paddock

Yuan Ning entered the "dream", and the wild boars ran over, howling.They have grown to a large size and have pointed vellus hairs on their bodies.The baby ginseng was not afraid at all, and actually climbed onto the backs of the wild boars and let the wild boars run around on their backs.

As soon as they saw Yuan Ning, the wild boars and baby ginseng said happily: "It's done! It's done!" They said while leading Yuan Ning to the big tree.

Yuan Ning followed them and ran under the tree. When he looked up, he found that the leaves of the tree were much less, and the flowers were gone, but the branches were full of fruits, which almost bent the branches.Xiao Hei was lying on the branch steadily, chewing a fruit in his mouth, seeing Yuan Ning coming, he raised his head and gave Yuan Ning a glance, which was regarded as saying hello to Yuan Ning.

Yuan Ning looked left and right, and couldn't help asking Ivory: "Is the big tree sick? They have lost a lot of leaves!" Although Yuan Ning was very happy when the big tree bore fruit, Yuan Ning didn't want to I saw the big trees fall ill.

"That's not the case," said Ivory. "Generally speaking, the trees will have fewer leaves when they bear fruit, because all the nutrients have to be delivered to the fruit. In autumn, the weather becomes colder and the sunlight decreases, so the whole body can only be planted." All the nutrients are left to the fruit."

Yuan Ning suddenly realized.He thought the big trees were great: "Autumn is the season of harvest, but the big trees give up their leaves to bear fruit!"

"What is not like this?" Ivory said, "It's the same for everything. If you want to bloom and bear fruit, you must stop thinking about whether your own leaves are good or not."

"Ivory, you are right." Most of the sorrow on Yuan Ning's face dissipated, "If you want to blossom and bear fruit, you always have to work hard. Ivory, you are always so smart, much smarter than me!"

Xiao Hei smashed a fruit from the tree, which happened to hit Yuan Ning on the head.

Yuan Ning was stunned for a moment, quickly picked up the fruit, and said seriously: "Xiao Hei, you can't waste it like this!"

Xiao Hei lay on the tree and looked at him.

Yuan Ning ran to the pond to wash the fruit, and was immediately attracted by the freshness and tenderness of the fruit.Yuan Ning couldn't help asking Xiangya: "Ivory, can I eat this kind of fruit?"

"It should be fine," said Ivory, "everyone ate it, and it's not poisonous." It was talking about Xiao Hei and the wild boars.

Yuan Ning dried the fruit, put it to his mouth and tasted it, it was sour and sweet, the taste was very good, the sourness was not too sour, the sweetness was not too greasy, everything was just right.

Xiao Hei had already eaten enough fruit, so he lay on the tree trunk and squinted his eyes to bask in the sun.Seeing its cozy appearance, Yuan Ning thought of the blessing of staying outside alone.

Yuan Ning followed the ginseng baby to climb up the tree on all hands and feet, trying hard to pick the fruit from the tree.Seeing Xiao Hei opened his eyes and looked over, Yuan Ning explained: "I'll pick some and give it to Zhao Fu!"

Xiao Hei closed his eyes again, meaning "whatever you want".

The branches grew very tall, and the fruit was hanging in the air. Yuan Ning was not tall enough to reach it, so he could only look at Xiao Hei eagerly.

Xiao Hei: [... zZ]

Yuan Ning: "..."

The ginseng babies realized Yuan Ning's problem, and said bouncingly: "I'll come! I'll come!" They stretched out their branches and leaves, and jumped happily between the branches and leaves, and soon filled the "platform" with round fruits, Pile it up as high as a hill!

"Enough, enough." Yuan Ning said hastily.He can't move out so many fruits, and Zhaofu can't finish eating so much. What a waste if they break!

"You can pickle them, and the pickled fruits can be preserved for a long time." Ivory was well-informed and gave advice to Yuan Ning.

Yuan Ning said: "Then I have to find a way to get some jars for pickling fruit." He frowned slightly.He is too young to do anything conveniently!Yuan Ning thought for a while and said, "I'll call Luo Yuanliang tomorrow to help me buy a batch of jars. I'll go over and try them on the weekend." Luo Yuanliang is trustworthy, even if Luo Yuanliang finds the fruit, he won't tell anyone.

While Yuan Ning was discussing with Xiangya, a burst of lotus fragrance suddenly came from the center of the pond.The lotus is also in bloom!Yuan Ning stood up and called out: "Look, Xiao Hei, the lotus is blooming!"

It was a snow-white lotus, with overlapping petals, light and thin, looking like cicada wings, trembling slightly in the wind.Its buds are only opened a little bit, like a curious child carefully spying on this small world.Perhaps because it didn't feel the slightest bit of malice around it, it opened the buds further to let the dense lotus fragrance waft out.

"It's so beautiful!" Yuan Ning couldn't help admiring.

[Can't eat again. 】Xiao Hei was not very interested in this. He grabbed a fruit with one paw, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it, without even spitting out the seed core.

