The door to the room was closed. After a long time, Chen Mo opened his eyes. There was no trace of fatigue in his cold eyes, nor the hazy feeling of just waking up. He was indeed awake. He woke up when he was on a bumpy mountain road.
Already.
Chen Mo opened his eyes and did not move. He stared blankly at the roof and listened to the faint noise outside.
He felt that his wounds had been treated, and recalled his fight with the woman yesterday. Although the fight was fierce, he did not hurt the woman from beginning to end.
He replayed every move he made in his mind like a lantern, wondering where he wasn't fast enough, where his connection wasn't good, and why the other party always cracked every one of his moves just right.
After thinking this way, I fell asleep in a daze.
.......
In the evening, the afterglow of the setting sun illuminated the entire village golden.
In the warehouse of the cottage, the things looted last night have been sorted and counted by the military advisor. After all, few people like them can read and keep accounts, let alone keep accounts.
Thirteenth Niang brought Xiao Yanyu, who had a bulging mouth, to the warehouse. She looked at the abundant harvest and nodded with satisfaction.
"Old Yu, how are you? Can you have a good year?" Thirteenth Niang pulled up a bench and sat next to military advisor Lu Yu. She couldn't read curly and even had to lean over to read, while Xiao Yanyu stood alone next to her.
, dare not go anywhere.
"Fat is definitely fat, but it's hard to say whether it will be so peaceful." Lu Yu closed the ledger and sighed.
"Xiaowa Village, Dadaoshan, and Huangniuling, will they be willing to let go of their grudges against each other?" Thirteenth Niang supported her head with her hands and said slowly: "I'm not afraid even if they really unite. I'm huddled in the village, I don't believe it.
They can fight to the death."
"I'm afraid that Hua Mianhu and that emerging force will also take part in this."
"Old Yu, you just think too much, why do they have such a tacit understanding? It's not the right time, everyone is waiting for an opportunity." Thirteenth Year patted Lu Yu on the shoulder.
"By the way, there is something I forgot to mention. Lao Wa from Xiaowa Village carried a woman home last night. A woman who must have just reached the second level. If she is really subdued by Lao Wa, what will happen to Xiaowa Village over there?
The strength has improved a bit. There is also a thug from the caravan who has also rebelled. That guy can take down the combined efforts of Dadaoshan and Huangniuling alone. Although those two people did not use their full strength, there is no guarantee that the guy will not leave any descendants.
Hand, now he doesn’t know which hilltop he will choose, which may be a good thing for us.”
Lu Yu frowned, this was not good news. He picked up a bottle of wine on the table and took a sip.
"Do you remember the boy you mentioned yesterday?"
"Huh?" Lu Yu didn't know why he mentioned this. To him, that boy was just a rookie who didn't know the world and thought he would challenge the most powerful person in Black Tiger Mountain after learning some three-legged cat kung fu.
Hearing this woman mention Chen Mo, Xiao Yanyu also secretly pricked up his ears.
"That boy is very good at fighting. If he can be my subordinate, he might be able to catch me off guard."
"Hmph, who would join in with you?" Xiao Yanyu said with disdain.
"Ah~~"
As soon as Xiao Yanyu finished speaking, Thirteenth Niang hit her with a chestnut. The pain made her shed tears. She looked at Thirteenth Niang angrily but did not dare to speak, and covered the swollen Tianling Cap with both hands.
"At a young age, you speak very beautifully, but now you have a tough mouth. If I starve you for a few days, I think you still dislike being complicit."
"Why are you arguing with a child and taking such a heavy hand?" Lu Yu shook her head helplessly.
"You don't need to be hypocritical." Xiao Yanyu is truly fearless.
"Hey, you two are really interesting. The older one can fight, and the younger one can talk." Thirteenth Mother didn't give her another chestnut this time, and said with her hands raised.
"You two are just arguing, one big and one small. I'm going out for a walk." Lu Yu looked at the two people with big eyes and small eyes, and had no intention of getting involved, so she stood up and left.
"I'm going out for a walk too." Thirteenth Niang didn't pull her this time and walked to the door alone.
Xiao Yanyu covered his head without wiping off the tears on his face, and followed Thirteenth Niang out.
Smoke began to rise from the stilted building.
"Thirteenth Niang, will you come to my house for dinner tonight?" A child waved to Thirteenth Niang at the railing of the stilted building and shouted.
"No, you can eat it yourself."
"Thirteenth Mother, my family is getting better, come to my house." A child from another stilted building shouted again.
"If you don't go, the food your father cooks is terrible."
"Thirteenth Mother..."
"Stop shouting, I'm not going anywhere."
.....
Thirteen Niang slowly led a follower to the top of the mountain, where there was the last watchtower in the village.
"Why do you always follow me?"
"Where can I go if I don't follow you? Otherwise, if you throw me to him, I won't follow you." Xiao Yanyu said rationally.
