Chapter 6: Revisiting the Hometown (Part I)

The sun is scorching, the mountains are steep...

After ten years, Xi'er finally embarked on the long-awaited journey, looking at the towering ancient trees that were quickly rowing under her feet, and her heart continued to fluctuate...

In the few years after meeting Xiao Yun, he discovered little by little that there are not only many things worth exploring in a person's life, but also people who are worth protecting with his life, of course, this does not mean that he has given up his mother's hatred!

Xi'er thought back, the corners of his mouth showed a confident smile, at this time he was eager to leave this forest, tiptoe lightly, quickly shuttled through the forest...

Unconsciously, Xi'er came to the village where he lived when he was a child, which was beyond his expectations, and if he could, he would rather forget this sad place completely!

Watching the joy of Orion's return with a full load, and watching the picture of his family embracing each other, all had a great impact on Xi'er, ten years have passed, and when he returns here again, it is long gone!

Xi'er hesitated for a moment, and finally jumped off the branch, his eyes were blank, and he walked on the path between the villages in a lost way, and one by one familiar and unfamiliar faces walked slowly in front of Xi'er, not taking him to heart at all!

Some of the children playing on the side of the road stopped and looked at him as an outsider with strange eyes, as if they were puzzled by his arrival.

After all, in this remote mountain village, there are not many outsiders a year, and there are very few residents in the village, how can an unfamiliar face suddenly appear like this...

"Mother, how come I've never seen that person?" said a little girl of four or five years old snuggled up in her mother's arms, pointing to the stream walking by with questions.

"This brother is passing by us, of course you haven't seen it, you are still young, you will know when you are older!" The little girl's mother glanced in the direction her daughter pointed, and then her eyes turned to her daughter's body, and explained carefully.

"Really?" the little girl asked again, as she seemed to have doubts about what her mother had said.

"Of course it's true, how could my mother lie to you, you have to remember that in this world, only your parents are the ones who love you the most, no matter what happens, your parents are your eternal backing, no matter when and where, your parents can let you trust without scruples, you know?" The little girl's mother hugged her daughter in her arms and said tirelessly, although she was an ordinary mother in a remote mountain village, she wrote the most sincere maternal love in the world!

"I know, my mother is the best for me!" the little girl burst out laughing, buried her head deep in her mother's arms, and enjoyed the endless warmth.

The little girl in front of her, there is no intrigue between the major factions, not as perverse as a rich girl, and not as domineering as the royal family, with the words innocent and beautiful, it is most suitable to describe her at this time!

At the same time, the short dialogue between the mother and daughter will naturally not escape Xi'er's ears, and every sentence really knocks on the door of Xi'er's heart, which can't help but remind him of his mother, once upon a time, how could he not be so innocent!

Xi'er involuntarily stopped, lowered his head and clenched his strong fists, trembling with excitement, what he can do now is probably only hate his mother!

After a while, Xi'er picked up the tears from the corners of his eyes, turned his head to squeeze out a difficult smile at the mother and daughter, and continued to walk forward, he suddenly found that the only home with the breath of his mother had already become a fertile meadow at this moment, and the fish tank that he loved most when he was a child had long since disappeared, and even the stream on the side gave Xi'er a strange feeling...

Xi'er stood in place, the words "people go to the empty building" suddenly appeared in his mind, he looked at everything in front of him in disbelief, and suddenly felt that all this was just a dream, but it was so real!

In this village, except for Xi'er's home, there is almost no change, the houses are still those houses, and the villagers are all those villagers, but their mother and daughter are missing!

Some familiar faces have long been scratched by the years, and the playmates of their childhood have also receded their immature faces, but this does not affect Xi'er to recognize each of them, and he has long been precipitated in the memories of the villagers!

After ten years, Xi'er came here again, but she couldn't find any traces of that year, which couldn't help but make Xi'er feel a sense of irony...

Xi'er walked to the meadow that originally belonged to him and his mother, stopped, knelt down on both knees, and sounded his head three times in a row, just like facing Xiao Yun, each of them slammed firmly into his heart, and instead of the tears he imagined, he showed a firm and vicissitudes of smile!

