long night walk

Chapter 1033 Candied Haws and Grandma
Bai Lian raised his eyes slightly, and looked at Chen Xiaolan: "What's the matter? But is there any inconvenience?"

Chen Xiaolan noticed Ying Ji and Bai Lian's gazes at the same time, suddenly felt that she had lost her composure, and forced a smile on her face.

"It's... there are a lot of inconveniences. This time, Master was injured and frustrated when he surrendered the demon.

If you see your old friend, you will inevitably feel even more sad, so it is better to let him be alone for a while. "

Very poor excuse.

But Bai Lian didn't expose it. Looking at Chen Xiaolan's appearance, he guessed that something must have happened between her and Meng Zifei.

Seeing her in such a difficult situation, Bai Lian didn't ask any more questions, and didn't force her.

"Well, if you encounter trouble, you can find me in Qingtang Lane, Yonglin Street."

Chen Xiaolan nodded in agreement, "Thank you, Mr. Sichen, and thank you for the candied haws."

After bidding farewell to Chen Xiaolan, the morning sky was bright.

Under the sky, there is the sound of Yu Jian's chanting, and the shadows in the sky are all heading towards the Wanggui Tower.

The Golden Immortal Auction has already started.

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Chen Xiaolan returned to the house where she was staying temporarily, boiled water in the yard, cooked the medicine, prepared breakfast, and then opened the door to enter the dormitory.

Shifang City is rich in land and gold, and it is a rich place in the world. Even for such a remote small stone house, the rent is very expensive.

She lived here with Mencius Fei for more than half a month, and all the money and spirit stones on her were squandered.

Mencius didn't expect the curse to be healed after the deadline, but it happened when the curse broke out and he was bitten by a wolf.

Even if the flesh and blood are reunited, the wounds of broken bones and flesh are still there.

After raising it for half a month, it has not recovered yet.

The money on Meng Zifei's body was not enough to pay the entrance fee, so he could only smuggle in.

After renting such a poor and leaky room, there are not many spirit stones left.

Chen Xiaolan, who was in a difficult situation, had no choice but to choose the shameful and immoral way of stealing medicine to find medicine for him.

Fortunately, I met Bai Li'an today, otherwise the guards would hit him with a stick, and I'm afraid the wound, which had just healed with great difficulty, would burst open again.

The spring is cold, and the early spring morning wind blows on people's bodies, and the bones are still a little bit cold and painful.

Mencius was half lying and half sitting on the sick bed, his complexion faintly pale.

The saber was hanging between the bed wall, he smelled the smell of medicine and food in the air, his eyes cast vainly, and his brows could not help but frown.

"Come back so early today? And the breakfast...it seems to be better than before. Are you rich?"

Since Meng Zifei became seriously ill, Chen Xiaolan has been taking care of the rental expenses.

Although he didn't know that the spirit stones on their bodies had already been used up, but judging from the simple food they had these days, he could more or less guess that the current life was actually very tight.

It's just that he and Chen Xiaolan are not easy-going people, and Chen Xiaolan never told him about difficulties at the beginning, so she didn't care about it.

It's just that today I suddenly saw that the breakfast meal turned out to be porridge with preserved eggs and lean meat, as well as steamed buns with deep-fried dough sticks.

With an unchanged expression, Chen Xiaolan put the breakfast soup on the small table beside the bed.

"Didn't you help people make hand grinder powder in Fulou these days? Today is the day to pay wages, so I eat something good. Master has suffered recently."

Chen Xiaolan is an upright and trustworthy person, she will not talk nonsense about Meng Zifei's unbearable past and the secrets that are obscure and difficult to know but must be kept well.

But when she met Bai Lian on the street today, she didn't tell Mencius Fei too much. After all, what happened that night made her pay attention.

Since Young Master Sichen is showing off his face today, he naturally doesn't want outsiders to know his identity.

Although Mencius didn't tell her frankly, he would not harm Bai Li'an because he had done a lot of treachery and evil.

But unnecessary trouble, avoid it if you can.

Mencius hummed, took the medicine bowl, drank the boiled soup and medicine in one gulp, and then began to enjoy breakfast.

While bowing his head to drink the porridge, Meng Zifei noticed the candied haws pinned to Chen Xiaolan's waist sharply.

His eyes moved slightly, and there was a soft smile in his eyes: "Why? You also like to eat this kind of children's food?"

There seemed to be light and shadow flowing in Chen Xiaolan's eyes for a moment, and then she said softly: "When I was young, my family was poor and couldn't eat the little things in the city. One year, I went to the market with my aunt and saw this bright red candy, and I couldn't forget it all the time.

