Meet the moon again

On the second day, the sun was bright, and Zhong Qing walked back to the house after washing up.The black cat on the collapsed bed was sleeping soundly, curled up in the middle of the quilt, its abdomen rising and falling in an orderly manner with the rhythm of its breathing, and it occasionally made a "woo-woo" sound from its throat, and it was unknown what kind of dream it was.

After calling someone unsuccessful for the first time, Zhong Qing had no choice but to grab his belly and knock on the door of Sayuri's room next door, dragging the sleepy girl directly to the street.

Although the village does not communicate with the outside world all year round, its customs are almost the same as those outside.The street was a little empty, and there were people wearing coarse short shirts and carrying a hoe on their shoulders, as if they were going to farm in the outskirts of the village, and some people were coming in and out, supporting stalls.Curls of white smoke emerged from the tent, mixing with the smell of dough and meat, and dispersed for a long distance.

It was the first time for Sayuri to approach a street with such a scenery, as if she had traveled through a hundred years at once.She wandered around, couldn't hold back a few more glances, and said to Zhong Qing: "This place is a little different from those ancient towns."

Zhong Qing smiled and didn't speak.

Not far in front of them is a noodle stall, steam is billowing out of the pot, just a little closer, you can feel the heat blowing towards your face.The stall owner is an old man, with a hunched back, looking thin and thin, as if there is only a layer of wood-like skin covering the bones, but his movements are so fast that only a little afterimage can be seen.

Sayuri moved the tip of her nose, and her stomach growled in such a timely manner.She turned her head, met Shang Zhong's probing eyes, smiled innocently, and said, "Dad, I'm hungry."

If you have something to kiss your father, if you have nothing to call the boss.

Zhong Qing has long been used to her rapidly changing address, she glanced at her lightly, then closed her eyes, and said, "Go and have breakfast."

Sayuri got the permission and walked quickly towards the noodle stall.

"What are you eating, girl?" Seeing her coming forward, the uncle who was making noodles asked, raising his hand to wipe his hands on the cloth hanging in front of his clothes.

Sayuri turned to look at Qi Lin who was still asleep, and said, "Two bowls of noodles."

"okay."

Zhong Qing found a seat near the entrance of the alley and sat down, and put Qi Lin on her lap.The master still didn't wake up, Zhong Qing felt that he seemed to have slept a little too deeply.Even if he lost his spiritual power, Qi Lin shouldn't be so defensive... It can't be because the person staying by his side is him, so that he gave up his vigilance.

He frowned, and circled the longer hairs of Qi Lin with his fingertips.The tuft of hair made a turn around his hand and slipped down, and Zhong Qing combed it comfortingly again.It's a good thing the master hasn't woken up yet, otherwise if he knew that his hair was being treated like this, he might get very angry.

Sayuri sat opposite to Zhong Qing, her eyes followed Zhong Qing's sight and fell on his legs that were mostly covered by the wooden table.

"Senior, have you been sleeping for a while..." Just as Sayuri finished speaking, she suddenly seemed to have a flash of inspiration, as if she thought of something, her eyes changed, with a hint of ambiguous scrutiny.

She leaned forward and lowered her voice: "Boss, I don't think you can do this, we are still in a critical situation..."

Before Zhong Qing realized what she was saying, she cleared her throat and continued: "We are still in a critical situation, and we must not mess up the overall situation because of our own selfish desires. Even if the senior has no fighting power now, at least... "

Speaking of this, Zhong Qing guessed from left to right and understood what kind of brain hole she had opened up, and said coolly: "What are you thinking all day long?"

"Yellow waste?" Sayuri said with a smile.

"..." Zhong Qing simply didn't want to pay any attention to her, tapped her fingers slowly on the table and waited for the old man to come over.However, when the two bowls of noodles were on par, they finally realized a serious problem - they had no money.

Not to mention the gap between the ancient currency and the modern RMB, the exchange tool used in the village is different from that of the outside world.Zhong Qing and Sayuri looked at each other under the gaze of the old man. The former looked at Sayuri indifferently, and signaled her to solve it by herself as usual, while the latter looked bewildered and was speechless to the hand-throwing shopkeeper in front of him.

"Girl..." the uncle called out hesitantly.Sayuri turned her head away with a "swipe--", put on a flattering smile, and asked: "My brother and I are from other places, so we are not very familiar with this place. May I ask if you can pay with shells?"

Zhong Qing beat her heart.This lily didn't know that it was a fake criminal and threw all the things he had learned into the valley. Shell coins were banned earlier.

The old man was kind, but he just laughed and said to Sayuri: "What can I do with shells?"

"Then... Jade?" Sayuri asked tentatively.

Zhong Qing couldn't stand it anymore, she took out a silver ring from the storage ring, put it on the table, and asked, "Is this okay?"

"Silver?" The uncle picked it up, knocked it against his mouth, and asked.

Zhong Qing: "Yes."

