As the sun sets in the west, a faint golden glow shines through the small windows of the stone house, bringing the last glimmer of light of the day to the room.

There was a wooden bed in the stone house, and on the bed was Lin Dacheng, the wounds on the surface of his body had been simply bandaged, and now he looked like he was sleeping.

Lin Ying sat on the edge of the bed, and Quan Ling'er was by his side.

Directly opposite them, there were three old men, and behind the old men stood a dozen middle-aged men.

"Ahem, the old man is the head of this village, Quan Zhengdao. The old man sitting in the middle was the first to speak.

"Lin Ying has seen the village chief's grandfather. Lin Ying stepped forward, and it was directly a bang.

"This little guy is pretty smart. ”

"It's called being polite. ”

"Maybe it's a person who is small and big, and he does things in his heart. ”

The middle-aged man standing in the back saw that Lin Ying had just come and bowed to the village chief, and they all started talking.

"Quiet. The old man on the left of Quan Zhengdao knocked on the crutch.

"Little one, I already know your situation, but our people here have never had anything to do with the outside world. Letting you into the village today is an exception. ”

"Grandpa, he's still a child, and his master is unconscious, if we don't take them in, they might die outside. Without waiting for Quan Zhengdao to finish speaking, Quan Ling'er hurriedly said quickly.

"Shut up, adults talk, you don't interject as a child. Zhan Wu, take Ling'er away. Quan Zhengdao said angrily.

"Yes. Quan Ling'er's father, Quan Zhanwu, walked out of the crowd.

"Okay, grandpa, I won't speak, just let me stay here. Quan Ling'er begged in fright.

Quan Zhanwu stopped and looked at Quan Zhengdao, and saw that he squinted his eyes slightly and didn't say anything, so he temporarily acquiesced to her being here.

"Thank you, good grandpa. Quan Ling'er was instantly elated.

"Ahem, little one. It's not that we don't save you, we also have to consider the lives and safety of the villagers, we have village rules, and we must not intervene in disputes with outsiders. So ......" Quan Zhengdao stretched out three fingers: "We have already discussed, three days, just three days, this is already an exception." After three days, even if your Master does not wake up, you must leave here. ”

"Thank you, village chief, grandfather. Lin Ying kowtowed again, although it was only three days, but he was already very happy.

"Moreover, you can't go out of this courtyard for the past three days, we will send food, and you can only move in this courtyard. If there's nothing going on, it's best not to even leave this house. The old man on the left hand side of Quan Zhengdao added.

"Thank you, grandpa. Lin Ying didn't say much, and at the same time kowtowed to the other two old men.

Quan Ling'er wanted to say something, but when she opened her mouth, she saw her father Quan Zhanwu staring at her, so she gave up.

"That's it, let's all disperse. Let them have a good rest. The old man on the left hand side of Quanzheng Road said.

"Wait a minute. Just as everyone was about to leave, the old man who had been sitting on the right hand side of Quan Zhengdao and had not spoken suddenly spoke.

"Village chief, although they are not from our village, and they only live for a maximum of three days, I think they still have to abide by some rules in the village during these three days. The old man on the right said.

"There's no need for this, as long as they stay here and don't go out, it shouldn't be fine. Izumi said.

"What the village chief said is that nothing else, but the 'Kyushu gods', I think since they live here, they should do something to show respect. In the end, his voice became so low that only Izumi could hear it, as if he was afraid of alarming something.

"I don't think so, they're not from here, they're not qualified to enter the temple of the Kyushu God, and I don't think the Kyushu God doesn't need to bow down reverently. The old man on the left objected.

The old man did not dare to agree with this, and the old man felt that as long as he entered this village, no matter who it was, he must express his respect for the god of Kyushu, even if he only stayed here for a day, a stick of incense or an instantaneous time, the god could not be blasphemed. The old man on the right stood his mind.

Quan Zhengdao stroked his sparse beard, and said after a moment: "What the two of you said makes sense, so let's do it, the temple of the god of Kyushu is in the center of the village, and they only need to bow down in the direction of the god of Kyushu before meals and during the sacrifice every day, so that they will not go out of this courtyard, and at the same time express their respect for the god of Kyushu." What do you two think?"

After listening to Izumi's words, they all said they had no opinion.

"Little guy, can you agree to the old man's method?" asked Quan Zhengdao to Lin Ying.

Quan Ling'er secretly pulled Lin Ying, and when he turned around, he saw that the young lady was blinking her big eyes and nodding vigorously, meaning to tell him to agree quickly.

"Miss Ling'er has worked tirelessly to bring me and Master back, and the grandfathers have taken us in at the risk of taking us in, and they have been very kind to us, and Master and I must follow the arrangement of the village elder. Since we live in Lingquan Village, maybe it is the Kyushu God who is blessing us, so the Kyushu God here should also be our god, and we should bow down to the Kyushu God. ”

"The little guy is really good at talking, okay, then that's it. Quan Zhengdao said with a smile.

When the sun completely disappeared from the western horizon and darkness completely covered the earth, Lin Ying and the sleeping Lin Dacheng were left in the stone house.

Lin Ying lay on the small bed next to her and quickly fell asleep. It was the most he'd slept in the days he's been on the run.

