Near noon, the sun fell on Mother Lin's body, and the heat wave hit her face, causing her hair to curl slightly.
She stood at the door of the yard, staring into the distance, walking back and forth from time to time, looking both expectant and anxious.
After waiting like this for about ten minutes.
Mother Lin's eyes lit up and she saw an off-road vehicle driving on the road ahead. It drove to the front of the yard and stopped.
Immediately afterwards, the car door opened, and a thin figure stooped out from the passenger seat. He still had a full head of hair and clear facial features.
Lin Qianyi closed the car door, looked up, and saw his mother standing at the door of the yard. He couldn't help but grinned and called, "Mom."
"Hey, son, you are finally back."
Mother Lin was so excited that her eyes filled with tears and she wanted to go up and give her son a good hug.
Lin Qianyi also smiled happily, stepped forward quickly, and hugged his mother's body first, "Mom, I'm back."
"Okay, okay, just come back."
Mother Lin kept patting her son's back, feeling very pleased.
Ever since she received a call from her son and heard him say he was coming back, she had been waiting at the door, looking around, and finally waited for her son to come back.
After hugging him for a while, Mother Lin held her son's hand tightly and walked towards the house.
"Come on, come in and sit down. You haven't had lunch yet? Mom will make you a bowl of your favorite noodles..."
Before Lin Qianyi could speak, he heard another voice speaking first, with a somewhat relaxed smile.
"Auntie, I drove all the way, can you make me a bowl of noodles too?"
Wu Yang opened the car door, stooped out and walked out. He glanced at Lin Qianyi and added with a smile, "By the way, I am a classmate of Senior Brother Xiao Lin. I drove him home this time. It is not a credit but also a hard work."
Bar?"
When Mother Lin heard this, she smiled even more happily, nodded quickly and said, "Yes, yes, thank you for sending Xiaoyi home this time. Come on, come in and sit down, and have a drink of water first."
Mother Lin continued to hold her son's hand and walked towards the house.
Suddenly Lin Qianyi said, "Mom, where is dad?"
Mother Lin paused, held her son's hand tightly, and could not help but slowly loosen it.
She turned her back to Lin Qianyi, took a deep breath, forced a smile and said, "Your dad went to Qingcheng Mountain more than a month ago.
After I came back, I kept thinking about going to Kunlun Mountain to pray to the gods. I couldn't stop him, so I let him go.
But don’t worry, your dad is fine, he will call me every three days to report that he is safe..."
Mother Lin chattered as she walked towards the house.
"Also, after you left home last time, the Zhen'an Department also sent people over to help us change to a bigger house.
But I think you and your dad have gone out, and I am the only one left at home. There is no need to change houses, so I might as well continue to live here.
This way you and your dad will know the way home when you are tired one day, and I will be waiting for you to come back..."
Lin Qianyi listened quietly without interrupting.
He was also surprised in his heart. He didn't expect that his father would go to Qingcheng Mountain on the night he left?
And in this more than a month, my father, like myself, has never returned home?
As for Zhen'an Si's desire to help his family buy a bigger house, he heard from sister Aya and knew his mother's answer at the time, so he was not surprised.
Just when Lin Qianyi was about to step into the door, he suddenly felt something in his heart and turned his head to look at the stone wall.
The next moment, Lin Qianyi's pupils widened and he saw a pile of nuts placed on that stone wall?
Without saying a word, he walked over quickly, with a look of surprise on his face.
"Senior Brother Xiaolin, what's wrong with you?"
Wu Yang, who was following behind, couldn't help feeling confused after seeing Lin Qianyi's reaction.
Of course, he didn't hesitate and walked over. He saw a pile of nuts placed on the stone wall in front of him.
He frowned and said with confusion, "Isn't this just a pile of nuts? Look at how excited you are..."
As Wu Yang spoke, he turned to look at Lin Qianyi and was stunned.
Lin Qianyi looked at the pile of nuts with excitement on his face, as if seeing an old friend he hadn't seen for a long time, and a long-lost smile appeared on his face.
That smile is as pure and clear as sunshine!
Wu Yang was immediately dumbfounded!
Because since he entered Longmen Academy, ever since he met Senior Brother Xiao Lin, this was the first time he saw Senior Brother Xiao Lin’s face showing an innocent smile like a child!
Even when looking at that smile, Wu Yang became deeply curious and wanted to know what happened to Senior Brother Xiao Lin?
Why is Senior Brother Xiao Lin always so serious in Longmen Academy?
