The houses in the village are all formed by the accumulation of stones, and the arrangement of the houses seems to follow some rules, clockwise around a tall house in the middle, like a sleeping dragon, and the tall house in the middle is the dragon's head.

A babbling river flowed past the house, and several waterwheels were circling in circles. A few women with turbans on the riverbank wrapped themselves tightly and washed their clothes in the water.

Suddenly, there were several men's scolding voices in the distance, "Why don't you come back quickly and cook, you are so grinding to wash your clothes, you want to starve to death!"

Xi Xi looked at the voice, and saw a tall man with a grass root in his mouth, sitting on a stool at the door, with Erlang's legs crossed, and he was very good.

The woman by the river was washing the last of her clothes and wring out the water, when a woman next to her said, "Go quickly, if you go late, you will be beaten for a while." ”

"The women in our village are really miserable, I don't know what evil is going on!"

"I heard that the patriarch came to be a mage a few days ago, but I don't know if I have found out the reason. ”

Soon, the man sitting on the stool became impatient, he got up, walked angrily towards the bank of the river, and kicked forward at the stone on the ground, which splashed on the woman's face, and pulled out a bloody cut, which was finally scattered in the basin of clothes.

The man looked at the other women with a fierce look and said, "Look at what, a group of useless women who can't lay eggs?"

The women next to her bowed their heads in shame.

The man then kicked the woman down on the embankment and walked away, leaving a message: "Hurry." ”

clenched her fists, and immediately wanted to rush up and beat this man up, but it didn't take long for this idea to be dispelled, and the little aunt had set a rule: life is determined in a few days, not artificial, only care!

If she now uses the power above manpower to participate in the affairs of the world, she will definitely break the rules of Zhaohua Mountain, she withdrew her hand, calmed the anger in her heart, and shifted her gaze to the child.

"Kid, is your home here?"

The child nodded.

"Then you should hurry home. Xixi let go of the child's hand and prepared to leave, but the child held her hand tightly and refused to let go, as if he wanted to send herself to the house.

Forget it, since you're here, let's send the Buddha to the west, and I'm dragged forward by the child.

On the way, she bumped into people from the village from time to time, and each of them seemed to have a deep grudge on them, which made Xi Xi feel very uncomfortable.

Suddenly, a hearty voice broke through the gloomy atmosphere, and a young man ran out of a room, he carried a bamboo basket on his back, and an uncle at the door said: "Xiao Wang, go up the mountain to collect medicine again!"

"Yes. Uncle Wang. ”

"Be careful on the road. ”

"Don't worry, Uncle Wang, I'm leaving. ”

The young man who came out of the house looked very handsome, and he couldn't help but let Xi Xi take a few more looks, and have a good impression, on Zhaohua Mountain, the man she had only seen Yun He and Bai Tuanzi, to be honest, they were not "people" at all, and Xi Xi had been mixed in the world for a long time, and his heart was naturally stained with some worldly dust compared to others.

Her gaze followed the boy closely, until the child in her right hand pulled her, and then she came back to her senses, and hurriedly covered the slightly faint red on her face, urging: "Hurry up, hurry up." ”

Soon, the two came to a house, the child pushed the door, the door "squeaked", the child looked back and smiled, and then opened the door and walked in.

Xi Xi was stunned, but she didn't care, following behind, she looked around, there was nothing unusual in the room, but there was no one.

"What about your family?" Xi Xi couldn't wait to get to know the young man just now, and couldn't help but be a little anxious, just afraid that he would go away and disappear.

Hehe, the child laughed a few times and didn't speak.

The smile on his face made Xi Xi feel weird, but he couldn't tell what was strange.

Xi Xi hesitated for a while, "Then let's do it, you sit here and wait, don't run around, I'll go outside, if there's something, you call me." ”

She didn't bother to think about it so much, just searched the crowd for the boy's trace, and after a while, she finally saw the familiar figure again in a touch of emerald green.

Xi Xi smiled happily, and ran over in three steps and two steps, with her kung fu practiced in Zhaohua Mountain, this little road did not take much effort and time at all, but when she ran to the young man's side, he was startled, and almost rolled down the mountain.

