The Zhuang family lives in the west of the village and is a small courtyard.

Holding Ying'er's hand and walking into the yard, Zhuang Ming couldn't help but look up at the fruit tree in the yard full of fruits.

It's already starting to turn red, and it's about five or six days before you can eat it.

Zhuang Ming swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and the subtle voice made Ying'er on the side couldn't help laughing.

"Hahaha, mother, haha, Zhuang Ming looked at Lan Xiangguo and swallowed saliva again, you come out and take a look." Ying'er smiled and ran to the kitchen.

"How can the little girl speak, she wants to call her brother. ”

"Oh, mother, don't hit your head, it's not tall anymore. ”

Zhuang Ming looked at the two figures under the lights in the kitchen embarrassedly, touched his head and walked in, consciously sat on the chair in the stove, and began to add firewood to the stove. He folded the branch in half and looked into the pot following the scent.

Sure enough, there was meat.

It stands to reason that Zhuang Ming and the two generations together are almost fifty years old, and they shouldn't be so greedy, but I don't know if the ingredients in this world are too good, or the Zhuang mother's craftsmanship is too good, and the Zhuang name in this life is difficult to resist the temptation of food.

He couldn't help but say to Mother Zhuang: "Mother, what day is today, how can there be meat to eat." ”

He knew that it was not easy to eat a meal of meat in a barren mountain village, and it was a dangerous job to go into the mountains to hunt, and the ghost knew what would happen, and it was even more normal to encounter danger.

Zhuang's mother looks forty-four or four, she still looks very young, and her temperament is not like that of a country woman. While stir-frying the vegetables in the pot, she looked at Zhuang Ming with a smile and said: "A while ago, your father saved that old man and asked someone to send a thank you gift today, two gold coins! ”

"Alas, you little girl, the food is not cooked yet, and you are not allowed to eat it. ”

Ying'er stuck out her tongue and stretched out the hand holding the chopsticks from the pot.

Mother Zhuang patted Ying'er's head lightly, and continued: "It's not that I'm greedy for his money, when did I receive the money sent by those people I saved before? Isn't it that you and Ying'er have grown up, no matter what plans you have in the future, you always have to prepare early." ”

"Your father wants you to take over his class and be a ferryman. How can this work, what should I do if the wind blows and the sun all day long, and I encounter danger. I want to think about it, this matter, you still have to make your own decisions, what you want to do directly to tell your mother, your mother is rich, and your mother supports you!"

"Yes! Zhuang Ming, I also support you! I will do whatever you do!" Ying'er on the side waved her chopsticks and said unashamedly.

"Go, go, play, how many times have I told you, and then shout in the name of the village, I will smoke you. ”

"Mother, you are partial, why can he call me by my name, I can't call him by name. ”

Ying'er pouted, looking unhappy.

Zhuang Ming thought about it, but didn't know what to say. In the past, he was too obsessed with the past and rarely thought about the future.

Mother Zhuang had already shoveled the vegetables into the plate at this time, looked at Zhuang Ming and said: "This matter is not in a hurry, you think about it, you have ideas, don't dare to say it." I'm in charge here!"

"Ying'er, help me serve food. ”

Three dishes and one soup can be called sumptuous, and Zhuang Ming followed with two plates.

The family brought the meal to the front room, and saw Zhuang's father drinking wine in front of the hall.

Zhuang's father is in the prime of life, and his age is not much different from Zhuang's mother, only forty-five or sixteen. But because of being a ferryman all year round, there are already some wrinkles on his face.

Mother Zhuang pulled the chair to the dining table in front of the hall, looked at Father Zhuang who was still drinking, she was not angry, she reached out and twisted Father Zhuang's ear and said, "You still drink, drink again and sleep in the yard tonight!"

"Wife, wife, you tap, tap, the children are watching. Father Zhuang hurriedly begged for mercy.

Mother Zhuang looked at Ying'er, who was covering her mouth and smiling, and then looked at Zhuang Ming, who was picking up vegetables and pretending not to see anything, before putting down her hand.

"Don't drink alcohol at night, it stinks to death. ”

"Wife, don't worry, I won't drink it if you ask me to drink it in the future. ”

Father Zhuang was pardoned, so he pulled over his chair and sat down at the table.

Zhuang's mother added vegetables to Zhuang Ming from time to time, and Ying'er on the side didn't raise her head and ate very fragrantly.

Home-cooked side dishes, in the eyes of many people, may not be very good, but a happy family meal is the joy of family.

After the meal, Zhuang's father wanted to pull Zhuang Ming to talk about the ferry, but was stopped by Zhuang's mother.

