Qin Yao was very glad that she had the foresight to bring a torch from home.
It was already completely dark at this time. There were low hills covered with weeds and bushes all around, one after another. At a glance, a dark shadow stretched to the horizon, and no one knew when it would end.
Starting from Jiaya Village, Qin Yao has been walking for more than an hour and has not found any village yet.
Just when Qin Yao was wondering if she had taken the wrong road, a faint light appeared in the darkness and the sound of a dog barking was heard.
Half sliding and half running down the slope, Qin Yao finally saw a small village hidden in the valley.
There is a simple small temple made of tiles at the entrance of the village. Next to the temple is a wooden tablet with three words "Xinghua Village" written on it in awkward and childish handwriting.
Qin Yao breathed a sigh of relief, finally finding the Xinghua Village.
People in the countryside go to bed early. It was only about nine o'clock in the evening in modern time, and the villagers of Xinghua Village had already fallen asleep.
The dogs in the village noticed the stranger's whereabouts and started barking non-stop.
Qin Yao ignored the noisy dog and strode towards the only bright place in Xinghua Village.
It turned out that the owner was grinding soybeans with a torch in a simple thatched hut to make tofu.
The rich aroma of the beans wafted into Qin Yao's nose, and her stomach growled. She was hungry.
"Who is it?"
A warning shout came from the straw hut.
Seeing the vague figure standing in the darkness, the hostess of the bean grinder was frightened. She quickly retreated into the house and woke up the man in the house.
"Boss, I think I saw a ghost, please wake up, it's so scary"
Hearing what came out of the house, Qin Yao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and hurriedly said, "I'm passing by here to look for my relatives. I'm a human, not a ghost!"
The room was quiet for a moment, and a middle-aged couple poked their heads out. Qin Yao relit the torch that had just been blown out by the wind. The firelight illuminated her face, and she was smiling, looking very sincere.
The couple breathed a sigh of relief and asked her who she was looking for.
"I'm here to look for my cousin. Her name is Yue Niang. Do you know her, brother and sister-in-law?" Qin Yao asked politely.
Because she was a woman, the couple easily let down their guard and looked at each other in surprise. The hostess asked in astonishment:
"Yue Niang said that all her family members were dead, so how come she still has a cousin?"
The woman spoke in the local dialect, and Qin Yao had a hard time understanding her, but she still understood the two words "Yueniang". She deliberately showed a look of surprise and asked excitedly:
"It seems you know my cousin. I finally found her!"
The other party might not understand everything she said, but seeing Qin Yao's ecstatic expression, the man decided to take her to Yue Niang's home and let them solve the problem themselves.
It was so late, they couldn't bear to leave a poor woman alone outside the house, but they didn't dare to bring her back home.
Qin Yao kept expressing her gratitude along the way and showed her happy anticipation of meeting her relatives. Her stomach rumbled from time to time, and by the time she arrived at Yue Niang's house, the man was completely off guard.
While knocking on the door, he shouted, "Ayue! Your cousin is here to look for you! Open the door!"
After knocking on the door for a long time, the door of this thatched cottage with bare earth walls, which had no fence at all, finally creaked open a crack.
The firelight illuminated her face, half of which was charming, delicate and fair, and the other half was covered with an ugly scar.
Because the man was blocking the way in front, Qin Yao did not have the chance to see Yue Niang's face clearly. She only felt that her voice sounded familiar, as if she had heard the same voice somewhere.
Yue Niang spoke a few words to the man in the local dialect. From her tone, it was clear that she was shocked, but she did not deny it.
She leaned half of her body out to take a look behind the man, and her eyes suddenly widened.
Qin Yao lowered her head to soothe her rumbling stomach. She noticed the emotion in the woman's eyes, looked up, and saw that she took a breath of cold air.
Qin Yao finally saw Yue Niang's face clearly. Half of it was beautiful and half of it was devilish. The beautiful half made her squint slightly in a strange way. It looked so familiar!
Yue Niang suppressed the violent fluctuations in her heart and spoke to the man again. The man nodded at Qin Yao and left.
Outside the house, only Qin Yao was left, holding a torch and touching her belly.
There was also Yue Niang, whose face was full of disbelief. She suddenly knelt down and exclaimed, "Benefactor!"
The word "benefactor" opened up Qin Yao's memory.
Yuhuashan. The horse bandits abducted the woman Yin Le!
"Are you Yin Le?" Qin Yao confirmed her identity again.
Perhaps seeing her, Yue Niang was very excited. She knelt down and looked up at her. She nodded and said sadly, "It's Yue Niang, and it's Yin Le."
Qin Yao just felt that the world was full of coincidences.
She never thought that she would see the charming woman who escaped from the bandits' lair again in such a situation.
Qin Yao asked her to stand up, and Yin Le stood up slowly, hiding the burned half of his face in the shadow as if out of fear and to cover up, and only looked at her with the good side of his face.
Qin Yao asked in confusion: "Why did your face become like this? Where are your family members?"
She still remembered that when she was at Yuhua Mountain, her face was still fine.
Qin Yao has always been a special person in Yin Le's heart. Faced with her frank and undisguised inquiries, her already frozen heart suddenly ached, her eyes were hot, and she hurriedly turned her back, suppressing her surging emotions, and invited her into the house.
While walking into the house and lighting the oil lamp, Yin Le had already calmed down his emotions.
Qin Yao extinguished the torch and sat down at the simple square table.
Yin Le poured her a glass of cold water and asked her if she was hungry, "Shall I heat you a bowl of porridge?"
Qin Yao waved her hand, "No need."
He put the bag on the table, took out the buns he bought, and ate each one with two gulps of cold water.
While eating, she observed the room, which could be seen at a glance. It was about 20 square meters and contained an earthen bed, a simple wardrobe, a table and two stools.
In the corner, there was a chopping board made of wooden boards and stones, on which were placed pots, pans, and other sundries, as well as an empty rice jar.
A slight sound of swallowing saliva came from her ears. Qin Yao's sharp ears locked onto the source of the sound. It was Yin Le who was standing opposite her.
The woman was much thinner than she remembered. Her beautiful face was gone. Now half of her face was covered with scars, with new red flesh faintly visible. She looked even disgusting.
Of course, people like Qin Yao who have come into contact with zombies are not included.
Even if a rotten corpse was placed in front of her, she wouldn't feel much, unless the stink bothered her.
"How have you been these past two years?" Qin Yao gave her half of the bun in her hand. It was filled with meat and smelled delicious even when it was cold.
Yin Le took it without any pretense and chewed it carefully, wanting the delicious taste to stay for a while longer.
She hadn't eaten such fine food for a long time, and what she said just now about heating up a bowl of porridge for Qin Yao was just a polite expression.
Fortunately, Qin Yao did not nod, but took out the buns she had brought and started eating.
Otherwise, she would probably be in an even more embarrassing situation, not knowing where to borrow half a bowl of rice to make porridge for her benefactor in the middle of the night.
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