That night, Feng Shao and Lin Xiaoran stayed at the middle-aged man's home.
Through a conversation with the middle-aged man, Feng Shao got a general understanding of the situation in the village.
The ancestors of the villagers fled from the east and settled down here after seeing the beautiful scenery and abundant resources. It has been more than 200 years since then.
As for why no one lived here more than 200 years ago... the reason is very simple: the occasional extremely severe famine would leave thousands of miles of land barren and starving people everywhere. Such extreme famines may only occur once every few hundred years, but they are enough to kill off the indigenous people of a large area or force them to migrate.
In many places, this is how people come and go: a group of people leave and another group comes.
The first three families to come to this village were Qin, Huang and Zhou. After more than 200 years of development, the three families intermarried and gradually multiplied into the current 15 families with more than 70 people.
Although this place is beautiful, it is relatively remote and the supplies are relatively simple. Although there are caravans passing by from time to time, they can exchange some supplies. But overall, the people here still live in poverty.
Logically speaking, in a fantasy world with storage instruments, this kind of situation shouldn't happen. But few people know that storage instruments, which are essential for monks, are just legendary items for common people. And monks who can wear storage instruments will never be bored and engage in transportation. Although they can earn some difference by transporting goods, how much can they earn from a group of poor villagers?
The middle-aged man is called Qin Hai, he is 35 years old this year, and indeed not as old as Feng Shao. In addition, because of working all day, his face looks even older, even a bit like he is in his 50s. He has one son and two daughters, and another son and daughter died shortly after birth.
This is another normal state in this world. The mortality rate of civilian children is very high, and nearly half of them do not live to the age of three.
After asking Qin Hai for the place to stay, Qin Hai generously prepared a room for him. Feng Shao and Lin Xiaoran were obviously a couple, so there was no need to deliberately arrange two rooms.
And they don't have that many rooms.
The wooden house was damp and had a mildew smell, but Lin Xiaoran was not concerned about this issue at the moment. Her face flushed, because she remembered that this was the first time they were going to be in the same room together. This made her nervous, but she also felt a surge of anticipation in her heart.
Unexpectedly, after Feng Shao had made the bed, he said to Lin Xiaoran: "Ran'er, this bed is for you to sleep on!"
Lin Xiaoran was startled: "What about you, Brother Shao?"
"I can just meditate on the chair." Feng Shao said nonchalantly.
Lin Xiaoran was suddenly a little disappointed.
Lin Xiaoran was lying on the bed, looking at Feng Shao who was sitting on the chair with his eyes closed, and suddenly asked: "Brother Shao, why did you bring me here today?"
Feng Shao opened his eyes, looked at Lin Xiaoran, and asked with a smile: "Ran'er is so smart, why not guess first?"
Lin Xiaoran pouted and said smugly, "I guess Brother Shao must want to build a sect here or something."
"Then why is it here? The spiritual energy here doesn't seem to be very sufficient!" Feng Shao asked deliberately.
Lin Xiaoran shrugged: "How would I know why you chose this place? Brother Shao is always like this, half-speaking and half-hiding, and unwilling to tell the whole story."
Feng Shao smiled and said, "It's not that I want to hide half of what I'm saying, but I think it's quite interesting to tease my Ran'er."
Lin Xiaoran pretended to be angry and said, "Okay! You are making fun of me! I will ignore you!"
As he said this, he turned around in a huff, with his back facing Feng Shao.
Feng Shao smiled and said nothing.
Lin Xiaoran waited for a while, and seeing that Feng Shao remained silent, he could not help but turn back and said, "Bad brother, don't you know how to coax me?"
“Ah, this…” Feng Shao couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed.
Feng Shao was a bachelor in his previous life, and he had only been close to Lin Xiaoran in this life. He really had no experience in coaxing girls. After thinking for a while, he took out two mung bean cakes from his storage ring and said to Lin Xiaoran, "I have some cakes here, how about you try them?"
Lin Xiaoran: “…”
Lin Xiaoran suddenly felt that her husband might have some problems with his brain. She was also certain that Feng Shao would never hook up with other women behind her back.
After all, based on his speaking skills, who can create sparks with him unless someone gives it to him for free?
Lin Xiaoran rolled his eyes at Feng Shao and pouted, "Feed me!"
Forget it, he is my husband anyway, so I should just cooperate with him.
Feng Shao walked forward and brought the mung bean cake to Lin Xiaoran's mouth. Lin Xiaoran let out an "Ah Wu" and took a big bite, almost biting off Feng Shao's finger.