At dawn, Lin Ying had a dream, he dreamed of his father and mother, as well as his brothers and sisters. The family was happily eating dinner, and the table was full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and there was no shortage of delicacies made of the muscles and flesh of fierce beasts

"Mother, I want to eat that. Lin Ying pointed to the dishes on the table and shouted.

"Look at my little darling. The mother pinched his white and tender little face and smiled.

"Don't give him food. Ha ha. "My sister deliberately took the dishes away.

"Sister, bad. Lin Ying said angrily.

"Hahaha-" The people sitting around laughed.

"Mother, my sister is bad, beat my sister. Mother, mother, mother, mother......"

The mother also laughed with everyone, but the laughter became smaller and smaller, Lin Ying could see them laughing, but slowly she couldn't hear the laughter, and then their appearance was slowly blurred, until everything disappeared.

"Mother. Lin Ying woke up when she screamed for the last time, and it turned out that it was just a dream.

Only then did he realize that this was no longer his home. Relatives are not here.

"Father, brother, sister, where are you? Mother, the child misses you so much. Tears flowed silently, soaking the pillow.

Crying and crying, I don't know when, Lin Ying fell asleep again. Until Quan Ling'er came knocking on the door.

She brought Lin Ying a piece of animal meat and a few wild fruits, and instructed: "We are going to bow down to the gods of Kyushu, you don't have to go, but before eating these things, you have to bow down at home." ”

Seeing Lin Ying nodded, she turned around and jumped out, like a lively and active little rabbit.

Before the meal, Lin Ying bowed down reverently in the center of the village, and made a wish: "Lord Kyushu God, please save my master, as long as I can make my master better, let me do anything." Then he kowtowed three times.

The meat and wild fruits that Quan Ling'er brought with him were delicious, and he thought they were better than anything he had eaten in the palace before.

After breakfast, he saw dozens of heavily armed men in the prime of life, led by Quan Zhanwu, out of the village, probably going hunting. Prey is the food source for the villagers, and the women also pick some wild fruits, but that is only auxiliary food.

Then he heard the sound of crying and scolding from all directions, and it was the women who were pulling their children to the square to practice.

"Hurry up, go to cultivation quickly, and then dare to sleep lazily and see that I don't break your legs. ”

"I don't want to cultivate. The child said with a crying voice.

"I dare to talk back to you. See that I don't kill you. ”

Then the child ran wildly, and the woman chased after him.

"Look, the thin monkey has been beaten again, if you don't cultivate well, I'll tell your dad when you turn around and let him clean you up. Another woman said.

"Look at Fat Tiger, who's just six years old, a year older than you, and he knocked down the buffalo in the river the other day. You have to be better than him when you're six years old. Hurry up and go to practice. ”

"Good son, behave well today, and come back at noon to stew your favorite river Jiao meat for you. ”

......

The women showed their magical powers, or coercion or temptation, in short, they could let the children cultivate well, and Quan Ling'er was also pulled over by her mother.

It wasn't until noon that their cultivation ended. After lunch, I just took a brief rest, and cultivation was still the main body.

Lin Dacheng was still asleep, and Lin Ying had nothing to do in the stone house, so he lay on the bed to rest and recuperate. The wound on his back had been bandaged, and with the ointment handed down by the ancestors of Lingquan Village, it had begun to heal slowly. It's just that when the wound heals, it's itchy and unbearable, so he can only lie on the bed and sleep.

When the sun was setting in the west, the people who had gone out to hunt returned, and the village was bustling with activity. Women and children surrounded them. It was a fruitful time, and everyone came back safely. There is a cheerful atmosphere in the village.

After a while, Quan Ling'er came running up and down. The scene of slaughtering her prey was too bloody for her to watch. And she was thinking about Lin Ying in her heart, knowing that he was alone, so she came over to accompany him.

"Today, Father, they caught a lot of prey, and there was a flying python. Quan Ling'er said happily.

"Is the python special?"

"Of course, I heard that the python is extremely fast, and the strength is strong and very ferocious, usually they can't catch up when there are many people, and they don't dare to chase when there are few people. ”

"That's the case, Miss Ling'er, do you like to eat python meat?"

"I don't know, I think I'll like it, I heard it's delicious, but I haven't eaten it. Quan Ling'er said regretfully.

"Ahh

"Not really, you can catch one every once in a while. It's just that the god of Kyushu has a soft spot for python meat, and every time he hunts the python, all of them are sacrificed to the god of Kyushu. However, the god of Kyushu protected the villagers, and no matter how much delicious food he had, he should have given him. ”

"Really? But, but, Sister Ling'er, there is something I said, don't scold me. ”

"You say, it's okay. Sister won't blame you. Quan Ling'er's beautiful eyes flowed and she smiled brightly.

"Then I can say, Sister Ling'er, I heard that gods don't eat fireworks in the world, how could Lord Kyushu God ......" Lin Ying asked worriedly.

"I knew you were going to ask that, tell you, the gods you are talking about don't exist at all, how do you eat? It has been protecting us for thousands of years. ”

"Sister Ling'er, have you seen Lord Kyushu God?"

"No, no one in the village has seen him, but we all know he exists. For our ancestors had seen it, and he had eaten all the things we sacrificed. Quan Ling'er firmly believed.

"Okay, Sister Ling'er, now that I believe that the existence of Lord Kyushu God is true, then I want to go and beg Lord Kyushu God to save my master?" Lin Ying asked tentatively.