Because of Captain Yolanda's prompting, Dr. Ted's paper was unanimously praised by the jury. He was awarded a doctorate degree in medicine and a certificate of qualification.

Magpie Takeaway has a small celebration for this, but after that, Ted insists and treats Yolanda to a meal alone.

"Why is it so formal?"

Arriving at Ted's home, Yolanda was a little uncomfortable. She lives on a boat and spends her money on a reckless basis, but Ted has already saved enough money to buy a decent big house. They are all desperate traders, and they have a lot of income, and it is not too difficult to save money to go ashore.

"It's nothing, I just want to cook a meal for you with my own hands." Dr. Ted put on a ridiculous apron, "I've had enough of Hazan's chowder after all these years. ”

"Hazan's soup is at least healthy, haha."

Yolanda laughed and swaggered on the couch watching Ted busy. She had always known that Ted was a cook, but she had never had a chance to see him show his hand.

"Chef Ted, today the captain is going to put your cooking skills to the test. Show me the menu you prepared. ”

Ted took out the vegetables from the refrigerator and said with a smile: "Actually, before I got on the boat, I was an apprentice chef, and my master only taught me a few home-cooked dishes. ”

"However, from a culinary point of view, home-cooked food is the most challenging dish, because there is too much to eat, so it is difficult to shine."

"Is it harder than getting a PhD?" Yolanda lowered her head and shook her toes. She wore a beautiful dress today and even high heels. She didn't feel comfortable at all, and it felt cold underneath.

"I feel more nervous about preparing for today's meal than preparing for my graduation defense." Ted quipped. He was right, he spent two days in Kassandra scouring for top-notch ingredients for the meal. It's hard to make a home cooking, so you need to work on the ingredients, and the taste of the ingredients made by traditional craftsmanship is much better than what comes down from the food synthesis line.

"Come less." Yolanda pursed her lips and smiled, "Am I that scary? ”

"Of course not, you're cute."

Ted said this and closed his mouth.

The atmosphere was a little ambiguous, the two of them were silent, and the only sound in the house was the sound of the flame licking the stove, and after a while, the smell of the dishes wafted out.

"Eat." Ted broke the awkward silence with the prepared food, "Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, taste how it tastes." ”

Looking at the delicious mixture of gold and red in front of her, Yolanda's face was slightly red, and she folded her hands in gratitude.

"Am I moving alone? Ted, sit down and eat. She picked up the spoon and beckoned Ted to sit down.

"You eat first, I still have two dishes to make."

Ted returned to the cooking table, cutting the meat a little absentmindedly, and Yolanda's slightly blushing face made him feel distraught.

"Yolanda, the first time I saw you, I thought you were cute......"

"You were so fragile at that time, I didn't expect that in just over a hundred years, you would already be a famous starry sky sword...... Sometimes, I'm really worried that I won't be able to keep up with you. ”

"However, even if others praise you for your bravery when you fight bravely, I still think you are cute."

"I don't know, in your heart, what do you think of me?"

These words have been held in his heart for many years, and it is not until today that he has the courage to say them.

But there was only a long silence in response to him.

Ted turned his back to his sweetheart, and his heart gradually sank to the bottom. He chopped the vegetables more and more slowly, and finally put down his knife, his hands gripping the edge of the counter.

He is full of unwillingness, is it really still a ridiculous unrequited love. He closed his eyes and let out a long sigh. In any case, at least not to lose grace.

"I'm talking nonsense." He tried to hold back a smile from his face, turned around and relieved, "You don't want to ......"

He saw Yolanda holding the spoon, her whole body trembling, and big tears rolling down.

He had never seen Yolanda so vulnerable.

"Yolanda, what's wrong?" Ted rushed over and hugged his sweetheart, if he hadn't made it himself, he would even suspect that the dish was poisonous.

Yolanda couldn't stop crying, and it took a while for her to stop choking.

"Ted, tell me! Your eggs, where did you buy them? ”

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(Actually, after reading this, I especially recommend readers to listen to Take me home Cou.)

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West Virginia, like paradise,

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There's the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Shenandoya River

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and as young as the mountains, drifting away like the breeze.

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Closer, closer.

Yolanda climbed over a hill, and in a familiar place, a path no more than two arms wide emerged from the grass. Dots of green grass emerge from the gaps in the red, yellow, and yellow pebbles, and the trails are lined with white wildflowers of strange shapes.

If you were in Kassandra, a place like this, you would be headshot by the guys who were filming the location.

Yolanda shook her head, pushing the distraction out of her mind. She stepped onto the path that led to the town of Chiping and took a deep breath.

It's still the same breath, moist with a little gentle fragrance, this is a lantern flower that is scattered and blooming. In the distance, the pale blue mountains gradually dissipated in the early morning sun, and a drop of dew that was still slightly cold at night fell on the branches.

Qiping Town, my home......

Every grass and tree, every stone and every stream here. Yolanda couldn't take it any longer, she threw down her heavy baggage, and just put on her leather armor and battle skirt, and jumped into the river beside the path.

