Snow Star Village

The biting cold wind poured in from all directions of the wooden house, making Yu Sheng shiver. He was only wearing his underwear, and the rest of his body was naked. He felt warm under his buttocks. Yu Sheng looked down and found that he was on a bed similar to a "kang" with a quilt covering him. If not, he would probably freeze to death here.

A scene flashed through Yu Sheng's chaotic mind. He jumped off the bed in fear, his legs gave way and he knelt on the ground. He struggled to get up again and stumbled out of the wooden house, "Wen Xiao? Wen Xiao!"

Frey's not here!

This realization almost made Yu Sheng lose his mind. He rushed into the white snow with his trembling naked body. After a few steps, his feet were frostbitten and he fell into the snow. He smashed a dent in the thick snow, but he still couldn't see the bottom.

"Oh my God! What are you doing?"

Screams echoed around him, and Yu Sheng felt his numb, unconscious body being lifted up by someone and quickly warmed up again. A chipped cup of water, steaming hot, was pressed against his lips.

"Hurry up and drink some hot water, child," the woman said kindly. "Are you worried about your friend? Don't be afraid, his injuries are quite serious. Shuger will take him to see Dr. Ye, the best doctor in the village. He will definitely bring him back healthy."

Yu Sheng drank the scalding water, the heat flowing down his throat, across his chest, and spreading to his limbs. His eyes were temporarily blinded by the sudden contact with the snow, and he had no idea who had helped him. "Hello, did you save Wen Xiao and me?"

Suddenly, someone grabbed his hand. Yu Sheng shuddered all over and instinctively wanted to resist, but he calmed down when he touched the rough and wrinkled palm. Based on the sound and the touch of the skin, Yu Sheng judged that the person in front of him should be a woman over 50 years old, and should be a working people. She was very strong and could carry him, an adult man.

The enthusiastic mother-in-law rubbed Yu Sheng's hands skillfully and said, "Young people are too reckless. You can't rush into the snow naked! Look at your body, it's all frostbitten." As she kept nagging, she rubbed Yu Sheng's hands and feet all over.

Yu Sheng blushed in embarrassment, not knowing where to put his hands and feet. "I'm sorry, ah, I haven't thanked you for saving our lives yet, I..."

"He's still a shy boy," a gentle laugh came from her ears, "just like my silly son, blushing all the time. Alas, but Sugar is far worse than you. He looks simple and not popular with girls. He has a lot of strength but nothing. He's already in his twenties, and no girl in the village likes him..." Speaking of her son, the mother-in-law's tone was annoyed and loving, "Son, how did you end up here? I think you look a lot like those nobles in the central city, um... it's just that your eyes and hair color are different. I've never seen anyone with black eyes..."

The mother-in-law may not have seen new faces for a long time in the snow and ice, so she was happy from the bottom of her heart and chatted with Yu Sheng for a long time. Yu Sheng did not show any impatience. Although he could not see, he tried hard to nod and smile in the direction of the sound, and responded from time to time.

"Oh, it's so late." The mother-in-law suddenly said, "Why haven't they come back yet? Nothing happened, right? Child, you sleep for a while, I'll go see Doctor Ye." After saying that, Yu Sheng only heard the creaking of the wooden door, accompanied by the hurried footsteps of the mother-in-law.

He couldn't see and there was nothing he could do at the moment, so he had to crawl into bed. While thinking about Frey, he also thought about Group A and Caesar and the others on Mantu Star, and fell asleep unknowingly.

There was the whistling sound of the wind in his ears, and the creaking sound of the wood due to deformation. Yu Sheng didn't sleep for long at all. His consciousness was floating in and out, and then he suddenly opened his eyes to the howl of some wild beast.

What came into view was a somewhat small room, but it was full of things. In addition to the bed he was lying on, there was also a wooden table and two wooden stools. In the left corner was a tall cabinet that reached the ceiling, and on the right was a large wooden box. Looking through the gaps in the wood, it should be filled with some tools such as knives, axes, and saws.

Either her family wasn't wealthy, or she had landed on a planet with relatively underdeveloped civilization. Yu Sheng figured this must be interstellar, since her mother-in-law spoke a universal interstellar language. He just didn't know if he'd ever have the chance to go back.

There was another point that concerned Yu Sheng. Just now, Grandma said that she looked like someone from Central City. What did that mean? Could it be that this kind-hearted Grandma didn't look like a human?

