The four of them walked forward, and when they abandoned their horses at the ferry, Li Ye bought two boxwood bows and hundreds of arrows for Nangong Ruyuer and Xia Wutong.
Thinking that the waterway would take some time, it was just in time for Xia Wutong to teach Nangong Nangong Ruyu archery.
The woman in white looked at Li Ye with strange eyes and asked, "You didn't teach me early or late, and you didn't remember until you got on the boat?"
Li Ye looked at her and smiled: "This is nostalgia, you don't understand..."
The woman in white was stunned and glared at him fiercely. "What do you want to say?"
When Xia Wutong saw it, he quickly explained to the woman in white: "When my junior brother and my husband went out to practice, they practiced arrows on the Fuchun River. He wanted Yu'er to review it..."
Xia Wutong also glared at Li Ye and thought, "Don't you have something to say?" Does it have to be this way?
"It turns out that the master also practiced archery on this boat back then. Then Yu'er must practice hard and strive to surpass the master back then."
Nangong Ruyu, who was sitting aside, looked at the three of them and chuckled.
The woman in white shook her head, looked at the three of them and said, "Don't spoil Yu'er to a bad level. How can I teach her in the future?"
Unexpectedly, Nangong Ruyu looked at her and shook her head, smiling: "Yu'er doesn't need to be taught by her mother. She can continue teaching after the master comes. Yu'er is already very powerful. By the time the master comes, she might be a master in the Yuanying realm. , you can protect the master."
The woman in white looked helplessly at the two of them, feeling a little regretful in her heart. If she had known earlier, she would have taken the little guy with her, but now it's better that she has a closer relationship with her master than she does.
"Master, you can come earlier, don't let Yu'er wait for the prince!" Nangong Ruyu took out a bag of melon seeds and distributed them to Xia Wutong and the woman in white. Looking at Li Ye, he said, "Yu'er, wait for you to come over and grill the meat for me!"
Xia Wutong glanced at her and said with a smile: "Have you not eaten enough on Tianshan Mountain?" After saying this, he couldn't help laughing.
Li Ye couldn't help but feel a little dizzy. He looked at her and said, "I've taught you how to bake so many times, haven't you learned anything at all? Aren't you a fast swordsman?"
Nangong Ruyu watched the two people tilting their heads and thought for a while, then found a reason for herself: "Yu'er is still young, so naturally she wants to eat the meat roasted by the master. When the master gets old, Yu'er will bake it again."
The woman in white glared at Li Ye and said angrily: "You taught Yu'er badly. I can't teach such a guy. You can figure it out yourself."
Li Ye smiled, looked at the two of them and replied, "Then just wait for me. I also want to go there and see. What's the difference between different skies?"
In Li Ye's opinion, the most terrifying ones are the guys with a pair of wings growing out of their backs. So what, as long as they don't mess with themselves, everyone can live in peace.
Xia Wutong lowered his head and remained silent.
Until now, she had not decided whether to leave with the woman in white or stay in the Five Realms.
Leaving with the woman in white can save you ten or twenty years of hard training, but I'm afraid you will be separated from your parents, master, and other people forever.
But if he stayed to practice with his master, he might be separated from the guy in front of him forever.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel confused. Picking up the boxwood bow Li Ye bought, she walked to the bow of the boat and looked at both sides of the bank. At this time, she needed to vent her emotions.
Then for some reason, the waterfowl on both sides seemed to know that the evil star was coming. The moment she raised her bow and arrow, they all flapped their wings and flew away, leaving only empty branches waiting for arrows.
"Yu'er, come out, sister will teach you archery!" Xia Wutong saw the waterfowl flying away one after another, so he had to call Nangong Ruyu out.
"Come on, come on, sister, don't hurry!" Nangong Ruyu, who was holding a bow and arrow, jumped onto the bow of the ship. Looking at both sides of the bank, he asked: "Sister, what should we shoot?"
"Did you see it? Shoot that willow branch and I'll show it to you first." Without saying anything, there was just a "swish" sound, and the arrow in Xia Wutongwu's hand flew out.
