Chapter 123: Jiuquan (1)
The night was full of wind and rain until the light of day brightened.
The oil lamp on the table had burned out, and a line of smoke floated from the wick, like a gentle silk, elegantly stretching and rising upward.
In the mountains in late autumn, the cold air in the early morning was inevitably heavier, and several people got up early and walked to the front of the store.
A fresh and humid air is blowing in your face, so it's not cool. As far as the eye can see, the leaves on the tips of the grass not far away are covered with crystal clear dewdrops, and when they shake gently with the wind, they draw a graceful arc in the air and drip down. In the distance, in the woods, the morning mist was even more thick, covered with a thin veil, and she was like a hospitable woman from a foreign land, showing the sweetest smile, stretching her long, delicate arms, to attract guests from afar.
Feng Shuzhu stood with his hands in his hands, and raised his eyes to look at the path in front of the store, which was originally only a few zhang long, but more than half of it was hidden in the fog at this time.
Chu Qing and Xiao Jiu were standing behind them, standing left and right, their eyes full of curiosity, and they also looked in the same direction, staring at such an ethereal and illusory world.
Shui Lingyue and Granny Duan were standing not far behind the three of them, their positions were closer to the window of the wine shop, and neither of them spoke, but their eyes were also looking at the forest.
After a night's rest, the little chubby bear bag and the orange cat girl looked full of energy, and at the moment they had no time to care about anything around them, but ran around the wine shop round and round, chasing back and forth.
Such a quiet morning can't help but make people feel refreshed, as if they are away from all their troubles, even if they stand silently and watch, the mood is much more comfortable.
At this time, there was a very incongruous sound, faintly coming from the store, it was Yi Dingjia, who was still lying on the chair and sleepy, snoring like thunder from his nose.
In an instant, the rare Qingning was broken, and Chu Qing was the first to be unhappy, although he didn't say anything, he turned his head and glanced inside the store, frowned again, and turned around.
But Feng Shuzhu frowned slightly, looking at such a misty scene in front of him, as if he was in deep thought.
Suddenly, Chu Qing behind him spoke: "Brother Feng, the fog is so thick, and after the heavy rain, will some monsters come out and walk around, should we go around and investigate?"
Feng Shuzhu turned his head when he heard the sound and said with a smile: "What Qing'er said is not unreasonable, even if there are no monsters, I am afraid that some beasts will come out and walk around." In this case, I'm afraid it will take you a hard trip. ”
Chu Qing was suspicious, looked at Feng Shuzhu, and immediately said, "Could it be that Brother Feng, aren't you going?"
Feng Shuzhu nodded, and said, "I still have to wait here, I'm afraid that the shopkeeper will come back." ”
Chu Qing heard the "oh" sound, lowered his head and thought for a moment, glanced at the misty woods again, then looked at Xiao Jiu, and said lightly: "Xiao Jiu, are you going?"
During the conversation between the two, Xiao Jiu had been staring at Chu Qing, and when he heard him ask like this, he didn't think about it, and immediately nodded vigorously.
Seeing that Xiao Jiu was so refreshing, Chu Qing also returned with a sweet smile, and then turned his head to Feng Shuzhu and said softly: "Brother Feng, then I'll go with Xiao Jiu to have a look." ”
Feng Shuzhu glanced at the two of them, stared at the hazy woods, groaned, and still advised: "Be careful in everything, don't be strong in case of trouble." ”
Xiao Jiu nodded, and Chu Qing smiled: "Got it, don't worry, Brother Feng." ”
After speaking, the two of them walked along the path in front of the store towards the forest, and walked a few steps away, but they heard a loud noise from behind the house, which resounded through the sky, as if something broke through the ground and rose up from the air, and then seemed to feel that the ground also trembled violently.
Feng Shuzhu, who was originally watching Chu Qing and Xiao Jiu, was the first to react, without making any unnecessary movements, his body moved and went to the roof, looking at the back of the house with a cold gaze.
followed by Shui Lingyue and Granny Duan, the two of them also clinging to the mountain facing the house, followed closely behind, both flew up, and gently floated beside Feng Shuzhu.
Chu Qing and Xiao Jiu were startled when they heard the sound of breaking the air, turned their heads and saw that several people had already gone to the roof, so they couldn't help but say more, and they also turned around and flew onto the roof.
The little fat bear bag and the orange cat girl happened to run to the front of the store at this time, and they were all stunned when they heard the sound, and when they saw everyone moving so quickly, they froze in place for a while.
Seeing that the half-cut curtain hanging on the door of the store was raised, and a person's head poked out, it was Yi Dingjia who looked panicked, only to see him observe the situation outside, and then asked in a low voice: "What happened?"
The little chubby bear bag and the orange cat girl ignored him, and didn't even take a second look, but ran one after the other, bypassing Fangshan and running to the back of the house.
