Chapter 10: Ice Spirit (6) The Carver (I)
A long time ago, there was a craftsman, she had a pair of very dexterous hands, no matter what kind of material in her hands were like clay, she could carve out the objects she saw in front of her, whether it was flowers, birds, fish, insects, birds and animals, every object carved by her hands was lifelike.
Every few days, she would take all kinds of objects she had carved to the nearby town to sell, because of her skill, gradually many people from afar also came to this town, asking her to carve things, her business is getting better and better, and the time to close the stall is getting later and later.
The craftsman lives on the top of the mountain, and every day she needs to walk a long mountain road home, although she earns enough money to move from the mountain to the town to live, but she is naturally quiet, and she is reluctant to accompany her little animals all the time, she has become accustomed to this life, so she has not moved down the mountain.
"I'm so busy today." The craftsman was busy with the last order, sorted out all the belongings, raised her head to find that a full moon had hung on the branches at some point, and the night wind blew cold on her face, she put on her hat and wrapped her clothes tightly and set out on the way home with a toolbox on her back.
The moonlight shone through the shade of the trees to the ground, illuminating the mountain path she had taken home, and the craftsman walked home step by step in the moonlight. At a fork in the road, she stopped suddenly, and instead of taking the way home on the left, she walked to the road on the right, which led to a flat clearing from which the whole town could be seen.
The craftsman stood in the open space and put down the toolbox, looked at the brightly lit town under the mountain, looked up at the moon and the starry sky, and showed a faint smile, "The moonlight is so good tonight, why don't you go home later." She raised her head to face the moon, slowly closed her eyes, her hat gradually slipped from her hair, her waist-length black hair poured out like a waterfall, a few strands of hair fluttered gently in the breeze, and the craftsman opened his arms to bask in the moonlight.
Time seemed to stop at this moment, everything around her was quiet, and only the "rustle" sound of the breeze blowing the leaves accompanied her.
"The girl's long hair is so beautiful." A gentle male voice suddenly came from behind him, and the craftsman hurriedly withdrew his arms, hid behind a tree on the side, lowered his head and blushed.
"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you." The man continued.
The craftsman grabbed the trunk of the tree with both hands, exposed his head, and looked timidly, in front of him was a man who looked like a scholar, he combed his hair in a bun and wore a white robe, with a jade pendant pinned to his waist, holding a folding fan behind his back with one hand behind his back, and the other hand held a folding fan, looking at her with a smile, the moonlight sprinkled on his body, illuminating his silhouette, and the whole person seemed to be glowing.
"Still won't come out?" The man stretched out a hand towards the craftsman and said softly, "Come." ”
Timidly, she stepped out from behind the tree, put her hand on the man's outstretched hand, walked over to him, and stood side by side with him.
"Who are you?" The craftsman looked at the man's side face and asked, the moonlight illuminated the man's face more and more clearly, looking at his high nose bridge and clear eyes, the craftsman's heart gradually had a different emotion.
The man turned his head and looked at the craftsman, still with a gentle smile: "I'm just a passerby." ”
"Then why are you here?" The craftsman continued.
The man raised his head and looked at the stars in the sky, thoughtfully, and after being silent for a while, he spoke: "I'm tired of everything in the officialdom, I don't want to participate in any intrigue or deceit, now I just want to find a small mountain village to live in and live a peaceful life." ”
"Have you found a place to stay?"
"Uh, is there any?" The man looked at the girl and smiled embarrassedly, "I can't hide it, I'm lost." ”
The craftsman was amused by the person in front of her, she gradually let down her guard, pursed her lips and smiled, "That gentleman is going to freeze here tonight." ”
The man stretched out his arms and wrapped his clothes tightly, "It's okay to be cold, I'm still in good health." ”
"I heard that there are wolves around here at night." The craftsman looked at the man and said with a serious face, "You'd better sleep on a tree at night, so it's safer." ”
"Huh? Got a wolf? Hearing the girl say this, the man looked around sharply, and then at the tree, wondering how he could climb it.
The "poof" craftsman is happy again.
"Girl, girl, don't laugh. Oh, no, you're not framing me. The man found out that he had been deceived, and he showed an embarrassed face, and the craftsman trembled with laughter in his eyes.
"Hey, if you don't dislike it, you can spend the night at my house first, and then find a new place to live tomorrow during the day." The craftsman stopped laughing, turned around and picked up the toolbox on the ground, puffed it on his shoulder, and walked in the direction of the home behind him.
