Seeing Chen Xuan stand up and turn around to leave, Xiaolian hurriedly said: "Brother Chen, where are you going?"
"Go where I should go."
After Chen Xuan said this, he was about to walk out the door.
Regardless of the fact that her foot injury had just been cured, Xiaolian quickly ran to Chen Xuan and stopped him: "Brother Chen, you saved me on the mountain road and healed my foot injury. I didn't even have time to repay you.
How could you leave so fast? Stay for a meal."
"Yes, young man, I think you haven't had a good meal in many days. Why don't you stay for a meal tonight and have a good night's rest." Aunt Zhen also advised.
When Chen Xuan saw that Xiaolian and Aunt Zhen were so sincerely in love, it was hard for him to refuse.
"Okay, then I'll stay for a meal."
Upon hearing Chen Xuan's promise, Xiao Lian, Aunt Zhen, and Uncle Yuan looked at each other and all smiled.
While Aunt Zhen and Uncle Yuan were cooking, Xiaolian accompanied Chen Xuan and walked around the village.
At this time, the sun sets in the west, and the Qinling Mountains under the twilight make the scenery even more magnificent and charming.
Seeing the villagers in Dujiang Village working hard under the sunset, there was laughter and laughter everywhere, and almost no one complained about the hard work, which made Chen Xuan marvel.
He thought in his heart that if he lived like these villagers in a mountain village isolated from the world, far away from the hustle and bustle, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, such a life would really be much better than outside.
Of course, Chen Xuan is not so naive and imagines life in a mountain village to be too beautiful.
After all, Dujiang Village has not yet escaped poverty. It is impossible to say that the villagers live a happy life.
"Brother Chen, why did you come to Qinling Mountains? And you didn't bring anything with you. Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble in the mountains?" Xiaolian finally asked the question she had always wanted to ask.
Regarding Chen Xuan's identity, she was really curious and wanted to know.
Chen Xuan smiled and said: "If I said I was just wandering, would you believe it?"
"But you don't look like a homeless person. Are you sad for something, so you indulge yourself and torture yourself like this?" Xiaolian asked, of course because she didn't believe that Chen Xuan was really homeless.
Chen Xuan continued with a smile: "Maybe in the eyes of others, I am torturing myself, but in fact I enjoy this process. To tell you the truth, I walked from Xiangchu to Xiangchu, passed through Yunnan and Guizhou, and then to Xichuan
, has traveled tens of thousands of kilometers.”
His words made Xiao Lian stunned.
After a few seconds, Xiaolian said in disbelief: "Brother Chen, you are not joking with me, are you? How can you walk ten thousand kilometers by yourself without bringing anything to eat or drink? Even if it is a marathon,
I’m afraid I can’t even become a champion.”
"Xiao Lian, just think that I am joking." Chen Xuan smiled lightly and did not intend to explain too much to Xiao Lian.
After all, Xiaolian is just a simple mountain village girl, and she won't understand even if I explain too much to her.
At this time, the two of them heard Uncle Yuan shouting: "The meal is ready, come back and eat quickly!"
Dujiang Village is very small, so when Uncle Yuan shouted, Chen Xuan and Xiaolian could hear him clearly.
The two were about to walk back to finish their meal when there was a sudden commotion at the entrance of the village.
"Who are you? What are you doing in our village?"
Hearing this villager's voice, other villagers looked toward the entrance of the village.
Chen Xuan also looked over and saw a group of vicious men coming to the entrance of the village. Each of them had knives, sticks and other weapons in their hands, and they looked like they were looking for trouble.
Seeing these people, Xiaolian hid behind Chen Xuan in fear: "Brother Chen, among those people, some of them are trying to steal my Cordyceps sinensis farmers!"
"Oh? It's them?" Chen Xuan frowned slightly when he heard this, "These drug farmers actually chased them to the village."
"There are so many people here, and they are armed. What should we do now? I'm afraid I can't save my medicinal materials!" Xiaolian was so scared that her whole body trembled.
Chen Xuan comforted him calmly: "Don't worry, let's check the situation first."
After the troublesome drug farmers appeared, Uncle Yuan and Aunt Zhen ran out immediately and protected Xiaolian to prevent the drug farmers from recognizing her.
I heard one of the leading drug farmers ask fiercely: "Call out all the girls in your village who are around eighteen years old!"
"Why? We have not offended you in Dugu Village, so why are you here looking for trouble?" A middle-aged villager responded unceremoniously.
The leading medicine farmer snorted coldly: "Two hours ago, a girl stole twenty Cordyceps sinensis plants from our medicine field! Based on the traces she left behind when she escaped, we traced them to your Dujiang Village. Now I have
There is reason to suspect that the girl is hiding in your village!"
When Chen Xuan heard this, he felt doubtful in his heart.
Xiaolian said that she picked a Cordyceps sinensis and was targeted by these farmers who wanted to take it away from her. However, the lead farmer said exactly the opposite.
Of course, seeing the vicious appearance of these drug farmers, Chen Xuan was more willing to believe Xiao Lian, thinking that these vicious drug farmers were just looking for an excuse to go into the village to steal medicinal materials.
"Although we in Dugu Village are very poor, we will never steal medicinal materials. Please leave immediately!" the toughest villager said coldly.
The leading drug farmer snorted again: "Then don't blame us for being rude, come into the village and search for me!"
Just when a conflict was about to break out between the two sides, a gray-haired old villager came out to smooth things over and said: "Young people, don't be too impulsive. If you have something to discuss, it's easy to discuss!"
"Are you the village chief?" The leading pharmacist looked at the old villager, and then his tone softened slightly, "Old man, our Baicao Sect doesn't want to take too tough measures, but those twenty cordyceps are our many years of hard work.
, was stolen like this, do you think I can take my time? If I can’t find the girl, I don’t know how to go back and explain to the owner!”
"Are you from Baicaomen?" The old villager was very surprised. "I am indeed the village chief of Dujiang Village, and I have heard that your Baicaomen never bullies the villages down the mountain, so this matter should be resolved peacefully. Okay.
I will let you go into the village to search, but you must also respect the villagers and not act recklessly."
"Okay, let's settle it. Brothers, go into the village and see where the thief girl is? Remember to be polite to the villagers during the search and don't search randomly." The leading drug farmer gave an order, and all the drug farmers behind him went to the village.
Go.
Xiaolian hurriedly hid in the house and stayed in the same room with Chen Xuan, while Uncle Yuan and Aunt Zhen were outside dealing with the drug farmers.
Chen Xuan looked at the scared Xiaolian, thought for a while and asked: "Xiaolian, do you know Baicaomen?"
"I heard Uncle Yuan say that the Baicao Sect is some kind of ancient Chinese medicine sect in the Qinling Mountains. There are many medicinal materials grown in the sect, but I really don't know that those medicinal farmers are from the Baicao Sect. Now it's over, my Cordyceps sinensis has been