"Auntie, girl. The boy looked behind him as he spoke, with a surprised expression on his face, as if to say when did this person appear next to him?

Xi Xi saw the young man's doubts, smiled knowingly, and casually told a lie with his old profession, "I just picked mushrooms over there, and I was a little lost, and when I saw you, I felt like I saw a savior, you may not have seen me." ”

"Oh, I see. ”

"I think you're pretty good-looking, why don't you make friends?" My name is Xixi, what's your name?" asked Xixi.

The boy thought he had heard it wrong, and subconsciously asked "what" again.

"I said I like you very much and want to be friends with you. Living on Zhaohua Mountain, in addition to the daily necessary lectures, there is still a lack of understanding of the world's human affairs, just do what you like, so you don't understand the "difference between men and women" or "men and women are not clear" of the three outlines and five constants.

For him, the word "like" is used to describe the relationship between men and women, and he immediately thought of other places, and immediately shook his head and refused: "No, no." ”

"Why not?"

"Oops, no, no, no. The boy turned his back and said.

"Then I'll see that you can always collect medicine. ”

The boy thought for a moment and replied, "That's okay." ”

The two chatted while picking herbs on the mountain, and it turned out that the young man's name was Wang Yuling, who was a doctor in the village.

Originally, it only took half a pillar of incense, but due to the awkward delay, it took about a pillar of incense.

After picking herbs, the two went down the mountain, seeing that it was not too early, and Xi Xi remembered that he was going back to pay for his errand at this point in time, so he hurriedly said goodbye to Wang Yuling, and said that he would go to the village to see him next time he was free.

Wang Yuling said goodbye with a smile.

After walking a few steps, he realized that he didn't know his name yet, so he asked, "By the way, what's your name?"

"Wang Yuling. ”

"Okay, I remember you, Wang Yuling. ”

Xi Xi walked out of the entrance of the village quickly, at this moment, there was a sound of a bell in the village, she looked up in the direction of the sound, and saw a large bell placed at the highest point of the village, and the sound should have come from there.

She didn't care, the villagers rang the bell to inform the village that something big had happened, which was normal, so she continued walking.

Back at Zhaohua Mountain, it was already time to eat, Xiaoxiao had already prepared food, Lou Qingyue, Xiaoxiao, and Yunhe had also sat down, just waiting.

After sitting down, she obviously felt that something was different, it turned out that there was a lack of white dumplings, and she knew that she must be locked up again, and this kind of thing would always happen many times in a month.

Xixi usually doesn't eat much, but today is an exception, constantly putting vegetables into the bowl, the corners of his mouth are still full of smiles, and before he knows it, he has empty one of the dishes.

Yunhe and Xiaoxiao both sat on the ground petrified, no less surprised than they could stuff a goose egg in their mouths.

But Xi Xi was still quiet in her own world, and she didn't notice the strangeness of the people at the same table at all, until Yunhe kicked her under the table, she came out of her own world and looked at everyone blankly.

Yunhe motioned for her to take a look at the dinner plate, and after taking a look, she understood that she had eaten too much, so she smiled embarrassedly: "Hehe, I'm sorry, I oversold the food today." ”

"What's the strange thing down the mountain today?" Lou Qingyue put down the chopsticks in his hand and said lightly.

"I met a lost child on the road today and sent him back to a village. ”

"But what else?"

Xi Xi knew that she couldn't hide anything from her little aunt, so she told the truth: "After sending it off, I met a doctor there, and it was very cute." ”

Speaking of which, everyone understood why Xixi was so strange today, and it turned out that they saw a good-looking person.

Every time I meet a handsome man at the bottom of the mountain, I always have to be a nymphomaniac for a while, and then turn back to normal and continue to be obsessed with the next one.

After listening, everyone picked up chopsticks and tacitly continued to eat.

The next day, Xi Xi continued to go down the mountain to tell the story, and today she was obviously a little absent-minded, because she was anxious to go to that village to meet the young man who went up the mountain to collect medicine.

She spoke in a step-by-step manner, not in the same high tone as usual, and her mind was not at all on the content of her book, but she looked into the distance with her eyes openly, imagining the scene of meeting the boy again.

