Chapter 80 Chapter 80 Huh? There seems to be a small wooden house over there...

The leader of the black-robed men didn't react to the old woman's interruption. He just continued calmly asking, "How long have they been looking?"

"They have been looking for it. There is no place to rest in this mountain. They go out early and come back late, and come here every day." The old woman answered kindly.

Quite tactful.

The leader of the men in black clothes felt somewhat satisfied, and the evil spirit on his body dissipated a lot.

"They didn't show up yesterday because the mountain was blocked by heavy snow, and it seems they won't come today either." The villager added, stuffing pig feed into the old woman's hands and pushing her into the house to feed the pigs.

The leader of the men in black saw the vigilance in the old man's eyes and loosened his grip on the hilt of the sword.

"Are you telling the truth?" he asked.

The old man stared at the hilt of his sword, his legs shaking, but he stood firm at the door. "I would never dare to deceive you gentlemen." He said in a trembling voice.

Only after these people in black clothes had gone far away did he lock the gate of his house with shaking legs and trembling.

Oh my God, he was scared to death.

How come they are both looking for someone, but the group in front are so polite, while this group acts like they want to eat you?

The old man shook the bolt, but still felt uneasy, so he walked to the shed in the corner of the yard, dragged the heavy stone mill with difficulty, and moved it to the gate of the yard, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

After feeding the pigs, the old woman was worried that the old man would be killed by those powerful people if he didn't speak properly, so she ran out in a hurry, only to see him collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath, and she was very anxious.

"What happened? Did they cut you?"

As she spoke, she squatted down and tried to look over the old man's body.

The old man gasped, "No, it's nothing. I'm tired from moving the millstone here."

The old woman then noticed the stone mill blocking the gate and said helplessly, "They're gone and they won't come back. The stone mill is blocking the gate. How can I get out to plow the soil later?"

"Don't go out today. It's snowing! Why plow the soil? Wait until the snow stops."

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Xuan Jinyu and Su Guanzhang had already passed through the bamboo forest and a sea of ​​flowers. They both stopped at the same time.

Su Guanzhang picked some wild flowers and put them on Xuan Jinyu's head.

Xuan Jinyu carefully touched the wild flowers on her head. Seeing that there was a small river next to the sea of ​​flowers, she carefully avoided the grass, squatted down and looked at herself in the water, feeling very satisfied.

Ever since they were imprisoned and she had diagnosed her pregnancy, she had worn fewer ornaments on her head. During their exile, they had even had trouble finding a safe place to stay at an inn, so she hadn't had the heart to dress up.

She only had a plain gold hairpin on her head, and half a year had passed like this, which made Xuan Wensheng feel sad.

But when he saw his sister with such a big belly, being carried in the arms of her brother-in-law, he no longer had the desire to dress her up beautifully.

Later, they landed at the bottom of the cliff. In the vast valley, only the young couple and Lan Jie'er lived there. No one outside the mountain, let alone Xuan Wensheng, even the meticulous Xu Xuanniang, could have imagined this.

On weekdays, the supplies that people from outside the mountain asked Baishun to deliver were either food and seasonings such as rice, flour, oil, salt, or daily necessities such as clothes, bedding, shoes, socks, and handkerchiefs.

Even Xuan Jinyu herself couldn't have imagined that. At first, she was still recovering from her confinement and couldn't think of much else.

Later, when I was able to go out to the fields, I couldn't get enough of watching Sister Lan growing up day by day, so how could I spare the time to dress herself up?

It's said that "women dress to please themselves," but Xuan Jinyu doesn't have that mindset. If she dresses up, it's only to please herself, not others.

The female teacher taught her that character and upbringing are the most important, and appearance is just the icing on the cake.

Although many of the ideas that the female teacher later instilled in Xuan Jinyu were extreme, her education of Xuan Jinyu before that won the hearts of both the Xuan and Lin families.

The girl who was pampered by these two families must not lose her original heart because of external changes.

