Since ancient times, sand devils have conquered villains

Shi Dai's plan to encourage students to study failed.
Facts have proved that the wisdom of the people of every era cannot be underestimated. They can really get the book titles to the point.

Shi Yunsheng couldn't understand, but Shi Yunsheng was greatly shocked.
Thanks to these books that encouraged people to study, not only did he not have the slightest interest in being a student, but he also experienced the hardships of his life at a young age.

Shi Dai:......
Shi Dai decided to take him to escape quickly.

Chang'an City has been busy preparing for several days, and with the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers, New Year's Eve is finally ushered in.
On the night of reunion, all the houses were brightly lit, and the Shi Mansion was also decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, filled with guests.

The weather is excellent today, the night is like ink, the wind blows the bamboo shadows, and the moon is rippling.The unmelted new snow piled on the corners of the eaves, illuminated by the bright red lanterns, lingered with a thin powder, like the shy cheeks of a girl.

New Year's Eve is certainly festive, but reunion and family fun also means——
The wheel battle between the seven aunts and eight uncles.

Shi Dai had obtained all the memories of the original owner and could name most of the faces present.
Although the original owner was not able to recognize all his relatives clearly, Meng Ke and Shi Jingcheng were there to provide pointers, and there were no mistakes from beginning to end.

Today she wore a lily bun, her black hair was folded up, and she was wearing a fluffy feather headband. She was wearing a gold-embroidered cloak, which revealed the goose-yellow dress underneath.
At first glance, it looks like a vibrant spring flower leaning across the snow.

Shi Dai has a lively and lovable temperament, and can make her elders laugh with a few words of laughter.Because he grew up in an orphanage, he was able to get along easily even with children from relatives with different temperaments.

In stark contrast to her, Shi Yunsheng was sitting beside Meng Ke blankly from beginning to end.

So annoying.
Shi Yunsheng let out a low tut.

He has a surly and withdrawn temperament, and has no good looks towards anyone. In front of this group of strange relatives and friends, he becomes a sullen and boring gourd.

The wolves had keen hearing, and the laughter and laughter from all directions made him irritated. Some people's voices were sharper, and they fell on his ears like rough knives.

Why do humans insist on gathering together noisily?Setting such a so-called "New Year's Eve" is meaningless and a waste of time.
He wanted to think of some other words, but found that this was the limit of what he could express.

...Forget it, in short, it is annoying, annoying to death.

He was impatient in every possible way, but as the young master of the Shi family, he was surrounded by men, women and children, so he had no way of slipping away.
Unlike Jiang Baiyan, who used sword training as an excuse early on and disappeared without a trace.

bother.

When Shi Dai came back from saying hello, she saw this child with an unhappy face.
She finally understood that their liveliness had nothing to do with him, Shi Yunsheng only felt noisy.

"Why?" Shi Dai suddenly stepped forward, leaning forward with a smile on her face, "Are you bored?"

Shi Yunsheng raised his eyes, acquiescing.

"It only happens once a year tonight."
Meng Ke chuckled softly and stuffed a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake into his mouth: "Come on, come on, eat more snacks, and take a photo of the lucky star cake in the new year."

Shi Dai nodded and answered without any pause: "Spread your wings and fly."
Chen Liushuang on the other side nodded slightly: "Badou of talent."

Shi Jingcheng smiled warmly and stuffed Meng Ke with a snack: "Step by step, the cake will rise."

He usually has the temperament of a brilliant Confucian scholar, so only when he is with Meng Ke, he will tell her such jokes as a matter of course.

Shi Yunsheng:......
With his poor language skills, the above encrypted conversation was too advanced.

"It's normal for so many people to not remember."
Meng Ke thought for a moment and decided to give him a test: "Not long ago, I introduced you to some very close relatives. Do you remember them? Who are they?"

