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Following the map's instructions, they headed north.

It wasn't until late in the night, when the temperature was nearly cool, that they came across a village and were ready to spend the night.

This is a small village, and judging by the number of houses, the total population will definitely not exceed 100.

The houses are made of green bricks and wooden roofs, and are surrounded by some fields, making it a typical small village.

"Boss, there's still a light there~"

The wolf's eyes were sharp, and when he saw that the lights were still on so late, he shouted.

At this time, it is not appropriate to disturb people, and I can only ask the villagers who have not slept to see if they can borrow a night.

"Let's go. ”

Ji pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, and ran there.

Perhaps they heard the sound of the horse's hooves running, and just before they reached the house, a small child ran out of the house.

It was a little boy of three or four years old, with a dark, thin little face, hair about two inches long, unkempt, like a magpie's nest.

Ji Dong opened his mouth to ask the little boy.

Unbeknownst to him, the little boy seemed to be surprised or afraid of the living, blinked twice, turned his head and ran back into the house, shouting in a milky voice: "Mother, someone is coming"

"Hehe, this kid must be afraid of life" Seeing that Ji Dong was deflated, the wolf Pang smiled and dismounted with Ji Dong.

As soon as they dismounted, an old woman of about seventy years of age, in her last years, dressed in knots, and hunchbacked, came out of the house.

"The two of you are" The old woman was a little surprised when she saw Ji Dong and them riding horses, and said very cautiously.

"Hello, mother-in-law, we are here from the capital of the Great Cangguo Kingdom, and we want to rush to the divine ruins in the north. But because I lost track of time and missed the town hotel, I just appeared here. If it's late today, the two of us want to spend the night at your place, I don't know if it's convenient or not" Ji Dong hugged his fists and saluted, very politely.

"Oh~" The old woman seemed to think for a while, and then said: "The thatched hut is simple, as long as the two sons are not humble, they will settle down in the old woman's house~"

"Thank you, mother-in-law"

Ji Dong said, seeing that the wolf Pang over there was a little indifferent, and made a look.

Wolf Pang also hurriedly hugged his fists and thanked him.

The old woman said that she was not welcome, and then she entered the door, while Ji Dong and the others tied the two Qingyun scale horses outside.

"Boss, why are you telling her in such detail, is it necessary?"

"Ordinary people, seeing the two of us riding high-headed horses, must be a little worried. Therefore, we try to explain where we come from and where we are going, so that they can rest assured, and in addition, the attitude must be correct and polite, otherwise, they will not be able to borrow a place to live. Ji Dong thought of the experience of the previous life and said.

Wolf Pang thought for a moment and said, "What the boss said does make some sense. ”

The two tied up their horses and entered the house, and were stunned by the door.

I saw that under the dim oil lamp, there were three young children sitting on low stools, eating around a small table, gobbling up something.

As for the old woman, Ji Dong looked at them again, she was in a small room on the right, tidying up the quilt.

It's a room, but it's too small, so it can only fit the size of a bed, and there is a small shabby table next to it.

The quilt is also tied and mended, and it seems to have been used for many years.

"It seems that the life of this family is very hard, it's just that there are three children, their parents, didn't I just hear that there is a child, who is calling his mother" Ji Dong was a little puzzled, after not seeing other people, he was also confused, but seeing that the old woman was busy, he hurriedly walked over and said: "Mother-in-law, don't tidy up, don't worry, let's stay for one night and leave." ”

"Hehe, the son can live in our house today, that is the fate of the old wife in the previous life. Besides, the son is a distinguished guest, of course, you have to clean up well, so as not to snub the distinguished guest" The old woman turned around, smiled kindly, ignored him, and continued.

Seeing that she insisted, Ji Dong didn't say anything anymore, but walked to the three children.

Two little boys, one little girl.

A man and a woman are both three or four years old, and there is a boy who is even younger, he should have just been able to walk for a short time, and he didn't know what they were eating, a bit like sweet potatoes and a little like taro, black, but they ate very happily.

"Two big brothers, are you hungry too" The little boy who had just run out of the house, seeing that Ji Dong was looking at them, pinched out a piece and wanted to hand it to Ji Dong, with a little reluctance in his eyes, and said very bravely.

The other two children were timid and afraid to speak.

Listening to this little guy's milky words, Ji Dong smiled: "Haha, good, my brother is not hungry, he doesn't eat"

After speaking, Ji Dong's heart moved, checked the storage ring, and smiled.

"Little ones, I have food here too, for you. Then, Ji Dong took out a roast duck and put some fruit on their table.

This is what he used to put in there just in case.

Seeing that Ji Dong was like magic, he conjured these things, and the children all exclaimed, and looked at Ji Dong with very interested eyes one by one. But just when Ji Dong motioned for them to see the roast duck, they were quickly attracted by the roast duck, and the little guys showed their greed and almost drooled.

"Eat, it's okay~" Ji Dong said with a smile.

"Mother"

The three- or four-year-old child yelled at the old woman.

The old woman turned her head and seemed to be a little surprised, but soon the surprise disappeared, and she said with a smile: "Little paw, don't thank this brother yet." ”

The child was smart, thanked him in unison, and was not polite immediately, and the three of them rushed to eat, smiling while eating, and seemed to like it very much.

Seeing that they were eating, the old woman was tidying up, and Ji Dong and Wolf Pang could only find two low stools to sit on.

At this time, Ji Dong's heart was full of doubts, why the child would call the old woman Yes, this time he saw it very clearly, the child called Little Paw was called Niang. However, how could an old woman at such an age still have a child

However, because this was just curiosity, and it was not easy to inquire about other people's **, although he was puzzled, Ji Dong did not ask.

