It was the Mrs. Tai who calmed down first, she withdrew from the crowd, leaving only her eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law by her side to accompany the guests.
She sat down slowly, leaning on the armrest of the chair, took two breaths, the wrinkles on her face stretched out, trying to make her stern face appear gentle, and carefully talking to the young girl in front of her,
"Little lady, can you tell me where this golden ball came from? Don't be careful, my mother-in-law will never rob you, as long as you are willing to say it, you can exchange ten golden balls with you."
Fu Cuixuan's chief shopkeeper, Lou Xian'en, the eldest son of Mrs. Tai, felt a little sour at the moment. He was taught by his mother, and he followed his mother in and out of the mall since he was a child. It's been a long time since I've seen my mother like this, worrying about gains and losses, and being careful with me. Before the negotiation started, I first showed a timid appearance.
That's all, my mother has only one thing in her heart in her life, not to mention ten golden balls, even a hundred will buy them back, just to make the mother happy.
Lou Xianen made up his mind, when he heard that his mother took the lead in reporting her home,
"Laosheng's surname is Lou, and his single name is Chun. This ball was a gift to a friend when I was young. I really want to know where she is. Is she doing well now?"
"It turns out that you are the A-chun that the misogynist spoke of." Yuan Xianger remembered the name that the woman had mentioned.
Hearing Yuan Xianger's words, Mrs. Lou Tai sat up straight, grabbed the handle of the chair tightly, and let out a soft "ah".
Her daughter-in-law supported her and gently stroked her back, "Mother, don't get excited. Now that there is news about that person, let's hear what the little lady has to say."
So Yuan Xianger roughly recounted the selection part of her encounter with misogyny.
"It turns out that she is still waiting for me at the same place." Mrs. Lou Tai slumped back to her seat, shaking her hands and rubbing the exquisite ball back and forth, which had been through half a hundred years, and after a long time, she calmed down and slowly talked about the past, "First The first time I saw Ah Yan, I was a ten-year-old baby..."
At that time, Lou Chun, who was only ten years old, went back to her parents' house with her mother to live.
My grandmother's house was at the foot of Tianlang Mountain, and my cousins and cousins of similar ages brought new cousins into the mountains to play all day. On that day, Lou Chun found a pure white snow rabbit in the jungle. He was very surprised and chased it all the way.
He clearly remembered that he didn't run far, but when he turned around, Lou Chun found that the road behind him had suddenly disappeared.
The laughter and laughter of the brothers and sisters that I could still hear just now disappeared without a trace, leaving a silence all around, and there seemed to be countless eyes peeping at her in the dim forest.
Lou Chun trembled and walked a long way in the forest with tears on his face, and he couldn't see any trace of human activities. The sky became dark, and some strange sounds from the deep mountains could be heard in the distance. The most terrible thing was that the sky was still snowing at this time.
The various horror stories about goblins, ghosts, beasts and strong men that adults used to scare children, more vividly appeared in the little girl's mind.
Am I going to die here, maybe a tiger, or a black bear, or some vixen, headless, they'll grab poor me and swallow my fingers one by one, woohoo.
Ten-year-old Lou Chun hugged his small shoulders and walked while crying. For the first time in his life, he had a real understanding of death.
"Stop crying. You are too noisy." A little girl about her age suddenly appeared from behind a locust tree.
She was wearing a brown robe that was not too long, her feet were bare, her snow-white arms were resting on the tree trunk, and she looked at Lou Chun impatiently.
Lou Chun, who finally met her own kind, found an outlet for her feelings. She hugged the little girl recklessly and cried even louder. clothes on.
"Actually, it didn't take long for me to know that Ah Yan is not a human being like me." Mrs. Lou Tai recalled here with a nostalgic smile, "But I'm not afraid of her, Ah Yan looks very fierce, and will say anything at every turn. To eat me into her stomach, she actually has a softer heart than anyone else."
"She is so powerful that nothing can stop her. But as long as I pull her sleeve and put on a pitiful expression, say I'm hungry, and say I'm so cold, she'll jump on her feet and scold her. While she brought me delicious food, she took me to a cave sheltered from the wind to rest, and made me a bed to keep out the cold with soft fur."
"At that time, I was so proud of myself for having such a little cleverness." Mrs. Lou Tai threw the exquisite ball that no longer sounded, and let it spin in a circle on one of her fingers, "Those days have been going down. Snow, the thick snow covered everything, I could barely walk out. But Ah Yan broke the snow at the entrance of the cave and drilled out every day to find fresh food for me. For the rest of the time, the two of us stayed in the nest. Playing this Delicate Ball together in a warm cave."
"In the beginning, I taught her, but she quickly outperformed me. We huddled in a pile of soft fur, clasped our hands and promised to play together forever."
The exquisite ball that had gone through the years turned silently, Mrs. Lou Tai stared at it, the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes gradually deepened in the sunlight,
"Although I was very happy to live with Ah Yan, I soon became homesick. I started begging Ah Yan to take me back. She didn't agree at first, but after she couldn't bear it, I kept rubbing it and finally relented and agreed."
