More than a dozen simple mud and straw houses are scattered in an orderly manner in the heart of this open field.

The fenced courtyard made of cedar trees encloses the whole village, and it is not too late at this moment, it is dinner time, and the village is lit up with more than a dozen oil lamps.

From the pier of the lotus pond to the village, it is connected by a stone path paved with gravel.

On the wharf more than ten steps forward is a simple archway, the archway is scrawled with the "Liyuan Village" three cyanogen common seal characters.

On both sides of the gravel path, there are more than a dozen vegetable gardens arranged in an orderly manner, and it is the peak season of summer melons, fruits and vegetables, and the vegetable gardens are full of life.

Through the hazy moonlight, he walked on the gravel path on a moonlit night, and hummed a water town tune from time to time.

After walking a few steps, he scurried to the side of a vegetable garden on a moonlit night, and skillfully drew his long sword from the sword bag on his back, and with a random swing of the long sword into the vegetable field, a ripe vegetable and fruit broke away from the vine and fell.

The long sword in the moonlit night's hand sank down again, and the vegetables and fruits landed right on the long sword.

This series of actions is skillful in one go, and it is obvious that the moonlit night often picks vegetables and fruits in these vegetable gardens like this to satisfy their hunger, so practice makes perfect to comprehend such a set of fruit-picking swordsmanship.

The moonlit night took off the vegetables and fruits, immediately withdrew the long sword, wiped them roughly on the vegetables and fruits with both hands, and then couldn't wait to put the vegetables and fruits into his mouth and chew them heavily.

"Brother Night, did you steal food in the vegetable garden again?"

A sweet and coquettish woman's voice suddenly sounded in the ears of the moonlit night, and the frightened moonlit night directly dropped the vegetables and fruits that she had eaten in her hand to the ground.

The moonlit night was stunned for a while, and then he came to his senses, and he didn't know when there was a sweet-looking girl in front of him, who was almost the same age as himself.

The girl's beautiful eyes were looking forward to life, staring at the moonlit night without blinking.

When Yue Ye was seven years old, a rare flash flood occurred in the area of Hechi Ancient Town, which harmed countless people around him.

In order to save the life of the moonlit night, the father and mother were both swallowed up by the flash flood, and both died in this natural disaster, and the moonlit night was reduced to an orphan and almost died.

Fortunately, the moonlit night was favored by the sky at a young age, and on the second day of the moonlit night when he was abandoned in the wilderness, the ranger Gaoru came here. Gaoru looked at the moonlit night that was already dying of hunger, and suddenly felt pity, so he chose an abandoned thatched hut in the southern suburbs of Hechi Ancient Town to raise the moonlit night.

Gao Ru is a martial artist, who used to travel all over the world alone, relying on hunting or assisting the government to do some errands to make a living, and this life is also comfortable.

But now that he has to raise a child, where does he know how to cultivate and breed, so making a living is the top priority.

Gao Ru thought about it and finally decided to wander the rivers and lakes with the moonlit night.

But at this moment, Mu Sifan's mother came over, and it turned out that Mu Sifan's mother Yin Qiushui and the mother of the moonlit night were sworn sisters.

After Yin Qiushui got the news that his sworn sister had unfortunately died in this natural disaster, he searched for it from the northern suburbs of Hechi Ancient Town. Seeing that Gao Ru was going to take the young moonlit night away to the end of the world, Yin Qiushui said that he didn't agree to anything.

After some arguing, the two sides reached an agreement. Gaoru finally settled down and taught Yueye the professional skills of practicing a swordsman, and the source of Gaoru and Yueye's livelihood was all borne by Yin Qiushui.

Although the moonlit night is not good in terms of cultivation, the heart of gratitude is very strong.

Since Gao Ru left, no one was restrained on a moonlit night, so he often drove a light boat to catch fish and shrimp in Luanshui to honor Yin Qiushui.

In the past few years, you can often see the moonlit night in Liyuan Village, and the villagers of Liyuan Village, who come and go, have become familiar with the moonlit night.

Mu Sifan and Yueye grew up together since childhood, and the two had no guesses, so the two often deliberately quarreled for fun.

"Sifan girl, why is your speech so ugly? Didn't you just pick a vegetable and fruit, I also said that I was caught by Uncle Wang, which scared your brother Ye's heart. ”

Moonlight grinned, scratched the back of her head, and said unhurriedly.

"Brother Night, what kind of baby did you send to my mother? Just now I was preparing to have dinner at home, and I heard you singing Meng Jiajun's war song in the lotus pond, and my mother went to the kitchen to make more dishes, and insisted that I come out to welcome you,"

Mu Sifan pursed his mouth, and deliberately put some resentment in his tone.