When Yuan Ning heard Xiao Hei's words, he turned his head to look at it. Seeing that Xiao Hei didn't spit out the core, he opened his eyes wide and said, "Xiao Hei, you are doing this wrong. You can't eat the core, or you will eat it." Your stomach is worn out!"

【Won't. 】 Xiao Hei said.

Yuan Ning wanted to say more, but suddenly found that the opposite side had changed.

The open space on this side of the pond extends back, and there is a large piece of land that can grow big trees, but the opposite side has always been foggy, and only fish and springs stay there alone.

But now, the fog on the opposite side has lifted!

There is a wind blowing from there, which brings a strange smell to the humid air.

Yuan Ning was stunned for a moment, feeling that he saw a house in a hazy state.Although the fog has dissipated, there are still mountains and mist surrounding it. If you don't get close, you may not be able to see it clearly.

Yuan Ning said, "Xiao Hei, let's go and have a look together!"

Xiao Hei didn't ignore Yuan Ning this time, it jumped down from the tree, jumped to Yuan Ning's side, and ran to the opposite side with Yuan Ning.

Just when Yuan Ning ran near the spring, he suddenly heard a bang, as if something had fallen into the water.Yuan Ning turned his head to look, and found that the black silk thread coiled around the spring was receding like a tide, and the spring water was gushing out.And the fish got into the pond, swam happily with its tail wagging, jumped up from the water from time to time, and flicked its tail happily!

The black thread was defeated!

Yuan Ning said happily: "Yu'er is finally free!" Yuan Ning was sincerely happy for Yu'er.The fish has been trapped in such a small place, it must be very difficult for him!But Yu'er persisted for so long, and generously gave them the spring water——Yu'er is so kind, and very, very strong!

Yu'er heard Yuan Ning's words, swam to the bank and flicked his tail at Yuan Ning.

Although the fish can't speak, Yuan Ning can understand its meaning.He squatted down in front of the fish and held out a finger towards the fish.

Yu'er opened his mouth and bit Yuan Ning's finger, Yuan Ning's fingertip hurt, looked down, and saw blood beads coming out of his finger, red and round, not scary at all.The fish flicked their tails in a circle, and after a while, a vortex appeared in the water, and something seemed to slowly rise from the bottom of the water in the vortex.

Before Yuan Ning could see clearly, Xiao Hei jumped up and bit the thing that appeared in the vortex with his mouth open.

As Xiao Hei fell to the ground, the thing made a jingling sound.

It's the key!

Yuan Ning couldn't help looking at the house surrounded by mountains and mist, is it the key to open that house?Why is there a house in his dream?Was it not his dream, but someone else's dream, and he had only entered someone else's dream?Who left this key?

Yuan Ning was full of doubts.

Xiao Hei stood there with the key in his mouth, meaning "can't go yet".

"If this is someone else's house," Yuan Ning hesitated, "the owner is not at home, so it's not good for us to go in directly."

[They may have died long ago. 】Xiao Hei said a few more words, 【You said this is the jade pendant left by your mother, and it has been passed down for several generations.Since the jade pendant was still intact before you came in, it means that you were the first to come here after it became a jade pendant.Calculated according to the life span of human beings, even if its owner can live for 200 years, it should be dead.Perhaps he left the key in the hope that someone would be able to go in and take a look.Maybe there will be some letters or clues in it, recording down what he wants to tell future generations to do.Since you inherited what he left behind, you should go in and have a look. 】

Yuan Ning said "Wow", "Xiao Hei, you are so smart!"

Xiao Hei fell silent, and spat out the key at Yuan Ning's feet.

Persuaded by Xiao Hei, Yuan Ning made up his mind.He picked up the key and led Xiao Hei to the house.

As soon as he approached, Yuan Ning could smell the stale smell of destroyed books. He froze for a moment, stepped forward to pick up the biggest key, and prepared to unlock the lock on the door.

Probably because it was too long ago, the keyhole was a little rusty, and it was difficult to turn the key after it was inserted.It took Yuan Ning a long time to unlock the lock with harsh clucking sounds.

The latch was also rusty.

The gate was not damaged by moths, but the paint was a little chipped.Yuan Ning pulled the latch open with all his might, and pushed the door in.There was a creaking sound as the door swung open, and each turn was extremely slow.

As the gap in the door gradually widened, Yuan Ning also caught a glimpse of the scene inside the gate.

It has been unoccupied for too long, and the house is already a bit dilapidated.The big yard is empty, there are no flowers or plants, but there is a dead plum tree. The whole tree has fallen down, and the branches have rotted. The dead tree on the ground is only an empty shell that can be pushed down. .

There are two pools on the left and right, which have dried up without a drop of water.A little further inside, there was a stone table. Yuan Ning ran over to take a look. There was a chess game on the table. He hadn't studied Go seriously, so he didn't quite understand it. He only saw that it didn't seem to be finished.

Yuan Ning frowned at the chess game, and suddenly heard a bang, and there was a movement from the main room—it sounded like a heavy object falling to the ground!