Only I Shall Be Immortal - 35. Chapter 35-Heaven Defying Mirror (Part 2)

“Sister, we have almost enough firewood. It’s late, let’s go back. Dad said to make us rice for noon. I haven’t eaten white and fragrant rice for a long time. I’m so hungry!” The childish voice sounded, Hailong couldn’t help but hesitated slightly. Of course he didn’t know who was coming, but from the voice, it was already certain that it was not the one from the Demon Sect who came to arrest him.

Another voice that sounded a little more mature said: “Sister, you ate three sweet potatoes in the morning. Where are you hungry now? You are obviously greedy.”

“Hee hee, my sister knows me best. Let’s go back, OK, I really want to eat rice! If it wasn’t for Uncle Li sent the rice yesterday, I don’t know how many days I would have to wait to eat it.” “Okay, okay. Chaihe is almost enough, let’s go back now. Since you love to eat so much, my sister will give you your share at noon. I’ll just eat sweet potatoes.”

“No, where I have eaten so much. Dad always said that when my sister is growing up, she should eat more. Our village is so poor. Look at Li Village, most people can eat it every day. Rice steamed buns. Much stronger than us.” As the voice approached, two slender figures, one tall and one short, appeared in Hailong’s line of sight.

Listening to the conversation between the sisters, Hailong couldn’t help but think of the time he had spent with Zhang Hao. The village in his own was also very poor. The same situation happened. The feelings between him and Zhang Hao are not like this pair of sisters. Is it? Bean sprouts! how are you now. When I return to Lianyunzong this time, I will definitely visit you. At this time, the little sisters had already walked under the tree where the sea dragon was. Their faces are not very good, they are slightly yellowish, obviously because of chronic malnutrition. But the complexion does not affect their delicate looks. The sister is about 13 or 4 years old. The younger sister is about 10 years old. Both of them are carrying bundles of firewood disproportionate to their body shape. My heart felt sour for no apparent reason.

Floating and falling, Hailong was already standing in front of the little sisters for the next moment. His appearance immediately frightened the sisters, exclaimed, and backed back again and again. Because of the heavy chaihe on their backs, they suddenly fell together. The elder sister held her younger sister in her arms and looked at the sea dragon tremblingly.

Hailong tried his best to soften his expression and smiled: “Don’t be afraid, I’m not a bad person. I was sleeping on a tree just now, watching you carry such a heavy Chaihe, I just want to help you.” The sisters Obviously she didn’t believe him very much, her sister said in horror: “You, don’t come here. Uncle, we have no money and no food. Just let us go. If you want, give you all the firewood. If you want to…, I, I am willing to talk to you, my sister is still young, please let her go.”

Hearing the words of this “elder sister”, Hailong couldn’t help but feel a little dazed, and a strange feeling rose in his heart. He knew that the sisters had already regarded him as a robber. “How do you know so much? It seems that you are still very young! I’m really not a bad person, let alone hurt you, otherwise, why should I talk nonsense with you? Isn’t it.”

The elder sister murmured: “People, they are already sixteen years old, not young, my sister is 13 years old, it’s just that we are relatively small. Don’t lie to us. Where are the bad guys who admit that they are? Bad guys. Mom and Dad often say that you must not trust outsiders.” There was a vigilant look in their eyes, and they were ready to escape at any time.

Seeing that these two sisters find it hard to believe in him, Hailong sits helplessly on the ground, touches his beard under his jaw, and smiles bitterly: “If you don’t believe me, don’t believe me. But don’t call me uncle, I’m only 18 years old. Nothing bigger than you. My name is Hailong. How about you?”

Watching Hailong sitting on the ground, the sisters seemed to be really not threatening to them, and they couldn’t help getting bolder. They took off the Chai He behind them, and the sister said timidly: “I, my name is Yuhua, this is my sister Yuping, you, are you really only 18 years old? But how did your clothes break like this? Did you meet a robber?” The village girl couldn’t help but feel compassion after seeing Hailong’s dress clearly.

Hailong smiled bitterly and said, “Yeah! I met a group of powerful bandits. They chased me for a long time, and finally got rid of them.”

Yu Ping poked her head out of her sister’s arms and said: “Then you are so pitiful! Come home with us. Our family has rice to eat today. Will Ping’er share your own share with you?”

Yuhua obviously had to be more wary. She pulled her sister and whispered: “Ping’er, don’t talk nonsense, we can’t take outsiders home casually. What if he is a bad guy? Who knows if what he said is true.” Hailong Looking at them, there was a warmth in his heart, and the childish and kind words in Yu Ping made him feel homesick. He sighed softly and said, “It’s late, you should go home too. Go away, or your parents will worry. You don’t have to doubt me, I just sit here and stay still, that is Goodbye, two lovely sisters.” He said, he waved to Sister Yuhua.

Yuhua looked at Hailong’s sincere face and murmured: “Are you really a bad person? Or, or you can come back to the village with us. My father is the village head. If he says you are not a bad person, the village will I can take you in.” Hailong has long been annoyed by the torn clothes and dirt on his body, not to mention that he also wanted to visit the village where the two young girls were to find his previous feelings. So he stood up and smiled and said, “Okay. If your father thinks I am a bad person, I will leave immediately, and I will definitely not trouble you.” As he said, Hailong walked to sister Yuhua and bent over. Carrying their chaihe on their own shoulders. “It’s not good for girls to carry so many things. It will affect their physical development.”

Yuhua said in response, “No way. Don’t think I am thin, I have strength, but ordinary boys can’t be better than me. Our village is very close to here, so hurry up.”