Full of doubts, Yu Sheng wanted to go out and take a good look at the environment, but the moment he lifted the quilt, he suddenly realized that he was naked and had to go back in helplessly.

There was no clothes that he could borrow to wear... Yu Sheng sighed. It seemed that there was nothing he could do except sit and wait.

"Quick! Quick! Kill it!"

“Ah~”

"Move too! Be careful!"

A noisy sound was heard outside, accompanied by the roar of wild beasts and the shouts of humans. After a while, the sound of the wild beasts stopped abruptly, and footsteps slowly approached the cabin where Yu Sheng was, and the wooden door creaked open.

"Child, how's your rest?" The visitor was the enthusiastic grandmother, holding a bloody piece of meat in her hand. "You're lucky! Today the village hunting team killed a fat, big beast! Every family can get a piece of meat!" The grandmother smiled so hard that her teeth were exposed. "Hurry, get out of bed, and I'll make you some meat."

Yu Sheng's ears turned red as he asked, "Mother-in-law, could you please find me some clothes?"

"Oh, I'm getting old and confused." Grandma shook her head and patted her forehead. "I think you're about the same size as Sugar when he was a teenager. Can you wear his clothes?"

"..." A teenage figure? Yu Sheng swallowed his saliva, feeling heartbroken. "Thank you, mother-in-law."

A white leather jacket and white leather pants were placed in front of Yu Sheng. Yu Sheng tried them on and found that they fit him perfectly. He couldn't help but imagine how tall Sugar would be in his twenties.

Yu Sheng looked at his mother-in-law's back. She was also wearing a leather jacket and leather pants. She had dark skin and pure white hair without a single strand of other colors. This surprised Yu Sheng a little. After all, it was quite rare for a person in her fifties or sixties to have completely white hair.

What surprised Yu Sheng even more was that his mother-in-law had two round white ears on her head.

A guess flashed through Yu Sheng's mind. Yu Sheng climbed down from the bed, walked to his mother-in-law, and asked, "Mother-in-law, is this Xue Xing?"

Grandma skillfully cut the meat and said, "You don't know this is Snow Star? Then how did you get here?" Then she continued, "I just went to see Doctor Ye. He said your friend's injury hasn't worsened due to the cold, and he'll recover with proper rest. Doctor Ye just applied some medicine on him, so he can't move around. So Sugar has been staying with him."

Yu Sheng felt relieved and said gratefully, "Grandma, thank you!"

"Why should you thank me? I can see that you are a good child. Once you get used to settling down in the village, we can take care of each other, right?" Grandma smiled. "Shuger is the only strong young man in our family. We will need your help a lot in the future."

Knowing that his mother-in-law was afraid that he would not want to owe her a favor, Yu Sheng felt even warmer in his heart. Although he did not say anything, he had already made up his mind to repay his mother-in-law and the Sugar whom he had never met.

"Come here, child, help me get the flint from the basket." The mother-in-law skewered a bunch of meat and said to Yu Sheng.

Yu Sheng walked over to the small basket filled with black stones. These were clearly the nuclear stones that provided energy for all the machines. "Want a piece?"

"Yes, one piece."

Yu Sheng handed the stone to his mother-in-law, who placed the nuclear stone on top of a bunch of meat skewers. A thin thread of mental power flowed out from her fingertips and probed into the nuclear stone. She didn't know what she did, but the energy of the nuclear stone was evenly drawn out to form a red energy body that surrounded the meat skewers. Soon, the aroma of barbecue came, and the nuclear stone completely exhausted its energy and became an ordinary stone.

At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the wooden house. Yu Sheng turned around and the wooden door opened. A giant with a burly back and at least two meters and four feet tall walked in. His thick arms and body looked really scary, but when Yu Sheng's eyes fell on his round, small white animal ears, he almost couldn't help laughing.

"Mom, have you cooked meat? It smells so good!" Sugar flashed towards his mother-in-law, finally revealing Frey, who was a size smaller than him and was walking behind him.

Yu Sheng's eyes instantly warmed up, and he rushed over to hug Frey, choking for a long time but not knowing what to say. Frey patted his back in amusement and said, "It's okay, we are all alive."

"Yeah." Yu Sheng nodded, burying his head in Frey's shoulder. Suddenly, he felt a little embarrassed and quickly pretended to be calm and changed the subject. "Come in quickly. I'll close the door. It's too cold."

