Chapter 18: Into the Ironwood Forest
Zifeng lay on the side and blinked, Qingfeng Lan looked blank, and then asked, "What do you mean by blinking?"
"I forgot that I could also speak. ”
Qingfenglan's face was full of helplessness, so he had to let out a sigh and said: "Are you smart or stupid?" Remembering, memorizing, memorizing every time, very fast, and accurate, but at other times acting stupid, are you sure you are not playing with me?"
Zifeng hurriedly replied: "No, no, no." I didn't mean to, the words and the diagrams you taught me, I would look at them because I would understand them when I saw them, just like I used to, but I really don't. ”
The corners of Qingfeng's mouth twitched, what kind of anti-heaven skill is this, you will be able to look at it at a glance, and I think it will be before, if this is thrown into the library, will you be able to produce a writer in one day?
Zifeng didn't know Qingfenglan's complaint at this moment, and continued: "I always feel that I should understand these things, but I don't understand them, and I can't think about them clearly. ”
"Your situation is quite special, I haven't seen it, wait until I go back and ask the master what the reason is. ”
"Your master, you have a master, you're amazing, aren't you? ”
"Uh... My master is very powerful, if my master is here, these people, he will destroy them in minutes. ”
"Your master is so powerful here, why are you... ?”
"Why am I? Why am I so weak? Can you figure it out? I have just recovered from a serious injury, and I have no spiritual power, and this time I entered the city to restore my spiritual power, as long as my spiritual power recovers, none of these people can be put in my eyes. ”
Zifeng said very seriously: "En, I know, you must be very powerful. ”
Qingfeng Lan is super embarrassed, he was originally bragging, who knew that he met such a superlative, and he actually agreed, which was embarrassing.
"Ahem, cough, what, let's stop here today, go to sleep, I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow." ”
Hearing Qingfeng's words, Zifeng obediently closed her eyes.
Revoke the Spiritual Breath Technique and bow his head, Qingfeng Lan also closed his eyes, although he seemed to be asleep, but Qingfeng Lan was still in a state where he could fight at any time, this forest himself had come, there were some fierce beasts, and now he was still very weak, if there were really beasts attacking the convoy, it would be better to find out early and run away early.
Nothing was said all night
As soon as it was dawn the next day, Chen Ming asked people to prepare to leave, it didn't matter if the breeze was blowing, anyway, he was in the car, he didn't care so much, and continued to lie in the car and fall asleep.
Zifeng got up very obediently, then helped pack up her things and climbed into the car again, and the convoy continued to move forward.
It wasn't until noon that the convoy stopped, Qingfeng Lan looked towards the front of the convoy, only to see that there was a high platform in front of him, Chen Ming was standing on the top and commanding something, and the people under the high platform began to direct the convoy to move forward after getting the order, and when Qingfeng Lan and they passed the high platform, the people in command asked them to wait aside, and looked over, there was already a group of people standing there waiting next to them, Qingfeng Lan and Zifeng also stood over.
After a lot of attention to the current place, it was a vacant place, surrounded by a tall fence, and it seemed to be a clearing that had been cut down before, and there were three roads in this clearing, one was the one that had just entered, and the other one was now going to the convoy, and there was another road next to where they were standing.
After a general glance, the people who followed Chen Ming before were now leading their horses and pulling the cart to walk from another road, and the remaining people standing next to them did not have familiar faces.
It didn't take long for the convoy to disappear from sight, and after seeing all the convoys leave, Chen Ming once again stood on the high platform, cleared his throat and said: "Everyone, we have now entered the logging field where the iron wood is cut, now pick up your tools and go to cut the iron wood, two days later, I will pick you up, let's act." ”
The crowd standing on the side began to walk towards the last road, Qing Fenglan watched the crowd leave with a blank face, ran to the high platform and asked, "Brother Chen, I don't have tools, do I want to follow you?"
