After Xu Yan and Gu Xueqing entered the room, they didn't know that the young couple downstairs had this conversation, but even if they knew, with Xu Yan's temperament, at most, they would laugh it off and not take it too seriously.

As for Gu Xueqing, only she knows.

Xu Yan didn't plan to sleep peacefully, but planned to choose meditation and practice as always, after Gu Xueqing, who had already freshened up, returned to the room, seeing him like this, he hesitated for a moment in his heart, and still said: "Doesn't the little junior brother sleep?

After Xu Yan heard this, he smiled and replied: "When I was in Qixingdun, my cultivation had already reached a bottleneck, but since I went down the mountain, so long has passed, but there has been no sign of a breakthrough, so I thought, I usually have time to cultivate for a while, maybe I will inadvertently, and it may not be necessary to break through." ”

When Gu Xueqing heard him say this, she also slowly sat on her bed, but she did not sit cross-legged like Xu Yan, but bent and arched her feet together, and then wrapped her hands around her, hugging her tightly, and finally, I saw her put her pointed chin between her two knees.

Xu Yan saw that she suddenly looked like a little woman, and her eyes were wandering, looking straight ahead, and she didn't reply to her words, just looked stunned, and couldn't help but think of what she said badly about Aunt Yin's grandmother and made her angry, so she didn't know what to continue to say. But no matter what, he is still a man after all, and it is not a matter of making the atmosphere of seeing each other so embarrassing.

So, after Xu Yan pondered for a while, he still asked, "Senior Sister Gu has been ...... lately?" But what's on your mind?"

Gu Xueqing's face was still pale, but she shook her head with a blank expression. It wasn't until after a long interval that she suddenly said, "Actually...... It's a little bit of a thing. ”

When Xu Yan heard it, he smiled and said, "If Senior Sister wants to say something, I'll listen." ”

When Gu Xueqing heard him say this, she immediately turned her head to look at him, smiled and said softly: "Little junior brother, you are really cunning sometimes. Seeing that Xu Yan was also embarrassed and smiled at herself, she withdrew her gaze, slowly withdrew her smile, and became a little melancholy and said: "It's not a big deal, but for some reason, I know that I am getting closer and closer to my hometown now, but I feel a little timid inexplicably, as if I dare not approach......"

When Xu Yan heard her say this, he asked, "Why do you feel this way?"

Gu Xueqing replied: "I don't know, that's why I feel inexplicable, I often want to come back to take a look, but I really have this opportunity, I know that I will be scared of this, in fact, I don't hide it from my little brother, I also really stepped into Yanxi Township, I only have this feeling, although at that moment, my heart felt quiet like never before, Down-to-earth, but when I came to Taoxi completely, after coming to this place where I had stopped when I was a child, I was a little scared when I looked at the scenery that seemed to have been old for many years. ”

Gu Xueqing suddenly burst into tears, smiled and turned to Xu Yan and asked, "Am I useless, I am afraid to return to my hometown." ”

When Xu Yan saw this scene, he couldn't help but be moved by her inner emotions at this moment, he took a deep breath, but his mind couldn't help but pass through thousands of landscapes.

Nostalgic for the past, of course he also has, otherwise he wouldn't just think about how to improve his cultivation faster, he just wanted to return to the world he once stayed in, and now he is so exhausted. After waiting for a while, Xu Yan sighed and replied, "Senior Sister Gu is very brave. ”

Gu Xueqing thought that she had heard something, so she said "Huh?" in confusion.

Xu Yan saw her looking at herself with suspicious eyes, so she repeated with a smile and replied: "I said that Senior Sister Gu is very brave, in fact, I can understand your feelings somewhat, but that's not what everyone will have, if a person doesn't really love his hometown, maybe he is tired when he leaves his hometown. When you are tired, you will want to go back and rest for a while, but such a person, when the troubles and sorrows in your heart have subsided, you can get ready to go, pack your bags and go back on the road, probably not every time you return home, you will not feel scared. Therefore, the reason why Senior Sister Gu is scared must be because she knows that after she leaves this time, it is very likely that she will not go back in the future. ”

Gu Xueqing was silent, but she couldn't stop crying.

