The woman glanced at several companions around her, and the rest of the young women suddenly sighed, and complained: "Oh, Sister Qiao'er, I've only been resting for a while, and my sisters' feet are still sore, and they really can't crawl." You usually exercise a lot, or you can go up first, and we'll follow later, and we'll see you on the top of the mountain when the time comes. The woman who had spoken to Xu Huaigu before glanced at a few people with a smile and said, "Okay, a group of lazy people, then I'll go up the mountain with this son first, you guys come up quickly, otherwise the food and soup should be cold." The women nodded one after another, and the fifty-year-old woman looked at He Qiao'er with a smile and didn't say a word.

It was the thirteen or fourteen-year-old young girl who volunteered to say, "Sister Qiao'er, I'm resting, I'm not tired, I'll go up with you!" When the young women who had complained before heard this, they were anxious, and hurriedly looked at the little girl with their eyebrows, but the little girl just looked back curiously, not knowing what they meant.

The woman looked at the child dotingly, and promised, "Okay, then you will go with me." The little girl laughed happily, picked up a small food box on the ground, and jumped up the hill first.

The woman was a little embarrassed and said to Xu Huaigu: "This child is still young and doesn't know how to be polite, so don't blame the son." Xu Huaigu smiled kindly and said: "Children should be like this, not to mention that I begged you to help me lead the way, how can I blame you?" The girl was so polite. The woman bowed her head and said, "Then the boy will come with me and go up the mountain." With that, she lifted the food box on the ground, and there was a small bamboo tube, which was supposed to be soup, and walked up the hill.

Xu Huaigu said kindly: "The girl has little strength, I'll help you hold it." Then he took it for the woman, and carried it himself, and went up the mountain with her.

The woman laughed infatuously, and the two walked up the hill side by side, and the atmosphere was a little awkwardly silent, and she asked;

"May I ask what is the name of Childe, and where is he from?" Xu Huaigu replied: "Name, surname Xu, name Huaigu." As for where it is, it's a bit far away, and the girl shouldn't know where it is. The woman looked at him suspiciously, and said, "The total number of Feather Nation is such a big place, and there are at most a hundred large and small cities combined, and I still know most of them. Childe might as well tell me, maybe I've been there before. Xu Huaigu said with a smile: "But in this world, there is not only the country of Shocking Feather. The woman's eyes were surprised, and she said in surprise: "Could it be that Gongzi is not from our Surprise Feather Country?" Then are you the Great Departure Kingdom in the east, or the Great Liang Kingdom in the west? "The Great Departure Kingdom in the east and the Great Liang Kingdom in the west are both very large countries, and the land area is about the same as that of the Great Yu Kingdom.

It's just that the Shocking Feather Country is sandwiched between these two big countries, and it seems very weak. Its area is only about one-tenth of that of Dayu Kingdom, and whether it is Dali Country or Daliang Country, it is far from being able to provoke it.

This woman was surprised precisely because she thought that Xu Huaigu was from these two powerful countries. After all, in such a small place, it is difficult to see the people of those big countries.

But Xu Huaigu just smiled, shook his head and said, "Neither." The woman frowned and thought about it, as if she really didn't know what other countries were in the world besides these three countries.

So she hung her head a little lost, and didn't ask Xu Huaigu anymore. Xu Huaigu asked her, "What about the girl, what is the girl's name, is she from Suchang?" The woman replied, "My name is He Qiao'er, and they all called me Sister Qiao'er just now, because I am the oldest of them, and I am twenty-three years old this year." My ancestors were wandering hunters in the mountains, and later Suchang was built, and our family moved here to live. In addition to hunting, my father also knows some carpentry work, and these days he works as a carpenter in the sect, and he can earn a lot of money, which is much better than hunting. It's just that there is no food here, and he can't come back at noon, so I bring him food every day. Xu Huaigu nodded slightly, and he didn't know what to continue to say for a while.

He Qiaoer found another topic and said: "Actually, I have also learned some hunting skills from my father since I was a child, and because my family is a hunter, I have been in good health since I was a child, so my friends can't walk, and I'm not very tired." Xu Huaigu listened to her talking about trivial things with herself, and couldn't help but smile and said, "The first time I saw you, I saw it. This is a good thing, for ordinary people, it is already good to be healthy and not get sick. He Qiao'er echoed: "Yes, yes, my father often says that illness comes like a mountain." There are a lot of hunters who used to have a good relationship with their father, usually looking very good, and there are people who can kill wolves, but they spend the night in the mountains on a snowy day, or they get cold at home and are infected with wind and cold, but they are as thin as firewood in ten days and half a month, and some of them are more serious, and they die directly. My dad always warned me to be careful of getting sick. Xu Huaigu pursed his lips and said, "What your father said is very right. He Qiao'er changed the topic again and asked, "Speaking of Xu Gongzi, although I don't know where your hometown is, can you tell me about your customs or fun things?" I enjoyed hearing that. Xu Huaigu looked at her and asked, "Do you want to go to the outside world to see?" He Qiao'er nodded and said, "Yes, I often hear others say how big and beautiful the outside world is, but I have never gone out. Xu Huaigu looked at He Qiao'er, and inexplicably remembered the person who came a long, long time ago, the person who explored the Ling River with him.

