When I am at home, time always has a lazy and happy flavor. When my mind is empty and I don’t think about anything, I suddenly don’t feel the passage of time.
Penglai, Kunlun, Master, Ruxue... I have kept everything in my heart. During this time, I am just an ordinary son who wants to spend time with his parents.
Because of the promise I made last time, I roughly told my parents that what I was about to do, I didn’t dare to go into too much detail about how dangerous it was, just to avoid worrying them.
My parents didn’t say anything. I’m older and I understand the truth. Whether I can figure it out and whether I can do it after thinking it through is my personal behavior. This is something that my parents cannot restrict. In these aspects, my parents They are much more open than ordinary parents.
Just the day before I left home, my father said this: "If you can find Master Jiang, remember to bring him to have a meal with us and stay for a few days. Your mother and I will also miss him that day." , we still remember waiting for him to eat the fish, but when the fish was cold, he disappeared too..."
Maybe it was because he was afraid that I would be sad, so my father did not continue talking, but my eyes were calm and my expression was calm. How could I be sad? Just because I didn’t know what was at the end of the road, but I was already on the road. Where could I still be? Can you care about sadness
This is something I didn’t understand before. Now I understand it and I’m on the road. Why do I need to hesitate
Dad was very happy with my performance. He patted me on the shoulder and said, "Don't be sad if you can't find it. As long as you can live up to your heart and let go of your worries, it will be fine. Life is long and fate is gone. Anyway, who knows?"
This is a father's choice. He did not stop anything, but gave encouragement and comfort. My heart is very warm.
Because I had a one-month appointment with Master Liu, I left home a month and a half early. In the extra half month, I wanted to go to Yueyan Miao Village to have a look. Although there is no Ruxue there, there is my life there. One of the most important memories.
Ruyue was busy with the voyage, so she was not in the stockade. The person who took me to the stockade was Sixth Sister. Ruxue was sad to leave Sixth Sister, but in comparison, I was probably the only one who suffered the most at that time. .
I stayed in the village for a week. During this period, I also met the girl who was to be cultivated as a new generation of Gu girls. The Great Witch of Boche told me that this girl was also a distant relative of Ruxue and Ruyue. .
She was very young, only 5 years old, with a little shadow of Ruxue and Ruyue between her eyebrows and eyes vaguely visible on her immature face.
She still doesn't understand the entanglements in the world, nor does she understand the meaning of protection. But she has to face all kinds of bugs and plants every day, which has already made this little girl cry and cry unhappy.
I don’t know if Ruxue was like this when she was a child.
On the day when Yao left, I was walking in the familiar village. Sixth sister and Tuantuan were accompanying me. Sixth brother-in-law and Fanfan were walking behind us, one holding the child and the other holding the child.
In more than a year, the sixth sister and the sixth brother-in-law had their own child.
As for Fanfan and Tuantuan, they have been married for a long time and their children are already three years old.
The years passed in silence, and people back then had achieved their own happiness and continuation of life, but the happiness of Ruxue and I stayed in our memories forever.
Walking on that familiar lawn, the wind slightly ruffled our hair. The sixth sister habitually pulled the hair around her ears and said to me: "Chengyi, I think with your character, you won't be able to come here again." Sometimes, I can't help feeling sad, but I didn't expect you to be calmer than I thought."
I sighed and said: "As for the sadness and tears, they have long been left in the small northern city where I was last year. Now I have to travel far away, just to say goodbye, otherwise I will regret it."
"You are much more mature than when you came to me the year before last. Just like when I was chatting with you, you talked about how to refine your heart in the world of mortals, and I said something, between gain and loss , What can make people mature quickly is loss, because behind loss is often pain and suffering, and the state of mind will not change much with constant gain and comfort." Sixth Sister said quietly, and then hugged me After a while, he said: "Bon voyage, there are many opportunities in life. You lost Ruxue in the old forest, maybe you can see her again in the vast rivers, lakes and seas?"
