The villagers not only raise chickens and cattle, but also cultivate fields to grow various crops, including sweet potatoes. Of course, the world's earliest crops came from the wilderness, and after many people's choices, they tried to choose the most fruitful and full-bodied plants to keep and continue to breed.

Sweet potatoes don't pick the ground, they can be planted in the barren slopes and fields near the village. Even if there was a value around the village, in those days, the material was always not abundant, and it was certainly better to dig more in the mountains farther away. And the history of growing yams in Baixi Village is not long, just in recent decades. Tian Xiao gouged out the fattest rhizomes and brought them back to the village to plant, so that they could be bred from generation to generation, leaving the best plants.

The old man had already changed his name in his speech, and instead of calling Baoyu "child" "little gentleman", Baoyu knew the other party's name, so he called the old man Xiaobo. Xiao Bo also has a very good impression of Baoyu, this young man does not look big, but he has a lot of eyesight, and his cultivation should not be low, and he should be noble, but he does not have the reserve or arrogance of many monks, and his words and deeds make people feel very easy-going and kind.

The two chatted for a long time, and then Tian Xiao said: "Mr. Xiao is from afar, and he should be hungry, if you don't dislike it, let's eat something together." ”

Tian Xiao washed a few of the fattest yabas in a nearby stream, and then built a fire on the flat slope and roasted the yams in leaves in the soil buried under the fire. The old man took out a packet of wheat noodles from his bosom, sprinkled it into the jar and boiled it into a batter soup, with a little salt in the soup, and invited Baoyu to eat it together.

It's been a long time since Baoyu has eaten the world's grains, roasted yams, and boiled noodle soup. The smell was very good, Baoyu was not hungry, but he did feel hungry, these were things he had never eaten, so he said thank you and began to taste them. The soup was served in a clay pot. The two of them took turns drinking, and then peeled the roasted yams, which felt unusually sweet in the mouth.

Baoyu's perception of both external objects and itself is very subtle, this thing does have the magic of tonifying the qi, and can also moisten the lungs and relieve asthma, but it is suitable for Tian Xiao, an old man, to eat often.

There was also a dog next to him, and Xiaotian had already stood up when he smelled the aroma. Sticking out his tongue, he looked at Baoyu with a very greedy look. Baoyu took out a yasca from under the fire and threw it to Xiao Tian, just as he once took a lotus root in the lotus and threw it to him. The dog ate a little anxiously and burned his mouth.

When Baoyu took the clay pot and drank the noodle soup, he also fed Xiaotian. The dog licked its mouth, and Baoyu fed it a few more bites. Xiao Tian smacked his lips with joy again.

Although you can cultivate in the valley with the cultivation of the four realms, you still have to eat after all. Baoyu has taken so many five-colored divine lotuses, as long as he exercises to refine and absorb its spiritual effects, if there is no accident and there is not much consumption, he can even go without eating for ten years, but this does not mean that he does not like to eat. Especially when a person walks so far and tastes food that he has never eaten before. It feels delicious.

Tian Xiao saw that Baoyu was eating very well, and he also smiled happily, and when he saw Baoyu feeding the noodle soup to the dog, he felt a little surprised, but he just frowned secretly and didn't say anything. It seems that this child is indeed from an extraordinary background, he has cultivated well at a young age and dares to travel alone, even the dog next to him is very noble, probably because he is used to feeding good things.

The yamsa are just that, anyway, they have just been dug out of the field, and if the dog is hungry, they will feed one by hand; Even the inhabitants of the castle are not always able to eat it. Tian Xiao was very generous and sincere in his hospitality, but Baoyu fed the dog with batter soup, so Tian Xiao frowned a little.

But looking at the appearance of this young man, it was not intentional, so Tian Xiao didn't say anything. And Baoyu has no disrespect. Because whether it is a sweet potato or a noodle soup, he himself eats it as well as the dog. Tian Xiao was relieved in his heart, but after being relieved, he felt that he had just thought too much.

And when Tian Xiao frowned secretly, Baoyu also felt or sensed, no need for the old man in front of him to say anything intentionally, people's subtle expressions and changes in their aura could reflect a certain mood. Baoyu has been playing with Xiaotian who can't speak since he was a child, and his intuition in this regard is quite keen, he noticed Tian Xiao's surprise and displeasure, and after thinking about it, he somewhat understood the reason, and then he didn't continue to feed Xiaotian with noodle soup.

There are many things that people don't understand or miss, often because they just don't pay attention. Although the mountain god introduced Baoyu to various people and things in the world, he still needed to experience it first-hand to understand it, so as to prove that he could act and be in harmony with his body and mind. It seems that the way of the imperial weapon in cultivation is also in line with the principle of treating people in the world.

