Chapter seven hundred and sixty-five living alone in the mountains
"Go home?"
Ren Qingrui heard Young Master Liu's question and gently spread her green-white hands.
"Otherwise? We can't just wander around the streets like this forever, right?
Don't you feel tired? Sister, I am.
You know, before I met you, Daguoguo, I spent half a day collecting herbs in the mountains and forests!
Then it took such a long journey to sell herbal medicine in the city, but now the herbal medicine has been sold to Sister Ning'er.
If I don’t go home and rest, what else can I do?”
Liu Mingzhi nodded lightly and casually tied the wine bag in his hand around his waist.
"That's true."
Ren Qingrui raised her hand and took off the medicine basket from her body, and put it directly into Young Master Liu's hand.
"Da Guoguo, sister, I have lived in your home for so long, and today you are also going to be a guest at my sister's house.
Let’s go, sister, I will lead the way for you.”
Liu Mingzhi looked at the medicine basket in his hand, frowned slightly and looked at Ren Qingrui, who motioned for him to follow, but did not move to follow.
Ren Yatou is going home, should I go back with her?
If he went to her house with her, he would definitely meet her parents.
Because of what happened back then, I didn't have much favorable impression of Ren Wenyue.
If possible, I really don't want to meet him.
However, if he didn't follow her back, it would mean that he and Yatou Ren had just reunited and they would have to part ways in a hurry again.
If that's the case, I don't know what this girl should be thinking about.
On the one hand, he wanted to meet Ren Wenyue, a person he didn't like very much, and on the other hand, he and Ren Yatou had just reunited and had to say goodbye in a hurry.
With these two paths in front of me, it’s really hard to choose!
What to do? Go or not go?
"Da Guoguo, why are you so stunned? Hurry up and catch up."
Liu Mingzhi came to his senses amidst Ren Qingrui's shouts. He held the medicine basket in one hand and the horse rein in the other and walked towards Ren Qingrui, who was waving to him.
“Girl, for my brother’s sake, why don’t you go home alone?”
Ren Qingrui had just taken two steps with swaying steps, when she suddenly stopped when she heard Young Master Liu's words, and quickly turned sideways and looked towards him.
"Why?"
"There's no reason, I just feel it's quite inconvenient."
"Then! If I go home by myself, girl, how will you do the class work, Daguoguo?"
"Probably back to Beijing."
"No, the two of us have just met, and we haven't had time to reminisce about the past. How can you go back to Beijing, Da Guoguo?
No, no, I don’t agree, sister.”
Liu Mingzhi was silent for a moment and sighed with a complicated expression.
"Then let's do this. For my brother's sake, I'll find an inn in the city to stay at first.
Girl, wait until you have regained your energy tomorrow and then come see me as your brother."
"Da Guoguo, sister, I have a place to stay at home, why do you need to stay in an inn?
It's a waste of money, not to mention that you don't have the comfort of living at home.
Oh, just listen to me, sister, and live in my house, that’s it.”
"But, this is really inconvenient."
When Ren Qingrui heard that Young Master Liu had rejected her invitation again, she frowned slightly and lifted the veil in front of her.
Seeing Mr. Liu's slightly furrowed brows and complicated expression, Ren Qingrui turned his bright eyes slightly, as if he had thought of something.
Ren Qingrui's pretty face rolled her eyes angrily, put down the gauze in her hand, reached out and took Young Master Liu's wrist and walked forward directly.
"Da Guoguo, sister, I understand. What you call inconvenience is because you don't want to see my old man, right?"
Young Master Liu couldn't help but look a little embarrassed when he heard Ren Qingrui's words revealing his true thoughts.
"Girl, I, hi!"
Ren Qingrui dodged the pedestrians coming from the opposite side and looked back at Young Master Liu.
"Da Guoguo, don't worry, just go home with me.
Just put your heart in your stomach, sister, I won't make it difficult for you.
Just follow me home, sister, and you will know what is going on later."
Ren Qingrui's words made Liu Dashao hesitate for a moment, and then he allowed her to lead him forward.
At the same time, there was a vague sense of curiosity in my heart.
It won't embarrass me.
What do you mean? Could it be that Yatou Ren doesn’t live with her parents?
While Young Master Liu was secretly guessing, Ren Qingrui led Young Master Liu straight to the north gate of Chengzhou.
After about half a stick of incense had passed, Liu Mingzhi looked at the city gate in front of him and couldn't help but look puzzled.
