Chapter 173: See the Parents Again
Amber and Zhu Mingyu first went to Nantun Town to visit Li Changnian, and after a night's rest, they rushed to Chaolan Valley the next day. The two of them didn't walk fast, and it was already evening when they arrived at Chaolan Valley.
After more than half a year out of the valley, coming back again made Amber feel a lot.
After entering the cave outside the valley and walking forward for half a pillar of incense, the front suddenly opened up, and an open field composed of weathered shale and crooked trees appeared in front of me. Zhu Mingyu stopped his horse and looked at the scene in front of him. The wind at the mouth of the valley was strong, and Zhu Mingyu couldn't open his eyes.
This is where Amber grew up, and indeed as they said, the scenery is very different from the Medicine Immortal Valley.
Amber smiled and said, "Let's go, follow me, don't wander around, there are a lot of traps in the valley."
The two walked forward, and Zhu Mingyu asked, "This is not so much a valley as a depression. Amber, you said that there is fog in the Asarashi Valley every morning, but with such a strong wind, where can the fog be left?"
Amber replied, "It's not foggy every day, and it's not windy every day. When there's no wind, it's foggy. Look over there."
Amber pointed to a large deep forest and said, "Aunt Zhou said that it was very dangerous there, and she didn't let us go there to play since we were young."
"Dangerous?"
"Actually, it's not dangerous, it's just that the forest is too deep, and it's easy to get lost if you go in. There are no wolves, tigers and other fierce beasts in the Chaolan Valley, and there are few snakes, rats, insects and ants. When I was a child, I went inside with Sister Lan and Sister Jade, but I got lost and couldn't get out, so I stayed inside for three days."
Zhu Mingyu smiled and said, "Then you must be very uncomfortable, you can't eat anything for three days."
Amber smiled embarrassedly, "I caught a pheasant in three days, and the two of them hurt me and made me eat most of it."
"Is there anything interesting in your valley?"
"Yes, there is a lake in the middle of the valley, and the lake is very large, and you can see it if you walk further. In the summer, we used to go swimming inside. Later, when we grew up, Aunt Zhou wouldn't let us go. And beyond there is our field, and there is no flat land in the valley, but that land is our life, and we depend on it for our food."
After entering the valley, the amber words, which were already a lot of words, became more numerous. Obviously he has only been away for more than half a year, and in Amber's opinion, it is like running away for several years.
As the two of them spoke, they walked slowly towards the middle of the valley, when they suddenly heard a broken cry from the woods beside them.
"Stop! What a man!"
Amber looked into the woods, then showed a happy expression and shouted, "Brother Shunlai!"
Zhao Shunlai often personally patrolled the valley during this time, and since Mo Changfeng handed over the responsibility to him, he had to perform his duties conscientiously.
Zhu Mingyu saw a young man in a long robe walking out of the shadows of the woods, his face was very thoughtful, and his body exuded a sense of righteousness.
Zhao Shunlai looked at Amber with a smile and asked, "Amber? Why did you get back?"
Amber jumped off the horse and ran to Zhao Shunlai's side: "I'll come back to see Aunt Zhou, Brother Shunlai, I'll introduce you to you." This is Zhu Mingyu, Zhang Chengqing's senior apprentice. Daochang Zhu, he is Zhao Shunlai, the eldest of the children in the valley, we all call him brother."
Zhu Mingyu clenched his fists and said, "Brother Zhao, I have admired my name for a long time."
"Brother Zhu, you're welcome."
Just as they met, the three of them walked towards the center of Arashiya together. Zhu Mingyu and Amber got off the horse and led the horse to follow Zhao Shun.
Li Fenglan mentioned Zhu Mingyu in the letter sent back, and specifically said that Zhu Mingyu has rich experience in the rivers and lakes, and he is not very old, but he is already an old man.
Zhao Shunlai just took advantage of this time to inquire with Zhu Mingyu about the affairs of the rivers and lakes.
Zhu Mingyu patiently answered all kinds of doubts for Zhao Shunlai, and the three chatted happily.