After eating, Baoyu thanked him repeatedly, and then he had to move on. Tian Xiao said again: "Follow this road to Baixi Village, it's not early, you can stay at my house at night, just go into the village and mention my name and say that you have met me on the road." ”

Tian Xiao himself does not plan to return to the village today, he often goes to this area to collect the products of the mountains, and he also knows where to spend the night, he will pick more yakyana tomorrow before going back. Baoyu smiled: "I won't live in your house, and I want to continue to rush to Feihong City." ...... I don't know how to repay you for eating such a good thing, please accept a little bit of my heart. ”

Baoyu was very grateful to this kind old man, Tian Xiao was the first person he met outside the mountain, and completely dispelled the uneasiness in his heart about the strange world. However, Baoyu was wearing light kudzu cloth clothes, and at a glance, he knew that he was not carrying any large items, although there were many things in the beast tooth artifact, but it was not appropriate to take out dried meat, cloth, animal skins and other things to thank Tian Xiao.

The mountain god had told him not to reveal that the beast's tooth was a spatial artifact in front of others, so he couldn't explain why he was able to take those things out of thin air. So Baoyu reached into his arms as if he wanted to dig something, but he took out a small piece of gold from the beast tooth artifact. Baoyu could have taken pottery coins, but he felt that this old man treated him so sincerely and kindly, and he was the first good person he met outside the mountain, and it was too slight to thank him with pottery coins.

Tian Xiao, on the other hand, was startled when he saw this piece of gold, and almost immediately shrank his shoulders and jumped back, waving his hand again and again: "Little sir, this is unacceptable! It's just a wild meal, how can I accept such a valuable thing from you? We have very few outsiders passing by here, and it is natural for us to help each other. There are always inconveniences when I go out, and I have been out walking and receiving help. ”

Tian Xiao resolutely did not dare to accept this piece of gold, and also grabbed Baoyu and told him. He thinks that this little gentleman is of noble birth, and he may not have been far away before, so he probably doesn't know the value of this piece of gold outside, and he can't easily take out this kind of thing in the future, let alone thank him in gold because of a few sweet potatoes and a can of noodle soup, so it is easy to be targeted by bad people.

Baoyu had no choice but to put away the gold and nodded modestly. Tian Xiao let go of his hand, and told Baoyu not to leave the road and enter the wilderness further from Baixi Village, especially not to go deep into the mountains to the north, because there was a demon clan entrenched there.

That demon clan is called the Mountain Paste Clan, not only has a strange appearance but also has different habits from ordinary people, and it is very fierce when it goes berserk. Although they rarely interact with outsiders in the mountains, they do occasionally encounter danger when they are in the area. Although Baoyu has cultivation, after all, he is only alone, so he tries not to get into danger.

Baoyu expressed his gratitude again, and when he set out on the journey again after saying goodbye to Tian Xiao, he felt much better. This vast Ba Yuan no longer seems so unfamiliar, and it seems that there are familiar people and things everywhere.

The Mountain Paste Clan, which Baoyu had heard the mountain god mention, was one of the few situations that the mountain god in the area of Feihong City had specifically mentioned. "Mountain Paste" is the name of a strange beast, and the so-called strange beasts are different from ordinary beasts, they should have undergone some kind of special evolution or mutation, and some kind of transformation will occur when they become adults, and if they can successfully survive, they can be spiritualized.

The mountain paste looks a bit like a wild boar, its fur is red, and legend has it that it can speak. According to the analysis of the mountain god, in fact, this is just an ability that he has after cultivation, not that the mountain paste itself can speak. And the so-called Mountain Paste people living in this area are not alien beasts, they are actually human beings compared to beasts, and they are the descendants of a cultivated Mountain Paste Demon.

The origin of the demon clan in the world is probably like this. Hundreds of years ago, that mountain paste not only cultivated into a demonic human form, but also broke through the cultivation of the Eight Realms. It is said that this mountain anointing demon is very lustful, and he abducted a woman in a nearby village and returned to the mountain as a wife, and the demon of the realm has been for a long time, and he has done this kind of thing more than once, and many of the descendants he left behind have the same characteristics.

These descendants married and multiplied with each other, and gradually developed into today's Mountain Paste Clan, who live in the wild and deep mountains in the northern border of Feihong City. Just as the feather people are born with wings on their backs and can fly, the people of the mountain paste tribe also have natural peculiarities, and because they are the descendants of alien beasts, they also have some natural instincts that are different from ordinary people.

They have thick skin, stubby limbs, and a pair of fangs sticking out of their mouths, and when they are angry, they run and rush like wild beasts with their hands and feet, and they can break even trees with thick bowls, and they will bow their heads and dig deep trenches in the ground, which is very fierce and dangerous. But their usual appearance is very simple, all of them have fat heads and big ears.

