The scenery of Xiliang is indeed beautiful, I think back to the time when I chatted with the queen she also said this, now that I think about it, maybe this is the only thing she said to me at that time is true. Here I can always think of the queen mother, who wants to be born a wicked person, who wants to be born to live in darkness and haze, she has not struggled, but it has turned out that all this is in vain. If she wasn't the eldest princess of Xiliang, if she hadn't married Tianyue, would she be living happily now?

I followed the address that the queen told me all the way through, stumbling all the way, and finally found Wuxiangzi in a mountain village, he was an old man, and when I saw him, I was glad that my trip was not in vain.

But soon I was poured cold water, he was really a stubborn weird old man. I stepped forward to greet him respectfully, and told him that I was deeply poisoned and begged him to give him medicine, but he didn't look at me directly, I followed him for a long time and said a lot of things, I gave him money and he said I was vulgar, I moved out of the queen and said that I would only be opportunistic, and he was willing to open his mouth until my mouth was dry, and he asked me coldly what the effects of some medicines were, and how could I recognize those strange herbs if I couldn't even memorize the female ring? I was speechless by the question, and stood there unable to utter a word, and the strange old man gave me a contemptuous look and walked slowly home, and the loud sound of the door slamming shook my heart.

Frustration ran through my body, and I never had a smooth or even bumpy life. I didn't have to worry about anything before, but now I'm so humble that I count my fingers to get by. I want to live, for the first time I am so eager for life, I want to be with Chu Muxiu, we have missed too much, and I just want to live as I want for the rest of my life.

There were all kinds of herbs planted in the yard, some of them were growing very well, some were so thin that they were almost dying, and even the strange old man only fertilized and watered the herbs that grew well and gave up those that were about to die. He said that those herbs were obviously no longer alive, so why waste soil fertilizer? It turns out that herbs, like people, are all kings and losers, and their fate is in the hands of others.

There was a room in the village that no one lived in, so I gave some money to my aunt, and she promised to let me stay for the time being. I don't believe that the old man's heart is iron, as long as I am sincere, he will definitely not die without saving, besides, how can a person who studies medicine not save people?

I would go to water the herbs every morning, occasionally ask for some vegetable fertilizer from the eldest lady and bury the herbs in them, and at night I had to get up in the middle of the night to lay them with thatch, sometimes the weather was capricious and I was really tired and half dead, and at night I had to take time to see a doctor, because I was afraid that the old man would ask me and I couldn't answer.

I really don't know how I got here for the past two months, and I fell asleep on the wooden bed on a single trip, and I felt like I had lost a lot of weight. Fortunately, the herbs in the yard did not fail me, and although I lost weight, they gradually flourished. I was lying on the roof tiles to recite my medical skills, and the strange old man suddenly called me out below, and I hurriedly fell and ate.

The strange old man looked at the herbs in the yard and then at me, and after swallowing a handful of saliva, he asked me, "You saved these herbs?" ”

I trembled and immediately nodded, afraid he wouldn't know.

The strange old man tore down an herb from the yard and put it in front of me: "What's the name of this herb?" What are the effects and functions? ”

"This is called Nie Huacao, this herb likes yin and dislikes light, can clear heat and fire, moisten the lungs and ventilate, should have the effect of relieving cough, if it is dried can be made into pills." I said confidently.

"What's the poison?" As soon as I finished speaking, he asked me.

"Puppet incense."

He stroked his half-white beard and said thoughtfully: "Puppet incense? ”

I leaned my face over and asked curiously, "Is it hard to understand?" ”

I turned my head to stare at me, as if impatient, and I quickly put away my good countenance, and I couldn't help but feel a sense of loss in my heart.

He slowly walked into the house, and the oblique figure threw a few lazy words, "As long as you follow my method, you can be completely detoxified in less than half a year!" ”

I almost jumped for joy, knowing that all the effort paid off. The strange old man's yard was always filled with a faint smell of herbs, and the smell was refreshing, and I hadn't been sick since I came here. After that, the old man made me a special medicine, which smelled as bad as a rancid meal, and every time I was so bitter that I had to cry, but in order to survive, I could only pinch my nose and pour it in. I stayed here for a year, I helped the strange old man take care of the herbs he planted, I helped him wash his clothes, cook and do all kinds of work, because I drank the strange old man's herbs for a year, I had nothing to repay him, I could only help him as much as I could.

