Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

The two of them sneaked in and out of the house and were finally discovered by their grandfather on the third day. Xiaomu lied and said that Xiaoying was from the East Village and met him at the Ancestral Worship Festival. She stayed in the South Village for a few days and then left.

Chu Liang understood what he meant and laughed, "Grown up... Grow up..." He no longer asked about their affairs, nor did he ask Xiaomu to help with the work.

The two of them had no scruples. When they met people in the village and asked about it, they all said they were from the East Village. Although everyone was very confused, thinking, "How come I have never heard of such a beautiful girl in the East Village?" However, the total number of people in the two southeast villages was as many as 700 to 800. Even in their own South Village, there were nearly 400 people. It was impossible to recognize them all, let alone the East Village, which was a hundred miles away.

Therefore, no one doubted it, and no one could have imagined that Xiaoying actually came down from the top of Raofeng Cliff.

Yang Dou also came to play with the two of them from time to time. When Xiao Mu asked her about Du Heng, Yang Dou blushed and said, "She went back two days ago. She said...she said she was waiting for her parents to make arrangements."

Xiao Mu was very happy for him. He put his arm around his shoulders and whispered, "I heard that she is very gentle and good at sewing. You must not bully her..."

Xiaoying came over and said, "You two must be saying bad things about me, right?" and pretended to hit them.

Xiao Mu Yangdou hurriedly ran away, begging for mercy, asking how he dared to offend the fairy.

For more than ten days, the two of them went out to sea to fish, catch shrimps, dig clams, and pan for salt, or went up the mountain to hunt wild deer and sheep, catch pheasants, pick wild fruits, and pick mushrooms... they had a lot of fun.

After spending more time together, they became more familiar with each other. Xiaoying is lively and active, a little willful and capricious, but in fact she is simple-minded, kind and lovely.

Once, two men went up the mountain to hunt wild deer. They finally found two, a male and a female deer, who were snuggling together and eating grass leisurely in the woods.

Xiaomu was drawing his bow and arrow and was about to shoot when Xiaoying suddenly stood up and shouted, "Little deer, run! Little deer, run! There are bad guys who want to kill you..." and scared the two wild deer away.

Xiao Mu said angrily: "Why did you scare them away?"

Xiaoying said, "They are both so free and they don't cause any trouble to us. Why kill them? No matter which one you kill, the other one will be sad for a long time."

Xiao Mu said, "Didn't you say you were going to hunt wild deer? You also said you wanted to use the deer skin to make a coat for Sister Hua."

Xiaoying said, "I don't want to do that now."

Xiaomu was helpless and had to return empty-handed that day.

Suddenly one day, the two returned home and saw Bai Yixing waiting at the door. He said excitedly: "Our big ship has been repaired and is docked near the pier outside the village. I will take you to see it."

Xiaoying clapped her hands and cheered. Xiaomu secretly tugged at her sleeve and winked at her, meaning that she should not forget what Sister Hua had told her, that she should not meet the people from the Snow Country.

Xiaoying was full of curiosity about the big ship, and couldn't wait to say, "What's the big deal? I won't say anything."

Bai Yixing also encouraged him, saying, "Our Snow Country's shipbuilding skills are no worse than your Cangmu Country's. My ship is eight feet and eight feet long and fifteen feet wide. One of them can outlast a hundred of your small boats." Xiaoying was shocked, "It's so big? How can we row it?"

Bai Yixing said proudly: "Only when the wind is against us do we need to row the boat. Normally we rely on the big sail. The sail is also very big, about four or five meters high."

Xiaoying was so shocked that her mouth was wide open, imagining what the big ship looked like in her mind.

Xiaomu had no choice but to follow the two to see the big ship.

The three men arrived at the beach and saw a large ship parked on the sea not far away. There was a long mast standing in the middle. The shape was peculiar. Compared with the small boats used by the islanders for fishing, it was indeed very majestic.

The three of them rowed a small boat docked at the beach, slowly approached the big ship, and climbed up along the rope ladder.

