Chapter 283: Going out in the middle of the night
"Anyway, I've received you, and I'm not afraid of you here. I also remembered one more thing, I wonder if it will be useful to you?"
The old lady took a few puffs of homemade mountain smoke, and suddenly raised her head and asked.
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes Uncle, you come and hear it. ”
As soon as Nangong Xi heard that he still had news, he immediately replied that it was necessary.
The old man took a few more puffs of his cigarette, choking on the water and coughing incessantly.
He turned his back a little embarrassed, exhaled the smoke from his mouth, knocked out the tobacco in his pipe, and then said:
"That's right, I was eating with the two of them, and suddenly they lowered their voices, don't look at me old, but my ears are still good. Even if you speak now, be quiet, and I will be able to hear you.
"I heard them whisper that they had contacted some national teacher in Loulan Kingdom, and I didn't know the name well, so I didn't hear it clearly. He also said that there were preparations along the way, and mentioned Sunset Ridge again.
"It's a name I'm familiar with, I remember it well. Sunset Ridge is the name of a place we have here, and the thin man said the word 'fall' twice.
Later, when the two of them saw me doing things by the stove, they stopped talking about this topic, and diverted the topic and talked about other things about fighting and killing on the rivers and lakes. I must not be able to hear it. ”
"Thank you, uncle, think about it again, did they say anything else?"
"No, no. That's all I know. ”
After saying this, the old man yawned and looked a little sleepy. At this time, the moon in the water took a nap.
The old man stood up and said to Aaron:
"Aaron, you clean up the bed you slept in and let them rest in your bed. ”
Ah Long didn't speak, glanced at the napping water moon twice, turned around and disappeared from the door frame, and heard the sound of him making a bed.
"Otherwise, this girl will be a little wronged and sleep in my bed. If it's not clean, it's going to be one night. Ah Long and I just had to take a nap by the fire. ”
The old man saw that there was a girl's house in the water moon, and it was not easy to squeeze together with a few big men, so he took the initiative to vacate the place where he slept and let the water moon sleep.
"No problem, sir. We're used to it, we have a way, you can make room for the bed next door, and then give us these two benches, I'll make my own arrangements. This side of the technique is just for you and Ah Long to sleep. ”
Nangong Xi was also a little moved when he saw the old man so generous, and he couldn't bear to let the old man take a nap by the fire.
Within a few minutes, Aaron walked out and said:
"Daddy, it's already packed. Tell them to sleep. ”
"Well, if it doesn't work, you'll spend the night. ”
The five walked into the next room. The room is still big, but there are things everywhere, and it's not that Aaron doesn't want to clean up, it's that there are indeed a lot of things that can't be cleaned up for a while.
Nangong Xi asked Zhang Wangxi to put the two benches side by side. Three young men sat on a bench and meditated.
He asked Shui Zhongyue to sleep alone in the bed, and if he didn't want to sleep, he could also meditate in the bed.
Shui Zhongyue listened to the arrangement and walked along the east wall towards the bed. She went to the little window, stopped, and said to them with great pleasure:
"The moon is later than us, it is only coming out now, the light is not good, and the moon is so cold. ”
Zhang Wangxi teased her:
"Water girl, you're going to compose a poem, let's listen to it. ”
"Who wrote poetry with you? ”
Mo Xingxing also walked under the small window to take a look, walked to the house and offered to say that he didn't need a bench. Everyone looked at him in amazement, isn't he tired and doesn't need to rest for this day.
Mo smiled happily, took out the two animal skins in the corner of the room, put them at the door, and volunteered:
"I'm more comfortable than you, I'm resting on it, sleeping and meditating, it's better than you. I'm standing sentry, understand?"
At night, everyone is used to this kind of life, so they meditate separately, that is, rest.
Next door, the old man went to bed first, but for a long time, he still heard Ah Long squirming and making a fuss, and everyone didn't care about him, why didn't he sleep in the middle of the night. After a long time, Aaron finally finished it and went to bed.
At this time, Nangong Xi and everyone really felt at ease to meditate and rest.
In the second half of the night, Nangong Xi was the first to be awakened, because meditation is a semi-dormant state, people are in a daze, and their skills are shallow, and they will not wake up, although they are more vigilant than ordinary people, but everyone is too tired.
Nangong Xi heard the sound of Ah Long getting up next door, although it was very light and light, but it couldn't escape the ears of **Hunan Gong Xi.
The second one to wake up was Lu Zhengtong, and then everyone woke up one after another. Nangong Xi made a gesture and asked everyone to stand still and see what Ah Long was going to do.
Mo Xingxing pressed the hilt of the sword on his hand, ready to attack at any time.
After a while, Ah Long did not enter their room, but gently pushed the wood door open and walked out lightly.
Nangong Xi gestured to Mo Xingxing, who was leaning against the door, and asked him to go out and follow him. Because there are too many people, there is really something, and it is easy to startle the snake, and if there is nothing to do, it will scare Ah Long.
It's a little unreasonable to be troublesome here, and to be so distrustful of others, and to follow others.
So Nangong Xi only asked Mo Xingxing to catch up and take a look alone.
Less than thirty seconds after Ah Long left, Mo Xingxing also followed.
After half an hour, Mo Xingxing came back, and only waved his hand to Nangong Xi, meaning that there was no situation.
After another hour, Aaron also returned, and also went to bed lightly. He didn't bring anyone back, and he didn't pose any threat to the five.
Still, everyone spent the night in some apprehension. The next day, Nangong Xi and a few people got up, and pretended not to know about Aaron going out last night, and didn't say a word.
Originally, Nangong Xi was going to take people out early in the morning, but Ah Long slept and seemed to have no hostility towards them, insisting on letting them eat breakfast before leaving.
Nangong Xi didn't want to insist on leaving, feeling that it would hurt the feelings of the old uncle's family, so he agreed to eat breakfast before leaving.
Actually, he didn't do anything for breakfast, Aaron boiled the wild boar soup left over from last night, put some potatoes in it, and cooked the potatoes. That's everyone's breakfast.
Although it was not rich, firstly, the heart of the old uncle's family, and secondly, everyone thought of hurrying, and each person still ate a few before putting down the chopsticks.
After breakfast, Nangong Xi took out some money to thank the old man and his son.
The old man insisted on not accepting it, only saying that as long as everyone didn't have an accident last night, it would be better than anything. But Nangong Xi still forcibly stuffed a handful of money into the old man's arms.
The five of them walked outside the chai gate and went down to the eaves. The old man leaned against the door frame and said:
"I'm so sorry that I didn't let everyone rest well, I didn't eat well, and I still have to charge your money.
Once here, after Dongtou Village, there is no one far away. It's impossible to find something to eat, you can't really get something good to eat at home, not all of them are for everyone, if you can fight wild beasts in the mountains around here, you can fight a little and take it with you. ”
Aaron stood by the door and said to them:
"After Yue'er Ridge, it is Dongtou Village. After Dongtou Village, there are two mountain ranges, one is called Qingsong Ridge, and the other is called Sunset Ridge.
There are more beasts on Sunset Ridge, it is best to take some wild things on Sunset Ridge, it will be difficult to find food in the future, the terrain is getting higher and higher, the weather is getting colder and colder, and there are nearly two months left in spring. ”
Nangong Xi led everyone to leave with a thousand thanks. After walking a long way, Aaron is still reminding loudly:
"You must take some game with you on Sunset Ridge. ”