Shi Yunsheng turned his eyes faintly, followed Meng Ke's fingers, and saw a wealthy middle-aged woman.
Although he was full of impatience, he actually silently remembered his parents' instructions, remained silent, and said in a low voice: "Second Aunt."

There was supposed to be an aunt, but I heard that she was seriously ill and died young.

Meng Ke was very satisfied and touched the top of his son's head: "Where are those people?"

They were two middle-aged men in rich clothes.
Shi Yunsheng: "Second uncle, third uncle."

The child seemed to be listening to what they said, but to his surprise, he actually remembered everything.
Shi Jingcheng was also happy and fed him a piece of sweet ice cream: "Exactly."

Although he was extremely disdainful of this kind of reward, Shi Yunsheng was still young after all. He swallowed the sweet ice cream in his stomach and raised the corners of his mouth with an imperceptible arc.
Suddenly realizing something, the child raised his head slightly: "Where is my uncle? Did he also die young?"

One is born two, two begets three, but he has never heard of this person, only the second uncle and the third uncle.

Shi Jingcheng:…
Shi Jingcheng pointed to himself: "Maybe he is still alive and feeding you snacks."

Shi Dai quickly explained quietly: "He is our father."

It's a pity that in this era there is no jingle like "Dad's father is called grandpa". Maybe...she can write one for Shi Yunsheng?
Man, this is so troublesome.
Trapped in a language maze again, Shi Yunsheng frowned and fell into deep thought.

"Your father and I will go entertain the guests first."
Meng Ke said: "When you have free time later, you can go and see Bai Yan. He has not been in Chang'an for a long time, and he is not familiar with the place."

Shi Dai smiled and made a gesture to obey the order: "I have the order!"

……childish.
Shi Yunsheng silently cursed, and inadvertently felt a few vague glances.

The sight that made him feel uncomfortable was mixed with whispers.

"Is that the young master of Shi Mansion? I heard that he was kidnapped when he was a child and lived with wolves for several years."
"Wolf? So pitiful..."
"It's sad to say that the child suddenly disappeared a few years ago. He was neither alive nor dead. Everyone said he was dead. Only the couple kept looking for him."
"Now that the whole family is reunited, it's a good thing."
"It's the child who suffered. He grew up in the mountains and drank blood. He was afraid that he didn't have enough food and clothing, and he had to fight for a living every day, so he developed such a weird temperament. When I saw him today, I thought I was seeing a wolf... …”

Again.
Shi Yunsheng gritted his teeth secretly.

When he was taken back to the Shi Mansion, he received many different looks and heard words of good or bad, concern or ridicule.
Some people are afraid of the demon elixir in his body, some are disgusted by his withdrawn character, and some are full of sympathy and pity for him, as if he is so pitiful.

Shi Yunsheng hated that kind of charity.
He would rather be laughed at and insulted, so that he could naturally have a fight with that person and use his fists to regain face, instead of like now -

This made him look really pitiful.

His eyes were getting dark, and Shi Yunsheng tightened his cuffs.
Almost at the same time, someone rubbed his head, and he heard Shi Dai's voice: "Don't you want to stay here anymore?"

Shi Yunsheng nodded.

"That--"
Shi Dai smiled softly, her voice rising slightly: "Sister Liushuang and I will take you to a good place."

*
The Shi Mansion was particularly noisy tonight, with the sound of firecrackers, laughter, and a few bursts of fireworks exploding in the sky, falling on my ears, adding to the irritability.

In comparison, Jiang Baiyan's courtyard is much cleaner.
He had nothing to do with the Shi Mansion, and there was no need to make excuses with the guests. After dinner, he casually found an excuse to go back to his room to rest.

A lamp in the room is like a bean, flickering and producing light.Jiang Baiyan turned a deaf ear to the continuous noise, half lowered his eyes, and flipped through the ancient book on the art of war in his hand.

He naturally knows the symbolic meaning of New Year's Eve, reuniting his family and praying for everything to go well in the coming year.
But since he has no family, how can he be reunited?

