Nuwa Niangniang returned to her cave and meditated with her eyes closed, but her mind was always focused on the four small ones in the valley. Suddenly, Nuwa Niangniang thought that she seemed to have ignored a problem. For a while, he appeared again and came to Xiao Yiran, who was playing in the valley. With a slight swing of his hand, a refreshing breeze was born out of thin air, blowing the flowers and trees in the valley, swishing sound, including the crown of the poplar that Xiao Yiran likes to live in, and was also swayed by the branches and leaves blown by the breeze. Seeing Xiao Yiran looking at the swaying poplar leaves in a daze, Nuwa said softly:

"Did you see that?"

"Is it the same wind as me?"

"Even though you're both wind, you're not exactly the same as you."

"Why?"

"Because this breeze has no consciousness, no enlightenment, and no asking why."

"Why do I have it and they don't?"

"Because they don't have your chance."

"What is an opportunity?"

"Opportunity is an opportunity, and it can also be said to be an opportunity under coincidence. For example, you are born out of chaos and arise at the moment when Pangu opened the world, when the clear qi rises and the turbid qi falls, and they are not. Over time, you gradually develop consciousness, with thoughts, which they cannot. So, you're luckier than them. ”

Xiao Yiran can understand the meaning of "lucky" in Nuwa's mouth, as if to say that he is better than the breeze just now.

"They can only swim between heaven and earth, fending for themselves, while you can walk step by step, and then turn into human form, and then coexist with heaven and earth."

"Who are their parents?"

"Their parents are heaven and earth, and they are nature."

"What is the relationship between me and them?"

"You are all wind, according to time, they are your juniors, other than that, it doesn't matter anymore."

"Is it like the relationship between aspen and other poplars that are unconscious?"

"Ran'er is so smart, that's it."

Seeing that Xiao Yiran was improving day by day, Nuwa often showed a pleased smile on her face.

"You never seem to have called my sister."

Nuwa could feel the naughty smell that Xiao Yiran transmitted along with the recitation when she said this. I couldn't help but open my mouth and screamed softly:

"Sister Ran'er."

"My sister is so good."

This is what Xiao Yiran learned when he was taken outside by Nuwa, in that room, when he heard the adult's praise of the villain.

"Hehe, Sister Ran'er is more well-behaved."

Nuwa was amused by the mischievous Xiao Yiran.

From then on, Xiao Yiran fell in love with this game, pestering Poplar all day long, making Poplar call his sister, as well as Qingwen and Musk Yue. Poplar also likes Xiao Yiran, who has always inhabited among his branches and leaves, no matter what Xiao Yiran asks, as long as Poplar can do it, he will all agree. Even Qingwen and Musk Yue on the ground also like Xiao Yiran, who often teases them.

The four children are like four children next door, **** doing the games they can think of, and the valley is no longer as silent as before, and their cheerful frolicking sounds are often heard. It's just that this voice can only be felt by a great power like Nuwa.

"Poplar, where do you think this stream will eventually flow?"

"I don't know."

"My sister doesn't know."

"Will Nuwa know?"

"I sure I know."

After speaking, Xiao Yiran quickly came to Nuwa's cave mansion, wrapped Nuwa's long hair, and asked in his ear:

"Does my sister know where that stream in the valley ended up?"

"Remember the last time the Chaos Scene first opened, there was a sea?"

"Is my sister talking about that piece of water?"

"Yes, there is a saying that the water flows to the sea. The stream will eventually flow into the sea. ”

"Does that mean that if I follow the stream, I will see the sea?"

"Yes, but there are exceptions."

"What is an exception?"

"Exception is a different outcome. For example, if there are no other streams that merge into a large river, the water in the valley will eventually be dried by the sun and turned into water vapor before reaching the sea. ”

"Will the stream rise into the air?"

"Yes, but in the form of water vapor. The water vapor that rises into the air turns into clouds, which in turn turn turn into raindrops and fall to the ground. Return to the stream again, or descend directly into the sea. ”

Nuwa knew that although Xiao Yiran and the four had already opened their spiritual intelligence, their intelligence was only two or three-year-old children, and their consciousness was basically blank, so Nuwa had to teach them like children.

"Can I follow the stream and see?"

Nuwa also knows that you can't always circle them, and it's good to let them go out and learn a long way when there is no danger. He nodded and said:

"If you want, go for it. Remember to walk along the stream as well when you come back. ”

Xiao Yiran happily left Nuwa's cave mansion, returned to the valley, and after saying hello to the three poplars, he lay down on the water, and let the stream flow out of the valley with him, until it flowed towards the unknown ahead.