Li Ye looked at her and shook his head speechlessly, and walked to the cabin. He was going to take a nap to regain his energy to face the upcoming battle.
The woman in white glanced at him and did not stop him. She was going to teach Nangong Ruyu archery.
Li Ye could be the hands-off shopkeeper, but she didn't want to.
She wants to teach the little girl archery while cultivating the relationship between mother and daughter.
...
The boat is sailing on the river, and arrows are flying on the water. A few days passed in a flash.
When the boat arrived, Li Ye told the boatman that he wanted to stay here for a while. The boatman accepted the money, which was naturally as the owner wished.
Li Ye led the woman in white, Xia Wutong and Nangong Ruyu, got off the boat and walked towards the town on the dock.
"Liexi Town is a commercial logistics exchange center in the Central Region. Many goods are distributed in this town. It is also the last town on our trip. We have to go ashore not far ahead. It only takes one to two days to reach Baiyu. city."
Li Ye was telling the story to the woman in white and Nangong Ruyu in front. Xia Wutong, who was walking behind, listened in her heart, but what she was thinking about was her chance encounter with Li Ye here that year.
In the blink of an eye, ten years have passed.
"Master, are we going to spend the night here today?" Nangong Ruyu held Li Ye's hand and jumped like an elf falling from heaven to earth.
Li Ye turned his head, looked at her and said softly: "Come here, I think you are a little tired of staying on the boat. The master is going to the town to visit his old friends, and he will also take you to eat some food in the town."
Xia Wutong frowned and followed behind. The scene of Li Ye pulling Mu Mu seemed to appear before her eyes, and she couldn't help but sigh secretly in her heart. After all, that girl also went to another place in the sky.
Thinking about it, Mumu and her junior brother would be different from each other in the future. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel more entangled.
The woman in white followed Li Ye, looking at the shops on both sides of the road, trying her best to relax, but her consciousness was already wandering in the nearby streets and alleys.
Li Ye came to the inn where he stayed, which was opposite Shopkeeper Huang's shop.
Li Ye led several people into the inn and opened three guest rooms. The woman in white took Nangong Ruyu and Xia Wutong upstairs to wash up and rest in the room.
Li Ye sat down at the table by the window on the second floor and ordered a pot of tea and a plate of corn pancakes.
After eating the two pieces of tortillas given to him by the woman in the field on the way, he seemed to have found the feeling of that day, and when he came here he couldn't help but order another dish.
My husband said this is food memory. When you taste a delicious food for the first time, you will unconsciously compare it later, but it is difficult to retrieve the taste in your memory.
Looking down from the window on the second floor of the inn, the owner of Huangji Shop looked thinner than in previous years. Li Ye thought for a while, put the kettle on the small stove on the table, and threw a piece of snow lotus into the pot.
"Brother, please invite the right shopkeeper Huang to come over. Just say that I'm an old friend." Li Ye shouted to the waiter in the inn.
The waiter upstairs responded: "I heard you. Guests, please don't worry. I'll go and invite you now."
Not long after, the owner of the inn ran to the shopkeeper opposite and muttered something to the shopkeeper at the door.
Upon hearing this, shopkeeper Huang glanced across the way and followed the waiter over.
Seeing shopkeeper Huang walking in with his waiter, Li Ye stood up to greet him and said, "We haven't seen you for ten years. How is everything going, shopkeeper?"
When shopkeeper Huang heard this, he couldn't help but look at Li Ye blankly, but in his heart he thought whose young master this was and when had he seen him before?
Li Ye looked at him and shook his head, pointed to the chair in front of the table and said with a smile: "More than ten years ago, my husband, my wife, and my sister stayed in this inn for a night, and the businessman Boss Xie came with us. "
Before Li Ye could continue, Shopkeeper Huang looked at him and said softly: "You are the young man back then. Oh, I didn't expect that we have been apart for more than ten years, and I don't even recognize you anymore."
Li Ye looked at him and smiled and said, "I heard on the road that one of my sisters is going to marry the son of a boss named Huang in your town. Does Mr. Huang know about it?"
Shopkeeper Huang was startled and asked, "Sir, what is your sister's name?"