In fact, he is very good, he is an interesting old man, he will send herbal tea to passing guests, give beggars steamed buns, although his life is not easy, every time I chat with him, I will think of Daddy. He said that his mother had been seriously ill but had been treated by quack doctors, so he studied medicine, and he said that he would not take over the diseases that he was not sure of, because he was afraid that he would be cured.

When I asked him why he didn't make a lot of money by opening a medical clinic in the city, he just shook his head and said that he couldn't do it anymore because he was too old. I feel that he was just born too early, if he lives in our era, with his medical skills, he will definitely be able to break out of the world in Huancheng, become a famous miracle doctor in Huancheng, and enjoy a lifetime of glory and wealth.

It's funny to think about it, because the old man is not a man who covets glory and wealth.

The strange old man breathed a sigh of relief when he checked my pulse for the last time, and then grinned at me, "Your poison has been cured!" ”

"Am I going to live long?"

"When I turn to ashes, you'll still be alive and well!"

I gasped for breath as I had never felt before, and when I left the strange old man's little courtyard, I felt refreshed, and even my body was light. I lived in a place for a year, and the strange old man got along for a year, suddenly said that I want to go, my heart is inevitably a little reluctant, I look back at the small yard, the early morning clouds and mist are really beautiful, where to go next I have already planned, I want to go back to Nanshan, back to my mother's hometown, although the road under my feet is long and lonely, but I am still full of confidence, I have enough courage to leave everyone's shelter to live alone.

The war is over, and Nanshan has long since returned to its former peace. I found my mother's old house, and after careful care, I decided to live here, I didn't reveal my identity in Nanshan, no one knew who I was, and no one knew that I was my mother's daughter. Only occasionally I heard someone talk about my mother, and I stood at the entrance of the village and seemed to see my mother running towards me, she was so close to me and so far away.

The villagers of Nanshan are very simple, I said that my family suffered some accidents and escaped here, for the sudden arrival of a foreigner, not only did they not suspect me but treated me sincerely, and took care of me, thinking about the day I first arrived, they warmly greeted me to their house for dinner, and competed to clean the house for me, which made me feel unprecedented warmth. They get up early every day and work late at night, carefully take care of everything at home, and life here is in good order.

After living for a while, I got acquainted with the people in the village, and I would go to help them do some work and chat with the old people. Uncle Sun's corn at the head of the village is ripe, we have to help pick it, and Li Ergou's peanuts at the end of the village are hard, and we have to help him pull peanuts. I had a good time with the children in the village, I opened a school, I taught them what I knew, I learned to tell the storyteller about the prosperity of Tianyue Huancheng, and the students were sometimes very serious and sometimes they dozed off. I never wake up children who are dozing off easily, because I am afraid of ruining their good dreams. It's a place where you can enjoy every day, and all the beauty and surprises seem to be particularly attached to this land.

My neighbor is a sister-in-law in her forties, her surname is Zhang, she has a ten-year-old child, my sister-in-law has a smile on her face every day, she likes to run over to ask me if she doesn't understand, she is very good, every time she asks, she will ask her son to bring me some delicious food. Her husband broke her legs when she went up to the mountains to collect medicine a few years ago, and her sister-in-law said that when she first found out, she felt that the sky was about to fall, and it was the kind villagers who helped her get out of that difficulty, and their family's life was getting better day by day. Although I always hear Sister-in-law Zhang and eldest brother arguing, Sister-in-law Zhang still takes care of eldest brother wholeheartedly as always, I know that they must love each other deeply in their hearts, but they just pin their unsatisfactory life in those few words of abuse.

I have learned a lot of things over the years, I have learned to sow seeds, I have learned to grow vegetables, I have learned to herd cattle, I have learned everything they know here, washing dishes and dishes, doing needlework has been a piece of cake for me.

I've always felt that this is what life should be, and this is where I want to live forever.

I went to see Xuanwu, he has grown a lot taller, he didn't care about the fact that I tricked him to send him away back then, he only said that Sister A Candle is the best person in the world to Xuanwu, and she must have a hard time leaving Xuanwu. I'm glad he's mature and sensible, and think I'm still a savage girl at the age of twelve.

