As soon as your grandmother and Ran Xiang are gone, I will hurry to your place.

As soon as I stepped out of the alley, I saw the fire in front of the avenue.

I was anxious, but I couldn't get to the front, so I could only stand and watch from a distance.

By then, the sky had already begun to lighten.

As the sky grew brighter, the flames grew smaller, until only puffs of smoke rose upward.

Seeing that your family was fine, I left.

Late the next night, I rushed to Junshan.

Junshan is the capital of the Dry Tribe.

When I arrived at Junshan, the whole city was immersed in an atmosphere of grief, because at noon that day, the old monarch had passed away.

The next day, after a simple ceremony, your grandmother ascended the throne of the Monarch in the palace of the Monarch and became the new King of the Drought Fish.

One month after the enthronement ceremony, it was the mourning period of the old lady's mother, your grandmother kept vigil in the palace all day, and I lived alone in the princess's mansion built by the old lady's mother for me and your grandmother.

I felt very sorry that I had not seen the last of the old lady's mother, and I was depressed, and I stayed idle in the house all day, and gradually felt depressed and lonely. I want to say goodbye to your grandmother and go home, but I can't bear to go into the palace to disturb her.

One day, the wind was clear, the sun was high, I walked out of the mansion, wandered around the Tiandu City for a while, and happened to come to the Tianyi pontoon bridge.

I thought to myself, forty years ago from Tianyi Mountain after leaving the eighty-one mountain, Tianyi Mountain West Garden former residence, although I only lived for half a month, but that half a month is the best time in my life, so Shangxi Garden has also become an important support for my good memories. But I don't know what Xiyuan looks like now.

Thinking of this, I unconsciously stepped on the Tianyi Bridge with my feet and walked in the direction of Tianyi Mountain.

Came to the avenue in front of the Tianyi Palace, walked slowly from east to west all the way, the dilapidated appearance of leaving on both sides of the avenue has disappeared, the street is neat and clean, and the prosperity is better than that year.

When I arrived at the gate of the palace, I saw that the gate of the palace was still towering, and it was magnificent.

I stood in front of the palace gate, thinking about the situation back then, as if I was in a different world.

Just as I was standing in a daze, someone behind me said, 'This is your son-in-law, right?'

When I looked back, it turned out that it was the old man who invited me into the house at the gate of the palace to avoid the trouble.

When I saw the deceased, I was extremely excited, and hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the hand of the old lady and said, 'Your old man is in good health!'

The old lady smiled and said, "At my age, I am very tough." ’

I looked at her a little, and saw that she was on crutches in her hand, bent over, hunched over, and sluggish, not like Kang Jian.

When she saw me looking at her hesitantly, she burst out laughing, laughing and saying, 'Don't look at me like this, and you won't die.' A hundred years ago, I longed for my own death, and now I have lived to be two hundred years old, that is, I will not die. Compared to those peers who have long since turned into dust and reincarnated countless times in the grass and trees, am I not tough?

I was amazed and said, 'It's rare in the world for an old man to have such a long life.' ’

"The old lady took me by the hand and walked towards her lodging and said, 'Please go back to the house and have a cup of tea.' ’

The dilapidated house of the year has been rebuilt, and the inside has a new look.

After entering the door, a middle-aged drought-stricken man came up and asked, 'Ancestor, who is this guest of the Wa royal family?'

The old lady said, 'This is the son-in-law I often tell you about, and the husband of the new mother today. ’

The middle-aged droughtman hurriedly saluted me.

The old lady took me to the Lord's seat and said, 'This is my grandson, the sixth grandson. I've been living here alone since my grandchildren were in their eighties. When I was 190 years old, my juniors were afraid that I would have difficulty moving, so they took turns to take care of me. Actually, I can still take care of myself. ’

As he was talking, the middle-aged drought-stricken man brought the tea, and the pregnant old lady took the teacup and brought it to me, saying, 'My son-in-law came back with the princess this time, but my drought-stricken man is a blessing.' With the governance of two people, my drought tribe will be able to reproduce the prosperous era. ’

I said, 'I'm only here this time to see the old lady one last time.' But I came half a day late and couldn't see her old man, which is my regret. When the princess's mourning period expires, I will resign and return to the Wa royal family. ’

The old lady asked puzzledly, "Why is this, my son-in-law?" ’

One sentence stopped me. Because I had never thought about staying in the Drought Clan, I didn't even think about why I wanted to go back.

I said perfunctorily, 'There's still a lot of work to be done over there.' ’

From the eyes of the old grandmother, I saw that her doubts had not been dispelled, but she did not ask any more questions.

I asked without words: 'I used to hear General Mu Tan call you old mama of pregnancy, I wonder if this word is your real name?'

She sat down on the chair under me, leaned her crutch on the edge of the chair, and said slowly: "My real name is Burning Smoke, just because my ancestors were in charge of the Pregnant Fruit Palace, and when I was eighteen years old, my grandmother passed on the responsibility of being in charge of the Pregnant Fruit Palace to me, and the world gradually forgot my real name, and they all called me the Master of the Pregnant Fruit Palace. Later, when I grew old, in order to show their respect for me, people called me Mama, and they all called me Pregnant Old Mama. ’

Then I asked, 'What is this place?'

The old lady waved her hand and said, "The palace is not a palace, nor is it a palace, it is the foundation of our drought tribe that has been passed down for thousands of years. ’

I didn't understand and looked at her with wide eyes.

