Chapter 3: Crossing the River
Qu Yanluo trotted all the way, and soon arrived at the big river at the entrance of the village, Meicun was surrounded by big rivers on three sides, the river was too wide, and the bridge was not repaired. Therefore, except for crossing the river by boat, you can only swim through.
Not far away was a small fishing boat, on which sat a woman with her chin in her hand, looking sleepy.
"Aunt Lin!" Qu Yanluo shouted loudly.
Aunt Lin's frightened hand shook, and her head had no support. I almost fell into the river all at once.
"You damn girl, scare me! Where are you going? Your mother ...... just now."
Qu Yanluo pulled her hands in front of her, and pretended to be delicate: "Aunt Lin, my mother didn't stop me, she has already acquiesced to me going out, can you take me across the river......!
"This, I don't dare! If your mother blames me, I won't be paid for it!" After Aunt Lin finished speaking, she hurriedly rolled up her sleeves, paddled quickly, and went into the distance.
Qu Yanluo sighed, hesitated, took off the green Luo skirt, and put it into the baggage.
Wearing a thin undershirt, he moved his muscles and took a big breath. Just as she was about to jump, she saw Aunt Lin in the distance paddling hard, her mouth kept moving, as if she was shouting something at her.
Qu Yanluo looked puzzled, looking at Aunt Lin's non-stop paddle, and suddenly "hahaha" covered her stomach and laughed.
After a while, Aunt Lin's boat stopped in front of Qu Yanluo. Aunt Lin panted and said two words: "Come up!"
Qu Yanluo picked up the burden on the ground, happily jumped on the boat, hugged Aunt Lin from behind, and rubbed Aunt Lin's head. The little face that was a little baby fat showed two dimples, and said happily: "Auntie, you came out to fish, and you actually rubbed rouge!"
Aunt Lin wiped the sweat from her forehead, and said suspiciously: "What? When did I rub rouge?"
"If you didn't have rouge, why are you so beautiful today?" Qu Yanluo smiled, her eyes curved into a crescent moon. Lying softly on Aunt Lin's back.
When Aunt Lin heard this, she covered her mouth and laughed. After a while, she said to Qu Yanluo: "Ghost girl, there is a set of coaxing, hurry up and put on your clothes, this rainy season, it is easy to catch a cold." If you really swim over, you'll be soaking wet! Hurry in wet clothes, your mother won't be distressed to death!"
Qu Yanluo smiled, took out the delicate green Luo skirt from the baggage and put it on. A faint blue-green, but the lining of the face is snow-white. The high ponytail hangs down the back, revealing a heroic spirit. However, as long as Qu Yanluo smiled and revealed her dimples, she lost her heroic spirit, leaving only playfulness and cuteness.
This Aunt Lin was wearing coarse linen clothes, and her hair was low. From a distance, she does look like a woman in her thirties, but if you get closer and look closely, it makes people marvel, her facial features are exquisite, except that her skin is a little rough, but her appearance is very good-looking. It was like a young woman deliberately pretending to be a woman.
The two men each held a pulp and drove across the river with a grin. Suddenly, Qu Yanluo became a little sad, she looked back at Meicun, watching Meicun get farther and farther away, and smaller and smaller.
She sighed and looked back, there were tears in her eyes, but she held back, and her hands holding the oar tighter and harder.
The sky slowly turned dark, and Aunt Lin took out the dry food stored on the boat - a few big steamed buns that were a little hard. said: "Xiaoluo, it's dark this day, let's spend the night on the ship today, I'm sending you ashore during the day." The big night rush was too dangerous, and it was too late for the inn to close. ”
Qu Yanluo nodded, took the hard steamed bun and nibbled on it. Swallow the steamed bun with water, and eat half of it and be full. When they had their fill, the two went into the tent to rest.
Although Qu Yanluo felt a little tired, she didn't feel sleepy at all, and her mind was full of thoughts: "Why doesn't she want to accompany me, and just wants to stay in that small village for the rest of her life? Is it because she can't bear her father? What does my father look like? She is so angry with me that she doesn't follow me! She is not afraid that I will be in danger......
