After Yan Yueming listened, her head buzzed.

He remembered that the last time he came out of the silent neighborhood, he called his aunt, and the aunt sprinkled a string of silver bell-like laughter on the phone, telling him, "You know this time, right?" When I fell into the crack, it wasn't that I didn't tell you and deliberately concealed it, but I also forgot about it hahahaha......"

Youngest maternal aunt! Which of your statements is true and which is false?

Thinking about it like this, Yan Yueming's head was even more buzzing. He didn't know whether to be angry or laugh, his expression was so rich that he seemed to be changeable, and finally held back a sentence: "Thank you." ”

Li Zheng raised his eyebrows slightly, "Thank you?" ”

Yan Yueming whispered: "Thank you for saving my aunt." ”

Angry, Yan Yueming should still thank him, he immediately asked about the situation at that time, and became worried in hindsight, "Was the situation very dangerous at that time?" ”

His aunt was only 17 years old at the time, and her senior was much younger than her aunt. He's still so young, would he be scared if he got into the cracks? Definitely, right? No one is born with a heart that is not bad.

Li Zheng looked at him and didn't answer immediately, just stretched out his hand to him.

Yan Yueming was stunned, and then she realized that she was asking him to make the milk powder. Just now he sold Amway to the senior, and the senior obviously refused, why do you want to drink it now? But it didn't matter, Yan Yueming hurriedly poured him a glass, and his mood improved.

Li Zheng took a sip, met Yan Yueming's implied expectant eyes, nodded, and said, "It's not bad." ”

Yan Yueming was even happier, and in the next second, he listened to Li Zheng continue: "There are guests on the red boat, and the gods and ghosts are unpredictable, not to mention that your aunt has left her name on the boat. ”

"Guests?" Yan Yueming had a flash of inspiration, "Is it the NPC I said before?" ”

Li Zheng nodded, "In short, the matter came to the end, and the red boat capsized." Your aunt fell directly into the water, and by the time the search and rescue team scooped her up, she had already fainted. The search and rescue team took her out of the gap and took her to the hospital as soon as possible, and when she woke up again, many things were forgotten...... So, she doesn't have to be hiding it from you on purpose. ”

When Yan Yueming heard this, she was no longer entangled. This world is so dangerous, as long as you can come back safely, you don't care about gender anymore, what do you care about? He immediately thought of the river in the mountain village and said, "Did the little aunt pass by here along the river in that red boat?" ”

Li Zheng: "The premise is that those words are indeed left by her." ”

Yan Yueming: "What about the dog?" What about dogs? Our previous inference ......"

Li Zheng: "Since I talked about your aunt and Yi Hongchuan, if it's a puppy, I have a little impression." ”

Yan Yueming: "There are dogs on the boat, too?" ”

Li Zheng's gaze went beyond the fence of the thatched house. In the distance, a big yellow-haired and black-backed dog was chasing a nimble fat man, barking as he ran, and he was extremely vicious. And Li Zheng's tone was light, and he said: "The teacher got on the boat and accidentally stepped on its rice bowl, and it was very angry. ”

Yan Yueming was slightly stunned, "Ah, that's it." ”

That's infuriating.

After a pause, he added: "If this dog is the other dog, then it is equivalent to being on the boat like my aunt." Later, when the boat capsized, my aunt fell into the water and was rescued by you, and it ...... Wandered here? ”

Li Zheng: "Maybe." ”

The teacher did not return for a long time. Yan Yueming looked outside several times, and couldn't help but be a little worried, but saw that Li Zheng came back with a broken incense burner out of nowhere, afraid that his hands would be dirty, and he still padd it with a tissue.

Yan Yueming was puzzled, "Senior? ”

"Go inside." Li Zheng watched him enter the house, then took out a small iron box the size of a matchbox with a hollow pattern from his pocket, and took out a small piece of thumb-length incense from the small iron box and lit it.

The familiar fragrance spread, and Yan Yueming immediately thought that this was the kind of very expensive incense that Li Zheng had ordered for him, which was used to calm the nerves and strengthen the soul, and it could also help him sleep.

