Salt-free enchanting

Chapter 5 The Boy and the Old Man
Sun Le turned around.

I saw a boy of eleven or twelve years old standing on the hillside on the left side. The boy was a little thin and his big black eyes were moving around flexibly. Stained with mud.

As soon as the young man saw Sun Le's face, he grinned and laughed loudly. Amidst the laughter, he proudly jumped in front of Sun Le, covered with mud, and kicked at her with bare feet that could no longer see his true colors. After kicking, the boy shouted: "You look really long, you are so ugly, hurry up and say hello to the young master!"

Sun Le glanced at the boy quietly, and slowly stood up.Seeing that she really stood up in response, the young man was so proud that he couldn't stop grinning.

Sun Le didn't even look at the boy, she squatted down again, and dug up the soil with the tree trunk in her hand.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Seeing that she was ignoring him, the young man pursed his mouth very unhappy at first, but he was attracted by Sun Le's behavior in a blink of an eye, turned around, ran to Sun Le's side and knelt down, staring at her as intently as she did. The root of the yam, watching her digging out little by little.

Sun Le still ignored him, she just concentrated on digging the soil.She never knew that it would be so uncomfortable to have no iron tools available. When the tree trunk was drilled down, it could only dig out half a palm of dirt.Judging by this speed, she would have to dig out a yam, probably until tomorrow.

But there was nothing to be done about it. She walked around the west courtyard just now, but she didn't even see a single iron object.After wiping off his sweat, Sun Le turned his gaze to the nearby woods, and thought to himself: It would be easier to dig if I could find bamboo.

The young man's eyes rolled, he glanced at the yam vine, and then at Sun Le.When facing Sun Le's little face covered with sweat and dirt, he laughed again. While laughing, he pointed at her little face and shouted: "Wow, ugly, you are so ugly!"

The boy's voice was raised very high, as if deliberately provoking Sun Le's anger.

Just as his laughter was getting louder, an old and weak hoarse voice came, "Weak, who are you talking about?"

It was a very old voice, slow, deep, difficult and laborious, Sun Le couldn't help turning his head to look at it.

I saw an old man in his sixties or seventies appearing on the hillside where the boy jumped out just now.He was stooped, his beard and hair were pale and wrinkled.

The old man looked up at Sun Le with his cloudy old eyes. He looked at Sun Le very seriously. He looked at Sun Le for a long time before he nodded at Sun Le. There was a very uncomfortable expression on his old face, "Don't be offended, little girl. The weak boy is just naughty, he has no malicious intentions."

Sun Le saw that the hillside was a bit steep, and the old man was so old that he didn't know if he could walk down it safely.Reluctant to give up, she quickly put down the branch, rushed to the old man, stretched out her hand to support the old man's hand, and whispered in his surprised eyes: "Grandpa, let me help you down."

The old man chuckled, put half of his weight on Sun Le's body, and slowly slid down the hill with her support.

While walking, Sun Le asked: "Grandpa, there is no road in this forest at all. How did you come here?"

"Who said there is no road?" The young man rushed forward and pointed to the left and said triumphantly, "There is obviously a mountain road there, which was opened by my grandfather cutting firewood before, don't you know?"

Even so, the old man is so old, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to leave.Sun Le thought secretly.But this matter has nothing to do with her, this thought just passed through her mind, and Sun Le put it aside.

Helping the old man to the front of the yam vine, Sun Le let go.The old man tremblingly walked up to the young weak boy, knelt down to look him in the eyes, and asked, "Weaker, why didn't you listen to grandpa and ran up the mountain by yourself?"

Weaker lowered his head, and plucked his dirty little feet on the dirt, but he didn't say a word.

The old man sighed, stretched out his hand to touch the weak boy's head, shook his head and stopped asking.

He turned his head to look at Sun Le, and said with a smile, "Girl, what are you doing here?"

Sun Le was about to ask the old man some questions, and when he heard him ask, he quickly said respectfully: "Grandpa, I want to dig out this kind of grass root and eat it, but the branches can't be dug up at all. Grandpa, do you have a good idea?"

The old man looked at the yam vine, he was a little surprised and said: "Here, can this grass root be eaten?"

Sun Le nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, I've eaten it before, and it's delicious."

The old man thought for a while, "Bronze and iron ware should be easy to dig, but these are under strict supervision. People like us can't just get them out and use them." Hearing this, Sun Le felt a chill in his heart: Oh my god, this What the hell is this place?Even copper and iron wares are closely guarded?

The old man didn't notice Sun Le's uneasiness, and continued: "Grandpa, I have two stone hoes at my place, which can be used. It's just too far away, girl, come tomorrow, and tomorrow I will ask the weaker to bring a stone hoe to help you dig."

Still using a stone hoe?Sun Le's eyes were straightened.

Seeing her standing stupidly without speaking, the old man thought she was anxious, and looked at her emaciated body, the old man sighed slowly, "Don't worry, girl, are you hungry? Grandpa still has a piece of sesame cake here." Woolen cloth."

After finishing speaking, he stretched his hand into his bosom, where he fumbled for it.

Sun Le shook his head and said in a low voice: "That's not true, grandpa, I'm not hungry now, I just have to find something to eat myself."

The old man's movements stopped, he stared at Sun Le for a long time, then the old man sighed: "I see. Girl, it's just that your body is too weak."

He thought for a while, then stretched out his hand to feel in his arms again.

The old man fumbled for a long time, and finally pulled out a piece of bamboo from his pocket.The old man's eyes were a little dim. He let go of the bamboo piece far away, at an arm's length away, and then said while aiming at the bamboo piece: "Girl, you can't read. Grandpa has a way to say something."

The method of breathing?Could it be the kind of breathing method that can cultivate immortals and become heroes?
All of a sudden, Sun Le's heart began to beat fast.

But just as she had this idea, she heard the old man continue to say: "Beasts were rampant in the past. At that time, bronze and iron were very rare, and the big guys had no weapons in their hands. When the beasts came, it would be bad luck for both the crops and the people. I would like to impoverish him." The old man invented this method of breathing to strengthen the big guys. Speaking of which, the big guys have learned this method. I didn’t believe it when I was young. I tried to practice it the year before last, and found that the whole person is more energetic. Hehe, Listen carefully, girl, I will read to you, Grandpa."

When Sun Le heard this, his excited and excited mood burst like a balloon!
(End of this chapter)