"Don't you know how to find it yourself? The village is so big."
"If you lock him up, can I still find him?"
"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you." After saying this, Thirteenth Niang jumped up to the observation deck.
Xiao Yanyu looked at the high platform several feet high and found a ladder. After thinking about it, he climbed up the rickety ladder.
After a lot of effort, I climbed to Gaotai Mountain and saw Thirteenth Mother sitting there quietly, looking at the horizon in the distance.
"Pretty?"
Xiaoyanyu Zhanger, who had just climbed onto the high platform, was confused when he heard this sentence. Looking in her direction, a sunset had already sunk into the edge of the mountain.
"Several wisps of smoke rise from the kitchen, and thousands of mountains carry the setting sun."
"Oh, I can also read poems."
"snort."
...
When it got dark, Xiao Yanyu followed Thirteen Niang back to the place where she woke up before.
This is Thirteenth Niang's room. The decoration inside is very simple. There are not many decorative things, only some necessary things for life.
The night wind began to blow at night, making people feel chilly. As soon as Xiao Yanyu entered the house, he found a corner and huddled there alone.
Thirteenth Niang glanced at her, shook her head, took off the two swords hanging from her waist, put them on a shelf, and said: "Don't touch these two swords, you will hurt yourself." After that,
A man went out and cooked something for himself.
There is no big pot of rice here, everything is based on households. If you come here suddenly, you will have the impression that this is a small village, not a bandit's den.
After a while, Thirteenth Niang brought two bowls of noodles and placed them on the low table in the room, and sat down herself.
"Come, eat."
"Don't eat."
"I fell down without eating. I was thinking of taking you to see him after eating. It seems..." Before Thirteenth Niang could finish her words, the little girl appeared in front of the table and handed the bowls to her.
He took it away, then shrank back to that corner, and started eating by himself.
After a bowl of noodles with no oil or water, my whole body felt warm. Xiao Yanyu put the bowl back on the table and said, "I've finished eating."
Thirteenth Niang looked at the bowl which was cleaner than washing, smiled, stretched, and said: "This person will easily get sleepy after eating a full meal."
As he spoke, he yawned.
"I'm tired, I'm going to sleep first."
"You said you would take me to see him, why do you say your words don't count?" Xiao Yanyu was a little angry, but he couldn't show it too much and lowered his voice.
"You believe what the bandits say." Thirteenth Niang sneered, then walked to the bed alone and lay down.
"Liar! Liar! You are a big liar!"
The Thirteenth Niang, who was lying on the bed, scratched her ears, turned around, pulled up the quilt and covered her up.
...
"Kekeke~"
As soon as it gets dark, the chickens in the village begin to crow.
Thirteenth Niang stretched out and sat up on the bed. She tilted her head and glanced at the little girl who was huddled in the corner with her knees bent and sleeping with her legs in her arms. She sighed: "So stubborn."
Last night, she was waiting in bed for the little girl to give in, but what she heard was the sound of water flushing outside the house. The little girl actually washed the bowl they were eating noodles from, and then there was the sound of the little girl sobbing slightly as she huddled in the corner.
The highlight of the day is morning exercise.
Thirteenth Niang sat cross-legged on the bed and entered a state of cultivation. She sat there until the sun outside began to shine in through the cracks in the window, and the sounds of people outside the house began.
Thirteenth Niang walked to Xiao Yanyu, grabbed her and said, "Call Yan Yu, I will take you to see him."
The dazed Xiao Yanyu woke up after being pulled by someone. She was still a little confused at first, but when she heard the woman said that she wanted to take her to see Chen Mo, she woke up immediately.
Opening the door, the sun shone warmly on people's bodies, and a busy scene was displayed in front of them.
While walking on the rugged path up and down the village, people passing by were greeting Thirteenth Niang, and Thirteenth Niang would nod and greet them.
Thirteenth Niang's steps were still neither hasty nor slow, but in Xiao Yanyu's eyes, this woman was just slowing down and playing tricks on herself, but she didn't dare to refute, what if she got angry and changed her mind.
The two came to a small house. There were two young men guarding the door. When they saw Thirteenth Mother coming, they immediately saluted.
"Everyone, go down." It was Sanniang who waved her hand.
"Yes." The two men accepted the order and retreated.
Thirteenth Niang pushed open the unlocked door and had a clear view of the scene inside the house. A young boy with his upper body wrapped in gauze sat cross-legged in the center of the house, as if he had just opened his eyes and looked at the person coming, perhaps because of the sun outside the house.
It's a bit dazzling, or maybe his eyes are covered and slightly squinted.
"Chen Mo~"
Seeing Chen Mo, Xiao Yanyu finally couldn't help crying, and immediately ran over, hugged him, and then cried even louder. The cries were full of grievances, and there were snot and tears.
Chen Mo didn't say anything, he just hugged her quietly and gently, letting her vent her grievances.