Natu Chasing the Wilderness

Chapter 14 Four Stone City Shanni
The mountain is called the Two Mist Mountains.The reason is that in a certain place deep in the mountain, white mist will be sprayed at noon and midnight every day, covering almost half of the mountain.

The mountains stretch for more than a thousand miles, and there is a river meandering out of the mountains, flowing quietly to nowhere in the distance. The river is cold and sweet, hence the name Tianshui River.

On the south side of the mountain, there is a stone city at the foot of the mountain, backed by the mountain and facing the river. The stone city is about ten miles long and seven or eight miles wide, surrounded by four long and narrow stone walls.

People who live here have called it "Four Stone City" for generations, because the four stone walls of the Stone City are carved out of four whole boulders, which is quite weird, and it is said to be the handwriting of an old god in ancient times.

There are tens of thousands of people living in Four Stone City, and they have multiplied here from generation to generation.

Outside the city, there are dozens of dilapidated wooden houses scattered around the stone city. Most of them are orphans, widows and old people living in these wooden houses.

In the early morning, before dawn, the dew still hangs lazily on the grass leaves, refusing to fall.

A thin and small figure slipped along the wall of the stone city, and touched the east gate of the stone city silently, knocking a drop of dew on the ground.

There are four gates in Shicheng. For thousands of years, there has never been a real gate, but a low wooden fence was used to symbolically fence it off.Because most of the people who enter the city are hunters and hunters in the mountains, what do you want the city gate for?

The thin figure slipped to the east gate, stopped for a moment, searched around vigilantly, and then squeezed in through the slightly larger gap in the wooden fence. go away.

About half a stick of incense, the thin figure slipped to the gate of a courtyard, climbed up a wall as tall as hers, exposed half of her head, and glanced left and right.

The thin figure turned back and went down the wall, and struggled to lift a stone the size of her head on the side of the road, and lifted it up to the top of the wall with difficulty.He also dexterously returned to the top of the wall, picked up the stone lightly, aimed at the goose shed at the root of the inner wall in the courtyard, and smashed it down hard.

In the next moment, he turned around and jumped off the wall, and ran away, and there was a geese screaming behind him!What followed was the shouting and cursing of the adults in the courtyard.

The thin figure might have been running hot, so it stopped at the entrance of a small courtyard, bent its back and listened for a while, but didn't seem to hear anything, the thin figure climbed up the wall and jumped into the courtyard.

He tiptoed to the big water vat in the yard, staggered the wooden cover, scooped up a ladle of water with the wooden ladle inside, poured it into his stomach, and gently pushed the wooden vat cover, just half way, and then As if thinking of something, he grabbed a handful of soil on the ground and threw it into the tank.

The early morning sunshine spread all over the city punctually, waking up those tired and lazy men who refused to get up early, and Shi Cheng gradually became noisy and lively.

The soft sunlight shone on the thin figure who was lowering her head and gnawed on a cucumber. She gnawed half of it and seemed to find it tasteless, so she casually threw it on the side of the road.

The thin figure looked at the rising sun boredly, opened his eyes wide on purpose, stared at the sun for a while, finally rubbed his eyes, and lost the battle.

Under the sunlight, it could be seen that it was a little girl with an oval face and big eyes. The only regret was that her face was covered with strange blue patterns.

She was thin but well-proportioned, her hair was gray but neatly combed, and her clothes were slightly worn out, which seemed to be a bit out of shape.

Shan Ni patted her belly with her small black hands, "Well, it seems like she's still hungry!" She tilted her head and thought for a while, then ran towards the Tianshui River outside the city.

When he was about to leave the city gate, he was slapped on the buttocks by the old gatekeeper who had just started work.Shan Ni felt a little angry in her heart, and she will settle the score with the little old man tomorrow!

Along the river, Shanni found a bush with familiarity. From a certain pit inside, she pulled out the dead branches and found her treasure, a corner of a broken net she picked up, a self-made net bag, She carried her little net bag and went back to the river.

Continuing along the river, she came to a "Feng Shui Treasure Land", a shallow puddle with lush water and grass.

Half an hour later, Shanni had a good harvest, and there were already five or six half-foot-long grass carp strung on the willow branches on the bank.

Shanni started to walk back happily, and on the way back, she didn't forget to hide her net bag.

When passing by the gate of the city, the little old gatekeeper was lying on his back on a wooden chair with his eyes closed, basking in the sun.

Shan Ni originally wanted to grope her waist and slip past.As a result, as soon as I got close, I raised my thin legs, "Hey, where are you running?! Well, the old rules!...".

Shan Ni hated it so much, but she took off one nimbly and put it on the big rock beside her.

Stepping into the city gate, wondering where to sell fish?Then I heard the little old man talking to himself behind him: "I heard that Liu Mazi's house is going to have a banquet today, and I guess Liu Mazi has to go shopping for vegetables...".

