C17

Cheng Xi hurriedly replied, "I don't care about my reputation at all. You should know about the situation with the Cheng Family as well. I can't go back to the Cheng Family for the time being."

Xu Sanlang said in a calm voice, "That's my wife."

Cheng Xi facepalmed and said with a headache, "Let's leave it at this for now. We can talk about this later. Let's go to sleep early. We still need to go to the county city tomorrow."

After she finished speaking, she closed her eyes and did not say another word. She felt that there was no need to continue talking to Xu Sanlang about this matter, it was completely unfathomable.

Xu Sanlang also did not speak anymore, but he was thinking that since Cheng Xi wanted to stay, then she would definitely be her wife in the future and would not let her leave no matter what.

Silence descended upon the room, and the only sound that could be heard was that of insects chirping on the summer night. The two of them then went to sleep.

Because she was worried about something, and because she had slept early the previous night, Cheng Xi woke up early the next morning. She did not expect Xu Sanlang to wake up earlier than she did, as there was already no one by the bed outside, and sounds came from outside the house from time to time.

Just as Cheng Xi got off the bed, Xu Sanlang stood at the door and said to Cheng Xi who was inside: "The hot water is ready, pack up and come out to wash the rustles."

Cheng Xi looked doubtfully at Xu Sanlang, who had finished speaking at the door, and turned around to leave., who had been silent all along, did not even like to pay attention to her, and suddenly took care of her, and even boiling water to call for her to wash up. Is this person alright?

Cheng Xi shook her head, she got up and walked out.

It had already been a few days since she came here, and the weather was slightly hot. Although Cheng Xi had secretly wiped herself when Xu Sanlang was not around, and wasn't too greasy, his long hair hadn't been washed for a few days, and she felt extremely greasy and uncomfortable. Adding to the fact that she still had to go to the county city, she planned to wash his hair before going out.

It was just that when he was washing his hair, he was a little annoyed and wanted to cut off his hair. Washing it was too troublesome, so there was no need to think about shampoo or anything like that, Xu Sanlang actually gave her two dried soap horns. This was something that she had seen when he was young, it was similar to a pea angle, but it was only black.

Xu Sanlang saw the furry expression on Cheng Xi's face as she washed her hair. Furthermore, she had already tidied herself up and was waiting for her to leave, so in the end she still stepped forward to give her a hand.

Finally, his long hair was tidied up quite a bit, and after wiping it with a dry towel, he spread his hair and called Xu Sanlang out.

Xu Sanlang looked at Cheng Xi who had long unbound hair and directly left without tidying it, frowned, thinking that it was still early, and he wouldn't meet anyone. The weather would probably dry up after a while, and after that, he would just comb his hair again, which was why he did not speak up to stop her.

Looking at the iron lock on the door, Cheng Xi sighed, "Hopefully we can return, the door and this lock will still be safe and sound."

Xu Sanlang did not answer, he only carried his basket as he walked in front and urged, "Let's go."

It was still early, and the two of them did not meet anyone along the way. Cheng Xi was still panting from exhaustion, and finally reached the ground.

Cheng Xi was too tired to walk, she found a rock and sat down, then decided not to move, Xu Sanlang who was walking in front noticed the movement behind him, seeing that Cheng Xi was tired, she stopped and said, "Let's rest a while before we go."

Only now did Cheng Xi remember that they were going to a county city, how far away was a county city exactly? Would she die of exhaustion before reaching the county? Thinking about it, Cheng Xi's entire person became bad.

With the hope of being lucky, Cheng Xi asked, "Are the cities far from here?"

Xu Sanlang replied, "It's not far, it's only half a day's journey. Let's leave early, we should be there by noon."

Walking for a long time was indeed not far, but it was completely relying on two legs, which was equivalent to walking for a whole day, causing Cheng Xi's head to droop down.

Xu Sanlang had been paying attention to Cheng Xi's expression the entire time, seeing how worried Cheng Xi was and how weak she was as she was lying on a rock, he understood the reason, and after thinking for a bit, he said, "Let's go to the town first, see if we can find an oxcart. If we can, let's take the oxcart to the city."

Cheng Xi said with a bitter face, "How far is it in this town?"

Xu Sanlang said, "It's not far from here, if we go over the mountain, it would be town, it's just that there was a wild boar inside the mountain before, it had killed many people before, and after that, they did not even dare go, so it should be fine for us to be a bit more careful."

Hearing that, Cheng Xi was a little worried, "Then what if we meet each other?"

Xu Sanlang replied, "As long as you don't meet the wild boar herd, I will."

Seeing that Xu Sanlang was so confident, and thinking back to his own physical fitness, exhausted from going up the mountain, although Cheng Xi was still worried, in the end he did not object.

Cheng Xi sat on the rock and rested, thinking that maybe she should train more, the quality of his body was truly a little poor, if she wanted to live a good life here, she would need to do manual labor, and with his current body's quality, even going up the mountain would be tiring, let alone working hard.