Li Zheng: "It's time for you to go to bed now." ”

Yan Yueming: "Okay." ”

The incense is all lit, and it is shameful to waste it. Yan Yueming left the bed for the teacher and senior, and slept on the bamboo collapse next to her. Although the bamboo collapse is small, there is also a thin quilt, which is enough for him to sleep alone.

Li Zheng watched and did not stop.

Yan Yueming fell asleep in this gradually diffusing fragrance, which did not make people drowsy, but made the brain very calm. Calm down without a trace of distractions, the whole body relaxed, just thinking about sleeping, and quickly fell asleep.

Another dreamless journey.

In the dream, there is only a light fragrance and the sweetness of fruit and vegetable oat milk powder.

I don't know how long it took, when Yan Yueming woke up again, when she opened her eyes, the room was pitch black, only the papier-mâché window was faintly revealing a little light. Startled, he quickly reached out to touch the flashlight he had placed next to his pillow before going to bed, and he breathed a sigh of relief when the light returned to his sight.

The senior and the teacher were not in the house, he looked around, the incense in the incense burner had burned out, but when he reached out to touch it, the incense burner was still warm.

Suddenly, Yan Yueming felt a little cold and quickly got up.

"Senior? Teacher? He whispered, but received no response. A slight uneasiness rose from the bottom of his heart, and he immediately took a deep breath and reassured himself that it was okay, that they might not have heard, or that they had just gone out.

Calming down, he walked from the bedroom to the hall, and saw that there was a large crack in the old door panel.

A faint blood-colored moonlight trickled in through the crack in the door, like a liquid. Yan Yueming's heart was pounding, and she cautiously came to the door and found that there was a piece of paper on the door.

On the paper is the familiar pen and pen words of Li Zheng, on which it is written: Go and go back, don't go out.

Yan Yueming's heart was a little settled, and at this moment, there was a dog barking outside. He looked out through the crack in the door, and found that the big yellow-haired and black-backed dog was in the courtyard, raising his head and barking at the night sky, majestic.

Eyes moved upward, and the blood moon was still high in the sky.

The dog also knows that the moon is different, so it barks at it?

Thinking like this, Yan Yueming couldn't help but look more carefully, and even a little fascinated. He knew he shouldn't do it, lest something go wrong, but just as he was about to look away, he caught something strange. The strangeness drove him to look at the moon again.

The more he looked, the more he felt that something was wrong, the surface of the moon ...... How can there be ripples?

It is like a veil, and like the surface of the lake that is crumpled by the wind, rippling in the evening breeze. Red, rippled, what would it be?

Or are you already hallucinating?

No, he fell asleep with incense lit, and at the moment he was in good spirits. As soon as the cold wind blew, his brain was completely clear, so he shouldn't be mistaken.

Is that......

In the midst of the lightning, an unbelievable guess appeared in Yan Yueming's mind, which made his eyes widen. That's not a veil, it's a hijab, a red hijab!

Isn't the bride's hijab also red? This may not be a blood moon at all, but a red veil on the moon!

What to do, what to do, what to do? He had to quickly tell his seniors and teachers about this speculation, although he felt that what he could find with his IQ and observation, the seniors and teachers would not ignore it, but what if?

Yan Yueming looked at the dog outside, opened the door boldly, beckoned, and shouted in a low voice: "Rhubarb! Rheum! ”

The dog turned his head and gave a small puzzled look.

Yan Yueming: "I don't know what your name is, you don't mind calling you that, right?" Rhubarb, do you know where my teacher and seniors went? ”

Rhubarb came over, but didn't get very close. Yan Yueming gritted her teeth and wanted to raise her foot to step out of the threshold, but as soon as the foot stepped out, before it landed, Rhubarb screamed.

"Wang!" Rhubarb rushed forward, and Yan Yueming dared to come out, and it dared to bite.

