When Aunt Yin's mother-in-law was able to spare her free time, it was already three days after Xu Yan and the others came to Ji Township.

In this short period of three days, Shen Zhu's funeral was held in the village, although he has lived in the township for more than ten years, but since there is a Yingu mother-in-law who took the initiative to recognize his existence, the people in the whole village naturally did not dare to object, so they could only acquiesce.

Xu Yan and the others also participated in the funeral, but it was only a symbolic participation, and according to the custom in the market, they also donated a small amount of money outside their bodies, but it was not worth mentioning. And after this matter was over, Xu Yan, who was originally living in Xiaoman's house, finally waited for the summons of Aunt Yin's mother-in-law.

This is the second time Xu Yan has come to Aunt Yin's wooden house, the first time he sneaked on the roof, but according to the current situation, his previous behavior of following Xiaoman was obviously seen by Aunt Yin, but the latter should have noticed that he did not have any ill intentions towards Xiaoman, so he did not have any hostility towards him.

Aunt Yin's grandmother has no direct heirs, Xu Yan learned this from Xiaoman's mouth in the past three days, so she regarded the two Xiaoman sisters, whose parents are no longer in history, as her own granddaughters. In addition, Xiaoman also told Xu Yan and the others a lot of old things about Aunt Yin's life without reservation. For example, more than ten years ago, the other party was originally the head of the ancient village of Qixiang, and it was not until Xiaoman's sister became an adult that she was selected by her as the new patriarch heir, and she herself took this opportunity to remove the burden from her shoulders and began to live in the village and enjoy her family.

It was another evening close to twilight, but because the weather had cleared up the day before, there were very spectacular fiery red sunsets in the sky of this Mengqiu season.

It is undoubtedly an extremely rare experience to go up to watch the scenery of the sunset from the ancient village of Qixiang, which is a very high geographical location, as if the distant sky is exceptionally close to yourself, but for some reason, if a person stares at the vast scenery for a long time, there will always be a natural awe and fear in the heart, whether it is looking at the sky, or looking at the sea, it is the case.

Xu Yan is a person who has experienced heaven and earth, so although he will also feel quite shocked by the scenery that is destined to stay at the end of his vision for too long, he will not have any other emotions from the depths of his soul.

After he came to Aunt Yin's courtyard, he stopped, and then said to Aunt Yin, who was sitting on a deck chair watching the sunset, with a slight formality: "Senior Aunt Yin is finally free?"

When Aunt Yin heard the voice, she couldn't help but turn her head to look at him and replied, "Is Gongzi Xu so anxious?"

Xu Yan didn't hide it at all, and replied bluntly: "On this way, my cousin and I have stopped too many times, and I have to go to the north and go to a far place, so there is not enough time. ”

Aunt Yin's grandmother had already seen Gu Xueqing, so she naturally saw Gu Xueqing's true gender at a glance, and couldn't help but smile and said: "That's your cousin, it's almost the same, in front of the old body, you don't have to do this kind of useless work anymore." She paused for a moment, then said with a smile: "Besides, since she has to remove the Gu poison for her in person after she gets old, sooner or later she will know her gender." ”

Xu Yan didn't feel any surprise at this, but replied: "When she was out and going, when she was traveling as a woman, it was inconvenient, so she was asked to dress up in disguise." ”

Grandma Yingu is not a simple little girl like Xiaoman, after she heard Xu Yan's explanation, she said with a hint of sarcasm: "You let her dress as a man, in fact, to prevent people from recognizing you, and to be hunted down again!"

Xu Yan couldn't help but look pale when he saw that the other party had directly picked out the topic.

Aunt Yin's grandmother saw that his face was ugly and didn't care, but then she didn't continue to tease Xu Yan, but just said: "The old body is not interested in those things on you, you can rest assured, but after you leave here, the old body hopes that you will not mention the existence of our She Township to outsiders, so that it will not bring any disasters to She Township, and it will not be broken by people who are isolated from the world." ”

After Xu Yan heard this, he couldn't help but reply with a hint of sarcasm in his tone: "It may not be really isolated from the world, otherwise how could Xiaoman's sister be so embarrassed and colluded with people outside?"

Aunt Yin's grandmother couldn't help but sigh when she heard Xu Yan take the initiative to mention Zhong Yun, who had been locked up by herself, she didn't give Zhong Yun the slightest cover-up, and said: "The matter of Yun Yatou is indeed her fault, but in fact, what happened to her can only be regarded as an accident. ”

Xu Yan didn't care about the dirty past that happened to Zhong Yun, when he mentioned the other party, it was just to disgust the old woman in front of him, and now that the other party has no intention of entertaining him, he naturally accepts it when he sees it, and no longer has to make inches.

Xu Yan changed the topic and said, "Senior Yingu, let's talk about the reason why you asked me to come here to talk to you alone." ”

When Aunt Yin heard this, she couldn't help but flash a trace of seriousness in her eyes, she didn't answer Xu Yan directly, but said: "Xu Gongzi really gave birth to a delicate and delicate heart, if the old body hadn't seen your face with his own eyes and was only ten years old, he would even think that you were an old guy with rich experience and had experienced all kinds of life, but now it seems that you just live an old soul in your heart." ”

Xu Yan turned a deaf ear to her seemingly compliments, but in fact they were sarcastic words, and replied in a calm tone: "Linglong's heart is a curse, although the younger generation has always been thick-skinned, but it is not appropriate for the senior of Yingu to say bad things about me to my face like this, right?"

