Returning from the abyss

Chapter 128 Mountain Village
Green mountains, clear water, rural people.

The tranquility and peace here really formed a huge contrast with the crazy hunting last night. If it weren't for Lu Ning's confidence in her memory, she would even think that she had come to another village.

She was taken into a two-story brick house with a large yard outside.Four or five women of different ages were sitting in the yard washing clothes and chopping firewood. After seeing Lu Ning, they enthusiastically asked Lu Ning to sit in the shade of the yard, and soon brought clean cloths and herbs.

The oldest old lady used her own distilled wine to help Lu Ning carefully wash off the pus in the wound, followed by the skillful bandaging process of applying medicine, during which she kept asking Lu Ning if it was in pain and if there was any discomfort.

Such an attitude is too simple and kind, and it is no wonder that those people in the background introduction that Lu Ning received were fooled.

But what should be talked still needs to be talked about.

"It's really a peaceful and quiet place compared to the outside."

"Mountain people, how many generations have been here, I can't live without it. I heard that there is a war outside, and you came here to escape?" The old lady brought a handful of dried beans and sat beside Lu Ning while peeling and chatting with her .

"To tell you the truth, life outside is really hard. A small village can't stop it, and a big city changes managers every day, and you can squeeze out all your wealth just to fight a war. Who said we can't take refuge when we go out to explore? "

"It's miserable." The old woman sighed and patted Lu Ning on the back, "If you don't dislike it, just stay with us for a while. There are not as many things in the village as outside, but it is always enough to live self-sufficiently. .”

Lu Ning nodded slightly, looked down, and found that the worn parts on her hands, legs and waist had been wrapped up with clean cloth. After the initial strong stimulation had passed, the herbal medicine had begun to take effect, making her feel more comfortable. The comfortable coolness of the person began to extend from the wound.

"Mother-in-law, I want to walk around. I finally found such a place. I want to see the scenery here."

"Okay, his eldest daughter-in-law! Take this guest around the village!" The old lady warmly greeted a slightly fat and strong woman, pointed at her and said to Lu Ning with a smile, "This is my eldest daughter-in-law. , you can just call her Mrs. Peng, she was born and raised here, and she can take you wherever you want to go."

"Thank you."

Lu Ning bowed to the old man as a salute, and then went out with Mrs. Peng, and walked around a mountain road to the center of the village.

The terraced fields in the mountains, the tile-roofed houses are not very densely distributed, and the dense forest in the distance, everything is the same as what I saw before.Occasionally, I met a villager who went out on the road. Mrs. Peng greeted enthusiastically, and the other party also responded enthusiastically. Some people even handed out some fruits and fish and shrimp from their hands after learning that Lu Ningluo came here. inside.

"The people here... are so enthusiastic."

Lu Ning was inconvenient with one hand, but the other hand was already full of things, and even Mrs. Peng helped carry some.

"They're all worthless. It's hard for a guest to come. It's good for you to try something new." Mrs. Peng peeled off the skin of a fruit, took what was in Lu Ning's hand, and stuffed the fruit into her hand. inside.

"What fruit is this?"

"We don't know the name of the wild fruit in the mountains. It's delicious and sweet."

Lu Ning smiled, broke off a piece from the split flesh inside, and handed it to Mrs. Peng.

"Thank you, let's share."

Mrs. Peng laughed, took it, threw the pulp into her mouth, and chewed it relish. Lu Ning also took a piece and put it in her mouth.

A mouth-watering sweetness spreads in the mouth, with a bit of freshness, it is indeed a very good-tasting fruit.

Walking and stopping, and turning around a mountain depression, Lu Ning saw an uncultivated area in the distance, and there was a house that was very different from the houses in the village near the mountain forest.

"Is that a wooden house?"

"Yes, it was for the hunters in the village to live in while hunting. It's not convenient to run back and forth in hot weather." Mrs. Peng stretched out her hand and gestured, "Don't look at us, we have to go around a long way to walk there. It’s a mountain road, so I built a house there, and it’s enough to go out regularly to move prey.”

"Can we go over and have a look?"

"It's fine to have a look, but I'll miss lunch if I go there at this time, why don't I take you there in the afternoon?" Mrs. Peng's answer was quick and reasonable.

"Row……"

"Lu Ning!"

At this moment, a call came from above the two of them.

There was a gentle slope above, and Lu Ning immediately raised her head when she heard this sound, just as the people above were also slowly walking down the slope.

Mo Xiren's body was slightly stained with dirt, but on the whole, there was no major problem. She had a very friendly smile on her face, which made it undeniable that it was the expression of someone close to her when she met her.

And Lu Ning quickly answered.

"Pity? You have already found it? I thought you would find it at the entrance of the village."

"Everyone looked for it separately. I happened to come around here and I happened to meet you. Are you injured? Are you okay?" Mo Xiren understood in seconds.