I went to Lingcheng to visit Uncle Zhang, I saw Uncle Zhang standing on the dock from a distance in the bow of the boat, and he came up to greet me with a smile as soon as I got off the boat, and he didn't forget to carry a bag of pine cakes in his hand. I asked him how he was doing, and he patted his chest and said he was tough. I brought back a lot of Songhua cakes from Lingcheng, took a bag and gave it to Xuanwu, and gave the rest to the children in the village, so that they no longer dozed off in class.

Watching the sunset over Nanshan is no longer a luxury, and I sit on the top of the mountain and seem to be able to touch it as soon as I stretch out my hand. In the evening, I would occasionally sit on the top of the hill until it was dark, and I wondered what the person in me was doing, and whether he was watching the same sunset as I did. There was no more war on the border, and Wei signed a peace treaty with Tianyue, and as long as Tianyue provided good horses to Wei for ten consecutive years, Wei would no longer ask Tianyue for border boundaries. I heard that the Queen Mother died of depression not long ago, and the eldest prince ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne, I knew that he would definitely be a good emperor. I don't know how Mo'er and Qianche are doing, and I don't know if Chu Muxiu will hate me for saying goodbye back then.

The laid-back lady in the village always said that I was handsome and competed to help me be a matchmaker, but now there is no one to see, and I know that the lady knows that I don't want to just joke with me. I lived in Nanshan for two years, and there was no news of Chu Muxiu from afar, but I always believed that one day he would come to me with Caiyun, and I firmly believed this for two years.

The spring breeze is ten miles, and the peach blossoms are on the ground. It's the most beautiful season in Nanshan again, we want to pick the freshest peach blossoms and make the most mellow peach blossom brew, which can be sold at a good price in the coming year. I wore the hat my mother gave me and carried the basket on my back, just like the child I saw back then. The mountain is full of people, adults are busy picking peach blossoms, and children are running around under the peach blossom trees, calm and harmonious, and happy.

Aunt Sun said while picking peach blossoms, "This peach blossom is blooming so well this year, everyone hasn't worked in vain this year!" ”

"Yes, yes, I haven't had such a good peach blossom in a few years!"

Sister-in-law Zhang picked up the peach words full of baskets and said with a smile: "Next year, my family will not worry about eating and drinking, and maybe I can spare some loose money to look at my family's legs!" ”

I laughed with them, sweat running from my forehead all the way down my cheeks and into my mouth, bitter and salty, but never sweet in my heart.

I looked up and wiped my sweat with the towel on my shoulder, carefully looking at the peach blossoms around me like a sea, and it would take half a month to pick them all. Unsuspecting sweat dripped into my eyes, and a sourness poured into my eyes, and I wiped the corners of my eyes with a towel, and when I opened them slightly, my eyes seemed to be fogged with a layer of water, and everything around me was hazy.

In a trance, I seemed to see a white shadow passing through the peach forest not far away, the shadow loomed, seemed to be there, so distant and so familiar, like the young man in white who appeared in my dreams countless times, because he always said that the white clothes were neat and neat.

I rubbed my eyes hard trying to see the man, and deep down I always felt that he had come to me, and he had finally come to me.

When my vision gradually returned to normal, I got everything around me, except for the man. I tried my best to comfort myself with a sense of loss, I said to myself that I must have been dazzled, I must have missed him too much, and there have been a lot of foreign wine merchants in the village recently, and I must have been wrong. If it was really him, he would have rushed over and hugged me as fast as he could, telling me how much he missed me. I knew it had all fallen through, and I had been hoping that he would be in front of me sooner.

Thinking of this, I feel more and more uncomfortable, as if I am isolated by the world, I wipe the thin tears in the corners of my eyes, this is the first time I have cried in a long time, I don't know why I want to cry.

"Yo, what's wrong with Ah Candle?" Sister-in-law Zhang put down the basket and ran over to ask me with concern.

"It's okay, it's just that the sweat is getting into my eyes, and it's a little uncomfortable."

"Oh, that's it, it'll be fine in a while."

I smiled at Sister-in-law Zhang, who went elsewhere to pick peach blossoms.

"Mother, that storyteller is here again, come down and listen to him!"

