Hua Ying's old dream

It was early morning again, and Konoha woke up from a pile of emas, and these small wooden chips that used to be hung in the shrine for making wishes almost drowned him.Looking around, there was no sign of Qiongtian and Jinhu at all. Sure enough, today is also a day of fighting alone. Thinking about the contract that was blinded by beauty a few days ago and made a contract with the goddess Qiongtian, Konoha has a headache for a long time.

Pushing open the gate of the shrine, Konoha squatted on the threshold. The big cherry tree in the atrium was still full of flowers, and the sunlight fell through the thick branches and leaves on the soft lawn, which was a bit unreal.Indeed, this is not the real world. If gods also have a "studio", then this is probably it.

Born as a human being, although there are very limited things you can do, you can still live freely in this world. As long as you make up your mind, you can always choose the direction of development as you want, and become who you want to be.But born as a goddess, she can only be confined in her own shrine for the rest of her life, born for the belief of mankind, and then dies because of the loss of enshrinement. The only thing to do in this long life is to fulfill the tiny wishes of mankind. .

Thinking about it, it's really hard work. As the goddess of Qiongtian Shrine, she puts on the name given to her by the devotees, dresses up and is busy every day, and does her best to protect this land.Thousands of years later, people in the new era no longer believe in the gods of the old era. She can only imagine the appearance of the shrine in its heyday in the illusion, and sit in countless emas with various wishes every day to miss the past. ——

So that's why she was lazy?This is the reason why she tricked herself into signing a contract to help her when she couldn't complete the task?After all, half of the decline of the shrine is her own fault, right?Konoha looked back at the large pile of emas under the altar table that she used as a bedding, recalling the night when she was brought here by Qiongtian.

"Hey, you've seen it too. I'm not a shrine maiden, but a god that the town has always enshrined. The gods accept people's wishes and do their best to fulfill them, but I'm really...too busy! So There are so many emas that have not been read... Seeing that the shrine is about to be demolished, the time for me to dissipate is approaching, and everyone will be very disappointed if I can't fulfill my wish! I will be very anxious! So... help before going home Am I okay?"

What a hard-working goddess, she was so busy that even if she was about to dissipate, she still tried her best to fulfill people's wishes. When she got back to the shrine, she quickly wiped off the makeup on her face and put on a loose and comfortable yukata and slumped on the fox's back.Konoha remembered her meaningful smile when she agreed to go back to the shrine with Qiongtian, and she actually nodded like that. Now that she thinks about it, she really believed in her evil.

There is no way, being entrusted by others, it is a matter of loyalty, in other words, if you can’t finish it yourself, don’t even think about leaving... Fortunately, you have completed a lot before, Konoha returned to the altar, and put the emas scattered all over the place. Put it into the cabinet, and the cabinet will be sorted out immediately, leaving only the last drawer.

"Master Shenming, Jiushu greetings, I want to seek some love luck no matter what I do recently! Even though all my friends are getting married one after another, why can't she notice my intentions..."

Sure enough, it's not seeking money or courting love, most people's wishes are like this.Konoha shook the corner of the ema, the thin wood was a little brittle, as if it had aged, and the small pencil characters in the corner were blurred.

Qing Gang.

Qing Gang?This surname is somewhat familiar, and Konoha knows very few people in the small town, so it is natural to think of Uncle Qingoka, but Uncle Qingoka and Aunt Etsuko got married a few years ago, right?How long has Qiongtian's backlog of wishes not been sorted out?

Konoha picked up the next ema, which was still in the familiar handwriting.

"I can't believe it! I heard from Satomi that when Etsuko came to visit yesterday, the painted horse I wrote when I made a wish happened to fall at her feet! She recognized my handwriting! She will make an appointment tomorrow night. I'm going to the fireworks display... Is this the will of the gods? Thank you, the gods!"

Reading the almost overflowing thanks, Konoha could almost feel the excitement of the wisher, and the appearance of his mother Satomi's name made him more convinced that this was the story of Uncle Aoka.Was it really arranged by Qiongtian on purpose?Have these wishes been fulfilled?

"Although I was scolded by Etsuko at the fireworks festival, I was still very happy! Etsuko was right, I didn't even have the courage to ask God for help! But even if it is like this I and she still waited for a long time... So what was I hesitating about before? We can be together tomorrow, time is wasted!"

Konoha stacked three emas into a pile. Is this the origin of Uncle Aoka and Aunt Etsuko? |I heard that the two have been with each other as friends for 30 years, but one day they suddenly became enlightened and quickly fell in love and got married. Now they have been married for many years, and their lovely daughter Suzuko was born. The family is happy every day Get through... Could it be that the origin of all this is the painted horse that Goddess Qiongtian quietly threw at Aunt Etsuko's feet?

"In that drawer is the wish that Qiong Tian couldn't bear to burn after he finished it."

"Ah!—" A deep and strange voice came from behind, and Konoha was really startled, almost overturning the drawer in her arms.He turned his head, Qiongtian's mount, the big furry fox was staring at him seriously.

"I didn't mean to peek, I didn't know these were done..."

Ignoring Konoha's repeated apologies, Jinhu walked to Konoha's side, lying on the ground as if no one else was there: "It's okay, you can read." With a sweep of three tails, it moved the brazier not far away to its eyes, and spit out a piece of The fox fire, the blue-green flame was weakly dancing, but there was no sign of extinguishing it.

"Each ema is alive, and it carries the past that the owner is looking forward to. Throw the read wood chips into the fire, and you can see the stories that have happened."

Throw it into the fire?This is the painted horse that Qiongtian has treasured for many years. If it is burned, it will cease to exist, right?Seeing Konoha's hesitation, Jinhu remained calm: "Qiong Tian will soon dissipate with the demolition of the shrine, what's the use of keeping these pieces of wood?"

In other words... makes sense.Konoha looked around, and then looked outside the shrine, but there was no sign of Qiongtian, and Jinhu ignored him.Konoha finally made up his mind and picked up the three emas with Aoka's name written on them——

He saw the eyes of the young Aunt Etsuko following Uncle Qinggang's tall back forever, seeing the impoverished Uncle Qinggang looking at the deep house compound of Aunt Etsuko's house, hesitating to speak, and seeing the two hugging in tears at the firework festival, he obviously The pregnant mother smiled and held her father's hand not far away, seeing her young and mischievous self making fun of a little girl who looked like a dough ball and crying, and then received a merciless slap from her parents. beat...

There is still a figure of yourself in the memory?This babbling little girl is Suzuko, right?Even though we were such good friends, why don't we have any impressive memories at all?Konoha remembered that he was transferred to a big city to continue his studies, how could a seven or eight-year-old elementary school student remember things?Can it be explained clearly by just a sentence that fades away with time?

"Master Jinhu." Looking at the big furry fox with closed eyes, Konoha couldn't help asking: "Did I... know Suzuko before? Why can't I remember anything?"

"Well, it's more than acquaintance." Jinhu didn't move, but his voice reached the bottom of Konoha's heart: "You are very good friends."

"Then..." Before Konoha continued to speak, the gate of the shrine was pushed open with a creak.Qiongtian's figure was standing pretty in the sunlight, she was holding taiyaki and small balls in her hand, she looked at the flustered Konoha in surprise, the phantom brocade fox was by her side as always.

Jinhu and Qiongtian are together, what is this one beside him?When Konoha turned around, the brocade fox, the brazier, and the burned ema all disappeared.