Yi Dingjia saw that they ran away and didn't pay attention to themselves, his eyes widened, and he looked a little annoyed, but after thinking about it, the two little animals couldn't say anything, he was really sleeping, turned his head, looked out for a while, saw that there was no other movement, thought and thought, and then cautiously opened the curtain of the store and walked out. Along the way, he shrank back and forth, looked forward and backward to the back of the house, carefully hid behind the gable, and slowly poked his head out to look behind the house.
I saw that Feng Shuzhu and the others had already fallen from the roof, and stood quietly in front of the woods not far behind the house, all looking in the same direction. At the feet of the crowd were scattered scattered with bits and pieces of rubble, which looked like they had been newly excavated from the ground, and the ground was still wet.
Yi Dingjia poked his head out a little more, his eyes moved forward a distance, and he saw that not far from everyone, a column of water ten zhang high erupted from the ground in front of the trees, the root of the water column was still clearly visible, and after rising to a height of several zhang, it turned into smoke and the mist wafting in the forest, like a hazy light veil.
To Yi Dingjia's surprise, a breeze blew, and the smell of wine came from the water column. hooked his saliva straight down, so he no longer had the slightest hesitation, strode forward, and involuntarily exclaimed: "Ah! what a fragrant wine!" After saying a few steps, he walked in front of everyone, leaned forward, relaxed his nose and smelled it, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and said: "This, this is really wine, such a strong wine, a good fragrant wine." ”
Except for Feng Shuzhu who turned his head to look at Yi Dingjia and smiled, the others didn't make any moves, as if they hadn't heard him speak, just quietly watching such a magical thing in front of them.
Chu Qing looked at it for a while, smiled on his face, and muttered in his mouth: "Aren't we looking for a wine jar? It seems that this wine shop really doesn't need a jar to sell wine, and people have such a big eye at 'Jiuquan'!"
When Yi Dingjia heard this, he came to his senses, and turned his head to continue: "Miss Chu's name is good, well, the one who spews out the wine should indeed be called Jiuquan." Then he said, "I wonder if there will be a spring of silver, but if I find it, I will be really rich." He laughed out loud as he spoke.
Chu Qing glanced at Yi Dingjia, and when she saw his obscene appearance of greedy for money, she couldn't help frowning her eyebrows, and invisibly felt a sense of boredom, turned her head, looked at the spring again, and said lightly: "It's really hard to find such a spring." ”
Chu Qing was right, it turned out that this "Jiuquan" was spewed out from a very inconspicuous spring on the ground, if you don't pay attention to it, you will definitely mistake it for a cave dug by a wild mouse or a hare with a larger body, such a hole can really be seen everywhere in the wild. Take the orange cat girl and the little fat bear bag bag as a comparison, the two small animals will never be able to get into it, but such an ordinary cave, but something incredible has happened.
After listening to Chu Qing's words, Yi Dingjia also looked over, and after seeing it clearly, he took Chu Qing's words and said: "This shopkeeper is really good at planning, this 'Jiuquan' is obviously born naturally, but he can sell it for white silver, it is really unprofitable!" Speaking of silver, there was inevitably a little more jealousy in his tone, as if as long as he didn't take advantage of himself, anyone's benefits would make him angry.
No one spoke, but by this time everyone had already understood the question: why the liquor store was built here. But another question followed: who was the owner and where did he go?
Obviously, Yi Dingjia didn't have the heart to think about those mind-wracking things, but tentatively approached the spring water with his face, then opened his mouth, sucked hard, but took a sip of wine, and after retracting his neck, he actually let out a sigh of admiration, and said: "Good wine, good wine, really good wine, no less strong than the burning knife in the desert." The mouth is full of praise, but the appearance of drinking is really a little embarrassed, the beard and eyebrows have been wet, screwed together, and the appearance is a little more obscene.
Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Yi Dingjia didn't care, but said again: "This wine is delicious, it's delicious, but it's too laborious to drink!" As soon as the words fell, he looked down, but he didn't know when the little fat bear bag took a bowl over, and after approaching the spring water, he took a big bowl of wine back with his front paws stretched and retracted, and he didn't look at Yi Dingjia who was stunned on the side, and picked up the bowl and drank it.
When Yi Dingjia saw it, he cocked his beard and said with a smile: "You are smarter than me." ”
The little chubby bear bag drank the bowl of wine, wiped his mouth, and then grinned at Yi Dingjia, as if he was smiling, then turned around again, stretched out the bowl again, and came back with a full bowl of wine, turned around and moved to Yi Dingjia's side.
Yi Dingjia looked at it, as if he was flattered, pointed to the bowl of wine, and said with a smile: "Oh, you, are you going to drink it for the old man?" Who knew that the little fat bear bag grinned, walked past him with the bowl of wine, and went straight to the orange cat girl, stretched out his two front paws forward, and respectfully handed the bowl of wine to the orange cat girl.
The orange cat girl was staring at the spring with a pair of indifferent eyes, and when she heard the sound, she turned her head and looked at the bowl of wine, but her body was like an electric shock, her limbs jumped up, she jumped away in a hurry, looked at the little fat bear bag with resentful eyes, and silently walked to the side, obviously she hated the taste of wine.