late snow

The wind and cold of Ji Huai dragged on for two months, his emperor's nephew, who was thousands of miles away, couldn't sit still, and planned to travel thousands of miles to visit the sick, but was finally stopped by the reliable Prime Minister Lin.

Ji Huai didn't dare to get sick any longer. In the early spring, he packed his bags and prepared to continue heading south.

The little raccoon cat has grown into a fat raccoon cat, snoring lazily in Ji Huai's arms every day.

Ji Huai likes this raccoon cat very much. Although it is the first time to raise a cat, he has been raised very carefully.

The night before his departure, he had a dream.

His little raccoon cat stood at the gate of the yard wagging its tail, looking back at him every step of the way. When he walked to the gate of the yard, the chubby cat meowed twice and walked down the street without looking back.

"Zhan Hua, Zhan Hua is back, where are you going?" Ji Huai shouted from the door.

The outside is full of wild cats that are brave and ruthless and can fight. His little raccoon only likes to sleep on fluffy and soft quilts. He has to pick clean thorns before he is willing to eat fish. How can a cat live outside.

Ji Huai was worried in his dream, but after waking up he felt lost, the feeling of reluctance and sadness still lingered in his heart for a long time, he habitually touched the edge of the pillow and found nothing.

He had to postpone the search for the cat for more than ten days, and finally he found Xiao Lihua's body in the ditch three streets away.

"Take the rat poison. Butcher Chen's house was plagued by rats before. He sprinkled them along the street and around the house several times."

Ji Huai must have been drunk that day, the window was not closed tightly, and the kitten was so curious that he ran out by himself.

Ji Huai buried the kitten under a pear tree outside the city.

He doesn't really believe in ghosts and gods, but he still can't help but hope that the kitten will be reborn into a good family and won't meet such an unreliable master like him again.

Or maybe the name he gave the kitten was really unlucky.

Zhan Hua might not be able to stay in Ji Huai's life.

He rode his horse all the way south along the Weisui River, and planned to rest for two days in a small town not far from Wanlai City.

In the city, I met a little beggar who was so hungry that he was skinny, so he gave some silver taels to let the little girl have a few full meals.

Unexpectedly, the little girl insisted on repaying her kindness.

"Then help me find someone." Ji Huai said, "A monk named Zhan Hua, help me to find out."

The little girl happily agreed.

In fact, Ji Huai has given up hope.

Wanlai City and nearby cities have been searched many times, and they returned without success.

The little girl licked the candied haws and asked him how old Zhan Hua was.

"In his 20s...he should be in his 30s now, he looks very young." Ji Huai said with some uncertainty.

He has only seen Zhan Hua in his early twenties, and now he can hardly remember Zhan Hua's appearance.

This is a very sad thing, even more sad for Ji Huai than the fact that Zhan Hua could not be found.

He didn't know how long he could last alone.

He thought he was open-minded enough, but in reality he couldn't afford it, nor could he let it go.

The little girl chirped in his ear, "...Remember to go to any city to find Ji Huai in the evening."

"Come to the city late." Ji Huai said.

"Got it!" The little girl left happily.

Ji Huai leaned on the stone steps, drowsy from the sun, and looked at the Weisui River in the distance with drooping eyelids.

In the spring of No.11, he still couldn't find Zhan Hua.

They also met in late spring.

After basking in the sun for a while, he got up and planned to untie the rein tied to the willow tree. When he turned around, he saw the dilapidated ancient Taoist temple behind the steps.

He didn't even pay attention to such a conversation with the little beggar.

Ji Huai stared blankly at the Taoist temple for a while, then took out three copper coins from his sleeve, which the little girl insisted on returning to him just now.

He went in and put the copper coins into the dilapidated merit box.

Made a wish that may never come true.

He turned and left, leading the horse and walking slowly towards Wanlai City.