Chapter 37: Caomiao Village
Qingyun Mountain Xiaozhu Peak
Lu Xueqi returned to the room after eating breakfast and instructing his disciples to practice, and saw that Zhang Xiaofan was not asleep in bed, "Hey, where is Xiaofan?" She asked inwardly. So she walked out, and a disciple walked over and asked her, "Have you ever seen Xiaofan?" The disciple replied, "I just saw Senior Brother Zhang walking in the direction of the lookout platform. "I see." After asking, he walked to the lookout platform,
Along the way, the bamboo forest became more and more lush, and at the same time, it was getting farther and farther away from the lively palaces and pavilions in the front mountain, although Lu Xueqi's own living room was also in a secluded place, but walking on this path, listening to the endless bamboo waves on both sides of the road, I still couldn't help but feel empty in my heart.
When she came to the moon platform, Lu Xueqi saw the familiar figure standing quietly on the boulder on the edge of the lonely cliff in the sky, the mountain wind in the endless abyss was blowing non-stop, and the clothes on Zhang Xiaofan's body were also blown by the wind. Lu Xueqi looked at his back, acquiesced for a long time, there seemed to be some kind of complex emotion in his eyes, his eyes flickered non-stop, and after half a sound, Lianbu walked towards Zhang Xiaofan lightly.
Zhang Xiaofan was standing on the moon platform thinking about something, at this time, a pair of white hands like jade attached to his shoulders, Zhang Xiaofan turned around, saw his wife's beautiful face, and said softly: "Why are you here?" Lu Xueqi had a little pity in her eyes, pulled Zhang Xiaofan's shirt with her hand, and said softly: "What's the matter, standing here alone in a daze, is there something on your mind?" ”
Zhang Xiaofan stretched out his hand, held the gentle hands, and said, "Xueqi, ...... tomorrow It's my father's death day, and I want to go back and worship them. ”
"Yes, in that case, then tomorrow we will go back to Caomiao Village together to worship them, we have been married for a long time, and we haven't seen them yet." Lu Xueqi said, Zhang Xiaofan heard Lu Xueqi say that, his heart was moved, he stretched out his hand and gently hugged her in his arms. In her ear, she said, "Okay, we will go back tomorrow, I believe that my father and mother will be happy for me to see that I have married such an understanding and beautiful wife." The Yiren in his arms answered softly.
Sanfu Town
There is a small town called Sanfu Town in the west of Qingyun Mountain, which has a beautiful environment and simple folk customs, and it is really a good place to live and work in peace and contentment. The people in the town are even more happy to live a plain and happy life.
On this day, the people of the town rushed to the market as usual, but. In the crowd, people gave way. I don't know why. I seem to have seen something quite strange. But his face was quite kind. There is no hint of fear. It turned out that there were four people walking in the crowd, two in front and two behind, and there were two women walking in front, one was a young girl, dressed in pink, smart and lively, with a slight dimple on the corner of her mouth. It's as cute as the little girl next door. The other is dressed in goose yellow. Charming and moving, delicate and incomprehensible,
The two in the back, one is an old man with white hair, holding a bamboo pole with "Immortal Guidance" written on it in his left hand, and his right hand brushing his beard, which has the taste of fairy wind bones. The other carried several large and small burdens on his back, and wore a hat on his head that almost obscured his appearance. These four people are none other than Zhou Xian and his party.
Zhou Xianle said hehehe: "Wild dog, you see that the old man's method works." Let them go ahead. There is no way in the world that we can't walk," he said, laughing. The Wild Dog Daoist did not answer. The golden bottle said fiercely: "Okay, you dead old man, you are thinking about it." She said it. In his heart, he already understood Zhou Xian's intentions. It's just that she's been spending time with them all these days. I feel that she is no longer alone in this world.
Jin Qi'er gently leaned to Xiaohuan's ear. said: "Good sister, your grandfather has so much silver. He asked us to be pioneers, and if we didn't eat him properly, we would be too sorry for ourselves, right? Xiaohuan smiled and nodded. Then he turned to face Zhou Xian. Walking backwards. Said: "Grandpa. . . Before she could speak. Zhou Xian preemptively said: "Don't think about touching the old man's money." ”
Xiaohuan was not happy when she heard it. Said angrily: "Grandpa." I'm so hungry right now. You have so much silver, but you don't let your granddaughter have enough to eat. What do you mean. Hum. I'm not leaving. With that, he pouted and stopped. Jin Qian'er also followed and did not leave. He shouted, "Okay, you dead old man." Hungry for me. If my sister is hungry. Be careful that I'm not kind to you. ”
After Zhou Zhou Xian heard the threat of Jin Zhu'er, he hurriedly said, "Okay, good." I'll please, I'll please. Although he said so, his heart scolded, "You are a demon girl, and you actually let the old man break the fortune, you think the old man's money is easy to earn........."
