Chapter 34: Under the Olive Tree
She held a few wild fruits tightly in her hand, and after saying some words of concern, she handed the wild fruits in her hand to Ling Xuan, and said, "Senior Brother Ling, do you know what this is?"
This fruit is the size of a thumb, oval, and green-green throughout, and its appearance is not good. Ling Xuan took the wild fruit, looked it up and down, shook his head, and said, "Could it be that this is some kind of immortal elixir?"
What made him very curious was that Red Feather, who had been hostile to Shangguan Bingyu, actually 'betrayed' him during the three months that Ling Xuan had been asleep, jumping happily from his shoulder to her shoulder. At this time, it also has one of these green wild fruits in its white beak, and it looks very happy.
Its fiery feathers blended with her red dress, as if it was a lifelike embroidery on top of her flaming red dress, adding to the beauty.
Shangguan Bingyu shook his head and chuckled, his appearance was very moving, and said: "The name of this fruit is olive, don't look at its appearance, but it is very delicious, the entrance is sour and astringent at first, but after chewing for a long time, it will be sweet and delicious, and the aftertaste is endless." ”
Ling Xuan looked at her, seeing the encouraging expression on her face, he was skeptical, put the olive in his hand into his mouth, and took a rough bite, and suddenly, the sour, bitter and astringent juice splashed his mouth, and he couldn't tell what it tasted like. Ling Xuanda frowned and hurriedly spit out the entire olive. Seeing this, Shangguan Bingyu couldn't help but laugh, and poofed funny.
Ling Xuan shook his head and said, "Senior Sister Shangguan, this fruit, why is this fruit so unpalatable?"
His words landed, but suddenly he felt a sweet taste starting from the tip of his tongue, and in a moment it occupied his mouth, passed into his heart, and tasted it carefully, and it was indeed endless. Ling Xuan's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he snorted and said, "First bitter and then sweet?"
Jingchen didn't believe it, he asked for one from Shangguan Bingyu's hand, and he also learned from Ling Xuan to bite it, and suddenly his complexion changed, and he spit out all the olives in his mouth with a few sounds, and said: "Amitabha, monks don't speak, this fruit is indeed very unpalatable." ”
Seeing this, the two couldn't help but look at each other and smile. Sweet and sour, all kinds of flavors in the world, those who like it are very happy, and those who don't like it are not happy.
Ling Xuanfu wanted to have another one again, and tasted it carefully, but he felt that the aftertaste was sweet and the aftertaste was endless, and he immediately liked the taste of this olive, he said: "I have never seen this fruit before, and eating it today is indeed sweet and delicious." Senior Sister Shangguan, I don't know where you got this fruit?"
Shangguan Bingyu said: "It's in a banana forest outside the town. It's strange to say, if you look at it, there are plantain trees everywhere, but this olive, standing proudly in the banana forest, is different. Senior Brother Ling, if you want to eat, I'll pick it for you, there are many more on the tree, full of the whole tree. ”
Ling Xuan was overjoyed and said, "Senior Sister Shangguan, I'll go with you." ”
Shangguan Bingyu saw that he had slept for three months, and when he woke up at this time, his injuries must have been fine, and he really needed to move more, so he nodded in agreement.
At that moment, Ling Xuan got out of bed and walked towards the door with Shangguan Bingyu, and immediately, he turned around again and said, "Senior Brother Jingchen, do you want to go pick olives with us too?"
Thinking of the bitter taste that was hard to swallow, Jingchen couldn't help but change his complexion again, shook his head and said, "I won't go." Now that I have been away from the sect for a few months, I guess the elders of the sect are very worried about the little monk. Although the little monk failed to ambush the thousand-year-old demon fox, he had to go back to his master to resume his life. ”
Shangguan Bingyu frowned lightly and said, "Senior Brother Jingchen, are you leaving?"
Jingchen clasped his hands together and said: "Amitabha, there is no banquet in the world, although I am also quite reluctant to give up my sister and brother, but the teacher's fate is difficult to disobey, and I have to go back to the mountain at this time." ”
Ling Xuan and Shangguan Bingyu were both reluctant in their hearts, but after thinking for a while, they knew that Jingchen was indeed indisobedient, so they did not stay, but said that he would definitely visit him one day.
At that moment, the clean dust was simply cleaned up, and the dry food was taken and left. Ling Xuan and the others sent him to the entrance of the town, and the three of them said some parting words, and Jingchen left in tears. A faint sorrow lingered in Ling Xuan's heart.
He lowered his head and asked Shangguan Bingyu, "Senior Sister Shangguan, what are your plans in the future?"
