Winters in small towns can be boring.

There are no beautiful snowflakes described in the book, and there are few blue days in autumn, only the wind that is cold to the bones with moisture, and the sky that is always covered with thick clouds.

Ye Mingke walked alone on the streets of the town, still thinking about the conversation with his uncle in the early morning.

Uncle told him very little things, only one person, a piece of jade, a goal, and a strange last sentence.

A person, the one who knew his father's clues, was nicknamed the Nine Spirits Yuan Sage. In the mortal world, it is said that he was his father's former master.

A piece of jade, thinking of this, Ye Mingke held the gray but perennial jade pendant on his chest with a hint of warmth.

Uncle Jian said that this was his father's last gift to himself, which could suppress his strange "overflow".

"Never take this piece of jade, no matter what the circumstances. Moreover, this piece of jade is also a symbol of your status, and it can prove your identity when you see the Nine Spirits. ”

These are Uncle Jian's exact words.

One goal, is the third answer. The third answer will be the cause of your own strange illness and the real situation.

Ye Mingke always felt that when Uncle Jian told him this goal, he gave him a feeling that he was about to leave. This may be the last answer I get.

And finally that strange sentence.

"That person named Jiu Ling knows my father's clues, so ...... What about my mother?"

When he asked this sentence that had been hidden in his heart for a long time, Uncle Jian was silent for a long time.

Finally he said.

"You don't have a mother, and you don't need to look for it. ”

But don't all children in this world have mothers?

Even if his mother is no longer in this world, even if he ...... She used to do something very sorry for herself, and she is still her mother, isn't she?

Ye Mingke was thinking about his thoughts, walking, and when he looked up, he found that he had already arrived under the big banyan tree where Da Bai was.

After completing the training of chopping wood, he gave himself a day off for the first time in several years, and asked Qiao Qiao and Tao Yao to come to the big banyan tree party this evening.

When he walked under the big banyan tree, the big white cat was wrapped in a quilt in the hollow of the tree and reading a book.

Winter is the laziest season for Dabai, and few people are willing to brave the wind to listen to him, so he barely goes out of the cave.

"Yezi, why did you come here so early today, didn't they come here when it was dark?"

Seeing Ye Mingke's whiteness, he looked at the sky with some surprise, the pale and weak winter sun had already slanted westward, but it had not yet set.

"I came over early to talk to you first. ”

Ye Mingke walked under the tree and said with a smile.

A leaf fell from above him, and he raised his head and looked at the winter sky through the large banyan tree, whose branches were much sparse, and suddenly asked.

"Dabai, you've lived in a tree hole for so long, have you climbed to the top of the tree to see it?"

"Huh!" the old urchin closed the book in his hand and poked his head out excitedly, "I have inconvenient legs and feet, and I really haven't gone up to read it." ”

"Then I'll take you up and have a look. Ye Mingke lowered his head and said to Da Bai.

"Okay. Da Bai, who was already itching, nodded immediately.

Da Bai without legs on his back was more troublesome, and Ye Mingke tied Da Bai and himself with a rope before he started to climb the tree.

The big banyan tree is very big, which sometimes makes Ye Mingke feel that the big banyan tree is actually a complete world, of course, for Dabai, the big banyan tree is his whole world.

Ye Mingke slowly climbed up along the thick branches of the big banyan tree, he could have climbed very fast, but he didn't, because he knew that Da Bai loved his home very much, and he must have wanted to take a serious look at what the big banyan tree looked like.

Da Bai looked at him with a surprised smile behind him, for him, a tree climb may be the biggest expedition and adventure.

A person's happiness does not seem to depend on how rich the material world is in which he lives.

As the top of the big banyan tree approached, Ye Mingke climbed the tallest branch with the ease of a nimble ape, and then he carefully stood up and pulled out the top leaves.

The vast sky was covered by heavy clouds that crashed into their eyes, followed by wisps of pale sunlight shining out from behind the thick clouds.

On a winter afternoon, the town is fully presented at their feet surrounded by mountains, and the smoke of the house's dinner is rising. The winter sun shines through the smoke and gilds the town with a warm golden edge.

