On the eighth day of the lunar month, the Laba Festival.

On a cold night, the snow flooded the town called Anning, and the ice skates hung in rows on the eaves of the streets like translucent crystal pillars, and the pine trees stood in the white snow, swaying with the bitter northwest wind, and making a sharp and piercing whistling, as if deliberately defying winter.

A teenager curled up under a pine tree, a little yellow dog ran to the boy with something in his mouth, arched his head all the time, arched for a while without reacting, the little yellow dog put down the object in his mouth and whined and licked the boy's face and lips with his tongue.

After a while, the boy slowly opened his eyes, slowly supported himself with his hands and got up against the pine tree, Xiao Huang wagged his tail and jumped around excitedly, looked at the little yellow dog next to him and said weakly: "Thank you, Xiao Huang, you saved me again!". ”

At this time, Xiao Huang handed the thing in his hand to the young man, and the young man looked at the hand, it was a bone, and there was a large piece of meat on the bone, which showed which big family did not want to eat leftovers.

The young man took a bite, handed the bone to Xiao Huang, and then grabbed the snow next to him and ate it, Xiao Huang looked at the young man quietly, and did not eat the rest of the meat, and said with a smile on his pale face: "Okay, I'll eat one more bite, and you have to eat it too, otherwise next time I fall, who will wake me up." ！”

After speaking, he grabbed the bone and took a small bite of meat and handed it to Xiao Huang, a man and a dog were under the pine tree, eating meat and drinking snow water with the cold northwest wind, and the young man touched Xiao Huang's hair and stared at the north and thought about it for half a year.

The young man's surname is Wu, the name is excellent, he is the son of a servant of the Wu family in Qingzhou, half a year ago, the Wu family was attacked by a mysterious force, and 1,800 people of the Wu family were tragically killed overnight.

Fortunately, Wu You followed a few young masters to the back mountain to play that day, and was teased and trapped at the bottom of the cliff, until the third day when he returned to Wu's house at noon and saw a ruin, the young man ran to his original home like crazy to turn over the burned pillars but did not find a person or a corpse.

After returning to the Wu family, Wu You set up two tombstones in the back mountain, the tomb of the Wu family, and the tomb of his father Wu Feng and his mother Chen Yu, and embarked on the road of finding the young master in Lingyunfeng in Liangzhou and the young lady of Liuli Island in the South China Sea.

The next day, the sky was slightly blue, and there was a faint glow of a vague round sun in the east.

Wu You slowly opened his eyes, looking at the snow that had accumulated an inch thick on his body, Xiao Huang was still exuding warmth in his arms, shaking his head The snow on his head was scattered on the ground.

Wu You pushed Xiao Huang in his arms, looked at Xiao Huang who slowly opened his eyes and said: "Xiao Huang, I have to find a livelihood, if I can't find it, we won't be able to survive for a few days, I'll make money, you go find something to eat, and we will meet here at night." ！”

Wu You got up, straightened out his old and unworn clothes, and walked towards the lively street to the south.

In the past six months, Wu You has made money while walking, working as a small worker in a blacksmith shop, a child in an inn, and a beggar.

Tea houses, taverns, pawnshops, workshops, and many small vendors with large umbrellas, tourists and merchants passing by in the open spaces on both sides of the street, the cries of hawkers and the bargaining of buyers all show the prosperity of Anning Town.

Wu You looked at all this on both sides of the street as he walked, walked to the middle of the street and stopped to look at the inn called Juxian Building, his eyes showed brightness and strode into the inn.

Xiao Er saw Wu You walk into the inn and shouted: "Master, please inside." ”

Wu You looked embarrassed, apologized to Xiao Er, and walked straight to the counter of the shopkeeper.

looked at the shopkeeper who was making an abacus and hugged his fists and said: "Shopkeeper, villain Wu You, do you still need manpower in your store?"

The shopkeeper looked up and saw a handsome young man standing in front of him, looked at it and said, "What can you do?"

"I can do anything, I have worked as a junior before, a long-term worker, and I can do the work of the inn. The boy said sincerely.

"There is only one room worker in the store now, who is responsible for chopping wood and washing dishes, can you do it?"

Wu You hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, shopkeeper." ”

The shopkeeper summoned a man named Changsheng to lead Wu You into the room.

There were five people in the room, two were cooking and three were preparing the ingredients.

Changsheng pointed at Wu You and said, "Masters, this is a new worker, and I will hand it over to you." After speaking, he walked out of the room without waiting for a reply.

The five people in the room glanced at Wu You.

Wu You arched his hand and said: "Masters, what do you have to order?"

One of the fat men threw the towel over his shoulder and walked to Wu You's side and said, "Come with me." ”

The fat man led Wu You to the back of the room, pointed to the hill-like firewood in front of him and said: "These are all firewood to be used today, and you have to split it before Shenshi today, and after splitting, fill the water tank in the room, and then clean up the room, that's all your task." ”

Wu You hugged his fists and thanked the fat man, and the fat man nodded and walked into the room.

Wu You looked around and picked up the axe and began to chop wood, although Wu You looked thin, he actually had a lot of strength.

Mainly in the Wu family did a lot of work, and did a small job in the blacksmith shop, this chopping firewood will not be so laborious, before the time, the firewood is finished.

