Chapter 8: Whispering Shadows in Qianqiu's Footpath (Part 1)(1/2)
"I can't recite the poems I taught yesterday today, and I was taught a lesson by the teacher!" A six or seven-year-old child sat on a big locust tree, happily talking about the "tragic situation" in the private school today.
Since the child learned to climb trees three years ago, he has climbed up the big locust tree every day and told his thoughts to the big locust tree.
"Haha, Ergou's face turned pale when he saw his husband take out a ruler."
"Do you know what the ruler is? It's the magic weapon that the teacher uses to teach people a lesson!" The child sat on a big locust tree and whispered to a groove on the tree.
He seemed to regard this unique groove as the ears of the big locust tree, and only by speaking to the "ears" can the big locust tree hear it.
"Of course it is not the magic weapon used by the immortals in the legend. If the gentleman was an immortal, Ergou would have been shot to death long ago!" The child's eyes showed endless longing.
"Immortal, I really want to be an immortal... Locust tree, do you know what an immortal is? It's the ones who can fly around and do everything!"
The child's eyes were shining with light, and he reached out his hand to grab the branches and swayed casually. He continued to talk to the big locust tree as if he was chatting with his good friend: "Dad said that in a few years, immortals will come to collect people! It is to let children of the right age be immortals."
"Hehe, if I become an immortal, I will use spells to water you a lot of water every day! In this way, you can drink a lot of water..." The child said a lot, his words were filled with the innocence of the child.
And as he spoke, the child fell asleep.
The breeze blows, the branches and leaves float, sometimes left and sometimes right, just like thinking...
In the end, thousands of branches ate, as if they had made some decision.
I saw a leaf with a blue light falling on the child's head without warning, falling into the child's mouth and turning into a blue stream of light and blending into the body.
The child was then covered with branches and leaves.
This scene is like an old lady covering her grandson with a quilt.
...
"Qingniu, Qingniu! It's time to go home for dinner!" The man's shouts came from afar, awakening the sleeping child.
In a frightened state, the child suddenly turned over and fell from the branch!
"Ah!" he exclaimed subconsciously.
However, at this moment, except for the rough and large branches, all the other soft and small branches were strangely laid at the whereabouts of the child. For a moment, the branches collapsed and the leaves were separated.
The child fell to the ground smoothly without any injuries.
He looked at his intact body in a daze. When he came to his senses, he immediately bowed to the big locust tree with excitement.
"Big Locust Tree! Thank you!" After bowing, the child ran to the man excitedly again.
"Dad, did you see it? The big locust tree saved me just now!"
The man frowned.
From his perspective, it was just his own child who fell from the tree and smashed many branches.
"What are you talking nonsense about, you naughty kid? How can you save you from the big locust tree? You obviously smashed the branches yourself! Look at the good things you did!" The man looked at the broken branches on the ground and cursed angrily...
"Huh? Why did this big locust tree suddenly have so many dead leaves?" Looking at the many new dead leaves added to the big locust tree, the man scratched his head in confusion, with a puzzled expression.
"I don't know, forget it." After talking to himself, the man reached out and grabbed the child's ear and dragged it away.
"Let's go, I'll teach you a lesson when I go back."
"Ah, it hurts! What I said is true! Dad, I didn't lie to you! It was really the big locust tree who reached out to save me just now!" The child grinned and shouted.
The child's nonsense was ignored after all. When both of them left, only a breeze was left beside the big locust tree, whispering the branches and leaves...
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Four years later.
The green bull has become taller,
He can now easily climb up the big locust tree or climb down easily.
However, he stopped crawling.
Because he knew that this big locust tree had been in the village for many years. Even his grandfather didn't know the age of the tree. The big locust tree had sheltered the villagers for countless years and sheltered the people in the village from the wind and rain.
Except for the ignorant children, almost all villagers have respect for this old locust tree.
"Big Locust Tree, I'm leaving. Today is the day when the Immortal Sect recruits disciples... I believe I will definitely become an immortal!" The ten-year-old child's eyes showed a firm look that was beyond his peers' ability.
After saying goodbye to the big locust tree, he planned to turn around and leave.
An ordinary leaf fell from the big locust tree, and then fell in front of the green cow. The green cow thought for a while, bent down and picked up the leaves, hid it in his arms, and then turned around and left.
The branches of the big locust tree drift in the wind,
It seems to be happy for his fighting spirit,
It seems,
Sorrowing for his departure.
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"Do you know! Your green cow was taken over by the Immortal Sect! I didn't expect that your green cow is actually a good seedling with wood spirit roots." A woman excitedly told Qingniu's family about the news.
"What! Are you saying that Qingniu can become an immortal?" Qingniu's father was a little unbelievable, and he took out his ears and asked again.
"Really! The immortal has told the village chief!" The woman's face was also flushed and extremely excited.
——After all, an immortal appeared in his own village! This glory can be felt by myself as a fellow villager.
"Hahaha, OK, OK. I'll inform everyone that I'm going to treat everyone! Hahaha!"
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At the banquet, there were guests and the crowds were very lively.
"Dear fellow villagers, I am very happy today!
Because my baby was actually selected by the Immortal Sect! I am a rough man and can't say anything. I just want to sincerely thank you all for your care for Qingniu since he was young!" Qingniu's father's face turned red and stood up and shouted loudly.
For a moment, there was thunderous applause and praise continued.
"Tiezhu, since I was a child, I thought that his child was much better than my Ergou. Congratulations!" A man stood up and congratulated him with a smile.
"Tiezhu, you have a good baby!" Another woman stood up to congratulate her.
For a moment, laughter and praise continued...
"Ahem, since everyone is already there, I'll announce something here." The village chief stood up and looked around. After a moment, everyone calmed down.
“I announce that our village will be renamed from now on!
From now on, our village will be called...
Qingniu Village!”
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Even in the big locust tree, you can hear congratulations and praises.
On the big locust tree, there was an old woman sitting that no one in the village had ever seen before! Her face was covered with wrinkles and she looked like she had experienced vicissitudes.
"Little Green Bull."
The old woman looked at the edge of the sky, her face showing joy, and murmured to herself.
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Before we knew it, it was decades later.
Since Qingniu became an immortal, Qingniu has never come back.
Qingniu's father's original joy had long been dispersed by longing. The initial joy floated and fell in the river of time, and went around in circles...
"Qingniu, when will you go home? Dad... I miss you so much!" Countless times, Qingniu's father fell asleep with tears in his eyes.
At this time, the man who was originally full of energy was no longer there... Now, there is only a lonely old man with gray hair and a child lost.
He often asked himself, was it the biggest mistake in his life to let Qingniu be an immortal?
Of course, no one can answer him.
Time flies, like a flash of time.
Qingniu is finally back,
He came back with many gifts.
Although decades have passed, his appearance has not changed at all. Qingniu's father cried on the ground and was still crying before he fell into a coma.
"Qingniu, let's stop being an immortal!"
"Dad just wants you to be with your father! In the decades when you are away, Dad really regrets it! Dad regrets it, let you become an immortal..."
"What's the point of becoming an immortal?? Relatives leave and friends grow old... What's the point of being an immortal?"
"Dad really doesn't want you to leave!"
"Dad really..."
"I miss you so much!"
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To be continued...