It was already broad daylight when the leader woke up. He tossed and turned all night last night. When he woke up, he was still not in a good mood, but thinking that he could leave tonight, he hurriedly got up and put on his clothes.

After leaving the house, I saw the old man sitting on a wooden chair by the yard last night, holding a wine gourd and pouring wine into his mouth.

The leader hesitated for a moment, but decided to show some face to the seniors of Tianyimen, walked over and saluted as a junior and said, "Uncle Chi."

Uncle Chi raised his eyelids, glanced at Ye Yichen, and said nonchalantly, "What time is it, I just got up, there is food on the stove, fetch water to the stream in front, I can do whatever I want by myself. At this age, I don't want to serve the young master."

When the leader heard this, he was annoyed. Whether it was in Hanlan Sect or Tianyimen, he was indeed used to being served. Hearing the old man's sarcasm at this time, although he was dissatisfied, he was leaving tonight, there was no need Comparing with an ordinary old man.

Ye Yichen's small face was tense, he turned and entered the room, refusing to look at the old man again.

When he returned to the house, he saw a large basin on the stove, under the basin was a bowl of sweet potatoes, a bowl of gruel and a plate of pickled vegetables.

After taking the cloth towel and tooth powder, the leader walked out the door with a cold face, as if the cynical old man at the door did not exist.

After leaving the small courtyard, Ye Yichen walked along the path and checked the surrounding environment.

Uncle Chi's small courtyard is located in a mountain depression, with a gurgling stream flowing towards the south, and further south of the stream is a large field. At this time, the winter wheat has not been harvested, and the well-divided fields are planted with neat wheat. , several farmers in bunts were weeding the fields.On the north side, some high and low houses are irregularly arranged, a total of six houses are embedded in the trees surrounded by green onions.

Ye Yichen walked to the creek, and saw several children with their sleeves and trousers rolled up high, catching fish in the water with bamboo baskets. He silently walked up the stream to wash his face, dipped a willow stick in tooth powder, and washed his teeth. .

The children were very curious when they saw him, and they stopped catching fish, and whispered to each other, pushing and shoving, no one was ashamed to come and talk.

After Ye Yichen finished washing and was about to leave, one of the older boys asked loudly, "Who are you? Why haven't I seen you?"

The leader glanced at the boy who was speaking. He was about twelve or thirteen years old, he was thin, his hair was disheveled, his little black face was dirty, and there were two coats of mud on it.

The leader asked, "Who are you?"

"My name is Zhuzi, and I belong to the Chen family. I know everyone in Taishan Col, but I've never seen you!" the monkey-like boy said proudly with his hands on his hips.

A girl with braids next to her also said, "Yeah, we haven't seen you before."

The leader was not interested in a group of dirty children, but when he walked back after washing, a group of radish heads followed behind him.

The leader was helpless, stopped and said to them: "My name is Lu Yunbai."

A boy with hair in a bun like a ball asked, "Whose family do you belong to?"

"The Chi family."

The little guys were silent for a moment, and they all looked carefully at the door of Uncle Chi's house.In their opinion, Uncle Chi, who loves to drink, is very fierce, but looking at the round face of the leader, well, he seems to be more talkative.

"Are you from Uncle Chi's family? Then why have I never met you? I know everyone here." The boy named Zhuzi scratched his head and said.

"I came to visit relatives last night." The leader really had no choice but to take a group of children.As soon as he left, several little guys followed. The creek was not far from Chi's house, and the children had already followed to the door of the house.

"Do you want to play with us? It's fun to catch shrimps in the stream." The little girl with braids asked.

"I won't go, you go and play." The leader said with a straight face.He is a majestic leader of the Demon Cult, and he went fishing with a few brats, and he was not laughed to death when word spread.

The children still followed Ye Yichen until he entered the door, then ran away happily.

The leader entered the gate of the courtyard, and Uncle Chi glanced at the door, saw a few children running away, and said to him: "Hurry up and eat in the house, and come out to dry the wheat after eating. A young and middle-aged man came to the house. Are you going to eat rice and not work?"

The leader is about to crush his back molars!

This old man is really unceremonious when he instigates people!

"Calm down, calm down..." He is a majestic leader, don't be as knowledgeable as an ordinary old man without martial arts, isn't he just helping to dry the wheat?Take it as the rent he paid for staying here for one night!

Tonight, he will leave a note to the brothers of Tianyimen and leave, and tomorrow he won't have to be angry with the old man again.

The leader entered the room, without taking a look at the food on the stove, he took out the pastries that Lu Yidao had prepared for him and ate two pieces at random.

When Uncle Chi saw him come out after eating, he pointed to the room where the sundries were kept, and said, "Go to the barn and get some bamboo baskets, and take out a few bags of the wheat inside."

When had the leader ever been so angry, he gritted his teeth and walked into the warehouse, and went out to carry bamboo baskets and wheat.

Ye Yichen has never worked in Hanlan Sect or Tianyimen.Now that the leader is under the eaves, he has no choice but to bow his head. The dignified leader of the Hanlan sect can never owe favors to others. Now, doing some physical work for this old man is also considered as repaying his accommodation fee.

But the leader had never done these jobs before. Although he was depressed, he could only do what Uncle Chi said and he followed suit.

There is little flat land in the col, and few households have not built drying yards, and most of them use flat-bottomed bamboo baskets to dry wheat in batches.Ye Yichen first set up several wooden boards of similar thickness on the ground, and then spread a layer of wheat less than an inch thick on several bamboo baskets, and placed them neatly on the wooden boards to dry.

Yuanzheng's health is not good, he is not proficient in doing these things, his movements are very slow, he managed to place more than a dozen bamboo baskets, and it was already noon.