Under the leadership of the Yuhua sisters, Hailong followed them through the woods and came to a small mountain village. This small village is built on the forest, and various vegetation is planted around the village. The village is small and looks like only a hundred households. Their clothes can no longer be described as plain, mostly patches with patches. Obviously , This is a very barren place. Of course, compared with Hailong’s hundred shirts, the dressing of these villagers is even more luxurious.

The appearance of Hailong, an outsider, immediately attracted the attention of the villagers. As soon as he entered the village, a dozen sturdier male villagers immediately surrounded him. They looked at Hailong with intent, with a very unfriendly look. “Who are you? Why did you come to our Yucun? Yuhua, did you bring him here?”

Although Yuhua is not very old, he has a fierce temper, and said with his hands on his hips: “So what? He is a troubled person. He was robbed by a robber. I think he is pitiful, so I brought him back.”

A young man in his twenties said: “Is he very pitiful? Even if he is pitiful, we can’t take him in! Yuhua, don’t forget, now even our villagers can’t eat enough, so there will be one more living person. Open your mouth, the food in our village is uniformly deployed. If you have one more, everyone will have to eat a bite less. Where can I still have the energy to work.”

Yuhua said angrily: “Yu Jian, you selfish villain, you know yourself. Although he is an outsider, you can’t let him starve to death in the woods.”

During the quarrel, a middle-aged man walked over with several villagers. This middle-aged man looked a bit old, and his eyebrows were somewhat similar to the Yuhua sisters. Hailong knew that this should be the father of sister Yuhua, the village head here. Sure enough, as the middle-aged man approached, the young male villagers gave way. The young man named Yuzhu rushed and said: “Village chief, Yuhua doesn’t know where to bring back a savage, what to say He was robbed by a robber, and he doesn’t look like a good person! You can’t take him in.”

The village chief glanced at Yujian and strode forward to Hailong. Hailong was already close to 1.8 meters tall, taller than the village chief. He smiled and said, “Hello village chief, my name is Hailong.”

The village chief Yu Yu looked at the sea dragon up and down, and couldn’t help being surprised. Although the man appeared to be in ruined clothes, he faintly revealed a strange temperament, like a mountain standing upright, making people respectful. Yu Wei knew that the man in front of him It must be extraordinary, frowning: “Our Jade Village will never take in people of unknown origin. Please leave. Yushu, go, and bring a bag of sweet potatoes to this brother.”

Yuzhe hesitated and said: “The village chief, our food is also very limited! Xia Zhong has just been allocated to the field, and it will take a long time to wait for it to mature.”

Yu Mue glared, and said: “If you ask you to go, you will go. Where is so much nonsense. You are the village chief, and I am the village chief?”

The expression on Yujian’s face fluctuated, and then he went unwillingly. Hailong put the Chaihe on his back on the ground. Since their father appeared, the Yuhua sisters did not dare to say anything, and stood aside with their heads bowed. Hailong looked at these poor villagers without a trace of accusing them of refusing to take him in. Everything in front of him was so similar to the small village of Xifeng where he was located! The same dilapidated, the same desolate, and the same simplicity. Raising his head, Hailong looked at Yu Mue and said, “The village chief, the sweet potatoes are unnecessary. I still have some food on my body. But the clothes are really torn. Can you let me wash and help? I will provide some clean clothes. Of course, I won’t ask for your things for nothing. I can exchange some food.”

Yu Wei thought for a while and nodded: “Well then. There is no need to exchange it, but you must leave us immediately after you freshen up. Yuhua, go, and bring a set of my clothes to this brother.”

Yuhua looked at Hailong reluctantly, then agreed, turned and ran to the depths of the village. Under the leadership of Yu Mue, Hailong followed him to a small river on the other side of the village. The clear water was like the one when Hailong met Mo Kui, and the sound like a silver bell made people feel relaxed and happy. a feeling of.

After a while, Yuhua had already brought a set of common clothes and rushed over. Yu Yu led the male villagers to surround the Hailong in the center and let him freshen up in the river, while the Yuhua sisters stayed outside and waited. As the dirt on Hailong’s body gradually disappeared, the astonishment in Yu Yu’s eyes became more and more intense, and the silver-colored heart-guard on Hailong’s chest made him feel shocked. Yujian showed greed even more. Hailong’s skin was lustrous and shiny, and without the cover of dirt, his robust body looked strange as it haloed under the sun’s rays.

“Well, it’s really comfortable to take a bath. Village chief, thank you.” After putting on dry clothes, Hailong felt his whole body relaxed a bit, combed his black thick hair behind his head, and walked to the village head. In front of Yu Mue. As soon as Hailong was washed, sisters Yuhua couldn’t wait to squeeze into the crowd. Hailong said that she was 18 years old, and they all wanted to verify.

Yu Mue said: “Little brother, you are so young, so I really missed you. Take this bag of sweet potatoes and eat it on the road. I’m really sorry, there is only this we can provide in Yucun.”

Hailong shook his head and said, “No, the village chief, I can’t ask for it. I’m very satisfied to be able to take a bath and change clothes. I have my own way of eating. I can’t ask for this suit for nothing. Let me help. You catch some fish and eat it. Why don’t you keep fishing in such a river?”

Yu Wei sighed and said, “Little brother, I am not afraid of your jokes. We are so poor here, and it is also an inland area. The price of fishing nets is amazingly high. That is not what we can afford. This river It doesn’t look wide, but the river is very wide and turbulent. If there is no fishing net, it is difficult to catch fish.”

(I will definitely upload another chapter tonight.)