A meaningless New Year is over. For She Zishu, such a special festival does not make her feel that it is any different from usual. Perhaps it is because there are more sounds of firecrackers and more red on the streets. Couplet
Ah, the lanterns, the children's cotton-padded jackets... everything is in fiery red. Walking through such red, her thin clothes are no longer so eye-catching.
She vaguely felt a kind of intimacy, perhaps because of the color. Those bright things conveyed a different kind of enthusiasm. They were like fire, but they were no different from water, washing away the complicated and chaotic dust in her heart. Like water, fire can also
Purify everything.
This place is close to the south. If there is a white star floating in the sky, it will amaze the locals for a long time. For such a remote water town, many people will not go further in their lives. Even if they paddle a boat along the river
Next, you will soon be able to reach a more distant and more developed city, and no one seems to have thought about leaving. People are self-sufficient and rely on a piece of water and soil to support themselves.
It's so lively, but everything has nothing to do with me. Even though she has been here for the New Year, even though the children here like her very much. Until now, she has passed through many villages, large and small, and has seen many people from the past.
Interesting things that she has never seen before. This kind of journey is all alone. She can't say it is good or bad. She just feels that it seems to be a lot different from the days spent by several girls before.
But she couldn't tell what the difference was.
Her perception is too poor, maybe monsters are different from humans after all. At the end of autumn, it is not too cold here, and unknown birds are still hatching eggs. Before coming to this water town,
She found a nest of eggs among the water plants by the river. She didn't know what kind of bird it was, but thought it was abnormal - but she thought
It wouldn't be very cold in the south. Although she couldn't feel it, she had some "common sense". When those birds broke their shells, one or two of them were swaying, and the life inside was trying hard to break free.
She Zishu didn't do anything, just watched quietly. She felt a subtle emotion rising and falling in her heart.
Now think about it, where did the real mothers of these water birds go? Maybe it was because someone was nearby and they didn't dare to get close anymore. Even if I left at that time and was contaminated by the breath of others - monsters, the mother bird might also be very beautiful.
It's hard to accept them. It's a bit pitiful to think that it lost its child like this. It was just too tired and wanted to walk freely, or it was too hungry and couldn't help but go looking for food. But it wanted to
There is no use having too much; it is not there for the children when it matters most.
As a result, they mistakenly thought that She Zishu, who was watching the excitement, was their mother, and they followed her until now.
It was so bizarre that She Zishu couldn't figure it out. She didn't know whether she should let it go. But no matter what, it was a bit cruel to have life die in front of her eyes. So she fed the birds grass seeds and fruits,
Feed the small fish blanched in hot water, and they actually grow up like this. Today, they are the size of ordinary water birds - they grow very fast, but their fur is still fluffy and has not transformed into hard feathers.
"This kind of fluff can help them survive the winter better." The old man in the water town told her, "Only in spring will they put on the feathers like big birds and start to learn to fly. They really like you.
Ah, you must be a very good person."
Shezi didn't know how to answer. Those fluffy water birds, each of which happened to be held in both hands, snuggled up next to her and slept. She felt that there should be no warmth on her body, but they still did it, maybe it was
The fabric is relatively warm. There are four birds like this. Originally there were six, which sounds auspicious. But one is missing.
Some of the shells were broken, and another one was carried away by the raptor. Its speed was so fast that Zishu couldn't react. In the blink of an eye, it took the bird and flew to a place that was out of reach. She had no choice but to think about it.
She thought, forget it, maybe this way the descendants of the raptor will not starve in this slightly cold winter. All she can do is protect the remaining few birds.
"The babies of many animals will follow the first living thing they see after they are born, and regard them as their mothers. Many of their habits in the future will also follow the mothers they think of. I am afraid that these bird babies now,
You might think you are a human being, hahahahahahaha..."
There were only elderly monogamous couples in the place where she stayed temporarily. The old lady was a bit deaf and always spoke loudly to them, but this did not mean that she was irritable. The old man was a cheerful and good man, smiling at everyone.
Their faces were full of wrinkles. They were all very good people. However, these words still gave She Zishu an unspeakable feeling. This is not the old man’s fault.
She initially thought she was a human being, and then... she became what she is now. Perhaps she saw her own reflection in these little birds. Even though the life and death of a group of birds had nothing to do with her, she still didn't want to let them die so easily.
