Chapter Forty-Eight: A Little Knock on the Heart
The passing of the palmetto is the biggest loss of the entire Miao Village in recent years, the three-day mourning ceremony is passing in a blink of an eye, in three days, Ah Nan is like a different person, words have become less, and follow Qiu Xin step by step.
The priest appointed Iris Dai to deal with the aftermath, and Iris Dai was also quite capable, wrapping the body, inviting the gods, burial and other ceremonies were in order, and in the morning after three days, almost the entire Miao Village gathered around the small courtyard.
With the prestige of Liupal before his death, this is naturally nothing, and in the end, Liupalmetto's body was placed on the cliff of Wushan, and the whole process was extremely solemn.
Ah Nan seems to have really understood at this time that grandma is really like her parents, she will never return, but she doesn't cry, she just sobs blindly, soaking the clothes on Qiuxin's chest.
After the funeral, the Miao people began to go out of the village to hunt, and Qiu Xin was also going to set off to Sihuan Mountain, but the matter of Ah Nan gave him a headache and he didn't know how to deal with it.
"Ah Nan, what do you think of Aunt Kite? When my mother-in-law left, she was also different from the other disciples, and even the aftermath was taken care of by her. Qiu Xin wanted to hand Ah Nan over to Kite Dai's care, so she knocked on the side.
"She's not good, I want grandma. Unexpectedly, Ah Nan refused directly, Qiu Xin was stunned, sitting in front of the cave, he could indeed look at a few villages from afar.
After a long time, Qiu Xin said, "I'm going to go out, maybe I want to live with Aunt Kita for a while." Qiu Xin looked down, but found that Ah Nan beside her had slept on the grass.
The grass was wet, and Qiu Xin gently picked up Ah Nan and hugged her to her chest, at this time the blue sky and white clouds swept away the haze. In addition to the slight birdsong, it seems that you can also hear the faint dream of Ah Nan.
"Ahh I'm going to go out and hunt with my uncles in the village. It will take a while to come back. When Ah Nan woke up, it was already afternoon, and she woke up to find herself lying in Qiu's arms, first frightened and then comforted.
"The eldest brother is not from the village, and he doesn't need to go hunting. Ah Nan seemed to be very reluctant to leave Qiu Xin, and she had fallen asleep before, perhaps deliberately not wanting to hear this.
Qiu Xin smiled faintly, "It's because I'm not from the village." I'm going to hunt, I've been eating and drinking for nothing these days, and if I don't go out hunting, I'm afraid others won't give me anything to eat. ”
Ah Nan's eyes rolled, and after thinking about it, Qiu Xin seemed to make sense, pursed her mouth, and hesitated for a long time before saying, "That... Then you have to take me with you. ”
Qiu Xin's heart softened, but the expression on his face was unmoved. "Hunting is a very dangerous thing, as a Miao person, you must know better than me, take you out. I can't protect you. ”
"Ah Nan doesn't want the protection of the big brother, I can go up the mountain to collect medicine myself, as long as I can follow the big brother. Ah Nan broke away from Qiu's arms. Stand before him.
"Ah Nan is still young, when you grow up. I'll take you hunting, and then Ah Nan can protect me. Isn't that right?" Ah Nan turned his head to think about it, nodded, and shook his head again.
"Big brother, you are better than me, how can I protect you. Perhaps Qiu Xin was deeply impressed by the fact that she was alone blocking the courtyard door, but when she thought about it, she felt that Qiu Xin was lying to him.
Qiu Xin smiled in her heart, a child is a child, and she deliberately guided her with this language, so that Ah Nan gradually shifted her attention from the fact that she was leaving.
At this time, he heard that he liked Ah Nan a little more, "Then if I teach you these skills, won't you be able to protect me?"
When Ah Nan heard this, he was full of disbelief, and his heart was full of joy, "Does the big brother really want to teach Ah Nan?" Qiu Xin stood up and smiled, "Yes, as long as Ah Nan practices well in the village, I will teach you." ”
Ah Nan suddenly seemed to be poured cold water, she wanted to learn Qiu Xin's skills, but she didn't want Qiu Xin to leave him alone, and when she heard that she was going hunting, she remembered that her parents were gone and never returned, and she became more and more scared.
However, the desire for power in human nature is innate and difficult to get rid of, and the two are in a dilemma, but Ah Nan wants both, and it is difficult to choose both.
Qiu Xin felt that Ah Nan had fallen into his "trick", and said, "Wait for Ah Nan to think about it today, and then tell me tomorrow." Ah Nan nodded heavily, agreeing with Qiu Xin's words.
"Alright, let's go down. This time, Qiu Xin didn't let Ah Nan walk in front of her, but picked her up, jumped down from the open space in front of the cave, facing the mountain.
Ah Nan exclaimed, the mountain wind surged, Qiu Xin protected Ah Nan tightly in front of her, making her feel like a spring breeze, touching the hair in her ears, as the scenery flew by, constantly changing, Ah Nan continued to marvel.
Qiu Xin opened up the second vein of Ren Du in Jingwu Prefecture, and successively comprehended the second step of Lingxiao's nine steps, cut off the stream, and the light skill was already excellent.
The scenery of Wushan is beautiful, with the quaint Miao village under the mountain, it is more graceful, in this unconsciously, the silkworm cave stone carving emerges in the mind of Qiu Xin, which is the third step of the nine steps of Lingxiao, resisting the wind.
