Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Leave early.
It was late at night. Xie Yun looked at her and replied with a single word.
"Can."
Zhang Jingxian ignored his condescending attitude, quietly lit a charcoal fire, and brushed honey on small pieces of wild boar meat.
The aroma quickly filled the nostrils of the two people and the courtyard, and the sizzling sound was also very appetizing.
After the first piece of wild boar meat was roasted, she put it into a clean ceramic bowl and handed it to Xie Yun. She then stood up and walked to the peach tree to pick a dozen peaches.
As she moved, more agile black shadows appeared outside the yard. They climbed up the fence and looked at the human girl with longing eyes.
"Go pick the peaches yourselves. All the peaches on this tree are for you. By the way, don't scare the yellow warbler." Zhang Jingxian waved to the monkeys and tacitly retreated to the charcoal fire, leaving the space around the peach tree for them.
The monkeys were very happy after understanding her actions. Following the leader's instructions, they climbed up the peach tree one after another.
The peaches grown by this human girl are the sweetest and most fragrant.
"Was it the one that hit me with a peach pit last time?" A yellow warbler flew out of the nest. Xie Yun watched coldly and pointed at one of the monkeys with a bad look.
"But it has apologized, my dear, please don't bother with it."
Zhang Jingxian quickly spoke up to defend the little monkey. Her gentle tone was as pleasant as the mountain breeze.
Xie Yun couldn't deny it, her gaze shifting from the monkey to her face, full of interest. She'd had a mountain cat, an oriole, and now a monkey. Her interactions with these animals were no different from those of the villagers.
However, she chose to use hunting as a skill to make a living.
"Ah Xian is a very strange person." He said with a smile, and his black eyes under the torch seemed to have something dancing in them.
Zhang Jingxian felt something was wrong, so she deliberately avoided his sight and started eating the fragrant barbecue.
She was busy until midnight and was already hungry. Her stomach was rumbling with hunger. She had eaten one more piece of barbecue than Xie Yun and was so sleepy that she could hardly open her eyes.
But even so, she still did not forget to give him acupuncture on the acupuncture point on his leg, and softly told him to boil some fenugreek for him to take tomorrow.
In the yard, the monkeys had picked enough peaches and left, and the orioles had also returned to their nests.
Finally, Zhang Jingxian lay on the straw mat in the kitchen, sleeping very soundly, almost unconscious.
When she woke up the next day, she was somewhat distressed to find that she had gotten up late again. Moreover, the fingers she had used to shoot arrows yesterday were slightly sore, perhaps because she had used too much force, and even left a blue mark.
She didn't take it too seriously, but during breakfast, the man sitting at the same table with her stared at the blue mark on her finger for a long time.
The gaze is like substance.
Zhang Jingxian sensed something strange, but she pretended nothing happened and did not investigate. She simply put a plant of Vaccaria into the pottery pot and boiled it.
The prepared medicinal soup was green in color and smelled strange, so she fed some to the rabbits and turtledoves just in case.
An hour later, the rabbit and the turtledove were fine, and the turtledove even spread its wings and flew away.
Zhang Jingxian handed the bowl of medicine to Xie Yun, who drank it in one gulp without changing his expression.
Isn't he afraid that he will be poisoned or deceived in there?
Zhang Jingxian thought silently for a while, then stood up and prepared to go to the forest to pick up some pine branches. She told the man that raw meat was difficult to store and would go bad if not eaten within a few days. Meat could be dried by baking it with pine branches and it could be preserved for a long time.
Finally, she thought of something and said, "Don't worry, my dear. There's only one scoundrel like Yang Gou'er in the neighborhood."
Hearing this, Xie Yun's face turned cold. After looking at her seriously, he pushed the sedan chair and turned back to the room.
"I'll be back soon too."
"casual."
His voice was even colder, chilling to the bone.
Zhang Jingxian moved her lips. With her memories of her past life, she quickly realized that he was angry now. As for the reason for his anger, perhaps he thought she was too noisy, or perhaps he thought she looked down on him?
Without the villagers' concern, she didn't want to think about it or coax him anymore. She quickly picked up the bow and arrow and the rattan and left the fenced yard.
She went to the mountains not only to pick up pine branches, but also to find some suitable wood.
In the morning, the mountain fog was dispersed by the sunlight. Zhang Jingxian stood on a high place and saw the white smoke rising from every household. She smiled with her eyes curved.
As long as she doesn't make a fool of herself and leave with him this time, everything will get better and better.
The process of picking up pine branches and looking for wood went smoothly. The black cat Xiaoli, who had not been seen for two days, also appeared in front of her and rubbed her hand enthusiastically with its furry head.
Zhang Jingxian worked together with it to catch a group of field mice and harvested some spicy vegetables that were numbing to the mouth. As the sun was setting, she wanted to go home.
It was too late yesterday, and the village elder didn't give her a bushel of millet and wheat. He should have someone deliver it to her today.
She was worried about Su Mai and hadn't planned to leave for too long.
Zhang Jingxian thought about it and tied the pine branches and wood together with vines. The forest was very quiet in the afternoon. The black cat suddenly meowed in the direction behind her.
