When we returned to the kitchen, it was already approaching dusk. The sun, which had set only half of its face on the top of the mountain, was trying its best to release its last bit of warmth, making half of the sky red.
Seeing that Father Xu was still busy in front of the stove, Li Lu couldn't help but walked forward, grabbed Father Xu's hand that handed the firewood in, raised a smile and said, "Dad, let me do it."
Father Xu looked at Li Lu, and a smile appeared on his wrinkled face. He stood up and said, "Have you met Dean Xu?"
Li Lu nodded, knelt down and asked, "What did dad help Dean Xu back then? How could he agree to your request?"
"What did Dean Xu tell you?" Father Xu frowned, as if he thought of something, and a hint of hidden hatred suddenly flashed in his turbid eyes!
"No." Li Lu said bluntly, raising his head and rolling his eyes at Father Xu, "I'm not stupid, I can guess it with my nose."
"Children, don't ask too many questions!" Father Xu obviously didn't want to mention this issue. His slightly hunched back looked extremely old. Although Father Xu was trembling, he was actually only forty or fifty years old!
Seeing that Father Xu refused to say anything, Li Lu knew what was going on and didn't ask. He started to light the fire honestly. Not long after, Father Xu took out the leftover lunch meal from the cupboard, poured it into the pot, stir-fried it, and served it.
Come out and put it on the table.
Today was another fight and another hunt in the mountains. Li Lu was so hungry that his back was pressed against his back. Although it was just a cold dish, he ate it with relish. After eating the meal, both father and son were silent.
Be silent.
After the meal, Li Lu took the initiative to put away the dishes and chopsticks. Seeing his rare filial piety, Mr. Xu let him go. He walked into the room alone and soon took out a delicate wooden box and placed it on the clean table.
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After Li Lu washed the dishes, he saw Father Xu touching the wooden box with a sad look on his face, and walked forward curiously, "What is this?"
"This is what your mother left behind." Father Xu said softly, as if he was lost in memories. After a long while, he smiled bitterly, opened the box, and took out a piece of no more than three fingers.
A wide, sleek jade pendant.
"My mother?" Li Lu murmured, feeling very unfamiliar with this term.
"You have grown up and will set off for Qingyi Gate soon. This is your mother's thing and should be handed over to you." Father Xu handed the jade pendant to Li Lu and said, "Qingyi Gate is not
Compared with home, if you are lucky enough to be chosen, you can be an honest person with your tail between your legs! Talk less and do more, and your irritable temper can be changed!"
"Yes." Li Lu responded honestly. Although there was still a month left, seeing what Father Xu said was as if he was parting from life or death, he felt inexplicably melancholy. Taking the jade pendant handed over by Father Xu, Li Lu
After taking a closer look, the jade was cyan and oval in shape. The clean jade body was engraved with the character "swastika" and tied with a belt that looked like gold but not gold. After just one glance, Li Lu subconsciously felt that this was something extraordinary.
, and then felt a faint constant temperature transmitted from the jade body, which made him more sure of his thoughts.
Putting the jade pendant away, Li Lu asked curiously: "Dad, how did you meet my mother and me back then?"
"Back then -" Father Xu groaned, then sighed again.
Li Lu knew that Father Xu was about to say something, so he pricked up his ears and waited quietly for Father Xu to speak.
Father Xu said slowly: "Fifteen years ago, it was about this time. It was at the riverside that I met your mother who was unconscious and you who were still crying in her infancy. I thought about those barren mountains and wild mountains. , leaving you orphans and widowed mothers in the mountains was not an option. So I brought you two back, but... your mother left the next day, only wrote down your name, and left you here alone. I I don’t even know what your mother’s name is. I saw how cute you were, so I took you in. Unexpectedly, the older you get, the skinnier you become. It’s really hard on my old bones.”
When Father Xu was so emotional, Li Lu couldn't help but sigh. He felt worthless for Father Xu. He shook his head and sighed: "If you didn't meet me, you wouldn't be so miserable, right? But dad, why are you going to the river? ?”
Hearing Li Lu ask this question, Father Xu immediately became embarrassed and kept silent with a strange look on his face. Li Lu became suspicious, knowing that there must be a story, and stared at Father Xu with burning eyes.
After being silent for a long time, Father Xu was helpless by Li Lu. He looked like he was risking his life and coughed dryly and said, "Peep a look at the Cuihua bathing in our town."
"Peeping at Aunt Cuihua taking a bath?" After hearing this, Li Lu immediately became energetic. He still knew about Cuihua. Father Xu had been in contact with her, and Aunt Cuihua would bring vegetables every morning.
Speaking of the ridiculous things he did when he was young, Father Xu couldn't help but blush. Looking at Li Lu, he shouted exaggeratedly and immediately raised his hands, pretending to be angry.
Li Lu laughed, rubbed oil on the soles of his feet and ran away.
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That night.
Li Lu was lying on the bed, holding the jade pendant in a daze. He tried to identify the jade pendant, but the system found nothing about it. He felt even more curious about the biological mother who abandoned "him".
Li Lu hung the jade pendant around his neck, and felt a warm breath in his chest.
"It's good to use it to keep warm in winter." Li Lu thought to himself and closed his eyes.
As soon as he thought about going to sleep, a rectangular confirmation box appeared in the void.
"Do you want to enter the latent cultivation state?"
Li Lu was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. Unexpectedly, the upgrade system was activated, and even this function was brought. [Low repair state], which is equivalent to offline environmental practice in the game. It was available in most games in the previous life, Li Lu Playing games is no exception.
But sleeping with your eyes closed can give you experience, and only a fool would refuse.
Li Lu immediately clicked yes, closed his eyes, and fell asleep soon.
I don't know how much time passed, but the jade pendant hanging around my neck was illuminated by the moonlight, and the "swastika" font carved on the jade body glowed with a hazy golden light. Gradually, the golden light became more and more dazzling, and the dark room was instantly illuminated. The jade body also changed from cyan to a flame-like color, extremely hot.
"Ah -" Li Lu screamed, no longer sleepy, and felt a particularly painful pain in his chest. However, before he could take a closer look, a small gash was opened on his chest by the hot jade pendant, and blood trickled out without a drop. The jade pendant sucked it in. Li Lu subconsciously stretched out his hand to grab it, but was burned to pieces. The jade pendant was like a leech, sucking firmly into his chest.
"Dad, you're hurting me..." Li Lu thought it was over now, he was about to die before he could even enjoy traveling through time.
However, at this moment, something even weirder happened! The jade pendant that had sucked the blood glowed red, alternating between gold and red, and it was so dazzling. A small opening suddenly opened in Li Lu's chest, and the jade pendant slowly slid in.
"Isn't this jade pendant some body-stealing ghost trying to take over my body?"
Li Lu, who was sweating profusely, was thinking wildly. His head suddenly hurt like tearing, his hands and feet were numb, and he couldn't move. After a while, the strange light gradually subsided, and the jade pendant completely entered Li Lu's chest. If
If he could look inside like a monk in the Qi Condensation Realm, he would definitely find that the jade pendant was tightly attached to his heart...
"Not dead?"
After some torture, Li Lu felt dizzy and completely passed out.