The further you go, the more rugged the road becomes, due to the gradual increase in rain in recent years, most of the mountain walls have collapsed, the road is blocked, and there has been no repair for a long time, the already bad mountain road is even more muddy, and it is very difficult for Qingge and his party to walk for a long time.

"Qingge, be careful, this road is narrow and steep, it's really exhausting." Bai Xiaoji led the horse and walked behind Qingge and reminded carefully.

"It's fine." Qingge carefully stepped down, while enjoying the surrounding scenery, this kind of landform is rarely seen by her, here the altitude is higher, many mountains, rivers, morning and evening temperature difference is large, if you are not in a hurry, the original style of this green mountains and flowing water can be watched, there is a different flavor.

"Come up." Suddenly, Qingge had a slender hand in front of him, and Qingge looked at the slender and white hand and was stunned for a moment.

"Hurry up, don't grind." There was the sound of a rain of white arrows urging in my ears.

Qingge reached out and climbed a high stone staircase with both feet.

"Thank you." Qingge let go of Bai Jianyu's hand and glanced at the other party suspiciously, why was this guy suddenly so kind.

Bai Jianyu didn't care about Qingge's eyes and continued to walk his own way.

"Brother Ye is really weak, this road will not work." Twilight City, who was walking in the forefront, smiled sourly at the corners of her mouth.

"Twilight is really joking." Qingge smiled awkwardly, how could she provoke this girl.

"Brother Ye, as the prince's guard, must be good, I don't know if I have time to be willing to compete with Chengxue." Twilight Chengxue looked at Qingge defiantly, but somehow, along the way, she felt uncomfortable when she saw that the prince favored this little white face in many places.

"Competition?" How do you talk about competitions? Is this twilight snow a soft pinch of persimmons? Just because she suddenly fell in love with the white arrow rain, she saw that she was not pleasing to the eye, which was really inexplicable.

"What? Don't Brother Ye dare? Twilight City Xue saw Qingge hesitate, and decided that Qingge was useless except for being better-looking.

"Master Twilight, I advise you to dispel this idea." Fuso, who was lined up behind the snow in Twilight, said a rare word.

Twilight Chengxue saw that Fusang, who had never spoken much, opened his mouth, but when Qingge's little white face was really useless, he secretly laughed, "So, then forget it, if Chengxue accidentally hurts Brother Ye, it won't be good." ”

Bai Xiaoji, who was about to speak again, was distracted by a sudden gust of wind, and several people had already crossed one mountain road and were turning to another.

"The weather on both sides is too bad!" Qingge looked at the black and oppressive sky here, and the wind blew one after another, bringing up the sand and gravel dust on the ground, which made people a little unable to open their eyes.

"Hurry up and go to the village ahead." The majestic sound of a rain of white arrows came from the air.

"Yes," the teams behind responded in unison.

Speaking of a village, Qingge didn't see many households, but only a dozen households, some houses were still locked, the weeds in front of the door were one person high, the collapsed walls, the upside-down doors and windows, and the large cobwebs all declared the ruin and depression of the village.

"Is this uninhabited?" Bai Xiaoji looked around, but didn't see a single figure.

"Although there are not many families here, there is not a single person, right?" Qingge glanced through an open window, only to see that the room was dim, a tattered wooden bed was placed next to the wall, and a black table next to it that could not be seen was hanging crookedly, as if it was about to fall apart with a light blow, there was nothing extra in the room, and there was a musty smell.

"How?" Fuso looked at Qingge.

Qingge looked at Fusang Yaoyao, "Look at this, it's been idle for a long time." ”

The group walked forward for a short while, and the sky was pouring rain, and if they couldn't find a place to rest, they were about to turn into soup chickens.

"Lord Wang, you see there seems to be light ahead." Twilight suddenly shouted with joy.

Everyone's eyes looked at it in unison, and the light was very faint, but it was there.

"Let's go! Go over and take a look. ”

This is a small courtyard, but it is clean and tidy, well kept, the yard can not accommodate too many people, only Qingge four people entered the courtyard, and the rest of the people are waiting outside.

"Knock knock." Fuso stepped forward and knocked politely on the door.

After half a ring, there was no movement, and Fuso knocked on the door again.

This time the door creaked open, revealing a sallow and thin little face, and seeing so many people coming outside the door at once, the little girl was stunned and stood stiffly by the door motionless.

"Little sister, we are passing by, it's raining outside, can you let us go inside and hide from the rain?" Qingge walked out from behind Fusang and looked at the little girl's bright eyes tenderly.

The little girl seemed to have just reacted, her little face turned red, she glanced at Qingge shyly, and said timidly, "You wait." Then he closed the door.

After a while, the door opened again, and an old woman with a wooden stick opened it.

"You're here to spend the night?" The old woman squinted at Qingge and the others.

