After that, Ji Yuan not only spent some quiet time at home, but also checked the condition of the Imperial Thunder Curse, which was much better than the previous Hercules Talisman. The special nature of the Thunder Curse itself allowed it to suppress the influence of the thunder tribulation.
However, because the thunder curse was so powerful that it was not suitable for detailed study in a place like Ju'an Pavilion, Ji Yuan decided to put it aside for the time being and not investigate it too deeply. Anyway, the situation of the thunder curse was changing for the better.
In the late twelfth lunar month, Ning'an County welcomed a wave of cold air. Although the temperature dropped sharply, the atmosphere in the county became more and more festive. Every household posted couplets and hung red lanterns, and the Miaosifang City God Temple was also decorated with lights and colorful lanterns.
Due to special circumstances, Ju'an Pavilion is naturally not deserted this year. However, because it is sometimes too noisy and Ji Yuan is unhappy, the little characters have restrained themselves a lot. At least they will not raise their voices without restraint and speak less hurriedly and more softly.
On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, Ji Yuan was in the yard, writing with his pen, continuing to deduce the hidden world in Ren Dao Er Zhongyuan's sleeves, when he heard footsteps outside the yard.
Soon, the sound of "Knock knock knock..." was heard at the gate of the courtyard.
Sun Fu knocked on the door a few times and found that the gate of Ju'an Pavilion was only half-closed. After knocking twice, it was slightly pushed open.
"Come in, the door is not locked."
Ji Yuan's voice came from the courtyard. Sun Fu glanced at Sun Yaya beside him and whispered another word "Be polite". Then he picked up something in one hand and pushed open the door of Ju'an Pavilion with the other. He saw Ji Yuan bending over the stone table in the courtyard and writing with a pen.
Ji Yuan looked up at the person who came. Sun Fu was carrying something in his hands, a sack and a bottle of wine, while Sun Yaya followed closely beside Sun Fu. Although she was wearing a thick flowered cotton jacket, her little face was still red from the cold.
"Mr. Ji, I brought you some New Year's goods. In the bag are cured chicken, duck, and meat, as well as sausages, all of which are pickled at home. This bottle of wine is from the winery, so please don't be disgusted!"
Sun Fu showed the bag with a grin on his face, then looked at his granddaughter, who quickly said something obediently.
"Hello, Mr. Ji!"
"All is well!"
Ji Yuan didn't refuse and thanked him with a smile.
"Thank you for your kindness. Please put the food in the kitchen. I can't stop writing now, so I won't leave the table to help you. It's cold outside. Please go to the main room and sit down first."
"Hey, you go ahead and do your thing. I'll take care of this little thing. I'll do it! We're just delivering some New Year's gifts. We have other things to do at home!"
Sun Fu hurriedly carried things into the kitchen, but Sun Yaya did not follow him in. She just looked around in the courtyard, her main attention still on Ji Yuan.
She looked at Ji Yuan writing with curiosity, thinking that his movements were very beautiful. She couldn't help but take a few steps closer. Then she looked at the words on the paper on the desk and thought that they were even more beautiful.
Sun Yaya originally had that reserved feeling of visiting a stranger's home, but for some reason that feeling disappeared after she arrived at Ju'an Xiaoge. Even when her grandfather left, she dared to approach outsiders.
Ji Yuan looked at the little girl who had unknowingly come to the edge of the stone table. He kept deducing with his hands while looking at her distractedly. Although he couldn't see the details of her appearance clearly, there was a kind of hazy cuteness in her.
Seeing that she was reading seriously, he asked in a gentle voice.
"Can you read? Can you understand what's written on the paper?"
Sun Yaya looked up at Ji Yuan and shook her head.
"I still can't read. Grandpa said that he would send me to a private school after the New Year. Then the teacher would teach me how to read and write, and I would be able to understand."
The little girl didn't say a word the last time they met. Ji Yuan, who heard her speak this time, felt that Sun Yaya's voice was very clear, which perfectly matched his imagination of the child's voice.