After a while, Sister-in-law Zhang's son roared at the bottom of the mountain, and Sister-in-law Zhang agreed to him a few times, and then said to a few sisters-in-law and aunts around him, "Mr. Storyteller is here again, let's go back and rest at this time." ”

Others replied: "Yes, yes, I have heard the book that gentleman said, that is called a step by step, that is called a wonderful!" ”

A few sisters-in-law helped my aunt walk past me, and sister-in-law Zhang called me, "Ah Candle, go back to rest when you sweat in your eyes, this peach blossom will not be picked for a while, let's go to listen to Mr. Storyteller, his story is wonderful!" ”

I looked at the peach blossoms in the half frame and then looked at the sister-in-law's frame, and I felt embarrassed, so I smiled and said, "I'm almost finished picking, you guys go back first, I'll go back when I'm done." ”

"Alright then, be careful yourself......"

I nodded my head again and again, and a few of them walked past me, saying, "Hey, where did you go last time?" ”

"Uh...... It seems that the book talks about the war between Tianyue and the Xiongnu......"

"Oh......"

After their backs faded out of my sight, I began to continue picking peach blossoms, and then none of them came back, eighty percent of them listened to the story and forgot it.

I don't know how long I had been picking, but when I looked up, half the sun was on my head, and I hurried down the mountain with a basket full of peach blossoms on my back. The scenery of the country road is infinitely good, I am staring at the sunset on my head, and the thick and hard loess under my feet looks quite a bit of artistic conception.

Before I could take off the hat on my head, I had just arrived at the entrance of the village with the basket on my back and saw a group of people gathered there, seeing that the book was not over yet, and I could go over and feast my eyes. The storyteller's face was completely covered by the villagers, and I could only see a crown of hair in the distance.

I walked over, and before I was halfway there, I heard the voice of the storyteller pouring straight into my ears, "It is said that His Royal Highness King Yi is brave and witty, when he was young, he led the soldiers to capture countless cities, and even implemented changes to prevent the border from annexing the border, which can be called the dragon and phoenix among the people, and the two of them are really a good match with the prime minister's daughter Nanyan Candle," he paused when he said this, "It's just that they had to separate because of some changes." ”

After he finished speaking, my tears are about to come out, and only when someone takes root in your heart will you be the first to distinguish his voice, and you can even feel his breathing. I knew that one day he would find me, and he finally found me!

I was still standing there, probably so excited that I didn't even dare to move, and I didn't know where to put my hands. Sister-in-law Zhang came out of the crowd and grabbed my arm, "Ah Candle, you're back, come on, Mr. Storyteller has said something wonderful!" ”

Sister-in-law Zhang pulled me and I didn't move, my eyes stared straight at the people sitting in the crowd, I thought if the person in the peach blossom forest just now was him, he had obviously seen me but he wanted to deliberately design such a trap, I have always been so involved in one trap after another by him for no reason.

He gradually stood up in the crowd, and there was always an indescribable temperament in him, and I always recognized him at first sight in the crowd. He was dressed in white, his hair was always neatly combed, and the crown of golden hair shone in the sun. In fact, he hasn't changed anything, but his ability to brag has increased a lot.

As soon as he stood up, his eyes drifted to me, as if he had expected that I would fall into his trap again. I also looked at him, not daring to guess what the expression on my face was, and the villagers in the audience asked loudly, "What happened then, what happened later?" ”

There was a smile in his eyes that couldn't be hidden, the corners of his mouth unconsciously went up, and he just looked at me and said, "Later, he kept looking for her, and he kept looking for her, and now he just found it." ”

My eyes were still fixed, and I couldn't hold back the tears in the corners of my eyes and laugh out, all in that relieved smile. His eyes were clear and clear, but warm and delicate, and we looked at each other and smiled. Many times we can understand each other's hearts without talking, and at that glance, I feel that all the bad things in this world have disappeared, and there is only happiness left between us. The last touch of the slanting sun was reflected on his face, bright and handsome, just as we first met. I could see the boy running across the wooden bridge with a girl on his back in the sun, talking and laughing, and I could see the snowman he had built for her all night in the snow, and I thought they would have a bright future.

I know that wherever I hide, he will find me, because our hearts are always connected.

Counting the first half of my life, it is not smooth sailing or even darkness, but there is only a trace of luck for others.