Ye Zheng himself didn't know how long he had been unconscious. When he just regained some consciousness, a rough and skinny hand lifted up his head and slowly fed him two bowls of gruel.
After eating several bowls of porridge, Ye Zheng's complexion improved significantly, and his mind slowly regained consciousness.
At this time, a young man's voice sounded in his ear: "Mom, can he survive?"
Rough hands gently put down Ye Zheng's head, and a woman's voice said displeasedly: "Dahu, don't talk nonsense, this little brother is just too hungry, just drink a few bowls of gruel to calm down."
It’s okay, let’s go, let’s go out and chop firewood first and let him rest for a while.”
After saying that, Ye Zheng only heard a "squeak" sound from the door, and two footsteps walked out one after another. After a while, there was a crackling sound of wood chopping outside.
After more than ten minutes, Ye Zheng felt that his weak physical strength had recovered a lot. He slowly opened his eyes and looked around.
He found himself lying in a simple and old wooden house. The walls of the house were covered with wild beast furs, the corners were filled with many ancient farming tools, and there were two wooden longbows hanging on the right side of the door.
, the bow was dark, old, and stained, so the owner must have been a hunter. The golden sunset shone through the crack in the door. Ye Zheng estimated that it was probably five or six o'clock in the evening. After calculating the time, he was probably
I fell into coma around eight o'clock in the morning. I have been asleep for nearly ten hours now.
Thinking of the fact that I fainted from hunger in the wilderness in the morning, if it hadn't been for the kind-hearted rescue of this hunter, I would have died by now. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel grateful to this kind-hearted hunter, and I struggled to get up from the bed.
Prepare to go out and thank people in person.
Pushing open the simple wooden door, Ye Zheng came outside and saw on the field outside the house, a thin black boy of 14 or 15 years old was chopping firewood with an axe. There were piles of chopped firewood on both sides.
The village woman was busy picking up the chopped firewood one by one and placing them neatly under the eaves. The village woman was about forty years old, plainly dressed, and had a thin and yellow face, although her face was covered with some wrinkles.
and sweat, but he looks so kind and simple.
The young man who was chopping firewood saw Ye Zheng walking out of the room and immediately smiled kindly at him, showing his white teeth. At this time, the village woman also looked up at Ye Zheng and said with a smile: "Brother,
You woke up, do you feel better now?"
Ye Zheng was filled with gratitude at this time. He walked quickly to the two of them and suddenly knelt on the ground with a "pop" sound. "Auntie, I... I really don't know how to repay you. Please bear with me."
bye……"
"Brother, what are you doing? Get up quickly, get up quickly. You haven't recovered yet, so you can't be so tormented." The village woman saw Ye Zheng suddenly prostrate to the ground, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop her. When she turned around, she saw the boy chopping firewood.
He was looking at this side with a shocked face, and then he said with displeasure: "You kid, why are you so stunned? Why don't you come over quickly and help help this little brother up!"
After hearing this, the young man hurriedly threw down his ax and ran over. He hurriedly helped Ye Zheng, who was kneeling on the ground, with the village woman.
With the support of the boy and the village woman, Ye Zheng was sent back to the house by his mother and father. The kind village woman kept nagging him, saying that he had been hungry and exhausted for so long and should lie in bed to rest more.
Don't run around everywhere, otherwise it will be detrimental to your body's recovery.
Listening to the village woman's caring nagging, Ye Zheng felt warm in his heart, which reminded him of his mother who had died many years ago. Back then, her mother was just like her, nagging in his ears all day long, saying this and that.
Well, thinking of this, Ye Zheng's eyes turned red, and he couldn't help but lie down on the wooden bed obediently. Looking at the kind face full of wrinkles, Ye Zheng found that the words of gratitude he had prepared were so pale and unnecessary.
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The village woman carefully covered Ye Zheng with a quilt and said with a smile: "Brother, you can rest in peace now. I will make dinner later and cook some broth to replenish your health." After that,
, then closed the door and left.
After hearing the kind village woman's caring words, Ye Zheng felt even more grateful, and secretly decided to repay them well after he recovered.
How should we repay this kind-hearted person?
Ye Zheng thought about it for a long time. He now has no money and no gold or silver treasures. The only thing he has on his body is a few inconspicuous jade pendants, but who knows whether these things are worth anything? He looked at the wall.
It was covered with animal skins and long bows, and I couldn't help but think to myself: "Since they are hunters, I will help them hunt more prey in the future to repay them. Anyway, I have pistol bullets, so I should be better than theirs no matter what."
The bow and arrow are strong, well, that’s all. Hey? It’s over, why is my pistol missing? It’s over, it’s over, didn’t it fall on the mountain before fainting?”
Ye Zheng touched his chest and found that the pistol was missing. He was shocked and couldn't help but search around the room. Finally, he found them on the small wooden table next to the bed. Three pistols and several boxes of ammunition were placed on it.
, I think it must have been the village woman who took it out of her clothes because she was afraid that they would make her feel uncomfortable.
"Woof woof!"
At this time, a burst of excited barking came from far outside the house, and at the same time, a young man's sonorous voice also came over. "Brother, mother, I went up and down the mountain and came back. What did you see?"
"What a big pheasant! Xiaohu, you are very lucky today." The boy chopping firewood chuckled.
The village woman smiled and said: "This is a good time to stew some chicken soup for my little brother to try. Dahu, hurry up and boil some water so that the chicken feathers can be peeled off later."
At this time, the young man named Xiaohu asked: "Mom, how is the man we rescued from the mountain this morning doing now?"
"That little brother, he has woken up. He should be fine after a while of resting. Now go and help your brother light the fire. Mom has to go wash rice and cook dinner."
"Okay!..."