......

Nothing was said all night.

Gu Xueqing finally lay back in the quilt, but because she was lying on her side with her back to Xu Yan, Xu Yan didn't know if she fell asleep later.

The next morning, the sky began to light.

It was about six or seven minutes.

Xu Yan saw that Gu Xueqing was lying down, and still had no intention of getting up, so he took the lead in standing up from the bed, and after that, he gently walked to the window and closed the glowing curtains, so that Gu Xueqing could sleep soundly again, but after he closed the curtains and turned around to wash, he found that Gu Xueqing was indeed still asleep like a child, but on the pillow under her white face, it was full of tears.

When Xu Yan saw this scene, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, compared to her, he was undoubtedly a typical "ruthless" person.

Xu Yan didn't wake her up, and after a brief freshening, he took the lead to go downstairs to the front yard to breathe in the fresh morning air.

The morning light in the mountains is very mild, and Taoxi Village is also a village built at the foot of the mountain, and there is a stream in front of the village, which flows through the river.

When Xu Yan went downstairs, among the young couple, only the young man had gotten up early to start preparing breakfast, but this man was loyal and honest, and he was not good at polite greetings, so he just smiled at Xu Yan, but did not forget to serve him a pot of tea.

Although Taoxi Village is also affiliated with Yanxi Township, except for the tea garden in Gujiaao, the tea leaves in other areas can no longer be called spring rain. However, Xu Yan has never cared about these, although after the "edification" of his master and Lao Qiao, he has a little understanding of tea culture, but it is only a written understanding, not that he becomes nitpicky in the choice of tea when drinking tea.

Two cups of tea, almost a quarter of an hour later.

Xu Yan saw Gu Xueqing also slowly coming down from upstairs, at this moment, she was dressed neatly and neatly, even if she was still dressed as a scholar, but she was personable, and she looked better than Xu Yan. Of course, this is due to the fact that she is a woman, so she will naturally look much more delicate in her face.

When Xu Yan saw her walking towards him, he took the initiative to pour her a cup of tea, and said with a smile, "Wake up?"

Although Gu Xueqing was dressed properly, due to excessive tears last night, her eyes still looked a little red and swollen, and they all said that the woman was made of water, which was really not an exaggeration, because Xu Yan knew that if it was him, it would be impossible to swell his eyes no matter what.

Gu Xueqing heard Xu Yan's question, took a sip of the hot tea, and hummed softly.

Xu Yan saw that she looked a little restrained, so he didn't continue the topic, but said with a smile: "That's good, then after we finish breakfast, we will continue to hurry." ”

And just as Xu Yan's words fell, the young man, who had been busy all morning, came up with a pot of hot porridge and a few plates of side dishes, including two eggs boiled in water.

After Xu Yan saw this, he thanked the other party with a smile, and the young man smiled and said no, and at the same time did not forget to say: "If the two sons feel that the porridge is not enough after eating, remember to come to the kitchen to add it." ”

Xu Yan replied with a smile: "Okay, it's hard work." ”

When the young man heard this, he smiled and said that he was not welcome, and then went back to the kitchen by himself.

After breakfast, it was about three o'clock.

Xu Yan went to pay the money first, and then changed the drinking water in the water bag in the store again, and then said goodbye to the young couple and continued to the north.

After starting from Taoxi Village, it was not too far to walk out of the entire Yanxi Township, so when the time reached noon, they finally walked into the backflow market established in the north of Yanxi.

In the bazaar, the atmosphere is bustling, the main street is bustling, and the noise is endless, if it weren't for Gu Xueqing's help to confirm, Xu Yan would even feel that he was in the town of Wuyang Town.

