Liu Jiejiu looked at the direction of her finger and twisted his eyebrows, "This place..."
"What's wrong with this place?"
Liu Jiejie touched the stubble on his chin and said with a grimace: "Do you remember what I told you yesterday? Some villages in Xianghua County are very xenophobic and have a lot of rules. These are the places I'm talking about."
Shen Qingqing smiled dryly: "...Then my luck is really good."
"But don't worry too much, Miss Shen. We are just looking for people and nothing else. We shouldn't provoke them."
Liu Jie thought for a while and added: "I have gone there twice to deliver goods before, and I met a young man named Xiaobo. He is quite easy to talk to. We can ask him for help then."
"Okay, I'll leave it to you tomorrow." Shen Qingqing thanked him politely.
*
The next day was a sunny day with a bright sun.
The sun was already high when Shen Qingqing drove the carriage to Fenghuang Mountain. Before, she was far away and didn't realize how high the mountain was. When she walked to the foot of the mountain and looked up, she could not see the top at a glance.
No wonder Wang Dashun insists that Meng Yuan is dead. Whoever jumps from such a high mountain will not die?
Only Meng Yuan, a weirdo, could survive.
She lowered the car curtain, turned around and patted Meng Yuan on the shoulder, giving him a thumbs up, "Brother, you are so strong."
Meng Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Are you... praising me?"
"It's not praise, it's envy."
Envy from a man who choked to death on Coke.
Meng Yuan: "...What is there to envy?"
Envy him for jumping high?
Envy him for dying so quickly?
Shen Qingqing shook her head pretending to be profound, "You don't understand. You will never understand this feeling."
Meng Yuan turned sideways and was about to ask what happened when Liu Jiejie's voice suddenly came from outside: "Miss Shen, is it you who is talking?"
Shen Qingqing quickly sat up straight, winked at Meng Yuan, and replied loudly: "It was me. I was reading a book just now, and I accidentally read it out."
"The girl is really awesome and can also read. When Qiao is two years older, I will also find a way to send her to the academy and let her study with her brother for a few years. Regardless of whether it is a boy or a girl, those who have studied, see They seem to be more spiritual than those who are illiterate."
Thinking of his daughter's lively and cute appearance, Liu Jie's heart felt as sweet as honey, and there was a little more smile on his face.
"What Brother Liu said is true. Reading and literacy are indeed good for children. Even if they don't take the scientific examination, they can still use it in daily life..."
Shen Qingqing followed his words, and the two of them discussed the education of their children.
After walking along the overgrown path for about half an hour, we finally arrived at the first village.
Rather than saying it is a village, it is better to call it a primitive tribe.
The entire village exudes a desolate atmosphere, with crumbling thatched houses, charcoal ash and animal remains everywhere...
The sunlight passes through the dense jungle and refracts colorful beams of light, rendering the village foggy and even more eerie.
When Shen Qingqing saw the closed doors one after another, she suddenly felt something bad. Then she walked to a house and knocked on the door. After doing so for a long time, no one answered. Instead, she got a hand full of fine dust.
She dusted off her hands and turned her head to talk to Liu Jiejie: "No one has lived here for a long time."
"But when I came here last time, there were people here, quite a few." Liu Jiejie was also confused.
Shen Qingqing guessed: "Maybe they moved away to avoid the war. Let's go to other villages and see. There should be some people who stayed."
The two of them drove up the mountain road for more than half an hour and finally arrived at the second village.
The situation in this village is similar to that of the first village. Every door is closed and the grass is half as tall as a person.
Shen Qingqing frowned and murmured: "It shouldn't be..."
If all the villagers at the foot of the mountain moved away, who would save Meng Yuan?
It can’t be a wild beast on the mountain, right?
Liu Jiejie saw that her face was not very good, so he took the initiative to suggest: "The friend I mentioned lives in this village, why don't we go to his house first to see if anyone is there?"
"Okay, let's go over and have a look."
Shen Qingqing jumped off the carriage and followed him forward, passing through more than a dozen houses before arriving at a relatively luxurious thatched house. Like other houses, the door of this thatched house was closed.
"He lives here." Liu Jiejie explained, raising his hand and knocking on the door, "Is there anyone there? Xiaobo, are you at home?"
Soon, there was the sound of shuffling footsteps in the room, followed by a young man asking: "Who is it?"
Liu Jie's face was filled with joy, and he turned to Shen Qingqing and said, "Miss Shen, Xiaobo is at home!"
After saying that, he knocked on the door twice and replied: "It's me, Liu Jiejie, your brother Liu!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the old wooden door was opened from the inside, and a young man of about twenty years old walked out.
He must have just woken up, his hair was messy, his eyes were half-closed, and there was a red mark on his cheek.
Xiaobo squinted at Liu Jiejie and asked, "Brother Liu, why did you come here suddenly?"
Liu Jiejie moved to the side and pointed to Shen Qingqing behind him, "I will accompany Miss Shen to find someone."
"Find someone?"
Xiaobo raised his head casually, and after seeing Shen Qingqing's face clearly, the sleepiness in his eyes suddenly disappeared.
"What a beautiful girl!"
He exclaimed, quickly ran to Shen Qingqing, and asked cheerfully: "How old is this girl? Has she ever been married? If not, what do you think of me?"
Shen Qingqing raised her eyelids and glanced at him, "Don't ask, if you ask, it means you are married. Not only are you married, your children will be spoiled."
"Are you already married?" Xiaobo opened his mouth in disbelief, "It doesn't look like it."
Liu Jiejie really couldn't stand his dog-legged behavior, so he stretched out his arm and grabbed him back, "I'm really getting married, so just give up on this idea. If you see a beautiful girl all day long and try to get close to her, you won't do anything.
Let’s see what tricks you can come up with.”
"Isn't it because the fate has not come yet?" Xiaobo scratched his head in embarrassment, "What did you just say...find someone, find someone, right?"
He pointed at the empty village, "You must have seen it when you came here. There is no one around here at all."
Liu Jiejiu answered: "Yes, where have all the people in the village gone? I came from the east just now, and there seemed to be no one there."
Xiaobo pulled up his trouser legs, squatted at the door of his house, and said casually: "Where else can we go? We can hide in a mountain shelter!"
"What about you? Why are you still here?" Shen Qingqing suddenly interrupted, lowering her eyelids and looking at him with bright eyes.
Xiaobo's heart tightened when he saw her powerful eyes, and he couldn't help but cursed: This girl looks soft and frail, like a delicate flower, but how can she be as fierce as a tigress.
It’s true that people cannot be judged by their appearance.
He tilted his head and whispered back: "I felt uncomfortable living there, so I came back early."
Shen Qingqing glanced at him with a half-smile, raised her hand to touch the dusty door knocker, and twirled her fingers under his gaze, "You just came back, right?" This chapter has been completed!