Chapter 117: My Own World (4) She saw that little brother...
She saw the little brother sitting outside the blue brick house, not knowing whether he was basking in the sun or doing something else.
Liu Binghai looked at his face in the river again.
Still quite satisfied, she walked towards the young man.
When I walked closer to the blue brick, I could see clearly that his long braid was as long as his waist. He had a thin blue ribbon tied on his head and a girdle tied around his waist, which outlined his good figure.
He was sharpening his knife.
He didn't react when he saw her approaching.
He sharpened it for a long time, and when he was satisfied he put it down and started sharpening another knife.
He was quite good-looking, and Liu Binghai stared at him for a while.
This knife sharpener has good skills, he is calm and capable, and has thick skin and tender flesh.
"Hello." Liu Binghai took the initiative to talk to people again.
But he didn't run away in fright when he saw her like the others did. He just looked up and silently glanced at the person who called her. When he found out it was her, he gave her a very calm, capable and unperturbed look of disgust, then rolled his eyes and continued to sharpen the knife with his head down.
The drifting ice sea had a hard time.
This hard turtle used to be eaten by others, but now it's my turn, and I'm a little uncomfortable.
"Are you sharpening your knife?" she asked again.
He grunted in reply, without looking up, and went back to sharpening his knife.
She ate another hard shell.
Thinking about how she used to be a big shot in other people's world, she already had a grasp of the plots, and she was not loved by anyone, so it seemed like she became a heartthrob soon after she traveled through time.
Now she wants to forget the golden finger and be completely herself.
She really wanted to simulate that this was still the state of someone else's world, so that she could still be indifferent and calm. But the difference between this and other worlds was that in other people's worlds, she had the original plot version. Although it was a function she obtained after working hard in the first three worlds, with the plot in hand, she could seek benefits and avoid harm and become the ancestor.
This world doesn't have any plot for her.
But as soon as she thought of this, she immediately felt something was wrong.
The stories of other people are also the stories of the original world, not the stories of the new world, and my original story has long been engraved in my mind.
So, what is the difference between this and other people's world?
But why can't I do it so boldly?
You can be a lunatic in other people's world, because you are not the one who is crazy. Now, you have to save some face.
She stood there for several minutes doing "psychological analysis".
The system finally couldn't bear it anymore: Liubinghai, are you frozen?
Only then did she return to reality from her analysis.
The man's second knife is almost sharpened. She doesn't know how to put herself in the shoes of "this is just someone else's life". As long as she is not helping others live, she will be cautious and afraid of falling.
Humans are truly the product of selfishness.
In the world of those people, there is a saying that goes, "Don't advise others to do good if you don't know their suffering," another saying goes, "It's easy to talk when you're not feeling the pain," and another saying goes, "Of course you don't care if it doesn't happen to you." They are all true, and she remembered them all.
When she came to her senses, the system called out again: Are you really stuck?
In fact, when she returned to her world, there was a barrier above her.
If she continues to live a miserable life, falls into a state of confusion, doubt, panic and suffocation, or goes out to kill and burn people in revenge, such as attempting to kill the original male protagonist and the original female supporting role, she will be frozen.
It follows him in this life because it is worried that she will return to her own world and kill people or burn things, or do things that violate the rules of the game. Once her behavior becomes aggressive or harmful, it will freeze her.
It's not that she is not allowed to fight as a hero, but it refers only to malicious revenge against her former enemy.
Or commit suicide.
Whenever something like this happened, she would be fixed.
She is not allowed to do anything that would intentionally harm herself.
So, was she about to kill someone just now? How did she get frozen?
The system called out again: You are frozen!
She didn't know about this rule and would only be informed when she broke it, so she was a little worried.
The drifting ice sea gave up deep thinking.
But she didn't want to tell the system about her previous doubts, so she said casually, "I'll watch for a while."
The system crashed: nympho!
The little brother had almost finished sharpening his second knife, and he gave her a look of deep disgust.
But, never mind.
Liu Binghai pretended nothing happened and walked towards him, "What are you doing?"