The river water in early autumn has brought a little bit, but this cannot eliminate the enthusiasm of the wanderer to return home. Yolanda laughed and threw herself in the water, and the leisurely salmon were disturbed by her and jumped out of the water in panic.

The female elf's long-term memory was awakened, and she subconsciously made a quick move to catch the fattest one in the air.

It's a good idea to make a grilled fish, but now is not the time to eat barbecue. Yolanda threw the fish back into the water, and she picked up a handful of water with both hands and gulped it down. The sweet mountain spring, with a slight chill, slashed through the throat and flowed into the body, quenching the thirst of the long journey.

A familiar taste.

She climbed ashore and once again carried a heavy baggage. Her whole body was wet, but her steps were getting lighter and brisker.

Closer, closer.

A fallen brigade crossed the line of sight, and Yolanda sprinted forward a few steps, and with a sharp force, jumped onto the tree. In the branches, there are fluffy vines, followed by more than a dozen small red wild fruits.

The female elf half-knelt down and picked one and tasted it carefully, sweet and sour, it was a taste that had haunted her for many years. She unceremoniously plucked off the rest and put it in her pocket.

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Cou

t

y

oads take me home

The road to my hometown, take me home,

To the place I belo

g

Back to my long-awaited destination,

West Vi

gi

ia mou

tai

momma

West Virginia, Mother Mountain,

Take me home cou

t

y

oads

Take me home, the way home

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The trail gets wider and wider, and in the distance, you can see the slopes of the rocky flowers in large blooms, and the exposed reddish-brown rocks. In a bush, Yolanda hesitated, and instead of going straight ahead, she turned into a path that was deeply hidden by the plants.

This place has been almost forgotten, I am afraid that even wild beasts rarely pass by, the original sheep intestine path has long been flooded by wild grass, but familiar memories guide her to her destination.

At the end of the road, there is a huge brook tree. Tall trees shade the sky, and under the trees is a clearing covered with thick fallen leaves.

Back then, she and Chanai were happy under the tree. The two young people take the sky as the quilt and the earth as the seat, and their love is pure and primitive.

Yolanda walked under the tree and stroked the name engraved on the tree, they had sworn to be together forever, they had sworn to conquer the sea of stars together.

They kept their oath.

"Thank you, my love."

Yolanda kissed the name on the tree, and if it weren't for Dr. Ted's paper, she would never have known what kind of torture Chanai had gone through in old age. I don't know what kind of noble selfless emotion made Chanai choose to fulfill her dream.

She clutched the amber on her chest, which contained Chanai's eyes, his only relic. Although it was shriveled into a small ball, I believe that he must have seen everything through this eye.

"Are you satisfied with our adventure, darling?" Yolanda smiled a little slyly, "But we're going to have one more person in the future, Ted is good, right?" ”

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All my memo

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All my memories revolve around her

Mi

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's lady st

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to blue wate

She is the wife of the mountains, and has never seen the deep sea,

Da

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d dusty pai

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the sky

Darkness and dust paint colors in the sky,

Misty taste of moo

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d

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my eyes

In that hazy moonlight, tears welled up in my eyes

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After passing through the last mountain pass, the town of Qiping is finally fully revealed. In her last memory, the town of Qiping was already a scorched earth. Over the years, she dreamed of returning to her hometown countless times, and finally woke up to tears in the ruins. She did not dare to look for a way back to her homeland because she had no home.

However, the town of Qiping in front of her was not a grassy ruin as she expected, but a prosperous town, just like the scene in her dream.

The border is famously red, and demand often exceeds supply. The new Elroy Elves have rebuilt a newer, larger town of Chiping on the site of the destroyed town.

A few semi-circular thatched huts, plus a hollow giant oak and some vegetation, can make a good home. The elves are scattered and peaceful. On the hillside is a large area of stone flower plantations, and near the Chiping River, several new waterwheels have been erected, and the townspeople use the power of the water to crush the flowers and process them into lead red.

At the foot of the mountain, there is a constant stream of people, and there are even some strangers who mingle in it. More than a hundred years ago, Castile was included in the alliance members, and in recent decades, trade routes have gradually opened, and even remote areas such as the border forests have ushered in the footprints of dimensional merchants.

"Where are you from, beautiful lady?"

Yolanda walks into the market and quickly catches her attention. Several wandering young men gathered around her and inquired about her condition. A few decades ago, the Castile and Liddell worlds reconciled. The threat of swarms has long since disappeared, and the wartime system has collapsed.

However, the custom of young people cruising the world has been preserved. Therefore, it is not uncommon for travelers to travel far away, and these male elves probably regard Yolanda as one of them.

"Me?" Yolanda laughed, then firmly squeezed out of the men's encirclement, "I'm a local!" ”

Yolanda continued to make her way up the hill, and the endless crowd passed her, all unfamiliar faces. But the peace and smiles on their faces are so familiar and natural.

A very small boy grabbed her leather armor and reached out to her for candy, and when he succeeded, a group of children did the same until Yolanda's pockets were clean, including the freshly picked wild fruit.