"Too much." The uncle shook his head and wanted to return the silver ring to him, but Zhong Qing raised his hand and pushed it back.

"It's nothing, you can put it away." Zhong Qing said, raising his hand to stroke Qi Lin's back, "Or you can answer me a few questions to make up for the extra."

The old man moved the wooden bench next to them, sat down beside them, and said, "You said... I have nothing to ask."

Zhong Qing turned around, "I heard that there is a practice of offering sacrifices in the village, may I ask who is the owner of the mountain?"

As soon as he asked this question, the old man's expression froze for a moment, but he quickly adjusted and returned to his previous kind appearance.

"The owner of the mountain is not a human, but a fairy." The old man said slowly, his tone full of awe, "Our village has been protected by the owner of the mountain since ancient times, and we will not be disturbed. The owner of the mountain has great powers, and he usually practices in the cave in the mountain , the priest can only see him once every ten years. At this time, the mountain master will tell the priest what he needs, and we should only deliver it according to the order."

Zhong Qing said: "So, except for the priests, no one can meet the mountain lord?"

"Yes."

Said Baihe hit the nail on the head: "Who is the priest?"

The old man thought for a while, and stammered his words: "The priest is the holy son of the village. If the baby is born, if the fire falls, it will be handed over to the priest as the heir to raise it."

"It's really metaphysics." Said Baihe whispered, although it didn't fall into the old man's ears, it was heard by Zhong Qing intact.

The corner of Zhong Qing's mouth suddenly raised a shallow arc, if you don't look carefully, you won't be able to see it.

But the smile was short-lived, and after a while, the love changed into that calm look again, and asked again: "I heard people say that there is a man named Shang Yao in the village, did the old man know about it?"

This time, the other party's face was really stiff.

It seemed that all the muscles were drooping, the corners of the eyes drooped a little, and the lips were tightly pressed together, revealing a serious and sharp arc.

"I don't know." He said bluntly and indifferently.

Neither of them understood why he had such a secretive attitude, but since the other party was already bitten to death and unwilling to answer, they couldn't force anything.

Zhong Qing turned around resentfully, and slowly ate the bowl of noodles that was dissipating heat and almost turned into a ball.

Sayuri looked at the old man unwillingly and opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't ask anything.

After finishing breakfast and leaving the stall, Sayuri came to Zhong Qing's side and asked in a low voice, "What the hell did Shang Yao do? As soon as we mentioned her, that old man's face turned black into charcoal. "

Zhong Qing shook his head and didn't speak.

The Mao Tuan under him was still sleeping peacefully, but there were more and more people on the street.

He and Sayuri turned into an alley, and after walking for a long time, they saw several shadowy figures in front of them.

Xu is a boy in his teens, his voice is still hoarse during the period of voice change, through the long bluestone slabs, it is passed into their ears.

"Did you go to find the young master again today?"

"Do you think I don't know if you don't talk?"

"My younger sister has seen it all. You'd better stay away from the Young Master. He is my future brother-in-law. Don't follow him so shamelessly..."

The next second, a female voice interrupted him: "You can say this in front of Shanglu, and see if he will recognize you as a brother-in-law."

"Your sister doesn't even think about things, what do you do for her all day long? Mother-in-law, are you too busy?"

Zhong Qing felt that the voice was a bit familiar, and turned her head to motion for Sayuri to look up.Sure enough, at the corner of the alley, several teenagers formed a circle, and the one standing in the middle was one of the protagonists they had just talked about.

Shang Yao looked a little weak due to perennial malnutrition, trapped between a few strong teenagers, like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.However, her whole body was not inferior, Shang Yao raised her chin and looked at them with a sleepy expression, her eyes were so cold that they could freeze.It is completely different from the previous appearance when facing Shanglu. If she is soft white snow in front of Shanglu, what she is facing the teenagers now is a piece of hard ice.

"You can talk quite well. But you are such a catastrophe, do you really think that the head of the family will rest assured that you stay by the young head's side?"

His words seemed to have pierced the girl's pain, and a crack appeared on that face in an instant.The young man snorted, and was about to step forward after taking something in his hand.

"It's shameless for a group of men to bully a little girl."

Sayuri's voice really frightened people, the group of teenagers turned their heads and stared angrily at the two uninvited guests.

But she didn't want Xiao Baihe to move her foot, kicked up a stone and bounced it on the forehead of the leading boy, scaring everyone else back a few steps.

The young man gritted his teeth and glanced at them, then turned his head and said to Shang Yao, "You remember it clearly for me!"

Then he turned around and hid in the depths of the alley.

Sayuri, who was relieved, was about to step forward to get close, but the other party didn't seem to pay attention to their intentions.Shang Yao met Zhong Qing's gaze with a flat expression, and his eyes fell, and stayed on Qi Lin in his hand for a moment.

Zhong Qing felt that she wanted to say something, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she quickly turned her head away and walked quickly in the direction that the group of teenagers left.Just like last night.

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