It rained later that day, and suddenly without warning the clouds gathered, and within a short while the downpour followed.

As soon as the two of them walked to the door of the small courtyard with lights on, they were immediately drenched in water.The torrential rain fell into the soil, making the road extremely difficult to walk. The smell of rain on this small country yard, especially on the wooden buildings, left only a decaying smell.As Bao Le walked, he noticed that there were weeds all over the surrounding roads. It seemed that only the entrance of the small courtyard was taken care of, and even pebbles were laid for decoration.

Although her family lived in a remote place, it was not so desolate.In my impression, there are seven or eight households living in the small village in my hometown. Although most of them are elderly people, occasionally there are young people like her who return home to visit relatives.Although it is not very lively, it is definitely not desolate.The few acres of land at the entrance of the village are also cultivated by hard work.In the current scene in the village, there is only one family left. There are lights from a distance, and there are even smoke from the kitchen. No matter how you think about it, it is illogical.

The vigilant little girl didn't knock on the door immediately, but poked her head around, trying to find a gap to see what was inside.She soon discovered that there was a hollow pattern on the height of the courtyard gate, which was five or six centimeters wide.As long as she stands on tiptoe, the eyes can meet just right.

However, when she really stood on tiptoe and stared straight ahead, the same pair of eyes stared at her motionlessly through the gap in the courtyard door.Those eyes are quite big, but the eyelets are very small, and the large whites of the eyes are covered with bloodshot eyes, which looks fierce and not friendly.

The little girl was startled, she tugged on Jun Zhi's sleeve with a groan, and got behind him.

The courtyard door dragged on the ground, making a creaking sound.After a while, an old withered hand pressed on the door panel and slowly opened the door.The one who opened the door was an old woman, her long hair was tied up behind her back into an ancient women's bun, which was neatly combed.And the color of her hair was as white as snow, with no trace of black or gray mixed in. It was incompatible with the cheap coarse cotton padded jacket she was wearing, giving people an inexplicable sense of disobedience.

The old woman held a white paper lantern in one hand and an oiled paper umbrella in the other.The flickering candlelight clearly illuminated the creases on her face.

Bao Le looked down and saw a shadow on the ground, and held the amulet in his palm again, but the other party was not afraid.She thought this might be just an ordinary mother-in-law, so she poked her head out from behind Jun Zhizhi: "Grandma, my house used to be near here, so I came back to have a look, but now there is no one to live there, and it's raining again, so we can live here again."Is your house staying overnight?"

The white-haired old woman glanced at the little girl, changed the lamp to the hand holding the umbrella, then pointed to her ears and mouth and shook her hand again.

"She seems to be deaf-mute," Bao Le tugged at Jun Zhi's clothes again, "I don't know if she can read or not, what should I do now?"

Jun Zhi glanced at her calmly, the little girl was drenched in the rain, although the rain was a little lighter now, she still sneezed.He pulled his crumpled sleeves out of her hand. The mother-in-law may not know how to read, but the almighty Jun Zhi can actually sign language.Under Bao Le's adoring eyes, the two communicated in sign language.Don't look at Junzhi's reticence, but everyone is equal before sign language, and you have to sign for a long time no matter how little you talk.

The mother-in-law finally nodded, switched back to holding the lantern in the other hand, turned and entered the yard.

"Jiang Ning has been here, but she is not here now," Jun Zhi said leisurely under the expectant gaze of the little girl, "You can stay overnight."

The white-haired mother-in-law said her name was Yu Po, and she and her wife were the only ones living in the yard. Her husband was in poor health and was bedridden all year round.In the evening, she just slaughtered a chicken raised in the yard and made a pot of chicken soup.The two old people just couldn't eat that much, so they invited Bao Le and Jun Zhi to eat together.

Although this mother-in-law looks sinister, she is very hospitable, but Bao Le is timid, having been harmed so many times, how dare she eat something of unknown origin.

