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Chapter 196

Zhui Fengju snorted suddenly, Jing Yingrong raised his eyes from the map and looked forward.

At the head of the mountain road, an old woman with a stooped body was walking hobbled, with a basket covered with white coarse cloth hanging in her arms.When she heard the sound, she turned around slowly, and when she saw the chasing horse, she moved to the side to get out of the way.

Jing Yingrong's gaze swept over the old woman, but she didn't pay attention.The old woman kept looking at her, until Zhui Fengju walked up to her, and she suddenly asked, "Girl, are you a monk?"

Jing Yingrong patted the top of Zhui Fengju's head, and Zhuifengju stopped obediently.She looked down at the old woman and said, "Yes."

Old woman: "I want to ask you about someone."

Jing Yingrong: "Who?"

Old woman: "Do you know a girl named Li Potang?"

Jing Yingrong shook her head: "I don't know."

"That's it, it's okay, thank you, girl."

The old woman nodded without surprise, as if she was used to answering like this.

At this time, Zhui Fengju suddenly arched towards the basket in the old woman's arms, Jing Yingrong stopped it in time, and said to the old woman, "I'm sorry."

The old woman smiled kindly, and said: "It's okay, this is golden strawberry. I dug it on the mountain, and some monks passing by will buy it. There are some bad-looking ones left today. It smells good, right?" .”

As she spoke, the old woman lifted the white coarse cloth from the basket, which contained a bundle of goose-yellow slender grass.

Golden berry grass is a low-value spiritual plant that can only be used by low-level monks. Few monks are willing to spend time and effort to find and collect it by themselves, so many mortals will dig this grass and sell it to monks.

The old woman handed the remaining bundle of golden berries to Zhuifengju's mouth, and said, "Eat it, if it's left to wither overnight, no one will buy it."

Zhuifengju opened his mouth and bit the Golden Berry Grass, chewed and swallowed it in two or three bites.

Jing Yingrong turned over and landed lightly, took out a low-grade spirit stone and handed it over.

The old woman waved her hand: "No need, girl."

Jing Yingrong took back the spirit stone.She thought for a while and said, "Are you going to Hele Village?"

Old woman: "Yes, I am from the village."

Jing Yingrong: "I'll send you back as a reward for Golden Berry Grass."

The old lady seemed to want to refuse, but Jing Yingrong said that she was on the way, so she agreed hesitantly.

Yun Luo gently lifted the old woman and put her on the back of the chasing horse.The chasing horse is not equipped with saddles and reins like the horses that ordinary people ride. The old woman can only put her hands on the back of the chasing horse. to the ups and downs.

Jing Yingrong was flying with the imperial weapon nearby, maintaining the same speed as the chasing horse.

Not long after, the entrance of the village with red lanterns hanging on it came into view. Looking up from a distance, you can see lanterns, colored silk, red cloth strips and red tassels hanging everywhere in the village, which is a joyous scene.

At the entrance of the village, Jing Yingrong put the old woman down on the ground with Yunluo, and then asked, "Are you celebrating something?"

The old woman said: "It's almost the holidays, celebrate the new year, girl."

As soon as she finished speaking, she came to her senses: "Hey, I'm getting confused, you monks don't pay attention to this."

"Celebrate the New Year...?"

Jing Yingrong looked up at the glowing red lantern and blinked.

Jijie Pen: "You don't know what celebrating the New Year is?"

Jing Yingrong pondered, as if searching in memory, and said in an uncertain tone: "It is a kind of... festival that exists in some mortal settlements, once a year."

Jijie Pen: "Once a year? No wonder it doesn't exist among monks. Did Li Chengkong experience it before practicing Taoism?"

Jing Yingrong: "No."

The old woman glanced at the darkening sky, and said: "Girl, if you are not in a hurry, rest at my place for one night before leaving."

Jing Yingrong looked at the village decorated with lights and said, "Okay."

The old woman led Jing Yingrong into the village.

"Grandma Li is back?"

"Grandma Li came back earlier today."

"Grandma Li, I picked some vegetables in the morning, and I couldn't finish them at home, so I put the rest at the gate of your yard."

"Grandma, grandma, I will go fishing with Brother Zhang tomorrow. When you go out, put a bucket outside. When you come back, I will put two fish in it."

"Grandma Li, don't go up the mountain when it's cold, pay attention to your bones."

The villagers I met on the road greeted the old woman familiarly and enthusiastically, and at the same time cast unabashed glances at Jing Yingrong.There was something else in their eyes besides curiosity and amazement.

Finally, a villager couldn't help asking: "Grandma Li, this is... your daughter? Has she finally returned?"

The old woman who was called Granny Li shook her head: "No, I see it's getting late, so I'll let this girl stay overnight. Girl...ah, I haven't asked yet, what's your name girl?"

"Mirror mirror."

"Miss Mirror. Don't mind, my daughter is Li Botang who I asked you about. They know that I usually go out to sell golden strawberries to ask monks about my daughter, so they ask this question."

Jing Yingrong nodded and said, "No problem."

Hearing Grandma Li's words, the villagers smiled apologetically at the mirror.

Two young children wearing tiger hats ran over, and they were obviously more attracted by the chasing horse behind Jing Yingrong than the adults who were paying attention to Jing Yingrong.

"Mother, look, what a big horse!"

"Daddy, look at Malaysia!"

The couple who followed closely grabbed the young child one by one.

"Don't get too close, it's not a horse, it's a monster."

"What is a monster?"

"Animals that become demons are called monsters."

"What is that demon?"

The couple looked at each other and took out a handful of caramel in unison: "Hey, eat candy."

The two young children took the caramel and forgot the question for a moment.One of them ran to Granny Li: "Grandma Li, here you are."

Grandma Li patted his head with a smile: "Grandma's teeth are not good, you can eat."

Another toddler ran towards Jing Yingrong and held up a piece of candy: "Sister, you can eat too."

Jing Yingrong: "Thank you."

Finally arrived at Grandma Li's residence.Here is a small yard surrounded by a fence, and there are some chickens and a group of chicks in the yard.

Red lanterns were also hung at the gate of the courtyard, and there were some vegetables, seasonings, cloth and other things on the ground.

Grandma Li opened the fence door and entered the yard. All the big and small chickens gathered around, cooing, and there was a circle of fluffy chickens around Jing Yingrong's feet, and there were a few chickens trying to peck at the wind horse Hooves.

Jing Yingrong controls the chasing horse to prevent it from trampling the chick to death.She stared at Grandma Li who brought in all the things at the gate of the courtyard one by one, and asked in puzzlement, "Why did they send things?"

(End of this chapter)