Hurry up, please be kind

Chapter 209 The Land of the Gods 2
Everything around has returned to its original state.

The sea of ​​flowers is romantic, a young man who is more stunning than peach blossoms, stepped on the fallen flowers on the ground, holding a smile, and slowly walked towards her, "My lord, today is the Lantern Festival, do you want to go to see the lanterns together?"

Qianmian Zhizhi didn't know why he didn't make a sound.

Si Zhuo's eyes flickered slightly, and the drooping eyes covered the deep undercurrent in his eyes.

She suddenly smiled at the boy inexplicably.

"Let's go, Xiaohua."

The boy happily held her hand, and Si Zhuo followed quietly, and the two walked through the colorful peach blossom forest.

Walk slowly to the small town at the foot of the mountain.

The evening sun fell on the streets of the town.

People coming and going showed simple smiles in the setting sun. A hawker carrying candied haws passed by the two of them and greeted them warmly when he saw them.

"Hey, the high priest is also coming to see the lanterns, let's have a candied haws, it's so sweet!"

The peddler picked two big hawthorns, candied haws that were evenly coated with wheat sugar, and stuffed them into the boy's hands.

Then before the two of them paid, they smiled and left, yelling all the way.

The boy handed one to Si Zhuo.

Si Zhuo shook his head, "Eat it."

"Lie, you will die if you eat sugar, and others will die if you eat spicy food." The young man stuck out his tongue, bit off a candied haws, and his cheeks bulged from chewing.

Si Zhuo smiled and did not refute him.

It's true, she doesn't like sweets very much, and the food that suits her taste is quite heavy.

The cook has to prepare those spicy and tearful meals.

It's also pretty terrible.

Si Zhuo's eyes fell on the boy.

He ate one candied haws in each hand, and ate two together, taking a bite out of each side, his brows were filled with joy, and his lips were stained with sugar-coated red.

It's so similar, it perfectly coincides with the Ji Hua in memory.

"The High Priest!"

When Si Zhuo heard someone calling her, she turned around and saw a woman greeting her.

"High Priest, it's not night yet, and it will take a while before we leave the city."

The woman was in a simple but clean shop, wiping the table with a rag, and there was a tantalizing fragrance wafting from the shop.

"Come to the shop to eat a bowl of dumplings first!"

"Not to mention, our chili sauce is inherited from our ancestors!"

"Authentic, strong enough!"

Si Zhuo smiled and walked towards the dumpling shop.

The proprietress of the dumpling shop smiled warmly, wiped the old tables and chairs clean, sat down with Si Zhuo and the boy, poured tea for them, and set out some snacks.

"Wait a minute, the dumplings will be served soon!"

Si Zhuo followed the proprietress into the kitchen, and looked around.

She used to come to this dumpling shop often.

The chili sauce made by the proprietress is a must in the town.

Si Zhuo looked at the street outside the shop, there were pedestrians coming and going.

Children holding pinwheels laughed and passed through the crowd, and when they passed the sugar seller's stall, they said a few auspicious words such as "business is booming" in a crisp voice.

The sugar seller smiled and handed over a few sticks of sugar.

"This mouth is sweet enough, let's go and play."

Tong Tongmen happily licked the candy figurine and ran away, looking curiously at the surroundings. There were lantern sellers beside the street, who were tidying up their shops and preparing to do business tonight.

Simple and natural, as beautiful as memory.

But memories are not only good, Si Zhuo lowered his eyes and recalled the unbearable past.

Suddenly, I found that the haze of that time was gone.

Immersed in this peace, those dark memories became more and more blurred.

When she recalled, the pain suddenly ceased.

Because she seems to be forgetting.

Si Zhuo raised his head slightly, looking at the sky outside the store, the sun is shining, dazzling and gentle, the sky is full of clouds, and the market is bustling.

Dumplings were placed hot in front of her.

Still the taste in memory.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a small head protruding from under the table at the door, it was a thin and small girl.

Her face was a little sallow, and she was painfully thin, with a pair of wet eyes.

She sniffed, stretched out her hand to wipe the sweat off her cheek, leaving a dirty mark, stared at Si's steaming dumplings, and swallowed.

Si Zhuo called out to the proprietress.

"one more bowl."

"okay!"

Si Zhuo smiled and waved at the little girl, she came over hesitantly, her eyes couldn't help looking at the dumplings.

"Eat."

Si Zhuo pushed the dumplings he hadn't eaten to the little girl, and waited for the lady boss to bring them up.

"My lord, don't burn your mouth."

The boy pushed his bowl of dumplings with chili sauce to her, and then gnawed on the unfinished candied haws. Si Zhuo glanced at him and did not refuse.

"What's your name?"

Si Zhuo always felt that the girl looked familiar, so he looked at her and asked.

The girl was sweating profusely after eating.

Hastily raised his head to answer.

"My name is Xiaokui."

The girl wolfed down the dumplings, and answered Si Zhuo vaguely.

Si Zhuo smiled, "Xiaokui, slow down."

Xiaokui, she doesn't seem to have this person in her memory.

She thought about it for a while, and contacted the people in Yushen Temple to check the girl's condition. If she was an orphan, she would be resettled.

The girl drank the soup in the bowl, and after she finished eating, she looked up at her with a red face, her voice was clear and sincere.

"Thank you sister, others are right, the high priest sister is the best person in the world..."

When Si Zhuo heard this, she originally wanted to laugh.

But there was a sudden pain in my heart.

She subconsciously blurted out, "Just because I am a good person, you can..."

Can, how can it be?

Looking back at her vague memories, Si Zhuo's voice paused, and the pain remaining in the chaos made her feel at a loss.

She seems to have forgotten something...

"Sister, what did you say?"

Xiaokui looked up at her suspiciously, and seeing that she was not looking right, she moved closer to her with worried eyes.

Si Zhuo pushed her away and left the dumpling shop.

She was walking on the busy street, and the lively lights surrounded her.

Si Zhuo was in the bustling and bright place, and from time to time, she responded to the people who greeted her with a kind smile on her face, but her heart was at a loss.

She always felt that she was out of place with this vivid scene.

"My lord, set off the lanterns!"

The young man raised the lantern in his hand high, Si Zhuo raised his eyes and looked into his smile as bright as moonlight in the dimly lit place.

There are many lanterns floating on the lake behind him.

It is a red paper lotus flower, lit with tiny candles, floating leisurely on the water surface, carrying many simple and trivial wishes.

"May the coming year be blessed with good weather and good times and years..."

"May the imperial palace stand upright, the land of the gods will be peaceful and the people will be safe, and the high priest's merits will be immeasurable..."

"May parents always be healthy, and children around their knees..."

"May I grow old together with the one I like..."

Si Zhuo looked at the lanterns on the lake, praying devoutly one after another, and the young man was among them.

"May your lord be safe and joyful, smooth and worry-free..."

"Wish to be with adults, every year, every year..."

Si Zhuo just stood at the side, like a bystander who didn't care, with an out of place indifference.

Unfortunately, none of these wishes came true...

(End of this chapter)