In the deep mountains and old forests, the snow covered the mountains and the wild beasts disappeared, but two people walked slowly in the forest, leaving a row of shallow footprints in the pure white snow.

One of the two looked like a child, carrying a large package, and seemed to be struggling to walk, and before he had walked a few steps, he was already sweating profusely and struggling.

The other man looked to be in his twenties, dressed in a Taoist robe, carrying a brand-new mahogany sword and holding a wine gourd.

These two people are Lu Yangsheng and Jiang Guining.

It has been two days since the two of them left Luoxian Town, and in these two days, due to the heavy snow covering the mountain, the pace of the two people has doubled slowly, which makes it only a day's journey on weekdays, and they can only arrive today. However, fortunately, the families in the town took this situation into account when they arrived on this mountain road, and set up some small wooden huts along the road for emergency use, so that the two did not sleep in the wilderness for the first two days, starving and freezing in the heavy snow.

Jiang Guining seemed to notice the change in Lu Yangsheng's breathing, so he turned his head and said to him, "How about it, junior brother, can you hold on for a while?" ”

Lu Yangsheng adjusted his breathing, and the aura in his body stagnated, but he quickly stabilized it, but even if he reacted fast enough, his footsteps still sank into the snow nearly half a foot deep. However, with this adjustment, Lu Yangsheng finally had a chance to speak.

He opened his mouth with a white smoke and said, "Little Senior Brother, I still have some spiritual energy in my body, and I should be able to walk for a while." ”

Jiang Guining nodded, then took out a piece of animal skin, looked at it and said, "Then continue walking, according to the map you took out, there will be a small wooden house for us to rest and rest, and when you get there, you can adjust it well." ”

Lu Yangsheng nodded, and then gently lifted his feet that were stuck in the snow, and when he landed on the snow again, he still left shallow footprints.

On the first day the two of them walked out of town, it wasn't like this. At that time, Jiang Guining walked on the soft snow, still one big snow pit at a time. When it was not far from the town, it was actually nothing, after all, people in the town came and went on weekdays, and they stepped out of a wide road, and now even if they are buried by heavy snow, there is still no problem in walking, but after entering the mountain, it will not work.

The mountain road is already bumpy and difficult, even if it is not snowing, it is possible to fall down accidentally, and now it is snowing heavily and you can't see the road clearly, which is even more dangerous, so Lu Yangsheng needs to use a mountain battle to explore the road every step he takes, so he dares to land, which greatly reduces the walking speed.

Jiang Guining didn't care about this at first, he stepped on the footprints of Lu Yangsheng, and he was not in a hurry, he followed slowly, neither urging nor talking, and from time to time he drank wine, and took a piece of jerky prepared by Li Rou for them from Lu Yangsheng's pocket, which was called a pleasant. It doesn't look like a pedestrian traveling into the mountains, but more like a tourist who comes to enjoy the scenery.

So the two of them walked very slowly on the first day, and they almost didn't make it to the small wooden shed on the map.

On the second day, the two of them were still walking normally as on the first day, until Lu Yangsheng accidentally almost rolled off the cliff, Jiang Guining pulled him, and then taught him a set of small spells to walk on the snow. Since then, the two have gone much faster.

It's just that Lu Yangsheng's aura is limited, and every time he uses up his aura, he has to walk down-to-earth in the snow, and secondly, he has just come into contact with this kind of spell, and he is not proficient in operation, and there will be mistakes from time to time, so even if the speed is improved, the improvement is still limited. This made it possible for the two of them to arrive today at the cabin, which they were supposed to arrive at a long time ago.

However, after two days of intermittently mobilizing the aura in his body, Lu Yangsheng is now not only completely stable in the realm, but even the mobilization of the aura is obviously much more proficient, although I don't know how much difference it is compared to the hidden source realm in the outside world, but I don't think it will be too much.

