[Sword Three] Mountain Ghost Ballad

The beautiful Daoxiang Village, with its strange mountains and soft waters intertwined, looks like an extremely ordinary village in the vast Tang Dynasty. It is so ordinary that it may not be found on the map of the post station.

But Daoxiang Village is indeed not an ordinary village. Since Tang Jian, the leader of the martial arts alliance, was buried here decades ago, news has gradually spread in the world that Daoxiang Village contains martial arts secrets left by Tang Jian. Because of the complex forces hidden behind Daoxiang Village, Daoxiang Village had to stop, and Daoxiang Village, which was supposed to be the center of the storm, has gained decades of peace in the treacherous rivers and lakes.

However, although the future seems to be difficult, these things are still too far away for the ordinary villagers in Daoxiang Village, and they are not within the scope of their concern.Now it's the autumn harvest, and the men in the village are working in the terraced fields. This year's rain is just right, and it's a bumper harvest year, and the villagers are more energetic in their work.

Children play in twos and threes around the entrance of the village, or sit obediently under the trees and listen to the old people telling stories, while the women are busy preparing the noon meal in front of the stove.

Ruan was busy, put a few rice cakes and a few small salted fish into the bamboo basket, cut a large strip of bacon and put it in, and was about to deliver lunch to her husband He Damin in the field. Seeing a lot of fresh rice cakes left on the table, he seemed to think of something, slapped his head annoyed, put down the basket in his hand and put a few pieces of rice cakes into another bamboo basket, and called out the door: "Xiao He! Are you there? Come in and do my mother a favor."

"Hey, mother, I'm coming!"

A little girl in a floral gown ran in from outside the house in response.This is a little girl who is not as tall as Ruan's waist. She looks like five or six years old, and she is very cute with her pigtails flickering.

Ruan looked at her little daughter with kind eyes, smiled and patted her head, then pointed to the rice cake on the table and said: "This is the rice cake my mother made this morning, I almost forgot it because I was so busy, you can save some For snacks, this basket is filled with rice cakes packed by mother, and you send them to Granny Wang, just to let Xiaoyu have a taste. This poor child seems to be much more energetic recently than when he first came here."

"Well, mother, I know, I will send it over." Xiao He nodded obediently, and wrinkled her face a little distressed, "By the way, mother, can you make two more rice cakes separately? Give it to Sister Xiaoyu, otherwise Sister Xiaoyu will be stupid, this rice cake will probably be snatched up by Grandma Wang again."

"Ha... okay, mother will make a bag for you now." Ruan Shi was amused by Xiao He, and reached out to touch Xiao He's hair, "Then go and come back quickly, mother is going to deliver food to your father, Xiao He If He gets hungry after coming back, Mother left some food on the stove, Xiao He will eat some first. But when you get to Grandma Wang, be good, and don’t look at your little sister Xiaoyu... just bully her if you are stupid."

Ruan's voice was a bit serious when she said that, but Xiao He has always been close to her mother, and she was not frightened, she just nodded obediently, ran out with a basket in her hand, turned around at the door and made a gesture at Ruan's Grimacing, "Mother, really, Xiao He has never bullied sister Xiaoyu, Xiao He likes her the most, huh, ignore mother." After saying that, she ran away without a trace, only hearing Xiao He's voice from outside the house. Laughter.

Seeing the back of her daughter running away, Ruan couldn't help laughing, picked up the prepared food basket, put two pieces of rice cakes in it, and went out.

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Here, Xiao He, carrying a basket of rice cakes, trotted all the way and soon arrived at Grandma Wang's house.In fact, Daoxiang Village is not big at all, and most of the houses of the households are next to each other. Xiaohe will not waste much time walking there slowly, but Xiaohe just wants to hurry to Granny Wang's house so that she can give her the "" Sister Xiaoyu "Try your favorite rice cake, maybe you will like this rice cake, would you like to eat more?

When Xiaohe arrived at Granny Wang's house, Granny Wang had already made a porridge with whole grains in a small bowl, and she was supervising a little girl at the table eating the porridge by the spoonful.

Seeing Xiao He coming in, Grandma Wang got up happily, and when she knew what Xiao He was coming for, she simply put the rice cakes on a plate, took a few pieces of prepared rice cakes and steamed buns and placed them on the table, saying that she would like Leave Xiaohe to eat at home.Xiao He has always been close to Grandma Wang, so she stayed there without any embarrassment.

At the dinner table, Xiao He was very obediently drinking the multigrain porridge, but secretly looked at the little girl across the table.I saw the little girl sitting on the stool obediently, she looked no more than six or seven years old, her skin was fair and tender, and the eyebrows and eyes were very delicate. At this time, she was holding a spoon and looking at the woman in front of her face like an enemy. The porridge bowl is eaten slowly but seriously, spoon by spoon.

Sister Xiaoyu is so cute when she is drinking porridge...although she is a bit dumb.

