[Love and Xu Mo] Ancient Trends

It is said that every 16 years, the village will present a girl to the temple of the fox fairy, so that the village will be in good weather.On the day of the sacrifice, the girl needs to wear heavy makeup and dress, and is carried to the temple by a sedan chair. She is called the bride of the fox fairy.

The custom has been passed down for thousands of years, but this fox fairy in Dieshan is very special. He doesn't like killing, and he doesn't like beauty, he only cares about cultivating immortals.Therefore, on the day of offering sacrifices, he would come to the temple to take away the girl, and then send it to a begging family in a distant village.

Xu Shi has lived in peace for a hundred years, and people in the village are increasingly resisting this superstitious activity.The witch who can be in charge has superb medical skills and has a high prestige in the village. No one dares to raise doubts, so the birth rate of girls in the village is getting lower and lower.

This year is the year of sacrifice, and the first cry in the village comes from a small cherry mouth.Her skin is as white as snow, her peach cheeks are smiling, and her beautiful eyes have a bit of a mother's charm.It's a pity that the mother died of dystocia, and the father was too sad and listened to the witch's slander.The child who killed his beloved wife was sent to the altar, and the child was dressed as a bride by the villagers at the first full moon, and sent to the temple of the fox fairy.

That night the fox fairy walked into the temple and saw the little girl playing with the treasures enshrined to him. The child was too young to understand why he appeared again.Seeing someone come in, he innocently stretched out his arms to him for a hug.The fox fairy froze in place, and the girls in the past were so frightened that they ran away crying when they saw him.

He grabbed the tuxedo and lifted the little guy with great interest, cupping his face in his little hands and giggling.After a slight smile, he suddenly showed his fangs, the purple eyes that were full of tenderness just now turned blood-colored, and the sharp ears of the fox were also revealed.

"Aren't you afraid?" Before the fox fairy finished speaking, the little guy grabbed his furry ears.Now it was him who was flustered. In the panic, he quickly changed his position and hugged the little guy, and also distanced her from his ears.

Perhaps it was because the whole day's sacrificial ceremony made her exhausted, but she actually fell asleep with her arms around the fox fairy's neck.

Seeing the eyelashes of the person in his arms trembling slightly, his breathing gradually stabilized, his scarlet eyes turned back to a gentle purple, and his fangs disappeared, he patted her on the back and walked out of the temple.

Back in the small secluded courtyard in the mountains, he asked the servant to put a small bed beside his own bed.

He took off the heavy phoenix crown for her, changed into comfortable clothes, tucked the quilt for her, and coaxed her to sleep.The boy standing by was very surprised when he saw this scene. He has practiced with the fox fairy for a hundred years, but he has never seen him so close to someone.The children sent in the past were just discarded in the study room overnight and sent away the next day.

Even Hu Immortal himself was very surprised, he didn't know why he was like this, but even lying on the bed, his eyes stayed on the little guy on the small bed beside him.Turning over several times in a row, the little guy's smiling face was always in his mind, and he didn't know how long he tossed and fell asleep drowsily.

Before being woken up by my own biological clock in the morning, I was first woken up by the numbness in my ears.He opened his eyes and found that the little guy had climbed into his bed without knowing when, and was sleeping next to his pillow, blowing into his fox ears.

He grabbed the back of her neck and lifted her up to his eyes like a kitten.Just about to get angry, when she saw her smiling sweetly, her mouth slightly opened, and the corners of her eyes seemed to be filled with tears, seven points of her anger disappeared immediately.He sighed softly, stretched out his hand to hug her, the moment he touched her, the wet touch made him feel that something was wrong.

Looking down, as expected, everything was worse than expected, she urinated all over her body and bed.

The fox fairy, who had never seen such a scene, cried out in shock, and the servant with the washbasin outside the door broke in directly.Seeing the bewildered fox fairy holding the little guy in both hands, the bed and body were covered in filth, and the culprit was laughing happily.The little servant suppressed a smile and took the little guy from the Fox Fairy's hand. The Fox Fairy quickly waved his hand and asked him to deal with the troublemaker quickly.

Who would have thought that the little guy would keep crying and fussing as soon as he left the embrace of the fox fairy, no matter how much he cuddles him, it won't help.Hu Immortal had no choice but to hug her by himself, and ordered the servant to clean up the mattress, while he took the little fellow to clean it.

