Chapter 961 The Returnee's Notes 35
Winters in the south rarely snow; only frost flowers fall in the early morning. The west wind howls outside the window, and another day passes in the blink of an eye.
Tomorrow is the Little New Year. There are no special customs for the Little New Year in Bugui Town, except for worshipping the Kitchen God. Therefore, the day before the Little New Year, the old lady asked Xie Ning to go out early to buy ingredients, planning to cook something on the Little New Year.
She stayed home to clean.
The day before the Lunar New Year also happened to be market day, so the streets were very lively. Xie Ning even saw Xiao Liu selling tofu skin. Today, she had braided her hair, which was tied with a colorful tassel hair tie, making her round face even cuter.
"Xiao Liu".
When Xiao Liu saw Xie Ning walking over, her eyes lit up. She turned to the woman next to her and said, "Mom, this is my classmate. Her name is Xie Ning. I've told you about her. She's a very nice person."
The woman had short, ear-length hair, was very thin and looked old; she resembled Xiao Liu's grandmother.
Xie Ning had seen the family information that Xiao Liu had filled out and knew that her parents were quite old, since her mother was over forty when she was born.
“Ah Ning, this is my mother!” Xiao Liu didn’t feel embarrassed because her mother was old.
Xiao Liu is usually like a soft-spoken bun, but if someone says in front of her that her mother looks old and unattractive, and deliberately asks Xiao Liu if that is her grandmother, Xiao Liu will suddenly lash out and hit the person.
She doesn't care what others say about her, but she can't accept what others say about her mother.
"Hello, Auntie, are you selling tofu skin?"
"yes."
"This tofu skin is fried so well, can I have two pounds?"
"Okay." Xiao Liu's mother was a very honest person, and she definitely weighed more than two jin for Xie Ning.
While chatting with Xiao Liu about winter vacation homework, Xie Ning subtly glanced behind Xiao Liu's mother.
That area was a three-story market. The first floor had no walls, just a few cement pillars. Inside, there were many stalls selling meat, vegetables, fruits, and so on. People came and went, but the noise didn't disturb the chickens and ducks in the cages.
It was so cold that the damp, chilly air kept seeping into people's bodies through the seams of their clothes, and even the chickens and ducks huddled together.
And so it huddled in a secluded corner, its gaze lightly falling on Xiao Liu's mother, yet filled with pain and sorrow, just like the half-withered rain lily beside it.
There was no sunshine today, but the biting wind stung her cheeks. Xie Ning pulled her scarf up a little to cover the lower half of her face and remained silent for a while until Xiao Liu's mother called her, bringing her back to her senses.
"Thank you, Auntie."
Xie Ning pretended not to see anything and walked to the street corner, then her pace quickened, the wind blowing and scattering her hair.
The old lady was cleaning some stoves in the yard when she saw Xie Ning rushing in. She couldn't help but scold him lightly, "Why are you in such a hurry? Is something chasing you?"
Even if it existed, that thing wouldn't dare to enter this place.
Xie Ning calmed herself down and then squatted down next to the old lady. "Grandma, can I borrow your umbrella?"
What are you doing?
"A little imp got lost."
Since Xie Ning said it was just a kid, the other party's strength must not be high. The old lady wouldn't care about these things. Xie Ning had learned a lot in S City, so dealing with a kid wouldn't be a problem.
However, the old lady still made Xie Ning bring Heidan along, which is the black cat.
The black egg is sentient; if Xie Ning is no match for it, it can protect her a little.
The little ghost in the corner huddled silently, when suddenly a shadow fell in front of it. It thought it was a little girl who had wandered over by accident, but it didn't care. It just moved back a little to avoid the little girl touching it.
Xie Ning's gaze remained fixed on it, making it impossible to ignore him. When it looked up, their eyes met, and the little ghost froze. Could this person see it?
"You, you can see me?" The little devil tried to communicate with Xie Ning, and Xie Ning silently nodded.
"You shouldn't stay here any longer."
This ghost was not powerful; in fact, it was on the verge of dissipating. It had probably been wandering for too long, and its spirit, which should have been stronger than that of an ordinary ghost, appeared extremely weak.
Knowing that Xie Ning could see it, the little ghost instinctively covered its face, knowing that it was very scary now.
"The battalion commander of the Third Battalion is Xie Yuanfeng."
Xie Ning's gaze fell on the nameplate on its chest. Seeing that it was covering its face, she simply shook her head gently. "It's not scary. This is your medal."
Even though she didn't want such a medal to appear on any soldier.
Its military uniform was tattered and covered in blood, and half of its face was blown apart; this was how it died.
A... a soul that had wandered from the battlefield. Xie Ning slightly turned her eyes away. She had seen far too many casualties like this, but she still felt a little sorry for him.
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