Raising his head, he suddenly saw that Xu Sanlang was still around, and asked curiously: "Aren't you going to hunt?"

Xu Sanlang replied, "We need to pass by the town to get there, let's go there together."

Cheng Xi said, "I was clumsy and scared the prey away, what do I do?"

Seeing that Cheng Xi had more or less rested, Xu Sanlang turned and walked forward as he said, "No, let's go."

Cheng Xi got up and quickly followed. Once she walked forward, Cheng Xi realized just how difficult this road was, it was a path completely carved out of thorns, and it was extremely difficult to walk after Cheng Xi. Xu Sanlang had no choice but to slow his footsteps and wait for Cheng Xi.

Xu Sanlang stopped and said to Cheng Xi who was behind him: "You wait for me here, don't go around randomly, there are traps nearby."

Cheng Xi nodded her head obediently. Just how was Xu Sanlang so powerful? Every time he managed to hunt a wild chicken and wild rabbit within a short period of time.

After circling around, Xu Sanlang caught two wild chickens and a rabbit.

Xu Sanlang said as he put the prey into the basket, "There are only a few here today, let's go."

From then on, Xu Sanlang continued to lead the way, but it became more and more thorny, and it became harder and harder to walk. In order to make it easier for Cheng Xi to walk, Xu Sanlang took a firewood knife and cut the thorns in the surroundings, but even so, he was still tired.

After spending almost an hour, Cheng Xi was already exhausted to the point that her head was covered in sweat. Only then did her field of vision widen, and Xu Sanlang stopped walking, pointing towards the foot of the mountain, "Below is the town.

Cheng Xi ruffled her hair with her hands and asked while gasping for breath, "Is there water around here?" Cheng Xi regretted not bringing some water with him when she went out.

Xu Sanlang looked at Cheng Xi's hair that was tied randomly at the back, endured the impulse to go forward and help, and shook her head, "Endure it a little, and it'll be down the mountain very soon."

Cheng Xi felt that she would not be able to move even if she stopped for a little longer, so she tied up her hair and said, "Then let's go down the mountain."

The road down the mountain seemed to be more traveled by regular people and was quite wide. It was much easier than before. Soon, the two descended the mountain and looked at the houses in front of them.

When she arrived at the town, Cheng Xi was very startled, it was completely different from what she had imagined. The only difference was that the rooms were a little more concentrated, and a few of them were scattered across the storefronts. It was quiet and desolate, causing Cheng Xi to be very disappointed, and she thought that her decision to go to the county city was indeed the right decision.

Xu Sanlang brought Cheng Xi directly to the only noodle stall in the town. The old granny at the noodle stall actually recognized Xu Sanlang, and when she saw him she smiled and greeted him, "Oh, child, long time no see, you've come. Who is this young lady?"

Xu Sanlang replied, "My wife."

Cheng Xi smiled sweetly and greeted her, "Greetings old granny."

The grandma looked at such a cute and cute girl and said with a smile, "Good, good, I haven't seen you in town for so long, so I was busy saying that a girl is really pretty. A child is really lucky, but isn't this a bit young, but at 14?"

Fortunately, her skin was dark, and was hard to see. She was not embarrassed to reply to the old granny, but said: "Two bowls of Yang Spring Noodle Soup."

In the end, Grandma was still a bit older, and seeing that Xu Sanlang was uncomfortable, she no longer continued to tease the two of them and replied, "Sure, you two sit here and wait." After that, he busied himself with helping the two of them.

Xu Sanlang took off the basket on his back and sat down on the side of the table, then said to Cheng Xi who still had a bitter face: "Come over and sit."

Cheng Xi went over to sit beside Xu Sanlang and leaned in close and whispered, "You have to pay for the noodles."

Cheng Xi, who had suddenly approached him made Xu Sanlang feel awkward, he moved a little, maintained a certain distance from Cheng Xi, and said: "I do."

Cheng Xi looked at Xu Sanlang in shock, "Ah, you actually have money?"

Seeing Cheng Xi's shocked expression, Xu Sanlang answered, "I came here to sell some prey, for some money."

Afterwards, Xu Sanlang fished around his chest and fished out a bunch of copper coins that he had tied together with a hemp rope, giving them to Cheng Xi. This was the first time Cheng Xi had seen the money in this place, she curiously took it and looked through it, "How much is here?" She was looking at a whole bunch of them, quite a lot of them.

Xu Sanlang replied, "Two hundred and sixty grams."

Cheng Xi had no idea about the concept of money in this era. After thinking for a moment, she asked, "How much for a bowl of noodles?"

Xu Sanlang replied, "Ten."

Hearing the price of noodles, Cheng Xi pretty much had an idea of what it was. It was only 200 yuan and 200 yuan, what could she do? Cheng Xi sighed, but it was still better than not getting a single coin. At least for now, she would not be hungry, and thinking like this, Cheng Xi finally felt a little better.