Chapter Twenty-Seven—Revisiting the Old Place
The sunset gradually dyed the sky red, and the whole bamboo forest was imprinted in the red glow, and the earth as a whole showed a red appearance. As the sun sets, it also signals the imminent return of farmers and merchants who have gone out to work. When they returned home, they found wisps of cooking smoke wafting from the house, and they also saw the hard work of their wives cooking on the fire. This is a very heartwarming scene for them. It's also the best reward for their hard day's work.
Of course, the smell of the food lingered and reached a small grass hut in the bamboo forest, which was much more deserted than the rest of the house, and only the setting sun could reflect the existence of this hut. At this moment, the door of the small grass hut was pushed open, and out of it came a young woman rubbing her eyes.
The woman was dressed in a pale blue robe, and the close-fitting material well highlighted her flawless and proud body, and her sleepy face looked particularly charming in the sunset. If the shoulders are cut into the waist, if the muscles are condensed, if the gas is like a quiet orchid, and the coquettish and boneless are three points. The woman wore her hair in a bun on her head, as if she were a married woman.
"Hmm, why is it already night, am I oversleeping again," the woman said to herself, rubbing her large, clear eyes.
When her eyes swept outside the hut but she didn't find the figure of the person she was looking for, it made her feel a little strange. There was no one outside the hut who lit a fire there, and no one found the person they wanted. Helpless, she couldn't rest assured, so she could only pull away her uncombed hair and go out to find the person she was looking for.
"Xiaoqing, where are you going in such a hurry?" The young woman had barely taken three steps outside the grass hut when an amiable voice came from her side. Hearing this voice, the young woman's tense nerves gradually relaxed, she stopped, and after a while, she saw an old woman with a long cane. The gray bun and emaciated face did not affect the old woman's energetic heart in the slightest.
The Qing'er in the mouth of this old woman is Xia Qing who lives in the bamboo forest thatched house, and the person who appeared in front of Xia Qing and was called "mother-in-law" by her is also a resident living in the bamboo forest, but the mother-in-law's husband died a few years ago, leaving the old woman to live alone in the bamboo forest, so it is inevitable that this mother-in-law likes to spend her time on other people's affairs, so she has won the title of "housekeeper mother-in-law".
"Mother-in-law, don't hide it, I'm looking for my husband, this guy doesn't know where he went, mother-in-law, have you seen him?" But she can't know everything!
However, Xia Qing and this "housekeeper's mother-in-law" have a good relationship in private, and the two have more or less contacts. This "mother-in-law" likes Xia Qing very much, and has repeatedly said that she wants to make the fatherless and motherless Xia Qingren her daughter, but Xia Qing has refused many times, which makes this "mother-in-law" feel a trace of sorrow.
"Mother-in-law" smiled slightly, her voice was full of a hint of pampering, "Qing'er, so your senior brother has become your husband?"
"Mother-in-law, you must not say anything about this matter" Xia Qing pursed her lips slightly, and her voice was full of shyness. However, the expression on Xia Qing's face still concealed a hint of helplessness, since this "mother-in-law" didn't know Feng Baiyi's whereabouts, Xia Qing secretly wanted to find the whereabouts of his senior brother by himself. She believed that Feng Baiyi must have been because of something very important or a very important task, otherwise he would not have left her.
The housekeeper's mother-in-law nodded lightly, she wanted to further investigate what happened between Xia Qing and Feng Baiyi, but Xia Qing gave her a hand, and then left the sight of the housekeeper's mother-in-law.
In order to find his senior brother as soon as possible, Xia Qing used the light skills he had cultivated since he was a child and rose to the bamboo forest. Supporting the gap between the bamboo forests, Xia Qing stood on the bamboo forest and looked far-sighted, looking for the whereabouts of his senior brother and her husband Feng Baiyi. But what was left for Xia Qing was only a distant and quiet bamboo forest, except for the faint sound of bamboo leaves, Xia Qing didn't notice Feng Baiyi's whereabouts even if he listened carefully.
After a long time, the expression on Xia Qing's face became more and more anxious, and an uncomfortable look became more and more in his heart. For her, now her senior brother has become her most important person. If he couldn't find him, Xia Qing was even willing to martyrdom.
It was already late at night, and the time was already approaching, and the expression on Xia Qing's face became more and more anxious. The image of a female hero who was not shocked has disappeared because of being too concerned about Feng Baiyi. Xia Qing had tears in the corners of his eyes, and he muttered to himself, "Senior brother, where are you? You won't leave me alone, will you?"
It's a pity that Xia Qing's self-comfort didn't get the figure she wanted, Xia Qing raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, and when she was about to look for Feng Baiyi, she suddenly found that the meteor wheel in her sleeve suddenly vibrated violently, Xia Qing just reached out to touch it, and three meteor wheels suddenly flew out of her sleeve at the same time, hanging above Xia Qing's head.
The sudden situation made Xia Qing a little confused, she even forgot about her senior brother Feng Baiyi for the time being, and her mind was thinking about why her meteor wheel was suddenly out of her control and took the initiative to fly out.