He really goes to the mountain of tigers even though he knows there is a tiger there. If he doesn't die under the opponent's knife, he will die in the opponent's disdain.
The young man put down the second knife, which was sharpened.
He raised his head, frowned reluctantly, and said to her, "Can't you see, I'm sharpening the knife."
He spoke, haha.
This world is so new and strange.
In the past, she basically didn't like to bother with men and her exes. But once she crossed over, as long as she gave up her old love, those men would be confusedly fascinated by her, or they would obey her because they were afraid of her "power". She hasn't encountered indifference and contempt from men for a long time, haha.
She nodded, "I see."
The man seemed to be choked and looked at her helplessly.
She saw him thinking, "Why are you asking?", but he didn't say it. It seemed that he really didn't want to pay attention to her.
He continued to sharpen the knives. There were three knives in total, and this was the third one. After sharpening them, he could go home. It was a nice day, and he wanted to go out and sharpen them with the sun, but he didn't expect an ominous thing to appear.
As he grinded, he said, "Knowing your status, be more cautious and don't cause trouble for others."
She asked very seriously, "What is my identity?"
She was not pretending to be innocent and cute, she just wanted to be reaffirmed in this world.
Is this her real past? History has not been rewritten, right?
Has the system modified anything? Is there any hidden trick? Is it a fake world that just constructs a scene exactly the same as the original world?
The man was a little angry. He stopped sharpening his knife and asked her, "Don't you know who you are?"
This statement is ambiguous and more likely to be misunderstood.
She had watched many melodramatic TV dramas in other worlds, and they were all played out in this way, using a "common word" to create many misunderstandings, but in fact they were talking about completely different things. For example, here she could also be a shameless thief who stole things and was wearing a black mask.
He had to tell her anyway!
"So what do you say?" she said.
He hadn't wanted to hurt her originally, but seeing her pestering him so much, he suddenly got annoyed and dropped the knife in his hand. He said angrily, "Liubinghai, it was your biological father who said you were unlucky. We can't do anything about it. If you don't agree, go find him and argue with him, don't look for anyone else."
Oh, that puts her at ease.
She breathed a sigh of relief, a look of relief on her face.
The man frowned and lowered his head to sharpen his knife.
Liu Binghai thought of his past experiences and said to him, "I am not ominous."
He paused in his work and looked up.
She continued, "The mark on my body isn't ominous, it's just a misunderstanding in our area. Elsewhere, it could be a symbol of wealth, a sign of peace, or a measure of preciousness. Every place has a different interpretation, and we've misunderstood it here."
That was somewhere else, the man thought, and lowered his head again, sharpened the last knife, and threw it aside.
But he was somewhat moved by what he said about the ice sea.
Among these three knives, one is used for killing chickens and needs to be sharpened more finely.
There are eight chickens in the chicken coop. I will kill one of them and sell it at the market in a few days.
Anyway, the knife was sharpened, so he turned and walked into the house.
"I'm telling the truth." Liu Binghai tried very hard to explain.
This world is very different from other worlds, you know.
The man looked back at her helplessly, and like most people who saw something ominous, he ran away in a hurry.
His only worry was that she would discover her home and not come chasing him home in the future.
If necessary, you may have to move house.
He never came out after he went in.
Drifting Ice Sea had no choice but to go back.
Now she was sure that she was an unwelcome eye roll, without a doubt.
"You don't believe me." The system said to her.
It discovered all her little thoughts just now.
It said seriously: I didn't cheat you, this is indeed your original world.
"Oh." Liu Binghai answered simply and said nothing more.
In fact, she had known the man before.
But I only met him once.
When she, Chen De and Guo were beaten to pieces in the battle, he brought her medicine and told her to take it three times a day.
She asked him why he helped her, and he said it was just because he saw how hard it was for a girl like her, and he didn't have any other thoughts.
The medicine was very effective that time. Later, when she went to battle, she always brought it with her and took it every time she was injured. There were several times when she wanted to come back to find this person and buy another batch of medicine, but when she thought about her unknown identity and was afraid of embarrassing others, she gave up.