"Haha, it's good to be able to read and learn. Reading more books can broaden your horizons. If there are boys in the school who laugh at you for being a girl, just ignore them."
"Um!"
Sun Yaya nodded and looked Ji Yuan up and down.
"Sir, aren't you cold?"
The little girl was dressed very warmly, not only in a flowery cotton jacket, flowery cotton pants and warm shoes, but also in several layers of lining. Even so, her face was still red from the cold. Looking at Ji Yuan, she felt cold no matter how she looked at him.
Ji Yuan just shook his head and smiled.
"Don't think I'm not wearing thick clothes, sir. In fact, I have several cotton linings stuffed inside my clothes, which makes me very warm."
"Really?"
Sun Yaya looked at Ji Yuan's chest and back doubtfully, it didn't look bulging at all, then she looked at herself, she was rounder too.
"Yaya, don't disturb Mr. Ji while he's writing!"
Sun Fu came out of the kitchen, said something to Sun Yaya, and then hurriedly asked Ji Yuan.
"Mr. Ji, did Yaya disturb you?"
"It's okay. Yaya is very well behaved."
Sun Fu rubbed his hands on his clothes. He loved to hear any words praising his children.
He came here today just to give Ji Yuan some New Year's goods, which are not worth much money, but Sun Fu thinks that this should be a token of his thoughtfulness.
Now that I'm older, and seeing Mr. Ji come back again, I can feel more and more the simple wisdom of my father. It's always a good idea to build a good relationship with a strange man like Mr. Ji.
Moreover, Mr. Ji has said before that anyone can come to him for help with any difficulties. Taking a step back, considering the relationship between Mr. Ji and Lord Yin, many problems can be solved with just a few words.
I should have put down my things and left, but I saw Ji Yuan writing alone in the yard. Plus, Sun Fu had just gone into the kitchen and saw that apart from some rice in the rice jar, it seemed that Ju'an Xiaoge was not prepared for the New Year at all.
So Sun Fu also walked a few steps closer to the stone table, hesitated for a moment, and said to Ji Yuan.
"Mr. Ji, my brother and I, our Sun family, all celebrate New Year's Eve together. It's so lively with so many people. I was thinking, why don't you come to our house this year and celebrate the New Year with us?"
Ji Yuan's hands did not stop, and he wrote stroke by stroke very quickly. One by one, the words with iron-like and silver-like charm were formed on the paper. Naturally, he declined Sun Fu's kindness.
"I appreciate Mr. Sun's kindness. It's not that I don't appreciate it, but it would be better for your two families to have the New Year's Eve family dinner alone, so that everyone won't feel uncomfortable on both sides."
Originally, Sun Fu should have tried to persuade him again, but Ji Yuan's words were spoken gently, but inexplicably there was a sense of irrefutability, which changed the words on Sun Fu's lips.
"Oh, then sir, if you need anything, just come and find me. You know my house is in Tongshufang, and anyone you ask will recognize me."
"Haha, I see. I'll remember that. Besides, I'll be going out again during the New Year."
"Ah? You're leaving again? How far and how long will it take?"
Sun Fu asked in astonishment.
"Not far, not far. Not long. I'll be back soon."
"That's good, that's good. Uh, then I'll take my leave, old man!"
Old Man Sun felt a little relieved and bowed to Ji Yuan. Then he took Sun Yaya's hand and prepared to leave, but Ji Yuan stopped them.
"Please wait a moment while I finish writing this column."
Ji Yuan continued to write at a moderate speed, calmly finishing the last column of text deduced today. The tip of the pen lightly touched the end, and a faint light flashed on the paper.
At this time, Ji Yuan stood up, held the pen and bowed to Sun Fu.
"You are being remiss. It is already the end of the year and children come to our house to drink sweet tea and give us lucky money."
Ji Yuan said this and was about to walk into the house.
