Fenglin Tianxia – Queen with a Thousand Pets

In August, the forests on Wolong Peak are all dyed, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, from green to golden, layer by layer, and the reflected sunlight is a bit dazzling.

Looking at the scenery with my hands behind my back, I watched leisurely as Su Tong negotiated with the guards guarding the mountain. I had been waiting for four months, and I didn't care if I waited any longer.

The clouds and mist were floating in the mountains, which made me feel a little trance-like. It was like going back to more than 20 years ago, when I saw her for the first time. She was standing on the bow of the ship, and the sun shone from behind her, making it so bright. Unable to face it.

My family is in a small village at the foot of Haiyue Mountain. Everyone in the village belongs to the same family. My family is considered a middle-class household in the village. We have forty acres of farmland. Although it is a mountainous area, with the produce on the mountain, our life is pretty good. I am the only son in the family. I was raised in the palm of my mother's hand, and she even sent me to a larger private school in the village for a month.

Unfortunately, at that time, I felt that it was too tiring to walk so far to go to school every day, and it was not as fun as having fun at home. It only took a month, and I didn’t even learn a few Chinese characters, so I was reluctant to go, so my parents let me go and let me go to school. Hanging out at home.

I have grown up well since I was a child. Not only the little girls in the village like to play with me, but also the girls from the surrounding villages often give me handkerchiefs and snacks.

At that time, I thought that my life would be to marry a beautiful girl from a neighboring village, have a bunch of children, and take over the farmland left to me by my parents, just in that mountain nook, for the rest of my life.

There was a severe drought that year, the fields were cracked, and all the springs on the mountains dried up. The mountains were not productive to begin with, and there was no harvest that year. Later, there was no water for drinking.

People began to die in the village, and people started to flee one after another. My father said that if you wait a little longer, it might rain. But within two days of waiting, a plague broke out in the village because of the high fever.

Afraid that the soldiers would seal off the village and there would be no way to survive, my father abandoned his sick mother, took all the family property, and took me with him to flee with the people in the village.

I didn't know at the time that I was fleeing. My father coaxed me to go to my grandfather's house to borrow some food. As I walked on the road, I realized that my father had left my mother and fled. I broke away from my father and ran to the village. My mother always loved me, how could I Leave her to die in the village? Even if I carry her, I will carry her out.

Before I arrived at the village, I saw a crowd on fire at the other side of the village, and many soldiers were guarding the entrance to the village. When they asked, I lied and said that I was visiting relatives from another village. When they asked what happened, the soldiers used He said in a nonchalant tone that there was a plague in this village and everyone was dead. In order to prevent it from spreading, the village was burned down.

I climbed up the big tree on the mountain and watched the small courtyard that my parents had carefully taken care of for so many years burnt to ashes. They said that everyone in the village was dead, but it was clear that my mother had just started to get sick.

Later I learned that as soon as those soldiers entered the village, they killed those who stayed in the village. They were not dead.

After crying all night, I thought about looking for my father and the villagers, but when I walked back to the place where I came from, there was no one there. They had all left. I remembered what the villagers said on the road that they were going to the seaside or the big river. , there was water there, and there should be a way to survive, so I walked that way.

The money and the remaining food at home were all taken by my father, and I had nothing. Fortunately, I used to like running around in the fields and mountains. I knew everything I could eat. Along the way, I dug roots and picked leaves, and even followed a man. The uncle learned to eat an edible soil.

On the way, I met the girl from the neighboring village who often handed me handkerchiefs, but before I could get close, her parents kicked me away. I knew that in that situation, everyone could only take care of their own family, that's all. When it comes to food, I am a young man who can eat but not do much, so it is impossible for their family to take me in.

But what makes me sad is that the girl acted like she didn’t know me. In fact, I didn’t expect them to give me anything to eat or a sip of water. I just hoped that she would smile at me and I would be satisfied, but she twisted. The head turned his back to me with a look of disgust.

I knew I didn't look good at that time. I was in rags and had a gray face. A little water would be good to moisten my throat, but how could I use it to wash my face and hands?

I also met people from neighboring villages, and I also met a few girls who were friendly and fond of me before. Only one girl extended a helping hand to me. She gave me half a pancake. Her parents When I saw him, he just sighed and gave me another bowl of water. I only got a little bit of the water. Their family situation was not good. There were several younger brothers. The water they brought was almost finished. I was embarrassed to ask for it from their family. s things.

