Today we share the breeze and bright moon
"Where's Senior Sister? Where did she go again?"
In the Sheng Mansion, ever since Xu Shulou became a child, such conversations have been repeated almost every day.
Feng Yi put his hands on the sunshade and looked up at the sky: "It's in the sky."
Bai Roushuang looked up along his line of sight and saw a swift flying by, throwing something in its mouth. Bai Roushuang caught it quickly, looked at her senior sister in her hand, and straightened her collar that was held by the swallow: "Senior sister, how did you get brought back by a swallow?"
Xu Shulou was helpless: "I hinted to Yan Zi that I wanted to use it as a mount for a while, but it probably only understood half of my intention and flew around with me in its mouth."
Bai Roushuang laughed: "Even if you become smaller, you can still fly, right?"
Xu Shulou shrugged: "But it would be great to have a swallow as a mount."
Feng Yi asked with a smile: "Has Senior Sister's gecko mount fallen out of favor yesterday?"
"Don't mention it. When I encountered danger yesterday, the gecko ran away by itself, leaving only a piece of its tail to accompany me." Xu Shulou shook his head sadly, "I haven't had time to care about it leading me into a rat's nest."
"..." When Bai Roushuang heard the word "rat's nest", her hands trembled.
"Don't be afraid, I've taken a bath," Xu Shulou held his sister's fingers, "Miss Sheng made a bathtub for me."
"She also made you tables, chairs, bowls, chopsticks, a wooden bed, a screen, and even carved a small wooden sword," Bai Roushuang looked up at the sky, "If it weren't for the lack of time, I think she could have built you a house."
"Yes, Miss Sheng is a very nice person, and she is very clever and skillful." Xu Shulou said heartlessly.
She flew to Bai Roushuang's shoulder and sat down, swinging her legs. Xu Shulou was in a good mood. She was always happy when there was no one standing in her way and she needed to kill.
After becoming smaller, Sheng Mansion suddenly became a particularly large world for her. Within a few days, she had already harassed all the snakes, insects, rats and ants in it. The day before yesterday, Jiang Yan pulled her off the spider web when she passed by the garden. The day before yesterday, Shan Yu found her swimming in the pond and was chased and bitten by the fish in the pond as food, so he pulled her out. The day before yesterday, Ji Ci noticed that the swans raised in Sheng Mansion were fighting with the white geese next door, and Senior Sister stood on the back of the leading swan with her head held high, as if she was acting as a commander.
Everyone felt that if they really took her back to the vast Xuancang Academy, it would be common not to see her for several months.
Bai Roushuang looked at her with ill intent: "Senior Sister, let's go change our clothes."
"Why? I just changed into this skirt two hours ago." Xu Shulou flew in front of his junior sister, turned around, and showed her his beautiful green skirt with silver threads in all directions. This dress was a pattern chosen by Sheng's mother. Making a skirt for the shrunken Xu Shulou was both fun and effortless. Sheng's mother and her maid made her more than a dozen skirts in one go.
Bai Roushuang couldn't help but raise her hand to cover her heart.
"Miss Xu," Mother Sheng, who had just walked in from the corridor, happened to see this scene and walked over with a smile, "I asked the servants to collect dew and nectar this morning. Would you like to come for dinner?"
Drinking dew and nectar? Xu Shulou suspected that the other party really regarded her as a fairy in the myth. She shook her head and said, "I prefer big fish and meat!"
"Okay, big fish and big meat, I'll ask the kitchen to make whatever you want to eat," Sheng's mother responded readily, and stretched out her hand to her, "Miss Bai, can you let me play, ahem, let me take care of you for a while?"
“…”
Hmm? Xu Shulou tilted his head and stared at her for a while, and seeing her sincere face, he flew over and landed in Sheng's mother's palm: "Where are you taking me?"
"I've sewed you a few more skirts, shall we try them out?"
"I'll go too!" Before Xu Shulou nodded, Bai Roushuang expressed her willingness.
"...How about you two go?"
Mother Sheng held him in her palm all the way into the house, and found Sheng Wuyou there. After Xu Shulou changed into a crabapple red pleated skirt, she smiled and dipped a little cinnabar with the tip of a clean brush, and dotted a flower on Xu Shulou's forehead, and put a small hibiscus silk flower in his hair, and inserted a specially made golden hairpin, then stepped back two steps to look at him. Feeling that she had almost exhausted all the education cultivated by the scholarly family, she resisted reaching out to poke Xu Shulou's cheek, and only praised: "Perfect!"
Xu Shulou was surrounded by several people and had no temper anymore, so he just let them dress him up.
Today's dinner included her favorite steamed spare ribs with black bean sauce, which was the specialty of the chef in the Sheng mansion. The meat was firm and delicious, and the flavor was fresh and rich. Unfortunately, she was full after eating only two small pieces. After the meal, Sheng Wuyou served her a plate with small pieces of fragrant pear cut into crescent shapes, two grapes, dates, and peeled pomegranate seeds.
Xu Shulou felt that he was truly living a life of having everything provided for him.
Although she repeatedly assured that she could take care of herself, everyone seemed a little worried.
Occasionally she would hide in her junior sister's clothes and go out to play, occasionally Sheng Wuyou would take her out in a carriage, and occasionally she would float in the air while shopping. She floated so high that even if the common people looked up, they could not see her clearly and just thought she was some kind of brightly colored bird.
If he took a fancy to something on the stall, he would float in the air and send a message to his fellow apprentices strolling on the ground, asking them to buy it.
