The horse's hooves flew over, and the dust went north, heading towards Qiao Luxi Bird City.

The three of them had never been to Qiao Luxi Bird City, and they didn't know how to go on the road, but they only knew that in the northwest direction of the current location, they would take a trip and count it as a ride.

In front of Luoshan Town, there are officials and soldiers guarding the intersection, which is impassable, and Alayanzong decided to take a detour.

When they reached the crossing where they went to the grove to buy grain, they turned a corner to the west, and after about ten miles they turned north.

Along the way, when you are thirsty, you will take out the water bladder and drink saliva, and when you are hungry, you will eat fried rice or nibble on a piece of dried fish.

The spring sun was not yet hot, and after a day's journey from sunrise to sunset, Alayanzong found that as long as the large market town was guarded by officials and soldiers, there were no checkpoints in those small villages.

The sunset was red and the weather was getting cooler, and the horses were tired from a long day's run, and it was time to find a village to find a place to spend the night.

In the distance, there was a village about ten miles away, and it looked like a market town. Alayanzong guessed that there should also be officials and soldiers guarding, but for the sake of accommodation, he always had to go to see it.

After walking for another five miles, I saw a small house on the side of the road, the spinach around the house was as high as a palm, the garlic seedlings were only a bundle long, the leeks were two or three inches, and the vegetable seedlings in the other vegetable beds had just revealed their yellow-green sharp corners.

It's a vegetable garden.

Allah pointed to the small house, "Shall we go and see if there are anybody, shall we stay here tonight?"

Alayanzong replied, "It's fine, let's see." ”

The three men dismounted, and came to the little house, the door was open, and they pushed the door in, and there was no one.

There is nothing in the house except for the beds, and it seems that the current vegetable plot does not need to be taken care of, and the vegetable farmers do not live here.

Allah Xiaoer became excited, "God really favored us, knowing that the big market town could not enter, specially reserved a house for us here!"

And Ula no Tao pursed her mouth, "I want three more people to squeeze into a bed." ”

Alayanzong smiled awkwardly: "When you go out, you will be on it." ”

Allah's second child smiled with a smile on his face, "It's already good to be able to general, not to mention that there are dishes outside." I'll make us a pot of mushroom and spinach soup tonight!"

Alayanzong smiled: "Being able to drink spinach soup can be said to be a delicacy." ”

Ula Tao teased: "You still have spinach soup, there is nothing in the pots and pans, what do you use to make it?"

This time I brought all the cooking utensils, and we don't have too many horses. Allah is complacent about his preparation.

Ula Peach still didn't seem to be happy, and said, "Look at what you can, this time you can be useful." What about firewood, what about water, what about soup, you have to have it!"

"Firewood, I'm going to look for it, there should be one here. As for the water, yes, the water we brought is almost dry, and this water is not enough!" Allah touched his head, thinking that this was indeed a problem.

"Water is always to be found, even if we don't eat spinach soup, we have to pour some water. In this way, the second brother, let's unload the luggage first, move the things to the house, you go to find firewood, and I go to find water. ”

"Okay!"

The three men unloaded their belongings, tied the horses to a meadow, and let them nibble freely on the tender grass, and Allah went to look for firewood.

Alayanzong and Ula Peach carried the luggage to the hut, and Ula Peach continued to pack, and Alayanzong went to find a source of water.

Vegetable farmers grow vegetables, there must be a water source near the vegetable field, otherwise the vegetables cannot be watered, and the vegetables will not grow well without water.

Sure enough, there was a small ditch about 100 meters east of the vegetable field, which seemed to be still alive and flowing slowly.

He filled the water bladder and brought it back to the hut, and then he brought the pots and pans back with water.

The peach of Ula took out the mushrooms and soaked them in advance, and Alai Yanzong cut the spinach again, picked and washed it. At this time, Allah brought dry wood and hay, and then the stove was set on fire.

As Allah said, the three of them did enjoy a spinach and mushroom soup tonight, and no longer just chewed fried rice and dried fish.

Taking advantage of the fact that the three of them had eaten in the morning and had nothing else to do, they decided to rest early.

Alayanzong moved the horses so that they could have grass to eat at night.

When it was time to go to bed, Alayanzong found that the bed was small, and the three of them could barely accommodate it, and he was very uncomfortable in the middle.

After the two of them fell asleep, he quietly got up, spread a sheepskin on the ground, and meditated and practiced pranayama. He knew that practicing meditation by himself was better than sleeping.

The only thing that made him feel uncomfortable was that he always felt a little awkward when he looked at the fact that it was Allah Xiaoer and Ula Peach lying on this bed. But the conditions are limited, and I have to do this when I go out.

As soon as the day dawned, the two people on the bed woke up, and at this time, Alayanzong was already outside to practice his fists and feet.

For breakfast, Allah made a pot of spinach soup again. Ula Zhitao said that although the spinach soup is delicious, after eating two meals in a row, it does not feel sweet.

After eating, packing up the belongings, and when the three of them were about to leave, someone came.

A peasant about 50 years old rushed over with a bamboo basket on his back, and when he saw the three of them in front of the small house, he guessed and asked, "You stayed here last night?"

Alayanzong hurriedly greeted him with a smile, "Yes, uncle, we stayed here for one night. ”

The old man put down his basket and saw that a piece was missing from the spinach field, so he asked again, "Have you cut the spinach?"

Alayanzong guessed that this might be the owner of the vegetable field, so he hurriedly said: "Uncle, we did eat your spinach, and I put the money on the bed." ”

The old man went into the house and took a look, the house was very clean, and nothing was destroyed, there was nothing but a wooden bed.

Five copper coins are stacked neatly on the bed.

The old man picked up the copper coin, turned around, and said with a smile on his face: "Oh, a little spinach, it's worthless, just eat it, why be so polite." As he spoke, he put the copper coin in his pocket.

Alayanzong said with a smile: "Eat the old man's spinach and leave some money, it should be, it should be." ”

The old man was now enthusiastic, "If you want to eat, bring some more." Then he took out the sickle from the basket and went to cut the spinach.

Alayanzong hurriedly waved his hand, "Uncle doesn't need it, don't need it." We take this spinach with us, and it is not convenient to eat it during the trip, so it will not bother the old man. ”

The old man stopped, and no longer went to cut the spinach, but asked, "Guys, where are you going?"

Alayanzong replied: "Uncle, we want to go to Qiao Luxi Bird City, but we have never been there, and we don't know how far it is and how to go. ”

The old man raised his face, "Ah, Qiao Luxi Bird City! I went to that place when I was younger." I can't tell you how far it is, but I have to walk for four or five days, and I'm talking about shortcuts. If you want to walk a long way, it may take seven or eight days. ”

Ula Peach was a little upset when he heard this, "Oh, uncle, it's so far! Why do you say that there are still short and long roads?"

The old man explained: "That's right, the shortcut road has to cross the desert, and the desert alone will take about two days, and it will take one day to go to the desert here, and there is still a day's journey from the desert to Qiao Luxi Bird City." The long way is not to walk in the desert, but to go around a big mountain, about five or six days. ”

"And the desert?" said Allah, the second in surprise, looking terrified.

The peach of Ula is even more sad.

Alayanzong didn't speak, he frowned and pondered.