Chapter 46: The Beauty of Independence
The sky was dark, and layers of mist shrouded the lush mountains, and occasionally a dog barked or two, which made the silence and depth of the mountains even more apparent.
At the foot of the mountain, there was a trickling river, which flowed through the mountains along the wide riverbed, passing one house after another.
The big stone bridge paved with bluestone slabs has withstood the wind and rain day and night, and it is still as solid as a rock, and the old farmer led the big buffalo to walk leisurely.
Under the stone bridge, the beautiful mountain girl, humming a beautiful mountain song, holding a dressing stone, washing her clothes, full of laughter and flowing along the 'Boom Lala' river......
Such a beautiful and isolated place is really like that Penglai fairyland, which makes people no longer want to leave once they come.
A couple of young girls came to the river to wash their clothes, playing in the water and singing songs.
"I live at the head of the Yangtze River, you live at the end of the Yangtze River, I think about you every day and don't see you, and I drink the water of the Yangtze River together......"
The melodious and graceful singing voice comes from the mouth of a long-haired woman, the singing voice is ethereal, and the lyrics are full of deep meaning, which makes people infinitely intoxicated.
This long-haired woman, with an elegant body and a graceful figure, wears a plain white floral dress, although the style is old-fashioned and the texture is also a cheap coarse linen dress, but under the background of her delicate face, there is a kind of fresh and refined, independent beauty.
Her temperament is obviously different from other girls in the mountains, making people feel like a fairy daughter in the sky, accidentally left behind in the world.
Especially her singing, so beautiful and unfathomable, that the other sisters couldn't understand it at all.
This woman is none other than Li Luowei, who Bei Mingye thinks about day and night, and is looking for hard!
"When will this hatred be stopped, when will this hatred be over, I only hope that your heart will be like my heart, and I will live up to my lovesickness......"
The woman was washing her clothes and singing a song leisurely.
A basket of clothes, all floating on the water, colorful and particularly beautiful.
These clothes were all worn by Grandma Wu when she was young, and Grandma kept them for her daughter to wear in the future, but she didn't want to give them all to Li Luowei now.
Grandma likes Li Luowei very much, and often takes Li Luowei's hand and says: "Xiaowei is my granddaughter, Grandma, I like Xiaowei the most!"
Time flies, and so much time has passed.
Li Luowei miraculously got used to the primitive life in the mountains, and became a villager of half of the 'Gulai Village', winning the love and respect of everyone.
The villagers knew that she was from the big city, and they pulled her to ask 'what is an airplane?' 'what does a car look like?' 'how tall is a building?' 'what do people in the city eat and wear?' and so on.
The older ones called her 'Miss Xiaowei', the younger ones called her 'Sister Xiaowei', the children surrounded her all day long, telling her stories, and the peasant women who farmed the land would always pick up some eggs and give her vegetables every once in a while.
Li Luowei is really grateful for the kindness and care of the villagers, she feels that they are really kind and simple, which makes her so touched!
Sure enough, there are more kind people in this world, aren't they?
Coming to Gulai Village, Li Luowei really feels very lucky......
Seeing that it was already dark, Li Luowei's clothes had already been washed.
She wrung out the water, put it in a basket one by one, and prepared to go home.
"Sister Xiaowei, the song you sang just now is so good, can you teach us?"
A few girls begged as she walked with Li Luowei.
"Of course!"
With a touching smile, Li Luowei readily agreed.
She held a basket and stepped on the bluestone bridge with bare feet, and the sound of rushing water under the bridge was particularly beautiful.
"Haha, you should have someone you like, right? If you learn it, you can sing it to someone you like!"
"Oh, Sister Xiaowei is so bad, we don't have anyone we like!"
Several girls blushed instantly, and quickly waved their hands in denial.
This simple and innocent feeling on their bodies is the most beautiful in Li Luowei's eyes.
"It's not a shame to like someone, there's no need to hide, if you like him, you have to sing it to him loudly!"
Li Luowei stared at a girl with a white face, and teased: "Abi, I'm talking about you! Everyone knows that you like Brother He!"
"Oh, Sister Xiaowei, don't talk nonsense, I hate it, no one has it!"
The girl's face was flushed with shame and coquettishness.
The girls were in a hurry again, causing a string of silver bells of laughter.
"By the way, who does Sister Xiaowei like? Who is your song for?"
As soon as the question came out, the girls looked at Li Luowei.
Everyone is curious, such a beautiful song, such a moving song, who is Sister Xiaowei singing to?
Who do you like?
Li Luowei was stunned, looking dazed.
It was as if this question was a philosophical proposition, so profound that there was no way to answer it.
Her delicate, refined, small and delicate face, surrounded by the whole mountain, suddenly seemed so lonely.
Is it that when the heart is empty, people are particularly prone to feel lonely?
