Perhaps because of her physical and mental exhaustion, she fell asleep in a daze before she finished eating the baked cakes in the cuttlefish's hands, with tears in the corners of her eyes.

I don't know how long later, when she opened her eyes again, it was completely dark, a full moon hung in the night sky, sprinkling the hazy moonlight on the earth, and the woods were bright, only cuttlefish and silence were company, and there was no half a figure around.

The cuttlefish packed her bags, and felt that she had almost a place to rest, so she got up and patted the blades of grass and dirt off her clothes, and walked towards the village, walking very slowly and cautiously, afraid that she would run into others.

Fortunately, there was only moonlight along the way, and most of the houses had turned off their lights, so it was estimated that it was late at night, and there should be no villagers coming out.

The cuttlefish let her guard down and hurried away, and kept walking deeper into the village, hoping to find another way to the city.

She didn't know the place well, and she didn't expect that going like this would only be the opposite direction......

"Where is the girl from?"

Suddenly, a male voice sounded behind him.

The cuttlefish was shocked, hurriedly turned around, and subconsciously took two steps back.

A young man with clear eyebrows was looking at her tentatively and asked, "Looking down at the girl, she is very fresh, she shouldn't be local." ”

The cuttlefish was speechless for a moment, and she didn't know how to answer. She saw that the man in front of her was neatly dressed, and he was wearing jewelry around his waist, which looked like a scholar.

Readers shouldn't be bad people. The cuttlefish can only comfort himself in this way.

She hugged the things in her arms tightly, and hesitated, "Bengong...... I'm not from here, I'm just passing through. ”

"Passing by? The girl walked to the village in the middle of the night, where was she going? The man raised his thick eyebrows in puzzlement, and then said with a smile, "My name is Zhang Yuan, and I came back to visit my relatives, don't be afraid, girl, I'm not a wicked person." ”

He laughed, his eyes narrowed, and a pair of dimples appeared on his cheeks, as if trying to show his friendliness to the cuttlefish.

When the cuttlefish saw this, he temporarily believed him.

"I'm from the next village, and I want to go to the city, you...... Do you know how to get around? ”

Zhang Yuan was slightly stunned, and soon he lowered his head again, shook his head and smiled, "You can't go where you want to go if you go like this, there is a mountain in the village, and there is no other way." It's in the middle of nowhere, there's only one path leading outside, and you have to go here to get to the city. ”

The cuttlefish clenched its fists in annoyance, there was only one path? Wasn't that the dirt trail she walked into? In this way, she has been tossing for so long, and it is all in vain.

I had to walk back again!

She didn't even lift her eyes, and was about to walk back, "Thanks for showing the way." ”

Zhang Yuan saw that she was leaving, and hurriedly stopped her, "It's getting late, how unsafe it is for the girl to travel alone." Otherwise, you can go home with me first, and I'll take you to the city tomorrow afternoon, and I will go too." ”

The cuttlefish hesitated, but still shook his head, and politely declined the other party's kind invitation, "We don't know each other, I don't want to trouble you, and besides, I'm in a hurry, it's better to go by myself first." ”

She doesn't know the other party's personality, how can she go to someone's house lightly? The heart is unpredictable, and she doesn't want to go into a den of thieves.

"The girl is afraid of bad intentions, right? It doesn't matter, if you don't want to go with you, I won't force you, but the journey is really long, and there is a high chance that you will meet some petty thieves along the way, so it may be safer for you to travel with you. I have hired a carriage with just two people to sit on it, and if you are willing to go with me, we will be able to go in the carriage tomorrow afternoon, and it will be much faster than you can travel with your feet. Zhang Yuanfeng replied lightly.

The cuttlefish didn't want to deal with him anymore, but as soon as she heard that there would be thieves on the road, her legs became a little weak, and she couldn't help but be afraid.

Zhang Yuan saw that she was a little shaken, and continued, "There is still a mother in the next house, if the girl does not dislike the cold house, my mother will be very happy, she has always been hospitable, and she can make good vegetable soup." By the way, I don't know the girl's name? ”

The cuttlefish paused and whispered, "Just my Amo." ”

She thought about it, since Zhang Yuan had already hired a carriage, maybe she didn't have to work hard anymore, which was also a good thing.

The cuttlefish looked at Zhang Yuan carefully again, and felt that he had a kind face, not like a bad person, and it didn't hurt to go with him.

"Then Miss Amo, my house is not far from here, and you can walk a few dozen steps to get there, would you like to go with you?" Zhang Yuan asked.

The cuttlefish thought for a moment, finally made up his mind, and nodded.

Along the way, it was Zhang Yuan who was talking, and the cuttlefish just listened silently, she didn't want to say more, so as not to accidentally expose her own affairs.

According to Zhang Yuan, he made a living in the city, worked as a teacher for the children of rich families, and earned not much money but enough to live, and he came back this time to visit his mother at home, but he couldn't stay for a long time, and he had to rush back before tomorrow night, so he couldn't delay the errand of teaching.

Before arriving at his house, the cuttlefish asked, "Then why don't you take your mother to live with you, so that you don't have to travel between the two places." ”

Zhang Yuan's expression was hidden in the night, and he couldn't see it clearly, "I also feel sorry for my mother, and I wish I could take care of her in person every day, but she is stubborn, she has to stay in this village, and she refuses to go to the city with me, and I have no choice but to follow her." But fortunately, I am in good health, and it is a trivial matter to come back a few more times to visit her old man, and I am not tired. ”

In this way, he is a filial son.

The cuttlefish's gaze fell on Zhang Yuan's empty hands, such a filial son, why didn't he even bring anything with his family when he came back to see him?

"Here we are, this is my home."

Zhang Yuan pointed to a small house in front of him and said.

The cuttlefish walked in with him, there was not much furniture in the house, and it seemed a little deserted, until Zhang Yuan cleared his throat and shouted twice, and an old woman who was nearly seventy years old walked out of the back room.

Her eyelids drooped, a little sleepy, and when she saw the cuttlefish, her eyes lit up a little, revealing a little doubt.

"Who is this girl?"

Zhang Yuan introduced, "Mother, this is the Amo girl I met in the village, she is going to the city, late tonight, let Amo live in our house first." ”

The cuttlefish lowered his head and whispered, "I'm sorry for the trouble, I'll leave tomorrow." ”

Zhang Yuan's mother looked a little hesitant, and when she saw that the cuttlefish said so, she had no choice but to nod, turned sideways and let the cuttlefish into the back room.

"Girl, come in first, I'll prepare a futon for you." (To be continued.) )