She thought it was the red fox, Black Cat's good friend, so she didn't look back. She just tied one end of the vine to her shoulder and dragged it out of the mountain.
Returning to a small path she often walked on, Zhang Jingxian found something wrong and felt a chill down her spine.
In the shadows, where she couldn't see, there seemed to be a pair of cold eyes watching her every move.
A bear? A tiger? A wolf? Or perhaps a venomous snake that's good at hiding itself?
Zhang Jingxian quietly tightened her grip on the short bow, raising her inner vigilance to the highest level. Xiaoli called out again in a direction, and she aimed the arrow there.
As a result, the subtle sound gradually became clear, and her eyes saw a familiar gray-blue color.
It was Xie Yun. He appeared silently on the path leading into the mountains.
"My dear, why are you here?" Zhang Jingxian feigned composure, her heartbeat stopping for a moment as he appeared. In her heart, the man who had caused her death was still more terrifying than the wild beasts in the mountains.
Because of Yang Gou'er's greed, he has torn off his disguise of being gentle and polite.
But Zhang Jingxian didn't. She tried her best to hide her complicated past from him, carefully maintaining the relationship between the so-called benefactor and noble person, just waiting for his leg injury to heal.
But she now discovered that his actions were very different from those in his previous life.
This made Zhang Jingxian feel a little regretful that she had witnessed him killing Yang Gou'er. If she hadn't seen it, perhaps he could have disguised himself for a longer time.
No matter what, the elegant and gentle young man from a noble family is always easier to get along with than the sinister one.
For example, at this moment, Xie Yun approached her without any emotion, snatched the bow and arrow from her hand, and asked indifferently, "Ah Xian, do you mean that I shouldn't be here?"
“…The mountain road is difficult to walk on, and my dear, your legs are injured. It will be very dangerous if you encounter wild animals.” Zhang Jingxian pulled her lip and patiently explained to him that she was just worried about him.
Xie Yun sneered, and without warning, he drew his bow and shot an arrow in front of her.
The sound of wind breaking through the air came from my ears, and the woods not far away shook. The black cat smelled an unusual scent, ran over first, and breathed loudly.
All the hair on its back exploded. Zhang Jingxian's heart trembled, and she hurriedly pushed aside the weeds and moved forward.
When she saw what it was, her cheeks turned pale and her lips lost some of their color.
The mixed jackal is a small but very ferocious animal. It likes to hide in the mountains and forests and attack the prey it has set its sights on.
Sometimes the prey is unable to react in time and will be bitten in the throat by it, taking its life.
Zhang Jingxian had encountered this jackal once before in the mountains, but the jackal just glanced at her without attacking her.
But this time, the jackal was hiding not far behind her, clearly treating her as its prey! And she was completely unaware!
Zhang Jingxian broke out in a cold sweat, suddenly remembering what her uncle had told her: jackals love to eat wild boar, especially young, tender meat. She had touched wild boar both last night and early this morning, so the smell must have clung to her.
"Thank you this time, my dear." She was not an ungrateful person. After she came to her senses, she thanked Xie Yun in a low voice.
She pulled out the wooden arrow that had pierced the jackals on the ground with great force. She looked dazed and put it into the cloth bag without wiping it.
Jackals are very evil animals, and Zhang Jingxian and the villagers do not eat their meat.
So the jackal's body was left there.
"Are you scared?" Perhaps seeing her pale face, Xie Yun's tone was no longer cold. He reached out and wiped the blood that splashed on the back of her hand when she pulled out the arrow.
A little bit of warmth.
Zhang Jingxian couldn't dodge in time and hummed dryly, "I'll be more careful in the future. I'm... afraid of death. If I die, I'll have nothing."
She said this while looking down at Xie Yun. A layer of mist was now floating in her usually clear eyes.
She died once already, because of him.
Xie Yun would never know the meaning behind her words. He raised his lip and said, "If you are afraid of death, then don't go into the mountains alone."
As he said this, he glanced at the mountain cat following them and said, "One more cat won't do."
There are many dangers. If you want to avoid them, don't go into the mountains, or she would humbly ask him to go with her.
Xie Yun's dark eyes moved and fixed on her face, as if waiting for her to speak.
However, Zhang Jingxian seemed not to hear anything. She shook her head. How could she give up going into the mountains? This was the foundation of her survival.
But the pressure has been a bit high recently because there is one more person.
How about selling the black jade he gave me?
She thought quietly and finally decided to go to Wuyang County. She would walk there instead of taking an ox cart, which would probably take most of the day.
"My dear, you can write and paint, right?" Zhang Jingxian suddenly changed the subject and asked him softly.
Her tone was firm, without a trace of doubt.
"Yeah." Xie Yun returned to his expressionless face. "Why do you ask this, Ah Xian?"
"Tomorrow, I plan to go to Wuyang County and sell the black jade to buy some clothes and some nourishing herbs for you, my dear. It's a good opportunity for you to write down your experiences or draw some of the landmarks in your home. I'll take them and ask around."
"In this way, we can find your family."
If those people come looking for him, he can leave here earlier.
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Ah Xian just wants people to leave...
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