Jiang Baiyan has not celebrated New Year's Eve for several years since the Jiang family was wiped out.This night was nothing special for him, except that the sound of firecrackers was too loud and disturbed his dreams.
Sometimes, it also disturbs him to kill people.

The night shadows are heavy and the wind blows through the sky.
A page of rice paper was opened, and with a soft clatter, someone knocked on the door.

Then came Shi Dai's voice: "Mr. Jiang?"

What is she here for?
Placing the ancient books on the wooden table, Jiang Baiyan stood up hesitantly and opened the door.

Standing outside the door were Shi Dai, Shen Liushuang and Shi Yunsheng.

Shen Liushuang was as lazy and dazed as ever, and Shi Yunsheng glared at him out of habit.
Only Shi Dai had a fox lying on her shoulder, looking full of interest, and smiled brightly at him: "Mr. Jiang, let's set off fireworks!"

Jiang Baiyan:?
He really had a very brief moment of confusion.

"How can I be alone on New Year's Eve?"
Shi Dai held a pile of fireworks sticks in her hands and shook them at him: "It's on the mountain behind your yard, very close."

Jiang Baiyan found it a little funny.
Whether it was New Year's Eve dinner or fireworks, it should be the Shi family's own business. What was he, an outsider, doing to get involved?
What's more, he has no interest in it at all.

With a hint of sarcastic smile at random, Jiang Baiyan was about to refuse, but he heard Shi Dai's faint devilish whisper:
"If you stay in the bedroom all the time, be careful when my father and mother come and take you to watch the New Year's Eve."

Jiang Baiyan:......
She must have done it on purpose.

Jiang Baiyan closed his eyes: "Please, Miss Shi, could you please lead the way."

On a winter night, the moon hangs in the sky, and the twilight falls on all sides.
The road to the back mountain was flat and smooth. Shi Dai walked all the way, and it didn't take long before she successfully reached the top of the mountain.

The shadows of the trees above our heads were whirling, as if they could fall down, and the clusters of dead branches and leaves were peeled away, and the scene in front of us suddenly became clear.

The evening breeze blows on my face and the moon shines brightly.Standing on the mountain behind Shi Mansion, you can have a panoramic view of most of Chang'an City, like a splash-ink scroll slowly unfolding.

This is the place discovered by the original owner and Shen Liushuang. When they were young, they had nothing to do and they often came to play in the back mountain.

Shi Yunsheng took a step forward and held his breath unconsciously.He had lived in a secluded and uninhabited wilderness for many years and had never seen anything like this tonight.

What comes into view is a vast expanse of bright night, a ten-mile-long street, covered in silver and filled with fiery trees and silver flowers.The moonlight flows down from the end of the sky, and the long and winding streets are hung with lanterns. The lights are dim, like red ink, and full of warmth.
The scattered stars in the sky contrast with the lamps in the city, and the fireworks are dotted among them, outlining thousands of lamps.

This suddenly gave him a strange illusion, as if he had truly come to the human world for a long time and was among thousands of people——
The fireworks in the world are within reach.

Is this the good place she calls it?
Shi Yunsheng thought, it was indeed good, at least it was much more interesting than staying in a noisy and boring mansion.

"How is it, looks good?"
Behind Shi Dai, there were fireworks all over the city. When she turned to look at him, her eyes were bright and bright: "This is the secret base of Sister Liushuang and I."

She said as she distributed the fireworks sticks one by one, her movements as light as the wind: "Set off fireworks, be careful not to burn yourself."

Shi Dai knew that Shi Yunsheng couldn't set off fireworks, so she had to teach him. Unexpectedly, Jiang Baiyan took the fireworks stick from her hand and showed a moment of confusion.

He was wearing white clothes and his skin was cold white. It was dyed by the moonlight at this moment, as if coated with a layer of frost, making his brows and eyes clear and cold.
Jiang Baiyan's expression was slightly startled, and his long eyelashes drooped, like frost and snow melting away, letting out a bit of clear mist.

