Under dusk.

A plainly dressed teenager is lying on the vast grassland, admiring the dusk not far away, not far away is a snow-capped mountain, the sunset, the snow-capped mountain is dyed golden yellow, as if like a painting, beautiful and moving, so that the young man's eyes can't take their eyes off.

Less than two meters away from the boy lay a fertile cow with its eyes closed as if it had fallen asleep. There is also a girl in a white dress beside the cow, chasing a brightly colored butterfly in the dusk, accompanied by the girl's laughter, echoing in this vast grassland, which is no longer quiet.

A breeze blew across the boy's cheeks, a hint of chill melted into his heart, the boy turned his eyes, looked in the direction of the laughter, inadvertently showed a hint of a smile, slowly stood up, patted the withered yellow weeds on his buttocks.

"Xiaoya, it's not early, we should go back."

Mingya heard the voice, stopped chasing the white butterfly, turned her head to look at her brother who looked dull yellow in the twilight light, and pouted.

"Yes...... I haven't caught it yet. ”

The girl's voice is a little immature, her face is like a peach blossom, her eyes are full of autumn water, because she has been running with Ming Xuan all the year round, her skin is no longer so white, no longer so immature and smooth, there is a pair of vivid eyes under the pale yellow skin, and her short hair is slightly curly to her shoulders.

Ming Xuan smiled and pointed at the white butterfly that had already flown away.

"It can't play with you all the time, it needs to go home too."

Mingya looked at the white butterfly that had disappeared, and also lowered her head, a little lost.

"Okay!"

Ming Xuan came close and reached out to help her clean the weeds from her hair, with a smile on his face.

"Okay, don't do this, my brother will go back and buy you sugar gourds...... Good no good. ”

When Mingya heard that there was a sugar gourd to eat when she went back, the corners of her mouth showed a smile that she couldn't hide, and nodded calmly.

Ming Xuan patted the cow sleeping next to him.

"Don't sleep, get ready to go back."

The cow opened his eyes, seemed to understand what he was saying, and nodded.

Ming Xuan took Ming Ya's little hand and walked slowly down the mountain, the cow following behind them.

After a long time, I have come to the foot of the mountain, continue to walk along the road, I don't know when, I have come to the outside of the town, the night has also fallen, the town is brightly lit, lively, the outside of the town is dark, quiet as ever.

Ming Xuan pulled Ming Ya to shuttle around the market, where the flow of people was surging, and if you were not careful, it would be easy to lose it.

Because the cows are too large, the street is occupied by more than half of the stalls, and there are more pedestrians coming and going on the street, and the cows are unable to move, and no one gives way, so the cows have to use their heads to push the pedestrians who stand in the way to the side to make a way for themselves.

The pedestrians who were on the top were a little annoyed, and scolded the cow a few words before they were relieved, and they didn't dare to get started, after all, the horns on the top of the cow's head were not ornaments, if they got started, they angered the cows, and they were pierced by the horns on the stomach.

From time to time, Ming Xuan will look back to see if the cow has kept up, if the cow is lost, Ming Xuan can't afford to pay for it, after all, the cow is not his own.

There were cheers not far away, Ming Xuan heard the prestige, and found that there were people not far away, men, women and children, it was very lively, and a section of sword qi came from the crowd, Ming Xuan just glanced back and sighed.

"It's this kind of selling competition again, I just don't know ...... Whose child is it for sale tonight? ”

Ming Ya was also attracted by the lively sound from afar, and because of curiosity, she wanted to break free from Ming Xuan's hand to watch one or two, but she couldn't break free.

"Brother...... It's so lively over there, let's not go and see it. ”

"You're still young, you shouldn't look at that thing."

After that, Ming Xuan took her little hand and walked into an alley, came to the door of a courtyard, and knocked lightly on ......the courtyard door a few times.

After a cup of tea, the courtyard door was opened, and a child appeared in front of him, with a clean face, neatly dressed, and looked about seven years old like Mingya.

The child looked up at the night, his face a little displeased.

"What's going on today, I only came back at the end of the day, didn't I come back at the same time in the past?"

Ming Xuan scratched his head and explained: "I was confused by the scenery of the snowy mountains today, but fortunately I watched it for a while, sorry." ”

Xu Zherui waved his hand, did not accuse too much, and quipped:

"I see! I thought you sold my old cow and ran away! ”

Ming Xuan has been dealing with him all year round, and he also knows his habits and knows that he is joking.

