Chapter 296 Departure
Daju drooped his beard and said, "Can't Ah Fu go with us?"
"Afu doesn't have any cultivation, so he can't go." Xu Chuchu comforted it, "There may be bad guys in the capital. Can you stay and protect him?"
"But..." Daju was a little embarrassed. "When will you come back?"
"Maybe a few months, one or two years at most." Xu Chuchu replied.
Daju breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, I thought you didn't want me anymore!"
"How could I not want you? I won't want you even if I don't want Xiao Yu." She hugged Daju and rubbed him.
"Yeah! I also told Ah Fu that he is not as important as you, Chu Chu. Chu Chu is the person closest to me!" The big orange boy twisted his tail happily.
Xiao Yu, who was standing by, heard every word without missing a single one, and his ears were almost falling off due to the pain.
Where is Ah Fu, where is his Ah Fu, come and cry with him!
Xu Chuchu added, "Don't keep telling Ah Fu about this. He's so good to you. He'll be sad if he hears it."
Xiao Yu thought, you know that too.
"Okay." Daju agreed reluctantly.
When it turned around, it suddenly saw Ah Fu coming in from outside, and it immediately lowered its tail guiltily.
"Master, Miss Xu, are you leaving?" Ah Fu looked a little surprised. "Are you leaving before you get married?"
When he saw Chen Zhaozhi marrying Xia Wanqing, he felt that it was sweet and happy, and thought that it would be the turn of the young master and Miss Xu next, so why didn't they do it?
Hold it outside? Where will the relatives and friends be there? How can it be as grand as holding it in Beijing?
Do it when you get back? That would be too late.
Ah Fu was so puzzled that he didn't notice that his master Xiao Yu was winking at him, almost popping out his eyeballs.
"Oh? Married?" Xu Chuchu raised an eyebrow. "Why do I remember getting married once in this mansion?"
"Yeah, that's right." Daju suddenly realized, "It was the time when you were locked up by them! And I was the one who saved you!"
Xiao Yu and Ah Fu: "..."
Finally I said it out.
It’s okay if you don’t mention it, but if you do, you certainly can’t pretend it never happened.
"Little one, I just remembered that I haven't fed the cat yet!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Ah Fu picked up the big orange cat and ran away.
The big orange one was held under his armpit and shook so hard that he screamed: "I fed you! I just fed you, what's your memory..."
The sound gradually faded away. Xiao Yu suppressed the urge to follow and throw Ah Fu into the well, and stood quietly beside Xu Chuchu.
I accept both beatings and scoldings.
"What's with that expression?" Xu Chuchu was both angry and amused. "Okay, I know that wasn't the real you, and I don't want to dwell on the past... unless someone brings it up first."
Xiao Yu hummed softly, "So I won't ask you to marry me rashly."
He paused: "When you are willing."
And waiting for my hand to recover.
"Okay." Xu Chuchu agreed.
…
After bidding farewell to their relatives and friends, Xu Chuchu and Xiao Yu packed their simple bags and set off for Tianshan.
Unlike when they first set out from Tailing County, they have grown from second-level rookies and useless losers to sixth-level and fifth-level physiognomists.
They no longer fear hunger and cold, and do not need to carry heavy things on their backs. They walk lightly in the breeze and warm sunshine, watching the new leaves unfold and the flower buds bloom.
It’s more like a spring outing than a journey.
The only problem is that they both look so good that people stare at them wherever they go.
There were even storytellers who made up various versions of the stories of their slaying of enemies and told them in taverns and inns.
The story was even more exciting than the truth. Xu Chuchu and Xiao Yu listened to it several times in a row and were both very interested.
People often say that traveling is one of the few things in the world that can relax both the mind and the body.
However, Xu Chuchu feels that the most beautiful part of traveling is being on the road, with the satisfaction of moving forward and the anticipation for the future.
Once we reached our destination, these feelings disappeared.
…
Their destination, Tianshan, is not the Tianshan in Xu Chuchu's original world, but there are similarities.
Like the Xiangshan Mountains, the Tianshan Mountains are not independent peaks, but a large mountain range.
The difference is that the Tianshan Mountains are much wider than the Xiangshan Mountains and are covered with ice and snow that never melts all year round.
There are winds and snows in the mountains all year round. When the snow falls heavily, it covers the sky and the sun. It is so white that you can't see where the world is.
It is said that no one can cross the Tianshan Mountains and see what is on the other side of the mountain range.
The Tianshan Mountains are in the north, and the further north you go, the lower the temperature becomes.
Spring has come, but not fully.
Xu Chuchu and Xiao Yu walked all the way to the foot of Tianshan Mountain. The biggest problem they encountered was finding a suitable road to go up the mountain.
They have the ability to withstand the cold and hunger, but that doesn't mean they can get lost in the snowy mountains for a month without any supplies.
We have to find another way.
…
"I didn't expect there is such a large village here." Xu Chuchu stood on tiptoe and looked into the distance.
She and Xiao Yu circled around the foot of the mountain, hoping to find some local hunters and pay them to take them up the mountain.
I thought there would be only a few idle families, but I didn't expect to come across a village. At first glance, there were more than a hundred houses.
"It's so cold here that crops can't grow and livestock can't be raised. How do they survive? Just hunting?"
Xu Chuchu, who is not afraid of the cold, put on an extra shawl when she got here. If she had no cultivation, she would probably freeze to death even if she curled up in a quilt and sat by the fire, right?
Xiao Yu nodded and said, "I've read about the residents here. They have their own beliefs and religions. They live at the foot of the snow-capped mountains and worship the mountain gods. They are content with the hardship and coldness of life."
This is similar to the asceticism of Buddhism. Xu Chuchu cannot empathize with this kind of belief, even though she is also a cultivator.
"Let's go check out the situation first?" Xiao Yu suggested.
"good."
The two of them walked along the road to the village. Since there were only a few cold-resistant trees nearby, the road felt much longer than it actually was.
There are seven tall human-shaped stone statues standing at the entrance of the village. Each person is the same size, wearing a hood, and their expressions cannot be seen clearly. They stand in a neat row.
"Perhaps this is the religion they believe in." Xiao Yu couldn't figure it out either. "Why is it standing at the village gate? Shouldn't it be in the ancestral hall?"
Xu Chuchu had heard of this custom before: "Putting it at the door means 'guardianship', warding off evil spirits and demons from outside so they can't enter and harm the villagers."
Looking more closely, there are indeed some traces of burning incense at the feet of these seven stone statues.
Neither of them had ever heard of this kind of religion, so they took a look and then went into the village.
Most of the houses in the village are traditional low-rise wooden houses with sloping roofs. This design prevents the roofs from collapsing under heavy snow, and allows the snow to flow directly to the ground when it melts.
Xu Chuchu also discovered that they would use animal fur to plug the cracks in the door to keep out the cold.
It was afternoon, and there were still a few villagers on the road. They were generally thin and dark-skinned. Even from a distance, one could smell a distinct fishy odor from them, probably because they had been eating meat for a long time and had no access to vegetables or fruits.
"Brother," Xiao Yu stopped a young man passing by and asked, "Is there anyone in this village familiar with the route up the mountain?"
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