Daughter's Space: Yipin Pastoral Concubine

Chapter 12 013: This person is very familiar
"Eat slowly, there is still enough, don't choke." Su Xi sighed in her heart, and brought a bowl of tea to Xiao Ke.

Before fleeing the famine, Xiao Ke's uncle and aunt had evil intentions and wanted to sell her to a family as a child bride.In order to prevent her from escaping, she was locked up for several days without food or drink.

Later, when he was about to flee famine, he couldn't care less about selling Xiao Ke, but he didn't take her away either.If he hadn't heard someone shouting outside to flee the famine, Xiao Ke, who was dying of starvation, might starve to death in the woodshed.

Not wanting to starve to death like this, Xiao Ke climbed out of the window of the woodshed and picked up the leftovers that her uncle and aunt didn't want, so she could persist in meeting Su Xi.

Xiao Ke's tenacity made Su Xi seem to see herself fleeing from the Su family, and without hesitation helped the little girl who had fallen down on the official road and almost fainted from starvation.

In order to repay her for saving her life, Xiao Ke said that he would sell himself into slavery.She didn't agree, but asked Xiao Ke if he would like to be his sister.

Xiao Ke didn't hesitate, and nodded again and again: "I am willing, I am willing."

Since then, Su Xi has had a younger sister, Xiao Ke, by her side, and she is no longer alone.Among the refugees fleeing famine, it is no longer too conspicuous.

Along the way, Su Xi tried his best to improve the food for the two of them in places where others could not see.She can endure hunger, Xiao Ke is still too young, if she is too hungry, she will starve to death.

After walking with the refugees fleeing famine for a while, she didn't continue to follow, but took Xiao Ke away from the crowd and turned to another road.

Another ten days passed, and the distance from Yangcheng became farther and farther.She could vaguely see the appearance of the village and town from a distance, and her tense heart slowly relaxed.

It was getting late, and it was impossible for them to rush to that big village after nightfall.I can only find a place nearby to spend the night, and wait until dawn before continuing on my way.

"Sister, look. There seems to be an earth temple in front." Since she recognized Xiao Ke as her younger sister, she asked Xiao Ke to follow her and call her Su Ke.

It was Su Ke's sharp eyes that first spotted an earth temple not far ahead.

The Earth Temple is not big, except for a sculpture of the Lord of the Earth, there is also an altar made of elm.There is a small censer on the altar table, there are scattered ashes around the censer, and there are four plates of offering fruits that look old.

The two bowed to the land couple three times, and then packed up a place where they could sleep in an airtight corner inside.

The wind was still cold in the early spring night, so they picked up some dead branches and lit a bonfire, which could not only keep warm but also bake the steamed buns with three-sided noodles.

Su Xi, who was imprisoned for 18 years and fed poison, is not a sick child with no power to restrain the chicken.Even though she was locked in that palm-sized place, she still insisted on exercising.

Only after those scumbags from the Su family betrayed her, she was able to get out of the Wu family's sedan chair with good health.

In order not to cause trouble for herself, Su Xi deliberately painted her face yellow.It's just that she looks sallow and thin, so that people won't feel bad because she is a weak woman.

After walking all day today, she didn't feel too tired.It shows that her body is getting healthier and healthier under the conditioning of Lingquan Lingye.

The bonfire was fully burning, and the steamed buns were roasted on it, and after a while, bursts of aroma came out.

The two shared three steamed buns, and had a delicious dinner with the pickles that Su Xi had prepared in advance.

Put the sharp dead branches around before going to bed, so that if someone suddenly breaks in at night, they can pick up the dead branches for self-defense as soon as they find out.

Su Ke slept inside, and Su Xi, who was older than her, slept outside. The two sisters cuddled together and gradually fell asleep.

The first half of the night was calm, but the calm was broken in the second half of the night.

Su Xi was the first to wake up, and there was a fluttering sound of startled birds outside the Earth Temple.She opened her eyes suddenly, without moving, but first grabbed the dead branch for self-defense, and pointed the sharp end in the direction of the temple gate.

"Sister..." Su Ke was also awakened, and the sound of birds flying around in panic lasted for a long time.As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Su Xi staring at the temple door nervously and warily.

"It seems that someone is coming." Without turning her head, Su Xi kept staring in the direction of the temple gate.

The night was dark, and although there was moonlight, it was still hazy and hard to see clearly.But the movement of the birds rushing up to the sky was so loud that it was hard to see clearly.

Su Ke leaned over and grabbed a dead branch.On the way to escape from famine, they were also targeted by people, one big and one small.It was Su Xi who made a decisive decision and pulled her to another road to get rid of some people.

There were still people who did not give up and continued to follow, and it was Su Xi who took her and beat away the guy who was going to snatch their bags.

After guarding by the campfire for a while, Su Xi beckoned and led Su Ke to the temple gate quietly.

Looking through a narrow gap, it is a bit blurry and not very clear.In the blur, Su Xi seemed to see a tall and straight figure who looked like Xiuzhu.

Inexplicably, Su Xi took a few more glances, and she felt that the bamboo-like figure outside the temple gate looked familiar.

It seemed that she had seen it before, but she couldn't remember it for a while.

The night wind also gradually became stronger, whistling, and the long tree shadows that were dragged messily hit the tight temple gates of the Earth Temple, and some even got through the gaps and were thrown into the Earth Temple, letting the people in the Earth Temple The atmosphere became inexplicably tense.

"Sister, he seems to be the only one?" Su Ke's small face was almost pressed against the temple door, and she looked out hard.

"For the time being, he is the only one." Su Xi stood on the right side of the temple gate, and raised the dead branch in his hand high.If the person outside the door broke in, he would still have time to give him a severe blow.

Until she couldn't tell whether the person who came was good or bad, she still had the idea that she couldn't let her guard down.

"Sister, he seems to be injured?" Su Ke whispered, and also raised the dead branch in her hand.

Su Xi also saw clearly, the figure outside had one arm hanging down, and one hand was pressed on the hanging arm that couldn't move.

"If he doesn't come, don't disturb him. If he comes, just..."

She didn't relax because the man outside the door was injured, and she still held up the dead branch in her hand.In the middle of the night, the dilapidated earth temple, the injured man, these are all too familiar, and they are very similar to the scenes in the novels, movies and TV dramas she has read.

It's not that she's too cold and mean to treat this person with death.But the injured person is not necessarily a good person, and of course it cannot be said that he is a bad person.It's just that on such a thrilling night, she had to consider her own safety before saving others.

(End of this chapter)