Li Shi's journey was a long way, and it took half a year to come and go.
When I left, it was still early spring when the snow was melting, and when I came back, it was already a vibrant summer.
She didn't go home for half a year. As the scenery around her became more and more familiar, Yuan Xianger felt homesick and wished she could fly into the house next.
After leaving Tianlang Mountain, I saw the familiar courtyard at the foot of the mountain from a distance. The cool courtyard with water-milled brick walls reveals its friendly appearance from the green bamboo. Outside the gate, the mistress who got the news from Jin Yu was already standing there and waiting.
Yun Niang led Saburo, Saburo led Jin Yu, and beside Jin Yu was the big black dog who was watching the house. Four in a row, Qi Qi stretched their necks and looked into the mountains.
Once Yuan Xianger didn't quite understand the meaning of the word home, and no matter how many days she was away on business, it would not bring her much emotional excitement. To her, there seemed to be no difference between sleeping in a hotel bed and a bed at home.
Only here, she got off Nan He's back and flew all the way to Yun Niang, only to feel that her happy heart almost jumped out of her chest.
The joy that came from the heart and filled her chest told her that the real meaning of home was not the house and the bed, but the people who stayed at home and waited for her.
Yuan Xiang'er ran so fast that she almost collided into Yun Niang's arms. Thinking that he is an adult now, and it is not good to act like a child, Kankan stopped in front of Yunniang, panting and shouting loudly: "Master, I am back!"
Yun Niang gave her an angry look, but then took her hand and took her into her arms. Soft and delicate palms caressed Yuan Xianger's messy hair,
"How old are you, you still look like this."
Yuan Xiang'er had a thick face and lowered herself back to her childhood, wrapped her arms around Yun Niang's waist and acted coquettishly for a while before she started introducing new friends to Yun Niang and everyone.
"This is the brothers Shi Fu and Shi Jun. They will live in our town in the future."
Shi Fu was a little nervous. With a scar on his face, he looked a little fierce. For fear of making a bad impression on Yun Niang, he performed a solemn ancient ceremony.
Shi Jun saluted and hid behind his brother, pulled his brother's clothes and stuck his head out, looking at Yunniang and just smiled.
"Beautiful two children, welcome to Queqiu, look at me, I forgot with joy, come in and take a rest." Yunniang smiled, bent down and touched Xiao Jun's face lightly.
Turn around and say hello to everyone into the house.
Shi Jun covered his touched cheek and looked at Yunniang's back: "Axiang's wife is so gentle, she is as gentle as her mother."
In fact, Meng Zhang is far from being gentle.
When I saw Meng Zhang for the first time, Shi Jun was very disappointed when he was young. The mother he was thinking of was completely different from what he had imagined, and he was not as beautiful, kind and gentle as his father said.
But now he was able to puff out his small chest proudly. I feel that my mother is also a beautiful and gentle mother. She is still very strong, in order to protect her two brothers, she will even fight desperately with big demons like Tu Shan.
At night, after having a full meal and setting everyone up, Yuan Xianger brought Nan He to Yunniang's bedroom alone.
"Xiang'er, Xiao Nan, what's the matter?" Yun Niang, who was sitting under the lamp, turned her face.
Yuan Xianger was a little embarrassed, she pushed Nan He, "Nan He, pour a cup of tea for the teacher."
Nan He didn't understand why, but he quickly poured a cup of tea from the tea set on the table and put his hands in front of Yun Niang.
"I can't drink tea casually. At least I have to make it clear." Yunniang looked at Nan He and smiled, "Xiao Nan, you probably don't know that we only serve tea to elders when the bride is married."
Nan He's eyes suddenly widened, he turned to look at Yuan Xiang'er, a pair of pink ears appeared on his head, but the hand holding the teacup was firm and motionless.
Yuan Xianger touched her nose, and when she said this, she could only stick to her neck if she was embarrassed.
She also got the tea, and according to the local custom, she respectfully knelt down at Yun Niang's feet. Nan He followed suit, and knelt beside her with the placket of his clothes up.
"My closest people in this world are my master and my wife, so I have to tell my wife about this after all." Yuan Xianger's face was red, but her voice was firm.
Yunniang held her hand and looked at the girl who she brought up with her own hands. When she first came, she was only a little tall, but now she has been able to travel all over the world by herself, and she has decided her lifelong event.
But Yunniang still decided to explain her thoughts to her clearly, "Xiang'er, there is a solid race between human beings and monsters. This road, Shi Niang, is much harder than others. Have you really thought about it?"
Yuan Xiang'er raised her head, without any hesitation in her tone: "Well, I figured it out. I like Nan He, and I want to be with him for the rest of my life."
Nan He was looking at her. At this moment, Ah Xiang's face was red and bright, and her eyes were shining. When she realized that she was looking at her, she quietly turned her eyes and glanced at him.
At this glance, Nan He felt that he could remember it for a lifetime.
At this moment, he really wanted to give everything to Ah Xiang, and wanted to do whatever she wanted for her.
Yun Niang looked at Nan He and said, "Xiao Nan, you are a monster, you have to think about it calmly, you must know that you are happy together now, but in the future, you still have a long life to pass, and Xiang'er can't accompany you. So long. You might regret it by then."
