I didn't become a human today

"There is no stable here, I will take you to the backyard first, and just tie the horses to the trees at will."

The old man bent over and led them to continue walking deep into the house.

It's strange to say that in the square courtyard, it is obvious that one can reach the Ming hall by walking in a straight line, but the old man led them, walking all the way close to the wall, as if they purposely circled around the courtyard before reaching the Ming hall. .

"Why take a long detour?" Foya couldn't help asking.

The old man coughed, and looked at Ji Ran with cloudy eyes, "Did you see that, the tree in the yard is the most precious ancient tea tree, with a history of more than 800 years, it is extremely precious, naturally we have to walk around it .”

The old man stopped suddenly, and waved the lantern in his hand in front of everyone, "Besides, something is wrong with that ancient tea tree recently, and I can always hear someone talking under the tea tree. If you look carefully, there is no one there. It's on."

Everyone nodded.

Just as the old man turned around and continued to lead the way, he suddenly heard an "ouch" from behind, and hurriedly turned around to take a look...

Unknowingly, Ji Ran transformed from a horse back into a human again. All the things that were carried on the horse's back fell on him all at once. Ji Ran was lying on the ground, unable to move under the pressure of more than a dozen heavy burdens.

Seeing this, the old man was also taken aback, and even his hand holding the lantern was shaking.

"Why...why is there an extra person? Where's the horse?"

Liang Xingye stepped forward to smooth things over without changing his expression, "I saw that your courtyard is not big, so I tied the horse outside. As for this one, it was dark just now, so maybe you didn't see clearly, he has been walking behind me. "

Foya pulled Ji Ran to stand up, and whispered in his ear, "You have become very diligent recently in this transformation."

"Perhaps it's because the inner alchemy healed faster." Ji Ran held a large bag of carrots and looked at the ancient tea tree as he walked.

The house here is newly built, but the ancient tea tree remains unchanged.

Ji Ran remembered that when he was young, he often jumped up and down on this ancient tea tree.

"Who will take care of this tea garden now?" Ji Ran asked.

The old man shook his head, "No one takes care of it anymore. When I was young, I bought this place from the Ji family. Do you know the Ji family? It was the Ji family, the richest man in the north and south at that time, and I was always taking care of it. , but the tea business has been sluggish recently, and children and grandchildren are not suitable for business, so they gradually fell into disrepair."

Hearing what the old man said, Ji Ran only felt it was a pity.

The old man led them to the door of the room, "To tell you the truth, I don't have the Kuding tea you want, but I do have some that are being baked. It will take three to five days to make the tea. I only have one room here." Guest room, if you three don't mind, just squeeze in."

Several people put things in the house in big bags and small bags.

Foya looked at the dust in the room and sighed, "There is only one bed here, once I become a monk, I won't fight with you, I will sleep on the floor tonight."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Liang Xingye, "Brother Xingye, what about you?"

"I will keep watch at night, and Ji Ran will sleep on the bed."

There was something wrong with the tea garden, and he discovered it when he first arrived, but he couldn't tell exactly what was wrong, so for the sake of everyone's safety, he decided to keep watch overnight.

It was late at night, and there was nothing to eat on the mountain. Ji Ran slept until midnight, and was woken up by Buddha Ya's snoring. He rubbed his stomach, found a carrot in his bag, took a bite, and spit it out again.

This stuff, when he was a horse, he ate it very well, but now that he is a human, the taste is really not very good.

The night in the courtyard was sultry, and Brother Hoshino was holding a blunt sword, sitting by the door, looking up at the moon, wondering what he was thinking.

Ji Ran handed Liang Xingye the carrot he didn't want to eat, lifted his clothes, and sat beside him.

"Go to sleep, I will watch for you in the second half of the night."

Liang Xingye shook his head, "I'm not sleepy." Looking at the bitten carrot in his hand, he couldn't laugh or cry.

"Hungry?" He could always easily guess what he wanted.

Ji Ran nodded.

From nowhere, Liang Xingye took out a greased paper bag and handed it to him. When he opened it, there were several pieces of mung bean cake lying inside.

"I wanted to take it out when you drink tea. The bitter tea soup and the slightly sweet mung bean cake are a perfect match, but now, I can't wait for that time."

Ji Ran looked at those pieces of mung bean cake and was very moved.

"Brother Hoshino, all my life, I have always been treated well by others, and I treated him well. You treat me so well. If anything happens to you in the future, I will definitely throw my head and blood for you without hesitation! "

Liang Xingye gave a rare non-serious laugh, and couldn't help reaching out to brush the broken hair on his forehead, "There's no need to be so serious, if you want to repay your kindness..."

As he spoke, he swallowed back what he wanted to say.

Ji Ran didn't notice what Liang Xingye said at the moment, his expression suddenly became serious, and his eyes were fixed on the ancient tea tree.

"Brother Hoshino, did you hear anything just now?"

Liang Xingye held his breath and listened for a while. Except for the sound of insects, there was no other sound around.

"What did you hear?" he asked him.

Ji Ran frowned, "I heard someone ask me if I want to play hide-and-seek with him."

It's strange, it was clearly a sentence that came to his ears, why didn't Brother Hoshino hear anything?

Besides, he and brother Xingye are the only two people in this courtyard at the moment, so where did that voice come from?Could it be that this ancient tea tree has become a spirit?

"This place is indeed a bit strange, Brother Hoshino, we'd better be careful."

As Ji Ran said, he took a few steps forward with a look of wariness, and walked under the tea tree.

This ancient tree is very tall, with a winding trunk, a shape that Ji Ran is all too familiar with.

For some reason, when Ji Ran was walking under the tree, he suddenly looked up, only to find that it was already bright, and the sun was shining down, coating everything around him with a slightly weird warm yellow color.

He wanted to find brother Hoshino, but when he turned around, where was there brother Hoshino?He looked down at his hand, it was small, just like when he was four or five years old, as if going back in time.

"Brother Ji Ran, let's play hide and seek!"

A little girl about his age was sitting on a branch dangling her legs, with a kind smile on her face.

"Who are you?" Ji Ran frowned.

"Brother Ji Ran, you don't know me anymore?" The little girl showed a disappointed expression on her face, "I am..."

Before the little girl finished speaking, she was interrupted by an abrupt voice.

"Ji Ran! Ji Ran! What's wrong with you?"

Ji Ran came back to his senses, Brother Hoshino stood beside him nervously, "Just now you couldn't help but walked under the tree, and stood there in a daze, I called you for a long time..."