Chapter 23: Five Years of Struggle
He always wears a different **, and always holds a small cyan ceramic basin in his hand, in which a crooked, but vibrant Dayu tree is planted.
Some people call him the Man with a Thousand Faces.
Whenever Qiu Nian heard someone talk about him, he always laughed it off.
Five years have passed since Shi Qingqing's death, and Qiu Nian now likes to talk to the soul in the Dayu Tree more and more, even if he knows that Shi Qingqing is unconscious, he still thinks that she is still alive, and he has to talk to her every day about everything that happens.
That group of souls has been much more condensed than five years ago, and according to Qiu Nian's conservative estimates, it should be possible to restore the soul in another five years, and then he can find a suitable body and resurrect Shi Qingqing.
As for Shi Qingqing's original body, it had been out of her body for too long, and she couldn't use it, so he could only bear the pain and bury her body, so as not to stink and harden, and make her sad.
"Qingqing, I saw an unfilial son again today, who actually beat his old mother in the street, I beat him severely in a fit of anger, and warned him to dare to do anything to his mother again, I beat him all over the ground to find teeth."
He was half frightened to death, and swore to me that he would never dare again, and that he would be filial to his mother in the future. But I think he will definitely wait for me to leave and continue to abuse his mother, so I decided to pretend to leave tomorrow, stay in the dark for a few more days, and see how he behaves, if he dares to disobey, I will cast a spell to make him unlucky, once he treats his mother badly, he will walk all the way and wrestle inexplicably, drink saliva and stuff his teeth, only if he is good to his mother, he can avoid bad luck, do you say my method is good? ”
While nibbling on steamed buns, Qiu Nian spoke to Da Yu Shu in every detail.
He is now living a very frugal life, and he doesn't eat much else every day except for steamed buns, baked cakes, and small pickles.
The money has long been distributed by him to the poor, he only keeps a few taels of silver, and when he is hungry, he eats some coarse tea and light rice, and sometimes when he has no money, he can only learn to become a monk and turn his fate, and he has lived like this for five years.
He just wants to live a hard life, so that he feels better.
Before Shi Qingqing came back to life, he had to live like this, he had to accompany her to endure hardships, and he couldn't let her suffer alone.
In five years, Qiu Nian has changed like a different person.
He is no longer silent, no longer mean, no longer expressionless.
He would often smile and talk to the big Yu tree, and he would talk non-stop.
It seems to make up for all the indifference to Shi Qingqing in the past.
Shi Qingqing, who had been struggling in the Dayu Tree for five years, could actually hear his voice all the time, but she was restrained by a thick layer of mist.
After five years of fighting from moment to moment, Shi Qingqing finally cleared the fog.
She couldn't wait to let out a cry of joy: "Autumn year! ”
It's been five years, she has been struggling for five years in order to let Qiu Nian hear her voice, and in the past five years, every time Qiu Nian has done a good deed, a white light will fall on Shi Qingqing's soul, so that she will not lose herself, and at the same time add a little strength to her, she can fight against the layer of obstacles that bind her,
Qiu Nian obviously didn't expect Shi Qingqing to still have his own consciousness and be able to respond to him.
"Qingqing? Is it Qingqing? He was afraid that he missed Shi Qingqing too much, so he had auditory hallucinations.
"It's me, Qiunian, it's me, I'm Qingqing!" Shi Qingqing excitedly floated out of the Dayu tree and threw herself into Qiu Nian's arms.
Shi Qingqing heard all the changes in the autumn of these years, even when she was sacrificed into a living corpse, she still retained a bit of consciousness, so Nan Yu controlled what the living corpse said to Qiu Nian, and she also heard it word for word.
Nanyu is the first time to sacrifice a living corpse, and it is inevitable that there will be deviations.
Even she didn't know that Shi Qingqing still had a bit of consciousness, but she was restrained and had no autonomy.
As soon as Qiu Nian saw Shi Qingqing's soul floating towards him, his heart immediately became nervous, and he hurriedly closed the windows in the room tightly, for fear that the sun would shine in and hurt Shi Qingqing.
"Autumn year, autumn year......" she called him one after another, her voice full of affection.
Qiu Nian cautiously hugged her back, her body trembled uncontrollably, Qingqing was still there, Qingqing was really still there!
That's great.
The joy of this moment is so great that it is impossible to describe it in words.
"Qiu Nian, I don't blame you at all, you don't blame yourself anymore, it's me, I have to apologize to you. If it weren't for me, Nan Yu wouldn't know how important Da Yu Shu is to you, and when she wanted to burn you alive, I was so sad that I wanted to die again. Shi Qingqing was crying, if she wasn't still a soul body, she would have cried a long time ago.
"Fool, what do you apologize to me?" Qiu Nian held the face of Shi Qingqing, who was empty and real in her soul, and made a move to wipe her tears, "She wants to burn me with oil, that is purely whimsical." You don't have to be sad, I don't have anything to do right now, but you, your good body is gone, don't you really hate me? ”
"I don't hate, really." Shi Qingqing laughed very strongly, trying to make his soul condense a little, so that Qiu Nian could see more clearly, "I never hated you, and I am reluctant to hate you." ”
Her smile like this touched Qiu Nian's heart at once, "Be good." ”
Shi Qingqing nodded hurriedly, "I will be obedient, I am very well-behaved." ”
Qiu Nian was so distressed that he was pinched up.
Shi Qingqing said with a smile again: "If it weren't for you accumulating merits for me, I wouldn't have been able to break through the shackles so quickly, and I wouldn't have been struggling with the strength for five years, all of this is your credit." ”
She was afraid that there would be other changes, and she knew Qiu Nian's intentions for her, so she continued without hesitation: "Qiu Nian, I have always liked you, I like you very much, but I am not clean, I am not worthy of you, so I have never dared to say, I am afraid that you will look down on me, even now, I feel that I am not worthy of you, I am no longer a living person, I ......"
"Silly Qingqing, don't say it." Qiu Nian's index finger pressed on Shi Qingqing's lips, his eyes were full of affection, and he had no reservations, "It's that I didn't recognize my heart earlier, it's me who didn't cherish you, I didn't protect you, no matter what you become, you are in my heart, you will always be my only love, nothing can be changed, and no one can shake your position in your heart." ”
"So, don't say anything about deserving or unworthy in the future, you know?"
Qiu Nian stared at Shi Qingqing intently.
Hearing Qiu Nian's confession, Shi Qingqing was so moved that she kept nodding, "Qingqing knows, don't say it again." ”
"Good."