Xiaoying jumped around, looked around, and found it very interesting.

Xiaomu had never seen a large ship before, and could not imagine that human power could create such a ship. He thought to himself, "This world is so big, I wonder how many strange things there are that I have never heard of or seen. It would be great if I could leave Baihua Island one day and see the outside world."

Bai Yixing took Xiaomu and Xiaoying to look at the various structural parts of the ship one by one, such as the rudder, mast, sails, bedrooms, oar lockers, water tanks, etc. He explained in detail what they did not understand.

He was not a skilled craftsman and had only a vague understanding of ship hull structure. He did not understand many things at all and just spoke nonsense. However, Xiaomu and Xiaoying did not know this.

The residents of Baihua Island go fishing in sampans. The hulls are very simple, with only one pole and two oars, or an additional cabin. Occasionally, someone adds canvas, but they are easily capsized due to improper use.

The Lu family in Dongzhai is good at building things. It is said that a man named Lu Lun once built a boat more than three meters long, equipped with twelve wooden oars and a sail. Unfortunately, one day when he was out to sea, he encountered a storm. Not only was the sail blown away by the wind, but the hull also had several large holes and sank into the sea. Two people died. Since then, no one in Baihua Island has gone to the trouble of building large ships.

Xiaomu knew a little about sails, but he had never seen one so big and hard. As for other parts of the ship, he had never heard of them, let alone imagined them. Now that he saw them with his own eyes, he couldn't help but be amazed.

The two met Qin Gang on the boat. Xiao Mu was worried that he could see that Xiao Ying was not from Dongzhai or Nanzhai.

Fortunately, Qin Gang just glanced at Xiaoying, smiled, and politely invited the two to play at will.

A few days passed by. One morning, when Xiaomu and Xiaoying went to Duanshuao for fun, they passed by a bush of flowers. A butterfly kept flying in front of Xiaoying and was reluctant to leave for a long time.

She took it gently in her hand and put it in front of her face, as if listening to it talking.

These days, Xiaomu found that Xiaoying was particularly popular with butterflies. Every time she played in the mountains, there were always some butterflies flying around her, and some even landed on her head or body, making her laugh. So she was no longer surprised by this scene.

Xiaoying "chatted" with the butterfly for a while, then suddenly stopped and said, "Brother Xiaomu, I have to go back to Baihuading."

Xiao Mu was startled and asked, "Why...are we going back now?"

Xiaoying nodded and said, "My sister said that I have played outside for long enough and it is time to go back... Besides, I miss them too."

Xiao Mu was disappointed and said, "Didn't you say you wanted to see how I ask the spirits? Uncle Huai's body hasn't fully recovered yet..."

Xiaoying smiled charmingly and said, "Can't I come next time?"

Xiao Muxi asked happily: "Will you come to play with me again?"

"Of course. It's boring to stay on the top of Baihua Mountain every day."

"What if Sister Hua doesn't let you come down?"

"Then I'll come down secretly. The worst that can happen is that she'll scold me when I get back."

"Be careful, Sister Xiaoxuan may summon a spirit to tie your feet."

"How could that be? Sister Xiaoxuan and I are best friends. Besides, she herself wants to come down and play."

"That would be great. Next time you come, I'll take you to the small island in the west. I heard that it's very strange. The ancient tripod in the ancestral temple was found there."

"Really?"

"Let's make a pinky promise."

They each stretched out their right pinky fingers and hooked them together. Xiaoying said, "Sister said that if we make a pinky promise, we can never change it for the rest of our lives."

Xiao Mu said, "Of course. I'll wait for you here. If you don't come, I'll carry you down from the top of Baihua Peak."

Xiaoying shook her head and said, "Without sister's permission, you can't go up to Baihuading. I wanted to ask you to go up and help me make some home for Die'er..."

"How could that be? I remember the way."

"Sister said if I can't go up, then I can't go up. Don't you believe me?"

Xiao Mu was speechless. He thought that Sister Hua was so powerful, if she didn’t want me to go up the cliff, she must have some magical methods.