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I am a tree demon all the time. I was born in December when the snow was flying all over the sky. I was married on the top of Fulong Mountain.

This place with flowers, grass and courtyards in front of me is the small shop I rely on for my life in the world. The name of the shop is very strange and is called "Battle Stop".

It is hidden in a quiet alley. After walking out for a few minutes, it is the bustling street. The reason why I fell in love with the tranquility of the tranquility of the noise is that I fell in love with the quietness of the noise. Therefore, the life of a tree demon can also become both dynamic and quiet, and both. If the weather is good, I can see clouds or stars in the sky, as well as people coming and going, or other creatures, colorful. I like to watch them while drinking tea, because under each face, there are interesting or uninteresting stories.

Once upon a time, it was a dessert shop. However, some customers came to my shop not for those cute desserts. They just came to me to have a cup of tea and make "Floating Life" tea.

This cup of tea is extremely bitter and few people can tolerate it. Almost everyone who has drunk this cup of tea will frown, but they like this cup of tea because at the end, they untied their knot from this cup of tea.

I kept doing business for a year, and then, I ended it that winter and solemnly announced that the non-stop dessert shop would be closed forever because I was going to get married, and I was going to have a rebellious dragon that came out of the East China Sea Dragon Clan. I wanted to wash my hands and make soup, I wanted to honeymoon the whole world, I no longer listen to other people's stories, I wanted to complete my own stories.

Time is always fast and slow. A honeymoon year, there are surprises and sweetness, and there are thrillingness. But I didn’t expect that I would miss home.

It is my home, a place where I can’t help but worry about it in the world.

So, I'm back.

It took me several days to clean up and repair it. Of course, I caught a few free coolies to help.

The black cat named Xuan scared away all the rats and cockroaches for me; the fox Atuo sorted out the flowers, plants and trees in the yard for me, and kindly opened a vegetable field for me (green green onions); Gu Wuming, a bone demon, was the most powerful, and he was not a problem to fill in pits and repair roofs. As for my famous old and immortal party, Jiu Jue, the so-called heavenly brewing fairy official, he enthusiastically arranged space and furniture for me. He not only hung up the garland tents with a strong literary atmosphere, but also arranged the counters in my hall like a first-class bar, and was very complacent about it. If it weren't for the free service, I would have made him a mummy with those garland tents, and would have sent him free shipping across provinces and never returned.

I said that the dessert shops are closed forever, so now, I will no longer do dessert business.

It is five or seventeen pm now. I stood at the door of the store, holding a feather duster, and gently swept the lantern hanging under the eaves. The last ray of sunshine in winter passed through it. From a distance, it was a bright but gloomy piece, like a curling smoke in the air. When I looked closer, a thin layer of green gauze covered the thin bamboo, as if it was cut from the sky that was first bright after the rain, and gently surrounded it, and it became this delicate, simple and elegant beauty.

I know this kind of green gauze, called "Soft Smoke Luo", is an extremely precious fabric. In ancient times, wealthy families would use it as clothes and tents, but I never heard of anyone using it as lanterns. The reason is very simple, it is too easy to burn.

But I just received such a gift. A lantern made of soft smoke. In addition to its ethereal and exquisite workmanship, it was also written in light ink. The handwriting was beautiful and elegant. On one side, there were two big characters "continuously" and on the other side, there were four lines of small characters-

Stay and drink your tea, and dream of a dream overnight. But don’t ask again, when the white clouds are endless.

I still can't guess who would be so elegant. I changed Wang Wei's poems, and even the appearance of this lantern was strange. On the day I was packing it up, I went to throw garbage outside the door, and it lay at the gate without even a packaging box. There was only a simple and easy thing to put on it, with only a few words saying "Congratulations on the joy of reopening", without a signature. How could the gifts delivered to the door be rejected? What's more, I liked the inscriptions on the top, and I liked them when I read them for the first time.

