Today, Yunyan Town is as crowded as ever, and the grocery stores are as deserted as usual.

Although a few customers came intermittently today, more time Xu Huan and Xu Zhongde sat behind the counter in a daze.

Xu Huan walked out of the door of the grocery store, the originally bustling crowd was now as thin as the leaves of late autumn, looking at the smoke curling in the distance urging the sunset that was gradually sinking westward, Xu Huan was still silent.

The sunset picture is a very beautiful scene, and appreciating it with silence is undoubtedly the greatest respect for it, Xu Huan thought. But silence is often ended by noise, and what Xu Huan has been praying for since he walked out the door finally happened.

"Brother Xu Huan, what are you looking at?" A milky sound came from behind him.

Hearing this familiar voice, Xu Huan sighed, squatted down behind him, skillfully put on that kind smile, and replied gently, "I didn't see anything." ”

Two tiger-headed children came into view.

Sure enough, it's these two guys again.

Xu Huan was not surprised, the father of the two children was running the shop next door, and Aunt Wang, who delivered food to him, estimated that she could not rest assured that there were no less than two children, and she would bring them here every day.

Xu Huan doesn't like children, and he doesn't like to deal with children. In his mind, children always play cards out of common sense, and their ability to observe words and colors is not as skilled as adults, and they like to make trouble unreasonably and a lot of countless troubles, no matter which one is brought out alone, it is enough to give Xu Huan a headache, so these traits are taken together, and in Xu Huan's opinion, they are enough to destroy the world. Xu Huan didn't think that this was underestimating the world, and the world should have taken precautions against it. All in all, no matter which angle you look at, he should stay away from the child and never have anything to do with it.

But he is very popular with children and is very popular with children. For example, the two children in front of me.

"Brother Xu Huan." One of the older children ran over and grabbed Xu Huan's trouser leg, pointed to the other child and said, "Yesterday I heard you tell the story of the Holy Ancestor, Xiao Hao said that he would grow up to be a hero like the Holy Ancestor, I said that he was dreaming, and he was so angry that he almost cried. ”

The child named Wang Hao was flushed at this time, and quibbled: "You lied to people, I didn't cry, I will definitely become such a person when I grow up!" ”

"You see he still said." Wang Wen pointed at Wang Hao and grinned.

Why do children quarrel every day, it's not big, and there are a lot of things. Xu Huan sighed helplessly, touched the head of the child named Wang Wen at the foot of his trousers, and said softly: "Xiaowen, as an elder brother, should let his younger brother do more, you can't always bully him, you know?" ”

"I see." Wang Wen lowered his head and whispered.

Xu Huan looked up at Wang Hao and encouraged: "I also believe that Xiao Hao will succeed, but before that, you have to work hard and fight for it." ”

"Mmmm, I'll definitely try!" Wang Hao, who was still crying and mourning, nodded ignorantly, and his face was as bright as spring in an instant.

"Brother Xu Huan, it's okay to tell us more stories, I was dragged away by my mother in the middle of the last time." Wang Wen continued to pull Xu Huan's trouser legs.

"Yes, yes, Brother Xu Huan, I still want to hear the story." Wang Hao's eyes lit up, and he also surrounded and occupied Xu Huan's left trouser leg.

Looking at the expectant eyes of the two children, Xu Huan opened his mouth, but in the end he couldn't say anything to refuse, so he had to sigh and continue to tell the story that he hadn't finished telling last time.

"As soon as the first thunder of spring sounded, the first heavy rain of spring fell between heaven and earth, after the rain, the sky was clear, everything recovered, the Holy Ancestor passed through the dew of the sliding leaf veins, stepped on the soft mud, and came to the highest place of Zhulu City, overlooking all things in the world......"

He told the last story about the Holy Ancestor recorded in the wild history, and it is also the most vague and controversial story, Xu Huan has also read a lot of versions of the wild history, and has seen many people's speculation about this past. It's just that the only thing that is certain is that Chasing Deer City is the end point of the Holy Ancestor's glorious career, and from then on he is a thing of the past.

