This is Xiao Yi's first time drunk, and the taste of this drunkenness is really wonderful. But it didn't come out of a small habit, and he woke up when the hour came. As usual yesterday, Xiao Yi finished boxing, sat at the door and waited for the guys in the rainy building to line up and walk slowly, Xiao Yi looked closely, it seemed that there were a lot less than this early morning, and those who wanted to come were all drunk too much last night.

Bai Qing also went out when he heard the sound, the two looked at each other and nodded, came to the front, and then practiced with everyone. Although there are fewer people, there are many neighbors who have joined, and the total number of people is a little more than yesterday. After everyone played once, they still couldn't get enough of it, and they did it again. Bai Qing gave a few old men some pointers, and everyone laughed. She inadvertently swept her eyes, only to see that Wu Lao Liu poked out half of his head from the door of a shop, and when he saw Bai Qing noticing him, he hurriedly retracted his head. Bai Qing smiled and ignored him.

It wasn't as cold as usual, but there were people walking around the street. In Lu's shop, Bai Qing took out the medicinal herbs, turned the pages of the book, and reviewed his memories against each other. Xiao Yi picked up a bunch of stones, sat at the door and threw them out one by one, making the rocks crackle on the side.

After a long time, Lu Ziling finally went out. She sang and muttered to herself,

"Why didn't I think to get some hangover medicine first. ”

She came to the counter, touched Bai Qing's head, and walked up to Xiao Yi and smiled at him, Xiao Yi thought that she smiled like this, afraid that something was going to happen, but fortunately, she just kicked the pile of stones away.

Lu Ziling stood on the street, feeling a little strange, and couldn't say what was wrong. Suddenly, Wu Lao Liu jumped out of a shop and startled her. He nodded, it seems that this Wu Lao Liu is very polite when he meets someone who can clean him up.

"Ziling girl, we will be neighbors in the future, let's move around more if it's okay. ”

Lu Ziling was confused. Wu Laoliu pointed to a row of shops on the street and said happily,

"These shops will all be under my control in the future, hehe, I rented them all overnight last night, the rent is really cheap, and the sum of this row is only enough to rent a small room next to the Yanyu Building. You don't know, it's usual......"

Lu Ziling was not interested in listening to his nagging, gave him a blank look, and turned back to her shop. Wu Laoliu's mouth kept talking, still pointing there, An Xiaoyi also felt inexplicable, but this street seemed to be really more popular. The streets on these two sides are of similar size, with a façade about one zhang wide and two adjacent open passages to form larger pavements. The Lu family pharmacy is separated from the middle and longitudinal partition by itself, although the room is narrow, but it can also live in people, after her father and mother left, Lu Ziling has been living here. In fact, her family also has an old house, but she didn't get along with her aunt, so she simply didn't go back. At the beginning, every Chinese New Year's holiday, uncles and aunts would come to the shop to ask her to go back to eat for the sake of face, but she always procrastinated, and sometimes simply refused directly, so the two sides basically stopped contacting each other.

Although this street is the most remote, it was also very lively back then, the streets here are wide, the shops are all very lively, and from time to time there will be a group of children running around, noisy and laughing. But ten years ago, the Lu family's case made people panic, and slowly not too many people came, the shops closed one by one, and the whole street became colder and colder, and in the end, only the Lu family girl was left alone.

But now that there is some popularity on the street, Lu Ziling is not very adaptable. She looked at the stones on the street, a little sad, but I was afraid that she also remembered the past scene.

In a blink of an eye, it was the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, and after Xiao Yi finished punching, the sky was still pitch black, and some fine snow fell, laying a thin layer on the stones. Xiao Yi sighed into his hands, and his feet kept jumping. This weather is much colder than in previous years, and during the day, Wu Lao Liu is holding a charcoal stove in his hand, and his upper and lower teeth are still fighting.

