Su Yun and the four little demon children came under the crooked willow tree.
There was only a lonely grave covered with snow under the willow tree. There was no thatched cottage and no Cen Bo.
Su Yun looked up. After the heavy snow, the sky was clear and deep blue. There was no bustling market place as Cen Bo had described.
He turned his head and looked at the snow, at his small "house". There was no house there, only a small grave mound in the snow.
The grave mound was opened, revealing a small coffin, which was the small "house" in Su Yun's childhood memory.
At that time, I was blind and in an extremely small house. I struggled, banged on the door, and shouted in despair.
The seven-year-old boy truly felt desperate and helpless.
Just as he was panicking, he heard a rustling sound, and his "door" was opened. Cen Bo took his hand and pulled him out of the "little house".
When Su Yun recalled the past, he had a myriad of emotions in his heart that he didn't know how to express. Finally, he kowtowed in front of Cen Bo's grave in the snow, then stood up and continued on his way.
He turned around to look at Tianmen Town again, and saw the lonely Tianmen standing there in the distance.
In a trance, the young man who had left home seemed to hear again the desolate and sad accent unique to the old northern region of Qu Bo, and the slightly monotonous and vicissitudes of life sound of the Qiang drum.
"It's hard to say what will happen in this world until now!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
"There is not a single hero in the world!"
"Not a single hero in sight!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
…
Su Yun and his group walked across Shejian and arrived at Huangcun.
The Great Wilderness Tomb was riddled with holes, and the weasels stood in front of their respective caves, looking in all directions, on guard against enemy attacks. Some ran into the snow, playing and frolicking, and a few went behind a tree, transformed themselves into young men, and walked out, actually practicing magic.
"The little bad guys from Huangcun!"
Huahu used his hands as trumpets and shouted to the weasels in Huang Village: "We are going into the city! We won't beat you anymore! We will beat you again when Grandpa Hua comes back from the city during the holidays! Don't think about us—"
Crash—
The sky was filled with dried dung balls, whistling towards them. Huahu laughed loudly, and turned around and ran with Su Yun and others.
After the lively party, they returned to Huqiu Village. The smile on Huahu's face gradually faded, and they came to the graves of the villagers in Huqiu Village and kowtowed.
Su Yun came to Mr. Yehu's tomb and paid tribute to his enlightenment teacher solemnly.
Uncle Cen, Aunt Qu Boluo and others have all been very kind to him. Uncle Cen saved his life, Aunt Qu Boluo and others raised him, and Mr. Yehu enlightened and opened Su Yun's mind!
If his wisdom is not enlightened and his spiritual intelligence is not opened, he will be a wild child in the mountains. How is he different from an animal
Mr. Yehu seemed to have opened the eyes of his soul, allowing him to learn to distinguish right from wrong and to learn how to be a good person.
They left Huqiu Village and passed by the school. Su Yun and the four little kids went in to clean the school and cleared the dust. They sat in their respective seats, as if they could still hear Mr. Yehu's voice and see the figures of their classmates.
Tianping Bridge.
Su Yun raised his hand, and his blood and energy turned into a dragon that flew out. His dragon claws grabbed the raised bridge head and pulled the bridge down.
They boarded the Tianping Bridge and walked towards the other side. A group of roe owls flew over from the sky and shouted, "Is the Su family brat leaving? The city is very dangerous!"
Su Yun looked up and waved to the residents of Linyi Village.
A roe owl descended and landed on the bridge in front of them. Its round face was very serious, and it spread its wings to gesture: "Our countryside is a forest, and the city is a steel forest. It is extremely dangerous! The people in the city eat people and don't spit out bones!"
The roe owls in the sky flew away, and a cooing sound came from them, calling him.
The roe owl at the bridge flapped its wings and flew away. A voice came from the sky: "Why don't you stay and become monsters? We are monsters in your eyes, but you are also a monster in our eyes! Why do you have to go into the city?"
Su Yun smiled and said, "I don't want to live in a muddle, so I want to go to the city."
"The city is a hundred times more dangerous than Tianshiyuan! Gugu, be careful, Gugu!"
The bridgehead landed on the other side, and Su Yun walked down with the four little demon children. On a snowy day, Huangji Town was much quieter. Huahu led them to visit Lao Gou's house. The hair of Lao Gou and his wife was already gray, and they looked a little old.
"Coming into town so early?"
Gou Po served them each a bowl of hot soup and frowned, "Why don't you wait until after the New Year to enter the city? If you enter the city now, it will be very dangerous without anyone to accompany you."
Huahu said, "Auntie, Xiaoyun can see now and has been driven out of Tianmen Town. There is not much worth staying in Tianshiyuan, so we plan to go to the city to make a living and then seek revenge on our enemies."
Before Gou Po could say anything else, Old Gou raised his hand and shouted, "When male monsters grow up, they have to go out and make a career. What do you, a female monster, know? Go, add more pepper to my bowl of soup!"
Grandma Gou left in a rage.
Lao Gou looked at Su Yun seriously and said, "You are a human, and we are monsters. Now that we are in your territory, you have to take good care of Xiaohua and the others."
Su Yun nodded seriously, holding the bowl and drinking the soup awkwardly.
Lao Gou continued, "Everything east of Huangji Town is safe, but it's hard to say west of Huangji Town. Thirty-five miles west of Huangji Town is Tianshiyuan Post Station, and you can take the Zhulong from the post station into the city. However, the road is blocked by heavy snow, and it's difficult to travel. You will probably have to spend the night on the road and reach the post station the next day. On the way..."
