Chapter 404: The Underwater World
Deep under the sea.
In the middle of a dense jungle, there is a simple hut.
The hut is made of underwater trees, hidden in the shrubs and green vines deep in the jungle, and blends in with the surrounding scenery, as if it were made of nature.
Even if you come close, it will be difficult to detect if you don't distinguish carefully.
Due to the dense forests and lush grasses, it is rarely visited by large fish.
Occasionally, some small fish and shrimp will hide in order to avoid pursuit.
At this time.
In the courtyard of the cottage.
A gray-haired old man, concentrating on carpentry, seems to be making a stool.
Not far away, under the big tree, there was a strange fish with limbs and scales all over its body.
The strange fish looks ugly, and the more docile it looks.
Suddenly, the strange fish seemed to smell something, and quickly stood up, shaking its head and tail, looking excited and happy.
When the old man heard the movement, he looked up and looked out of the courtyard, and a kind smile appeared on his wrinkled cheeks.
A young girl wearing a floral cloth dress, carrying a cyan bamboo basket, walked into the small courtyard.
The girl wore two ponytails, a few patches on her skirt, and limped with a bamboo basket filled with verdant green rhizomes.
The strange fish wagged its tail happily and came to her side.
The girl smiled and touched its head, walked to the old man's side, and said, "Grandpa, is he awake?"
The old man shook his head and said, "I'm still asleep." Don't worry, you'll wake up. ”
The girl put the bamboo basket into the kitchen, limped into the house, and after a while, walked out, came and squatted in front of the old man, watched him work, and said, "Grandpa, you say...... Will he dislike me?"
The old man stopped working, raised his head, looked at her with a smile and said, "Don't worry, he doesn't dare." We saved him, and he naturally wants to repay us. What's more, his leg is also broken. ”
The girl said with some concern: "But grandpa, his legs will be fine." ”
The old man showed a touch of pampering on his face, touched her head, and said with relief: "Don't worry, his leg has been broken and cannot be healed." He'll be a cripple for the rest of his life, grandpa assures you. ”
The girl looked at him suspiciously, and said, "Grandpa, when I went to see him yesterday, his legs were almost healed, why is it serious today?
The old man coughed and said, "Xiaowan, go in and rest, and take a good nap." Grandpa is still busy, don't disturb grandpa. ”
The girl stood up.
The old man looked at her and said, "Don't sleep on the stool, sleep with him." Anyway, he's already your person, his own family, don't be shy. ”
The girl's cheeks flushed, her head bowed, and she let out an "oh" and entered the house.
There are only two rooms in the cottage.
One for grandpa, one for her.
In fact, these days, she didn't sleep on a stool at all, but when her grandfather came over, she would get up from the bed in advance and sleep on the stool.
Now that grandpa has said it, she doesn't have to be embarrassed anymore.
She entered the room and came to the bed.
There was a teenager sleeping in the bed.
She sat on the edge of the bed, happily stretched out her hand, stroked his cheek, and muttered with joy in her heart: "What a handsome brother, like me, is a cripple." ”
Her cheeks were slightly red, she took off her shoes, her dress, and wore only a small obscene garment, and she got into the quilt, slept in it, and hugged her tightly.
If it weren't for her grandfather picking him up from the outside, she was afraid that she would never have a husband for the rest of her life.
She has no father or mother, no good house, no car, and her family is destitute, only an elderly grandfather and a picked up minibus.
Moreover, she is still a cripple.
So, no one wants to marry her.
Even the disabled middle-aged people introduced by some relatives don't look down on her.
Some time ago, her aunt even introduced a one-eyed old man who was about to be the age of her grandfather.
However, when the old man came to see her family situation, he turned around and left without saying a word.
Here, there is no bigger house, no slightly better means of transportation, and no matter how beautiful a girl is, it is not easy to find a husband.
What's more, she has a problem with her legs.
So, when Grandpa picked up this handsome young man and said that he wanted to be her husband, it was like a dream, and she even woke up laughing when she slept.
"Husband......
She hugged the young man beside her tightly, almost her entire petite body into his body, and never separated from him again.
If she can have such a husband and let her live twenty years less, she is willing.
Before she knew it, she fell asleep with a sweet smile.
Chu Xiaoye slowly opened his eyes.
