Kneel down

The winter in Yicheng is very cold, the cold wind mixed with the thick fog in the city, scrambling to get in through every gap in the clothes.In Yizhuang, there is no more ringing stove, no warmth that can be touched by turning over in the middle of the night, no more chattering noise.The sound of bamboo poles hitting the ground passed through the window, causing panic.

Xue Yang lay sideways on the bed in the corner of the room in the Yizhuang, the quilt covering his body was wet by the mist, and he was as cold as iron, but Xue Yang fell into a deep sleep as if he didn't feel anything.Only when the sound of bamboo poles passed by the window, he opened his eyes, turned over and stared at the wall, sneered, closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

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"Daozhang, what shall we eat today?" Xue Yang sat by the stove, his hands were flushed, rubbing his hands with snow, while looking with satisfaction at a little fox carved out of ice on the window sill.

Xiao Xingchen and A-Qing, who had just come back from the outside, were shaking off the snow that fell on their bodies. The wind was blowing hard outside, and A-Qing's hair was tied up by Xiao Xingchen with a hairpin, while his own hair was blown Very messy.

"I bought fish and grilled chicken." Xiao Xingchen put the vegetable basket back into the kitchen, walked into the back room and sat down beside Xue Yang.

A-Qing yelled "It's so cold, it's so cold" and wrapped herself in a quilt and rolled onto the bed. It was too cold in the lobby outside the Yizhuang in winter, so Xiao Xingchen used a curtain to separate a small room for A-Qing in the back room.

"Could you come over and roast your wet body first!" Xue Yang curled his lips in disgust, and took a wooden comb from the side to comb Xiao Xingchen's hair, his eyes were full of smiles, "Daoist, you go later Feel what's there by the window."

"Huh? What's there?" A-Qing took off the hairpin as soon as she entered the door and stuffed it into Xiao Xingchen's arms. Shrinking slightly, he said in surprise, "Why are your hands so cold?"

"Okay, you can go to the window and feel for it."

Xiao Xingchen walked towards the window with a suspicious expression on his face. As a cultivator with keen senses, he took a few steps towards the window before Xiao Xingchen felt a chill emanating from there.

"Ice?" Xiao Xingchen reached out and touched it. It was terribly cold, even in the back room where the fire was burning, there was no trace of melting.

"Touch it carefully." The redness and swelling of both hands had receded, but the cold air was still cold to the bone. Xue Yang breathed a sigh of relief into his hands, and said proudly, "I have put in a lot of effort."

"This is... the fox from the ice sculpture?!" Xiao Xingchen touched it carefully, and the joy on his face disappeared instantly when he raised his hand from the ice sculpture. With a serious expression, he said in a deep voice, "This Is it the ice in that cave?"

The hole Xiao Xingchen mentioned was discovered by him and Xue Yang when they went to the mountains to gather herbs in summer.At the bottom of the cave is a huge cave hall, which is frozen with a lot of ice. Even in the extremely hot dog days at that time, the ice in the cave can not melt for a few days after being taken out.Moreover, the cold ice has an extremely negative cold poison. They didn't know it at the time, but when they brought it back to Yizhuang, when A-Qing touched it with his hands to cool down, he was frostbitten by the cold poison.Afterwards, they covered the opening of the hole and sealed it to prevent others from getting injured by mistake.

And as soon as Xiao Xingchen touched the shape of this ice sculpture, his fingertips were already tingling, so he recognized it like this.

"Yes..." Xue Yang hesitated for a moment, but it was useless to hide it in front of Xiao Xingchen, so he admitted it honestly.

"Let me see your hands." Xiao Xingchen sullenly acted a little flustered.Although Xue Yang's hand had already warmed up, Xiao Xingchen tapped his pulse with his backhand and instantly realized the seriousness of the matter.

"The cold poison has entered the body, don't you know!" Xiao Xingchen unconsciously raised his voice, and his face became angry.

Xue Yang opened his mouth, but did not speak, with a displeased expression on his face.On the one hand, he went to get this ice sculpture to make Xiao Xingchen happy, but on the other hand, he had selfish intentions—he wanted to see Xiao Xingchen because he was worried.But when such a situation really happened, he complained a little about the insidious ice.

"I'll make ginger soup for you." Xiao Xingchen knew that he was doing this to make himself happy, so he couldn't get angry in desperation, got up and walked to the kitchen.

Xue Yang looked at his hands repeatedly because of the fire light, and the back of his hands was a little bit frostbitten, but this was also his intention, and he was fully capable of preventing the cold poison from entering his body when he was making this ice sculpture.A trace of cold air came out along Xue Yang's fingertips, his expression was a bit painful, but in order not to worry Xiao Xingchen so much, he had to force it out first.