Suddenly, Zhao Shunlai changed his words and asked Amber, "Amber, how is Jade now?" I heard that she was poisoned a few years ago."
Amber replied, "Sister Jade is much better now, her kung fu has recovered six or seven percent, don't worry, it's okay."
"That's good...... Uh......" Zhao Shunlai's tone was a little embarrassed, "What, I heard, now Jade is in Luo."
Where does the Yang Bai family live?"
"It's back to our idler's hall."
In front of Zhu Mingyu, Zhao Shunlai was a little embarrassed to ask the question he wanted to ask the most, and after thinking for a long time, he decided to let it go: "Amber, Jade is outside...... Have you met someone you like?"
Amber is just naïve, not stupid. Among these bad boys in the valley, several like jadeite, and among them, Zhao Shunlai has the most affection for jadeite. Before she came, the three sisters chatted, and Amber learned that Jade and Bai Shuyu were now going to come to the door to propose. Now that Zhao Shunlai asked this question, Amber was suddenly a little speechless.
Zhu Mingyu hurriedly helped Amber out of the siege: "Jade she...... We don't know if anything is hidden in our hearts, and we don't know who it is interesting to."
Zhao Shunlai nodded with satisfaction, and said in his heart: I still have a chance.
Although the answer is a little ambiguous, I don't know if it is not, which makes Zhao Shunlai very happy, and the joy is all written on his face: "I'll just say, I heard that the third son of the Bai family was a romantic man, and he was in Fireworks Willow Lane when he was a teenager. Jade lives in his house again, and I'm afraid that Jade will fall for this kid."
Looking at Zhao Shunlai, who was happy, Zhu Mingyu and Amber looked at each other.
Amber suddenly reached out and patted Zhao Shunlai's shoulder, and said earnestly, "Brother Shunlai, if you say, I mean if...... Sister Jade has someone you like outside, what will happen to you?"
Zhao Shunlai looked up at the sky, his eyes full of sadness: "I probably ...... I can't live anymore......
These words gave Zhu Mingyu and Amber goosebumps.
Amber asked cautiously, "However, there are many people who like Sister Jade, and in the end, Sister Jade can only choose one, and those who are unsuccessful can't all survive, right?"
"That's them, I thought about it, in this life, I won't marry if it's not jade."
The two of them suddenly had a headache, it seems that Li Fenglan and Jade are right not to let Bai Shuyu come to Langu, if they really come, they will have to be unarmed.
The three of them talked and laughed all the way, and when they held the lamp, they arrived at the gathering place of everyone in Changfeng Tower.
The smoke is curling, and the popularity is very high, and it seems that the life of the people in Changfeng Building here is indeed comfortable.
Entering the gathering place, Amber's return caused a commotion, and many people ran out to talk to Amber. Amber was very affectionate when she saw these relatives who she hadn't seen for more than half a year.
When she arrived at a small farm yard next to the corner of the gathering place, before she could enter the door, Amber shouted outside the door, "Aunt Zhou! Uncle Zhou!"
While shouting, he pushed the door open and ran in.
The people in the house heard Amber's shout, the door opened, and Zhu Mingyu saw a middle-aged couple appear at the door. The middle-aged woman Zhu Mingyu has seen it, it is the sword immortal Chen Tong. The middle-aged man must be Zhou Xiao, he is tall and looks like a taciturn person.
Amber fell into Chen Tong's arms affectionately, and Zhou Xiao and his wife looked at Amber with surprise in their eyes, but more love.
"Amber?" Chen Tong held up Amber's little face, "Why are you back?"
Amber said in a coquettish tone, "I miss you, I haven't been back for a long time, so I'm here to see you."
At this time, the couple's eyes fell on Zhu Mingyu behind them, and Zhu Mingyu hurriedly saluted: "Junior, Zhu Mingyu, I have seen Senior Zhou and Senior Sword Immortal."
Chen Tong smiled and said, "Didn't I tell you last time? Just call me Aunt Zhou, what kind of sword immortal is not a sword immortal."