The corners of Lao Gou's eyes twitched, and he said in a hoarse voice: "The west of Huangji Town is an undisciplined area, you must be careful! At night, you must not sleep outside, you must find the temple of the Old Saint and rest in the temple of the Old Saint!"
There was fear in his eyes, a fear that was difficult to conceal: "One more thing, the bonfire in the temple must not be extinguished! Remember, it must not be extinguished! If you hear someone calling you outside at night, do not go out, do not go out!"
His face was eerie and terrifying, and he growled at Su Yunhuahu and the others in an almost threatening tone.
Su Yun, Hua Hu and others nodded quickly.
Lao Gou's complexion returned to normal. He held the bowl and drank the soup, saying, "It's cold, drink it while it's hot, and then go out after you sweat. Wife, have you brought the pepper? Go and bake a few more Luomo buns to soak in the soup. Make more. The little bastards can use them as dry food on the road! Put a few eggs in the Luomo buns!"
Su Yun and the others had a full meal at Lao Gou's house and went out after feeling warm all over.
Hu Buping praised: "Mr. Gou is really tough. He scolded Auntie so hard that she dared not say a word. He is a role model for us men!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of an iron pot hitting his forehead from behind. Then he heard Gou Po lower her voice and said angrily, "I gave you face, I gave you face, right? You, the female monster, won't go into the city, right? You won't venture out, right? You won't build a career, right? Don't you like the soup I made? And you still pretend to be tough in front of me..."
Then there was the sound of heads hitting the door, mixed with Lao Gou's voice begging for mercy: "The children haven't gone far yet, I will beat them after they go far away..."
Hu Buping was silent as a cicada, lowered his head and dared not speak, and followed Su Yun and the others out of the town.
The snowy field was vast and outside Huangji Town there were mountains one after another. The snow was extremely beautiful, but it became a bit monotonous if you walked in the snow for a long time.
The snow is very deep and has not melted yet. The roads are flooded and you can easily fall into snow holes if you are not careful.
Fortunately, they all had extraordinary abilities and strong vitality, so there was no need to worry about danger. It was just that walking on the snowy road was very tiring, so their progress was not fast.
"At this speed, we may not be able to reach Tianshiyuan Post Station by dark."
Su Yun looked up and looked into the distance. There were ditches on both sides of the snowy road, so the road could be distinguished. However, if one accidentally fell into the ditch, his clothes would probably get wet and he would shiver with cold.
After walking for six or seven miles, the sun moved to the western half of the sky. Although we could see the sun, it seemed icy and cool, and we could not feel any heat at all.
Ahead was a hillside with rows of short red houses on it, housing about thirty or forty households.
Huahu jumped up and wanted to take a closer look, but he was short. Su Yun picked him up and put him on his shoulder. Then Huahu could see clearly.
I saw that the snow on the red houses on the hillside had been shoveled away, and the snow on the official road had also been cleared away, revealing a bridge about five or six meters long that could accommodate a carriage, spanning a small river.
"Mr. Gou said that the people in Zhenxi are all unruly people, but why do I feel like he is the one who is saying bad things about them?"
Huahu jumped off Su Yun's shoulder and said with a smile, "Mr. Gou probably suffered a loss here."
Su Yun smiled and said, "We have to be on our guard against monsters that can cause harm to Master Gou."
Huahu felt a chill in his heart.
They walked forward and saw apes sitting at the head and the end of the bridge with knives in their arms. The apes were strong and healthy, and even in the winter with heavy snow, they only wore a vest.
Su Yun looked at it from a distance and saw that the ape's back was much wider than that of a human. He could see muscles through the vest, and the number of muscles was also more than that of a human.
"If a person has so many muscles, he must be gifted. And the ape monsters of the ape tribe have such a talent from birth!"
Su Yun exclaimed in admiration, saying that such talent was something he could not envy.
They walked a few steps forward and saw a stone tablet standing on the road with the words "Yuanjialing" written on it.
Su Yun glanced at the red house on the mountain and raised his eyebrows: "It seems that the mountain is full of ape monsters. Such a good talent..."
"Crossing the bridge?"
The ape demon sitting in the recliner at the bridge head glanced at them and raised his drooping arms: "Two five-zhu coins per person."
Hu Buping said angrily: "Why should I give you money?"
The ape demon stood up shakily, stretched his waist, glanced at him, and said lazily: "The road to Yuanjialing was paved by our village, the bridge was built by our village, and we also swept the snow. Is it not too much to charge?"
Hu Buping wanted to say more, but Su Yun smiled and said, "Not too much." Then he took out his purse and counted out ten five-zhu coins.
The ape demon took the money and lay down again.
Su Yun and the others went up the bridge, and when they reached the other side, there was also an ape demon lying on the other side, saying lazily: "The fee for getting off the bridge is two five-zhu coins per person."
Hu Buping was furious: "I just gave you money, why do you want more?"
The ape demon sat up and said with a chuckle, "What I just paid was the toll for getting on the bridge, and now I'm paying the toll for getting off the bridge."
——Zhaizhu: Happy New Year, guys!
Recommended to friends Hengsao Tianya's new book "The Picture of Creation", which is a story of redefining words and changing evolution. Very interesting, more than 300,000 words, worth killing.