Chapter 828: Mountain Village Liu Qiniang
Southern Sichuan, Ya'an, Liujia Village.
This is a quiet and quiet mountain village. Dozens of houses surrounding the loess dam have become a staggered small village. It is dusk. The villagers who are farming in the farmland outside the village have begun to return in groups of cattle and hoes, talking and laughing along the way, talking and talking about interesting things in the village recently. In the chimneys of every household in the village, there are curling smoke from cooking stoves, wisps of wisps, and the aroma of cooked rice and vegetables can be smelled far away.
In a corner of this small mountain village, a lonely courtyard seemed particularly special. There was no black smoke coming out of the chimney here, and the sound of the spinning machine had never been broken. In the main hall, an old woman with a wrinkled face and a blue cloth scarf on her forehead was stepping on the pedals of a spinning wheel while pulling the shuttle on the spinning wheel. What's unique is that she only has one right arm intact, her left arm is empty, and her sleeves are only on her shoulders. She leans on this hand and slowly and orderly spins the yarn. Her movements are unhappy, but very steady, without a trace of shaking. It seems that all kinds of sounds outside have not affected her at all.
A man with a half-bone upper body, wearing only a short jacket and a slit and slit cloth skirt, a thin and thin woman, holding two dough cakes in her hand, walked into the small courtyard. The man said, "Grandma Seven, we are bringing you food."
The old woman called Grandma Seven did not raise her head and said coldly: "San'er, I'm not hungry yet. You can go back early. I'll have something to eat myself in a while."
A trace of confusion flashed across the man called San'er's face. The woman beside him seemed to be his daughter-in-law and smiled: "Mrs. Qi, every family has already started eating. Our family has finished eating. Seeing that there is no movement in the family, you have only brought two cakes over, so you can eat it first."
Grandma Qi suddenly raised her head, and a flash of light flashed in the dark and turbid old eyes, which made the woman feel a little scared. She took a step back, but only heard Grandma Qi say sternly: "My old lady is starved to death. She doesn't eat your leftovers, get out of here. Today, the old lady doesn't want to see you!"
San'er quickly waved his hand and said, "Grandma Qi, you misunderstood. These two cakes are definitely not leftovers. We haven't moved a bite yet, so we have kept it for you."
Grandma Qi sneered and said, "San'er, do you think I don't know? These two cakes are lunch when you go to work tomorrow. Your wife has prepared them early in the morning. Although my old lady's eyes are not very good, her nose is very flexible and she can smell it as soon as she smells it. Don't want to lie to me!"
San'er turned her head and shouted at the woman, "What's going on? Is it really the rest done at noon?"
A hint of guilt flashed across the woman's face: "How can you finish this rice every meal? Every day you go to the field to work at noon, you eat cakes baked at noon the day before yesterday. What's the name of leftovers?!"
San'er raised his hand and slapped the woman in the face. She hit her and fell to the ground, and the two breads fell to the ground. San'er sternly scolded: "Oh, you are unfilial, just give this kind of food to Grandma Qi! Didn't I still have chicken when I came back today? Why don't I come here with fresh food? Now go back for me and make another chicken. Just bring it with the rice. Did you hear it?!"
The woman's eyes were covered with tears. She picked up the bread on the ground crying, patted the soil on it, put it in her arms and walked out. After San'er drove away his wife, she knelt outside, with apologies on her face: "My grandma Qi, it's all my fault. She didn't educate my wife well. After I go back, I will deal with her hard and let her know what kind of superiority and order are!"
The work in the hands of the Qi mother-in-law never stopped. She shook her head and sighed, "San'er, although I brought you, a kid, to this village back then, but now you have married a wife and started a family. My old lady can live alone. You can't come to deliver food to me every day like before. If you have time, you have more time. There is no need to come to deliver food to me before and after work every day."
San'er hurriedly said, "How can this be? I, Liu San'er, was just an abandoned baby who was thrown on the roadside. If you hadn't saved me by Grandma Qi, I would have died long ago. In my heart, you are my mother, how could a son be unfilial to his mother? You drove me out of this house and asked me to live alone over the years. I feel really uncomfortable. Grandma Qi, do you want San'er anymore and don't regard San'er as your child, so you don't want San'er anymore and don't treat San'er as your child? Or is my wife really ignorant and can't serve you well? If she is unfilial to you, I will turn around and leave her!"
