Yanjing Fuyao Ji

chapter 29

In the dark space under the bed, a pair of round green eyes were staring at him vigilantly.

Chu Jiu reached out and pulled out several wooden boxes between himself and Yuanyan, only to realize that it was a big black and white cat.

I can't see the evil spirit, the special plane is not shaking, well, after the identification, this is a real cat, not a cat demon.

When Chu Jiu stood up, the big cat jumped out from under the bed at the right time, ran to the door, and ran into the yard.

This cat has been here?How did you get in?Chu Jiu looked suspiciously at the windows and doors in the room, they were all intact, although there was a gap, but this gap would never allow a cat to come in...

While thinking about this, Chu Jiu's attention suddenly shifted to the boxes under the bed.He remembered that his grandfather said that these boxes were made of golden nanmu, which was insect-proof and moisture-proof. He kept his most precious books in these boxes.It stands to reason that a box full of books should be very heavy. Why did each box feel so light when I pulled it out just now?

Chu Jiu reached out to open the boxes, and as expected, every box was empty.Can't even read a book.

For a moment, the faces of Dong Cang and Lao Bao appeared in his mind, could it be...

There was another thunderclap outside the window, louder than the one just now.It was as if thunder rolled down not far away, deafening.

Chu Jiu squatted on the ground thinking, but didn't notice that there were other voices mixed with the thunder here.

Until, he was so startled by the voice that suddenly appeared behind him that he almost jumped up...

"what are you doing here?"

A crisp child's voice sounded behind Chu Jiu.

Chu Jiu almost jumped up when he heard the sound.Why are you always so surprised today?

Turning around quickly, he saw a little boy standing at the door of the room.About seven or eight years old, with delicate features, but a frighteningly pale complexion, and that mouth—not normal red, but a kind of red that is close to purple, and a little black?

Turning around and drawing a talisman Chujiu didn't make a move. This is clearly not a demon, but an ordinary human child.

"This is my grandfather's house, who are you?" Chu Jiu looked down at the child.He seems to lack the vitality of a child of the same age, giving people a sick feeling.

"My name is Dong Ximing, and this is the home of my fifth great-grandfather, that is, my father's fifth great-grandfather. What's your name?" The child's eyes were slightly wary, and he spoke with a calmness beyond his age.

"My name is Dong Chujiu. So, we are a family?" Chujiu looked at the pair of blue sneakers on Dong Ximing's feet, "How...how did you get in?"

"I have the key," Dong Ximing patted his bulging pants pocket.

"How do you have the key here?"

"I... my dad asked me to come here to clean it every now and then..." Dong Ximing rolled his eyes.

"Cleaning? You?" Chu Jiu couldn't help laughing. This kid is probably not as tall as a broom! "And do you only clean this room every time? The dust in those two rooms is almost thicker than yours!"

"It's true... I also cleaned those two rooms, if you don't believe me, you can ask my dad..." Seeing Chu Jiu's expression of disbelief, Dong Ximing hastily argued.His originally pale face suddenly became pink and tender.

"Who is your father?" Chu Jiu smiled and raised his chin at him.

"My father is Dong Cang." Dong Ximing said.

Dong Cang... Chu Jiu paused, it was really him!

"This cat belongs to you too?" Chu Jiuyi lowered his head, and suddenly found that the big black and white cat that he scared away from under the bed had come back at some time, and was standing at Dong Ximing's feet, rubbing against his trousers.

"Now it's mine. It used to be Grandfather Wu's. I named it Milk Cow." Dong Ximing scratched the cat's chin with his hand down, and the cat squinted its eyes and purred immediately, looking very comfortable.

"It's raining, do you want to clean again?" Chu Jiu asked.

"No," Dong Ximing shook his head, "I'm here to find a book to read, Grandpa Fifth has a lot of good books here."

