After a while, after the effects of the medicine wore off, she sat upright, drank some tea, put her hands on the table, and lay down.
Sure enough, this position was much more comfortable. She looked at the door and whispered softly, "Why hasn't Su Mu come yet? What are you doing?"
Huo Qizhi turned to look at her. Her eyelids were blinking tirelessly, and her face was slightly red. He suddenly asked, "Are you sleepy?"
Tong Yan buried her head in her arms and said angrily, "I'm a little dizzy. I need to calm it down. Don't make any noise."
Huo Qizhi: "..." He didn't make any noise.
However, today's Tong Yan seems a bit squeamish, and will express it even if he is slightly unhappy.
After waiting for too long, there was a knock on the door, and it was the food delivery person. In addition to these, there was a bowl of noodles.
Tong Yan thought it was a mistake, so he stopped them, "We didn't order noodles."
The clerk smiled and said, "It's from here. The little one sent it right."
After he finished speaking, he went out, and then Shen Zhuangheng came in.
Tong Yan spoke first, "I came back just in time, the food has just arrived."
Shen Zhuangheng sat down next to her and brought the noodles to her, "This is your longevity noodles. I missed your birthday for a few years. I will make up for it today when I have time."
Tong Yan was stunned and said in surprise, "So you just went to the kitchen, and you made this dish!"
Huo Qizhi didn't even look at him.
Shen Zhuangheng just smiled and said, "Eat quickly. According to your previous request, a combination of meat and vegetables, less noodles and more vegetables."
She had never had birthdays since she came to the world of cultivation. Firstly, she had no time, and secondly, she even forgot about it. Unexpectedly, Su Mu still remembered it, which moved Tong Yan deeply.
Just when she was about to use her chopsticks, she stopped again, took the bowl in front of him, and divided half of it over.
"Eat together and I'll make up for yours."
Not only divide the noodles and vegetables into two equal portions, but also pick out the excess green onions.
She still remembered asking him before why he didn't like chopped green onions.
When Su Mu was a child, he said that because he had nothing to eat before, he couldn't bear it and went to other people's gardens to steal vegetables to fill his stomach.
But he didn't know which ones could be eaten, so he grabbed a few chopped green onions next to him and took a few bites. The smell of the green onions was so pungent that he spit it out after taking two bites.
When he was about to change his food, the owner's dog barked, and a man came and beat him.
It was winter at that time, and there was no food or clothes to keep out the cold. Su Mu was wrapped in his dead adoptive father's old clothes to barely withstand the cold wind.
After suffering some injuries, his old clothes were torn and thin and could not withstand the wind and snow. He caught a cold that night and developed a high fever.
Fortunately, the daughter-in-law of the family who beat him in the end was worried about his condition, so she came over to check on him and found that he had a fever. She made some medicine for him to drink and took care of him for a few days, so Su Mu could survive.
After Su Mu finished speaking at that time, his lowered voice seemed to still contain the despair of almost dying at that time, "That winter was particularly difficult."
If he hadn't met Tong Yan the following year, perhaps he would have froze to death and starved to death in a corner in the winter of the following year.
Shen Zhuangheng watched Tong Yan finish the meal, picked green onions, looked at her with a smile, and said nothing.
He was very grateful to the aunt who took care of his sick self and gave him food from time to time to keep him through the winter.
In winter, when the land was heavily snowed, there was little food to eat, especially for farmers. He later heard that the aunt had been scolded twice by her husband for frequently bringing him food.
He shouldn't be a drag on others anymore, and the aunt didn't come again because she had children at home and was threatened by her husband.
Shen Zhuangheng slowly ate the noodles and suddenly said, "The winter ahead won't be cold at all."
Tong Yan knew what he was talking about. In fact, it was not only not cold, but also lonely and homeless.
In the winter of the first year, there was heavy snowfall and the calf-deep snow was completely different from her hometown in Sichuan.
It rarely snows there, and even less snow accumulates there. The snow melts instantly, and the weather is wet and cold. In winter, the whole family will gather around the stove to chat and quarrel.
Then, have a New Year’s Eve dinner...
Huo Qizhi remained silent on the sidelines. This was a past he didn't know, and he was once again inadvertently excluded...
After finishing the noodles, Shen Zhuangheng pushed a square box over, "Birthday gift."
Tong Yan hurriedly opened it and saw a pair of red earrings, which she looked at but didn't buy.
"When did you buy it?!"
Huo Qizhi also saw at a glance that they were the pair he had taken before. He couldn't help but look at Shen Zhuangheng and expressed his doubts.
Shen Zhuangheng smiled, "When you were leaving, I saw that you liked it so I bought it as a birthday gift."
Tong Yan said: "But I can't take him with you either."
She felt that it was a pity to buy it just for decoration.
Shen Zhuangheng: "You keep it as a collection, you don't have to take it with you."
Huo Qizhi pursed his lips and looked at the dishes with a bit of annoyance.
Why didn't he think of that?
"Okay!" Tong Yan agreed, and then gave him a storage bag, "It's also a birthday gift."
Inside were the spiritual stones and magic weapons she had prepared a few days ago.
Shen Zhuangheng checked with his spiritual consciousness and found that there were too many things, including ten thousand high-grade spiritual stones. He frowned and stepped back, "This is not your birthday gift. There are too many things."
Tong Yan: "I said yes, just take it."
Shen Zhuangheng refused and put the things back in front of her, "Today's Qingyu Xiao is a birthday gift, and I don't lack these things either."
Tong Yan sighed and said, "Okay, these are the things I prepared for you to go to the secret realm to experience. You can't have too little."
Shen Zhuangheng still disagreed, "This is your thing, what can I do with it?"
"Stop whining, just take it if it's given to you."
After Tong Yan finished speaking, he handed the things over again and decisively ignored the person.
"Have a meal."
Shen Zhuangheng had no choice but to accept it for her first, "If you need pocket money in the future, you can always ask me for it."
Since she wants to regard herself as an elder brother, her usual food, clothing, pocket money, etc. should be prepared for her.
Before the secret realm is opened, all forces will usually set off a month or half a month in advance, and the Mosha Sect will set off half a month ago.
So in the next few months, Tong Yan and the others were improving their cultivation and improving their techniques.
In a secret realm, background may not be able to save your life, only your own strength can.
Since her last breakthrough, her spiritual consciousness has expanded. Although the scope is very small, the overall current spiritual consciousness is comparable to that of an average golden elixir monk.
Not only her spiritual consciousness, but also her understanding and mastery of water spiritual power has advanced further, and she can vaguely touch the ice attribute.
In order to refine his control over his spiritual consciousness, Tong Yan would often sit on the bridge and practice his skills all day long.
When I got tired from practicing, I put a paper boat on the water and let the boat flow with the waves, passing through the gaps among the lotus bushes, while I lay on it and meditated quietly.