Chapter 261 Liu Za Not long after, there was one more person in Chongshan,...
Not long after, there was one more person in Chongshan. When Ye Lu saw that it was Yang Ling, he smiled and stopped talking.
Liucao Village next to Chongshanhe Village presents a different scene.
At this time, the sky was just getting dark.
Liucao Village is a flat open space with many houses. It is some distance away from the lake, but it is just right. Next to the lake is the white millet field of Liucao Village.
The fields were divided just right, but they were not planted with the same crops. White and green were mixed together, with long white millet ears and green bean leaves together. The colors were not bad.
The weather is getting warmer now, and the people in Liucao Village are getting busier.
It was not until the sun gradually set that the people in the fields returned to the village in groups of three or two.
When the last two farmers returned to the village, they shouted to the tall white millet fields not far away: "Boy, let's go back first. It's so dark, you should hurry up. There's no rush to deal with the farm work. Why don't you go home first?"
The person who finished speaking was an old man who looked quite old. His hair was a little silver, but he had a very strong body and was carrying farm tools on his shoulders.
As soon as he finished speaking, a tall and strong man walked out of the long white millet field. He was holding a farm tool in his hand and was walking backwards out of the field, tending the white millet. The farm tool was as easy to use as an arm in his hand, and the blood-stained soil was carefully piled at the roots of the crops.
"I understand. I'll go back after I finish the things I have on hand." Liu Za sealed the soil and loudly answered his fellow villager's answer.
"Then don't waste time. Those things will all come out late at night." Seeing that Liu Za was indeed preparing to finish, the companion nodded. Of course, he also reminded him very cautiously.
Liu Za nodded and watched his companions leave. Then he looked at the sky, which was indeed very dark, so he quickly quickened his hands.
Don't underestimate what Brother Qin said. Although there are some tricksters in Liucao Village, it's better to be cautious.
Liu Za's estimated time is very good.
When Liu Za returned to the village and walked to a rather old-looking house not far to the west of Liucao Village, he stopped and pushed open the door.
As soon as I opened the door, someone inside came forward impatiently.
It was a child who looked a little pale and skinny. At this moment, he threw himself into Liu Za's arms with a smile on his face and said, "Dad, you are finally back!"
Behind the child, a pretty woman was just putting down the linen in her hand. Hearing the sound, she hurried out. When she saw the scene at the door, she couldn't help but smile.
"Baicao, why did you come out?" Liu Za looked at his wife coming out and couldn't help but whispered worriedly. After fleeing for so long, his wife's body had long been weak, and Liu Za had always refused to let his wife do heavy work.
"It's okay. I came out to check when I heard your voice." Bai Cao smiled and said gently, "I'm not made of clay. I won't get in the way."
"Don't relax. There may be something outside when the night gets late. Let's go in first." Liu Za sighed and looked down. His own boy was looking up at him eagerly. But because the two of them were talking, the boy stopped talking and just leaned against him quietly.
Liu Za's heart softened.
Teng Ge'er, this is a habit I developed when I was fleeing famine.
Liu Za first put the farm tools aside and packed them up, then he bent down and picked up his son, then took three or two steps forward, took his wife's hand and walked into the house.
As Liu Za walked into the house, he told his wife about his work today. He knew that he was not the only one who was worried about his wife. His wife was also worried when he was farming outside.
This is the way the world is.
"I also went to talk to the village chief Sanguan about the land we were allocated last year. It turns out that white millet can only be planted in places where strange power is entrenched. Our strange power talent has just been awakened for a short time and we don't know what strange energy is. We can only go to the strange master to see what the strange power in the white millet ears is like?"
"Fortunately, someone reminded me, otherwise the white millet would have been wasted." Liu Za calculated in his mind. It is said that white millet matures once a year, but in fact, it takes longer than a year to mature. If the magic power is good, the maturity time will be further extended.
Liu Za could only feel a little bit of the difference. If he wanted to see how much mysterious power was inside the white millet ears, he would have to ask others for help.
"There are also green beans that we planted in other places. They all grow well. I heard from the village chief Sanguan that these green beans were specially exchanged by the ghosts of He Village from other villages. Although they have no ghost power, they taste very good and can fill our stomachs."
"By then we won't have to starve, and we'll have some food left over to return to the village." Liu Za smiled as he spoke, with hope in his eyes.
When their family arrived at the Forbidden Stone Mountains last year, they were already in deep despair and had nowhere else to go. If the passing caravan had not asked about them, the three of them would have probably become floating corpses on the roadside.
Among the group of refugees at that time, the Liu Za family could be considered average. The couple were both in their prime, and they had no parents or elderly parents, and only one child. In addition, Liu Za was quite tall and strong. Even if someone in the refugee group had a bad temper, they would have to consider whether they could defeat Liu Za.
When they were fleeing from famine, they encountered a forest halfway. The leader of the group was cautious and did not enter the forest. However, when there were too many people, there would be bloodshed. No matter how far away they were, they happened to encounter an extremely bloodthirsty beast. How could a group of refugees resist it?
By the time Liu Za tried his best to bring his family out, there were not many people left in the refugee group.
He was also injured.
The wife knew that children would easily attract those special monsters, so she held Teng'er from beginning to end. Plus, with so few people left, it was unlikely that many could survive. Just when Liu Za was in despair, they happened to meet a passing caravan.
A young man from the caravan even came over to ask them if they were refugees. He wanted to go with them, but the place they were heading to this time was a little special: it was the Forbidden Stone Mountains.
