Deputy head

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The home of the Lady Furong is in the well-known Qingzhu Town. The terrain here is low-lying, sunny, and there is a layer of water on the ground that is not deep or shallow. "Taking the stream as a street" is a famous local landscape. In the streets and alleys, most of the houses stand high on the piled stones, and some special buildings that are not used for living are quite casual, and they don’t mind water entering through the door at all. In the water, it can be regarded as a wonder of Qingzhu Town.

Because of this layer of water that is neither deep nor shallow, travel has become a problem. Ordinary boats can’t float, and their shoes and clothes are wet when they walk directly. I don’t know which resident came up with a good idea and made a wooden tree shaped like a lotus leaf. Made of lotus leaves, the leaves of this tree are not deep in the water, and the leaves are wide enough to allow people standing on it to hang above the water, so they are called hanging leaves.

When I arrived at Aunt Wei's house, she was lying on her back in the water, with a peaceful face and floating clouds. Most outsiders would have to look straight when they saw her, but in my opinion, she was simply a water monkey.

"Gua Wazi is here!"

She suddenly opened her eyes, smiled at me, and beckoned me to go over. Although she was mocking her as a water monkey in her heart, I was still very happy to see her, so she quickly passed by with the hanging leaves. She sat up suddenly and flipped the hanging leaves under my feet.I was caught off guard, and threw myself into the water, so angry that I wanted to call her, but I could only gurgle with my mouth.

"Why are you still so stupid? The longer the melon grows, the more crooked it is."

I sat up straight like a carp, spit out a mouthful of water, and stretched out my hand viciously to scratch Aunt Wei's body.

"Hey, hey, you're pinching me! Let go!"

I saw that the fried goods I bought were all stained with water, and my mood was very complicated: "Why haven't you seen Aunt Wei for so many years, you are still like this, don't you think you will grow up!"

"My growth rate is much slower than yours. How old do you think we are? You can call me Sister Hanyu, I think it's okay." Aunt Wei laughed and took the frying pan in my hand. Goods and other things, with a flick of the thick fish tail, clattered into the house.

By the way, it sounds fantastic, but the truth is so amazing—Aunt Wei is not human.Her ancestor of the Wei family in the East China Sea seems to have been married to the legendary merman, so there will be offspring like Aunt Wei who return to their ancestors among the descendants. It can be turned into a human leg, but she seems to prefer to stay in the water, and finally settled here in Qingzhu Town.

No one knows about this except the Wei family and me.The Wei family has had such family members before, and they have a lot of experience in dealing with them, because there are some legends that are unfavorable to mermaids in the rivers and lakes, and the lifespan of mermaids is too long, so the descendants of returning ancestors like Aunt Wei After a certain age, they have to fake death, change their identities and move, so as not to attract attention from others.

If it weren't for worrying about it, Aunt Wei would probably even lie to me, but I have many problems, and things about me are not easy. Although she said that she didn't forgive me, she still didn't let go of my concern. Tell me.

When I heard her talk for the first time, I thought she was coaxing me to play again, but I didn’t believe it at all. Later, she jumped into the river and showed me the tail, and I reshaped the world view belatedly.

Who would have thought that there are living sharks in the world of martial arts?who can? !

I don't know if it's because Aunt Wei is not a complete mermaid. Aside from being able to conjure a fish tail occasionally, Aunt Wei has no other mermaid specialties, such as shedding tears into beads, being good at weaving, and using Spells, none at all. Sometimes I wonder if it is because she is a relatively useless kind among mermaids, so she doesn’t have the dreamy aura of mermaids at all, but I can’t get an answer to this question. Ask her face.

I just don’t know what’s wrong with Aunt Wei calling me here.

"Come here," Aunt Wei beckoned to me in front of the kitchen, and my heart skipped a beat, did Aunt Wei cook for me?That was such a surprise. Just as she was thinking about it, she said the second half of the sentence, "I haven't eaten your cooking for a long time, cook for me."

... This is really in line with Aunt Wei's way of hospitality, she is the Aunt Wei I am familiar with.

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After simply frying two side dishes, steaming the rice, and taking out the bowls and chopsticks, I served all the food to Aunt Wei like a capable servant in a rich family.

"Well, the fragrance is still the same, and the craftsmanship has not deteriorated, not bad."

"Don't dare to step back, I always remember that you love this bite."

When Aunt Wei heard what I said, she laughed out loud, then replaced her tail with her legs, sat on the bench, and started eating.Aunt Wei is such an amazing person. Seeing her eating like before, I suddenly felt much more relaxed. The densely packed rocks in my heart fell to the ground for the time being, and it’s okay not to think about many things for the time being.

So I also picked up the bowl and buried myself in eating.

After washing the dishes, Aunt Wei picked up a huge hanging leaf and pulled me out for a stroll.

The streets of Qingzhu Town are very wide, and there are few people in the afternoon, only two or three people are moving in the distance on the hanging leaves.Aunt Wei was lying on the hanging leaves very leisurely, squinting her eyes like a satiated cat.

