Qizhou

Ci Nian's eyes are very bright, and his pupils are very black, but after all he has transformed into a fox, and there is still a greenness that cannot be concealed in his black eyes.

He Qizhou looked at him for a while, and finally sighed slowly: "Tie up your hair first."

As soon as he heard that his hair was going to be tied up, he was not happy about the new year. He jumped up from the bamboo stool, clutching his head and was about to escape, but before he could escape, He Qizhou pressed his shoulders and pressed him back on the stool: "Didn't you ask me why?" Do you know your name?"

Ci Nian muffled: "Then I won't tie my hair either..."

When he spoke, the fluffy white ears on his head were shaking slightly. He Qizhou looked at it and suddenly realized that once his hair was tied up, the only thing on his head that could protect his ears would be gone.

I was worried about this...

He Qizhou thought for a while, and said, "I'll make a deal with you."

Ci Nian turned his head to look at him: "What?"

He Qizhou said: "You let me comb your hair for you. I will give you half of the chicken on the table."

Without even thinking about it, Ci Nian immediately agreed excitedly: "Okay!"

He Qizhou said again: "If you are willing to wash my clothes, then the other half will also be yours."

Ci Nian immediately jumped up, looking for wooden barrels all over the room: "I'll wash it right away!"

As soon as he jumped up, the half-cut hair fell loose again, He Qizhou could only push him back on the stool, hesitated for a while, and lightly touched his ears that stood up because of excitement.The furry fox ears feel good to the touch and bring warmth. When touched, it will dodge itself because it is ticklish.

Ci Nian was so happy that he had a good meal, but he didn't expect to be touched by his ear, and immediately became vigilant: "What are you doing!"

He Qizhou smiled, took out the wooden comb from his arms, and slowly brushed away the messy hair, divided it into strands, and then combed it smoothly: "Your half chicken, you have to get your hair cleaned first before you can get rid of it." eat."

The fox couldn't resist the delicacy of the chicken. When he thought of this, even though he wasn't happy, Ci Nian just muttered silently in his heart for a while, and didn't have any more attacks.

The hair is as soft and soft as the fur.It didn't take much effort for He Qizhou to comb, but after a while, the messy hair was tied up and tied into a simple ponytail.Some hairs were too short to be tied up, so He Qizhou smoothed them out with a comb and let them hang obediently on the back of his neck.

After taking care of it, he dug out a newly polished bronze mirror from the house and placed it in front of Ci Nian.

The little fox who had no interest in bundling hair at first, and was even a little repelled, jumped up for joy when he saw a completely different self in the mirror. He widened his eyes, hugged the mirror and looked at it again and again, touching Touching the broken hair in front of his forehead, and touching the ponytail tied high on the back of his head, he stammered happily: "This... this, this, this... looks good!"

He Qizhou was also very satisfied with his reaction, and said with a smile, "Since it looks good, why don't you wear it in the future?"

Hearing this, he hurriedly nodded: "Okay!"

But when he thought about it again, he still felt something was wrong. Such a stranger combed his hair and tied his hair, found him delicious food, and knew his own name... What exactly is he coming from?Thinking of this, Ci Nian's ears were tied up vigilantly again, although he should not have such thoughts when he accepted the kindness of others, but this person's excessive intimacy always made him uneasy.

"What are you looking at me for?" He Qizhou noticed his gaze.

Ci Nian said straightforwardly: "Why... do you know my name, tie my hair for me, and give me food? What are your plans?"

He Qizhou smiled: "Your name was told to me by the Lord of Zhuxi Mountain."

Ci Nian blurted out: "Nonsense! He doesn't know my name, and I don't know him!"

"But he knows you. In this Zhuxi Mountain, every plant, every tree, every flower and every fruit, there is no land master who doesn't know about it. Take some time, put incense sticks, add some tributes, but just ask him about a little fairy His name, of course he would be happy to tell me."

There is some truth to this.Ci Nian accepted this explanation, and asked again: "Then why are you so nice to me..."

He Qizhou said: "Want to know?"

"Ok!"

"First..." He Qizhou tugged at the Taoist robe that was covered in dust by this fox cub, "...wash my clothes, I'll tell you naturally after you wash them."

The bamboo bucket was filled with water, and the bamboo basin was ready. Ci Nian seldom did this kind of work, but for the sake of the chicken, he still chose to follow the Taoist priest's advice.He ran twice with the bucket, and finally soaked the clothes. The oil stains were not easy to wash off, so he had to add soap locusts, beat and beat, and then scrub and scrub to clean them.The sun was shining, and the two of them, each with a stool, sat around the laundry tub, hiding in the mottled shadow cast by the bamboo forest.

The bamboo house is close to the mountain, with the midsummer wind blowing, so it is very cool.

Ci Nian earnestly scrubbed and washed his soiled clothes, but he was not human after all, and he couldn't control the strength of his hands. Pulling the other half of the clothes, he demonstrates once, and learns once every year, which is a bit like teaching children to take care of themselves.

