A piece of Japanese incense

The game ended with laughter and joy. I leaned against the tree, panting.

"I won't chase you anymore! I won't chase you anymore! I'm out of breath!"

He finally stopped, leaned against a tree, and sat down on the ground.

"Why doesn't my cousin make a wish?"

"I don't believe in God, I only believe in myself."

"Then why did you go to the temple? Are you going to meet my father? When did you recognize each other? How did you recognize each other? Are you really my cousin?" I asked all the questions in my mind at once.

Under the moonlight, his face was expressionless. After a moment, he turned his head away and said, "It's so late, your family must be going crazy looking for you."

Seeing him change the subject, I thought to myself that he and Dog Dad must have some unspeakable secret. Never mind, it has nothing to do with me anyway.

I spread my arms, raised my head to face the moon, looked up at the starry sky, and was filled with emotion. I was reluctant to say, "Once I have squandered this little bit of freedom, I will have to go back to my life."

"Is the eldest niece hugging the wind?"

“Yeah, yeah, I’m high-fiving it right now.” I flapped my arms.

He chuckled, and I turned to see him leaning against a tree, his head resting on his arms, a shallow dimple showing on his left cheek.

I gave him a big smile: "My cousin actually has dimples!" I squatted down and looked at him carefully.

He instantly stopped smiling and returned to his expressionless face.

I curled my lips, shrugged my shoulders, and said thoughtfully, "I remember a famous person once said that trees are the desire of the earth to touch the moon." I hugged the peach tree, "So, can I touch the starry sky now?"

A moment of silence passed, I turned away and quietly stuck out my tongue, feeling somewhat uncomfortable, thinking: "Humph! There is no point in talking if we are not on the same page."

I picked up all the intact flowers and petals that had fallen under the tree and put them in my skirt pocket. I also asked my cousin to help me pick two large branches of golden peach trees in full bloom, and then I carefully returned down the mountain.

I heard Fugui'er's barking from a distance. I called him twice and he ran towards me.

I dodged it and said, "No, no, no, I found this with great difficulty. I have to take it back to keep it."

Fuguier hummed twice, his tail wagged in a curve of joy, he rubbed his head against me again and again, and circled around me excitedly.

The scattered lights ahead made the outline of the mountain road dim and unclear.

I took a deep breath, said goodbye to the depths of the mountains, and shouted loudly: "I'm here!"

"Girl! Where have you been? You said you would be back before the sun sets, but how come you can't find anyone?" Yu Tuan complained.

Yuyi took the peach blossom from my arms and said excitedly: "Ah! Miss, have you found the four-color peach tree?!"

Everyone gathered around, talking to each other, and holding candles, they came forward to see the color of the petals clearly.

"Hey, hey, hey! Be careful, don't burn my flowers." I raised the corners of my lips proudly and reminded with a smile.

Back at the camp, except for the mother who had a serious face, everyone else was happy and gathered together to study the legendary Golden Peach.

I held a branch of peach blossoms in my hand and greeted her with a smile, "My dearest mother, this is for you."

My mother took a look and then snorted coldly.

"Take a look~" I shook her arm, "I picked this one especially for you. Look, some are half pink and half white, some are half red and half pink, and each color is different. Take a look."

My mother glanced at me sideways, took the branch proudly, smiled and said: "It's really strange, how come this flower grows so colorful..."

After my cousin followed our carriage into the city, we parted ways. I begged my mother all the way, and she finally agreed to take me to visit Aunt Hong and Yu Nian.

My grandmother and grandfather went back home first. My mother and I arrived at the house purchased by my father. Before we got off the carriage, we saw Yu Nian standing upright in front of the gate and saying goodbye to my father.

"Daddy!" I shouted, and waved out of the car window. "Brother Nian!"

When Yu Nian saw me, he leaned against the door frame, his eyes shining, and smiled, showing his eight neat white teeth.

"Ah He, go talk to your brother Nian first. Mom will be down later." Mother supported her chin with one hand and played with her hair with the other, frowning tightly.

I thought that maybe he didn't want to see his father, this scumbag, so he got off the carriage on his own.

"Ah He, is...is your mother in the car?" Dad leaned forward slightly.

"Um... I don't know!" I looked at the ground and pushed the peach blossom branch towards him, "Daddy, have you ever seen a four-color golden peach? This is my daughter..."

Dad blocked the branches in front of him with one hand, leaned under the car window and peeked up: "Hehe..."

I protected the peach blossoms I had finally picked, secretly rolled my eyes, then smiled, and jumped in front of Yu Nian: "Dangdang! Brother Nian, this is the Four Jinshi Green Peach I picked especially for you! Anyone who sees this flower will be able to make a big splash, have the best of both worlds, have good fortune, have four seasons of peace, five blessings, six smooth sailing, seven stars shining, eight directions of prestige, nine great fortunes, perfect, everything will be satisfactory, and there will be no mistakes!"

He laughed out loud and took the flower branch from my hand. "Okay, I'll accept your good wishes!"

"You haven't looked carefully yet. There are four colors on it. It grows on the edge of the cliff. No one else can find it, but I found it!"

"Why did you run to the cliff by yourself? No one followed you? Your clothes got torn on the mountain, didn't they?"

"Oh! Why don't you praise me? Come on, let's go into the house and find a vase to put the flowers in, then call Aunt Hong out and let her come and admire them."

Yu Nian wanted to say goodbye to his father, but I had already pushed him into the house. "Don't worry, Daddy can't take care of you right now~" and then I closed the door.

Stepping into the room, Yu Nian lit a few more lights, and the room suddenly became bright.

Yu Nian looked at Bi Tao carefully and sighed, "Hey! Is this flower the material for the He Yuexiang you want to restore?"

I felt a little disappointed for a moment, and shook my head gently, saying, "No, it's not like that. I once thought it was some kind of exotic flower. In fact, it's just a 'jumping branch' phenomenon, showing a double-colored or even multi-colored peach blossom."

Yu Nian laughed dryly twice and quickly shifted his gaze elsewhere: "Oh, look at this flower, the three colors of red, white and pink interweave, it is really beautiful."

I pretended nothing had happened, waved my hand, and responded with a smile: "Next spring, I will take you to the mountain, and we will witness the beauty of the peach tree with our own eyes!"

"Really?!" His eyes sparkled with anticipation, and he added worriedly, "Then we have to make a deal. Don't change your mind at the last minute and then act like a jerk and don't bother climbing the mountain anymore."