The second generation of immortals fled famine in ancient times and engaged in infrastructure constr

Chapter 59 Small Mountain Village

It's mid-June now, dawn breaks at five o'clock, and the temperature is not too hot. Everyone starts to hurry, walks for three hours, takes a break at noon, takes a nap, waits until the most poisonous noon of the sun passes, and continues on the road at Shenshi. It was halfway through Xu time, and it was just dark, so I looked for a place to rest.

Sometimes it’s not so perfect. If you find a suitable rest point, you will rest in advance. Occasionally, you will walk on a rugged mountain road all afternoon. When it gets dark and you haven’t found the camping area, you will light a torch and continue walking for a while. Except for the large number of mosquitoes, everything else is acceptable.

Today was approaching evening, and all the people passed through a mountain and walked on a narrow mountain path, but they never came across a place to stop.

"Found the place!"

Cui Xing ran back from the front of the team alone. He relied on his knowledge of the sky eye technique and was good at tracking and hunting. After asking Wen Yu for a sky eye leaf, he volunteered to explore the way.

Hearing Cui Xing's voice, Wen Yu slowed down his speed so that the people behind could recover a little bit.

"Where?"

"I saw a faint light in front of me. I opened my Celestial Eye and found that it is a small village with less than a hundred households. The terrain outside the village is flat, so we can rest for a night."

"Is it far?" Second Xu asked.

"It's not too far. It takes half an hour to walk there."

Hearing that it was a village, Wen Yu frowned slightly. This is not a good location. The group of him just wanted to get to Yongzhou quickly, and the less troubles he had along the way, the better, but once they met people, troubles would inevitably arise.

If there are many people on one side, the people in the mountain village will be vigilant, and if there are many people on the other side, they will not sleep well.

But this road is indeed a rugged mountain road that cannot be repaired, and most of the people in the village are ordinary people, and they will not be able to bear it if they walk overnight.

After much deliberation, he could only choose to rest outside the small mountain village for a night, anyway, he left early in the morning.

"Go."

Wen Yu finally decided to go to Xiaoshan Village.

"I'll lead the way!"

Cui Xing was at the forefront, leading the crowd down the mountain path, crossing a small path, and saw a small mountain village at the foot of the mountain.

The night couldn't stop Wen Yu's sight. She could clearly see a circle of wooden and stone houses, with a cross-shaped road in the middle. There were green vegetables planted on the land in front of and behind the house, but the growth was not good, and some listless.

A group of people was mighty, lighting torches, and did not intend to cover up the movement, and soon attracted the attention of the residents of the mountain village. One or several pairs of staring eyes appeared from behind the dark windows and door cracks, full of excitement. Watch out for this group of outsiders.

Wen Yu and the others stopped when they got out of the path, and drew out an area large enough for everyone to rest. It was more than a hundred meters away from the small mountain village, and there was an old locust tree between the two parties as a boundary.

Village Chief Tian, ​​Boss Xu, and Second Brother Xu stepped over the old locust tree and walked towards the small mountain village, because Village Chief Tian looked the most convincing, and Boss Xu's figure stood there so no one would want to make a move.

Seeing the three people walking in, the people in the small mountain village knew that they were here to discuss. When they came out of a stone house at the head of the village, there were also three people, one old, two young, and three people. The old man was quite old with wrinkles on his face. There is also a middle-aged man and a teenager in his teens.

It looks like three generations of grandparents and grandchildren.

The old man is obviously highly respected in the mountain village. As soon as he went out, several nearby houses opened their doors one after another, and men, women and children in short brown and faded linen clothes followed behind him.

Village head Tian straightened his back, without showing his usual cheerful smile, and explained the situation to the old man who was also the village head.

Wen Yu saw the two old men talking to each other, and the people behind both sides gradually relaxed from the tension, and it seemed that the conversation was going well.

The rest of the people here are orderly, Xu Lao Er and Tian Village Chief repeat the arrangement many times every night, which has become a habit.

First clean up the ground, collect firewood that can be used for fire, and check whether there are snakes, insects and poisonous ants nearby.

The women lit a fire to boil water for cooking, and the bandits got a lot of horse meat, and everyone hadn't finished eating, so this evening meal was changed to each family's cooking.

The children gathered together and listened intently to Erya's experience of cultivation.

The person on duty tonight has consciously gnawed a pancake in the freshly boiled hot water, and is about to stand guard outside.

There were still a few wounded who were not recovering, so Wang Lang took up a place alone to change their dressings.

Also because Wang Lang fled the famine alone, the family members of the wounded consciously negotiated and arranged in order to bring him meals every day.

Not long after, after Wen Yu wanted to help many times but was driven away, she leaned on the mule cart and watched Wei Xiaoman handle the jerky, while listening to Erya telling stories to a group of children, many of whom were older than her. He never blinked his eyes and listened fascinated.

Wen Yu thought in her heart, if Erya were to be a storyteller, she would be a good one.

And Village Chief Tian and the opposite party had already finished talking, and the people in Xiaoshan Village had to accept the fact that this group of people would stay at the entrance of the village for one night.

There's nothing you can do if you don't accept it, the other side has already cleaned up, can you still drive away?
It was only a matter of one night, so he simply agreed.

They made an agreement not to be disturbed by the old locust tree easily, and the two groups of people went back to their respective homes.

Because of his practice, Village Chief Tian was still full of energy even at night, and even felt a little hungry, so he went back to the neighborhood of Tian's family to see what to eat for dinner.

After Mr. Xu and Mr. Xu came back, Mr. Xu took the initiative to help Mrs. Duan remove the wooden bucket full of water from the mule cart, for later use at home.

Xu Lao Er returned to Wen Yu's side, Wei Jin approached quietly, Wen Yu noticed it, but didn't make a sound.

"I think this village is kind of weird."

Xu Lao Er turned his back to Xiaoshan Village and lowered his voice so that only the three of them could hear clearly.

Wen Yu raised her eyebrows, "How?"

"At least six or seven families came out from the opposite side just now, but basically there were only young adults and old people. Except for the young man next to the village chief, I didn't see a single child."

Xu Laoer said mysteriously.

Wen Yu felt strange. It can be said that the family was worried, and it was normal not to let the children out.

Second Xu continued, "And most of them are men. I only saw one woman, an old woman."

This made Wen Yu look serious.

Xu Laoer hadn't finished speaking yet, "Maybe it's a little blurry, but the eyes of this group of people are a little dull. Only the village chief is talking, and none of the people behind have opened their mouths."

"I can't say, I always think they are weird."

After Xu Laoer finished speaking, Wen Yu pondered for two seconds. Although these things are a little abnormal, they can't judge anything. It is entirely possible that they have stayed in a deserted place for too long.

Still, be vigilant.

"Arrange two more people on duty tonight. Don't tell everyone, just tell Cui Xing a few, so that they don't sleep too hard at night. We will leave early tomorrow morning."

Wen Yu made arrangements and looked at Wei Jin, "Do you have any suggestions?"

Wei Jin looked relaxed, paused, and replied, "Miss Wen is very considerate."

Meaning there are no other suggestions.

(End of this chapter)