Just like the Yu Nation also produced a monk like Da Mao, the people of the Mountain Paste Clan may also enter the initial realm and be able to cultivate, but this is more difficult for them than ordinary people, but if they are successful in cultivation, they will also have the same natural supernatural powers as the strange beast Mountain Cream. This is what the mountain god told Baoyu, and the old man Tian Xiao reminded him not to go deep into the mountains, especially not to approach the territory of the mountain paste clan in case of accidents.

Baoyu did not enter Baixi Village, he walked around from outside the village. He didn't continue to rush that night, but found a secluded place to sit and practice with Xiao Tian, and waited until dawn before he set out on the road, heading in the direction of Feihong City.

Baoyu is a very persuasive child, he did not go deep into the wilderness to hunt for curiosities, demon clan, it's not that he hasn't seen it! When the sun rose again, he and Xiaotian walked along the avenue, and they didn't meet anyone else along the way, only saw a few rabbits and other small beasts crossing the road and jumping into the mountains and forests on the other side, and Xiaotian didn't bother to chase them.

But after walking for a while, Baoyu felt that there was something to be solved, because he ate whole grains yesterday, and his digestion and absorption were very good, and he had to poop. As a mortal, there are mundane things, even monks who are high in the eyes of ordinary people and feel how ethereal they feel, there will be such things, but no one will deliberately talk about them boringly.

Unless it is a cultivation that has passed the Seven Realms, you can truly not eat the fireworks of the world, and comprehend the spiritual breath of heaven and earth and cultivate in the valley. But even if there are Seven Realms of cultivation, many people will taste the delicious food of the world, and not needing to eat and not eating are two concepts, just like Baoyu, there was actually no need to eat roasted sweet potatoes and batter soup yesterday.

Baoyu found a secluded bush on the side of the road and squatted down to solve the problem. Seeing this, Xiao Tian also ran into the grass not far away, squatting like a human to solve the problem. However, as soon as Baoyu squatted down, he heard the sound of someone talking.

The speaker was quite far away, at a post on the north side of the road. There was a steep cliff seven or eight feet high, with jagged rocks exposed, and lush shrubs growing on top of the cliff, and two guys were poking their heads at the edge of the bushes, looking condescendingly at the movement around Baixi Village in the distance.

I heard one person ask, "Big head." Do you think the people from Baixi Village know that we will come to grab things next month?"

The other replied, "Ertou, you are so stupid! We didn't say it, how could they know?"

He said, "Chicken, eggs, beans, grain, and sweet potatoes...... Didn't we all trade pigs for pigs before, so why should we rob them?...... Actually, I don't like to eat pork. There is a strange smell, but they can't be raised, only we can raise it, just can exchange it for things, I like to eat yams. ”

The big head lectured him again: "Didn't you listen to what those leather armor people said, pigs are all good things! Even if you don't like to eat them, others like them." Pork skins, bones, and bristles can be used to make things, and meat can also be boiled in oil and made into jerky and sold. ”

Ertou: "I understand all this, whether it is a big pig caught in the mountains or a little piglet raised by himself, it is not equivalent to selling it to Baixi Village, so I got a sweet potato to eat." Even if I don't like pork. There are still people who like it, don't you like it?"

Datou: "What do you know, those leather armor people said that if we take away the wheat grain, soybean beans and yams hidden in Baixi Village, we don't need to give them pigs! We can eat those things ourselves, or we can feed them to the pigs, so that there will be more pigs to change things?"

The two heads asked incomprehensibly: "Suppose we rob everything in Baixi Village." Even if there are more pigs, who are you going to exchange things with?"

The big head shouted dissatisfiedly: "Then keep it for yourself, you stupid pig head! They will plant it next year, and then they can change it, or exchange it with others." ”

Ertou had a stomach full of questions, and although he was scolded for being stupid, he still asked: "Now that winter is approaching, if we rob them of all their things, won't they starve to death, and who will plant things with us next year?" Besides, we have already robbed other people's things." Are people still willing to change with us? Other villages are too far away, and even if we run over, they probably won't change with us when they hear that we have robbed Baixi Village. ”

The big head said impatiently: "You think too much, how can you rob it all? Every house has food hidden, and we only go to rob the village warehouse. Besides, some of these people have a way to find food, you see, they can make the potatoes grow near their villages, and the more they grow, the more they grow, and I drool when I look at them. ”

Ertou: "yes, how can they let the potatoes grow around their house?" I drooled as I looked at it...... But there are so many of them, and there are weapons, if we go to steal things, will we be slaughtered as pigs?"

Big head: "Where did you get so much nonsense? Didn't those leather armor people also say that they will help us." They have leather armor on their bodies, knives and guns in their hands, and they are very good at fighting, and the people of Baixi Village are not opponents, and they will obediently give us the things in the warehouse for a long time. ”

Ertou: "But I always feel that those leather armor people are not good things, will the Sanxian patriarch be deceived by them?"