I went home and cried and wanted to eat candied haws. In that remote mountain village, there were always young girls.

My aunt has always loved my cousin. The family lives in poverty. It is good to have food and not be hungry. How can I have spare money to buy candied haws for me to eat.

It's just that this crying was remembered by my grandma.

Master, do you know that I have been with you for so long, why can't I only have one birthday? "

She raised her eyes, handed the fresh porridge in her hand to Meng Zifei, and said with a slight smile, "That's because, my grandma really wants to let me eat the candied haws I want on my birthday.

That day, she rushed all the family members on her back early, got up before Yinshi and went out to walk the mountain road. After walking for two hours, she went to the market and bought me a candied haws.

She and I are both boarding at my aunt's house. She is too old to trouble anyone.

When my aunt went to the market, there was an ox cart to see her off, but she dragged her old body alone and walked the mountain road for so long in the wind and snow. "

It was just a simple casual question, and he got such a rambling answer.

Mencius has been in the world for 200 years, and it has long been common for such poor, poor, old and difficult things.

Not to mention that he had never met the grandmother that Chen Xiaolan was talking about, and it was hard to empathize with such trivial things.

In the past, Mencius would have maintained his gentlemanly demeanor, and when he heard Chen Xiaolan tell these things, he would patiently comfort him with a gentle and compassionate face.

It's just that ever since the curse broke out in the snow-capped mountains, Meng Zifei's most truly embarrassed and ugly side was shown to Chen Xiaolan.

He simply smashed the can, smashed it, and didn't even bother to pretend in front of her.

He listened to these boring past events one after another, and said casually: "So, what does this have to do with your birthday?

Is it because grandma is too old and has more energy than energy, even though she put in all her efforts, she still failed to let you eat candied haws, did you disappoint?

Or is it that watching your relative Mu Xue, who is dying, travel far away, just for a candied haws, makes you feel guilty and dare not celebrate your birthday again? "

"You have both?" Chen Xiaolan smiled, and tore the long fried dough sticks into small pieces for Meng Zifei, which was easier to eat.

She wiped the oil stains in her hand on the handkerchief, raised her eyes to look at Meng Zifei:

"But Master guessed a little wrong, grandma still went to the market and bought candied haws.

It's just that on the way home, the wind and snow fell even harder, she stepped into the air and broke her waist, and the candied haws fell into nowhere. "

When Chen Xiaolan said this, she fell silent suddenly, and her expression became quiet, so quiet that she looked a little sad.

Meng Zifei put down the porridge in his hand, looked at her quietly, then lowered his eyes again, leaning on the bunch of candied haws around her waist from the corner of his eyes, and said in a cold voice:

"If it will make you sad, why buy it and hurt yourself."

Chen Xiaolan shook her head with a smile and said: "It's not that I hurt myself, I just thought of my grandma, and I don't understand why a snowstorm can take away all the dignity of an old man.

She broke her waist in the heavy snow, but she survived. For the rest of her life, she couldn't get out of bed and walk.

In a poor family, there is an extra old man who is paralyzed. How does Master think the family will look at her with disgust? "

Mencius has no spiritual roots in his body, even after 200 years, he is still young and handsome, so he couldn't understand what Chen Xiaolan wanted to express, so he said unmoved:

"It's normal for people to grow old, get sick and die. Since you are old, you should take care of yourself so as not to cause trouble to your family.

Since I have tossed myself into such a field for a candied haws and that ridiculous little birthday wish, why bother to complain. "

"Master, you are wrong, grandma has lived such an old age, even though her family members despise her for bullying her, she has never complained for a moment.

She was originally from a rich family, but her family has come down, but she still has a lot of pride.

I have never seen her bow her head to anyone. Even if she is old and hunchbacked, her clothes are always neatly ironed, and she will not lose her appearance in the slightest.

But it was such a proud and decent old man who lost all his dignity under the growing impatience, disgust and avoidance of his family members.

Maybe she didn't even think that one day she would become not a person at all.

At that time, everyone in the family thought that grandma had died of old age, but only I knew that it was actually not the case..."

Chen Xiaolan's hand holding the porcelain bowl tightened little by little until her fingertips became pale and bloodless, then she realized her gaffe, she couldn't help but chuckled:
"It was also a snowy night that day, and the charcoal fire in my aunt's house for my grandmother had been extinguished.

When I went to see my grandma at night, I saw it through the crack of the door. It was my grandma who used tongs to ignite the charcoal fire that had been extinguished bit by bit, and then lay back as usual.

I saw it all, but it didn't stop her.

Grandma just fell asleep like this, and never woke up again. When the family members found out about it the next day, they were very calm, as if no one had noticed the closed windows and doors.

