Leaving behind withered lotus leaves to listen to the sound of rain
I don't like it at all; the moon is so excessive, only embellishing him.
Despite his mortal body, at this moment, he was able to rival the ethereal and otherworldly aura of a god.
Since it is so pristine, I intend to cleanse the spire of this tower.
Bring this guy back on track. He clearly dragged me into pretending to be his wife, but then completely forgot about it.
"Xie Jinhui, what do married couples do during the day? Why didn't you take me with you?"
Xie Jinhui's expression was as if he had been enlightened, and he instantly became refreshed.
He murmured softly, "Wind, flowers, snow, moon, child..."
“Okay!” I immediately decided. “Quickly, quickly pick out all the best places to see wind, frost, rain, snow, thunderstorms, hail, and whatever else, and we’ll go see them together.”
Xie Jinhui's pupils dilated; I seemed to hear a deafening roar from the depths of his heart.
Was he sweating profusely?
have no idea.
However, he did grit his teeth, shake the Butterfly Dream Bell, and pull me to a drafty spot so we could both feel the wind.
The wind carried the scent of branches and grass stalks it had cut down, along with the mud and the green blood of old and new leaves.
It's pungent!
I couldn't open my mouth, I couldn't keep up with the flow, and I couldn't even stand still.
But I know this place is good, I can feel it directly, what's it called?
The killing and destruction of the Wood element in the Five Elements?
Xie Jinhui, standing like a stick in the wind, looked much like a scarecrow with its features flying around in a farmland.
He said that if she couldn't hold on any longer, she should hide in his arms.
I don't!
I haven't experienced any tribulations yet, this is a godsend opportunity, I want to experience it.
whoosh whoosh~
The wind is blowing through my clothes and stomach, snoring...
I feel like I'm floating up to the sky.
Xie Jinhui took me back, and with a flick of his hand, he moved me to another frigid and icy place.
This time, he opened his furry animal skin coat and let me, who was only lightly dressed, put it on and nestle in his arms.
I hugged myself, shivering and with icicles hanging from my eyelashes, and said with unwavering resolve, "You inner demon, this is my tribulation, I will not admit defeat."
Next, Xie Jinhui will test me.
He turned into a block of ice in the crater, and into a boat in the turbulent mudflats...
Finally, in the thunder, it turned into a tree.
Click!
Haha, he's in two halves.
I sat under the tree, calming my mind and entering a meditative state.
I think that from now on, I will have even more confidence in myself.
Although the goddess Yuan'e has not experienced any tribulations, she is by no means undeserving of her reputation.
I understand everything.
"Thank you, Xie Jinhui."
I said excitedly, "I feel that even after cultivating for thousands of years, I haven't made as much progress as I have in just one day of cultivation with you."
Xie Jinhui was probably tired and deflated. He sat cross-legged on the ground, staring at the sun, and squeezed out each word.
“Yuanhe, we are now husband and wife.”
That's right!
"Why did you only just remember? You've taken me through so many trials."
Humans are fragile, like him right now, because he was holding back his tears when I questioned him.
Our next stop was an old town selected from among the many bustling markets in Butterfly Dream Bell, where the most couples were present.
Having multiple spouses makes it convenient to study anytime.
But this old city isn't actually that old.
Xie Jinhui said that this place belongs to a world that is constantly cycling.
In other words, everything here has already happened, but for mortals at this moment, it is all brand new.
This world was born at the moment of destruction, and then it repeats itself along the same path.
I said, isn't this just an endless cycle of a prison?
Xie Jinhui shook his head.
"The only thing that can imprison mortals is themselves, but they have chosen to repeat themselves."
We gods must respect the diversity of each world.
There are countless forms in the world, and time can also be knotted.
The half-day trip with Xie Jinhui was incredibly rewarding.
But what should the couple do?
I saw couples walking home hand in hand in the market.
There was pushing, shoving, laughing, hugging, and embracing.