Li Ye looked at him and smiled: "My sister's name is Xiaolian. She must be about eighteen years old."
"Xiao Lian? Are you talking about Xiao Lian from Dongxuan Territory? She is at my house. Now she is in charge, and I am already an idler."
Shopkeeper Huang looked at Li Ye and laughed. He lowered his head and called downstairs: "Guys downstairs, call Xiaolian to the second floor. Someone is looking for her here."
Shopkeeper Huang had just finished finishing the conversation when a crisp voice came from the business corner opposite: "Dad, who came here to see Xiaolian? Didn't you see that I'm busy?"
After saying that, a slender woman with black hair hanging behind her back and a green skirt hurriedly emerged from the shop and ran into the inn.
When the handsome Xiaolian stood in front of Li Ye, Li Ye couldn't help but sigh quietly. He asked softly: "After ten years of separation, Xiaolian, are you okay?"
Xiaolian was stunned, looked at Shopkeeper Huang and asked, "Dad, do you know this customer?"
Shopkeeper Huang looked at her and smiled, pointed to the chair next to him and said, "Sit down and have a cup of tea and speak slowly."
Seeing Shopkeeper Huang acting like this, Xiaolian had no choice but to sit down and stare at Li Ye without speaking.
Li Ye was not in a hurry. While washing the pot and cups, he poured a cup of tea for each of them. He also picked up a cup, blew lightly and took a small taste.
"I personally picked this tea from Tianshan Mountain. You two can try it. This is a fate that cannot be bought with money in the Five Realms."
Li Ye looked at Xiaolian with a smile, as if he were looking at the little girl standing in the rain, holding flowers in her hands and selling flowers. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shed a big tear on the table.
"Bah!" A soft sound hurt Xiaolian's heart.
The strange man in front of her gave her a feeling of déjà vu. Looking at the teardrop on the table, she couldn't help but feel a pain in her heart, and two tears fell down.
Shopkeeper Huang looked at the appearance of the two people and couldn't help but feel nervous, what's going on? This is my own shopkeeper, my soon-to-be daughter-in-law.
Li Ye took out two silk scarves and handed them to Xiaolian. He pinched one and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. Without saying a word, he took out a white silk scarf again and gently placed it in front of Xiaolian.
Xiaolian, who was wiping her tears with a silk scarf, reached out to pick up the silk towel on the table and opened it gently. She saw a bunch of apricot blossoms that had dried up for who knows how many years...
Stringing this apricot blossom is a thin willow branch.
"Wow!" Xiaolian couldn't help but burst into tears when she saw it. "You were the big brother who passed by back then. It was you who bought Xiaolian's flower blue. It was you who gave Xiaolian gold coins to go to school."
"I just came from Dongxuan Territory. I met your grandma. She told me that Xiaolian came to Liexi Town..."
Quietly, Li Ye told Xiaolian what happened on the road.
When Xiaolian heard this, she couldn't help coming over and hugging Li Ye and crying.
Li Ye, who was at a loss, smiled and shed tears, patted her shoulder gently, and said softly: "I'm very happy for you when I know you married into Shopkeeper Huang's family... Xiaolian finally grew up. It’s so big!”
Li Ye picked up the pot from the stove, filled the two with hot tea, and said with a smile, "Try my tea, I guarantee you will like it."
After comforting Nian Lian for a long time, when Nian Lian calmed down, Xiao Lian told Shopkeeper Huang the story that happened in the spring, then looked at Li Ye and said quietly: "Brother, Xiao Lian misses you."
Li Ye looked at her and smiled and said, "I'm also thinking about Xiaolian in the spring rain, whether you went to school, and whether you're doing well?"
Shopkeeper Huang, who didn't understand until now, looked at Li Ye and sighed. He said softly: "I never thought that when we only met once, I would owe such a huge favor."
Li Ye looked at him, shook his head, and said with a smile: "This is the fate between me and Xiaolian, and I do it willingly... As long as Xiaolian has a good life here, I will be satisfied."
Xiaolian, who was in tears, looked at Li Ye and asked, "Is grandma okay?"
