Xinbaixu: The Romance of the New Moon-Twenty-Five-Revisiting Qibao Mountain in the Old Land(1/3)
In the afternoon of late autumn, the breeze blows on my face, and there is already a hint of coolness. The sun shines lazily in the yellow valley, and it is connected with the fallen leaves on the ground. A few horses' hooves are carried crisply, wandering in it,
Sometimes chasing, sometimes running, sometimes strolling, sometimes stopping, stirring up bursts of joy and laughter.
"It's so comfortable to go horseback riding in such weather," Xiaoshan said.
"Of course. It was so enjoyable to race horses with you just now. I haven't been this happy for a long time." Gu'an said.
"If I had learned horse riding earlier, I could have competed with you." Yu Yan rushed to interrupt.
"I don't want to race a horse. Isn't it quite comfortable to ride slowly like this? It's not tired either." Xiaorou said silently while riding the horse.
"That's so boring. You might as well dismount and walk. What a waste of a good horse." Xiaoshan retorted to his sister's words.
"Wouldn't it be better to play a game, walk a little, and stagger the time so that you are not too tired or too boring?" Qingyue said.
"Hey~, you're right, I think so too." Gu'an followed, Xiaorou glanced at Gu'an and nodded in agreement.
"It's such a big hillside. Let me come down and take a walk." Qingyue slowly dismounted her horse.
"Yes, it's very tiring to ride a horse. My feet are almost numb." Yun'er also dismounted.
"I brought some dry food. If everyone is hungry, let's sit down and eat." Xiaorou dismounted and untied the package tied to the horse's back.
"There is also this big kite. I want to fly it." Yuyan jumped off the horse.
"Okay, let's go." Xiaoshan and Gu'an also dismounted, and a group of people went to the grass on the hillside and sat on the ground.
"Yu Yan, you have to hold on tight for a while and don't let go." Xiao Shan ran ahead and shouted back to Yu Yan.
"I know, you run faster." Yuyan jumped up excitedly, Xiaoshan ran with the kite for a while, and immediately let go.
"Wow, the kite is flying." Yuyan shouted. With the wind, the butterfly kite flew very high. Yuyan could hardly hold it anymore. When Xiaoshan saw this, he ran back to help her pull it. Yuyan was very happy.
Call.
"Look at the two of them, it's really interesting. They usually fight against each other, but now they work together like this." Xiaorou couldn't help but smile in her heart when she saw her brother's happy look.
"It's not like enemies don't get together." Yun'er said with a smile.
"Hahahahaha." Everyone laughed.
"Hey, what are you laughing at? Come and fly the kite together. Look how high it flies." Yuyan called to them.
"We are laughing at you." Gu'an responded to her, and then said to Xiaorou: "Tomorrow I will tell Uncle Qi that Xiaoshan will marry her and be your sister-in-law. Then you will be interesting to watch every day."
"No, no, no, I don't want to watch it. I'm almost bored to death." Xiaorou shook her head quickly. Qingyue and Yun'er shared the food and handed it to them.
"Come here quickly and have something to eat." Yun'er waved to them.
"Here we come." Xiao Shan walked over holding the kite, and Yu Yan followed.
"Why are you laughing at me?"
"Can't say." Gu'an replied.
"Can't say? Why?"
"You will know later." Gu'an refused to tell him, and the others just laughed.
"Huh, I'm not surprised." Yu Yan said and sat down to eat. When Gu'an saw the kite flying low, he took it from Xiaoshan's hand, ran a few steps, let it fly high, and then ran to Qingyue's side.
He wanted to give the kite to her, but just as Qingyue was about to take over, he pulled the kite and ran away, and Qingyue chased after him.
"I hate it, give it to me quickly." The two of them were fighting for the kite, as if they were back in their childhood, and that familiar feeling appeared in each other's eyes.
"Here, here you go." Gu'an handed the string to him. As soon as he let go, the kite flew away with the wind before Qingyue caught it.
"Oh, it flew away, what a pity." Qingyue stretched out her hand but failed to catch it.
"It doesn't matter, look how freely it flies." Gu'an picked up the string hoop on the ground, tore off the string, and looked at the flying kite with her. At this time, Xiaorou's eyes were also looking at the kite.
Looking at them, her face looked lost again. She seemed to understand something and then looked away.
"Wow, come here quickly. There is a mountain ahead. Let's climb up and have a look." Yu Yan saw her expression and deliberately shouted to divert her thoughts.
"That's Qibao Mountain. My father said that when he was a child, he and his mother often went to the mountain to play. They also met Uncle Qi here and became sworn brothers." Gu'an said about his relationship with Qibao Mountain.
"Then we have to go up and sworn sworn vows, okay?" Yuyan stood up and patted her clothes.
"You, you said the wind is like the rain. It's getting late, why are you still going up the mountain?" Xiaorou pulled her.
"Qibao Mountain is not big. We can get down before dark." When Gu'an said this, Yu Yanzhi immediately became energetic again.
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go." She picked up Xiaorou and rushed forward.
"Look at this girl, she's absolutely crazy." Xiaoshan said.
"It's rare that she forgets the pain of losing her grandma, so let her have fun." Gu'an said.
