The metaphysical mother returns, and the villain son stands at attention

Chapter 246 Strange Villagers
At night, Huo Xingchen's temperature began to rise again, but not to the point where he needed to take antipyretics.

Gu Qingyin hardly slept that night and kept cooling him down physically. It was not until dawn when Huo Xingchen's temperature stabilized that she lay down beside Huo Xingchen, resting her head on his little shoulder, and fell asleep in a daze.

Huo Yunjing, who was leaning against the wall, got up at this time. He got out of bed quietly, walked to Gu Qingyin's side, covered her with a quilt, stood there and looked at the mother and son for a while before turning around and leaving.

The door closed and a sigh was heard from inside the room.

When Gu Qingyin opened her eyes again, it was already bright outside, and she was the only one left on the bunk bed. She was startled, and quickly got out of bed and went out. She saw Huo Xingchen squatting in the yard talking to Dongfang Lingjun, and her heart suddenly settled down.

After standing there for two seconds, she walked over and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Huo Xingchen looked up and met Gu Qingyin's hand. "You don't have a fever anymore? Did you take your medicine this morning?"

Huo Xingchen replied obediently, "I've eaten it, and I'm fine now." He looked at what Dongfang Lingjun was holding, "Grandpa is teaching me to identify plants."

Dongfang Lingjun smiled, "Master Huo brought back a lot of food this morning, some of which are edible." He pointed to the half-person-high water tank in the yard, "The water has also been brought back, go wash up."

Gu Qingyin responded and patted Huo Xingchen's head again, "Learn slowly."

After washing up, Gu Qingyin drank a box of milk for breakfast.

Seeing this, Huo Xingchen ran into the kitchen and brought back a bowl of vegetable porridge.

Gu Qingyin was surprised, "Where did the rice come from?"

Huo Xingchen shook his head, "I don't know."

Dongfang Lingjun said, "I picked it up at the door this morning. It was just a small handful, just enough to cook porridge."

Gu Qingyin understood, it was probably sent by the children yesterday.

"This handful looks like it was gathered together, and there's a lot of sand and dirt mixed in. It's just us. No one else can clean it up." Dongfang Lingjun shook his head, "It's really hard for ordinary people to survive without water."

As for this rice, if they had water to cook it, they would not give it to others so easily.

After drinking the porridge, Gu Qingyin washed the dishes with a talisman and sat in the yard making paper figures.

Not long after, Gu Ziqian and Huo Yunjing came back. Gu Qingyin glanced at them and asked, "Where's Qiuyan? Didn't you come back with them?"

The two men looked at each other, "She's not with us."

Gu Qingyin paused, and Dongfang Lingjun's expression changed.

Gu Ziqian calculated it, then sat on the small stool next to him with a slightly relaxed look, "Don't worry, nothing will happen."

Dongfang Lingjun breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression was still serious. "Why is this child running around? I must teach him a lesson when I come back later."

Gu Ziqian smiled, "She's over 20 years old, and a powerful formation master. Are you afraid that she will be bullied by a group of ordinary people who don't have enough to eat?"

Dongfang Lingjun shook his head and sighed, "Dayan is soft-hearted. I'm just afraid that she will be deceived."

"I'll go take a look." Huo Yunjing turned around and left again.

Dongfang Lingjun quickly thanked him, "Thank you for your help."

Huo Yunjing waved his hand and went out again.

Huo Xingchen rolled his eyes, stood up and chased after him, "I'm going too!"

Huo Yunjing paused and turned to look at Gu Qingyin inquiringly. Huo Xingchen had not been out since he came here, and Gu Qingyin couldn't hold him back, so she could only nod helplessly, "Thank you for taking care of him."

Huo Yunjing shook his head, took Huo Xingchen's hand and went out.

Gu Qingyin felt relieved and lowered her head to continue making paper figures.

Dongfang Lingjun looked at the door from time to time, and later simply went to wait at the door, like an old father who was looking forward to his children coming home early.

Gu Ziqian watched Gu Qingyin's movements with great interest, and after a while he suddenly asked, "Who did you learn this skill from?"

Gu Qingyin kept working, "When I was a kid, my master always made paper animals to entertain me. The more I saw, the more I wanted to make them. The more I made, the more I wanted to innovate. I learned it without realizing it."

Gu Ziqian praised, "Very talented."

Gu Qingyin smiled without commenting. What she lacked the least in metaphysics was talent. She really was a jack of all trades, but there were some things she just had no interest in doing.

"I really envy your master for finding a disciple like you who suits his heart." Gu Ziqian sighed, half genuinely and half fakely.

Gu Qingyin halfheartedly suggested, "When you get back, spread the news that you want to recruit disciples, and make sure that talented people in the entire Xuanshu world will sign up. If there are too many people, you can hold a competition, which will be a good opportunity to examine the character and qualifications of future disciples from many aspects. With so many people, you will definitely find someone who satisfies your heart."

Gu Ziqian choked. What was he thinking that he had to find an apprentice to piss him off? He just brought up this topic for no reason.

The courtyard finally became quiet, leaving only the sound of Gu Qingyin concentrating on making paper-cut objects.

After a while, Gu Ziqian narrowed his eyes and looked at Gu Qingyin suspiciously. Did she say that on purpose? Did he disturb her?

On the other side, Huo Yunjing and Huo Xingchen found Zhang Qiuyan in front of the ancient tree in the center of the village. At that time, she was helping the children mend their torn clothes.

Looking at the brand new needles and colorful spools of thread, they are obviously not things that can be found in this village.

Huo Xingchen was shocked. Someone actually brought needles and thread with them when they went out! What kind of strange demand was this? In today's society, fewer people have needles and thread at home.

Is this why she hasn't returned to the yard since she went out for the whole day? It's a bit too abstract.

At this time, Zhang Qiuyan, who was immersed in sewing, had just finished the work at hand. When she looked up, she saw a big and a small child not far away. She was slightly stunned, handed the clothes in her hand to the children waiting beside her, stood up and walked over quickly.

"What happened?" Zhang Qiuyan was a little confused, but she couldn't help but feel happy that Huo Yunjing came to see her.

Huo Yunjing shook his head and told the truth: "Senior Dongfang is very worried about you, so he brought Huo Xingchen out for a walk."

Zhang Qiuyan was not disappointed. Instead, she said with a smile, "Then you guys continue to shop. I'll pack up and go back."

Huo Yunjing nodded but said nothing.

Huo Xingchen looked up at him, "Aren't we leaving?"

Huo Yunjing whispered, "She's being targeted. Send her back to the yard first."

A hint of surprise flashed in Huo Xingchen's eyes. He looked around calmly and found that there were indeed a few men who had been looking at Zhang Qiuyan intentionally or unintentionally. If this was not the center of the village and there were not a group of children around, they would have taken action long ago.

This group of villagers is really weird. They are so cruel that they eat human flesh to fill their stomachs, but they also strangely care about other people's opinions and feelings?

Zhang Qiuyan packed up quickly, said goodbye to the group of children with a smile, and said she would come again tomorrow.

Turning around and seeing that they were still there, Zhang Qiuyan was surprised for a moment, but soon smiled happily and walked quickly to their side, "Go back."

(End of this chapter)