The sky was slightly bright, Wu You got up and woke up Xiao Huang, Xiao Huang squinted his eyes and walked to the side, Wu You opened the door after cleaning up, stretched his waist, and looked at the sky, which was still a little dim.

"It's already midday, and the sky is still so dark, and the winter nights are a little long. Wu You muttered.

Wu You started the day's work, chopping wood, fetching water, and washing dishes, while Xiao Huang chased his tail in the backyard of the inn and had a lot of fun.

The days pass day by day, the New Year is approaching, there are more and more businessmen and travelers in Anning Town, all of them are in a hurry to go home for the New Year's reunion, the streets of the town are also hung with New Year's lanterns, new couplets are posted in front of the houses, small merchants sell New Year's goods, and the New Year's flavor is getting stronger and stronger.

In the blink of an eye, it was the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and in the room, Lao Li, Fat Man, Wu You and Xiao Huang were left, and the other three were all from the small town and went home to reunite with their families.

The three people and one dog are all from other places, at this time, there is a copper stove for eating hot pot, mutton, lettuce, etc. on the small round table, Master Li is still dipping water on the stove, Wu You is responsible for preparing the dishes and chopsticks, Xiao Huang squatting on the ground staring at the dishes on this table and drooling, and the fat man is burning the stove to warm wine.

After a while, the dishes were ready, the wine was warm, and the three of them took their seats and raised their wine glasses together.

Lao Li with a smile on his face said: "Except for the old year, welcome the new year, and celebrate the New Year in full swing, do it." ！”

"!" the three of them said in unison, gulping down the wine in their bowls.

As soon as the wine was in his stomach, the bowl was not put down, and he saw Wu You's face flushed and coughed.

This scene caused Lao Li and the fat man to be stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

"I didn't expect Wu You, you kid doesn't know how to drink, too, my burning knife was brought here from Liangzhou, the degree is high, the taste is strong, like a fire, there seems to be a fire in the heart of the whole person after drinking, I can bear it, the aftertaste is endless, I can't bear it, just like you, red face cough. Lao Li took a sip of wine, looked at Wu You and said with a smile.

"I've drunk alcohol before, but I didn't expect you to be so strong. Wu You slowed back and said

"Okay, okay, Wu You, don't explain, the ones you drank before are not called wine, that's called water, our lords, if you want to drink, you have to drink this kind of wine, there is blood in your heart, there must be a fire burning, this kind of wine is interesting to drink." The fat man quipped.

Three people and a dog, drinking wine and eating hot pot, Lao Li and the fat man began to brag about how to be proud of the rivers and lakes in Liangzhou, during which the shopkeeper came to toast the three of them and gave them New Year's money, so the laughter and persuasion of wine echoed in this small guy's room.

After dinner, the fat man went out to have fun in Yihong Courtyard in the town, and Wu You and Xiao Huang sat in front of the door of the room and watched the fireworks in the sky.

At this time, Lao Li came over with a bowl of sour plum soup and handed it to Wu You: "Why, it's so lively outside today, don't you go out for a walk?"

Wu You took it and said, "Don't go, it's good to sit here!"

During this period of getting along, Lao Li also had a certain understanding of Wu You's affairs.

Lao Li stretched out his hand and patted Wu You's shoulder and said: "Don't think too much, living people, can have a full meal, live a good life, and do what you like is the greatest comfort to the dead, you sit down, I'm old, I have to go in and rest." ”

After speaking, Lao Li got up and walked to the inner room of the inn, his eyes revealing the emotion of longing.

"Thank you, Lao Li. Wu You shouted towards Lao Li's back.

Lao Li waved his hand and walked into the back room.

Wu You looked up at the stars in the sky, the colorful fireworks, the usual shouting and warmth of his father, the plans of the young masters and young ladies to play, and the solemn teaching voice of the teacher in the school seemed to be in front of him.

Wu You knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times in the direction of Qingzhou, and said, "Father, mother, family master, don't worry, I will definitely live well, find the young master and miss, today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, I will keep the year for you." ”

There was nothing to say all night, only the endless thoughts of the teenager and the sound of firecrackers and fireworks in the sky.

On the ninth day of the first month, Tiangong was born

Early in the morning, Wu You said goodbye to Lao Li and the people in the room and finished the money with the shopkeeper, and then strode out of the city gate and walked in the direction of Yangzhou.

After walking fifteen miles, Wu You felt a little tired,

"Xiao Huang, we'll take a break when we get to the small hill in front of us. Wu You pointed to the small ramp in front of him.

