Half an hour later, the heavy rain stopped, but their boat was also damaged by thunder.
It takes two hours to walk south by land, and with the energetic Guo Yunzhe in tow, the difficulty of the journey increases tenfold.
Because his hair was all in clumps, like rags that had been left unwashed at the bottom of a box for several years, Xia Zhaoyi ordered two Fang family slaves to shave them off and grow them again.
His eyebrows, which were full of lice, and the rest of the hair on his body were simply shaved off. Now the hairless Guo Yunzhe was reduced to a ball of white hair.
Because there had just been a heavy rain, the mountains were damp and cold. When the wind blew, Guo Yunzhe, who was bare-headed, began to grumble and murmur. He ran several times to lift up the hem of the Fang family slave in front of him and try to get in.
Seeing this, Xia Zhaoyi knitted grass and trees as he walked. After a while, a thick straw hat was knitted and put on Guo Yunzhe's bare forehead. It was a bit funny, but it could barely keep out the cold.
When they were approaching Junnei Township, there was another heavy rain. They happened to come across an earthen temple, so they went in to take shelter from the rain.
The earth temple is very large and is dedicated to a local deity from Hengxiang. It is said that she is in charge of the tide of Dianqingjiang River and protects the water and soil of Hengxiang.
Many people came to take shelter from the rain. Some people took out some dry food to eat because they were hungry.
Not wanting the food Shen Lie brought along the way to go to waste, Xia Zhaoyi insisted on going back to the pond to pack it up. The two bags were combined into one, and Shen Lie took them away first.
But when they were on the boat, Guo Yunzhe had already eaten all the food alone.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and Shen Lie stood outside the side door of the earth temple, staring at the heavy rain in the sky with his dark eyes, wondering when it would stop.
Although the rain was strong and the wind was howling, the nearby villagers could still bring in the fragrance as they smoked from their cooking stoves.
Xia Zhaoyi went over and stood with him for a while, while the raindrops drifted into the eaves. The coolness was comfortable and could relieve their fatigue.
Voices gradually came from behind. Xia Zhaoyi's ears moved slightly and he turned his head slightly.
Shen Lie was also attracted.
The area around Junneixiang has been controlled by soldiers and horses sent by Shen Lie, but there are generally no restrictions on freedom.
These villagers were talking about a person who didn't know where he was.
"If you ask me, this matter must have been done by those soldiers. They pretend to be benevolent and righteous on the surface, but they can't do anything behind the scenes!"
"How is this possible? That Dao Lao Wu has no money, no power, and he is not good-looking. What are those soldiers doing against him?"
"That's right. If those soldiers really want to target Dao Laowu, they can just target them directly. They can cover the sky with one hand now, so why should they be secretive?"
A villager suddenly lowered his voice: "Let me tell you, actually you haven't noticed that the most bizarre thing is that Dao Laowu's master!"
"He still has a master?"
"You are not from Anhe Village, so of course you don't know," said another villager. "They said he was his master, but I don't know if it was because he was a servant or something. I heard Dao Laowu calling him master!"
"Hey, is this a dog calling its master or a slave calling it its master?" one person mocked.
"Don't interrupt yet! Tell me quickly, why do you say that person is weird? Isn't he a good person?"
"Yes, you look kind and kind."
The villager's expression became more and more mysterious, and he said: "Don't think that he looks nice to people. In fact, it's all fake. People give him things during the holidays. Have you ever seen him give things away? And...
, he seemed to accept the things given to him by others, but secretly threw them away."
"Throw it away?" one person was surprised.
"That's not true. My uncle and I picked them up several times. Those things were all good, but he threw them away without even taking them apart. Sometimes it was Dao Lao Wu who threw them away, and this Dao Lao Wu did the same.
You’re so sincere, you didn’t secretly take it home yourself.”
"But what you said is too strange. If you don't want it, just don't accept it. Why accept it again?"
"That's right."
"Otherwise I would say he is weird," the villager continued, "and everything in his house is neat and tidy. One time I passed by his yard and he was chopping meat. He cut the meat into strips.
, The knife skills are really amazing! As a result, he suddenly sneezed and the knife was slightly crooked. She 1 actually didn't want the crooked meat and threw it away. It was such a big piece, at least half a catty!"
The villagers raised their hands and made signs.
Others didn't believe it, and many people said he was talking nonsense.
"Believe it or not, he is a weirdo anyway. By the way, Dao Laowu disappeared this time. We went to his house to look for him. His house was clean and everything was neat. Moreover, he was also missing.
!”
"The two of them disappeared together?"
"Yes, the two of them disappeared together." At this point, the villager seemed to think of something again and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, there is one more thing."
He took out his hand: "Master Dao Laowu's hand is at least this much longer than mine!"
"Hey, hey! I can testify to this," another villager interjected, "I have seen his hands, and they are really so long! But it looks strange, but his hands are very good-looking, and they don't look like those doing farm work at all.
"
"Yes, the skin on his hands is so good. None of my mothers-in-law have as good-looking hands as his."
When the others heard this, they became interested.
Shen Lie looked sideways at the girl beside him and said, "It should be Feng Qingang."
His voice was very flat, as if it was going to be scattered in the wind.
Xia Zhaoyi kept looking at the heavy rain outside the eaves. Hearing this, he slightly curved his lips: "Yeah."
Shen Lie's lips parted slightly. Seeing her like this, he opened his mouth and finally fell silent.
It was nearly Haishi and the heavy rain finally stopped.
The villagers cursed and cursed God and left one by one.
Xia Zhaoyi and Shen Lie didn't stay long and walked out of the temple to go to Sanbai Shandong Ridge where Zisu Dyeing House was located.
Wang Fengnian and others were still waiting under the greenhouse.
Everyone's attention has always been on the high mountain of Sanbai Mountain. Someone was the first to see the person coming from the southwest, and was surprised: "General Manager, look, it's the boss!"
Wang Fengnian led people to greet him: "Big boss!"
"General!"
"Second Miss!"
All of a sudden, fifty or sixty people came rushing down.
Guo Yunzhe was frightened, suddenly became excited, and ran back.
Shen Lie immediately wanted to chase after him, but Xia Zhaoyi grabbed his hand and said, "Shen Lie."
Guo Yunzhe fell to the ground and got up again, stumbling around and muttering even more incomprehensible words.
But soon, he was captured by Xia Jiajun, Yan Jun, and Wang Fengnian's men.
"You are very tired. There is no need to waste any more energy on him." Xia Zhaoyi said to Shen Lie in a very soft voice.
Shen Lie lowered his eyes and looked at her quietly: "It's okay."
"Go and rest first," Xia Zhaoyi smiled at him, "We will eat together later. I still owe you...a dumpling."
When she mentioned this dumpling, Shen Lie couldn't help laughing and smiled.
Along the way, his brows and eyes never showed the slightest hint of fatigue, and he was always cold and proud, like an iceberg standing on the horizon, silent and timeless, no one knows the age.
Because of her words, the iceberg seemed to melt instantly, and his deep and angular face became soft, like the autumn moon in the evening wind.
