Green and black small buildings with red lanterns and purple fireworks for whom.
Xiao Yanyu didn't know how many laps she had jumped and how many people's hands she had changed. Sweating slightly, she looked back and saw that Chen Mo was no longer there.
She left the team and returned to Chen Mo's seat. She looked around and around, but she didn't find Chen Mo.
"He seems to be going to the top of the mountain."
Lu Yu, who had never moved away, looked at Xiao Yanyu who was looking around and said.
Xiao Yanyu left the school grounds directly without saying thanks, and trotted up the path with the flickering light of the fire.
Even in the darkness, Chen Mo spotted Xiao Yanyu running towards him.
Panting, he ran to the foot of the tower, looked at Chen Mo above, and shouted: "Chen Mo, you are playing alone again without me."
After saying that, he climbed up the soft ladder with bulging hands and feet.
"It's so warm down there, why come here to get cold?" Chen Mo said.
Xiao Yanyu slowly walked to the edge of the platform and sat on Chen Mo's arms. He sat down and put his feet outside. There were two people with three feet, one long and two short.
"Huh." Xiao Yanyu breathed out. After climbing up last time, she stood in the center of the platform, hugging the pillar in the middle without daring to move, and enjoyed the dusk with Thirteenth Niang.
"If you're afraid, just don't come up. What can you do?"
"I'm not afraid as long as you are here." He said he was not afraid, but his arms were wrapped tightly around Chen Mo's. "You won't let me fall, will you?"
"It's hard to tell."
"no."
The two leaned on each other and looked at the unchanging night.
"It's so warm down there, why do you come here to endure the cold?" Xiao Yanyu asked back using Chen Mo's words just now.
"I want to be quiet."
"Who is Jingjing?"
Chen Mo moved his arm, startling this naive guy.
"Ah~! What are you doing? What if I really fall? You won't be sad to death by then?"
"You're too noisy."
"Why do you look like you don't care about anything?"
Chen Mo didn't want to answer her words, so he took a sip from the wine jar. He had never thought about why he should care about the things around him. Is this what he had to do?
"Can I have a sip?"
"cannot."
"mean."
"do you know...."
"Do not want to know."
"Chen Mo, can you stop interrupting me all the time? If you don't give me a drink, just let me drink. You don't even let me say anything."
Xiao Yanyu said angrily.
Chen Mo didn't react at all. It wasn't the first time this happened anyway.
"Did you know that New Year's Eve means the last night at the end of the year. The last day at the end of the year is called Sui Chu, which means that the old year is removed and a new year is replaced. It is connected with the new year, which is called Sui Shui.
The poor month is over and the new year is approaching late. On this day, every household is busy or cleaning the courtyard, removing old cloths and new ones, and putting up lanterns and colorful decorations, just like the village today, even more solemn than when I was in the mountains."
"On New Year's Eve, people generally don't sleep. They chat until dawn, which is regarded as keeping up the year. Only by keeping up the year will the family have a good harvest in the coming year. My parents used to tell me stories, telling them all night, which is also my favorite
days."
"Chen Mo, actually staying up late on New Year's Eve has another meaning. Do you want to hear it?"
"You have to listen even if you don't want to hear it." Xiao Yanyu didn't let Chen Mo get in the middle of the conversation.
A long, long time ago, there was a very powerful dynasty called Da Qin. Almost everyone in the world ruled it. As for how big it was, according to my father, the Da Qin Dynasty was surrounded by extremely cold ice fields and the shore of quicksand in the west.
To the southeast is the endless raging sea, which is very, very big.
At that time, there was no such thing as New Year's Eve between the end of winter and the New Year. It wasn't until something happened that New Year's Eve came into being.
In a certain year of the Great Qin Dynasty, at the end of winter and early spring, demons appeared on the shores of the quicksand. They crossed the vast sea of sand and came to the land of Great Qin. They killed people, destroyed their homes, and did all kinds of evil. Great Qin sent people to help
Many people with strong martial arts skills are very tall and can fly into the sky and escape from the earth.
"Will you be such a master, Chen Mo?"
"meeting."
Those masters joined forces with others to drive the demons back to the depths of the sand sea. Later, King Qin called that day New Year's Eve to get rid of the demons.
"Why is the demon called Xi?"
"Because the demon's cry is Xixixixi's."
Then, experts with great supernatural powers joined forces to build a Great Wall tens of thousands of miles long and hundreds of feet high at the border of the West Sea in just three days to prevent demons from invading again. With the Great Wall,
The city was full of people, and they kept watch on the city for a year without seeing the demon attack again. Later, they kept watch on New Year's Eve. Now we only watch for one night, but at that time the people kept watch for a whole year.
, really great.
"What would you have done if you had been there?"
"Kill them all and roast them and eat them."
"Chen Mo, you are not only thick-skinned, but also disgusting."
"If you feel sick, go back to bed."
"No, I want to stay here."
Later, some people went to the depths of the sand sea to investigate and see if the monsters had really disappeared.