"Girl, don't you want to go home? Why are you here at the city gate?"
"Just follow me, sister, and I will come."
"All right."
Under the increasingly puzzled expression of Young Master Liu, Ren Qingrui pulled Young Master Liu all the way out of the North City Gate of Chengzhou.
Young Master Liu glanced at the long official road with no end in sight, and couldn't suppress the doubts in his heart.
"No, girl, what is going on with you?
Go home, why are you out of town?"
Ren Qingrui released her slender hand from holding Young Master Liu's wrist, raised her hand to stroke Feng Xing's horse's mane, and under Young Master Liu's puzzled gaze, she directly turned over and sat on the horse's back.
"Da Guoguo, you are such a smart person, why can't you see it now? My sister, I don't live with my parents."
"How should I put it? Just now, brother, I carefully considered what you said to me.
You said you wouldn't embarrass me, so I guessed that you might not live with your parents.
But even if you don’t live with them, you don’t have to go out of the city, right?”
As Liu Mingzhi spoke, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Ren Qingrui who was riding on horseback.
"Girl, you're not going to tell me that you live outside the city, are you?"
"Yes, congratulations on your correct answer."
"What? Do you really live outside the city?"
"Of course. Didn't I tell you the answer just now?"
"No, with the money you have, it's a piece of cake to buy a house in the city and live there.
If you don't live in the city, how come you live outside the city?"
"Well, you don't have to worry about this. Anyway, I just like her."
"Then which village or village do you live outside the city?"
Ren Qingrui gently moved her hips forward a few times, then reached out and patted the horse's back.
"Don't ask so many questions, you will naturally know when you get to Da Guoguo.
Now, hurry up and get on the horse!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Ren Qingrui, who was betraying him, and shook his head helplessly.
He first put the medicine basket in his hand behind his back, then turned over and sat on the horse.
Liu Mingzhi took the horse rein from Ren Qingrui's hand, nodded and glanced at the beauty who was naturally nestled in his arms, and lightly whipped the riding crop.
"Tell me, where to go?"
"Now, just go straight on, it's about five and a half miles."
"About five and a half miles, right?"
"Well, my sister will tell you in advance when it's almost here."
"Sit tight."
"got it."
Liu Mingzhi clamped his horse's belly and swung the whip in his hand heavily.
"drive!"
Feng Xing, who was walking slowly, immediately sped up after hearing Master Liu's order, and started galloping on the official road with his hooves rolling.
For Feng Xing, the distance of five and a half miles would only take a moment at best.
"Da Guoguo, please slow down a little. Just turn left at the intersection ahead."
"Xu~"
When Liu Mingzhi heard Ren Qingrui's reminder, he immediately tugged on the horse's reins and slowed down the speed of his attack.
"Girl, is that the intersection in front of us about seventy or eighty steps away?"
"Yes, yes, that's the intersection."
Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly and steered Feng Xing toward the intersection pointed by Ren Qingrui.
When the two of them rushed to the intersection, Mr. Liu's expression was slightly startled.
"Girl, this road looks like the road leading to the mountain ahead? Are you sure you didn't take the wrong road?"
"My dear, I walk on this road every once in a while. Of course I won't admit it. You just keep walking forward."
When Liu Mingzhi heard Ren Qingrui's extremely certain words, he nodded with a strange expression.
"All right."
"drive."
Liu Mingzhi rode his horse and walked about a mile, a look of doubt flashed in his eyes again.
"Girl, it doesn't look like a village in front of you. Are you sure you live here?"
"Okay, sure, just go ahead. In about a mile and a half, you will reach the place where my sister lives."
Young Master Liu really couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Ren Qingrui's gourd, so he had no choice but to move forward again.
No matter what, I'd better listen to this girl for now and talk about it later when we get to the home she mentioned.
After about a few cups of tea, Ren Qingrui suddenly straightened her waist, took off the gauze bamboo hat on her head, and raised her hand to point forward.
"Da Guoguo, look, the house in front is my sister's home."
Liu Mingzhi pulled the reins of his horse and looked directly in the direction of Ren Qingrui's finger.
In front of me, on a piece of flat land halfway up the mountain, a small fenced courtyard built against the mountain came directly into Young Master Liu's sight.
Except for the small fenced courtyard, there were no other houses around.
"Ya... girl, this is your home?"
"Yeah, how about it? Doesn't it look very unique?"