Especially when he was holding the fireworks stick, he gently moved his well-joined fingers and turned it curiously a few times, looking a little childish.

Shi Dai was startled, thinking of his experiences over the years, and suddenly said: "Mr. Jiang, have you never set off fireworks before?"

Jiang Baiyan smiled warmly: "It's funny."

He knew extremely complicated sword techniques and talismans at his fingertips, but at this moment, he actually looked a little confused.

at last.
Jiang Baiyan usually searches for clues, kills monsters, and teaches her how to draw talismans. She can finally teach him!
Feeling a sense of mission, Shi Dai stepped forward and adjusted the fireworks stick in his hand: "Hold it like this, otherwise the sparks will burn you."

Ah Li lay on her shoulder, shivering unconsciously.
Only Shi Dai would treat Jiang Baiyan as a little pity. She reasonably suspected that Jiang Baiyan did not set off fireworks during the New Year and was going to kill someone.

Jiang Baiyan was also silent.

He has spent so many New Year's Eves, and his hands have held a bloody sword, crushed evil bones, and broken other people's necks.
He never imagined that he would stand side by side with someone, holding... a fireworks stick in his hand.

Shi Dai even adjusted the angle for him little by little, as if teaching a child.

Jiang Baiyan lowered his head and caught a glimpse of her fair neck.
Unconsciously, his right hand clenched tightly.

"That's fine."
This action lasted only a few breaths, and Shi Dai quickly took a step back.

I was still about to say something, but suddenly I heard Shi Yunsheng behind me say in a muffled voice: "I don't know how to use it either."

Jiang Baiyan glanced at him casually.
Shi Yunsheng glared back fiercely.

"Good good."
Shi Dai laughed dumbly, helped the child to straighten the fireworks stick in his hand, and took out the fireworks: "It's time to light it. The sound is very loud, be prepared, don't be scared."

Shi Yunsheng puffed up his cheeks: "That's why you were scared."

Shi Dai's smile deepened, she lit the firework stick and moved closer to the fireworks stick.
There was a piercing bang, followed by fireworks bursting into flames, lighting up half of the sky.

"Master Jiang, Master Jiang!"
She was familiar with the road, helped Shen Liushuang light the fuse, and waved the fire stick towards Jiang Baiyan: "Do you want me to light it for you?"

Seeing the other party nod, Shi Dai came closer and lit the fireworks in his hand.

There was a flash of light, but Jiang Baiyan turned his head slightly and looked at the people beside him.

Shi Dai was looking up at the horizon. The fireworks were bright and turned into bright stars falling from the sky, falling in her eyes and brows.Thick and curled long eyelashes are covered with halo, and a pair of almond eyes are clear and sparkling, as if they are filled with broken stars.

Too bright.

For no reason, Jiang Baiyan had a subtle and inexplicable desire to kill.
Her smile and the fireworks in her eyes were particularly dazzling and confusing tonight.

He couldn't help but wonder, would it be better if he took these eyes out?
But if you really dig it out and let it become dim...

Jiang Baiyan lowered his eyes to hide more thoughts.
That would be boring.

"correct."
Suddenly thinking of something, Shi Dai came to Shi Yunsheng and raised her lips: "Do you know the customs of New Year's Eve?"

Without waiting for an answer, Shi Dai smiled slyly like a cat, raised her right hand like a magic trick, holding a large and thick red paper envelope in her hand: "Qiang Qiang! This is for you."

Shi Yunsheng:...?
There was confusion in his eyes: "What?"

"It's a red envelope."
Shi Dai handed the red paper envelope to him: "Elders give this to their children. It can bless them with peace and good luck in the new year."

The weird rules of the human race.
so troublesome.

Shi Yunsheng frowned and listened to her soft voice as she continued: "Take it, take it. This is my sister's intention. If I am rejected on New Year's Eve, I will be sad for the next whole year."

rhetoric.Glib tongue——

The boy turned his head away uncomfortably and took the red envelope from her hand awkwardly.