Tuantuan and Fanfan also hugged me and wished me a safe journey. Tuantuan also told me: "Maybe we will meet again. People who believe in fairy tales are happier than people who don't believe in fairy tales. Chengyi, you be happy."
Girls are always like this. No matter what, they will stubbornly refuse to accept tragedy and sink into perfection. Because of their gentle and weak nature, their hearts yearn for a quiet life of peace and quiet more than men. They also miss me and me. When I met Ruxue, I took it as a blessing.
And blessings are always good.
After leaving Yueyan Miao Village, I went to find Hui Gen'er, helped him handle various time arrangements, and then took Hui Gen'er directly back to Beijing, to Brother Chengqing's home.
The next day, Hui Gen'er and I went to the cemetery. We were going to see Lao Hui and Hong Zi, and we made an appointment with Xiao Bei by the way.
April is always a sunny day in the world, and this day was no exception. The sun shone warmly, not only warming our faces, but also making the photos of Lao Hui and Hong Zi on the tombstone look warm and vivid.
Standing in front of the tombstone, we quietly toasted them a few glasses of wine, and drank a few glasses myself. I said to Xiaobei, "Are you going to learn art?"
Xiaobei asked me with a smile: "What kind of skill is learning to sing?"
"Shanzimai's most authentic tool-making inheritance, don't reject me, let alone a lonely old man who just wants to pass on the craftsmanship." I said to Xiaobei.
Xiaobei was silent for a while, and then asked me directly: "Is he the one from Tianjin? He is quite famous, and his personality is even more weird. If it is him, I have a hard time believing it."
"It's not a problem that it's hard to believe, as long as you don't say it's hard to accept. It's him. Don't think of him too weird. He's just a father who loves his daughter badly, that's it." I explained to Xiaobei. arrive.
"Do I have no room for refusal?" Xiaobei looked at me and said.
"What are you worried about?" I asked him.
"I'm afraid I can't learn well." Xiaobei said very directly.
"If it were me, I might not be able to learn well, but if it were you, there would be no problem. I'm waiting for you to come back after learning, otherwise my supply of talisman paper will be a little tight. I'm not familiar with several other famous weapon makers. ." I said half-jokingly.
"If you say that, then I will study happily and seriously." When he said this, Xiaobei patted me on the shoulder, took another sip of wine, and looked at Lao Hui and On Hongzi's tombstone.
A bird was chirping and flying over in the sky. The sun was still warm. The smiles of Lao Hui and Hong Zi seemed to be happy in this quiet time.
It's happiness, no regrets, dying as brilliant as a shooting star is the return journey that many passionate men long for.
Tianjin.
In Master Liu’s home, every day becomes simpler.
I can sleep until I wake up naturally, and then lazily cook for Master Liu and Xiaobei who are already teaching and learning in the study. Just like the days in Zhulin Xiaozhu, wasn't I also a cook
They would be busy all day, and I would wander around all day, and Hui Gen'er would come by chance. On those days, the four of us would have a drink and chat, and of course Hui Gen'er would drink drinks.
Liu Zhenmeng will also go home, but the frequency is almost negligible. Master Liu marks a mark on the calendar every day, which is like a countdown. Most of the time, the symbol drawn is a cross, and occasionally there is a circle. , I knew that was the day Liu Zhenmeng came back.
Many times, we couldn't help but want to tell the truth, but Master Liu stubbornly refused. He said, "Let her be happy for one day."
She would bring men back, tease her wildly, and go shopping like crazy without even taking them apart. I don’t want to speculate on what life like this is like for her.
I just wonder, if she knew that her life was counting down, would she choose to accompany her father quietly, or would she go even crazier? There is no answer to this.
The years are still passing by quietly, and it will soon be the beginning of summer...
In the evening of this day, Master Liu asked us to drink with him. As if he had a feeling, Liu Zhenmeng came back very early. At this time, Master Liu suddenly put down his wine glass and said: "That's almost it." Time is up."