As she grows older, our Luoan girl gradually begins to hide some things as her own secrets.
Even to Henry, he wouldn't tell everything.
Although it may make you feel a little lonely when you say it, keeping your own secrets, not seeking advice from your elders on everything, and starting to think independently is a sign that a boy is beginning to transform into a young man.
The age of 14 is when self-awareness begins to sprout, when everything you have seen and heard before finally begins to be digested and transformed into your own things, and an independent personality is established.
As if it happened overnight, the child who originally looked to his elders for advice suddenly decided to do many things by himself.
Like an eagle whose wings are finally full, it wants to show off its talents and fly away from the nest to a wider world.
In the past, the elders around them were their world, but now they are looking at a place that is even more distant. In order to survive on their own in the coming days, they must get rid of the mentality of relying on their elders for everything.
Young people who take things too far will often express all this as a complete denial of the rebellion of their parents.
In order to break away from the obedience of the past, they chose the overly radical approach often adopted by young people - confrontation and complete denial. But they ignore the things in themselves that are inseparable from their fathers.
After more than ten years, when time has worn away the edges, and young people who have calmed down and started to own more things will begin to cherish those things that have been passed down from generation to generation.
The idiom "The prodigal son turns back" describes this situation.
Fortunately, the relationship between our Mr. Sage and the Luoan girl has never been so tense.
The change of mentality of the white-haired girl, who was already precocious enough when they met, was not abrupt, and the sage never put any shackles on her, which also made the conflict between thoughts and personality not severe.
The age of 14 should have been the most troublesome time - just look at the young master Yajiro and you will know - but great teachers give birth to great disciples, and our Luoan girl did not disappoint at all.
She does not need to express her independent personality by contradicting the sage everywhere, because even now, after traveling together for 3 years and countless years, she still believes that there are countless things she can learn from her teacher, and she still believes that she can learn from her teacher. .
I hope days like this can continue.
The sudden cold wave and the strange and changeable weather made Mira a little vigilant.
Outbursts of magic would affect the climate, something she had learned about in the past, and they had undoubtedly encountered magic-related things some time ago.
Who did what?
Will the dark and tragic events that happened in the Padrosi Empire happen again here?
No, something is different.
Although the abnormal spring snow in recent days is probably related to magic, just like the feeling of the entire Moon Country, even the abnormal weather phenomena caused by this magic disorder-
She didn't know why she had such a conflicting impression, but——
Even the abnormal weather caused by magic power disorder gives people a feeling of being suppressed and tolerated.
Like this country bound by strict disciplines, rules and classes, the snow and rain that have fallen in the past few days are always in a hurry, and there is no trace of the appearance of the end of the empire in the south of the empire when the witch came to the world.
There are still doubts, there are still many things that are unknown and need to be explored clearly. Mira thought like this and did not express her doubts, even to Henry.
He could probably answer Mira's doubts. Although he didn't take the initiative to explain, if she wanted to know, Henry would explain everything he had experienced before.
But this was not his original wish, nor was it her original wish.
After three long years of traveling together, Mira already understood her teacher's temperament very well.
Henry doesn't like to give direct answers, not because he doesn't like to talk or wants to hide his secrets, although he does not like to talk sometimes.
The answers obtained directly are indeed convenient and efficient, but if the situation is not so urgent and no one needs to be notified immediately so that everyone knows how to respond, then choosing to give the answer directly will cause others to lose the ability developed in the process of learning, exploration and excavation.
Take reading and learning as an example: it is certainly wrong to not be able to read and remember the contents of the book. But just being able to read and memorize is not enough. No matter how much knowledge you have in your mind to respond to various situations one by one, there will still come a time when you encounter something that cannot be dealt with with your existing knowledge.
Just like the samurai class of the Moon Country where Yajiro and the others belong, the swordsmanship honed by their own people fighting their own people has been sealed for thousands of years.
In a familiar field, within the comfort zone that they can cope with, it is very pleasing to watch that they can fight back and forth; but when they break out of this familiar circle, the weapons have changed, the techniques have changed, and the opponents do not play according to the routine. , they will become confused.
If there is enough time, Henry will not tell all the answers to the questions, just to cultivate her ability to explore and solve problems.
No matter how rich the books are, no matter how abundant the knowledge is, you will still encounter unexpected situations. The world is constantly changing, and everything will be very different when you return after leaving a place for a year, so nothing can be dealt with forever by relying on existing knowledge.
Therefore, [focus] is cultivated when thinking and trying to solve problems.
The [perseverance] and inner [endurance] that can still muster up energy after encountering setbacks or suffering pain.
