Eleven years later

At the foot of the mountains, a village of about 100 households is located, surrounded by cooking smoke, and from time to time there are a few sounds of children playing.

A carriage slowly drove into the entrance of the village, and both the old man and the child stopped what they were doing and watched intently. A moment later, the carriage stopped in front of a simple house closest to the foot of the mountain, and the first to jump down was a handsome man of a young grade, looking at the house in front of him, his eyes flashing with a hint of relief.

"Young Master, this is Bailiu Village, come down quickly!" the man turned around and gently opened the curtain of the car, and a twelve-year-old boy with gray and white pupils sat inside.

"Uncle Xie, how many times have you said it, don't call me young master, the people in the clan are gone, where did the young master come from" the young man said, his heart gloomy, "Uncle Xie, will you live here in the future?"

The nearly 12 years of fugitive life have made this Xi Nianyue mature a lot, and growing up is going through blood and tears.

Xie Yuan didn't hear it, his body trembled slightly, and he carefully helped Xi Nianyue out of the carriage, the journey was tiring, and Xi Nianyue's own body was weak and pale, with weird gray-white pupils, it looked a little weird.

"Young master, this is where my mother used to live, and after she married my father, she often brought me here to live here for a while. Xie Yuan said as he spoke, and his eyes couldn't help but turn red. I remembered the tragic death of my parents.

"Let's go in first," Xi Nianyue said, her eyes blank.

"Hmm!" Xie Yuan nodded, walked to the door and pushed the door open, creaked, a trace of dust accompanied by a strong dusty atmosphere rushed towards him, and roughly glanced at the environment inside, the simple furniture was covered with dust, Xie Yuan couldn't help frowning, and then turned around and smiled: "Young master, no one has cleaned up here for a long time, let's go and sit in the carriage first, and call you when I finish cleaning up."

"No need. Xi Nianyue shook her head, "I've been sitting in the carriage for more than ten days, and I feel uncomfortable inside." ”

Xie Yuan's face welled up with some apologies, and before he could speak, an old figure staggered out from the next room, "Is Xiao Yuan back?"

"Grandma Li?" Xie Yuan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly went up to hold the old man's withered hands, "Grandma Li, are you in good health?"

"Good, good. The old man also looked quite excited, showing a bright smile, and then the old eyes looked around expectantly, "What about your mother? Why didn't she come?"

"Mother?" Xie Yuan's body shook, his nose couldn't help but be sore, and he forcibly held back the pain in his heart and said: "Grandma Li, mother, she and her father have traveled all over the world, so she didn't come." ”

"Oh, oh, it's so good, I've seen her blessed since I was a child, hehe. The old man smiled with satisfaction.

Xie Yuan's heart ached, in fact, his parents were killed by the people of Shuidongtian twenty-four years ago, and he also embarked on the road of escape, and was finally rescued by the Xi family.

"By the way, Grandma Li, this is my master's child. When Xie Yuan turned around, he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, "Yue'er, come and see Grandma Li." ”

"Yes, Yue'er has seen Grandma Li. Xi Nianyue smiled politely. The old man's eyes were not very good, and he didn't notice Xi Nianyue behind Xie Yuan at first. Grandma Li, don't be afraid, Yue'er. ”

"Don't come here, don't come here, scare me to death, scare me to death. The old man's whole body trembled, and his eyes were full of fear.

Xi Nianyue's face was expressionless, how many times she had encountered this situation, she had long been accustomed to it, "Grandma Li, I am a normal child." It's just that I have suffered from eye disease since I was a child, so my pupils are grayish."

Grandma Li took two steps back in a panic and calmed down, but after all, she was an old man who had experienced a lot, and she was not so afraid, but she was still a little short of breath.

"Grand?" He looked at Xie Yuan slightly sideways and asked.

Xie Yuan nodded and did not answer.

"Hard-working child, how old is this year?" After two breaths, Grandma Li's face turned kind.

"Back to Grandma Li, Yue'er is twelve years old this year." Xi Nianyue bowed down, and her tone was much more respectful.

