CHAPTER XX

After saying that they would invite guests to dinner to express their gratitude, the people were finally willing to leave, and the group stepped on the mud puddle on the road and walked in the direction of returning to the village.

These people had made excuses before, saying that they were afraid that Xie Zhaodi would encounter danger when walking alone at night, but now they want to get benefits, but one by one they are running faster than a monkey.

At first, Xie Zhaodi could still see the backs of these people from a distance and the sound of talking to them.

Later, even the sound completely disappeared into the depths of the mountain.

Xie Zhaodi doesn't care, it's best, and she's not very willing to go with those people.

As for the danger?

With the system in hand, she is now afraid of the danger of a hammer.

The mountain road is quite slippery, and Xie Zhaodi walks slowly.

Every time she walked, Xie Zhaodi would go to check the diligence value, and watching the diligence value continue to increase, Xie Zhaodi was in a good mood.

Halfway through the road, she couldn't wait to exchange the diligence value for five big steamed buns and put them in a paper bag, and she wanted to take them out and continue walking.

When she got home, she said that she had bought the steamed buns on the street.

If you wait until you get home and take it out, Xie Zhaodi won't be able to say where this steamed bun comes from.

When I came from home, the mountain road was mostly downhill, and although it was a little slippery, it was not difficult to walk, and the foot was fast.

When I went back, it was mostly uphill, Xie Zhaodi walked out of breath, and after only half of the road, the sky was already dark.

In the mountains at night, there is a bit of chill to the bones.

The mountain road was rugged and winding, and the sky was pitch black, and the woods were covered with a thick layer of black shadows before night fell.

Although Xie Zhaodi was not afraid, she was helpless to find that she couldn't see the road clearly, so she could only walk up the mountain one foot deep and one foot shallow.

When she crossed another mountain, Xie Zhaodi faintly saw a flame on the hillside in the distance.

The flames kept approaching Xie Zhaodi.

The flame moved very fast, and it seemed that he was also in a hurry at night, Xie Zhaodi was overjoyed, thinking that when she met that person, she asked him to share a little torch over.

At this time, the mountain people made torches, and they usually used Mingzi.

Akiko is formed by the oil from the pine tree soaking into the trunk.

At this time, there was no electricity in the village, and kerosene was expensive, so ordinary people could not afford it.

Therefore, many farmers dig up pine roots in winter to make Mingzi, which is used for night lighting and for making torches for night walking.

Torches made of Mingzi usually wrap a lot of Mingzi, Xie Zhaodi thought that it should be no problem to find someone to ask for some, but it really doesn't work, she can also get a steamed bun in exchange.

Thinking about this in his heart, Xie Zhaodi's pace was happier.

Soon, the flame came to Xie Zhaodi's side and stopped at a stone's throw away from Xie Zhaodi.

Through the firelight, Xie Zhaodi realized that the person holding the torch was not a passer-by who was also in a hurry at night, but her husband Cheng Jingshen.

It was Cheng Jingshen who came to pick her up with a torch.

Seeing the delicate and good-looking face in the night, but full of vicissitudes and tiredness, Xie Zhaodi's nose suddenly became sour.

She didn't understand, she was so bad that she was like this, why did Cheng Jingshen treat her so well, she was so moved that she could hardly speak.

If Cheng Jingshen just came to pick up Xie Zhaodi, Xie Zhaodi naturally didn't need to be so moved.

The reason why Xie Zhaodi was moved like this was because Cheng Jingshen, who was standing not far from her at this time, was covered in mud, his face was still colorful, and the corners of his mouth also had obvious abrasions.

And under his feet, it was obvious that he was limping and shaking, even shaking by the torches.

Obviously, Cheng Jingshen fell on the way here.

But even if he fell, he didn't rest for a moment on the road, he was panting, with half of his body injured, limping, and still came to Xie Zhaodi as fast as he could.

A few steps away, Cheng Jingshen stood in place and waited for a few seconds, seeing that Xie Zhaodi hadn't moved forward yet, he couldn't help but take a few more steps towards Xie Zhaodi:

"Let's go, why don't you go, hurry home, Yuanyuan is still waiting for us at Aunt Wang's house!"

"Cheng Jingshen, why are you so good to me!" Xie Zhaodi had tears in her eyes, trotted a few steps on the mountain road, ran to Cheng Jingshen, hugged him, she buried her face in his arms, and the tears in her eyes were rampant.

Cheng Jingshen's obvious figure stiffened, just like in the morning, he was not used to Xie Zhaodi hugging him so warmly.

He looked at the torch in his hand and said uncomfortably:

"Don't hug, dirty!"

"You're not dirty, you're the cleanest man in the world." Xie Zhaodi didn't care that there was no mud on him, she just wanted to hug this man tightly, smell him fiercely, and experience the joy of being lost and regained.

"Cheng Jingshen, in this world, the best person for me is you!"

"You are a round mother, I should naturally be good to you." Cheng Jingshen frowned and looked at the woman in his arms, she really couldn't understand him today.

In the past, she always said that her father and mother were the most important people in the world, and her younger brother was the only male in the Xie family, and he was her hope and her guidance.

She didn't care about their daughter, and she never cared about how good he was to her.

Why did you suddenly stop here today?

During the day, he said that he would watch her transformation for the rest of his life, but really again and again, hearing this kind of seemingly awakened words from her mouth, Cheng Jingshen still had mixed feelings in his heart.

So she said that she would get better this time, and she really meant it, right?