Then the old lady said, 'You have also seen that I am a member of the Drought Tribe, and all the people are women, and there are no men. Have you ever wondered how our incense continues? ’

I said, 'This question did come to my mind before, but I didn't think about it, and now I think about it, I really can't understand it.' ’

The old lady said, "Back then, the ancestor of the female girl was framed by her brother Ying Long, and the gods did not allow her to return to heaven. The ancestor of your clan's holy monarch Xuanyuan is particularly meritorious, and she is named the lord of Xiqiang, leading the people of Xiqiang, and the ancestor of the female Lu marries with Xiqiang men and reproduces offspring, and these descendants live and mix with the people of Xiqiang. Thousands of years later, among the people of Xiqiang, there were people with the bloodline of the ancestor of the female Lu, forming the original Drought Lu tribe. At the beginning of the birth of the Dry Fish Clan, like other human races, they all need the harmony of yin and yang, and give birth to offspring, and there are male and female offspring, and yin and yang are balanced. ’

"'Since moving into the Secret Realm, the Dryfish have given birth to offspring, but all of them are women. That's because the hidden places chosen by the ancestors back then were all inaccessible places, and they were all places where yin and yang were unbalanced.

"Decades after moving into the secret realm, the men in the clan gradually grew old, and the drought tribe saw the situation of extinction. At that time, the king of the drought begged the gods to save the drought people in the temple of the gods.

At that time, the gods of heaven already knew about Ying Long's framing of the ancestor of the female dragon, and sent Ying Long to the heavenly court to help the world control the waters. But the ancestor of the female lu has lived less than 100 years since he became a mortal, and he has been dead for thousands of years at that time. The gods felt ashamed of the female fish, and saw that her offspring was about to be wiped out, so he gave the drought tribe a hundred pregnant fruit god trees, and the drought people ate the pregnant fruits, and they were able to conceive without marriage and give birth to children. However, the tree could not see the light of the sun and the moon, and once it was illuminated by the light of the sun and the moon, it would die.

"Then the king of drought ordered people to dig a large cave within a radius of ten miles at the bottom of the eighty-one mountains, and planted a hundred sacred trees in the cave, and named the cave the palace of pregnant fruits, and let a special person take charge of it, and the first to take over the palace was my ancestors.

"'When a man is over twenty years old, if he wishes to have children, he will go to the palace of pregnancy and ask for pregnancy. If you eat the fruit of pregnancy, you will get pregnant.

But the Queens of the Ages are not among them. Since ancient times, after the marriage covenant between the Drought Fish and the Wa royal family, successive monarchs and mothers would marry the men of the Wa royal family to conceive children, and they did not need to eat the pregnant fruit. But the offspring born are all women. ’

After listening to what the pregnant old lady said, I suddenly realized. Not only did I understand the secret of the reproduction and inheritance of the Drought Fish, but I also knew that the reason why the Drought Tribes only gave birth to women was due to the region, not to the race.

This explains why your grandmother, who is a Drought Clan, gave birth to a man like your father. That's because you've left the realm of the Drylands.

Seeing that the sun was setting in the west outside, I got up and said goodbye to the old lady of the pregnant fruit: "It's not too early, I have to rush back to Junshan, so I won't bother." I wanted to go to Xiyuan to have a look, but it seems that I can't go. ’

As soon as I stepped out of the door with one foot, the old lady stopped me.

She came up to me and whispered, 'There is one thing, I was going to report to the old lady's mother, but the old lady's mother was seriously ill before, and I don't want to worry her anymore, and now that the princess has just inherited the throne and is in the period of filial piety, it is not good to disturb it. But this matter is a big matter, I think about it, I think it is better to go up, I wanted to go to Junshan tomorrow to find Lord Shoufu, fortunately I met you today, I bothered to tell my mother. ’

I said, 'Mamma, please speak, and I will tell your mother.' ’

The old lady said, "Ten days ago, there was a tree in the palace that suddenly gave birth to dead leaves, which has not been seen for thousands of years. I think this might be a bad sign. ’

I said, 'Spring blossoms and autumn fruits, leaves and leaves, this is the nature of plants and trees, and it is normal for trees to have dead leaves. Mama is not too worried. ’

The old lady said, "My son-in-law doesn't know, the Pregnant Fruit Divine Tree is not an ordinary plant and tree. Since the gods' blessing, the leaves of the sacred tree have always been as fresh as green, and no new leaves have ever sprouted, and no old leaves have withered. The fruit of the sacred tree is not stiff for 10,000 years, and if you pick a fruit, within ten months, a new fruit will grow in the place where you pick. ’

I said, 'This is indeed an unusual thing, and I will go back to the palace and tell the king.' ’

The old lady said, 'Since my son-in-law has no intention of staying in my mountains for a long time, I don't know when I will leave to return to the world. ’

I thought for a moment and said, 'I haven't had the opportunity to see my mother for the past few days, and I haven't been able to say goodbye to her.' Today, I will take care of your deeds, and I will say goodbye to her. ’

The old lady said, 'In my opinion, it is not too late for the son-in-law to go to the temple of the gods with his mother and worship the gods.' ’

Puzzled, I asked, 'Sacrifice to the gods?'

The old lady said, "After every mother succeeds to the throne, she has to go to the temple of the gods to worship the gods, and now during the mourning period of the old lady's mother, as soon as the mourning period is over, according to the custom, the mother will go to the temple of the gods." This is the most solemn ceremony of the Dry Tribe. ’

I nodded as if I didn't understand, went out the door, and walked towards Junshan. ”