Therefore, after becoming pregnant, Xuan Jinyu did not pay too much attention to the changes in her appearance and body.

She knew that in the later stages of her pregnancy, her legs and feet were swollen, her pretty face became fatter, her belly was bulging, her face was tired, and she was often in pain with tears in her eyes. It was really not a good look.

But she never felt inferior or sad because of this.

She willingly endured the suffering of exile for the sake of this child, let alone the mere change in her appearance and figure.

She didn't care, and neither did Su Guanzhang. Instead, because of her physical changes, he became deeply aware of the pain his wife was going through during pregnancy, and felt even more distressed for her.

It was an unexpected gain.

You know, most men in the world think it is natural for women to have children.

He acted like a superior man and not only did he not sympathize with the hardships his wife suffered during pregnancy, he also asked her to take care of the household chores while pregnant. What's worse, he asked her to push other women into their bed with her own hands.

Otherwise, they are unvirtuous and jealous.

The injustices suffered by women in this world had been considered by both the Xuan family and the Lin family long before Xuan Jinyu came of age.

Otherwise, they would not have agreed without hesitation when Xuan Jinyu defied the order and refused the marriage.

When Su Guanzhang just returned to Beijing from Mobei, Taifu Lin stepped onto the gate of Duke Su's Mansion. He came because of the reputation of the Su family for generations of loyal couples and mutual respect.

Su Guanzhang did not disappoint his grandfather's kindness in the end.

Throughout Xuan Jinyu's pregnancy, he did his utmost to ensure she suffered less. Later, for her sake, he took the initiative to jump off a cliff, truly committing to her life and death.

After going through life and death and the couple's mutual understanding, Xuan Jinyu has already understood the value of supporting and protecting each other.

In this case, it was just a matter of not having gorgeous hair accessories, so she wouldn't mind.

It was not until she was out of confinement that Su Guanzhang took out the hairpin that he had spent a month polishing and carving, and tied up her long black hair.

There are many trees at the bottom of the cliff, including sandalwood, which is rare in the north. The hairpin is made of sandalwood, which is hard in texture. He even carved a pattern of intertwined branches on it.

Xuan Jinyu touched the extremely smooth hairpin that was sticking out from her bun and was stunned for a moment.

She then realized that she was actually hoping subconsciously that this man would think about something that she didn't mind, simply because he cared about her.

Su Guanzhang didn't say anything about giving her more jewelry in the future. He just touched her face and said, "My craftsmanship is not very good, so please bear with me for a while."

Xuan Jinyu understood his unspoken meaning.

She put away the plain gold hairpin that she had used for more than half a year, and the one that remained in her hair every day was the hairpin he had made with his own hands.

She told him in this way that she was not wronged.

What's more, she was very happy with the patterns carved on it.

I wish we could be twining branches.

"I like it very much." Xuan Jinyu said, rarely using the word "like" in front of him.

There was no mirror in the cave. Those outside the mountain had forgotten to give it to them, and those inside hadn't thought of asking for one either. At this moment, Xuan Jinyu looked at herself in the water. After nearly two months, she saw clearly what she looked like now.

Nearly two months after giving birth, her body has almost returned to its pre-pregnancy state, except that she is a little plumper.

But she was still a little thinner then, with a certain fragility about her. Now, after giving birth, her figure is in perfect shape.

Her bun was very simple, held in place by a sandalwood hairpin, but this did not detract from her beauty.

Even so, her hair was still plain, which did not quite match the exquisite clothes she was wearing. Now, with these wild flowers, it added a bit of wildness and beauty to her.

Xuan Jinyu just felt vaguely that the noble and bright Madam Xuan Xiaoshao in the capital seemed to have returned again.

It was her own choice to go into exile with the Su family, and she had no regrets; keeping Lan Jie'er as her child was her greatest blessing.

For this, she was willing to suffer for more than half a year, and even when she fell to the bottom of the cliff, she never complained.

But occasionally, she would look through his eyes and see her plain and simple appearance. Although she said she didn't mind, she would still miss her former bright and beautiful self.