Grandma Qi sighed: "Saner, you are so careless. The mother-in-law just wants to be quiet alone. You have a daughter-in-law and a baby at home. It's too noisy. The mother-in-law has no energy to take care of the children anymore. By the way, I heard that there were a few strangers coming to the village today. What's the situation?"
San'er smiled and said, "I didn't enter the village. I just asked in the field. It was three merchants from other places. The leader was a strong man. He took two followers and said he was passing by our Liujia Village and wanted to ask for a bowl of water. I drank a few bowls of water in my jar, and after drinking, they left."
Grandma Qi said "Oh" and continued to ask without saying a word, "These three people only asked this question, and left without asking anything else?"
San'er thought about it and shook her head: "A entourage seemed to ask casually, saying whether there is a person named Liu Qiniang in the village. I don't have this person in my village, so of course I said there is no one!"
The pedal under Grandma Qi's feet suddenly stopped, and a divine light flashed in her eyes: "Then the follower is really asking Liu Qi Niang?"
San'er nodded: "Yes, the women in our village are all married from other villages, and the daughters in our village are also married outside, so there is no Liu Qiniang at all. Grandma Qi, is there any problem?"
Grandma Qi suddenly shouted: "Hmph, I think you are getting more and more prosperous. She has been chatting with outsiders all day long. My mother-in-law has never told you that there are not many good people outside. Do you want you to stay away from me?"
San'er lowered her head and whispered like a child who had done something wrong, "Mother-in-law, it's my fault. Please punish me."
Grandma Qi said coldly: "You go back and tell your wife not to deliver vegetables. Today, my mother-in-law is unhappy and doesn't want to see you. Stay well after going back and think about her mistakes behind closed doors. I don't want to see you these days. Have you heard?"
San'er raised her head and wanted to tell a few words. But she bumped into the old face of Grandma Qi's withered as bark as tree, and she couldn't say anything. She could only kowtow three times. Turning around and leaving, Grandma Qi looked at his figure that was leaving, her face was as deep as water. She stood up, closed the door of the yard outside, then walked back to the main hall, and closed two more doors. The light in the main hall became extremely dim. She carefully lit an oil lamp. Sitting at the table, the jumping candlelight reflected her wrinkled face. She only heard her slowly say: "Since you have been here for so long, why not show up and see me?"
The window behind the main hall automatically turned upward without wind. A gust of wind outside made the oil lamp shake, almost turning off. When the candlelight stabilized again, there were three more people in the room. They were all dressed in black and masked, and the leader. They were plump, black scarf masked, and their eyes were rippling like autumn water. The two people standing behind her were strong and tall, with two sword eyebrows combined with tiger eyes, bright and energetic, while the other was tall, with blue cloth coverings and a long sword on their backs. They were extraordinary weapons at first glance.
Grandma Qi's face changed slightly, and she sighed: "I didn't expect that Lao Zhen would have lived in seclusion here for more than 30 years, so I'll find it for you. You are all so powerful, Lao Zhen is definitely not the opponent, let's do it! But before Lao Zhen dies, I'll ask three of you to show Wan'er so that Lao Zhen can die and understand and not be a fool."
The woman in the lead pulled the face towel down, revealing Qu Caifeng's beautiful face, with a smile on her face: "Auntie Qi, it's me, Caifeng."
Liu Qiniang (Seventh Grandma) opened her eyes wide and stood up suddenly. She couldn't believe that the woman in front of her was Qu Caifeng. She rubbed her eyes hard with her only remaining hand. When she opened it, she found that Qu Caifeng was standing in front of her with a smile. Her nose began to sob and said excitedly: "Young Master, is it really you?"
Qu Caifeng's eyes were filled with tears. He grabbed Liu Qiniang's single hand and said, "Aunt Qi, it's me. I haven't seen you for many years. It's mine."