Unfortunately, the scene just now was seen by the mother-in-law and Sugar. The mother-in-law suddenly realized, "So you are a married couple. I thought that the young man was so seriously injured, but he still held my hand tightly when he was unconscious. It's great, so great..." After that, the mother-in-law turned to Sugar with envy, "You, even if you can't find a girl, you can find a good boy to marry. I can see you start a family in my lifetime..." The mother-in-law started nagging again.

Sugar's face flushed red, and he was speechless for a long time. Finally, he managed to say in a pause between his mother-in-law's words, "I don't want to make a pact. I like girls!"

"Then why don't you bring a girl with you!" The mother-in-law glared at Sugar, feeling very disappointed with her. Sugar was speechless now. He sat on the small stool with his head down like a mountain, and refused to say a word no matter what the mother-in-law said.

Fortunately, the mother-in-law finally stopped scolding me, "Look at my brain, hurry up and eat, or it will get cold in a while!"

The four of them shared the skewers, and Grandma even stuffed each of them with a piece of hard bread to eat with the meat. The bread tasted like stone, but thankfully, Yu Sheng had eaten hard rations during field training before, and it still tasted good. Frey, however, was not so lucky. He had grown up in the palace, and although he was the unloved third prince, he had never compromised on food. He stared blankly at the large bread, expressionless.

"Eat quickly!" The mother-in-law was unaware of the situation and kept calling out to Frey.

Yu Sheng took a look at Frey's expression and burst out laughing. Others didn't understand Frey, but he could tell at a glance how much hatred Frey had for the pancake.

"Eat quickly, Your Majesty." Yu Sheng smiled and whispered in Chinese to Frey's ear, "This is a rare local specialty."

Frey glanced at Yu Sheng, took a bite of the bread expressionlessly, then quickly put another piece of meat into his mouth, chewing it hard and swallowing it.

After dinner, the mother-in-law counted the nuclear raw stones in the small basket and felt a little worried. She waved her hand to call Shuger over, asked Shuger to lower his body, and whispered, "Let's go dig flint with the flint team tomorrow. We don't have enough flint." In fact, on weekdays, the mother and son could still hold on for a long time, but now there are two more people in the room, one of whom is sick, and the kang must be heated all the time to keep the room warm.

Although the mother-in-law's voice was very low, the wooden house was not very big. Yu Sheng and Frey, who had sharp senses, could naturally hear it clearly. They looked at each other, and Yu Sheng took the initiative to say, "Mother-in-law, let me go dig flint with Shuger tomorrow! I have no injuries, so I can do heavy work!" They already owed this family a favor, and they would have to disturb them for a long time. If they did nothing, Yu Sheng would scold himself for being so heartless.

"No, no." The mother-in-law waved her hands repeatedly, "You are so thin, you'd better take good care of yourself. There are many wild animals near Flint Mountain, it's very dangerous." In her eyes, Yu Sheng, who is countless years younger than her son, is even more fragile than the underage children in the village. How dare she let him go to dig flint?

Yu Sheng guessed that he was being looked down upon because of his size, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I won't argue with you. Anyway, I'm definitely not as weak as you think! If you don't let me go, then Wen Xiao and I can't bother you at your house anymore!"

Seeing the determination in Yu Sheng's eyes, the mother-in-law sighed softly, "Why doesn't this child listen to advice? Forget it, go to Flint Mountain with Shuger tomorrow and you will know how scared you are."

Sugar was not good at speaking, so he nodded honestly and replied to his mother, "Yes, you are too delicate, so you should not go."

Yu Sheng: “…”

Frey laughed at the side, and when he saw Yu Sheng glaring at him, he started to explain for Yu Sheng, "Don't worry, he's really not someone who can't carry anything, it's just that his appearance is deceptive."

Seeing that everyone around Yu Sheng said so, although the mother and son still didn't believe a word of it, they had no choice but to nod and compromise. However, the mother-in-law grabbed Shuger and asked him to keep an eye on Yu Sheng and take good care of him tomorrow. When Yu Sheng heard this, his heart felt warm.

Sugar suddenly thought of something. He stood up, walked to Yu Sheng, and took out a small red mecha from his pocket. "This is what I found next to you when I found you in the snow."

It's a silver dragon.

Yu Sheng's heart ached, and he quickly took the silver dragon. At this point, the silver dragon could no longer be summoned and could only be used as an ornament, but Yu Sheng still solemnly hung it around his neck.

"Thank you." Yu Sheng said to Shuger seriously.

Sugar's cheeks flushed and he said embarrassedly, "You're welcome, you're welcome." Then he squatted in the corner of the room and sat silently without saying anything.