Chapter 40:

It was the lady who took the lead to calm down. She held back the crowd, leaving only the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law to accompany the guests.
She leaned on the armrest of the chair and sat down slowly, taking a few breaths, the wrinkles on her face stretched out, trying to make her stern-looking face appear gentler, and carefully talking to the young girl in front of her.
"Little lady, can you tell me where this golden ball came from? Don't be careful, mother-in-law will never steal your things. As long as you are willing to say it, you can just exchange ten golden for you."
Fu Cuixuan's big treasurer, the eldest son of the wife, Lou Xian'en, was a little bit sour at this moment. He was taught by his mother alone. He followed his mother in and out of the mall since he was a child. He was used to seeing his mother's determination and style. It's been a long time since I saw my mother like this, worrying about gains and losses, be careful, and the negotiation hasn't started yet, and I showed a timid appearance.
That's it, the mother has only one thing in her heart in her life, not to mention ten golden balls, even a hundred will buy them back, so that she can make her mother happy.
Lou Xian'en had a good idea in his heart, and heard that his mother took the lead in reporting the family.
"The old student's surname is Lou, and his single name is a chun character. This ball is a gift I gave to a friend when I was young. I really want to know where she is. Is it good now?"
"So you are the A Chun in the misogynistic mouth." Yuan Xiang'er remembered the name that the woman had mentioned.
Hearing Yuan Xiang'er's words, Mrs. Lou sat up straight, firmly grasped the handle of the chair, and made a soft "ah" in her mouth.
Her daughter-in-law supported her on the side and gently stroked her back, "Mother, don't be excited. Now that we have news of that one, let's listen to what the little lady said."
So Yuan Xianger roughly recounted the selection part of the misogyny when she first met.
"It turns out that she was still waiting for me in the same place." Mrs. Lou slumped back to her position, shaking her hands and rubbing the exquisite ball back and forth for half a hundred years. After a long time, she calmed down and talked about the past. "First When I saw Ah Nai, I was a ten-year-old baby..."
At that time, Lou Chun, who was only ten years old, followed her mother back to her natal house.
Grandma's house is at the foot of Tianlang Mountain, and the cousin and cousin who are close in the family take the new cousin to play in the mountain all day long. Lou Chun found a pure white snow rabbit in the jungle that day. He was surprised and chased it all the way.
He clearly remembered that he hadn't ran far, but when he turned around, Lou Chun found that the road behind him suddenly disappeared.
The laughter and joy of the brothers and sisters that could still be heard just now, I don't know when they will disappear without a trace, and there is silence all around. There are countless eyes peeping at the little girl in the dim woods.
Lou Chun walked a long way in the forest with a trembling face and tears, and the traces of human activities became more and more invisible. The sky became dim, and some weird sounds from the deep mountains faintly heard in the distance. The most terrible thing was that the sky was still snowing at this time.
The various horror stories about fairies, ghosts, and beasts that adults used to frighten children appeared more vividly in the little girl's mind.
Am I going to die here? Maybe a tiger, a black bear, or some vixen, a headless ghost will run out soon, they will grab the poor me and swallow my fingers one by one into the stomach. Woohoo.
Ten-year-old Lou Chun hugged her little shoulders and walked while crying. For the first time in her life, she had a real understanding of death.
"Stop crying. You are too noisy." A little girl about her age suddenly appeared from behind a locust tree.
She was wearing a short brown robe, her feet bare, her snow-white arms resting on the tree trunk, and she looked at Lou Chun extremely impatiently.
Finally met Lou Chun, a fellow of her own kind, and found her emotional catharsis. She hugged the little girl regardless, and cried louder. She refused to let go of her life and death, and almost never caught her nose and tears on the child. Go up with your clothes.
"Actually, it didn't take long for me to know that Ah Nang is not a human being like me." Mrs. Lou, who recalled here, showed a nostalgic smile, "But I am not afraid of her, Ah Nang looks very fierce, so she just says She wants to eat me in her belly, but her heart is actually softer than anyone else."
"She is so powerful, she can't hold her back in anything. But I just have to pull her sleeves and show a pitiful expression, say I'm hungry, say I'm cold, and she will jump on her feet and curse. While looking for delicious food for me, she took me to a sheltered cave to rest, and also cushioned me with a warm bed with soft fur."
"At that time, I was still proud of myself for having such a cleverness." Mrs. Lou threw the exquisite ball that didn't sound anymore and made it circulate on one of her fingers. "Those days have been going down. Snow, the thick snow covered everything, and I could hardly get out one step. But every day, Ah Na broke through the snow in the hole and got out and found me fresh food. The rest of the time, the two of us were nestled Play this exquisite ball together in the warm cave."
"In the beginning, I taught her, but she quickly surpassed me. We were squeezed in a pile of soft fur and we hooked up and agreed to play together forever."
The Linglong ball that has gone through the years kept spinning silently, Mrs. Lou stared at it, the wrinkles in the corners of her eyes gradually became deeper in the sun.
"Although I am very happy to live with Ah Nang, I soon began to miss home. I began to beg Ah Nang to take me back. She refused at first, but I couldn't bear it and I rubbed it all the time and finally agreed."