To say that this Wu Lao Liu was also prescient, he rented a row of shops at a low price, and within a few days, he sublet it out at a high price, making a lot of money in vain. It's strange to say, since the guys in Yanyulou come here every day to exercise, the shops on this street have opened one after another, and they have slowly recovered their former scene. There are more people who come to the Lu family pharmacy to see a doctor, Lu Ziling has changed her lazy look in the past, focusing on diagnosis and treatment every day, and her face is also a lot ruddy.

After digging up the medicine with her sister a few times, Xiao Yi Baiqing was in charge of this work. In fact, Xiao Yi doesn't know the way, but he can't establish an objective reference for the direction, so he always walks around, which eventually leads to getting lost. Lu Ziling carefully taught him to identify the direction, and used a silver needle to pierce his butt as a paving aid, and soon Xiao Yi didn't dare to easily mistake the direction. However, he will still get lost when he should get lost, but for the medicine collection in the nearby mountains, Lu Ziling can already rest assured. Sometimes Bai Qing stayed in the store to help grab the medicine, Xiao Yi would go to the mountains far away to look for it, and occasionally bring back cherished herbs, and Lu Ziling would also reward him with a few pieces of dense crispy meat.

The three of them stayed in the pharmacy during the day, and almost all of them were in the smoke and rain building at night. When the guests in the store retreated, they wanted to serve a pot of plum wine, and talked about the wine with Shen Muyang, chatting about the common news and interesting things in the rivers and lakes. This period of time is extremely comfortable, although the wine has been moderate, but the pride is not reduced by half. They love to sit at the table next to the window, Xiao Yi Baiqing sits next to each other, Lu Ziling and Shen Muyang each occupy one side and sit opposite each other, when there is a moon, the table is covered with moonlight, illuminating the translucent jade pot, making the taste of this wine a little more beautiful. Xiao Yi tied the "candle shadow" with the black stick and carried it with him, and he would play with it in his spare time, and occasionally imagine that it would be great if he could meet a kendo master like Fan Liangren again and teach him some advanced swordsmanship.

On this day, Xiao Yi went up the mountain to collect medicine and came back, put down the back basket, washed his face in the stream next to the street, and then put on his coat and wandered around at will. Although the weather is cold, the street is bustling with people buying New Year's goods. A cloth shop was crowded, the boss was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut, the clothes store guy next to him and the guest had friction, the boss was smiling and mediating, but the guest was still chattering, and the daughter-in-law of the Li family paid for a broken bowl and grabbed the naughty children around her...... An Xiaoyi suddenly felt that life was so good, and thought about using her change to buy some charcoal-grilled tofu for her sister and Bai Qing. He took a step towards Sun Laohei's stall.

There are many shops on this street, and of course there are also foot traders, who can find any vacant space on the street, spread out their stalls and start business. This Sun Laohei is like this, the table is two feet square, there is a charcoal fire in the middle, and the dried bean curd on the silk screen is roasted by the charcoal fire. There are all kinds of spices on the side of the countertop, and the fragrant and salty are all according to the guests' preferences. Lu Ziling has eaten this, and she can't help nodding, although An Xiaoyi can't eat well, but as long as her sister says it's good, it must be excellent, especially if it's eaten, he will never have any doubts.

An Xiaoyi walked over and found that there were already two guests here, sitting in front of the small shop. The man on the side was about forty, with a full beard and a beard, and he only wore a thin shirt on a cold day, and An Xiaoyi felt cold when he looked at him. This person kept stuffing the dried bean curd into his mouth with long chopsticks, and before he could swallow it, he stuffed another piece, and An Xiaoyi felt delicious when he watched him eat it.

Opposite this rugged man sat a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, who was dressed in blue and white, with a white face and a look of envy. He only looked at the big man opposite stupidly, but he didn't mean to move chopsticks at all. There were already dozens of small stones piled up beside the big man, and the dried beans were bought and sold by blocks, and this stone was used by Sun Laohei for counting, but there was not a single one in front of the young man. Xiao Yi stepped forward and sat between the two, looking at the big man and at the young man. He smiled to himself and began to fiddle with the yellowed dried tofu on the wire mesh.

