He spoke too directly, and suddenly asked Wen Daya very embarrassed. Chen Nian knew that this was a tactful to Lu Xiao, and it was estimated that he actually wanted to ask: How did you become a mountain bandit to such a downcast. She smiled and replied for Wen Daya: "Life in Taihang Mountain has always been hard. ”

Wen Daya smiled bitterly and nodded in response, and said: "Taihang Mountain is already poor, and North Taihang is poorer than South Taihang. But this year's military disaster is too heavy, who dares to come here, and our financial route will be cut off. ”

Lu Xiao was confused when he heard this, and frowned: "I don't know much about your business. ”

Chen Nian was silent, and explained in a low voice: "The land in Taihang Mountain is barren, and the rain can't keep up, so there is no food on the ground. This year, not only is there chaos in the mountains of Taihang, but also the two states of Qinghai and Hebei are also fighting, and the price of grain will be much more expensive, let alone unavailable. ”

Wen Daya nodded and said, "That's it." ”

A few people were talking in a low voice, and the young man who had been sitting in the corner had silently fed his sister rice porridge, hesitated, and walked over with his sister in his arms to return the big rice of Chen Nian, and said, "My sister has warmed up, I don't need it, thank you." ”

Chen Nian didn't take the big one, "Give it to you, when you take the child out, wrap her thicker." ”

The young man took the big one back, thought about it and said to Chen Nian: "Please ask the girl's surname, and when she gets the opportunity in the future, she will repay her." ”

Chen Nian smiled and shook his head, "No need. ”

The young man looked at her twice, and said nothing, but took his sister and went to sit in the corner.

After the wild boar meat on the fire was cooked, Wen Daya invited Chen Nian and Lu Xiao to eat it first, and then divided a little more among the people, but asked someone to put the rest away and eat it tomorrow. Seeing him like this, even Lu Xiao saw that the life of the owner of the village was really tight, and he couldn't help but regret it in his heart, and secretly said that he had eaten so much meat just now, and the owner of the village didn't know how painful it was.

Although there are a few rooms in the village, but because it is too dilapidated, there are only three or five rooms that can live in people, and most of them sleep together in order to be warm at night. Only the young Cui Xiaoer, afraid that his sister's crying at night would disturb everyone, so he took her to sleep alone in the east side of the hut. Wen Daya took pity on the child, and asked someone to repair the hut and plug up the big holes everywhere, which was the second best room in the village except for this hall.

Chen Nian came here, Wen Daya specially asked someone to clear the room where Cui Xiaoer slept and said, "The heroine will rest here at night, just greet us if you have something." ”

Chen Nian didn't want to occupy the place of the brother and sister, so he refused: "No need, let's ask Brother Cui to take his sister to sleep in that room, we can rest in this room, not so particular, and it is warmer to guard the fire here." ”

She said this sincerely, Wen Daya's good impression of her couldn't help but go up to another level, feeling that this woman is not only good-looking, but also easy-going and generous, unlike some women who walk the rivers and lakes, who look down on others because of their strong martial arts, even if someone accidentally looks at them more, they have to chase each other to destroy a pair of eyes.

Wen Daya said a few more polite words to Chen Nian, and saw that she really insisted, so she gave up. And in the evening they went back to their houses and slept. Wen Daya combined the tables and chairs in the hall into two simple beds, and specially divided two broken beds out for Chen Nian and Lu Xiao. But they were useless, sitting cross-legged on their backs as usual, meditating by the fire.

In the middle of the night, all kinds of snoring sounds in the next room sounded into a piece, Chen Nian had a very light sleep after his illness, and he couldn't sleep at all in this case, and secretly said that the young man had to take his sister to sleep separately, Xu De was not afraid that the sister would cry and make noise about these people, but that he was afraid that the snoring of these people would make a noise for the girl. Thinking of the boy and the child, she unconsciously thought of Mu Zhanyue again, more than ten years ago, did her father-in-law be like that young man, running around with her doll, and also suffered so much.

She was thinking wildly, when she heard Lu Xiao behind her suddenly ask softly, "What are you thinking?" ”

Chen Nian was silent for a moment, and replied in a low voice: "I am thinking about my father-in-law, it is not easy for him to raise me, I should only thank him, I really shouldn't blame him." ”

Mu Zhanyue abandoned her like this, no matter how important the reason was, she actually felt a little resentful in her heart, but when she saw the young man with a girl today, she suddenly felt that she was wrong. Mu Zhanyue doesn't owe her anything, it's a great kindness to be able to raise her, not to mention that he has now called Lu Xiao to protect her, it can be seen that her father-in-law doesn't love her, but she is too ignorant.