At this time, a familiar figure flashed in front of her, it was the lost child yesterday, he was shuttling through the crowd, could it be that he was lost again today?

Xi Xi accelerated the progress of the storytelling, very quickly, but the story she told today was too long, and the people listening to the book below kept asking endlessly, so she had to continue the mink, casually made up an ending, and ended the story in a hurry.

As a result, it is obvious that it has attracted the dissatisfaction of a group of listeners below, what bullshit, I won't come next time.

He took three steps and made two steps, caught up with the child, and jumped in front of the child when he approached, "Child, are you lost again today?"

The child was not startled by the sudden appearance, but turned his head very indifferently and nodded at her.

Xi Xi was so happy that he had an excuse to go to that village again, so he couldn't wait to say, "That's okay, my sister will take you home." ”

Yesterday, because of Wang Yuling's incident, I left the child behind, and I was a little embarrassed, and today I have the opportunity to make up for it.

"Where's your sister?"

"At home. The child smiled.

"Then why did you sneak out alone, a child like you is very dangerous, you know?"

"Hey, hey. The child smiled again, exactly the same as the previous one, with eight straight teeth, no more and no less.

"I'm talking to you seriously, children can't run around, do you hear me?"

"Hey, hey. The child's expression was like a mask embedded in his face, and he couldn't help but feel furious after looking at it for a long time.

I couldn't help but curse myself for being cranky.

After arriving in the village, he greeted the villagers warmly, but the villagers were very indifferent to the outsiders, pretending not to see it, and doing their own thing.

"What did the mage say?"

"I don't know, the mage has to tell the patriarch in person. ”

The people passing by were in a hurry, as if something important had happened in the village.

Xixi asked, "Is there something going on in this village?"

The child suddenly looked serious, stared at Xi Xi, and said coldly: "No." ”

I was startled by the child's sudden expression, and I just thought it was the moodiness of the child.

Xi Xi and the child walked along yesterday's road, while observing the people in the village, looking for Wang Yuling's figure, but found nothing.

When I arrived at the door of the child's house, the door was wide open, and I knocked on the door, but no one responded, and I knocked again, but no one responded.

"Isn't your sister home?"

"I don't know. "The child showed eight teeth.

Xi Xi tried to walk in, a musty smell worse than yesterday spread into the tip of her nose, she looked at the corner of the wall, obviously the moss is not very much, where is such a strong smell.

After entering the backyard, I still didn't see the figure of the child's sister, and there were two bedrooms in front of me, so it didn't seem very polite to break in directly.

At this time, there was a "squeak" sound in the bedroom, like the sound of a loom, and she guessed that her sister was weaving cloth inside, and when she was about to go up and knock on the door, a figure passed by the door.

Xi Xi turned around to look, and saw that it was Wang Yuling who she was thinking about, so she immediately turned to her sister in the house and said: "Sister inside, I sent your brother back to you, don't let him run around in the future, I'll leave first if I have something." ”

Xixi lowered his head and instructed the little boy beside him: "Be obedient in the future, don't run around anymore." ”

Then, jumping out of the house, came outside, and after looking around, she found that Wang Yuling was not far ahead, and she chased after her.

"Yuling. He shouted.

Wang Yuling turned her head, saw the person coming, and recognized it as the little girl who was going to be friends with her yesterday.

"Girl. ”

"Yuling, are you going up the mountain to collect medicine again?"

"Yes, everyone in the village has been sick lately. Wang Yuling's face was bitter.

"Is it serious?"

"Hmm. ”

"My little aunt is powerful, maybe ......" Suddenly Lou Qingyue's admonition appeared in her ears, "The human world has the rules of the human world, and it uses divine power to interfere in the affairs of the human world." ”

Seeing that he stopped talking abruptly, Wang Yuling turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Oh, I said my little aunt is well-informed, I'll go back and ask her if she has ever been in such a situation?"

"Then it's a nuisance, girl. ”

Talking and talking, the two arrived at the foot of the mountain, because it rained last night, the mountain road is relatively muddy, not easy to walk, as soon as you step on it, your shoes are full of mud.