An Xiaoyi picked up a piece, put it in his mouth, and chewed it slowly, enjoying it very much. Then he picked up a piece and put it in the young man's mouth, the young man's eyes were fixed on the big man, and he didn't notice Xiao Yi at all, but his mouth was very obedient, and he quickly rolled the dried bean curd into it. At this time, he found Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi smirked, and there were still some water droplets on his dark face.

"I'll treat you to it. An Xiaoyi said to him with a smile.

"Really?"

"Really. ”

I saw that the young man was limited to madness for a while, stuffed the dried bean curd into his mouth piece by piece, and his cheeks bulged high, which was a hundred times more ugly than the big man's eating appearance. It's just that his face is better, but he doesn't feel disgusting. The big man also laughed, paid and left. Sun Laohei said with a smile,

"Don't choke, you haven't eaten a piece for half a day, it's good ......"

An Xiaoyi panicked,

"Eat slowly!"

He was actually afraid that he would not have enough money, but he could say that he had a good treat, so he had to eat with him.

It was easy for the young man to slow down his pace, so he muttered and looked at Xiao Yi seriously.

"What's your name? Why did you invite me to eat? ”

Xiao Yi is helpless,

"If you want to eat, I'll invite you to eat, but I didn't expect you to be able to eat so much with your small body. ”

The young man replied triumphantly,

"That's because you don't know much, my father can eat one catty of rice and three catties of meat in one meal, plus a jar of spirits!"

Xiao Yi smiled and said,

"Wow, then your dad must be a hero!"

The young man giggled, and then his eyes were glazed, for fear that something unpleasant,

"Well, that's not it, he pulls carts for people, and he has the strength. My mother said that if she didn't work in a rich family, with food and shelter, she was afraid that she would not be able to support him. ”

Xiao Yi found it interesting and said,

"Seeing that you are white and pure, Wenwen is weak, I really can't imagine your father's appearance. ”

The young man stuffed two more pieces of dried tofu, and then replied,

"Hmph, the neighbors all say that I follow my mother. My mother is very good-looking, capable and virtuous, and there is no one in my family who does not praise her! I will marry a girl like her in the future. His eyes lit up, and after a while, he seemed to think of something sad again, and slowly lowered his head.

"What about your father. ”

The boy hesitated for a moment,

"Why did I tell you. ”

After saying that, he stood up, but when he glanced at it, as if he saw someone, he sat down slowly, and lowered his head.

"Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi, you eat dried tofu!" The thin monkey saw Xiao Yi running over happily, of course, the black stick was too conspicuous.

"That's right, Brother Ahua, come and eat baked tofu!"

"Don't eat, don't eat, the proprietress asked me to invite you over, saying that everyone is going to be lively today, and it is considered to be the New Year together, and tomorrow she will take the white-faced brother back to Dali City. Huh," the thin monkey said, staring at the low-headed boy beside him.

"Oh, it's you kid!"

The young man just wanted to get up and run away, but was grabbed by the thin monkey, this thin monkey has little strength, but it is more than enough to deal with this half-literate offspring.

"I still want to run, seeing that you sneaked out early this morning, I knew that you were going to run, and we never took credit in Yanyulou. ”

The boy had never lied, and his face was full of "I lied".

"This brother is fine, I, I'll go back and settle the house in a while. ”

The thin monkey was very angry and explained to Xiao Yi,

"Xiao Yi, it doesn't matter if you say he doesn't have money to live in the hotel, our boss is so easy to talk to, it's not impossible to waive his room money. But this guy is still here to eat dried tofu, can you bear it? Hmph, no. ”

Xiao Yi laughed,

"It turns out that he has no money, I said that he stared at people here for a long time! Haha, Brother Ahua, I invited him to eat this dried tofu, he may have encountered some difficulties. Xiao Yi looked at the young man suspiciously.

"I, I, I ......" the boy couldn't say a word for a long time.

