Ah Zhu had no luggage, so the old woman only gave her a ragged cotton jacket and a tael of silver, which was all her belongings. But she didn't want to leave, and cried. Xia Xiao saw this, and he and Shu Shuang went to the bridge to wait for her. Seeing the old woman's determination, she had to leave today, whether for safety or to get out of the mountains, she had to leave!

The world outside may not be more comfortable than here, but it is certainly exciting. The so-called exciting means that there are many things, trivialities, and worldly affairs. Countless people are tired of it and flee from it. But there are still people who yearn for it and devote themselves to it, and never get tired of it.

"You want her to go to Xia Mansion?"

"I can't get into the academy, so I have to go to Xia Mansion."

Xia Xiao kept licking his lips. The noodles were too salty and sour, and the taste was unpleasant no matter how he savored them.

"It's also good to go to Xia Mansion."

Although it was right to do so, Shu Shuang was somewhat unhappy. She didn't like Ah Zhu, from the first time she saw her, from the moment she pointed at Xia Xiao and spoke to him. She felt that Ah Zhu didn't respect Xia Xiao, but would stick to him. Her intuition was always accurate, and this time was no exception!

At the edge of the yard, the little yellow dog wagged its tail and ran to Ah Zhu excitedly, but she was kneeling, not picking him up as usual, nor playing with him. Its little eyes were full of confusion, and it followed her example and sat on the ground, looking at its grandma with tears in her eyes.

"Grandma, I'm so obedient, can I not leave?"

Ah Zhu sobbed, and the grandmother couldn't bear it, but she still shook her head. She would be very cruel today, no matter how Ah Zhu acted coquettishly, it would be useless, she should leave. And this opportunity was too rare, and she knew something big was going to happen when so many wild beasts ran by before. Now that someone came, it was great to take Ah Zhu away.

Although they were strangers, my grandmother had lived for so many years that she could judge a person's character from a bowl of rice. The two of them first separated the noodles and then drank all the soup without leaving any. This was enough to prove that they understood the situation and knew what they meant. Such smart people also stood quite upright, and they were definitely not people with bad intentions.

"Azhu, I've told you since you were little that one day you'll leave. But no matter where you go, don't forget what your grandma taught you."

Ah Zhu knew that her grandmother had made up her mind, and she swallowed the tears in her eyes. Her grandmother raised her and gave her life, and she had promised her grandmother that she would go out into the world and learn to cultivate herself, so that even if she lived alone in the world, she would not be bullied or wronged. She thought that day was still far away, but she didn't expect it to come so soon.

Now that she has left, it may be a while before she returns, or she may never come back. My grandmother, who is already 100 years old, may pass away one day.

"Take Doudou with you and let it see the outside world."

When the little yellow dog heard his name, he barked happily in a baby voice.

"Grandma, let Doudou stay at home with you."

The little yellow dog drooped its ears, and it also wanted to go with Azhu.

"No need, I will watch over you with Lao Huang."

The hand as dry as tree bark touched Azhu's head, eyes full of kindness.

After Ah Zhu left, she still had three old guys in the village to talk to, but what kind of people would she meet outside? This road was too uneasy, but the old woman always felt that this chestnut hair full of youthful vitality should not be tied in a ponytail in the mountain village, but should go to a place where the wind blows. No matter what the outcome is, you should try it. You can't stay at home at an age that is not comfortable, otherwise you will only be like her, raising an ungrateful person all your life, and in the end you will only receive indifference, and no girl you picked up will feel sorry for you.

Ah Zhu had tears in her eyes, she bent her slender waist and kowtowed heavily, making a muffled sound. A blood-red mark appeared on her white forehead, like a strange red flower, but Ah Zhu continued to kowtow. The old woman did not stop her, she had taken Ah Zhu home for sixteen years. The girl who was only the size of a banana leaf at the beginning must have eaten a lot of food to grow up to this size and be so beautiful. Now, she was leaving.

