Chapter 31: The Narcissus Nation's Metaverse Festival
He smiled and said, "I'm just kidding, Brother Du, don't be so serious, Brother Du can't look down on ordinary little fairies like my sister." ”
"What little fairy?" As she was talking, Xue Gu suddenly got up from the ground and knocked Yujingzi, who was half-kneeling beside her, into the air.
Yujingzi sat on the ground unexpectedly and gasped in pain.
She had a bitter face, thinking that she was really hard and thankless, and secretly complained, "Why am I so unlucky!" ”
Xue Gu came back to her senses, only to notice Xihe in the arms of the mountain ghost, and immediately rushed over, pushed him away, twisted her eyebrows and asked, "What did you do to Xihe?" ”
The mountain ghost stood beside Yu Jingzi and threw a sentence lightly, "She's just dizzy, and she'll wake up in a while." ”
Xue Gu probed her pulse and made sure that it was okay, so she was relieved.
Only then did she notice this secret room, a little confused, "I clearly remember, am I not in the temple?" Why is it here now? ”
At this time, Xihe in her arms moved, and slowly opened her eyes.
After being stunned for a moment, after seeing the person in front of him, he hugged her in surprise, "Aunt Xue, it's great that you're finally back!" ”
She turned her head and saw the other two again, and said happily, "You're okay too!" ”
Yu Jingzi walked over and said proudly, "Sister, this time it's thanks to me that I saved you and Miss Xuegu." ”
"Saved me?" Xue Gu sneered and said, "I'm standing here with Xi and I, and I still need you to save us?" ”
The two of them looked along Yujingzi's line of sight, and at a glance they saw the painting on the wall.
Xihe frowned, trying to recall, "I seem to have seen this picture ..... as if I had seen it." ”
Xue Gu also said, "Indeed....it's a little familiar." ”
Subsequently, after Yujingzi told them a rough story, Xihe remembered that the beggar on the street told her about the past, and only then did she know the truth and falsehood in it.
After leaving the Dante Temple, when walking down the street, Xihe clearly noticed that the streets were more lively than before, and everyone's faces were full of smiles.
She couldn't help but wonder, "Did anything good happen today?" Why is the street so lively? ”
"Yuan Ri Festival." The mountain ghost said lightly, "Today is the annual Yuan Day Festival of the Narcissus Country, and after today, we will say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, which is a unique festival in the world." ”
"Say goodbye to the old and welcome the new?" Xihe repeated, and she asked curiously, "Is there anything exquisite?" ”
He looked at her and replied, "On this day, it is most taboo to say inauspicious words and see inauspicious things, and every household will buy two lanterns to hang in front of the door and brighten them all night. ”
"Sister, why don't we wait until tomorrow and then leave and see the excitement in the world?" Yujingzi interjected.
Xihe looked at Xue Gu and saw that she just pouted and didn't object, so he smiled and nodded.
As the night rose, the country of Narcissus became more and more lively, and Xihe watched the pedestrians coming and going through the windows on the second floor of the inn, and everyone was tired of it.
There are indeed high red lanterns hanging in front of each house, and neighbors are sending each other some melons and fruit snacks or helping each other clean the yard.
When she saw this scene, she suddenly envied these mortals, who had family, friends, and neighbors, who were simple and happy, although they only had a short lifespan of a few decades, they could taste the ups and downs of life.
Unlike her, she has a long life, but lives a lonely life, although she knows that she is an ordinary spirit stone, but she has also fantasized about whether she will have parents who are also spirit stones, that is a fantasy after all, because she knows in her heart, how can the stone turn back to her parents, isn't it a joke?
Wandering, the person behind her suddenly startled her, she looked at the person who came in, and asked, "Yujingzi, why are you here?" ”
"Sister, do you want to go out and have fun?" He had just passed by her room twice, and when he saw that her door was not closed, he secretly lay down by the window for a long time.
Her eyes lit up and she asked, "Where are you going?" ”
She looked at the bustle of people on the street and really wanted to go out and play.
"You'll find out when you go."
Yu Jingzi took Xihe to the street, looking at the dazzling street stalls, Xihe's eyes couldn't see it, "Wow, why didn't I notice that the things sold on the street are so rich and interesting." ”
Yu Jingzi saw her touching her left and right poking and poking, both hands were fast, his face was full of joy, he smiled, "Sister, don't worry, this street stall will be set up overnight, I will accompany you to walk slowly tonight." ”
"Really?" She asked.
He nodded and replied, "Will I still lie to my sister?" ”
She took a step, and Yujingzi followed her, and if she saw something good, he would pay for her before her.
Xihe walked from the street to the end of the street, and she didn't feel tired at all, and Yujingzi accompanied her all the way, so naturally she didn't feel tired.