In fact, before the lantern appeared, I had not yet figured out what new business to do. When I happily hung the lanterns under the eaves, I suddenly decided to officially transform the dessert shop into a hotel starting today.

Once, I said that I kept running, looking for a place where I wanted to stop the most, but now I found it, stopped, but there are too many people in the world who are similar to me, who are still running, looking for it, maybe anxious, maybe tired, maybe injured, maybe when all the above may happen, there is nowhere to stay.

So, before they are willing to stop, maybe they can rest in my hotel for a moment, and then set off again.

But then again, the money for staying in a hotel cannot be reduced, and as usual, I only collect gold, a thousand yuan of gold!

So, the tree demon boss's non-stop hotel opened quietly in the quiet alley and in the twilight of winter...

1.

I was very angry! I was very angry! The feather duster I held in my hand wanted to shoot the one who was squatting on the automatic sweeper countless times, with purple scales in his body, and his tail was no more than two feet long, and his plump and round... Dragon!

This guy used my money to buy online! He also bought four flying saucers in one go, but in fact he couldn't even deal with melon seed shells. Just because he warned him that if he wanted to stay in my store, he had to work hard, and at least he had to sweep the floor every day! But, the result was that sitting on these rotating and moving sweepers was the most passionate entertainment project he had in the past two days.

Although I was very angry and didn't want to mention him much, I was an honest monster - the dragon who is currently in childhood, is my husband who is just a fake one, Ao Chi.

Although he was not like this before, the Dragon Clan of the East China Sea would become a handsome man and beautiful woman most of the time after he became an adult. Ao Chi, as the grandson of the Dragon King of the East China Sea, is naturally the best among this group. His former Yushu, arrogant and domineering, and his grudges and hatreds with me, was enough to write a novel. However, not long ago, we encountered an accident. In order to save me, there was something wrong with the dragon ball inside his body, which caused his magic power to be completely eliminated, and his body was also implicated until his childhood. It is said that this situation will last at least one year, so the meaning of his existence is to stay by my side, stay in the constant stop, and idle every day, making me angry, and being confident.

However, no matter how angry I am, I still have to smile like a flower. Housework must never affect business. This is the principle. In front of the guests, the boss’s wife always needs to blow her face and be calm and calm. This is called professionalism. Therefore, if you put down the feather duster, you can become a Buddha immediately.

I stood at the counter and smiled and registered the young man in front of me who was from head to toe. While registering, I looked at him from time to time.

In January, the city was already cold, but he was dressed so thin, with black shirts, black pants, black shoes and black socks, and black sunglasses on his white face. I was afraid that he would not be able to see him once the lights were turned off.

He came in when the night fell, and the cold air lingered in a long time. After a long time of dissipation, he was carrying a small shabby suitcase, which made him look lonely and depressed. Does such a person have gold for me?

Sure enough, after completing the check-in registration and when it was time to collect the deposit, the taciturn man suddenly said, "I have heard of you, I want to be shaman."

"Oh, right. But that can't be a reason to reduce the room fee." I smiled and handed him the deposit receipt, "I only collect gold, the amount has been written clearly, thank you."

"The lanterns at the door are very unique, especially at night, like a warm sky." He said slowly without receiving the evidence, "It's a good place to keep going."

"You can't even get discounts when you put on a literary accent!" I continued to smile, "Golden, thank you."

"Can I give it when I leave?" He finally became straightforward, "or, I'll use something else as a deposit first."

"Your suitcase doesn't look very valuable." I glanced at his suitcase, and the director was still vicissitudes of life.

"Not it." The man smiled slightly and grabbed the box tighter, "Wait for me when you are not busy, come to my room."

I quickly glanced at the side. Ao Chi was too involved in playing the sweeper before, and now he was asleep in front of the heater under the counter. I was relieved. If this vinegar jar found that a young man who was not too ugly said this to me, he might have smashed the sweeper into the other person's face...