Lu Yangsheng and Jiang Guining began to continue to hurry after a short adjustment, but because Lu Yangsheng's aura was about to run out, they walked a little slower, and it was not until it was almost dark that they faintly saw a small wooden house with a fire.

Seeing that there were people, not only Jiang Guining, but even Lu Yangsheng was a lot happier, and the speed suddenly became faster

When I arrived at the wooden house, it was Jiang Guining knocking on the door, and it was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties. He first looked Jiang Guining up and down, then tilted his head to look at Lu Yangsheng who was following him, and then said in a slightly vigilant tone: "Which family are you descended from?" Why haven't I seen it before? And now that the mountain has been closed by heavy snow, how can you go out of the mountain to sell medicinal herbs at this time? ”

Jiang Guining saw that people seemed to be a little vigilant, so he coughed and made a joke at the old man, and then said with a smile: "This old man, we are not going to sell medicinal materials, but we have something to do with the mountain, so we want to borrow it for one night, and we will leave tomorrow." ”

As soon as the old man heard that he was not selling medicinal herbs, he had to close the door without saying a word.

Jiang Guining didn't expect the old man to do this, so he hurriedly grabbed the door frame and said that he wouldn't let him close the door.

The old man was a little angry, and he said angrily: "Hou Sheng, this is for the medicine sellers to stop, not for you, you better leave quickly." ”

Jiang Guining pouted and pulled the door frame vigorously and said, "It's getting dark, this ice and snow, where do you let us live?" ”

The old man was angry, and he said angrily: "Who let you go out of the mountain at this time? Besides, apart from the medicine sellers of the big family, who allowed you to go out of the mountain without permission? Ignore the ancestral teachings, you deserve to freeze to death. ”

The old man wanted to close the door, but Jiang Guining refused to let it close, and neither of them was willing to let go, so it was a stalemate.

Lu Yangsheng looked a little helpless in the back, he sighed, took out a small wooden sign from the package and said, "Uncle, this is a token from the patriarch to me, saying that you can spend the night in the wooden house on the way." ”

After the old man saw the token, he stopped exerting his strength, but Jiang Guining was still pouting his ass there, and the old man could only blow his beard and stare at him and said: "Hou Sheng, if you don't let go, you will pull the door in half by you." ”

Jiang Guining reacted at this time, and withdrew his hand a little stupidly.

The old man took the wooden card in Lu Yangsheng's hand, looked at it a few times and said, "It is indeed a token of the Li family, come in." But I said it in advance, firstly, the heavy snow covers the mountain, and there is not much food here, so you can't be opened to eat as before, and secondly, you are not a medicine seller, so you can't live for too long, you know? ”

Lu Yangsheng nodded and said, "I know." ”

Then the old man got out of the way and let the two of them into the house.

The wooden house does not look big, but there are four rooms inside, one of which is closed, and it is thought to be the room where the old man lives, and there is a coughing sound from time to time, as if there is a sick person in the house.

As soon as they entered the house, they heard a hoarse woman's voice sound: "Wife, is there someone from the town?" ”

After hearing this, the old man shouted into the house: "There are two descendants in the town, and they want to go out of the mountain, you can rest, I will entertain you." ”

Then the woman cried out, "Wife, who is it from?" Isn't it the main house? Can you inquire about our son? ”

The old man said in a sullen voice: "It's not from the master's family, so I can't ask about our son." And how many times have I told you, the lord is kind, and our son is smart, so there will definitely be nothing wrong. Besides, didn't I promise you? When spring begins next year, I will take you back to the town, and then you can see your son go with your own eyes. ”

Hearing what the old man said, there was no movement in the house.

When the old man said it, his tone trembled a little, Lu Yangsheng noticed it, but he didn't care, let alone Jiang Guining, he wouldn't care about these things.