Then he led everyone into an inn, and after sitting down, the shopkeeper came over and said, "What do you want to eat?" We have a wide variety of famous dishes from the south to the north. When Zhou Xian wanted to speak, but who knew that Jin Qian'er was the first to say: "Then you will serve me all the good wine and food." After hearing this, the shopkeeper said excitedly: "Okay, girl, wait a minute, I'll go and bring it to you." ”
After the shopkeeper left, Zhou Zhou Xian said angrily: "Demon girl, you order so much, you want to eat the poor old man me." Jin Bei'er smiled: "Hey, your old man made so much money in Qingyunmen, I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to spend it alone, so I helped you spend a little, what's the matter, shouldn't you feel distressed." Xiaohuan replied: "Yes, grandpa, you have enough money on you for us for a while." Now it's just a good part of eating. What does it matter? ”
Zhou Zhou Xian heard Xiaohuan and Jin Bei'er say that, what else could he say, so he could only sigh heavily, and said, "Hey, knowing you is an old man, and I have poured mold for eight lifetimes." After speaking, the shopkeeper came up with steaming wine and food. After they had eaten and drunk enough, Jin Bei'er and Xiaohuan covered their mouths and laughed after seeing the distress that Zhou Xian felt when he paid the bill.
Caomiao Village at the foot of Qingyun Mountain
This was once an ordinary village, there was nothing unusual about it, the trees were quiet and the wind was not stopping, and in this place that had long been forgotten by the world, the weeds were still so thick, and the broken rocks and remnants everywhere seemed to remind me of everything that had happened here. The breeze blows, setting off layers of green waves, and the sound of friction between grass and grass makes it more peaceful here.
In the middle of this remnant rock wall, there is a striking simple wooden house, under the eaves, there is a small wind chime, and there is a piece of water-green clothing corner fragments tied to the wind chime, which seems to be a little less desolate and more peaceful. At this time, from the towering Qingyun Mountain, there were two rays of light, one blue and one blue, flying here. This speed is so fast that when it rushes down to the ground, the surrounding weeds "whoop" with the blue and blue lights as the center of the circle, suddenly pour outward, and after a long time, slowly recover.
The light dissipated, revealing the figures of Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi, who stood in place for a long time without moving, just standing silently in the center of this village. Zhang Xiaofan's face was expressionless. In addition to the tiredness and pain in his eyes, he couldn't hide it. He looked at everything around him in a daze, turned around slowly, the once familiar place, everything slowly emerged in his mind, even the wind blowing in the distance, there was a hint of familiarity. The fragrance of the land of the homeland......
After a long time, Zhang Xiaofan took Lu Xueqi's hand and said, "Let's go." Lu Xueqi nodded, she knew the pain in Zhang Xiaofan's heart, and she didn't say anything, just quietly accompanied him like this. I stepped on the weeds on the ground and walked on the path where I could barely make out the distance between the houses. But Zhang Xiaofan walked very slowly, as if every step he took was extremely heavy, until he stopped in front of a hut in the third room of the second row. It was a house that was no different from other dilapidated houses, with the same doors and windows falling off, the same desolate and abandoned, and even the moss on the stone steps seemed to be more than the others.
