As the annual vacation is approaching, the entire university hall suddenly becomes deserted. The bluestone path that used to be bustling with people is now sparsely populated. The few figures are still carrying bags on their backs, walking in a hurry with smiles on their lips, looking anxious.
The look of going home.
"My family will come to pick me up this afternoon." Xiao Xue said excitedly just after class.
"Hey, that's great." Han Yue was stunned for a moment, and then sighed leisurely: "Unlike me and my junior brother, we are the only two at home, and it's even more deserted than the school."
"Hehe, then just go home with me. Your master is not here anyway, so it won't make any difference if you don't go home." Xiao Xue's smart eyes turned around in a circle, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth: "Anyway,
Yuelu Mountain is not far from the capital, so just come with me."
"Hmm... This doesn't work well. Although my master is out on weekdays, he still has to come back during the New Year." Han Yue raised her white chin slightly and pondered for a moment, then showed a trace of helplessness on her face and said: "
When the house is empty, he will probably be dumbfounded."
"Ah~ okay then." Xiao Xue pursed her red lips slightly, sighed and said, "But after the New Year, you have to come to the capital to play with me. I'm so bored in the capital alone!"
"Okay, anyway, I guess my master will go out to 'visit friends' after the New Year." Han Yue smiled slightly, stretched out her fair arm to hold Xiao Xue: "By the way, my junior brother and I haven't been to your house to play.
Well, Xiaoxue, you have to treat me then."
"That's necessary!" Xiao Xue patted her chest with a smile, and said extraordinarily boldly: "If you come to the capital, Yueyue, I will pay for all your expenses."
"Hehe, then I have to go and find out where to buy a house in the capital." Nie Yun smiled and brought his face closer, but when he turned his head, he was pressed back by a white palm.
"What's the matter with you?" Xiao Xue rolled her eyes at Nie Yun and wiped her hands with disgust.
"Hey, my friend is gone." Nie Yun lamented, looking heartbroken and sad, but he didn't move an inch.
We have been together day and night for more than half a year, and now we suddenly have to separate, even if it is just a short separation, a touch of separation sadness will inevitably come to our hearts, and we can only use jokes to relieve our respective sorrows.
The three of them rarely did anything after class today. They followed the bluestone path back to the small courtyard and sat around the stone table in the courtyard, chatting and laughing.
"Just chatting like this is quite boring. I'll go buy some side dishes and come back." Nie Yun suddenly stood up and smiled and said, "Let's just treat it as a break-up meal."
"No need, I've already prepared it." Xiao Xue pursed her red lips lightly and waved her jade hand. The stone table was covered with dishes with bright colors but a faint cold air. Looking carefully, she actually used
More than a dozen pieces of black ice keep the dishes fresh.
"Okay Xiaoxue, you had already planned this, and you're just telling us now." Han Yue was stunned for a moment, but then she realized what she was doing and smiled.
"I don't want to hide it from you." Xiao Xue's fair face turned slightly red, and her slender jade fingers twisted a strand of hair between her forehead: "The main thing is that I don't know how to speak."
"Okay, okay, let's not say these disgusting words. Isn't it just a month?" Nie Yun waved his hand and took out a red fire talisman. With a slight movement of Qi, a red flame suddenly appeared.
, under Nie Yun's meticulous control, the frozen dishes soon began to exude the alluring fragrance again, and then the red flame suddenly extinguished.
"Wu, this is much simpler than refining alchemy." Nie Yun thought in his heart, but said: "Use black ice to keep it fresh, and the red fire talisman to thaw it. Hey, Xiao Xue, I was really led astray by you.
..Whew.”
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"Come on." Xiao Xue rolled her eyes at Nie Yun, then turned her hand and took a huge piece of pig's trotter and stuffed it into Nie Yun's mouth: "See if I don't gag you."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
...
After the three of them had finished drinking and eating, they were chatting leisurely, but they didn't expect that Xiao Xue's family would arrive earlier than expected, but the sun was just tilting, and there was a middle-aged beauty with an extraordinary appearance and sixty-six points of resemblance to Xiao Xue.
The woman was already standing at the door waiting.
"Xiaoxue, let's go." The middle-aged beautiful woman nodded slightly and smiled at the three of them: "You must be Han Yue and Nie Yun. I often hear Xiaoxue mention you in letters. Xiaoxue's temperament usually aggravates you.
It’s going to be a lot of trouble.”
"Hello, aunt." Nie Yun and Han Yue stood up quickly: "Xiaoxue has a very good temper. If we want to cause trouble, it's the three of us who cause trouble for each other."
"...Mother, why did you come here in person, and expose me as soon as you come?" The surprise in Xiao Xue's eyes disappeared for a moment, her red lips slightly pursed, and she started to squeal while holding the middle-aged beautiful woman's arms.
"You, you." The beautiful middle-aged woman nodded lovingly on Xiao Xue's fair forehead: "Mom, I haven't seen you for more than half a year. Why did I come to pick you up in person?"
"Hehe, mother is the best, mua." Xiao Xue kissed the middle-aged beautiful woman's smooth face, then turned to Han Yue and Nie Yun with a smile, "Then I'll leave first, remember
Come to the capital and find me."
"Well, let's go, don't keep Auntie waiting." Han Yue stretched out her white and slender arms and waved.