"Don't make a fuss! All back! ”

A young tree man yelled loudly and finally relieved her. The children, who had been crawling on top of him to play, were now being taught a lesson, and they didn't care at all, and they all ran away giggling.

"I'm sorry for your trouble, beautiful lady." The young tree man staggered to Yolanda's side, and when he saw the beautiful lady looking at him deeply, she smiled quietly but didn't say a word, and asked suspiciously, "Did we know each other before?" Sorry, I'm a newborn Treant and no one here knows my previous story. ”

Yolanda hugged his trunk.

"I know...... I know everything about you. ”

"Wait, though, now isn't the time to talk about this, I'm going to go home first."

Yolanda patted his trunk and waved away, leaving the bewildered Treant to stop where he was.

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a voice i

the mo

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g how she calls me

Early in the morning I heard a voice calling to me,

The

adio

emi

ds me of my home fa

away

The sound on the radio reminds me of my distant home,

D

ivi

' dow

the

oad I get a feeli

'

Driving along the road, I had this feeling in my mind:

That I should bee

home yeste

day yeste

day

Maybe I should have been home yesterday, just yesterday! Yesterday!

Cou

t

y

oads take me home

Country road that takes me home

To the place i belo

g

Back to where I belong

West vi

gi

ia mou

tai

mamma

West Virginia

Take me home cou

t

y

oads

Country road that takes me home

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Yolanda continued on, and finally, at the top of a hill, saw the treehouse with three oak trees growing opposite each other.

On the periphery of the treehouse, a half-man-high fence of stout green vines encloses the entire hill. In the hedge, the grass is lush, and the big fat chicken with yellow feathers wanders among them, and from time to time it bows its head and pecks out a worm.

In front of the treehouse, a gray-haired old man is talking to a fat man.

"Lord Alverta, can't you really increase production?" The fat man was a little regretful, and asked unwillingly, "Your eggs have been included in the list of top ingredients of Black Pearl, and the gourmets who want to buy them have begun to line up!" You can make a lot of money! ”

"I really can't, I'm too old to take care of more chickens." The old druid shook his head and refused, "And if you increase the yield too much, the taste will also change, it won't work." Mr. Roddy, please come back. ”

Alveta was gray-haired, hunched at the waist, and on crutches. He was there on the day Liddell's main star was destroyed, but he was lucky enough to escape to the space-time station. After being stranded for a long time, he was sent back to Castile by the Self-Discipline Guards.

He was convinced that Yolanda would be alive and would definitely go home. He returned to the town of Qiping, which had become a ruin, and continued to run the chicken farm. He was worried that his daughter would not find him when she returned home.

This is more than 100 years.

Yolanda couldn't find her way home, and she didn't dare to look for it. She thought that Daddy, like everyone else, was slaughtered by the Zerg that day. Until the day before, she tasted the scrambled eggs with tomatoes that Ted had made for her.

She ate it in one bite, and it was her own egg.

It turned out that the father was still alive, and he had been waiting at home for his daughter to come back.

"Dad, I'm back."

Yolanda held back tears and struggled to keep a smile.

Alveta turned his head and rubbed his eyes vigorously, his eyesight had recently deteriorated a little faster, and he often saw vague apparitions.

"Dad, it's me, I'm back."

Alveta threw away her crutches, fluffed a few steps, and hugged her daughter. Because of the joy and sorrow in his heart, he burst into tears, too many words to say but could not speak, and finally turned into bursts of coughing.

Mr. Roddy shrugged helplessly, in this situation, it was really not appropriate to continue talking about business. He raised his hat and leaned away from the father and daughter who had been reunited for a long time.

"Dad, okay, it's really me back, hurry up and go in and sit down."

hugged for a long time, and my father was full of tears and never let go. Yolanda patted her father on the shoulder, signaling that she wouldn't leave. In my memory, my father would never show his emotions like this, and such a willfulness that refused to let go was usually his own childish behavior.

Now, it's completely reversed.

"By the way, Daddy, look at what I brought you." Yolanda wiped the tears from her face and opened the burden she had been carrying.

Inside is a brand new Mithril chain mail.

Daddy's dream was to buy a set of Mithril Chainmail, and Yolanda bought one of the highest quality chainmail from a collector at a high price the day before returning to Castile.

"Daddy, put it on and show me."

She pretended to be happy, and couldn't help but put it on her father, she hoped that such a chain mail could make up for her regret that she had not returned for many years.

But...... The chain mail was so big that it was worn on Daddy's body, almost dragging into a robe.

"How is that possible...... How could it not fit. "Yolanda is unbelievably pulling the chain mail, how can it not fit? She chose this one exactly according to the size in her memory. The father in my memory is so tall and majestic. Now, how can you be so thin and short.

Alveta lovingly stroked her hair and wiped away her tears.

"Daughter, because, my father is old."

When Yolanda heard this, she helped her father and slowly knelt down. She opened her mouth wide and wept silently.

At that time, there was silence between heaven and earth, only the soft wind gently whistling through the trees, making a soft rustling sound.

Glory always accompanies the journey,

Returning is like leaving.

(ENDS)