It's just that soon Xiao Yiran felt that the stream below him was getting less and less, and finally disappeared completely in a dry riverbed. Looking ahead, the riverbed stretches forward. Xiao Yiran didn't know if he would go to the sea if he walked along the riverbed. Playing on the dry riverbed for a while, after inadvertently blowing away the fine sand on the riverbed, revealing the damp sand below, and even between the sand, you can see the shadow of some streams, Xiao Yiran is a little dazed. Didn't Nuwa say that the stream rose to the sky, and how could it be that there was one under the ground? After thinking for a while, there was no answer, and remembering Nuwa's instructions in his heart, he did not venture to go alone, went upriver along the stream, and soon returned to the valley.

Although it was the first time to go out of the valley alone, it seemed that he was in a hurry, but Xiao Yiran's trip was not without gains. Along the way, Xiao Yiran saw many insects and beasts. The appearance and behavior of those strange-shaped animals left a deep impression on Xiao Yiran. With many questions, he came to Nuwa's cave again and asked them one by one. Nuwa did not show her annoyance with Xiao Yiran's various and very childish questions, but patiently explained them to her.

"Why did those things grow like that?"

"Everything in the world has its own uniqueness, and if they all look the same, wouldn't it be too monotonous?"

Xiao Yiran thought for a while, imagining what it would be like if everything Nuwa said would look the same. When you think of aspen, it is indeed not good if the aspen also looks the same as yourself. There are also Qingwen and Musk Moon, if both of them are the same as Poplar, how can I tell them apart? Then he shook his head and said to Nuwa:

"You can't all look the same."

Nuwa naturally knew Xiao Yiran's thoughts at a glance, and seeing that Baiyang was becoming more and more important in Xiao Yiran's heart, Nuwa just smiled and didn't intend to interfere with them.

Siu Yat-ran then asked many more questions.

"Why don't things that look different stay together?"

"There is a saying that 'like gathers like like things', and only the same species like to get together."

"Then I am the wind, and the aspen is the tree, why do we like to be together?"

"Because you already have a sense of autonomy, you can choose who you want to associate with, or who you like to associate with."

Every time Nuwa explains a question, she will give Xiao Yiran time to think.

"You're saying those things haven't turned on their minds yet, can't think on their own initiative, do you?"

"That's it, Ran'er is about to grow up."

was praised by Nuwa, Xiao Yiran's thoughts naturally revealed a childlike joy.

"Have all the little streams that disappeared risen into the air and turned into clouds?"

"Not exactly, there are also some of them that will seep into the ground, converge into rivers underground, and continue to flow."

"There will be a river underground, too?"

"Yes, not even less than on the ground."

In the end, after asking a long list of questions, Xiao Yiran still went around to himself and Poplar.

"Why do all those things like to be treated together?"

"Remember what I said that the solitary yin does not grow, and the solitary yang does not grow?"

"Yes."

"Of the pair you see, one will be yin and the other will be yang. Only when yin and yang are combined will they reproduce. ”

"Are you saying that only the combination of yin and yang will give birth to children?"

"That's right. The yin in that pair is also called female, and yang is also called male. There is another name, yin is called female, yang is called male. ”

Looking at the thoughtful Xiao Yiran, Nuwa understood that it was difficult for her to understand these things in this mind.

"Am I yin or yang?"

"You, like me, are both yin and female."

"Why are they all in pairs and you're always alone?"

"Because the choices are different, I like to be alone."

"But I love spending time with Poplar."

After Xiao Yiran left, Nuwa couldn't help but ask secretly, is it okay to tell her these things now? After a while, I heard a conversation between Xiao Yiran and Poplar in the valley:

"Do you like being with me?"

"I like it."

"Are you yin or yang? Or, are you a female or a male? ”

"I don't know."

"I am yin and female, then you must be yang and male so that we can be together."

Listening to Xiao Yiran's childlike words, the corners of Nuwa Niangniang's mouth involuntarily curled.

Xiao Yiran is very enthusiastic about this game, and almost the same dialogue has to be carried out once a day, as if he is afraid that Poplar will forget it. Fortunately, Bai Yang is not bored, as long as Xiao Yiran is willing to ask, he can always answer with the other party's tone. Although Xiao Yiran always calls herself a sister, and Poplar also calls her that, but it always gives people a feeling that Poplar cares for the naughty Xiao Yiran like a big brother.