Zhang Xiaofan's lips began to tremble slightly, and slowly, he knelt down in front of this hut and buried his head deep in the ground in front of this hut, in the weeds. Faintly heard in the wind, a choked and struggling whisper: "Dad, mother...... I am back. ”
Lu Xueqi squatted beside Zhang Xiaofan distressedly, hugged him, and said softly: "Xiaofan, don't be too sad, I believe that if your father and mother see you like this, they will also be sad." Zhang Xiaofan raised his head, turned his face to Lu Xueqi and said, "Xueqi, thank you." Lu Xueqi smiled knowingly. Zhang Xiaofan turned his face again and said, "Dad, mother, I brought your daughter-in-law back to see you, Xueqi, kneel down quickly and kowtow to your father." ”
Lu Xueqi immediately knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "Dad, mother, don't worry, I only love Xiaofan in this life, and I will never leave him, I am a member of your Zhang family in life, and I am a ghost of your Zhang family in death." After speaking, he turned his head and saw Zhang Xiaofan looking at her all the time, with a fair face. Slightly flushed. At this moment, it was as if the voices of the whole world had suddenly disappeared. He opened his arms and hugged the beautiful woman beside him. After paying homage to their parents, the two returned to the small wooden house that belonged to them, and when they returned to the door of the wooden house, they heard the sound of wind chimes in their ears. Crisp and pleasant. He heard the prestige. That watery rag. Fluttering in the wind. Zhang Xiaofan slowly walked under the eaves and reached out to touch the rag at the corner of his clothes, "Baguio" gently called the name, "How are you doing?" ”
Lu Xueqi looked at Zhang Xiaofan, and felt a little sad in her heart. She walked to Zhang Xiaofan's side lightly, stretched out her hands and gently hugged him, and gently leaned on his shoulder. At this moment, there was a shout from behind him. "Wong Wong ......" and "Squeak Squeak...... Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi were both surprised. turned around to look, but saw Rhubarb and Xiao Ash doing vicious things to Zhang Xiaofan. Zhang Xiaofan said to Xiao Ash: "What's wrong." Ash squeaked and pointed at the same time. Lu Xueqi was puzzled by Xiao Ash's movements, and asked Zhang Xiaofan, "Xiao Fan, what's wrong with them?" ”
Zhang Xiaofan said: "They blame us for not bringing them with us when we came back, and they worked hard to run down the mountain, and now they are still angry." Lu Xueqi was dumbfounded. Zhang Xiaofan said to Xiao Ash and Da Huang: "Okay, it's okay to make something delicious for you tonight." Rhubarb and Little Gray suddenly stopped barking, and Rhubarb wagged his tail and stood tall in his ears. Little Gray jumped up and down, very happy. jumped off the rhubarb's back, jumped on Zhang Xiaofan's shoulder, and made a back-beating shape, which made Lu Xueqi laugh and said to Zhang Xiaofan: "Xiaofan, it's very smart!" ”
Zhang Xiaofan smiled bitterly: "These two guys, they can only eat, let's go, let's go into the house." With that, he took his wife's hand and pushed open the room that he hadn't come back for a long time. In this way, the two of them, a monkey and a dog, returned to that warm home.......
But all this happened, and it all passed, and everything became a dusty memory, so let the woman in green live forever in his heart, and spend the rest of his life with the person in front of him.
The moon gradually moved to the middle of the heavens. At this time, the moonlight was even more chilly. His own shadow was stretched long in the moonlight. I don't know when. Beside the shadow. There is another dream-like figure, like a fairy. A cold wind is blowing. With a little fallen leaves. Disturbed the shadows on the ground. Zhang Xiaofan turned his head suddenly. In the bleak night. There was a woman dressed in white. Clothes fluttering. The snow-like skin, under the clear moonlight, even makes people feel a little pale. This moonlight seems to have become dim because of her.
She is her wife who accompanies her day and night, Lu Xueqi. He was the only one around him who understood him, understood him and loved him. Faint moonlight. Fade away. Floating clouds drifted by. It was as if the moon had summoned it. It blocks the most beautiful happiness in the world. Zhang Xiaofan, a warm smile appeared on his originally calm face. Stretched out his hand to hold Lu Xueqi's soft and boneless hand and said, "Why did you come out?" ”
Lu Xueqi stared at Zhang Xiaofan tenderly and said, "I saw you standing outside alone in a daze, so I came out to take a look." Zhang Xiaofan immediately pulled Lu Xueqi into his arms and said, "Xueqi, I'........ I think of Baguio again. Lu Xueqi said softly: "I know that you feel that you owe Baguio too much, and she also hoped that you could live well when she blocked that sword for you, so for Baguio and for me, don't blame yourself anymore." ”
"But I .........." Zhang Xiaofan didn't finish speaking, but Lu Xueqi pressed her jade finger on Xiaofan's lips. "I know what you want to say, although I can't share your pain, I can bear it with you." Don't always hold back any pain you have, we can face it together in the future! ”
Zhang Xiaofan smiled, let go of the hands he was holding, and hugged Lu Xueqi's slender waist. Hold it tightly in your arms. At this time, Lu Xueqi's body was thin. Sisi could feel the warmth on her. And I saw that her eyes were closed. Her cheeks flushed, and she couldn't help but lower her head and kiss her cherry lips, and Lu Xueqi felt her lips. was kissed gently by Zhang Xiaofan. Warmth came from the lips. Suddenly spread all over the body. It seemed to be able to suck her deep Taoism and all her strength. It makes her hands and feet weak. leaned softly in Zhang Xiaofan's arms.
