dhibooks Chapter 24 chapter 23
Chapter 24 chapter 23
A round of red sun, like the innocent eyes of a child, exudes curiosity and expectation for the new world, full of vitality shines on every place, brings hope to all living beings, it is like the god of this world, Use different ways to inspire and give people hope.
Shan Heyi and Yan Xiao sat under a tree far away from a small village for one night with their backs leaning against a thick tree trunk. This night was so strange that they couldn't fall asleep, especially Shan Heyi, after learning of his true life experience, he was very sad. Soon he saw his stepmother and his unrelated younger brother die tragically on his bed. Although the memories they left him were dark and unbearable, he didn't have the ease and joy of being punished by the bad guys. In his eyes, he only felt a layer of haze accumulated in his heart, which he couldn't avoid or shake off.
"Have you changed your mind?" Yan Xiao suddenly said nonsensically.
Shan Heyi looked at him suspiciously, the black eyes under his eyes made his malnourished face look even more haggard, sticking out his tongue, and rolling his eyes, he could play a ghost movie and frighten people to death without even putting on makeup.
On the other hand, Yan Xiao is not so scary. He also didn't sleep all night, but he knows the "ancestral" meditation method. In dangerous places, when he needs to be vigilant at all times, he meditates. Although the effect is not as good as sleeping, but It can also restore some energy and keep the mind clear all the time.
"Did you decide to come with me, or have you thought about other places to go?" Yan Xiao asked.
Shan Heyi's eyes widened, as if he didn't expect Yan Xiao to ask him such a question, nor did he think that Yan Xiao would be willing for him to follow.
Yan Xiao looked at him unable to hide his surprised eyes, knowing that his previous reaction had misunderstood him, but the effect was achieved, and said: "You performed well before, maybe you are a little older, but you must be willing to follow Master. If you study hard, you can still learn a lot.”
The haze on Shan Heyi's face was swept away, and he was so happy that he wanted to jump up, he still couldn't believe it, he grabbed Yan Xiao's sleeve reflexively, as if he was afraid that the movement would be too big and he would catch him, He relaxed a little, and said with a trembling voice: "Brother Xiao, it's really...really, is it okay?"
Yan Xiao shook her head and said, "You are so timid, Master dare not accept you."
Shan Heyi was stunned as if he had been hit on the head by winter hail.
Yan Xiao patted her buttocks and stood up, and said leisurely: "So, if you encounter any terrible things next, don't hide behind me, take the initiative to explore and practice your courage."
Shan Heyi's unmoving little head turned several times before he could understand what Yan Xiao meant. At that time, Yan Xiao had already walked a long way, and Shan Heyi grinned, showing some big white teeth, and ran towards Yan Xiao with a smile. Xiao walked away with his back.
Just like this, the two climbed one mountain after another, crossed one river after another, ate and slept in the open air, and almost ate all the delicacies and rivers in the mountains. They lamented their insignificance at the foot of the mountain, and they once stood on the top of thousands of mountains. All living beings under your feet.
When they watched a chicken chasing another pheasant running all over the mountain, they thought of Jiagu, that lively and active old boy who was older than them. Without him, their dull atmosphere No one picked it up anymore, without him, their food was only a single fish, without him, they always felt that something was missing.
However, they spent several days and went to all the places they could go, but they couldn't find Jiagu, not even a trace of him.
It was impossible for them to stay here for a long time, so they walked towards the distance according to the original plan.
The two stopped and walked, and from time to time they would come across a black cave or a tomb that had been robbed. Yan Xiao, as he himself said, let Shan Heyi take the lead in any scary place, so he called it : Practicing courage.
Along the way, the two of them walked for more than half a month, and met no less than dozens of tombs, large and small. Shan Heyi's courage is also a bit good. Although Yan Xiao is not very satisfied, she wants to let the children in the mountains live for a few days. It's impossible to straighten your mind inside. It's already pretty good to be able to shrink your neck and hide back when you see the coffin before, and then walk forward with your neck stuck.
Before the two got tired of eating the fish in the mountains, they finally arrived in a small town near the dense forest.
When they first arrived in the small town, the two of them seemed like they hadn't eaten for a long time. They entered a restaurant and ordered a large table of dishes. The waiter came over to confirm several times, and every time they showed doubts and faint worries.
Yan Xiao and Shan Heyi were full of food and drink, and when they spread out on chairs to digest, a middle-aged woman opened the door and came in. Unlike the waitress, she was wearing more "luxury" work clothes, and there was a gold-edged plaque pinned to her chest. Write a letter to "The Boss Wife".
With the aura of a rent-collector, the proprietress pressed the list heavily in front of the two of them. Her huge body blocked the only way out, and she seemed like she would not leave the restaurant without paying.
Yan Xiao glanced at the list, then looked up at the proprietress, and said calmly, "I have no money."
The proprietress sneered, put her hands on her hips, and opened her bloody mouth, "Don't think that I can't do anything with you people from other places. You go out and inquire. In the territory of my charming Sanniang, who dares to renege on food! Don't talk to me!" It’s no big deal to help the children with a meal, I’m sorry! Whoever likes to pick it up, anyway, if you eat in my Mei Sanniang’s restaurant, even if you sell yourself, you have to give the money!”