Aunt Lin already knew Qu Yanluo's thoughts, and deliberately drove the boat very slowly, thinking that if she dragged it all night, maybe Qu Yanluo's mother would catch up.
Qu Yanluo had mentioned to her mother early on that she was going to find immortals, and she wanted her mother to accompany her. But her mother refused to leave Plum Village, and she didn't know what the reason was.
Since Qu Yanluo ran away from home when she was eight years old, such a little child actually swam across the river, stole to the city to play until the middle of the night and didn't come home, her mother searched the whole village, and the river also turned over, but in the end Qu Yanluo ran back by herself, scared her mother half to death.
Since then, Qu Yanluo's mother has never left the village, and even the salvaged river fresh food has been sold by village workers to the city market. I will never leave the village.
But Qu Yanluo always felt that her mother didn't leave the village because of this reason. The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she became, and tears rolled out of her eyes, and she didn't know how long it took to fall asleep.
Early in the morning, I heard the sound of someone talking outside the ship. Qu Yanluo rubbed her eyes and found that Aunt Lin beside her was gone.
"Xiao Luo is still sleeping, you said that she is a little girl who has traveled so far, are you really relieved? Dong Yu, or you can accompany her. ”
"Aunt Lin, I want to too, but I can't leave this village......"
"Why?" Qu Yanluo walked out of the boat, looked at her mother and Aunt Lin, and asked loudly.
Qu Yanluo's father died young, and her mother's name was Tian Dongyu, who married from far away, and it was rumored that she was once a female general in another country. Tian Dongyu and Aunt Lin have a very good relationship, Aunt Lin often helps Tian Dongyu catch and sell fish, and Tian Dongyu will also pay Aunt Lin.
However, the wages paid to Aunt Lin were often easily deceived by Qu Yanluo to buy food, drink, and play. It's not a cheat, Aunt Lin had no intention of accepting Tian Dongyu's money.
And Aunt Lin likes Qu Yanluo very much, not only was she voluntarily deceived by Qu Yanluo, but also often took the initiative to secretly take money to Qu Yanluo behind Tian Dongyu's back.
And the day before yesterday, Qu Yanluo did not come to cheat pocket money, but secretly came to her to borrow money, and borrowed a large amount of money, Aunt Lin felt a little abnormal, she also understood this girl's mind, and guessed that she was going to run away from home, so she told Tian Dongyu about Qu Yanluo's strange behavior of borrowing money. This led to the scene where Qu Yanluo was caught at the door of her home.
Tian Dongyu heard Qu Yanluo's "why", frowned, didn't answer her, walked up to Qu Yanluo, took out a wooden sword, and said coldly: "Take it to save your life!"
"This ...... Isn't this wooden sword a gadget you made for me when I was a child?" Qu Yanluo looked aggrieved.
"Told you to defend yourself, but didn't ask you to kill, this wooden sword can be used to beat people at critical moments, and ...... You can ward off evil spirits! Take it and go!"
After Tian Dongyu finished speaking, he stuffed the handle of the wooden sword into Qu Yanluo's hand, then turned around and got on the empty boat next to him, and rowed away without looking back.
Qu Yanluo held the wooden sword and looked at her mother's back for a long time.
Aunt Lin gently patted Qu Yanluo's back and said, "Girl, don't be sad, your mother must have her troubles, you take good care of yourself on the road, if you are tired, go home early." Auntie wants to accompany you, but I don't know how to work hard, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you, and I will give you a lot of burdens. ”
"Auntie, don't say that, don't worry, I have the ability to protect myself, and the golden wind and jade dew are in the northern country of Van Gogh. I'll find it in less than three months!" Qu Yanluo finished speaking, and tucked the wooden sword in his hand into his belt.
Aunt Lin took out the food that Tian Dongyu brought in the morning, and the two of them started rowing again after they were full.
Soon they reached the shore. Meicun belongs to Amber City in the territory of Shun'an Kingdom, and it is the most prosperous area of Amber City when you go ashore.
Qu Yanluo said goodbye to Aunt Lin and went ashore with her burden.