"Then I'll take Xiaoxue away first." The beautiful middle-aged woman smiled and waved, then took her daughter's arm and walked out.
The two of them were holding hands. From a distance, they really didn't look like a mother and daughter, but instead looked like a pair of side-by-side sisters.
As soon as Xiao Xue left, only Han Yue and Nie Yun were left in the entire courtyard, and oh, by the way, there were two golden leopards.
Two little golden leopards were laughing and playing in the corner, but Nie Yun and Han Yue still couldn't help but feel a little deserted.
"Hey, it's really boring. Senior sister, let's go home." Nie Yun played with the chopsticks in his hands boredly. Tomorrow the university hall will officially start its annual vacation. Now the alchemy hall, Lingfu hall and the like are also closed.
There is nowhere to go if you want to pass the time by making elixirs.
"Isn't it still the same when I go home?" Han Yue fiddled with her jade fingers in boredom, her red lips slightly pursed: "I don't know when that guy Master will come back."
Seeing Xiao Xue's mother coming to take Xiao Xue home in person, and thinking about herself, she could only go home alone with her junior brother, and when they got home, it might be just the two of them. Han Yue's red lips curled up at the thought.
Getting higher and higher.
"That's right." Nie Yun lay on the table in frustration: "Although the master will definitely come back during the New Year's Eve, there is still a week before the New Year's Eve. According to the master's temperament, it would be good to come back before the New Year's Eve.
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"Huh? Who said this?" Suddenly, an old voice with a slight smile came from the door.
Nie Yun straightened up suddenly, and Han Yue's beautiful eyes widened slightly, and both pairs of eyes looked at the body at the door that was not straight and even a little rickety.
"Master." Two surprised voices came almost at the same time: "Why are you here?"
"Haha, of course they are here to pick up my two precious disciples." Zhang Quni, who was wearing a dark green Confucian shirt, stroked the snow-white goat's beard on his chin, walked forward, and took the hands of Han Yue and Nie Yun.
, with a kind smile on his face: "Other children will be picked up by their parents when they come home.
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, of course my two apprentices must also have them."
In the setting sun in the west, two slender and tall figures were held in the hands of the somewhat stooped figure in the middle. The sunlight in the west slowly lengthened the shadows of the three people, faintly forming a concave character, but this should have been
There are some weird scenes that somehow make people feel a little warm.
...
But this kind of warmth did not last long and was quietly broken...
"How long has it been since you two unlucky kids came back?" Zhang Quni, who was wearing a dark green Confucian robe, looked at the thick gray stains covering the door lock and asked with a slight twitch in the corner of his mouth.
"Uh..." Nie Yun scratched the back of his head: "You know, we have a nice little courtyard in the university hall."
"And you're not at home either. It doesn't make any difference whether we come back or not." Han Yue added awkwardly.
"Have you guys not been back for more than half a year?" Zhang Qiuni looked up to the sky and sighed.
"...Yes." Han Yue and Nie Yun nodded "innocently"
"Okay..." Zhang Qiuni gently put his right hand on his forehead, then took a deep breath and gently pushed open the wooden courtyard door.
The wooden door creaked, revealing everything behind it.
On the dirt floor of the courtyard, the green weeds have grown to calf height, and the shrubs that were carefully pruned by the corner have now grown to pieces. Except for a stone table covered with dust in the center, there is almost nothing here.
It is a small ecological garden.
Well, if you look carefully, you can also find a few stone benches hidden in the weeds around the stone table.
"If I don't come back, you might as well stay at home for two days." Even though Zhang Qiuni had made some mental preparations before opening the door, he was still a little dazed when he saw such a scene. He turned around and glanced at his two precious apprentices and said helplessly.
: "It used to be barren mountains and ridges, but now even the houses have become deserted mansions."
"Hey hey hey." Nie Yun scratched his head and smiled innocently, while Han Yue looked up at the sky, as if his eyes were attracted by something extremely rare.
Zhang Qiuni shook his head helplessly, lifted up his rather loose dark green Confucian robe, stood on tiptoes, walked through the dense weeds, took a deep breath, and then pushed open the door, which was also a little dull.
"Huh." Zhang Qiu made a slight sound of surprise, and Nie Yun, who was following behind, blinked his eyes, stretched his head over the master, and looked at the scene in the room.
In the innermost part is a wooden bed full of carved patterns. Beside the bed is a small, slightly faded red wooden cabinet. There is a square black table in the middle. There are four long benches of the same color around the table. Next to it stands a
The black wardrobe is as tall as a person, but it is now covered with a thick layer of gray-white dust, and a thin layer of spider webs has been formed on the corners. It is obvious that no one has lived in this house for a long time.
Uh... It's normal. Nie Yun turned to Zhang Quni in a daze, tilted his head slightly and asked, "What's wrong? Master."
"Haha, it's nothing." Zhang Qiuni waved his hand with a smile: "I just feel that the situation inside is much better than outside, and I was a little surprised for a moment."
"...Master, aren't you talking nonsense?" Nie Yun scratched his head in confusion: "The wind and rain outside the yard are all day long, so of course it is much messier than the room."
"You unlucky boy... You are so smart. To reward you..." Zhang Quniu twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, then patted Nie Yun on the shoulder and said seriously: "I will leave this yard to you.