Grandma Yin ignored his sarcasm, and then asked directly: "I asked you to come alone this time, but I actually want to ask you, do you have any thoughts of staying in our village?"

When Xu Yan heard such a question, he suddenly felt inexplicable in his heart, and he didn't understand what she wanted to express at all, so he replied in a low tone: "What do you mean by this senior Yingu, are you always joking?"

Aunt Yin's grandmother replied with a solemn face: " The old body is not joking with you, but is seeking your opinion, the old body will tell you the truth, Xiaoman's girl has taken a fancy to you, of course, the old body has also tentatively asked her in private, although she did not give me a clear answer on the front, but the woman is shy, not denying it is a tacit acquiescence, I am a person who has come over, I will not understand, so I want to ask you, do you have the heart to stay in our She Township, if there is, the old body will make his own opinion, and let Xiaoman be your wife. ”

Without waiting for Xu Yan to say anything, Aunt Yin's grandmother continued: "In addition, the old body has also secretly decided to transfer the position of the patriarch of She Township from her sister to her, so if you are willing to stay in She Township, you will be the next Shexiang patriarch's father-in-law, but there is one thing that the old body must explain to you, that is, if you want to marry Xiaoman as a wife, you must enter our She Township in the form of a concubine, after all, the women of our She Township have always been not married." ”

Xu Yan remained silent when the other party said these words, and after the other party finished speaking, he couldn't help but have a sentence in his mind, "Is there something wrong with this old woman?"

However, although Xu Yan thought so in his heart, he remained silent on the surface, and replied in a calm tone: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint my seniors, I don't have this plan." ”

Seeing that he rejected his proposal without even thinking about it, Aunt Yin couldn't help frowning and asked, "Why, do you look down on Xiaoman, or do you not want to get involved?"

Xu Yan shook his head and replied bluntly: "No, I just didn't plan to stay here, besides, if the senior of Yingu recruited me alone this time, just for this matter, then there is no need to say anything more, I have made up my mind, I will never stay here." ”

When Aunt Yin heard this, she was just going to help Xiaoman ask for advice in private, and she couldn't help but feel a little cold, she didn't expect that in the future life in front of her, she didn't have any thoughts about that aspect at all.

Seeing that Aunt Yin's grandmother was silent, and her face was a little unpleasant, Xu Yan didn't retreat at all, and asked directly: "I wonder when Senior Yingu can help my world contact the Gu worms in her body?"

After hearing this, Aunt Yin's grandmother replied in a cold tone: "At four o'clock tomorrow, you can bring her to my house, by the way, by the way, call the brute girl over." ”

......

After Xu Yan left, Aunt Yin's grandmother went to Zhong Yun, who was being locked up by her.

When Zhong Yun saw her coming, she was undoubtedly a little trembling, and she immediately knelt down and said respectfully: "Yun'er has seen Aunt Yin's grandmother. ”

After Aunt Yin came to the room, she didn't talk too much nonsense, and said bluntly: "Yun girl, you secretly used the holy relics of our clan to help outsiders commit evil deeds, and also destroyed the holy relics, this matter is indeed what you have done too much, so Aunt Yingu has decided to remove your patriarch and pass it on to your sister Xiaoman, what objection do you have?"

After Zhong Yun heard this, he replied in a low voice: "Yun'er has no opinion. ”

When Aunt Yin saw this, she nodded, but then sighed and said: "As for Shen Zhu's death, most of the responsibility comes from Aunt Yin's body, you don't have to blame yourself too much for this, if I didn't hate that negative man too much, and thought that all men in the world were generally hateful, I wouldn't have let you plant the golden silkworm Gu in the love Gu on Shen Zhu, and he wouldn't have ended up like this." ”

Zhong Yun also witnessed the scene of Shen Zhu pleading with Xu Yan for her before she died, and now she heard Aunt Yin's grandmother take the initiative to mention him, although she did not have much affection for him, but she still couldn't help but feel a little sad about it, because Shen Zhu was undoubtedly a world of difference compared to her lover who ruthlessly abandoned her at the last moment and only thought about her own escape.

In Zhong Yun's eyes, there were tears looming, and she led the person to cry and said: "Regarding the matter of Xianggong, after two days of careful consideration, Yun'er has decided to be widowed for him for the rest of her life, and she will never have any dealings with men in the world, and she will be able to fulfill Aunt Yin's grandmother!"

When Aunt Yin heard this, she couldn't bear it, but in the end, she still didn't say anything.

It is difficult to say whether this is glory or misfortune by being selected by her previous generation to become the patriarch of Qi Township, but at least in her own opinion, she and the current Zhong Yun have no good results, so many times they can only convince themselves that they are sacrificing themselves for the quiet of this mountain city and ancient village that is independent of the world.

