Chapter 169 Flying the Kite

In the next two days, Ye Annian led most of the village to fly kites.

　　Yueya Village is surrounded by mountains and rivers, surrounded by willows. One or two brightly colored kites hang in the yards of every household, setting off the lush spring scenery, making it a beautiful scenery everywhere.

　　In a blink of an eye, it was the day of rest at Hongfu Academy, and Fu Zai and Ding Qiu rarely got up earlier than Ye Anyian and Jiang Zhu.

　　I put on my shoes and ran to the courtyard to look at the kites hanging under the eaves.

　　Swift kites are the simplest and most basic style, but Ye Annian's kites are much more agile than ordinary swallow kites. The wings and scissor tails painted in ink seem to fly out of the mist and rain.

　　The bamboo dragonfly is very light and nimble, with emerald green wings, bright red eyes, and a little yellow back, as if it is wrapped in spring.

　　As for the puppy Kite, Fu Zai looked at it carefully, then turned to look at the copper coins squatting at his feet.

　　After a while, he squeezed out one word: "Like."

　　"They are very similar." Ding Qiu knelt down and touched Coin Coin's head, "They are almost carved from the same mold."

　　Fu Zai smiled "hehe", turned around and ran into the house to call the two adults who were lying in bed.

　　In the east room, Ye Anyian and Jiang Zhu were already awake.

　　The two of them were wrapped in quilts and lying by the window, listening to the two children talking under the window.

　　After listening for a while, there was a knock on the door, and Fu Zai shouted outside: "Brother, Brother Jiang, are you awake? Get up and fly the kite!"

　　There was no way to lie down anymore, Ye Annian responded and pulled Jiang Zhu up from the kang.

　　After washing and tidying up, Zhang Lu had already prepared the morning meal.

　　A few people sat around to eat, then took the kites and headed to the back mountain.

　　When the five people arrived, there were already several children flying kites scattered at the foot of Wangyue Mountain, running around in the open space holding crudely painted kites.

　　"Hurry! Let's come too!" Fuzai ran excitedly and ran first, holding the puppy Kite.

　　"Slow down, don't fall." Ye Anian and Jiang Zhu were walking side by side. Seeing this, he took two steps to catch up with him.

　　"Flying a kite doesn't just involve running around," Ye Anqing said with a smile, "I'll hold the fork wheel, and you hold the kite and run in that direction. When it's almost done, you can let go when I tell you to."

　　"Okay!" Fu Zai agreed, holding up the kite and running away.

　　Copper Coin followed him, and Saya ran so fast that his hair flew up.

　　However, the kite was really not that easy to fly. The two of them struggled for a long time, and Fu Zai was gasping and tired, but they still couldn't get the kite to fly.

　　On the other side, Jiang Zhu and Ding Qiu were similar. They almost flew up every time, but the naughty Swift's wings fluttered and fell down again.

　　Finally, the four of them collapsed on the ground in exhaustion. Upon seeing this, Zhang Lu came over with a water bottle and asked them to drink some water to moisten their throats.

"Is the kite that my brother built wrong?" Fu Zai said, "Gudong" and "Gudong" as he took a few big sips and wiped his mouth.

　　"Nonsense," Ye Annian reached out and poked him on the forehead, "It's obviously you who can't cooperate with me."

　　"Ah, Brother Jiang..." Fu Zai covered his forehead and glanced at Jiang Zhu aggrievedly.

　　Jiang Zhu smiled: "Okay, then we will release one for you to see."

　　He said, standing up from the ground with one hand, and stretched out his hand towards Ye Anian.

　　Ye Annian stretched out his hand to hold it, and was pulled up by him, with a forked wheel stuffed in his hand.

　　Standing a few steps away from him, Jiang Zhu held up a puppy kite that looked like a copper coin and said to the two children sitting on the ground next to him: "Watch it, I will only teach it once."

　　After saying that, he took the kite and ran away.

　　Ye Annian looked at his figure getting further and further away from her, feeling a little dazed for a moment, and suddenly felt a sense of loss and sadness in his heart

This emotion came out of nowhere, and it only flickered for a moment, and the cheers of the two children rang in my ears.

　　"Put it up, it's so high."

　　"Wow! Coins are flying!"

　　When Ye Annian came back to his senses, he saw that the puppy kite, which looked like a copper coin, was already flying high in the sky.