"Go!"

Three kowtows were enough. The old woman quickly helped Ah Zhu up and pushed him down the stairs.

"Grandma, I'm leaving."

Ah Zhu looked back and saw Doudou jumping down the steps. The steps were a bit high and he was a little afraid, but he wanted to catch up with Ah Zhu, so he was anxious and circled around the yard.

Ah Zhu walked a few steps and came back to hug Doudou. After being hugged, it immediately called out happily, and it was time to go to the outside world!

Doudou looked around curiously, as if from now on, he had already left the deep mountains. He was very familiar with the deep mountain streams, tiled buildings and the world. What would the outside world be like? Would he have meat to eat every few days? Would meat grow everywhere? There was meat on the flowers, on the trees, and in the fields. He was so excited.

After wiping the saliva off her hands, Ah Zhu looked back at her grandmother. She was still repeating the same action as before, waving her hand to let her go, not wanting her to look back. Ah Zhu left home, looking back every few steps, and stepped onto the small stone bridge. She stopped and hesitated, not knowing whether to go forward. This place was full of her memories.

When she was a child, her grandmother went to Longgang with the grandfathers in the village. Because the road was too far, her grandmother would not let her go. If she got tired, cried and refused to walk, it would delay the journey. So she sat on the bridge with the big yellow dog, always looking at the path out of the mountain, waiting for her grandmother to come back.

Whenever she came back, she would bring me some candy and she would jump up and down with joy. Thinking about it now, I can no longer be happy and all that is left is my grandma’s hard-working and tired face.

There are vegetables planted on the roadside from the small bridge to the steps. In spring, there are green vegetables, and in winter, there are white lotus flowers. But Ah Zhu's favorite is the day lily. Every time I cook noodles, I add a few fresh day lilies, which makes me happy. There are some rules for cooking this kind of noodles. When grandma cooks noodles, Ah Zhu waits for grandma to give her the order, and then picks the flowers. The fresher the better.

This kind of noodles can only be eaten a few times a year, and now it is no longer available, but she is always very happy every time she eats it. When paired with some shredded pork, it is simply a delicacy.

Because she was so excited, Ah Zhu would run to pick them and fell on the steps several times. It was very painful, the kind that scraped her skin. Once she fell so hard that she couldn't even stand up. The old yellow dog was so scared that he circled around her and licked her wounds, but she still couldn't stand up.

Seeing her crying, the old yellow dog went to find grandma. That day, grandma killed a chicken, saying that it would nourish Ah Zhu's body, and gave her chicken feet and chicken wings to eat. Grandma said that eating chicken wings would allow one to fly high, and eating chicken feet would allow one to catch money, and Ah Zhu would definitely not worry about a few taels of silver in the future. Ah Zhu was no longer in pain after hearing this, and ate very happily, leaving no trace of meat.

Thinking of this, Ah Zhu burst into tears. She squatted on the ground, crying loudly, like a child lost in the crowd, abandoned, with no one to care for her.

"Azhu."

The old woman came tremblingly with a cane, Xia Xiao and Shu Shuang saw her and hurried to help her. But Ah Zhu ran ahead of them, calling her grandma again and again, which made the old woman's eyes red again.

If it was Shu Shuang, she would definitely not cry now, as that would only make grandma more worried. But Ah Zhu was more casual, and her emotions were always reflected on the surface, and she never hid them.

Hugging grandma, Ah Zhu sobbed, and a drop of blood flowed from his forehead, which was very bright red. After so many years of fighting, Xia Xiao had seen a lot of blood, but blood so pure was rare. There was no vitality in it, no impurities, just blood, pure like a drop of water, like the light blue vitality released by Shu Shuang.

"Azhu, you must remember your grandma."

"Azhu will never forget, never forget!"

Ah Zhu wiped her tears, there was no makeup on her face, but the tears of parting were too bitter.