Chapter 05: The Mountain People

When Ye Qing woke up slowly, she was still in a coma on the bed in a room for some reason. This room is not big, and the furnishings are a little shabby!

Under a flickering dim butter lamp, an old woman about sixty years old was sitting on a small stool in front of the bed, sewing and mending with the dim light, and from time to time she glanced at Ye Qing, who was still lying on the bed, to see if there would be any signs of waking up.

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"This ...... Where is this......" Suddenly, Ye Qing's faint voice sounded in the room.

"Girl...... Wake up!" the old woman stopped what she was doing, staggered to the bedside, and looked at Ye Qing, who was still a little delirious, with a kind face.

"You...... Who are you?"

"I ...... Where am I?"

"What do you want to do......"

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A series of hostile questions spit out from Ye Qing's mouth, she had already regained her senses a little, she really didn't know who to believe at the moment, so she could only quickly struggle to sit up, leaning against the wall behind her, tightly hugging the quilt that had covered her before, and looking at the old woman who was already sitting at the table vigilantly. Even so, her somewhat thin body was still a little trembling!

"Girl, don't be afraid, we are just ordinary people in the mountains, and you are now in my house. The old woman looked at Ye Qing, who was so nervous, and she didn't dare to sit on the edge of the bed, so she could only stand aside and say comfort.

"What do you want to do...... How can I ...... in your house" Looking at the strange old woman in front of her, there was indescribable fear in Ye Qing's eyes.

The old woman looked at Ye Qing, who was overly frightened on the bed, and quickly explained: "Girl, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person, I'm really not a bad person, do you know?

"You've been asleep for a day, and the doctor said you're fine, but that you were drowsy due to overfright, so you have to wake up on your own...... So ......"

While the old woman was talking, a burly peasant man had stepped in outside the house: "Mother, I have taken care of the medicine prescribed by the doctor...... Hey, girl...... You're finally awake!"

Ye Qing saw that the strange man who had just stepped into the room was walking towards him at the moment, Ye Qing, who had already let down his guard a little, suddenly became vigilant again, and his eyes were full of abnormal fear: "You...... What do you want to do, don't you come...... I'll kill you...... I'm really going to kill you......"

Ye Qing threatened, and at the same time hugged the quilt in his arms even more desperately, staring at the man who was about to come to him with that vicious look, as if he was about to eat the burly man who had just entered the house.

The sudden change made the frightened man stunned, standing in place at a loss, not daring to move, and was dumbfounded: "Mother, girl, he ......." “

The old woman saw Ye Qing, who was a little out of control at the moment, although she didn't know why, but she didn't dare to let the man stay in the house, so she ordered the burly man: "Da Niu, you go out first!

"Good...... Bar...... Good...... Let's do it!"

The one called Da Niu seemed to be a little frightened by this sudden scene, so he could only stammer, and then turned around and stepped out of the door inexplicably.

Looking at the big cow that had disappeared outside the door, Ye Qing calmed down slightly, but his body was still trembling, still holding the quilt tightly, looking at the ground with a dull gaze.

After the old woman waited for Ye Qing to calm down a little, she slowly sat on the edge of the bed, slowly stretched out her somewhat thin and dry palm, and gently held Ye Qing's cold hands, which were still tightly grasping the quilt, continued to patiently comfort: "Girl, don't be afraid, we are really just ordinary farmers, and we are really not bad people." We just want to help you know what. “

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Under the comfort of the old woman's soft words, Ye Qing slowly let down the guard in her heart, looked at Ye Qing, who had calmed down, the old woman slowly stood up, looked at Ye Qing who was sitting on the bed, and said softly: "Girl, you must be hungry! You sit down and rest first, and I'll cook you a bowl of hot porridge to warm your body." “

After the old woman finished speaking, she slowly turned around and slowly paced towards the door. Looking at the old woman who was staggering and slowly going out, Ye Qing's heart, which was already cold, only melted little by little at this moment, and finally converged into layers of tears, and his eyes were confused......

In less than a moment, the old woman walked in with a steaming bowl of millet porridge, and sat sideways on the edge of the bed, stirring with a spoon while blowing the hot air churning in the bowl.

"Don't be sad, girl, come...... Let's eat some porridge!"

Hearing the warm and kind words of the old woman, Ye Qing slowly raised her head, looking at the strange old woman in front of her like a mother's love for her with tears in her eyes, feeling her inexplicable loving gaze, the grievances and pains in Ye Qing's heart slowly turned into teardrops, flowing down her white cheeks.

The old woman looked at the girl who was silently crying in front of her, only to see that she gently put down the hot porridge in her hand, slowly opened her hands, and gently hugged the poor girl in front of her with the embrace full of incomparably great and warmth. used his hot heart to warm Ye Qing's wounded heart.