Shi Dai still smiled: "Open it and take a look. Just tear off the seal."

Shi Yunsheng: "I know."

He lowered his head and opened the red paper seal, then paused suddenly.
No wonder this red envelope looks particularly thick. Inside the paper envelope, there are several scattered small envelopes.

Vaguely realizing something, Shi Yunsheng pursed the corners of his mouth and clenched it tighter, his knuckles turning white.

Opening the first small envelope, it contained a large amount of money.
There is also a bright red prayer paper:
[Yun Sheng is five years old, happy and healthy. 】

His already unstable heart became even more confused, and his eyes were slightly hot, making his thoughts become a mess.
The thin calloused fingertips holding the paper felt slightly itchy and slightly hot.

In the second small envelope, there were still banknotes and prayer notes.
The paper was written one by one:
[Yun Sheng is six years old and everything goes well. 】

Then more envelopes, banknotes and paper slips.
[Yun Sheng is seven years old, and the new year is going well. 】
[Yun Sheng is eight years old and has no taboos. 】
……
[Yun Sheng is 13 years old, and the whole family is happy. 】

He is exactly 13 years old this year.
After being separated for a long time, Shi Dai gave him all the blessings and unspoken words she had been absent from over the years tonight.

Shi Yunsheng had never felt similar emotions before. His heart was sour and unbearable, but it was filled to the brim, leaving him at a loss and his eyes burning.

After an unknown amount of time, the boy finally spoke with difficulty.The voice was slightly hoarse, but soft and smooth: "...thank you."
After a moment of silence, he whispered again: "Do I have a family?"

Family fun.
After nine whole years of being alone, for him, this word has no real meaning, just like the moon in the water and the flower in the mirror.

Shi Dai raised her hand and pinched his cold cheek: "My father, mother, and sister Liushuang are your home."

"But," his throat was hoarse and he lowered his head, "you don't need me."

There is no difference whether Shi Mansion has him or not.
He has a weird personality, he can't even speak well, and he's not likable at all——
Will they see him as a liability?Will they dislike him, look down on him, or sympathize with him as others do?
Since returning home, Shi Yunsheng has always kept his emotions deep in his heart. His emotions of happiness, sadness, and loss seemed to be locked in a shell that he could not pry open.
The first time she heard him speak such straightforward words, Shi Dai felt as if her chest was being tightened.

Carefully holding the child's thin right hand, she felt astringent in her heart: "Regardless of blood ties, no one in the world needs anyone from the beginning. Everyone needs to slowly establish a connection in order to become indispensable to each other - now that you are home, To me, you are the only Shi Yunsheng and indispensable."

Shi Yunsheng looked at her blankly.

"However—"
Shi Dai suddenly smiled, gently pinched his cheek again, and slowly transferred her warmth to him.
Half of her face was buried in the rabbit fur collar of the cloak, revealing a pair of bright and round eyes, which were filled with bright color due to the fireworks.

"The above is based on the premise of throwing away the blood relationship. You and I are connected by blood, do you understand that blood is suppressed? From birth, you are destined to be my brother forever. I need you and you need me. We have the deepest connection. "

The tip of my heart trembled slightly, and complicated and incomprehensible thoughts floated up like bubbles.
Shi Yunsheng took a breath and tightened his cheeks to prevent himself from crying in vain.

He won't cry.

"so……"
Shi Dai said: "You haven't called me 'sister' since you came home, right?"

Near midnight, more fireworks suddenly lit up in Chang'an City.
The crackling sounds continued one after another, like the Milky Way pouring and the brightness flowing.

At the end of the old year and the beginning of the new year, Shi Yunsheng finally raised his eyes and looked at her intently.

His voice was very soft, but it fell on his ears extremely clearly, as if he was embarrassed, with a raw and awkward tone:
"……elder sister."

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