"Let's talk about it, what's going on, Brother Xiao Yi will help you decide. ”

The young man looked at Xiao Yi and nodded,

"When I woke up in the morning, I found that the money bag was missing, and when I thought about it carefully, I remembered that I was knocked down by a person when I returned to Yanyulou last night, and I am afraid that it was lost at that time. I originally planned to go back to Dali City today, which is good, but it's too embarrassing. With that, he lowered his head again.

"Hmph, I don't care, you go back and talk to Faber again. "The skinny monkey is tough-spoken.

Xiao Yi pulled him over,

"Brother Ahua, you go back first, leave this person to me, and I will take him with me later. ”

"That's ......"

"It's okay, he'll leave it to me. ”

The thin monkey thought for a moment and said,

"Then I'll go back first, and you'll have to bring him over later." ”

"Well, I'll be over in a moment. ”

Xiao Yi looked at the young man with a smile,

"Hehe, you didn't see the person who hit you, did you?"

"yes, that's right. ”

"Then what if you run out of money?"

"If you don't take credit first, I'll go home and get the money and come back. ”

Xiao Yi laughed,

"Who believes you, otherwise, if you help me do half a month's work, I will help you settle the account and send you back to Dali City. Think about it, don't you don't have this carriage and horse fee now, with your little arms and legs, you will definitely not be able to walk with your legs?" Xiao Yi looked at him proudly, picked up a piece of dried bean curd and put it in his mouth.

"You think, I'm still inviting you to eat dried tofu, you don't think I'm a bad person. ”

The young man thought for a moment and nodded,

"Well, that's a deal. ”

An Xiaoyi just wanted to make a joke, but he didn't expect this person to agree. He didn't scratch his scalp and regretted it a little. Xiao Yiman reluctantly took out all the change and wrapped the dried tofu,

"Hey, what's your name?"

The boy blurted out,

"Tong Lu. ”

"Okay, then follow me. The boy smiled at him and followed him.

Xiao Yi came to the Lu family pharmacy, only to see a crowd of people, thinking that my sister's kidney-tonifying wine medicine was really a big sale. Bai Qing was settling accounts with others, and when he saw Xiao Yi coming, he hurriedly shouted,

"Brother Xiaoyi, come and help, I can't watch it alone. ”

Xiao Yi looked at the store, Lu Ziling was squinting to take the pulse, he walked over and put the dried bean curd under her nose for a while, and then put it aside. Lu Ziling's expression changed slightly, but she didn't move.

An Xiaoyi took Tong Lu to Bai Qing's side and asked him to look at the large and small paper bags, with words written on them, "tonify the kidney", "strengthen the lungs", "dispel dampness,...... It's just that there are not many "kidney" packets, Xiao Yi is responsible for collecting money, Tong Lu takes medicine to greet guests, and Bai Qing goes to dispense medicine.

Xiao Yi whispered to Tong Lu,

"This is still the method I came up with, each package is priced in a certain amount, and the bag is packed on the first night, no, how convenient it is to take a pack of medicine and charge a pack. It's just that I didn't expect that so many people need kidney supplements. Xiao Yi looked at Tong Lu with a smile. But that Tong Lu was expressionless, as if he said to Xiao Yi, "I don't need it".

The market ended, and the Lu family pharmacy finally sent off the last guest. Lu Ziling shouted excitedly,

"Close the door!"

Xiao Yi Baiqing skillfully closed the door panels one by one, the four of them sat in front of the cabinet to rest, Xiao Yi took out the brazier and lit a charcoal fire, and the shop suddenly warmed up.

"Xiao Yi, you didn't have to eat the dried tofu you bought, it will be cold early, come and roast it again. ”

Lu Ziling watched Xiao Yi flip the roasted tofu and swallowed her saliva. She raised her head slightly, only to realize that something was not quite right,

"Hey, why is there one more person. ”

She put the candle flame in front of Tong Lu a foot,

"Yo, this kid is really good-looking, he really looks like a woman. Bai Qing, you see, it doesn't look like when you first met me. ”

Bai Qing chuckled,

"Sister, he is Tong Lu, Brother Xiaoyi brought him here, saying that he has no money to eat, and he wants to help you work to earn money for the journey home!"