At this time, although the old woman never knew what she had experienced, but she, who is also a woman, didn't understand some of the sourness and helplessness in a woman's heart?

Ye Qing, who was in the arms of the old woman, felt the warm embrace of her, and couldn't control the endless grievances and pain in her heart, and finally cried hysterically in the arms of the old woman.

"Mother's ...... Yes...... Ahh

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A cry full of endless grievances and pains floated out from this somewhat simple, but infinitely warm room, along the small window on the wall of the room, and never dispersed for a long time.

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This night, Ye Qing finally felt the warmth of a long absence in that cold and ruthless world, no one knows how long she cried, as the hysterical cry gradually subsided, Ye Qing She finally closed her eyes slowly in the warm arms of the old woman, and finally fell asleep.

Now, although she still has tears on her face, she still sleeps so sweetly and happily.

Looking at the girl who was already sleeping in her arms, the old woman couldn't bear to let go of Ye Qing's somewhat thin body, so she could only slowly lean her body against the bed rail, and sleep with her clothes closed.

At this moment, no one will believe that they are just a pair of strangers in the red dust, because the two of them are now like grandchildren with deep feelings, and more like mother and daughter who have been reunited for a long time.

On the night of early winter, there is already the cold of deep winter. However, in the flickering dim light of the forest hut, it was so unusually warm.

When the sky outside the house was slightly white, the old woman opened her weather-beaten eyes, gently put down Ye Qing, who was still asleep, and carefully covered the futon for her before staggering out of the house.

When the first rays of the morning sun in late autumn poured into this warm cabin, Ye Qing on the bed had already opened his eyes and woke up. Ye Qing, who was able to get up, looked at the bowl of rice porridge that was already cold on the small wooden table, silently picked it up, and ate it one bite at a time.

The porridge that had been put out overnight was already very cold, but she still ate it so sweet, and she couldn't put it down.

"Girl, that porridge is cold, don't eat it. I've already made breakfast. A heartwarming voice rang in my ears.

Seeing that the kind old woman had already entered the house, Ye Qing hurriedly put down the bowl that was no longer left, stood up, and came to the old woman. She couldn't repay her, so she could only plop down and kneel in front of the old woman, and said gratefully: "Auntie, thank you, thank you for taking me in and taking care of me so carefully"

The old woman looked at Ye Qing, who had been moved and burst into tears, stretched out her trembling hands, helped Ye Qing who was kneeling on the ground, and comforted: "Girl, look at you...... Fast...... Hurry up, your body is not well repaired, hurry up and get up and cool on the ground. “

"Well, don't cry, don't cry. “

"Come, come with me to breakfast. “

While talking, he pulled Ye Qing out of the house. When the two of them came to the hall, breakfast had already been prepared on the table outside the hall.

"Girl, come quickly, come quickly, you must be hungry, right?" The man called Da Niu last night saw Ye Qing coming out, and hurriedly greeted him with a smile.

"I'm sorry, big brother...... I ......" Ye Qing, who has understood everything now, still has some indescribable apologies in his heart.

"Hehehe...... Girl, it's okay, it's okay. Da Niu smiled innocently, and then said: "Look, my family is also a little shabby, you ...... You're going to eat some!"

"Da Niu, he doesn't serve food to other girls, what are you doing standing stupidly. The old woman who had already been out of the hall reproached.

"Right...... Right...... Right...... Rice ...... Serve rice. “

"Big brother...... I...... I'll do it myself. Ye Qing was a little embarrassed.

"Girl, don't be polite to him. Sit down and eat......"

Under the warm greeting of this mother and son, Ye Qing was not restrained, picked up the bowl given to him by the big cow, and ate it one bite at a time. Although there are no big fish and meat, it is all coarse tea and light rice, but Ye Qing eats it very sweet and delicious.

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Wind and rain, flowers, flowers and leaves, years and years, twilight!

In a blink of an eye, Ye Qing had already lived in that mother's and son's house, and it had been more than half a month. In this half-month time, Ye Qing, who once despaired of the outside world to the freezing point, regained the simplicity and kindness he once had under the careful care of the mother and son of the farmer in the warm mountains.

It's just that the only regret is that Ye Qing's jade pendant that was taken away by someone can't be found. Although before, Da Niu had also taken the only little savings in the family to pay Ye Qing to redeem it, who would have thought that when the two of them arrived at the place, they found that the building had already been empty.

For this result, Ye Qing had no other way but to take a deep apology to Lin Yifan and embark on the road of no return to the path of cultivation and cultivation.