"Sorry, I am a simple and virtuous person and will not have any illegal relationship with customers." I cleared my throat, "If you don't follow my rules, keep going to stoppage time."

He laughed out loud: "I mean, I heard you like to listen to stories very much, I use a story as a deposit. Of course, if you think it is inconvenient to go to my room, we can choose another place."

In addition to being embarrassed, I raised my eyebrows and pushed the registration form in front of him: "Sign up the handprint!" This is my rule. At the end of the registration form, the customer will personally sign the handprint. In this way, if they run away while I haven't gotten up, I have a way to chase them from their fingerprints, and those who owe money to death! This is the persistence and stubbornness of the tree demon!

In the process of picking up the pen, there was an inconspicuous groping action. I was a sharp-eyed tree demon, and the whole world was often hidden in the details.

"You can't see?" I looked at the dark lenses on his face, and the lenses were my slightly surprised face.

"I thought you had already noticed it as soon as I came in." He smiled and returned the registration form to me. "Yes, I can't see it." I didn't reply, and looked up to the ceiling and shouted: "Broken paper! I haven't come down to take the guests to the room yet!"

A white paper man less than three inches jumped off the ceiling and landed on the counter. He said to him with a sharp voice: "Follow me!" After that, he flew up and turned around and said to the man as he flew, "Handsome guy, if you want hot water, find the boss lady! If the toilet is blocked, find the boss lady! If you can't go online, find the boss lady! If you can't go online, find the boss lady! It must be that she didn't pay the Internet fee! Also, I will lead the way to charge a tip!"

A pin flew out of his hand and hit the butt of the paper. It yelled at me while pulling out the needle: "If you abuse the helper again, I will go to the Labor Bureau to sue you!"

I picked up a lighter, threw it a few times, and said nothing.

When the paper saw it, he immediately became honest and said to the man in a flattering manner: "Handsome guy, be careful, I will turn on the lights for you, be careful of the steps, and you will not charge any tips!"

Paper loves tips, but is afraid of fire. One of the catchphrases is "The lighter is the most annoying!"

A tree demon is destined to have no ordinary helpers in the store. In the past, my helpers were fat and thin, but now they are gone. Before they find a better helper, the paper piece barely became one of my helpers. It has no other ability except for gossip, peeping and black-hearted. When it encounters it is disobedient, I like to threaten it with a lighter, or use it as a bookmark and put it in the last Kangxi dictionary. As for its origin, I have a detailed description in a top-secret, non-stop personnel file. Since it is top-secret, I won't mention it now. In short, this paper piece is a little monster who needs to grow in threats.

He was not surprised at the inhuman thing like paper, and followed it silently to the guest room in the backyard.

I have always had this premonition that the guests who keep talking about are not normal people.

The registration form he signed was still placed in front of me, and his name was neatly signed on it - Wuyi.

He threw Ao Chi back to his own bed and returned to the counter. He kept going from being a different hotel. He was not open 24 hours a day and finished work on time at midnight. The door opening time was uncertain. When I woke up and when I opened it.

It was almost half a minute before I went out to close the door. As Wuyi said, my lantern under the eaves was the only warm light that made people feel warm in this winter night. In fact, there were no light bulbs or candles in this lantern, and nothing was left, but it was just like this. The halo of the blue sky and light clouds was set against the big word "non-stop". The distance became meaningless in front of it. No matter how far it was, it seemed that you could see it.

I rubbed my hands and walked back. I found Wuyi standing in front of the counter, still holding his broken suitcase in my hand.

I originally planned to go to him after closing the door. The deposit was not important, but I haven't heard other people's stories for too long, and he was still the first guest of the hotel.

"I can't sleep, I'm a little thirsty." He disappeared, but could turn but look at my position.

I led him to the table opposite the counter, at the window, and said, "If you are not afraid of not being able to sleep, I can invite you to have tea." I only left one lamp above my head. The light just shone on our table and the cup of hot tea on the table.

He took a sip, and in anticipation, frowned and said, "It's bitter."