"Yes, old man, it's going to rain heavily, can you let us in and hide?" Fuso said gently.

"What do you say? The old man has bad ears, you say louder. The old woman moved a little closer in the direction of Fuso.

"Old man, I said, can you let us go in and hide from the rain?" Fuso raised the volume.

"Come in!" The old woman turned her back and staggered forward with her cane.

Fusang glanced at the rain of white arrows and stepped into the house first.

There were two rooms, inside and outside, and the furnishings were very simple, a bed, a table, a few bamboo stools, and a stove by the window, and the stove was burning vigorously, and what was boiling on the fire, they should have seen the light of the stove.

The old woman sat by the fire, and the little girl stood quietly behind the old woman, secretly looking at Qingge and his party from time to time.

"Little sister, do you have any bigger places to hide from the rain?" Twilight looked at the brothers outside the door, turned her head and smiled at the little girl.

The little girl shyly glanced at Twilight City Snow, then quickly lowered her head and nodded.

"Can you take me, little sister?" Twilight continued.

This time, the little girl did not move, but quietly looked at her housemother.

Twilight stepped forward, bent down, and repeated what she had just said in the old woman's ear.

"Huahua, take the guests with you!" The old woman's hoarse voice said to the little girl.

"Yes, Grandma." The little girl answered obediently.

"Old man, is there no one else in your village?" Qingge moved a chair and sat down next to the old woman to chat with the old man.

The old man glanced at Qingge, and when he saw Qingge smiling, he opened his mouth in a rare good mood.

"They have all moved away, and only me and Mrs. Wang are left, hey....." The old woman sighed as she looked at the fire in the stove.

"Why? Is something happening in the village? ”

"It rains every day, the dealer has no harvest, and the bandits in the neighborhood often come to rob the food and livestock in the village, they really can't survive, some go to be bandits, some leave the village, there are fewer and fewer people, and now they are all gone." The old woman's bony fingers threw a piece of wood into the fire.

"Old man, what you cook on the stove seems to be okay." Qingge looked at the puffing pot.

"It should be about the same." The old man picked up an old pair of tongs and pulled the fire apart.

The old man got up from the bamboo chair and reached out to lift the lid of the pot.

"Old man, I'll help you!" Qingge hurriedly reached out to help the old man open the lid of the pot, and when he saw the contents of the pot, Qingge's hand holding the lid stopped in mid-air.

"Old man, you ...... Just eat this? Qingge choked up and asked, and there were two black potatoes the size of a baby's fist lying quietly in the pot.

The old man didn't seem to hear Qingge's words, and didn't answer, Bai Xiaoji heard Qingge's question, and came over, and this look was also silent.

The rain outside the house just now became heavier, and the wind was fierce and the wind was shaking.

"What do we bring?" Qingge looked at Bai Xiaoji.

"Where?" Bai Xiaoji pointed to the burden on the wooden table.

"I'll get it." Bai Xiaoji hurriedly took out the dry food in the baggage, although their dry food was not delicious, but it was thousands of times better than what this old man ate.

"Give it to me." Qingge took the dry food from Bai Xiaoji's hand.

"Old man, you can eat this!" Qingge handed the dry food in his hand to the old woman.

"Thank you, girl, for your kindness, no need." The old woman looked at the cake in her hand, trembled with excitement, and in the end, she was still heartbroken and returned it to Qingge.

"Old man, why don't you?" Qingge refused to take it.

"No merit is not rewarded, the old woman is old, and I don't want to owe others." The old woman's eyes were dazzling, but her heart was bright.

"Just take it as a reward for our stay here, you don't have to think about it, old man." Qingge looked at the old man's skinny face, very distressed.

"This piece of tiles covers the head, and where can these grains be used." The old woman insisted on not taking it.

Just as the two were arguing, the door was pushed open with a "creak", and Fuso, Twilight and the little girl ran back in the heavy rain.

"It's raining too much, I'm afraid I won't be able to walk today." Twilight Snow wipes the rain from her face.

"Are you all settled?" Bai Jianyu looked at Fusang with water on his face and asked.

"Yes, master, everything is settled, there is an empty house that is quite large, I have found some firewood, I should be able to spend tonight."

"Wipe the water from your face." As soon as he entered the door, he sat down in a chair and closed his eyes, and Bai Jianyu, who closed his eyes again, finished speaking.

Everyone was only talking, but they didn't pay attention to the little girl's straight eyes, and as soon as she entered the door, she noticed the bread in her grandmother's hand, which she hadn't eaten for a long, long time.

"Grandma, is this what this sister gave you?" The little girl moved to the old woman, stared at the bread in the old woman's hand, and swallowed.

"Huahua, we can't accept other people's things at will." Although the old woman is a rural lady, she is very temperamental.