It was still early summer when I was first taken up the mountain by the quilt ink, look at the corn in the field, there were only some bare poles left, it should be winter now, it's good to follow the gods, and I can't feel the cold in winter, and time flies really fast.

"Kirin, I really can't walk, it's not early now, find a farmer to borrow for a night, let me rest. Xiao Xuan pressed his sore waist and grinned and said, he hadn't washed properly after walking for the past few days, and his originally fair and tender cheeks became gray.

"Hold on for a while, just when will you get to the city at this pace. Seeing her standing, Qilin hurriedly dragged her, "Or I'll carry you away!"

Xiao Xuan looked at him helplessly, in the end, it was a child's heart, "No, if you insist on leaving, you can go by yourself, I won't take you with me." ”

Qilin still wanted to grind, but seeing Xiao Xuan's resolute expression, he wilted again, "Okay, I'll go to the farmer's side to have a look, and spend the night by the way." ”

Xiao Xuan smiled and tugged at his ear affectionately, "Let's go together." ”

"Don't pull my ears, if you stretch it, it will become ugly!" Qilin covered his ears and said with a smile, "Sister Xuan, you are my own sister, I will listen to whatever you say in the future, you see if I am very good!"

"It's very good, but if you dare to be disobedient, I'll let Zimo take you away, so as not to cause trouble for me. The two laughed as they walked toward the farm.

When I got closer, I realized how shabby it was, with adobe roofs covered with corn mustard and a small yard surrounded by a few fences. It was almost twilight, but there was no smoke rising from the house.

Kirin stepped forward quickly, reached out and knocked on the broken door, "Is there anyone?"

"It's coming!" opened the door by an old man, with a wrinkled face, and a trace of fear in the cloudy eyes of the person who came.

"Old man, I want to live here, hurry up and prepare a high-quality silk futon for the master. "Qilin didn't know the suffering of the world, and when he saw the person, he naturally told him about his treatment in the heavenly court.

The old man knelt on the ground with a "puff", and couldn't help his old tears, "Master Jun, you can do it, my family has nothing, you can take whatever you like." ”

"Old man, please get up. Xiao Xuan hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man up, and glanced at the Qilin with disgust, "We're just here to spend the night, as long as there is a place to sleep." ”

The old man wiped his face with his sleeve and stood up tremblingly, "My house is such a big place, let's live in it, and the little old man will squat in the yard all night." ”

"Qilin apologized to the old man, and then helped him into the house!" Xiao Xuan looked at him and said lightly, but his eyes were full of warning.

Although Qilin was reluctant, he was afraid that Sister Xuan would be angry, so he moved over, "I'm sorry, I had a bad attitude just now." ”

"No... No—" The old man shivered as he watched, and took a few quick steps to bring the two of them into the house.

Xiao Xuan went into the house and looked around, it was not appropriate to describe it as simple, it was too broken, the earth walls were ventilated everywhere, and when you looked up, you could see the roof of the sky, the kang made of yellow mud, and a large cauldron, which was already rusting and rotten, and the room was black, and it looked like it was going to fall down at any time; was this a place where people lived! She had never been here, she had lived in a brothel, the prince's mansion, and the general's mansion.

"Oh my God, can you live here, Sister Xuan, let's go. Seeing this, the Qilin exclaimed, "Go further, maybe there will be an inn." ”

"Shut up!" Xiao Xuan looked at Qilin's gaze sternly, "You go and prepare more meals, and you will rest here today." ”

Qilin was a little crazy, but he didn't dare to resist when he saw her, and walked out with a wail.

The old man breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the unicorn go out, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and saw that Xiao Xuan was amiable, so he began to chatter, "This girl, you don't know, what kind of life we are living here, there are wars everywhere, there are many people in the village, but now there are old people like us left, the young people have been arrested, and there has been no news since they left." I don't know if they are dead or alive. I originally had two sons, but I haven't heard from them since I left, and my wife and son died half a year ago, so I'm the only one left, so it's better to die as soon as possible!

"Uncle, then no one cares about you, what about those who are officials?" Xiao Xuan felt helpless, she had never experienced war, so naturally she didn't know the cruelty of war, but she had studied history, and the history books said that the wars in ancient times were built with white bones. It seems that the old man's son has also gone and never returned.

Hearing her words, the old man smiled bitterly, "Officials, they only care about their own food, how can they care about our life or death, just the day before yesterday they came to ask for rent." Girl, look at what my family is paying rent, I haven't eaten for a few days. ”

Xiao Xuan suddenly remembered Shile's words, this world has nine continents, under the control of an emperor, somewhat similar to the Western Zhou Dynasty when there were many princes, it stands to reason that there should be no war, "Uncle, you said to fight, who is fighting? Oh, I came down from the mountain, and I haven't asked about the world for a long time." ”

"Hey..."The old man sighed, mentioning that the war had made his originally old face a few years older, "I don't know why the two kings of Qingyi rebelled, they caught strong men everywhere, collected money in various names, and didn't care about the lives of the people, I really don't know when this war will end, I really hope that General Baili will fight it soon..."The old man suddenly stopped his mouth and looked at her with some vigilance.

"Don't be afraid, uncle, I won't say these things to anyone else. Xiao Xuan smiled, and it was not difficult to hear from the words of this old man how hard their lives were.

"Sister Xuan, I'm back. As he spoke, the Kirin rushed in like a gust of wind, "Let's see what delicious food I brought back." ”

Xiao Xuan took the lotus leaf from his hand and handed it to the old man, "Uncle, these are all for you, we have eaten them all at night, and if you can't eat them, you can keep them for tomorrow, Qilin, let's go." ”

"Sister Xuan, do you know where I got those foods?" Qilin looked at the rice in the old man's hand and rolled his eyes in distress.

"Obedient, let's go, aren't you in a hurry!" Xiao Xuan walked up to him and reached out to pinch him.

"Okay~" Qilin gritted his teeth, glared at the old man fiercely and walked out of the door.

It was already completely dark, Xiao Xuan was tired and hungry, and after carefully looking at the surrounding farmers, the situation was similar, no one would have two empty rooms for her and Qilin to live in, where to go?