And at this moment, Brother Xiao Lin, why did he smile so brightly after seeing the pile of nuts?
What is going on here?
Wu Yang thought silently in his heart, 'Maybe if we unlock this secret, we can know what happened to Senior Brother Xiao Lin...'
After all, every student who enters Longmen Academy has an unknown story.
For example, Wu Yang himself had the same dream for several days after seeing the white snake volleying in the sky that day.
In his dream, he dreamed of a vast lotus pond.
Inside the pond, there are fat, green lotus leaves, swaying gently in the wind.
There are also some lotus flowers in full bloom, the fragrance is far away and clear, and the neat plants are beautiful.
In the next three days, he even dreamed of himself, sitting in a small boat and paddling a wooden oar, sailing towards the center of the lotus pond.
The day after Wu Yang dreamed of this scene, he was taken away directly by the Feng Xun team of the Foreigners.
After two hours of secret conversation, I returned home smoothly.
From then on, no matter who asked, Wu Yang kept silent about the matter.
At this time, Lin Qianyi was extremely excited, after counting the pile of nuts in front of him, he discovered a truth that surprised him even more.
"There are thirty-six nuts in total. Thirty-six days have passed since you and I separated.
Sister Aya is right, you have not forgotten me..."
Lin Qianyi looked at the pile of nuts held in his hands, no more, no less, exactly thirty-six. He couldn't help but feel moved, and his voice was choked with sobs.
But more than anything, I am happy and excited!
"Great! You haven't forgotten me, you've always been here waiting for me..."
Lin Qianyi murmured, and the image of the little squirrel, holding a nut, standing on the stone wall and looking at him seemed to appear in front of his eyes.
Soon, he remembered the training for more than a month.
First, I was trained by the master on Mount Tai for more than half a month.
Then he entered Longmen Academy, became the senior brother of other students, and at the same time accepted the most cruel training in the academy.
【Leap over the Dragon Gate】!
Only after undergoing this hellish training can students successfully graduate from the school.
Today, the training of Lin Qianyi, Wu Yang and others is still continuing, and they have only completed the second difficulty of [Leaping the Dragon Gate], which is to go out for training!
There are a total of nine difficulties in [Leaping the Dragon Gate]!
Guan Guan is sad!
But you have to pass every hurdle!
Otherwise, you will be directly eliminated by Longmen University and will not be able to graduate.
Also taking advantage of this opportunity to go out for training, Lin Qianyi asked Zhou Yixing to go home and have a look.
Otherwise, he would have been training in Longmen Academy and would have to wait until graduation before he would have the opportunity to come back home to visit.
This time when he returned home, Lin Qianyi also knew a lot of things.
Seeing this pile of nuts, I knew that the little squirrel had not forgotten me and was always here waiting for me to come back!
"I'm sorry for keeping you waiting for so long..."
Lin Qianyi read softly, his heart filled with guilt.
He also wanted to go home as soon as possible, just like he did more than a month ago, sitting on the steps in front of the gate, waiting for the little squirrel to come and play with him.
However, in the past month or so, it seems that a lot of things have changed.
Lin Qianyi didn't know how to describe that feeling.
It seems like this world has become strange overnight.
But a lot of things haven't changed.
For example, the pile of nuts in front of me, and the little squirrel in my heart.
Thinking of this, Lin Qianyi's face once again showed a pure smile.
Just like the smile when I first met the little squirrel, it was pure and innocent.
Soon, Mother Lin's voice sounded in the house.
"Xiao Yi, what are you doing standing outside? Hurry up and call your classmates to come in and eat noodles together. You have traveled such a long way, so you must be very hungry..."
Lin Qianyi put the nuts back on the stone wall and looked at Wu Yang again.
Wu Yang shrugged his shoulders and smiled nonchalantly.
"Let's go in and have some noodles."
"Okay! This is at your home, guests can do whatever they want."
So Lin Qianyi walked into the room, smelled the aroma, and took another look at the steaming bowl of noodles on the table. He couldn't help but praise, "Mom, the braised pork noodles you made are still so fragrant, and you even added
So many onions…”
When he mentioned "onion", Lin Qianyi's voice paused, as if he was recalling something.
The word "花" at the end was also said by him in a very small voice.
Soon, Mother Lin brought out another bowl of braised pork noodles and handed it to Wu Yang. She smiled and urged her son, "Why are you still standing? Sit down and eat quickly. Look at my mother's cooking skills."