"You think about it too much, how can I sell it, it's my source of livelihood, besides...... Sell it for a few bucks. ”

The cow seemed to understand what he said, flicked its tail slightly, slapped Ming Xuan's arm, walked into the courtyard by himself, and walked towards the cowshed in the corner of the courtyard.

Xu Zherui also smiled when he saw this situation.

"I didn't expect you to cultivate such interesting feelings after taking it for so many years."

After speaking, he took out five cents from his pocket and gave it to Ming Xuan, and reminded: "Don't come back so late next time, otherwise, I don't dare to guarantee that the next time I herd cattle, it will be you." ”

Ming Xuan took the five pennies, put them in his pocket, nodded, and thanked him: "Thank you, it will definitely not be next time, no matter how gorgeous the scenery is, I will not stop for half a step." ”

"It's getting late, and I should go back."

Ming Xuan hugged his fists and said goodbye, and as soon as he turned around and took a few steps, he was stopped.

"Wait a minute......"

Ming Xuan stopped and looked at him inexplicably.

"I don't know...... What else? ”

Xu Zherui secretly took out a transparent bag from another pocket, which contained a piece of baked cake, threw it at Ming Xuan, and whispered: "It's hard to herd cattle, I don't like to eat baked cakes very much, and it's a waste to throw it away. ”

With that, he closed the courtyard door.

Ming Xuan took the baked cake and bowed while thanking him, Ming Ya learned from Ming Xuan in a good way and bowed too, even if he can't see or hear it now, the words of thanks that should be given are as indispensable as etiquette.

Ming Xuan took Ming Ya's hand and walked out of the alley, glanced at Ming Ya, whose face was like a peach blossom and had autumn water in her eyes, and asked, "Xiao Ya, are you hungry now?" Do you want to eat some baked cakes to fill your stomach? ”

Mingya shook her head and said, "Now that I have eaten the baked cakes, will my brother still buy me a sugar gourd?" ”

Ming Xuan touched her head and said with a smile: "Of course...... My brother promised you to buy you a sugar gourd for you, so naturally he would not break his promise. ”

Mingya tilted her head, thought for a while, couldn't help but glance at the baked cake full of temptation, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and shook her head.

Ming Xuan only smiled and didn't speak again.

Xu Zherui pushed open the door and walked into the living room, looked at the white-haired old man sitting in a rocking chair smoking a pipe with some vicissitudes, and asked.

"Grandpa, why do you let him go to herd the old cows every time, I have nothing to do at home on weekdays, why don't you let me go."

The white-haired old man took a sharp puff, exhaled a puff of white smoke, and laughed.

"You don't know what's going on in his family now, he didn't have the last meal, let him herd the cattle for us, just to let their brothers and sisters fill their stomachs and not starve to death."

Xu Zherui scratched his head.

"Just give them five cents to their brother and sister, it's good, every day it's herding cattle and ploughing the land, not only troublesome, if one day he can't bear it and dies in the field, then what should his sister do."

The white-haired old man slowly got up from the rocking chair, slowly walked to Xu Zherui's side, and inadvertently hit him on the head with his pipe, which was not good for his airway.

"Is our family's money blown by the wind? And also...... We have tried to help him as much as possible, if he dies in the field, it will also be a creation of man, and the heavens will accept him, and we will be helpless. ”

After that, the white-haired old man walked to the guest room.

Xu Zherui covered his swollen and aching head, didn't dare to squeak, he was afraid of being hit by a pipe, and when he watched the white-haired old man enter the guest room, he dared to jump like thunder, rubbing his already a little swollen head with his hand, and tears inadvertently flowed down from the corners of his eyes.

A gentle and virtuous woman walked out of the kitchen, looked at Xu Zherui, who was in tears, walked over with a distressed face, took off his hand, looked at the head that had already been packed, pulled him to the drawer, pulled out the drawer, took out ten thousand essences from it, poured out a little essential oil and smeared it on his head.

"Are you your grandfather off again?"

"No ......"

It hurt so much that Xu Zherui called his father, and his tears couldn't stop flowing out.

"Mother...... Hurt...... Light...... Tap. ”

"Don't use force, how can I help you press the bag down, man, just bear with it."

The woman did not slow down the application, but increased it.

It hurt so much that Xu Zherui's eyes were full of stars.

Ming Xuan pulled Ming Ya out of the alley, looked around, and found that there was an old man standing in the middle of the crowd not far away carrying a handful of sugar gourds.