The misogynist took Lou Chun to the big tree where they met.
"Go forward here, don't look back on the road, you will soon return to your human world." Misogynist stretched out her white and tender little finger, pointing to the road ahead.
"Thank you, Ah Yan, this is for you." Lou Chun put the exquisite golden ball that he had carried with him since childhood into the hands of his friend, bid her farewell reluctantly, turned and walked out of the mountain.
"A Chun," the friend behind her stopped her, "Will you come back?"
"Well, definitely, I'll definitely come back to see you. Then we'll have a good time playing Linglong Ball together." Lou Chun waved his hands desperately with tears in his eyes.
"Okay, then I'll wait for you here." Ah Yan just stood under the tree and said lightly.
Lou Chun walked far away, and when he looked back, the little figure was still standing there, with his little white hands supporting the tree trunk, just like when they first met.
"Then why didn't you go to her later?" Yuan Xianger asked, although misogyny was indeed fierce and powerful. But thinking of that little figure, playing Linglong Ball alone for decades, but not waiting for her friend, I can't help but feel a little pitiful for her.
"In the beginning, there was an accident at home, and I really couldn't get away from it." Mrs. Lou Tai's eyes dimmed, "After all, it's my fault, I think she's not a human and has a long life, so I asked her to wait for a while. It doesn't matter if you think about it. Years and years have passed like this, and after everything has stabilized and I am relatively free, I will happily go to Tianlang Mountain to find her, but no matter how I go or how much I go Again, I can’t find the way it used to be.”
Wu Yuan, who was standing on Yuan Xiang'er's shoulder, said in a voice that only Yuan Xiang'er could hear: "Ordinary humans cannot enter the spiritual world. Occasionally, there will be cracks in the spiritual world that connect with the human world, and humans will enter by mistake. But this kind of The crack is not very stable, and it will change its orientation in a short time. The misogynistic fool probably couldn't think of this, for a big demon like her, it is as easy as breathing."
"It turns out to be like this. Yin and Yang are wrong, and it took decades." Yuan Xiang'er sighed a little.
Mrs. Lou Tai stood up, gave the crutches to her daughter-in-law beside her, and gave a blessing to Yuan Xianger.
Even though Yuan Xianger came from modern society, she knew that she was not well received by such an old man, so she got up and avoided it.
"What does Mrs. Tai mean?"
"Since the little lady can find that place, the old man has an unsolicited invitation, and I hope the little lady can take the old man for a trip."
As soon as Mrs. Lou Tai said these words, her son and daughter-in-law stood up in surprise and said in a hurry,
"Mother can't do it. If it's freezing cold today and the mountains are covered by heavy snow, how can a mother get into the depths of Tianlang Mountain at such an age? If your mother insists on missing it, it's better for your son to go there for you and thank your benefactor."
"Mom, don't be impatient. If you want to go, you will also wait for the spring of the coming year. The snow has melted and the weather is warm. Let your daughter-in-law arrange a soft sedan for boats and cars, and slowly carry you up the mountain."
Mrs. Lou Tai raised her hand and blocked their words,
"It is said that people are rare in the seventies. I had already given up, and I thought that in this life, I would not be able to fulfill my original promise. Unexpectedly, by chance, this little lady sent the exquisite golden ball to me. This is God. Have mercy, give me a chance, I must not miss it again."
"Lord Mother." Lou Xianen wanted to persuade again.
"Baby, do you still remember the meaning of the name your mother gave you?" Mrs. Lou held the hand of her eldest son who had been in charge of the family business for many years, "I have never owed anyone in my life for my mother. My best friend. If this doesn't come true, I will regret it all my life, and there will be no joy in living."
Lou Xianen was embarrassed for a while, and finally gathered up his sleeves and stood behind his mother. The couple bowed to Yuan Xianger together.
"Let me take you to Tianlang Mountain?" Yuan Xianger hesitated.
"No, no, we're not going." Wu Yuan lay on Yuan Xiang'er's shoulder, "Misphobia is too scary, I don't want to see her. What if she's still angry and conjures up a bunch of moths to bury us? "
This old lady kept her promise and kept her childhood promises in her heart for more than fifty years, which was admirable, but Yuan Xianger didn't know if she should take her to see that moth with terrifying strength.
"Take her." Nan He's voice suddenly sounded outside the door, and he happened to be led by Fu Cuixuan into the house.
He stepped into the house and came to Yuan Xianger's side. He spoke very succinctly, but immediately calmed Yuan Xianger's doubts, "Don't worry about misogyny, I'm still here."
When he arrived here from Queqiu, Zhou Deyun accompanied him. Unexpectedly, when they went back, there were more people from the Lou family waiting for them.
Qiu Yueming deliberately got up from the bed and sent them all the way outside the gate of Zhou's house.
The wife of the Zhou family was originally a weak and graceful woman. Just because the soul has been changed inside, the body is obviously thin and the waist is slender, but standing at the gate like that, straightening the thin back, and frowning the eyebrows, it gives people a kind of killing decision for no reason. , an extraordinary feeling.