"Now you can always tell me why you treat me so well, right?" The oil stains on his clothes were finally scrubbed clean, his neck was sore from exhaustion, he threw the wet Taoist robe into the basin, and stretched out Tone, "I washed it, I'm going to eat roast chicken."

He Qizhou held the dusty other end and slowly scrubbed it without lifting his head: "If I can help you become a fairy, it will be my merit."

Ci Nian was taken aback for a moment, and repeated his words in a dull voice: "Chengxian...?"

He Qizhou took out the washed clothes from the basin, twisted them, and strings of water droplets rolled down, like a light rain.He shook the clothes vigorously, and strung them on the clothes rail at the door, letting the robes be exposed to the sun, making them as white as the first snowfall in midwinter.He finished these, but did not answer the question of the year.

Ci Nian stood up and followed his movements several times, finally caught the man's face.He raised his hand, pointed at himself, and said in astonishment: "You just said that you want me... to become a fairy?"

He Qizhou looked at him, quickly scratched his half-hanging pointed ears, and said with a smile, "What's the problem?"

Ci Nian took two steps back, almost bumping into the clothes-hanging pole, he hurriedly stepped forward again, with unknown emotions flowing in his eyes.

Immortal?He didn't even dare to think about this matter.After all, foxes are beasts, unlike human beings, who are born with seven orifices. The more they grow, the more intelligent and intelligent they become. If they want to practice Taoism, as long as they are talented enough, there are naturally many ways to try them one by one.But for a small beast like a fox, if he wants to practice Taoism, he must first learn to speak the human language. If he wants to learn to speak the human language, he must first learn the languages ​​of all kinds of birds in the world.

Ci Nian doesn't remember why he can speak human language anymore. He only knows that few of his kind can do this. have.

"...It's not as easy as you said." Ci Nian wanted to scratch his head, but suddenly remembered that he had tied up his hair neatly, and hurriedly put down his hand again.

But He Qizhou didn't seem to hear it, and led him into the house: "I said yes, so yes, let's eat first."

No matter how complicated the problem is, it is not as important as what is right in front of me. As soon as I heard that there is something to eat, this troublesome little lump has long been thrown aside by Ci Nian.As soon as he got to the dinner table, Ci Nian stretched his hand into the dinner plate, but before he stretched out his hand, he was hit by a chopstick on the back of his hand.He snorted in pain, and just about to show his teeth, he saw He Qizhou holding the chopsticks handed to him in one hand, and holding a piece of bright yellow talisman paper in the other, and smiled at him: "Eat with chopsticks."

Ci Nian is not a cowardly fox, but he is just cowardly.

"Okay... use chopsticks..." There were still light red marks on the back of his hands, Ci Nian drooped his ears, took the chopsticks handed by the man, carefully picked up the bowl, picked up the food and delivered it to his mouth.

"If you want to become a fairy, you have to start from the small things." He Qizhou poured him tea and said calmly, "There are a lot of things that need to be paid attention to in the future."

Ci Nian bit his chopsticks and let out a "huh".

"You are not allowed to let your hair loose, and you must tie your hair up when you go out."

"Oh...but I don't know how to tie my hair." Ci Nian said, "Besides, if I tie my hair, I can't hide my ears."

"Come down the mountain with me in the afternoon. Let's go to the market and pick out a suitable bamboo hat for you." He Qizhou leaned against the window, nodded his chin, "By the way, I'll pick out some nice clothes for you."

Ci Nian is a very satisfied fox. His life creed is extremely simple, first, there must be delicious food, and second, there must be beauty.

The beauty here is none other than himself.In order to appreciate his beauty, he once sneaked into Zhuxi Village at night and stole the small bronze mirrors hung by the villagers at the door of the house.It is said that the bronze mirror can prevent ghosts and evil spirits. It is rumored that ghosts will be scared away by their own ugly appearance in the mirror.

But Ci Nian never felt that, he always thought that he was extremely beautiful, extremely good-looking, so good that it would not affect him even if he wore tulle and a skirt and jacket.

This is purely a matter of aesthetics.

He Qizhou saw through his thoughts from his eyes that suddenly lit up, and said, "You are not allowed to buy women's clothing."

Ci Nian was puzzled: "Why! I look so good in clothes!"

He Qizhou weighed the purse in his hand: "The money to buy clothes with this is mine."

Ci Nian was discouraged, and suddenly felt that the chicken wings in his mouth were no longer fragrant. He swallowed the meat in his mouth slowly, and suddenly jumped up from the chair.The fox is a small animal that is good at jumping, and it leaped even higher. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the purse in He Qizhou's hand.Who would have thought that the person on the opposite side would react faster, he threw the purse into the air, and Ren Ci Nian jumped over the dining table, it was easy to jump over, but not so easy to hold back.

The two immediately hugged each other, pushing the chair back and trembling.As soon as He Qizhou raised his hand, he just took the money bag firmly in his hand. He bent his fingers, flicked the ears on the top of the boy's head, and said, "It's boring to wear a skirt. I'll pick two suitable ones for you. It's better to keep them than to wear a skirt." .”