Yan Yueming retracted her foot in a daze, but it also confirmed one thing even more, this dog was really helping them. Dogs live here, should be familiar with everything here, and dare to the moon

roaring, it can be seen that the strength is extraordinary. He took out a pen from his backpack, tore off the piece of paper on the door, wrote down his guess, folded it into small squares, and put it in a plastic bag to tie it.

"Rhubarb, can you give this thing to my teacher and senior for me?" Yan Yueming shook the plastic bag and asked.

Rhubarb seemed to really understand, and his eyes were full of wisdom when he looked at Yan Yueming.

In order to show respect for it, Yan Yueming deliberately squatted down to talk to it, so the two sides looked at each other. I don't know if his attitude finally moved Rhubarb, who slowly stepped forward and took the plastic bag away.

"Xie-" Yan Yueming hadn't finished saying thank you, and with a "bang", Rhubarb simply closed the door with a dog's head, and disappeared into the courtyard with a few ups and downs.

In an instant, only Yan Yueming was left in the small courtyard. He didn't dare to go out, so he thought about it and went back to the bedroom and stayed with the incense burner.

The waiting process was grinding, and in order not to let himself get cranky, he forced himself to do something else, such as boiling water to wash. When he had finished wiping his face, brushed his teeth, and had some biscuits in hot water, he took out a roll from the compartment of his backpack and began to work on the problem by the light of the flashlight.

At the same time, Li Zheng was standing by the river and received a dog express.

When he opened the paper and saw the words on it, there was no surprise in his eyes, but when he saw the last line of words, his expression was slightly relaxed.

[I'll stay in the house and wait for you to come back, don't worry - Xiao Ming]

If this is replaced by Que Ge and Wen Renjing, I am afraid that the village will already be running around at this time. With that in mind, he folded the paper back and put it in his pocket, glancing at the rhubarb.

"Go back and watch him."

Rhubarb screamed at him, fierce, but he seemed to be ruthless, just let out a cruel word, turned around and ran away.

After a while, Li Heping came out of the mountains and forests on the other side of the river. He pushed aside the branches above his head and walked out, spitting out something "Bah, Bah, Bah", his hair was stained with leaves, and his trouser legs were stained with mud, and he looked a little embarrassed.

The two looked across the river.

"How?" Li Zheng asked.

"Can't get out, there's no way." Li Heping was concise and to the point, looked around the mountains around this small mountain village, and said in a deep voice: "The mountains around here should be like this. Now there is only this waterway left, and if the red boat really passes through here, then the waterway will definitely lead to other gaps. ”

After speaking, both of them turned their eyes to the river.

Li Heping continued: "There is a moon in the water, and my current state is inconvenient to cross the river, so I will find a place to cat here and wait for dawn." You go back and look at Xiao Ming, don't let him have an accident. ”

Speaking of Yan Yueming, Li Zheng also told his guess about the moon.

Li Heping casually picked off the leaves on his head, squinted his eyes, and said, "Since even he guessed so, then this idea may be right." By the way, your side? How's the catch? ”

"The dog hole still hasn't appeared." Li Zheng said, glanced at his shadow, and said in an indifferent tone, "The shadow has faded, the approximate time limit should be 4 hours, and if you are exposed to the moonlight for more than 4 hours, the shadow will disappear completely." Without a shadow, the next thing to disappear is yourself. ”

Li Heping nodded, and then glared at him again, "Then you are still standing here, do you think you have a long life?" Don't hurry back yet. ”

Li Zheng shrugged and turned to leave.

Li Heping is not angry, this stinky apprentice is good anywhere, handsome, can make money, smart, although he is used to being angry, but in fact, he is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and he just does not hesitate to die.

However, Li Heping was still very sorry for his life, and immediately turned around to find a hiding place.

When Li Zheng returned to the thatched house, he saw Yan Yueming, who hung the flashlight on a high place as a chandelier and worked diligently, and wanted to call Li Heping back and let him see how hard his apprentice worked.

"Tuk, tuk." He knocked on the window.

