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Chapter 39 Going Down the Mountain
one year later.

It was winter, and Huaying was going down the mountain to return to her hometown.

Before leaving, she ran to a tomb in Houshan with a bouquet of white chrysanthemums in her arms, placed the white chrysanthemums beside the stele, knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times.

"Master, Ying'er is going home today. This is a white chrysanthemum planted by Ying'er. I hope Master will like it."

"Master, over the past year, my senior sister and I have missed you very much. We miss you very much. In the spring of next year, after visiting relatives, Yinger will come back to be with you. Master is not to blame for leaving these few months."

"Master, Yinger is going to me now."

Although she tried her best to restrain her emotions, after a few words, Huaying couldn't help but burst into tears.Wiping the corners of his eyes, he finally took a look at Master's tombstone, and finally turned and left.

The tomb of the mentor Chai He.

Closing her eyes, the series of handwriting engraved on the stele was forever etched in Huaying's mind.It wasn't until the day when she carved a stele for Master that she knew Master's name for the first time, but it also became a name that she could hardly mention anymore.

After leaving, this Qingya Mountain is no longer inhabited, I don't know if Master can endure the loneliness here.

As soon as she was about to leave, a sense of sadness lingered in Huaying's heart. She wiped away her tears and walked back to the bamboo house with firm steps.

There, a girl with black hair and white clothes has been waiting for a long time.

"Junior Sister, have you ever said goodbye to Master?"

Qin Xiangzhi looked at the tears that hadn't dried up on the face of the person who came, and felt a bit of pain while sighing in her heart.

It's been a year, and it's been a whole year since their master left. Everything that happened during this time is a painful memory, and neither of them want to think about it again.

"Ah."

Huaying adjusted her mood, nodded, and then asked, "I'm leaving soon, won't Senior Sister talk to Master?"

"No need."

Qin Xiangzhi shook her head and said, "I've finished what I need to say last night, let's set off immediately."

"it is good."

Huaying suddenly realized why she didn't see her senior sister when she got up this morning. It turned out that she had been guarding the master's tomb last night and did not return.

Come to think of it, the senior sister should have told the master a lot.

After packing up their bags, the two of them came to the master's room together, closed the door solemnly, then checked the courtyard, and after confirming that everything was packed properly, they formally closed the courtyard door and left the small courtyard side by side .

Carrying four years of memories, Huaying was quite reluctant to look back again and again, and finally walked down Qingya Mountain under the urging of her senior sister.

"Junior Sister, let's part now. We will come back next year after we go home to visit our families."

Qin Xiangzhi's eyes showed disappointment, she stretched out her hand to touch Huaying's cheek, and said regretfully, "Be careful on the road, senior sister won't see you off."

"Senior Sister, you must have missed your parents after being away for a long time, so go home early, I can do it by myself." Huaying shook her head and said disapprovingly.

She has been on the mountain for four years, and Qin Xiangzhi has been there for longer, and she has never returned to her hometown to visit her family during this period. At this time, she probably misses her relatives even more than she does. It is reasonable for the two of them to part here.

"See you next year!"

"See you next year!"

The two teachers and sisters bid farewell to each other, and after leaving the foot of the mountain, one went east and the other went west, each facing one side.

Huaying's goal is very clear, first go back to Dongqing County, then go to Qingyang Town, and then go home to Yangshan Village.This road is long, at least four to five hundred miles long, and the direction is very clear, all the way to the east.

On the way back to her hometown, she has both the sadness of parting and the longing for her relatives in her hometown. She stops and stops along the way. After practicing martial arts, she will not feel too tired because of the long journey.

It's just that the strength of your feet is limited, and you can travel for half a day every day, which is only two to three hundred miles.Although there is the "Huaiguo Territory Map", the pipelines of small counties and small towns are not very detailed on the map, and some detours are unavoidable during the period.

A day later, they entered the boundary of Dongqing County, and after another half day, they finally arrived at Dongqing County.