In the glorious history of this world, the Holy Ancestor is undoubtedly one of the most shining stars, shining until the story is still enduring thousands of years later, shining so brightly that it will never be covered up by history, shining so that both spiritual and mortal, whether it is women and children, young and old, have heard of his legendary name.

As the person Xu Huan admired the most, the young Xu Huan could not accept the end of his death, but as the years went by and the world changed, he gradually realized that human life is like quicksand on the ground, and sooner or later it will be slowly blown away by the breeze called time. Since it is a law, even if you can't accept it, you should learn to accept it.

"Xiaowen, Xiaohao, it's time to go home." There was a call from the front, Xu Huan looked up, just in time to see Aunt Wang walking out of the store, Xu Huan smiled slightly, and said, "Aunt Wang went back so early today." ”

Seeing Xu Huan's gaze, Aunt Wang's eyes couldn't help but dodge twice, and she said, "Yes, it's Xiao Huan." ”

"Don't, I still have to listen to Brother Xu Huan's story." Wang Wen cried with a sad face and said in a mournful voice.

"Don't mess around! It's always a nuisance. Aunt Wang stepped forward and pulled the two brothers who were pulling Xu Huan's trouser legs, smiled apologetically at Xu Huan, and then dragged the two children away quickly.

Xu Huan looked at the backs of the three of them leaving towards the sunset, stood for a long time, and remained silent.

Listening carefully, he didn't hear the sound from the grocery store, Xu Huan walked into the store and said expressionlessly, "It's long time to close." ”

Xu Zhongde, who was napping, suddenly woke up and opened his eyes dissatisfied: "Aren't you waiting for you to clean up?" ”

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After cleaning up and closing the store with Xu Zhongde, Xu Huan also finished work smoothly.

It is not appropriate to say that the work is over, after all, the grocery store is strictly the inheritance left to him by his parents, that is to say, he is the shopkeeper, so it should be Xu Zhongde who calls it a day.

Although his parents' suicide note at that time entrusted Xu Zhongde and the store to Xu Zhongde at that time, this did not change the fact that the grocery store belonged to him.

Walking alone on the slightly rugged stone road that was unpaved, Xu Huan watched the people around him close their shops one after another.

Although the Great Qi Dynasty was relatively liberal, it did not prohibit night markets and night travel. It is said that there is a city in the distance called the "City of Eternal Day", and even at night the lights are as bright as day, can you really sleep at night in this kind of city? Xu Huan was puzzled by this.

However, the residents of Yunyan Town rarely have the habit of traveling at night, so there are very few shops that are still open at night. Since this has always been the case, Xu Huan naturally didn't bother to do anything special, just follow the tradition and close the door with everyone.

Walking in the direction of the sinking sunset, which is the direction of the residential area, fortunately, the sunset is not as dazzling as the morning sun, Xu Huan is bathed in the warm orange light, stepping on the light fragments cast from the gaps, although it is autumn, it is a little warm for a while.

Xu Huan was naturally not the only one bathed in this orange-red warm light, such as the person who was leaning against the stone wall in front of him at this time.

The man of the same gender as a man was covered in mud and gravel chips, and his messy and dirty hair was scattered on his face, so that Xu Huan could not see his face clearly, his clothes were torn but he didn't have time to patch them, and only a dirty brown cloak that covered most of his body could withstand the cold air of autumn.

"Is it a beggar?" Xu Huan saw him so sloppy, and quickly came to a conclusion.

As a poor and remote area, Yunyan Town is naturally also a gathering place for beggars, but the truth and falsehood still need to be identified by themselves.

Xu Huan still remembers traveling with his parents when he was a child, although the family was still not wealthy at that time, his parents would still take him to give alms, compared to this, the second uncle Xu Zhongde not only did not give money but also secretly cursed two sentences, which can be described as low morality to worry.

But what did the good deeds of their parents bring them? Thinking like this, Xu Huan indifferently put his hand in his pocket and made a look of standing by.

But when he came back to his senses, Xu Huan found that he had some time to hold the only copper coin left on his body and put it in front of the man.

The man pulled away his hair, raised his eyes at Xu Huan, and said lazily: "Ye is not a beggar. ”