Chapter 1061 Every blade of grass and every tree is part of the past

"Qian Yu, I want to go back to my fish pond. I came back a few days ago and scattered some fish fry. I want to see how these little guys are doing."

Hu Zi followed me and said with a smile.

I nodded and said, "Go ahead."

"I'll call you when I'm done." Hu Zi turned around and left, but I stood there, staring at Hu Zi's back in a daze.

Today's Hu Zi no longer needs to raise fish to survive, and he has almost no time to take care of this fish pond.

The reason why he still scattered fish fry in the fish pond was just to give himself some comfort.

It was as if he was suggesting to himself that the village was still the same village, nothing had ever happened, and his peaceful life had not changed at all.

But in fact... this is just deceiving himself.

Or maybe, Hu Zi's heart still didn't want to accept this fact.

Not only Hu Zi, but also I was willing to accept it .

I took a deep breath, then patted Xu Nian's head and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to my house, and then I'll take you to Xu's house."

I took a few people and walked towards the village along a path I used to walk.

But what I never expected was that after not coming back for a year, this once flat path was now overgrown with weeds and could not be walked.

I sighed, then turned around, walked around, and entered the village from the original road.

When I entered the village and saw the rows of brick and tile houses and the familiar courtyards, the memories of the past suddenly emerged in my mind.

In a trance, I seemed to see those deceased villagers. Some of them were busy in the vegetable garden, sowing vegetable seeds, and some gathered in groups of three or five, chatting endlessly.

And they seemed to have seen me, one by one, smiling and nodding at me. Some uncles would even lean on their hoes and shout to me enthusiastically: "Hey, Qianyu is back..."

These scenes are so familiar, because I have experienced them countless times, and every time, I would respond carelessly and indifferently.

But now, this warm scene has become the biggest extravagant hope in my heart.

"Oh, I'm back." I responded with red eyes and a smile.

"Brother, who are you... talking to?" Mao Buhui looked at me suspiciously and asked, "There's no one here?"

I shook my head and said nothing. After taking a deep breath, I slowly walked towards home.

I walked very slowly, because every time I passed a yard, my mind would reflect on the memories I had with this yard.

Every blade of grass and every tree is the past, and every tree is a memory.

Mao Buhui, Mu Yunxi and the others did not urge me, and just followed me quietly.

After walking and stopping for more than half an hour, I finally arrived at the door of my home.

Looking at the closed gate and the familiar courtyard, my heart trembled for no reason, and a deep sense of sadness rose to my heart.

"Qian Yu, let's go home." Xiao Qi suddenly flew to my shoulder, gently touched my head with his hand, and said, "I miss home a little bit."

"Yeah." I nodded heavily, then opened the gate and walked into the yard.

Everything in the yard was exactly the same as it was at the beginning, with almost no changes. Even the recliner that Master often sat on was still placed under the eaves.

It's just that it has been here for a whole year, and it has experienced the cold winter and snow. Now it looks much more shabby.

But then, I suddenly frowned.

Normally, if a yard has not been lived in for a year, there should be weeds in the yard. In fact, other people's yards are indeed like this.

However, my yard is clean and tidy, as if someone has taken care of it.

Moreover, even the glass on the doors and windows is clean and dust-free.

"Strange, could it be that the Xu family is helping Master to take care of the old house? But with the Xu family's cold temperament, this seems unlikely. Could it be... Master, or Senior Sister has come back recently?"

I frowned and walked into the house quickly.

The furnishings in the house are still exactly the same as a year ago, without any changes. The only change is that when I left, the ancient books collected by Master were rummaged through by me and fell all over the floor, but now, those ancient books are neatly placed on the table.

The most important thing is that everything in the room is very clean and dust-free, as if someone wipes it frequently.

"How strange, this room seems to be cleaned by someone frequently." Xiao Qi also noticed something unusual, flew around the room, and then said, "Oh, look, this cup has been used by someone, and it was a woman."

I hurried to the table and immediately saw that one of the cups had indeed been used by someone.

Because there was a very conspicuous, bright red lipstick mark on the cup...

"Why is there a lipstick mark? Could it be that my senior sister really came back?" I looked suspicious.

"Qian Yu, the kang is still warm." Mao Buhui came to the kang, touched it with his hand, and said, "Someone must have burned it last night."

"Someone burned the kang? Could it be that it wasn't my senior sister?" If it was my senior sister, she wouldn't have left overnight to avoid me, so it means that the one who helped to tidy up the house was not my senior sister.

"Could it be that some villagers knew that you returned to Guo Village last night, and were afraid that you would come back overnight, so they helped you burn the kang and tidy up the house?" Mao Buhui asked.

Hearing this, I shook my head.

Not to mention whether there are any women who survived in our village, even if there are, they must be from the Xu family.

And the Xu family can't do this.

"Could it be..."

At this moment, the figure of a woman suddenly emerged in my mind.

But then I shook my head: "It can't be her."

I took a deep breath, squinted my eyes, looked around the room carefully, and then suddenly laughed.

But my laugh was very bitter.

The house is still the same house, even the furnishings have not changed at all from a year ago, as if I have never left here.

But in fact... things and people have changed a lot!

"You guys rest here first, I will take Xu Nian to visit Xu's house." I said to Mao Buhui and Mu Yunxi.

"Don't we need to follow you?" Mao Buhui frowned and said, "Qian Yu, after entering the village, I can feel that your village is unusual. This village seems peaceful, even dead silent, but the whole village is shrouded in a layer of faint black air, and the Qi field in the village is very chaotic. I have a hunch that something may happen in your village... and this matter is related to you."

After hearing what Mao Buhui said, I frowned, but then shook my head and smiled: "We will leave this afternoon and not stay here overnight. Nothing will happen."

After that, I patted Xu Nian on the head and said, "Let's go."

After that, I took Xu Nian out of the yard. After walking out of the yard, we went straight to the lonely Xu family compound at the back of the village.