This is...... Magic Crystal?! An exclamation sounded, and a half-grown young man of more than seven meters emerged from behind the old man, his eyes flashing like magic crystals.

"Ouch! Baby, you also used this to buy food on the road? The old man subconsciously looked at the crumbling door and lowered his voice.

"No, I'm lost and I've run out of food. It's not easy to get out of the woods and get to you. ”

The old man pushed Su Xiaoting's hand, "Hurry up and put it away, don't be seen by outsiders, we are poor here, in case we meet a bad person...... Hey, forget it, I'll cook you a bowl. ”

He turned to the young man and said, "Xiaoman, you can take the guests to the hall to sit down!" ”

"Grandpa!" The 16 or 7-year-old boy named Xiaoman shouted in disappointment before turning around and leading the way.

Su Xiaoting found that his two sleeves fluttered backwards as he walked, as if there was nothing, and his heart jumped, and he thought of the deformed people he had seen in Mu Ling, so he pressed the question.

The living environment of this family is very different from what she imagined, and it is not like the modern country courtyard, with a spacious courtyard and many rooms.

Instead, apart from the kitchen and a simple utility or firewood room, there was only a row of low rooms, divided into two smaller bedrooms by a hall of less than 10 square meters in the middle.

The walls seemed to be made of thick mud, and the roof was raised by several slender tree trunks and covered with straw.

Su Xiaoting sat at the only square table in the hall, ate a bowl of half-thin and half-dried corn paste brought by the old man, and saw that there was no light in the room, so she said goodbye and went back to the kitchen.

The straw has been laid on the edge of the pond, covered with a linen sheet spliced with cloth heads, Su Xiaoting pulled the thin quilt like a cardboard shell, and breathed a sigh of relief, for her own toughness, but also for finally returning to the crowd.

Thinking that she might maintain a schedule synchronized with nature here, Su Xiaoting thought about the follow-up plan and closed her eyes.

The next day, before dawn, she woke up and began to meditate on the meadow.

When the second rooster crow was heard in the village, there was a noise in the hall.

After that, she was invited to the hall again, and the old man brought her a basin of warm water to wash. Seeing a somewhat unfamiliar face reflected on the surface of the water, Su Xiaoting endured not to wash her face, but only cleaned her hands and neck.

For breakfast, it was still a bowl of corn paste, and a plate of black wild vegetable balls, Su Xiaoting didn't take it, and the family's life was probably even more difficult than she thought.

Xiao Man sat on a round stool, skillfully picked up the spoon with one foot, and finished a bowl of porridge with a sigh.

"Uncle, how far is this from the bazaar? I'd like to buy a leather jacket and a map~"

"Maps? That thing is not cheap~" The old man frowned and thought for a while before he said: "This kind of thing, we don't necessarily have it in our town, so we can only go to the pond to see it!" ”

"Ponds? Grandpa, can I go? Xiao Man immediately raised his head when he heard this.

"What are you going to do?"

"I want to go see Daddy~ Didn't you say you wanted to send him some pickles?"

"Xiaoman, where does your daddy work?"

"Work? Oh, you say workmanship, right? Hehe...... There are a few laborers here who don't go to the pond in winter! Xiao Man swept away the loss just now, and looked at Su Xiaoting with a look that was really a foreigner.

The old man opened his mouth, "Fengtang, it is the largest county town in Cang'er that produces Erzhu in Cang'er. His dad has been gone for 10 days! I don't know what will happen this year! ”

Su Xiaoting nodded, "Then I'll go there and have a look!" What means of transportation can I take? ”

"There's only an ox cart here, and it's not much faster than a human, so if you leave in the morning, you can get there in the afternoon."

"Really? That's great! Su Xiaoting stood up a little impatiently.

Xiao Man pointed at Su Xiaoting, and said after a while: "You, are you a girl?" ”

At this moment, the sky is already bright, although Su Xiaoting still has dust on her face, she can't stand the good foundation, coupled with her gentle voice and slender body.