The misogynistic brought Lou Chun to the big tree where they had met.
"Go ahead along here, don't look back on the road, you will soon return to your human world." The misogynist stretched out her white and tender little finger and pointed to the road ahead.
"Thank you, Ah Nai, this is for you." Lou Chun put the exquisite golden ball that she had taken with her since childhood into the hands of her friend, reluctantly bid her farewell, and turned and walked outside the mountain.
"A Chun," the friend behind him called to her, "will you come back?"
"Well, definitely, I will definitely come back to see you. Then we will have fun with Linglong Ball again." Lou Chun whimpered with tears and waved desperately.
"Okay, then I'll be waiting for you here." Awei just stood under the tree and said lightly.
Lou Chun walked far away, and when she looked back, the little figure was still standing there, her little white hands supporting the tree trunk, just like they had when they first saw it.
"Then why didn't you go to her again?" Yuan Xiang'er asked, although misogyny was indeed fierce and powerful. But thinking of that little figure, playing Linglong Ball alone there for decades, but didn't wait for her friend to come, inevitably feel that she is a bit pitiful.
"In the beginning, something happened in the family and I really can't get out of it." Mrs. Lou's eyes dimmed. "It was my fault after all. I thought she was not a human being and had a long lifespan, so I asked her to wait. It doesn’t matter if I think about it. It’s like this for a year and a year, and when everything stabilizes and I am relatively free, I happily go to Tianlang Mountain to find her, but no matter how I go or how much I go Once again, I can’t find the same way again."
Wu Yuan, who stopped on Yuan Xianger's shoulder, said in a voice that only Yuan Xianger could hear: "Ordinary humans can't enter the spiritual world. Occasionally, there will be cracks in the spiritual world and humans will come in by mistake. But this The crack is not stable, and it will change its position soon. The misogynistic idiot probably couldn't think of this. For a big monster like her, going into and out of the two worlds is as easy as breathing."
"It turned out to be like this. The difference between the yin and the yang has been wasted for decades." Yuan Xiang'er sighed a little.
Mrs. Lou stood up, handed the crutches to her daughter-in-law beside her, and made a blessing to Yuan Xiang'er upright.
Even if Yuan Xiang'er came from modern society, she knew that it was not easy to accept the gift of such an old man, so she got up and avoided.
"What does Madam Tai mean?"
"Since the little lady can find the place, Lao Sheng has an unsolicited invitation. I hope that the little lady can take Lao Sheng on a trip."
As soon as Mrs. Lou spoke these words, her son and daughter-in-law stood up in shock and said anxiously.
"Mother is not allowed, as the cold weather is freezing today and the mountains are covered by heavy snow. How can your mother get into the depths of Sirius Mountain at this age? If your mother insists on missing it, it's better to let your son go there for you and give thanks to the thank-you person."
"Mother, don't be impatient, just go, and wait for the next spring to begin, the snow has melted, and the weather is warm. Let the wife arrange the boat, car and soft sedan, and slowly lift you up the mountain."
Mrs. Lou raised her hand, blocking their words.
"It is said that people are scarce in the seventies. I have already given up. I thought that in this life, I would not be able to fulfill the original promise. Unexpectedly, by chance, this little lady sent the Linglong golden ball to me. This is heaven. Pity, give me a chance, I will never miss it again."
"Mother." Lou Xianen wanted to persuade again.
"Baby, do you remember the meaning of your mother who gave you this name in the first place." Mrs. Lou held the hand of the eldest son who has been in charge of the family business for many years. "I have never owed anyone in my life as a mother. I only owe it. My best friend. If this matter fails to fulfill my wish, I will regret it for my whole life, and it will not feel good to live."
Lou Xian'en was embarrassed for a while, and finally closed his sleeves and stood behind his mother. Together, the couple saluted Yuan Xianger.
"Let me take you to Tianlang Mountain?" Yuan Xianger hesitated,
"No, no, we're not going." Wu Yuan lay on Yuan Xiang'er's shoulders, "The misogyny is too horrible, I don't want to see her. What if she is still angry and turns a bunch of moths to bury us? "
This old lady kept her promise and kept her childhood promises in her heart for more than fifty years. It was admirable, but Yuan Xianger didn't know if she should take her to see the moody and terrifying moth.
"Take her there." Nan He's voice suddenly sounded outside the door, and he happened to enter the house under the leadership of Fu Cuixuan.
He stepped into the room and came to Yuan Xiang'er's side, speaking very concisely, but immediately calmed Yuan Xiang'er's doubts, "Don't worry about misogyny, I'm still there."
When arriving here from Queqiu, Zhou Deyun accompanied him. Unexpectedly, when I went back, there were more and more people from the Lou family.
Qiu Yueming deliberately got up from the bed and sent them all the way outside the gate of Zhou's house.
The Zhou family's wife was originally a weak and charming woman. Just because there was a change of soul inside, the body was obviously thin, and the waist was slender, but he stood at the door fence like that, straightened his thin back, and twisted his eyebrows, giving people a kind of killing decision for no reason. , A sense of extraordinary momentum.
