The fire that swept through the entire Taoist temple and reached the bridge gradually died down in the second half of the night when there was no combustible material.
Thick smoke drifted away in the wind.
A golden crow rose into the sky, and the polar night that lasted for nearly a year came to an end in the early morning.
The sun shines through the gaps in the trees and falls on the tent by the stream with a touch of warmth, waking up the people lying inside.
Chi Yue covered her eyes uncomfortably.
The tent can block light, but the light shrouding the roof will still irritate eyes that have not seen light for too long.
She took out three pairs of sunglasses and handed them to Wen Qizhou and Xie Changxiao on his right: "Qizhou, put them on and then open your eyes."
Hear Qizhou's "hmm" sound.
He put on his sunglasses and sat up, opened the zipper of the tent door, and looked at the stream and trees illuminated by rays of sunlight.
"The polar night is finally over." It is really inconvenient to live a life relying on candles and telescopes. Even though they have become accustomed to it with the passage of time, they still look forward to seeing the sun again.
"Yes." Xie Changxiao came to the edge of the tent, took a deep breath, and sighed: "I feel that the air has become fresher."
Chi Yue didn't feel much.
Just seeing the sunshine makes me feel happy.
She put on her coat and walked out of the tent with them, reminding Mingming that they should cover their eyes to avoid being accidentally stabbed by the sun.
"Oh my God! The sun finally came out!" Wen Yaxian, her eyes covered with a white cloth, stretched in the sunshine.
Yan Shuo hugged her and smiled softly.
Through the gauze in front of him, Chi Yunyan saw the shadows of fish jumping in the stream, and led Yunqi and Xunsong into the water to catch fish.
Brother Ge Huai and Ming Zhang stood aside, watching them catch fish while carefully feeling the sunlight bathing them.
The long-lost sun is rejuvenating.
The soldiers and residents on the other side of the stream also became energetic as the sunny weather cleared away the gloom.
After they adapted to the light, they took off their sunglasses or blindfolds, then gathered branches and prepared to light a fire for breakfast.
Chi Yue and the others decided to eat fish slices noodles.
She took out three juicy cabbages from the sack and squatted by the stream to wash them carefully.
The person who was catching fish and scooping water saw three cabbages and couldn't move his eyes away. He stared at her hand.
"Girl." The first man couldn't help but ask, "Is this the vegetable you grew yourself?"
"Um."
"They look so good." He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had eaten vegetables, and he was so hungry: "Can you give me a piece?"
"cannot."
"..."
She refused too simply. Seeing that there were so many of them, the uncle didn't dare to go up and grab it. He could only say how hard it was for him, hoping that she would be kind and tear a piece off for him.
Chi Yue doesn't like this.
No matter how much he said, he ignored him.
"Hey!" The strong man who was spearing the fish walked up to her and asked in a nice voice, "I'll trade it for you with sausages, okay?"
"How to change?"
"Half a pill for each quarter?"
Chi Yue pondered for two seconds: "Okay."
She put the washed cabbage into the folding basin, asked Chi Yunyan who was idle to take out another one, cut it in half and exchanged it with him.
The rest of the people who wanted to eat vegetables were reluctant to trade meat with Chi Yue, so they could only watch her pour the vegetables into the pot to cook.
"Here comes the fish!" Ge Huai put all the fish fillets they had cut into the boiling water: "Yao Yao, have you found the bowl?"
"found it."
Ge Qinyao ran out of the tent with a click.
She washed the folded dishes and chopsticks in the plastic bag and handed them to them one after another: "How long do you have to cook them?"
"Two or three minutes." Mingzhang sprinkled the chopped green onions and seasonings into the pot noodles, held the handle of the spoon and stirred twice. When the heat was almost done, he served each of them a bowl of delicious fish soup.
Chi Yue picked up the chopsticks, put some noodles and cabbage into the bowl, and asked Chi Yunyan to serve them to the soldiers grilling fish opposite.
"Take the chopsticks, too." She put the chopsticks into his hand, took out a folding bowl, and filled herself a bowl of soup.
Chi Yunyan nodded: "Okay."
He carefully stepped on the stones in the stream, and just when he reached the place where they set up their tent, Mother Liang suddenly stopped him.
Most of her face was covered with burn marks, and the broken skin exposed red to black flesh, looking inexplicably eerie.
"Xiaoyan." She swallowed her saliva, glanced into the bowl, and smiled at him: "I'm sorry you still miss us."
"ah?"
"Give me the bowl, wait until we finish..."
Before he could finish the sentence "I'll bring it to you after eating", Chi Yunyan interrupted: "You are overthinking, this is not for you."
"If you don't give it to me, who will you give it to?"
"You don't care about anyone." He looked down on Mother Liang, glanced at her in disgust, opened his legs and continued to move forward.
Mother Liang was really greedy.
She pretended to grab it.
Sensing her intention, he turned sideways in time to close the distance between them, and said sarcastically: "Aunt, there are so many people watching. You are shameless, but Liang Fan always has shame, right?"
"I just want to help you serve the bowl, why are you so shameless?" Liang's mother refused to admit it, pointing at his nose and morally kidnapping: "You kid is so heartless! You only care about yourself and don't care about your sister. She is Your sister!"