When she met him again this time, she really wanted to find out who this person was and why he helped her.
Perhaps, at that time, he felt sorry for seeing an unknown girl who refused to even acknowledge her biological father, but had to go to war to protect the interests of her family.
In the original world, he only appeared once.
I haven't seen him since then.
After wandering around the drifting ice sea for a while, she returned home. On the way, she met a few people by chance. She understood their difficulties and did not deliberately say anything to create panic.
As before, those people saw the changing expression on her face and immediately walked away.
When Liu Binghai returned home, the meal was ready. It was cooked by Ke De.
Seeing that she finally came back, Code shouted to her while wearing a small hat: Sister, you are finally back, are you feeling better?
He is making fried rice with bean sprouts.
Liu Binghai looked into the pot and saw that the rice had turned black.
There seemed to be no tool in the world to lower the flame of a stove. To achieve a low flame, she had to add less wood. Later, she would install a rotating metal plate in the center of the stove to control the temperature.
"I'm fine," she said.
It's rare to eat food cooked by Code.
I don’t think I’ve ever eaten it before.
She might have been too stubborn before.
The more you dislike her, the more she wants to do everything to the best of her ability. She will never tell anyone when she is sick, and she will just endure it. It is even more shameful to stay sick while it is unknown.
Now... forget it.
During the meal, there was a large plate of black fried rice. The groom was confused and asked, "What is this?"
Liu Binghai answered for Ke De: "Stir-fried bean sprouts with rice."
The groom frowned, "Why is it this color? Haizi usually fries rice that is yellow."
Ke De said embarrassedly, "I'll know after a few more stir-fries. I'll be the one to stir-fry from now on."
The black one also has a special... flavor.
But it was rare to have less work, so Liu Binghai said, "Next time, fry it on low heat. For things that are difficult to cook, fry them on low heat."
Cord nodded.
They seldom chatted with each other. All three of them were in a state of "semi-isolation". Three disrespected people gathered together, and each of them had very little connection with the outside world. There was nothing new to share. They only had this room when they closed their eyes or opened them, so there was nothing to talk about.
But today's drifting ice sea is different, she met a knife sharpener.
Just like that time when I met Chen De.
Looking back now, I wonder if that feeling of “finally talking” was a kind of stimulating and precious freshness that moved her so much that she wanted to spend her whole life with him like this.
Come to think of it, that’s not the case.
Chen De is really handsome and unforgettable at first sight.
And she would rather not have been, would rather have actually loved.
Otherwise her blood would have been shed in vain.
She thought, I hope this knife sharpener will end up covering her in blood.
She thought about it for a while, maybe being distracted can increase her charm. Code felt that she was even more beautiful and couldn't help staring at her for a long time.
The more he looked at it, the more he wondered if this person was an ominous person. He really couldn't understand how such a good person could be confined to such a small yard.
But he was also glad that this was an ominous person.
It's so nice that I can only stay in this small place and let him look at me like this every day. She is the only one I see when I open my eyes or close them.
Ke De was very happy when he thought so. He said to Liu Binghai, "Sister, the Autumn Festival is coming in a month. There will be a performance and gathering. Why don't we go and see it together?"
The Great Autumn Festival he mentioned, I only found out after completing the mission in the Drifting Ice Sea that there is also a festival in other worlds, called Mid-Autumn Festival.
But she has no interest in those shows.
Hearing this, the groom raised his eyes and said, "How can Haizi be so convenient in that place?"
It is convenient for her, but it is actually inconvenient for others.
But she still thinks it's fun to make others inconvenienced.
"If I go, I guess the show won't be able to go on and the audience will all run away," she said with a smile.
Whenever these things were mentioned before, she would frown darkly and just eat rice without saying a word. Code had mentioned going out to play with her before, but as long as the groom mentioned that it was inconvenient, she would remain silent and just keep eating rice.
The owner of the manor told him to keep a good eye on the child and not let her run around and cause trouble to others. If she felt really suffocated, she could just take a stroll by the river and try to avoid crowded places.
