After the time of half-burnt incense, Zhan Yao came in with two large bowls, one of which contained black decoction, and the other bowl contained steaming rice porridge, walked in and put the rice porridge bowl directly on the table, brought the medicinal soup bowl to Qiao Yuan, and said with a smile.

"Little brother Qiao Yuan, I will warm up this medicinal soup, it is not too hot, you drink the medicine first, and then eat some rice porridge." ”

"Thank you, Miss Zhan Yao. ”

When Qiao Yuan saw Zhan Yao coming over, he immediately thought of being looked down upon by others, his face immediately flushed, and he didn't dare to look at Zhan Yao's smile, and said with his head slightly lowered and took the medicine bowl in Zhan Yao's hand, and drank it all without looking at it.

"Poof......

Qiao Yuan drank the medicinal soup in one breath and realized that something was wrong, the taste was really a little weird, some bitter, some fishy, and a little spicy, anyway, all kinds of flavors were mixed together, which made him feel extremely disgusting, and he unconsciously squirted in the bowl.

"Hey...... Little brother Qiao Yuan is really powerful, and you can drink the medicine prepared by grandpa in one gulp. ”

Zhan Yao didn't mind Qiao Yuan's reaction at all, but instead laughed, with a look of admiration on her face.

After she finished speaking, she walked to the table and picked up the rice porridge bowl and sent it to Qiao Yuan's side, Qiao Yuan was not ashamed and embarrassed after what happened just now, took the rice porridge bowl with a smile on his face, and took a big sip of it.

Qiao Yuan didn't know how long he had been in a coma, and when he looked at the rice porridge, he felt that he was so hungry that his limbs were weak, and he didn't care about his image, and he drank the rice porridge almost in one gulp like drinking medicinal soup, but this time he did show an extremely satisfied expression.

"Miss Zhan Yao, is there anyone else here besides you and your grandfather?"

Although Qiao Yuan didn't feel full after drinking the rice porridge, his complexion was indeed much better, and he asked with a gentle smile on his face.

Zhan Yao chuckled and said, "No, I was born and raised here since I was a child, and I haven't seen anyone else except my grandfather." ”

She grew up in the mountains and forests since she was a child, and all she saw were flowers, birds, fish, insects, birds and animals, except for her grandfather, who had never seen anyone else, which made her have the impression that there were only two people in this world, she and her grandfather, and now she saw Qiao Yuan, as if she had seen relatives, and had a very strong sense of intimacy.

"I see, haven't you been attacked by powerful demon beasts?"

Qiao Yuan thought for a while, the puzzled expression on his face became even thicker, and he asked again.

"What is a monster? Is it a beast?"

Zhan Yao heard Qiao Yuan's words and showed a look of incomprehension, lowered her head and thought about it, and slowly asked.

"Yes, it's a bigger beast, like the big python chasing me. ”

Qiao Yuan smiled and said casually, without explaining what a demon beast was.

"That big python! It's so big! It's the first time I've seen a snake that big, and I can't even see how long it is. ”

Zhan Yao heard Qiao Yuan's words, her face suddenly showed excitement, and there was a strong sense of surprise in her eyes, and she said while gesturing with her hand, as if the big python appeared in front of her eyes, which made her excited.

"Miss Zhan Yao, it's not a good thing to meet that big snake, it can eat people. ”

Qiao Yuan smiled helplessly, knowing that this little girl was simply a blank piece of paper, simpler than Mingluo, and such a ferocious snake seemed to be a strange pet in her eyes.

"Oh!

Zhan Yao asked with a puzzled look.

"I was almost eaten by that python, you must stay away when you encounter this kind of beast in the future. By the way, where did the python end up?"

Qiao Yuan shook his head with a bitter smile and said, then raised his head again and looked at Zhan Yao with a puzzled look and asked.

He remembered that he didn't know what was wrong at the time, the red-eyed python suddenly went crazy, and he was about to kill himself directly when he pulled his tail, and the python had a chance to attack before, but Qiao Yuan knew that the red-eyed python did not kill him, as if he was going to capture himself alive.

This suspicion made Qiao Yuan guess a lot, before he had always thought that he had killed the green-skinned python, and the red-eyed python was to avenge it, but now that he thinks about it, it seems that this matter is not so simple.

The blood on the paws of the black bear, the dark cave that the green-skinned python rushed out of, the five-leaf clover that looked like wild vegetables, and the poison in the she-wolf, all these doubts Qiao Yuan has not figured out so far.

"Is it for me, or for Hakutsuki?"

"When my grandfather and I rushed to the river, the python swam to the other side. ”

When Zhan Yao heard Qiao Yuan's question, she didn't pay attention to Qiao Yuan's contemplation, and said without thinking.

"Yao'er, grandpa is back, come out and wash the fish, and stew the fish tonight. ”

Just as Qiao Yuan was pondering, an old voice suddenly came from outside, with a joy in it, and people could feel the speaker's joy when they heard it.

When Zhan Yao heard this, a happy smile suddenly appeared on her face, and she stood up and ran towards the door.

But before she could run out, the door was opened by an old man, and the old man looked at Qiao Yuan with a kind smile, but this smile fell in Qiao Yuan's eyes like looking at prey, and nodded while laughing, showing a satisfied look.

