Chapter 84: Please give me more advice for the rest of my life
The sun gradually set in the west, dyeing the attic red and setting on the backyard fence.
There were lentil seedlings with dark green and fat leaves climbing on the fence. Caoer and Liuliu carried buckets to water the medicine garden, and poured a bucket of water for them.
The chickens burrowed under the fence and lentils to look for food. Without the supervision of the little white fox, they were particularly lively and chased grasshoppers in the grass from time to time.
"Whoosh, whoosh", a string of whistles accompanied by the sound of "ding bells" came faintly from the road.
Yu Sheng looked around and heard the ringing gradually becoming clearer, and then a tall and sturdy yellow dog emerged from the road under the tree.
Behind the yellow dog, a woman in green clothes followed.
She held a wooden staff sword behind her neck with her hands behind her back, whistling to relieve her boredom.
After walking for a while, when the yellow dog was lying on the river bank and baring its teeth to bluff the little white fox, the woman looked up and saw Yu Sheng, smiling and waving to them.
Seeing the inn sign, the woman led the yellow dog up the stone bridge and passed through the archway.
"Hello, my name is An Fang." The woman said to Bai Gaoxing, who was squatting at the door of the inn renovating a donkey cart.
Bai Gaoxing turned around and saw a clean, elegant young woman wearing a robe and talking to him with a smile under the setting sun, and his heart trembled.
He quickly stood up and said, "Oh, hello, I, I'm happy."
The woman looked around, "Have there been chisels near the town?"
"Chisel teeth?" As a demon-hunting master, Bai Gaoxing naturally knows.
Chiseltooth is a monster that lives in water and riverside.
Its mouth has long teeth like steel chisels, which are extremely sharp. They often attack passers-by on waterways and lakes, chewing people and horses to pieces.
In the Demon Catcher's "Handbook of Demonic Beasts", Chiseltooth is one of those people who is easy to avoid and should not be provoked.
Because Chisel Teeth not only has sharp teeth, but also has a few inches of hard skin all over its body, like armor, so no sword, arrow, stone or ax can hurt it.
This also makes armor made of hard leather with chiseled teeth and spear points ground with long tusks very popular and priceless treasures.
Among the upper-class circles in Yangzhou City, it is said that Shopkeeper Liu of Xunweizhai has his own tricks.
But chisel teeth are not invincible.
It is recorded in "Da Huang Zhi Yi" compiled by the city lord of Yangzhou that the throat behind the bloody mouth is a weak point, and it will kill you if you hit it.
Bai Gaoxing shook his head, "I've never heard of it."
An Fang was a little disappointed. She curled her lips and blew her long hair on her forehead, "Can I stay in the hotel?"
"Of course." Bai Gaoxing hurriedly invited her in.
Ye Gao came out of the backyard immediately when he smelled the scent of the opposite sex.
His eyes lit up when he saw An Fang, but before he could come over, Bai Gaoxing kicked him back to the backyard.
An Fang was sitting at the table with the setting sun setting on it, watching Ye Zigao being kicked by Bai Gaoxing, and being aggrieved by the threat from Bai Gaoxing's eyes, he stopped coming in.
She pointed to the wide stool, let the yellow dog lie on it, and said with a smile: "You two have such a good relationship."
Bai Gaoxing has been caught between Ye Zigao and Yu Sheng, two crooked people for a long time, and is very sensitive to the word "emotion" between men.
He turned around, hesitated, and hurriedly explained, "No, no, we have no feelings..."
An Fang looked at him doubtfully, and finally understood from Bai Gaoxing's confusing words. She said, "I'm talking about friendship."
"Oh, then..." Bai happily stopped again.
He thought of Ye Zigao's character and hurriedly changed his mind, "Our friendship is not good either. He and I are not the same people."
This time it was An Fang's turn to be confused and didn't know why.
"You will understand soon." Bai Gaoxing said, turned around and fetched her a jar of linden wine from the counter.
"Thank you." An Fang took it, patted the mud seal open, and before Bai Gaoxing could take the wine cup, he picked it up and took a sip.
