Chapter 429: scepter

"There is really something!" Xie Yuzhou squatted on the ground with a look of surprise on his face.

 Everyone retreated to both sides, and Xu Shiyun helped the old lady forward.

The area around the ancestral hall was deserted, and the weeds had grown to leg height. This was a temporary path created by the attendants.

 The ancestral hall was burnt black and had long since collapsed.

Mrs. Ning sighed deeply, squatted down, and picked up the red cloth tremblingly.

 After being buried in dust underground for many years, the red cloth has faded slightly.

 She lifted up a corner of the red cloth. Xie Yuzhou's eyes were sharp and he immediately shouted: "It's a pendant..."

Hang on a thin silver chain, there is a small pendant, which looks extremely delicate.

"It looks like a small scepter..." Xu Shiyun's eyes lit up when she saw the pendant.

 The exquisite and small scepter pendant is actually covered with simple patterns. It is important and seems to have a gemstone the size of a fingernail.

"Wow, if this was a big scepter, it would look so bluffing." Xie Yuzhou marveled.

Ning caressed the pendant carefully, feeling quite close to the scepter in her heart.

 In her memory, it seems that she has had a pendant hanging around her neck since she was born.

She even remembered the days when she was with the tiger mother, but she couldn't remember who put her in the mountains.

"Mom, I'll bring it to you." Xu Shiyun said with a smile.

Xie Yuzhou helped the old lady sit on the doorstep, while Lu Chaochao raised his grandmother's hair with his feet. Xu personally hung the small pendant around her neck.

The sun shines on the scepter and it seems to be glowing.

Ning gently stroked the pendant, looking a little nostalgic.

"I have neither father nor mother since I was born. This pendant is probably something to prove my identity." The old lady sighed.

"Mom, you have us." Mrs. Xu hurriedly held her hand.

 The old lady nodded.

"Now that I've returned to Taoyuan Village, let's offer incense to my ancestors. Everyone in Taoyuan Village is kind-hearted, but it's me who has caused them trouble."

 As early as when I arrived, I had already prepared some money for incense wax paper.

 At this moment, the guards have simply tidied up the place.

 Light the incense, and the green smoke will rise straight into the sky.

Ning held incense in both hands, followed by Xu Shiyun, his wife and Lu Chaochao.

"Ning'er brought her children back to pay homage to her ancestors. She thanked all the ancestors for their blessings over the years... It was Ning'er who brought disaster to Taoyuan Village and was the sinner of Taoyuan Village." Taoyuan Village kindly took her in, but suffered such a disaster.

 The old lady was feeling a little depressed after paying her respects.

"Go home and have a look. Yun'er, you haven't been back to our home yet." The old lady took her daughter and Chao Chao's hands and walked towards the innermost part of the village.

　　Close to the edge of the mountain, there is a small farmyard surrounded by fences.

It's just that the original fence has now fallen to the ground, and its original appearance cannot be seen.

"Originally, fruits were planted here, and vegetables were planted here. Yes, there is also this tree..." Old Mrs. Ning walked tremblingly to the jujube tree. The small saplings that were as big as a palm are now big jujube trees that you look up to. .

"I thought it would die in the fire."

It is the picking season now, and the trees are covered with red dates.

"This tree was planted when I was pregnant with you. I thought that when you grow up, I can make snacks for you in the future." However, I never expected to have a daughter.

"We can also make snacks now." Xu Shiyun pursed her lips with a smile in her eyes.

 The jujube trees grew extremely well, and the jujubes were so heavy that the trees were bent over.

 She could pick it up with just a slight lift of her hand.

The dates are sweet and refreshing, crisp and delicious: "Mom, it's delicious." She looked at her mother with a smile.

Xie Yuzhou was like a monkey, climbing up the tree in a few seconds: "If you don't eat it, it will be ripe. Pick it off and make dried dates if you can't finish it."

 Xie Yuzhou took his attendants to pick dates.

Mrs. Xu supported her mother and walked into the house.

　　"Back then, I gave birth to you in this room..." It was also in this room that I got married. "Many clothes I made for you were reduced to ashes in the fire."

 The old lady was crying bitterly in the house.

After a long time, Xu Shiyun helped the old lady with red eyes out.

The old lady had been traveling all night, and now she was crying again, becoming more and more exhausted. Xie Jingxi said: "Let's rest in the village first and return in the afternoon."

Xie Jingxi found a relatively complete house in the village and ordered people to clean it up. Then they set up camp in the village, and their attendants fetched some water from the well for the masters to wash themselves with.

"Mom, Yun'er, let me give you a scrub." It's not easy to take a bath outside now, but scrubbing can make you feel better.

Xu Shiyun took the maid to scrub the old lady.

 "Huh…" Dengzhi took off her clothes for the old lady.

"Madam, what is that on the old lady's back? It looks like a birthmark, but it doesn't quite look like..." The old lady never likes to be served by outsiders, and this is the first time that she has been groomed.

 "It's more like a painting." Xu Shiyun murmured.

 Xu Shiyun couldn't help but look a little shocked when she saw the marks on the old lady's back.

The old lady didn't care at all: "It wasn't there originally."

"When the village was massacred, the whole village was on fire. When I escaped, I was already a burning man. My whole body was burning. Originally, I thought I was going to be burned alive."

At that time, she ran madly towards the mountain.

 But the more she ran, the greater the fire on her body, and the pain on her body was so severe that she fainted from being burned alive.

 While she was unconscious, she felt as if something was breaking free from her back.

 But when he woke up again, his clothes had been burned to ashes.

Himself, unscathed.

"After the fire, this weird thing grew on my back…"

Lu Chaochao tilted his head and looked at it: "It's a pair of wings."

 'No wonder, I didn't see it at first. '

 'All breath is sealed in the wings. '

 'Ouch, the old emperor is going to die of vomiting. ' Lu Chaochao covered his mouth and snickered.

Xu Shiyun's eyelids were frivolous, hoping that Lu Chaochao would reveal a few more words in his heart, but unexpectedly, he changed the topic in his mind.

 'Hey, I really want to have a big elbow with oily mouth...'

Xu sighed faintly.

 9 out of 10 of her thoughts were about eating.

"Hurry up and put on your clothes. It's cold today, so you won't get cold." Mrs. Xu looked like a pair of wings, but she didn't dare to take a closer look. The old lady was old and couldn't stand the torment.

After cleaning up, the old lady managed to get some sleep.

Countless nights, she woke up from the fire that year.

 This time, she returned to her childhood. Although she lived in poverty and grew up eating the food of hundreds of families, she was very happy.

 In this sleep, almost all the knots from the past have faded away.

Even the depression in his eyebrows gradually dissipated.

"There are a lot of pheasants and hares at the door, come and see..." Xie Yuzhou exclaimed at the door. He picked up the chubby rabbit and took a look. It seemed that something had bitten off its neck.

Rong Che picked it up and looked at it, and said solemnly: "It was a wild beast that bit off the neck. It should be a wolf."

Mrs. Ning couldn't help but laugh: "Wash it, chop it into pieces, and give it to everyone. It should be given to me."

 Just like when I was a child.

 Everyone cheered and started slaughtering immediately.

 Half an hour later, goo-dong, goo-dong.

Pheasant soup has been stewed in the pot, as well as mushrooms picked from the mountains.

The rabbit was placed on the fire, brushed with honey and sprinkled with various seasonings, making a sizzling sound, and the air was filled with an alluring aroma.