Chapter 557: The Afterlife
Far north of the border, there were no people, and in the evening the two finally found an abandoned beacon tower, above which was a fire platform for burning wolf dung, and below was the room where the soldiers lived. Before we arrive. There were already five or six fleeing victims inside, including the old and the young, men and women, and they should be a family.
I didn't want to be crowded with outsiders, but it was already snowing heavily at the moment, and it was not easy to find a place to stay after dark.
The stone houses under the beacon tower were very large, and there were always 100 square meters, and the victims of the disaster reluctantly hid in the southwest corner after seeing me and the King Kong cannon entering.
"We were also passing by, and when the snow stopped, we left. I smiled at the old man in his fifties. He should be the head of the family, with his wife and three daughters. Probably worried about danger on the road, the daughters were wearing men's clothes, and their faces were wiped with ashes.
"It's okay, it's okay. The old man nodded timidly. In ancient times, due to years of hard work, people really looked like old men when they reached the age of fifty.
King Kong Cannon and I didn't say anything more, turned around and sat down not far from the door, we were very tired from the long journey, and we needed to rest.
As night fell, the wind became more intense and the snow became heavier.
"Old Yu, I'll go get some firewood. King Kong said to me.
"Well, come back early. I nodded in agreement. In fact, King Kong Cannon and I have purple qi protection and are not afraid of the cold at all, but the sound of teeth fighting from the opposite side makes me and King Kong Cannon unbearable.
The King Kong Cannon was a good at rough work, and soon dragged back a dead tree, dismembered the dead with his bare hands, and rubbed out the sawdust to build a bonfire.
"Come over and make a fire. The King Kong Cannon waved at the crowd hiding in the corner.
His beckoning startled the family, as he had already stunned the family by tearing the trunk with his bare hands.
"We're not bad guys, come over and have a fire. I smiled at the ragged victims.
"Thank you. One of the youngest girls thanked me and pulled her parents and two sisters closer to the fire.
"Here it is for you. King Kong Cannon took out the bun in his arms and handed it over.
Seeing this, the old man still didn't dare to come forward to take it, and finally the youngest girl came over generously, thanked us, and then took the buns and distributed them to her family.
I looked at this little girl with interest, she should be fourteen or fifteen years old this year, although she was young, but she was very generous, not in the slightest as her two sisters, although her face was covered with black ash to cover her face, but according to the contour of her face, the little girl should still be very beautiful.
I'm not a talker myself, and I don't seem to be in the mood to speak today, so after giving the buns to the victims, I stared at the fire in a daze, only occasionally throwing a few sticks of firewood into the fire. Outside the house, there was the sound of the wind, and the only sound in the room was the crackling sound of burning wood and the faint chewing sound of the victims.
"Old Yu, are you homesick?" King Kong Cannon's gaze did not take his eyes off the fire.
"Our home is not here. "King Kong Cannon's words made me feel sad, thinking about it, it has been nearly four months since we came back, and we are extremely far away from our relatives, and I don't know what happened to Ziyang Temple, and I don't know how my parents are doing, the only thing I can be sure of is that Bai Jiuyu should be by my parents' side now, although we didn't hold a ceremony, but she is a woman with depth, and she can read my deep meaning.
"Why am I homesick?" King Kong Cannon rarely has this kind of childlike emotion, he seems to be heartless, but in fact he just doesn't want to say it.
"Why wouldn't I?" I didn't like the sad atmosphere, so I quickly changed the subject.
"You're a fucking single, I have a wife and children!"
"Huh. Don't worry, we'll go back when it's done, with me here, you don't have to worry. As I spoke, I noticed that the little girl not far from the fire was staring at me and the King Kong Cannon.
"Hey. King Kong Cannon shook his head and sighed, leaned against the corner and closed his eyes.
I took over the task of guarding the campfire, adding firewood to the fire, this stone house has no door, the cold wind is pouring in, and the only way to keep it warm is to keep it open.
When I was guarding the fire, I found the girl staring at me again, and I frowned in confusion, no matter how bold a girl was in ancient times, she should not have stared at people so directly, which was not in line with etiquette.
Puzzled, he used the Qi Observation Technique to scan his eyes twice, and found that there was nothing abnormal about this girl's breath, but the wisdom qi was longer than that of ordinary people, so it could be judged that this person was very smart. In addition, there is a phantom in her blessing qi, which is added to her original blessing qi, which means that her status in the future may be much higher than now, this situation is relatively rare, but it is not uncommon, some people have done good things invisibly, and some women will also increase their own blessing because of the status of their husbands in the future. Overall, this girl's breath is quite normal.
"My lord, I'll come. "The old man grinded over and helped me add firewood, and from some previous contact, he already knew that we were not bad people.
"Well, I'm sorry for you. I turned to my feet, walked over to the cannon and reclined down.
The dead tree dragged back by the King Kong cannon was so large that the campfire burned all night, and the victims took turns adding firewood to keep the temperature in the stone house, so they slept comfortably.
The next morning, when I woke up with King Kong Gun, the heavy snow had weakened, but the temperature outside was so low that there should be more than 20 degrees below zero.
"He's not that young. "While I was eating with the Vajra Cannon, the young girl frowned at me again, and at the same time muttered to herself, as if I looked like I had some resemblance to one of her acquaintances.
"Old man, it will be more and more difficult to flee with your three daughters, go back. "I pinched out a few small ingots and threw them to him. Gold was more valuable than silver, enough to sustain their family of five for three years.
"Thank you, thank you. "The old man is quite sensible, he didn't pick up the money first, but took his family to kneel and kowtow first.
"Hehe, don't wipe the bottom of the pot in the future, it's not a devil entering the village. "King Kong Cannon stood up and prepared to go.
"Ahh