"Hehe, Brother Night's basket is full of snails. ”

The moonlit night grimaced at Mu Sifan, and then patted the bamboo basket on his shoulder, showing a bit of smugness on his face.

"Well, that's good! Brother Night didn't disappoint Sifan this time, this basket is full of snails, and Brother Night has to spend some effort to catch it. ”

When Mu Sifan heard that the moonlit night basket was full of snails, he was immediately excited, and his greedy face could not be concealed. Immediately thinking that to get such a big basket of snails, it would take at least half a day to toss, and the excitement in Mu Sifan's heart changed instantly.

"Today, your brother Ye is lucky, he actually found so many snails in a river, Aunt Yin and Sifan are blessed!"

The tone of the moonlit night still couldn't hide a little smugness, and the smile on his face became much brighter.

"Well, Sifan is also lucky today! Well, after eating in a while, I'll show Brother Ye a treasure. ”

Mu Sifan smiled, and her beautiful face became more and more simple and durable.

After saying the first half of the sentence, Mu Sifan seemed to hesitate slightly, and then a trace of mystery appeared at the corner of her face, and her hands couldn't help but whisper the second half of the sentence in the ear of the moonlit night.

"What baby, look at how happy our Sifan sister is. That night, my brother was going to open his eyes today. ”

The moonlit night stared at Mu Sifan with interest, and replied to Mu Sifan in a calm tone.

Walking slowly, the two of them talked and laughed, and they came to the door of a mud and straw house in the north of the village, the oil lamp in the house flickered on and off, and a middle-aged woman hurriedly brought out a plate of dishes from the cloak house in the backyard to the main hall.

"Ye'er, girl, why are you two so grinding, it's just a few steps from the entrance of the village to the house, look at the two of you, you've been the boss for a while. ”

The simple middle-aged woman in the main hall was Mu Sifan's mother-in-law Yin Qiushui, Yin Qiushui put down the dishes in his hand, glanced at the moonlit night and Mu Sifan who had just walked to the door, and reprimanded the two of them in a gentle tone.

"Auntie, I'll bring you some snails at night. Today's luck was good, and I caught this basket full of money in a river channel in Dry Bay. ”

Yueye unloaded the bamboo basket on his shoulder and carefully handed it to Yin Qiushui.

Looking at the handsome face on a moonlit night, it is easy to catch his clear eyes.

Whenever Yin Qiushui sees these clear eyes, he thinks of his sworn sister.

Remembering the old people can't help but make people look gloomy.

"Ye'er is really filial, but it's a pity that your aunt doesn't have this blessing. ”

Yin Qiushui took the bamboo basket handed over by the moonlit night, and his simple face instantly showed an undisguised smile of relief, and then turned around and walked in the direction of the Phi House.

"Did Auntie go to the levee again?"

The moonlit night looked at Yin Qiushui's back and couldn't help asking.

According to the divination of the local priests, it is said that there has been a torrential rain in Luanshui in recent months, and the rain may exceed three feet. ”

Yin Qiushui's voice came from the Phi House, and as soon as he finished speaking, Yin Qiushui twisted an empty bamboo basket and walked out of the Phi House.

"Girl, hurry up and accompany your brother to dinner, my mother is going to your aunt's house to make a sack. ”

Yin Qiushui saw that although the moonlit night and Mu Sifan were sitting at the dinner table, they had no intention of using chopsticks to eat, so they couldn't help glaring at Mu Sifan.

"Brother Night, hurry up and eat with chopsticks! If you don't eat again, I'm afraid my mother will eat me." ”

Mu Sifan handed a pair of chopsticks on the table to Yue Ye, and immediately grimaced at Yin Qiushui, but he first put some dishes into his bowl.

"Night, it's getting late, don't run back today, sleep in your aunt's room, it's not too peaceful lately, and you will try to catch fish and shrimp as little as possible in the future." ”

Yin Qiushui looked at the moonlight outside the house, and turned his head to look at the moonlit night with a heavy face.

"Well, listen to my aunt at night. Auntie, won't you sit down and have some food?"

Yueye stood up, took a pair of clean chopsticks in his hand, and handed them to Yin Qiushui.

Yin Qiushui waved his hand and said with a smile: "Ye'er is filial, my aunt is really not hungry." After Yin Qiushui said this, he immediately turned his head to look at Mu Sifan, who was eating, and said, "After the girl finishes eating, you clean up." The mother had to rush to Aunt Fang's house to sew sacks, which were urgently needed on the Luanshui embankment. ”

Mu Sifan nodded "oh" at Yin Qiushui, and saw Yin Qiushui hurriedly walking outside.

Chapter 11: Liyuan Village (End)