237. 237 Escape from the valley
No matter who he is, one thing is clear, she is under house arrest here, and Granny Nine was specially "taken care of" by him, he doesn't intend to hurt her, but he doesn't plan to let her go, she suddenly has a feeling of being in captivity, like a canary in a cage, but she doesn't know who the owner is.
Looking at his figure, she knows that he must be a martial arts person, and she has seen too many generals, and she has a certain sensitivity to such a figure.
The ninth mother-in-law and the man had disappeared at the exit, so she pulled the stone and walked back cautiously, trying to remember the path so that she would not get lost when she escaped.
She knows that there are still a few days before the New Year, at this time, the Hades Mansion will not send people to arrest people everywhere, who doesn't eat dumplings during the New Year, and the soldiers should also have a holiday after the New Year, right? She's going to run away while the defense is at its weakest, and this is her chance.
After going back, she told Shi not to tell Grandma Sù about today's game, and whoever sued Grandma Sù would be punished for not being able to eat meat even if she was foul, and Shi agreed to come down.
Before the ninth mother-in-law came back, she taught the stone how to make soap by hand, and even wrote down the steps of making zuò step by step, and when she left, the stone would not be dark.
This time, Granny Nine went out for a longer time than last time, probably considering that it takes time to sell things, when she came back, it was almost dinner time, the soap was not all sold, and there were still a few pieces left, but according to Granny Jiu, business was very good, and many people rushed to buy it, and asked her when she would come to sell it again.
Lin Ling'er told her that she had taught all the methods of making zuò to the stone, and handed over the steps recorded on the paper to the ninth mother-in-law for safekeeping, saying that it was in case of emergency.
This time, the ninth mother-in-law came back, not only brought back the money from selling soap, but also bought her a few small snacks, opened them one by one, and found that they were all her favorite food, as if the ninth mother-in-law knew in advance, especially one thing, that is, the chrysanthemum rolls made by Xiaoyingzi, which she loved to eat before, and the ninth mother-in-law said that it was sold on the street, and she thought it looked good and bought it.
Like last time, her shoes were clean, and her trousers were dripping and unstained, and it was clear that this was not what it looked like she had walked a long way.
Some things are too coincidental and logical, but she just smiled and thanked her, and didn't say anything, Granny Nine gave her the rest of the money, she accepted half of it, and gave the remaining half to Granny Nine.
After dinner, the three of them sat on the balcony on the second floor to watch the fireflies, and the sparkling light lingered in the forest, as if the stars in the sky had fallen into this place, so beautiful.
"Mother-in-law, it's almost the New Year, what are your plans?"
Lin Ling'er asked, holding her chin.
The ninth mother-in-law smiled, hugged the stone in her arms, and said:
"It's the New Year, I'm going to make a new dress for Shi and you, and then make a delicious meal, let's eat him for three days, what do you think?"
Is Granny Nine asking for her opinion? In other words, she had already made plans and would not let her leave until the New Year? It seems that the mastermind behind the scenes really intends to hold on to her all the time.
She didn't object, but said:
"Mother-in-law, why don't you make clothes for yourself?"
"When I'm old, it doesn't matter if I wear new clothes or not, I'm happy to see you wear them."
The ninth mother-in-law touched the head of the stone with a look of relief.
Feeling the warmth of family affection, while smiling on her face, she was thinking of Lin Yu'er in her heart, this is her only relative here, she must find her.
Such a peaceful day passed quickly, watching the sun rise and set every day, listening to the birdsong in the morning and the frog sound at night, it was the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.
The valley is isolated, and the outside is now full of frost and the sound of firecrackers, but here it is always summer, the climate is pleasant, but it is quiet.
Chinese New Year's Eve night is the day of family reunion, recalling modern times, everyone will sit together at this time, eat reunion dinner, watch the Spring Festival Gala, play mahjong, and have fun...... And now, she has to calculate how to escape and how to find her relatives alone, and this year seems to have nothing to do with her, except for providing her with a good opportunity to escape.
Mother-in-law Jiu has been very busy these days, she went out once, and when she came back, she had a few more pieces of clothing and some delicious food, saying that she was preparing for the New Year, and then she began to cut her clothes and sew them very carefully, Lin Ling'er looked at her heart warmly.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, the clothes have been ready, the stone has got several sets of new clothes in the past few days, more and more happy, Lin Ling'er is pale pink, wearing pink and tender, plus her pregnant body is slightly blessed, the whole person to that station, like a bud in the mountains, so not to like.
The ninth mother-in-law watched the two of them smile from ear to ear, Lin Ling'er had something in her heart, although she smiled exaggeratedly, but it was just an illusion created by her, and she wanted to let the ninth mother-in-law "rest assured" of her.