Obedient and obedient, Shanni ran to Liu Mazi's house in a hurry.

Half an hour later, Shan Ni was biting a big fatty meat bun, holding one in her hand, and walked back happily.

When passing a corner of the street, his feet were stumbled, and he staggered and fell to the ground. The big meat bun in his hand fell to the ground, covered with dust in Shanni's sight, and rolled a long way.

"Big face! Ugly! Tell you to steal my cucumbers, tell you to steal!..." The three girls who were about the same size as Shan Ni aggressively kicked Shan Ni.

Shan Ni was very angry. In a panic, she grabbed a handful of sand and threw it out...

A moment later, Shan Ni, with a bruised nose and swollen face, fled the scene amidst the crying of the three little girls. There were several dresses hanging on the tree behind her, and three bare-bottomed girls sat on the ground, crying loudly. with.

Shan Ni ran out of the city gate in one breath, stood not far from the city gate, looked at the direction of the fight in the city just now, with her hands on her hips, "Don't dare to bully my old lady again! From now on... I will hang you all on a tree from now on!"

At the gate of the city, the old gatekeeper, who was holding a purse in his hand, heard his right eyelid twitch.

Shanny bounced back to her cabin outside the city.

The wooden house is a bit dilapidated, but fortunately it can still shelter from the wind and rain. This is the small nest left by her dead mother.

Two years ago, my mother went to the mountains to collect herbs, but she didn't return for two days. Later, she was found dead under the cliff.

She was eight years old that year and didn't cry.With the help of the old man at the city gate, the mother was buried.

From that day on, Shanni grew up and gradually learned some living skills.

According to my mother, when she was pregnant with her, her big house in the city was occupied by someone, and the whole family was killed by someone.

Only the mother with a big belly escaped because she was not at home at the time.As a result, she didn't have much favor with the people in the city.

Shanni has been to the deeper part of the city a few times, but she always feels that others look at her strangely, so she goes less often.

The ancestral house Mother mentioned was a very large place, and she had secretly seen it several times from a distance.

Next to the ancestral house, it is said that there is a very deep pool surrounded by iron fences. It is said that there are ominous things in the pool.

It seems that at a certain time every year, some people in the city will fish out the Tianshui River, which the blacksmith does not accept, such as ancient swords and ironware, and throw them into the deep pool to suppress evil spirits and hope for a good omen by the way.As for why those rags could "suppress evil", she didn't know either.

Some people also said that the reason why the greedy blacksmith Li refused to accept it was because no matter how big the fire was, the objects could not be melted.

If you can't refine it, you can't cast something that can be sold for money. Of course Blacksmith Li will not accept it.

Shan Ni also caught two rusty objects in the Tianshui River once, thinking that they could be exchanged for some money by sending them to Blacksmith Li.Unexpectedly, Li Tiejiang only cast a glance, and then stopped talking to her.

After that, the things Shanni fished out of the river were used as decorations at home.
It's a pity to throw it away.Shan Ni thought about it, and fell asleep leaning against the door.

Qin Liu is having a headache now. Jiuyue and Sister Shenxian haven't looked at him in the past few days. He is also very puzzled, how did they become a camp?
In fact, things are not complicated anymore. After Li Ran and his party cleaned up the second floor, they just lingered and did not leave. That posture should be a chance to grab the third floor!
Li Ran was also helpless, and everyone saw that the young man with the black knife had no intention of hurting others, so they held on as if they were determined!

As a practitioner, who cares about the thickness of the skin?Li Ran was powerless to change everyone's minds, so he stopped dissuading them.

Everyone gathered on the stone steps leading from the second floor to the third floor, and they seemed to be full of anticipation for this opportunity that was about to come their way!
The third brother Qiuran chatted with the well-dressed man beside him in a low voice: "Old Yang, you have been living a good life recently, look at your rosy face, hey, do you think we can stay here like this? I don't know people well, I The third child, people with such a thick skin feel that this is not appropriate."

The well-dressed man Lao Yang looked at both sides out of the corner of his eyes, and said in a low voice: "Oh, mine used to be the 'hunchbacked' guy next to me, isn't it just a coincidence. Oh, I won't mention this. Today Regarding our matter, don’t worry about thick-skinned or not, let’s just wait, if others enter, we will enter, and if others leave, we will follow suit.”

The matter was simple, but with more people, it became more subtle.Maybe there are only one or two people who want to rely on them, such as Li Xiang and Li Jiufu.And everyone else is waiting.But at this time, "waiting" and "waiting" are not important anymore. After all, they are all staying there and not leaving.

Among the crowd, only Li Ran and Old Man Xia stood at the end, and the two remained silent.

(End of this chapter)