Chapter 330 The Delicate Tower in the Misty Forest
As we continue walking along the lakeside at the foot of the mountain, we will occasionally see dilapidated villages that are no longer inhabited.
At a cliff by the lake, Xiao Yanyu looked at the lake surface wrinkled by the wind and said, "It's so beautiful."
Chen Mo also took a look, it was sparkling and very beautiful, as if his mind had become as broad as the lake.
"Let's go." Chen Mo reached out and picked her up from a stone.
After seeing Taihu Lake and walking down the cliff, they had to take a slight detour. At this time, the lakeshore was full of cliffs. Occasionally, loose boulders could be heard falling off the cliff and crashing into the calm lake surface, causing huge waves. Finally,
Being embraced by the majesty of Taihu Lake.
"It's getting cold."
Walking on the path, Chen Mo said coldly.
"what to do?"
Xiao Yanyu also knew the seriousness of the problem. When they came out, it was still hot, and they couldn't get through the cold winter with just these clothes. Moreover, they didn't take any money from the escort team last time. They felt it was too cumbersome, so they left later.
After passing through a few small towns, I realized that money is very important.
A person who has only been in the mountains and has just stepped out of the mountains does not know the importance of understanding silver.
A person who knows the importance of money but ignores it will regret it when the time comes.
If Chen Mo was alone, it might not matter. He had two sets of clothes and put them together, so he could get through it by making do, but Xiao Yanyu couldn't do it. She was weak and couldn't bear it.
"Rob."
Chen Mo said calmly.
"Chen Mo!" Xiao Yanyu said angrily. "You are planning to do something bad again. There are people here who have difficulty even having food and clothing. Can you do it?!"
"Rob, those bandits on the mountain."
Hearing what he said, the anger on Xiao Yanyu's face disappeared. She didn't like Chen Mo's constant beating and killing, and when Chen Mo killed someone, he would definitely kill someone, no matter whether the person facing him was a heinous person or not.
But talking about bandits at this time is different. To her, bandits are a group of murderers, just like the gang that intercepted the Guo family. People like that died under Chen Mo's knife.
There is nothing wrong with that.
"I heard from Little Loach that those bandits are so powerful that even the government officials don't look down on them. Have you ever beaten them?" Xiao Yanyu asked.
"have no idea."
Chen Mo was not sure. He was just a realm, a slightly stronger realm, and not an enemy of ten thousand people.
"Forget it, if you can't beat me, don't even take away the last clothes, or you will really freeze to death."
After walking for another half day, I saw a small village? No, maybe it wasn't even a village. There were only two or three households. It was even uglier than the village where I first met Xiao Yanyu. There were some reclaimed lands next to the village.
There is nothing on the land. It is estimated that winter is coming soon. The villagers have taken away the things in the vegetable field and stored them. The weather is still early at this time, and a rickety figure is digging something on the land with a hoe.
thing.
Chen Mo took Xiao Yanyu and walked towards the village house. When the old farmer who was busy packing saw someone coming, he stopped what he was doing and looked carefully. After all, for their place, there are usually no people there.
Coming here is not the only way to go.
"Old man, what are you digging for?" Xiao Yanyu took the initiative to talk.
"Nothing, just to see if I can dig out anything and loosen the soil by the way." The old farmer chuckled, the wrinkles on his face showing his vicissitudes of life. "Little doll, where did you come from?"
"That's where we came from." Xiao Yanyu pointed in the direction of Taihu Lake.
"Over there?" The old farmer looked at the direction the little girl pointed, and then continued: "Then where are you going?"
"Uh~"
"Old man, do you know where the nearest town is?" Chen Mo spoke at this time.
"Here, do you want to go to the town? The nearest town is not far away, but this road is a bit difficult to walk." Then the old man pointed in a direction and said: "Originally, you can go through here and go around the mountain, but there is a problem in front of you.
During the summer floods, the water from the lake poured in here and flooded the place. Although we can't see the water now, everything inside has turned into mud, making it impossible for people to walk around, so they have to go around in a big circle."
The old farmer talked about the situation here in detail. Chen Mo also observed this place from a distance and confirmed what the old farmer said.
"How long will it take to walk?"
"If you want to go to the town, you probably won't be able to get there today. If you walk at night, you two little kids won't be able to walk. It's very dangerous in the mountains." The old farmer shook his head.
"Are you going?" Xiao Yanyu looked at Chen Mo beside him.
Chen Mo looked at it, but before he could say anything, the old man said, "Little brothers, are you from other places? I've never seen you there before?" The old man pointed in the direction they came from as he spoke.
"That's right. I wanted to look around, so I asked my brother to bring me here."
"You two little guys are also bold. You wander around so recklessly. Aren't you afraid that your family will be worried?" The old man scolded, pretending to be an elder.