Big head: "Just you stupid pig head is smart? Sanxian people are very good, otherwise how can you be the patriarch? Today the patriarch sent us to observe the movements of Baixi Village, we just have to complete the task, what do you care about other things?"

Ertou: "But I didn't see anything, they're still the same as usual!"

Big head: "If you say that you are stupid, you are still not convinced, as usual, it means that they didn't hear the wind, so we will go back and tell the patriarch." Hey, what does this smell like? Someone is pulling poop, and there is dog poop, fresh! No, someone is coming, the patriarch has ordered that it must not be discovered, let's run!"

The big head and the two heads turned around and ran into the mountains, and they ran on all fours like wild beasts, breaking many branches in the bushes.

Although Baoyu heard the conversation between the two, his situation at that time was special, and it was really inconvenient for him to go over to investigate immediately, but the sense of smell of the big head and the two heads was still so keen, and he smelled the abnormal smell in the wind. When Baoyu got up, they condescendingly noticed the movement here. By the time Baoyu and Xiaotian walked through the trees and climbed the high cliff, the two guys had already run away.

Although Baoyu didn't see him with his own eyes, he also saw the two of them in the exterior of the Yuan Shen. They are swarthy and strong, fat heads and big ears, arched noses, large mouths, a pair of curved fangs sticking out of the mouth, stubby limbs but not short, because of the long trunk, the proportions of the body are not the same as ordinary people, that is, the legendary mountain paste people.

Listening to the information revealed by their conversations, the Shanjiao people will go to Baixi Village next month to loot beans, yams, wheat grains and other items in the village warehouse. The cycle of spring, summer, autumn and winter is the natural year, and the moon's cloudiness and sunshine are naturally divided into months. The current celestial phenomenon is that the first quarter moon is not yet full, and if we wait until next month, there should be more than half a month.

If Baixi Village is not prepared, it will definitely suffer at that time. On the way, Baoyu met Tian Xiao, an old man from Baixi Village, who had been favored by him and felt that it was his duty to remind Baixi Village. In fact, even if he didn't meet Tian Xiao and encountered this kind of thing, Baoyu would not sit idly by, he also encountered the same thing in Lu Village, and was suddenly attacked by the Yu people.

At the beginning, the people of the Yu people wanted to slaughter Lu Village, and those people of the Shanjiao people just wanted to rob the things of Baixi Village, and they were still instigated. Some of the words that the two of them said just now were not unfamiliar to Baoyu. Zhu Ming once corrected the country of Ba, arrested and punished many thieves and rogues, during the interrogation, many people had similar confessions, and the mountain god also introduced to Baoyu.

The scale of Baixi Village is not small, and there was once a Five Realms monk who also became the city lord, if the clansmen were prepared, they should not be afraid of those Mountain Paste Clansmen. The only thing that needs to be careful is the leather armor people mentioned by the two pig-headed people, Baoyu has not heard of any demon clan called leather armor clan, it should refer to warriors wearing leather armor, and they still have swords and guns in their hands.

If it was an army in the city, how could they collude with the demon clan to loot the villages? Those people should be the legendary rogues, they went around robbing the valuables in the villages, and whenever the city sent troops to chase them, they would hide in the wilderness and hide, and then go to other places to rob after a while.

The mountain god also introduced the rogues on the Ba Yuan to Baoyu, thinking that when the country of Ba was just divided and fell into civil strife, there were many bandits, some of whom just lost their homes, so they survived by plundering, but later they were not just to survive, but they did not produce and plundered for many years. There are also great skills and very cruel people, and they often do things like slaughtering villages and exterminating their clans.

After the situation of the five countries of Bayuan was basically stabilized, the number of rogues gradually decreased, and they were extinct in many places, but I didn't expect that there were still here. While pondering like this, Baoyu took Xiaotian and turned back to Baixi Village.

There is a stream outside Baixi Village, the natural riverbed is more than ten zhang wide, the water is not deep, most places only reach the foot and neck, and the deepest part is not enough. The beach and the water are covered with gravel of various shapes, large and small. Because the water is shallow, the stream is wide, and there are many gravels, the water rolls up a wave of white flowers when it passes. That's why it's called Baixi, and Baixi Village is named after it.

When Baoyu saw this stream, her first reaction was to feel that the children here were so happy, what a good place to pick stones and eggs!

Most of the houses here are similar in form to the dwellings that Baoyu built for the Qingshan patriarch and Shui Gu, and the dwellings in the courtyard are several houses connected together.

Baixi Village should have undergone great changes in the past hundred years, and Baoyu can see it at a glance. Although the village has walls, many of the houses were built far beyond the area surrounded by the wall, and many of the houses outside the walls were apparently built later. The village is located on a high slope on the south bank of Baixi, where it cannot be flooded during flooding. After so many years of repair, it has already formed a complete system.