I saw Xiao Huang hear this, trotted up excitedly, overtook Wu You and ran to the hillside, Wu You shook his head behind him, this little gluttonous dog must be hungry again, so he quickly followed.

When he arrived at the place, Wu You glanced at the majestic green mountains not far away, sat down, opened the baggage, took out the dry food prepared in the room, and handed it to Xiao Huang.

Wu You pointed to the green mountain in front of him and said: "Xiao Huang, we have to go to the green mountain in front today, just now I inquired about taking this road will reach Yangzhou faster, I heard that there are several families there, tonight, we will spend the night there." ”

Xiao Huang only cares about eating, and doesn't care about Wu You,

Wu You couldn't help but smile and touched Xiao Huang's hair, and also ate dry food, and after a short rest, one person and one dog began to start moving towards the green mountain again.

"Xiao Huang, what did you say happened to the Wu family. Let them do that. ”

"Xiao Huang, do you think I can avenge my father?"

"Xiao Huang, look at me, I almost died twice on the way to find the young master, if it weren't for you, I would have died a long time ago, and no one would have told the young master and the young lady, am I very useless. ”

When Xiao Huang heard this, his eyes showed pity and whined, rubbed his head against Wu You's feet, and then stood up and pointed at himself with his front finger, his eyes showing determination.

Wu You also knew that Xiao Huang was comforting himself at this time, squatted down and touched Xiao Huang's hair and said: "I will become stronger, I will find the young master and the young lady to avenge my father and mother together, the gentleman at home said, if you don't die, there will be a blessing in the future, I will not die three times in this big disaster, I will definitely be able to." ”

After resting for a while, Wu You got up and strode forward, and Xiao Huang followed behind with his tail wagging his tail.

The sky slowly darkened, a person and a dog have not yet reached the destination, Wu You picked up a hand of water in front of the stream and washed his face, and afterwards the two rested by the stream for a while, then got up and continued to rush to the foot of the green mountain, Wu You knew how dangerous it was to not find a foothold at night in the wild, this seemingly calm mountain forest, at night everywhere full of danger.

It was completely dark, and I saw that the green mountains were getting closer and closer, but I didn't see the lights of the few houses that the passer-by had asked before. Could it be that the passer-by deliberately deceived me? Wu You couldn't help but think.

Suddenly, Xiao Huang ran forward like crazy, screaming while running, Wu You hurriedly followed, ran for an estimated half an hour, and did not see Xiao Huang's sound and shadow, Wu You could only take out the fire fold and use this faint fire light to shout this Xiao Huang while vigilantly looking at the grass nearby.

At this time, Xiao Huang made a gurgling sound in the grass not far ahead, Wu You hurried over, and saw a bloody person covered in blood in front of Xiao Huang by the faint light of the fire, so he leaned down to touch the person's breath, and he was still alive.

looked around and said to Xiao Huang: "Xiao Huang, your nose is more smart, you are smelling if there is anyone around here, we have to find a place to stay, no matter how late it is, let alone this person, we all have to stay here." ”

Xiao Huang snorted twice and began to walk out of the grass, Wu You picked up the bloody man and hurriedly followed.

I don't know how long it took to walk, Wu You began to lose his physical strength, carrying a bloody man like a corpse, and the burden in front of him kept dangling, and it was difficult for Wu You, a fourteen-year-old boy, to walk for so long, seeing that he couldn't hold on anymore, Xiao Huang's call began to come.

Hearing Xiao Huang's call, Wu Wu knew that Xiao Huang must have found someone, so he cheered up and walked in the direction where Xiao Huang's voice came from.

Under the faint night light, Wu You saw a thatched house not far ahead, but he didn't see the light, he didn't have time to think about it, he walked for a day and carried this bloody man on his back, the exhaustion on his body came to him, and he gritted his teeth and walked towards the thatched house quickly.

After entering the house, he turned on the fire and lit the oil lamp in the house, and found that there was no one in the house, so he put the bloody man on the bed, untied his clothes, and saw that his body was full of blood.

After fetching water and wiping the blood stains on the bloody man, he found that there were no wounds on the bloody man's body and no signs of bleeding, except for the bloody clothes and the bloody cloth that wiped him, there was no sign of any injuries to the person, and those who didn't know thought they were sleeping.

Shaking his head, Wu You didn't think about it so much, so he looked at the house and found that the furnishings in the house and the kettle on the coffee table were not dusty, indicating that the house was inhabited, and he couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

At this time, Wu You's fatigue of the day swept over, and after simply drinking water, he hugged Xiao Huang, who was already asleep, and fell asleep on the ground.