Qianxiang Baimei

Chapter 2

The little mallet looked at him quietly, her heart might not be as calm as her face, the heart in her chest was beating violently.

She never knew what it was like to have parents. Since she was a child, she ran around with her master and saw that other children had parents by her side. Occasionally, she would think why she didn't. Now, her parents may soon be settled, but she didn't know what it felt like.

Is it intentional abandonment?Or have to give up?She couldn't guess the answer, and she felt a vague rejection in her heart, and she didn't really want to know the truth.

"My... biological parents may be in the upper reaches of the river?" She asked hesitantly.

But the master shook his head and sighed: "I have been looking for you with me for more than two years, and I have asked every family on the riverside, but I still haven't found it. I guess, your biological parents probably passed by here and left you behind... ..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly felt that he was talking too much again. Being abandoned by his biological parents is definitely not a happy thing for a child. He glanced at the little mallet, her expression was still motionless, there was no clue, but her eyes were somewhat Sadly, I must still care, after all, I am still a ten-year-old child.

The master patted her happily: "In the future, when you grow up, you can be independent, and you can find your parents by yourself. You have plenty of time. Speaking of which, I am old as a teacher, and I can't help you find your parents. I will find your parents in the future." It's good for brothers to help."

Huh?Why did another big brother appear?
Finally, there was a crack in the little mallet's zombie face.What's going on today?Is the secret in my heart revealed?Where did she come from as a big brother?

"...Elder brother? Have you accepted disciples before?"

The master proudly flaunted: "Of course! Master is so old and capable, how could he only accept you as an apprentice! When you were not here in the early years, I took in a very powerful apprentice. Brother is much smarter than you, you can learn alchemy once you teach it, and you never need to teach it a second time."

"Where is he now?"

Did you go out and venture into the rivers and lakes alone because you have learned alchemy?She never met this senior brother once, and even the master himself never mentioned it.

"Your senior brother is considered a genius of the sky. When I was ten years old, I had nothing to teach him. He had a chance and met an immortal. Now he should join another school."

A genius from the sky...another teacher...sounds like some kind of legendary biography, without the slightest sense of reality.Little Stick looked at Master suspiciously. In fact, compared to the things she had heard for the first time, Master's eloquence today was more suspicious. He never said so much.

"After talking so much, my mouth is dry." The master smashed the smoked tobacco leaves on the stone, got up and stretched himself, "Little stick, let's cook, the master is hungry."

Stop talking?She nodded, and pulled out a few more radishes. If she had nothing else to eat, let's make radish soup and braised radish...

"Put more salt on the braised radish, Master is very serious." Master ordered slowly from behind.

"Ah."

Little Bangchui pushed open the firewood door of the kitchen, and unexpectedly, Master called her again from behind: "Little Bangchui."

"What?" She turned her head, and the master was standing in front of the firewood gate and looked at her with a smile. I don't know if it was her eyesight or something else, but there seemed to be a flash of reluctance in the master's eyes very quickly.

"Oh...it's nothing." The master smiled, "Be careful when cooking, and don't get your new clothes dirty."

For this meal of braised radish, three handfuls of salt were added to the mallet, and the salty ones can be directly used as pickles.She filled a bowl, took it to Master's room first, and knocked on the door lightly: "Master, it's time to eat."

Called three times in a row, there was no movement in the room, fell asleep?Every time I asked for dinner, the master would come out immediately, no matter if he was asleep or not.

The ominous premonition in her heart gradually spread. Although she had this feeling just now, today's master is very wrong. He suddenly bought her clothes and said so many things that she had never said before. She didn't think much about it before, but ...

Little Bangchui was secretly startled, and she opened the chaimen door, and the house was filled with green smoke, and when the door was opened, it was blown out by the mountain wind, and she plunged into the smoke, her eyes hurt , Coughing again and again.

It took a long time for the smoke to be blown away, and the little stick slowly walked into the room. The room was empty, except for a bed. The master who was still there before the meal had disappeared.

"...Master?" She called out in a low voice, but no one answered.