In fact, he had woken up a long time ago.
When the girl named Xiaowan returned, he had already regained consciousness.
He also heard the conversation between the grandfather and grandson in the courtyard clearly.
He felt a lot of pain in his right leg, it was indeed broken.
However, it looks like someone deliberately beat him.
There was no water in the house, no water in the yard, the girl's body was dry, and everything in front of her looked like she was in some village in the world.
But, he knows, this is the bottom of the sea.
From the open window, outside the small courtyard, the seagrass is lush, the water is rippling, and occasionally fish and shrimp swim by.
Under the big tree in the courtyard, the strange fish called the minibus, after wandering around for a while, walked out of the small courtyard, immediately entered the water, swinging the fins on his body, and moved much faster.
After swallowing a few fish and shrimp in one gulp, it returned to the small courtyard and walked on all fours.
Chu Xiaoye also sensed an extremely rich aura, many times purer and richer than the aura that had been at the bottom of the sea.
And the maiden who slept in his arms, clinging to him, was no different from a human being.
However, the aura emanating from the body is not the breath of a human being.
All of this is full of eccentricities.
Chu Xiaoye was lying on the bed, trying his best to recall the scene after falling off the cliff in his mind, but it was blank and he couldn't think of anything.
He urged the spiritual power crystal in the Dan Sea, breathing in the pure spiritual energy here, and felt a wave of vigorous power quickly pouring into his body.
Obviously, this is an excellent place to cultivate!
The sky outside the window, unconsciously, darkened.
A woman's voice suddenly came from outside: "Uncle Mo, you're still busy, what about Xiaowan?" let her go to Xizi's house with me, the son of Xizi's family is back, and they are working for big families outside, if you can take a fancy to Xiaowan, then your grandchildren will not have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of their lives!"
Chu Xiaoye felt the girl beside her move, then sat up and looked out the window.
The old man in the courtyard put down the tools in his hand, looked at the woman, and said, "Juzi, Naxi Dazhuang, didn't you get married a few years ago?"
The woman laughed and said, "What's the matter with getting married? People are rich now, and it is normal for them to have three wives and four concubines." Da Zhuang also told me, your Xiaowan looks very good, although he is a cripple, he doesn't care, as long as he can sleep and serve him. I said Uncle Mo......"
"Get out!"
The old man stood up suddenly, and said with an angry face: "Even if no one in my family Xiaowan marries in her life, she won't be cheap that bastard!"
The woman's smile stiffened, and she said, "Uncle Mo, why are you so troubled? You also know the situation of your family, Xiaowan is a cripple again, do you want her to be ...... for the rest of her life?"
"Xiao Wan has already been married!"
The old man glared angrily, his body trembled with anger, and he said angrily: "My Xiaowan has already had a husband! I don't need you to worry about it! You are a lame person, where did my Xiaowan offend you?"
The woman was stunned for a moment and said, "Xiaowan has a husband?"
Then she laughed dryly and said, "Uncle Mo, don't be reckless." Who doesn't know about your Xiaowan's situation? Even the old people who are too old don't want to marry her, who will? We have been neighbors for many years, and I definitely don't mean to laugh at her. I also want to find her a husband as soon as possible and live a good life. People are strong now, I heard that the big family that is waiting for has something to do with the Dragon Palace, and there are only two ladies in the family now, plus one Xiaowan, it's not much. The current rich people, who are not hugging left and right, with a group of wives and concubines, Xiaowan can get the favor of Da Zhuang, that is the blessing she has cultivated for eight lifetimes......"
"Kikuko!"
The old man waved his hand, interrupted her, and said, "Needless to say, my Xiaowan will never marry him." I have already said, my family Xiaowan has a husband, if you don't believe it, go, let's go into the house, and I'll show you. ”
When the woman heard this, her face showed a suspicious look, and she looked at the hut and said, "Really?"
With that, he walked straight to the hut.
In the room, Mo Xiaowan hurriedly lay down, covered the quilt, hugged Chu Xiaoye tightly, closed her eyes, and blushed with shame, but she was very proud like a child showing off her beautiful candy.
When the woman entered the room, she saw a stranger lying on the bed, and she looked very young and very handsome!
"This ......"