Fortunately, although the little guy was mischievous, he was very obedient in his arms.The little guy who had been washed sat on the table and looked at the fox fairy. Since she didn't have any suitable clothes, she was still wearing the boy's childhood clothes, so she grew a lot bigger.But that's good too, the clothes don't fit well, and she won't do anything wrong if she has trouble moving.

Seeing her waving her long sleeves and smiling, she was a bit cute, the fox fairy seemed to have forgotten what happened in the morning, he reached out and poked the little guy's chubby cheek.

The exclamation from behind the screen caused the young man who was drying the quilt in the yard to break in again.

"She... what is she doing?"

When the servant saw this, his cheeks were slightly red, and he didn't know how to answer.

"What's wrong with you? Talk."

"Maybe I'm hungry, I treat my lord's finger as..." His voice became softer and lower, his head lowered lower and lower, the servant approached him a little embarrassed, and finished speaking in his ear.

Hearing that, Hu Immortal's cheeks were also flushed, he withdrew his hand in embarrassment and was about to walk away, but the little guy grabbed his sleeve and didn't let go.He coughed a few times, picked her up and walked to the kitchen. Before going out, he did not forget to tell the servants to quickly find a family from the child-seeking post to send this little trouble away.

As soon as the Fox Immortal stepped out of the door, the servant couldn't help laughing out loud. Lord Hu Immortal has always been calm and focused on his cultivation.The little guy just arrived at the house for a day, and the world was turned upside down. It is strange to say that with the adult's magic power, it is not easy to make her not cry, why should it be so.

Just when the boy was puzzled, a light cough from behind frightened him to his knees.

The fox fairy said timidly, "This...what should I feed?"

There is no wishing post, so the little guy can only be kept temporarily.For several days, he personally took care of the little guy's food, clothing, housing and transportation. He selected the best fabrics to make clothes for her, and he crushed three meals a day with a small spoon before feeding them.Even when he was sleeping, he would shake the fan aside, and would get up in the middle of the night to check if the little guy had kicked the quilt.

From the original ten reminders a day to now he keeps silent about the child-seeking post, and he even named the little guy 'Youran', hoping that she can grow up happily and freely.

This... This is the rhythm of long-term feeding, the boy thought silently in his heart.

Time flies, and three or five years have passed in a flash. The little guy who was just babbling at the beginning can already run around the yard.During this period, Master Hu Immortal taught her to read and write, taught her to play the flute and play the piano, and since she entered the mansion, Hu Immortal's annual practice tour was also cancelled, and he stayed by her side all day long.

According to the world, she should have called him father, but he didn't like this title.He thought of the white fox who fell in love with the scholar a hundred years ago and finally died in love with the scholar.Baihu knew him well, and he didn't understand that she would rather lose a thousand years of virtue for a mortal.

That day when he rushed to the edge of the cliff, he wanted to save her life, but she just smiled and jumped off the cliff holding the scholar's body.

Thinking about it now, the phrase 'Master' that the white fox caressed the scholar's side face before he died was particularly sweet.

So, he asked the little guy to also call himself 'son'.

On this day, the young servant walked into the study carrying the Longjing tea that he contributed this year as ordered. The fox fairy just took a sip when the young servant asked with a smile, "My lord, how does it taste?"

Before he finished speaking, the teacup in Fox Immortal's hand dropped, spilling it all over the table and soaking the painting.

"That's her, you should call me my lord." Somewhat dissatisfied, he gave the boy a shudder, and with his hands behind his back, he went to the yard to find the little girl.

When the boy was tidying up the study, he found that the child-seeking stickers on the corner of the table had piled up into a mountain, covered with dust.The fox fairy delayed the day when the little girl was sent out of the mansion on the grounds that she wanted to find the best family for her.

Randomly flipping through a few child-seeking posts, there are officials' families nearby, wealthy businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River, and even the prince's mansion in the capital. He doesn't understand what is the standard for the best family among the adults.

He wiped the table with a towel, and when he tried to salvage the painting, he understood the clue.

The painting is a pair of peach blossoms in spring. Legend has it that the ancestors of the fox clan stole the fairy grass from the Queen Mother and were demoted to the earth. To punish the fox clan, a decree was issued from the heavens. to color.

Looking up at the yard again, Master Hu Immortal was sitting on the steps with his little girl in his arms, watching the ants move, with a gentle face and a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

The fox fairy used to only paint black and white landscapes, but now the study is hung with the scenes of the four seasons, and the room is full of charm.