Xiao He tilted her head and looked at the person across from her. She didn't notice that the bowl in her hand gradually started to tilt. It wasn't until the hand holding the bowl was suddenly supported that she was startled. She realized that it was Granny Wang.Grandma Wang smiled and gave Xiao He a look and said: "You child, the porridge is about to spill, what are you looking at?"

"Ah, accidentally..." Noticing that the little girl across from her also raised her head to look at her, Xiao He was a little embarrassed, and subconsciously showed a smirk at the little girl.

And the little girl on the opposite side also slowly smiled at Xiao He, but then withdrew her smile and lowered her head to drink the porridge slowly, which made Xiao He shy again.

Sister Xiaoyu smiled, so sweet...although she was still a little dazed.

Seeing the interaction between the two little girls, Grandma Wang couldn't help laughing out loud. She put another steamed bun in the bowl for Xiao He, and turned to look at the other one. Can't help but sighed helplessly.

I was also a little worried in my heart, how could the child's body be able to bear so little food.He couldn't help thinking of when the child first arrived in Daoxiang Village, he didn't eat or drink for three consecutive days, but she was so anxious that she finally let her eat some porridge.

Looking at Xiaoyu's attire when she first came to the village, the village chief guessed that the young lady of a rich family might be in trouble. She was spoiled and not used to rough food, so she specially asked the coachman who was often out to bring some food from the city. Eat little or nothing.

It was later discovered that Xiaoyu was not a picky eater, but that she really ate very little, almost half as much as children of the same age. Even a bowl of porridge, if the bowl of porridge was a little bigger, she would not be able to finish it.

"Sister Xiaoyu, try the rice cakes, my mother just made them this morning, and put sugar in them, they are delicious!" Xiao He pushed the plate containing the rice cakes to the opposite side Push, and look at each other expectantly.

Xiaoyu hesitated for a moment, then stretched out her hand and slowly picked up a small piece of rice cake, opened her mouth and took a bite lightly, after chewing and swallowing, took another bite, and quickly wiped out the small piece of rice cake.

"How is it? Is it delicious?" Xiao He looked at Xiao Yu nervously, and saw that although the other party nodded at her, but still looked expressionless, she didn't seem to like it no matter what.Immediately frustrated.

Xiao He lowered her head and stared at the table depressed, and when she was about to poke two holes out of the table, a pair of small embroidered cloth shoes suddenly appeared in her sight, and then she felt someone poking her arm lightly.

As soon as he raised his head, before he could see the people around him clearly, something cool and sticky was stuffed into his mouth.

Xiao He subconsciously chewed what was in her mouth, only to find that it was a piece of malt candy, and looked at Xiao Yu again, the other party had sat down again, without speaking, and took another piece of rice cake and ate it slowly, very well-behaved.

But Xiaohe became happy, ran over and sat next to Xiaoyu, took her hand and chatted, not caring whether the other party responded or not.

The interaction between the two little girls made Granny Wang smile knowingly, and the worries in her heart gradually dissipated, but she remembered the time when she first met Xiaoyu.

The child Xiaoyu is not from Daoxiang Village, and even the name "Xiaoyu" is not her real name.

Just because when the villagers found her, there was a piece of jade engraved with bird patterns on her neck, and when they asked about her origin and name, her pronunciation was very strange, and no one in the village could understand her. He shook his head, so the village head used Xiaoyu as her name, and entrusted her to the care of Granny Wang in the village.

Granny Wang and Xiaoyu have been together for a long time in the past few months, and she also knows some things about Xiaoyu.For example, it's not that Xiaoyu can't speak, but her accent is different from here, so people in the village can't understand her, and she can't understand what the villagers say.

Since raising Xiaoyu for several months, Granny Wang has often guided Xiaoyu to learn the accent here intentionally or unintentionally, and sometimes took her to the village scholar to let Xiaoyu learn to read.

But the strange thing is that Xiaoyu has studied very seriously and can already understand daily conversations, but she no longer speaks, and her food intake has always been so small. Fortunately, her health has always been good. Although Granny Wang is worried, she is also a little relieved .

Seeing that the two little girls had almost eaten, Granny Wang began to clear the table. Seeing that Xiaoyu was about to get up to help, she quickly waved her hand and said, "Oh, just let the mother-in-law come. Xiaoyu, please help the mother-in-law to bring the bamboo basket from the back room." Granny Wang put the dishes into the basin next to her and waited for a while to clean them.

"Mother-in-law, can I go out with Sister Xiaoyu later?" Xiao He asked Granny Wang while helping to put away the chopsticks.

"Of course." Granny Wang smiled kindly, "Ask Xiaoyu if she would like to go out with you." At this moment, Xiaoyu came out of the back room with the bamboo basket Granny Wang asked for, and nodded to Xiaohe , Xiao He happily ran over and took her arm.

"Hey, wait a minute..."

Granny Wang went to the stove with a basket and came back quickly, "I packed a few buns, and you take these rice cakes to eat with Mao Mao Xiaobai and the others. These troublemakers are probably still around at this hour." Playing outside, I even forgot to eat! And Xiaoyue, who must be busy making medicine, probably didn’t eat anything.”