Xia Qing hadn't figured it out yet, but found that the three meteor wheels that were originally hanging above her head suddenly flew towards the depths of the bamboo forest, even though Xia Qing was very strange, but still chased them out without hesitation.
After running for a while, Xia Qing suddenly found that the destination of the meteor wheel she was chasing after was the peach blossom forest in the depths of the bamboo forest. Xia Qing remembered that the bamboo hut where they originally lived had been snatched away by others, so she had to build a thatched hut outside the bamboo forest to live in.
Xia Qing's light skills are better, even if the speed of the three meteor wheels is very fast, Xia Qing can finally see them clearly in the air. In addition, Xia Qing's eyesight is better, and it is not too difficult to keep up with these three meteor wheels in the dark.
After a while, Xia Qing followed the footsteps of the three meteor wheels to a place full of countless childhood memories, and the peach blossom forest was still glowing with that strong miasma.
Xia Qing took out a small bottle of flower porcelain from his bosom and poured out a small golden pill from it, his eyes still staring at the three meteor wheels hovering above the peach blossom forest.
The moment Xia Qinggang swallowed the pill in her hand, a scene of three meteor wheels flying towards the peach blossom forest appeared in her eyes. Xia Qing didn't care about thinking about so many things, and hurriedly chased the direction where the three meteor wheels flew.
Along the way, following the three meteor wheels that were very fast, Xia Qing didn't feel very tired. After all, the light skills she had practiced since she was a child were now working very well, but when she found that the meteor wheel was stopped in the air, she found that a bamboo house appeared in front of her.
This bamboo house stands alone in this peach blossom forest, and when she saw this bamboo house, Xia Qing immediately reacted that this bamboo house was where she and her senior brother Feng Baiyi lived when they were children. However, Xia Qing then realized that something was wrong, and she couldn't help but be secretly vigilant.
This bamboo house was visited early in the morning by Xia Qing when she returned to the bamboo forest last time, and she thought that this bamboo house had been inhabited by someone else when she saw the fire burning in this bamboo house, so she didn't go in to find out.
Xia Qing frowned, her fingers trembled slightly, this was the third time she had returned to this peach blossom forest, and it was also the third time that she hadn't seen any fire. It made her feel very strange.
She raised her head and looked at the three meteor wheels still hanging in the air, Xia Qing frowned and continued to look for the reason for attracting these three meteor wheels. Because she knows that the soul recognizes the Lord, and will not be attracted to something else for no reason. The only thing that can be explained is that Xia Qing seems to think of the person who has a close relationship with him.
"How could it be him?" Xia Qing muttered to himself. At this time, she realized that something was wrong again, and the three meteor wheels that had been hanging above her head actually began to rotate around the bamboo house. Again, it's much faster than before.
All kinds of unusual circumstances made Xia Qing a little confused, and she faintly felt that there was something unusual about this bamboo house, and there might be some kind of secret hidden in it. Thinking of this section, Xia Qing had the idea of going in and finding out.
The three meteor wheels were still hovering above Xia Qing's head and around the bamboo house, but Xia Qing couldn't see what the three meteor wheels were controlled by when he looked closely. However, everything was attracting Xia Qing's footsteps, and Xia Qing couldn't help but raise her steps towards the bamboo house with closed doors and windows, full of countless childhood memories.
Xia Qing slowly stepped up the steps, his fingers gently touched the door of the bamboo house, and he couldn't help muttering, "Here"
Xia Qing's exclamation was just a word, and a faint voice came from the bamboo house, "Senior sister, I knew you would come."
Although this sentence is not loud, it sounds exceptionally loud in the absolute silence of the night sky. Especially Xia Qing, her body instantly froze when she heard this voice, and her fingers stopped in mid-air in a daze.
With a soft sound of opening the door, a figure that made Xia Qing extremely curtainable walked out of the bamboo house, and when this figure gently stretched out his arm to hold her, Xia Qing pushed a pair of arms in front of him fiercely, and turned his head stubbornly. The voice was a little stubborn, "Why did you come here, isn't there someone living here?"
The figure that appeared in front of him was Feng Baiyi, who was also led to this bamboo house by his own Soul Wind Feather Fan. When he came, there was no one living in this bamboo house, but when he faced this bamboo house, he had a strange feeling.
When he actually walked into the bamboo house, he heard a slight noise from outside the bamboo house, and his vigilance since childhood made him secretly observe in the dark for a long time, but found that it was his junior sister who was outside the door. Feng Baiyi wiped a trace of indifferent joy in his heart, and he hurriedly opened the door of the bamboo house to greet his junior sister.
Xia Qing looked at her senior brother, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, she wanted to know why her senior brother actually appeared here. Xia Qing really wanted to find out.
"Senior brother, what are you doing here, did you find something?" Xia Qing thought that the appearance of her senior brother might have something to do with her suddenly uncontrolled soul, so she turned her head and asked softly.