It was a sumptuous lunch, full of food and drink.
At this time, the sun is scorching in the sky, and although it is autumn, there will still be one or two stubborn cicadas chirping "Zhi Zhi".
Yu Wan lay on the bed with her eyes closed and rested for a while. Ling Niang gently opened the door of Yu Wan's room with the sound of coughing, and came to sit beside her bed:
"It's late, have you slept?"
"Mom, is something wrong?" Yu Wan opened her eyes anxiously and sat up.
After hesitating for a moment, Ling Niang still wanted to explain to Yu Wan:
"Wan'er, mother has something to tell you."
"Mom, I heard from people in the village that in a few months, the village will let all children under sixteen go to the city to test their spiritual roots and enter the immortal sect. You and Ah Chen are eight years old and five years old, both of whom are within the requirements of the notice. , Mom just wants to ask, what do you think?"
Although Yu Wan had traveled through time and understood the situation, she had never considered cultivating immortality.
In her previous life, she was an ordinary citizen who just wanted to live a normal life in peace and quiet.
In this life, even if I don’t know why it started, it came from time to time? She had never thought that she was the kind of protagonist with a protagonist's aura. Based on Yu Wan's previous life, she was self-aware.
She doesn't even want to live a wonderful life with great achievements. Besides, the pursuit of endless life is not very attractive to her, and she even rejects it in her heart.
Cultivation to her means fighting, and fighting means trouble! Yu Wan doesn't like trouble, very much!
She is a pragmatic person who is content with the status quo. She just wants to keep her hard-earned one-third of an acre of land and live a good life, and she is content.
"Mom, if I don't think about it, what's the use?"
"Even if I don't want to go, national laws and family responsibilities require me to go." Yu Wan said helplessly.
Ling Niang was also helpless:
"Mom doesn't want you to go either. I'm a mortal, and I'm afraid that if you go and detect the immortal roots, you will directly follow the people of the sect and leave me. You are still young, and I won't trust you if I can't bear to leave you. If you can, If so, mother doesn’t want you to go.”
"Mother...isn't she...very selfish?"
"And lately, Mom has always been flustered. She always feels like something bad is going to happen? Mom... is very scared."
After saying that, he looked at Yu Wan with rippling eyes.
Little did she know that in the near future, her premonition would come true!
"Mom, don't worry, it's okay. Aren't we all fine?" Yu Wan comforted.
"Our family's ancestors have lived here for generations. I have never heard of any ancestors of our family who have spiritual roots. Don't worry, my brother and I may not have spiritual roots either. We just go to the capital to visit. It’s good to see the world.”
Yu Wan said sincerely: "Besides, Wan'er really doesn't want to become an immortal. I heard people say that to become an immortal you have to fight and kill people all day long. I don't like it!"
As he spoke, he raised his little face, looked at Ling Niang, leaned forward and stretched out his two small hands, inserted them into Ling Niang's waist, hugged Ling Niang with a little force, and said to comfort:
"Wan'er would rather farm and pick wild vegetables, live a plain, simple life, and accompany my mother and brother until they grow old together. With you by my side, Wan'er will be content."
"Ahem..."
Being coaxed by her daughter so coquettishly and cutely, Ling Niang was still very sweet in her heart even though she was not feeling well.
"Hey... you..."
"Mom is still afraid that you blame me for not letting you go. Becoming an immortal is something that many people pursue and envy. Why aren't you tempted?"
Ling Niang was a little confused, hesitated for a moment and then said:
"Now it seems that Mom doesn't have to worry. It's just that your brother... I guess he is looking forward to it. Boys all like to pursue strong men. Chen'er is still too young. If he really succeeds in the test, he will leave home at a young age. , Hey... all mothers are worried about their children traveling thousands of miles away."
"Mom, don't worry. I'm usually naughty and very clever. If the test succeeds, I will be a disciple of a famous and upright family. At least my safety will be guaranteed."
While these words comforted Ling Niang, they were also used to comfort Yu Wan herself. If Yu Chen really wanted to succeed in the test, he would have to leave home with the sect, and she could not help but worry that such a thing would happen.
Yu Wan knows that wherever there are people, there will be fights, let alone the world of cultivation! The only hope is that my brother can grow up safely.
Ling Niang understood Yu Wan's thoughts and felt more at ease. She stood up and said, "Then take a break first. In the afternoon, you and your mother will go to the fields to collect vegetables. It will be market day in two days. You can go there then." Sell for silver."
"Okay mom, I'll just close my eyes for a while."
Ling Niang walked out of Yu Wan's room. Yu Wan continued to close his eyes. He was also worried about measuring the spiritual roots. He didn't think about it anymore. He just wanted to make peace with it now that he was here. Anyway, there were still a few months before he went to the capital.
At that time, I didn’t know what the outcome would be? Why bother worrying about it in advance? The boat will go straight when it reaches the bridge, and the car will find its way to the mountain. Let’s talk about it then.
In the autumn afternoon in October...
Ling Niang and Yu Wan put their baskets on their backs and went to the fields with sickles and hoes to start harvesting.
Ling Niang followed the direction of the sweet potato seedlings, dug into the soil with a hoe, and dug out the sweet potatoes buried deep one by one. Although the sizes were uneven, Ling Niang still carefully dug out all the sweet potatoes. She did this very carefully, fearing that she would not miss any of them. Note that if a hoe is dug into a sweet potato, the appearance will be damaged and it will be difficult to sell.
Ling Niang was very busy here, and Yu Wan in the cornfield over there was also too busy to keep up.
The corn stalks were all lined up neatly and vertically like well-trained soldiers. Because Yu Wan was small and not tall enough, it was difficult for her to reach the full corn stalks and pick them.
So, she directly cut off the bottom of the wheat stalk, let it lie down, and then broke off the corn with her hands. Although the process was slow, Yu Wan was still working hard to harvest it bit by bit...
The two of them picked corn and sweet potatoes all over the ground. Ling Niang and Yu Wan took turns carrying several baskets back and forth home. After a long time of work, they finally finished their work.
In the evening, I cooked a pot of porridge with the newly harvested sweet potatoes and corn, and the day passed like this.
In the silent night of the night, Yu Wan was lying on the bed. She had a good sleep due to her hard work during the day.
At this time, her forehead shimmered with five colors, causing the five-color flowers that were originally under the fence in the corner to change.
In the dust-free night, the moonlight is like silver, and the bright moonlight is all around. It is all absorbed into the five-color flowers, making the flowers that originally shimmered with five-color light shine brighter than the previous light!
These five-colored rays of light gathered around the flowers condensed into a colorful rope, as if being pulled, the light smoke flew into Yu Wan's room, and was sucked in when it came to Yu Wan's forehead...
In this way, it continues silently and endlessly, absorbing, exhaling and re-absorbing, and the cycle continues...
The five-color light in front of Yu Wan's forehead was one degree brighter than before due to the continuous absorption of five-color energy from the same source. However, this subtle change was difficult to detect without looking carefully.
It wasn't until the full moon set in the west and the morning light faded that this abnormal scene ended, and Yu Wan was still asleep, completely unaware of it.
