Tomb Raiders

As soon as he opened the door, he saw a group of Tongman children surrounded by a small courtyard, holding stones in their hands, yelling something in a barbaric language he could not understand, and throwing them towards the corner of the courtyard.

Shen Liaobai took another two steps outside, and just now he saw a slender girl squatting in the corner, washing the clothes in her hands without saying a word. Although the yard is small, the group of children are not far away from her. Even though it was close, the child's strength was weak, most of the stones fell through the air, and some of them still fell beside her, but she didn't move, not even raising her head.

Shen Liaobai frowned, he couldn't speak barbaric language, so he just walked to the gate of the courtyard and said coldly to the group of children: "What are you doing?"

As early as when he walked out of the eaves, the group of children stopped. They could tell that this man was a Han from outside and lived in Lizheng's house. He might be some noble person. When Shen Liaobai opened his mouth , looked at each other even more, and one of them knew it was the leader at a glance. The child stared at Shen Liaobai for a while, and shouted a few words in barbaric language. on the ground.

Shen Liaobai frowned and looked at the gravel on the ground outside the courtyard gate, shook his head, then walked towards the girl who was buried in the laundry in the corner, and when he got closer, he realized that this girl was the daughter of Mr. Wu. He was only thirteen or fourteen years old. At this time, his body had some marks of being hit by stones, but he still buried his head and washed the clothes by himself.

Shen Liaobai didn't know if she could speak Chinese, but he couldn't bear to leave like this, so he stepped forward and asked softly, "Are you okay?"

The girl paused slightly, she raised her head and glanced at Shen Liaobai cautiously, then quickly buried her head and started washing again. The weather was cold, her hands were bruised and purple from the cold, and even her joints were swollen.

Shen Liaobai couldn't tell whether she understood or not, he hesitated for a moment, and the two of them squatted and stood in a silent stalemate in the yard.

It wasn't until old man Wu came back from the outside that Shen Liaobai was rescued from this predicament.

"Master Shen, why are you standing outside alone in such cold?" Old man Wu took off the bamboo hat to shake off the rainwater on it, hung it on the wall outside the house, and asked as he turned his head.

Shen Liaobai turned sideways and asked, "Master Wu, I just saw..." He stopped, not knowing how to describe it.

When he turned around, old man Wu saw his daughter who was squatting in the corner doing laundry, his expression changed, and he said a few words to her in barbaric language, although it was not loud, Shen Liaobai could hear the sense of blame in it.

Then the girl stopped moving and stood up with her clothes on her hands. She still didn't speak, and hurried past Shen Liaobai with her head down. I don't know if it was an illusion. When she walked by, Shen Liaobai faintly heard a strange sound. Muttering, the voice was shrill like a woman's, but it didn't sound like it was coming from his throat. He couldn't help but stared at the girl until she turned a corner and was out of sight before turning his eyes away with some doubts. .

Old man Wu also looked at her, sighed heavily, said something in barbaric language, and then said: "Master Shen, the little girl is timid and dare not talk to outsiders. If there is any impoliteness, please forgive me."

Shen Liaobai didn't want to ask more questions, so he could only answer with a smile, and went back to the room.

Exhausted from the journey, Shen Liaobai soon fell asleep. There was no coal in the house, so he didn't sleep well. When the door opened in a daze, some cold wind came in, he woke up a little bit, and asked softly: " Is it Jiyang?"

"En." Chu Yuyang responded in a low voice, quickly closed the door, walked to the bed, put his hand into the quilt to try, and whispered: "Is it cold?"

Shen Liaobai yawned with his mouth covered, leaned up slightly, and said, "It's okay, did you find anything?"

Chu Yuyang shook his head, obviously he didn't gain anything, he still carried the breath of freezing rain outside, when he got close to Shen Liaobai, Shen Liaobai couldn't help shrinking his body, and Chu Yuyang sat further away , while unbuttoning his clothes, he said: "It rains intermittently. According to Zhao Nan, the winter here is cloudy and humid, and it is much more difficult to enter the mountain than in other seasons. It’s going to suffer.”

Shen Liaobai sighed and said, "Then let's see if anyone is willing to take us into the mountains."

He was about to shrink back into the bed when he suddenly remembered something and said: "By the way, Mr. Wu's daughter seems to be..."

Before he finished speaking, he was shocked by the cold movement of Chu Yuyang getting into the bed. Chu Yuyang tucked the corner of the quilt, leaned over and said, "What's wrong with her?"

As the two got closer, Shen Liaobai could feel the warmth from Chu Yuyang's body, and Mr. Wu's house didn't have any extra quilts, so there was only a thick quilt in this room.

Shen Liaobai moved his body uncomfortably, Chu Qianyang said: "Don't move around."

Shen Liaobai had no choice but to stop, he cleared his throat, and continued: "At first I thought she just had never seen outsiders, so I shyly avoided it, but when I went out at night, I saw her doing laundry outside, and there were many barbarian children washing clothes. The stone hit her, and when I questioned her, she refused to speak, and afterward, Mr. Wu came back and spoke to her a few words before she went back to the house, but she still didn't say a word." Shen Liao paused. After a moment of hesitation, he continued: "I don't know if it's my illusion, I seem to have heard her say something, but the voice is very strange, so... I'm a little concerned."