Dongqing County is the most eastern county among the six counties in Yongzhou, and Qingyang Town is also the easternmost town of Dongqing County, almost close to the border of neighboring countries.

This county is the same as Xiqing County, which Huaying had visited once, with a large population. Since it was getting late, Huaying decided not to go on her way, and temporarily stayed here for one night.

Said it was a temporary stay, but in fact, she could directly sleep in the jade pendant space, without having to spend money to stay in a hotel.

However, considering that there are many people in this place, it is not like the desolate wilderness where you can go in and out at will. If the jade pendant is accidentally picked up by others, it will inevitably cause some unnecessary troubles.

Therefore, after Huaying entered the city, she first found a medicinal herb shop and picked a young yellow ginseng from the herbs she carried with her. After some bargaining, she got a few taels of silver.

How can it cost so much to stay in the hotel, basically ranging from a few dozen to a hundred copper coins, five or six taels of silver is enough for her to live for two or three months.

Excluding the cost of staying in the hotel, the remaining money Huaying plans to buy some gifts and other things to take home. She has been away from home for many years and has not been able to honor her parents. When she comes back this time, she must at least improve the living conditions at home.

Five or six taels is definitely not enough. After arriving in Qingyang Town, I will sell a few more herbs, and then I will buy a few more cattle and sheep to go home and drive three carriages back.

Thinking that she would be home tomorrow at the latest, Huaying was so excited that she didn't sleep well all night.

Early the next morning, she got up and hurried on her way. After leaving the city, she arrived at Qingyang Town before noon.

Looking at the high earthen city wall outside Qingyang Town, and recalling the scene of being carried into the city by Huadaomen's carriage four years ago, she couldn't help feeling a little sore in her nose.

Two idiots. Gouwa
Thinking of these childhood playmates, Huaying felt like a lifetime away. If there hadn't been that Huadaomen four years ago, and what happened that day, she might still be happily playing with these little friends in the village at this time.

But now, among the seven or eight children who left home together, she was the only one left.

"Chemical Knife Gate. Flying Fox Gate."

Huaying chanted these two names, and couldn't help clenching her fists, "It won't be too far, idiot, I will avenge you."

After entering the city, Huaying went to a medicine shop to exchange some silver taels as before, and then went to the market in the town, picked a few good cattle and sheep, bought a lot of goods and daily necessities, and then went to the car rental shop Prepare to hire some carriages.

The steward of the car workshop is an old man in his 70s and [-]s. Seeing that she was carrying so many things, he couldn't help asking curiously: "Girl, which village are you going to? These things are worth a lot of money. In the past two years or so, we can't help but ask." The side is not peaceful, beware of being robbed by horse thieves on the road."

"Old man, I'm going to Yangshan Village. You should know about Yangshan Village, right? Are there horse thieves here? I've never heard of it before." Huaying said with a smile, the joy of returning home immediately filled her face .

"There are a lot of horse thieves. Since last year's severe drought, the villages in the nearby ten miles and eight townships have suffered from food shortages and plagues. After the plagues have ended, there have been bandits shortages. It's hard. Many villages are almost wiped out by horse thieves."

The old steward said with a sigh, obviously because of this matter, his car rental shop's business has been greatly affected.

"Well, it's hard to find these carriages now, they've all been confiscated by the government. Girl, do you think the donkey carts will work? Old man, I'll call some more coachmen for you. You can't drive so many carts by yourself."

"Donkey carts are fine too." Huaying didn't pay too much attention, don't care about horse carts and donkey carts, as long as they can pull goods.

"Okay, okay, I'll arrange it right away, go to Yangshan Village, right? Then Yangshan Village should be in the east"

The old manager suddenly paused when he said this, then his eyes widened, and he said in a strange tone, "Girl, Yangshan Village was wiped out by the plague last year. Are you sure the place you want to go to is Yangshan Village?"

(End of this chapter)