When the teenager and his party arrived in Yancheng, it was already evening.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's ~station~!"

The coachman reined in his horse, drove the carriage to a clearing near the city gate, and shouted into the carriage.

"Grab my hand, be careful."

"Nan Nan knows, the little squirrel is holding on to Nan Nan's braids."

"Squeak."

The boy led his sister and jumped out of the carriage, and the latter and the little thing on his head looked at the quaint city in front of him with curiosity.

The walls are not very high, but each brick is deeply engraved with the traces of time. The soldiers defending the city were dressed in heavy armor, their piercing gazes peeking through their visors, cautiously scanning the group of new visitors.

Under the whole world, it is not the king's land.

Yancheng was actually part of an ancient kingdom, and the monks did not bother to fight for power among mortals, but the princes and generals did not get tired of it. There are countless ancient kingdoms with vast territories in this land, and they divide the territory with each other as points.

The coachman took out a token and shook it at the soldier, who ignored this and went on his own patrol of the city walls.

"Big guy, hurry up and stay in the city, there's no place when it's late." The coachman reminded him that he was also going to get ready to go into town. The horses had been running for a day, and they had to rest well.

Nan Nan couldn't hold back her excitement, she happily took her brother's hand and ran to the city gate.

When he stepped on the first bluestone slab in the city, his big eyes reflected the brilliant lights in front of him.

Although it was getting dark, the city was brightly lit with red lanterns running down the streets into the dense flow of people.

The streets were crowded with people, and the vendors on both sides shouted tirelessly.

"Rock Sugar Gourd—Sweet Rock Sugar Gourd—"

"Crispy roast duck – crispy roast duck just out of the oven – "

"A new fabric—a quality that only an immortal would look at—"

On a corner of the street, a fat Taoist priest with a red face is crouching in front of what looks like an antique stall, holding a knick-knack and bargaining with the boss.

"I said, boss, you're pretty new?"

"What are you talking about, officer, this is a serious local product!"

"Boom—" The Taoist priest shook his head, dropped the gadget and left. Whether it was just unearthed or not, he still doesn't know.

Behind them was a noisy liquor shop, and some people were drunk and showed their drunkenness inside, and they started the drunken king's eight punches.

"Hahahahaha! Lao Tzu is the Big Dipper! Look-move! ”

"It's also the Big Dipper! Hurry up and pay for the drink, or I'll send you to the government!" ”

In the wine shop, others are talking and laughing while drinking, and they are happy to have a show to help the fun.

One day into the mortal dust, lingering and not returning.

Where has she ever seen such a scene, she took her brother's hand and looked around curiously.

The boy naturally felt his sister's excitement, and he originally planned to take his sister for a good walk and accompany his sister on this trip.

The young man squatted down and held his sister's face: "Let's go sell the herbs first, and then go to the Dajian store, and when we settle down, we will accompany the girl to have a good look, okay?" ”

"Okay."

Selling herbs was also one of the purposes of the trip, and the city's trading houses often offered a fair price.

There are many trading houses in Yancheng that can buy medicinal herbs, and the young man is one of them's old customers. The proprietor of the trading house was also happy to accept the young man's medicinal herbs, after all, this was the first-hand raw material picked from the depths of the mountains, and it was much more reassuring and fresh than the merchant's.

With the silver taels, the boy and the little girl found the inn, settled down, and plunged into the bustling crowd.

"Well, brother, you can eat another one, you can't eat it." While munching on the sweet and sour rock sugar gourd, she sensibly shared it with her brother.

The little squirrel naturally had a mouthful, holding a sugar gourd and nibbling on it.

The boy didn't refuse his sister's kindness, he lowered his head and bit one away, the sweet and sour crisp explodes between his lips and teeth, he nodded contentedly, and then looked around at what other snacks he could buy for his sister.

"Candy Man—"

A shout on the side of the street attracted the attention of the boy and the girl.

Not far in front of them, a craftsman was fiddling with several animated candy figures.

This naturally attracted a lot of children to watch, including many snot babies who were about the same size as Nannan.

The craftsman stepped forward, and while looking at the strange combination of the boy and the little girl and a squirrel in front of him, he manipulated with his fingers dexterously, and after a while, a little squirrel, a little girl and a teenager's little sugar man blew out.

The children exclaimed: "Wow-", and there were a few faint sounds of swallowing saliva.

Nannan's big eyes also shone with Bulling. It can be seen that she likes this little sugar man very much.

Seeing this, the boy resolutely bought it. Then the remaining funds were calculated, and although the boss of the comptoir took special care of them, the remaining money would be enough to buy daily necessities.

It happened to be late, so I should take my sister back to rest.

"Thank you, brother, I like it very much!"

On the way back, Nan Nan held her little candy man and looked left and right, and the night wind was very cool, blowing through her face that was red with excitement.

The little squirrel also holds up its own candy man, but it seems to have been thinking about whether or not to eat it.

But before handing it to the little squirrel, Nan Nan specially advised:

"Little squirrel, if you eat it, the sugar man will have no playmates, and he will be sad."

Well, don't eat it. It thought indignantly.

The boy held his sister in one hand and the vivid sugar man in his hand in the other. Naturally, he won't eat it, and if he could, he even wanted to treasure this sugar man for the rest of his life.

Lifetime...... If you become an immortal, can you really break life and death and make your sister happy forever?

The boy looked up at the night sky, where the stars were pouring down the starlight, and a full moon was shining softly towards the earth.

Nan Nan felt that her brother stopped, saw her brother's movements, and learned from her brother to look up at the sky, but the little squirrel was planted directly. It hurriedly grabbed Nannan's pigtail, and then swung it on Nannan's smooth forehead.

"Brother, there are so many stars."

"Yes, I heard the old man in the village say that if you become an immortal, you can go to those stars."

"Will there be another girl there?"

The boy chuckled when he heard this: "My sister is unique, and there is only one of the loveliest girls in this world." ”

"Hey, hey."

……

In the dead of night, the sound of the boy and the little girl's calm breathing echoed through the room. The little squirrel lay on her stomach and fell asleep in an extremely unsightly position.

A figure appeared in the room, and it looked at the squirrel, its face moved:

"The demon yuan who has completely exhausted his cultivation can barely survive, the old man really can't live with you......"

The black shadow stretched out a furry hand and gently covered the little squirrel, then the palm glowed, enveloping the little squirrel in a warm white light.

The little squirrel grunted comfortably, scratched its head with its toes, smashed its mouth a few times, and continued to fall asleep.

After finishing the treatment, the black shadow bulleter injected a silver light into the little squirrel's body, and whispered to himself:

"Now the old man is still being chased and killed by the evil dragon, this thing may be difficult to protect thoroughly, and I will hand it over to you here, which can be regarded as a little reward for your sacrifice to save you."

With that, the shadow disappeared from the room without a sound.

……

"Sugar gourd...... It's delicious......"