Chapter 54 New Year's Eve

After going to the village with the girl to attend the funeral on the day of the New Year, the white ape returned to the mountain and became much quieter. It was no longer as jumpy as before.

He began to practice actively, and even the number of lazy and distracted times during practice was much less.

Xiao Ai was quite satisfied and felt that the monkey had finally changed.

However, in just a few days, the number of lazy and distracted times during practice became more and more.

In the end, the old habits emerged, and there was no difference from the lazy and idle appearance before. Xiao Ai did not urge it to practice, so it played and frolicked by itself, openly lazy.

The lazy and optimistic appearance made Xiao Ai speechless for a while, and she completely gave up her expectations for the monkey.

However, with this monkey, the originally deserted mountain became much more lively.

The monkey played and played every day, and occasionally made Xiao Ai laugh and cry, and a little smile appeared on her cold face.

And although the monkey was unwilling to sit still and practice in meditation, it did a good job if it was asked to work.

So Xiao Ai left all the chores in the mountains to the white ape.

Every day, she asked it to sweep the fallen leaves in front and behind the Wolf God Temple with a broom.

Once every three days, she asked the white ape to clean the floors and altars inside and outside the Wolf God Temple.

Going down the mountain to fetch water every day, going to the back mountain to chop wood every day... After all the chores were handed over to the monkey, Xiao Ai saved a lot of time, allowing her to focus completely on cultivation.

Time soon came to the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, the New Year's Eve.

On this day, Xiao Ai got up very early, and by the way, she also called up the white ape who was still sleeping in the next door.

There were many things to prepare for the New Year's Eve, so Xiao Ai did not plan to practice today.

She got up early and cooked some porridge. After having breakfast with the white ape, she started a busy day.

The main hall of the Wolf God Temple was completely cleaned inside and out. Even the empty rooms in front and behind the main hall were carefully cleaned.

The cleaning work was not finished until noon. Then Xiao Ai took the white ape to set off firecrackers in front of the Wolf Temple.

Although Xiao Ai was no longer interested in firecrackers, the white ape liked them very much and pestered Xiao Ai to set off a few more before he was satisfied.

After a short rest, they began to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.

When she was in the village before, the New Year's Eve dinner was prepared by her parents, and the girl only helped her mother with small things such as picking beans and washing vegetables.

Later, her father was gone and her mother was seriously ill, so the New Year's Eve dinner was made by the mother and the daughter together with some meat and fish dishes. But one of the mother and the daughter was sick and the other was young, so the New Year's Eve dinner was naturally not very rich.

Later, her mother passed away and the girl was adopted by her uncle. The New Year's Eve dinner was much richer, but the girl could no longer taste the taste of the past.

This year, it was the first time that the girl spent New Year's Eve alone.

Of course, now there is a monkey.

However, the white ape obviously did not understand the meaning of New Year's Eve. It was still noisy as usual. Although it could be asked to wash vegetables and pick beans, the girl had to do the chicken and duck slaughtering, as well as the subsequent cooking and rice cooking.

It was the first time that she was busy with these things alone. Even with the wolf demon's two hundred years of practice and abundant physical strength, the girl was still busy and took a long time.

It was not until the sky was completely dark that the fragrance of vegetables and rice wafted in the mountains.

The white ape sat by the stove, staring at the flames in the stove with dull eyes, and was already very hungry.

It did not quite understand why there were already many dishes on the table and it could not eat.

And why so many dishes were cooked... could they be eaten?

In the woodshed, the girl had an indifferent expression, but there was a little sweat on her forehead. It was not that she was tired, but it was the first time she was cooking alone, and she was a little flustered and anxious.

It was not easy to finish all the meals before the hour of Hai, but the soups and dishes prepared earlier had already gone cold.

Just when the white ape was happy and thought that they could finally have dinner, the little girl drove it away from the table.

"We have to offer sacrifices to the Wolf God first!" The little girl glared at the monkey and said so.

The monkey, whose stomach was already rumbling, immediately had a bitter face, but he could only hide aside and watch the little girl worship the Wolf God.

When the worship was over, there were more cold dishes on the table, and only one or two dishes that had just come out of the pot were still hot.

In the dim light of the candle, the white ape sat in a corner of the table with grievances, eating the soup and dishes that were mostly cold. Although it wanted to complain, it didn't dare to speak.

The little girl opposite was also a little depressed, but after seeing the monkey's expression like a bullied young wife, she couldn't help laughing.

"Hahahaha..."

The little girl's laughter spread far away in the mountains. In front of the quiet and dark Wolf God Temple, there was a window with lights on in the distance.

Outside the mountain, the New Year's Eve of the Xifeng tribe was very lively.

The Li people do not believe in gods, and do not worship gods on New Year's Eve. What they worship are the ancestral tablets and the sacred mountain of the Li people.

When the ancestral worship was over and each family had finished their New Year's Eve dinner in their own homes, these Li people who were not afraid of the cold lit a huge bonfire in the center of the camp. The blazing flames illuminated the night sky and made the people singing and dancing around the bonfire happy and joyful.