Liu Za and his group were already desperate, and all of them were injured. Once night fell, they would be swallowed by the weirdness sooner or later. Even if the caravan members said they wanted to go to the infamous Forbidden Stone Mountains, they could not wait to agree.
No matter what, they finally have a chance to survive.
Liu Za originally thought that the caravan took them to the Forbidden Stone Ridges for other reasons. He thought the matter was very bad. After all, everyone knew about the Forbidden Stone Ridges. He never expected that when the caravan sent them to the Forbidden Stone Ridges, they actually said that they were there to send someone off.
"Right now, it's Liucao Village that's recruiting people. Because the location is relatively remote and there are not many children, Liucao Village asked our caravan to look around when they travel around for business. If we come across a refugee with good character, we can send him over."
"Don't worry, Willow Grass Village is much better than what is said outside."
Liu Za was stunned. He never expected that this would be such a good thing. He was actually being given a place to live.
Liucao Village is much better than any big village they have seen outside. What is even more unexpected to Liuza's family is that Baicao actually recognized them as relatives.
Bai Cao was originally from Qiaocao Village, but after he met Liu Za that year, he followed Liu Za to Dateng Village. The two villages were far apart, and it took a long time before he heard that Qiaocao Village had met with disaster. Bai Cao cried a lot at that time.
Unexpectedly, I would meet an old friend in this forbidden rock mountain range.
The village chief Qiao Sanguan even has some relationship with the Baicao family.
The only thing that makes people sad is that no one is left from Baicao's family. According to Village Chief Qiao, Baicao's parents died early, and then on the way to escape famine, his eldest brother's family was mysteriously dragged away.
Liu Za couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this.
"Dad, eat, eat!" The adults were chatting, and Teng Ge'er in his arms became a little restless. He held a piece of dry biscuit in his hand and handed it to his father above his head, muttering something.
Liu Za smiled and nodded as he took the dry biscuit from his son's hand. How big could the biscuit be in the little boy's hand? He threw it directly into his son's mouth.
"Life is much better now than before. Back when we were in Dateng Village, these were good days that we could never have imagined." Bai Cao kept her eyes on the father and son opposite her. When she saw her son handing her another piece of dry biscuit, she also smiled.
She couldn't help but think about the scene outside described by the child's father. Not long ago, when the weather was better, she went to see her home.
It was clearly last year when we were fleeing famine, but now thinking back it feels like decades have passed.
But when Baicao looked up at the thatched hut above his head, he remembered that his family had just arrived not far from Liucao Village.
"Eleventh Lady also talked about the matter of Bai Mizi. He ate a lot of strange flesh and blood. Is the flesh and blood from our three plots of land enough?" Bai Cao handed the bowl to her son and started to serve another bowl of bean soup.
"It's enough, it's enough. We don't have the talent to beat the lake dragon in the big lake, but we can beat the little monsters outside. If the monsters are defeated by the team, they will also send flesh and blood to us." Liu Za blew some air on it, waited for it to cool down a little, and explained while feeding his son bean soup.
"This was agreed upon when we first entered Willow Grass Village. The village will provide for the first three years of strange flesh and blood, but we have to hand over 20% of the white millet we grow."
"Even if we have to hand over 20% of the white millet, we can still keep a lot. Then Teng'er can eat more and won't have to live as hard as we do." As Bai Cao spoke, he couldn't help but look at his son.
Baicao just felt that the evildoer was very far away from them, or the people who came from a big village far away were arrogant and refused to talk to them, just because there was a evildoer in the other village.
That was Bai Cao's only impression of the Guishi.
But after Bai Cao came to Liucao Village, she gained a lot of knowledge. When the people in Liucao Village saw her background, many of them knew her and were naturally willing to say that if the child wanted better talents, he had to eat more things with magical powers.
The best is tricky food.
Bai Cao knew that the white millet he grew was strange food.
Liu Za paused slightly and followed Bai Cao's gaze to the child. He was thinking the same thing.
"Dad, you should also eat more." Bai Cao also reminded.
After finishing speaking, Bai Cao frowned slightly, thinking about what he had talked about with Sanguan not long ago, and hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether he should say it.
Liu Za looked at his wife holding the bowl hesitantly, and knew what she was thinking about. He subconsciously asked: "What happened at home?"
"Not really."
"Wait another month and a half, and a caravan should come to our village. They have a lot of food to sell. Sanguan said that the white millet in our fields is growing well and maybe a caravan will take a liking to it. He asked me if I want to sell it."
"Sell?" Liu Za also hesitated. They had just arrived at Liucao Village. They were confused when they planted for the first time, but they were lucky.
What his wife said now made Liu Za hesitate.
There is a large amount of white millet. Only those who have experienced fleeing from famine understand the importance of food.
"Mother, what do you think?" Liu Za looked at Bai Cao, hoping that she would make the decision.
"I want to sell it." Bai Cao said affirmatively.
"We'll keep Teng'er's share, deduct 20% from the village's contributions, sell half, and exchange the remaining half for some weird food for you. I've heard from them that the weird warriors in the neighboring He Village are all very talented, and they have been fed with weird food since they were young. Now that they are practicing, in addition to the weird food in the village, they will also regularly exchange it for weird food from the caravan."
"Although we don't know exactly why, it's always right to follow and learn. The most urgent thing is to improve your strength first. After three years, we can't rely on the village guards to deal with the strange flesh and blood in our land."
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