The Fairy Tree 3

But he does not feel sad and afraid at the moment, thinking that if his own body is made into a dowry box, and can still accompany her in the future, then it is still good. But the girl did not want to do so, she went to beg the parents, said the family does not lack the two chests, this tree has grown up with her for many years, so felled really can not let go, why not leave it to continue to grow in the courtyard, after she got married, please parents when the tree is still like a daughter at home, accompanying parents around. After all, the parents were soft-hearted and allowed their daughter's request to keep the balsam fir tree. Before the wedding, the girl stood alone under the tree, reaching out to caress the trunk, looking forlorn. In fact, a year or two earlier, she had completely lost the voice of the young man, and more than a month ago, it is completely invisible to him. But she knew he was still there. "Zhang, I'm going to leave this courtyard and see for myself how the world is out there." She smiled bitterly. "Only you will be left here from now on, take care of yourself." All of a sudden the trees full of branches and leaves trembled slightly, and the fine shadows fell on the girl's face, shadows and shadows, gloomy and sultry. The girl's heart understood, untied a section of red rope tied in her hair, tiptoe tied it to the branches of the tree. "I don't know when we'll see each other again, maybe not until I go in my next life." She whispered. "Zhang, this red rope, take it as a mark for us to recognize each other in the future." After saying that, the girl buried her face, her hand covered the edge of her eyes, and there seemed to be a watery glint between her fingers. I saw the tree canopy shaking, a green leaf fell on the girl's face gentle brush, like an invisible hand trying to wipe away her tears, and like someone is making a silent promise. "I will wait for you." Even though he knew the other party could not hear, the tree demon boy still fought to shout. "Please do come back." I swear, I'm not going anywhere, just stay where I am and keep waiting for you. *** The next day, the girl holding a green leaf in her hand on the palanquin, and the tree demon boy leaped to the top of the camphor tree, silently watching the bridal party disappear at the end of the road. "I wish you a beautiful marriage in this life." The young man whispered, "also for me to see what the world farther away is really like." But the blessing did not come true, for the girl, the marriage and the world, are not complete. On the day of her marriage with the strange man, a group of enemies came to the door and killed all the hosts and guests present, including the bride who had not yet had time to remove the red head. The blood flowed all over the floor and clotted the bride's red wedding dress. The bad news soon spread back to the mother's family, and the whole courtyard wept and wailed and mourned. Even the tree stood in the courtyard of the balsam fir tree, is also instantly fallen full of leaves, the empty remaining bare trunk, showing a depressed dead silence. *** The next many years were muddled and chaotic for the tree demon boy. He can't remember how he survived those long and lonely years, only that when his own body sprouted again, consciousness also awake, the world has changed, and chaotic and dangerous, suffering. The original elegant courtyard has long been dilapidated and decayed, the people who lived here before have disappeared, and the walls have collapsed most of the time, the streets outside the walls are also dilapidated, there is no longer the old window and the moon bridge and the flower garden, but from time to time there are stragglers and hayseeds wandering around and staying, and when it is night, there are often sighs and laments.