Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

The two of them sat for a while, and Chu Xiaomu asked again: "It's such a long journey, Sister Hua is relieved to let you come here alone?"

Xiaoying said nonchalantly, "What's the big deal? I often go to the East Cliff to play with my Dier."

"But this journey is much longer. It will take at least four or five days to walk along the mountain road. Aren't you afraid as a little girl?"

"I am not alone. I have many butterflies accompanying me all the way."

"Your butterfly can't even talk. How can you ask it to accompany you when it's bored?" Xiaomu said with a smile.

"What do you know? Die'er can talk. It's just that you can't hear or understand. Sister and Sister Xiaoxuan can't understand either."

Xiaomu didn't take it seriously and just thought she was joking.

Xiaoying added: "Sister also asked Feng'er to follow along the way, and she also said that she would bring back the bees you raised."

“My bees are back?”

"I'm not lying to you. You'll know tomorrow if you go and take a look."

"You came to our village so brazenly, aren't you afraid that everyone will know that you came from the top of the cliff?"

"Don't be afraid, my sister just told me not to talk too much with those Snow Country people. I wanted to bring sister Xiaoxuan over, but my sister wouldn't let me, saying that she is a spirit and might cause trouble if she came here."

Xiao Mu thought, "That's right. That Snow Country guy Qin Gang is mysterious and I'm afraid he has some secrets. Xiao Ying should stay away from them. Sister Hua has told me to be careful and not to reveal her affairs to anyone."

The two chatted for a while, and before they knew it, it was already the evening hour. Xiao Mu hesitated and asked, "Where... where are you staying tonight?"

Xiaoying smiled and said, "I almost forgot about this. You made my quilt and pillow dirty last time, so you have to compensate me today."

Xiaomu had no choice but to take her home, and he actually felt a little secretly happy inside.

Fortunately, Grandpa Chu Liang is busy with ancestor worship and will not be home until very late.

So he cleaned the side room where Bai Yixing lived before, brought his own bedding, pillow, etc. over, and simply spread them on the wooden bed, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry that you have to live here. I don't know what to say if Grandpa finds out."

Xiaoying frowned and said, "It stinks here, I don't want to sleep here." Then she walked to the small wooden house and said, "Although it stinks here, it's much better than the side room. I'll sleep in this one."

"You sleep here, where should I sleep?"

"Sleep here too. Although this room isn't very big, it's enough for two people to sleep."

Xiao Mu thought, "This girl grew up on the top of Baihua Peak, surrounded by women. She doesn't know that men and women should avoid suspicion." He didn't know how to explain it, so he said, "No, I don't want to sleep in the same room with you."

Xiaoying laughed and said, "I know why you don't want to. You're afraid that I'll hit you, right? Don't worry, I won't hit you today."

"You...you...I can't sleep in the same room with you unless you hit me!"

"Why is that? I often sleep with my sister or Sister Xiaoxuan."

"I... I'm a wild boy, I stink..."

Xiaoying frowned and said, "That's right. It would be terrible if I was woken up by your stench in the middle of the night. So what do you say we should do?"

The two argued for a while. Xiaomu couldn't persuade him, and was also afraid that his grandfather would suddenly come home, so he had to compromise. He slept in the side room and let Xiaoying sleep in his bed.

He brought his own bedding and pillow over, but Xiaoying pinched her nose and said it smelled too bad. Xiaomu held back his anger and had to bring another set of washed bedding and pillow to make the bed for her.

Xiaoying found everything very new and interesting. She looked here, touched there, walked around the room twice, and then rolled around on the bed. She was having a lot of fun and said, "Your bed is so hard. I don't know if I will have nightmares after sleeping on it."

Suddenly, he opened a drawer of the table against the wall and saw two exquisitely carved little wooden men and a little wooden horse inside. They were quite childish, so he took them in his hands and tossed them around, unable to let go.

Xiao Mu said hurriedly: "Be careful, don't break it."

Xiaoying said, "It's so fun, give one to me."

Xiaomu said: "That won't do."

Xiaoying was a little angry and said, "So you are so stingy."

"Everything else is fine, but these are not."

"why?"

"My mother carved this figurine for me... My father carved this pony for me..."

Xiaoying could hear his sadness, carefully placed the wooden figure in the drawer and gently closed it. She muttered, "Stingy guy, who cares about your things!"

Xiaoying saw several toys such as wooden swords, wooden knives and wooden guns placed in the corner of the wall. She walked over and picked them up and asked, "What are these for? They are somewhat similar to the one held in the hand of the person in your sister's painting." She pointed to a six-foot-long wooden spear.

Chu Xiaomu smiled and said, "These have the same function as the stick in your hand."

Xiaoying said: "You're going to hit someone? Why do you act so weird?" She tilted her head slightly, with an innocent look on her face, so cute and lovely.

Chu Xiaomu said: "Don't be fooled by their strange appearance, they are much more powerful than your stick."

Xiaoying picked up a wooden sword and said with a smile, "I don't believe it. How about you try it on me?" and chased Chu Xiaomu to fight.

Chu Xiaomu dodged and said, "Are you crazy? You come to my house and you want to hit me?" The two of them chased each other and played, as if they were children again.

Before leaving the house, Xiaomu repeatedly told Xiaoying to close the doors and windows so as not to let his grandfather find out. He then ran to the side room, closed the door, and went to sleep.

Fortunately, my grandfather came home very late and left early the next day, so he didn’t notice that there were other people living in the house.

After Xiaoying washed up and had breakfast, she pestered Xiaomu to go and see how he raised bees.

The two of them excitedly came to the beekeeping area in the back mountain. Xiaoying saw several large wooden barrels hanging on the trees and was very curious. She walked over to take a closer look and said, "I want to learn from them and make some homes like this for my butterflies so that they won't be afraid of wind and rain."

The bees had already returned to the nest, buzzing in and out, making a lively noise. Xiao Mu said, "Be careful not to get stung."

Xiaoying smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, they know me." Then she reached her hand to the beehive and gently poked a little bee. The bee was indeed very well-behaved. It landed on her fingertips and did not fly away or sting her.

Xiao Mu was extremely surprised: "It turns out that these bees can recognize people."

The two chatted for a while, and Xiaomu told Xiaoying how to make a wooden tube and how to transplant the queen bee.

Xiaoying frowned and said, "This method of making wooden tubes is too complicated. I can't do it." Suddenly, her eyebrows relaxed and she said, "Why don't you go to the top of the cliff in a few days and help me make a few?"

Xiao Mu thought to himself: "This trip back and forth, plus the time to make the wooden barrel, will take at least half a month. If Grandpa knew, he would be angry, but I can't tell him directly, so what should I do?" He hesitated for a moment and did not answer.

Xiaoying twisted his arm fiercely and said angrily, "You haven't finished hurting my Dier yet, and you won't agree to make a few wooden barrels when I ask you to?"

Xiao Mu felt pain and had to agree. He thought he could only take it one step at a time and explain it slowly to his grandfather when he came back.