"Hey, hey, hey, no, no, Mr. Ji, how can Yaya take your money!"
Sun Fu hurried over to stop him and turned to Sun Yaya and said.
"Our Yaya doesn't want New Year's money, right?"
Sun Yaya stood there biting her lip without saying a word, obviously very eager for the New Year's money, which made Sun Fu both angry and amused.
"Well, let's make a cup of sugar tea for the child to warm him up. It will take a while to walk back to Tongshufang. It's cold today, and I have a special kind of sugar juice that will warm your body. You can't refuse it, right?"
Ji Yuan smiled and looked at Sun Yaya and said to Sun Fu.
"This... then thank you, Mr. Ji!"
Ji Yuan nodded and walked back to the kitchen. Although he didn't light a fire to boil water today, he still brought out the teapot and teacups in a moment, saying that he was going to make sugar tea for Sun Yaya. But it doesn't make sense to pour tea only for children, so Sun Fu naturally had a cup of tea as well.
When the old and young Sun family left Ju'an Pavilion and walked on the streets of the county, they felt warm all over and the coldness of winter was dispelled.
“Grandpa, this sugar tea is really delicious, sweet and thirst-quenching. It warms me up after drinking it. I want to drink more. You bought the sugar and tea from Mr. Ji. Can we get some at home too?”
On the way, Sun Yaya asked Sun Fu this naively.
"Silly child, this sugar tea is not available for purchase!"
Sun Fu held Sun Yaya's hand with his warm hand and just walked. His heart was as warm as his body. He didn't feel the tea in his stomach yet. Not long after leaving Ju'an Pavilion, a warm current started to flow from his stomach, and his limbs felt numb, itchy and extremely comfortable.
How could Sun Fu, an old and experienced man, not understand some things? This trip to give away New Year’s goods was really worth it!
After the Sun family left, Ji Yuan put away a stack of papers on the table in the yard. Today's deductions were more than twenty pages long, and the words on them were also densely packed. He glanced at the papers in his hand and closed his eyes again, and all he had gained today was savoring in his heart.
After a long time, Ji Yuan opened his eyes again, and the paper in his hand had turned into dust and disappeared.
"Doctor Tong has been here, Lord Zhu has been here, and now the Sun family has come too. This way, we won't be disappointed during the New Year and we have the New Year's goods!"
The things that the previous waves of people had brought had already been put into their sleeves when they entered the kitchen.
Ji Yuan looked up in the direction of Niu Kui Mountain. After a few breaths, he seemed to have turned into a gust of breeze and was blowing towards Niu Kui Mountain.
It didn't take long for Ji Yuan to reach the platform where Niu Kuishan had preached. Looking down from the sky, he saw a red fox sitting cross-legged on the platform, imitating a human, with its two front paws misplaced up and down as if it was making some hand gestures.
"I've made a lot of progress!"
A gentle voice was heard, and Hu Yun's ears moved slightly. He opened his eyes and looked up at the sky. After confirming again and again, he saw that it was really Ji Yuan, and a look of ecstasy immediately appeared on his face.
"Mr. Ji! It's really you, it's really you! I thought it was an illusion, I thought it was an illusion again! It's really you..."
The red fox's voice was extremely excited, and there was even a hint of crying in the end. After Lu Shanjun left, he felt an unprecedented strong sense of loneliness.
Ji Yuan's figure slowly landed on the platform, and the red fox had already jumped to his side, allowing Ji Yuan to reach out and stroke the fiery red fluffy hair on its back.
"Do you want to go see Yin Qing?"
"think!"
Ji Yuan looked at the red fox who looked up.
"He hasn't returned to Ning'an County in these years. Don't you blame him?"
Hu Yun shook his head.
"Don't blame him. Yin Qing has great ambitions. I know he has been very busy these years!"
"Haha, you've become much more sensible. Let's go to Dazhen Kyoto."
Ji Yuan waved his sleeves and brushed the red fox away, and the next moment he ascended into the sky with Hu Yun.