Chapter 33: A Rare Peace

Granny Yi sat back in her previous position, took a slow sip of tea before saying, "First change your mind about the hidden weapon, you have to know that it is your friend, it can protect you, and it can also protect what you want to protect" Granny Yi said, dipping her fingers into the remaining tea in the teacup, drawing a Tai Chi pattern on the table, and then motioning for Qingxue to come over and see, "Look, it's like this Tai Chi diagram, Yin and Yang are mutually reinforcing, each has its own effect, and if you don't have one, it will destroy the balance"

Granny Yi pointed to a long sword hanging on the wall again, and said, "Look at this long sword again, the double blades of the sword, both sides of the benefits and harms, use it properly, hurt others, inappropriately, hurt yourself."

Just like if you learn a secret weapon, it is just a skill to protect yourself and help others, and if it is improper, it is the best murder weapon for the secret murderer. Which is yin and which is yang, which is right and which is evil, depends on how you use it. The rest depends on whether you can figure it out, okay, you can think about it here" After Granny Yi finished speaking, she went to rest inside, and Mr. Lan didn't open his mouth from beginning to end, and when he saw Granny Yi enter, he also followed into the room.

Qingxue stood in the hall by herself, thinking about Granny Yi's words, what Granny Yi said was very simple, everyone would say it, but how many people could really understand the true meaning?

Anyway, there is nothing to do, Qingxue was thinking about the problem, and at the same time she brought water and helped Grandma Yi clean up the house. At noon, she also made lunch, Qingxue thought that it should taste good, but the two old men just ate quietly, and didn't say anything, unlike in the past, when others ate the food she cooked, they would always praise a few words.

Qingxue thought about it for a while, and then understood what was going on, the people here are very good at cooking, and of course they are very good at eating. The ones they make themselves are just ordinary dishes in their eyes, and there is nothing to praise about them. In fact, yesterday Qingxue found that even Duan Qing, who had never been in the kitchen in reality, now cooks better than his own cooking.

Although Qingxue couldn't help comforting herself in her heart, she didn't go to participate in a cooking competition, no one praised her, and she didn't cook for the two old people for a few words of praise, but she wanted to cook a meal for them from the bottom of her heart, and thanked Grandma Yi for her help.

Although she comforts herself in her heart, Qingxue's own character has a little desire to prove, either she doesn't do it, she has to do her best, and prove that she is the best to show others, and she has no friends because others have low feelings in front of her, not because others dislike her as an orphan. To put it bluntly, she still cares about the attitude and hurtful words of those relatives when her parents died, and she never wants to see that kind of disgusted gaze in her life.

Grandma Yi's vision is really good, maybe she saw that Qingxue had some thoughts in her heart, she chuckled and shook her head, it was like watching her child make trouble, and the kind grandmother smiled tolerantly.

After eating, Qingxue took the initiative to wash and clean up the dishes and chopsticks.

Grandma Yi called her to her room and gave Qingxue a book. The book is very thin, it looks like it is only a dozen pages, and there is no name written on the cover.

Qingxue opened it and saw it before she knew that it was a cookbook, Grandma Yi smiled, "In our village, there are many women, and women should look like women, although we know martial arts and understand hidden weapons, but knitting women's red, cooking and cooking skills have not been put down, these dishes are my best dishes, so I wrote them down, you can take a look"

"Thank you, Grandma Yi" Qingxue nodded, feeling very moved.

Since entering this game, Qingxue has always been easy to move, and what moved her was these people who were thought to be virtual, but Qingxue knew that it wasn't, they were alive like herself.

In fact, there are only so many ingredients for cooking, and just the slight differences in the amount and order will make different flavors. This afternoon, I will temporarily put down the matter of the hidden weapon and concentrate on studying these dozen recipes, and Qingxue wants to try it at night to see how it works.

Qingxue didn't go back in the evening, she cooked the meal according to the recipe, accompanied the two old people to eat, and cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks before going back. During the meal, Qingxue had been paying attention to the expressions of the two old men, but Grandma Yi had no expression on her face, and ate the dishes slowly, with a little on each plate, as if she was trying the dishes, but she didn't give any evaluation.

Mr. Lan couldn't stop nodding, although he didn't speak, but he knew by looking at his expression that he was still satisfied.

In this way, every day after breakfast, Qingxue will go to Grandma Yi's house, and come back after dinner in the evening, three meals a day plus housework is all-inclusive, and the rest of the time is in a daze with a needle, and when I think of something, I ask Grandma Yi for advice. When I went home in the evening, Qingxue also slept late, so I studied those recipes, and finally at dinner on the fifth day, Grandma Yi ate the dishes with a smile on her face. Qingxue also had the first smile since entering the village, and it was a smile of satisfaction after being proven.

At the beginning, Qingxue would still be worried about the situation at home, after all, Xiao Hongyu had that attitude towards Leng Lone Star. But in the past two days, I found that Xiao Hongyu's attitude towards Leng Lone Star has changed a lot now, although I don't know the reason, but Qingxue is still quite happy to see this result.

