messenger from the wasteland

Chapter 37

After returning to the temple, the three ate the watermelon given to them by the villager.

The old monk taught Chu and Yingzi to sprinkle a little salt on the watermelon before eating, so that it would be sweeter.

In the quiet small village, there is a unique sound in the summer night, the sound that can't be distinguished from the wind, cicadas or frogs, echoing softly in the ears.Eating a watermelon while enjoying the cool air has become a very pleasant thing.

Sprinkle snowflake-like salt grains on the red watermelon. When you eat it, you will have a very complex taste, a mixture of salty and sweet, but after the salty taste passes, the watermelon will indeed become more delicious. sweet.

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At night, Chu hugged his legs and sat alone in front of the room.She doesn't want to rest, theoretically she won't be tired.

She raised her head and looked at the galaxy in the night sky. Without the cover of clouds, she could see every star twinkling.What was she thinking, she didn't think about anything, she just felt that the sky in the outside world was really much brighter than that in the Apostle Wasteland.

A shadow as bright as hers seems shameless, why is there evil in such a world.It is so beautiful, so bright, and has a purity far beyond comparison in the Apostle Wasteland, so why is there evil?

But I don't understand at first, compared to the outside world, maybe the Apostle Wasteland is the purest or purest, because there is only killing in the Apostle Wasteland, but the outside world is not.

However, such a peaceful night does not necessarily have to think about these things.

"Tread, step, step."

The sound of footsteps stepping on wooden boards sounded beside him, and Chu turned his head to look.

It was Yingzi who was walking with a wooden basin, which was filled with hot water and emitting white mist.It might be hot, Sakurako's face turned slightly red.

"Yakoko, what's wrong?" Seeing Yingko's weird look, Chu asked suspiciously.

Sakura pursed her lips and said softly.

"At the beginning, let me wash your feet for you. It will be more comfortable to rest after soaking your feet."

"Why do you want to help me wash my feet?" Chu obviously couldn't understand Yingzi's request. Her body is self-cleaning, so it shouldn't be dirty.

"This is what the abbot said. People should repay their kindness. Chu has been taking care of me, and I can't do anything."

Probably because of embarrassment, Yingzi's voice became softer and softer, until finally it was as soft as a mosquito.

If it weren't for the fact that the initial hearing is not bad, otherwise he wouldn't be able to hear what she was saying.

It should have been a while before the silence in front of the room was broken.

Chu Chu answered out loud, "I understand."

As she spoke, she slowly took off the socks on her feet, and lifted up the hem of her clothes, exposing her soles and calves.

"Then please."

"Yeah." Yingzi nodded, and walked to Chu's feet with the wooden basin in her arms.

Chu's feet were not full of calluses like ordinary warriors, but rather white and pink.

When Yingzi stretched out her hands to hold Chu's feet, she was slightly lost in thought. Those feet felt smooth and cold to the touch.

She put Chu's feet into the hot water and scrubbed them slowly, her face blushing from time to time.

Chu lowered his head, looked at Yingzi who was helping her to wash her feet, and couldn't explain how she felt.

Yingzi is really a very clean girl, she is like a blank sheet of paper, whatever colors others paint on her, she will be what she is.

The water in the wooden basin was warm, and Sakurako rubbed the soles of Chu's feet, so that Chu's feet were no longer so cold.

"Ah."

Suddenly, Yingzi heard a burst of gentle laughter coming from in front of her.

She looked up, just in time to see Chu covering his mouth and chuckling.She stared blankly, that smile was more beautiful than the most beautiful cherry blossom she had ever seen.

"Sakura, it's a little itchy." Chu said with a smile.

She should have no sense of touch, why she still feels itchy, she doesn't understand.

"Ah, um." Yingzi came back to her senses, and lowered her head with a blushing face.

"Then I'll take it easy."

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That summer passed quietly like this, as if leaving no trace, but it seemed to leave a lot.

In autumn, the dead leaves fell all over the ground, and the cherry blossoms grew a little taller, reaching Chu's shoulders. Her swordsmanship has also improved a lot. With Chu not using much strength, the two have already been able to hand in hand. up.

The crops in the vegetable garden were also ripe. Chuhe Yingzi helped the old monk harvest the crops, and made some pickles for winter preparations.

Just like ordinary people, the autumn of Qingxin Temple is busy with the ordinary harvest.

In winter, there is light snow in the sky of Shanju Village. I heard that the snow here is always like this. It falls a lot but never too much.

There is a New Year's custom here. People will celebrate the new year, prepare gifts for their children, and make new year's wishes.

The old monk set up a rattle in the temple. It was a huge bell, which was swayed with a thick hemp rope.There is a cash box under the bell. It is said that as long as you put a copper coin in the cash box and ring the bell to make a wish, your wish will come true in the new year.

The old monk said that this was the only way Qingxin Temple could get some incense money in a year, but at first he didn't understand how much incense money could be cheated even if all the people in the village came one copper coin at a time.

But it is true that people often have to ring the bell to make a wish. In the end, even Hatsune and Sakurako made their own wishes.

"Dangdangdang."

Chu shook the hemp rope and rang the bell.Put a copper coin in the Saiqin box, put your palms together in front of you, close your eyes at the beginning, and make a wish for next year.

"What wish did you make at the beginning?" Yingzi asked curiously.

"I can't say it." The old monk patted Yingzi's head with a smile, turned his hands behind his back, and looked at the rattle.

"It won't work if you say it."

In the sky above the temple, fine snowflakes are floating, and in the snow, the bell of the temple echoes, spreading farther and farther.

In the evening, the old monk and Chudu prepared gifts for Yingzi respectively.

The old monk prepared a cotton coat, wishing Yingzi good health in the coming year.At the beginning, she prepared a knife, which she asked the blacksmith in the village to make, and it was Yingzi's first knife.

That night, Yingzi fell asleep with a smile in her arms holding a knife and a cotton coat.

She dreamed of spring, and the cherry trees in the Sakura Mountain were in full bloom again. She sat with her father, mother, old monk, and Chu, enjoying the cherry blossoms, eating cherry cakes, laughing, and talking about the coming year. trivia.

(End of this chapter)