Chu Yuyang was silent for a while, and said: "We'll discuss this matter tomorrow, I'm afraid it's someone else's family matter, so it's not easy to inquire about it."

Shen Liaobai naturally knew it, but somehow he was very concerned about the girl's weirdness, so he said, "Ask the villagers, and find a guide."

Chu Yuyang moved closer to him, smiled lightly, and said in a low voice: "But you care about that girl?"

Shen Liaobai was stunned, Chu Yuyang was very close to him, his breath seemed to be on his cheek, even though the bed was only warm and not completely warmed up yet, he somehow felt a little hot and turned his face away slightly , he said: "After all, we still have to rely on Mr. Wu a lot, it would be a good thing if we can help him."

Chu Yuyang didn't get any closer, but stretched out his hand, grabbed Shen Liaobai's shoulder and took the belt towards him, then tucked the corner of the quilt tightly, and said naturally: "Then it's up to you, this quilt is a bit shorter, Don't move around at night."

Although it was not the first time for Shen Liaobai to share the bed with Chu Yuyang, but the previous time he read the book for a long time and was very tired, he didn't feel that much, now he had slept for a while before, but now He didn't feel sleepy, so he felt a little embarrassed, but the quilt was really short, so he had to let Chu Yuyang and himself be close together, and he didn't know how to arrange his hands and feet.

However, Chu Yuyang didn't seem to have these scruples. After a while, Shen Liaobai noticed that the breathing beside him was even and peaceful. It was obvious that Chu Yuyang had fallen asleep.

He moved his hands and feet carefully, thought wildly for a while, and finally fell asleep slowly.

Chu Yuyang closed his eyes, and carried the sleeping Shen Liaobai into his arms, and the room was completely quiet.

The next day, when Shen Liaobai woke up, it was already high in the sun, and Chu Yuyang was not by his side. Shen Liaobai rarely got up so late. When he opened the door, he saw Wen Hao sorting out on the stone mill in the courtyard. What.

Seeing him coming out, Wen Hao smiled and said, "Master Shen is a good sleeper. In our room, Hanzhang and Qin Jun are not good sleepers. I have been tormented miserably."

Shen Liaobai was a little embarrassed, he hugged Da Hui, and said with a sigh: "Have they all gone out?"

Wen Hao said: "Dalang took Hanzhang and Qin Jun to the stockade with Mr. Wu, probably to ask for some information, so I stayed and helped Mr. Wu sort out the herbs. After all, I have to bother you here for a while. Well do nothing."

Shen Liaobai walked over, and saw some sun-dried herbs densely placed on the small stone mill, in different shapes, and some he had never seen before.

"What's this?" Shen Liaobai pointed to the lumps of black and gray spherical medicine below, which was very novel.

"It's bamboo ling. Grinding it into powder and taking it with water can cure abdominal pain caused by worms, malnutrition, and epilepsy. It is only found in autumn, but the climate in Lingnan is humid and warm. Even in winter, you can still find one or two." asked the question. Hao explained to him in detail.

There was nothing left and right, so Shen Liaobai simply started to fight Wen Hao beside the stone mill. The two of them cleaned up until noon, and just finished cleaning up. After a while, Chu Yuyang and the others also came back.

Old man Wu kept saying that it was too late, so he went to the kitchen and asked his daughter to prepare the dishes and bring them to the hall as soon as possible.

Chu Yuyang walked to Shen Liaobai's side, Shen Liaobai looked at him sideways, and asked, "How is it?"

Chu Yuyang shook his head, "No one in the village is willing to take us into the mountains. Mr. Wu said that if it was a different season, there might be villagers willing to give it a try with a lot of money, but now it's winter, and they are hunters. I only dare to hunt some small ones at the foot of the mountain, but I don’t want to go deeper into it.”

"Then what should we do?" Shen Liaobai frowned.

Chu Jianyang's amber eyes looked at the direction where old man Wu left, and he said: "In this village, the only person who has not been asked is the daughter of old man Wu."

Shen Liaobai didn't understand what he meant for a while, and was about to ask more questions, but he heard Old Man Wu calling them in for dinner, so he had to give up temporarily.

After entering the room, I saw the girl I met yesterday lowering her head and setting the table and chopsticks, so she hurriedly lifted the curtain and went out. Shen Liaobai took a second look, and Hanzhang saw it, and Hanzhang joked with a smile : "Why, Mrs. Shen is moved?"

Wenhao looked at Chu Yuyang's face, glared at Hanzhang and said, "Did you talk too little all morning? It's time to eat, so let's calm down."

Chu Yuyang's expression did not change. After eating, he called to Mr. Wu and asked, "Are there only two people in Mr. Wu's family?"

Old man Wu replied: "There are only the old man and the young girl. Her mother left early, and the two of us have been dependent on each other for almost eight years."

Chu Qianyang said: "Ling Ai must be very familiar with this mountain and wild things."

Old Man Wu's expression changed immediately when he heard the words, "Mr. Chu, what do you mean?"

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