The memories of those people, those things, whether beautiful or painful, became blurry, as if there was a frosted glass in the middle, and it was impossible to see clearly.
Simply, I don't bother to recall!
Just as if it happened in her previous life, she drank the bowl of Meng Po soup of fate, and it had nothing to do with her previous life......
Now, she just wants to live the rest of her life quietly in this isolated mountain, and exchange the loneliness and loneliness of the second half of her life for her daughter's life of wealth and well-being!
"Sister Xiaowei, what are you thinking so distracted, tell me quickly, who do you like?"
Seeing that Li Luowei was in a daze and didn't speak, the girls urged anxiously.
"Come on, the boy that Sister Xiaowei likes, isn't he particularly tall and sings very well?"
"I know, I know, I must be as beautiful as Sister Xiaowei!"
"And I can tell stories, I can read, and I can draw!"
Everyone gathered together, sketching one by one, which made Li Luowei cry and laugh.
"Don't guess! The boy that Sister Xiaowei likes is actually a big bastard, a bad man, and a scumbag!"
In the distance, a girl's voice was heard.
"Brother He, Xiaoyu, why are you back?"
After seeing the person who came, Li Luowei was pleasantly surprised.
These two people can be regarded as her lifesavers.
After she left Beimingye, in order to abide by the agreement with Xu Qianrou, she hid in Tibet like a street rat.
The forces of the Northern Mingye cover the sky with one hand, casting a net to capture her back, and people who want to arrest her all over the world can be encountered.
In those days, she had nowhere to hide, let alone find a job to make ends meet, and she was almost starved to death!
Fortunately, in the end, she ran into Xiaoyu and them, and the two siblings decided to help her after hearing about her difficult situation.
As a result, she now has a relatively stable and free life.
"Haha, of course it's because we miss you, so I'll come back to see you!"
Xiaoyu hugged Li Luowei enthusiastically and said with a flamboyant tongue.
However, it certainly doesn't depend on that!
"Less, I don't know about the two of you, you must have quarreled, you are angry and want to come back, right?"
Although Li Luowei didn't spend much time with them, the conversation was quite natural, like family.
In fact, Xiaoyu really regards Li Luowei as her family.
"What's the matter, I'm on good terms with my brother!
Xiaoyu said, putting an arm on He Daqiang's shoulder, that's called an intimacy!
"Yes, I have such a good relationship with my sister, how can I quarrel!"
He Daqiang also proved quite cooperatively.
"That's weird...... There is a conspiracy, there must be a conspiracy!"
Li Luowei looked at the two of them and said with a joking expression.
"Alas, Sister Xiaowei, you don't know, tomorrow is the 'Stone Sacrifice Festival' of 'Gulai Village', I guess Xiaoyu and they must be coming back this time to participate in this grand event, where will there be any conspiracy!"
The girl who spoke was the extremely watery-looking Abi.
She glanced at He Daqiang secretly, and her face instantly turned red again.
"'Stone Festival'?"
Li Luowei looked dazed, completely unaware of what kind of festival it was.
"Yes, yes, this is the festival!"
Zhang Xiaoyu suddenly had an idea, and slapped his face and echoed.
"I came back with my brother mainly to be able to participate in this festival!"
"This festival is the biggest festival in our 'Gulai Village', it's very grand and interesting, so my sister must get up early tomorrow to participate!"
"Well, dress nicely to show respect for our 'Gulai Village'!"
"It's a great show!"
"If you miss it, you will regret it for the rest of your life!"
The two brothers and sisters, you say a word, I say a word, it seems that they all want to go together.
"I ...... Can I also participate?"
Although Li Luowei is looking forward to that festival, considering that she is an outsider, I am afraid that it is not suitable to participate in the festival in the clan!
"Of course, and yes, you have to attend!"
After Xiaoyu finished speaking, she glanced at her brother He Daqiang badly, and the two of them 'giggled' and didn't know what they were laughing at!
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Halfway up the mountain, not far from the 'Gulai Village', the sound of Bei Mingye's cursing became smaller and smaller, and became smaller and smaller, until finally he had no strength at all and made any more sounds.
Most of the man's body, except for his neck, was sunk into the muddy and cold swamp.
The only pair of hands that were exposed, clutching a tree root, did not dare to let go, let alone struggle.
Because, if a struggle causes the roots of the tree to break, then he will be considered a complete burp!
He is not afraid of death, he is just afraid that when he dies, he still has unfulfilled wishes, and he will not be able to see the person he wants to see.
Moreover, it is too embarrassing for him to drown in this stinking swamp as a big president of a multinational group, and he will die when it is rumored!
So, in this stalemate, the upper can't go up, and the lower can't be reconciled, Bei Mingye realized for the first time what it means to be 'life is better than death'!