Zhang Xiaofan hugged Lu Xueqi sideways. Walking towards the cabin, Xiao Ash and Rhubarb, who were playing happily on the grass on the side, saw Zhang Xiaofan enter the house and hurriedly ran, and when they were about to go in, they were turned away by a wooden door, they stood at the door stunned, beating their chests and feet, squeaking, and screaming, no matter how they called. There was no reaction from the people inside. Xiao Ash kicked the door a few times and saw that there was still no response. There's no way, it looks like it's going to have to sleep outside with rhubarb tonight.
In the house, Zhang Xiaofan gently put Lu Xueqi on the bed and kissed his wife and belt deeply. Slowly unraveled. The moonlight shone on Yiren's jade back, so white and so bright. Only at this moment, the hearts of these two people were drunk. In the dark night, in addition to the undulating sound of insects, there are also slight wheezing sounds and low ** sounds.
The night passed so fast, and the rays of sunlight shone on the earth. A light breeze blowing from afar. Blow the wind chimes on the eaves to "bell bell bell...". The flash of sunlight in the morning light shone through the window on this warm bed, Lu Xueqi's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly woke up from her sleep. She wanted to turn over and snuggle in Zhang Xiaofan's arms, but there was nothing, she sat up suddenly, looked around and left, where was Zhang Xiaofan's figure on the wooden bed, turned over and got out of bed after getting dressed, pushed open the hidden door, and walked out.
Walking out of the door, looking around, in the hazy mist, a figure stood in front of the courtyard gate, it was not Zhang Xiaofan, who could it be. He stood in front of the door with his back to him, staring blankly into the distance. Lu Xueqi hesitated, walked over gently, and noticed the footsteps behind him, Zhang Xiaofan turned around and said softly: "Awake?" "Hmm... Lu Xueqi responded. "I saw that you slept so soundly, so I didn't wake you up." Lu Xueqi asked, "Are you thinking about the past again?" ”
Zhang Xiaofan nodded, lowered his head and said: "When I was a child, Jing Yu and I grew up here, and the temples, haystacks, grasses, and streams here are all places where we play......" Zhang Xiaofan showed a satisfied smile on his face, "Although the days are hard, they are also delicious, and the coarse tea and light rice also have a warm taste in retrospect." Although my father and mother were a little strict with me, they still loved me very much, but now they ......" Zhang Xiaofan's voice was a little choked, and he couldn't say any more.
Lu Xueqi looked at Zhang Xiaofan's sad appearance, and couldn't help but feel distressed, her eyes were red, she gently put her hands on Zhang Xiaofan's shoulders, and said: "Xiaofan, your father and mother are gone, and me, I will always accompany you, no matter where you are, you will not be alone." Zhang Xiaofan raised his head, held Lu Xueqi's hand, sighed and said, "Xueqi, since we have finished worshiping our father, let's go back to Qingyun today." Lu Xueqi replied and nodded. At this moment, the two great gods of Little Gray and Rhubarb, who had been left out for a night, finally couldn't bear the jealousy, and rushed towards the two of them screaming, shouting desperately, and the little gray hand on Rhubarb's back danced, as if to say that you don't want to get rid of us again!
Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi looked at these two ignorant guys, smiled knowingly, and Zhang Xiaofan said, "Then let's go back after breakfast." Lu Xueqi replied in a low voice: "Well, it's all up to you." "After the two of them finish breakfast, they will prepare to go back to Qingyunmen." Let's go! Zhang Xiaofan shook his right hand, sacrificed the soul devourer, stretched out his left hand, Lu Xueqi gently leaned on Zhang Xiaofan's shoulder, holding him with both hands, and a sweet smile appeared on his face. In this way, the soul devouring carried a happy couple and two psychic beasts, galloping towards Qingyun Mountain.