Rebirth of Shuangshu

Chapter 41
Lin Xiaoxiao didn't know if Shen Wu still remembered herself, but she didn't really want Shen Wu to know that she was here.

Shen Wu is worthy of being a swordsman, and his physical fitness is better than ordinary people.Before dawn, the temperature dropped.

His breathing was steady, he went from coma to sleep, and his state basically stabilized.

Lin Xiaoxiao left the prescription and herbal medicine, and told A Chai to feed him the medicine regularly.After thinking twice, he took two pieces of jerky from Axiu's house.

"I'll come back for a follow-up visit in two days. If his condition recurs, you can go to me."

Lin Xiaoxiao rode a donkey back to Niu Shou Mountain.

It was already dawn, and Mrs. Jiang also got up.Lin Xiaoxiao left the donkey in the care of Aunt Jiang, and went back to her room to catch up on sleep.

After time travelling, Lin Xiaoxiao seldom stayed up late, this time she slept until lunch time.

Lin Xiaoxiao always felt uneasy, no matter how she thought about it, she felt that it was not a good thing for Shen Wu to appear here, so she had to discuss it with the village head and elders after much deliberation.

Lin Xiaoxiao told about Shen Wu recuperating in Yangshou Mountain next door, and also her doubts about those bandits.

The old people were a little confused.It's not easy for everyone to settle down again. It hasn't even been a year yet and something bad happened again.

Finding that everyone seems to be more worried than she is, Lin Xiaoxiao hastily explained: "Father Axiu said that the bandits are all dead, so I'm just planning ahead, so don't be so nervous."

It was the village head who was the most calm, took a sip of hot tea to suppress his shock, and said, "The mountain girl is right, you can't be frightened by things that haven't happened yet."

"What does the mountain girl think?" an old villager asked Lin Xiaoxiao eagerly.

"How is the progress of the cave in Taoyuan?" Lin Xiaoxiao asked.

"It's definitely not a permanent residence, and it's not a problem to live temporarily for a few days." A village elder replied.

Lin Xiaoxiao nodded: "It's not that serious. My idea is to store some food in Taoyuan. It doesn't need to be too much, just a few days' rations. If there is an emergency, everyone will go to Taoyuan to hide for a few days."

"This can be done today." The village head said.

"One more thing, no matter whether those bandits are sent by Zheng Guo or not, we should be careful. The officials don't protect us, we have to find a way to protect ourselves."

"How many more knives will I buy when I go to the city tomorrow?" the village elder asked.

Lin Xiaoxiao almost spit out the tea she just drank, and quickly waved her hand and said, "You have to find a blacksmith for the knife, and the price is too expensive, so it's not worth it."

Lin Xiaoxiao said while thinking: "I have two ideas, one is to form a patrol team, and the other is to pour an ice wall."

The patrol doesn't have to be large, but it needs to be smart.It is not to let them kill the bandits, but to find out the bandits in advance and notify everyone to hide in Taoyuan.

Lin Xiaoxiao originally thought of building Niu Shou Mountain into a cottage, but the amount of work involved would be huge, so it wasn't suitable right now.

Therefore, the idea of ​​building ice walls is more tailored to local conditions.

It just happened to be snowing, and the temperature was low enough that the ice wall would remain unmelted for a long time.

The ice wall can protect the village like a city wall.

If someone is considering going out, then leave a small door on the ice wall.There are few people going down the mountain in winter, and the small gate is enough.

After hearing Lin Xiaoxiao's thoughts, the village head and the elders were surprised and felt very good at the same time.

"In this way, the adults in the village continued to go to Taoyuan to open caves every day, and I led the children to pour ice walls."

So it was decided.

Without further ado, everyone acted that afternoon.

Pouring an ice wall is not about pouring water into ice, but first having a section of wall and then strengthening it with ice.

Lin Xiaoxiao took the pickaxe and led a group of children to the selected place.She demonstrates it a few times first, and then the children operate it.

Dig out first, and the excavated soil is piled up into a wall shape.The dug pits are not buried, but are kept as traps.The earth wall becomes hard after being watered and frozen.

Then spread the snow that fell a few days ago on the frozen soil, and then continue to water the snow into ice, watering it one by one, so that the ice layer will continue to thicken.

The higher the ice wall, the better the effect.

It's just that their manpower is limited, Lin Xiaoxiao plans to make the wall first, and then heighten and thicken it.

There are only twelve households in the whole village, and everyone lives in a compact place, so the walls don't need to be very long.

Because she was busy building the ice wall, Lin Xiaoxiao almost forgot about Yangshou Mountain.When she remembered, it was already the afternoon of the third day.

Lin Xiaoxiao quickly handed over the command to Erya and Meiya, and rode a little donkey to Axiu's house.

Shen Wu is in good health and can walk on the ground in only three days, but his face looks a little weak.

Lin Xiaoxiao originally thought that Shen Wu might not recognize her.

She has been running outside a lot during this time, her skin is much tanned, and she no longer needs to wear liquid foundation when she goes out.

Speaking of which, the skin care products in the warehouse have been used up.She made her own face cream with lard, and boiled some floral water to wipe her face. After careful maintenance, her skin is still as delicate as before.

Shin-oh sits in the yard basking in the sun, with his beloved sword by his side.As soon as Lin Xiaoxiao entered the garden, he called out her name.

"Miss Lin?" Shen Wu saw that Lin Xiaoxiao was even different than her.

Lin Xiaoxiao hesitated and didn't know how to address Shen Wu, and didn't want to call him "adult".The same people are reduced to the end of the world, and they can't pay attention to dignity.

Lin Xiaoxiao just bowed her hands in salute at the end.

"It turned out that you saved me, no wonder."

"I didn't save you, it was Axiu's father who brought you back and saved you. I just helped you heal your injuries."

Shen Wu stared at Lin Xiaoxiao, seemingly not angry at her rudeness.

Lin Xiaoxiao asked Shen Wu to come into the room for a follow-up consultation.A Chai also followed, standing aside like a servant.

Check the wound and re-dress the wound.

"The recovery is very good. Usually eat more nutritious food, and the recovery will be faster." Recover early and leave early.

"Nutrition?"

"It's better to eat more, such as eggs, chicken soup, goat's milk and so on."

A Chai made a bitter face at the side: "How can there be such good things in mountain villages?"

Lin Xiaoxiao has it in her warehouse, but she won't take it out directly.

Lin Xiaoxiao said: "You can go to the city to recuperate, there are many good things in the city." This sentence is a test, and it is also a way to persuade Shen Wu to leave Yangshou Mountain as soon as possible.

Shen Wu took out a handful of cloth coins from his pocket, which looked like twenty or thirty coins.

"Trouble Brother Chai, go to the city and buy it for me."

Lin Xiaoxiao frowned slightly.Although she wanted Shen Wu to leave, she didn't want to offend him.After all, the opponent is a powerful swordsman, the kind that has really killed people.

Lin Xiaoxiao endured it without saying much, and told Shen Wu to spend more time in the sun to help her recover, and then she went out to find Papa Axiu.

"Old man, have you reminded him of what we said last time?"

"I asked, and he said that those thieves were not chasing and killing him, and he didn't know who they were."

"Is his word believable?"

"I thought about it. If he was hunted down, how could he be so leisurely recuperating here."

Lin Xiaoxiao thought about it, and felt that Axiu's father's analysis made sense.

(End of this chapter)