They shared an umbrella under the clear sky, their skirts swaying together.
There was also a moment when, inside the sedan chair, the two newlyweds exchanged a glance.
...
Something, winding and complex, lingered in the hearts of the couple.
It's probably the red thread of fate from the matchmaker?
But I also saw many couples who were not connected by a red thread, their eyes filled with sorrow, gazing at each other.
Even more so, the red thread is boiled into a black mist poison rope, forcibly squeezing out the blood and tears of the other party.
Husbands and wives, it turns out, can be all sorts of people.
What should I do with Xie Jinhui?
He seemed confused as well.
We squatted at the entrance of a temple and ate a lot of carriage dust, savoring the flavors of life.
Finally, I patted the hair hanging on the grass and called him to get up.
"Xie Jinhui, let's go and get some betrothal gifts."
I think that most ordinary girls only feel they absolutely have to get married at that point.
Let's take it one step at a time.
Xie Jinhui raised his eyelids and stood up woodenly. I stepped forward and took his arm, using the common way people addressed him.
She called out, "Come on, my husband."
Xie Jinhui's bitter expression turned into a worried smile.
But he soon broke into a smile.
I walked around the street, which was filled with a wide variety of food and goods, but only one thing caught my eye.
Also, I know Xie Jinhui has no money in his pocket, at most half a vegetarian pancake.
Since we don't have any money, let's choose the free one, which is also the one I really want.
I dragged Xie Jinhui back to a silverware stall, picked up a silver bracelet with twelve small flower bells, and started to act coquettishly like the little girl next door.
"My husband, I want it, I want it, I want it..."
Suddenly, Xie Jinhui flicked out a burst of immortal power from his sleeve, instantly bringing back some items.
I was puzzled, why would anyone want to get their hands on that thing?
The stall owner greeted Xie Jinhui with a smile, extending one hand out to him.
“Young master, your lady is wearing something quite unique. Hehehe, it’s worth twenty taels of silver.”
What?
Xie Jinhui took out a silver ingot and covered the shopkeeper's palm.
What a huge ingot!
The boss thanked him repeatedly.
Just as I was about to ask a question, Xie Jinhui had already pulled me and Lianzi out of the crowd.
Filled with questions, I held up the bracelet, puzzled.
"Xie Jinhui, why exchange silver for silver? Isn't silver money? They put money in the market so that people can take it freely, right?"
Xie Jinhui looked at me, then at the bracelet. He took the bracelet with a big smile on his face.
"Yuanhe, your senior sister is a seashell, which was also money back then. Do you think you could buy your senior sister with seashells?"
Of course, my senior sister can't be bought with seashells, silver, gold, or even immortal power.
But I still don't quite understand what he's saying.
So I shook my head at him.
"cannot."
Xie Jinhui seemed unconcerned about whether I understood or not, and gently lifted my wrist to fasten the bracelet.
“Yuanhe always likes things that make tinkling noises; she's really sentimental.”
I shook the twelve little flower bells I had just acquired, and then fiddled with the peach-shaped hairpin in my hair.
Ring ring, ring ring.
I'm in a great mood.
"Shanbaobao and I also really like the peach-shaped hairpin. Thank you, Xie Jinhui."
He shook the Butterfly Dream Bell in response, smiling gently.
"Ring ring, I am a bell too."
"Shall I give myself to you too?"
Wow!
I was startled and raised my wrist to make a series of gestures.
"Alright, alright, Xie Jinhui, this bracelet will cost a whole ingot of silver."
No, no, not you.
I don't have any magical powers now, so I can't cut so much silver from the government treasury like you do.
I can't afford it, I can't afford it.
Xie Jinhui shrugged indifferently at his actions, letting me easily and comfortably take his arm again.
"They exploit the people's hard-earned money, so I will punish them."
From the perspective of this human realm, it has not actually changed in the slightest.
"Are you making choices for mortals?" I looked up and asked.