Chen Ming knew what he was going to ask when he saw Qingfeng Lan coming, and when Qingfeng Lan finished asking, he directly picked up a bag from the high platform and threw it to Qingfeng Lan, "This is the tool I prepared for you, go, follow them, they will teach you how to do it." ”
Looking at the tools in his hand, Qingfeng Lan felt as if he had been trampled by ten thousand horses, and he was very aggrieved, but at this moment he could only endure it, smiled and followed the crowd towards the forest, Zifeng glanced at Qingfeng Lan, and then looked at Chen Ming.
"Zifeng, don't blame my brother for not taking care of you, you also have to go to logging, so many people go to logging, if you don't go, my brother won't be able to explain." ”
Zifeng nodded and said, "Thank you, Brother Xiao Chen, I'll go now." With that, he trotted after him.
"Hey, I still thought that if I didn't mention you, he would look at your face and let you follow him, it seems that this guy is determined to fix us. ”
Zifeng smiled: "It's normal, every time I refuse Brother Chen's request, my grandmother will always ask me to do a lot of things, I'm used to it." ”
Qingfeng Lan didn't have anything, but when he heard Zifeng say this, there was a trace of anger in his eyes.
Following behind the crowd, keep walking forward, after leaving the clearing, there is no fence on the road here, and some people in the crowd also took out tools to defend themselves, Qingfeng Lan protected Zifeng behind him, and the two followed the large army with laughter and laughter.
They followed the crowd for a long time, and did not stop until they saw a small river, and when they stopped, they heard a man in front of them standing on a fallen giant tree and say: "The women began to set up their tents, prepared water, and collected all the air bags, and the men divided into three groups, one group went to collect some wood and came back to make a fire, one group was responsible for guarding, and the other group took out all the things that had been hidden before." ”
After saying that, the person jumped off the giant tree, and everyone began to work according to their assignment, only Qingfeng Lan and Zifeng at the back looked at the busy crowd around them in confusion.
The person who spoke before jumped down and walked straight towards Qingfeng Lan them, and walked in front of them with a hearty smile: "The two of you are new here, it doesn't matter, I see that you are also hard-working children, and it is not easy to be in the village, it's okay, it's good to be here, this is home." After speaking, he patted Qingfenglan's shoulder and signaled not to be too nervous.
Qingfeng Lan was a little confused by this guy, and he resisted.
Seeing that Qingfeng Lan still maintained the appearance that he was going to run at any time, he continued to smile and said: "My name is Chen Nianhang, and I am the oldest person in the grade here. I know it's hard for you to understand that people who come here for the first time are just like you. ”
After speaking, they walked towards the busy crowd with Qingfeng, and everywhere they went, someone would always greet Chen Nianhang, and it seemed that he did have a very high status here.
Chen Nianhang explained as he walked: "Look at your appearance, you should be a newcomer who has just come to the village, relax, everyone here is the same person as you, and they are all hard-working people." In the place where we were separated from the convoy before, the man standing on the high platform was called Chen Ming, and he was in charge of everyone who came out of us. But that guy is a timid man, let alone coming to this ironwood forest, as long as he enters the woods, he must bring a group of people to protect him. He is also an extremely vain person, as long as he can sneak around and shoot horses, he can follow him to the forest downstream and wait, like our group of honest people can only go into the mountains and forests to cut down ironwood. ”
After finishing speaking, he pointed to the giant tree that fell to the ground and motioned for the two to sit down, and the three of them had just sat down, when a little boy ran over with three water bags in his arms, and said timidly: "Mom said to give Uncle Chen and his brothers and sisters water to quench their thirst." ”
After Chen Nianhang took the water, the little boy turned his head and ran.