.Did something really happen? Do you blame yourself for looking at them too much?
It can't be calculated like this...
Can't?
In this place, which is currently a guise, Zishu doesn’t stay too long, but she likes it here. Maybe it’s the kind old people, the unpretentious young residents, and the lively children. However, there were many places like this in the past.
Yes, maybe this time there will be a prosperous New Year atmosphere. In the previous places, she was unable to stay too long due to various reasons.
Various reasons.
Maybe this is not a place for her to stay for a long time, but if possible, she wants to stay as long as possible. Every time she stays in one place for more than seven days, and the local people are simple and warm, she will develop a new idea.
"Perhaps this is not bad, there is no need to search for the so-called truth or find out the so-called life experience." You can also forget about the suggestion of Lord Kutsutsuki for her to go to the Death Shadow Pavilion to decipher the secret. She is a monster, and compared to
Human beings have a longer and more abundant time.
She gently touched the head of a water bird in her arms. It was sleeping deeply. It was between her crossed knees, beside the warm stove, and its gray fluffy fur was glowing with a warm light. Their mouths were still
They are black, like their legs, but it is said that their beaks will turn bright red once the down is replaced. It is said that when a flock of birds gathers in the shallows, looking from a distance, their beaks look like they are illuminated by the sun.
Bright, sparkling waves on the water.
The old lady came from the kitchen and handed her a lotus leaf cake. She said thank you. The old man once told her that they once had a lovely granddaughter who, if she were still alive, should be as old as her. In front of the old lady
, the old man said, their granddaughter is too playful and won’t go home after dark.
, fell into the water and drowned. The parents were distraught and moved away from the water town where they lived... to the village of the wife's natal family. But for the two old people, there are too many memories of the past here, even though
It was my granddaughter who lost her life here, and she couldn't give up just by leaving.
But while the old lady was sleeping, the old man said this again.
"It was the water ghost who captured her as a scapegoat." In the dark night, the eyes of the old man with poor eyesight seemed to be filled with an indescribable watery light. "The children here have all been proficient in water since they were young, so nothing will happen to them...
…Just downstream of the main river, two miles away from the village, there is a
A 'Yin River' intersects with it. Even big ships have to be careful when passing there. So people here don't like to travel far, and they are not willing to do business with others. There are also bold businessmen, but in the end something happened.
, or I changed my career and couldn’t keep doing it.”
It has always been safe here, with no monsters intruding. The only troublesome area is the waterway. But if you don't actively cause trouble, nothing big will happen, so people don't leave slowly. But for people from the water town,
It is said that water ghosts are their biggest enemies - logically speaking, they can be regarded as a kind of monsters. How people distinguish ghosts and monsters in different places differs.
She Zishu stayed here with a mentality close to luck. She is neither a ghost nor a human, but at least she looks very close to a human. No one can recognize her. There should be no one passing by here.
The "enthusiastic" Taoist priest helped the villagers subjugate demons. She thought, at least wait for these birds
She has changed her fur, learned to fly, and has become more proficient in hunting skills... If something unexpected happens at that time and she has no choice but to leave, it's okay, she can accept it calmly. Just like a child growing up, parents can't completely let go
At least I no longer have to worry about my children all day long.
At night, Zishu lay quietly on the bed, and the birds huddled together at the corner of the bed. She didn't seem to need sleep often, at least less than humans need. Are all monsters so energetic? She didn't know
, she had only seen a few monsters. She silently thought about everything she had experienced since coming to this village. Like other places, she could help everyone do whatever work she could. About herself, she made up some images
Such a story, but all the information about her identity is unified into a "miko". A witch always has some magic power on her body, so it is understandable that she wears such thin clothes, and it is even more excusable that she can use some magic. Her little
Spells - or in other words, sorcery - can always help people solve some minor troubles. Soon, people will respect her and like her. These are also little tricks she has learned slowly along the way...the kind that are harmless.
She often thinks of Yin Quan.
That child was different. She couldn't speak, and she couldn't use convenient lies to solve troubles like herself. It became increasingly difficult for her to imagine how she got here alone before walking with Chenxing.
It is even more unimaginable how she would walk alone in the future.
