Chapter 57: Returning
At the foot of Shu Mountain, in the wheat field of Shenshu Village, a farmer is weeding in the field. When the scorching sun is in the sky, the farmer wears a bamboo hat on his head, and looks up from time to time to wipe his sweat, but his appearance is not very old, at most in his twenties. However, this farmer is a little different from some of the nearby villagers, although he has been working in the fields for months, his arms with cuffs are fair-skinned, and his palms are not calloused, as if he was born not to change his body as a result of labor.
During the young farmer's labor, he suddenly shook his whole body, and a complicated expression appeared on his lowered face, and then he straightened up and looked up at the sky, silently. After a while, he took out a small cloth bag from his arms, opened it and looked at it, and then put it back in his arms. The young man stooped down to collect his farm tools and clay pots, placed them in the basket behind him, patted the dust off his body, and walked towards the village.
There is a crystal clear river outside the village, and there is a group of women pounding laundry by the river. A middle-aged woman who was doing laundry saw him approaching, and immediately smiled and asked, "Xu Dalang, have you finished weeding?" ”
"There's still some left, and we'll do it tomorrow!" The young man replied with a smile, and his shy smile made the hearts of some young girls by the river move.
When the young men were far away, several of them were still looking at them and stopped what they were doing. Seeing this, the middle-aged woman who asked just now scolded with a smile: "Big sister, come back to your senses!" The Xu family has gone far! ”
"Hee-hee, no wonder they think of spring! This Xu family man is handsome, gentle, and sturdy, and he is also a good hand at farm work. Such guys, don't talk about them, if the old lady is ten years younger, maybe she will like him too! A woman with a big waist next to her laughed.
"Hehehe, Aunt Hu, even you are heartbroken, but I'm not afraid that the old man in the family will hit you in the mouth!" A cardamom girl teased back to her senses, "It's a pity, Xu Dalang has already married a wife, but you have wasted your efforts!" ”
"That's just as well, haha!" The fat woman laughed heartily, "Xu Dalang's daughter-in-law Nie, I've seen it once!" Tsk, that girl is as beautiful as a fairy, and she has a good hand in embroidery, but she is quite compatible with Dalang! ”
"Well, I heard that the son of a member of the village married a wife, and the wedding clothes on a couple of newlyweds were also embroidered by the Nie family, which is really ingenious and not like our peasant daughter-in-law!"
"You say, will this Xu Dalang and Nie be from a big family, young people will make a private life, and it is common to join hands with Tianya!"
"Shhhh......h I just don't know, there is an extra down-to-earth family in the village, which is always a good thing, and I will wait for more help on weekdays! ”
"yes, yes!"
A helpless wry smile appeared on Xu Dalang's face in the distance, although he had already walked far away, but with his ears and eyes, how could he not hear the discussions of these women. The simplicity of these village women made him feel a lot of emotion in his heart, if he could die in this Divine Tree Village, it would not be a bad thing, but it was a pity......
After walking a short distance on the dirt road in the village, the young man saw his small hut in the distance. Smoke rises above the hut, a low bamboo fence is enclosed in front of it, and some vegetables are planted in the small courtyard. For some reason, these vegetables are growing well, and they are a little stronger than ordinary vegetables.
As soon as the young man approached the courtyard gate, the wooden door of the hut creaked open, and a young woman stepped out of the inner room.
The woman wears a linen blouse with a wooden hairpin in her bun. It's just that the simple and simple clothes on the body bring out the woman's pretty and delicate face, as well as the noble temperament on her body. I saw her standing slim at the door, smiling at the returning youth.
"Da Lang is back! I just cooked and I'll be ready to use it right away! ”
"Well, you've worked hard!" The young man put the basket in the corner, approached the woman, smiled and reached out to pull the hair of his wife's sideburns behind his ears, "Let's eat together!" ”
The dishes on the table are extremely simple, two light side dishes and a bowl of mushroom egg soup, "Xiaohong laid an extra egg today, I estimated that you would go to the field in the afternoon, so I added an egg to the soup!" ”
"Okay, you can drink some too!" Da Lang smiled and served his wife a bowl of egg soup as well.
There was nothing to say during the banquet, and when Da Lang finished eating, the woman put away the dishes and chopsticks, and while tidying up, she lowered her head and muttered, "You...... Wait until I go to the field, I have something to do...... I'm going to tell you! ”
Da Lang was stunned for a moment and nodded slightly, "Well, good!" I...... I have something to tell you, too! ”
"Then you speak first!" The woman looked up with a smile.
"No hurry!" Da Lang stood up, took out a small cloth bag from his arms, opened it, and took out a beaded hairpin from it, "I went to the town to sell eggs today, and I saw a merchant on the side of the road. This hairpin is the most beautiful of his goods, so I bought it for you! Come, I'll put it on for you! ”
"Is it pretty?" The young woman held her hair in a bun and looked at her husband expectantly.
"Well, it's good-looking! My lady is the most beautiful! Da Lang smiled.
"Hee-hee!" The woman was overjoyed when she heard this, and a sweet and bright smile bloomed on her delicate and dignified face, which made the young man opposite look a little daze.
"Count you as acquaintances!" The woman threw herself into the young man's arms, snuggled her beautiful face against her husband's chest, and asked softly, "Didn't you say that those eggs were exchanged for money and that you were going to buy a piglet to raise them back?" ”
Da Lang was slightly stunned, sighed softly, and shook his head silently.
"It's okay, at most I will take a few more embroidery jobs, and I will be able to change to a piglet!" The woman looked at Da Lang's somewhat ugly face and comforted softly.
"No...... No more! Da Lang said bitterly, "Actually, this is what I want to tell you, we don't need to buy piglets, my time is up!" ”
As soon as the young man spoke, he felt the body of his wife in his arms stiffen, and the arms holding him tightened a little.
After a long time, Da Lang finally heard the wonderful person in his arms ask softly again, "Can't you not go?" ”
The young man was silent, but pressed his face against his wife's hair and rubbed it gently. The young woman finally lost her speech, her shoulders trembling and sobbing in her husband's arms.
"When will you be back?" The woman looked at the young man who was about to walk out of the room and asked gloomily.
"I'm too weak to get you out of this realm. When I come back to this realm, I promise you that I will bring you to my world. The young man said solemnly, "What's more, you have been in the human world for more than half a year, so it's time to go back to Heaven to make arrangements!" ”
"I ...... Waiting for you! The woman leaned against the doorframe and murmured.
When the figure of the young man gradually disappeared into the sky, the woman looked nostalgically at everything in the courtyard and the thatched hut around her, and slowly walked out of the door. A burst of colorful light flashed, and a noble fairy wearing a phoenix crown and a brocade dress appeared in the simple farmhouse courtyard.
The female fairy looked down at her lower abdomen, stroked it gently, and turned her head to look at the sky, "Little thief, if you want to leave, this palace won't tell you!" It's just that if you come back late, this palace can't get around you! ”