Unlike the old and dizzy grandfather, Xiao Man immediately noticed it when he took a closer look just now.

"Huh? Girl? The old man was stunned for a moment, and only then did he dare to be sure of Su Xiaoting's mature and soft eyes that should not be at this age.

Then he was afraid: "Nonsense, how can your adults put their minds down, isn't this pushing you into the fire pit?" You can't stay in this Cang'er, go back quickly! ”

"Sister?" A voice suddenly came out from behind the curtain of the side room, and a little girl who was slightly shorter than Su Xiaoting by half a head came out of the smoke, walked up to her and looked at her from head to toe.

"Xiaofu! This is really a sister~" Xiaoman said in surprise.

"Xiaofu? Is this your granddaughter? Su Xiaoting had already heard the movement of the side room, but she didn't expect it to be such a big child.

"Yes. Ay...... You don't know, we are no better here than elsewhere, the big fist is reasonable, and it is also popular to rob relatives! ”

"Kissing?" Su Xiaoting saw Xiaofu shrink behind her grandfather.

"Yes, whether it is a capable person or an ordinary person, as long as you fall in love with an unmarried woman, you can snatch it home openly. There are also some beautiful little daughters-in-law, even if they get married, if they are favored by the capable adults, they will snatch them home. ”

"What? Zhengda is bright ......and bright," Su Xiaoting was shocked, "Don't the officials here care?" ”

"They don't care if we live or die! Besides, we've always been like this here, huh! Xiao Man said indignantly, looking at his sister worriedly.

Since the age of 10, my sister has not dared to go out, although the people in the village will not do it, but there are many outsiders looking for a little girl of the right age, and there are all kinds of people, in case my sister is caught home by an old and poor ugly monster, where do they find it.

There is also an unwritten rule here, as long as the two worship the gods of heaven and earth, they are a legitimate husband and wife. Although a woman can recruit more sons-in-law, she cannot dissolve the marriage contract casually without a valid reason.

After figuring out the strange local customs, Su Xiaoting understood the old man's distress of hiding his granddaughter. It seems that she can only try to keep a low profile~

"Uncle, are there many capable people above level 3 here?"

"You said the Venerable level? It's hard to say, there are probably not many small villages like ours, but the pond is prosperous and rich, and people who have the ability are willing to settle there. ”

"In other words, there are quite a few Venerables in the county seat?"

"It stands to reason that there is only one Venerable One out of 10 capable people, but there are so many people there. However, most of the Venerable Ones should have gone to the town on the other side of the Nine Eyes River, and there are not many in the county town! ”

"Got it! I still want to check it out~"

Seeing the disapproval on the old man's face, Su Xiaoting explained: "Without a map, it will be difficult for me to find my brother, besides, I am also a capable person, as long as I am careful, it should be no problem to escape." ”

"The capable?!" The grandfather and the others exclaimed in unison.

Although the proportion of capable people here has reached 2%, there are only a few in a village, but there is no targeted training and guidance, and in ordinary villages and towns, most of the capable people stop at level 3.

Even so, in the chaos of the law, they are still a symbol of strength and wealth, and they can overlook the existence of everyone.

But the next moment, when the three of them saw Su Xiaoting's thin figure and the girl's description, they calmed down again.

At such an age, there is a natural strength gap with tall men, and they really don't have much hope for Su Xiaoting's force value.

"Uncle, thank you for letting me stay overnight last night, but I still have to go. Also, can you help me exchange this crystal for change? ”

"Hey, that's fine! Later, I'll take you to Old Man Zhang's car, he should have cash there. Xiaoman, you put pickles on your back, go to the pond to find your father, and send this sister to the county seat there by the way. ”

"It's just a girl, Xiaoman can only lead the way for you, if something happens, it will definitely not help you, it depends on your own luck, old man, I'm done with it~"

"I see, thank you!" Su Xiaoting replied.