Looking at the situation, I think the village has been abandoned for at least a few years. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because I have the village I saw before as a reference in my memory, it is enough to make a judgment.

At the beginning, the village where Nanhua stayed outside the town was ...... It seems to me that at least some of the houses in the village that are sturdily built still look inhabitable.

To be honest, I was a little afraid to go into the houses in the village.

To ask why...... Naturally, it's because I'm worried that the house here will be abandoned for too long...... Walking in, one might collapse if you're not careful.

I stood there and imagined it, and I thought it was too bad!

After walking around and with some effort, I finally found a courtyard that was relatively pleasing to the eye.

Of course, my criterion is the extent of the damage to the house, and the new look is probably due to the fact that the villagers built it relatively late.

Even if they live in the same place, the time of construction of the house comes first, and the one I chose belongs to the latter.

I'm not a master craftsman, if Master Wan or Ah Rong were here, I guess they would be able to make a more accurate judgment.

Hey, when I think of them, I am distracted in an instant.

I'm missing in Northland, what's next? Will Master Wan be in a hurry to look for me everywhere?

However, there are default rules for the time to return to the house, and he can only find it until dark at most.

However, since the people of the Jade Martyrdom Pavilion came prepared, they would naturally think of measures to deal with it.

Didn't they even see that they could easily go over to the town guard of Northland Town and take me away from the town right under their noses?

More than one person from the Jade Pavilion was involved in this hijacking.

I can't think of a more accurate word, but I think the word "hijacking" is more appropriate.

...... Standing outside, I first looked into the yard.

I stopped where I was, and saw the open door...... There is a well in the courtyard, and it seems that there is a little firewood piled up under the eaves.

This is very important to me, and my eyes lit up.

It rained heavily last night, and it was of course very rare to find a dry firewood pile!

I walked quickly into the courtyard, walked directly to the well, and looked down.

Then, I went to the eaves, picked a clean place, cleaned it up, and planned to sort out the next steps.

The village looks dilapidated, but it's better than staying in the wilderness.

I planned to follow the trail and explore further.

If you can't find a point close to the official road or a nearby village...... I'll have to come back here before dark.

It's a good place to stay, or at least a good place to settle down temporarily.

...... In fact, from the moment I walked into this courtyard, I noticed that it looked quite large.

This kind of small courtyard is built in the middle of the mountain, and there is no limit to the land, so it looks very spacious.

The courtyard in front of me is much bigger than where we artisans lived when we were in Northland Town!

I walked to the corner and saw the earthen stove with a thick layer of dust.

I took the dead branch and played with it a few times, and I saw that the charred ashes were pulled out.

But everything here has been deserted for a long time, no matter how you look at it!

To be honest, I'm still a little depressed in my heart and want to ...... If this place is closer to the official road, it will not be deserted like this.

In my opinion, at least judging by the distance, I don't think this area will be too close to the official road.

Otherwise, after a few years, there will always be people who will settle down when they pass by.

This courtyard is the most pleasing to the eye in the village, and if anyone had visited, I would have seen the traces.

But not now, I didn't find the slightest trace of burning firewood in a short period of time, which means that it has been a long time, and no one has come for a long time.

I remember the village from Suzhou to the vicinity of Nanhua Town.

If it rains or arrives at an untimely time, they will stop at the deserted village on the side of the official road.

So when I stopped over there with the dart guys, I saw that the degree of dilapidation was much less than here.

It's a pity that I don't have a choice, I've already come here, and I'm not even sure where I'm going.

I don't know exactly where the official road is, so I'll have to keep trying my luck and find it on my own.

My eyes swept over the courtyard, and I didn't even close the door when I came in.

I thought about it for a moment and decided that it was all over the place anyway, so it was better to find a way to boil some hot water to drink first, because if you can't drink hot soup, the water has to be hot.

...... I also have prepared dry food in my baggage.

I only ate part of it in the mountains, so I just used the firewood stored on the side.

I crouched down by the earthen stove and it took some effort to light the fire.

As soon as I saw the fire burning, my heart suddenly settled a little.

I think it's important to keep looking here and find something useful.

Compared to the last time I woke up on the riverbank and had nothing, I should have felt really lucky.

After thinking about it, I silently felt a little more favorable to the person in the Martyrdom Pavilion who took me to a strange mountain and a remote place but made some preparations for me.

I thought to myself, even if I met those people again one day, I had to remember that they left room for me when they did things.

Take a step back and open the sky.

...... Not long after, bursts of heat came out of the earthen stove.

After the hot water was boiled, I took a sip and immediately felt that my whole mental state was much better.

In the winter, although there are no ingredients to make hot soup, it seems to me that I have a hot water to drink at this moment...... I also think it's very good.

I even took a few bites of the dry food I was carrying in my baggage...... I think it tastes a little better than before.

It's because of the hot water.

I looked down and thought, I'll have to keep going when I'm full.

Come to think of it, I always have to walk a little more before dark, trying to find the location of the official road.

As long as you can find the official road, you can always find someone to guide the direction of Northland Town.

I don't think that if I had spent a long time on the road, the empress and her people would still not be in the house.

I'm not going to think about that yet.

Because that's something I don't need to think about until I get to Northland.

Finding the right path is the most important thing for me today.

Seeing that the weather was still good, after eating, I continued on my way.

I silently recited a few words in my heart to cheer myself up, and cheered myself on as always!

...... I walked on the mountain trails, walked a little way, and stopped to look around.

I was expecting to hear some movement, but all I could hear was the sound of the wind and the mountain stream.

It's disappointing.

As I passed the mountain stream, I could clearly see that there was no sign of ice near the stream.