"To your house? Wouldn't it be a little inconvenient, after all, lonely men and widows. The man hesitated.
The craftsman took a few steps forward, found that the man did not follow, turned his head to the man and said, "Then you want to sleep in the mountains?" It's cold at night, even though there are no wolves. ”
"I don't want to."
"Then you're not keeping up?" The craftsman turned and walked on.
"Coming, coming, don't leave me." The man ran two quick steps to keep up with the craftsman's pace.
Their figures faded into the moonlight, and only the voices of two men could be heard in the distance.
"Dare to ask the girl's name."
"Just call me girl!"
"Don't you ask me what my name is?"
"I've already thought of it for you, just call 'Hey'!"
"You're casual."
"Girl, I'd love it! By the way, do you know why there are no wolves? ”
"I don't know."
"Because the wolves are kept in my yard, if you behave unruly at night, I only need to give you an order, and they will eat you!"
"Then I'll be relieved."
"Hey! What are you relieved of? You don't think I'm going to do anything to you, do you? ”
"Don't dare, don't dare."
"You!"
……
Early in the morning, the sound of birds was heard from the window, the man opened his eyes, stepped out of bed, opened the window, and a breeze blew in his face.
The morning sun was a little dazzling, and he calmed down, and saw the girl who had 'rescued' himself last night sitting in the yard, feeding the birds, with long hair scattered on the girl's back, shimmering in the sun's rays.
At this moment, a bird flew mischievously to the girl's head, and choked her hair little by little with its beak, "Hey, hey, don't talk about my hair." The girl waved her hand in her hair a few times to chase the bird down, but instead of leaving, the bird snorted on her head a few more times, and it jumped on the spot and accidentally got tangled in the hair.
Feeling that he couldn't fly, the bird panicked and flapped its wings vigorously, "Hey, don't move!" I'll get you out! The girl raised her hands above her head and tried to free the bird, but the bird was frightened and flapped its wings incessantly, and instead wound itself stronger and stronger.
"Don't move, I'll come." Suddenly feeling someone touching her hand, the girl jerked her hands back, "Little bird, don't move, I'll help you 'rescue' from your sister's hair." A gentle male voice remembered, and the girl blushed as she had heard the previous night.
"Alright." The man untied the bird, looked at it again to see that it was not injured, and put his hands on it, "Go ahead." The bird flew out and disappeared in a few moments.
"Hey, thank you." The girl turned around and looked up at the man standing behind her, only to find that the man's mouth was almost up to the root of his ears, "What are you laughing at!" You are not allowed to laugh! ”
The girl touched her hair, and looked at the shadow in the sun, which had been all messed up by the bird, and now looked like a chicken coop, and she got up and ran into the house, slamming the door shut, leaving the man alone in the courtyard.
"It's flattened now." The man stood in the courtyard, facing the direction of the door, laughing and saying loudly.
The window opened with a bang, revealing the girl's flushed face, and the comb was still half-hung in her hair, "Oops! Don't laugh, okay! Then, with another "bang", the window shut.
"Can you let me stay longer? I won't laugh when I stay! The man found that he seemed to like the silly and lovely girl in front of him, and he laughed even louder, "It really amuses me, I've never seen such a stupid person." ”
"Oops! Don't laugh anymore! With a "bang", the window opened again, and a stone was thrown out of it, and the man turned sideways and dodged the stone, "Stop!" Live! Live! Don't laugh anymore! Don't blame me for being rude! The man stopped laughing and stood still, his eyes full of tenderness.
They spent every day bickering, and the girl would still go to the town to set up a stall to sell things, while the man would sit by the window and read every day, and his ears would not be heard outside the window.
As time passed, the man had been living here for half a year, and the weather was gradually getting cooler, and winter was about to start in a blink of an eye. The man sat in the courtyard, playing with the jade pendant in his hand, and his thoughts were full of thoughts.
"Hey, do you want to go back?" The girl squatted down beside the man and looked up at him, with a hint of loneliness in her eyes.
"I want to go back and see my family in a few days, see if they're okay, and tell them everything that's going on here." The man looked at the girl, still with a gentle face, "Tell them that I like a girl and plan to marry her and go home." ”
Hearing the man say this, the girl's tears burst out of her eyes, she pounced on the man, and hugged him, "Hey, is what you said true?" ”
"Hey, can you stop calling me all the time, I've been calling for half a year, how long are you going to call me?" The man hugged the girl and smiled lightly, "My name is Suai." ”