"Do you understand?" Chu Jiu crossed his arms and looked at Dong Ximing's black hair. He suddenly remembered the painful experience of being forced by his mother to memorize books when he was a child.

"I don't quite understand it, but Gu Yu can understand it, so she can explain it to me."

"Gu Yu? Your sister?"

"no……"

"elder brother?"

"...Good friend..." Speaking of these three words, Dong Ximing pursed his lips and smiled, as if eating a delicious candy.

Chu Jiu stretched out a finger and scratched the back of his head, the child now...

"You take the book from here, you must protect it well, your fifth grandpa is a person who loves books very much..." Chu Jiu thought for a while and said.

"I know," Dong Ximing blinked his clear eyes, "Actually, my father forbids me to take the fifth grandpa's books out of this yard, so I always bring Gu Yu here to read..."

"Oh? Really?" Chu Jiu reflexively looked into the yard. There were no other children.

But that's not important, he decided to ask Dong Ximing a particularly important question: "Then did your father take the books here?"

"..." Dong Ximing looked up at Chu Jiu seriously, "My dad won't take other people's things indiscriminately!"

"I'm just asking casually, just kidding..." Chu Jiu hurriedly laughed, he felt that even if Dong Cang stole grandpa's ancient books, he would not let his son know.

"Hey, where's your friend, is he still here?" Chu Jiu hurriedly changed the subject.

"... She should, come soon..." Dong Ximing walked to the window sill and looked out of the window with his hands on his cheeks: "She especially likes rainy days."

Anyway, I had nothing to do, Chu Jiu simply sat down and waited for his little friend with the little nephew of the same family.

On the ninth day of Chu, sitting by the bed and reading a book of "Flowers in the Mirror", I almost fell asleep, but the kid named Gu Yu still didn't come.

The rain outside the window did not know when it stopped.Chu Jiu stood up and stretched, and found that Dong Ximing was really asleep. He was lying on the writing desk by the window sill, his thin shoulders rising and falling with his even breathing.What made Chu Jiu feel interesting was that the black and white cat curled up into a ball and slept next to the boy at the desk.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the cat raised its head vigilantly, and turned to glance at Chu Jiu lazily.

Chu Jiu thought it was funny, and carefully stretched out his hand to imitate the boy's behavior and scratched the cat's chin.I don't know if it's the wrong strength, but the cat didn't make that comfortable purr, but stretched out a hind paw and quickly scratched the place where Chu Jiu had just scratched.

On the ninth day of the ninth day, I felt a sense of frustration out of thin air. I obviously love flowers and flowers, so why can't I deal with a pastoral cat?

His hand accidentally touched the pocket of his coat, and he suddenly remembered that he still had one good thing.

"Little cat, don't move, be good, I'll give you a good thing..." Chu Jiu took the "bracelet" that Wang Fei'er brought back from the twins and slipped it out of his pocket...the size is just right...he just now I suddenly realized that this thing should be for cats...

However, the black and white cat resisted, it shook its head from side to side in an attempt to avoid Chu Jiu's malicious move.Chu Jiu had no choice but to hold the cat by the back with one hand and fasten the collar on it with the other.

"Well, that's not bad! You look more foreign!" Chu Jiu clapped silently at the cat a few times.

The cat that finally escaped Chu Jiu's clutches, jumped off the table quickly, and ran away in a flash. The speed was so fast that it ran out of the afterimage.

"Little uncle, what are you doing?" Dong Ximing woke up rubbing his eyes, and looked at Chu Jiu with a circle on his face.

"I... played with the cat for a while..." Chu Jiu could feel the unnatural smile on his face without looking in the mirror.

"Where's the cow?" The boy looked around.

"Run away." Chu Jiu raised his head toward the door.

"..." Are you abusing cats?Dong Ximing looked at Chu Jiu curling his lips with worry.

"Xiao Ming? Xiao Ming?"

Suddenly a cry came from outside the courtyard, Dong Ximing heard Teng stood up.