Of course, she did not slack off in her sword skills, and practiced every day with the small wooden sword carved by Sheng Wuyou. However, people who knew sword skills or not loved to come and watch her practice. Xu Shulou thought that it was because she looked particularly handsome and majestic when wielding the sword, so she was very proud of it. Every time she put away the sword, she would leave a disdainful look or a cold back to everyone to consolidate her majestic image.
Bai Roushuang has already sent a letter to Xuancang College. The teachers have learned about Xu Shulou's situation and are all trying to help her find a solution.
In the Sheng Mansion, the girl Errong had also returned. The young woman laughed and cried freely. She and Sheng Wuyou hugged each other and cried bitterly. After she had cried her heart out and vented her depression, she soon regained her usual smile.
Because this incident caused such a big stir, the cultivation world, led by the Qingcheng Sect, and all the other major sects responded by establishing a rule that prohibits cultivators from wantonly killing mortals, and violators will be severely punished.
It was still unknown what the effect would be, but even a madman like Chen Zhuang knew to hide before killing mortals. Xu Shulou really didn't think that this rule on the surface would be of much use.
No matter how the outside world changes, the group always lives their peaceful life in Sheng Mansion.
The Sheng family didn't feel that they were bothering them at all. Even when Xu Shulou wanted to leave, they would warmly try to keep him.
In the blink of an eye, it was Mid-Autumn Festival on earth. The group followed the local customs and watched the moon and osmanthus with the Sheng family, and then went out to see the lanterns.
Sweet osmanthus flowers are in full bloom all over the city, and the lights of thousands of homes compete with the stars in the sky for brilliance.
On a whim, everyone brought some wine and went to the suburbs to fly Kongming lanterns. Everyone had to write their wishes on the lanterns.
There were crowds of people in the suburbs, and many of them took advantage of the festival to light lanterns and make wishes.
Bai Roushuang didn't hesitate, picked up the pen and wrote her own, then looked at her senior sister: "What is your wish? I will help you write it. By the way, is it still peace in the three realms?"
Xu Shulou smiled and nodded: "What did you write?"
Bai Roushuang moved her steps to let the Kongming lantern behind her stand. On it was a simple sentence "Year after year, year after year, today". She smiled and said, "I really don't have anything else to ask for."
"The Qiqiao Festival is for praying for marriage, or at least for self-cultivation." Bai Roushuang's words in Tianshui Town seem to still ring in my ears. Now, I don't want to pray for marriage anymore, and I understand that I have to rely on myself to cultivate.
Several years have passed, the words are still fresh in my ears, but the people are no longer the same as before.
"Hey, I'm sitting on the Kongming lantern, you can let me fly with you." Xu Shulou suddenly had an idea.
"Senior Sister, it's very dangerous!"
"What's the danger? Come on, come on."
“…”
Everyone let Xu Shulou go, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. They watched her rise high into the sky with the Kongming lantern, her clothes fluttering, looking like a fairy about to ascend to heaven. She reached a high altitude, then fell down again, gliding in the air like a flying bird, and it took a while before she landed on the ground.
Bai Roushuang's eyes lit up: "I think..."
Xu Shulou immediately interrupted her: "Don't even think about it."
Sheng Wuyou smiled and asked, "Miss Bai, what are you thinking about?"
Bai Roushuang wrinkled her nose at Xu Shulou. She had failed to succeed in making the rabbit hat, so she came up with a plan: "I want to make a pair of small wings for Senior Sister. When she wears them, she will look very cute."
Xu Shulou raised his eyebrows: "Have I ever reminded you that my strength will not be affected if my body size becomes smaller?"
“…”
Song Ping and Sheng Wuyou also held hands and released their own Kongming lantern together.
Someone teased the two: "What wish did you make? Sweet and loving? Love and affection?"
Sheng Wuyou smiled and replied: "I don't ask for a long-term companionship, but I ask for a life without regrets."
Xu Shulou saw Mother Sheng turn her back and secretly wipe away tears. When it was her turn to light the lantern, she turned around and glanced at her daughter and son-in-law, and everyone knew that her wish must be related to them.
Song Ping put his arm around Sheng Wuyou's shoulders, and the two of them watched quietly as the lantern rose into the sky.
During this period of time, the newly married couple did not stay together all the time. Only occasionally when everyone was around, they would look at each other and smile, which made others feel the sweetness.
Sometimes, Bai Roushuang sat in the corridor and Xu Shulou sat on her shoulder. Seeing such interaction, she couldn't help but smile knowingly.
At this time, Feng Yi also smiled slightly, lowered his head and played a flute. The night wind blew across his green clothes, and he looked very elegant and graceful.
Bai Roushuang looked up at the full moon and the stars and said, "It's strange. When I was in the mortal world, I always felt that things like watching the moon and lighting lanterns were boring. Now that I've been to the immortal world and seen many people and things, my horizons have broadened. But now I feel that even the most ordinary things have their own fun."
Xu Shulou smiled and said, "I understand."
The melodious sound of Feng Yi's flute floated in the night, and in the distance, tourists who came to light lanterns sang along with him.
Everyone listened carefully for a while and recognized that it was a song about lovers' mutual understanding, which was quite appropriate for the scene.
The lyrics and the melody are very soft, and they make people feel gentle when they hear them.
After everyone released their Kongming lanterns, they shared the wine they had brought.
"Today, we share the breeze and the bright moon. It is also a fate." Father Sheng took this opportunity to raise his glass to toast, "I toast to everyone on Wuchen Island. To borrow a line from Liu Gong, 'May the heavens and the earth enjoy joy every year this night'!"
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