For two days in a row, the ancient village was busy placing Zuo Qi's people and horses, which can be said to be full of effort inside and out.

Zhu Teng treated Zuo Chu as a guest, and personally went to Zuo Chu's dormitory every day to greet him. He has passed the age of knowing his fate, he is still in good spirits, and his face is a little handsome.

Zhu Teng's widowhood, he has heard Zhu Yi mention it somewhat.

However, the man in front of him had a look of concern on his face, and his hypocrisy was obvious.

"I heard that the owner of the village also has a ninth daughter." Zuo Chu stared ahead, unfocused, and "blinded" at the end, as if he was just casually mentioning.

A trace of unnaturalness flashed on Zhu Teng's face, and he didn't think about how Zuo Chu knew about this person, and only said: "That daughter is not counted, she is dead." ”

Sure enough, he was unwilling to admit Zhu Yi's identity.

Zuo Chu twisted his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth inadvertently provoked a smile, and sneered: "Can't count?" How to say that it is also a father and daughter, the words of the owner of the village, Zuo was chilled when he heard it. ”

Zhu Teng smiled embarrassedly: "Mr. Chu doesn't know the inside story, and the ugliness of the family is not publicized, so let's not mention her." ”

Zuo Chu stopped making a sound. He didn't mention it, and he didn't have anything to say to him, so he was silent and hung Zhu Teng there.

Zhu Teng noticed Zuo Chu's "cold air" that rejected people for thousands of miles, and he couldn't figure out how this person's temper came for a while. The other party couldn't see it, and it didn't look good to hang it here, so he said hello and was about to leave.

Xu Huanying sent him off, walked outside the door, and heard him sigh: "My rough man has a place where he is not well entertained, just open his mouth." ”

Xu Yuying nodded with a smile and sent him away.

Lu Mai poked Shi Qiao in the house, Shi Qiao looked at the master with a cold face, and whispered: "This broken village is impersonal!" No wonder Zhu Yi has been away from home for more than three years and has not been willing to come back. ”

……

It is said that Zuo Chu and his party will temporarily live in the ancient village, and they will inevitably meet Qiu Shui. Every time Lu Mai saw him, he looked like he wanted to talk but couldn't speak, and he glanced at him with disgust.

I didn't bother to say a word to them.

was afraid that someone would follow him, and then found Zhu Yi living outside the village, Qiu Shui endured it for two days and didn't go out to see her. On the third day, the tacit disregard for each other made him relax his vigilance, and he carried two rabbits out of the village early in the morning.

Qiu Shui always got up early, and when he went to Zhu Yi, it was still dark.

He reached under the wooden window and pulled the doorpost with his backhand, and the low wooden door opened. patted the snow on his body, lit the candles, and slept heavily in the thick quilt wrapped in the quilt on the bed.

He tucked the quilt tightly for her, and hurried to find a stake to build a fire.

The warmth of the cabin slowly rose, and after a long time, the rooster crow of the ancient village could be faintly heard. It was still dark, but dawn had arrived.

At dawn, the snow outside the house stopped.

The hut was already burning warm, and the person in the bed woke up slowly.

Zhu Yi, whose hair was scattered, looked at Qiu Shui, and his originally sleepy-eyed confused little face instantly became happy: "Brother! You're finally here, no one has lit a fire for me for the past two days, and when I wake up in the morning, I almost freeze to death, and I can't get out of bed! ”

Qiu Shui listened to her lazy nasal voice in the early morning, which was quite coquettish, and couldn't help glaring at her: "Delicate!" ”

Zhu Yi jumped out of bed, quickly freshened up, and saw two hares waiting to be slaughtered. Qiu Shui asked her to boil water in a cauldron, and told her about Zuo Shui living in the ancient village.

Zhu Yi stopped what he was doing and was stunned for a moment.

Unexpectedly, Zuo Zhu actually lived in the ancient village and paid three times the silver tael of Zhu Teng's asking price. Throwing ice cubes into the cauldron, she smiled brightly and said, "After all, there are rich people, besides, things that have nothing to do with me, don't mention it." ”

Knowing that she didn't want to talk about this topic, Qiu Shui didn't say anything anymore, and just focused on peeling rabbits. When the pot was uncovered, the overflowing aroma filled the hut.

In the afternoon, the sun rose, shining on the snow and emitting a shining light, Qiu Shui went back to the village to take care of A-Niang, Zhu Yi woke up from a nap and had nothing to do, put on a snow-colored robe, and carried a bow and crossbow to Xilin to hunt.

Xilin is not far away, and it will not take long to arrive. Walking to the depths of the forest, a hunter had already picked up the easy prey and left in twos and threes, laughing and leaving, and soon she was left alone in the cold and frozen snow forest.

Find a random woodland, crouch next to a bare and stout poplar tree, and wrap your robe more tightly.

The surroundings are quiet, and the silence is permeating. Zhu Yi waited for a long time, and finally saw signs of loosening in the snowdrift not far away.

She immediately held her breath and silently pulled out the arrow behind her back.

The movement is getting louder and louder, and Zhu Yi waits with bated breath. She was sure that she would be able to hunt any more living creatures in the snowdrifts......

However, just as the arrow in her hand was about to fire, several rough and loud laughter resounded through the snow forest. The loose snowdrift quickly collapsed in half, and there was no movement in an instant.

The prey ran away.