Lu Ziling blinked and said,

"Oh, I still think he's a woman, come, take off your pants, let my sister see it, and confirm it. ”

Tong Lu's face was flushed, and he didn't dare to look at her.

"Yo, I'm shy, do you want to go to the inner room, just let my sister see it alone. "After that, I'm going to pull that Tong Lu.

"Sister, I'm really a man's ......" Tong Lu held back a sentence for a long time.

Lu Ziling wanted to say something, but was gagged by a piece of dried tofu, and then never mentioned whether it was a man or a woman. Xiao Yi winked at Tong Lu, and sent another piece of dried bean curd into Bai Qing's mouth.

"Oops, I almost forgot, Sister Muyang asked us to go to Yanyu Building, she will go back to Dali City tomorrow. ”

"You didn't say it earlier. Lu Ziling glanced at him.

"Then let's go. Xiao Yi was about to get up after speaking, but was stopped by Lu Ziling.

"What's the hurry, finish the dried tofu first, come, Xiao Lulu, you can also have some." After speaking, he didn't care whether Tong Lu wanted it or not, and stuffed several pieces into his mouth. The rest of the two girls ate and ate quickly.

Xiao Yi extinguished the fire, locked the door, and the four of them walked towards the Yanyu Building together. Bai Qing walked in front of Lu Ziling, and Xiao Yi danced to introduce Tong Lu to the customs of Yunlong.

Not long after, the four of them entered the Yanyu Building, the lobby was empty, and the guys saw that these people were coming, and they all smiled and said hello, but they saw Tong Lu on the side a little confused.

As soon as I entered the backyard, I saw the proprietress who was bored still holding on to the stones, and beating the trunk of a tree into potholes. Seeing a few people, she dropped the stone, greeted her, and pulled Lu Ziling's hand.

"Today is the Chinese New Year, let's drink more later. Bai Qing, you can drink two bowls of plum wine today. As for Xiao Yi, you, you can do whatever you want. The proprietress looked at Tong Lu,

"Yo, whose little boy is this, he looks very handsome, Bai Qing, you say it doesn't look like when you first came. Tsk, this face is so white and tender, it's just a girl. ”

After speaking, she reached out and wanted to pinch Tong Lu's face, but Tong Lu looked embarrassed and hurriedly dodged. The proprietress didn't care either, and pulled Lu Ziling back to the room.

The three of them are of the same age, but they have a lot to say, and Tong Lu is no longer restrained, and he is playing with Xiao Yi Baiqing. Aunt Gu saw another kid coming, grabbed him and kneaded him from top to bottom, making Tong Lu blush.

"Hehe, how many times have you blushed today!How can you be worse than a girl!" Bai Qing stared at Tong Lu and giggled.

"Hmph. Tong Lu glared at Bai Qing and didn't say a word.

Xiao Yi dragged the two to the back kitchen, and Aunt Gu asked them to go out to play, saying that they didn't need to make trouble. Xiao Yi knew that this was the end of the year, and most of the shopkeepers and merchants had gone home, and the business of Yanyulou was much colder than usual, and there was no need for so many people.

The three of them were bored, so they wandered the streets, and later led Tong Lu to visit their ruined temple. The three of them sat on the stone bridge, Tong Lu listened to what had happened to them in the past few days, and was so shocked that he couldn't speak, and finally he mustered up his courage,

"Why don't you walk the rivers and lakes and take me with you?!"

"What are you going to do with you, do you have the money or the strength, or do you have some other ability?" Bai Qing asked with a chuckle.

"I, I, I, can't be without me anyway!"

Tong Lu looked a little anxious.

"Hmph, then it depends on your performance!" Xiao Yi said with a smile.

"Really?"

"Really!"

The three of them stopped talking and looked into the distance together, and the sky slowly darkened.