"guess what?"
"No guessing."
After those people went to the Sand Sea, no one could come back alive. For many years, no monsters appeared in people's sight. People said that the depths of the Sand Sea had become a hell, and the monsters could not come out. I would like to find out.
After all, no one can come back. The road to hell is only forward, not backward.
Xiao Yanyu finally told Chen Mo the story he heard from his father when he was a child. Just like when his parents told him stories during the New Year's Eve, he found it very interesting and didn't care whether it was true or false.
Xiao Yanyu looked at the red lantern in the dark night and thought of another story
A long, long time ago, people did not light red lanterns during the Chinese New Year, but I don’t know when, a certain god in the sky had a beloved Luan bird, which was mistaken by the people living on the ground for a huge bird.
A very ordinary bird....
"Is it cold?" A gust of cold wind blew by, making Xiao Yanyu shrink. Chen Mo asked on the side.
"not cold."
Chen Mo took off his coat and wrapped it around her, tightly.
"are not you cold?"
"I have wine."
Xiao Yanyu wrapped herself in Chen Mo's clothes and felt much warmer, but she still said, "It's still a little cold."
He looked straight at the wine jar in Chen Mo's hand.
"Just a small sip."
"good."
Xiao Yanyu happily took the wine jar that was bigger than her face and smelled it. She couldn't say she liked it or disliked it. As long as Chen Mo liked it, she was willing to try it, except for practicing martial arts.
She held the edge of the jar with her small mouth and took a few sips while Chen Mo wasn't paying attention. When Chen Mo took the jar back, she didn't know how many sips she had taken.
"Huh~ It seems warmer."
Xiao Yanyu's face was flushed and a little hot, whether it was blown by the wind or drunk by the wine.
"Continue the story I just told you."
Because in the severe winter, they were suffering from hunger and cold, so the people killed the bird because it couldn't fit in a big pot, so they found several big pots, stewed the bird and ate it, and spent a difficult time.
Winter. And the gods in the sky... the gods in the sky... just... just...
Xiao Yanyu began to stagger as she spoke, and her speech became slurred. Just when she was unable to hold Chen Mo's hand and was about to fall, Chen Mo hugged her and looked down, she had fallen asleep.
.
Chen Mo laid him flat on the platform, let her head rest on his thigh, covered her with his clothes, only a small part of her head was exposed, and she slept soundly.
"Don't hide when you come."
As soon as Chen Mo finished speaking, Thirteenth Niang floated onto the platform, holding a jar of wine in her hand, and sat down next to them. Xiao Yanyu was in the middle of them. Thirteenth Niang also took off one of her coats and covered it with
Xiao Yanyu's lower body was finally covered with a complete "quilt".
"She's too clingy to you."
Thirteenth Niang raised her wine jar to signal to Chen Mo.
There was a clear sound of "Dang~" and the two drank again.
“You’re here just to have some fun?”
"Is it possible that I can only have trouble with you?"
Thirteenth Niang asked back.
The two touched each other again and drank wine under Leng Yue.
"How can you drink so well?"
"Afraid of pain."
Chen Mo said a reason that made Thirteenth Niang a little confused. When he first started practicing martial arts, injuries were common. Sometimes he had to endure severe pain to treat the injuries. It was also at that time that he came into contact with alcohol.
Even if I can endure the pain later, I will still go for a drink.
"What a strange reason."
Thirteenth Niang didn't ask further, touched her again, and drank in the cold wind.
"How did you know each other."
"That's how we met."
"You talk so boringly, how do you drink?"
They touched each other again and drank out of boredom.
"Do you have a master?"
"have."
"Then why don't you practice martial arts with your master and go out on your own?"
"He disappeared."
"this....."
"Dang~", drinking with the unscrupulous master.
"Have you ever thought about one thing? The reason why your master left you is because you are not suitable for practicing martial arts at all."
Chen Mo was silent for a moment and said, "I never thought about it."
"You work so hard, you work so hard, and you still stay in one place, don't you think it's strange."
"It's not surprising. It just means I haven't worked hard enough."
Thirteenth Niang thought for a while and then said: "Some people can't practice martial arts at all. Your first level is good, it can be said to be very good, but you can only be one level, and you are not suitable for wandering in the world. Maybe the border is where you should go.
The place."
The border, I escaped from the border. It was very boring there, but the world was interesting as Master said.
"Master said that my bones are amazing."
Some people have said that Chen Mo is not suitable for martial arts training, but they are all said by others. Why should he listen to them instead of trusting his master, just because they are stronger than his master? Chen Mo believes that his master will not lie to him.
"Alas~"
With a sound of "dang", Stubborn drank.
"Aren't you afraid that bringing her along with your strength will put her in danger?"
The two of them looked at Xiao Yanyu, who was sleeping deeply.
"Then become stronger, stronger than everyone else, and she will not be in danger."
"What a big breath."
"When"~
Just eat the small fish and take a big sip of wine.