But what was surprising was that Jun Zhi, who was always cautious, picked up the bowl and drank the chicken soup without the slightest doubt.When the mother-in-law saw that he had finished the chicken soup, she couldn't help laughing cheerfully, and waved to her again, signaling her to drink it while it was hot.Bao Le thought that Jun Zhizhi had already drank, so he should be fine, so he also picked up the bowl.But this chicken soup is too salty, don't know if it is because of the strong taste of old people, and there is a strong ginger flavor in the chicken soup.But out of respect, the little girl still held back and drank the chicken soup.

The mother-in-law took the bowl and left happily.

Bao Le Dekong looked at Jun Zhi, seeing his calm face, he didn't know whether to complain or not.

"The reason why we put ginger in the chicken soup is because we just got caught in the rain," Jun Zhi said expressionlessly, "They are not bad people."

The little girl was surprised: "Listen to your tone, do you know this family?"

Jun Zhi hesitated for a moment, and after thinking for a long time, he nodded and acquiesced to her words.

"If you say you know them, you must know them from our world. Mirror Realm is completely different from our world, and you still believe that they haven't changed." Bao Le muttered softly.

Jun Zhi's face was half-dark under the candlelight, just like his voice, trembling in the cold: "They are the guardians of the tomb, no matter which world they are in."

The little girl blinked, feeling very unfamiliar with the word "Tomb Keeper", and confirmed that this was the first time she heard this word from Jun Zhi."But why is the person you know in our village? Could it be that you have been to my house before?" Bao Le suddenly discovered the crux of the problem.

She is like a book of "One Hundred Thousand Whys", always full of curiosity of one kind or another.And her questions are always so difficult to answer.So this time, he was silent longer than last time, just when Bao Le thought he would not answer——

"I don't want to lie to you," Jun Zhi raised his eyes, "don't ask."

He didn't really answer either.

...

Because of the rain, Bao Le took a shower at Yu Po's house and changed into the clothes her mother-in-law prepared for her.It was the first time for the little girl to wear this kind of blue-black padded jacket at such a big age, judging from the stitches, she should have made it herself.Although it is not fashionable, it is very comfortable and warm to wear.It's just that the embroidery is not like the Suzhou embroidery of their hometown generation, but more like Nan Jing's.Maybe this old couple is not from Suzhou at all.

This can also explain why they appeared near her house, she didn't know them, but Jun Zhi did.She suspected that the Shen family knew where her hometown was from a long time ago, and even more suspected that Jun Zhi had been here before.It seems that it is not a coincidence that he is so familiar with the way, that he found her home without her guidance.

While thinking wildly, Jun Zhi also came out of the shower.The clothes he was wearing looked like they were made of the leftover material of her clothes, because there was not enough material, and a big red patch was sewn on.Different from the women's jacket, the men's jacket is slightly looser, probably because the man is a fat man.This dress is especially funny when worn on Junzhi.However, he is good-looking and has a good figure, and he magically propped up the clothes rack.It's just that the neck opening is larger, and the shrunken bones can be seen half exposed.

He is holding a towel and is drying his hair.

One world, one long hair.Even though he usually looks indifferent and strong, holding a knife or a gun without changing his face, now he is rubbing his hair, and he is actually similar to Bao Le.What's more, his waist-length hair is probably harder to manage than hers.

Bao Le noticed that the rain outside the house had stopped, and it happened that it was still early to go to bed, and both of them had just showered, and their hair was not dry yet.

The little girl invited: "Do you want to go out for a walk?"

...

As said before, there are two villages in Baole's hometown, which are very close to each other and separated by a small river in the middle.So every time Bao Le went back to his hometown when he was young, and went to wash clothes by the river with his mother, the neighbors who greeted them on the other side were actually from another village.

"The half block here belongs to Chongli Village," the little girl stood on the bank of the river, and drew a large circle towards the opposite side. "The half block over there belongs to Kanghui Village. This river is called Zhoushui.There is a hill at the end of the water, and there is a 50-meter-high cliff carving on the hill, which is said to have a history of thousands of years, and the word "buzhou" is engraved on it."

After listening to Jun Zhi, his face remained expressionless.

