Chapter 19: Livelihood in the Fields and Farm Work
"The two people who walked in tacit understanding,
Watching each other,
There are no words.
A world where the strong walk,
As long as you act,
No explanation. ”
Now, at noon a day later, Lotosus was exhausted, and he slept grogily, while Titia was singing outside.
"You're awake at last," Tythia pushed open the door to Lotosas, "for lunch." ”
By this time, the two old men whom Tythias had spoken of yesterday had already returned. Half of their hair was gray, and their faces were slightly wrinkled, and they sat in their chairs as they watched Lotosas descend the stairs, their eyes narrowed into slits.
Titia took Lotosas to the two old men, pointed to him, and introduced, "This is the man of Syrsas that I brought back yesterday at noon, and his name is Jesra Fijoth. ”
"Young people seem to be a little talented. The two old men smiled.
"These two are my grandparents. Titia introduced to Lotosas.
Knowing that this was also his grandfather, Lotosas bowed deeply and exclaimed, "Grandma, grandpa." ”
"Well," the two old men nodded in response, and then asked, "How old are you?
"Grandma, grandpa......" said Titia shyly, "it's rude for you to ask someone about this." She knew that the two of them had been trying to find a suitable home for themselves.
"Alas," sighed Grandma, "your mother wants to entrust you to your aunt's house, but Sylsas has been overrun by the demons, and your aunt doesn't know what is going on now, and we haven't seen her for more than ten years." ”
Lotosas knew they were talking about his mother, and the thought of her dying in front of his eyes and his own inability to prevent it swelled up in his heart.
"I'm eighteen years old. There was sadness in his voice.
"Eighteen years old?" said Grandma, "what a wonderful Shaoguang." Young man, what do you think of our family Titiah, she's the same age as you. ”
"What are you talking about, Grandma?" said Titia, stroking Grandma's arm, her head down, and another sneaky glance at Lotosas.
"We're both old, and if we die suddenly, how will you take care of yourself if you're left alone?" said Grandpa, "how can this reassure us." ”
"Titia was good. "She has beautiful ideals, and she is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen." ”
These words made the second elder laugh, and Tithia blushed, and the feeling that their family was gathered here was happiness. At this moment, Lotosas would also have thought of marrying Titia and dwelling here forever, but this seemed to be a good wish, and he knew deep down that the mission on his shoulders would never allow him to do so.
At this moment, the neat footsteps of the White soldiers were suddenly heard outside the house. In a few moments, the footsteps filled the entire street.
"Go to every house, and call out all the Silsas. "On the long street, Xie Huit came in Natens, and he commanded in a loud voice.
At the command, the soldiers responded one after another, quickly entered the house on the street, and passed on the words of Xie Whitt to everyone.
The people inside got the news and poured into the long street, and Lotosas was among them.
"I am Xie Huite under the command of the White Army," Xie Huite rode his horse to the high air, "My voice is not as good as thunder, most of you can't hear my words, but you must communicate to each other, we send soldiers just for efficiency, and there is no hostility, you must understand." ”
"You have been here for a long time, and you must be no stranger to all that is here," said Scheuidt, "and for this day it will be the good people of Celas who will provide you with food and lodging, and to tell the truth, they are not rich, and you are all self-sufficient in your hometown of Syrsas, and so it is certainly here." ”
When the people of Silsa heard this, they nodded again and again, it is normal for people to support themselves, and Xie Whitt said this very politely.
"In order to provide you with the opportunity to support yourselves, we ask the Emperor for permission to build temples, palaces, statues, and other things in this land, and we believe that the ingenious Syrsas must be good at building, and we will give money to the natives as if you were doing things for them, so that you can get what you deserve from them. Xie Huite said loudly, and everyone took what he said for granted, so they nodded in agreement.
After Xie Whitt finished speaking, the crowd gradually dispersed.
After that, Xie Wit came to a White Army soldier and whispered: "There may be people in this Silsas civilian who have the secrets of the commander-in-chief, and they must be carefully observed and not left out. ”
The soldier nodded.
At this moment, Esfatu appeared from the mouth of the long street, and he looked at Xie Wit from a distance, thinking in his heart.
Early the next morning, Lotosas and Tythia woke up early.
Titia scooped a bowl of rice in the kitchen with an apron and prepared to cook, but there was not a drop of water in the white jar where the water was stored. Lotosas threw the harp on the table, picked up the wooden bucket from the kitchen, and ran out of the house, towards the nearby shore of Arashisui waterfront. Tythias told him that it was the purest water here, unpolluted.
Lotosas walked out the door. On the long street, it was the smoke of cooking, the smell of summer flowers came to his nose, the street was silent, the ancient trees on both sides were verdant, he felt relieved, he ran wildly with a bucket, as if back to his childhood, free and carefree.
The Lanshui waterfront was not far from his house, and he walked out of the long street in a few steps, and then walked on the white stone road for two or three miles. On one side of the road is a large mountain in the White Valley of Tiansai, and on the other side is an endless green field planted with edible flowers, fragrant tea, vegetables and fruits and cereals. By the way, Tythia had already said that there was also their family's field in this field, and at noon, they would help their grandfather to hoe and kill insects.
In a few moments, Lotosas was on the way to the shore of the Arashisui water.
The clear and vast blue water like the sky seems to be a gift from the heavenly fairyland, which can make people forget the troubles of the world, and it is followed by the clouds surrounding the Cangshan Mountain.
On the shore of the Arashisui is a half-man-high white guardrail, and a low embankment is built underneath. Every few tens of meters, an opening opens in the guardrail, and on either side of the opening, there are brown benches for resting. The opening leads directly to Lanshui, and you can go inside to draw water by walking through the stone steps.
