Chapter 54 Ruxue, I'm back
At the entrance of Shiqiao Village, Xiao Mo got out of the carriage and walked quickly back to the village.
"Hey, Mo'er, you're back. How did you do in the exam?" Aunt Zhao, who was pounding clothes, said happily when she saw Xiao Mo coming back.
"I did okay on the test." Xiao Mo responded.
"Did Mo Ge pass the imperial examination? I heard that at the very least, a gongshi can become an official." Aunt Niu didn't have much idea about gongshi or something like that. She only knew that if you passed the imperial examination, you could become an official.
"I passed the exam, but the imperial city appointment will not be announced for two months."
"Did he really pass the exam? That's incredible! That's incredible! Our Shiqiao Village is going to have a high-ranking official!"
"Ruxue was taken away by the immortal to become a fairy, and you have become a high-ranking official. Our Shiqiao Village has really become a treasure land!" Aunt Wang said happily.
"Aunt Wang, you said that Ruxue was taken away by an immortal?" Xiao Mo wondered if he had heard it wrong.
"Eh? Didn't Xiaoqing write a letter to Mo Ge'er?"
"Not really." Xiao Mo lowered his head, looking thoughtful.
Just when Aunt Wang was about to say something, Grandma Qian took Aunt Wang's hand and said to Xiao Mo, "Mo'er, you should go back first. Xiaoqing should be waiting for you at home."
"Okay, Grandma Qian, Auntie and Auntie, I'll go back first." Xiao Mo bowed and walked towards the yard.
After Xiao Mo walked away, Grandma Qian scolded Aunt Wang: "You are the only one who talks too much."
"I'm not being nosy," Aunt Wang said with a worried look on her face. "How could Brother Mo not notice that a living person has passed away? At least let Brother Mo be prepared."
Aunt Sun stepped forward and said, "It's a good thing that Ruxue has become an immortal, but I heard that immortals and mortals are separated. Even if Mo Ge'er becomes a high-ranking official, I'm afraid that they will never be together again."
"Alas," sighed Grandma Qian, "there's nothing I can do. There's nothing I can do."
"Fortunately, Miss Bai has a younger sister, and I think Xiaoqing also..."
Grandma Qian glared at Aunt Qin and said, "Don't talk nonsense about this!"
In less than half an incense stick of time, Xiao Mo returned to the courtyard.
In the yard, a girl in a green dress rolled up her sleeves and was hanging out to dry clothes and bedding in the room.
But the white figure disappeared.
"Xiaoqing." Xiao Mo called softly.
Hearing Xiao Mo's voice, Xiao Qing was startled and turned around happily: "Brother Xiao! You're back."
"Yeah." Xiao Mo nodded, walked into the courtyard and said with a smile, "Where's your sister? Did she go shopping for groceries?"
"Sister..." Xiao Qing's eyes flickered. "An immortal said that sister has talent and took sister to practice. The immortal said that he is Elder Fuchen of Tianxuan Sect. Sister said that you, Brother Xiao, also know him."
"No." Xiao Mo stepped forward and shook his head, "Your sister won't leave."
Xiaoqing: “.”
"Xiaoqing, just tell me the truth. Did something happen to your sister?" Xiao Mo asked calmly.
The girl lowered her head and clenched her fingers.
[Miss Xiaoqing, there's no need to hide from him, nor to lie to him. Xiao Mo already knew that Miss Bai and you are from the demon clan.]
Just when Xiaoqing's eyes were full of hesitation, the words that Fu Chen said to her suddenly echoed in her mind.
Taking a deep breath, Xiao Qing raised her head and looked at Xiao Mo: "Brother Xiao, let's go up the mountain."
Xiao Mo was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Okay."
After locking the door, Xiao Mo and the others left the courtyard and walked towards the mountain.
"Brother Xiao, you know that my sister and I get sleepy in winter, right?"
Walking on the mountain road, Xiaoqing looked at Xiao Mo's profile nervously.
"Yes, I know. I knew it a long time ago. When your sister was still a girl."
Xiao Qing lowered her head: "Sure enough, Brother Xiao knows that my sister and I are..."
"It doesn't matter what you and your sister are." Xiao Mo shook his head. "In my opinion, you are my family."
Xiao Mo stopped and looked into Xiao Qing's eyes seriously: "So Xiao Qing, no matter what happens, I hope you can tell me directly."
Xiaoqing pursed her thin lips tightly.
Xiao Mo was not in a hurry, just waiting for her answer.
After a long time, Xiaoqing opened her lips slightly:
“At the beginning of November last year, my sister started to feel sleepy.
My sister’s realm is higher than mine. I don’t feel sleepy, but my sister does. This is not normal.
I kept persuading my sister to go to sleep, but she said she felt her hibernation was different this time and was worried that she would not be able to wake up once she fell asleep.
So my sister has been holding it in.
A few days after you left, Brother Xiao, a female Taoist priest came. Her name was Fu Chen.
Xiaoqing told Xiao Mo everything that had happened during this period, word by word.
The two of them walked up the mountain step by step.
The girl spoke and he listened quietly.
When Xiaoqing finished her last sentence, the two of them had already arrived in front of the cave blocked by a huge rock.
"My sister fell asleep in there." Xiaoqing lowered her head, her eyes full of loneliness and desolation.
"Um."
Xiao Mo looked at the huge rock blocking the entrance of the cave.
Xiaoqing felt a pang of pain in her heart when she saw Brother Xiao's appearance.
Brother Xiao and his sister were only a few feet apart, but they couldn't see each other.
"Brother Xiao, it's not that I didn't wait for you. If you want to blame someone, blame me." Xiaoqing raised her head and said.
"I don't blame you, Xiaoqing. If it were me, I would do the same." Xiao Mo patted Xiaoqing's head as if to comfort his sister. "You did the right thing."
"." Xiaoqing lowered her head, clenched her fists, and tears wet her eyes.
In fact, Xiao Mo knew that Xiaoqing must have been blaming herself in the past few months, blaming herself for making the decision for her sister and ruining the agreement between her sister and me.
"Did Elder Fu Chen say when Ruxue will wake up?" Xiao Mo asked, changing the subject.
Xiao Qing shook her head: "Elder Fuchen said it could be thirty or forty years, or maybe..."
"It may also be my whole life." Xiao Mo added.
“.”
"Xiaoqing, can you help me pick some Qinglong flowers and Ziyang grass?" Xiao Mo asked softly.
"Okay, Brother Xiao." Xiaoqing wiped her tears and hurried to look for flowers and plants.
After Xiaoqing left, Xiao Mo sat on the ground, like a traveler who had been tired for a long time and finally returned home.
Looking at the stone in front of him, Xiao Mo's thoughts drifted away.
"No wonder you, who never eat spicy food, often chew on chili peppers and insist that they have no taste in your mouth."
"No wonder you, who are always afraid of the cold, always wash your face with ice water."
"No wonder you never let yourself have any free time those days, saying you'd get sleepy if you didn't."
"Why are you doing this, you fool?"
The spring breeze blew across Xiao Mo's blue shirt.
This piece of clothing, which she had sewn stitch by stitch, carried the scent of earth and grass, as well as the fragrance of the green taki flower.
"Ruxue, you don't have to wait any longer."
Xiao Mo stretched out his hand and stroked the stone.
"I'm back."
(End of this chapter)
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