No one asked why the charcoal basin, which was out of reach of grandma on weekdays, was so close to her bed that night?
Maybe my aunt forgot carelessly that day, anyway, all this was just an accident.

The family put her in a shroud, wrapped her in a straw mat, and simply sent her away. "

Chen Xiaolan sighed, and said, "So, sometimes I wonder why the person who treats me the best in the world ages so quickly."

Mencius put down his chopsticks and looked at her: "Fear of birth, old age, sickness and death, is this why you practice?"

Chen Xiaolan packed away the empty dishes and bowls he had used for breakfast, and said with a light smile, "Yes, I'm afraid that one day I will become like my grandma's crumpled body, making it difficult to walk and stand.

It's really suffocating to think about it, but it's a pity... I don't have spiritual roots, so I will follow her footsteps sooner or later, right? "

Mencius looked at her, and a smile appeared in his eyes: "You don't usually show your mountains or waters, but you are worried about these secular worlds.

I missed the Sea God Ceremony this time, seeing your indifferent appearance, I thought you were really indifferent to fame and wealth, but it turned out that a candied haws made you scared again. "

He straightened his clothes, and said in a low voice: "It's okay, just wait patiently for a little longer? What a teacher can give you is not just an ordinary spiritual root.

After the golden fairy auction is over, you will have a unique spiritual root in the world. "

"Golden Immortal Auction?" Chen Xiaolan asked in surprise, "Master's purpose of coming to Shifang City this time is not only for the Sea God Festival, but also to participate in the Golden Immortal Auction?"

She looked a little puzzled: "Could it be that places like Shifang City will auction forbidden items like spiritual roots on the bright side like the underground dark city?"

Regarding Chen Xiaolan's question, Meng Zifei seemed to suddenly realize something.

His expression was slightly startled, and his lowered eyes showed a trace of surprise even more surprising than hers.

He has always been shrewd and meticulous, and it was the first time that such a leak happened.

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Guided by the attendant, Bai Lian took his seat in the Wanggui Building. In the building, there are private seats with screen fans hanging around them.

The two screens are facing each other, but the middle of the screen fan is not Yufei Yarn, but a very light and thin film of light.

Looking from the inside to the outside, one can clearly see the crowds outside, but the outside world cannot see the people inside.

If it wasn't for the sound transmission, you wouldn't even be able to hear the slightest sound in the compartment of the private seat.

Looking downstairs from this room, an insider can perceive that there is an extremely complex spatial array method in this room.

As the largest auction house in Shifang City, Wangguilou naturally had a lot of heritage.

Bai Lian was sitting in the soft room prepared by the cabinet in advance. At that time, the auction had officially started, and he could see the huge auction platform above the sky when he looked up.

The eyes were almost settled, at this moment, a loud commotion suddenly sounded in the building.

Seeing that the guests had arrived, the attic door that had been closed was pushed open again, and the golden light of the early morning shone into the building.

In the brilliance, the disciples of the female clan, led by blue and white black clothes, lead the way. The girl who stands at the front in the middle of the road is wearing a silk dress with cicada wings, and the skirt is woven with jade and shark scales, shining brightly.

When the skirt swayed, a section of snow-white and delicate calf was inadvertently revealed, with soft lines and graceful steps.

This woman has a bright nose and snowy cheeks, eyebrows like cold daisy, and lips as delicate and bright as spring flowers.

With this look and attire, even Princess Di Que would not panic.

Someone in the crowd obviously recognized this woman who appeared in a high-profile and exaggerated manner, and suddenly someone lost her voice:

"Miss Qin Si?!"

"Miss Qin Si also came to participate in the auction. It seems that there must be a lot of rare and good things to be sold at the Golden Immortal Auction today."

The chief manager of Wangguilou, who was secretly handling important affairs behind the staff, popped up almost as soon as the woman appeared, greeted her respectfully, bowed his head and said with a smile:

"The Fourth Miss Qin didn't send anyone to notify her when she was coming, so Lao She arranged for a carriage to pick her up in person."

The woman who was called Miss Qin Si slanted her eyes slightly, covered her lips shyly with the small fan in her hand and smiled, but the words that came out of her mouth were indescribably arrogant:
"Vulgar things like carriages are worthy of my girl's toes in the dust? If Mr. Li can get a unicorn to pull the cart, I'm afraid I will think about it, whether I want to sit in the chariot arranged by you. "

Bai Lian, who was sitting quietly drinking tea in the compartment, suddenly raised his brows.

Listening to the meaning of Huatou, this Miss Qin Si, is she going to target Fang Geyu today?
(End of this chapter)