He stared at Yuan Xiang'er with condensed eyebrows, and stopped talking.
Yuan Xiang'er has lived in this world for more than ten years. As an ordinary citizen living in the hinterland of the country, she admires and respects the soldiers who stationed on the border, fought on the battlefield, and provided them with a comfortable life. This young and famous general Qiu's prestige is often heard even in a small town like Queqiu. "The General Qiu Breaks Through the Heavenly King Formation", "The White-robed Young General Shoots a Halberd at the Gate" and other sections have even been compiled into dramas, which are sung in Liyuan and are known to women and children.
Yuan Xiang'er thought that he was almost imprisoned in the backyard and tortured to death.
"You don't have to worry too much, you just need to concentrate on keeping up." There are many people here, and Yuan Xianger keeps his promise, never mentioning his name and name. "When the Chinese New Year is over, we will go north again, and I will do my best for you. ."
Qiu Yueming lowered his head and performed a fist holding ceremony commonly used among soldiers.
Say goodbye to Dingzhou, set sail and go upstream along Yuanshui.
The green hills on both sides of the strait, the shadows of the river are wide, the blue waves and the clouds are light, which can not help but feel comfortable.
Yuan Xianger sat in the wing on the second floor of the building, drinking tea with Mrs. Lou.
She gently turned the sapphire tea cup in her hand, looking out from the window, a little absent-minded. Mrs. Lou followed her gaze, and saw a person standing against the wind on the tip of the deck of the bow, with fluttering clothes. If the wind is returning to the snow, the face is bright, like the volley of the moon, only the ghosts and gods are under the red dust, no Anthropomorphic vulgar objects.
"Which person is like Afat?" Mrs. Lou asked.
"How did you see it?" Yuan Xiang'er was a little surprised. She was born with yin and yang eyes, and she may not be able to see through Nan He's demon body with naked eyes.
"I don't know how to say, he has that kind of temperament, looks arrogant and indifferent, but in fact he is pure and soft. Too lonely, and he doesn't want to say anything." Mrs. Lou smiled vaguely, recalling the past. , "Always make you often do not understand how to make her happy."
Wu Yuan was squatting on the window sill and licking her paws, and snorted after hearing this, "I wanted to but refused to say, isn't this a fool? I find myself to suffer. Not all fairies are like this. This uncle has never been like this."
"Yes, yes, our black circle is a refreshing and cute cookie." Yuan Xianger used the apostle contract to talk to him in his mind.
Wu Yuan jumped off the window sill and meowed in satisfaction.
"Oh, what a cute kitten." Mrs. Lou stretched out her finger and scratched the lynx's chin. She was able to enjoy the unavoidable cat uncle. She immediately squinted and raised her neck, and began to hum with comfort.
"When I was together with Afai, the best thing was to make her happy." Because she was about to arrive at Queqiu, Mrs. Lou looked a little excited and talked very well. "No matter how angry she is, I just want Holding her arm and saying a lot of sweet words to coax her, she can immediately forget the unpleasantness that just happened. I really hope that this time I will have a chance to coax her to be happy."
To coax him to be happy, Yuan Xianger subconsciously cast his gaze on the figure on the bow.
The prow of Nanhe is independent, with his eyes closed, with one palm raised on his side. If you have the eyes of Yuan Xiang'er who are naturally sensitive to spiritual power, you can see the stars in the sky drop wisps of starlight, gathering little by little in the heart of his palm. The starlight was overflowing, and it fell on the deck one after another, spreading like flowing water, gradually coating the entire tall ship with a faint silver glow.
The boss of the boat was asking the crew with a look of confusion, "I have been on the boat for half a lifetime, and this is the first time I have encountered this situation. It is obviously windy weather, and the boat is moving upstream. But there is no vibration in the hull, and it seems to be on the ground. The same. It's weird and weird."
The young crew member laughed and replied, "Isn't it a good thing to be smooth and stable? Boss, you are so embarrassed."
The little changes in the boat trip did not attract the attention of the young crew members. He looked enthusiastically at the distant deck. A young lady was walking towards the bow of the ship to her sweetheart.
Yuan Xiang'er came to Nan He, silently watching him gather star power in the blue waves and condense his body.
The long and narrow eyelids of Nanhe opened, and the amber eyes turned around. There were faint stars and rivers inside, which seemed to hide thousands of thoughts.
"Xiao Nan," Yuan Xianger was leaning on the boat's back, and the river wind disturbed her temples, "I won't be like them."
"What does it look like?" Nan He was a little confused.
"I won't recognize you after you reach adulthood. I won't make you wait for so many years without knowing what you promised but failing to do." She doesn't know why she wants to say this, but she thinks she just wants to say it right now. , "I would never be like this, I am not willing."
Nan He looked at her for a long while, and didn't look back calmly, as if he didn't respond to her words.
A pair of fluffy ears suddenly squeezed out from the edge of the black hat, revealing an unconcealable pink, shaking in the wind.
"No, don't take it back, let me touch it first." Yuan Xianger flies and rubs his hands.