He understood that the owner of the manor was afraid of bringing bad luck to others in a busy place.
"It's okay, I won't go." Liu Binghai said to the groom, "Don't worry."
The groom nodded, relieved.
It was another meal without much to say. After the meal, we went to Liu Binghai to feed the cows. The cows in the cowshed had their tails drooping. They were so full every day that they seemed to have no interest in food.
After feeding the cows, she went to feed the horses.
There were two horses in total, white in color, with strong hooves.
The groom used to be a professional horse breeder and seller, and he even ran a horse farm in the village. Later, due to "moral issues", the farm was closed down and all the horses were confiscated, leaving him only two horses as a memorial. If these two horses died, he could buy two more, but he would never be a real groom again.
As for Code's mother, she left after giving birth to Code, probably because she was going back to her hometown.
After the incident with the groom, the villagers were very hostile to outsiders, and even more hostile to marrying outsiders. However, the village was short of money and could not avoid dealing with outsiders.
Liu Binghai patted the horse's head and said, "Your master is not having a good time either."
The horse turned its head cleverly.
Liu Binghai asked again, "Do you know the man with long braids by the Chaoshui River? Do you know what he does?"
Horses don't talk.
She sighed and said, "They say life is a training ground, but what exactly are we training for?"
Nothing can be fixed, so it’s better to find a little brother and live a good life together.
She talked the horse so much that he was stunned. After feeding the horse, she went to sit outside in the yard and watch the moon.
Ke De came out and saw her, and said unhappily, "Sister Haizi."
Liu Binghai said: "Yeah."
"Are you really not going to the Great Autumn Festival gathering?"
"Go," she said.
"Really?" Code raised his head happily.
Then his face immediately darkened, "But Dad said it's not convenient for you."
Haha, she said, "Just make a mask."
There will be many programs at the Great Autumn Festival gathering, which is very similar to the gatherings outside. She will look very proper when she goes out wearing a mask, and others will not be able to recognize it is her.
"That's great." Code said happily.
The two chatted for a while, and the groom suddenly came to her and called, "Haizi, come here, I want to tell you something."
Liu Binghai and Kede looked at each other.
"You go to sleep first. You can feed the cows tomorrow morning. I'll sleep a little longer."
Code nodded, and Liu Binghai went to the groom's room.
He sat upright beside the table waiting for him, looking cautious and careful.
Liu Binghai probably guessed what he was going to say.
"Haizi." He spoke with great difficulty.
In the original world, at this point in time, it was probably time for the owner of the manor to marry her off.
"Haizi, have you ever thought about your future?" asked the coachman.
Liu Binghai listened and shook his head.
He frowned and continued, "Look, you're here, and this situation can't be changed. You might as well find a better way out. Girls have to get married sooner or later."
"Who to marry?" This is what she asked in the original world.
The same is true now.
But at that time she was trembling with nervousness, not knowing where she would be sent.
Now, she was much calmer, and the slightest ripple in her heart subsided.
"Hu Laike is quite far from here, and no one knows about you. Your father also believes that family disgrace should not be made public, so things in the village are not told to outsiders. There is a boy over there who wants to come to our village to propose marriage. Take a look and see if you are willing..."
Liu Binghai laughed and said, "Who is that guy? He can't find a girl in his own village, so he has to come to such a far place like us to ask for marriage?"
"This..." the groom asked in embarrassment.
I’m afraid he’s not a good guy.
"Nothing much." The groom paused, then said, "He just has a bit of a handicap. His family's livelihood is no problem. In fact, he has heard a little about you, but he doesn't mind. Your father asked me to ask you if we can arrange a meeting."
In fact, the groom was being very polite. Liu Binghai thought that the owner of the manor probably wouldn't have said it so nicely.
"He's the owner of the manor. He doesn't recognize me, so don't call him father. He should be asking you to tell me that I'm getting married, right?"
In her original world, she was so angry that she was shaking, and she even went to the owner of the manor to have a quarrel. Not only did he not want her for so many years, but he also arranged her marriage. Did he have the right to do that? He no longer wanted her.