She is no stranger to these blue smokes, it is Master's escape method, which summons a large amount of smoke to cover the sight, and the human body can escape thousands of miles in an instant, one of Master's real methods, relying on this method to deceive Many people believe that he is really a living god, but they never thought that he would use it at home. Where is he now?Have you fled thousands of miles away?
Little mallet's heart sank slowly, and for the first time, she was suddenly overwhelmed by panic.

She left her job, ran out, searched around the yard, and even looked into the earthen well, but of course there was no one there.

Where is Master?Suddenly disappeared?
Panting, the little mallet searched the woods again, and finally returned to the wooden house where the master lived, and looked around blankly—there was nothing in the master's room except a bed, and she just washed the coarse sheets last night It is clean and paved, the top is flat, and there is no trace of someone sleeping on it.

There was a blue cloth bundle beside the bed, which she recognized, it was often used by the master when he went out.The burden is round and seems to be full of things.

All the surrounding voices stopped suddenly, and the little mallet felt like a dream. She slowly unwrapped the bundle, and a few ingots of silver rolled out of it. Pressing a letter.

When I opened the letter, there were flying dragons and phoenixes on it. It was exactly the handwriting of the master. The ink was still wet and the back of the paper was dizzy.

"Little mallet, eat radishes by yourself, eat more, and you will have the strength to go on your way when you are full. The money is secretly accumulated by the master over the years, and a few pieces are given to you as travel expenses. You are so stupid that you have not learned what the master taught you. , It’s really worrying. Master has to leave for some things, so he can’t take you with him. Take the money and go to your elder brother. A portrait of your elder brother is attached to the letter. He should be apprenticed in Wuyueting now. It’s quite big, so you’re sure to find him. That piece of blood-stained cloth was the swaddle that wrapped you in those days, and the blood stains can’t be washed off no matter what, so I’ll leave it to you as a thought. Don’t worry about finding your parents. It’s still a long time. Little stick, although you are a girl, Master believes that you can take care of yourself by yourself, and treat yourself like a man when you live alone, but don’t really think that you are a man. Girls should laugh more, you Never smile, Master is really worried that you won’t laugh.”

The handwriting stopped abruptly, he was so careless even writing a farewell letter, the place where he stopped made people feel empty.

Little Stick felt her wrists trembling. In the morning, she thought that she was not good at alchemy. If the master died, how would she live alone? She never thought that this day would come so quickly. No, leave her alone.

She threw away the letter paper and took out another piece of paper from the envelope. On it was a crooked portrait with crooked eyes and mouth.

She scoffed and laughed out of anger. Who said she couldn't laugh?dead old man.

After laughing, she suddenly felt like waking up from a dream, and there was a sharp pain in her eyes, which she couldn't hold back no matter what, big and big tears fell down, and the ink blurred, making the portrait even more ridiculous.

Why?Even if he has something important to do, she can go with the master; even if she is too stupid to learn alchemy, she can wait at home.If he wants to leave, why not simply leave as if nothing happened?Buying her clothes full of flaws, and explaining her background and senior brother, pigs can even find something is wrong!Why did you write to her again?He has never given her a penny since he was a child, why should he give her money now?He kept the swaddling baby for ten years, and he never said anything about his parents. Why did he return the swaddling baby to her at this time?
She thought of the days she had spent together in the past ten years. This old man, who was stingy, stingy, eccentric, moody, annoying and willful, was so willful when he left, which was outrageous.

The little mallet threw the green cloth bundle hard, and the silver hit her feet unexpectedly, causing her to gasp in pain, and was unable to get up for a long time while clutching her legs.The skirt on her body is still new, the master just bought it for her, and the corners of the skirt are still embroidered with orchid grass.She burst into tears from the pain, as if she couldn't stop her tears, her newly bought skirt was wet with tears.Crying and crying, I don't know why it turned into crying, I couldn't breathe.

She didn't even want to know what she was crying for, was it a sharp pain in her foot?Perhaps, it was the ten years spent with Master, long and fast, that turned into water rushing out of his eyes.

　Update three chapters on the first day~~~This is Chapter 2~~
　　
　
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