In a moment of anger, Zhu Yi turned to look at the source of the sound, and when the culprit came out of the winding snow road, the two sides looked at each other, both of them were stunned, and then showed disdain at the same time.

It's the people of Guzhai.

As a person with a "bad reputation", who was expelled from the village and called "dead" by everyone, Zhu Yi will naturally make the other party despised, as always. However, their vulgarity and barbarism were also disgusted by Zhu Yi. Both sides glanced at each other, each turning their heads away, ignoring the other.

Zhu Yi wanted to find another quiet place, but before he could take two steps away, he ran into Zhu Lan and Zhu Dragon. Zhu Lan, who is dressed in a lake blue robe, is the eighth miss of Guzhai, and Zhu Lan, who is dressed in bright red, is the seventh lady.

That's the person she should have called "Sister".

The brightly dressed duo looked particularly dazzling in the snow. When Zhu Yi walked around to Zhu Dragon, Zhu Dragon snorted disdainfully.

Shrugged her shoulders and tied the strap on her chest, Zhu Yi didn't care about her contempt, and was about to leave, but someone came out from the opposite side. only scribbled at her, so frightened that she immediately turned into the cross-cutting slope next to her.

A familiar voice sounded immediately: "Did we see the other ladies in the ancient village just now?" How can you blink an eye and people disappear? ”

It was Lumai who spoke, and he used to talk to Zhu Yi.

The two eldest ladies were reluctant to talk for a long time on Zhu Yi, laughed and sloppy, and led people away.

It wasn't until they were far away that Zhu Yi came out of the fork and went back the way he came.

On the way back, she was empty-handed, and when she saw clumsy and hidden animals, she had no intention of dabbling.

When he got home, Qiu Shui had already come, standing by the fireside, his long figure strong and straight. Inadvertently, the relatives who grew up together since childhood have long since faded the shadow of their youth, and they have become more calm and reliable.

Qiu Shui heard the movement, turned to look at Zhu Yi who returned empty-handed, and smiled.

Zhu Yi took off the bow and crossbow and quiver and hung it behind the door, and listened to Qiu Shui carefully ask her how she was. Knowing what he was asking, she thought seriously in her heart for a while, and she said: "Anyway, I am also a person with backbone, and now except for A-Niang and you, other people and things don't have much impact on me." ”

This also counts as true.

Even though she is young, there is nothing that can stir up the wind and waves in her heart. For example, the old person she accidentally saw in the past two days, if she had been before, she would have been so excited that she couldn't help herself. Nowadays, on the other hand, there is really no obvious feeling.

However, if there is no wave, it is not.

For example, she is still a little afraid that the incident will be exposed.

A year ago, she took advantage of a fire to come back from a "scam".

Of course, what she knew was that the fire that blinded Zuo Chu was not the same thing as the fire she deliberately created.

Coincidentally, the time is the same.

However, the location, the cause, and the outcome are very different.

Qiu Shui knew that the current Zhu Yi was finally "sober", so he smiled with relief, and then changed the topic and asked her about the results of her preparation for the general election in seven days.

It's okay not to mention it, but when I mention it, it makes Zhu Yi feel that one head is two big.

Ancient village.

After Lu Mai and the others came back, they excitedly went straight to the bedroom where Zuo Qi was staying.

When Zuo Chu saw him come back, he looked excited, and he knew who he saw. Due to excitement, Lu Mai's eyes were a little moist: "I saw Zhu Yi, just hunting in that forest!" He pointed in the direction of Xilin, and his tone was unconcealably excited: "Owner, our trip is too worthwhile, we should have come a long time ago!" ”

Xu Yuying stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, signaling him not to be excited, and said, "It seems that Miss Zhu has a habit of hunting." This is easy to do, I heard that a radius of 100 miles, it is also a hunting place in Xilin. ”

The eyes of the man on the seat who were as silent as an ice lake are now rippling layer by layer: "If she can go, we can naturally go." After that, except for the days when the snow closed the forest, we went hunting in the forest. ”

Huan Qi was quite puzzled: "Miss Zhu's house is not far from the ancient village, why don't we go directly to her residence in the name of visiting?" ”

Zuo Qi's plain hand holding the teacup rubbed the body of the two cups: "Don't disturb her rashly." ”

Shi Qiao listened to the conversation of several people, remembered something, and said, "I didn't pay attention to anyone who mentioned that there would be a general election for study in seven days, and it would be held every four years. It was just now, and I heard someone say that Miss Zhu had signed up this year, so I paid attention to asking more. If you are chosen, you will have to stay in that place called 'Chuyuan' for the rest of your life, and you can't disturb your feelings, let alone talk about marriage, and you can only study and write day after day until you die of old age. ”

Remembering Zhu Yi's noisy appearance, Zuo Chu chuckled: "She is not a person who loves to read, and I won't let her in." ”

Can't be emotionally disturbed? Can't talk about marriage? That's not the way she should go......

Everyone looked at the master in confusion.

Remembering that he had seen the relevant records of the Xili Research Book in the book, Zuo Chu smiled even more: "Is the Xiwu storage wall?" Looks like we're going to have to make a trip. ”

Xu Yingying couldn't help but look at Zuo Chu twice. The owner of the village may have paved the back road. However, today's Zhu Yi, I'm afraid that she won't be obedient, only God doesn't know the ghost and "leads" her to the road.