A few high clouds are slowly floating in the blue sky. Qingzhu Town has the best sunshine of the day. The sun makes people lazy. Looking at Aunt Wei's comfortable appearance, I want to lie down too. But lying down on the street just doesn't feel right.

"Lie down if you want, there are no such big rules here." She patted the empty seat beside her, turned around and suddenly shouted to a shop on the street, "Uncle Wang! I'm here to pick up the food!"

A smiling old man walked out of the store. After exchanging greetings, a ball of something flew out of his hand and landed firmly on the hanging leaves. I took a closer look and found that it was a bundle of fresh vegetables.

Do you want to buy... buy vegetables?

Xuan Ye, driven by internal strength, continued to move forward, and Aunt Wei's voice did not stop:

"Miss Xia, are the clothes ready?"

"Okay, this is my favorite work, let's go home and wear it!" A bundle fell on the hanging leaf in response.

"I'm here to collect the rent, is Xiao Huang at home?"

"Yes, yes, here it is for you." A bag of copper coins fell from the sky, and the sound of colliding with the hanging leaves was very pleasant.

"Sister-in-law Rong Rong, what happened to the sword?"

"Of course it's very good, look at me!" A sword with a cold light came through the air, and Aunt Wei grabbed it.

"Oh, and Brother Qiu's wine..."

Wine... Wait, don't throw this away!I looked at the restaurant in a panic, but I heard Aunt Wei smile beside me: "Of course I have to go to the shore to get it." above the hanging leaves.

Aunt Wei has dragged the matter for several days until today, right?Are you taking me out for shopping?

However, the people here don't look too simple, but the atmosphere of life here makes everyone extraordinarily simple.

Before I knew it, I was sitting cross-legged on the hanging leaves.

Aunt Wei patted me with a smile, and forced me to lie flat. I looked at her puzzled, but she didn't look at me, but looked at the sky: "Have you been nervous lately?"

"It's...not bad." Aunt Wei said it right, and I felt guilty. Before this, I didn't feel tense, but since I arrived in Qingzhu Town and spent half a day leisurely in this fairyland, My body and mind suddenly relaxed, and only then did I realize how tense I was before.

Aunt Wei also seemed to know what I was thinking, and said jokingly: "When you first arrived, you were like a sloppy shrimp, and you almost broke yourself. What's the matter? You want to fool me?"

"No……"

"I don't inquire about things outside, but those things still come to my ears recently." Aunt Wei's voice was clear, neither distant nor intimate.

Hearing this sentence, my back tensed again, and I couldn't figure out what her attitude was for a moment.No matter what, Aunt Wei can see clearly. I am a transparent jellyfish in front of her, and I can't hide anything. Others can't see through those things, but I can't hide them from her.

I held my breath, waiting for her next words.

"Although my body is not old, I am also an old person. I really can't control your affairs, and I am too lazy to participate. I have no opinion on what you do," Aunt Wei immediately ended with words as if she had a mind-reading skill. My anxiety, "However, I promised my friend that I will be responsible for your safety, so don't do anything to yourself. As long as you are alive, I have no reason to stop you."

"Don't worry." She smiled and patted my arm lightly.

I murmured, not knowing what to say.

Many things floated past my mind, leaving dark and ugly marks, those pasts engulfed me, making me keep going back to every moment of the past, and the warm sunshine flashed back and forth in the future evaporated.

The hanging leaves are floating on the bottomless shallow water. The water surface is sparkling, reflected in my peripheral vision, and the gentle silence slowly spreads out.

In this atmosphere, I slowly developed a hazy drowsiness.

Suddenly, the sun turned to the west, and Aunt Wei sat up and drove the hanging leaves to an open water area.

"How do you feel about life here?"

Aunt Wei suddenly spoke, looking at me with extremely rare tenderness in her eyes.

"Okay!" I hurriedly sat up, only to realize that what I said was really wrong, "Well, I mean, I really like this place."

"Yeah, I think so too."

She patted the top of my head with a very gentle expression, just like when she first hugged me, who was small and weak, many years ago, she was both gentle and firm.

"After those things are over, if you don't want to be the deputy head and have nowhere to go, you can come to me." She rubbed my hair vigorously, "Aunt Wei's house will always have a spatula for you .”

Why is it still a spatula? !

I laughed, looking at Aunt Wei who was also laughing, I suddenly felt completely at ease in my heart.

I think I know why Aunt Wei asked me to come here. Sure enough, Aunt Wei is Aunt Wei.

Although usually a little unreliable, but at critical moments, she is always like that, firm and gentle.

"I know you are in a hurry to settle with those people. I won't keep you anymore. I'll give you this sword. There is no mark on it and the source can't be found. You can use it with confidence," Aunt Wei paused at this point. After a pause, "I'll send you here today, don't say anything else, I wish you all your wishes come true."

I didn't dare to look at her, for fear of water droplets falling from my eyes, so I could only accept the sword honestly.I wanted to kneel down and bow down, but suddenly realized that she didn't like this, so I bowed deeply three times, turned around and left Qingzhu Town, never daring to look back.

If I can live, I will definitely come back here.

The author has something to say: Although there is no blood relationship, Aunt Wei is a very important relative to Wang Yi