I was alone, following as many people as I could keep up with from a distance, eating insects, grass roots, and catching the morning dew. I walked like this for a month, and arrived at Haizhou when I could no longer hold on.

Haizhou is not a place where there is a way to survive as the villagers said. Haizhou was also seriously affected by the disaster and there was an extreme shortage of food. However, fortunately, there was water.

The refugees in Haizhou were all driven outside the city. There were many gathering places in the mountains and fields. I went there one by one. Although I was extremely disappointed, my father was my only relative.

I asked where the people in the village were. Although many people died on the road, there were still people in the village who survived and made it to Haizhou, including my father.

I went to the beach to wash myself off, tidied myself up and went to the gathering place where the villagers were.

My father was indeed still alive, but there was a beautiful woman with a child beside him, and the people in the village had completely run out of food at that time. My father did not show any joy when he saw me, but in his eyes, I saw A look of disgust.

It seems to be saying why you are not dead yet, where is the food for you now?

But his disgust soon turned into joy.

People from the Ling family are here to buy someone.

I didn't let my father sell me. I sold myself and gave the food to the girl's family, so that they could keep the girl.

The boys and girls chosen were all pretty and pretty. Even I could understand why they were bought.

When I gave the food to that family, my father rushed to grab it angrily. The leading official asked me if I was my father as he said? I denied it.

People from neighboring villages also said that we have nothing to do with each other and that I came alone.

I pressed my fingerprints myself, and at that time, I said to myself, you have no relatives anymore, and from now on, you will never have any relatives.

There were many young people in the group, and some of them cried very loudly. I couldn't help but laugh at some of them, and they asked me, Can you bear it? Do you know where we are being sold? Do you know what the waiter does?

I gave up on myself at that time, thinking that it didn't matter where I went, it was just selling my body. As long as I could survive, I even drank my own urine, so there was nothing I couldn't bear.

But later when I really understood, I realized how lucky we were at that time. We were bought by the Ling family and her.

The cabin was packed with people, and everyone's face looked happy with the aftermath of the disaster. I originally thought that it would be best to have some water and a mouthful of moldy rice, but what was served was rice that was thick and fragrant. Porridge.

Not long after boarding the ship, a man with extremely cold eyes came in to select people. The children he selected were all five or six-year-old orphans. At that time, those children did not expect that their lives would change.

But I didn't think about anything at the time. I just ate when I could and slept when I didn't. Until I heard that our master, that girl jumped into the sea and killed an extremely huge sea monster. Then, that night we ate all the food we had before. Delicious food like never before.

I heard those young and strong men say that she was the sea monster that she killed for us, and I couldn't help but sneer in my heart. How could there be such a person, for us? How can you take risks for others when your loved ones can throw them away at will?

After a few days of eating those delicacies that are said to be called whale meat, my complexion returned to its previous fair complexion, and my figure was no longer skinny and completely ugly. The same was true for other teenagers. Then one day, a boy whispered out of my doubts.

Are we allowed to eat so well just because we want to look good so that we can sell it for money?

After arriving in Hangzhou, when the people on the boat were sent to the weaving workshop, the Ling family did not send anyone to see them off. Then in the city, people began to flee. The Ling family sailors pretended not to see them, and more people fled. Walk.

An acquaintance of a young man from a neighboring village also wanted to escape. He said he didn't want to be sold into a place like that, and he didn't want to live a life without even being human.

He and some other teenagers escaped, but I didn't.

Live like a human being? I no longer know what it is to be human...

The three most correct things I have ever done in my life.

First, I sold myself to the Ling family at that time.

Second, I did not escape when the Ling family deliberately released water into the water.

Third...I fell in love with her...

She picked the remaining boys and girls like us and the children chosen by Mr. Yan and renamed them, although the naming was extremely irresponsible.

I like my new name very much, Styrax... It sounds nice to pronounce, and it still carries the name of a spice with an elegant fragrance that can cure diseases. Later I saw the Styrax tree, which was tall, straight, with lush branches and leaves. Tingting's tall tree is said to be just like its name. The name she gave me, I have been trying to live up to its connotation all my life.

There were twelve of us at that time, and she first picked six of us to take on board. The few people who stayed behind were secretly happy. Our ancestors were all farmers facing the loess, going to the sea, and going to the ocean. At that time, in our hearts , is an extremely dangerous place to go. Going to sea has been dangerous since ancient times, let alone going to the ocean. Moreover, we also saw on the ship that there are not many crew members on the Fengshen, and the captain is still a girl.

Although this girl has shown her strength and strength.