"You guys walk slower and wait for us." Xiaoshan followed. Qingyue helped Yun'er pack up and followed. A group of people came to Qibao Mountain and climbed halfway up the mountain in a while. Yu Yan and Xiaoshan walked away
At the front, Xiaorou and Yun'er were in the middle, and Gu'an walked behind, guarding Qingyue.
"Yu Yan, please walk slower. There are many roads in the mountains. What if you get lost?" Xiaorou called.
"It's okay. There is only one road up and down Qibao Mountain. You won't get lost." Qingyue blurted out.
"Sister Qingyue, how do you know? Have you been here?" Yun'er turned around and asked her.
"???Me?" Qingyue didn't know how to answer for a while, but she felt in her heart that she had been here before and every scene was very familiar, so she answered without thinking.
"Look, we didn't see any other roads when we came up. Looking ahead, there seems to be only one road." Gu'an said hurriedly.
"Oh, Sister Qingyue and I have been in the village since we were young, and we haven't been to any places. We only climbed Chenghuang Mountain," Yun'er said.
‘Yeah, I’ve never been to Qibao Mountain, why do I feel so familiar here?’ Qingyue thought to herself, and suddenly her foot stepped on something empty without paying attention, and she leaned forward.
"Be careful~." Gu'an helped her, and she turned pale with fright.
"How are you? Are you okay?" Gu'an looked at her nervously.
"It's okay. Fortunately, you are here." Qingyue calmed down and immediately withdrew the hand held by him.
"Be careful, the mountain road is difficult, don't fall." Xiaorou looked back and said.
"The scenery on this mountain is so beautiful," Gu'an said.
"Well, it's very quiet." Qingyue looked at it all the way, but she was in a trance. She felt that all the plants and trees seemed familiar.
A few people came to another mountainside to rest for a while. Although it was late autumn, there were still blooming wild flowers and green leaves everywhere, and the breeze blew by, exuding bursts of fragrance.
"Wow, this place is so beautiful. How about we worship here?" Yu Yan said excitedly.
"Who do you want to sworn sworn brother?" Yun'er teased her.
"We all worship together. No matter how big or small, we are all brothers and sisters." Yu Yan replied.
"But sworn vows require incense and tributes, so that the gods will know about it." Xiaorou said.
"Oh, as long as we are sincere and bow to the sky, the gods will definitely see it. Come on." Yuyan pulled them. She was the first to kneel down, and the others only had to kneel down after her.
"I, Liu Yuyan, Qi Xiaoshan, Qi Xiaorou, Xu Gu'an, Lu Qingyue, and Qiu Yun, have become sworn brothers to Jinlan here. From then on, we treat each other with sincerity, share blessings and share hardships. We do not wish to be born in the same year, the same month and the same day, but only wish to die in the same year, the same month and the same day.
Heaven and earth learn from each other." A group of people kowtowed together.
"That's great. I have so many brothers and sisters, so I won't be lonely anymore. If grandma knows about it, she will definitely be happy for me." Yu Yan's eyes turned red as she spoke.
"Look at you, you laugh and cry sometimes, your little face is almost like a tabby cat." Yun'er wiped her tears while the others looked at the little sister with doting eyes.
"Look, these children are really interesting." Xiao Qing looked at them through the precious mirror.
"Yes, An'er has grown so big, just like Shilin back then." Suzhen sighed inwardly.
"He kept asking me some weird questions, and I didn't know how to answer them. I was no worse than his stupid grandpa." Xiao Qing smiled.
"Xiaoqing, you don't have any rules." Xu Xian pointed at her.
"Yes, please forgive me, the pharmacist, hahaha."
"Shilin, he is the one I'm most worried about. I owe him too much." Suzhen became melancholy.
"We all owe him a lot and hope he is well." Xu Xian comforted him.
"Speaking of Shilin, I told him everything I said when I came to earth this time, and I believe he will understand. But sister, what are your plans? Are you going to watch him fall into earthly calamity again?"
"This is all destined by his fate. The outcome is entirely up to him. From the moment I return to heaven, he is no longer my son. He is Wenquxing, and no one can help him." Suzhen
Said helplessly.
"But you still didn't ask me to help him? Why did you say that? This is so unlike you." Xiao Qing asked accusingly.
"The fairy feels sorry for him, because the relationship between flesh and blood is endless, but we can't help it." Xu Xian explained, Suzhen looked at him with sad eyes, her official understood her thoughts best, but being a fairy requires
Purifying the six faculties, regardless of worldly affairs, she had already violated too many things. She had to forgive her sins before chanting sutras every day. No matter how hard she tried to hide her dilemma, the official revealed it.
"I'm sorry sister, Qing'er blamed you wrongly." Xiao Qing apologized guiltily.
"No, do we sisters still need to apologize? Sister, I also want to thank you for caring for Shilin so much and doing so many things for me as a mother. Sister feels deeply guilty." Suzhen shook her head and said.
"Sister~" Xiaoqing also held Suzhen's hand and expressed understanding.
Qingyue glanced around, and suddenly a flash occurred in her mind, she saw an old man sitting by the spring pool in front, wearing a straw hat and concentrating on fishing.
"Look, there is an old man fishing there." She pointed there.
To be continued...