Even though it is due to the deep internal force, but after the priest's golden Gu clears the muscles and marrow, the body is stronger, especially than before, and in the face of the wind of Wushan, this is the realization of Lingxiao's nine steps.
The first three steps are small successes, in the world is already regarded as a person with extremely high light skills, the middle three steps are great achievements, it is extremely difficult to comprehend, the hidden sect has been sitting on this exercise for many years, and there are very few people who have achieved great achievements.
Therefore, when Qiu Xin first realized the nine steps of Lingxiao, Meng Qi of the Self-cultivation Hall instructed him to teach him when he comprehended the fourth step, and now that the three steps have been completed, Qiu Xin is in a good mood.
The last three steps are amazing, and even the predecessors who created this exercise have not completely recorded these three steps, but with the first six steps, it is enough to dominate the world.
Ah Nan has never experienced such a wonderful situation, like flying, the envy in his eyes has overflowed, Qiu Xin saw it in his eyes, he took Ah Nan to fly down from the mountain, one is to relieve the pain of Ah Nan's loss of ancestors, and to use this to arouse Ah Nan's desire to practice martial arts.
Sure enough, after half a pillar of incense, when the two of them went all the way from the mountain to the village, Ah Nan's face was slightly red, panting heavily, and he didn't have the slightest intention of entering the village, but took Qiu Xin's hand and said, "Big brother, teach me, I want to fly too." ”
Qiu Xin saw that the plan succeeded, and he was overjoyed, but his face tightened, "But Ah Nan said that he wanted to go hunting with me, so he couldn't teach you, what should I do?" ”
Ah Nan was very nervous when she heard this, like a child in the world who has lost a fun object, and hurriedly said, "I don't go out to hunt, I want to learn skills from you." ”
The child is still a child from beginning to end, even if Ah Nan's background is different from that of ordinary children, but in the past few days with Qiu Xin, his closed atrium has gradually opened, showing his innocence, and Qiu Xin is both happy and heartbroken when he sees it.
"Okay, let's talk about it, Ah Nan can learn his skills with peace of mind, and my big brother will go hunting. Qiu Xin stretched out her palm, and Ah Nan also stretched out her little hand and patted it gently.
At this time, Ah Nan seemed to be surrounded by great joy, Qiu Xin had never seen her so happy, and seemed to have forgotten the passing of the Palmetto, but the next moment, Qiu Xin realized that she was very wrong.
After a moment of joy, Ah Nan's eyes were firm, "They put grandma on the cliff, and Ah Nan learned it, and she can fly up to see grandma." Qiu Xin felt a pain in her heart when she heard this, sighed secretly, didn't know what to say, and pulled Ah Nan into the village.
Since the day when the priest announced the death of Liuyu, the people in the village saw Qiu Xin either staying away, or passing away with extremely indifferent angry eyes, which made Qiu Xin very uncomfortable.
When they returned to the small courtyard, Iris Dai had already moved all the things and sorted out the herbs in the courtyard in a very orderly manner, and Qiu Xin noticed that Ah Nan was obviously unhappy that Iris Dai had moved her things over.
But she also knew that the witch doctors of the past generations always lived next to the altar, and Kite's move was also reasonable, and Ah Nan didn't like it, so she didn't say a word and walked into the house.
Kite Dai changed into the costume of taking Qiu Xin to the altar today, it looks like a different style, seeing Ah Nan like this, she is at a loss, and she looks at Qiu Xin, the three people in this courtyard are embarrassed for a while.
Iris Dai started her work again, there were already a lot of herbs in the yard, and Iris Dai moved her own things over, it was very crowded, Iris Dai was busy for a long time, but it was a little difficult to move the larger objects.
Qiu Xin walked up to her and said, "Is there anything I can do to help you?" Iris brushed her sweat-soaked hair and said, "I won't bother you with these things, it's just..."
Iris Dai's lips were pursed, she wanted to speak and stopped, and sometimes looked into the house, Qiu Xin saw this, and also knew that Iris Dai wanted to talk about Ah Nan, "Although I don't know how much you have grievances with your mother-in-law, but Ah Nan doesn't like it, she has her reasons, and I'm afraid that the girl has to solve this central knot herself." ”
"I understand, but she has such an attitude towards me now, I don't think I will listen to anything, so... I think..."
Qiu Xin was gloomy, he always had to leave Miao Village, when the time came, Ah Nan had no relatives and no reason, who could rely on, although the woman in front of her was expelled at the same time as the other six people, but the priest named her a witch doctor, her character must be no different, and I am afraid that she will still have to rely on her at that time.
As soon as she thought of this, Qiu Xin also knew that the final thing she wanted now was to make Ah Nan willing to communicate with this person, so she said, "I will tell her about this, Ah Nan is a sensible child." ”
Kite Dai could see Ah Nan's attachment to Qiu Xin, and naturally she would listen to his words, and Qiu Xin agreed at this time, so she naturally responded to her heart.
In this way, he has a way to gradually explain to the little girl that the past was distorted in the eyes of the child.
At this moment, Ah Nan walked out of the house, walked straight to Iris Dai, blocked Qiu Xin, and said, "Tell me, how did my parents die?"
This was said in an extremely plain manner, not at all like an eight or nine-year-old girl could say, and she was shocked when she heard this, but she saw a relieved smile on her face. (To be continued.) )