Mo Chen followed the woman into the main room, and saw that a steaming meal had been placed on the table in the lobby of the house, obviously the family had just made dinner at this time. When Mo Chen first entered the village, he had already seen cooking smoke coming out of every house here, so he didn't feel strange at this time.

However, there are now two pairs of dishes and chopsticks on the table, indicating that there should be one other person in the room besides the woman next to him. As soon as Mo Chen thought of this, another person walked in from outside the house, this was a young woman wearing a green dress and an apron around her body, the young woman had a white complexion, and her appearance was quite delicate, and she was holding a vegetable plate in her hand at this time, and the dish was filled with a steaming fried green vegetable. Apparently this young woman had just come out of the kitchen, and she might have been cooking in the kitchen just now, so it was the older middle-aged woman who went to open the door.

"Mother, what is this?" the young woman asked after hesitating for a moment when she saw the extra people in the room.

"This young man was in a hurry and missed the county seat, and it was getting late, so he wanted to come to my house to borrow a night. I saw that he was young and didn't look like a bad person, so I agreed to him. Alas, it's not easy to go out, and since it's fate to meet him, it's good to be able to help him. The woman replied, and her words were full of kindness.

"I am ashamed that there are many disturbances today. Mo Chen confessed to the two people in the room.

When the young woman heard this, she put the dish in her hand on the table and said, "Wait a minute, guest, I'll go and get you a pair of dishes and chopsticks." ”

Before Mo Chen could excuse herself, the young woman turned around and left cleanly. Seeing that the family was so enthusiastic, Mo Chen would be too unkind if he refused, and Mo Chen couldn't but accept their kindness.

Seeing the kind-looking woman and the young woman who turned to leave treat a stranger so sincerely, Mo Chen's heart was also warm, and the gloom caused by the various behaviors of the noodle stall husband and wife during the day also dissipated a lot.

After a while, the young woman returned with a pair of chopsticks, and then the guests and hosts of the house took their seats and began to eat dinner.

Dinner was very simple, a bowl of rice, two different fried vegetables, and one scrambled egg, which was also very good in the countryside at this time.

When a few people sit down to eat together, they will inevitably chat. Mo Chen slowly learned that this woman and the young woman were a pair of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the woman's husband's family died early, and only one son worked in Xiangyang Mansion, and the woman's husband's surname was Fang, and the village had called her Aunt Fang for more than ten years. The young woman's surname is Zhang, her name is Zhang Xiaohua, she only got married from the next village last year, and she usually works at home to farm and greet her mother-in-law.

Mo Chen also briefly told the two of them about his origins, only saying that after learning martial arts from Wudang, he went down the mountain to beg for a living, and he was going to Xiangyang Mansion tomorrow to have a look, and he didn't say much else.

"Xiao Mo, since you have walked so far alone, you think that your martial arts are very extraordinary. When Aunt Fang heard that Mo Chen had martial arts and could walk around alone, she was immediately interested.

"The main thing is to rely on the advantage of the long sword in my hand, and the ordinary three or five bandits can easily help me. Mo Chen said modestly.

"Since your martial arts are so good, and you are planning to go to Xiangyang Mansion in the near future, my aunt has a reluctant invitation here. A few days ago, my son received a letter from Xiangyang Mansion, saying that a new textile factory had opened in the city and was recruiting workers, and he wanted his daughter-in-law to go to Xiangyang Mansion as well. This time there is also a lot of work, and secondly, the two husbands and wives can live together, so that I can hold my grandson as soon as possible. When Aunt Fang said this, she smiled and looked at her daughter-in-law.

Daughter-in-law Zhang Xiaohua heard her say so explicit in front of outsiders, and suddenly blushed, and said: "Mother~~"

Mo Chen asked at the right time: "Aunt Fang wants me to escort Sister Zhang to Xiangyang Mansion, which is easy to say, anyway, I am also on the way." ”

"It's not that you want to take her alone, the road to Fucheng has not been safe recently, and there are often robbers on the road. Therefore, every time people from several nearby villages go to Fucheng, they will gather a group of people together on a regular basis. One more day will be the day when the original villages gathered, I want you to stay one more day, and then take Xiaohua with the team, so that you can be safer. After all, even if your martial arts skills are good, but two fists are hard to beat four hands, it is good to have more people along the way. Aunt Fang said.

Although Mo Chen said that he was not afraid of any robbers, after all, he had to be taken in by Aunt Fang, and he accepted the favor, and it was good to be able to escort this little flower all the way to return the favor, so he nodded and agreed.

Aunt Fang then instructed the daughter-in-law next to her: "Xiaohua, you will go and clean up the guest room in the east later, and take out a futon for Xiao Mo to live in for these two days." ”

Zhang Xiaohua nodded obediently, packed up the dishes and chopsticks and walked out.

At this time, Mo Chen opened the baggage he was carrying, took out the two catties of wolf meat that he roasted as dry food by the way when he killed the wolf yesterday, and said to Aunt Fang: "Thank you Auntie for taking it in today, this is the game I caught yesterday, be careful, and ask Auntie to accept it." Seeing that Aunt Fang waved her hand again and again to refuse, Mo Chen said again: "I just roasted these meats indiscriminately for a while, and I couldn't put them away for long, but if Auntie didn't accept them, I couldn't finish them, so I had to throw them away." Hearing Mo Chen say this, Aunt Fang accepted it.

Not long after, Zhang Xiaohua came over to tell Mo Chen that the room had been cleaned up, and then took Mo Chen to the guest room on the left hand side of the courtyard to rest.

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Mo Chen was carrying a burden on the road at this time, and next to him was Zhang Xiaohua, who was also carrying a burden, and there were about a dozen people around. At this time, it was already two days after Mo Chen stayed at Aunt Fang's house. Although all the money on his body was given to the couple who set up the noodle stall, Mo Chen did not pay Mrs. Fang's house for the two days she borrowed, but Mo Chen was not idle when he stayed at Mrs. Fang's house. Mo Chen can't help with other things, but Mo Chen can still do things like chopping wood, knowing that after Zhang Xiaohua leaves, Aunt Fang can only live alone, and things like chopping trees and chopping firewood will definitely not be done, so Mo Chen has prepared as much dry firewood as possible for Aunt Fang in the past two days. Although it is said that it is a machete to chop firewood with a Taiyi light sword, the speed is also very fast, and by the time Mo Chen leaves, the eldest lady's yard is already full of dry firewood, which is probably enough for her to use for several months.

In fact, at this time, Mo Chen took Zhang Xiaohua and this group of people to walk together, which was actually more conspicuous. The main thing is the long sword behind Mo Chen's back and Zhang Xiaohua beside him. Although Mo Chen was carrying a long sword, because his face was very immature, people just looked at him twice and didn't pay attention, they just thought that the young man was messing around, and it was fun to carry a good look, and no one thought that his sword could really kill.

And it is surprising that a woman like Zhang Xiaohua appeared in the team, because except for Zhang Xiaohua, all of these people are young and strong. These young people had gathered from several nearby villages to work in the city. Nowadays, the world is difficult, and farmers can only barely make a living by farming, and in a large city like Xiangyang, there are often many factories run by wealthy merchants. At this time, because of the realization of the power of foreign countries, the Westernists in the imperial court, who had learned various models of foreign countries, had gained the upper hand after the Westernization Movement, so there were various private factories all over the country. These factories recruit a large number of laborers, and although the work is hard, the wages are sufficient, so many people in the countryside near Fucheng choose to work in the city every year. However, due to the restrictions of the times, most of these people are young men, such as Zhang Xiaohua's husband, who is willing to leave his wife to work at home, which can be said to be very open-minded.