Xu Yan smiled at Gu Xueqing, who had taken the initiative to lead the way for him for a rare time in front of him, and asked, "Senior Sister Gu, is this your hometown? The prosperity here is almost no less than that of the major town centers, right? In my opinion, Songyang Town is far from being compared to here. ”

After Gu Xueqing heard this, she replied: "Sort of, but my home is not in the flow of return, but outside the market, but the changes here are really big, and it is very different from when I left." ”

When Xu Yan heard this, he couldn't help but ask with some curiosity: "I don't know how long Senior Sister Gu has been in the sect." ”

Gu Xueqing didn't think about it, and replied bluntly: "I went to the sect when I was ten years old, and it has been eleven years now. ”

Xu Yan didn't feel the slightest surprise when he heard that it had been eleven years since the other party left, but asked with a smile: "It's been so long, it's not surprising that thing is a person, so let's do it next, why don't we find a store to have lunch first?" After lunch, I will continue to go north." ”

Gu Xueqing nodded and replied: "It's okay, then after lunch, let's go our separate ways here, and we will gather in Wangchuan City at the end of the year, but I must invite you for this meal, if it weren't for me, the little junior brother wouldn't have to delay here for so long." ”

Xu Yan heard the other party's old matter mentioned again, and immediately waved his hand and said, "Senior Sister Gu, why are you saying this again, just by the way, don't take it to heart." ”

When Gu Xueqing heard him say this, she sighed softly in her heart, and then didn't say anything more.

......

After being entrusted by the man surnamed Shi, Gu Qingfeng arranged for manpower to start laying eyeliner in the market, and began to pay attention to the scholars passing by here.

In the return, the probability of passing scholars is extremely low, after all, this is not a traffic artery, and it is far from the official road outside, so as soon as Xu Yan and the others entered the return, they were actually arranged by Gu Qingfeng on the street eyeliner, and they looked at it rightly.

"What do you say, two scholars entered the return stream together?" On the top floor of Gu Yu's teahouse, after Gu Qingfeng heard the message from his subordinates, he immediately stopped tasting tea, and then asked, "Then where are they now?"

The teahouse servant replied: "If you go back to the shopkeeper, these two scholars did not stay too long after entering the bazaar, and walked all the way down the main street to our side, and it is estimated that it will not take long to reach the downstairs of our teahouse." ”

When Gu Qingfeng heard this answer, he nodded and said, "I know, you go down, I'll go downstairs and have a look." ”

The teahouse maid bent down and saluted and exited the box.

Gu Qingfeng waited until he left, and muttered, "Why are there two scholars in the end, it's just that, since they are together, I'll go and see it first." ”

After Gu Xueqing came downstairs, he chose a square table near the door and sat down, because it was dining time at the moment, so the teahouse was very lively, but the cashier guy below saw that it was the shopkeeper himself sitting at the dining table, and he couldn't help but feel a sigh in his heart, and hurriedly came over to greet him: "Shopkeeper, why did you come down in person, you want to have lunch here?"

After Gu Qingfeng heard this, he waved his hand: "No, I'm just here to wait for two people, you tell your subordinates to send my food to the top floor as usual, and I'll go up to eat later." ”

When the cashier's guy heard this, he immediately nodded and replied, "Yes, the shopkeeper." ”

And not long after Gu Qingfeng sat here, at the end of his field of vision, in the crowd side by side, there were really two young men who looked like scholars, appearing in his field of vision, which couldn't help but make Gu Qingfeng's eyes more concentrated, but then, as the two scholars got closer and closer to the teahouse, when Gu Qingfeng could fully see their faces, he stood up from his seat.

Without any hesitation, Gu Qingfeng walked out of the teahouse directly, and stood in front of the door by himself, and then waited for the two scholars to walk towards him.

When Gu Xueqing saw the person in front of her, her current figure had become so bloated, she couldn't help but be a little afraid to recognize it, but in the end, she still managed to recognize the other party and said, "Uncle?"