"Girl, you can accompany me here, the road up the mountain is easy to slip. ”

"It's okay, Yuling, I'm not afraid, I can just listen to you talk about the condition in your village, so that I can go back and tell my little aunt about it, so that I can help you." ”

"But ......"

"Don't be, this road is nothing, I'm not a lady from a big family, the door is not out, the second door is not stepping, not so delicate. ”

Wang Yuling looked at the girl in front of him for a long time, and his eyes showed a little admiration from his peers, so he no longer persuaded him, so he had to agree to go up the mountain together.

"By the way, Yuling, what kind of illness is the life in your village?" "At present, I can't draw conclusions, if it is really as I diagnosed, I am afraid that it will be ......" Wang Yuling had a worried look on his face.

"Oh. Seeing that he couldn't help much, he felt a little lost.

"You don't want to come to this village for the last few days. Wang Yuling said while looking down for herbs.

When he heard this, wasn't Wang Yuling sending her away, probably because he disliked her and hindered him from doing things, he was extremely sad, he stopped in place, and tears rolled in his eyes.

Wang Yuling walked for a while, and found that there was suddenly no sound around her, so she turned around, but found Xi Xi standing in the distance, her eyes were red, and she immediately realized that what she said might have caused her misunderstanding.

Hurriedly ran towards her, the soles of his feet slipped, and he fell heavily in front of him.

"Are you okay?" Xixi stepped forward to help Yuling, Yuling didn't care about the pain in her buttocks, and immediately explained: "Xixi girl, I didn't mean to drive you away just now." ”

When Xi Xi heard this, he raised his head, and his gloomy eyes were immediately full of light, waiting for Wang Yuling to continue.

"I'm afraid that the disease in the village will also infect you. ”

"Really, Yuling, do you really have no intention of driving me away?"

"No, I haven't had friends since I was a child, and I'm too late to be happy to make friends with you, so how can I drive you away!"

"Yuling. "I burst into tears.

Wang Yuling wiped the tears that rolled down her face, but she didn't find that her hands were full of sludge, this wipe, all wiped her face, her face instantly turned into a big cat, he did bad things with good intentions, and hurriedly apologized.

"It's okay, Yuling, I'll just wash it later. Although his face was covered with mud, he was even happier.

After a while, the two began to descend the mountain.

Wang Yuling let Xi Xi go to his house to wash his face, as soon as he entered the door, the same musty smell came to his nose, the same as the little boy's house, Xi Xi looked up at the mountain in the distance, thinking that it was located at the foot of the mountain, the rain accumulated, and after a long time, every household had this musty smell.

The courtyard of Wang Yuling's house was full of shelves of herbs, and everything else was neatly tied, so Wang Yuling asked Xi Xi to sit down on the stone bench in the courtyard and go get the towel himself.

Xi Xi wanted to follow up to see Wang Yuling's bedroom, but Wang Yuling refused, on the grounds that it was not appropriate for a lonely man and a widow to live in the same room.

Xi Xi felt justified, so he sat down on the stone bench.

After a while, Wang Yuling carried a basin of water and a towel on the stone table, scooped the towel out of the water and wrung it out and handed it to Xixi.

Xi Xi took the towel and wiped the mud off his face, and smelled a faint smell of rouge on the tip of his nose, mixed with a strong smell of herbs.

"Yuling, what about your family?"

"My parents died early, and they are no longer there. ”

"I'm sorry. ”

"It's fine. ”

After a while, he asked again: "Do you usually live alone?"

"Uh......" Wang Yuling hesitated.

"Why are there other people living with you", could it be that the smell of fat powder just now...... Xi Xi began to think crankily.

"Yes, there was a family whose sister died, and only a six-year-old child was left alone, and I saw pity for him, so I brought him to live with me. ”

"I see. ”

"And what about her now?"

"This naughty ghost, I don't know where to go wild. ”

I let out a long breath, glad that it wasn't what I thought.

At this time, a voice came from outside the house, "Yuling, are you there?"

Xi Xi saw a middle-aged man running into Wang Yuling's house.

"Brother Flying Eagle, what's wrong?"

"Go see my father. ”

"Good. Wang Yuling hurriedly turned around and put the medicine box on his back and followed Wang Feiying out.

"I'll go too. Xi Xi quickly followed.