As the girl ran, a medium-sized village appeared in the field of vision. The quiet rural atmosphere washed away the restless heartbeat. This was the village where she grew up, and it was her "world". Covered by mountains,
This village actually has a fairly small piece of fertile farmland. It is also in a suitable location from streams, rivers and other water sources. The advantage of being backed by mountains and forests means that the people in this village are not short of fuel and animal meat. The most important thing is that in this miserable place,
On this land, this village——
There are no natural disasters.
Xia didn't know what a natural disaster was. The first time she heard it was the strange story told by the old lady Jing in the village, she thought it was some kind of huge ferocious beast. In fact, no one in the village had actually seen the scene of a natural disaster. Faced with the children's questions
, the old lady explained:
"The earth is cracking, mountains are collapsing, rocks as big as houses are falling from the sky, and fire from the sky is a very scary sight."
Hearing this, the young Xia shrank in fear: It would be scary to hit such a big stone - she could not even lift a stone as big as her own head, and she really couldn't imagine how a stone as big as a house should be.
What does it look like.
In short, Fenglin Village is such a comfortable place beyond imagination. In the words of the book brought from the Yan Kingdom, it is called a "paradise". But there are no peach trees in Fenglin Village, and the only flowers that bloom brightly are on the hillside.
That patch of cherry blossoms is not that vast. That is where Kasumi's family is.
Running briskly on the stairs of the hillside, she looked for her goal. After a while, she heard the crisp ringing of bells. A child in luxurious clothes was holding Temari, listening to the adults around him with a smile.
The way she talks, dresses and looks is exactly like the image of the famous daughter or even the princess in the story.
"Taiichi!" Kasumi shouted to the child. The child who heard his name tilted his head and responded to the call with the most pleasant voice imaginable:
"elder sister!"
Kasumi took the Temari thrown by Taichi and said half-complainingly, "Really, who dressed you up like this! I don't know who I am troubling by packing such complicated clothes."
"Aunts and grandmas helped me put it on!" Taiyi raised his head and said, "Everyone said it looks good like this. Don't you think it looks good like this?" Xia scratched her head helplessly, "It looks good, but it looks good.
…”
But Taiyi is a boy - the second half of the sentence was not uttered, and who could say it looking at that harmless expression? A slightly fat woman came to Xia, "Xia, it's so early
Are you back yet? It looks like the training went well."
Xia bowed slightly to the woman, "Hello, Mrs. Hua. It's thanks to your uncles' help. My father said that I'm making rapid progress. Thank you for your concern."
"Hey, you have become a reliable young lady, much more reliable than the one in my family." Mrs. Hua seemed to be quite dissatisfied with her woodcutter husband, but this was just a small bump in the couple's love.
"You are going to find the master, right? Take Taiyi back quickly, lest he say that we rough guys have led the young master into mischief again."
Xia knew this was just a joke. She held her brother's hand and said goodbye to the kind villagers. The two of them climbed up the long stairs together, just like other children who climb up to play hand in hand.
Walking further and further away.
"What a wonderful couple..."
"Who says it's not the case? It's a pity that Madam passed away so early. I'm afraid they also committed a lot of crimes. It's really pitiful."
"Poor, rare child——"
"Shh! Didn't we agree not to mention that word again?"
"Hey, my fault! But I just thought that if the two children could have other situations..."
Xia naturally listened to all kinds of discussions behind her back with her keen ears. She didn't know what her attitude was towards these discussions. She just felt with a child's intuition that this was not something so positive, and it was different from herself.
and his younger brother are closely related.
"Sister, my hand hurts." Taiyi blinked his big, watery eyes, and his beautiful face without tears made it difficult to tell whether the child was lying: How could a child not cry when it hurts? Xia quickly relaxed and unconscious.
Looking at his brother's red little hands, he clenched his palms and couldn't help but blame himself: It's been so long since he started training, but he just couldn't remember to control his strength when he was with his brother! Full of guilt, he squatted down and moved towards the little brother.
The little hand blew for a long time, "Does it still hurt?"
Taiyi smiled again, "It doesn't hurt anymore, thank you sister!" Xia touched Taiyi's cheek that still had baby fat, knowing that his brother was not lying.
Feng Mo Taiyi is the most feared child in the village, for two reasons. First, Taiyi never sheds tears, never cries like a child, and almost no one has ever seen him act coquettishly - just like their mother.
Just like the day Feng Mo Yuezi passed away, the world had never seen his tears.
Secondly, as if to make up for his "shortcoming" of never shedding tears, when Taiyi was born in this world, a tear mole was left in the corner of his left eye to replace the tears he never shed. It seemed to make him look
He often sheds tears. This tear mole is the only "marked" place on Taiyi's body. There is not even a birthmark anywhere else. It is this mark that adds to his beauty like a magic, or a curse.
Gorgeous.
Yes, beautiful, this word is used on children, used on a little boy! Xia knows that a word to describe a person's handsome appearance is called "male and female", but even this word is not enough when applied to her own brother.
Use: If a person of marriageable age saw the child as he was born, the poor person would be possessed and willing to wait for the child to grow up - maybe even regardless of gender.
Taiyi's appearance is such a threatening and aggressive thing. People will naturally be afraid of such incomprehensible things, but when they see Taiyi, they can't be angry with the child, or even resist doing something for him.
The idea is that everyone likes their brother and is willing to take care of him, which is a good thing, but Xia always feels that this situation is not good.
She didn't understand words like "sick" and "crazy."
Finally, she took her brother's hand and came to the front of her courtyard. This house was not much different from other residences in the village, except that it occupied a larger area and had a garden that was taken care of by her father.
Her brother lifted it and put it on the floor facing the garden before she stepped into the home.
Xia quickly came to the study, "Father," she called softly through the door, worried that she would disturb her father's contemplation. "Come in." Fortunately, his father replied very quickly, and it did not seem to disturb him.
Opening the door, she saw the middle-aged man sitting in the middle of the room. "Thank you for the training." Seeing his daughter, Fuma Juro, the current head of the Fuma family, couldn't help but feel a hint of warmth in his eyes, "Yu, tell me about you."
The progress is very fast. This is the result of your hard work. You can be proud of yourself."
"Thank you for the compliment, Father." Xia bowed her head respectfully in front of her father. Her father was as respectable as ever and was considerate of his children. But for Xia, there was a missing piece in her heart that she had never been able to fill.
——Fuma Juro used to be a much more cheerful, interesting and curious person than he is now. Since the death of his mother, Kasumi has never been able to see the hopeful smile on his face like before.