After the two of them finished eating the tofu and boiling, the original plan was to go out of the city and hurry, a small Shangyang City, except for the messy stewed tofu of Lao Hong's family that is worth mentioning, there is nothing for people to stay in other places. But he really couldn't resist Lao Hong's enthusiastic retention, no matter what, he had to let the two stay in the city for at least a day before leaving, otherwise he didn't want to let him go, and said all the words, in desperation, Zhou Jiujian had to discuss with Liu Yue, and finally had to agree to Lao Hong.

After Lao Hong saw that the two of them finally nodded, his face was full of smiles, which made Zhou Jiujian, who knew him quite well, a little confused. I saw that Lao Hong began to close the stall early, and he didn't even want to do a good business, so that many customers who came one after another complained about it, Lao Hong just apologized with a smile on his face, and the work in his hand did not fall at all, and he cleaned up, and even took the young man to take a hand, and it didn't take much time for Lao Hong to clean up the shop, just bring some money and those ingredients that could not be put aside overnight, and then other worthless objects were all neatly placed in place, and then, Lao Hong took Zhou Jiujian and the girl and left on his own。

Since you have saved others to stay for one more day, you naturally have to cover the matter of food and accommodation, otherwise, it is really too unconscionable.

I saw Lao Hong's big hand wave, this matter, naturally not a big problem, to arrange!

He took the two of them around, although the town is small, but there are a lot of alleys and alleys, even if the memory is as good as Liu Yue Zhou Jiujian, under his leadership, he didn't feel a little dizzy, and finally took the two to a small alley.

There is no snow today, and there is plenty of light. Lao Hong led them into the alley, walked all the way, and came to the penultimate door at the back, the wooden door was still new, and there were two painted door gods guarding the house on the door.

Lao Hong took out the key from his body, opened the door, and then pushed the door in first, and while walking inside, he introduced Zhou Jiujian and Liu Yue, who were half a step behind him: "This house in Xinghua Hutong was bought by me two months ago. The original owner here, is a rice merchant, his business is very big, the character is also good, patronize my business all the year round, this come and go I am also extremely familiar with him, and then two months ago, he suddenly told me that he was going to the north of Houchu to do a big deal, if it became, it must be a monstrous wealth when the head fell, and this life will not worry about eating and drinking. Listening to his mysterious description, it seems quite tempting, he also wants to pull me into the gang, but I, thinking that I have worked hard all my life is not so rich and noble, and besides, I don't have much capital, and I am not as strong as others, if I grit my teeth and press this down, this will be in case the wealth is not earned, but to lose the capital, a fall, people can get up again, and I, I'm afraid I can only fall in the mud, don't want to turn over, I have to think carefully after refusing to him. In the end, he saw that he couldn't pull me into the house, and suddenly said yes to me, he still has the title deed of such a Hutong house, and sold it to me at a cheap price, and asked me what I wanted? Then I calculated carefully, and found that such a price, if you buy it, it will not be a loss, with this extra house, to be honest, this location is actually quite good, if it is rented to someone else to live, after a year or two, this money, it will come back, it is really a feasible long-term solution, but it is quite suitable for me, so I didn't think much about it, so I wanted to come down. ”

Zhou Jiujian listened to Lao Hong's babbling a lot, then followed in, looked around at the house, and said, "Uncle Xuanyuan, aren't you afraid that the rice merchant is cheating you, what if there is anything wrong with this house?"

Lao Hong shook his head and said with a firm face: "This is not possible, I have known him for so many years, and the relationship is really extraordinary. ”

When Zhou Jiujian heard this, he didn't say anything more, and his eyes turned to look around again.

When I first saw it from the outside of the door, it was just ordinary and I couldn't see anything, but when I walked in from the front, I found that it was hidden inside. Entering the eye is an old well, sitting in the center, the well water is thorough, only three or four inches high from the edge of the well, it will overflow without overflowing, and the abyss is wrinkled, and the ancient well has no waves. The boy subconsciously walked to the edge of this ancient well, there is sunlight on his head from the green tiles and white eaves, around the ancient well, there is still a new snow left, Zhou Jiujian bent down into the well, the calm well water immediately swayed ripples and wrinkles, the young man took some ancient well water, raised his head with one hand, raised up, and let the well water flow into the mouth along the palm of his fingers, and then, the young man was speechless, it was particularly clear and sweet, and there was no cold and cold in winter, this ancient well well water, it seems, it seems that it is really a bit exquisite, extraordinary。