　　The fork wheel in his hand was suddenly stretched tightly. He couldn't hold it firmly, and the thing fell out of his hand and was carried away by the kite.

　　"careful."

　　A hand suddenly stretched out from behind him. Jiang Zhu quickly grabbed the forked wheel and put it back in Ye Anyian's hand: "Why are you still distracted?"

　　"The kite flew so high that it was almost invisible for a while." Ye Anian answered the question incorrectly.

　　"No matter how high I fly, I am still held by this thread in your hand, so I can't run away."

　　Jiang Zhu hugged him from behind, held his hand and pulled the thin kite string.

　　With such a pull, the kite flying far away in the sky was also affected, and the conspicuous little black dot drew a beautiful arc in the blue sky.

　　"See, isn't it?"

　　Ye Anyian nodded and said no more.

　　The two of them found a place under the shade of a tree and sat down. Ye Annian held the kite string in his hand, and Jiang Zhu took an orange from Zhang Lu and peeled it for him to eat.

　　Fuzai and Dingqiu were so happy watching the kites flying high that they took away the remaining swift kites and dragonfly kites and flew them away.

　　Tongqian didn't know if it was because he saw an identical version of himself flying in the sky. He screamed excitedly and ran wildly with joy.

　　Ye Annian looked at this scene, and the faint uneasiness in his heart faded away.

　　However, after a while, Fu Zai ran back lazily.

　　"What's wrong?" Ye Anyian asked.

　　Fuzai sniffed: "Brother Shitou and I flew a kite, and the kite hung on the tree."

　　"It's okay. Let's take my brother to see if we can come down."

　　Ye Anian was going to help Fu Zai fly the kite, so Jiang Zhu naturally went with him.

　　The two of them followed the child for a while, and then they saw the dragonfly kite hanging on a pine tree growing on the hillside. The location was a bit high, which was really not high enough.

　　"I'll give it a try." Jiang Zhu said, finding a branch that was handy, and climbed up the mountain.

　　Ye Anyian told him to be careful and took the two children to wait below.

　　Jiang Zhu quickly climbed to the pine tree. He looked at the kite hanging on the treetop and tried to reach it with the branches in his hand, but he still missed it.

　　Just when I was trying to find a high ground or move a rock to stand on, the kite suddenly flew down on its own.

　　He raised his hand to catch it, and then saw Zi Mo's face behind the kite.

　　Jiang Zhu was not surprised at all. When he first came up, he noticed someone nearby.

　　"What are you here for?"

Zimo raised the corners of his lips and forced out a smile: "Just, it's the New Year, come and see the master and Shaojun."

　　Jiang Zhu didn't accept his trick and rolled his eyes at him and said, "You have something to say."

　　"Um..." Zi Mo rubbed his hands, looking a little timid, "Senior Xie misses you very much, so, Master, can you... take Shaojun back for a visit?"

　　"Where are you going back to? Baihezhai?"

　　"Well," Zimo nodded repeatedly, "Look, you have been married for three years, and you have been living outside like this. Isn't it... okay?"

　　Jiang Zhu glanced at him: "Who taught you these words?"

　　Zimo:...

　　"Oh," he slapped his head and was immediately discouraged, "It's all sister Ziyu's fault. I just said I can't do it."

　　"Did something happen to the old man's side?"

　　"Well, there is... a bit of trouble." Zi Mo stopped pretending and looked anxious, "Master, you have to go back."

　　Jiang Zhu frowned: "What happened?"

　　"It's Senior Xie. He fell ill after coming back from the palace banquet on the 15th Lantern Festival. He himself has great medical skills, so we didn't take him seriously."

　　"But now it's been three months, and his illness has not improved at all, but has become worse and worse. Only then did Sister Ziyu and I panic. After questioning, we found out that he had been poisoned."

　　"There is no poison that even he can't cure himself." Jiang Zhu picked the pine needles and grass clippings hanging on the kite. "If he can't cure it himself, there's no point in me going back."

　　Hearing what he said, Zimo suddenly became anxious: "No, master, you have to go back!"

　　"Senior Xie was already in a coma before I came, and I don't know if he's awake now. If you don't care about him, he... what if he is really dead now that he's old?"

　　"Just die," Jiang Zhu said with a nonchalant expression, "He has lived to such a long time, and he is said to be an expert in medicine and poisoning, but he can't even detoxify the poison on my body. His life is a waste."