When encountering an area that you are not familiar with, you will not lose your bearings but be able to calm down and think [calmly].
Giving direct answers would prevent her from going through these processes. If the knowledge that Henry has now is crammed into him, Mira will probably have learned far more knowledge in the past three years than she does now, and it will even be enough to make her and Aya, the Moon Country who is six or seven years older than her, Ph.D.—but then she would not have gained through these processes a truly permanent character.
Don't jump to conclusions easily, think carefully and observe in detail. Because of her age, she was still a little lacking in temperament, but after Henry repeatedly emphasized it, she had noticed her shortcomings in this area.
These things, these practices, and these qualities she learned in the process of solving problems will become treasures that can benefit her throughout her life.
So don't be impatient. If Henry doesn't want to explain something temporarily, it's because there is no need to do so.
After a long period of accumulation, the sage's views on things start from a different time scale than others.
But even knowing this, she would still become impatient sometimes.
It's not enough to always look at that back.
She wished she could stand side by side with him.
That person carried too much on his shoulders, even if it was just a little bit, she hoped to be his help.
The white snow fell slowly, and the night passed by in everyone's thoughts.
When I woke up in the morning, the sky was not very bright, and no clouds could be seen in the gray-blue sky. The snow last night was heavier than expected, and a lot of it accumulated on the top of the tent and on the surrounding ground. The Yi and Ashigaru who woke up earlier cleared the snow to the side to facilitate preparation and preparation before departure. Breakfast cooking.
The long wetland area is still ahead, and the camp of the group is set up on the northern hillside.
The wetland as a whole is a basin in the mountains. After going down the mountain from one side, you have to walk for nearly a day to get to the other side.
First go down the mountain, then walk over a long stretch of wet mud and then go up again.
Carrying the baggage of ten pack oxen, it was quite difficult for the group to cross this wetland. However, it is sparsely populated and has abundant resources. The consumption along the way in the past few days can be replenished a little. They are not in a hurry in terms of time. If you are lucky, it would be great to stop by the lake to catch some fish and taste the fresh ingredients.
The tribes of the Yi people would also pass by here when they migrated in the mountains. Both Temulun and others as well as Lulu had been here before.
However, in order to avoid the main settlements of Kazuto, they usually head west from the mountains further east, so the Yi people are not very familiar with this road.
The wetland that had snowed all night was very different from before.
The flowers and weeds that were already in full bloom in spring, and the green with some yellowish-brown and colorful flowers, are now replaced by snow-white, with only a few lakes and ponds that have never been frozen reflecting the gray-blue. Sky.
Although the snow scenery is beautiful, most people look miserable at the thought of trekking through it.
The snow that fell heavily last night was knee-deep. Narumi stepped hard on the ground a few times after the ashigaru cleared the snow. However, his attempt to try his luck failed. The footprints of his straw sandals were clearly visible on the ground. There was even some water seeping out slightly.
What the samurai leader is counting on is obviously whether the cold weather can freeze the soft mud in the wetland area. At least if the ground turns into hard frozen soil, the pack oxen pulling the baggage will not fall into it easily. It becomes difficult.
But obviously just a sudden spring snow is not enough to convert the entire wetland soil into frozen soil.
"Oh, isn't this more troublesome than traveling in winter." The outspoken old Qiao said the thoughts of many people. There is knee-deep snow, but even if you trek through it, you will at least walk through the snow in winter. There is solid ground below, but here it is all soft mud.
What made everything worse was that they were not prepared for the trip because it was already spring and they did not prepare snowshoes and sleds.
Although the barbarians quickly used local materials to weave large square snowshoes from twigs and animal skins and cloth, so that the walking team members could keep up with the speed of the horses, but there was no way to use the sled that took longer to cut. .
After all, they were traveling, and even hunters who were good at living in the mountains would not bring a complete set of carpenter's attire with them.
We can only make do with it, what's the use of it.
After adding some anti-cold measures to the horses' hooves to prevent their limbs from freezing after walking in the snow for a long time, the group finished their breakfast and started on the long road across the wetland.
When they reached the bottom, the sun began to appear in the gray-blue sky, and the golden light filled the entire wetland, making the white snow reflect the dazzling light.
"Follow closely, don't open your eyes too wide, be careful of snow blindness." The samurai leader in front used the brim of the helmet and the gap between the visor to block the reflection. He turned around to remind him, but saw many people holding Improvised equipment to withstand this environment was developed.
Wearing weird and ridiculous glasses plus cold-proof scarves and hoods or hats, the group of people, whose faces were hard to see clearly, lined up and began to trek through the snow.
