Chapter 141: Desolate Village
The wounds on the girl's body had been simply bandaged, and her face looked very pale, but her eyes were still bright, different from the others around her.
"Although Daoyou helped us repel these animals, it is difficult to guarantee that no new demon beasts will attack again. Brother Qingniu, you lead everyone to repair the walled gate, and ...... Gather the corpse outside. Sister-in-law Yu, you and Aunt Luo will use the meat of those giant birds to cook food for everyone, we haven't opened meat for a long time, and the rest will be pickled. The girl turned her head and said.
"Good. The swarthy man who had asked him earlier answered cleanly.
"Yingluo, don't worry, leave it to us. Two women in their thirties and forties wiped their faces and hurriedly said.
Shen Luo saw that this woman was obviously not lightly injured, but the smile on her face was not reduced, and it was obviously not the kind of smile that forced her face, but a sincere smile from the heart, which looked quite bright and moving, and made people feel refreshed.
Under her infection, the villagers quickly stopped crying and dispersed to help clean up the messy village.
"This fellow Daoist, please come with me. Yingluo turned around and said in a crisp voice.
Shen Luo nodded slightly, followed the girl, and slowly walked through the crowd.
"You are really an immortal on Fangcun Mountain, why are you here now? Why did you wait until my husband and son are dead?" When they came to them, a middle-aged woman with a haggard face leaning against the door suddenly opened her mouth and asked in a questioning tone.
As soon as Shen Luo's footsteps stopped, he subconsciously wanted to make a clarification, but he saw Yingluo secretly winking at him, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.
"Of course, Daoist friends came from all sides, otherwise how could they save us from fire and water in such a crisis?" Yingluo looked at the middle-aged woman and said.
"It's really the immortal ...... of Fangcun Mountain," everyone heard this, and someone immediately shouted.
"Great, it's really a fairy on Fangcun Mountain......"
"Now it's saved!"
The others rejoiced.
Shen Luo frowned slightly, feeling a little strange in his heart, is he a Fangcun Mountain monk, what is the difference to these people?
At this time, he suddenly noticed a cold gaze, and hurriedly looked towards the gate of the village, and saw that the white-haired old woman who had risked her life to protect the children was standing inside, staring at him indifferently, as if there was no other person's joyful expression.
Beside him, there were more than a dozen children of eight or nine years old, all of whom timidly poked their heads and looked at Shen Luo.
The old woman's eye sockets were deep-set, her eyes were dark, and she was uncomfortable to see.
Yingruo also noticed Shen Luo's gaze, and also looked in the direction of the walled gate, and then Shen Luo saw that the old woman's gaze stayed on Yingluo for a moment, as if she exchanged some looks, and left with the children without saying a word.
Shen Luo followed Yingluo through the gate and into the village, and suddenly felt desolate.
The houses in the village are dense and scattered, most of the houses near the gate have collapsed, the broken earth walls piled together are covered with green and black moss, and the white paper traces of the pasted windows can be faintly seen on the broken window edges.
A gust of wind blew, kicking up dust all over the ground, and the little grass left on the roof flew into the air.
Shen Luo waved his hand, drove away the smoke and dust floating in front of him, and followed Yingluo towards the village with one foot and one foot shallow.
Yingluo didn't say a word, and Shen Luo couldn't speak, his eyes swept around, looking at the entire village.
Along the way, there were few trees and greenery along the roadside, and most of them were dead elm and willow trees, whose bark had been stripped away, leaving only bare trunks and twisted branches standing aside.
After the "liveliness" at the entrance of Fangcai Village, the village fell silent again, and only the low sound of the wind and the intermittent sobbing sound wafting from nowhere were left, and the atmosphere was very depressing.
The two of them walked around a collapsed house and were about to continue walking, when Shen Luo suddenly frowned, looked behind him, and saw a thin short figure hurriedly hiding aside.
"Chen Guanbao. Yingluo also noticed that someone was following and shouted.
Then, a little boy in a shabby green cloth shirt walked over with a somewhat restrained expression.
Shen Luo had a little impression of the handsome-looking boy in front of him, who seemed to be standing beside the old woman before.
"Sister Ying. The beautiful boy hid his hands behind him, walked up to Yingluo, and shouted in a low voice.
"Chen Guanbao, what are you doing here?" asked Yingluo softly.
Hearing this, the Qingxiu boy raised his head to look at Shen Luo, paused slightly, as if he had plucked up his courage, and then said to Shen Luo: "Brother Fairy, can you teach me to learn spells? I also want to fight monsters like Sister Ying and defend the village!"
Shen Luo was a little moved when he heard this, and his eyes looked at Chen Guanbao's face again.
He found that the boy looked thin, but his eyes were very firm, and the light in his eyes was not found in many village adults.
It's just that Shen Luo can't answer this question, he doesn't plan to stay here.
Yingluo seemed to see Shen Luo's hesitation, raised his hand and rubbed the boy's head, and said with a smile:
"My sister knows that Chen Guanbao is very brave, but you are too young to learn spells yet, wait until Chen Guanbao grows up. ”
"Sister Ying, I'm not young anymore, when the monsters came before, I was still protecting Tian Niu and them. Chen Guanbao straightened his chest and said loudly.
"Okay, good, Chen Guanbao has grown up. But my sister and brother fairy still have something to say, you go back first, Granny Ma won't find you for a while, it's time to scold. Yingluo said with a smile.
When Chen Guanbao heard her say this, he immediately shrunk his neck and turned around to go back.
Soon, however, he turned around again, took out a crumpled wild fruit from his back, and handed it over.
Shen Luo was a little surprised when he saw this.
Because the direction that the wild fruit handed was not Yingluo, but him.
"Is it for me?" Shen Luo asked.
"Thank you, Brother Fairy, for saving Sister Ying and saving us. Chen Guanbao nodded heavily.
Shen Luo took the wild fruit, and Chen Guanbao turned around and ran away.
He looked at the small figure, and he didn't feel why his heart was warm, and there was a smile on his face.
Ying Luo saw it in his eyes, his eyebrows moved slightly, and then he glanced at Shen Luo, then turned around and continued to walk forward.
Shen Luo stuffed the wild fruit into his arms and followed.
She led Shen Luo for another distance, and finally entered a bamboo house.
"Who is Daoyou, why did he suddenly appear in our Longevity Village?" As soon as he entered the house, Yingluo closed the door, and suddenly asked Shen Luo with a solemn face.
"Didn't you tell the villagers that I was an immortal cultivator from Fangcun Mountain?" Shen Luo frowned slightly, a little displeased.
"Daoyou is kind to me, I shouldn't be so rude, but the current situation is special, and I ask Daoyou not to hide it. A complicated look flashed in Yingluo's eyes, and he said slightly apologetically.