The winter in Yi'an is also unusually cold, the streets are piled with thick snow, the carriage stopped behind the Yi'an County Ya, and the three of Li Ge got off the station at the gate of the county government with the gate closed.

"Second brother, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and there is no one in this county, what should we do?" Jingchen stretched out his fat little hand and took off a black hat on his head, and touched his bald head.

"I'm going to beat the drum and try it. Li Ge walked up to the yamen, drew out the drum and struck it a few times, and after a few moments, a crack opened in the closed door.

"You guys are looking for a beating, what is the knock on this big New Year, if it disturbs my master, it will inevitably be beaten. Inside the door, a middle-aged man wearing a black cotton hat poked his head out of the crack and yelled at the three people outside the door.

"Uncle, please give this sign to your master. Li Ge saw the middle-aged man in the crack of the door, took out the Guoshi card from the Qiankun bag on his side and handed it to the door.

The middle-aged man stared at the wooden plaque for a moment, then took it and looked at it in his hand, and saw that one of the sides was engraved with the official seal, the anger on his face immediately disappeared, and he said in a kind tone, "Okay, I'll go now, you guys are waiting here." ”

"Second brother, what was that wooden plaque you just had? My master seems to have one too. After the middle-aged man returned to the ya, Jingchen asked puzzled.

"That's called a thaumaturgical card, it's the exclusive token of the thaumaturgic warrior of the Shock Division, when I go back this time, I'll talk to the Jiang Pavilion Master, and let him give you a piece when the time comes." Li Ge touched the little monk's head, moved his eyes to Lin Yurou beside him, and asked with concern, "It's cold, isn't it?"

"It's fine. After Lin Yurou replied, the three of them stood at the gate for a while, and then the closed door opened, and out of it came a man in his thirties in a gray cotton suit and a middle-aged man in Shicai.

"Are you the thaumaturgical warriors of the Earthquake Division?" the man in the gray cotton suit stood at the door, looked at the pair of young men and women and the three little monks standing outside the door, and asked in a puzzled tone.

"Yes, we are here from the Earthquake Division, and I heard that there is an incident in a small town called Kaidaokou here. Li Ge replied calmly with his hand.

"Okay~ The three masters followed me into the yamen and said. Hearing this, the man in the gray cotton suit welcomed the three of Li Ge into a living room in the ya. After sitting in the hall, a maid carried three cups of hot tea in front of the three of them, and then took the door and went out.

"This official's surname is Xie, his name is Zhantang, he is the county official of Yi'an, I don't know what the three masters call him. The county official Xie in a gray cotton suit looked at the three people sitting in the hall and introduced himself.

"It turned out to be Xie County's order. Li Ge got up and raised his hand to the county magistrate and bowed, and then introduced, "My name is Li Ge, this is pure dust, this is Yurou." ”

After introducing each other, Li Ge asked directly, "Xie County Order, where is Haidaokou Town?"

"Haidaokou Town is in the east of our Yi'an County, with the sea on one side and mountains on three sides, about 100 miles away from the county seat. After replying, the county magistrate said, "It's the New Year, and it's snowing heavily, so why don't you three stay in my yamen for a few days?" Anyway, no one will go there now, so nothing should happen." ”

When Li Ge heard this, he glanced at Lin Yurou and Jingchen, and then nodded, "That's good, so it's a lot of disturbance." ”

"It's okay, you sit down first, and I'll order someone to clean up your room. The county official surnamed Xie said politely, and then opened the door and went out.

After the three of them sat in the house for a while, the county official Xie pushed the door and walked in, he led the three of them to the two connected small rooms in the back office, and said politely, "Three little masters, you can live here." ”

"Okay~ I'm tired. Li Ge thanked him for the gift, and after greeting the county official Xie for a few words, he walked into one of the small rooms with Jingchen. Lin Yurou lived in the room next to them, and after putting her things down, she moved to the room next door where Li Ge and Jingchen lived.

"Three little masters, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and our master ordered the cook to prepare a table of fasting dishes for you. When it was about to get dark, the middle-aged man who had opened the door for them knocked on the door.

Afterwards, two maids walked into the room with a wooden plate and put them on the table.

"I originally thought that this year's Chinese New Year would be alone, but I didn't expect you to accompany me today. Sitting at the table, Lin Yurou said in a slightly emotional tone.

"For as long as I can remember, every year during the Chinese New Year, Master and I are together. Jingchen, who was sitting on the side, whispered with a light in his eyes, and then lowered his head.

Hearing the words of the two, Li Ge sighed bitterly in his heart, compared to them, he was very lucky, at least he still had his family. And Jingchen and Lin Yurou have both been without parents since they were children, and grew up with their respective masters or aunts, and now that the elders are gone, they have a lot of bitterness in their hearts.

"Come~ let's eat. Li Ge squeezed out a smile, picked up the chopsticks and put some vegetables in the dust bowl, "Eat quickly, otherwise the dishes will be cold after a while." ”

"Thank you, second brother. The little monk raised his head, picked up his chopsticks and ate them.

"Don't you usually like mushrooms? Lin Yurou put away a trace of sadness on her face, took a chopstick mushroom and put it in the little monk's bowl.

"Thank you, Sister Yurou. Jingchen stretched out his hand to wipe the tears in his eyes and ate it in a big gulp.

"Since then, we have been together every Chinese New Year. Looking at the other two, Li Ge unconsciously said such a sentence. Then, he hurriedly said, "By the way, let's eat quickly, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and there should be fireworks in the evening." ”

"Okay~" "Okay~" Hearing what Li Ge said, the other two spoke at the same time. The three of them each glanced at each other, and then in the laughter of the clean dust, the sad atmosphere in the room quietly disappeared.

After a Chinese New Year's Eve meal, when the three of them left the house, the sky sounded the sound of 'bang~' and 'boom~', and the flashing fireworks were like dazzling meteors, leaving its dazzling brilliance in the sky for a short time.

"Every time I see fireworks, my master will say that people should live like these fireworks, and don't give up a moment of splendid opportunities because of just a few decades of life. Li Ge stared at the flickering fireworks in the night sky, and recalled the scene of watching fireworks with Master during the Chinese New Year.

If you are not a true cultivator, the average person has a lifespan of just a few decades, compared to the years, it is indeed just when meteors break through the sky and fireworks land. The vast majority of people in the world are unwilling to be ordinary in their hearts, but they have no choice but to bow to the ordinary for various reasons.

Chinese New Year's Eve ended with the sound of fireworks, and in a room in the small courtyard of Yannei in Yi'an County, three strangers ushered in the first day of the year here.