He looked down at me, pointed to the chain on my wrist, and said, "No, since you chose to take it, it means you've taken me..."
"You want me?" I was stunned.
Xie Jinhui paused with a wicked grin, then continued, "Use your immortal power to exchange for it."
He's asking for it.
I chased him from one end of the street to the other, and from one end of the street to the other.
Several large dogs followed behind us, seemingly trying to take us by the nose.
Huffing and puffing, even an ordinary person's body can be full of energy for a while with a burst of energy.
Finally, we sat back to back in a corner and shook the Butterfly Dream Bell.
Because I said, let's find a quiet place and calm down for a while.
We each have a gourd, and we'll fill it with water and drink it.
Once we've finished drinking from one gourd, we'll divide it equally.
Despite our fights and arguments, we are husband and wife for the day.
However, with the sun already setting in the west, we were temporarily too tired to fight or move.
Let's take a break.
Looking at the lotus pond before me, filled with withered lotus leaves, dried lotus buds, lotus seedpods with their seeds gone, and lotus leaves drifting and breaking apart...
Xie Jinhui said that this was a beautiful scene he had seen described in a book by a poet.
The poem goes: "Leaving behind withered lotus leaves to listen to the sound of rain."
I looked at the withered lotus leaves and patted Xie Jinhui.
"Then, let it rain!"
Xie Jinhui fiddled with his immortal power, "How do I use it?"
I glanced at the sky, estimated the withered lotus's capacity to withstand the rain, and conservatively said, "It will gradually get colder."
Xie Jinhui was stunned for a moment, then, like a grass snake crawling through a haystack on the riverbank,
She wiggled her soft body and rested her head on my shoulder.
He asked shyly and coquettishly, "How do you get down like that?"
"Gradually, gradually, gradually..."
Where is Xie Jinhui's Achilles' heel? I must rid the people of this scourge. Oh, he's too vicious!
The stars began to stand guard on the azure horizon. I felt guilty, worried that some star deity might come down to capture me for those twelve drops of "beautiful divine water."
But when I think about how I'm currently in the mortal world, I realize that I'm far from being on edge.
Xie Jinhui was also trying his best to help me loosen the strings. He took me to another capital city where the night was deep and the sky was full of lanterns.
He knew that I had been with my master and had witnessed too many devastating and broken scenes of disaster in the lower realms.
Then, scenes of joy, peace, and the endless cycle of life were painted into my heart.
I pointed to the sky and saw lotus flowers, rabbits, carp, pumpkins, and knotted ropes...
All kinds of sky lanterns.
"Xie Jinhui, why don't the fourteen-stringed wishing lamps in the Immortal Realm have so many different styles? Is it because mortals' wishes simply can't reach the Immortal Realm?"
Xie Jinhui handed me the peach lantern I had chosen and asked me to write down my wishes with him.
"Madam, the celestial lanterns of mortals cannot fly to the celestial realm, but their shared good wishes will transform into a spiritual lantern in the celestial realm."
Just as a mortal's life is very short, their expectation for a better life remains unchanged.
They lit the wish lamps and, in doing so, received their blessings.
He turned to the side to see what I had written.
I generously let him see it.
Since I'm pretending to be his wife today, I've written down the wishes that the mortals around me most yearn for.
Four words: May you have a long and happy marriage.
Xie Jinhui's lips moved slightly, as if he was calculating and lingering.
“A hundred years? That’s not enough!” he said.
The young woman who was holding the lantern nearby heard this, her face flushed, and she looked us over.
“A hundred years is not enough. I think you two should make a vow of fate that lasts for lifetimes.”
As the young woman spoke, she slid into the crowd like a little red thread.
I shook my head. "Not for lifetimes, just for this one day..."
Xie Jinhui turned the page he had written in front of me.
“Yes, not for lifetimes, we just need to…” He pointed to the ink mark that was making me jump up and down.
"Xie Jinhui, you've gone too far!"
What he wrote was—deeply rooted in love.
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