Next, the old man made a brazier in the house, and then said to Jiang Guining and Lu Yangsheng: "It stands to reason that today is the winter solstice, and I should make a meal of dumplings for the two of you to be kind, but this is cold and snowy, I don't know when I will be able to go back to the town, and this food has to be saved, so I can only get some gruel for the two of you to drink to warm up." Don't think it's an old man's stinginess, there's really no way to do it. ”

After Jiang Guining heard this, he immediately poked Lu Yangsheng and said, "Little junior brother, what about the things that your sister Rou prepared for you?" It's all today, so you should be able to eat it, right? ”

Lu Yangsheng glanced at him, his eyes were full of helplessness, he had no choice but to take out a small package from the package and said, "Uncle, you don't need to cook porridge for us, I still have some food here, just borrow a pot." ”

As soon as he heard that he didn't have to take out the food himself, the old man naturally had no objection, he pointed out the location of the kitchen to Lu Yangsheng and signaled him to take care of himself.

Lu Yangsheng first thanked the old man, and then said to Jiang Guining to wait a while, and began to take care of himself.

After Lu Yangsheng left, there were only two people left in the house, Jiang Guining and Lao Han. The old man was a master who was not good at words, so he didn't say anything, but Jiang Guining couldn't, he first raised the wine gourd and said, "Boss, do you want to take a sip?" ”

The old man looked at the wine gourd, then shook his head and said, "No need, I don't like to drink." ”

Jiang Guining said with some regret: "That's a pity. ”

After saying that, he took a sip of wine for himself.

After drinking, he saw that the old man still didn't speak, and it seemed that he was not interested in being alone, so he asked again: "What is your name, uncle?" This wooden house looks quite big, and there should be a lot of people in your house, right? Why do you live here? ”

The old man glanced at him, but he didn't bother him, but said in a sullen voice: "My name is Feng Shougu, and there are five people in the family, but only me and my wife are here." And it's for the medicine sellers, and I'm a janitor, so it's not my house, it's in the town. ”、

Jiang Guining suddenly became interested after hearing this, he put away the wine gourd and said, "So, old man, you are only living here temporarily?" When will I be able to go back? ”

Feng Shougu fiddled with the charcoal in the brazier and said: "I am a family child, and it is up to the master's family to decide when I go back, but my wife was accidentally sick a few days ago, so I plan to tell the master's family, and when the days are warm, I will take my wife back to see a doctor." When the time comes, I won't come. After all, I'm not too young, and my son and grandchildren are all in town, so I have to think about it when I'm far away. ”

Jiang Guining asked curiously, "Have a child?" Aren't you just listening to the Lord's house? Who is your master's house? Can you agree? ”

Feng Shougu glanced at him and said: "Our lord's family is the Feng family, and I am also the old man of the family, as long as I speak, the lord's family will agree." ”

Jiang Guining had to say that Lu Yangsheng had already come out with two bowls of dumplings, which Li Rou had frozen for them overnight in advance, so that Lu Yangsheng could eat a bowl of dumplings on the day of the winter solstice.

Lu Yangsheng handed Jiang Guining a bowl, Jiang Guining ate it without saying a word, and then he took another bowl of Feng Shougu.

"Uncle, will you eat some too?"

Feng Shougu glanced at it and shook his head and said, "No, I've eaten, I'm not hungry." ”

Lu Yangsheng looked at the room again and said, "Then do you want to ask the eldest lady over there?" ”

Feng Shougu still shook his head and refused: "She has also eaten it, and she is sick and can't eat it." ”

Then he said to himself, "yes, it's just sick." ”

Lu Yangsheng was a little confused by his inexplicable words, but when he met in Pingshui, he didn't mean to ask, and when he saw that he didn't eat, he ate it himself.

Li Chengyuan explained that the people in the wooden houses along the way were all children of several major families, and Lu Yangsheng did not have to be too polite to them. So Lu Yangsheng was just polite and polite, but since people didn't want to eat, there was no way.

For a while, only the sound of Jiang Guining and Lu Yangsheng eating was left in the room, and Feng Shougu looked at his room in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.