"My dad is calling me!" The boy walked out while speaking.

Chu Jiu hurriedly followed, he didn't want to climb the wall and dirty the other trouser leg.

Before turning out of the alley, the two met Dong Cang who was walking in a hurry.

"Didn't I tell you not to run around today? Why did you run out again?"

Dong Cang stepped forward and grabbed his son's cold little hand, complaining in a low voice.Suddenly looking up, Dong Cang saw Chu Jiu standing behind his son.

"You're back from playing on the ninth day of the ninth day? Let's all go to the house for dinner!" Dong Cang waved his hand and said proudly.

The yard of Dong Cang's house is the second one in the east of the village.There is a small barn and cellar in front of the house, chickens and ducks are scattered in the yard, and a black goat is tied to a corner of the yard. This is a typical northern farmyard.

When he got home, Dong Cang ordered his wife to cook two more dishes, and then brought Chu Jiu to the wine table again.

"..." Chu Jiu nodded and listened to Dong Cang's words, and at the same time picked up a big vegetable on the table with chopsticks.This taste is really fresh...

"Eat it with confidence, your sister-in-law just picked it from our greenhouse..." Dong Cang said, "Eat more, there will be more after eating! Our family has more than ten greenhouses!"

"Brother, you also built the greenhouse at home?" Chu Jiu's cheeks were bulging.

"My little brother is staring at the stall at home. I don't know if you still remember him. His nickname is Erzhuzi..."

"..." Chu Jiu looked bewildered, there were too many relatives in his hometown, and he didn't come back often, most of them were recognized by others, but he didn't know others.

"A few years younger than you, I remember when you came back for the first time when you were a child, he still couldn't leave." Dong Cang said with a smile.

"What about others?"

"Don't mention it, that kid fell in love and ran out for a trip. He has been away for almost a month and he still hasn't come back! There are still a lot of things at home! I am running fast on both sides of the furniture factory and the shed. I'm so busy..."

On the ninth day of the ninth day, I learned that this furniture factory was invested by my father in ancient Jizhou a few years ago. I heard from my father yesterday at home that Dong Cang is very good.

He is powerful enough to run a furniture factory, grow greenhouse vegetables on a large scale, resell ancient books and sell houses... Chu Jiu glanced at Dong Cang, and suddenly felt that compared with this brother, he was so weak!

"Don't look at this kid who is usually silent. He is just a dull gourd. He is unambiguous at critical moments. When he and a few friends built a greenhouse in the village two years ago, he wanted to transport the vegetables to Yanjing for sale. I asked if I should contact Uncle Six. He has a lot of contacts and asked him to help find a market. This kid insisted. He just found a way, and he is getting bigger and bigger. Seeing that it is time to get married, I am still worried He is so bored, whose girl is willing to find him, who knows that he found a girl from the city, she is quite beautiful..." Dong Cang took out his mobile phone, opened WeChat, and showed Chu Jiu the second pillar Sent photos.

The photo was taken by the two of them. The background is the blue sea and white sand. In front of the camera, a simple and handsome guy and a bright and beautiful girl are close together.

"Hmm...not bad...Er Zhuzi has two tricks..." Chu Jiu nodded.

Hearing that Chu Jiu praised his brother, Dong Cang was also full of joy: "By the way, I never asked you, are you in love?"

"Me? Yes..." Chu Jiu buried her head in the food, wondering why this brother is so gossip...

"If you want me to say, hurry up if you can, young people don't just think about playing..." Dong Cangxu saw Chu Jiu's perfunctory, stopped asking more questions, and turned to the mode of earnestness and sincerity.

"Brother, I'll ask you something again..." When his wife brought out the two newly stir-fried dishes, Dong Cang's face was flushed from drinking.When his wife turned around and went to the kitchen to serve dinner, he suddenly approached Chu Jiu, pondered for a moment, and spoke as if he had made a lot of determination.