After the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner that day, Lin Ling'er played with the stone for a while, teaching her to sing and dance, and the ninth mother-in-law watched it straight, but from time to time reminded her to slow down, beware of her body and not fall, as if she knew that she was pregnant, and told the stone to go to bed early and let Lin Ling'er also go to rest.
The stone was playing hard, but he had to follow the ninth mother-in-law to sleep stupidly, Lin Ling'er also went upstairs, turned off the lights, but did not sleep.
She sat on the edge of the bed, took out the small bag she had packed in advance from under the bed, put on her cotton clothes, carried the money left over from the soap sold by the ninth mother-in-law into her arms, and took out a small cloth bag from under the bed.
The old man slept lightly, she was afraid that the ninth mother-in-law did not sleep, so she deliberately waited for a while, about half an hour passed, she tied the small burden to her body, bit the small cloth bag containing fireflies, and carefully slid to the ground along the grass rope tied outside the balcony in advance, and directly reached the outside, so that she could avoid passing through the first floor and have a little more insurance.
After falling to the ground, due to the high temperature in the valley, she was already covered in a hot sweat in her cotton clothes.
She listened quietly to the movement in the house, and the night in the valley was quiet, and she could hear the snoring of the Nine Mother-in-law and the stone, and made sure that they were asleep, and then she crept towards the marked path.
The light of the fireflies was very weak, and to be on the safe side, she did not use candles, but could only use the faint light and memory to find the mark.
I walked twice a few days ago, and on the day Granny Nine went out, she walked with the stone twice, and the route in her memory was quite clear, and with the help of the mark, she didn't get lost, and walked to the exit smoothly once.
As expected, there was a man at the exit, and the man was lying on his back on the ground with a small oil lamp beside him, apparently not expecting someone to come out at this time, as if he was asleep.
Sadly, the man's body was right in the way of the exit, and if she tried to sneak out, she would inevitably alarm him.
The more you go to the exit, the more sparse the trees become, and there is a small stream flowing through it, and the stream makes a nice sound when it hits the stones, Lin Ling'er rolled her eyes and came up with an idea.
She crouched behind a few tall ferns, just enough to cover her petite body, and there were no rocks in the position, so she simply let the fireflies go, then grabbed a handful of dirt and wrapped it in a white cloth, and threw it in a direction perpendicular to the exit and in the opposite direction to herself, and with a bang, the dirt bag seemed to fall into the stream over there.
In this quiet valley, a faint sound will become very clear, not to mention such a "loud noise", the person at the exit sat up with a spirit, and Lin Ling'er knew that he might not be asleep.
Then the man stood up at once, looked around, and then ran quickly in the direction from which the sound had come from, and his figure was soon drowned in the tall trees.
When the opportunity came, Lin Ling'er took advantage of this time to stand up and run, she wanted to run out before the person came back, and the hard work paid off, because her position was relatively close to the exit, and she was petite and light, and the person had not come back after running out of the exit, and she was probably still studying what the voice was about, if he found out that he had been deceived, he didn't know how he would feel.
After running out of the valley, the cold wind hit her like a knife, and sure enough, there were two worlds inside and outside the valley, and the hot sweat on her body instantly turned into cold sweat, sticking to her body as if it was about to freeze, and she shivered from the cold.
There was no time to care whether it was hot or cold, she probably discerned the direction, one side was uphill, the other side was downhill, the downhill road should be downhill, and she chose the way down the mountain as a matter of course.
Afraid of being discovered, she covered her head and face with a headscarf prepared in advance, the terrain here was dangerous, the narrow road was lined with rocks and snow of different sizes, and when she looked up, the tall peaks on both sides met the canopy, towering into the sky, and she was like an ant compared to it, so small that it was negligible.
It's a pity that she is a storage that some people can't ignore in their hearts, the cold wind choked into her throat, making her very uncomfortable, and the cold road was slippery, her legs quickly became sore, and she couldn't help but stop, leaning on a big rock to rest for a while.
As soon as she took a breath, the sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, which made her tremble, and she quickly dodged behind the rocks like a frightened bird, and she secretly congratulated herself that she was wearing the old clothes of the Ninth Mother-in-law, the gray and black color, and it was easy to blend into the night.
The sound of horses' hooves was fast, and the rider seemed to be anxious to rush somewhere, she didn't understand that there would be people traveling on Chinese New Year's Eve, and they would run to the snowy mountains, was it because the road would lead to other places?
Just as she was thinking, the horse's hooves flew on the ice and snow, setting off a small whirlwind, and the flying snowflakes fell on her face, bringing a burst of coldness, but the smell that followed made her frightened.
It was the smell that belonged to Mu Jiuxiao, the faint sandalwood, and the cold wind, pressed towards her in one go, and she was so frightened that she couldn't breathe.
She crept her head out and looked in the direction of the horse's hooves, and although it was dark, in the light of the snow, she seemed to see the proud figure, the silver cloak blown by the wind, and the silver hair that was brighter than the snow.
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