She felt a little incredible, where did the young man come from, he was blind and dizzy, and he could look at the girl in this family?
Isn't Mo a fool?
The old man stood behind her, and said with a sneer on his face: "Juzi, see with your own eyes, isn't my grandson-in-law much more handsome than that Xida, and a few years younger than him!"
At this time, Mo Xiaowan opened her eyes, her face was full of shyness, and she said in deliberate surprise: "Aunt Juzi, you ...... Why are you here?"
Juzi was stunned for a while, and suddenly realized that something was wrong, and pointed at Chu Xiaoye and said, "Uncle Mo, why doesn't this young man move?"
Immediately, her face changed suddenly, and she said with a shocked face: "Uncle Mo, could it be that this young man is you...... In which grave did you steal the body?"
Don't blame her for thinking so.
Who doesn't know the situation of their family?
It is impossible for a man with a little brain to marry a lame man who is poor and has nothing.
As soon as these words came out, the old man suddenly became furious, and said with a pale face: "Juzi! What do you mean? Do you look like a wicked person who digs other people's graves casually? Are you insulting me and my Xiaowan! Do you know?"
Juzi sneered, walked to the side of the bed, pointed to Chu Xiaoye's face and said, "Then Uncle Mo, you can explain, why is this young man motionless? ”
The old man's eyelids twitched, his expression was slightly sluggish, and he said, "He...... He ......"
Juzi stretched out his hand and put it under Chu Xiaoye's nose for a while, and said with a suspicious face: "Although there is breathing, it is not a corpse, but this person must have a problem." Isn't he seriously ill and will never wake up?"
Speaking of this, she shook her head and sneered with a sneer on her face: "I said Uncle Mo, even if your Xiaowan can't marry again, you can't find a vegetative person." Not to mention that this person can't help you Xiaowan live, not even with you Xiaowan cave room, right? Hehe, Xiaowan, look at you, what kind of pitiful look you have become, even a person who can't move, you hug so tightly, care so much, you haven't seen a man in your life, right?"
Mo Xiaowan choked back tears, still hugging the young man beside her tightly.
Grandpa said he would wake up, but after so many days, he still hasn't woken up.
Could it be that he really won't wake up for the rest of his life?
Seeing that the two of them stopped talking, Juzi thought that he had guessed it, snorted coldly, and said, "Since you don't listen to what I say, then I'll go find your aunts and uncles to come over and let them see with their own eyes what you are doing." If you don't want an excellent husband like Da Zhuang, you can find a big cripple who can't move to be your husband, it's just dizzy, and it makes people laugh off their big teeth!"
With that, he turned and walked away quickly.
Mo He hurriedly chased him out and said angrily: "Juzi, don't go out and talk nonsense!"
Juzi sneered, and said with a mocking face: "Uncle Mo is also afraid of people laughing at you? If you are really afraid that people will laugh at you, you should quickly throw away that cripple and let Xiaowan find Da Zhuang and be a concubine for other people's Da Zhuang." This is good for you and Xiaowan, and your relatives and leaders will not laugh at you, but will only envy and envy you!"
Mo He suddenly said angrily: "I think you have received money from Naxi Dazhuang, and you deliberately want to sell my Xiaowan, right?"
"You ......"
Juzi's face changed, and he snorted angrily, "Okay! Since you are stubborn, let everyone judge it!"
With that, he walked out of the small courtyard, jumped up, straddled the back of a four-hoofed monster covered with scales and fins, and quickly left.
Mo He stood in the small courtyard, angry and angry, but helpless.
in the room.
Mo Xiaowan hugged the young man beside her, shedding tears, sad and helpless.
Suddenly, she felt the teenager next to her tremble.
"Grandpa!
She was stunned for a moment, then screamed excitedly.
Mo He hurried in and said hurriedly, "Xiaowan, what's wrong?"
Mo Xiaowan said loudly: "Grandpa, I just felt him move!
When Mo He heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he came over and lifted the quilt on Chu Xiaoye's body, slapped him on the chest a few times, and shouted loudly: "Childe!
However, Chu Xiaoye still closed his eyes and did not move.
Mo Xiaowan was stunned, her face was suddenly full of disappointment, she sobbed, and was about to cry when a noisy shout suddenly came from outside.
Mo He's face changed and he looked out the window.