Yan Yueming Huo Ran turned around, saw Li Zheng standing outside through the hole in the paper window, and hurriedly ran over to open the window, "Senior, you're back." ”

Li Zheng looked at his test paper, and he hurriedly explained, "I didn't stay up late, I have slept enough, and doing the questions is to pass the time." ”

Otherwise, I'd be too scared by myself.

At this moment, someone is back, the joy on Yan Yueming's face is almost coming out through her hair, and then she looks behind Li Zheng, "Senior, didn't the teacher come back with you?" ”

Li Zheng: "Stand back." ”

Yan Yueming took a step back suspiciously, only to see Li Zheng propped up on the edge of the window with one hand, and with light leverage, he directly came in through the window. That figure is really handsome, and it seems that his legs are particularly long.

For a while, Yan Yueming forgot about the teacher, picked up the thermos cup on the table and handed it over, "Senior, do you want to drink some water?" It's still hot. ”

After drinking the coffee, Yan Yueming washed the cup and refilled it with hot water.

Li Zheng closed the window, took the thermos cup, walked down slowly and took a sip, and then said Li Heping, "The teacher went to the mountain to take a look, he will stay on the other side of the river overnight, and come back tomorrow morning." ”

Yan Yueming: "That's right." Is there anything on the mountain? ”

Li Zheng: "Nothing. ”

Yan Yueming: "What about the moon?" Did you find any new clues about the moon? ”

Under the light of the flashlight, Yan Yueming's glasses lenses were reflected. He didn't ask Li Zheng if his guess was right, he was beating around the bush, but his eyes asking for praise were very sincere.

Li Zheng did not answer immediately.

Yan Yueming began to be apprehensive, thinking that she had guessed wrong, but fortunately, the senior finally said: "The teacher and I both think your guess is reasonable." ”

"yes!" Yan Yueming was overjoyed and surprised, "If that's the case, then the story of this small mountain village is a delusional fool who wants to marry the moon in the sky?" ”

Li Zheng: "Go on. ”

Yan Yueming: "The fool has fallen into the water several times, but he is actually hitting the moon, right?" Because there is a reflection of the moon in the water, he wants the moon, so he will fall into the water countless times. And his father, Wang Fuhu, is very rich and has married many concubines, but he only has one son, so even if this son is stupid, he still wants the stars not to give the moon? Oh no, it's the moon that doesn't give the stars! ”

Li Zheng picked up his scroll and looked at it, heard him stop, raised his eyes and glanced at it, "Go on." ”

"So, so there is no bride at this feast, and the bride is hanging in the sky. A mortal dared to think of the moon, and the moon sent down punishment. Pei Lang learned the truth from the concubine, and saw that his ducks had died mysteriously, so he prepared to escape in order to save his life; The one who lit the incense burner to worship should also know the inside story, and then hope to calm the anger of the moon? ”

"There's something wrong with you." Li Zheng said.

"Where?" Yan Yueming asked hurriedly.

"If it is really a red hijab, and not a blood moon, then it proves that the moon is still the moon, bright and white. If it had not been covered with a red hijab, its light would not have turned bloody through the red veil. ”

"Self-...... Self-inflicted? ”

"Let me ask you, what are the conditions for a man and a woman to talk about marriage?" Li Zheng asked again.

"Affection is harmonious, then the parents meet, and then ...... House, car? Bride price, dowry? Yan Yueming counted them one by one, and slowly understood what Li Zheng meant, "If a person wants to marry the moon, he must have a bride price." ”

What is a bride price?

Is it a faded shadow? Are those chickens and ducks that died mysteriously?

"The story in the cracks, no matter how absurd and bizarre, exists and is reasonable." Li Zheng said, picked up the pen next to him, corrected the paper with a few strokes, and handed it back, "It's like this weird world, you and me exist in this world." ”

Yan Yueming took it in a daze, feeling that what the senior said was really reasonable, and she was very philosophical in her casual words, and suddenly moved by the word "you and me", and then Yu Guang saw the exam paper-

It's a big red ×.

Heartbroken.