Lu Xiao turned from behind, sat side by side with her, turned his head to look at her, and said, "Xie Chennian, I really think you have changed a lot." ”

Chen Nian smiled unconsciously and asked him, "Where have I changed?" ”

Lu Xiao frowned and thought for a moment, "I can't say it, I just think you're different from before, I used to think you were a little girl, sometimes it's very likable, sometimes it's so angry that people want to beat you." But that's no longer the case. You're like ...... right now Suddenly grew up. He paused, but continued: "I don't like you to be the way you are now, and you don't feel sad or happy all day long, as if you have more breath than those dead people. ”

If he spoke like this, if he had been placed in the past, Chen Nian would have been annoyed, but at this moment, he just listened quietly, his eyes drooped slightly, his thick eyelashes did not move, and the whole person seemed to have no life.

Lu Xiao pointed at her and said, "Yes, it's your expression right now, I am really upset to look at it." Xie Chennian, my father once said to me, he said that people have as big a head as they are, don't always think that you are the most powerful in the world, and solicit everything to yourself. Whether there is you or not, Wen Ruoliu has to die, it was her father's harm, what does it have to do with you. ”

Chen said to Lu Xiao in a young voice: "Okay, what are you doing with Xiaoliu, I don't think of her." Besides, I have nothing to do with anyone like this now, it's because I thought about things too simply, and I like to be smart. ”

Lu Xiao glanced at her with some annoyance, walked to the other side and sat down alone, crossed his knees and closed his eyes to recuperate. Chen Nian saw him like this, and he also condensed his mind to meditate and breathe.

The north wind howled outside, and when the door of the house was opened at dawn the next day, everyone realized that there was a thick layer of snow outside, and the snow leaves did not know when they had floated up. Lu Xiao went out for a turn, and came back to Chen Nian and said: "The wind and snow outside are tight, and the mountain road is very difficult to walk. ”

Wen Daya sincerely asked them to stay for another two days, and said: "There is no place to rest for a hundred and ten miles to the north, such a day, it is really difficult to stay outside, and the wind on the beam can beat people up, so the two of you should wait for two days before leaving." ”

The weather suddenly became so bad, Chen Nian had no other way, discussed it with Lu Xiao, and decided to wait here for the snow to stop. Although the wind and snow outside were heavy, the fire inside the house was extremely hot, but I didn't feel how cold it was, but on the third day, there was no food in the stockade.

Wen Daya is a hospitable person, and thinks that since Chen Nian and Lu Xiao have arrived here, they must be regarded as honored guests of the village, and not only can their host greet guests with good wine and meat, but he even has to eat up the dry food brought by the guests themselves, which has to be laughed at everywhere. Taking advantage of the time when Chen Nian and Lu Xiao went out to see the road, Wen Daya gathered the brothers in the village together to discuss and see where to get some food.

There is a town more than thirty miles to the south, and there is a big family in the town, but the big family has hired a martial artist to guard the house, and it is a high-walled compound, which is very difficult to enter. As for the other families in the town, most of them are so poor that they are clanging, and besides, they are all villagers, so they will go over and rob them. More than a dozen old and young masters gathered in a circle and were worried, all of them sighed for a long time, and none of them could come up with a way to get rations. was so angry that Wen Daya patted their heads one by one, and said angrily: "One by one, foodies, they are embarrassed to gnaw on other people's bread, how can they reach out and take it from people's hands,"

After speaking, he glared at the big man and shouted, "Silly big, what do you look at." I'm talking about you,"

The man who was called the stupid big man looked at Wen Daya very innocently and reminded him: "Big boss, you also ate that bread,"

Wen Daya was so choked by his words that he almost lost his head, and when he got back of his breath, he raised his hand and slapped him in the head, and scolded angrily: "You dare to talk back when you are fattened,"

The stupid man was very aggrieved, and he didn't dare to say anything, so he shrank back pitifully.

Everyone was worried, but Chen Nian and Lu Xiao came back from outside. Wen Daya didn't want the two of them to know about the embarrassment of the stockade, so he hurriedly waved his hand to disperse, but he didn't want Chen Nian to actually notice that there was no food in the village. She had some silver taels in her hand, which He Ze gave them when she left Qingzhou. That person was very generous, she and Lu Xiao still had a lot left at the moment, and it was nothing to give some relief to these people, but it was not good to step forward and give people money like this.

Chen Nian thought about it for a while, then stepped forward and said to Wen Daya: "Master Wen, there is something to trouble you. ”

Wen Daya hurriedly said: "There is something you order." Chen Nian said: "I see that the wind and snow outside are a lot lighter, and it seems that it will stop tomorrow at most." The two of us have to go north, and as you know, the north is desolate and uninhabited, and we have to get all our belongings ready to go. It's just that the two of us are not familiar with this place, and we don't know where to buy these, so I wonder if you can send two people to buy them for us."