Chapter 16: The Days Before Departure

At home, time always has a lazy and happy taste, and when my brain is empty and I don't think about anything, I suddenly can't feel the passage of time.

Penglai, Kunlun, Master, everything like snow has been collected by me in the bottom of my heart, in such a time, I am just an ordinary son who wants to accompany his parents well.

Because of the last promise, I probably told my parents how dangerous what I was about to do was, I didn't dare to go into too much detail, but I was afraid that they would worry.

My parents didn't say anything, I'm older, I understand the truth, whether I can figure it out, whether I can do it if I figure it out, that's my personal behavior, this is something that my parents can't restrict, in these aspects, my parents are much more open than ordinary parents.

It's just that the day before I left home, my father said this: "If you can find Master Jiang, remember to bring him to have a meal with us, stay for a few days, your mother and I also miss him, that day, we still remember waiting for him to eat fish, and when the fish is cold, the others are gone."

Maybe I'm afraid that I'll be sad, Dad didn't continue to talk about it, but my eyes are calm, my expression is calm, where will I be sad, just because I don't know what the end of the road is, but I'm already on the road, where can I take care of sadness?

This is a truth that I didn't understand before, but now that I understand it, what else do I need to hesitate about on the road?

Dad was very happy with my performance, patted me on the shoulder and said, "If you can't find it, don't be sad, as long as you can be worthy of your heart and let go of your worries." When a person grows up, fate is endless, who knows? ”

This is a father's choice, not to stop anything, but to give encouragement and comfort, and my heart is very warm.

Because of the appointment with Master Liu, I left home a month and a half early, and for the extra half a month, I wanted to go to Yueyan Miao Village to have a look, although there is no snow there, but there is one of the most important memories of my life.

Ruyue is busy with the voyage, so she is not in the village, the person who took me to the village is the sixth sister, and the sixth sister is also sad to go to the snow, but in comparison, I am afraid that I am the only one who sank the most at that time.

I stayed in the village for a week, and during this, I also met the girl who was going to be cultivated as a new generation of Gu girls, and Poche Witch told me that this girl was also a distant relative of Ruxue and Ruyue.

She was very young, only 5 years old, and a little shadow between the eyebrows of the snow and the moon could be vaguely seen on her immature face.

She doesn't know what the entanglement of the world is, and she doesn't understand the meaning of protection, but she has to face all kinds of insects and plants every day, which has made this little girl cry and cry unhappy.

I don't know if Ruxue when I was a child was like this.

On the day when I left, walking in the familiar village, it was the sixth sister and Tuan Tuan who accompanied me, and the sixth brother-in-law and Fan Fan walked behind us, one holding the child and the other holding the child.

For more than a year, the sixth sister and the sixth brother-in-law have already had their own children.

As for Fan Fan and Tuan Tuan, they are already married, and their children are already three years old.

The years passed in silence, and the people of that year had already obtained their own happiness and the continuation of their lives, and the happiness of me and Ruxue stayed forever in memories.

Walking on that familiar lawn, the wind slightly ruffled our hair, and the sixth sister habitually pulled the hair around her ears and said to me: "Chengyi, I think that with your character, when you come here again, you will inevitably be sad and sad, but I didn't expect you to be calmer than I imagined." ”

I sighed and said, "If you want to talk about sorrow and tears, I have long stayed in the small northern city of last year, and now I have to travel far away, just to say goodbye, otherwise I will regret it." ”

"You're a lot more mature than you were when you came to me the year before. Just like when I was chatting with you back then, you talked about how to refine the heart in the red dust, I just said that between gaining and losing, what can make people mature quickly is only loss, because behind the loss is often pain and suffering, and the state of mind in the continuous gain and comfort will not change much. The sixth sister said quietly, then hugged me, and said: "Have a good journey, there are many opportunities in life, you lost Ruxue in the old forest, maybe you can see her again in the vast rivers, lakes and seas?" ”

Tuan Tuan and Fan Fan also hugged me, wishing me a smooth journey, and while Tuan Tuan also told me: "Maybe I will really meet again, people who believe in fairy tales are happier than those who don't believe in fairy tales." Chengyi, you want to be happy. ”

Girls are always like this, no matter what, they will be tough not to accept the tragedy, and they will persistently sink into perfection, because their gentle and weak nature makes their hearts more eager for a quiet and peaceful life than men, and they still want me to meet Ruxue, and I, as a blessing.

