The elder said as he opened the door of the small courtyard.

"You two can stay here for one night, and the contents should still work."

The yard was quite tidy, and there was a peach tree that was more than half withered next to the small high platform made of stones, and there was a well under the tree, and a few wilted greens were placed on the edge of the well.

The man stayed at the gate of the small courtyard and did not come in, and the elder stopped after opening the door of the grass hut with the key.

"Thank you village chief, thank you village chief!"

Shangguan Li pulled Xitu and thanked him again and again.

Hearing the word "village chief", the old man's expression froze for a moment, and then sighed.

"The old man is not the village chief, okay. It's windy, let's go in, and we'll see the two girls out early tomorrow morning. ”

After saying that, he got out of the way, walked to the gate of the courtyard, and left with the man.

Shangguan Li glanced at Xitu, who understood, maintained a weak posture, leaned on her, and the two slowly walked into the room.

The grass hut was small, and by the faint light of the lantern under the eaves, Shangguan Li saw the position of the candles on the table.

"That man just gave me a fire fold."

Situ said suddenly.

"Dot."

She noticed the situation, and the sturdy man helped her to help Situ, and by the way, he stuffed something into her hand.

It turned out to be a fire fold.

But it's not a valuable item either, as for being so sneaky?

No sooner had the thought crossed her mind than Situ had already lit the candle.

The furnishings were rather rudimentary, with only a bed with an indiscernible background, a small table with two legs gnawed by rats, and a small half of the left side occupied by a mess of debris.

And the only window in the room is a little high, and the two of them can't reach it when they stand up, Xuanyuan should be about the same at night, and the overall look is very cramped.

Situ closed the door, and the fatigue of walking for a long time made her not care whether it was dirty or not, so she sat directly on the bed and muttered.

"Let us go into the village and just leave us alone?"

She thought she would be able to eat a hot meal.

Shangguan Li looked up and down the room, but didn't answer her words.

Judging by the conversation between the two people, something should be going on here, and the situation in this room is also a little strange.

And also...... Is this the town of Anning?

Probably not.

She asked herself in her heart, the location of this place is at the intersection of the road, there is no mystery at all, it really does not look like the place where the legendary Arowa tribe is located.

But this village is indeed on that map, not to mention anything else, at least in terms of historical age, it can compete with Anning Town.

Xitu didn't expect Shangguan Li to solve her own food problems, she rested for a while and then walked to the small courtyard, where she didn't see clearly in the dim just now, and now she found that there were dried corn and potatoes on the stones under the peach tree.

She was overjoyed, but she hadn't forgotten her frail and sickly personality, holding her chest and starting to gather firewood in the yard.

There is no kitchen in this courtyard, and there is a stone board in the corner of the courtyard, and a thick layer of soot has accumulated under the rusty cauldron at the bottom.

Although it was simple, it was a place where some hot water could be boiled, and Situ walked slowly with dry firewood.

Just as his hand was about to touch the stone board, a sharp sound suddenly sounded in his ears.

She subconsciously wanted to dodge, but the character design that was nagged all the way by Shangguan Li was really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and reason forcibly suppressed her instinctive reaction.

The unknown thing that shimmered with cold light suddenly came to him, but Situ stood there as if he was really frightened, and a look of horror appeared in his eyes.

The next second, she felt someone tug at the hem of her clothes, and then jerked down.

"Ahh

She was caught off guard and fell to the ground all of a sudden, but fortunately there was soak in carbon ash from the melted snow water under her, so she didn't see blood for the first time.

But it was also a meat and eight vegetarian fall for her, and there was a faint pain in her chest, and before she could breathe up, she felt that her body was being shaken.

"Sister, sister?!"

It's Shangguan Li.

Situ didn't resist, and fell into her arms in this position, simply pretending to faint.

"Oops! What's going on, quick, come on! ”

A strange man's voice came from outside the courtyard gate, Shangguan Li glanced up, hid the cold light in his eyes, and showed a frightened look in his eyes.

With the man's shouting, several people suddenly appeared on the side of the originally silent and uninhabited road, including men and women, all wearing thick animal skins, and they all looked like people with a lot of strength.

Shangguan Li didn't look any further, squeezed out two tears, and said with a sob.

"I, my sister ......"

After a burst of chickens and dogs jumping, the few people who suddenly appeared helped Shangguan Li move Xitu to the bed in the house, and did not stay in the house after the thing was done, but all of them were in the yard.

It seems that there is still a bit of politeness.

"Where did this girl come from, her eyes are very raw."

It was the man who spoke just now, and in this cold winter weather, the clothes on his body can be called thin.

He has sunken eye sockets, a stiff nose, and a few inconspicuous fine lines at the corners of his eyes, which slightly reveal his age.

Shangguan Li endured her tears, but her voice was still a little hoarse, and in the eyes of outsiders, she was pretending to be calm.

"I, my sister and I are here to flee. Village...... The elder and an elder brother saw that we were pitiful, so they let us stay here for one night, and my sister ......"

"Don't worry, your sister is fine."

The man seemed to be a perennial unsmiling person, and when he heard this, he was not moved, but asked.

"You're coming along the road?"

Shangguan Li nodded, knowing in his heart what this person was going to ask.

Sure enough, the man's gaze suddenly sharpened a little.

"This trail is connected to the official road, and it is Linyang City just a few miles away from going out, if you don't enter the city, drill into the deep mountains and old forests, can it be that there are your relatives here?"

As he spoke, he stared closely at Shangguan Li's expression, and as long as there was the slightest abnormality, he would take action.

The ordinary-looking woman in front of her was taken aback at first, and then her eyes began to drift uncontrollably to the side, floating out a little bit of dazedness.

The reaction was a bit more complicated, she seemed to know something, but it wasn't that simple.

The man's protruding eyebrows furrowed, and the hand behind his back moved slightly, a few points closer to the bone knife hanging from his waist.

Several people standing behind him saw his movements, and their bodies tensed.

Shangguan Li didn't seem to notice their movements at all, gritted her teeth, and seemed to have made a lot of determination, she said slowly.

"I'm actually a doctor!"