As soon as the old man entered the door, Qiao Yuan looked over, the old man was wearing a brown linen coat, tattered like a sack on his body, his hair was also messy, and some grass and wood chips could be seen on it, with a pair of bare feet, and his feet were full of black silt, as if he had just come back from touching fish in the river, holding a bamboo fish basket in his right hand and a green bamboo fishing rod in his left hand, he looked like an ordinary fisherman.

The old man looked sixty or seventy years old, with a yellow face and thin muscles, as if he had not eaten enough all year round, and looked malnourished, but his eyes were exceptionally bright and bright, especially when he looked at Qiao Yuan, his eyes flashed from time to time, and his kind smile made Qiao Yuan get goosebumps all over his body.

"Junior, Qiao Yuan, thank you for saving your life. ”

Qiao Yuan stretched out his hands and bowed to the old man with difficulty, and said with a grateful face.

Although this fisherman old man looked no different from a mortal, Qiao Yuan knew that he could live in this mountain forest full of demon beasts, and it was still outside the safe route marked by Xiao Fengqing, how could this kind of character be a simple person, so Qiao Yuan was extremely respectful to this old man, and at the same time, he still maintained a little vigilance in his heart, after all, this old man looked at him a little wrong.

"What juniors and seniors, just call me an old man. There are more than 100 fractures in the body, eight meridians are broken, and a lot of viscera are broken. The old man originally planned to bury you directly, but if Yao'er hadn't insisted that you could still survive and have been taking care of you for half a month, your miracle really wouldn't have happened. ”

"Miss Zhan Yao, thank you. This Enqiao Yuan wrote it down, and if he was sent in the future, he would repay it with his life. ”

He was stunned for a moment when he heard the old man's words, and then looked at Zhan Yao with a thick look of gratitude in his eyes, and said with an extremely serious face.

Qiao Yuan has been taught by Xiao Fengqing since he was a child that the grace of dripping water must be reciprocated by a spring, not to mention the grace of saving his life, and it is also the grace of saving his life from the ghost gate.

Although the old man once wanted to bury himself, he was not buried now, but survived, all of this is inseparable from the old man's healing of his wounds, so Qiao Yuan also recorded the old man's kindness in his heart.

"Qiao Yuan, you don't have to go later, you can repay the favor now. The old man sees that although your body is thin, you are still strong, you can barely see it, and your age is about the same as Yao'er, although you are not worthy of my Yao'er, but in this barren mountain and wilderness, I can't see a person for many years, so let you pick up a big bargain. ”

When Qiao Yuan heard the old man's words, he was stunned for a moment, and then the more he listened, the more wrong it became, until the old man finished speaking, he was completely stunned, and he really didn't know what to say about this dramatic scene.

As for Zhan Yao, she didn't understand the old man's words at all, her face showed doubt, she looked at Qiao Yuan, and then looked at the old man, but the old man didn't pay attention to her doubts, but stared at Qiao Yuan directly.

"Haha...... I don't think you will have any opinions, from now on you will be a member of my Zhan family, and the old man will naturally not treat you badly. ”

Seeing Qiao Yuan's stunned appearance, the old man did not open his mouth to object, and immediately laughed and spoke again.

"Senior, this matter is not appropriate, Miss Zhan Yao is still young, and her future is unlimited, there will definitely be many young talents who will come to pursue her, and the younger generation is just a mountain boy, and she is really not worthy of Miss Zhan Yao. ”

When Qiao Yuan heard the old man's laughter, his face immediately showed anxiety, and he hurriedly spoke, so as not to misunderstand the old man.

"You're also very self-aware, so you've picked up a big bargain! ”

After listening to Qiao Yuan's words, the old man laughed louder, as if he didn't hear the meaning of Qiao Yuan's words at all, and walked out of the door directly after speaking, no matter how Qiao Yuan shouted, the old man never looked back.

"Little brother Qiao Yuan, what is a marriage in the church?"

Zhan Yao walked to Qiao Yuan's side with a puzzled look on her face and asked softly.

She saw Qiao Yuan's anxious look, thinking that getting married was definitely not a good thing, otherwise Qiao Yuan would not be like this, but she was extremely happy to see her grandfather, and she had never seen her grandfather so happy, so she was very puzzled in her heart about what the two of them were talking about.

"Ahem...... This one...... Miss Zhan Yao, do you want to see the outside world? If you want to see it, tell your grandfather that you don't want to go to the church and get married, otherwise you will stay in this mountain forest for the rest of your life. ”

Qiao Yuan coughed lightly when he heard Zhan Yao's words, thought for a while, and really didn't know how to answer this question, and only after a while did he speak righteously.

"I see, I want to see what the outside world is like, and I'm going to tell my grandfather now that I don't want to get married. ”

Zhan Yao showed a sudden expression, nodded, and was about to walk directly out of the door.

"Miss Zhan Yao, don't tell your grandfather that you want to leave here to see the outside world, otherwise your grandfather will be sad, so you tell him that you don't want to get married. ”

Qiao Yuan showed a hint of a smile, and stopped her when Zhan Yao was about to walk out of the door, Zhan Yao heard Qiao Yuan's words, nodded lightly, and walked out of the door directly.