Raise your eyes and look around, the beams and pillars of the house, the carved paintings of the eaves, are all ancient and exquisite, the three people enter the door to stand, but it is the first hall of this Hutong deep house, facing inside, it is a small courtyard planted with some bonsai, and the courtyard is east and west and north, there is a room respectively, look at it, it is also quite spacious, of course, there is no one living in it for the time being. In the courtyard, there are many types of dishes left by the original rice merchant owner, all of which are unique, and the young man is short-sighted and can understand some, while some are still not famous. It is to ask Liu Yue, Liu Yue studied under the sword armor Li Mengtang, but not only just learned swordsmanship, sword and armor knowledge can also be called knowledgeable, the girl Liu Yue learned, naturally not bad, and on weekdays on Qingyun Mountain, when bored, it is also by reading calligraphy, painting and painting to pass the time, is her miscellaneous learning, it is quite wide, only those few bonsai in front of him, although the teenager is not knowledgeable, but most of them are very common on weekdays, and they are not like those who have gone through thousands of years, The strange thing that has only appeared in a hundred years is that Liu Yue easily introduced these bonsai to the teenager one by one.

After hearing this, the young man remembered it in his heart, but when he thought about it, he still felt more concerned about the ancient well outside.

"How is it?" Lao Hong took the two of them to look at the whole house, not even letting go of the corners, and then asked with some pride.

That look is as if to say: Look, the house I bought is not bad, right?

"That well is good. The boy replied.

"There are no sneaky monsters. The girl also replied.

Lao Hong's face was full of smiles, and suddenly the reply to the two of them was erased.

Zhou Jiujian, you kid, what I'm asking is how my house is, you just tell me about the ancient well in front of the hall? Okay, anyway, that ancient well is also in my house, the well is good, and it can barely be regarded as saying that the house is good, but you, Miss Liu, don't have sneaky monsters?!

What is the answer?

Lao Hong suddenly felt a little sad, and even lost a lot of his original interest, and said weakly: "Alas, forget it, you go and choose a house, tonight, you will live here." ”

Zhou Jiujian and Liu Yue looked at it, the two of them chose the side room in the east and west respectively, it stands to reason that the house facing the hall in the north is generally the main house, which is the place where the owner lives, and the person who comes is a guest, so naturally he can't occupy the magpie's nest.

Lao Hong looked at it and said, "You can live at will, anyway, I don't live here." ”

Zhou Jiujian simply put away his packing and quipped: "Uncle Xuanyuan, it's a pity that you don't move in such a good house?"

Suddenly, I heard the young man say that this house is good, Lao Hong's injured heart is a little better, and he immediately smiled again, but waved his hand and said: "I have lived in the old house for more than ten years, which corner I am very familiar with, that is to live out of the feelings, reluctant to change, this is not a good saying, 'the gold nest and silver nest are not as comfortable as their own kennels', I think this is reasonable." ”

The boy smiled.

Kennel?

Suddenly, I remembered the thatched house where I lived with my grandfather when I was a child, I was young and fashionable and didn't feel much, and when I grew up, I realized how dilapidated the thatched house was, but it was also the warmest, most comfortable, and most comfortable "kennel" that he felt in this life.

Zhou Jiujian suddenly smiled, but he was no longer just dying of longing.

"What are you laughing at, so happy?" asked Lao Hong strangely.

Zhou Jiujian was only a little distracted, but when he came back to his senses, he saw Liu Yueyi also closing the door from the room that temporarily belonged to her in the west and walked over.

"No, I'm just ...... I'm laughing at you!" the boy said perfunctorily.

"Laugh at me, you kid, what's going on in your heart again?" Lao Hong stared, pretending to be angry, but helplessly his appearance was too simple and simple, with a pair of thick eyebrows and big eyes, but he couldn't pretend to be angry.

"Uh...... No, no!," the boy denied.

"Then tell me what you're laughing at?" asked Lao Hong.

"No...... I don't remember. Zhou Jiujian pretended to be stupid.

"Hey, you kid, it's right!" saw Lao Hong roll up the sleeves of his two arms with a snorting face, and strode towards Zhou Jiujian.

"Stop, don't come here! I can tell you, this time I am not what it used to be, I have been here and there for months, and I have practiced peerless swordsmanship, I can warn you, if you dare to take another step forward, don't blame me for being ruthless under the sword!" Zhou Jiujian tied the wooden sword Wutong around his waist, and he didn't encounter a slight demonic obstacle along the way, so he was silent for a while, but now it finally came in handy, only to see him holding it, and constantly gesturing towards the old Hong.

But I heard Lao Hong say with a disdainful face: "Hey, who are you scaring with this wooden sword? I have seen you carry it a long time ago, what peerless swordsmanship is there, and let me 'Shangyang Tofu Carry the Handle Lao Hong' to comprehend and comprehend, ha, look at the moves, the black tiger digs out his heart!"

I saw that in the courtyard, a teenager and a middle-aged uncle, giggling and laughing, were really stunned.

On the side, the girl Liu Yue always looked at the two quietly, and her eyes fell on Lao Hong from time to time, and in the depths of her eyes, there was always a trace of doubt that could not be eliminated.