freenovelworld Chapter 22 Young girl, did you drop the golden peach or the silver peach?
Chapter 22 Young girl, did you drop the golden peach or the silver peach?
Xiao Yangjiao, who was lying on the tree, was startled and leaned back tactically.
The river god, who looked like a scholar, was still smiling and holding up a peach in his hand with great piety.
Seeing that she didn't speak, he patiently repeated himself, his eyes narrowed:
"Young girl, did you drop this golden peach or this silver peach?"
……
She wanted to give the river god an 8.5 out of 10, because Yang Jiao was a little speechless.
He then gave a perfunctory reply:
"What I dropped was a diamond peach."
Upon hearing this, the river god visibly twitched the corner of his mouth, then watched her slowly sink into the river with a resentful look in his eyes, descending at an extremely strange and slow pace...
Once the annoying river god had disappeared, Xiao Yangjiao finally turned her attention back to the peaches her mother wanted to eat.
With one peach missing, Xiao Yangjiao reluctantly removed one from her pile, then continued picking peaches.
"There are still seven left, we can't lose any more."
She had just held the peach in her hand, and despite being extremely careful this time, a gust of evil wind still blew by.
Call ~
The key is to specifically blow the peaches off.
With a splash, the peach fell to the ground, creating a spray of water.
The river god, dressed as a scholar, slowly emerged from the river, squinting as he spoke:
"Young girl, did you drop this golden peach or this silver peach?"
Xiao Yangjiao gritted her teeth, broke off a tree branch, and threw it at him!
The emerald green peach branch, still bearing a single leaf, was firmly planted on the river god's head. He wasn't angry; he continued to tilt his head and smile at himself.
Xiao Yangjiao said helplessly:
"None of them..."
"Oh?" The river god instantly perked up. "So, what you dropped was this fresh peach?"
As he spoke, the river god picked up the peach that had fallen the first time and started to eat it. The juice was so abundant that it seemed like it would burst out with every bite. He ate most of it in one go, eating very quickly.
Little Yang Jiao was afraid that if she answered too slowly, the river god would eat the peach that fell in a second time, so she quickly said:
"I dropped a fresh peach!"
At this moment, upon hearing the little girl's reply, the river god's eyes snapped open, instantly gleaming with joy. He stared intently at her and said:
"Honest little girl, I've decided to give you all three peaches!"
A gold medal, a silver medal, and a real peach were presented to Xiao Yangjiao, looking so fresh and delicious. She now seriously doubted whether the Heavenly Court was paying the gods too little, driving even the River God insane.
In this mythical world, she couldn't exchange gold for merit. Little Yang Jiao hugged the real peach tightly to her chest, not even glancing at the other two, and turned to pick the others.
To guard against this unreliable river god, she took out the jade branch and stuck the peach she had lost and found back into it with a "plop".
"Young girl, why don't you take the golden peach and the silver peach?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yangjiao didn't even flinch and ignored him.
The river god was very worried when he saw this.
"Take it, you honest little girl."
Little Yang Jiao wouldn't listen, wouldn't listen, like a tortoise chanting scriptures.
"Take it! Why don't you take it? It's made of gold!"
No matter what the River God said, Xiao Yangjiao didn't even turn her head.
He got impatient and started to cheat.
With a flick of his sleeve, another gust of wind blew towards the peach placed to the side. But this time, with the jade branch transformed from Pangu's eyelashes, the peach remained as steady as Mount Tai and did not move an inch.
Xiao Yangjiao secretly glanced at him and sneered inwardly, "Does this stinky immortal bully a child? He even wants to steal my peaches."
Now the river god was truly at a loss, standing helplessly on the water.
While fiddling with her fingers, she suddenly changed her tone and started whimpering.
"Oh, please accept the golden peach."
"Please, please take the peaches."
Upon hearing the sound, Xiao Yangjiao saw the frail, tall man wiping away tears, and felt unsteady on her feet and a terrible headache.
How can such a great deity cry in front of a child?
Helplessly, she turned around, looking down at the fair river god on the water's surface. For a moment, she couldn't tell who the master was, and sighed, rubbing her forehead in exasperation:
"What exactly do you want me to do with this golden peach?"
At this moment, the river god felt extremely aggrieved, helplessly squatting on the water's surface, hugging his pitiful self, and whispering:
"I'm just a nobody deity with no official rank, I need to accumulate merit to get promoted, sob sob sob..."
Wait, merit?
Xiao Yangjiao heard the keywords and immediately became interested.
What a coincidence!
She also needs to find a way to accumulate merit.
So they looked expectantly at the river god, waiting for him to continue.
The river god squatted for a while, feeling aggrieved, then changed his posture halfway through because his legs were numb, and continued:
"I have been diligently guarding the river, protecting the people in various places so that they can live and work in peace and contentment."
Various places?
As far as Xiao Yangjiao knew, river gods were supposed to be stationed at one fixed river, so why would they be running around everywhere?
Could it be... that the river god hasn't been officially appointed yet?!
With over a hundred years of internship experience, where are the vacancies to be filled?
Thinking of this, Xiao Yangjiao felt a little sorry for the person in front of her.
The river god sobbed for a while before finally speaking:
“Merit is not something that can be easily obtained. I waited a long time for an opportunity, and that day…”
That day, a woodcutter who made a living by chopping wood was passing by a stream when he accidentally dropped his axe into it.
At this moment, how could the river god see the woodcutter in such a hurry? So he began to help him look for an axe, and while searching, he found two more.
The axe was one gold and one silver. The river god originally thought that humans were greedy and would surely say that the axe he dropped was made of gold. However, the woodcutter only wanted his wooden axe back. Just as the river god was marveling at the honest woodcutter, a bit of merit flew out from the woodcutter and landed on him.
From then on... the river god began to guard the river, waiting for people to drop things in every day.
After hearing the reason, Xiao Yangjiao choked.
So, this river god just went down this one path to the bitter end?
He would squat in the river whenever he had nothing to do, hoping that someone would drop something.
The river god had initially thought that recounting his tragic past would pity the little girl and make her accept the golden peach, but...
At this moment, Yang Jiao, however, showed an eager expression and asked:
"Does this method bring quick merit?"
"Huh?" The river god was momentarily stunned, his eyes, barely slits, blankly staring.
Meeting is fate, let's all earn good karma together.
Xiao Yangjiao no longer tried to hide anything. She swung the jade branch, which grew longer, and poked all the peaches off, then hugged it full.
He jumped into the water with a splash.
Just as he was about to speak, the river god suddenly came to his senses and looked at Xiao Yangjiao with the eyes of someone looking at a 'benefactor.' Before she could even emerge from the water, he stood up properly again and asked:
"Young girl, did you drop this golden doll or this silver doll?"
He held up a gold or silver doll, the same size as himself, in each hand, looking at me expectantly.
Unable to bear it any longer, Xiao Yangjiao swam over underwater and then floated to the surface beside him, shouting:
"I didn't fall!"
At this moment, Yang Jiao stood steadily on the water, stepping on the jade branches, staring at the river god.
Both the older and younger siblings wanted to gain some merit from the other.