In the middle of the bamboo bed lay a young man in strange clothes, his eyes closed, his brows furrowed, and his mouth muttered muttering muttering muttered The young man was Hu Tianxiang, who had eaten the poisonous fruit by mistake.

Beside him, a rickety old man sat in front of the stove, holding a pampa fan in his hand, fanning vigorously. Medicine was boiling on the stove, and the smell of medicine wafted out of the medicine jar, but it didn't stay long inside the house before it was blown away by the mountain wind.

After some time, the old man stopped fanning, stood up, padd it with a damp cloth, removed the medicine jar from the stove, and then slowly tilted it and poured the potion into the white porcelain bowl that had been prepared.

The old man held the medicine bowl, walked to the side of the bed while blowing, held the bowl in one hand, and supported Hu Tianxiang in a semi-comatose state with the other, and poured the medicine bowl into his mouth. The old man was very patient and didn't pour it quickly, so only a little potion overflowed from the corner of Hu Tianxiang's mouth. After feeding the medicine, the old man put Hu Tianxiang back on the bamboo bed, walked outside the house, and when he entered the house again, he had an extra wooden bucket in his hand, and he put it next to Hu Tianxiang's bed.

About a quarter of an hour later, Hu Tianxiang suddenly felt his abdomen tumbling, as if two armies were fighting desperately, and the fight was dark, and the ghost cried, and the beads of sweat the size of beans kept appearing on his forehead.

The old man took two steps back, and then he saw Hu Tianxiang suddenly open his eyes, and his body twisted out of the bed, his mouth almost opened to the maximum, and then he vomited "wow". Hu Tianxiang spit out a fishy and unpleasant green liquid, and he could vaguely see pieces of wild fruits that had not been completely digested.

The old man stepped forward and patted Hu Tianxiang's back gently, and when he didn't vomit, he brought a bowl of water for him to rinse his mouth, Hu Tianxiang was dizzy, but his consciousness was already clear for seven or eight points, knowing that he was rescued, and he said thank you vigorously after lying on the bed.

The old man smiled and said: "Childe, you're welcome, we are from the mountains, we have a short knowledge, but we also know the truth that you can't see death without help, besides, it's my granddaughter Xiuxiu's sharp eyes, when she went up the mountain to chop firewood, she found you, she carried you back from under the tree, and she came back after a while, you can thank her." Alas, I'm too old to do this kind of hard work. ”

Hu Tianxiang responded in a daze, and his stomach gurgled again, this time, it was not a drug attack, but hunger. He originally had some food in his stomach, but this vomit, even with it, he vomited out, and now it was really empty, and he was even hungrier than when he ate the poisonous fruit.

Hu Tianxiang is used to living a life of brocade clothes and jade food, and he opens his mouth to stretch out his hand, but at this time, he can't open his mouth, first, this is not his own home, the old man is not a servant at home, he can call and drink, and second, people have just saved themselves, they are their own life-saving benefactors, if they ask for food again, they are really a little uninteresting, especially if the other party is still such a poor and dilapidated family. Thinking of this, his wall-like face suddenly became much thinner, and he gritted his teeth and didn't say a word.

Hu Tianxiang made up his mind, but his belly was not angry, and when he saw that his master refused to speak for himself, he beat the drum by himself, gurgling, purring, louder than the other. The old man listened to it with joy, got up and went to the stove, took half a nest head and a piece of pickle head to him, and said apologetically: "Our family is poor, son, you can make do with it." ”

Hu Tianxiang, who was young, had already eaten all the delicacies of the mountains and seas, but he had never tasted the taste of coarse grains, and now his stomach was empty, so it smelled particularly sweet at this time. His two eyes were fixed on the head of the nest, like a hungry wolf seeing a lamb, and he didn't care about thanking him, he took the pickles from the head of the nest with trembling hands, and stuffed them into his mouth vigorously, hating his teeth for not being fast enough and his throat and eyes not big enough while eating.

He was devouring and eating, when a young girl suddenly walked in outside the door, a young girl, who looked to be sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a pink coarse cloth shirt, combing a long black and shiny braid, hanging down to the back waist, red lips and white teeth, slightly black skin, and the whole person exuded a healthy and vigorous vitality. What surprised Hu Tianxiang the most was the other party's two big eyes, flickering, as if they could speak.

When the old man saw the girl, he said to Hu Tianxiang with a smile: "This is my granddaughter, her name is Zhong Lingxiu, you two look about the same age, whether she is a sister or a younger sister, I can't make a fuss, you can discuss it yourself." Oh, by the way, haven't asked yet, Childe, what's your name?"

Hu Tianxiang was a little stunned, and only reacted when he heard the old man's question, swallowed the nest in his mouth with difficulty, did not dare to look at the girl, and said: "My name is Hu Tianxiang, did you save me? ”

The girl sneered and turned to leave the house.

Hu Tianxiang was stunned again, worried that he had said the wrong thing.

