Yanhua Kingdom, Loulan, Gardenia Street.

January 21.

Walking across the trestle where the clear snow has just melted, there are many people on the road, the streets are empty and quiet, and the lake is hazy with smoke and clouds.

The girl with long silver-white hair held her belly in her hands, limped to a flowering branch at the end of the bridge, and smelled it appreciatively.

"Ah...can you eat this flower...I can't bear it anymore, hmm."

After chewing it, she felt alive, and she suddenly smelled the fragrant steamer smell again.

"!"

Ah...

Is it a bun, is it a steamed bun... Why is it so fragrant!

The girl's eyes shone brightly, she pressed the scabbard harder than killing the demon god, and she passed a distance of tens of meters in the blink of an eye.

Then he fell down five steps away.

"Ah...I don't have the strength..."

She stretched out her fingers tremblingly and began to think about why it was so close yet so far away.

The hot steamer is clearly right in front of you...

"Hey, little girl, what are you doing lying on the ground on such a cold day?" The owner of the store saw a hand stretched out in the air, and when he looked out, a little girl was sitting on the ground like this, "It's still snowing.

It’s not changed.”

"What's inside..." The white-haired girl looked at the steamer with all her attention, as if she could die in peace if she knew that.

"Want to try some rice cakes," the boss asked, wiping his hands with a cloth. "We have been selling rice cakes for twenty years."

The girl's posture was fixed there.

"But...I don't have money."

The only valuable thing on my body is this knife. If I exchange it for food, Ayi will definitely scold me to death...

"Hey, this is a Chinese New Year. If you can't sell out, you can eat it yourself. Come on, give it."

The boss wrapped three pieces of rice cakes and handed them to her. The girl leaned under the counter and ate them like a squirrel chewing pine nuts.

At this time, you can't gorge yourself... burp...

Seeing that she was hungry, the boss handed over another packaged ceramic bottle.

"Here, this is my home-brewed rice wine. It doesn't taste too strong, so don't mind it."

"Gulu gulu gulu...ha——!"

The white-haired girl felt like she was alive.

It was unusual to see this happening today. The boss put his hands on his hips in a funny way, looked at her and said, "How does it taste?"

“Delicious!!”

"Do you still want to eat?"

"Think...!"

"Hahaha," the boss handed her a few more pieces, "I just told you it tastes delicious, eat it slowly, no one will compete with you today."

Pack after pack of rice cakes were handed out, and the girl just squatted under the counter and nibbled them all.

The boss looked at it and shook his head: "You are not from our street, are you? What is your name? You are obviously not shabby in your clothes. How can you be so hungry during the Chinese New Year?"

The white-haired girl wiped the corners of her mouth.

"My name is Anaining. I was originally in Baigang Town, the Western Lion Garden Kingdom. After being affected by the power of the second-level demon's law, I flew over from the west in a whoosh."

Boss: "..."

I'm afraid he's not a stupid kid.

"Where is your hometown?"

"Bai Ming Mountain."

"Yan Yun...it's very far away. Do you have any relatives or friends in Loulan?"

Anaining shook her head.

The boss paused.

"Doesn't that mean you're going to take refuge somewhere today and plan to spend New Year's Eve alone?"

Anaining: "..."

Ayi must be talking nonsense to me now. She promised to go to her to solve the problem in Baigang Town...Ahhh! Luo Wei, ahhh, you reminded me to bring dry food, why didn't you remind me to bring money!!

I walked here from Penglai without even carrying a board...

"Actually, I'm going to close the stall." The boss shook his head helplessly. He originally thought that there would be no business during the Chinese New Year, but in the middle of the meal, such a silly boy appeared, "If you don't have a place to celebrate the New Year, you can go to my house to make do.

After a while, my daughter is almost as old as you."

"Eh? You must have a lot of family members, won't you see anyone else when I go?"

"No, no," the boss said with a smile as he took off his apron, "there need to be more people to have the Chinese New Year flavor. I still have a daughter who hasn't come back. It just so happens that you and my second daughter can keep me company so that she doesn't rush me all the time.

Call sister back."

Hearing the words "asking my sister to come back", Anai froze there.

"What's wrong? Why are you crying? Are you thinking of your loved ones?"

"Yeah." Anaining wiped her face and nodded heavily.

"If you don't cry, don't cry. It's not like we just celebrate the New Year this time. We'll just get together next year. Let's go. Can you walk?"

Anaining stood up.

"I'm here to help close the stall too!"

The boss didn't refuse, but when he saw Anaining dragging a big bucket with one hand, his jaw almost dropped.

This is...

Silly boy, is he strong?

……

Wuguan City, East Craftsman Street, Jiyun Inn.

January 21.

Ayi Ning opened the door and saw her neighbor who lived next door hanging a lantern.

"Ayi Ning, it's almost night, are you still going out at this time?"

"Yes, go for a walk."

Just as I was about to turn around, I saw two children coming out of the neighbor's house and surrounding the neighbor's aunt.

"Sister, sister! I want to hang up a lantern too~"

"Don't disturb Auntie. Can't you be a good boy? Be careful that Auntie falls off her chair if you disturb her."

"No, sister, I want to play with lanterns..."

"Stop arguing, I'll just make one for you. Come in."

"Hey...sister is so nice~"

"Hmph, who made you my sister?"

After watching the two children enter and close the door, Ayi Ning came back to her senses and showed a bitter smile.

It doesn’t look like it at all.

Walking down the stairs, the innkeeper was getting wine in the front yard, and said with a happy face: "You are going out at this time, have you eaten?"

"Eat."

Nodding lightly, I looked back before going out. There was steaming hot food in the inner hall, and the whole family was sitting together happily.

"..."

Pushing open the inn door, the bone-chilling wind at night made the back of his hands and face hurt. Ayi paused for two seconds, and then closed the door to the inn.

Let’s go and have a look at Zhuqing Lake.

There should be lanterns hanging there.

She stepped out of the inn courtyard and was getting ready to turn east when a servant dressed in oriental clothes stopped her in front of her.

"Excuse me, is this Miss Ayi Ning?"

Showing slight doubt, she said attentively: "I am, you...?"

The servant nodded respectfully, "Then please get on the sedan. Your relatives are waiting for you to have New Year's Eve dinner."
To be continued...