"It's as big as our dream butterfly. ”

"Dream Butterfly?" But Xie Yuan was taken aback, "Grandma Li, where do you still have a child as old as our Yue'er?"

Xi Nianyue was also stunned by Xie Yuan's appearance, and Grandma Li smiled mysteriously, "Hehe, Xiaoyuan, don't look at grandma, I have no children and no daughters, God has mercy on my old man, just eleven years ago, I picked up a newborn baby girl at the door of my house." ”

Xie Yuan and the others secretly smacked their tongues, whose parents were so ruthless that they threw away their newborn children, and they gave it to an elderly man.

Grandma Li didn't notice the strange expressions of the two, and muttered happily, "That night, I was dreaming outside, and I dreamed that a large number of butterflies were circling outside the door, so I named the baby girl Dream Butterfly, thinking that I had been lonely for more than ten years, and finally had a daughter in middle age, God really took pity on me." ”

"Grandma!

As he spoke

There was a shouting from next door.

"Next door!"

"Oh. It's my dream butterfly who has come back from collecting medicine!" Grandma Li responded, turning around and explaining to the two beside her.

"Grandma, why are you here!" came an eleven or twelve-year-old girl from outside the door, who raised her head, curved eyebrows, willow-like eyes, delicate nose bridge, ruddy little mouth, and was indeed a beautiful girl in a thousand. He also carried a bamboo basket containing herbs on his back. Inside half a floor of herbs. Some sparse and ordinary herbs, still stained with soil.

When I first saw someone, the girl who was jumping and walking became a little restrained in an instant.

Mengdie stood behind her grandmother, looking up and down Xie Yuan and Xi Nianyue slightly, but when her eyes turned to Xi Nianyue behind Xie Yuan. His pupils shrank, and he grabbed Grandma Li's sleeve tightly, not making a sound. Obviously, Xi Nianyue's appearance scared her.

Grandma Li pulled the dream butterfly at this time and said, "This is my granddaughter's dream butterfly." I'm getting older, and I'm always having some problems with my body, and I'm suffering from this girl. Then pointed to Xi Nianyue and Xie Yuan, and turned their heads to Mengdie and said, "This uncle used to live here, and moved away more than 20 years ago, called Uncle Xie, the little brother next to Uncle Xie is the child of Uncle Xie's family, the same age as you this year, and he is also twelve years old, but he has had eye disease since he was a child, so his eyes are a little scary, don't be afraid." ”

When Mengdie heard her grandmother say this, she didn't start to be so scared. Gave a light salute: "Die'er has seen Uncle Xie." ”

Xie Yuan smiled and nodded, his eyes moved slightly, and he didn't know what he was planning.

When it came to Xi Nianyue, Xi Nianyue took the lead. Said: "Xi family, name Nianyue." ”

Mengdie also bowed, and then stopped talking.

"No one has cleaned up here for a long time, Die'er stayed to help Uncle Xie clean up, and grandma went to cook. Grandma Li said to Mengdie with a smile, and then turned around and went out. When he stepped over the threshold, he paused, turned back to the three of them, and said,

"Let's go to the old man's house for dinner tonight, the house hasn't been so lively for a long time. ”

Xie Yuan replied: "So I will disturb grandma." ”

Grandma Li got an answer and turned to leave.

In the process of cleaning the house, Xi Nianyue didn't do anything because she couldn't see anything, and the whole process was the hands of Xie Yuan and Mengdie. The three of them said this from time to time.

At first, Mengdie was a little scared, but because of the relationship between her grandmother and Xie Yuan's parents, she was a little open, coupled with the relationship with her peer Xi Nianyue, she let go of this back and forth, listening to Xie Yuan and Xi Nianyue talking about the outside world. From the chat, Xie Yuan and Xi Nianyue learned that Mengdie had not been out of the house once in the past twelve years, which should be the biggest regret for Mengdie, who was eleven or twelve-year-old with great curiosity. But it can also be seen that this girl is filial.

It didn't take long for this thatched hut that was originally covered with dust to be transformed, at least it could live in, although it was still a little broken, but for Xi Nianyue, it was at least much better than hiding rootless duckweed before.