Green bean cakes are delicious, but they easily fall apart. Lin Xiaoran enjoyed the meal, but his mouth was covered with residue, which made him look particularly cute with his chubby face.
Feng Shao couldn't help but reach out his hand to help Lin Xiaoran wipe the food residue from his mouth. But when he felt the soft and tender touch on his fingers, Feng Shao realized what he had done.
Lin Xiaoran seemed to be unaware of it. After swallowing the food in his mouth, he continued, "Brother Shao, keep feeding me!"
During the feeding process, Feng Shao always looked at Lin Xiaoran's lips that were as red as a lotus flower unconsciously, and his mouth became dry and thirsty.
At this time, Lin Xiaoran suddenly said: "By the way, Brother Shao, you haven't told me what you want to do here!"
She looked at Feng Shao with her big eyes, completely unaware of what was going on in Feng Shao's mind just now.
Feng Shao swallowed his saliva and said, "There is an underground mineral vein downstream of this village. I want to build a city through this underground mineral vein."
"Build a city?" Lin Xiaoran's eyes lit up immediately, but then he asked doubtfully: "But Brother Shao, how do you know there is a mineral vein there?"
Feng Shao smiled and said, "Guess."
"Make me guess again!" Lin Xiaoran got angry and slapped Feng Shao on the shoulder.
"You little girl, you actually dared to hit me!" Feng Shao pretended to be angry and said, "I will teach you a lesson!"
Lin Xiaoran raised the corner of his mouth, with a provocative look on his face: "Then come and teach me a lesson!"
"Since you've said that, I won't be polite either!"
"I want to see how you can be rude!"
Lin Xiaoran's arms spun like a windmill, hitting Feng Shao non-stop. Feng Shao didn't expect Lin Xiaoran to use such a childish method, and it was a little funny for a moment. He stretched out his hands and tried to grab Lin Xiaoran's wrist. But Lin Xiaoran's reaction was not slow. When he saw Feng Shao stretching out his hand, he specifically hit Feng Shao's arm.
For a while, the two of them fought fiercely and enjoyed themselves very much.
However, Lin Xiaoran had just started to cultivate again, and now he had only just returned to the innate realm, which was a big gap between him and Feng Shao. Feng Shao saw the opportunity, made a feint, and while Lin Xiaoran was dodging, he reached out with both hands and grabbed Lin Xiaoran's snow-white wrist at the same time.
Lin Xiaoran couldn't move her hands and started to struggle. Feng Shao said proudly: "Little girl, let's see what you can do now!"
Lin Xiaoran was unable to struggle, and he didn't know what had happened to him, so he bit Feng Shao's shoulder. Feng Shao was startled, and subconsciously pushed back with both hands. Lin Xiaoran was dragged to lose his balance, and fell backwards, causing Feng Shao to fall forward as well.
When everything calmed down, Lin Xiaoran was already lying on the bed, his eyes wide open, staring blankly at Feng Shao. Feng Shao, on the other hand, rested his arms on Lin Xiaoran, also staring blankly at him.
At this moment, the distance between the two faces was only two or three inches, close enough that Feng Shao could clearly see Lin Xiaoran's thick and curly eyelashes.
At this moment, both of them felt their hearts beating violently.
Looking at Lin Xiaoran's cute and slightly flustered face, Feng Shao suddenly felt an impulse in his heart. Before his reason could control the impulse, he was the first to be controlled by the impulse and lowered his head to kiss Lin Xiaoran's tender little mouth.
Lin Xiaoran's body suddenly stiffened. She let out a whining sound like a small animal, and then her body melted into Feng Shao's arms like spring water.
The soft touch on his lips and the slight sweetness he tasted, with the unique fragrance of a young girl, made Feng Shao fall in love with it for a while. However, Lin Xiaoran's mind was blank, with only one thought constantly returning to his mind.
Brother Shao kissed me! Brother Shao kissed me!
In Lin Xiaoran's impression, Feng Shao had never been so domineering as he was at this moment, making her unable to resist even if she wanted to.
She couldn't describe what she felt, but an inexplicable urge made her suck involuntarily.
After an unknown amount of time, Feng Shao finally broke free from his impulse. He left Lin Xiaoran's little mouth, looked at Lin Xiaoran's cute little face with her eyes closed and flushed with shame, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Little girl, how about this punishment?"
After Lin Xiaoran calmed down his rapid breathing, he suddenly opened his eyes and said stubbornly: "I will punish you too!"
As she spoke, Lin Xiaoran suddenly raised her arms, wrapped them around Feng Shao's neck, and blocked his mouth with hers without knowing the immensity of the world.
"Humph! Let's see who will punish whom!"
Lin Xiaoran thought proudly.