"Haizi, think about it. It's definitely not going to be easy for you to get married in this village. If that guy is a good person, you should marry him. It's always good to have someone to rely on."
Liu Binghai shook his head and said, "Tell him I won't marry."
The groom paused for a long time before continuing, "Ke De is ignorant. He keeps pestering you. Don't take it to heart. A family like ours can't withstand any wind or rain."
Liu Binghai understood what he said.
The groom knew that Code liked her, but he was not willing to marry her as his daughter-in-law.
His words were both direct and tactful.
Liu Binghai nodded, "I understand."
After saying that, he added, "But I don't want to marry the one with the disabled legs. You should tell the owner of the manor and don't make things difficult for me. He can't force me."
In the original world, she went to argue with him and was humiliated by him.
Now she won't argue with him anymore, just wait and see what he will do.
"I'm so sorry to trouble you." Liu Bingkai said.
She was unwilling, and the coachman had no choice but to persuade her to be more open-minded.
Liu Binghai nodded, thought for a moment, and then said, "There is something else I want to discuss with you."
The groom's eyes widened in surprise. "What's the matter?"
"Our cattle are doing well, but we don't have much land. Besides selling them, I thought we could just take them door to door and ask if anyone wants to rent them for work. They're free anyway, so we might as well find something for them to do."
Not every family had enough cattle to raise, so the groom's horse was taken away. However, the starving camel was bigger than the cattle, so the owner of the farm exchanged the cattle for his horse.
The groom's cows are better kept than any other cows on the farm.
Since I'm free anyway, I might as well go out and make some money.
But the groom's face immediately changed. "Take the cow out and rent it out? But you... I..."
What he meant was, how could a family like us who are not well-received go out and parade around in the city, even pulling a cow with us?
"With our reputation, it's not good to do this... Besides, no one can pull them away."
"I pull it." Liu Bingkai said.
The groom was horrified. "You absolutely can't do that. Your father told me not to affect other people's lives."
well……
Liu Binghai lowered his head and thought for a long time before saying, "Actually, you raised me. He is not my father at all."
The groom paused, not expecting her to say that.
"You support me, and I will support you. I will take care of you until the end of your life."
The groom was even more shocked because he had never thought about this.
Liu Binghai said, "For all these years, he didn't care about me, and he couldn't care about your life or death either. We still have to be responsible for our livelihood, so don't worry too much about what he says. No matter how obedient you are, will he support you in your old age? We will just turn a blind eye and pretend to be a smiling tiger."
The groom didn't expect her to suddenly say such mature and unexpected words.
He thought about it for a long time, and then said humbly, "But no one wants to pay attention to you."
"But I have to live a normal life. I'm not going to live with them. We are just in a supply and demand relationship."
"What's the connection?" The groom didn't understand.
Ryuhyo Kaido said, "Supply and demand, I provide what they need."
Oh… the groom thought thoughtfully.
The family is indeed struggling to make ends meet. It takes a long time to raise a cow, and the money from selling it is limited.
"I'll try it first. If it doesn't work, forget it. I won't force it."
The groom thought for a long time before saying, "With your status, you must be careful. If you really bring disaster to others, we can't afford it."
Liu Binghai: "We have lived together for so long, and nothing bad has happened to you, right?"
The groom was stunned.
"I don't cause trouble. If there's any trouble, I'll go home immediately."
At night, after soaking her feet in the ice sea, she lay on the bed. She wanted to find a young man to live with, but she also had to make a living, otherwise it would be difficult to find a partner.
The system teased her again: Liu Binghai, if you want money, why don’t you go to the ancient tomb?
Liu Binghai slapped his head again (to call the system): I came back to live my life and don’t want to get involved in those big issues. I’m tired, let me lie down.
After saying this, she lay down on the bed again and thought about the owner of the village wanting her to get married.
In the original world, she went to quarrel with him the next day. At that time, she was so angry that she was shaking all over and said a lot of harsh words. The owner of the manor pointed at her nose and said that she was ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth.
Now, she didn't want to argue with him at all.
All of this is so tiring.