Xiao He happily agreed, and took the basket from Grandma Wang—although the basket was quickly taken over by Xiao Yu who was beside her.Xiao He was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously turned her head to look at Xiao Yu, only to see Xiao Yu's dark jade-like eyes staring at her quietly, the inside was shining brightly, clearly reflecting Xiao He's figure.

Xiao He scratched her face, feeling a little embarrassed suddenly.But Xiaoyu smiled at her suddenly, and Xiaohe subconsciously smiled too. The two looked at each other, and happily left the room holding hands.And Granny Wang in the room couldn't help laughing seeing the two little girls.

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"Hey, Maomao here...!"

"No, Xiaobai, run, brother Xiaoyu is going to catch you!"

"Where is Mao Mao running...!"

"Ah, brother Xiaoyu, you fouled..."

As soon as Xiaohe and Xiaoyu arrived at the big tree at the entrance of the village, they heard the shouts of several little boys from a distance. They knew without guessing that it must be the three famous troublemakers in the village playing hide-and-seek.

A closer look, and sure enough.The shortest little boy was being held by the tallest little boy, and there was a fair-skinned little boy coming out from behind their tree and looking over here.

I saw the little boy behind the tree come out, a little dissatisfied and shouted to the caught little boy: "Maomao is such a fool, you agreed to hide and seek, you called my name so loudly, I was almost caught by Xiaoyu arrive!"

The little boy Mao Mao who was caught was also about to cry, "Brother Xiaoyu, you're lying, as long as you agreed to call me Xiaobai by name, you will go and arrest him..."

It's okay if Mao Mao didn't say anything, but as soon as the words fell, the little boy called Xiao Bai immediately quit, "Okay, Mao Mao, we are in the same group, you are actually united with Xiao Yu!"

"Didn't you miss it... Woo..." Maomao wanted to cry but had no tears.

"Stupid Mao Mao..." Mo Yu, the little boy holding the corner of the sweater, gave Mao Mao a contemptuous look, and slowly let go of his hand, "I won, this time it's Mao Mao."

"Stop playing, Grandma Wang asked me and Sister Xiaoyu to bring you food!"

Seeing that these people were about to run away again, Xiao He at the side hurried forward to stop them.When the little boys heard that there was something to eat, they didn't care about playing hide-and-seek. They hurried over and wanted to reach out for the basket that Xiaoyu was carrying, but Xiaoyu hid the basket behind him with a twist of his hand.

Xiaobai and the others were stunned for a moment, a little unresponsive, and because they didn't know Xiaoyu very well, they didn't go behind her to pull the basket.

Xiao He saw it and couldn't help laughing, "You greedy ghosts, this is to be eaten with Xiaoyue, you are not allowed to steal it in advance, let's go find Xiaoyue."

After hearing this, Xiaobai curled his lips and said, "Xiaoyue's place smells like medicine, so I can't eat anything at all." Although he said so, he still walked towards Xiaoyue's house first, and Mo Yu and Mao Mao also nodded. The head followed Xiaobai.

"Hee hee, sister Xiaoyu, look at them..." Xiaohe was about to tell Xiaoyu a few things about Xiaobai and the others, but found that Xiaoyu looked at Xiaobai and the others who had gone away, with no expression on her face, but she didn't know Why do you feel cold for no reason.

This is not the first time Xiaohe sees Xiaoyu like this.

In fact, Xiaoyu has such an expressionless face when facing many people. Many people just think that she is afraid of strangers, but Xiaohe feels that this is not the case.

Because Xiaoyu gave people a really strange feeling.Her eyes are often empty, without a trace of emotional fluctuations. When she looks at an unfamiliar person, it is like looking at a stone on the side of the road...or a dead person?

Xiao He was startled by her own thoughts, subconsciously clenched Xiao Yu's hand.

Xiaoyu looked at Xiaohe in puzzlement, the expression on her face was much softer than before, her eyes were shining brightly, and she became the Xiaoyu that Xiaohe was familiar with again.

"Well, nothing..."

Xiao He shook her head in confusion, wanted to ask something but felt that she didn't know how to ask, so she simply didn't think about it, took Xiao Yu's hand happily, and ran to Xiao Yue's residence, so she didn't notice at all, behind her Xiaoyu was staring blankly at the holding hands of the two, and there seemed to be a flash of... joy in his eyes?

The author has something to say:

That's right, this is an article about Qin Shi's natives traveling through Jisan, but because Qin Shi's update is too slow, at this time, borrowing Qin Shi to set the future may cause your face to be swollen, so Qin Shi will not appear in this article The plot involves the author's own yy, and everything is to reduce the number of times the face will be swollen in the future. Σ(°△°|||).

And to explain here, here is the bg text, the unwavering bg text, and maybe there will be lily (crossed out).

The next chapter will show the source of the heroine's setting, the keyword mountain ghost.