Daxing City.

Daxing City is located in the northern part of the Jixia Kingdom.

Gougou Village, a small village in the northernmost part of Daxing City, is located at the foot of Yunxia Ridge and is named after a valley next to it.

After a two-day long journey, Lin Yuan finally returned to his friendly and familiar hometown.

At this time, it was December, and Daxing City had already been covered with layers of snow, and it was white as far as the eye could see.

Yunxialing naturally can't escape the doom of being devoured, not to mention the deciduous trees that have lost their autumn clothes, and in the snow drifting, there are a few strong dark greens scattered sporadically.

Lin Yuan stepped into Gougou Village, and did not go to say hello to A-Niang first, but ran to the forest hut on the mountain.

Usually half an hour away, due to the snow and luggage, it takes a whole hour to see the crumbling hut half cut into the snow from a distance.

The door of the hut was not locked, and the snow completely covered the doorknob, and it was in a state of wanting to break in, squeezing the door half-hidden.

Obviously, the snow in front of the door has not been swept for a long time.

"Master isn't at home?"

Lin Yuan carried the box and climbed forward with difficulty, and Xiaobai followed closely.

When he came to the door, he struggled to remove the snow that was blocking the doorway.

Squeak......

The cottage may seem small, but it is divided into three rooms, one bedroom on the left and one on the right, and when you open the door, you will be greeted by the kitchen and living room.

Lin Yuan habitually lit a kerosene lamp, blocked the door with his suitcase, and reached out to touch the small table where he usually eats with his master.

"Why so much ash?"

"How long has it been since Master has been back?"

The uneasiness in Lin Yuan's heart rose again, more intense than ever.

"It turns out that the previous insecurity was because of this."

"Where has Master gone?"

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan rushed out of the door and ran down the mountain.

came to Ah Niang's house, at this time, Ah Niang Fang Yue and Ah Dad Chen Yongfu were clearing the snow in front of the gate.

"Auntie!"

Lin Yuan stood on the edge of the dam and shouted at the second elder.

The couple smelled the sound and looked at the young man in front of them with puzzled eyes.

"Young man, who are you looking for?" Fang Yue was on a broomstick, her eyes still swimming back and forth on Lin Yuan, she always felt that she had seen it somewhere, but she couldn't remember it for a while.

"Auntie, don't you know me?"

"Obuchi? Are you Obuchi? ”

Fang Yue threw down the broom, ran over with Fa Fu's body, and hugged Lin Yuan.

"A-Niang thought you wouldn't come back."

"My house is here, where can I go if I don't come back?"

Fang Yue held Lin Yuan's face with her rough hand, "I haven't seen you for almost two years, my Xiaoyuan is getting more and more handsome, and Ah Niang can't recognize it." ”

"Where's the handsome? Not that bear-like one yet? Chen Yongfu echoed on the side.

Fang Yue glanced at Chen Yongfu, and said with a smile at Lin Yuan: "It's cold outside, go into the house with A-Niang." ”

The mother and son came to sit down on the kang, leaving Chen Yongfu alone to silently sweep the snow at the door.

"Xiao Yuan, you are coming back this year, and your Fei Ge and Sister Dan will also come back for the New Year."

Fang Yue's tone was full of excitement.

"Really? Didn't they come back last year? ”

"No, they sent me and your father away as soon as they were 'busy'."

"So? I haven't been back for five or six years, right? ”

"yes, I don't know what they're up to, and they don't tell me anything when they ask. I'm going to have to torture it for the New Year. ”

"So busy, maybe you're making a lot of money outside?"

"Come on, as far as you Feige is virtuous, you haven't been to high school, how can you make a lot of money?"

……

The two chatted about their daily routines in the sky and on the ground, from the daily trivial matters of the husband and wife to the gossip that happened in the village, and so on, but in the end, it would all fall on urging marriage.

said that Lin Yuan was embarrassed for a while, and in order to avoid the topic, Lin Yuan thought about the ultimate goal of going down the mountain.

"By the way, A-Niang, do you know where my master went?"

"Didn't your master tell you?"

"Nope!"

"About half a month ago, your master said that he was leaving Gougou Village, so our village made an appointment with several villages next door and held a farewell party for him."

"I thought he went to look for you, and you master and apprentice wouldn't come back in the future."

"Huh? Didn't he tell you anything or leave a letter or anything before he left? ”

Lin Yuan wanted to seize on the last bit of hope.

Fang Yue shook her head after thinking about it and said, "Not at all." ”

As soon as these words came out, Lin Yuan's heart instantly fell to the bottom.

People who have raised themselves for eighteen years leave without saying hello.

Lin Yuan had mixed feelings in his heart, and he couldn't figure out why Master would do this.

"Oh, I'll go back to the mountains first, A-Niang."

Lin Yuan buried his head and walked out of the door, like a walking corpse, and he didn't realize that the goose feathers and snow melted into his neck socket.

"I'll go back after eating!" Fang Yue chased to the door and wanted to stay.

……

Tears poured out, and hot tears rolled out of their eyes before they could slip down and form hoarfrost.

His vision was blurred, and Lin Yuan took advantage of the hazy snow road and walked towards the mountain with muscle memory.

The depressed mood looks at the sky and the light is disgusted, and the surrounding light is a little dimmed.

Back in the forest hut, Lin Yuan began to rummage through the boxes and cabinets, looking for all corners of the bedhouse, just to find a little clue left by the master.

Until late at night, the eye sockets did not dry.

didn't care about burning the kang or eating, and got into the cold quilt and ended this sad day.

The night was long, and he had no intention of sleeping, but he tried his best to sleep, expecting that the master would come over in the middle of the night to add firewood to the kang.

The next day, Lin Yuan woke up full of anticipation, and there was no life in the cold and gloomy room, only endless disappointment.

On this day, Lin Yuan did not eat.

Dragging his cold and tired body and stepping on the snow to walk deep into the mountains.

The days in winter are unusually short, and it is only in the dark that I can barely find the hut.

Another day passed, Lin Yuan had already taken care of Qin Qianxia, who was not thinking about his heart, and took the medicine box and wandered around the villages.

While receiving free medical treatment, I asked even the slightest bit of information about Master.

I don't know how long it took, but I went all over the villages that Master frequented, and I didn't get any useful information.

Lin Yuan sat helplessly on the snow, lay down, and let the snow bury him.

[For eighteen years, did you not take into account the feelings of any master and apprentice?] ]

[Am I doing something wrong?] ]

[I haven't finished learning your skills yet.] ]

Lin Yuan lost the only relative in the world, and although Ah Niang and Daddy were very good to him, they were never as close as their relatives.

The snow was covered all over the body, and only the eyes were still exposed.

Xiaobai smelled the smell and ran over, leaving a winding snow road behind him.

Scraping the snow off Lin Yuan's body, licking his cheeks that were red from the cold.

"Wang! Barking! Woohoo Woo! ”

Xiaobai's scream pulled Lin Yuan back to reality, moving his frozen body, getting up with difficulty, patting the broken snow on his body, and carrying Xiaobai to the deep mountains.

……

Until this day, Xiaobai, who didn't return at night, ran back to the mountain, biting Lin Yuan's trouser leg and walking down the mountain.