Sometimes Leng Lone Star will also come to Grandma Yi's house, Xiao Hongyu should not have told the people in the village about his origin, so the people in the village have not shown any unkindness to him. When he walked around the village, there were talkative people who greeted him, but he didn't like to talk very much, so he didn't talk to anyone, and when someone talked to him, he just nodded politely and responded.

Although Leng Lone Star doesn't like to talk much, he is quite diligent, and he will work with Qingxue to help Grandma Yi's house repair the roof; will help Grandma Yi clean up the fallen leaves in the courtyard; will silently make a new door and help replace the somewhat dilapidated courtyard door of Grandma Yi's house, although the market is basically closed at night.

Qingxue always thought that he was only doing this because he was studying art here, and he was here to help him. It wasn't until she saw him wet and put a basket of newly dug lotus roots at the door of Granny Zhang's house that Qingxue knew that he had been secretly helping the widows and children in the village, and finally understood why Xiao Hongyu had changed.

Qingxue remembered that Leng Lone Star said that he didn't know how to water, but this was obviously picked from the bottom of that lake, Qingxue didn't know if he lied, or if he just learned it?

Qingxue doesn't like people to lie to her, if there is doubt, there will be mustard, and if you don't want to have mustard, you can only ask for verification.

When they returned from Grandma Yi's house together in the evening, Qingxue pretended to ask casually, "I saw you send Granny Zhang a freshly picked lotus root that day."

"Well, I overheard her say that she wants to eat new lotus root, and there is no one else at home," Leng Lone Star said simply.

"Well, I know, you've done a lot of things for the villagers these days, but you don't know how to be watery, it's very dangerous" Qingxue remembered the fall of the cold lone star that day, although she didn't see it with her own eyes, but she was also a little scared in her heart.

"I haven't been in contact with water, so it will be my Achilles' heel, I don't want to have such an obvious flaw" Leng Lone Star is now able to communicate with Qingxue normally, and still doesn't talk much to outsiders.

"So you've been doing special training these days?" Qingxue followed his words and asked, communicate with Leng Lone Star, then you have to talk more.

"No, when I fell into the water that day, I thought I should be able to swim, and then I tried it" Leng Lone Star said lightly, but Qingxue frowned.

"You just take the risk with a feeling? Don't you know how dangerous this is? Qingxue's voice was a little excited, only the people she cared about could cause her mood swings, she would be nervous and there were few people who cared, and now she added a cold lone star.

"It's okay, people who practice martial arts, you can still do it with a short period of breath-holding" Leng Lone Star looked at Qingxue very sincerely, under the hazy moonlight, Qingxue understood the meaning in his eyes, that is, to reassure her.

"Whew~, you're right, it seems that I should learn to swim too" Qingxue exhaled a long breath and said softly.

"You can find Miss Duan to help you, almost everyone in the village knows how to water, and there is really a mechanism underwater, it is convenient to have her to accompany you" Leng Lone Star should have some understanding of the bottom of the lake, at least more than Qingxue, Qingxue has not been close to the lake since she entered the village, probably standing on the lake for a night, and there is a shadow in her heart.

"Okay, I'll tell her when I get back"

When the two returned to Duan's house, Duan Qing was fiddling with something in the yard, and when he saw them coming back, he put them away, stepped forward and said, "Sister, Brother Leng, you are back" She is not a little arrogant to Leng Lone Star now, and when she sees Leng Lone Star, she will respectfully call 'Brother Leng', I wonder if she has also suffered from Leng Lone Star.

Leng Lone Star answered and went back to the room, Qingxue told Duan Qing that she wanted to learn to swim, Duan Qing agreed, saying that she would go to the lake tomorrow to teach Qingxue.

When she actually came to the lake the next day, Qingxue was really a little timid, and the first few times she jumped over the water with light skills, knowing in her heart that as long as she didn't make a mistake, there was no danger. But this time it's different, this is to go into the water yourself, the fear of the unknown will make up for itself, what is the unknown under the water? Are there any dangers? Qingxue has been thinking about this, and she is even more hesitant to go into the water.

Duan Qing kept saying on the side, "Sister, you don't have to be afraid, this piece of water is safe, those in the lake are just ornamental lotuses, and there are mechanisms underneath, so you can't go into the water casually." This piece is different, the lotus roots we eat are all here, and the rest will be sold outside with other embroidery products and the like, my sister is fine, come down quickly" Duan Qing said and had already gone into the water, only to see Qingxue standing in the distance and not coming.

"I ・・・・・・," Qingxue's tone was a little hesitant.

"Oh, it's okay sister, I've been swimming since I was a child, and it's really comfortable in the water, it's good if you get used to it" Duan Qing continued to stretch out his hand to Qingxue, his eyes full of encouragement.

Qingxue's character is very strong, in front of Duan Qing, who is younger than herself, she doesn't want to admit her cowardice, so she has to go into the water hard, Duan Qing pulls Qingxue to swim slowly in the water, while constantly reminding her of the precautions in her ear, and only after Qingxue adapts to it in the water, she lets go of her hand. But I've been watching from a short distance in Qingxue, afraid that something will happen to her, after all, she has just started learning, and there must always be an adaptation period.