In the mountains, a man and a monkey who had finished dinner began to clean up the table.

After leaving the kitchen, the little girl dragged the white ape to the Wolf Temple and lit the candles in front of the altar.

In front of the altar, candles were lit one after another, and the dim candlelight illuminated the spacious and huge Wolf Temple. The little girl and the white ape put a stick of incense on the statue of the wolf god on the altar, and then sat on the futon.

"There is a vigil tonight," the girl said, "so there is no need to sleep. If you are bored, you can try to meditate in meditation."

Bai Yuan was stunned immediately.

"Ji?" It widened its eyes with disbelief on its face.

But the girl looked at it indifferently and said, "This is the custom on New Year's Eve. You have to stay vigil until dawn. You have learned how to enter concentration. If you are really sleepy, just enter concentration. You can stay up for a while."

The white ape was dumbfounded, but the little girl had already closed her eyes and fell into meditation. Obviously, she really didn't plan to sleep tonight.

Bai Yuan hesitated for a long time and secretly glanced at the statue of White Wolf on the altar. In the end, he didn't dare to say anything. He also imitated the girl's appearance, sat cross-legged on the futon, meditated, and entered meditation.

There was a temporary silence in the mountain temple.

When he got his son, a harsh crackle and explosion sound suddenly sounded outside the mountain. Dazzling colorful lights rose in the Li camp and exploded in the night sky.

A strange noise broke the tranquility of New Year's Eve. The girl opened her eyes and saw Bai Yuan already lying on the door, looking curiously at the explosion of colorful lights rising in the night sky outside.

"Those are the fireworks set off by the Li people," Xiao Ai said, "If you want to see them, just go out and watch them."

After receiving the approval, Bai Yuan immediately became happy and quickly opened the door and ran outside, wanting to run to an open space to see the colorful fireworks rising in the night sky.

However, as soon as the white ape ran out, the white ape's extremely frightened scream sounded outside.

The scream made the girl's heart tremble, and she subconsciously rushed out.

"What happened?" she shouted hurriedly.

Under the cold moonlight, the girl saw the scene in front of the Wolf Temple.

The white ape covered in white hair was lying on the ground in fear and awe, trembling.

In the direction of the white ape's worship, in the open space paved with bluestones, a figure stood quietly. Hearing the girl's voice, the man slowly turned his head and looked at her and Bai Yuan.

Under the moonlight, the girl saw the man's appearance clearly.

The white clothes were spotless, as if all the filth in the world could not be infiltrated into his body, and he had an indescribable ethereal appearance.

There seemed to be a smile hidden in his calm eyes.

He obviously looks young, but when facing this man in white, Xiao Ai feels an inexplicable feeling of awe, as if he is facing a long-standing god who has already seen through the mortal world.

Xiao Ai's heart skipped a beat as she thought of some possibility.

"Wolf...Lord Wolf God?" the girl murmured, her voice thin and tinny.

But the man in white in front of the Wolf Temple heard it clearly.

He nodded with a smile, and that warm smile seemed to drive away the severe cold of winter, making the entire Wolf Temple feel like a spring breeze inside and outside.

"Well, it's me."

The man under the moonlight smiled and said, "Tonight, New Year's Eve, I'm coming to see you."

The little girl's breathing suddenly became rapid, and she was a little excited.

"Lord Wolf God..." She subconsciously took a few steps forward, wanting to salute, but after raising her hand, she remembered that Lord Wolf God forbade her to do so, and her hand suddenly froze in mid-air in embarrassment. She could neither salute nor take it back. no.

But fortunately, the man in white didn't seem to notice her embarrassment. Instead, he turned to look outside the mountain, looking at the bright fireworks rising in the night sky, and nodded.

"The fireworks set off by the Fengfeng Department are quite beautiful, and they have a bit of a Chinese New Year flavor."

Lord Wolf God's gentle and calm voice gradually calmed down the girl's inner panic.

She walked up to the Lord Wolf God and couldn't help but secretly look at the Lord Wolf God beside her, and asked in a stern voice, "Lord Wolf God, you... you look like this..."

"It's just the incarnation of the soul," Lu Heng in front of the Wolf Temple glanced at her and said with a smile, "I gained some insights during this retreat. Although this incarnation of the soul is not the real body, it still has infinite mysteries."

"If we have guests coming to visit in the future, we don't need to greet them with the wolf body... Haha..."

Lu Heng smiled softly, feeling quite happy.

The little girl standing next to him lowered her head, clenched her fists excitedly, and her heart beat like a drum.

Lord Wolf God came here to see her...

The girl who had originally prepared to spend the New Year's Eve and Spring Festival alone suddenly felt dizzy, and her whole body felt as if she had fallen into the clouds.

Silent tears fell down her downcast face.

In the night sky, the fireworks set off by the Wind Attack Department rose into the sky, reflecting the entire Hanyu Mountain in various colors, and etched the two people and the monkey in front of the Wolf Temple forever in the picture of this moment.