Chapter 409 God's Will
Xing Lie frowned, tightened his arms around Hua Yang, lowered his head and kissed her forehead, then looked at the old man, "I'm afraid the old man's eyesight is blurry."
Hua Yang nodded and blinked shyly, "That's right, old man, please lead the way quickly, we are all hungry!"
The old man suddenly paused, looked at Xing Lie's cold and threatening eyes, seemed to want to say something but stopped, then continued walking forward, his wrinkled and frail body filled with sorrow.
The three of them walked into an old house made of bricks, tiles and mud walls. It was not big, but it was in the center of the entire ancient town.
The houses in this area all look similar in appearance and size. This is not a modern imitation of an antique building that looks gorgeous, but an ancient building that has truly experienced the wind and rain of history.
In such a house, you can see the historical traces from ancient times to the present, which are very obvious. Although these buildings look old due to the vicissitudes of life and time, they are still full of ancient charm. Walking into them is like being in the scene.
"Come in, this is my home."
There is a table and two chairs, a kang next to it, and a small kang table on the kang.
The entire layout of the house can be seen at a glance, except for the kitchen on the left which is separated by a thick cotton curtain.
The kang in the room was still burning, so the room was very warm. Once the door was closed, all the cold air outside was blocked out.
Hua Yang and Xing Lie unceremoniously took a chair each at the table. There was only half a kettle of water on the table. Hua Yang opened it and took a look. The water was clean.
However, since she became pregnant, she has not drunk any water other than spiritual water.
The old man saw the two people sitting at the table looking at him eagerly, his dry old face wrinkled so much that his features could hardly be seen. Then he went to the kitchen and brought out a plate and placed it in front of the two people.
"I only have peaches here. I really don't have any other food at all."
Xing Lie didn't react at all. He just sat on the chair, put his notebook on the table, and tapped the table with his fingers with a relaxed expression.
Hua Yang noticed the helplessness on the old man's face, took the plate, looked at the three big pink peaches on it, and felt really greedy.
She picked up a peach and washed it in front of the old man with the water produced by her supernatural power.
The old man looked at the pregnant woman in front of him and initially showed a little bit of pity on his face, but when he saw the woman conjure up water out of thin air to wash the peaches and wipe the table, his expression changed.
"Little girl, stop eating!" The old man's pair of skeleton hands wrapped in old skin suddenly snatched the peach from Hua Yang's hand. "Hey, go away! Leave the way you came!"
Hua Yang frowned in confusion, looked at her empty palm, and stared at the peach in the old man's hand.
"Old man, it's just a peach, why are you so reluctant to give it up?"
But Xing Lie smiled, and the coldness in his eyes when he looked at the old man softened a little.
"Tell me, where is the Rong family?"
The old man's face became strange as soon as Xing Lie finished speaking.
"Your surname is Rong?" The old man looked at Xing Lie, full of vigilance but pretending not to show it, "Who are you? What are you looking for someone with the surname Rong for?"
His expression and body movements revealed too much to the two of them.
Hua Yang didn't know why Xing Lie brought her here. His surname was Rong? Could it be related to Rong Ning'er? This man was looking for a family with the surname Rong under the pretext of coming to her to relax?
But that's not right! Rong Ning'er is not from Earth. This ancient town has been a tourist attraction before the end of the world. It has nothing to do with Rong Ning'er!
Not only did the old man look at Xing Lie warily, but even Hua Yang had doubts in her eyes. But she chose to believe Xing Lie and did not ask.
"You organized my girlfriend to eat the peaches here, which means you still have a conscience. If you tell me, we can rescue you, how about it?"
Hua Yang couldn't understand what Xing Lie was talking about. What did this have to do with whether she ate peaches or not? Save him?
"The old man sighed deeply, "It's useless! We are cut off from the outside world and we can't leave. Once we leave the peach forest, our bodies will quickly dry up and die. We can't get out at all!"
"How could that be? You will die if you walk out of the peach forest? Looking at the way you are now, I feel that you are not far from death either!" Hua Yang felt more and more strange the more she thought about it, so she asked.
"Old man, why did you become like this?"
"Alas! It's our own choice. Since the end of the world, people in the village have started to turn into monsters. The people in our village are either young people who have been working away from home for a long time, or old people like us in the village.
How can we defeat these monsters? "
"And then?"
"Thanks to the help of the gods! The gods came and helped us get rid of the evil spirits and save the village. They also set up a divine light here to protect us.
From that day on, outsiders could not come in, but we could not go out either.”
Hua Yang understood but was even more confused. "You can't get out, and this is a peach forest. What do you eat? We just saw that you don't raise livestock or grow vegetables or grains. How do you survive?"
The expression on the old man's face became even sadder.
Xing Lie pointed to the plate of peaches.
"Is it peach?"
The old man nodded and said, "Since then, the people in our village have eaten up the stored food. With nothing to eat, the peach trees surrounding our ancient town began to bear fruit.
From autumn to winter, it never stops. It keeps bearing fruit, and we use it to satisfy our hunger!"
"No wonder we could smell the sweet fragrance of peach blossoms from afar when we arrived. Could it be that the peach trees in this peach forest are a species that bears fruit all year round?"
"No, this peach forest is a special variety. In the past, they only bloomed but did not bear fruit. Even if they did bear fruit, they were green peaches that were smaller than apricots. We would pick them down for fear that they would affect the peach trees' flowering."
"It's not surprising. It's normal for plants to mutate in the apocalypse. But even if you eat peaches every day, you won't become this thin, right?"
"I don't know about that. I only know that the divine light protected us and prevented others from coming in, but at the same time we couldn't get out.
Since we started eating peaches, our bodies have started to change. We have become skinny, but our bodies are getting stronger. So, even if we can survive like this, we villagers have no complaints. "
Xing Lie continued to tap the table with his slender fingers.
"What do the four peach trees have to do with these?"
The light in the old man's eyes dimmed, "Alas, those four peach trees were planted by the old man from the Rong family! When the divine light descended, it hit the four peach trees, and the peach forest began to bear fruit.
Everyone was so excited just now because they were afraid that the sacred tree would be damaged. If there are no peaches in the peach forest in the future, everyone will starve to death. It is inevitable to be emotional!"
"Then who is God?"
Xing Lie's expression was stern. The old man felt a chill all over his body from being stared at by a gaze that was like a sharp knife piercing his bones, and his mind became clear for a moment.
"Yes, it is a god who descended upon Lao Rong! All the gods' wills were conveyed by Lao Rong!"
Tell yourself to go, go, go!
(End of this chapter)
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