"No matter what the future is, thousands of years. But today, I will never regret it." Nan He's hands held up the steaming tea cup steadily.
This will change Yuan Xianger to peek at him. The ears on Xiao Nan's head are drooping, but his eyes are exceptionally clear and firm.
In their relationship with each other, Nan He has always been a little uneasy about gains and losses. Today, Yuan Xianger finally figured out the source of that unease.
The shortness of life should be the tragedy of human beings, but for those who love each other, the one left alone is even more pitiful.
Seeing that Yuan Xianger and Nan He said so, Yun Niang took their tea and took a sip each. Finally smiled.
"Since you have decided to be together, we will have a good wedding and invite the neighbors to liven up the fun," she announced.
"Master, I don't want to do this yet. At least I don't want to do it until Master comes back." Yuan Xiang'er said, "My wedding, nothing else, at least you and Master should sit in the high hall and receive the salute."
When Yun Niang heard this, she was stunned for a long time, and finally turned her face away, "You child."
When she came out of the teacher's house, Yuan Xianger couldn't hide her excitement. She finally passed the bright road. She walked briskly, her toes were full of excitement, and she wished she could sing a song.
When walking over the eaves, Nan He took advantage of his strength, rubbed the roof on his body, and stretched out his hand to pull her.
Yuan Xianger went up to the roof and sat beside him, "Why did you climb up?"
"Tonight, there is Sirius." Nan He stared at her, his eyes trembled slightly, and leaned towards her.
Behind him was a tail that could not be hidden, and above his head was the brighter and brighter Sirius.
"What's wrong with Sirius, you think... um."
Before Yuan Xianger could finish her words, her lips were already kissed.
Nan He's kisses were always so hot and turbulent, he seemed to never feel enough, always wanted to learn more, and wanted time to stop at this moment.
Yuan Xianger put her arms around his neck and kissed her beloved under the witness of Sirius.
Early the next morning, Yuan Xianger planted the sycamore branches that Li Shi brought back into the ground.
She remembered that the tree spirit of the plane tree liked to be lively, so she planted her outside the yard, near the street.
This is the entrance to Tianlang Mountain. Every day there are reefers chopping wood, hunters hunting, and children herding cattle. It is lively but not too noisy.
The branches of the sycamore tree were inserted into the ground, and immediately began to sprout and sprout. In a blink of an eye, it became a small sapling. Two green leaf buds at the top opened, and a tree spirit with two wings on its back popped out. The little girl stretched her arms, stretched, and opened her eyes.
"Ah, it's finally here. This is the Floating World!" She put her small fist to her mouth, and her thin wings flew around in a circle, "That's right, there are so many humans, it's so lively. Thank you, A Xiang. My name is Atong, can you call me Atong?"
"You're welcome, Atong, I hope you like it here." Yuan Xianger carried the kettle to water the newly planted saplings, "Don't run around when you first came, call me in the yard if you need anything, you know? "
"I know, I know, don't let the humans here see it, don't scare the humans casually. I know it all, hehe." The tree spirit's pair of small hands held Yuan Xianger's.
Yuan Xianger took out the white penny fruit from her bosom. The fruit was hard and transparent, completely crystallized, and it didn't look like a substance that could give birth to life.
"You said that if I planted him, will a sapling grow?"
Although this fruit has the effect of healing all wounds, it is very useful to Yuan Xianger. But she had entered the emotional world of the white penny boy, and in her heart she could not bear the tree spirit who was pure and persistent in love with mankind.
"Try it, I'll help too." A Tong said.
The plane tree likes to be lively, so it is planted outside the yard. Bai Penny has lived in the courtyard of human beings since he was a child. Yuan Xianger found a sunny piece of land in the courtyard and buried the crystal clear fruit.
She drew a spirit gathering array on that land, placed spirit stones, and poured a little water.
A Tong danced around the land, reaching out and shedding a green light.
But Yuan Xianger squatted on the ground and waited for a long time, and the land remained silent.
A Tong Fei was tired and stopped on Yuan Xiang'er's shoulder, "No way, no matter how I called, there was no response at all. Let's wait a few days and see."
"Well, then wait a few days and see."
After four or five days, Yuan Xianger had almost given up hope for the unmoving land, when a small sprout finally emerged from the loose black-brown soil.
Not silver, but the emerald green of common plants in the world,
The tender and tender buds trembled in the spirit gathering array, spreading green leaves in the air like stretching their limbs, pulling out branches, and soon grew into a small sapling half human height.
Yuan Xianger felt a little familiar. She remembered that when she entered the world of memory at that time, she saw the first time the white penny saplings were planted in the garden. Isn't that what it looked like
A small transparent bubble floated on the top of the tree, and a young boy was curled up in the bubble.
The little boy, not yet the height of a child's finger, stretched out, broke the bubble, and sat on the branch with his feet swayed.
"Who are you? Did you plant me here?" He looked up at Yuan Xiang'er, his face blank and innocent, and he spoke in a tender voice.
"My name is Yuan Xiang'er, you can call me A Xiang. This will be your home from now on."
"Really, this is home? I like it very much." The little boy smiled, "Ah Xiang, do I have a name?"
"You, your name is Bai Penny."