Liu Qiniang's tears shone: "I heard that the headquarter was destroyed a few years ago and the young master was gone. I, Liu Qiniang, have always regretted it. Why didn't I go to the village to join us? When the old master was kind to us, I was unable to survive and die with the Wushan Sect. I have been living like a walking corpse these years. Today, when I saw the young master, I felt a little comfort in my heart. By the way, my master, why did you come to me today? Are you going to reorganize the Wushan Sect and take revenge on the dog thieves who harmed us?"
Qu Caifeng smiled slightly: "For the long-term plan, I will discuss this matter for a while. Aunt Qi, how could you know about the affairs of the world in this remote mountain village?"
Liu Qiniang smiled slightly: "Old woman, although I broke my hand and could not follow the old village leader anymore, but my eyes were not blind and my ears were not deaf. Every three months, I would go to Ya'an City to sell some spun cloth, and by the way I would also inquire about some news from the world. However, southern Sichuan is remote and there are few martial arts people. Many of the news came from several months, or even a year ago. If the old village leader had not been strictly ordered by me not to leave the Ya'an area, I would have wanted to leave here and go to another place to inquire about the whereabouts of the young village leader!"
Qu Caifeng nodded, turned around and pointed at Li Cangxing and Mu Lanxiang who had already pulled the scarf, revealing their true face, and said, "This is Li Cangxing, the senior brother of the Wudang Sect, who was famous in the world for many years. He is my Qu Caifeng's life-saving benefactor and best friend. The last time Wushan Sect was destroyed, if it weren't for the fact that Li Daxia had sacrificed his life to save him, I would have died long ago."
Liu Qiniang almost knelt down at Li Cangxing, but was quickly held back by Li Cangxing: "Senior Liu, you can't do it. Caifeng has saved me, so friends should help each other."
Liu Qiniang shook her head: "No, Daxia Li, the fact that you saved the young camp leader has been spread throughout the world. You are the great savior of our entire Wushan Sect. My old woman should salute you."
Li Cangxing sighed: "Forget it, Senior Liu, it was because of my self-righteousness that I was caught in the evil plan and did not save the entire Wushan Sect. In the end, I just brought Caifeng to kill. To this day, I often dreamed of those people from Wushan Sect. This is all my fault." Speaking of this, thinking about the tragic situation of the Wushan Sect when it was destroyed, Li Cangxing couldn't help but burst into tears. Mu Lanxiang, who was on the other side, felt ache when he saw him like this, and stretched out his slender hand and put it on Li Cangxing's arm to show comfort.
Liu Qiniang looked at Mu Lanxiang and said without waiting for Qu Caifeng to introduce him, "This must be the Wudang fairy, Nvniang Mu. She hasn't seen her for many years and is still so beautiful and charming."
Mu Lanxiang smiled slightly and bowed and said, "I have met Senior Liu."
Qu Caifeng smiled and said, "Mu Xia is also my good friend. Now our Wushan Sect has resolved the misunderstanding with the Demon-Suppressing Alliance. When the master died, we have also found out that it was a traitor named Wan Gu Sect Master who attacked the master and put a golden silkworm evil Gu on his body. If he wanted to control his master, his master would rather die than obey, so he would die at the hands of a villain. After many years, we were also used by Yan Shifan and driven by it. I think I am really ashamed. It was my leader who was incompetent, which made all the brothers and sisters suffer."
Liu Qiniang gritted her teeth and said, "Young Master, you must avenge this revenge. What is the master of Wan Gu? I seemed to have heard of it vaguely back then, but I just couldn't remember it for a while."
Qu Caifeng's eyes lit up and he quickly asked, "Aunt Qi, when did you hear of this Wan Gu Sect?"
Liu Qiniang thought about it carefully, but her eyes were still confused: "It's been too long, I really can't remember it very clearly. When did the old village leader mention this? When did it come?"
Li Cangxing suddenly said, "Senior Liu, what happened when you followed Lin's village master to Yunnan to escort Lord Yang Shen?"
Liu Qiniang slapped her thighs suddenly: "Yes, that's the matter, Daxia Li, how did you know?"
Chapter completed!