Chapter 199: The Meaning of Existence
"Grandma, what nonsense are you talking about! Xiao Nuo doesn't leave, if you want to go, you have to go with Grandma!" Xiao Nuo's eyes were red, and he held Grandma Tao's hand tightly, his voice was immature and firm. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Grandma Tao, don't say such things, even if you really want to leave one day, we will take you with you. Qianling slowly stood up, her tone serious.
"Xiaoling is right, let's go together. Li Jing also nodded firmly.
Grandma Peach looked at them, but slowly shook her head:
"Originally, your family already had two children to take care of, but now I have a guilty conscience when I entrust Xiaonuo to you...... How can you use this old bone to drag it down again?"
Qianling looked at her and frowned slightly: "Grandma Tao, don't say that......"
"Xiaoling, you come. Grandma Tao smiled gently and slowly stretched out her hand, and Qianling stepped forward and gently held her hand.
"Grandma Peach, this old bone, not to mention leaving here to go outside the canyon, it is difficult to even move and get out of bed by yourself, and Xiaonuo is usually busy taking care of me......"
Qianling was stunned, frowned slightly, and showed a little doubt and surprise in her eyes:
"I remember that you have always been in good health, and you used to make peach pudding for us to eat when we were in the Ginkaze Valley, and you used to walk by the river...... How did it suddenly become like this?"
The first few times I came to visit, Grandma Tao always lay on the bed and talked to them, she thought it was about to take a nap and didn't think much about it, but she didn't expect it to be because of physical reasons, and it was so serious that she couldn't get out of bed......
"Grandma has been in poor health since she left the valley and came here, and it didn't help to take medicine, so she kept dragging her ......" Xiaonuo muttered lowly, her eyes red.
"How can this be, have you seen a doctor?" Li Jing opened a pair of golden eyes with concern, and frowned slightly.
Xiao Nuo shook his head and bit his lip: "The doctors here can't wait for us to die of illness, so they won't care." ”
Qianling was stunned, frowned slightly, and pursed her lips:
"That can't be delayed, don't worry, see a doctor...... I'll figure it out, this valley is so big, there will definitely be people willing to ......"
"Don't work in vain......," Grandma Peach shook her head slowly, "I'm not used to the soil, and that's the same when I just left the orc clan and came to the Yinfeng River Valley. It's just that now that I'm older, I can't stand the toss very much...... In the past few months, Xiaonuo has almost visited all the pharmacies at the bottom of the valley, and even the veterinarian has asked, but no one wants to come. And I know my own body, so I don't have to bother anymore......"
Qianling looked at her and pursed her lips slightly: "But ......"
Grandma Tao raised her head and patted Qianling's hand gently, her voice was kind and gentle with a touch of relief:
"Xiaoling...... I've lived long enough for this old woman, spending the first half of my life in the Orc Clan, and the second half in the Whispering Valley...... Now, even this isolated and mysterious demon clan headquarters has seen it, and there are no regrets in this life. Even if I am buried in this demon clan territory in the end, there is nothing to regret......"
"But you're different, you're young, and life has just begun. ”
She looked at the girl in front of her, stroked her hand, her old cloudy eyes flashed with subtle brilliance, and there was always a gentle smile on her lips:
"You and A-Jing are not too young, you will leave the demon clan in the future, find a place away from the war, find a good family to marry earlier, and live a good life. ”
"Whether it's an orc race or another race, it's naturally good to be pure-blood, and it's okay to be mixed-blood...... As long as he is good to you and works hand in hand with each other to overcome difficulties, life will slowly get better. One day you will discover the meaning of life and slowly understand that even in this difficult world, there are beautiful things worth remembering. That's a life in vain......"
Qianling was slightly stunned, and repeated in a low voice: "...... the meaning of life?"
She never understood the meaning of life, and she never thought about it.
In the seventeen years of life, she struggled to live like a small weed, to a large extent...... In fact, it is just a fear of death.
The sound of rain outside the window was dripping, and Grandma Tao seemed to be still telling something in her ears, Qianling lowered her head and responded softly.
The rain falls obliquely, and the small lanterns hanging under the eaves emit a warm glow.
Li Jing stretched out the transparent umbrella in her hand and shook the water droplets gently. Qianling stood under the eaves, looked back at the little boy at the door, slowly leaned down, and gently stroked his head:
"Xiaonuo, you and Grandma Tao live here, if you need help with anything, just come to us, you know?"
Xiao Nuo looked at her and nodded slightly, a pair of green cat eyes were crystal clear.
The rain line was all over the sky, and the ripples were all over the ground.
The two stood in the hazy drizzle with umbrellas, turned around and waved to Xiaonuo.
The black cat's ears were lightly upturned, and Xiaonuo smiled and waved to them, turned to enter the door, and gently closed the door.
The lantern hangs in front of the eaves, and the orange-red fire is swaying, blurring in the rain and mist.
Qianling looked at the swaying lantern, the clear raindrops dripping down the corner of the eaves, took a slight breath, took Li Jing's hand, and turned to leave.
Suddenly, two small red lights flashed in the field of vision, shiny and shiny, like cat eyes.
Feeling a line of sight, Qianling paused slightly, turned around and looked up-
In the rain and mist, a black shadow flickered above the eaves, like a sweeping shadow, and it seemed like something dissolved in the rain.
Is it a delusion?
Qianling looked in the direction of the eaves, tilted her head in some confusion, and rubbed her eyes again.
Night.
Outside the window, the drizzle was still swaying, reflecting the hazy fire of the lanterns under the eaves, like a fluttering cow hair needle light and transparent.
Qianling sat on the chair in front of the window, Li Xiaoruo nestled in her arms, two little feet on her legs, swaying back and forth.
"Mom. Li Xiaoruo raised her little face, and a pair of crystal heterochromatic pupils looked at her without blinking.
Qianling looked at the rain falling outside the window in a daze, and her eyelashes never fluttered.
Li Xiaoruo looked at her in a daze and tilted her head.
"Mom. The immature voice sounded again, and a pair of white and tender little hands came over and hugged her neck.
Qianling came back to her senses, looked down at her, and smiled lightly: "What's wrong, Xiao Ruo?"
Li Xiaoruo looked at her and widened her eyes curiously: "What is Mom looking at?"
There was nothing outside the window except the rain, but she kept looking outside in a daze.
Qianling looked at her white and tender little face, the pair of magnificent heterochromatic pupils that looked at her without blinking and full of curiosity, and the pair of white velvet little fox ears on her head...... After a pause, he slowly reached out and touched her face, and his voice was soft:
"Xiao Ruo, do you like this place?"