The carriage made its way south, and hardly stopped except for the occasional fetch of water to buy dry food.

I don't know how long it took for the two to finally get out of the carriage.

Along the way, Xu Xiangwan and Mu Guo sneaked away twice while they were going to the toilet, but each time they couldn't run two miles before they were chased back. The first time they ran away, the two were starved for three days and three nights. The second time he ran away, the man who pretended to be a little boy stabbed Muguo directly in the leg.

Fortunately, Xu Xiangwan carried the hemostatic scatter with him, otherwise Muguo, who had not healed from the old injury and added a new injury, would not know if it could be called.

Although Mu Guo asked Xu Xiangwan to run away many times and leave her alone, Xu Xiangwan didn't dare to joke with Mu Guo's life, and honestly didn't dare to run away along the way.

The carriage was parked in a small farmhouse yard, and Xu Xiangwan almost stepped on a hen when he got off the car, which frightened the hen to "cluck", and then caused other chickens, ducks and geese to chirp together, but Xu Xiangwan and Muguo were frightened.

"Where is this?" Xu Xiangwan glanced around, then at the little guy and the coachman who escorted them all the way here.

The little guy grinned and said, "Let's live here first, I have already said hello to the master's family, and you can move freely in this village." However, there are our sentry posts all around this village, so if you don't want to live, you can try to escape. ”

Xu Xiangwan has lived in Xujia Village since he was a child, and when he saw this Zhuangzi, he was still a little kind, but when he heard the other party say this, he immediately frowned.

It seems that this Zhuangzi is full of these guys, where can they run?

Seeing Xu Xiangwan frowning, the little guy just smiled sarcastically, then didn't say anything, turned around and left with the coachman in the carriage.

Did they really leave like this?So what was the purpose of their captivity?Xu Xiangwan looked at the carriage that left straight away.

"Girl, we're under house arrest. Mu Guo stared blankly at the slowly moving carriage.

Xu Xiangwan pursed his lips and said, "If you don't say it, I know." ”

"Girl, don't worry, the slave will always protect you. Mu Guo withdrew his gaze and clenched his fists.

The master and servant were looking blankly at the small courtyard, and an old woman with a wrinkled face came out of the room, and said with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "Two girls, the old woman of your house has prepared it for you." You came to have a look, are you satisfied?"

The old woman's accent is not quite the same as that of Yizhou Mansion, but she can generally understand it.

Fortunately, the fake little guy didn't really leave Xu Xiangwan and the others here, and found them a place to live, so they didn't have to sleep in the wilderness, Xu Xiangwan was a little lucky.

There are three main houses in the small courtyard of the farmhouse, and there is an ear room on the left and right, and there are a few pig cries from the west ear room, which is obviously a livestock pen, and there is a black chimney in the east side of the ear room, which should be a kitchen. There was a one-to-two open space in front of the hut, on which a few chickens and ducks walked around casually. There are a few vegetable beds next to the house, which contain vegetables such as white, shallots, and radishes. Connecting the courtyard gate and the hut is a half-zhang wide dirt road, perhaps because it has just rained, the soil is still a little soft, and there are deep footprints when you step on it.

"Girl, watch your step, don't step on it!" Xu Xiangwan had just taken a step when Mu Guo shouted.

Xu Xiangwan looked down and saw that several pools of blue and white were placed on the ground, some of them were dried and some were fresh, and it was not even easy to find a place to put their feet.

Fortunately, she had lived in a farm house since she was a child, and these filths were extremely common, and she didn't feel disgusting, but she frowned a little and walked around.

Seeing this, the old woman smiled and said: "Alas, the two girls are not strange, the old woman is usually at home alone, and she is not so particular, but she is abrupt to the nobles." The old woman came to clean the yard. ”

"No, why bother so much? I also grew up in a peasant family, so there is nothing abrupt or abrupt. Xu Xiangwan waved his hand and smiled politely.

I don't know what those two mean by putting the two of them here, they borrow to live in someone else's house, where can they trouble others?

The old woman was usually alone at home, without a companion, but when she saw someone coming, she talked a lot, and talked a lot, but it was nothing more than how many poultry and livestock were fed at home, how they looked, how many illnesses and so on.

"Auntie, listening to your accent, I'm afraid this place is not far from Yizhou Mansion, right?" Xu Xiangwan asked tentatively.

The old woman shook her head and said with a smile: "Far away! Our father from Zhuangtou once went to Yizhou Mansion, and I heard that the carriage was still driven for three or four days! We are surrounded by mountains here, and it is not easy to go out, let alone go to Yizhou Mansion." Fortunately, our Hejiazhuang has the shade of the main family, and the main family will reward us with some things during the New Year's Festival, otherwise we will not be able to see things outside the mountain in our lives!"

Xu Xiangwan and Mu Guo glanced at each other, and they both saw disappointment in their eyes.

This is a remote mountain village, not to mention whether their master and servant can escape, even if they escape, where can they run to if they are not familiar with the place? More importantly, Mu Guo's injuries are not healed, and he has been running around with her for so many days, so he must recuperate, otherwise he will definitely fall into sequelae in the future.

"Auntie, I don't know if you have water and firewood at home, I want to boil some water to wash up. Xu Xiangwan looked at the old woman with a smile and asked politely.

The old woman then remembered, slapped her forehead with her palm like a dead tree, shook her head and blamed herself: "Look at my memory! People are old and useless, and they just said to boil some hot water for the two girls, and they forgot after saying a few words." The two girls will sit down in the house first, and the old woman will boil water for you. It's been all the way, and I'm definitely very tired, so I'll be comfortable with some hot water and wash it......"

The old woman was about to go to the kitchen, but Xu Xiangwan hurriedly stopped her: "Auntie, you can go and do it yourself! ”

This old woman's eyes are not very good, and her feet are not good, she is alone in the family, and life is not easy, and now they can borrow this place to disturb others, where can they let people take care of them?

Mu Guo also nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, yes, I'll take care of my girl." Auntie, go ahead and get busy!"

The old woman saw that they really didn't want to cause trouble to herself, so she smiled and led them into the kitchen, showed them where to put the wood and water, and went out of the kitchen with a hurry. (To be continued.) )

(Tianjin)