"Actually, it's a bit serious, but I met a kind-hearted person here who helped me bandage it, so I'm fine."

At this time, Mo Xiren had already walked down the slope, opened his arms and hugged Lu Ning, the joy on the faces of the two had no flaws, and Mrs. Peng just smiled happily as she watched from the side.

"It's a good thing if you can find it. Why don't you go home with us? You must be hungry after searching for so long, right?"

"That's good." After letting go of Lu Ning, Mo Xiren immediately walked over and held Mrs. Peng's hand, "You don't know how much we worry about her, but luckily it's okay. We have to come to thank her for this. How about it, we I also brought some food into the mountain, Lu Ning knows where your home is, we go back to meet up with our companions and go to the door to thank you, how about it?"

Her grateful look and sincere tone made Mrs. Peng dizzy, and without thinking too much, she hesitated and said, "Okay, that's okay, I'll wait for you to come..."

"Thank you, thank you so much. Lu Ning, let's go, we set up a camp before and meet up there."

Mo Xiren turned around and walked up the hill, Lu Ning smiled politely at Mrs. Peng, and ran up the hill after Mo Xiren.

After turning into the dense forest, Mo Xi stopped.

"Where's your companion?"

"Where's the person with you?"

The two asked in unison.

After a moment of silence, Lu Ning said: "I was attacked by a group of pig-faced people last night, and they all got separated. I just came to this village this morning. They didn't remember our faces, so I got confused."

"Is that so..."

Mo Xiren had a special look on her face, and then she took out a wild fruit from her pocket and threw it to Lu Ning.

"Eat something, I guess you didn't find anything to eat all night."

Lu Ning looked at the fruit she had just eaten in her hand, peeled off the skin and began to eat, while Mo Xiren stood by the tree with her arms folded, wondering what she was thinking.

"Aren't we going back to the village?" Lu Ning asked.

"You still want to go back to eat? You forgot how we were sent to the prison in the background of the story?"

"No... Cheng Wuling and Zhao Chenshuang went back to the village to investigate last night. If I want to go back, I might meet them or the clues they left behind."

"It's too dangerous, you have to go by yourself." Mo Xiren pouted, "Where's my sister? Have you seen her?"

"I've seen it, and I got separated."

"What is this called..."

Mo Xiren covered her face with one hand, extremely annoyed.

"By the way, did you see the red light outside last night? I only remember that part..."

"I hid in a small cave all night. I came out to find something to eat before I found you today. What is the red light?"

Lu Ning looked at Mo Xiren carefully, and nodded slowly.

"Speaking of...we haven't confirmed each other's identities yet, have we?"

"What? Oh, your favorite drink while reading..."

"Answer me first, who was the only person you hated when you were alive?"

"Fu Congling." Mo Xiren gritted his teeth and said the name, "Is that all right? I took a lot of trouble to bring you out of that place, so there's no need to verify your identity, okay?"

Lu Ning sat on a piece of grass, showed Mo Xiren the freshly wrapped wounds on her hands and feet, and said, "Anyway, I am like this now. The things I found before are basically broken, and there is nothing in my hand. Any clues of progress, or a dead end. Is there any good way on your side?"

"I need to find my sister and Tumen first, and stay back." Mo Xiren raised his chin, "Don't look at me like that, it's not useless. My fighting power is worse than yours. One injury, just the two of us now, may not be enough for a villager to fight wherever we go."

This is indeed the case.

"You don't just want a bodyguard, do you?"

"Except for my sister and Tumen, I can't trust the strength of others."

Mo Xiren came over and pulled Lu Ning up, and leaned close to her face: "Since you have seen her, do you still remember where she left yesterday? Let's go in that direction to find her!"

"Okay... listen to you."

Lu Ning had nothing to do anyway, so she listened to her.The two started wandering around on the mountain, and soon Lu Ning found a familiar direction, and then walked along the woods to the depths of the forest on the mountain.

But this path is getting more and more strange.

"Is this road really right? We have been walking for a long time, and there is no trace at all!"

"My memory is still fine."

Lu Ning said so in her mouth, but doubts gradually sprouted in her heart.

When she was passing through a bush, she kicked something suddenly, staggered and hugged a tree before barely falling.

It was a corpse covered by the woods. Most of the corpse had decayed, and there were many ants and insects running back and forth on it. It was impossible to recognize his original appearance except that it was a male.

"Corpse? Why is there a corpse here?"

"This is the victim of last night."

Lu Ning squatted down and did not touch the corpse, but the sunken marks from the chest to the abdomen and the exposed bone fragments were very similar to the three seriously injured numbers hit by the meteor hammer last night.

"We didn't come to the wrong place. Those people gave up on the dead and left...leaved?"

Lu Ning frowned, glanced at the seemingly peaceful forest again, and repeated in a mutter.

(End of this chapter)