After Gu Qingfeng heard this, he immediately replied with a smile: "Xiaoxue, if it weren't for your appearance, which really looks like your father, just your dress, my uncle really wouldn't recognize you in this vast crowd." ”

Gu Xueqing smiled lightly and replied: "Uncle has also changed a lot, Xiaoxue still thinks that who occupied Uncle's teahouse." ”

After Gu Qingfeng heard this, he laughed and said: "It's not that Uncle is bragging, in this entire Yanxi Township, the person who can snatch your Uncle's teahouse has not been born yet." Without waiting for Gu Xueqing to say anything, Gu Qingfeng smiled and said to her again: "What, Xiaoxue, don't you introduce your companion to Uncle Xiao?"

Only then did Gu Xueqing say: "This is my fellow junior brother, named Xu Yan. ”

When Xu Yan heard this, he took the initiative to salute the man in front of him and said, "I've seen the Gu shopkeeper." ”

Gu Qingfeng saw that he didn't speak much, and thought that most of these "mountain people" regarded themselves as high-minded, looked down on mortals in the market, and didn't care, just smiled and nodded, said a good word, and then turned to Gu Xueqing and said: "Xiaoxue, you two shouldn't have time to eat yet, right? Come in, it just so happens that Uncle hasn't eaten yet, so let's eat together!"

When Gu Xueqing heard this, she was going to bring Xu Yan here to eat, so she replied softly, and then turned her head to him and said, "Little junior brother, let's go in together." ”

Xu Yan did not refuse, and entered the teahouse with them with a smile.

Gu Qingfeng, who was walking at the forefront, passed by the cashier, and did not forget to say to the cashier: "Tell me to go down and let the people in the back kitchen add a few more dishes, and add two pairs of bowls and chopsticks." ”

The cashier's guy is down from his waist.

When he went up to the fifth floor in one breath, Gu Qingfeng's whole person was already out of breath, obviously obesity caused him quite a lot of trouble, which was very different from Xu Yan and the others, but they didn't say anything about it, after all, there was too much difference between cultivators and mortals in the market.

After Gu Qingfeng entered the box, he invited the two to sit down, and then saw that the two of them looked calm, not even taking a breath, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, but he didn't make a fuss about it, but made them a new pot of tea, and asked Gu Xueqing: "Xiaoxue is returning to her hometown this time, how long are you going to stay, but you are going to go to the village to have a look?"

Gu Xueqing nodded and replied: "Well, I was going to go back and take a look, but I won't live long, I came back this time, just to take a look at my uncle, and by the way, I will give incense to my father's grave." ”

Gu Qingfeng nodded and said: "Okay, then you will live in my Zhuangzi during this time, and after lunch, it happens that Uncle is going back to the tea garden, so you will go back to the village with me, by the way, since Xu Gongzi is here, please also go to my Zhuangzi to live for two days, then the scenery of my tea garden is excellent, but it is a good place to play." ”

When Xu Yan heard the other party's invitation, he smiled and declined: "Thank you for the invitation of the shopkeeper Gu, but I still have to continue to go north, so I won't talk too much, besides, before that, Senior Sister Gu and I have already agreed that we will part ways first after sending her here." ”

Gu Qingfeng heard Xu Yan's refusal, he had promised the man surnamed Shi, where was he willing to let the latter go, when he said enthusiastically: "What did Xu Gongzi say, you are going north, it is not a day or two days, and Gu Mou listened to what you said, you personally sent Xiaoxue back to Yanxi, Gu Mou, as her uncle, was very grateful, how could there be a reason for you to pass by in front of the door and not entertain you?"

Seeing that Xu Yan was about to refuse, Gu Qingfeng immediately grabbed the words again, and said to Gu Xueqing seriously: "Xiaoxue, people have worked hard to send you back along the way, my Gu family is the most hospitable person, so don't hurry up and keep one or two." ”

When Gu Xueqing heard her uncle say this, she was helpless, so she had to turn her head and smile bitterly at Xu Yan and said, "Little junior brother, why don't you go to my uncle's village for two days, even if you really can't stay, then you have to let my uncle set up a banquet to entertain you." ”