Chapter 1: The Beginning
During the period of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms, ten miles away from the eastern suburbs of the border of the Chu State, there is a very beautiful forest, covering five miles, five families live in the woods, the bamboo houses of each family form a courtyard, enclosed with a fence, many flowers are planted inside and outside the yard, the bamboo houses are surrounded by flowers, from a distance, it seems to be located in the sea of flowers.
One of them is surnamed Du, the owner's family is named Yan Gu, everyone calls him Du Lao, his wife is a very gentle and moving woman, named Yin Jinyun, but his daughter is a headache girl, surnamed Du, the name is still, fifteen years old, nothing to do all day, he likes to fight with a teenager next door.
On the right side of the Du family lives a family surnamed Shui, the husband and wife still love Du very much, and they are also good friends with other people, but their son Shui Han is slightly older than Du is still a year older, but he does not have a trace of the demeanor of a big brother, and often fights with Du is still fighting, and the elders have failed to dissuade him several times, so they give up interfering.
On the left side of the Du family lives a family surnamed Huo, with a son and a daughter, the eldest son is named Huoyan, the eldest of several juniors, eighteen years old, and the daughter Huochi, the same as Shui Han, is sixteen. Huo Yan Suri has a tense face, but his heart is good, but he is not good at words. Although he is not like his brother, he is not very talkative.
On the left side of the Shui family is a family surnamed Shi, there is an only daughter, named Shi Junyao, fifteen years old, she is cheerful but gentle, naughty but not disproportionate, compared to Du Yi, she is more introverted and mature.
The last family is surnamed Tian, and has two sons, namely Tianqi and Tianruo, Tianqi seventeen, gentle and elegant, with a kind of humble gentleman's demeanor, and takes great care of several young people. Tianruo is the youngest among several people, only thirteen years old, although he is still childish, but he has a kind of kingly demeanor between his gestures.
On this day, Du still held the hem of his skirt and called Shi Junyao's name while running, and the goose-yellow clothes loomed among the flowers, like a butterfly flying among the flowers.
She ran up to another little girl in white clothes and said happily, "I tell you, we are fifteen years old this year!"
Shi Junyao looked at her with a smile on her face and said, "So what?"
"So we can go out like everyone else!"
Shi Junyao frowned a little embarrassed when she heard this.
Another young man dressed in linen clothes walked over, his hair loosely draped over his shoulders, messy but not sloppy, a little more free, and said with a smug face: "Hey, stinky girl, don't dream, you can't go out in your life-"
Du still glanced at Shui Han, she knew that Shui Han said this on purpose, in order to see her own jokes, Shui Han shrugged his shoulders indifferently, in fact, what he said was the truth, Du Yi's father and mother would never let her out of the valley.
Du still didn't believe it, she looked at Shi Junyao expectantly, wanting to hear no from her mouth, but Shi Junyao couldn't do what she wanted, her face was embarrassed, and her eyes flickered.
Du still vaguely felt that what Shui Han said might be true, and her heart was not a taste, tears suddenly filled her eyes, she never pursued "men bleed without tears", and besides, she was not a man, I saw her crying and rushing to her house, shouting "Lie people!"
Shui Han had never seen such a sad Du Yi, and couldn't help but look at Shi Junyao with some panic, "Why is she so excited......
Shi Junyao gave him a blank look, and didn't want to pay attention to him at all.
Shui Han was not deterred by Jun Yao's coldness, and caught up, Shi Junyao had no choice but to respond: "It's not a day or two that I still want to go out, and you don't know, you said it so directly, how can she not be sad." With that, he walked to his house.
Shui Han muttered in the back: "I thought she had always been heartless, who knew it would be like this." โ
Shi Junyao didn't look back, her faint voice was mixed with a little harshness, "But she is very serious about the matter of leaving the valley." After speaking, he disappeared at the door of his house, leaving Shui Han alone, his eyes fell on Du Yi's house, some self-blame, and some distress.
Du still ran home with an aggrieved face, Yin Jinyun saw her like this and thought she was fighting with Shui Han again, Du still asked in a choked voice: "Mother, you said that you and your father will take me out of Yuxian Valley, right?"
Yin Jinyun sighed and gently patted Du Yi's back to show comfort, "Ran'er, you can't go out......"
"Why!" Du still shouted dissatisfiedly, "Everyone, everyone can do it, why can't I do it! It's not fair, it's not fair! I don't do it, I don't do it! Mother, can you take me out? Mother-" Du Zhen's voice was almost pleading, Yin Jinyun was really distressed in her eyes, but she was distressed, and she couldn't let her go out after all.
"That's enough!" At this time, Du Lao came out of the back room, and he never got angry and yelled at Du Ying, "You go out? How do you get out! Do you know what the outside world is like!"
Du still stubbornly argued: "But Brother Yan, didn't they know anything at first!"
"Of course they know! You know why Yan'er is not like you, making Yuxian Valley restless, why everyone has been forced to learn spells, martial arts, and the art of war since childhood! And you! Are interested, watch a trick and learn a move, and when you are tired, you will cover your head and sleep, or you will hold your broken books and read! Yao'er is as old as you, and her 'Stone Breaker' has reached the seventh level! Look at you again, 'Flying Flowers' has not even learned the most basic! Go out? Hmph! You don't weigh how heavy you are!"
Yin Jinyun tugged at Du Lao's sleeve with some concern, signaling him to stop talking.
Du still did not feel frustrated by Du Lao's words, but stimulated her fighting spirit, only to see her wipe away her tears and say, "I will never quarrel again!" After speaking, she turned around and went back to the room, no one knew what she thought.
Yin Jinyun looked at her daughter's back and couldn't help sighing, "This child will not turn back after what she has recognized, I don't know what she will do next...... "Du Lao took his wife's shoulder and said faintly: "In the future, she will probably understand that we are doing this for her good." โ
After returning to the room, Du still turned out all the books about spells, she was determined to go out, she thought, since her father didn't let herself go out because her mana cultivation was not enough, then it would be good to practice spells, so she unfolded all those books, read them one by one, and unconsciously three days passed.
On this day, Shui Han came to the window to ask her to play, but she didn't raise her head and said, "I'm not free!"
Shui Han was upset, "Hey, I'm leavingโ"
Du still buried his head in the book and replied: "Aren't you coming back?"
Shui Han rolled his eyes when he heard this, "It's really ruthless......"
Since then, whenever those uncles and uncles come back from running errands outside the home, Du will still go to them and ask them to either teach him spells or guide him.
At first, they just thought that Du was still a child's heart, and it would be okay if he was interested, but he knew that Du was still more and more serious about learning, and they knew that she was not joking, and they all taught her seriously, and sometimes asked her why, Du still just replied, "Anyway, no one plays with me", and even those companions came back just to take a look, or asked them to mention themselves, for a while, everyone was amazed: "Xiao is still really serious." โ