As Zhuang's mother said, this family is really Zhuang's mother's decision. Regarding the matter of being a ferryman, I am afraid that Zhuang Ming is willing, and Zhuang's mother is also unwilling.

When Father Zhuang heard this, he wanted to speak and stopped, but in the end he sighed and gave up.

In fact, for Zhuang's father, it is good for a person to live in the world and be stable for a lifetime. If you pursue too much, you may not be happy. Although he can't make a lot of money as a ferryman, he is a livelihood after all, and he has been doing it for half his life and has saved many people. The people from the nearby towns and villages saw him, and which one did not respect him.

People have to learn to be content.

However, he met Zhuang's mother.

For this woman who is obviously so beautiful, but finally married him, he loves him from the bottom of his heart, and he consciously has been a ferryman for several lifetimes and saved countless people, only to meet such a once.

After helping Zhuang's mother clean up the dishes and chopsticks, Zhuang Ming returned to the house.

He lay on the bed, thinking about Zhuang's mother's words, and felt for the first time that the future was so close that it only needed one choice.

He has come to terms with the world once and for all.

He thought that this world was actually very magical, such as people being able to maintain their consciousness independent in dreams, such as the magical dream beasts that looked like computers, such as those creatures in the mountains and rivers that he had never seen before.

For a huge world, he knew that what he saw was only a drop in the ocean. If there is no way for him to go back to the past, all he can do is accept the present.

Zhuang Ming gradually fell asleep.

......

A tree, a thatched hut, and a small pond are all there is to the dream world of Zhuangming at this time.

This is not a dream consciously woven by Zhuang Ming, but since he came to this world, this scene has existed, and to this day, there is not much change, if there is one......

Zhuang Ming stood under the small tree in front of the hut, looked at the white insect cocoon sticking to the branches, and scratched his head unexpectedly.

In the past fifteen years, Zhuang Ming has never seen such a thing.

"What a cocoon this is, I've never seen it before. Zhuang Ming was puzzled.

Zhuang Ming was full of curiosity about this creature.

For fifteen years, Zhuang Ming has always appeared alone in this dream world, there is no spring, summer, autumn and winter, no wind, rain, thunder and lightning, quiet as a painting.

The sudden appearance of this creature made Zhuang Ming feel an unprecedented expectation.

"Whoa, whoa. ”

Suddenly, a small sound appeared in the space.

Zhuang Ming stared at the white cocoon and found that the white cocoon actually began to move.

There are creatures that are about to break out of their cocoons.

Zhuang Ming felt more excited than ever, and after sixteen years, the emptiness and loneliness of the dream world seemed to be finally about to change.

A small hole the size of a grain of rice breaks open from the tip of the cocoon. A bright light shot through the hole.

Zhuang Ming subconsciously stretched out his right hand to block his eyes, and then opened his fingers, squinting and continuing to observe the cocoon.

A red ray of light shot straight down from the small hole in the cocoon, and then soon a green light also shot out from the eastern sky, and the hole of the cocoon gradually expanded.

Zhuang Ming took two steps back, lowered his hand, and opened his eyes to see the little insect cocoon on the tree.

It's amazing.

Zhuang Ming was amazed in his heart, and at this time, the light that shot out of the white cocoon had already added another kind, which was the blue of the three primary colors.

Zhuang Ming turned out to be a professor anyway, although he only taught history, but it can be synthesized into three primary colors of other colors, and Zhuang Ming still understands.

Sure enough, as the three colors continue to intersect, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and other colors, under this small tree, they continue to intersect and change, and all of a sudden, the white insect cocoon becomes ever-changing, with different colors.

Zhuang Ming's face also changed with the change of light.

It's amazing.

Zhuang Ming couldn't help but praise again, he was full of unprecedented curiosity about the creature in this small cocoon.

The small holes in the cocoons were constantly expanding, and the magical creature seemed to be about to burst out of the cocoon.

Zhuang Ming subconsciously breathed softly, cautiously, as if he would disturb the magical creature if he was not careful.

"Whoa, whoa"

The sound of breaking the cocoon is particularly beautiful in an extremely quiet environment.

The holes of the white cocoons are getting bigger and bigger, and the light changes faster and faster.

Finally, a butterfly crawled out of the cocoon with difficulty, and she fluttered around the small tree, and soon seemed to see the name of the village on the side.

She paused, then flew towards Zhuang Ming, and in Zhuang Min's shocked expression, she flew towards Zhuang Ming's left eye with a speed of light, and before Zhuang Ming blinked, she crashed into Zhuang Ming's pupils......