The old man said helplessly: "The people in the mountains don't understand the rules, so the son laughs, this girl is this temper, rough and leafy, no etiquette." ”

Hu Tianxiang hurriedly said: "Don't dare, it's Sister Xiuxiu who saved me, it's too late for me to be grateful!"

With more than half a nest of head and stomach, Hu Tianxiang felt that his strength was much stronger than just now, so he tried to get off the ground, but as soon as he took two steps, he was dizzy again. The old man hurriedly helped him back to the bed, saying that he had just detoxified and his body was still weak, and he needed to recuperate for a few more days and recover more energy. Although Hu Tianxiang is very active and not quiet, he is also a person who listens to persuasion, so he slept hard, but he didn't expect that when he opened his eyes again, it was noon the next day.

When he saw that there was no one in the house, he came out of the hut tremblingly, and found that the sky was very overcast, and the clouds were thick, as if a rainstorm was coming at any moment.

"You woke up and thought you had fallen asleep. A voice came from behind him. Hu Tianxiang turned his head and saw that it was the girl Zhong Lingxiu, who was chopping wood with a big axe.

"Sister Xiuxiu, thank you for saving me. Hu Tianxiang didn't know what to say for a while, so he had to thank him again.

"Long-winded. Will you chop wood, I'll rest for a while. Zhong Lingxiu wiped her sweat and threw the axe on the ground.

"Okay! Look!" Hu Tianxiang agreed happily, but he complained bitterly in his heart, where did he do manual work since he was a child, he despised manual work very much, and once threatened that he would never do manual work in his life.

I saw him running in front of Zhong Lingxiu, bending down to pick up the heavy axe, and deliberately acting relaxed, and then he followed the example of a girl, raised the axe high above his head, and slashed it at the standing log, resulting in an axe directly to the ground, and because of the excessive force, his body lost his balance, and he landed on his butt after shaking it twice.

"Hahahaha......" The girl laughed so hard that she leaned back and back, her branches trembled, and her eyes bent into two crescents.

The girl's laughter was as pleasant as a silver bell, and it was innocent and innocent, without any sarcasm. Hu Tianxiang seemed to hear the sounds of nature, and his brain went blank.

"Oh, you get up, I'll do it. Zhong Lingxiu stopped laughing with difficulty, pulled up Hu Tianxiang, picked up the axe, and continued to work.

Hu Tianxiang blushed, and hurriedly explained: "It's strange, I used to be a good hand at work, known as the 'little prince with skillful hands', maybe I was just sick and my body was still weak, which made Sister Xiuxiu smile." ”

The smile on the girl's face did not decrease, Hu Tianxiang looked straight and empty, and secretly decided that when there was no one, he had to practice chopping wood.

"Master Hu, you're not from our Jinfeng Kingdom, are you?" the girl stopped picking her axe and suddenly asked.

Hu Tianxiang was stunned and said nervously: "Yes, how do you know?"

"Look at the clothes you're wearing, they're not the same as the people we have here, and the shoes are so big, and they're full of bells and whistles. ”

This sentence can be regarded as scratching Hu Tianxiang's itch, I saw him slowly straighten his waist, look into the distance with a little melancholy, hold his pocket in one hand, and slowly wipe his hair with the other hand, making a set of chic movements that have made countless girls scream, and was about to open his mouth to say his lines, but suddenly blushed and said embarrassedly: "Because what I am wearing is the legendary ...... World famous brand. ”

"Hahahaha......" The girl laughed again, laughing so much that tears came out.

Hu Tianxiang had a bitter face, so he had to smile bitterly.

"Your hair is so short, what country are you?"

Hu Tianxiang's eyes rolled sharply, and he said with a smile: "Sister Xiuxiu, what countries are around Jin Fengguo? I'm from one of them, I'll let you guess three times." ”

Zhong Lingxiu was really aroused by curiosity, and said: "I haven't been out much, but I just heard my grandfather say that the land we live in is very large, and there are many countries, large and small, and dogs' teeth are intertwined. As far as the Golden Phoenix Kingdom is concerned, the Tianmang Kingdom is in the north, the Lingfeng Country in the south, the Great Vertical Country in the west, and the Liuli Country in the east, and the Golden Phoenix Kingdom is the smallest and weakest of the five countries. I guess, you're from the Great Hanging Country, and I've heard that the people there are completely different from the Jinfeng Kingdom. ”

"That's right, Sister Xiuxiu, you are really Bingxue smart, you guessed right once, I am from the Great Vertical Country!" Hu Tianxiang silently recited "I am from the Great Vertical Country" three times in his heart, so as not to make a mistake in the future.

Hu Tianxiang was a newcomer and urgently needed to know the situation in this world, so he knocked on the side, had nothing to say, and learned a lot.

While the two were talking, a boy about seven or eight years old with a small basket on his back ran out of the forest in a hurry, ran straight in front of Zhong Lingxiu, and said with an anxious face: "Sister Xiuxiu, it's no good! Grandpa Zhong was arrested by a group of robbers when he was collecting medicine!"