"With your expression, you must be ignorant of the story of Chongli and Kanghui," Bao Le snorted, "Let's get up early tomorrow, go to my house first, and then take you to see the stone carvings! There isIt’s a thatched hut. When I was a child, I often lived there with my dad. But if there’s no one there, Jiang Ning really doesn’t know where to go, and then we’ll leave her alone, and we’ll go to Bei Jing first.”

"Okay." Jun Zhi nodded.

The little girl stretched, looked around, and after confirming that there was no one there, she suddenly grabbed his hand.Both had just showered and come out of the warmth.Although Su Zhou in winter has not yet reached the point of snowfall, the climate is already close to zero.Although Jun Zhi is stronger than ordinary people, he is still a human being. At this moment, his hands that have been soaked in hot water are exposed outside for too long, so it is naturally cold.

However, to his surprise, the pair of little paws holding his hand were extraordinarily warm like a small stove.

Jun Zhi looked at her in bewilderment, and saw a gust of warm wind blowing around the little girl, and the water droplets on the tips of her hair evaporated upwards into water vapor, and within a short time, they were all completely dried.The wind around her slowly clung to his body along with their intertwined hands.If this wind has an image, it must be like a tree vine, spreading outrageously fast.After a while, he felt that the water droplets on his hair must have dried up.

After closing and opening his eyes, Bao Le spread out a huge flaming wing behind him, the fire light was reflected in the river, and the river surface shimmered when the wings fluttered.Just when Jun Zhi was about to think that these were her newly grown wings, Bi Fang stretched his swan-like neck, poked half of his head out from behind Baole, and looked down at Junzhi.

Jun Zhi is not short, but Fireball is more than two meters high, not to mention he can fly.

The fireball that was pulled out to let the wind out was so excited, it flew around Jun Zhi and Bao Le, and this winter night became very warm because of him.This three-year-old divine bird looked at its master holding another man's hand tightly, and was extremely jealous and wanted to squeeze in between them.After being glared at by Bao Le, he shook his wings aggrievedly.

Floating on the river with the feathers of Mars, it looks like a lotus lantern on the Lantern Festival from a distance.

Bao Le let go of Jun Zhi's hand, raised his hand to touch Huoqiuqiu's tail feathers, and said earnestly: "Huoqiuqiu, have you been eating too much lately, you are starting to lose hair!"

"You have the nerve to say that you have ignored me for two days! Two days!" Huoqiuqiu said angrily, "If there is something to do, Zhong Wuyan, if nothing to do, Xia Yingchun! Run away when you are done, you bad woman!"

"I've been busy with business recently!" Bao Le was unconvinced, "Didn't you see it!"

Huoqiuqiu glanced at Jun Zhi, and snorted: "What's the matter, mating? Why did you change it? What about the one who played the piano before? Did you lay eggs on him?"

How did Bao Le know that this silly bird dared to say anything, even Jun Zhi was stunned after he finished saying this.The little girl plucked the fireball's tail feathers viciously, Xiao Bifang wailed, and flew up to the sky, the bird's beak kept beckoning: "What's wrong with laying eggs, don't you females know how to lay eggs?", I was right! Why are you pulling my tail! It hurts like hell!"

"Cough," the little girl said in embarrassment with her hands behind her back, "Silly bird is not sensible, so don't worry about it like him."

Jun Zhi has returned to normal, he probably understands the way they get along, and nodded calmly.Bao Le was surprised to find that although he had no expression on his face, the roots of his ears seemed to be red.This is a new discovery, the little girl silently raised the corners of her mouth.

The fireball flew above their heads for a while, and suddenly a sharp phoenix cry came from a distance.

This sound doesn't sound like a fireball. Each Bi Fang has its own unique call. As the owner of the fireball, Bao Le is naturally very familiar with his voice.But this Fengming sound was not unfamiliar to her, this was what shocked her.

The little girl raised her head and looked along the place where the scream came from, her eyes widened instantly.

Another Bi Fang appeared in the night sky. She was several times larger than Huoqiuqiu, with a pair of slender phoenix eyes, staring coldly in their direction.Then this Bi Fang waved its single wing and disappeared into the night when the fireball rushed towards her.

Jun Zhi heard Bao Le mutter softly: "Why did Feng Yin appear here?"