　　Zimo:...

　　Seeing the serious expression on Jiang Zhu's face, he was so panicked that tears flowed out.

　　"Master, you...are you serious about not going back to save Senior Xie? He, he is also your master after all!"

　　The panic on Zimo's face didn't look fake, and Jiang Zhu no longer deceived him: "Did something really happen to the old guy? Didn't you make an excuse to trick me into going back?"

　　"No!" Zi Mo shook his head like a rattle, "Now, Sister Ziyu has nothing to do. Bai Hezhai has been gloomy and gloomy all day long. I was desperate, so I came back to find you."

　　After thinking for a while, he added: "If Master is not worried about this, he will take Shaojun and the two children with him."

　　Jiang Zhu rubbed his eyebrows and said nothing.

　　Of course he wanted to take him with him, but he hadn't told Ye Anyian about many things yet, so he couldn't take him with him rashly.

　　After a moment, he sighed: "I understand, give me another day or two."

　　He had to find an excuse to convince Ye Anyian before he could go back.

　　"Okay." Seeing his agreement, Zimo quickly wiped away his tears.

　　"However, you have to stay after I go back." Jiang Zhu continued, "Help me watch your young master in the dark and protect him."

"Definitely!" Zimo slapped his chest, "Master, I don't need to tell you that I can do it too!"

　　"Yes." Jiang Zhu responded, heard the sound of rustling footsteps, and said to Chao Zi, "Someone is coming and disappearing."

　　"Yes!" Zi Mo cupped his hands and immediately jumped into the woods and disappeared.

　　Jiang Zhu walked down the mountain with the kite and bumped into Ye Anyian not far away.

　　"What took so long?" Ye Anyian asked.

　　Jiang Zhu handed the kite to him: "The hanging position is a bit high, it's not big enough."

　　Ye Anian did not doubt his presence, so he took the kite and handed it to Fu Zai, letting him play with the stones.

　　A few people played in the back mountain until almost noon before going back. Although it was only early spring and the weather had not really warmed up yet, the two children were still covered in a thin sweat.

　　Ye Annian went into the house and rummaged through the cabinets to find clean clothes for Fuzai and Ding Qiu to change into.

　　Jiang Zhu and Zhang Lu were in the main room and began to work for lunch.

　　They made spring cakes at noon, fried Chinese toon eggs and mountain bamboo shoots and bacon, and Jiang Zhu also cooked a pot of millet porridge. The five of them were very satisfied.

　　After playing for a long time in the morning, Fu Zai and Ding Qiu were so sleepy after lunch that they ran back to their rooms to take a nap. Zhang Lu also went back to his room to rest.

　　Ye Annian was not sleepy, thinking about the unfinished kite in the wood carving room, and wanted to continue working on it.

　　Jiang Zhu made a pot of tea and followed in carrying the teapot.

　　Ye Annian felt that Jiang Zhu was acting a little weird since they came back from flying kites.

　　Follow him in and out, as if he has something to say.

　　"Is there something wrong with you?" He felt so and asked directly.

　　Jiang Zhu paused while pouring the tea, then pushed the poured tea in front of Ye Anian: "It's okay, you will feel sleepy if you don't sleep at noon, drink some tea to refresh yourself."

　　"Okay." Ye Anyian picked up the cup and took a sip, "Then if you're sleepy, go take a nap."

　　Jiang Zhu agreed, but still sat next to him and refused to leave.

　　Ye Annian frowned: "Are you really okay?"

　　"It's really okay." Jiang Zhu shook his head.

　　"Okay," Ye Annian couldn't do anything to him, "Then help me tie up the kite frame."

　　Jiang Zhu readily agreed and set up the kite with him.

　　It took an entire afternoon to do this, and the wood carving room was filled with the kites they had set up. They were colorful and pretty.

　　Seeing that it was getting late, Ye Anyian stretched out and stood up from his seat, intending to wash his hands and move around.

　　When Jiang Zhu saw him getting up, he also stood up and walked out, but thinking about that matter, he was a little absent-minded.

　　Ye Anian suddenly stopped, turned around and stared at him intently: "No, you just have something wrong."

　　Jiang Zhu:...

Before he could react, he was caught red-handed.

　　After a moment of silence, he looked seriously into Ye Anyian's eyes and said, "Niannian, I...may have to leave for a while."