At dinner, Ye Zheng, the village woman, mother and son gathered around a wooden table to eat. It was obvious that they lived in poverty. In addition to the pheasant in the pot, there were two other bowls of unknown food.
Wild vegetables, the rice grains in the rice bowl are very yellow and rough, and there is a faint musty smell in your mouth when you chew it. You can tell at a glance that the quality of this rice is very low. It is completely different from the white and soft Thai fragrant rice that Ye Zheng often consumed in his previous life.
Pearl rice makes a world of difference.
Although the meal was not very sumptuous and not delicious, Ye Zheng was extremely happy with it. It is conceivable that if a person has been hungry for five days without eating properly, even eating grass roots and bark will taste delicious
Moreover, at the dinner table, the village woman and her family were very enthusiastic and kept bringing him vegetables and chicken, including the chicken legs and wings of a pheasant and other meaty parts, almost all of which ended up in Ye Zheng's belly.
So, that night, he ate very full. He had never been so full in his life.
After the meal, Ye Zheng became familiar with the family. When the village woman asked about his life experience, he made up an excuse to fool her, saying that his hometown was hit by a disaster and he fled here.
, you can't tell them that you have traveled from the earth. Anyway, the people in the mountain village are simple and kind-hearted, and they don't doubt that what he said is false.
After talking to the village woman, I learned that her name was Chen Daogu, and people in the village generally called her Chen Gu. She was brought to this small mountain village through a matchmaker 20 years ago. Her husband was arrested by the government five years ago.
After the people captured the young men and sent them to work as laborers, they never came back. It is said that they died from overwork when they were building defenses at Cangliang Pass. At that time, Aunt Chen became a widow with two children under ten years old.
The child's life was very difficult, and she often had to go without a meal. If it weren't for the sympathy and relief from the villagers, she and her two children would have died of hunger long ago. Therefore, when they saw the dying child
Ye Zhengshi decided to rescue them without hesitation, because they were rescued in the same way back then.
The small mountain village where Chen Gu lives is called Niujia Village. There are not many households in the village, only 19 households. Basically all of them make a living by hunting. Moreover, everyone in the village is named Niu, and her two sons are named Niu Dahu.
Wagyu Xiaohu. The two brothers are twins. Dahu is the elder brother, who is dark and thin, but has a more stable and sensible personality. Xiaohu is the younger brother, who is dark and strong, has brute force, but has a very fiery personality.
He is impulsive and often gets into fights when he disagrees with others. For this reason, he often makes Aunt Chen angry and worried.
In addition, Ye Zheng also vaguely learned from Chen Gu that they were subjects of the Great Lie Empire, and that Niujia Village where they were located was a small town on the border of Qingjiang County of the Great Lie Empire. Currently, Qingjiang County
The governor is King Liang. I heard that King Liang is still a prince of the Emperor of Great Lie Kingdom. Because he has been granted the title of vassal king, he came to Qingjiang County to join the vassal state. At the same time, the entire Qingjiang County is also the fiefdom of King Liang. He is the entire
The supreme ruler of Qingjiang County.
After learning this strange information from Aunt Chen, Ye Zheng was stunned!
Great Lie Empire? Qingjiang County?
Damn it, what the hell is this place? Why haven't you heard of it in history before? Could it be that the world after your rebirth is not the historical world that you are familiar with?
After thinking for a long time, Ye Zheng finally understood that he had come to a strange era that was completely different from what was recorded in history. This was a strange world. But the only thing that made Ye Zheng happy was that although this world was strange, it had passed through all aspects of
Through understanding and observation, he is sure that this world still belongs to the age of cold weapons. As long as it is the age of cold weapons, then the unlimited arsenal he possesses can be put to use, and he can realize his dream of being a warlord and hegemon here.
Thinking of this, Ye Zheng felt much better. In order to know more about this strange world, he asked Chen Gu a lot of questions, but Chen Gu couldn't answer many of them because she had been there in her life.
The farthest place was the market in the town, and she never went anywhere else. Basically, what she just told Ye Zheng she heard from others.
After Ye Zheng and Aunt Chen's mother and son chatted for a while, seeing that it was getting late, they all prepared to go to bed. Since there were only two rooms in Aunt Chen's house with beds, Ye Zheng, Dahu and Xiaohu could only stay together.
The room was crowded.
Before going to bed, brothers Dahu and Xiaohu saw Ye Zheng sitting by the bed, wiping a pistol with a rag, and couldn't help but curiously asked: "Brother Ye, what are the iron lumps in your hands? It's so strange, we have never seen anything like this before.
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Ye Zheng chuckled and casually made up: "This thing is a hidden weapon. It has been passed down from ancestors and is used for self-defense and life-saving. It is very powerful."
When Xiaohu heard this, he became more energetic and hurriedly leaned over and asked: "Is the hidden weapon real or fake? How powerful is it? Can it shoot a fox?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Zheng said proudly: "Tsk, it doesn't matter if you shoot a fox. With my hidden weapon, let alone foxes, I will still shoot wild boars and black bears!"
The two brothers Dahu and Xiaohu rolled their eyes after hearing this. "Bragging, you want to shoot tigers and giant bears with such a small piece of iron on your hand, it is simply bragging! Niu Sanyan, the best hunter in Niujia Village,
He can only kill an adult roe deer thirty paces (about 36 meters) away with a good elm bow and an ironwood sword head. Is this thing in your hand better than the elm bow of Brother Sanyan?
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Seeing the disbelief on the faces of the two brothers, Ye Zheng couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly: "Whether this thing in my hand is powerful or not, I'll find out if I go hunting with you in the mountains in a few days?"
After hearing what Ye Zheng said, the two brothers yawned disapprovingly and went to sleep.