He forgot Li Zi's face, but he still vaguely remembered that she had said something similar. Xu Huaigu felt a little sorry for He Qiao'er, so he said, "Then why don't you go out and have a look?" You're still young, and you have a lot of time, so it's a good thing to go out and see the world. He Qiao'er smiled bitterly and said, "How can it be so easy? Even if you don't talk about how much it costs to go outside, my dad lives in Suchang, if I leave alone, my dad will have to live here alone, where can I put him? Xu Huaigu remembered his parents who were still far away in Dongfuyaozhou, and suddenly sighed and said helplessly: "Yes, they all say that their parents are here, and they are not far away." For those parents, their children are the only expectation, you can have this filial piety, it is really rare, unlike me, I have no conscience, only care about myself alone chic and happy, but I didn't think of the feelings of my parents. Seeing the sadness on Xu Huaigu's face, He Qiao'er was also infected, and asked curiously: "Speaking of which, how long have you not been home?" Xu Huaigu pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Eleven years." He Qiao'er was taken aback and looked at Xu Huaigu incredulously.

She looked at Xu Huaigu so young, and thought that Xu Huaigu had been wandering outside for a year or two at most, but how could she have thought that she hadn't returned home for more than ten years?

Xu Huaigu looked at He Qiao'er's incredulous expression, laughed at himself, and said, "I am twenty years old this year, but I have been away from home for eleven years. In the past eleven years, I have not written a letter from home, nor have I brought home a single message, and they probably thought I was dead. Probably the prodigal is someone like me. The so-called deep gratitude, death and life mentor, haha, may also be talking about me. ”

"I have traveled to two continents, experienced dozens of countries, and seen countless landscapes, but ah, the word home has not been with me for a long time." Xu Huaigu suddenly looked at He Qiao'er very seriously, and said: "This world is very big, and a person can never measure this land by relying on his own feet. If you leave home like me, you will probably walk for decades. I just wanted to tell you that you didn't go wrong at all in choosing to stay. He Qiao'er looked at Xu Huaigu in a daze for a long time before slowly nodding.

So while chatting, the two continued to walk up the mountain, and after about half an hour, the number of people on the road finally increased.

And among these people are not only woodcutters and carpenters, but also people with swords and swords. On a flat ground between the ridges, the gravel path became wider, and then several branches branched off, heading in different directions.

He Qiao'er was familiar with the road here, pointed to a road and said, "This is the way to find my father, they have recently been building a place called Patriarch Hall." Immortal Fang wanted to build the building on the edge of a cliff, so they built it there. Tell you, since you're here to see the scenery, don't miss that place. The view from there is very wide, and you can see the whole process of the whole river turning. Xu Huaigu nodded and walked there with her.

In just a moment, a one-story tall wooden frame of the building appeared in front of him, and there was no doubt that this was the Ancestral Hall.

Although the ancestral hall is only one story high, it is very atmospheric. Dozens of craftsmen were coming in and out, and porters were constantly carrying huge logs out of the mountains and forests, and then many shirtless men shouted loudly while erecting huge logs on the skeleton of the ancestral hall.

He Qiao'er took the food box and bamboo tube from Xu Huaigu's hand, walked under the skeleton of the ancestor hall, and shouted loudly to it: "Dad, come down for lunch!" A middle-aged man with a gray face turned around, looked down, and when he saw He Qiao'er, he immediately showed a bright smile.

He replied: "Okay, I know, when I finish this beam, I will come down immediately!" With that, he smiled happily and turned his head back to his work.

A worker next to him looked at him enviously and said, "Lao He, I really envy you, and someone brings you lunch." Like me, I'm alone, and no one cares about me! The man surnamed He said with a smile while working: "Don't you also have a girl in your family, why don't you see her come up to deliver food or something to you?" The man said, "Girl? My daughter got married just last month. The mother-in-law at home is not very well, and the road up the mountain is too far, so I don't allow her to come. I'm fine if I'm hungry, and I'll just have to eat more when I get home, but if I make her sick, it would be too much of a sin. The man nodded, and the man whispered worriedly: "Speaking of Lao He, your daughter is not too young, right?" It's time to find someone to marry. How can a big girl with a yellow flower serve us all day long? After all, you still have to start a family, this matter should be sooner rather than later, if it's late, I'm afraid no one will want it! We are the ones who will go into the soil sooner or later, and the children still have a long way to go, so we need to think more about them! When the man heard this, the work at hand suddenly stopped, frowned and thought again and again, and then sighed.

After his co-worker finished speaking, he continued to concentrate on his work, and the man turned his head to look at He Qiao'er, and saw her sitting on a stone on the edge of the cliff, looking into the distance, and she was distracted.

The man secretly made up his mind in his heart, and he didn't have the heart to do what was left of the roof beam, so he slowly walked down from the wooden frame and walked towards He Qiao'er.