Chapter 99: Leaving

In the end, Han Li walked into the village step by step.

As soon as he stepped into the village entrance, he heard a burst of joyous musical instrument sounds, and walking along the small path in the village, he didn't see a single villager's shadow.

Han Li's heart stirred. He was most familiar with this kind of scene and sound when he was a child; this was clearly a family holding a wedding celebration, and the villagers had all gone to celebrate or join in the fun.

Han Li perked up and slowly released his spiritual sense. As a result, he discovered that the old and young in the village were indeed gathered in one place. Only, Han Li felt the location where they gathered was so familiar—wasn't this where his own home was?

Han Li was greatly surprised.

"Could it be...?" Han Li vaguely guessed something.

He quickened his pace, rapidly bypassed several houses, turned several corners, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

He saw hundreds of villagers surrounding a dirt courtyard.

Inside the courtyard were several tile-roofed houses that looked much better than the nearby houses. On both sides of the courtyard and the doors of the tile-roofed houses, a large "Double Happiness" character was pasted. In front of the courtyard gate, there was also a small team of musicians blowing and beating, very lively.

And these villagers were either standing, squatting, or some who were not particular simply sat on the ground. They were in groups of three or five, some whispering, some arguing about something at the top of their lungs, and some were constantly looking into the courtyard with envious eyes.

Beside the villagers were many other children, who were frolicking and chasing each other around the adults.

Seeing this familiar scene, Han Li felt a trance in his heart. It seemed that in this instant, he had returned to the past, transformed back into one of the children, chasing and frolicking with them.

"Tsk tsk! The Han family's fourth girl is truly blessed. I heard the groom is a Licentiate in the city, a scholarly family with great learning."

"Isn't that so? She was originally going to be a principal wife, and all of a sudden she became a Licentiate's wife with status!"

"I heard the dowry the Han family brought is frighteningly large, with dozens of taels of snowy silver!"

"They are really rich!"

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The noisy gossip of the village women woke Han Li from his trance.

"The Han family's fourth girl, isn't that my little sister! Could it really be my little sister's wedding day?" A wave of indescribable emotions surged up in Han Li, churning incessantly.

Not knowing what psychology it was out of, Han Li took a few steps to hide behind a large tree nearby, staring fixedly at the courtyard gate.

Suddenly, a loud shout came from afar: "The flower carriage is here! The groom has come to pick up the bride!"

Upon hearing this, the villagers were in a commotion! In an instant, the voices were boiling!

"The bride is coming out!"

"The new bride is coming out! Come and see!"

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The children also shouted without showing weakness. Han Li's spirit lifted, and his gaze toward the courtyard gate became eager.

"Creak," the wooden courtyard gate opened, and a dozen men and women walked out from inside. In their midst, they surrounded a young girl dressed in a red bridal gown.

This young girl had a pointed chin and a delicate appearance, about sixteen or seventeen years old, and at this moment, her face was full of shyness.

Han Li widened his eyes, carefully observing the girl's face, wanting to find some shadow of his little sister from his memory.

Except for finding a trace of past familiarity between the girl's brows and eyes, other places could no longer make Han Li associate her with the little sister in his impression.

"Cough! 'A girl changes eighteen times,' this saying is really reasonable!" Han Li smiled bitterly, and then began to sweep his gaze toward the people beside her.

"This fatty is Third Uncle, I can tell at a glance, still as fat as before!"

"This dark big guy on this side is Big Brother Han Tie, and the woman next to him should be Big Sister-in-law!"

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Han Li pointed them out one by one, while muttering to himself, as if this could make him feel more relaxed.

When his gaze fell on two white-haired old people, a man and a woman, Han Li stopped speaking.

He stood blankly behind the tree, motionless, his expression becoming extremely complex.

Among them were joy, cowardice, and a little bit of bewilderment.

The degree of his parents' aging far exceeded Han Li's expectations. He remembered that when he went up the mountain, his mother still had black hair, but now her temples were grey, and his father's originally straight waist was now hunched.

Han Li was silent, his head dizzy, like a ball of paste. He didn't know anything about what happened below.

By the time he regained his senses, his little sister had already sat on a flower carriage covered in red silk and gone far away. Beside the flower carriage, a scholar riding a large green horse followed closely.

Han Li took a hard look at the departing flower carriage, then turned back to look at his parents in the crowd, and then closed his eyes.

After deeply imprinting the faces of his parents and several closest relatives in his heart, Han Li turned around, a look of determination suddenly appearing on his face, and then he walked toward the village entrance with large strides.

Han Li knew that when he walked out of the village entrance again, his intersection with these people might end in this life.

He knew very clearly that since learning the Chang Chun Gong and knowing the existence of cultivators, he would walk a path completely different from ordinary people.

Regardless of whether it would be a disaster or a blessing, good or bad in the future, he would not regret his choice!

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