Aunt Yin's grandmother stretched out her hand to help Zhong Yun, who was kneeling on the ground, and hesitated for a moment before she said slowly: "In the future, Xiaoman ...... It's up to you, the sister, to put more effort into taking care of her. ”

When Zhong Yun heard this, she had roughly guessed the ending, and she couldn't help but cry like rain, she cried and nodded heavily to Aunt Yin, but she couldn't say anything.

When Aunt Yin saw this, she held her hand lovingly, then patted her on the back of her hand, and finally said, "Don't cry, it's all over." ”

......

When Xu Yan returned to Xiaoman's residence, the food in the house was already fragrant, and if it was not bad, this should be the last dinner he could enjoy in this village.

Seeing Xu Yan coming back, Xiaoman sped up and put out the last dish in the pot, and then brought it to the table together, she said with a smile: "Xu Gongzi is back, it's just time to eat." ”

Although she showed a smiling face, Xu Yan could still see that her eyes were still red and swollen, these days, Shen Zhu's death was not a big blow to her, so it made her sad and crying.

Xu Yan looked at the smiling face that the other party would only show when he saw him, but he couldn't help but remember what Aunt Yin's grandmother said to him before, and then realized that Aunt Yin's grandmother didn't fabricate any illusion about him, but just let him stay here, which was indeed impossible.

Xiaoman is very simple, of course, she is also very good-looking, she is the kind of girl who makes people feel pleasing to the eye after seeing it at first sight, and when she smiles, it will give people a feeling like a spring breeze.

After getting along for a short time in the past few days, Xu Yan can clearly feel that her simplicity comes from the primitive purity of her values for people and things in the world, and has not added any worldly spirit and collective morality, just like those springs flowing in the mountains, clear and clean.

Xu Yan looked at Xiao Man, who was busy helping him and Gu Xueqing to eat, and said that it was impossible to dislike her, because when he saw her for the first time, he had that feeling of liking, although this was mostly from the subjective consciousness of Xujiacun's body, but even if it was a former "Yan", if he would still like a woman in the world, it should be like Xiaoman, not like Bai Bing, even if they are almost the same in appearance.

Xu Yan sighed faintly in his heart, but even if he liked it, he could only be silent.

After Xiao Man served the meal, he asked Xu Yan with a smile, "Grandma Yin, have you asked Xu Gongzi to discuss how to remove the Gu worms in Miss Gu's body?"

Xu Yan stretched out his hand to take the rice bowl she handed over, thanked him, nodded and replied, "Well, that's what I'm talking about." ”

"Is that final?"

"Senior Yingu said, let Senior Sister Gu go to her house at four o'clock tomorrow, and let Xiaoman go with her. ”

"I'm going too?"

"Well, that's what Senior Yingu said. ”

“......”

After dinner.

Xiao Man began to clean the pots and pans, while Xu Yan and Gu Xueqing sat in the patio together, admiring the bright stars in the night sky.

Gu Xueqing took a bunch of edamame and ate it in her mouth, and said to Xu Yan: "I didn't expect to be in this village in the end, and it was delayed for so many days." ”

Xu Yan replied with a smile: "Most of the world's plans can't catch up with changes, and there will always be unforeseen accidents, but it's okay, counting tomorrow, it's only five days." ”

After Gu Xueqing heard this, it was the bull's head that was not in the horse's mouth, and suddenly sighed and said, "I'm really a little reluctant to leave here." ”

Xu Yan didn't answer because he couldn't be sure if the other party was talking about him or herself.

......

Early the next morning.

The sky was only slightly bright, and Xiao Man had already gotten up to make breakfast for Xu Yan and them, which couldn't help but remind him of the figure in his mind again. Xu Yan looked at the charming dark blue outside the window, and couldn't help but think, "I don't know if Sister Hong has gotten up to cook now." ”

But after just imagining it for a moment, Xu Yan shook his head, feeling that he was a little too sentimental.

About half an hour later, the sky was already bright, and the morning sun was still shining through the mountain forest.

After Xu Yan and Gu Xueqing finished freshening up in the courtyard, they went to the house to have breakfast, and waited until about three o'clock in the morning before the three of them left the house and walked towards Aunt Yin's house.

From Xiaoman's house to Aunt Yin's house, the road is not too far, and it takes a moment to suffice, so when the three of them come to Aunt Yin's house, it is exactly about four o'clock.

When Aunt Yin saw them coming, she didn't say much, she just nodded to Xu Yan, and then beckoned Gu Xueqing and Xiaoman to go up to the second floor together, but what Xu Yan who was waiting downstairs didn't know was that on the second floor, Zhong Yun, who had poisoned Gu Xueqing, was actually there.

Time passed quickly, and it was time in a blink of an eye, but Xu Yan, who was waiting, felt a little like a year, because he couldn't understand why it took so long to just take a Gu worm.

It wasn't until it was almost noon that footsteps came from the wooden slabs upstairs.

After Xu Yan heard the voice, he immediately stood up from the bench, and then after successfully seeing Gu Xueqing, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and he asked, "Why are you going downstairs alone?"

After Gu Xueqing heard it, she didn't explain, just sighed and replied, "Let's go!"