"You're already good without spitting it out." I smiled and picked up my cup. Of course, it was not tea, but hot milk. I am a monster who knows how to cherish myself. Tea in the middle of the night is left to those who have concerns.

He took another sip and asked, "What is this tea called? I've never eaten it anywhere else."

"Floating life." I replied, "Only by not stopping, can this kind of tea be available."

He nodded thoughtfully, put down the teacup, put the broken box like a treasure on the table, then turned his face, put his ear on his head, and listened carefully.

I silencedly sipped the milk and watched his weird behavior.

"Is spring coming soon?" He suddenly raised his head and asked me a stranger question.

Outside the window, the north wind is howling.

I responded to him with the most cheesy sentence: "Winter is here, will spring be far away?"

This saying made him very happy, as if he saw some hope in front of him.

The temperature outside dropped sharply. Under the window, we temporarily forgot the existence of winter because of the existence of hot tea and hot milk...

2.

"Everyone said that the little tailor on Red Flower Street only wore black clothes. Why?"

“Dirty resistant.”

"Hehe, you're the same as a girl in our mansion said, she only wears black clothes."

"Um."

"You are not from Yizhou, why should you stay here?"

"Someone borrowed me a roof and a lantern. We sat across the door and chatted about the plum blossoms and the falling snow all night. So, at dawn, I decided to stay here."

His scissors skillfully slide on the fabric. In the hissing sound, a girl in blue dressed in a maid covered her mouth opposite him and asked, "It's that simple?"

"How complicated is it?" He focused on his hands. How to turn an ordinary piece of cloth into a beautiful dress was the only thing he paid attention to now. Besides, he was originally a simple person.

Wandering from one place to another, and forgetting when you walk through one place. Sometimes you will meet some interesting people, so you sit down and drink a few glasses of wine, talk about family matters, never ask about the other person's wealth and origin, and even the name doesn't matter. If someone asks him, he always makes up a name or an experience casually, and they will disperse after dawn. What's the point of truth or lies? He has been here for so many years.

There is very little snow in Yizhou, but this year is another exception. For three consecutive days, although it is not as snow as the northern country, the roofs and streets are still white. Looking closely, you will find that there are slender ice hanging on the treetops under the eaves. Men, women, young and old are very happy. "Auspicious snow indicates a good harvest", and the children are even more excited. They gather snow from all over the place to play, and playfully throw snowballs at any passerby; quietly, squatting aside and carefully stacking them, and the funny snowman slowly takes shape.

During the cutting interval, he would occasionally look up at the vivid people and scenery outside the window, smile, and then continue his work.

At this time last year, it was snowing in Yizhou. He was tripped by a snow and the idea of ​​continuing to move forward.

The wandering people stopped. So, one day after the snow stopped, a small tailor in Yizhou City rented a narrow house on a small street called Honghua Street, separated by a cloth curtain, half of the accommodation and half of the business, and then wrote two big words "making clothes" with paper, and posted them on the gray wall next to the gate, without even the name of the store.

In a year, the narrow and remote Red Flower Street was deserted and gradually became crowded. People in Yizhou City, especially those young girls, whether they were officials or civilians, said that the small tailors on Red Flower Street had the best skills. More and more girls’ biggest wish was to let the tailors on Red Flower Street make a set of skirts for them.

It’s strange that in such a prosperous place in Yizhou City, tailor shops can be found everywhere, not just a hundred families. Just talk about the largest brocade embroidery building on the West Street, the tailors in the West Street are exquisitely skilled and are specially designed for the city’s dignitaries. It is said that even the royal relatives in Chang'an City will send people to customize new clothes. Here, they have always been the best-in-class garment place in Yizhou City, and the clothes of the whole family of Lord Taoist Master were handled by the brocade embroidery building. However, after the appearance of the small tailor on Honghua Street, the situation of the brocade embroidery building being unique was gradually broken.
To be continued...