So, most of the houses here are hung high up.
Along the way, they didn’t encounter any of those snakes or bugs because Xiao Wen had a Five Poisons Talisman, which is quite powerful.
With it on you, those poisonous creatures dare not co close.
This ti should be when smoke rises from cooking, but there seems to be sothing off about this valley.
Gu Qiaoqiao, with her keen eyesight, looked over and saw at the center of the valley, there was indeed a massive tree with twisted roots, so big that five people couldn’t wrap their arms around it.
From her angle, it seed like the tree was in full bloom.
This must be the Thousand-Year Peach Blossom Tree Ling Nan ntioned, revered by the villagers as a deity. At the mont, it was surrounded by many, many people, and faint sounds of commotion could be heard.
Without hesitation, they hurriedly descended the steps into the valley.
A few minutes later, they stood at the village entrance.
A child, seeing Ling Nan along with Gu Qiaoqiao and Xiao Wen, turned his dark eyes, which looked like black grapes, toward them. The boy had his hair braided into a small bun.
His little face was suntanned quite dark but still very cute.
Ling Nan was also delighted to see this little boy, reaching out his hand, "Xiao Mutou, don’t you recognize Brother Xiao Nan?"
"Brother Xiao Nan." The little boy exclaid in delight, then darted toward Ling Nan like a bullet.
Ling Nan caught the boy, then held him high, spun him around a few tis, and finally set him down.
The boy was about seven or eight years old. Gu Qiaoqiao quickly opened her bag and handed him a handful of candies, smiling, "Little friend, these are the candies your Brother Xiao Nan bought for you, they’re so sweet..."
Candies, for kids of this era, are an unparalleled temptation.
This little boy was no exception.
Maybe he had heard adults ntion them, or maybe he had tasted one during the New Year.
Though this valley was quiet, the living conditions were not very good. People here could only live hand-to-mouth.
But people here were already used to it, and didn’t have high material demands.
And no one felt anything was abnormal; the clothes this child was wearing clearly didn’t fit, likely hand--downs from an older brother, patched several tis.
Gu Qiaoqiao thought that maybe she and Xiao Wen should buy so clothes for these children from the provincial city.
But there was plenty of ti. It wasn’t like they wouldn’t co back again after this visit; they could buy them in the future when they had the chance.
Xiao Mutou held the candies, staring dumbly as if he didn’t know what to do.
Ling Nan opened one and stuffed it into his mouth, casually patting his head while asking, "Why are there so many people gathered under the old peach tree? Wasn’t the day of worship already over?"
"Brother Xiao Nan, you must hurry over, a bad guy ca to our village, and the Clan Leader wants to burn him..."
Xiao Mutou said innocently.
He seed to have no concrete concept about burning soone alive, speaking sowhat unclearly with the candy in his mouth.
Gu Qiaoqiao frowned, burn soone to death?
Before Gu Qiaoqiao could open her mouth to ask, Ling Nan strode with the others toward the center of the village.
The village roads were quite clean, paved with long strips of bluestone, and moss filled the gaps between the stones.
It seed like it had just rained here, making the roads sowhat slippery to walk on.
But the village wasn’t large, and they soon reached the village center.
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