"You're back? How's it going? Mom said that the old temple is quite spiritual. Look at it, in the middle of summer, the trees elsewhere are wilted by the sun, but the trees there are still so green and lush."
"Ah, it's okay. It's just an old temple. But the Buddha statue and bronze tripod seem to be quite old. They look like valuable things." Xiao Bai said vaguely as he picked up the bowl and put rice into his mouth.
"Don't even think about that tripod!"
"Mom, I don't dare, I tell you," she picked up a piece of vegetable with chopsticks and put it into her mouth, chewing it while saying:
"I swept the temple today and found a crystal and a meteorite. The crystal is quite nice, but I don't know if it's real or fake. It's diamond-shaped and about the size of a palm, and looks like glass. I guess a child threw it there. Let's not talk about that. Let's talk about the meteorite. It's been sinking for a long time. Do you think that's the planetary fragment that the villagers were talking about that fell at that time?"
Mother Xiao slapped Xiao Bai on the back of the head and said, "Just eat your meal, you're talking nonsense. You believe what the villagers say. We're safe here. How could there be planetary debris falling? If such a large piece of debris falls, there must be a noise. We didn't hear anything."
"Oh, I was just kidding! These organic vegetables grown here are just better than the ones you buy outside."
"If it tastes good, eat more. Come, try this." Mother Xiao picked up a piece of dried fish with chopsticks and said to Xiao Bai:
"Your dad said earlier that he saw a bright light fall into the river in front of our house where he often fishes. Look, this is the fish he caught in the river. It's so close, and I didn't hear any sound. Your dad is just talking nonsense. I guess he heard others bragging about seeing planetary debris falling, so he followed suit."
"What about my dad? Where did he go?"
"He goes to check on his box of precious bees. The queen bee always runs away, and he searches all over the mountains and plains every day, never getting tired of it. Look, the queen bee ran away again today, and he didn't even have time to eat. He just grabbed his net bag and went looking for bees again." Mother Xiao said with a sigh.
"Dad won't give up. He's been raising me for so many years and this is it!"
"Your dad only has these hobbies, beekeeping, fishing, and walking the dog."
"Where is it? Let me take a look."
"Turn right when you get out the door. It's on the back hill, next to our land. They say the queen bee went to that walnut tree, remember? It's where the wild boars are always making trouble."
"I know!" Xiao Bai said, put down the bowl and walked out.
"Hey, kid, finish your meal first!"
"I'm full~" Xiao Bai's voice came from not far away.
Mother Xiao shook her head helplessly. After finishing her meal, she cleaned up the dishes and put the remaining food into the cupboard. When she was about to tidy up the table and chairs, she suddenly found a palm-sized diamond-shaped crystal on the stool where Xiao Bai had sat.
"Didn't you say you didn't pick up this stone? You still can't change your habit of picking up random stones. When I was little, I brought home all the pretty stones I saw in the river. Now that I've grown up, you still can't change this habit. You even lied to me and said you didn't pick any. But this stone looks pretty."
After saying that, Mother Xiao casually placed the crystal stone into the orchid pot on the Eight Immortals table in front of the main hall. The dark green orchid leaves swayed gently like ribbons, complementing the shallow halo of the crystal stone.
"This kind of landscaping is quite beautiful." Mother Xiao said as she did not forget to water the orchid.
When Xiao Bai went out, he happened to see several black cars parked at the entrance of the village not far away. Several strange men in black and white uniforms were communicating with several villagers. Noticing Xiao Bai's gaze, several of the strangers looked at Xiao Bai sharply, and it was unknown what they said to the villagers. Xiao Bai looked at them, didn't care, and continued to look for Xiao's father.
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