Lotosas finished fetching water from it, picked up the bucket and walked back. Humming an improvised song from his mouth:
"The vast fields of childhood,
Birdsong on the roadside,
The earth sings at its feet,
The night sky thanks the bright moon,
Time is given selflessly,
We can't say no.
If the dead are gone by the wind,
The living are like grass mustard.
I don't sleep at night,
The footsteps never stop.
Running in tears in the wilderness,
People are eager to return home......"
Back at home, a few drops of sweat appeared on his forehead, and Tithia took the towel and smiled to wipe it off for him, and he felt happiness like never before.
"The ......," he asked, "do you have to go so far every day to fetch water?
"Nope. Titia laughed, "There are a lot of wells around here, I only go there every once in a while, the water is sweet and delicious, better than anywhere else, and it is worth going there." ”
Lothasas wanted to say something to Tythia, but he couldn't. How he wanted to deliver the leather letter at his feet to Espha, and then live here forever with Tythia. For her sake, he could have given up his childhood dream of music, however, for the sake of this cortex, he gave up Tythia.
Grandpa had a flower basket on the balcony upstairs, and he would laugh out loud from time to time, which was exactly the life he longed for.
"I'm such a mortal, I just want this life to be indifferent. He whispered.
At this moment, the sound of neat footsteps suddenly sounded on the long street. It was from the White Army of the Heavenly Kingdom, and he ran out to look, and at the end of his eyes, groups of soldiers wearing white armies and holding spears were stepping here.
"Everyone!" shouted Xie Huit in the streets, "today we will fulfill our promise to build a palace for your survival, and you Syrsians must hurry up your registration and sign up for whose house you live in, so that we can also give money to them to ensure your income, and the place of registration is in the central square of this long street!"
"I'm going to sign up in a moment, I can't get something for nothing. Lotosas listened, and said to Tythia, who was cooking in the kitchen.
"You don't want to go. Tithia stopped what she was doing, "Although our family doesn't have much money, but it won't starve you, look at your appearance, your piano skills must be very good, accompany me to practice at home." ”
"Practice?" said Lotosas, shaking his head, "I'm not good at your violin. ”
"Nope. Titia laughed, "I'm going to learn the harp with you, teach me, my bow is broken, and the violin is no longer usable." ”
"If the bow is broken, it can be repaired again, isn't your dream still there?"
Tythia nodded firmly, her fist clenched and raised over her shoulder.
"Do you know??, this summer's three-day Archangel Festival, the elders of the Thousand Gates of Music are going to select some piano masters from all over the Heavenly Kingdom in advance to play there during the Archangel Festival, and they have come here, and they are ......" Tithia lowered his head and said with a smile, "Moreover, I have been selected, and they have chosen me, which is something that you did not come to ten days ago. ”
"Music Thousand Gate City?" Titiah hadn't mentioned this matter in the past few days, and he secretly prayed for her in his heart.
"But......" said Titia in a low voice, "I don't have a violin now, what do I play it with?, besides, the elders want us to go there by ourselves, and it is the white city of Adona, which is thousands of miles here, and there are so many mountains in between, and I don't know the way, how can I go there?"
"Archangel's Day?" asked Lotusas, "how much longer?"
"Less than two months, right?" said Tythia, under a low voice, "or a little more." ”
"That's plenty of time. "I have traveled a thousand miles for more than ten days, and you don't have to think about how far the road is, just keep your head down and you will definitely reach it, because every step you take, it will not go far." ”
Titia stared at Lotosas, her eyes full of trust in him.
"I'll sign up. Lotosus stared at Titia and said, "I'll buy you a new violin when I've earned enough money there." ”
"Nope. Tythia retorted, "You won't be able to make a good violin for a year, so I'd better borrow one, for the last time I was chosen by the elders, I borrowed it from a neighbor's house." ”
Lotosas looked at the cracked bow that hung on the wall, and thought to himself that he must fix it.
When the family was eating, the streets were already bustling, and they all signed up to make some money, and of course Moruz and Rayshaw were indispensable. Lotosas wanted to go too, but the two old men resolutely stopped him.
"We don't need their little money, we can feed you with our land. The two old men said.
After they had eaten, they continued to do what they did every day, and even though the streets were already full of white troops, they still carried their hoes and walked towards the fields in the direction of Lanshui. The two old men walked in front, and the two of them walked behind. Tythia changed into earth-colored clothes, and carried a small hoe in her left hand and a wooden cup in her right hand to carry a large hoe with Lotosas, who carried a slightly larger hoe in his hand.
"Do you know?" said Tythia with a smile to Lotosas, "there is a very magical power in the land, a tiny tree seed put into it will eventually become a towering tree, a humble flower seed buried in it will grow colorful flowers, a seed of a crop buried in it will produce sweet and delicious fruits, in which hope is nurtured, ideals are conceived, and for me it is a very beautiful existence. ”
"Yes," Rotosas nodded in agreement, "there is a legend in us that the life of our ancestors was also conceived by the land. ”
In the midst of the green fields, several men tended to the beautiful seedlings, and Tythia would often teach Lothasas what to do to make them grow better. After most of the day, the family was tired and decided to take a good rest.
"Grandma, are you thirsty, I want to go to the shore of Lanshui to get some water to drink. Tythia stood up and said.
"Let's go. The two old men replied with beads of sweat on their faces and smiles.
Titia received permission, lifted the glass of water that was placed on the ground, and ran merrily down the ridge. After running a distance, she stopped, turned around, smiled and shouted to Lotosas, "I'm going to the shore of Lanshui, the scenery is beautiful, do you want to go with you?"
Lothasas stood straight at the place, looked at the two old men, and saw that they were nodding kindly to him, so he nodded to Tythia and walked slowly towards her. (To be continued.) )