A peasant woman in a dark green gown came to Uncle Chi's house with a basket, and she was very surprised to see Ye Yichen drying the wheat.

"Brother Chi, why are there more people in the family?" The woman tugged at the hem of her clothes uneasily and said, "I didn't even tell me, I'll cook more."

Uncle Chi waved his hand and said, "This baby is a distant relative of my family. He came to see me yesterday, and I will help my younger siblings to cook more meals in the evening."

The leader is very angry in his heart—it's no wonder, the ghost has relatives with you, an old, dirty, drunken old man!

The woman said anxiously: "I must, I will do some more when I go back."

"Old man, I'm content with wine, so let's do it for lunch first, and you don't have to bother me." Uncle Chi waved his hand at Ye Yichen after speaking: "Xiaobai, this is Aunt Zhu."

Ye Yichen was still spreading the wheat, and nodded to Aunt Zhu from a distance.

Aunt Zhu was flustered, and said, "Nephew Xiaobai is really pretty."

Aunt Zhu put the food in the basket on the stove and picked up the morning dishes.

Uncle Chi said to the sweaty Ye Yichen, "It's time to eat."

The leader stopped what he was doing, stood up and straightened his waist. "Hmm", maybe the original body's body is too weak, the leader has done it for less than an hour, the waist is already so sore that he dare not straighten up.

Uncle Chi snorted, and said, "Old man Lu is too spoiled with you. He becomes so tired after doing a little work. When you come to me, what should you do?"

The leader has been working for nearly an hour, and the two snacks in his stomach have long since been digested without a trace.I just heard the conversation between Uncle Chi and Aunt Zhu. It seems that this uncle didn't eat himself this morning and left it for him.

Ye Yichen knew in his heart that this Uncle Chi couldn't get used to Lu Yunbai being pampered by everyone in the Tianyi Sect, and he didn't really have any malice towards him, so he felt relieved right away.He entered the room, washed his hands, picked up the tortillas sent by Aunt Zhu, and took a bite. The rough tortillas made Ye Yichen's throat hurt, so he insisted on eating one, and drank some water. I plan to continue drying the wheat.

Uncle Chi said: "You don't need to pour out the rest of the wheat. After you finish spreading, the sun will go down, so what else are you going to do?"

The leader suddenly felt his back molars itch again.It's one thing to know that Uncle Chi is kind, but it's another thing to be disgusted by being ordered to work like this.

Just don't use him!

The leader went out the door directly, and was going to see the way out of the col first, so as not to suffer such annoyance from the old man.

He came out of Uncle Chi's house in a huff, and walked eastward along a path that was trampled at the door, wishing he could find a way out immediately, and leave old man Chi's house as soon as it got dark.

Walking along the path to the end, there is a big mountain in front of you. The path goes up the mountain and gradually disappears into the lush woods.

Is it the opposite?

Ye Yichen walked in another direction, and when he reached the other end of the path, it was also a winding road up the mountain.

The leader was already suffocating, but he couldn't even find a way after walking for a long time, but he was so tired that he could barely lift his feet.

He stubbornly walked down several forks on the road one after another, but he couldn't find a way out of the village.

Looking at the terrain here again, Ye Yichen discovered that this small village is surrounded by mountains and is a natural basin.There is only one main street, the width of which can only pass a carriage, and he has already reached the end of both sides of the main street.The other small forks are only a few feet wide, leading to various houses and fields.

The green hills on all sides are like barriers, surrounding this small village like an iron barrel.It's no wonder that the senior brothers of Tianyimen dared to put him in such a place alone. He couldn't find his way out in the village, so how could the people from Yinyin Pavilion outside come in to find him?

The leader thought about the path he took when the third senior brother brought him here last night.It was getting dark at that time, and he was thinking about other things, so he just followed Lu Yidao, not paying attention to the way to go, it should be directly down from Mount Tai.

But that mountain road leads directly to Tianyi Gate, if he walks on that mountain road, won't he go back again?

Yes, and streams.

Generally, as long as there is a way along the stream, maybe the stream is the right way out.

The leader came to the stream where he washed in the morning and walked down the stream.

After walking for a while, he felt something was wrong.

Although people have stepped on the side of the stream, it is by no means a road that many people have walked away from. Moreover, the stream becomes more and more urgent as you go forward. After walking for nearly eight miles, it will come to an end.

The stream at the end has been paved very wide, and there is a small waterfall ahead. When the leader looked down, it was at least three or four meters high.

He had to go back again, and when he walked back to the village, the sun had already set in the west, and orange clouds filled the western sky.

I can't find any more today, the leader sighed in his heart.The sky will gradually darken, and even if you search for it, you can't see the way clearly, so you can only continue to search tomorrow.

The leader was frustrated, so he had to go back to Uncle Chi's house.

Uncle Chi didn't ask him where he was, but when he came back, he said, "Aunt Zhu has already delivered dinner, you can eat after you collect the wheat. The wheat that is sun-dried today has to be put in the sack separately, and tomorrow it will be returned." Another day."

The leader has worked all morning and walked outside all afternoon. He is already tired and hungry.He didn't have the energy to care about anything with Uncle Chi, he hurriedly poured the wheat from the bamboo basket into a sack and moved it to the warehouse, then washed his hands and went into the kitchen.

The oil lamp was already lit in the kitchen, and Uncle Chi was sitting by the stove waiting for him. Probably because of the arrival of guests, Aunt Zhu made a large plate full of fried beans with bacon, scrambled eggs with green onions, and a pot of shepherd's purse soup.

The leader was really hungry, so he picked up a cornbread and started to eat it.

Uncle Chi waited for him to eat before he began to move his chopsticks, taking two sips of wine from the gourd from time to time.

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