He stared at Yuan Xiang'er with fixed brows, hesitating to say anything.
Yuan Xianger has lived in this world for more than ten years. As an ordinary citizen who lives in the hinterland of the country, he admires and respects the soldiers who are stationed in the frontier, fight in the battlefield, and provide them with a comfortable life. The fame of this young and famous General Qiu can often be heard even in a small town like Queqiu. "General Chou Destroys the Heavenly King's Array", "Little General in White Clothes Shooting Halberds" and other episodes have even been written into operas, sung by Liyuan, and known to women and children.
Yuan Xianger thought that a person like him was almost imprisoned in the backyard and tortured to death, and she couldn't help feeling sad.
"You don't have to worry too much, just concentrate on recuperating," Yuan Xianger kept his promise and never mentioned his surname, "When the New Year is over, let's go north together again, and I will do my best for you. ."
Qiu Yueming lowered his head and bowed his head in the clasped fist salute commonly used by soldiers.
Say goodbye to Dingzhou, set sail, and go upstream along the Yuanshui.
The green hills on both sides of the strait, the river shadows are wide, the blue waves are light and the clouds are light, which makes people feel comfortable.
Yuan Xianger sat in the second-floor wing of the building boat, drinking tea with Mrs. Lou Tai.
She gently turned the sapphire tea cup in her hand and looked at it from the window, a little absent-minded. Mrs. Lou Tai followed her line of sight and saw a person standing against the wind on the tip of the deck at the bow of the ship, his clothes fluttering. If the wind returns to the snow, his face is bright, like the sky of the bright moon. Anthropomorphism.
"That one is like Ah Yan?" Mrs. Lou Tai asked.
"How did you see it?" Yuan Xiang'er was a little surprised. She was born with yin and yang eyes, and she might not be able to see through Nan He's demon body with the naked eye.
"I don't know what to say. He has that kind of temperament. He looks arrogant and indifferent, but in fact he is simple and soft. He is too lonely, and he doesn't want to say anything." Mrs. Lou Tai vaguely recalled the past and showed a slight smile. , "It always makes you often wonder how to make her happy."
Wu Yuanzheng squatted on the window sill and licked his paws. Hearing this, he snorted, "I want it in my heart but refuse to say it, isn't this a fool? I find myself guilty. Not all fairies are like this, ha, This uncle has never been like this."
"Yes, yes, our family's Wuyuan is a refreshing and cute cookie." Yuan Xianger used the apostle contract to speak to him in her mind.
Wu Yuan jumped off the windowsill and let out a satisfied meow.
"Oh, what a cute kitten." Mrs. Lou Tai stretched out her finger and scratched the chin of the little lynx. The uncle who could enjoy the cat who would never evade, immediately raised his neck with narrowed eyes, and began to hum in comfort.
"When I was with Ah Yan, the best thing I did was to make her happy." Because she was about to arrive at Queqiu, Mrs. Lou looked a little excited and talked very happily, "No matter how angry she is, I just want to Holding her arm and saying some sweet words to coax her, she can immediately forget the unpleasantness that just happened. I really hope that this time I will have the opportunity to coax her to be happy again. "
Coaxing him to be happy, Yuan Xianger subconsciously cast her gaze on the figure on the bow.
Nan He stands on the bow of the boat, his eyes are closed, and one palm is held by his side. If you have eyes like Yuan Xiang'er who are naturally sensitive to spiritual power, you can see the stars in the sky falling down, and they will gather in his palm. The starlight was overflowing, and it fell on the deck one by one, spreading out like flowing water, gradually coating the entire tall ship with a faint silver glow.
The captain of the ship asked the crew with a puzzled look, "I have been on a ship for half my life, and this is the first time I have encountered such a situation. It was clearly windy weather, and I went upstream. The hull did not vibrate at all, and it was as stable as it was on the ground. Same as above. It's weird, weird."
The young crew member laughed and replied, "Isn't it a good thing to be smooth and stable? Boss, you are so arrogant."
The little changes in the ship's line did not attract the attention of the young crew. He looked at the distant deck with interest, a young lady was walking to the bow of the ship, to her sweetheart.
Yuan Xiang'er came to Nan He and silently watched him gather star power and condense his physical body in the blue waves.
Nan He's long and narrow eyelids opened, and his amber eyes turned around. There was a faint stream of stars in it, as if there were thousands of thoughts hidden inside.
"Xiao Nan," Yuan Xiang'er leaned back against the turret of the boat, and the river wind ruffled her temples, "I won't be like them."
"It doesn't look like anything?" Nan He was a little confused.
"It won't recognize you when you're an adult. It won't make you wait for so many years in vain if you promise but don't keep it." She didn't know why she said this, but she felt that she wanted to say at the moment , "I will never do this, I am not willing."
Nan He looked at her for a long while, then turned his face away calmly, as if he didn't respond to her words.
A pair of fluffy ears suddenly squeezed out from the edge of the black hat, revealing a pink that was hard to hide, shaking in the wind.
"No, don't take it back, let me touch it first." Yuan Xianger rubbed her hands.