No……"
"Thank you, auntie."
Wu Yang quickly sat down, picked up the bowls and chopsticks, and prepared to eat.
But he turned around and saw that Senior Brother Xiao Lin was still there, and he couldn't help but pause.
Lin Qianyi came back to his senses, picked up the bowls and chopsticks, and said to his mother, "Mom, I want to go outside and sit and eat to cool down..."
Before Mother Lin could react, Lin Qianyi had already walked out of the door with bowls and chopsticks in hand and sat down on the steps.
While eating braised pork noodles, he looked at the thirty-six nuts placed on the wall, thinking about the little squirrel smiling and showing its two front teeth, and he couldn't help but laugh too.
Then he ate the noodles with big mouthfuls.
Mother Lin and Wu Yang looked at Lin Qianyi's back and looked away silently.
Wu Yang smiled and said sorry, and then after Lin's mother nodded and expressed her casualness, he also picked up the bowls and chopsticks, walked out of the door, sat next to Lin Qianyi, ate braised pork noodles together, and stared into the distance in a daze.
Mother Lin looked at her son's back silently, with a look of distress in her eyes.
Finally, she wiped the corners of her eyes, got up and went into the kitchen, not knowing what she was busy with.
Maybe she doesn't even know it herself.
After a while, Mother Lin remembered something important and hurriedly walked out of the kitchen and shouted to Lin Qianyi, "Xiao Yi, how long will it take for you to come back this time? Mom will clean up the room for you and have a good rest...
"
Lin Qianyi had just finished his last bite of noodles and hadn't had time to swallow it.
After hearing this, he stopped chewing meat for a moment, then continued chewing, saying vaguely, "Mom, no need, we will come back and sit for a while, and we will rush back to train later.
Just wait for me to come home next time and clean up the room with you."
Mother Lin's smile suddenly froze on her face, and she had nowhere to put her hands.
She quickly turned around, wiped her mouth with her hand, nodded and said, "Okay, then, mom won't pack up anymore, and will go get you some food to take with you on the way..."
This time, without waiting for Lin Qianyi to speak, she hurriedly walked into the room.
After Wu Yang drank the last sip of soup, he patted his belly with satisfaction and gave Lin Qianyi a thumbs up.
"The braised pork noodles made by Auntie are so delicious! I'm surprised. Auntie's cooking skills are so good, why can't you, Brother Xiaolin, gain weight?"
Lin Qianyi also drank the last mouthful of soup and put the last chopped green onion into his mouth.
The familiar taste bloomed on his taste buds, reminding him of the tomato and scallion noodles made by his grandfather, and his vision seemed to become blurred all of a sudden.
Then Lin Qianyi put the bowls and chopsticks aside, stood up and walked to the stone wall.
He looked at the thirty-six nuts on the wall, remained silent, and reached out to take off the cloth bag tied around his waist.
Pour out all the nuts from it.
After careful counting, no more, no less, exactly seventy.
Originally, the cloth bag contained seventy-two nuts. After meeting the little girl in Yanyu Ancient Town, I gave her two nuts, but only seventy nuts were left.
Lin Qianyi placed the seventy nuts on the stone wall, and then put the thirty-six nuts into a cloth bag.
He thought for a while, then took out the stuffed white rabbit from his arms and placed it next to the seventy nuts.
After doing this, Lin Qianyi silently looked at the seventy nuts and stuffed white rabbit, thinking happily in his heart.
'I miss you twice as much as you miss me.'
'Remember, see you tomorrow.'
…
At the same time, at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain.
At noon that day, a man with a thin face appeared in the square, holding a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth.
He didn't go up the mountain, so he sat on a stone bench and watched the people coming and going around him, as if waiting for something.
But looking at the focus of his eyes, there was no focus at all. He was away from the crowd, obviously not waiting for anyone.
Suddenly, this thin man heard a childish voice not far away.
"Mom, those videos uploaded on the Internet all say that there are gods in Qingcheng Mountain. Are there really gods living on the top of the mountain?"
Before the girl's mother could answer, the thin man grinned and said, "Little sister, there are no gods on the mountain. Don't be misled by those videos."
"Uncle, can you tell me what's on the mountain?"
"On the mountain..."
Xu Qingyi was about to tell the answer to satisfy the girl's curiosity, but found that the girl's attention had been attracted by the kite in the sky.
He couldn't help shaking his head and smiling, looking at the top of the mountain and murmuring softly, "There are no gods, only sisters."