, so the Taoist spent money to buy two buckets.

In these years, it is very common to sell water, even if Dayan digging wells has been popularized in the streets, and the people can drink the well water, but it is also a well in a region, some people are far away, and some wells are not enough to supply all the households in the area, so some people pick up water to sell and earn hard money. It is common for people in the city to buy firewood and water, and sometimes even account for the majority of living expenses, and the salary money is used to refer to the cost of living and even the remuneration of labor, which is probably how it began.

I had water, washed my face, and went out to eat.

There is a small shop opposite, and there is a small stall for spending.

The shopkeeper still remembers Song You, and greeted him as soon as they met: "Ouch, Mr., it seems like I haven't seen you for a long time, this is a long trip?" ”

"Gone on a long journey."

"Gotta have ...... It's been more than half a year, right? ”

Song You knew that the repetitive work day after day often affected the thickness of time, making people feel that it had not been a long time, but in fact it had been a long time, so he replied while sitting down:

"It's going to take a little longer."

"It's been so long!" The shopkeeper patted his head and didn't care, "What to eat?" There are steamed cakes, steamed buns and gruel, more, and the recently popular preserved egg and lean porridge in Changjing, which is very fresh, the meat used in the shop is the most solid, and it is also the thickest boiled, a bowl only costs six yuan, do you want to have a bowl? ”

"Let's have two bowls."

"Okay......"

As soon as the shopkeeper turned around, he scooped porridge from the pot.

Not too thin and not too thick, the large iron spoon and bucket bowl are scooped high and then fall back into the bowl, and the brown and dark green of the preserved eggs, combined with the pink of the meat foam, look tempting.

A spoonful is a bowl, obviously a spoonful can be loaded with a bucket of bowls, but it is a little bit worse, and then make the second spoonful, aiming at the colored place in the porridge and then hook a little, add it to the bowl, it feels very different.

It is the careful thinking of ordinary people.

Sprinkle with a few chopped green onions for garnish.

The shopkeeper said to the Taoist while holding it: "I don't know where the practice came from, now there are a lot of people in Changjing who buy preserved eggs and preserved eggs, and the porridge and soup are very fresh, and the two of you must have not tasted it......"

Two bowls of porridge were served to the Taoist at the same time.

The little girl was not satisfied with what the shopkeeper said that she had not tasted, but she did not want to refute it, so she just turned her head and stared at the shopkeeper.

"This girl ......"

"My boy."

"It's really beautiful, born like a golden boy and girl next to the gods."

"Everybody says that."

The Taoist had already picked up the chopsticks.

The little girl did the same, but she couldn't help frowning.

It's really expensive to live in the city-

The Taoist priest itself is very easy to feed, especially in the wild, where there are rabbits, he can catch a rabbit, or catch two fish, and he can feed it. Even if there are no rabbits and no streams, you only need to cut some special grass like feeding a horse, pick some mushrooms for him in the summer that will not die if you eat them, and pick some fruits, and you can also feed the Taoist priest. But this Taoist priest has a problem, he always likes to go into the city.

Going into town costs everything.

Even water costs money......

Obviously, Sanhua Niangniang has a water knife, and the water in the world, as long as there is no god and no spirit, they will listen to Sanhua Niangniang's words.

What a hassle.

Sanhua Niangniang sighed, turned around and beckoned the swallow upstairs to come quietly, and she carefully picked out the meat foam from the porridge.

"Swallow swallow, is it delicious?"

"Chirp~"

"Actually, the rat meat is chopped, and it's similar to this."

“……”

“……”

One person and one swallow, suddenly silent.

Sanhua Niangniang didn't realize it, and continued to pick up the meat foam.

Just feeding and feeding, she turned her head and looked across the street.

Song You followed her gaze and stopped his chopsticks.

I saw a woman wrapped in thick gray and black clothes walking from across the street, and it was vaguely seen that there was a hidden blade under the clothes, and when she walked to the door of her house, she found that the door next door had been opened, so she couldn't help but walk to the door next door first, look at the jujube red horse standing inside, and then look up at the open window on the second floor, as if puzzled, one hand on the waist, the other hand on the back of the head scratching.

The already messy hair suddenly became even more messy.

Immediately, as if he was aware of it, he turned around abruptly, and met the eyes of the two people sitting in front of the breakfast stall.

“……”

The woman turned her head to look at the door, then to look at the two of them, and was stunned for a moment before she walked forward.

"Shopkeeper, please have another bowl of porridge." Song You shouted, "Forget it, let's have two bowls, plus two boiled eggs and two big meat steamed buns." ”

"Okay!"

"Plop Plop ......"

The swallow departed suddenly.

At the same time, a woman dressed in gray and black clothes dragged a low bench over, made a noise on the ground, and turned her head to glance at the frightened swallow that flew away, and then looked at the two people, one big and one small.

Sanhua Niangniang frowned, stared straight at her, and took the lead in saying:

"It's been a long time since I've seen a woman!"

"Long time no see." The Taoist also bowed his head and said, "I thought that the woman had left Beijing and would not come back." ”

"When did you come back?"

"Last night."

"Just last night?"

"Just last night."

"What a coincidence......"

"yes."

When the old people saw each other, they all felt a little emotional.

(End of chapter)