"It's quite unique, but you live here alone, don't you have any neighbors around you?"
"Yeah, it's nice to live alone."
As Ren Qingrui spoke, she reached out and grabbed Young Master Liu's arm, turned over and jumped off the horse.
"Da Guoguo, let's go and take a look at my sister's home."
Liu Mingzhi nodded blankly, got off his horse, took the reins and followed.
"Girl, how long have you lived here alone?"
"It's been more than a year. After returning to Shu from the capital, my sister and I moved here in about two months."
"What? You've lived here for so long?"
"Yes, I've been living there for more than a year before I knew it."
Liu Mingzhi nodded with a strange expression and looked around at the surrounding environment.
"Brother Wei, I thought you lived in a village outside the city. I didn't expect you actually live at the foot of the mountain."
"This mountain is called Sanquan Mountain because there are three springs at the foot of the mountain that gush sweet spring water all year round.
The spring water gushing from those three springs tastes particularly sweet and delicious.
Four miles southeast of the foot of the mountain, there is Chenjia Village. The people in the village come here every once in a while to get spring water.
My sister, I rely on those springs for washing and cooking.
The three springs are just over a hundred steps ahead. After we take a rest, sister, I will lead you to take a look.
Daguoguo, let you also taste the sweet spring water."
"good."
"Da Guoguo, sister, the air here at my house is not only fresh, but the environment is also very quiet.
It makes people stay away from the hustle and bustle of the world, not to mention how comfortable it is.
Listening to the clear and sweet chirping of birds in the forest every morning is the greatest joy of my life here."
"Girl, no matter how good the environment here is, no matter how comfortable your life will be.
However, it is too dangerous for a girl like you to live here alone.
If you encounter some evil person with evil intentions in daily life, how can you, a girl, protect yourself?
Furthermore, there are many ferocious beasts in the mountains and forests. How can you, a weak woman without the strength to restrain a chicken, be a match for those ferocious beasts?
Brother Wei, I am not saying this to curse you, but for your safety.
Girl, you are a little too courageous."
"Da Guoguo, how can there be so many evil people in the world? There are still more good people."
"Yes, girl, you are right, there are indeed more good people in the world.
However, no matter how many good people there are, there will still be evil ones.
Once you meet a bad person, it will be too late to regret it.
Brother, don’t live here anymore, it’s too dangerous for you to be here alone.”
Knowing that Ren Qingrui lived here alone, Liu Mingzhi was naturally worried.
After hearing Young Master Liu's advice, Ren Qingrui raised her lips and smiled sweetly.
"Da Guoguo, I know all the girls you mentioned.
But, sister, I am a little girl. Since I dare to live here alone, I must have my own confidence.
Don't worry, my sister, nothing will happen to me!"
"You have so much confidence. We've known each other for so long, and I still don't know what you are like?"
Listening to Young Master Liu's angry words, Ren Qingrui rolled her eyes with a pretty face.
"Da Guoguo, I've been away for three days, treat each other with admiration, don't you keep looking at people through the crack in the door, okay?"
"Brother, I don't mean to look down on you. What I said is the truth."
"Not always."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Ren Qingrui's confident expression, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.
Judging from the serious expression on this girl's face, it doesn't look like she was joking.
Could it be that this girl really has some confidence that she doesn't know about?
Liu Mingzhi discussed it secretly in his heart, turned to look at Ren Qingrui and asked curiously: "Okay, girl, tell me, brother, what confidence you have."
"Okay, sister, I'll let Da Guoguo open your eyes."
Ren Qingrui narrowed her eyes and took out a strange-looking bamboo flute from her arms with a smile on her face.
Young Master Liu couldn't help but frown when he saw the strange bamboo flute in Ren Qingrui's hand.
Why does this bamboo flute look a bit like the one on Lian'er's body?
Ren Qingrui's ten green-white jade fingers flexibly turned the bamboo flute in his hand, and handed it to Young Master Liu with a smile.
"Hey, Da Guoguo, you can see for yourself."
Liu Mingzhi took the bamboo flute from Ren Qingrui's hand and looked at it carefully.
I saw it right. The appearance of this bamboo flute is indeed very similar to the bamboo flute Lian'er is wearing.
Although there is a slight difference, it is not too big.
Lian'er's bamboo flute is used to control poisonous insects.
And this girl's bamboo flute is so similar to the one in Lian'er's hand.
Could it be?
"Girl, have you learned the art of poisoning from Lian'er?"