"My family is gone." Xiao Yanyu said with a smile.
"This..." The old farmer was a little stunned. His home is gone? How can he say it so easily? "Are you really going to a small town?"
"Thank you, old man." Chen Mo thanked him and continued on his way with Xiao Yanyu.
"Goodbye, old man." Xiao Yanyu waved to the old man.
The two of them hadn't gone far when they heard the old man shouting from behind: "Little baby, why don't you just rest here for one night and then go on your way tomorrow? There is no place to rest behind."
"Chen Mo, why don't you rest here today?" Xiao Yanyu looked at Chen Mo. After all, it is better to have a shelter from the wind than to sleep in the open.
"what ever."
Xiao Yanyu turned his head happily, looked at the old man, and said, "Is it convenient?"
The old farmer said with a smile: "If there is any inconvenience, come here, I will take you over to have a look."
The old farmer enthusiastically led the two of them to his residence, and then shouted: "Honey, a guest is coming."
Soon, an old woman walked out of the simple house holding a cane.
.......
The wind at night is getting cooler day by day.
There are not only the old farmer and his wife living here, but also four people and one son. At this time, his son is not at home, but he and his neighbors, not the neighbors here, but the people from the direction where Chen Mo came, went into the mountains to hunt.
I have to come back at least tomorrow. One daughter-in-law is also an older woman, and the other two are also an elderly couple.
It's not easy for guests to come. They are very enthusiastic, and they are still such young guests.
Several people were sitting around a large pot, with a fire burning under the pot to prevent the contents from getting cold.
There are no delicacies in the pot, just some bones that have no meat left are still boiling, which prevents the soup from being so bland.
"You came at the wrong time. We have just finished eating the meat at home, and my man is looking for it in the mountains. If you had come a day later, you would probably have eaten it." The old man said a little apologetically.
In fact, there is not necessarily no food in the countryside. In a remote place like the one they live in, if there is a strong man around who can hunt some, they can still eat meat.
"It's okay, it's okay. I have it here." As he said this, Xiao Yanyu took some pieces of meat that they had not finished eating from the bag and put them in the pot without giving these villagers a chance to refuse. "It's okay, my brother.
He's pretty good at hunting."
Several people looked at the optimistic little girl, and then at the boy who had not spoken much, and sighed in their hearts: What a strange brother and sister.
After a simple and warm dinner, everyone sat around the fire and chatted.
"Why do you live here? I heard that there are bandits here?" Xiao Yanyu, who was not sleepy after eating, asked.
"We have been living here. Originally there were several other families around, but they all went to other places to seek a living. We were very attached to home and were reluctant to move away. When we wanted to leave, we couldn't walk anymore, so we simply didn't.
Let’s go.” The old farmer who talked to me during the day said.
"Our son is a filial son, so he didn't leave just to take care of us old guys. Alas, it's us who are dragging them down," said the old farmer's wife.
"Mom, don't say that. Taking care of you is a matter of course," the woman said. "Actually, there is nothing bad here. The bandits in the mountains will not come to rob us. What we want is nothing, and it is a waste of their energy."
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At this point, several old people present laughed, and Xiao Yanyu also laughed.
"Little girl, hurry up and find a place to live after tomorrow. Stop wandering around. Although the bandits won't have the idea of our old bones, you are different. If they meet you then, they will arrest you.
It's not impossible to leave." An old woman advised.
"Why are you arresting us? I can't even pick up a knife. Look at my brother. He's so skinny. A gust of wind can blow him away." Xiao Yanyu said nonchalantly, patting him again and teasing him.
Chen Mo of Flame.
Chen Mo did not seem to be the kind of person who could tell he was powerful at first glance. Xiao Yanyu even asked him: "Why are you so thin and weak yet so powerful?"
Chen Mo answered something that seemed like an answer but was not an answer: "Practice martial arts."
"You little baby, you are really not afraid of anything. Listen to your grandparents and stop wandering around outside. Don't think that after listening to a few quacks, you think there are chivalrous people everywhere. That's all a lie.
"An old lady touched Xiao Yanyu's head.
.......
Late at night, the old woman found an empty room for Chen Mo and the two of them. Straw mats and some old, washed-white quilts were where they would stay tonight.
Xiao Yanyu, lying on the straw mat with a quilt rolled up, said: "Chen Mo, do you think Grandpa and the others really don't want to leave because they are nostalgic for this place?"
"Go to sleep, you have thought so much." Chen Mo said calmly.
"But I'm still a little cold." Xiao Yanyu said. They used to sleep next to the campfire. Now that there was no flame, they realized that a seemingly thick quilt was actually not warm at all.
"You won't feel cold when you sleep."
Xiao Yanyu curled up even more tightly and moved closer to Chen Mo who was sitting cross-legged next to her, as if that would make her warmer.