Shangguan Bingyu looked at him, seeing that his expression was gloomy, and a faint sorrow hung on his handsome face, she knew that he was reluctant to leave, and she also knew that he remembered some unbearable past. She smiled lightly and understandingly, and said: "This time, the family teacher ordered me to go out of the mountain to experience and broaden my knowledge, which is really kind, but I am a weak woman, walking the world alone, which is quite inconvenient, and I don't know where to go." Alas, I have no choice but to stay in Bashono Town for the time being. ”
Ling Xuan looked up at her, seeing that she was smiling and looking at him like this, he suddenly became happy and said with a smile: "Senior Sister Shangguan, let's go pick olives?"
The surrounding banana forest is shaded with green shadows, strings of yellow and clear fruits hang on the treetops, and the branches are bent by themselves, and the banana birds stay on it, as if they are worried about being discovered, looking left and right, but they are squeaking happily, which attracts people's attention.
The two pushed away the layers of wide banana leaves, and gradually went deep into the banana forest, not long after, the eyes suddenly opened up, raised their eyes, but saw that under the layers of banana forests, an old tree was isolated among them, thin and multiply, towering into the sky, standing proudly among the many banana trees. The lush branches, there are not a few green leaves, but there is a full of turquoise olives, falling from the branches, which can't help but make people's appetite move, Ling Xuan can't help but have the urge to climb up the branches to eat a full meal.
He looked up at the olive tree and sighed, "Is this an olive tree?
After that, before Shangguan Bingyu could speak, he stepped forward, hugged the tree with both hands, and slowly climbed to the treetops like a sloth, he said, "Senior Sister Shangguan, you wait for me below, and I will go up the tree to pick it." ”
Shangguan Bing was stunned for a moment, then turned to a smile and said, "Senior Brother Ling, you are careful." ”
Ling Xuan turned his head, winked at her, and said, "Don't get in the way, when I was a child, I used to go up to the tree to pick wild fruits to eat." ”
Finally, he climbed the branches of the mountain, and the green shadows in front of him were full of swaying, and the small green fruits within his reach seemed to have infinite temptation, so that he couldn't help but want to take them all into his arms.
Climb high and see the mountains at a glance, although it is not so much, but standing on the top of the tree, the field of vision is very broad, and a piece of plantain is at the foot of Huang Zhanzhan far and near. He conquered a tree, but it seemed to have conquered the entire banana forest, a small sense of accomplishment rose to Ling Xuan's heart, he smiled slightly, reached out to pick the green olives that seemed to be waiting for him with a smile on his face, and said to Shangguan Bingyu below: "Senior Sister Shangguan, you see which olive is the biggest, I will pick it for you." ”
He hung on the branches of the tree like this, and his emaciated body caused the branches full of olives to sway, and one feared that he would fall from the tree at any moment. Shangguan Bingyu looked at him, smiling brightly, but it was difficult to hide the deep worry in her beautiful eyes, she pointed at her jade hand casually, and said, "That, I want to eat that!"
Ling Xuan seriously reached out to pick the olive she was referring to, among the many olives, it seemed to be particularly large, and it also seemed to be particularly loved.
Naturally, it is also very popular with birds.
But seeing the red feather's agile bird's eyes grunt, it flew up from Shangguan Bingyu's shoulder with a squeak, flapping its wings hard and flew to Ling Xuan's side in an instant, its short white beak saw that Ling Xuan was about to touch the olive's hand, and pecked it fiercely.
Ling Xuan was startled, and hurriedly withdrew his hand, but unexpectedly, his feet slipped, and he fell down with his hands. Seeing this, Shangguan Bingyu's face changed, and he quickly ran forward and stretched out his hand to catch him. It's a pity that it's a step too late.
Ling Xuan fell hard to the ground, fortunately, there was a thick layer of fallen leaves on the ground, so he would not be injured again, but this fall also hurt him and screamed in pain.
Shangguan Bingyu stepped forward to help him up, his face full of worry, and said, "Senior Brother Ling, how are you?"
Red Feather successfully captured the olive, fluttered a few times and flew back, landing on Shangguan Bingyu's shoulder, with an olive in his mouth, his head held high, like a warrior returning triumphantly. Immediately, it flew to Shangguan Bingyu's hand, squeaked a few times, Shangguan Bingyu flipped his palm, and Red Feather spit out the olive in his mouth, carefully placed it in her palm, and then it glared at Ling Xuan, squeaking, looking proud of a victor.
Ling Xuan was angry and funny, and couldn't help but scold: "Dead Bird, is there anyone like you who is so attentive?"