"It's really good." She smiled and said happily to Bai Bai, "It makes people forget all about the fatigue of traveling."
Bai Gaoxing told her that this was linden wine, which contained internal power, and that such delicious linden wine could never be found in the wilderness.
An Fang nodded and saw the yellow dog sticking out its tongue, so he asked Bai Gaoxing, "Is there any water?"
Bai Gaoxing went back to the backyard to fill a bowl of water for the yellow dog, and the sharp-nosed dog followed him wagging his little tail.
The yellow dog followed the sound and saw the dog at Bai Gaoxing's feet. He was obviously frightened and fell back on the stool.
An Fang also saw Gouzi and said tactfully: "This dog looks quite unique."
Bai happily said: "Our shopkeeper raised him, he has some unique taste."
After the dog came to the inn, it was the first time he met the same kind. He barked "woo woo" and walked boldly towards the yellow dog.
At this time, the yellow dog also understood that it was just an uglier member of its kind, so he ignored it and just drank water.
Seeing that the yellow dog ignored him, the dog squatted on the ground and patted the yellow dog's head with his paw.
The yellow dog was very thirsty, so he changed his posture and continued to drink water. The dog ignored the yellow dog and squatted on the spot in a daze.
"Have you had any food on the way?" Bai Gaoxing asked An Fang.
An Fang nodded, "Please use some hot rice. I've been eating dry food for a long time."
Bai Gaoxing then walked out of the inn and shouted towards the roof of the inn, "Housekeeper, come down and cook."
Yu Sheng responded.
Bai Gaoxing walked back to the inn and asked An Fang, "What are you asking about the chisel teeth?"
An Fang's smiling eyes flashed with a hint of loneliness. She said: "I will find another chisel tooth with missing front teeth and seek revenge on it."
Bai Gaoxing stopped asking, he knew there was a sad story hidden behind revenge.
In the wilderness, there are many cities, people are everywhere, and monsters are rampant. Who has not been harmed?
The shopkeeper's mother was snatched away by a big fish, and the rich and impoverished family members were bitten to death by wolves.
He is an orphan, his parents were killed by a mountain demon, and his master who supported him was killed by a fish demon while catching demons.
There is too much sadness in this world. Some people choose revenge, some choose to forget, and some choose to face it with a smile.
Of course, I still want revenge for the rest of my life.
It's just that the inn has rules, so he can only swallow his saliva at the fish in the lake so close to him.
I loved fish for the rest of my life and felt aggrieved that I couldn't take revenge.
If Yu Sheng were asked how he thought he would die, Yu Sheng would not choose to die of greed or suffocation, but would choose to die of suffocation.
Bai Gaoxing doesn't know how to resent the rest of his life. He only knows that even a dog is sad.
The dog was puzzled by the yellow dog's neglect. It squatted under the setting sun, its figure bleak.
Until Bai Gaoxing and An Fang were speechless and the inn became quiet, Gouzi suddenly had an epiphany.
It stood up and bared its teeth at the yellow dog, declaring its sovereignty over the inn with a childish "woof, woof".
After the yellow dog raised its head, the dog jumped left and right, ready to pounce, and roared "meowing, quacking", mixed with sounds that looked like but not like foxes.
An Fang looked at Bai Gaoxing in surprise, and Bai Gaoxing borrowed Yu Sheng's words from him, "It's always good to learn another language."
This is true, the yellow dog finally paid attention to Gouzi.
It stretched out its paws and pushed the dog to the ground. Then, under the dog's gaze, it jumped onto the wide stool and lay down quietly next to An An.
Gouzi stood up, dusted himself off, and his facial features became more and more crowded together.
When Yu Sheng came down, he saw Gou Zi and Huang Gou, "Hey, Gou Zi is entertaining friends."
The dog ignored Yu Sheng and ran quickly to the backyard.
"Hello, my name is An Fang." An Fang said to Yu Sheng.
"Hello, my name is Yu Sheng. Please give me your advice."
As soon as Yu Sheng finished speaking, Bai Gaoxing kicked him into the kitchen, "Whoever wants to give you advice should go and cook."