"Mother, I'm back, come back to see you, I don't know how you've been doing over there these years, I've been doing well over the years, so you don't have to worry about me, Xi'er has grown up now, and it's not the Xi'er that will only make you angry!" Speaking of this, Xi'er bared her teeth and smiled, and the two rows of neat teeth were all exposed, but there was no trace of joy!

At this moment, Xi'er's heart is extremely calm, just like the still lake, clear and without waves!

After ten years, Xi'er has thoroughly seen through birth, old age, sickness and death, and also understands grievances and hatreds, in his heart, he has already recognized the fact of his mother's departure, but whenever he recalls the painful past, he will grit his teeth for a long time and cannot calm down, and the resentment full of anger has never been able to let him go!

As night fell, people on the road also returned to their homes, and a gentle breeze blew softly, gradually engulfing the heat wave brought by the scorching sun, even in the hottest part of summer, this small village completely surrounded by forests, you can still feel a little cool at night!

The sound of the stream was continuous, clearly lingering between the trees and the village, and an owl quietly climbed up the branches under the cover of the sound of the flowing water, staring at every corner of the surrounding area with a pair of big eyes, for fear of missing any opportunity to hunt.

Xi'er looked at the fertile grass in front of her, a light blue flower bloomed in it, and bursts of fragrance greeted her, making Xi'er calm and calm, and an inexplicable warmth rose!

Looking at the blooming flowers in front of him, Xi'er also changed from the beginning of the kneeling posture to the sitting position, he smiled, and "talked" with his mother to his heart's content, and talked carefully about everything he had experienced in the past ten years!

"Mother, I worshipped a very powerful master, he was very good to me, taught me a lot of things, my skills are taught by him, oh yes, my current strength has reached the realm of Yudan!"

The night dew near the stream was very heavy, wetting the brook's clothes, and a frog with a full stomach was jumping leisurely, unexpectedly entered the owl's sight, and without knowing it, was caught by the owl that was speeding forward, and the brook on the side was still sitting there, whispering, and letting it rush in front of him!

Time always slips away at an inadvertent moment, and this is true for ten years, let alone one night!

Before he knew it, Xi'er had been sitting on this grass all night, and he was not tired at all, but was full of vitality because of the bursts of fragrance!

Early in the morning, the sky was just bright, the hunters began to be busy the next day, a night of chatting made Xi'er's mood a lot more comfortable, looking at the white fish belly in the sky, Xi'er knew that he should go, although there were many, many words in his heart that were not finished, although there were still many, many reluctance hidden in his heart, but after all, he did not want to disturb other people's lives, so he chose to leave!

"Mother, I'm leaving, I'll come to see you in a while, I hope I can be stronger next time I come, and I hope you can bring me more joy next time!" Xi'er stood up and said goodbye to his mother gently, as for revenge, he would never mention it to his mother!

Although so many years have passed, his mother's words back then still linger clearly in his ears, and the kind of care that he desperately hopes for his peace and life is something he can never forget!

This farewell filled Xi'er's heart with reluctance, he didn't know how long this parting would be, and he didn't know where the next reunion would be!

This night, no one noticed that last night on the far right side of the village, in the small house where only a mother and daughter had lived, a man who had long faded in their memories sat on the fertile grass and talked to himself all night, since the stream has faded in the memories of the villagers, let this become their eternal memory with each other!

Xi'er glanced affectionately at the fertile meadow and the pale blue flowers again, turned and strode away, and walked away without looking back, letting the dew wet his clothes and soak his skin!

After going through so much, the only thing that can still make Xi'er nostalgic in this village is the fertile meadow and the pale blue flowers, as for the rest, Xi'er doesn't care about it at all!

Xi'er straightened up, smiled, walked on the path she had run with great confidence, breathed the fresh air of getting up early, felt the warmth of being watched by her mother, until far away, Xi'er turned to look at the path leading to her mother, and said secretly in her heart: "Mother, wait for me!"

Somehow, since Xi'er left the village, in a trance, a force that seems to be there attracts him in the west of the mainland all the time, this feeling makes Xi'er indescribable, unclear, like a kind of tie, making him eager to find out...