Zhou Xiao said honestly, "Don't stand at the door, come up to the house."
The decoration of Zhou Xiao's home is very simple, but it is very neat. At this time, it was the time of the meal, and the two of them had just cooked before they had time to eat, just when Amber and Zhu Mingyu came, Chen Tong added two more pairs of dishes and chopsticks. Look at the book
Zhou Xiao looked at the simple food on the table and said, "I didn't know you would come, I didn't prepare anything."
Zhu Mingyu hurriedly said, "Where, this is very good."
Chen Tong asked Zhu Mingyu, "How is Daochang Zhang doing now?"
Zhu Mingyu replied, "My master is in good health, thank you Aunt Zhou for your concern."
Chen Tong looked at the people who were frantically cooking
Amber said distressedly, "After going out for so long, everyone has lost weight, have you eaten well outside?"
Amber couldn't help but swallow the food in her mouth, "Well, yes."
"Last time I went to Luoyang, I heard Lan Yatou say, you want to eat my baked cakes."
"Eun, I've always dreamed of it."
"Okay, I'll do it for you."
"Really? Aunt Zhou, I'll give you a hand!"
With that, the two walked towards the kitchen, and only Zhu Mingyu and Zhou Xiao were left in the room.
Cramped, embarrassed, overwhelmed, apprehensive, nervous, scared. This is Zhu Mingyu's mood at the moment, where is Senior Zhou in front of him? This is the future father-in-law.
Zhou Xiao looked at Zhu Mingyu, who was a little narrow, and said with a smile, "Eat, don't wait for it to get cold."
"Hey, good."
Zhu Mingyu's nervous chopsticks couldn't be held well.
Zhou Xiao was from here, and he could see that Zhu Mingyu had something in his heart, and asked, "Xiaodao Chief, are you nervous?"
"No, no!" Zhu Mingyu hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, "I, I'm just not too hungry."
Zhou Xiao asked, "If I'm not mistaken, you and Amber came back this time, is there something wrong?"
Zhu Mingyu turned his head to look in the direction of the kitchen, and then looked at Zhou Xiao, no matter how he looked at it, this future old man seemed to be better than Chen Tong, he was heartbroken, and said, "Yes, there is something!"
"Just say something, don't be so nervous, what's the difficulty?"
"Yes, it's a little hard."
"Tell me about it."
"Juniors, juniors...... It's a Huazhou person."
"Yes, I've been there before."
"The family is, it is a wealth source of commerce, and it has a lot of family resources."
"That's good, but why do you become a monk when you're so rich?"
"I—I'm already vulgar."
"Oh...... Is that all you have to say?"
"It's not...... I, juniors, ......" Speaking of this, Zhu Mingyu turned his heart sideways, stood up and knelt on the ground, and slammed his head on the floor with a "bang". Kowtow, there is nothing that can't be reflected in kowtowing, this one head kowtows, no matter whether Zhou Xiao and Chen Tong reply or not, they will be half of them agreed.
Zhou Xiao is a person who has seen a big scene, but he has never seen such a big scene, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help: "You kid, just talk, what are you kneeling for?" Hurry up?"
Zhu Mingyu didn't get up, and said, "Amber is innocent, born in a small family of jasper, and the younger generation has been fascinated since the day they met. For half a year, I have been with Amber day and night, and Amber has ...... to me."
Zhou Xiao stopped holding Zhu Mingyu's hand and asked in a daze, "Amber is also interesting to you?"
"Yes!"
"So...... You're here to propose?"
"Yes!"
"You stand up first." Zhou Xiao said this very calmly, and he couldn't hear joy or sorrow.
Zhu Mingyu stood up.
Zhou Xiao pointed to the stool and said, "Sit, eat first, and talk about it tomorrow."
Zhu Mingyu kept beating the drum in his heart, watching this reaction...... Is this unwilling?
He wanted to ask, but seeing Zhou Xiao's cold face, he didn't dare to speak.
The two of them were even more embarrassed, Zhu Mingyu kept his head down, and his eyes didn't dare to glance.