But the wolf Pang also felt strange, and immediately couldn't stand it, looking like he wanted to ask, but it was difficult to speak.

It wasn't until about ten minutes later that the old woman walked out and said with a smile: "The two sons have been cleaned up, please don't dislike it~"

"Where will it be, thank you mother-in-law~" Ji Dong hurriedly replied.

After a day's journey, Wolf Pang was also a little tired, so he walked into the house first.

However, Ji Dong was not sleepy, so he sat here and watched the children rushing to eat there, looking very happy.

"Your name is Little Paw, this name is so interesting~"

"Thank you, brother, brother, what is your name, little paw, is this really good" The little boy put his index finger in his mouth, cute and authentic.

"Well, it's very chic, brother, my name is Ji Dong. ”

"That brother's name is also very chic~" The little boy cleverly drew inferences.

Ji Dong laughed.

"Brother Ji Dong eat~"

"Well, my brother is not hungry, and the little paw eats. ”

"No, it's so late, my brother is hungry too, and the little paw can't eat by itself, so my brother wants a piece too. ”

"Okay, then I'll eat a piece. ”

"No, I want to eat two pieces, no, above"

"Haha, good, good. ”

Watching, eating, sitting, blowing the wind, teasing the children, it is rare and comfortable

Just when Ji Dong was enjoying this rare peace, suddenly, a trace of struggle flashed on the face of the old woman next to her, and she said faintly: "Childe, did you just say that you were going to the Divine Ruins?"

Ji Dong was stunned.

"Mo Fei, my mother-in-law also knows about the ruins"

"Well, it's very dangerous there, and the people who go in are almost dead, if Childe wants to go, he really has to think twice."

"What does my mother-in-law mean by this?"

"Hehe~" The old woman replied and asked: "You must be very strange, why does that child call me mother?"

"Hmm~ I look at my mother-in-law's age"

"Actually, I'm really his mother, but only the little paw is my son, and the other two are raised. ”

"Ah, but" Ji Dong was shocked at first, and then very incomprehensible. This mother-in-law is so old that she can still have children, which is ridiculous

"Hehe, don't you believe it, that's why I'm asking you if you're really going to the Divine Ruins. ”

When Ji Dong heard this, a strange chill arose in his heart.

Could it be that the ruins of the gods can make an old man have another child, how strange it is

"Mother-in-law, I don't know what you mean" Ji Dong still felt that he should ask clearly.

"I think I was only 20 years old when my husband came here, and because he was nine months pregnant, he gave birth to the child. Not long after the child was born, the child's father was going to enter the Shenru to look for opportunities, and then, I was not at ease so I fostered the child in a villager" Speaking of this, the old woman seemed to think of something extremely sad, and she was speechless at once.

But Ji Dong could already guess what was going on, and he felt hard to believe.

"Presumably, you can already guess the ending later, my husband died in it, and although I was lucky enough to escape, I lost all the power of chaos, even if I lost most of my vitality, and became this old man. The old woman said at the end, sighed, shook her head and was silent.

Even if he had already guessed, but when he heard this, Ji Dong still couldn't accept it.

Divine ruins

Could it be that there is a danger in it that can allow people's vitality to be extracted and grow old quickly?

He didn't know if the old woman was making up a story, but thinking that she had no reason to lie to herself, he gradually had to accept it.

No wonder, when she heard that she was going to Shenruin, she would talk to her. I'm afraid that if she hadn't been very polite tonight and took out a roast duck for the children to eat, she wouldn't have persuaded her and told her the truth

Of course, the most important thing is that Ji Dong made it clear to her that his purpose was the Divine Ruins.

Next, Ji Dong chatted with this strange "old woman" for a while.

Only then did I know that this old woman and her husband entered the ruins a few years ago to find a treasure, during which the two joined forces to resist the robbery of many people and avoided a lot of dangers, but in the end they fell into a dangerous place carelessly, her husband died, and she also lost most of her life.

"It's a beautiful place, so beautiful that as soon as people go in, no one wants to leave. However, while it is beautiful, it is also full of dangers" said the old woman, "Since you insist on going, then, I will tell you about the characteristics of that place, and you should pay attention."

The old woman described the place to Ji Dong.

Ji Dong also secretly wrote down, first of all, the most special thing in that place is a purple mirror lake, and then when you come there, you will see a mountain that does not rise to the top and a rainbow that will never disappear

When describing these, even after a few years, the old woman still had fear in her eyes, and she didn't stop until she explained these scenes in detail to Ji Ji.

"Thank you, mother-in-law, no, thank you, eldest sister" After hearing this, Ji Dong said gratefully in his heart.

How to say it

Coming here today is also a chance to meet a nobleman, which can give him more experience when he enters the Divine Ruins in the future. Don't underestimate this experience, at least it can be said that Ji Dong's "small life" has been saved.

However, this is not the reason why Ji Dong is not honest, polite and good to children, I am afraid that he will not know these things when he leaves the next day.

"Eldest sister, then why didn't you go home, but stayed here as if you were here, and the eldest sister is not doing very well"

"Hehe" the old woman smiled miserably: "Now that I have become like this, how can I still have a home." Even if I go back, who will recognize me, who dares to recognize me, I don't have the strength to go back, just raise the child here. In fact, in that place, at the time of life and death, I had an epiphany, thinking that all this was karma. For the sake of my dead husband and for my son, I raised two more abandoned children, and also let my orphans and widows have a companion, life is a little hard, but watching them grow up year by year, that's fine. ”

Listening to this "old woman" tell her life, Ji Dong took a deep breath

When I spit it out again, I don't know what to say.

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