As she walked, Xihe suddenly stopped, and when she looked at a candy man shop not far away, she smiled faintly and said to him, "When I was young, Master once brought me a candy man like this from the world, sweet, although I don't like sweets very much, but I like sugar people very much. ”
"Sister, you are waiting here."
After saying that, Xihe watched him run towards the candy man shop.
As soon as she turned her head, she saw a group of little girls gathered in front of a vendor full of red embroidered bags, and she was curious to squeeze in.
I heard the boss ask, "Girl, do you want to buy a peace charm for your relatives?" ”
"It turns out these are peace charms." She picked up an embroidered bag and asked, "Boss, can this really keep you safe?" ”
"Of course, you see that these girls are here to buy peace charms for the people they like, of course, if you want to give them to relatives and friends, you can also pray for them to keep them safe, and there will be a good omen for the coming year."
Xihe smiled, carefully picked out four of the messy embroidered bags, and after paying the money, he took the peace charm in his hand and looked at it again.
After picking out one of the peace charms embroidered with small snakes, she put the other three away, and when she looked at the place where she looked like a candy man, there was no trace of Yujingzi.
The people on the street were crowded around, she was drowned in the sea of people, and it was not easy to find anyone, and at this moment, someone behind her tapped her on the shoulder.
When she turned around, she didn't see anyone, and when she was strange, a face with a ghostly face suddenly sprang out from below, startling her.
When the two feet stepped back, they trampled together, but fortunately, Yujingzi quickly reached out and hugged her, and took the opportunity to eat a tofu, and he asked very shamelessly, "Sister, are you hugging me?" ”
Xi He grabbed him, got out of his arms, looked at the grimace mask in his hand, but couldn't hear the slightest hint of complaint, "You almost scared me to death just now." ”
"I'm sorry, sister, I just wanted to tease you, otherwise, as compensation, I'll give you a hug, and I'll not be afraid to hug you." As he spoke, he was about to pick him up.
Xihe was also cheeky with him, stretched out a hand against his chest, and said helplessly, "Why do you have no skin and no face all day long, so you can call me sister, do you have a younger brother who treats my sister like this?" ”
"I only have no skin and no face for my sister." He winked at her.
Xihe has long been accustomed to this.
She took out a peace charm embroidered with a small snake from her sleeve and handed it to him, "Well, this is for you, to keep you safe." ”
Yu Jingzi took the peace charm and looked at it back and forth, touched the peace charm embroidered on it, and said, "If my sister can repair one for me personally, it will be even better." ”
"You're thinking beautifully." Xihe smiled, "It's good to send you one, it's quite a lot of requirements." ”
After he lowered his head and removed the peiyu from his waist, he hung the peace in his hand on it, which happened to merge with the red clothes on his body.
Xihe couldn't help but say, "It's so beautiful, it goes well with your clothes." ”
"Since it was given to me by my sister, I will definitely wear it all the time." He said happily.
Xihe looked at the peiyu in his hand, and noticed that he had been wearing it on his body since the first time they met, so he asked, "Your jade is so beautiful, who gave it to you?" ”
He rubbed the Peiyu in his hand, paused for a while, and replied with a smile, "This is my father's Peiyu." ”
She still remembered that when she was in the village of Reverse Sha, Yu Jingzi said that his father was dead when he pretended to be a villager, and although it was just a scene, the sadness in his eyes at that time was not fake.
In fact, not only his father but also his mother is gone.
The importance of this piece of jade to him was obvious, but the last time he was at the Dante Temple, he almost gave it to the beggars, and even though he was just teasing the beggars, she could feel the fact that he was protecting her heart.
Xi He said, "Peace charms don't have to be hung on your body, as long as you wear them on your body, you can keep safe." ”
"I like to wear it on my waist." After he put Peiyu away, he touched the peace charm on his waist and replied.
Although he said it to her with a smile, at this moment, she felt very sorry for him.
She could tell that his smile was all to hide the sadness in his heart.
She approached him, suddenly opened her arms and hugged him, and said to him gently, "Hug and it will be fine." ”
That's what he used to tell her.
Yu Jingzi was caught off guard by her hug like this.
Then he smiled and hugged her, "Sister, I didn't lie to you about this, it was indeed my mother who told me that 'hugging will be fine'." ”
Xihe looked at him and said with a smile, "Your mother must be a very gentle mother, and she must love you very much." ”
"Really?" He smiled, his eyes down, as if thinking about something.
Xihe took the sugar man in his hand and said with a smile, "This sugar man is so beautiful, thank you." ”
Yu Jingzi looked at her and said dotingly, "It's good if my sister likes it." ”
When he returned to the inn, it was already late at night, and when Xihe passed by the door of the mountain ghost, he found that the light was still on in his room, and he thought that he had not rested, so he wanted to give him the peace charm.
She knocked on the door, but no one answered, thinking that he had forgotten to turn off the lights, so she tried to turn them out for him.
When I entered, I found that there was no one in the house, only the window on the side was open.