On May 13th, it seemed that summer had just begun. At noon, the sun was just right.
Today's west side of Fengcheng City seems to be a little different from usual. The noise on the streets is a little quieter, or there are less noises and shouts on the main road leading to the entrance of the West City Gate.
There were five people walking in the middle of the street in Xicheng, three men and two women. There were older women and men, as well as young and handsome men and women. In the middle of them was a young man in a short shirt with a sword on his back. Isn't it Lin Manliu and his father? Mom, there are also Ye Dangting and Miss Eleven.
In the streets they were walking on, almost all the pedestrians gave way to both sides of the road. No one dared to take a step forward. Even the rich man from Xicheng, who was used to being domineering, met the Lin family selling cakes in the back alleys of Dongcheng today. , and lacked the majesty of yesterday, and could only stand on one side of the road under the protection of the servants, waiting for the five people to pass by.
As Lin Manliu and his group of five people walked towards the west city gate, the pedestrians who had been standing on both sides of the road dared to continue walking. They all looked at each other, as if they were glad not to offend this person from the east city. The barbarians who came out, yes, are now barbarians protected by the old gods on the mountain.
When Father Lin was at work yesterday, he was suddenly called by the foreman. He told him that he did not have to go to work to move goods today and could take time to send his son out. When Father Lin was still moving goods yesterday, he felt a little strange when he heard such words. Why did the foreman suddenly know the time of his son's trip and told him not to come to work anymore? Then he thought that Ye Shaoxia must have taken care of it, so he didn't think about it anymore.
Mother Lin held her son's hand, and Eleven stood on the other side of the boy. Father Lin and Ye Dangting walked behind the three of them, and walked straight to the west of the city.
"I think I have only been to the west of the city a few times in the early years when I was delivering cakes to my family. I was in such a hurry that I never even looked at these high-rise archways..." Mother Lin looked at the houses on both sides of the road and the ones at the end of the streets. As Archway spoke, his eyes were filled with all kinds of scenery in the west of the city.
"Aunt Lin might as well take a closer look. When we are six years old and have a promising future, let's move here together!" Eleven tilted his head and looked at Mother Lin on the other side of the boy and said with a smile.
"It's still not harmful. The small yard at home is already very good. I feel more comfortable living there. I don't want my son to have any future. I just want him to be safe, safe and sound." Mother Lin replied with a smile. At the end of the sentence, she looked at He looked at his son who was holding his hand, with only kindness in his eyes.
"Don't worry, mother, I will definitely take care of myself." Lin Manliu knew that her mother was worried about her safety, so she squeezed her hand and said.
"Well...that's good, that's good," Mother Lin said with a smile.
The young man in a short shirt looked at his mother's face. Her expression was much better than when he just went out. Even the coughing in previous years was not heard when he returned home this time. It must be that the master was helping her, so that her mother could Now like this, I am traveling far away and working hard, and my master has never slacked off.
Thinking of this, Lin Manliu looked at Eleven and said: "I will have to trouble Master more to take care of my parents from now on. The apprentice is traveling far away and will definitely live up to Master's expectations."
"Hey, Xiao Manliu, just take care of yourself. Master is here. Waiting for you to come back and try the pastries that Master learned from your mother." Eleven stretched out his hand to scratch the boy's head and said with a smile.
"Master, I am no longer a child..." Lin Manliu saw that there were too many people on both sides of the street. His head was scratched by his master and his cheeks turned red.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Aunt Lin, Xiao Manliu and I are separated. Aunt Lin, look at him..." Eleven did not stop the movement of his hands, but turned his head to look at Mother Lin and began to cry.
Father Lin and Ye Dangting looked at each other, then sighed together and shook their heads with a smile.
The five people walked out of the west city gate and arrived at the inn where Lin Manliu and Ye Dangting came. They took out the two horses stored here. The young man handed the reins of the tall horses to Ye Dangting, holding them in his hands. Holding the reins of the thin yellow horse.
"Why don't you switch to this one? You can go faster on foot." After Ye Dangting took the reins, he looked at the young man inquiringly.
"No, I'm still used to traveling with Xiao Huang." Ye Dangting patted the belly of the thin yellow horse. It seemed that it had eaten more horse grass in the past few days, and it was a little stronger than when they came here.
After the young man finished speaking, the thin Huang Ma seemed to understand what the two said, and sneezed directly at Ye Dangting. If the old liar hadn't reacted faster, Huang Ma would have sprayed snot all over his face. .
"Yes, horses are just like people..." Ye Dang listened and dodged, then looked at the boy in a short shirt and the thin yellow horse in front of him.
Eleven stepped forward and reached out to touch the forehead of the thin yellow horse. Huang Ma rubbed it on Eleven's hand with great enjoyment. The leaves of his front feet began to tap the ground unconsciously, making some slight noises.
Seeing this, the tall horse raised its head high and pulled the reins in Ye Dangting's hand, trying to attract the old liar's attention. Unexpectedly, the man holding the reins did not respond at all. The tall horse also began to imitate the yellow horse's behavior. He stepped lightly on the ground with his feet, and then the sound of horse hooves changed from the leisurely yellow horse just now, and seemed a little impatient.
Ye Dangting finally made a move and turned to look at the tall horse behind him. When the horse saw the old liar turning to look at him, it immediately lowered its head and waited for the touch of the master in front of him, but then it couldn't wait any longer. The horse was about to raise its head to look at Ye Dangting, but suddenly someone raised its hand and patted the horse's head.