Seeing her being so honest, the system was still a little worried and asked, "You won't go to your father to argue tomorrow, will you?"
"That's the owner of the manor," she reminded.
The system, however, felt uneasy, always worried that she was holding back a big move: "Liu Binghai, I know you are very powerful, but he is your biological father after all. You must not kill him. You won't kill him, will you? That goes against the will of heaven."
"Why do you think I'm so cruel?"
The system is very serious and tense.
"I don't want to kill anyone. I don't even want to touch a knife."
After saying this, she felt that the system was strange. "What on earth are you worrying about all day long? It's your last life, and you're already making so much noise."
After saying this, she was also stunned.
Is this the last life? She was a little dazed.
She had no idea of the barriers that the rules had set up for her.
If she takes revenge on her old enemy, kills people or burns things, the system will freeze her. After being frozen, her force will be weakened, and her power in this life will also decrease.
The system didn't want to never see her again.
If she couldn't live well in this life, perhaps she would be reduced to ashes like the tree spirit.
"Why don't you just marry the guy who has a weak leg?"
After holding it in for a long time, it actually felt that this was the safest way to survive.
Liu Binghai slapped his head again and said, "Sleep."
She had a "good dream".
She dreamed of the world in the past, where she and Chen De became allies, robbing tombs, seizing treasures, attacking cities, fighting and killing each other, and his long sword finally fell on her shoulder.
When she woke up one night, she just felt tired and her heart ached.
She wants to go out for a walk.
She got up at daybreak. Code's breakfast was still fried rice with bean sprouts. This time the rice was not so dark because he used less firewood.
Liu Binghai went to feed the cows, and then pulled out one that looked kind and the most likable.
"I'll take him out for a walk today," she said to Curd. "You stay home alone."
Before Kede could react, she had already come out with the horse.
"Take it with you and go out?" Curd asked.
"Yes, don't ask so many questions. If you have any questions, go ask your father."
As she spoke, she led the cow out. Just as she walked out of the yard, she happened to meet the people who had bullied Ke De before.
He is a coward and is often bullied because of his background. He is a bit like Zhang Mu in the first life. He had driven away that group of people in Liu Binghai before, and now, this group of people appeared again.
"Coward Code." Several children gathered outside the groom's yard with bricks, ready to throw the bricks at Code and the others as soon as they started fighting.
Liu Binghai is leading the horse and doesn't want to fight today.
She said to Curd, "You go in first."
Code frowned and shook his head. He didn't want to be a coward anymore. He was not afraid of being beaten, so why would he go in?
Liu Binghai turned around and looked at the children in front of him, thinking about how he educated Zhang Mu when he was Zhang Qin.
Study hard and leave the mountain village.
It’s really not suitable now.
She led the cow and asked the children, "What do you want to do now?"
Several children were running back and forth while reciting poems and carrying bricks. Others would avoid them when they saw the ominous things, but only the naughty kids rushed forward.
Liu Binghai thought of a country in the outside world that had a very famous sport: bullfighting.
She touched the cow's horns and looked at the child who was running most actively.
This guy had a red scarf on his head and was running around like a fluttering red flag.
"If you keep running around, I'll herd the cattle."
The cow's eyes are already wide open.
There's nothing strange about herding cattle. Several children shouted, "Go ahead and herd cattle."
As soon as Liu Binghai let go, the cow rushed towards the running child with a red headscarf, scaring the children so much that they ran away in all directions.
Liu Binghai whistled and the cow came back to her.
But the cow was obviously very angry. It hated seeing red things dangling in front of its eyes the most.
Normally the cows plow the fields in the village, doing their job well. The naughty kids have never seen the cows butt anyone.
They ran away, and Liu Binghai said to Ke De, "I'm going out for a while, and if anyone messes with you again, you'll be the one to herd the cattle."
Code nodded, his round, deep eye sockets charming and profound.
The drifting ice sea led the cow away.
She went from house to house in the village asking if anyone wanted a cow. Maybe she could meet the little brother from yesterday.
The system said: Liu Binghai, you will do anything to find a partner.
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