The disciple of Yue Lao

Chapter 69: The Weaver Girl's Peaches

At this year's "Peach Festival", the immortals not only ate sweet peaches, but also tasted new dishes cooked by the God of Cookery and birthday cakes from the mortal world.

The five princesses, five immortal sons-in-law, and several little immortal grandchildren bid farewell to the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother and returned to the mortal world early. This time, they also took the eldest princess' family and the third princess' family to the mortal world to play for a few days.

In order to stay in the mortal world for a few more days, the God of Cookery took charge of all the major and minor matters in the imperial kitchen and taught his apprentice how to cook the dishes that the Jade Emperor, Queen Mother and all the immortals liked.

In order to facilitate contact with Xia Yu, the seven princesses exchanged their mobile phone numbers and WeChat accounts with her and invited her to visit their homes on earth. Xia Yu gladly agreed.

After the banquet was over and the immortal guests had dispersed, Xia Yu returned to the [Marriage Palace] with a little disappointment, holding a small immortal peach in his hand.

After her ninety-eight senior brothers received the peaches, they descended to the mortal world early as soon as the banquet was over.

This year, her master received a peach that took six thousand years to ripen, and she received a peach that took three thousand years to ripen. Both of them were in a bad mood.

Xia Yu remembered the mobile phone that Bai Yu gave her and was ready to give it to Zhinu immediately. As soon as she arrived in the yard, she met Yue Lao who was also preparing to go out.

"Master?" Xia Yu saw the giant peach in Yue Lao's arms and asked in shock, "Why do you have two peaches? Didn't you eat a peach that was six thousand years old before? How come you have another peach that is nine thousand years old..."

Yue Lao sighed and said, "This giant peach, which matures once every nine thousand years, is sent to Zhinu by the order of the Queen Mother."

Although the Weaver Girl was confined to the Weaver Girl Palace and could not attend the "Peach Festival", she still weaved a set of fine brocade clothes every year and gave them to the Queen Mother.

"Master, you work hard day and night. I'll help you deliver the peaches!" Xia Yu volunteered, and said thoughtfully, "It's been several years since the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd were separated. If we calculate it by mortal time, it's been hundreds of years. Master wants to help them, but he is powerless. I'm sure it's awkward for them to meet this time."

"After realizing her mistake, the Weaver Girl wove brocade day and night in the Heavenly Palace. Most of the clothes we wear were made by her. The Queen Mother also noticed her achievements and rewarded her with a large peach that matures once every nine thousand years every year." Yue Lao was talking and suddenly became puzzled: "It's just that in previous years, the Weaver Girl's peaches were delivered by the fairies. Why did they let me deliver them this year?"

"Master, is it true that... Queen Mother has forgiven the Weaver Girl and wants you to match them up again?" Xia Yu guessed.

"Girl, don't make any assumptions." Yue Lao said seriously.

Once upon a time, the red thread that tied the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl together was cut by the Queen Mother herself. If they wanted to rekindle their love, they just had to connect the red thread.

But the Queen Mother only asked him to deliver the peaches and did not mention the matter of "re-tying the marriage thread of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl". How dare he make the decision on his own?

"Okay, I won't guess anymore." Xia Yu stretched out his hands to take the peaches from Yue Lao's hand and said, "I am only responsible for helping Master deliver the peaches to Zhi Nu's hand, okay?"

"Send it back..." Yue Lao handed the peaches to Xia Yu and reminded her, "Don't eat them on the way!"

"Yes, Master." Xia Yu agreed happily.

……

The distance from the [Marriage Palace] to the [Vega Palace] is not short, but Xia Yu used the "flying technique" and arrived there in just a few minutes.

As soon as he entered the door, Xia Yu saw the Weaver Girl alone with a few fairies, weaving new brocade.

The racks were hung with brocades and silks of various colors, and the fairies were folding the woven brocades one by one.

"Sister Zhinu."

Whenever Xia Yu had some free time, he would secretly come to chat with the Weaver Girl and listen to her story about her and the Cowherd.

"You all go down!"

As soon as she saw the summer rain coming, the Weaver Girl immediately ordered the fairies to leave. "Yes." The fairies responded and left.

When Zhinu saw the peaches in Xia Yu's hand, she seemed to have no interest in them. She continued to work and said, "Is the banquet over? You should be the busiest at this time of year in previous years. How come you have time to deliver them to me today?"

Xia Yu was reluctant to mention her master, so she just said, "This year, it's rare that the little fairy grandchildren are not naughty, so I had time to come and talk to you. On the way, I met a fairy who was about to give you peaches, so I helped to deliver them."

"There is a big crystal cabinet on your right. Don't hold it. Put it inside!" The Weaver Girl was worried that Xia Yu was tired of carrying the peaches, so she quickly asked her to put them down.

How could she know that it was the first time that Xia Yu got the nine thousand year old ripe peaches and he was eager to hold them for a while longer!
When she picked the peaches, she only held them briefly, not like she is holding them in her hands now.

"Aren't you going to eat them now?" Xia Yu asked as she reached out to open the crystal cabinet in front of her. She was stunned: "So many... peaches! You don't eat them every year, so are they all stored here?"

"One peach every year, I can't eat that many." A hint of sadness appeared on the face of the Weaver Girl. In fact, she left those peaches for the Cowherd who couldn't enjoy them in the mortal world...

A lot of money was saved, but it was not an easy task for the Weaver Girl to ask a fairy to help send it to the Cowherd.

There is no better time to bring the peaches down to earth without arousing Erlang Shen’s suspicion than on the day of the “Peach Festival”.

In order not to arouse the Queen Mother's suspicion, the Weaver Girl secretly sends the Cowherd a peach that ripens once every nine thousand years every four hundred years.

Of course, in order to avoid the "three disasters", she had to eat some herself.

"Won't they go bad if we leave them in there like this?" Xia Yu asked worriedly.

The weaver girl was afraid of attracting attention, so she quickly stopped what she was doing, walked to the crystal cabinet, and gently closed the lid.

"They won't go bad." The Weaver Girl smiled and said, "I use magic to freeze them every day so that no air can get in. They won't go bad no matter how long they are."

Frozen?

Is it like a refrigerator used by mortals?
Xia Yu was busy talking and when she lowered her head, she realized that the peaches in her hand had not been put into the crystal cabinet.

"Oh... I was so busy talking that I haven't put the peaches in yet..." Xia Yu said embarrassedly. She wanted to open the crystal cabinet again, but the Weaver Girl stopped her.

"This peach is for you." The Weaver Girl said with a smile.

Send...send it to her?
Xia Yu was so excited that he couldn't speak clearly. He asked, "Really? Really? You gave it to me? I...I..."

Seeing Xia Yu's excitement, Zhinu guessed that she had never eaten the peaches that ripened once every nine thousand years, and said with a smile, "Really? I'll give it to you."

Hearing this, Xia Yu opened her mouth and started eating. She was not like the Weaver Girl, who saved up what she couldn't finish...

If the Queen Mother gave the order, she felt that she could eat up the entire [Peach Garden].

While Xia Yu was eating, Zhinu asked her tentatively: "Xiaoyu, you have Yue Lao's whisk as a token, can you enter and leave the heaven freely?"

"That's right." Xia Yu replied while eating, "But I have to take care of the marriage tree. Unless it's extremely urgent, I usually won't come down to the mortal world easily."

"Is that so..." Zhinu said absentmindedly. Her thoughts were already shown on her face, but Xia Yu just couldn't understand it.

(End of this chapter)