"Slow down, don't fall. Seeing the little boy running away in fear, Chen Nianhang reminded with a smile
After seeing the little boy running into a woman's arms, he handed the water bag to the two of them, took a sip to moisten his throat and continued: "Chen Ming actually has another identity, that is, the bandits' external contact, he will report to the bandits in this mountain the passage time of some caravans, better rob the caravan, and some of the people in those convoys are also bandits, but you can rest assured, there are no Chen Ming's people here, and those bandits will not come to do this kind of manual work." ”
When Qingfeng Lan heard Chen Nianhang say about the bandits, he couldn't believe it, the person next to him actually knew about the existence of the bandits, and then asked, "How did you know about the bandits?"
Chen Nianhang looked even happier when he heard Qingfeng Lan speak: "Everyone actually knows about the bandits, after all, there are bandits in all the villages around here, and it's not unusual. ”
Qingfeng Lan widened his eyes and asked, "There are bandits in the villages around here, and there are so many bandits here?"
"It's not a lot, there are probably five or six bandits in a village, they don't rob the things of the people in the village, the village is their identity to hide from the government, and they kill people without blinking, and the people in the village will swallow their anger. ”
After hearing that he didn't rob the things of the people in the village, Qingfeng Lan glanced at Zifeng who had not spoken next to him, Zifeng also looked puzzled, it seemed that the bandits went to the village that time to target Zifeng.
Qingfeng continued to ask, "Then what do you mean by saying that this is home?"
As soon as I finished asking, I saw a group of people who had left before coming over with big bags and small wraps, and the leader saw Chen Nianhang and the two young people sitting together, and walked over and said with a smile: "Lao Chen is popularizing knowledge with newcomers again, hahaha." After speaking, he instructed the person behind him to put the things on the woman's side, and sat directly in front of the three of them.
"Lao Chen, where did you go?"
Chen Nianhang pointed at Qingfeng Lan and said, "I didn't say anything, this kid asked why he said that this is home." ”
"I'll tell you, go about your business. After speaking, he directly kicked Chen Nianhang, and it seems that the relationship between the two is very good
Chen Nianhang smiled and bowed his hand and said, "These two children haven't completely reassured us yet, you scared them out again." ”
"Hahaha, yes, I'm really not a comforting person, but I'm good for listening to you. ”
Chen Nianhang shook his head with a smile and pointed to the person in front of him and introduced to Qingfeng Lan: "His name is Tie Zhen, don't be frightened by his appearance, in fact, he is not bad at all." ”
"Yes, yes, I'm not bad at all, I'm a good person. ”
Chen Nianhang didn't say anything because he was interrupted, it seemed that he was often interrupted, and he had reached the point of getting used to it.
Chen Nianhang sorted out his emotions and replied: "You ask why this is home, because there are no bandits here, there is no power, and we don't have to pay attention to the rules set by those people, we are all looking forward to coming here to cut ironwood, although it is more dangerous here, but there is unprecedented freedom." ”
Qingfeng Lan nodded slightly, indicating agreement.
Tie Zhen saw Zifeng, who had been hiding behind Qingfeng Lan, and asked, "Hey, little sister, what's your name?"
Zifeng heard the question, and clutched Qingfeng's clothes tightly, trembling all over.
Qingfeng Lan immediately said: "Oh, she is my sister, her name is Qingyu, and my name is Qingfeng." She has been timid since she was a child, and she is afraid to meet strangers. As he spoke, he directly blocked Zifeng in front of him, completely blocking Zifeng behind him.
When Tie Zhen heard Qingfeng's words, he was so frightened that he immediately covered his mouth.
Chen Nianhang glared at Tie Zhen fiercely, and immediately comforted: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, we are all honest people, and we won't hurt you." ”
Qingfeng Lan smiled and said, "I know that you two are good people, but my sister hasn't seen many people, so she is very scared." ”
Chen Nianhang kicked Tie Zhen and said: "You go and see if there is anything else, go quickly." ”
Tie Zhen knew that he was wrong, so he stood up and turned around and left, for fear of scaring Zifeng again.
The three of them sat awkwardly and watched the people around them busy.