This is the highest place in the town.

Ye Mingke sat down with Dabai on his back, and they watched quietly in a daze.

"The town is so big. Da Bai said to Ye Mingke.

"But it's small, you see, the mountains over there block our view. ”

Ye Mingke pointed to the mountains that surrounded the town.

"Dabai, why can you live happily in a tree hole? The world is so big, don't you ever want to go out and see it?"

"Like climbing this tree, like climbing that mountain, like getting out of town, like ...... Get out of the island. ”

"That's not how the size of the world counts. ”

"The size of the world depends on the world and on you. If your heart is rich, the world is rich. ”

"So my home is actually very big. ”

"Hello play, the sunset of the long river, the starry plains, the jade palace Qionglou, the golden iron horse, the talented and beautiful, the golden boy and the girl, the fair lady, the small jasper, the lady of everyone...... Hey, it seems that something has been exposed, anyway, my family is very big, and I have it. ”

Da Bai sang heroically behind his back, but when it came to the back, it was a little tasteless.

"You still have a fairy sister who hasn't paid me back. Ye Mingke added for him.

"No, no, I don't have anything at home. Da Bai immediately retorted.

"But I can't yet. I want to go out and see. ”

Ye Mingke didn't argue with him, but quieted down, looked at the mountains blocking his vision in the distance, and said softly.

In winter, it got dark quickly, and Qiao Qiao and Tao Yao came to the big banyan tree one after another.

On a cold winter night, a group of them lit a warm fire in the leeward of the tree, set up barbecue food, and sat together, and the cold winter night seemed to become warm all of a sudden.

"It's been a long time since we've been together, when was the last time we got together?"

"It should have been the summer of the year before or the year before last. ”

"Who told someone to be busy all the time!"

"Shh

Under the big banyan tree, the other three people asked a busy man in unison.

"My fault, my fault. ”

A busy man had to work harder to take charge of the food on the barbecue pile under the coercion of everyone, and every time the grilled food was "tragically" plundered and almost empty.

No way, Ye Mingke, who has the best cooking skills and the smallest amount of food, is really a perfect barbecue partner.

Especially today, he didn't have a lot of physical training, and he couldn't eat anything.

"Barbecue, barbecue, barbecue is the point, tsk, you guys who just grab something to eat. ”

Ye Mingke, who couldn't resist fate, had to rely on his mouth, but after all, every food under his command was still well taken care of.

He has always been the one who eats the least, but cooks the most carefully.

After eating a wave, everyone was clamoring to tell the story as usual. Dabai, who hadn't told a story for a long time, didn't shirk this time, sat up straight against the big banyan tree, and waved his big hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

The laughter of the crowd fell silent, and the only sound was the faint crackling of the branches burning in the fire in the quiet winter night.

"Today I will tell you a story called 'Huai'an Dream', which also has a more well-known name - 'Nanke A Dream'. ”

"It is said that there is a ranger in Leping, drinking under the ancient locust tree, falling asleep after getting drunk, and seeing a city tower with the inscription 'Dahuai Anguo'......"

Dabai's voice carried a fascinating magic, bringing the people around the fire into that strange and beautiful story.

Ye Mingke has already seen that story.

He listened to the story of the ranger who slept under the locust tree and became the county guard of Nanke County in Huai'an Kingdom, and experienced a lifetime of prosperity and ups and downs in his dreams, and drank wine.

Feeling a little tipsy.

It was the first time he had drunk, and this time Tao Yao had smuggled in wine from his drunkard father.

By the light of the fire, he wrote the word "Huai'an" on the sand next to the fire, and he always preferred the name that few people know about this story.

He likes the word "Huai'an".

"Huai'an", "wood", "ghost", "an", ghost is in wood.

The floating ghost is content with the lonely wood.

If one day the ghost wants to get out of the small but safe wood, will he soon be killed by the golden wind and scorching sun and the righteous knight who subdues demons and destroys demons mentioned in the book?

But the ghost, just wanted to go out and see.