Chapter 4 Return to Liyue Port
The moon has set and the stars have set, and a new day has dawned in Liyue Port. There is only one family living in Peach Blossom Lane, but the area of Peach Blossom Lane is not small, because Peach Blossom Lane is full of peach trees. It is said that Peach Blossom Lane Hence the name.
It's March in spring, the sun is shining brightly, and peach blossoms are blooming all over the sky and falling on the ground.
Wu Ye's grandfather Wu Yong is currently cleaning up the peach blossoms that fell in the yard.
He first gathered them together with a broom, and then packed them in a sack. After cleaning them up, he picked up the sack full of peach blossoms and walked out tremblingly, deep into the peach forest.
All you see along the way are peach trees, and there are only peach trees in the depths of the peach forest. They are two larger peach trees. The branches are intertwined with each other, and they are tall and tall, but they seem to be nestled together.
There is a wooden sign hanging on each tree, swaying in the wind. One wooden sign says "Li Chutao" and the other says "Wu Xuanhua".
Wu Yong untied the sack and released the peach blossoms inside. He held the peach blossoms with both hands and spread them on the dry soil under the two peach trees.
After a long time, Wu Yong laid all the peach blossoms. He sat between two trees and said happily:
"You don't have to worry about the child's parents. Xiaoye has grown up. In the past, I was always worried about something happening to him and didn't dare to let him walk around alone. Now he can go on long trips alone."
"Oh, I blame the old man for my lack of ability. I can only make ends meet by selling posters and couplets. There is no way I can send Xiaoye to study and learn calligraphy. However, this child is very smart and has inherited your advantages. He seems to be born with a smart career. Literati, literary stars descend to the earth.”
Wu Yong didn't know that he had inadvertently told a piece of the truth.
Sixteen years ago, a meteor landed in Liyue Port, and finally turned into starlight under the night and entered the belly of a woman.
In the continent of Teyvat, outsiders will be treated as filth and purified, unless the outsider is very powerful.
"Xiao Ye often muttered some strange and philosophical words, such as 'Falling red is not a heartless thing, it turns into spring mud to protect flowers.' I saw that the peach blossoms fell in the yard, and I thought it was you who missed Xiao Ye. So I came over to chat with you for him.”
"But it's been several days and Xiaoye hasn't come back yet. It's really worrying."
……
Wu Yong lowered his head and continued to talk, but no one responded to him. Only the peach blossoms slowly fell in the air, and finally fell on the wet soil at Wu Yong's feet.
……
"Grandpa! I'm back."
After Wu Ye rushed back to Liyue Port from Guiliyuan, he ran back to Taohua Lane without stopping, shouting loudly as soon as he reached the entrance of the alley.
Strangely enough, after Wu Ye woke up from the stone pavilion in the center of Guiliyuan, he felt refreshed, his waist no longer hurt, and his hands and feet were no longer sore. The negative effects on his body caused by the fatigue of the past few days had all disappeared. I run so fast that I feel like if I could go back to the previous life, I could be an Olympic long-distance runner.
"Hmm, could it be because of the two apples I ate last night? It seems I have to go back and give Grandpa a taste next time."
Wu Ye thought to himself, and then came to the door of his yard. The old wooden door was ajar. It seemed that his grandfather had gone out.
Wu Ye gently pushed open the wooden door, "squeak~", the wooden door made a heartbreaking sound, and the scene behind the door was unobstructed.
This is an old and tidy yard. The fence is made of stones. Although it looks a little mottled after years of soaking, it still feels smooth to the touch.
There are no trees planted in the yard, but there are scattered peach blossoms on the ground. It should be the petals of the peach trees outside the yard falling here in the wind.
The edge of the yard is paved with a mixed path of granite and pebbles, extending from the door to every corner. There are marinated bacon hanging in one corner, which are only taken down and cooked during the New Year and festivals, while in the other three corners there are There is a flower bed, and flower pots are neatly placed beside the flower bed. The flowers planted in the flower pots include glazed lilies and neon flowers. The soil in the flower pots is still wet, and it must have been watered recently.
There is a piece of grass in the middle hall, green grass without a trace of weeds. There is also a simple fountain in the center of the grass, and there is a long wooden chair next to the fountain. Water gushes out from the center, making a crisp sound, adding a refreshing atmosphere to the entire yard.
At the deepest part of the yard are two wooden houses, one is slightly larger and the other is slightly smaller. If you only observe it from the outside, you can find that the appearance of the wooden house is somewhat worn. The wooden exterior walls reveal traces of time, and the wood grain and wood grain There is a very small gap between them, and the sunlight can shine into the wooden house through the gap.
The slightly larger wooden house belonged to Wu Ye. Grandpa Wu Yong once said that Wu Ye would always want a wife in the future, so the house he lived in would naturally be larger.
Wu Ye crossed the threshold, slowed down his pace, and walked around the yard. Everything in the yard was still so neat and orderly.
He could already imagine that during his absence, his grandfather was spending time alone in the yard, trimming grass, flowers, and repairing the yard.
Wu Ye opened the door to his room, took out the notes and miscellaneous things from his luggage, put them on the bedside table, and then looked at the photos on the cabinet.
It was a family photo. There were only three people in the photo, grandfather, father and pregnant mother.
As for grandma, grandpa said that grandma was not in good health and passed away after Wu Ye's father got seriously ill when he was young.
The three people in the photo are all smiling. Both father and mother have faint smiles on their lips. The father is holding the mother's hand, and the mother is leaning on his father's shoulder. They are sitting on chairs, looking at the camera with gentle eyes. It even made Wu Ye think that they were looking at him.
And grandpa stood behind, with an expression that was half-smiling, well, a forced smile, as if he was about to change from laughing to crying in the next second.
Wu Ye knew there was a reason for this, and everything was because of him.