Shan Heyi was so frightened that he didn't dare to vent his anger. Seeing Yan Xiao sitting there calmly, he didn't intend to answer the conversation, and he didn't intend to give money. Combined with the horrible situation in front of him, he swallowed his saliva. Yan Xiao seemed to have said, no He hides behind him whenever he encounters a scary thing, so he has to deal with it?
Shan Heyi thought that no one would find out and touched his pocket, but in fact he didn't need to touch it at all, because his pocket was just a decoration, and he had never put anything in it seriously. When the pocket was empty, his heart was also empty.
"Money, I don't have any. I don't know if you will accept the energy stone?" Yan Xiao said, feeling out of nowhere a ruby-like bright and translucent energy stone.
The proprietress just felt a flash in front of her eyes, and a stone more beautiful than ruby appeared on the table. She didn't know about power stones, but it didn't mean she didn't know. The most common power stones are as hard and black as ordinary stones, and the more colorful they are The clearer it is, the more mellow its texture is, just like wine, you can know its taste when you smell it.
The proprietress was so drooling, she involuntarily stretched her hand towards the energy stone. How many times in the world can we see such brilliance?
Just when her hand was about to touch the energy stone, one hand covered its light first, and the boss lady's eyes flashed with astonishment and sullenness. For a moment, a tinge of shame appeared in her heart, but it was only a flash. As a woman who has been rampant in the small town for half her life, how could she blush in front of two children who are not half her age.
"It's natural to pay off debts. Why, is it great to have a power stone? Can you eat overlord meals everywhere?" The proprietress said, and suddenly raised her voice: "Everyone, come..."
"Boom" Yan Xiao put the energy stone on the list again and successfully silenced the proprietress. He stood up, looked down at the proprietress, and said, "I didn't say no, but the proprietress, it seems that paying for the meal with the energy stone seems to be a problem." It's a bit much."
It's more than a little too much, it's enough to buy her shop, she hesitated and said, "Then...then what are you going to do?"
"We're going to the city. If you can get us a flying machine within three days, the power stone will be yours," Yan Xiao said.
This really couldn't be more cost-effective. Aircraft are common now, and you don't need a power stone to buy a new aircraft. In this way, she still has to make money. Who wouldn't agree to make money?
The lady proprietress was making a lot of calculations in her heart, and she had already put on a friendly smile on her face, and said, "Okay, if you don't mind these few days, you can stay at the Hongying Hotel in front, which is also my mother's place, for you Room and board are free!"
The proprietress is an honest person, although sometimes she likes to be greedy for a little money, she is still quite reliable, otherwise she would not be so arrogant and can make her business bigger, when she heard Yan Xiao asking where the energy stone trading shop is, she quickly pointed it out to them Once they got off the road, they were not as unfriendly as before, but it was really like the relationship between the elders and the younger generation, kind and natural.
They walked unsteadily along the street. The town is not big and the streets are simple. After a while, they arrived at the energy stone trading shop that the proprietress mentioned.
This power stone trading shop has a very lively name, called Yicai Xiaopu. From the outside, this small shop is so ordinary that it is indistinguishable from other shops outside. It can be the history that has witnessed the flow of time.Entering the inside, it is quite different. It really corresponds to the name of the small shop, and it is full of splendor. The booths and shelves are lined with colorful energy stones. The streamer sets off the style of the whole shop, which is really amazing. "Beautiful."
There was only a young man in his 20s in the small shop, who was staring intently at the energy stone under the booth, as if looking at it for a while, the energy stone could bloom a flower.
Yan Xiao walked over, knocked on the glass of the booth, and when the young man was finally willing to raise his head and noticed him, he said, "Are energy stones here?"
When the young man saw the two teenagers in tattered clothes, he paused. It wasn't because of their clothes that they thought they couldn't take out the energy stones. The two teenagers formed a team, but they had never seen it before. They were a little curious for a while, and wanted to see what kind of energy stone they could find.
The young man came back to his senses and realized that it seemed impolite to stare at people like this, so he nodded quickly and said, "Take it out, let me have a look."
Yan Xiao looked at him, but said nothing, and put the three gray energy stones that had been prepared on the booth.
The young man picked up each power stone in a dignified manner and looked at them carefully over and over again. At the end, he stretched out three fingers and said, "Up to 300."
Yan Xiao didn't say whether it was good or bad, and tapped the booth with her fingers leisurely, as if asking how the weather was like, and said, "Are there anyone else in your shop?"
The young man replied subconsciously: "Yes." Immediately, he realized that he was upset, and raised his voice, "You don't believe me?"
Yan Xiao looked at him like an idiot, and wrote in bright eyes, why should I believe you?
The young man was so annoyed by his eyes, he frowned, raised his face, and said, "No, what do you mean? I'm a third-level power stone appraiser! It's more than enough to appraise your mere stones, you know?"
After speaking, he pulled out a third-level energy stone appraiser certificate from nowhere, and slapped it on the booth with arrogance and arrogance. Backed by a paper certificate, he straightened his pen, as if he was making fun of Yan Xiao's ignorance.
Yan Xiao remained motionless, with the corners of his pretty mouth slightly raised, just watching him put on a show, which was exactly what he looked like, returning the other party's ridicule intact.
The young man raised his anger and wanted to say something to prove himself. At this time, a slightly old but full of spirit voice came from the inside separated by the curtain, "What are you yelling again, young man, anger can be used as food eat?"