At this time, the fat cook just came out and beckoned Wu You to enter the room to eat, looked at the chopping firewood and praised "Young man, not bad." ”

After the two entered the house, Wu You saw that the four of them were eating.

The eldest of them said while eating: "Come and eat, we do this business, we always eat later than others, I am the head chef here, they all call me Lao Li, you can find me if you have anything in the future." ”

After Wu You hugged his fists and thanked him, he sat down to eat together.

Wu You hasn't eaten well in the past few days, and this meal is devoured, and he can't help but think of Xiao Huang.

Wu You asked Lao Li: "Master Li, can I keep vigil here at night?" I also have a puppy, and I want to bring it over here at night to keep vigil together. ”

Master Li smiled and said: "Wu You, it's freezing outside, you bring that puppy with you, and live in this house at night, we lack everything in this business, the most important thing is food, I'll go and say it to the shopkeeper." ”

Wu You's heart warmed when he heard this, and he hurriedly got up and thanked him.

"Okay, okay, don't come to this, let's eat quickly. Lao Li said impatiently.

After the meal, Wu You finished the rest of the work, and the sky slowly became dark.

After saying goodbye to Lao Li, he went out from the back door of the inn to find Xiao Huang.

The lights on the streets are transparent, people come and go, and the prosperity of this town has not been affected at all because of the moon day, Wu You can't help but think of his parents and the Wu family when he looks at all this.

There was a sadness in my heart, tears rolled in my eyes, and I couldn't help but stop and clench my fists, looking at the dim sky, my eyes were red.

After half a cup of tea, the young man returned to normal, and walked towards the old pine tree with firm eyes, before the person arrived, Xiao Huang saw Wu You's voice and shadow running with his tail wagging his tail, so he jumped to Wu You's body, Wu You squatted down and picked up Xiao Huang, and one person and one dog cooperated very skillfully.

"Xiao Huang, did you find anything to eat today? ！”

"Woo!" Xiao Huang licked Wu You with his tongue and lowered his head again.

"It's okay, Xiao Huang, I found a good job, we are not afraid of not having food in this day, and we are not afraid of being frozen. ”

"Wow. Xiao Huang screamed excitedly a few times, then stretched out his tongue and licked Wu You's face.

After making out, one person and one dog walked to the back door of Juxian Building.

After pushing the door in, he found Lao Li waiting for Wu You at the back door.

After seeing Wu You and Xiao Huang, Lao Li smiled and reached out to touch Xiao Huang, and when Xiao Huang saw it, he jumped from Wu You to the ground and shouted at Lao Li, showing his bad face.

Lao Li broke his voice when he saw this: "Damn, I kindly prepared food for you, I wanted to touch you when I saw you coming, but I didn't expect you to call me, I don't know the hearts of good people." ”

Wu You hurriedly hahaha: "Master Li, don't mind, this Xiao Huang is like this, I have always been the only one by his side, and everyone else is like this when they see it, just be familiar with it." ”

Xiao Huang also made a whining sound at this time, expressing his grievances.

Seeing this, Lao Li's face softened a lot and said: "I don't care about you, the bedding in the room is taken for you, you take care of the room, and keep an eye on thieves and mice." After saying that, he walked to the back room of the inn.

Looking at the sound and shadow of Lao Li turning away, Wu You was very grateful to Lao Li in his heart, he was so good to him on the first day he met.

Wu You looked down at Xiao Huang at his feet and smiled: "Let's go, Xiao Huang, eat your big meal!"

After the two walked into the room, Xiao Huang saw the meal prepared by Lao Li, and excitedly waged his tail and trotted over to devour it.

Wu You looked at it and hurriedly shouted, "Slow down, slow down, no one will rob you." As he spoke, he fetched a bowl of water for Xiao Huang and put it beside him.

Wu You took some hot water and washed up briefly, made a bed in front of the door, stretched his waist, lay down, looked at the roof, thinking about the things in the past six months, and had a lot of thoughts.

After a while, Xiao Huang trotted over with a satisfied face after eating, and ran to Wu You's side and walked down.

Wu You stroked the hair on Xiao Huang's body and said, "Xiao Huang, you said that after we find the young master and the young lady, will they still remember me?" The young master left early, I was only five years old at that time, and the young lady went to Liuli Island five years ago, she treated me best when she was in the Wu family, and when I was bullied by other young masters, she often helped me. ”

Yellow wagged her tail in response.

Wu Wu continued: "Xiao Huang, you said that the young master and the young lady don't know about the affairs of the family, I used to hear the people in the family say that going to the Cultivation Sect has nothing to do with us mortals, do you say that this is really the case!"

The only thing that responded to Wu You was Xiao Huang's long breathing.

Wu You looked at Xiao Huang and touched his head and said: "Thank you, Xiao Huang, you saved me once in Qingzhou, and saved me again last night, without you, I would have died a long time ago, let alone find the young master and young lady to avenge the family." ”

This night, Wu You had that dream again, in the dream was a stray dog rescued by a young girl, one followed the girl, from the girl to the wife, into middle age, into old age, has always been by her side, the girl guarded the dog for a lifetime. In front of the dog, the girl has always been a girl, innocent, after the girl's death, the dog has been guarding the girl's grave, and after living a hundred years old, he finally died in front of the girl's grave,

Before he died, the dog lay down in front of the grave and thought: "In this life, you will protect me for the rest of my life, and in the next life, I will protect you for the rest of my life." ”