And blessings are always wonderful.

Leaving Yueyan Miao Village, I went to find Hui Gen'er, helped him deal with various time arrangements, and then took Hui Gen'er directly back to Beijing, Brother Chengqing's house.

The next day, Huigen'er and I went to the cemetery, we were going to see Lao Hui and Hongzi, and by the way, we made an appointment to meet Xiaobei.

April in the world has always been a sunny day, and this day is no exception, the sun is sprinkled warmly, not only warms our faces, but also makes the photos of Lao Hui and Hongzi on the tombstone warm and vivid.

Standing in front of the tombstone, we quietly toasted them a few glasses of wine, and drank a few glasses ourselves, I opened my mouth and said to Xiaobei: "Do you want to learn art?" ”

Xiaobei smiled and asked me: "What kind of craft is it to learn to sing?" ”

"The most authentic inheritance of the mountain lineage, don't refuse me, let alone a lonely old man who just wants to pass on his skills." I opened my mouth to Xiaobei.

Xiaobei was silent for a while, and asked me directly: "Is it the one from Tianjin?" He's not famous, and his personality is even weirder, and if it's him, I'm a little hard to believe. ”

"It's not a problem to be unbelievable, as long as you don't say it's hard to accept. It's him, don't think of him too weirdly, he's just a father who loves his daughter miserably, that's it. I explained to Xiaobei.

"Am I running out of options?" Xiaobei looked at me and said.

"What are you afraid of?" I asked him.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to learn." Xiaobei said it very directly.

"If it was me, I might not be able to learn well, but if it was you, there would be no problem. I'm waiting for you to come back from your studies, otherwise my rune paper supply will be a little tight, and I'm not familiar with the other well-known artifact makers. I said half-jokingly.

"If you say that, then I will be happy and study very seriously." When he said this, Xiaobei patted me on the shoulder, took another sip of wine, and his eyes fell on the tombstones of Lao Hui and Hongzi.

There was a bird chirping in the sky, the sun was still warm, and the smiles of Lao Hui and Hongzi seemed to be happy in this quiet time.

It's happy, there are no regrets, and dying like a meteor is the way back that many hot-blooded men crave.

Tianjin.

In Master Liu's house, every day is simpler.

I can sleep until I wake up naturally, and then lazily cook for Master Liu and Xiaobei, who have been teaching and learning in the study, just like the days when I was in the bamboo forest, wasn't I also a cook?

They'd have a busy day, and I'd wander around for a day, and Hui Gen'er would come by chance, and on those days, the four of us would have a drink and talk, and of course Hui Gen'er would have a drink.

Liu Zhenmeng will also go home, but the frequency is almost negligible, Master Liu marks a mark on the calendar every day, it is a countdown day, most of the time, the symbol drawn is a cross, occasionally there is a circle, I know that it is the day when Liu Zhenmeng comes back.

Many times, we couldn't help but want to tell the truth, but Master Liu insisted on not allowing it, he said: "Let her be happy for a day, it's a day." ”

She would bring men back, laugh uncontrollably, and go shopping frantically, and she wouldn't even open them, and I don't want to speculate on what such a day would be like to her.

I just wonder if she knew that her life was counting down, would she choose to be quiet with her father, or would she be even more crazy and exhausted? There is no answer to this one.

The years are still passing quietly, and soon it will be the beginning of summer

At dusk on this day, Master Liu asked us to accompany him to drink, as if there was a feeling, Liu Zhenmeng came back very early today, at this time, Master Liu suddenly put the wine glass down, and said: "It's almost, it's time." ”