"I haven't seen you for a few days. Is it because I've eaten too much grass, or I've seen too many young mare in the stable. Don't let your imagination run wild..." A burst of yelling and cursing came from beside the horse, and the tall horse's lips trembled. After a few moments, he raised his head and looked elsewhere, no longer looking at the incomprehensible owner in front of him.
Lin Manliu, his parents, Eleven, and Ye Dangting returned to their original positions, leaving only Lin Manliu standing on the side opposite them holding the yellow horse.
Looking at Lin Manliu, who was carrying his sword and holding his rein, he really had the air of a young man in the world. If he were older and taller, he would be as good as those disciples of the great sects in the world.
On the back is the Spring Chuangdie given to the disciple by the master and the scabbard made by the old liar himself. On the waist is the Shanyexing given by Senior Sister Qiao from Sword Forging Peak. On the wrist is the black cloth strip that originally wrapped the dagger. Now it has become the boy's wristband, and on the horse is some luggage that Ye Dangting prepared for Lin Manliu.
Ye Dangting stroked the beard that had grown out in the past few days and said with a smile: "Hey, he looks a bit like me in my early years."
Lin Manliu held Shan Ye Xing around his waist with his left hand and smiled at the four of them.
"If Aunt Lin and Uncle Lin have anything to say to Xiao Manliu, they will be separated soon," Eleven whispered from the side.
Mother Lin just shook her head and said: "After so many years, I have said everything that needs to be said. We both have nothing left to say... It's best to go home early." After saying that, she looked at the girl The son of a horse holding a sword.
Father Lin just sighed, and then said: "Son, if you are more promising than your father, it would be better to go out for a longer journey, meet more people, and then go home earlier than anything else."
"Manliu understands!" The boy in a short shirt said loudly with a smile. In fact, when his parents said that he would come home early, his eyes became wet, but he couldn't cry. He wanted to jump onto the horse with a handsome step, and then follow him My parents and my master said goodbye to the old liar.
When everyone was saying goodbye, some people walked out from the other end of the inn. They looked like men who worked with Lin's father. They saw the five people at the door of the inn. Some people came forward laughing and joking. At first they didn't know what to say. Listening to the words, it was only when I got closer that I could clearly hear that he was greeting Father Lin.
"Hey! Brother Lin, why didn't you go to work today? Our good nephew is going on a long trip." The man walked up and asked with a smile.
"Well, my son is planning to go on a long trip. I told the foreman today that I would see him off when I have time," Lin's father also said with a smile.
This scene looks like such brotherly love, but in the eyes of Lin Manliu and everyone else, they all know that these things just started in the past few days. If there hadn't been a disturbance in front of Ruan's door, the Taoist priest on the Star View Mountain would have been involved. With persuasion and a series of words about their shop, someone would suddenly come over to cling to them, a poor family living in the back alleys of East City.
Later, Lin's father and the man chatted sometimes about some family disputes. The man said that he might have something to say after meeting Lin Manliu and his group, so he did not continue to disturb them and walked towards the city.
"Man six, friends like dad need to have less contact in the future. Although it seems that he and dad are so close brothers, it was not necessarily so in the early days." Father Lin looked at his son and said aloud.
"Manliu understands that the changes in these days are not due to the sudden friendship between my Lin family and those people, but because of the fear of the Taoist priests who visited the Star Temple." The boy in the short shirt nodded.
"That's good. It's getting late. Let's start quickly. You don't have to worry about me and your mother on the way. We are all fine." Lin's father waved his hand to the young man and asked him to get on his horse and hurry up.
Lin Manliu agreed, grabbed the saddle, jumped on the horse's back, took one last look at the four people watching him, and then turned the horse's head to face the four people.
"Manliu is gone! Father, mother, master, and old liar, wait until Manliu returns home safe and sound!" The young man shouted loudly, and by the end of his words he was already crying.
On the face that the four people couldn't see, the tears in the young man's eyes couldn't stop flowing down, but he was smiling and crying.
After finishing speaking, Lin Manliu pulled Ma Jiang, and the thin yellow horse took the order and walked forward. From the beginning, he stepped lightly on the ground and moved forward slowly, then casually turned into galloping and stampeding, rushing forward all the way.
After Lin Manliu and his horse were about to walk a hundred paces, the boy in short shirt couldn't help but want to look back. His father, mother, master, and the old liar were still standing there, making no movement and just looking at him all the way. Go, after walking more than three hundred steps, the young man looked back again, and the four people were still watching him from a distance.
It wasn't until Lin Manliu was about to reach the corner of the mountain road that the boy turned around again. The silhouette of the post station on the edge of the city was already as small as a mustard seed. However, the boy saw his mother lying in his father's arms, seeming to be crying bitterly. The master also held the old man's hand. Liar's hand, the two of them cuddled together, but even so, the four people's eyes were still on him.
Lin Manliu raised his left hand high, stopped the horse at the corner of the mountain road, said goodbye to his mother, master, and old liar at the edge of the city, then held the reins again and entered the mountain road.
This trip is for the sake of not leaving any regrets in my heart, and for the sake of my neighbors who are also living hard in Fengcheng. No matter what the outcome is, I must not disappoint these people who are waiting for me to go home.
My son has traveled thousands of miles, and I just hope that no one at home will worry anymore and that everyone will be safe until my son returns home.