Did he also notice his daughter's thoughts, so he carved the sandalwood hairpin for her and now gave her a hairpin with flowers?

Xuan Jinyu felt a little warm in her heart, and the beautiful lady reflected in the water had her eyebrows slightly curved.

But where did he learn these tricks to deceive people?

"Tell me the truth, who did you learn this trick from?" Xuan Jinyu didn't even stand up, but grabbed Su Guanzhang's clothes from this position, which was very convenient.

Su Guanzhang pulled her up from the ground and replied, "When I was a child, I saw my father coax my mother like this."

Xuan Jinyu showed a sly smile on her face, "Father and mother have such a good relationship!"

"We have a good relationship too, there's no need to envy them." Su Guanzhang said, lowering his head and kissing her on the cheek.

Sister Lan was sleeping soundly in his arms. He didn't need to block her view, so he was a little more uninhibited. His lips moved along her cheek to her lips, then down to her collar...

Ambiguous breathing sounds are entangled in the sea of ​​flowers.

All the thoughts just now quickly melted away in this hot atmosphere.

After Xuan Jinyu's breathing calmed down, the two of them continued to move forward.

"Huh? There seems to be a small wooden house over there." Xuan Jinyu pointed to a house eaves not far away.

There is a tall tree standing on the eaves, with lush branches and leaves swaying in the wind, which is very conspicuous.

Su Guanzhang took off his outer robe and wrapped it around his daughter. "Let's go and take a look."

It really was a log cabin.

The two looked at each other and saw excitement in each other's eyes.

The presence of a cabin means that someone has at least lived here before.

As for whether they are living there now, based on Su Guanzhang's observations over the past two months while looking for food, he believes that they are not living there.

He wasn't so unaware that he couldn't even tell if there were other people in the mountain.

He was very concerned about the possibility that his wife's life might be in danger.

With a goal in mind, the two stopped walking aimlessly and soon arrived at the path in front of the cabin.

The path was paved with stones, and the weeds almost buried the stones in the green. Only the large stone in the middle was still stubbornly holding on, revealing a flat, mossy corner.

The soft sword at Su Guanzhang's waist came in handy. He quickly cleared a path and sprinkled a circle of insect and snake repellent powder under Xuan Jinyu's feet before carefully handing his daughter to her.

"Jinyu, you and your daughter wait here for me. I'll go take a look and be back soon."

The cabin had obviously not been inhabited for a long time. There were spider webs all over the place, and there were even branches extending from the roof, as if a tree had grown through the roof in the room.

Su Guanzhang took out the soft sword from his waist again and shook it open.

The sword wind swept across the door, and a very unpleasant "creaky" sound of the door opening was heard, followed by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

The wooden door fell down.

Dust was flying everywhere.

Xuan Jinyu had been keeping a close eye on the movement in front of her. Seeing the wooden door shaking, she hurriedly covered Lan Jie'er's ears.

She was standing far away and the wind was not blowing towards her, so the dust did not blow towards them.

She looked at Su Guanzhang again and saw that he also dodged very quickly, avoiding the dust that was flying in his direction.

Xuan Jinyu breathed a sigh of relief.

After a long time, the dust settled, but the wooden house, which had not seen the sun for a long time, was still dark.

Su Guanzhang stepped forward and tested the strength of several pillars at the door of the cabin. After confirming that there was no risk of collapse for the time being, he walked in.

The cabin had fallen into disrepair and was on the verge of total collapse.

Su Guanzhang was very cautious and did not touch anything. He just searched the house quickly.

There was nothing inside the wooden house. The hall was pierced by a tree, and light leaked in, illuminating this small space.

Su Guanzhang turned and went to the backyard.

The backyard was overgrown with weeds, covering up all traces.

Considering Xuan Jinyu and his daughter who were left outside, Su Guanzhang had no intention of watching any further.

But when he turned around, he noticed something unusual out of the corner of his eye and paused.