I knew that even if I could find the official road, with my legs, I probably wouldn't be able to reach Northland so quickly.

When the time comes, I'll definitely have to find a chance to find a ride that I can ride.

With the carriage it will be completely different, the speed will be many times faster, and I will hopefully reach the town of Northland as soon as possible!

...... It was in the evening that I finally saw the hillside ahead.

When I finally climbed up, I saw the smoke in the distance.

The great joy at that moment was almost unbearable!

I hurried down the hill and ran as fast as I could along the path.

As long as there is a village and someone is there, I will definitely be able to find the official way to Beidi Town!!

Great, so good for me!

...... I ran fast, but I was very happy and sad, because I tripped in a field not far from the village, and fell quite badly.

I fell into a pit and when I sat up, I felt like my skin was broken!

How unlucky is that?

Could it be the so-called blessings and misfortunes?!

I was so happy, I ran so fast that I didn't even look carefully at the road under my feet, and I tripped over a pothole.

Yes, I tripped over a pit, really...... It's hard to put into words!

When I got out of the pit, the first thing I did was to examine the wound on my leg.

My judgment was correct, it was broken.

I stared at my legs for a moment and sighed.

Next time, you have to pay attention, when it comes to this time, you can't be too anxious!

I looked around and saw a stream not far from the village.

In my concept, there should be some wild herbs to be found on the banks of the stream.

...... It was not easy to climb out of the pit, it took a while, and with the injury on the leg, it was even more inflexible.

When I got out of the pit, I barely got up, covered in dirt, and finally walked to the edge of the stream.

The stream water was cold, just enough to wash the wound, and by the way, to pick up the gray self.

I was able to find the herb I needed nearby.

I knew that I would be thrown into the wilderness, and I thought to myself that I would have to bring some medicine when I went out, and it was inevitable that I would be injured outside.

I carefully applied the herb to the wound, and suddenly footsteps sounded in my ears.

The sound was extremely fast, and it was behind me in a flash.

When I looked back, I saw that it was a very young child, about seven or eight years old.

He was very agile and more noticeable than me was injured right now.

The child's eyes looked at me with some curiosity and asked, "Who are you and where are you from?" ”

...... I slowly followed the child, and the wound was simply bandaged with a strip of cloth from the hem of my torn clothes.

When he reached the entrance of the village, the child's speed was very fast, and it seemed that he was used to running in the nearby fields.

Their family lives in the small courtyard at the far end of the village.

As I walked past, a woman stood at the gate of the courtyard, looking at me with a look different from that of a child.

I hesitated for a moment, stopping about a foot away from her.

It was a safe distance for her, and I had a similar experience along the way, and in my eyes, she was the same as the mountain people I met with the tsundere boy halfway through.

So, I don't want to scare people.

I'm definitely embarrassed right now, I don't have a mirror to show me, and I know what I'll look like after I fall.

"Auntie, I'm passing by, I'm lost in the mountains, and I can't find the direction."

"I walked and walked and got here."

...... A creek in the nearby mountains turns outside the village and flows into the river downstream.

The village was built on a hill point.

The terrain is much lower than the area I walked before.

This is a small courtyard in the middle of the mountain.

The structure of the yards adjacent to it in the village is similar, but there is a strange place where her yard is farther away from the other houses in the village.

Therefore, when I came to this strange village, the first thing I was shocked by was this family.

My mind was reminded of the small courtyards I had seen more than once while walking in the mountains.

It stands to reason that when I come across the dwellings of mountain people, I am usually very apprehensive.

There was a time when I was walking in the mountains with a tsundere boy and I was almost killed.

I can still remember that perverted mountain man.

So much so that when I met the mountain people again, I would always secretly remind myself to be vigilant.

It's like the way the woman in front of me looks at me...... Actually, it's the same.

However, because I met a child, and her, not a big and three thick Orion, my nervous mood calmed down a bit.

I was very resistant, so I asked her about the nearby route from a distance.

I stood outside the courtyard and didn't have to go into her yard without her permission.

I stopped, stood outside and looked at her, saw her look at me fixedly, and then began to look at me repeatedly.

I kept my eyes fixed on her, not dodging or evading, letting her look at her.

After a while, she turned to me and asked, "You, where do you want to go, how did you get lost here?" ”

I chuckled in my heart, and said to myself that she was asking a strange question.

Could it be that this area is not a place to get lost?

The surroundings are so desolate, what's wrong with getting lost?

I looked at her strangely, and for a moment I didn't know what to say.

The little child who had led me approached her, and the woman bent down, and the child whispered in her ear.

When she looked at me again, her eyes were focused on my legs.

I suspect that the child has probably told her about my fall into the pit, which is disgraceful, but it is also true!

I said embarrassedly: "Auntie, I got lost in the mountains, and I kept walking, and I was about to despair." ”

As I spoke, my face turned red: "Suddenly I saw where someone lived, and I was happy for a while, and I ran faster!" ”

"I accidentally fell into a pit!"

Later, I looked up at the woman across from me, and sure enough, she looked a little more relaxed.

I stood still, still not getting closer.

After a short pause, I looked at her again and hesitated for a moment before asking, "Auntie, I'm here to ask you for directions." ”

"Where is there an official road to Northland Town nearby?"

Hearing this, the woman was stunned for a moment, then looked at me and said, "What are you doing in Northland Town?" ”

I was surprised by her rhetorical question.

After a pause, she looked at me and continued, "Isn't Northland the place of the Empress of Sealand?" War is about to be fought on both sides, what are you going to do there? ”

Hearing this, I was stunned!