With a kind smile on his face, the old man watched the brother and sister run towards him.

"Grandpa, here's a sugar gourd."

Ming Xuan spoke to the old man in a very gentle tone, and there was a smile on his face.

The old man nodded, and after sifting through it, he took out a relatively large sugar gourd.

"Thank you, old man."

Mingya took the sugar gourd and happily jumped in place to show how happy she was.

"Grandpa, this is a few pennies for a sugar gourd!"

Ming Xuan took out the five cents he had just earned from his pocket and looked up at the old man with a kind face.

The old man stretched out three fingers and glanced at the few pennies he held in the palm of his hand like a treasure, and quickly changed from three fingers to two.

Even if the gap between the old man's conversion was very short, Ming Xuan also noticed this, and lowered his head a little embarrassed.

"Grandpa, it doesn't have to be like this, it's as much as it should be."

After that, Ming Xuan took out the three pennies and handed it to the old man.

The old man only took two articles, and one more was stuffed back.

Ming Xuan didn't want to take back this money, but this money was really a lifesaver for Ming Xuan's current fate, so he had to be ashamed to take it back.

The old man smiled and turned away.

Ming Xuan took a deep breath and walked in the direction he came, and suddenly felt that someone behind him had been staring at him.

Ming Xuan stopped and turned his head to look, and found that it was a little boy with a gray face, tattered clothes, and messy hair, who looked to be about nine years old.

Even if he was discovered, the little boy didn't dodge, but stared directly at the sugar gourd in Ming Ya's hand, and also showed a kind smile to Ming Xuan.

Ming Xuan also saw that he was interested in the sugar gourd in Ming Ya's hand, and he had no malicious intent, so he dared to put his mind at ease.

Ming Xuan glanced back, glanced around, and once again locked on to one person from the crowd, that person was the old man who had just sold sugar gourds.

Ming Xuan ran towards the old man quickly, Ming Ya didn't know why, and didn't think about it so much, so she quickly followed.

"Grandpa, another sugar gourd."

Ming Xuan came to the old man and took out the last remaining pennies from his pocket.

The old man smiled innocently, and after screening again, he picked a larger sugar gourd.

Ming Xuan took the sugar gourd, and did not give the three cents to the old man, but stuffed it into his pocket, so as to prevent him from only collecting two cents again, and after stuffing the money, he quickly ran into the distance.

The old man is a dumb man who can't speak, now that he is old, his legs and feet are not good, he can't catch up with him, so he has to accept it, the old man smiled honestly, waved his hand to Ming Xuan, and said goodbye.

Ming Xuan also smiled and waved goodbye to the old man.

Ming Ya came to Ming Xuan's side, and said without knowing why.

"Brother, what are you doing here, how are you running around."

Ming Xuan didn't answer her, but took out the sugar gourd and pointed to the little boy not far away.

"Go, help me give this sugar gourd to the little boy not far away."

Mingya took the sugar gourd and looked at the little boy who was staring at this side, Mingya didn't ask too much and walked towards the little boy.

The little boy saw her coming this way, and did not know what she was going to do, so he did not linger too long, and walked towards the crowd, and the pace was not very fast.

Seeing that he was leaving, Mingya quickened her pace, and inadvertently came to the little boy's side, handed over the sugar gourd in her hand, took a bite of the sugar gourd in her hand, and couldn't speak clearly.

"Here, my brother asked me to give it to you."

The little boy was a little at a loss, he didn't expect that she was here to deliver the sugar gourd, so he didn't pick it up, but looked at Ming Xuan, his eyes revealing clarity.

Ming Xuan just smiled.

Mingya saw that he had not answered, and also urged.

"What are you still hesitating about, my hands are sore."

The little boy looked back and said apologetically.

"I'm sorry."

Mingya raised the sugar gourd in her hand and reminded him to take it quickly, after all, after lifting it for a long time, his hand was indeed very sore.

Hearing this, the little boy didn't care about anything anymore, took the sugar gourd, and thanked him: "Thank you." After thanking him, he poured into the crowd and never saw his small figure again.

When Ming Ya saw him leave, she also jumped towards Ming Xuan. Then the two siblings did not delay any longer and walked in the direction of home.

Ming Xuan heard the cheers and the sound of sword fighting again, and when he looked closely, he found that he had come here again. Ming Xuan was not interested in this kind of place at all, after all, this kind of place was not a place where people should come at all, but those perverts would come to this kind of place.